The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1933, Page 2

THEDAILY 1933 The new Hats for show dipped and are ‘at front— back. Priced from $2.25 to $6.50 Spring backs. others at the highest point in fronts raised Some trimmings An assortment of new French Berets—black, white, red and brown. 60 Cents Each ohn B. Christensen (left), Danish ~colonizer, has set up a community on the ‘Brazos River in by Settlers raise practically all their needs, exchanging Yexas which is almost independent economically. Kriclenstad “money” shcwn above for other articles at the general An Early Showing of SPRING HAT B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store IALASKA TRAfiE YOLUME DRGPS INPAST YEAR ’McBnde s Report S’h ows! Merchandise Worth $60,- 894,501 Was Handled increase ‘of $310,501. tains,, the record of anmi creases for the past four An ;mauragmg feature alf connection with the gold . industry was the renewed Infe in prospecting.” The 1932 produc- tlon of gold, with the output of | former years, brings the total val-! e of the gold producea in the | Territory to more than $408,360, Alaska Branch, U. S. Geological Survey. “The low value of copper lead offered no incentive to speed up production in the copper s, | but on the contrary there was a tendenoy to curtail production and operation as much as _possible. | and | TUESDAY, FEB. 7,:1933 b 1000, according to_statistics of the| & ELEPHANT GETS MIXED RECEPTION 1 | | L Rep. Fred Britten, Illinois republican, brought a baby elephant up the steps to congress to forecast a return of his party from the state in which the last election left it. Rep. Henry T. Rainey, democratio floor leader, proceeded to shove it off as Britten with peanuts tempted it to stay, “Watch it grow,” he chortied. “Let it grow outsidf,” said “ainey, “but not around here.” (Associated Preus Photo) —_— J. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Wedther LOCAL DATA Ry the U. 8. Weather Bureaun) Forecast for Juneaw and vicinity., beginning at 4 pm, Feb. 7: Cloudy and warmer tonight and Wednesday;moderate southerly winds. v Time Barometer Temp Humsjny Wind Veiocity Weather 4 pm. yest'y 30.56 w 6 Pt. Cldy I4 am. today 30.49 22 97 w 2 Cldy Noon today 3047 30 81 w 7 Clear ' CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS ' YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4am. 4 Station temp. temp. temp. temp, vey&z;yp-:)fg w‘,;fin | Barrow -8 -8 -8 -4 14 0 Cldy Nome 28 28 28 32 12 .06 Rain Bethel . . 36 36 36 36 10 14 Cldy gm-L Yukon -4 -4 -8 -2 4 0 Clear anana 2 | 0 2 6 Fairbanks 22 | 1 .36 4 3 E g}gi i Eagle 8 -4 12 10 0 Clear St. Paul 32 22 2 20 .08 Clear | Dutch Harbor 38 B! 30 32 4 04 Clear Kodiak 38 3% 38 0 06 Rain Cordova 28 24 28 [ 0 Cidy Juneau 29 [ 128, 28 2 race Ady Sitka A i B T o — 0 PLCldy Retchikan ... 3 | 24 % 6 -0 Pteuay Prince Rupert 38 % # 0 0 Pt.Cldy Edmonton -16 -24 -20 4 0 Clear Seattle 42 28 30 6 0 Pt. Cldy Portland 44 | 28 28 £ 0 Clear p | San Francisco 58 | 4“4 44 16 0 Clea: as they increase in value, will be! U. S. Products Exported Copper mines of the Terrltory which produced 22,055271 poun tof copper ore, valued at $2,080,338 ! {in 1931, yielded only 10806614 peunds of ore in 1932, valued at $723,225. “No serious condition as to pro- ies industry, but prices for commodities reached a distress-| ingly low point. The price condi- tion caused a drop in the aggre- gate of all its products from $36,- 322,861 in 1931, to $26,177,938 this vear, The loss was mainly in cauned salmon, The total pounds chipped to the United States and Canada this year declined, but $,126.520 pounds from the 1831 shipments of 267293021 pounds but the declared value dropped from $31,161,504 to $22,145235 this year. Fresh Fish Suffer “Markef conditions atfecting the h-fish industry were reflected in the drop in ‘both production and valug. Total shipments to the‘ United States and Canada this| year aggregated 18,404,386 pounds, at a ‘declared value of $1.315,584, as compared with 24,331,357 pounds and $2/470,210 in 1931. “Shipmenhts ‘of cured or pre- ‘I served herring showed an increase in both pounds and value this year over 1931, amounting fo 14,- 1422224 pounds, valued at 8761115 as against 8564175 pounds and |$540.502 in value In 1931 | “The whaling_ industry was again | {revived (_',Ms year after a year of idleness and 767,262 gallons of oil ' | were shmped from the Territory % at a valile of $115747. “Shipments of furs and live ani- | ‘uals during this year suffered a[ {value loss of '$1120474, due pri-| | marily to drops in market values | rather than take of furs. { ! ‘The detailed list of commodi- | ties shipped to the States follow: TFish—Frosh gnd frozen store in the postotfice bmghg | KRISTENSTAD, Tex., Feb 7~}men ard busy in the fields, but ‘Found: a way to combat the de- | open again when harvesting is over. pression. ‘ Men whe wish to do s6 may work : This North Texas community,|in the plants at $2 to $2.50 a day, j using a “money” of its own, is do-| but are under no compulsion. Kris- ‘ 4ng it successfully by producing|tenstad is not a communistic col- practically everything it consumes.|ony in any respect. A colony founded by John B| The community has its own Christensen, Kristenstad COI\"P“*“‘school and nonsectarian church 0,000 acres in a sharp loop of the| services including Sunday School Brazos River not far from F‘Ort‘clssses Three ordained ministers| Worth. Through foresight and|ijve in me colony. careful planning, Christensen has | made the comimunity virtially seli- | supporting. {Farm Relief Movement Whjle farming is tne basic occu- o s P 4 pation of Knibensud industries | Wmmng New Converts utilizing raw materials have been —_ established and any member of the colony may buy shares in them. Metal merchandise ~checks {credited With having first brought deemable at the Kristenstad gen- it into general legislative mnotice. eral store are the principal medium| Ay, edifor, W. R. Ronald, of the of exchange. Some United States pgitchel' Evening Republican in money finds its way into. the col-'Sgith Dakota, was one of its ear- ony when farmers dispose Of Sur-iliest and most powerful advocates.! plus produce in Fort Worth or Many bankers and economists other nearby towns; however, theyiy o “Jooked on. it with favor. are prohibited from such trade “n"!‘reaidenr.-tlecn Roosevelt, is sup- | tll they have set aside sufficient porting it. Thost who voted for, foodstuffs for their families. :l, R o sl e Boute 1n-| Diveesitied, Fstmfii Drged cluded an almost solid Tammany One-crop farming is discouraged | delgation, whose constituency is the farmers being urged to diver-'yu."oreat City of New York. sify in order'to meet all their own (Continued from Page Ore) re- Making full discount for the -\o- needs. o Christensen, of Danish extrac-|['!ical trading which may Tave ta- tion, was reared in Kapsas City place, this picture 5till seems éducated in the University of| "' ehort of remarkable. Missouri. A longing for closer con- tact with nature and the soil, he LONG ROAD AHEAD | | sdid, led him to found the colony.| Of course ‘the dream of those! ‘The land, located in the “De Cor-|who conceived the plan still ap-! . @ova Bend” of the Brazos River|pears a long way from realization. | ¥ where the river almost loops back!|There is a great dispute over the : iipon ‘ifself, was purchased from|scope which should be given it, . Abert 'S. Burleson, former Posi-'and even some of those who are . master General. ready to try it doubt its work- “The ‘cblonists Christensen seiect-| ability. { th igreat care. After he had| It should be said, t0o, that ac- . p convinesd of the sincerity of ceptance of the principle involved settler, he sold him’is far from universal. President on a 20-year plan with no/ Hoover will veto it if it comes nent. ‘But he sold the before him. ‘omy as much @s the; ‘But taking the long view the properly cultivate. remarkable and inescapable con- colonists are natlv“clnsion is that when you consid- of Danish or ‘Scan- er American public opinion by and 101 large a long advance has been' plonists in mar-|made toward a real recognition of nd ‘purchasing!agriculture as a ‘'basic industry, Mas formed] deserving of something more tan-,palntmg and de 0st of thelgible than fine words and mean-}McKinley will furnish and install while thelingless promises, COMTED ON Stone, including marble 141,259 * Trophies, specimens, etc.. 18,161 | AMRSON HflG Wood, timber, lumber..... 20,858 All other articles..... 62931 Alterations and ‘improvaments —_— . the store ‘on “Seward. Street,|Total value of products low Third Street, recently pur-!. -of Alaska ... $28975981 |chased by George Anderson, are|Products of Unludstates nearmg completion, and the space returned 1,103,453 will be ready for occdpancy about |Total value of foreign b ‘March 15, Mr. Anderson believes.| .products ... | most Anderson Halibut 657,084 Salmon 545881 All, other _. 13838 Canned— Salmon 22145179 Cmog or Preserved— (o1, Fi 2R 12764 Herring 761,115 Salmon a1, 134 s sr._eu{f,sh— Clams 48&112 g;;;bs p. 84846 mps it 121,588 Dancing and Card Partyoter Pisn Broditets— | Is Scheduled for To- ot s 267824 b o B 307,747 mortow Night Al Gther fish and prod- 1~ uets' ... X 21,666 Following the regular Wusiness i meeting of the De Molays tomor-| Total Fish $26,075,038 | |row night, the ‘organization will|Whale Oi .. $ 115747, ,entertain at. cards and dancing.|Live Blue Foxes ... wo‘I The Rainbow ‘Girls, Masons, and|Other Live Animals 4385 | ! Eastern Star ‘members have been|Curlos ... 4704 invited to the affair which will|Furs and fur Sklnb— be given in the Sedttish Rite Tem-! Seal ... . 494,089 ple, ballroom and club rooms. Blue Fox : 239,917 The younger set will enjoy danc-| Silver of Black !‘ox 43311 ing and the older members of the| Red Fox 120,979 organizations may play cards, bota White Fox 109,642 bridge and pinoehle, for which| Mink 248,873 prizes will ‘be awrded. Muskrat ... 154 850 The De Molays Wwill sérve re-| Beaver 156,582 freshments and there is no charge| All other 120,219 for. this special night of -entertain- | Manufactured Nrs mnm re, Matte and regulus WORK 1S NEARLY |5 6,003 723,225 81,410 24,693 Lead ¢ Heindéer Meat - 103,921 The store is being completely| rencvated and ‘refinishéd with ‘the modern of materials and equipment. The work is ‘all ‘being done by local firms a&fid men, Mr. said. Jacob Jackson ‘Téceived the ‘con- 'tract for the wpenter work. The brick and concreu work is bemg |done by the firm of G. E. Krause and the ‘Harri Machine shop will irstall a modern ‘héating pilant. Donald 'Foster is in charge of the ting and Jerry Total value, of shipments of merchandise.... $30,183 355 Da me:uc Gold 9,261,486 67,383 634.013 Grand Total $40 146,249 ‘—Includes 'fur shipped by mail and furs from Pribilof islands, Th ‘the preceding table of ‘M- chandise and Gold and _ Sfiver Shmpe’d from Alaska ‘to the United States” ‘tHere ‘appedrs an item Al Other Articles” This item com- prises the following products nhxcn,. the electrical . fixtures. | Douglas Fir Luniber The barometric pressure is moderately low in Bering Sea and to the southward with light rain in extreme Western Alaska and the & he S 2 r 944 suag iRl e Fof:nt)‘:ln i Ewm_‘“” # western potrion of the Gulf of Alaska. The pressure is unusualiy Arl‘iclcs Vil :d i - 4238lhxgh in Northwestern Canada, reading 3128 irches at Fort Simp- btuvberries s 131 Fc‘yflgn Gold it Bitver 5 son, with clear weather in the eastern Interior. Temperatures havs Rebudder BAes 2634] Exported 2135 risen in Alaska except in the extreme . Eastern and Southwestern J;;mdeor g 2 s i portions, where they have fallen slightly. ; t Ev ooy L8 i H \le 7,582 Grand Total Exports ...$237,663 e t 7858 g s oee vt NOTICE ¥OR BIDS | ot i 5037 | ©epartment of Interior, Seattle, | | FUR GARMENTS | Whale Meal 2300 Little Hope Held for Foesutugion || Made to Ovd Whale Fertilizer 26,808 b N SSve.0 L dtel ls Bt ooy Recovery of Brother Sealed proposals in duplicate will| | Remodeled, Repaired, Cleaned | Walrus Hides 225 Of Gen. . J. Pershingl“" received by J. R. Ummel, Office! ‘ H. J. YURMAN ' Platinum 3,400 3 Manager, Department of Interior,| The Furrier | Beaver Castors 99| NEW YORK, Feb. 7—Little hope| 422 Bell Street Terminal, Seattle,| o . - is held for the recovery of James) VWashington, until 10:00 A. M. Feb-| Total $ 62,931 Pershing, younger brother of Gen,|TGary 17, 1933 and opened in the| To arrive at the total value of John J. Pershing. Alaska products shipped out of the fered a stroke of paralysis. Territory, the following products,' e exported to foreign countries should LECNARD P. PETERSON, or tomerrow for his home in Sit! h ‘Salmon Other Fresh Fish Pickled Salmon Cther Fish and Fish Prod- ucts Canned Shellfish the ‘Admiral Evans. been chief en of t plant in Sitka for t - - ALASKA SNOW COVER Total Tish and Fish Prod- ! ucts $102,900 Spruce Boards $ 17,939 in 27/ ground at various Alaskan statio inches, were reported on t Douglas Fir Logs .« Cedar Logs and Timber Other Sawed Lumber Shingles { Undressed Muskrat Furs Other Undressed Furs Fresh Milk and Créeam 273 onday, February 6: Bethel 767 Cordova 15, Eagle 6, Fairbanks 71! Fort Yukon 14, Juneau 14 kan 6, Nome 9, Sitka 2. 87 2,150 banks was 48 3, - Total Alaska Products Ex- ported . ..$114,346 importations. He recently suf- Mr. Peter The following amounts of sno Ketch Ice on Chena Slough at Fair- inches thick, and 118 on Snake River at Nome 45 inches, Rica recently had a spmt presence of such persons as may attend, for financing the fishing| industry of the Metlakatla cannery | ‘on Annette Islands Reserve, Alaska. | The exclusive fishing rights with- | INSURE YOUR HOME Your Furnishings be added to the correspon items & E: < | 1 in the list headed “Merchandise OF TKA, IAVING in 3,000 feet of the shores of An- m | 3 Sver . i ST. HOSPITAIL) nette Islands are held by the Met- and Gold and Silver Shipp from ! 4 | + Alaska to the United States” B __|lakatlans who own buildings, ma- AFE COMPANIES Exptted (6 Forelgn Couritiles Leonard P. Peterson, of Sitka,| chinery, boats, fish traps and all H EBERHAR' Articles Valie ho underwent a major operat\onlcqujpmcnt for a going three-line| . J- A T ChHiREN Sifibn s 56 u‘n'.e weeks ago, left St. Ann’s Hos-| cannery. They also have a hydro-| AT LOWER RATES salted Sutmon 1,57z Pital teday and will leave tonight|electric power and light plant and ‘ Ol First National Bank Building—Upstairs ka municipal water system. These Met- | lakatlans seek financial aid in op- | erating their cannery for a period of three or five years. ! with specifica- | he | he! | Fuil patriculars, e = o ! ;’iions and inventory of cannery| | (,APT'I AL LLECTRIC‘ equipment, ‘may be obtained in | T-E i room 422, Bell Street Terminal | KOLSTER RADIOS | Electrical Appliances, Repairs | Building, Seattle, and at the Office Indian Affairs, Juneau, Aluska. | | | . T J. R. UMMEL, Office Manager. Pave the Pain o trosperity With Printing! | FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. e UNITED FOOD CO. - | “CASH IS KING” vE Expe i — A ; : THE CHAS. W. CARTER MORTUARY » : » “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” w‘“dow Cleanlng Corner 4th and Franklin Sts. Phone 1356-2 New Wall Paper Here! See the New 1933 Patterns. Freshén Up the Home. Full Mne of BENJAMIN MOORE PAINTS JUNEAU PAINT STORE Phone 485 BOTH RANCH AND WILD HIGHEST cfisy PRICES PAID N. SOBEL, Inc. 208 West 30th ‘St., New York City Contact for Information and Shipping Tags H. J. YURMAN, Alaska Representative Triangle Building, Juneau ALWAYS FRESH FRUITS -and , VEGE TA BLES CALIFORNIA GROCERY L Prompt Delivery PHONE 478 ‘r_.—_———-———-———"—'-———————'m = BAILEY’S SPECIAL Every Night frot 8P, M. CHICKEN NOODLES CHOP SUEY : BAILEY’S CAFE FRESH BAKED DELICACIES and HOME OF “HOME MADE BREAD" J UNEAU BAKERY . (Next to Junean Drug) Use Alaska lumber JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS old Papers iorb Sale at Emplre Offlc z PHONE 358