The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 25, 1932, Page 8

=Y b ESKIMOS MAKE | FINE PROGRESS IN SHORT TIME From Igloos to Frame| Dwellings in 25 Years Is Evidence of Pace gress has been made f northern Alaska | s, said C. W. T Acting Chief of the| aska Division of the Indian Ser- e, who returned here early this| from a three-month trip cov-| ges on the coast from Mr. | Bar-| hree years before coming | 1o the southern part of the| His visit this summflxl e first to have been mada nce 1910. | Houses Replace Igloos | e houses have replaced the| o! igloos in Point Barrow| Pope Pius XI (right) is shown with a group of some b > native life has broadensd | h’fmt‘hz:"slegenmgn cardinals who attended the Papal . , respects. Radios are| guration of a new picture gallery in the Vatican. and the Eskimo in his| il - The Pope took advantage of the opportunity to make a severe criticism of ultra-modern architecture and painting as applied to churches. ame dwelling bothers about | MRS |North,” he added. ‘“There ating problem al Kr?s'f d‘;:?cuflpanv of some 100 people who | an he ¢ 1. 8 18 are shooting the scenes for ‘The | r a home in the old days,| & | Eskimo’ with Ray Wise, Alaska- | |born Eskimo and white, as leading m n. The s'or\ dopl s the E:-1 to Ihci hich was heated by a lamp ed seal oil. Ordinary| carce at Point Barrow and more than mere black dia- s by the time it reaches zh.atl v unless Uncle Sam pay51 the freight. So seal oil continues to be mc ABrk main commercial fuel. To hem.lmlo"w actors in Eskimo and all frame houses, stoves have been‘n = o el 4 and the Eskimos have|° f the sound will be in that tongue | i ench and | 'ed a gravity-Tlow tank which | Txansm ions in English, Fr languages will appear on the | makes it possible to burn the seal , depending on the country | ich it is shown, Mr. Hawkes- | | worth said. | coming of the whites. At the outset the language in the play was English but | used | the absurdity of ithat was soon evi-| So, Mr. Wise instructed his | This tank is placed above the and a regulated flow of oll| fire-box does the rest. Uy completed .last month traption is" Mr. Hawkes-| 4"y company was waiting for | 2 i real winter weather to sel" in to! Teller — Alaska's Hollywbod Joot the winter scenes. It will “Teller, Port Clarence metropo - . £ ix: 7w the. Hollywood -0 - the ‘7 TORS, AL, et FEE S l St, Lawrence is Unique | PG s 1ovrence Isiand Eskimos are inique in that they have real sum- | r homes as well as their igloo ations for the winter. In the |former they have everything mod- | ern—radios, electric iights phono- |graphs, overstuffed furiture and |many up-to-date household ap- pliances. But when winter comes, they close these homes and move Iback to the igloos that are almost as primitively equipped as they were before the advent of the white man. The village at St. Paul, where the United States Bureau of Fish- maZzZay It was a case of every man for himself when coke was discoveréd | along the banks of the Mississippl river at St. Paul. The “strike” wias made at a point where a factory had piled up waste, and scores of Jobless persons rushed to “mine” as much fuel as possible. (Associated Press Phatol eries is the landlord, is as up-to-, date as any to be found in any land. “It has the finest flmal] school plant I have ever commented Mr. Tawkesworm. Saturday N' h Conditions About Normal ,/g t Conditions among the northern i Eskimos and along the coast, ac- cording to him, are about normal. There was no serious deprivation or want discernable anywhere. not confirmed by investigation. Ivory carving is more than or- dinarily in evidence. The current | demand for carved ivory bracelets | is so heavy that the carvers are rot able to keep pace with it. Eskimos Remember Dr. Jackson | S’ ary and Government agent, who! was responsible for the introduc-| tion of reindeer in Eskimo-land. STUDENT KILLS ANOTHER, TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Stories of suffering and want were Gu'l Fnend IS Wou“ded | Orville Conley, 20-year-old college The Eskimos, the world’s largest | Brown Smoot, aged 20, to death; reindeer awners, gratefully remem-|,ng then committed suicide in the ber Dr. Sheldon Jackson, mission- | Court House Square last night. mobile in which Smoot was sit-] CHINA KICKS ON PROPOSAL, ORIENT CASE [Rejects Direct Negotiations with Japan, Man- churian Issue Twice in Breast, Thanks- giving Night NANKING, Nov. 25—The Gov- ernment announces that the pro-, posal advanced by the Lytton Co-n- mission and others at Geneva, tor direct negotiations with Japan. t3| find a solution for settlement of WOODBURY, Tenn, Nov. 25.—l tudent, shot his former roommate, | As Conley approached an auto-| lutely unacceptable to China. the Manchurian dispute is abso-| ! - ROLL CALL UF RED CROSS GOES AHEAD OF 1931 Reports from All Units of! Juneau Chapter Expect- | edbyDecember 15 | While the Red Cross Roll Call n the area comprising the Juneau Chapter of the organization is vir- tually completed insofar as con- cerns active canvassing for mem- reports from the various units of the jurisdiction have not been received at headquarters in this| c and no final acount of the ‘xnnre results is expected before December 15. Books for additional membships will be kept open until then. Exceeds Last Year’s Number In the city, the Roll Cal listed approximately 700 names, which total is in excess of the number| last year. | With B. M. Behrends, Chairman, and M. H. Sides, Secretary, of the| Juneau Chapter, M. D. Williams| s in charge of the Roll Call throughout the zone of the Chap-, wWill be held by the St. Luke's ter. Mr. Willlams's assistants in| Guild Thursday, December 15, in Juneau are Mrs. H. L. Metzgar, the Congregational League rooms. Wiltiam G. McAdoo, democratic United States senator-elect from California, wears a broad smile as he reads congratulatory telegrams. (Associated Press Photo) BAZAAR, GOODY SALE ALASKA BEAVER IN BIG DEMAND Mink and Rmox Wanted at Seattle Auction, Supply Scant SEATTLE, Nov. 25. Alaska !beaver sold for $8.38 with tops bringing $10.75 at the Seattle Fur Auction last Wednesday, accord- |ing to reports made by Michael Dederer, Assistant Manager. There was an active demand for mink and red fox but the supply was scarce. Silver foxes brought $2429 to $71. Marten brought $7.96, blue fox $1348 with the best Arctic furs bringing $28. Muskrat sold for 25 cents. ‘All offerings at the auction were taken. ‘The next sale will be held De- cember 20. D R e o T Read the classified ads. Named Rail Chief From machine-shop apprentice esident of the largest rail- system in North America is Il' ltory of S J., Hungerford [( ing presidenmt of the dundhn National railways. (Associated Press Photo.) GARNICK’S GROCERY PHONE 174 Mrs. E. M. Polley, Miss Gladys|save the date. adv. Forrest, R. L. Bernard and Curtis! g s Shattuck. Tom Gardner conducted the can-| Epsom, England, has reverted| from the automatic to the manuali telephone system to cut costs. } Now Look At This! | With every fifty-cent purchase, or applied on account, we are giv- ing a ticket on a beautiful Sydney Laurence painting, valued now at! $150.00. The painting ws have selected for some fortunate ticket holder was painted by Mr. Laurence about three years ago, while in Juneau, and is a wild flower subject near | Eagle River. The wild iris and lily of the valley are the central theme |with a charming background of spruce, alder, mountains and sky. KE E P | This is a superb award, gathering | |value as the years go by and in i DRY' | the meanwhile you have the pleas-! | . |ure of living with it. A ticket will, |be given with each fifty-cent pur-/ vass on Glacier Highway. Units in Chapter The units in the Juneau Chap- | ter, besides the city of Juneau are! Douglas, Skagway, Haines, Sitka, | Petersburg, Hoonah, Yakutat, Kake, | | Angoon, Chichagof and Hirst Chi- | chagof. | Thanksgiving Day was fixed by national officers of the Red Cross |as the time for termination of ‘Lhe Roll Call, but in some places in the States, as in Alaska, the | period for receiving memberships | will not close until later. i SRy R | 50c Ploneer Taxi, Phone 443. adv. S | |chase at The Nugget Shop until | Christmas. The Nugget ; ALLIGATOR ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANERS WESTINGHOUSE ROYAL GENERAL ELECTRIC HOOVER SPECIAL Make your own selection. cleaners. your old machine. .......................... $22.50 30.00 42.50 65.00 They are all good Ask for a credit allowance on Particulars on request. LUTHERAN LADIES’ AID BAZAAR AND DINNER Wednesday, Nov. 3 0—from 5:30 to 7 Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Juneau—Phone 6 Douglas—Phone 18 EDISON MAZDA LAMPS Values to $25.00 Closing QOut Ladies’ Coats Ball Room F R E E |ting with Miss Frances Bramen,| When inquiries were made 1ast|friend of both, and ‘another couple, summer about the possibility of smoot called out a friendly greet- obtaining deer meat for unemploy- ing. ment relief in Southeast Alaska, Conley started shootmg The gxrll owners of Vikilin and Cape Prince | grabbed the gun and was wounded of Wales immediately offered to contribute the deer if the cost Of was fatally hit. Then Conley blew, | killing was defrayed | out his own brains. Representatives of these people | ’ Because Dr. Jackson saw |came from there to Juneau on the great need 73 y ago, we same boat, glad to do something for oth-| “It is a fine craft, very sea- | who now need food,” The‘worth comfortable and has a |deer were brought south on the st ngdem and accommodating motorship North Star which ar- oo, S e B said. Tt {T-ved here last Tuesday. iy ‘everyltefl it was called upon { Seal Mgriation Late {to and is certain to give fine ser-| AWARDS ARE MADE in the breast twice before Smm'u'ruesday night in Parish Hall, the | 'nnd J. A. Thibodeau; seconds, Mrs. RAINCOATS FOR CARD PLAYING At the card party given last following awards were made after the play had stopped: Whist—Firsts, Mrs. A. J. Forrest| | C. C. Rudloph and H. J. Turner. R. VanderLeest and S. Hellenthal, The next card party will be held| on December 6. — e+ Everythng in Furnishings For Men SATURDAY $7.00 Do Not Miss This Chance! DRESSES for Larger Women Sizes 42 to 44 SPECIAL SAMPLE DRESSES To the FIRST ten couples on the floor Saturday night—a | The Fall migration of the seal “herds from the Pribilof Islands scuthward is late this year. when left Paul Island . the waltrs there ticket on the awat:d were black with the mammal of the G. E. Radio hundreds of thousands of them| cavorting off the beaches where! Set to be given away by Ludwig Nelson Christmas Eve at the Elks’ Ball Room. 20 TICKETS FREE they have their summer harems | Usually, they have left for warm- er climates weeks before that date. | Mr. Hawkesworth commended highly the work being done in the| north by medical and dental offi- | cers of the Coast Guard Service. Dr. Bingman, physician on the cut- ter hundreds of blood north as Point Barrow, dentist on the same vessel been giving treatment to as many of the natives -as possible. Covered 4,190 Miles On his journey, Mr. Hawkesworth covered 4,190 miles. He left here in ‘August with Gov. Parks to at- tend the annual meeting of the Reindeer Advisory Council at Nome, { going by plane there from Fair- Serenaders’ | vice in northern - waters. NUDE BODY OF {Mother of—i‘;e Children Northland, has been taking| Discovery tests as far| and the| has | nounced by officers. Old papers for sale at Empire. | | Bridge—Firsts, Mrs. W. C. Jensen S ABIN’S | and P. Poppas; seconds, Mrs. H. | (5 — WOMAN FOUND Has Been Missing Two . Months—No Report PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Nov. 25— of the nude body of Mrs. Josie Haws, aged 40 yea mother of five children, is GEORGE BROTHERS 5 Fast Deliveries—10, 11, 2, 3:30, 4:30 Mike Haws, the woman’s hus-| band, said his wife disappeared three months ago with two strange men but he did not report her missing. ¢ —_—————— ) Among the old-time remedies! omitted from the latest medical| books in Engand are camomile nnd' CHR ISTMAS LAEST HITS banks. After that meeting was| q 2 TR over, Mr. Hawkesworth went by el - - Pplane to Kotzebue Sound where he joined the North Star and pro- ceeded with it to Kotzebue, and leeches. Bought in 1912 second “hand, al bieycle has been in constant use by a London fire department un- til just recently. George Brothers —— WE ARE BUSY UNPACKING Leader Dept. Store SHIPMENTS! ~Store Open ‘Evenings Just received, $12.50 values $6.50 NEW WOOLEN DRESSES $7.50 A few as low as $4.95 PAY LESS AT RAINCOATS, $7.50 Values, $2.75 COLEMAN'S o R R OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. SATURDAY e b