The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 28, 1932, Page 8

ROOSEVELT IS TALKING OVER FARM RELIEF First of Seg of Confer- ences Held Saturday in Georgia AGRICULTURAL MEN GIVEN INFORMATION Organizations Now to Meet m Washington to Frame Program WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 28 BASKETBALL ON ROLLER SKATES - LATEST SPORT {Juneau Skating Rink Or- ganizing Teams to Play Game Here | Basketball on roller skates is an {innovation in indoor sports that |will make its debut in Juneau this }week. Announcement was made {today by Gus Gustafson, manager of the skating rink in A, B. Hall, that teams are being organized to play this popular and excliing (eame, which has had considerable |vogue in the States. \ The hour form set apart for | —In an hours conference With|ingiryction, from 6:30 to 7:30, will farm leaders here last Saturday e gevoted to roller basketball | oon, President-Elect Ro0: practice. The skate equipment is them he hoped the short|j.ing thoroughly overhauled - and Christmas? Sure, Toys Are Read v and They Do Tricks This Year As Never in History of Congféss would enact n for handling the prob- ch will be raised by the f the 1933 crop. ceting was one of a series sident-Elect will hold for a plan dealing with the 1 question. onference brought an an- nouncement from Louis J. Taber, Ma of the National Grange, that a joint meeting of five farm organizations will be held in Wash- ington shortly to seek an agree- ment upon the method to be em- ployed, such a meeting being in line with the proposals made by Gov. Roosevelt in his farm relief speech at 'Topeka "at the begin- ning of his recent Western cam- raign. ————— PLENTY OF SAUERKRAUT CLARE, Mich.—There is plenty of sauerkraut in a single cabbage of the kind grown by James Rog- ers in his garden here. Rogers ex- hibited a cabbage 16 inches in diameter, 51 ence and weighing 22 pounds. ., One thousand farmers of Mitch- ¢ll County, Ga., have expressed a willingness to sign an agreement not to sell their products below cost of production. “How Come” It came on the “North Star” from Santa Claus Land. ‘What? A wonderful assortment of Es- kimo Carvings in Walrus Ivory. What's it good for? Clever and original gifts of use and beauty. Prove it. What are they? Unique and practical Ivory But- ter Knives at six dollars the set. ‘What else? Crib-boards, paper-weights with dancing figures, bidarkis, gavels, nut-hammers, nut-picks, carving set handles, bottle openers, cork-screw hands, etc., ete. What about the price? Try and be fair once. Lowest in history. Come and see. No trouble to show goods. And don't forget our Es- kimo basket sale is still on. These baskets are made of the salt grass of the nerthern seas You can smell Arctic beaches if you put your nose inside of one. Wonder- ful for sewing tools, catch-alls or ornaments. And half of usual price! We wrap for mailing. And tickets for the Sydney Laurence painting. The Nugget Christmas SING LEEIS | inches in circumfer-| aired, the floor resanded to inate slickness and make skat- ing for the regula rpatrons as well as the basketeers more popular {and enjoyable. | Candidates for the basketball teams are now being lined up, and it is hoped to get the squads in shape for the first game Satur- day night. | DEAD, NEARLY B0 YEARS OLD Oldtime Chinese Merchant mas, kitch the NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Christ- | Aviation does not inspire so many | {mas is still six weeks away but|f0VS this year. but the ones on fy |Santa Claus hes his pack of toys ¢itPlay are far superior. Dolls ey ‘re grownups this Christ- ature sewing machines, variety of dolls, took Beys and girls will have pienty of playthings w.th which to pretend for that seems to be the idea of toy manufact rers. Such things en cabincts, waching eutfi iny baby grand piancs, and of ccure, a of grownups as well as children at a recen! New Yerk tey show as m | 1eady. |ore more versatile and an inter- 1 | at Petersburg Pass- e they're tritkier than ever | sting experiment is being made FUR PUBLIG Tu | es Away before. Mechanical ingenuity hasj\:x:h rubber bodies. This makes been stretched to such a point them more Ilife-like, the makers {mercantile store, passed away last|tific term as ‘I Saturday morning as a result of|found a place in PETERSBURG, Alaska, Nov. 28.|that the new playthings shown | also, it is claimed, they l 1 —Sing Lee, prominent Chinese and |+ & recent exhibit here not only |¢ ak. Doll wardrobes are DPEN TUM i | pioneer business man in Alaska|enthusad the youngsters Al | 047 exlensivej’iag “the: 1VE3 Iejopu™ |for ciose to 40 years and in Peters- |made their elders ma |tante’s. burg since 1900, owning a large| For instance, even such a scien- | N2 i Alaska Game Commission . %THIRD Seviston to Hold Public Hearing g, BUSINESS MAN IS hemorrhage. He left a wife, son|very latest thing is a Tuetd Af lflnd daughter in China and an|Which moves forward, rev JUNEAU vlS!TOR uesday ternoon adopted son here. |dumps its load in respo g | Sing Lee is supposed to have|button 15 feet away. Ti k Lane, for teu: years | hedrings on regulations {been close to 80 years old. He has |trical contraption may sound e some | pensive. time, but appeared perfectly well!is relatively reasonable. More complex gimeracks cost been failing in health for Friday. | Deputy United States Marshal | C. V. Brown, of Petersburg, in| Juneau on court business, received | word that Sing Lee had died. Brown said the Chinese was one - MANY ATTEND FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN HOWARDS Departing Couple Are Pre- sented with Handsome Carving Set One hundred and fifty friends of Mr. and Mrs. Brice H. Howard gathered in the Scottish Ritz Tem- ple Saturday evening to honor them with a farewell party. Those pres- ent were Masons, Eastern Stars and members of their families. A cover dinner was served in the banquet hall, after which the large company repaired to the lodge room. There the gathering was presided over by R. C. Mize, who expressed regret at the ap- Shop Toys Tovys For Big and Little GIRLS AND BOYS TOYS that WALK TOYS that TALK See Our Artillery Department! Oh, Boy, Such Guns! PRICES WERE NEVER LOWER Select them now while the stock is fresh. We will gladly ' put them aside until Christ- proaching departure of Mr. and Howard and hope for their ess and happiness in their new| | | field of activity in the States. open and the ladies of 1932 play with mud pies, and there is a diminutive vacuum cleaner which actually cleans. The ever and their systems of track- age so complicated that their fas- after which they're modeled. the trains and autos likewise are cheaper. Depression Blamed for Penury of Monaco, Where Taxes Were Paid by Temples of the taking of game ani- and fur-bearing ani- be started tomorrow af- ka Game Com- ntile business at and a long-timi But the fact is, its price & this year than the 1 a, and is a i this year he 1 it ed last week tive toys of a few seasol ge, Chairman. There is a minature tomorrow will be | with a spring winding atta & between 2 and 4 p. m., &nd, if The alarm sounds, the doors M T anehid b necessary, additional time will be trucX speeds out. 3 R Democratic coun: of the best liked men in the Pet- ;‘;;f:e ‘;15911:" t}:y ;d;’:‘)‘fi‘k"_ VR et for m wal | SWeen. the, same houra., .Anyone ersburg section with everyone,| v o earpiecs 18 taken from | D6t y, an en tie support= | [%erSsieC by ‘sub dannounc- young and old, his friend. Sing .y . O™ ler of Senator A. J. Dimond and °% it Was said, is in 10 BLe- Lee, besides his mercantile busi- 2 3 ¥ the rest of the Democratic ticket,|SSDt any recommendations desired ness, owhed considerable property v‘For_ young sister there }a 1{1 and was greatly pleased with to the Cammxss)n:). < o in the Wrangell Narrows metrop- m’aotnc stu\c:e whic:‘x _reau',- will Third Division results. He will In‘cludedhm the sgbjec&s will olis. |bake mud pies that is if young PRAIE. T ean e Teek Lte the matter of zoning of the { Territory for migratory wild fowl. The Commission is itself without power fo alter the regulations on {this species of game, but it has taken under consideration a rec- ommendation to the National Ad- two before continuing southward. Mr. Lane was impressed with the growth and improved appear- ance of Juneau during the ten vears that have elapsed since he toy train§S are finer than ke ~ was here. cination is irresistible to the ndult.’ A3 nete ‘vi=ory Council which co-operates The autos are as elaborately equip- with the Secretary of Agricu‘.ture‘ ped as the costly gasoline engines Total attendance at licensed in fixing regulations aftecting mi-| And greyhound racing tracks in Eng-|gratory bird seasons. Previous ef- land amounted to more than 17,-|forts to have the Territory zoned 500,000 last year. jhave been unsuccessful. France to Purchase Mecca of Gamblers * * * * * * Chznce. May Be Transformed Into “French Gibraltar.” } |and kept on station at Sitka dur- nted Wednesday afternoon be-| | M. duced w. Hawkesworth, Mize then, in H. D. Stabler who vein, “ Others Make Remarks | turn, and Charles intro- spoke in similar Vocal numbers were given by Mrs. Evelyn Hollmann and Miss ‘Eva Tripp. An instru- mental selection was rendered by | Miss Helen Hunsbedt. Mrs. Winn Goddard, of the Eastern Star Chapter of which Mrs. Howard had been Matron, presented to her and Mr Howard, a handsome carving set,| having Alaska ivory handles. | Spoke in Appreciation Mr. and 2 Mrs. Howard spoke briefly in appreciation of the oc- casion. Later the members of the party went to the auditorium of the Temple where dancing was enjoyed. Mr. Howard has been promoted from Juneau agent of the Pacific Steamship Co. to a higher position with the transportation corporation | in the States. He left here last night for Seattle on the steamship Admiral Watson. Mrs. Howard, and the son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard, will join him in the near future. v, T v . dvertisements jare your pocke:- editorials. ' They interpret ‘the merchandise news, b on behalf Prince Lous of Monaco ‘ Here an unusual aerial view of Monaco, the go: soon be just bling palaces in the principality can no longer country, and it is reported that France h. Lot d his ancestors pay of $150,000, in return for which the taxes, th t on the right side of the ledg. ar. manner to which Great Bri » Prince Louis II, has been running the :;Y It is re; bert. He is 62 years old. Many Americans in Monaco who found j sountry are now expected te end their self-imposed exile and yotura to the of those wko like to try their luck formulated go through according to schedule, the “Gem of the Mediterranean,” as M other bauble in the necklace of La Belle France. Quwing to the industrial slump, the nce 968, The lp«;nll calls for a cash payment of $520,000 re aco. France will also have control of the custol n fortified the Rock of Gibraly, AR Vigw of Mowaco gambling paradise of the Mediterranean which has long against the Goddess of Chance. If negotiations now bein, onaco is called, will m- e their huge contributions to the exchequer of the tiny ed to annex the principality, which has been ruled by Prince d an anni ch_government will collect taxes from ci of Mon- Hitherto, no resident of Monaco has been obliged to government revenue being derived from the gambling casinos being sufficient to keep the at France may fortify the Rock of Monaco in a T he m:l ruler of the prin- s father, Prince state since 1922, yhe, nient to mnwu.‘ WARDEN PRYDE IS REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL | Well Known—Employee of Bureau of Fisheries Sick in Seattle Harry A. Pryde, Warden in the Alaska service of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, is seriously ill in the Seattle General Hospital. Word of hisTillness has just been received at local headquarters of the bureau. | " "Mr. Pryde has been suffering from high blood pressure for sev- eral years. An examination re- vealed this to have been caused by | diseased kidneys and it Is reported | this trouble has reached such & :stage as to make his recovery doubtful. | He is said to be in a very weak- \ened condition and is almost blind. Mr. Pryde has been with the Bureau of Fisheries several years. He has had charge of the Yakutat arca during the summer months inz the winters. He and Mrs. Pryde left here last’ month for Se- attle and expected to spend the nter in California for the bene- fit of his health. ——————— MOTOR ACCIDENTS COSTLY 3 —_— | SAN FRANCISOO—Motor vehicle| | accidents cost approximately 82,—: {000‘000,000 a year, according to the | California State Automobile Asso-; | ciation. i | —.—,———— { | Last year’s birth rate in England| |and Wales was the lowest ever re-| corded; the figure was 158 per 1,000 of the population. It is esti- |mated that a rate of 195 is re-| quired to maintain the population. |A DOLLAR | mow gives yom |the luxury of |SHARI... | T LAST this smart satin thrift box makes Shari a luxury within reach! It costs [ only $1.00 yet it is just as beautiful as the larger package for which so many pay $2.50. || And it contains the same de- || lightful powder fragranced with rare flowers from old || France. |SHARI || thrift size face powder BUTLER MAURO DRUG CO. SAVE with SAFETY at e pexall DRUG STORE {WALKOVER t SHOES A GOOD ALL-WEATHER SHOE i their districts control approximate- FLORY LEAVES . T0 TURN OVER CASTLE HILL Will Transfer Famous Spot in Alaska History to Town of Sitka Transfer of “Castle HN” famous iin Alaska history from the Feder- al government to the town of Sit- ka will be made about Wednesday of this week, it was announced today at regional headquarters of the TUnited States Forest Service. C. H. Flory, Alaska Commissioner for the DepaTtment of Agriculture, will make the formal transfer. He left here this morning on the Forester, Capt. George Peterson, [for sitka, with Tie™ certificate of transfer which will be delivered to Mayor Peter Kostrometinoff. “Castle Hill” is the site of the Ioriglnal castle of Count Alexander | Baranoff, of Russian ,America. On it, also, the formal 1 transfer of Alaska from Russian | to American sovereignty took place |55 years ago. A monument was Eemcwd several years agb ‘marking the spot where [He flagpole stood Nobody was more surprised nylrrom which the Stars and Stripe: election results than Mildred Vane. were hoisted in place of the Rus- cek, 21 (above), who lives on a sian flag. farm near Council Bluffs, 1a. Three | The Barandf castle was destroyed voters wrote her name on the bal- v firo Jate in the 90s, and a few ‘:eta c'."fn "l':‘:":;'::'“{:;:l’ffp o’N‘:v: years later the United Sta%es erect- to study law. (Aszoclated €0 @ building on the same site for g:,‘:h;;og:) 14 g | headquarters of the Government |Experiment Stations in Alaska. This was abandoned 18 months ago |and boarded up. It will be taken jover by Sitka and used by it as a iTown Hall and Civic Center. SACRAMENTO, Cal—in the 45! years since enactment of a State irrigation act 167 irrigation dis-| tricts have been formed in Cali-/ fornia. Twenty-five of them are, inactive while those still retaining ‘Governor CALIFORNIA PUSHES IRRIGATION —a— WILSON RETURNS FROM BUSINESS TRIP SOUTH M. S. Wilson, Alaska represen- tative of Blake, Moffett & Town, wholesale paper dealers of Seattle, !returned home Sunday after a | business trip to ‘Wrangell, Ketchi- ‘kan and Petersburg. ly 4,000,000 acrzs, reports the State Engineer. Buy Your Christmas Gifts FROM THE LUTHERAN BAZAAR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 TEA from 2 to 4; TURKEY DINNER from 5:30 to 7—75 cents LUTHERAN CHURCH PARLORS ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANERS WESTINGHOUSE ... $22.50 ROYAL :o..0:. TR R 30.00 GENERAL ELECTRIC ................ 42.50 HOOVER SPECIAL ... 65.00 Make your own selection. They are all good cleaners. Ask for a credit allowance on your old machine. Particulars on request. LUTHERAN LADIES’ AID BAZAAR AND DINNER Wednesday, Nov. 30—from 5:30 to 7 Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. Juneau—Phone 6 Douglas—Phone 18 EDISON MAZDA LAMPS C0000000000000000000000000000000000000040000000000 OSSN LAY A '‘GARNICK’S GROCERY PHONE 174 WE ARE BUSY UNPACKING CHRISTMAS SHIPMENTS! Leader Dept. Store George Brothers e Store Open Evenings GEORGE BROTHERS 5 Fast Deliveries—10, 11, 2, 3:30, 4:30