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e, ¢ A S Rl r F8 LARGE MEETING TRAIL TO MINE HELD TUESDAY TOBEREBUILT BY FISHERMEN WITHOUT DELAY Juneau Halibuters Agree !Forcsl Service Allots Funds to Lokken's Proposal for Work to Better with Reservations Trail to A-J At a meeting in the Counc Following a conference with Gov ©Chambers attended by e John W. Troy, B. F. Heintzleman, bu: boat owner of Juneau 1| Acting Regional Forester, United many others who States Forest Service, today an- H E - nounced that the Forést eSrvice he Fishing Vessef ‘Own-| will reconstruct and improve the s Association, last night pre-| trail leading from town to the por- sented the plans of the Association|tal of the Alaska Juneau mine. for curtailment of halibut fishing Work will be started within three in order to stabllize prices of the|or four days. product. Mr. Lokken held meetings| The Governor was petitioned last in Ketchikan, Petersburg, and|week to improve the trail over Wrangell, on his way to Juneau which, it is said, more than 600 employees of the mine residing in the c pass daily. The funds for ing the Association's plan. the work will come from the allot- | ment made to the Forest Service Proposal Ouflined |under the NIRA. proposal of tne Assoclatlon| geventeen hundred and fifty feet and in each place the fishermen | signified their infention of adopt- The as outlined last night by Mr. Lok-|or tral will be improved, Mr. ken provided for a limit of 3300| peintzeman said. At the upper pounds per man with a lay-up PeT-|eng of the trail, which is on a lod of ten days between each trib.|geen gradient, a covered stairway, Each boat would be aflowed a lee- | tween 65 and 100 feet long, will way of less than 1,000 pounds, wnhl,bc- erected. Three foot-bridges will any boat bringing in more than{giiner be replaced or strengthened. 1,000 pounds extra being penalized) The entire trail will be cleared wid- two days’ extra layup for each 1,000} enedq and re-aligned in places. A pounds over. handrail will be installed along the entire distance. Fishermen Agree g} Fatee] 4 " Mr. Heintzleman went over the Juneau fishermen eXpressed) ., personally yesterday. Its con- hemselves as in favor of the ““"idl;ion. he described as “awful.” To- tailment plan, but due to 1_h(- racl‘dfl}_ an engineer looked it over and that all fishing from here is don(‘;smrwd making plans for Its re- according to the tides, could nmih:\bi]ita:ion_ The stairway, Mr. agree on the lay-up periods. | Heintzleman said, will be con- Aligriate 1180 structed first. This work will start An aiternate plan was offered by | .c soon as the material can be the local fishermen suggesting that! ., 404 on the ground they be allowed to make two con-| _ secutive ) vithout a lay-up fol-| hwuel(;u;n:rfs2z:§ia:‘u Tay-up p‘inod.‘cess Norah agreed to study further L . e g on the particular problems of the I",;::rn‘;;:“t;aik‘n;)::‘;glali\dhn“m:mJuneau fishermen in order to in-| flk“a( l‘he bon(gb would make thr(’c‘corporaw % Giaye in the propo§als S in'Saatch axia Aoyl the first) o) saxeroareiol the localiseapie two in March to be followed by|™MeRtS: @ 20-day lay-up period before thi Einar Olsen, representative here third trip the lafter part of April ©f the halibut fishermen, presided Division of Fleet at the meeting during which the 1t was also suggested by Mr, Lok-| Proposals were discussed informal- ken that the boats, whose owners'|1y for over four hours. names begin with letters from A to| Those in addition to the boat 1 be in one group, and those from | owners, who attended the meeting M to Z in another, the groups al-|included Wallis 8. George, Arnot ternating on trips and lay-ups. It Hendrickson, Allen Shattuck, Chas. was decided that the first group G. Warner, Harold Swanson and to go out would be the M to Z Severn Swanson class, in which five boats fall and| the second would be A to L, includ-| ing ten boats. 3 i To Study Plan | Jack McCord is a passenger for Mr. Lokken, who left for Prince Seldovia on the steamer North- Rupert this morming on fhe Prin- western. M'CORD WESTBOUND Dance Music TONIGHT Capital Beer Parlors BEER LUNCHES DANCIN ® Pull with us and we win! NEW PRINTS ® EXCLUSIVE PATTERNS $4.95 ® SEE OUR WINDOW LEADER DEPT. STORE . George Bros. @ i f g - Store Open Evenings | 1 JAPAN STARTS INVESTIGATION AIMED AT U. S, Believes America Has Se- cret Treaty with China on Aviation TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 7.—An in- vestigation into the possi the existence of a se tween the United States na for development of China’s avi- ation is being made of the fact of the asser United States it makes no treaties. secrel e REV. W. G. GRIFFITHS, OF SKAGWAY ON WAY EAST On his way Rev. W. G. Gri Presbyterian Ch is southbound on Norah. He expects to return to Skagway in about a month. - e to New York, the fiths, pastor of the WOMEN’'S ATHLETIC CLUB MET MONDAY AFTERNOON IN ELKS’' CLUB GYMNASIUM There was a business meeting of ithe Women's Athletic Club Mon- day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Elks'’ Gymnasium at which refresh- ments, served by Mrs. B. V. Dudue{f and Mrs. R. J. McKanna were & delightful surprise. Following the meeting bridge and pinochle were played with Mrs. Emil Zingler winning at the former the Princess Norah for a sh N and Mrs. M. G. Metcalfe at pinochle. Four new members joined the anization, making a total me bership of twenty-five since the club was formed a short time ago Arrangements are being made to have music with the exercises. B AR MISS DELLA RAPUZZI GOING SOUTH ON TRIP Miss Della Rapuzzi, clerk for the Superintendent of the White Pass and Yukon Route, is a southbound passenger on the Princess Norah on her way outside for her annual vacation. Ll J. N. HANSEN AND SON ARE ON WAY SOUTH J. N. Hansen, foreman of bridge builders for the White Pass and Yukon Route, and his son, are southbound passengers on the Prin- cess Norah on their way to Ta- coma to spend some time. - e - STEVE KANE GOES SOUTH Hoonah merchant ith on the Princess rt business trip. — e ) Shop in Juneau eve Kane, is on his way st The largest police escort ever assembled in Chicago was on hand when John Dillinger finished his 3peedy return by airplane from Arizona, en route to Crown Point, Ind., charges. The notorious Indiana badman (center) was chained and handcuffed as more than 100 officers guarded his Chicago arrival. (Assdciated Press Photo) where he will face murder Germany Builds Statue to Short Hair Heroine BARTENSTEIN, Germany, Feb. 7— TFerdinance von Schmetiau vho lived a hundred years ago, vas the first German girl with bobbed hair, so this city has erect- ed a monument to her. Not fashion but war induced her to cut her long braids. In 1813 the then 15-year-old Ferdinande sold her blonde plaits and contributed the $4 she received to help the “war of liberation” against Napol- eon 1. At the celebration of the 50th anniversary in 1863 of the estab- lishment of the Iron Cross she was the guest of the King and Queen of Prussia. - D DR. T. J. PYLE LEAV ON STEAMER FOR CORDOVA T. J. Pyle, dentist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, left for Cordova on the steamer Northwestarn. Dr. Pyle has been visiting communities in this distri in connection with his profession for the last several weeks. Daily Empire Want Ads Pay FREE! A package of COCOA chase of 1 1b. Calumet FREE! NUT with every pur- Baking Powder at 35¢ At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 ‘i our new—— | Now located in Removal Notice! SHATTUCK BUILDING Al * At corner of Third and Seward i Allen Shattuck, Inc. INSURANCE—Established 1898 WOMEN'S CLUB | HOLDS MEETING ing Events During | Month of Feb. 1 Distribution of the Year Book and Club Calendar to members of the Juneau Woman's Club was one of the interesting things that took place at the club’s regular business meeting held in the Council Cham- | bers of the City Hall this after- noon, according to Hazel James Ferguson, President. Among the matters discussed was the Mother-Daughter Lunch- eon to be held in the basement of the Presbyterian Church on Febru- ary 17, for which there is expect- ed to be a record attendance. This | luncheon is for all girls of the high schools and eighth grades of both the Public School and Parochial School and ftheir mothers, and Mrs. Ferguson is general chair- man, | Other events scheduled for the month of February are the second American-Home demonstration to be held at the Legion Dugout on February 13, when the cutting and | altering of patterns to fif any fl;.’.-! ure will be taken up under the di- | rection of Mrs. William Jarman | and the third demonstration, on| February 27 at which practical les- | sons in fancy needlework will be given by Mrs, Jarman. At the meet- |ing on February 27, there will also | be an exhibition of needlework. | These demonstratfons are open| {to all women of Gastineau Chan- nel communities, who are inter-| ested, in addition to the regulnrl club members, Mrs. Ferguson said.l On February 20 there will be a| Past President's tea held at the| residence of Mrs. R. R, Hermann | at which all Past Presidents will | be the hostesses. At a special election held yes- | terday afternoon, Mrs. D. F. Mil- | lard was chosen as vice-president | to succeed Mrs. R. J. McKanna,| who recently resigned. 3 EI————: " tank. makes. WEBST! NRA. L T T CANNED SALMON CODE HEARINGS AT CITY HALLSTART FEB. 26 Plans Discussed for Com- Will Be Held in San Fran- cisco at Palace Hotel Wade Is Advised A public for the salmon canning of Alaska and the Pacific North= west has been called for February 26, it was announced today by Hugh J. Wade, Deputy NRA Ad- ministrator for Alaska. held in San Francisco, in the French parlor of the Palace Hotel, Mr. Wade was advised by tkle- gram from Washington today. “It has been necessary to ask the industry to meet in San Fran- cisco as that is the only place on the Paciic Cost where NRA per- hearing on the code industry It will be sonnel is available,” Mr. Wade was advised. The proposed code was printed in its entirety in The Empire yesterday for the first |tlme. Any organization or interests Alaska, having objections to ma {to the code or any of its pro- | visions may submit them in writing to Mr. Wade and he will arrange for their presentation at the forth- coming meeting. Several protests have already been made to the child labor clause in the code as |drafted and a modification will be | sought from the NRA Board. o : CHRISTINE HALVORSEN RETLRNS FROM SOUTH WITH NEW STYLE NEWS Miss Christine Halvorsen of Hal- vorsen’s, Incorporated, returned here on the Northwestern last | evening after spending the last five weeks visiting the style centers |in Seattle, Portland and San Fran- | cisco. 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