The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 29, 1934, Page 8

O n——— S AR r g AN VR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1934. J. H, BROOKS IS HERE TO VISIT AFTER 30 YEARS One of Most Colorful Fig- ures of Days of '97 Returns North J. H. Brooks, “the reliable pac er,” one of the most colorful f ures of Skagway during the w! and woolly days of the Klondike stampede, arrived here last myhflmorc shohEy, from California, making his first visit to Alaska in almost 30 years. He is accompanied by C. L. Recb-| erts of Seattle, who was a cash; boy in a San Francisco meat shop in which Brooks was a butcher back in 1893. Brocks has made several com- fortable fortunes during his color-| ful career. He is back now to go| over the old trail between Skagway | and Lake Bennett, recalling old| scenes and days long gone. Visits Gov. Troy The first of his oldtime friends| he visited on arriving here was Gov. John W. Troy. The latter was accountant for him in 1898 and '99, when business was boom- ing and contracts for freighting ran high in the thousands of dol- lars. Brooks was the biggest of thel! pack train operators by that time. He ran a string of nine pack train animals, some 250 head of livestock over the trail between Skagway; and Lake Bennett. He made money fast and spent it freely. A born gambler, he was willing to | summer for a longer visit. JAMES 1S HELD T and thousand-dollar bets on the; high card were just ordinary wag- ers for him. He operated his outfit out of then moved to Atlin after the coming of the railroad. He con- tinued in the freighting business there until he went to Vancouver in 1905. He engaged in the trans- fer and hauling business in that city which was just beginning to boom. Again he accumulated a fortune and prospered until the auto trucks drove him out of the field. Buys Stock For U. S. During the war he purchased livestock for the Canadian Gov- ernment first and, after the United | States entered it, bought for the American Government. He made In recent years he has been stock ranching in Cali- |fornia until very recently when he | disposed of his holdings and start- ed back to Alaska. He and Mr. Roberts will leave | here tomorrow for Skagway and i spend several weeks collecting data on the pioneer days of that com- munity and the White Pass Trail. They will return here later in the WITHOUT BAIL Following a preliminary exam- ination before Judge J. F. Mullen | in the United States Commission- er's Court today, Willie J. James, was held to answer to the Federal Grand Jury on a statutory charge.; He was committed to the Federal jail without bail. James, an Indian, was arrested at Excursion Inlet early this week and brought here. His alleged take a chance on most anything, victim is 12-year-old Indian glr].l Here's a triple-plated recipe for eliminating those breakfast brambles. Husbands—yes, even the maddest of the fellows— are astonishingly pliable to the rich and mellow soothings of a steaming cup of Hills Bros. Coffee. In fact, so are you. Try it and see. No human system yet designed can stand the ter- rible strain of getting out of a cozy bed without proper in- centive. Ample Hills Bros. Cof- fee waiting on the breakfast table is incentive enough for Copyright 1933 Hills Bros, anyone. So weep fio mote, dea® | lady. Ply that man across from you with freshly brewed Hills Bros. Coffee. He will leave the Skagway in 1897-98-and '99 and] | HERE are a great kinds of tobacco country and abroad. are quite alike. own. Some have more na freely than others. o ® 1934, lmrlfl' & Mvers Topacco Co. Every variety has a different taste and other different qualities all its than others—some add a rare spice and a rich aroma—some burn more To get Chesterfield’s milder better many different grown in this No two kinds —to blend and cross-blend mild ripe tobaccos to weld them togelher taste we take the right amounts of the right kinds of home-grown to- baccos, then add aromatic Turkish. When these tobaccos are blended and cross-blended the Chesterfield way—balanced—each kind of tobacco helps to bring out the best smoking tural sweetness qualities That’s of the others. what blending and cross- blending means to Chesterfield —milder better taste. And that’s why They Satisfy. the cigarette thats MILDER the cigarette that TASTES BETTER PIGNIC BEER IS table as meek as a lamb and go to the office with the de- termination of twenty lions. Nettleton Shoes for Men ° LEADER DEPT. STORE Exclusive Juneau Dealers TO BE LIMITED BY SUPPLY ONLY Arrangements have been made | with the local weather bureau for the best kind of weather obtain- able for Sunday, the day of the Moose picnic at Salmon Creek, according to C. H. MacSpadden, chairman, and a nice day has been practically guaranteed. All the ice cream that the kid- dies can possibly consume is prom- ised, and the supply of beer for only by the supply available in Juneau. Feed Children Only ‘While food will be supplied for the children, only coffee, sugar and cream will be provided for adults, who must bring théir own lunches if they expect to eat without wearing short pants. Playground ball games aré on the athletic program for the chil- dren, along with races and var- jous other events, and a varied program of novelty athletic events is being arranged for the grown- ups by Frank Foster, who is in the grown-ups is to be limited ing to the delinquency of a minor, men’s handicap racey Transportation Arranged Pete Bothello, chairman of | transportation, announced this morning that plenty of cars have been lined up to save everyonc | trom the necessity of walking to Salmon Creek, and cars wul leave any time between 10 o'clock | |and 11 o'clock from the Capitol| | Beer Parlor on Front Street and | from the corner of Twelfth and| ‘Willoughby. lilig g DEL ROSA’S BOND IS PUT AT $2,500 UNTIL HEARING ON MONDAY Pablo Del Rosa, Mexican, resi- dent of this city who was arrested yesterday on a charge of contribut- was arraigned before Judge J. F. Mullen yesterday afternoon. His bond was fixed at $2,500. When he was unable to furnish bail, he was committed to the Fed- eal jail. His preliminary hearing was set for next Monday: ————— M. D. WILLIAMS RETURNS FROM INSPECTION TRIP M. D. Williams, District Engi- neer for the U. S. Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, returned to Juneau on the Aleutian yesterday after com= pleting a trip of several weeks to charge of this phase of the day's entertainment, lncluding a fat Seward where he inspected the ! morning when the bird and FINAL CHAPTER IS WRITTEN IN ‘PARROT-NAPING’ The latest, anda probably the final, chapter in Juneau's “parrot- naping case” was written this its owner, Jim Howard, became tem- porary inmates of the local Fed- eral jail. The man went because he was unable to pay a $20 fine and $13 in costs, and he took his parrot along, but it was to be turned over to a relative later since accommodations for feathered birds arg limited at the jail. Howard, who charged that a woman had stolen the .parrot from him, was convicted of malicious posecution after it had been estab- lished he had bartered the bird to the alleged thief. He was fined $20 and costs of the entire action. Judge J. F. Mullen gave him time in which to pay but Howard failed to report. Today he was brought before the Judge who told him if he would pay half by July 1, and the other in 10 days more. he would be allowed to remain at liberty, but if he refused he would have to serve it out. Howard el- ected to serve it out at the rate ! Bumm road work i GASTINEAU BARBER SHOP Announces that V. F. “Red” Williams is now associated with John Murdock in this establishment and will be pleased to meet his old friends and customers in the new location. Gastineau Barber Shop - V,ITH NEW YORK TAVERN A M Goltseum Theatre G e FIRECRACKERS FIREWORKS OF ALL KINDS Sky Rockets, Cafidles, Bombs with Flags in After-Shot, Pistols, Fire Crackéérs,fetc. All on sale now for out-of-town use 'on sale Monday for city use - Get Your Supply for the Sunday Picnics GARNICK’S - PHONE 174 !pendmg arraignment before Jud"c‘ He was away several weeks to MART]NO ROSSI HELD J. F. Mullen in the United States| plete arrangements for beginn ON PROCURING CHARGE Commisslonen Court. e | work on a project on the Se’ highway. He was awarded the | contract by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads too late last fall to start work at that time. Martino Rossl, alias Roses, longtime resident of mxs\ city, was arrested last night by | Federal officers charged with be- | | ———— ing a procurer, and later other| R. J. Sommers, Juneau contrac-| Will Knott is the name of a charges were added. He was held | tor, returned yesterday from the | farmer residing near Bumpas Mills, in the Federal jail this morning | Westward on the steamer Aleutiah. Tenn. Romeo R. J. SOMMERS RETURNS ON ALEUTIAN FROM TRIP OF SEVERAL WEEKS WEST b T SATURDAY PRICES i EGGS, Extra Standards, dozen TUNA FLAKES, 2 cans ...... LARD, Pure, 2 pounds-....... GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, ‘large . SALAD OIL, half-gallon jars . - SWISS CHEESE,- impq;ted, pound @ LOCAL RADISHES, ONIONS ' AND BEET GREEN ISR EARE AR OO George Bros. PHONES 9295 3 o Five Fast Deliveries