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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1934, Only $2.98 will get you a guar- anteed 26-piece SILVER SET OF TABLEWARE See Our Window for Particulars! Introducing C “PUROLA” Household Remedies P U R E, as the name indicates, none better . Items include all the com- mon every-day preparations such as Iodine, Carbolic Acid, Sulphur, Boric Acid, Sweet Oil, Epsom Salts, Cascara, Peroxide, Camphor, Castor Qil, Turpentine, Glycerin, Alcohol-Rub and many others. For Each $5.00 worth of this merchandise purchased at our store dur- ing the next two months, you can have a beautiful 26-PIECE SILVER SET at half the wholesale cost Fully guaranteed. See us for particulars. GUY L. SMITH Drug Store Next docr to Coliseum 3 ‘When Christopher Columbus ap- peared before Queen Isabelia upon returning from his first explora- tion, he presented her with sweet potatees picked in the new world ! DOUGLAS NEWS DOUBLAS ROAD, WORK PLANNED - TOWARD BRIDGE Final Survey Now in Pro- gress—Funds for High- way Appropriated Final survey work on the mew road which will connect Douglas | with the bridge across the cham- {nel when it is built, was started | this week. According to the plans {the entire road is to be rebuilt, ' funds for which have already been appropriated. The work of course cannot be started until it is authorized from Washington and is mot expected to get underway until summer. All | the preliminary surveys were made | a couple of years ago and the fi- nal data is now being secured to | have everything in readiness for the actual construction work. ‘The completion of the projected road will be the final important step in the expansion and growth of Douglas, such as is anticipated { in connection with the bridge across the channel Smooth, straight, and as nearly level as it will be possible to make it, the road is to be made at least 18 feet wide and will undoubtedly be the most trav- eled stretch of the same length in all the highways on the chan- nel, | R —— FIREMEN PREPARING FOR ANNUAL EVENTS; ELECTION AND DANCE The nominating committee of| the Douglas Fire Department at last night’s meeting presented a list of names for candidates to the various offices to be elected at the next regular meeting April 19. It { was also planned to have a social time and feed at that meeting. Ray McCormick, John Laughlin, and James Manning will look af-| ter the entertainment for the oc-| | casion. A dance committee composed of Mike Pusich, James Manning and | A. J. Balog was appointed to makq |all arangements for the annual ball, to be he!d early in May. Fire Chief Kilburn told of the results obtained at the public | school during a recent fire arill and mentioned one or two hazards that should be overcome to aid rescue work in the event of fire. Mayor-elect Goetz was present at the meeting and in a short talk outlined his hopes and plans for the coming year. The Firemen €n- Joyed a treat of cigars at the ex- pense of the new Mayor. >, THREE RESIGNATIONS OF TEACHERS ACCEPTED At the meeting of the Douglas School Board held yesterday, the resignations of Mrs. Thomas Cash- en, Mrs. E. E. Engstrom and E. IIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIHIIIIIH[HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIlI SATURDAY and MONDAY SPECIALS! EGGS—Iarge extras, 2 dozen BUTTER—Darigold, quarters, lb. BUTTER—Red Shield, prints, lb. PEAS, CORN, STRING BEANS— Standard Brand, 2 PORK AND BEANS—Campbell’s and Van Camp’s, 3 cans iy «+®3 FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES cans NEW POTATOES, 3 1bs. ... 25¢ CARROTS, 3 bunches ... 25¢ LETTUCE, per head ... 10¢ SPINACH. perIby - i 10c CAULIFLOWER, each .............. 25¢ and 30¢ RHUBARB, 3 Ibs. . 25¢ CALIFORNIA GROCERY | TELEPHONE 478 T PROMPT DELIVERY | the QfllflllIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIWIIIIIIllllllIIIIMIIIIIMIlllfllllllIIIIMIIIIMH!IIIIIIIIIINIHIIII IIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIMIHHMMIHIIIMHMIIIIIIIIMIIHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHHIIIIII G. Wentland were accepted. Miss Grace Naghel, graduate of Juneau High School, who is| now teacher at Tenakee and for several years teacher in the Seat- | tle Public Schools, was selected {for the vacancy caused by the res- ignation of Mrs. Cashen. Other selections will be announced later. Mrs. J. R. Langseth and An- e positions they have been ' holding.| The School Board passed a res- olution opposing employment of married women as tachers in the local schools. —_——t—— SOPHOMORES WILL SPONSOR DANCE Saturday night, April 7, will be the occasion of another delightful and popular high school dance, sponsored by the Sophomores. The | : affair will be given in the Eagles’ Hall with Edwards and Niemi furnishing variety of melody. Students, Al- umni and the public are invited to attend. SRS I ST, JOINT MEETING IN LEAGUE ROOMS The Ladies League andthe Con- gregational Church members will meet jointly in the League Rooms this evening at 8 o'clock for con- sideration ——.— CLASS EMBLEMS ARE ORDERED BY SENIORS Senior rings will arrive soon.] The style ordered is yellow gold with a raised monogram and touch- es of black. Announcement cards have also been ordered. Seniors will pay for their own rings and cards. In past years, class funds have covered this ex- penditure, 0. E. S. CARD PARTY A whist and bridge party will be given Tuesday evening, April 17, in the Odd Fellows' Hall, sponsored by 'the Douglas Eastern Star or- ganization. Card playing will start at 8:30 oclock. Refreshments will be served. B e e e e 000 ° AT THE HOTELS . s e 000000000 Zynda Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Simmons, ; K. 'W. Blanchard, Skagway. Gastineau S. Stanley, Oscar R. Hart, Se- attle; George A. Lingo, E\au-“ banks; S. Elstead, Yakutat; W. H. Dugdell, Yakutat. Alaskan G. Johnson, Juneau; J. Gold-| man, Juneau. RPINEEREE = Purdue’s Big Ten champion bas- over the new Ninth Street bridge | ketball team did not have a regu- | |for the next ten days, | llav player more than six feet tall' heavy trucks will be required to flIIHIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIll!IlIIIIIIIINlIIIIIIlIIIIIhlIIHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIl||||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllmmmflflmllll g FREE Beer TODA rew Martin were chosen for the| of “important business.| | | | | { their wusual rhythmic| } \ | Recr | Street, Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle 6. (l;lrt_awny 1. Not the speed 7. Bury ° of again 8. At no time: 7. Piteh o contr. b akiia 9. Billiard stick 13. Pleasant smells 0. Metric Jand 14. Pertaining to _measure the nerves Way 15. Answer the \l-u]ml:mce purpose 16. Kind of carma- tion 22 Daughter of a 18. Pormer unl- leing of Spals g [OlE] 3 Suong 19. 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Parent scious 5 | Myself mFflc CLOSED OVER“lse the Calhoun Road, it was an-| WILLOUGHBY ‘A VENUE| (BRID GE TEMPORARILY| | Traffic is closed over the Wil- loughby Avenue bridge over Gold it was announced today. at once and until completed, traf- fic for the Casey-Shattuck Addi-| tion or Highway, will be routed over the Calhoun Road bridge or recently completed Ninth Street Bridge. \ Only light traffic will be allowed and all| @ ALSO BOTTLED BEERS, CIGARS, TOBACCO, CIGARETTES i / III l%/////fill/ // II Hl e ] nounced at the City Clerk’s omcc this morning. e - SCHOOL TAX DUE The 1934 school tax is/' now due innd payable at the City Clerk’s | All male persons between 50 except Work on the bridge will be begun [Soldiers, sailors, volunteer firemen, by the Alaska Road Commission|Paupers and insane persons, | subject to the $5.00 tax. A. W. HENNING, office. the ages of 21 and A e A Sl “adv. City Clerk. R | PIONEER CAFE | K] J. K. Paul | | “THE HOME OF ] | GOOD EATS” OSCAR R, HARTHERE | UNTIL SGUTHBOUND SAILING OF YUKON Oscar R. Hart, one of the oest| known of the many Alaskan mor-i chandise brokers, arrived on the steamer Victoria this morning and will remain here until the arrival of the Yukon for the south. Mr. Hart veports that his busi- ness to the Westward and Interior districts is back to a pre-depres-| sion basis with great interest being shown in every community. in' the revival of placer mining. The Fairbanks Exploration Com- pany is said to have options onj the Poorman and Greenstone prop- erties in the Ruby district and new possible on the Ester Creek proper- |ty in the Fairbanks district by the | work is being pushed as rapidly as | same company, Mr. Hart deelared. It is estimated that the opening of this creek will' necessitate the employment of several hundred men this summer, he said. YAKUTAT CHINAMAN SENT HERE TO SERVE SENTENCE | Long Foy, convicted recently at| Yakutat of selling liquor' to' In- | dians, was brought here on the steamer Victorla today to serve out a sentence of 60 days. U.S. | Commissioner W. H. Dugdell and a guard brought him here, and will return home on the first available transportation. H.S. Gym 9:30 Tickets, $1.00 ON TAP ALT HEIDELBERG RHINELANDER it O, WILLIAM T. “BILLY” DOUGLAS @ Front Street, Opposite Coliseum Theatre 1 i.mmlmmmlImmnllmlmmun||||mlmlmnmmmml|||nmunmu|nmmmmmnnnnnmmmnnnmnmnmnmnmmmmmnmnm BUDDING STAR | luth, REAL BIG GUY Buri¢ch of Trouble in Track, Football MINNEAFGLLS, Minn, April 6. —Minnesota fans' see a bunch of trouble—for ° Gopher opponhents— during the next two years with Bill Freimuth, a young giant from Du- in the track' and football} lneups. Freimuth, a 215-pound sopho- more, took first place in the shot-| put in the Big Ten indoor mrk} champlonships with a toss of 48 feet, six inches and, accordhm to] Coach Clarence Mann, “You have- 't seen anything yet.” Munn, all-American guard on the 1931 Gopher grid team, ought to know. He holds the present Big Ten record of 48 feet, 93¢ inches, set in 1931. ' Munn has been| handling the tracksters during the absence of Sherman Finger, ill for months with ‘heart ‘trouble. Munn predicts Freimuth will “far outdo” his own record. Freimuth won a football' letter last fall at tackle and Bernie Bier- man, head grid coach, is eounting ,on him. | W‘hen the burly but gnngUng | —first reported for football' 'FREE BEER TO PATRON 'Minnesota Giant Promises| — youth—he's six feet, five inches tall coaches weren’t so impressed, x he rapidly acquired the polish he needed and soon* was battling for a first string tackle berth, - H T s MARKS OPENING OF THE MINERS’ THIS NOON Willlam T. Douglas opened the Miner's. ' Recreation ' Paflors on Front Street, opposite the Coli- seum Theatre at noon today when (a2l present were m ‘with ' free draught beer. Since ' “BM" m the Miner's a short time ago the place has been attractively redecorated and modern equipment installed. During the afternoon a ' huge crowd greeted the genial proprietor and expressed -admiration for the attractive fixtures. — The University ‘of ‘Ghicage has awarded varsity letters to seven athletes whose fathers also won the “C.” | TO HONOR THE SENIORS TONIGHT Spectators 25c, 15c i ion Parlors o ochbhed rom