The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1934, Page 2

R T e T T THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1934. Outstanding V alues in BLANKETS, COMFORTS, SPREADS, ETC. Now is the time to stock up on bedding for winter needs COMFORTERS Cotton-Filled—Values to $8.50 NOW $6.95 Jomforts at $5.00 Special buy on Wool-Filled ( P WHITE SHEET BLANKETS — 60x90 — WHITE Now $1.50 \GLE BLANKETS ~— 72x84 — Regular price $1.95 PART-WOOL NOW $1.45 ; PART-WOOL DOUBLE BLANKETS—Size 72x44 — Co]o'rs rose, blue and green—Regular pice $3.25—NOW $2.75 o i ngle—Solid colors with contrasting bor- §'|X oa{fllot mmw Stuart, left lALL-WOOL BLANKETS—Sing ders—Special, $6.50 1 X PILLOWS—Regular $1.95, NOW $1.50 each DOWN PILLOWS—Reg. $6.75, BED SPREAD — A nice line of beautifully designed cotton spreads at $2.95 and $3.75 each FULL LINE OF PEQUOT SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES Priced Reasonably SHEET BLANKETS—70x90 w $5.50 each 3| CHAMBER ASK upaarEswu & e et 4 OPENING PRIGES Astoria, !Qre.,l.Urges Pro- test:f0.Be Made: qmflew { A red“e;t qpm zorm Ore., Chamber of Cumnferce the Juneau Chamber ‘of Comimerce to join with it in protesting against the low opening prices on canned O Bk | mmfi was considered ‘hxesday e 'Executive Committee "and gyfl! be ‘placéd’ before the Chamber m’-nen miects at Bailey's e at Was orfow. The local od ‘%L" ell, askirg hlm to use’ ms PILLOWS wire Commissioher of 'x‘}ie gphhunn Chamber of cm mgree took action on line y week wheén 1t uthprities * to_ ahns "Other ‘foutine mi t)‘er's"r':} ! local 'industries and developmenits Tow, it was s | Mr. | resi Special, $1.00 ‘at’ 10:15. o'clock | of the Alas-| pilgt Gene firace %1 95 ‘ [ald tc go! and_way ng here in ‘ports. lp to Hawk Inlet ASA " ‘seaplane tms ing s Steve Travis, 6f Hawk” lnlec ‘and Nate Hardy jaid” &"W. Folta 4s Tound trip stsenxers for Hoonah. It was to return t9 Juneau within a, shorL Mm’o. : ' ‘Tomorrow” “the seaplane | Chichidgof, pilot R. !: ;'ms is due 3 its weokly trip north from 'Dlle Te on etchikan, returning Friday morn- Xng ! .. MRS. ERJE L. SMITH AND MISS MARY JOYCE LEAVE FOR FEW DAYS AT TAKU ‘MrS. Erfe’ L. Smith, mother of i the late Leigh Hackley Smith, and ‘Mis§ Mary Joyce, left this after- fioon “on’ Mrs.’ Smith's yacht, Stella Marls, for Taku to spend several days at the Twin Glacier Camp. | e ee ) RENTS BUILDING B. M. Behrends Co,lc: w “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” has “rented roon'l. e Maln Street store 1y occupled by the t Shop, from Charles Morn.s plans to re- Jobless Families Start Life Anew In Federal Community Fa a:-'m Test 'nm is one of the houses on the community farm launched at Woodlake, Texas, by nne"!bw Government for 100 families whose heads are unemployed. Each has ferent from the others. Residents will engage in agricultural work on the 1,500 acres m-th Officials believe each family will become self-supporting and be lernment for the cost of enpllfly and in craftsmanship. able to pay $18 a month on the cost of its home. Board of Equalization tonight. ! ed Thursday Friday and “starting at 8[| wi.shlng to have e on' their assess- ments should take their com- plaints with™ the board this week as no further adjustments will be 8lloyed B. H. STEVENS, Assessor. ady. | principal money crops, articles will be ‘fashioned from fabrics, wood, iron "dnd”’steel in’ the com- || munity work room. “The ‘houses ‘are" from three to five ‘Topms each’ and have modern | | conveniénces. ' No 'two are alike.' Somé¢ are one-story, some one and one-half and some two, designed in- eight distinet "typés of archi tecture, ‘ with many variations. May Be Tried Elsewhere Officials say that if the scheme succeeds, thousands of families will“be financed on' several hun- dred similar community farms scattered throughout the 48 states, under present plans They believe families' can repay the gov- their i modern conveniences and homes in 15 to 30 years. | By HAREELL E. LEE remplo)ed by industry. The gov- DLAKE, nif County, | ernment hopes these families will J;ogg 15. 'Ii':‘ mtythe pmey\becom self - supporting again, woods of “deep est” Texas the|through cultivation of the 1500 ‘m ‘Government, is launching | acres it has purchased for them, & ‘commiunity farm experiment| {by the start of winter. which offieials hold may revolu-| Fach family will have a three- ifle the relief policy for hun-|acyg home plot for a garden, or- of thousands of depression chard, pigs and poultry. 'l The remaining 1,200 acres will hin( completed, | be worked by all the residents; families Whose (and the income pro-rated accord- mdt-mmmamounzolwofkdm of being re- by each, This acreage will be cul- experiment has been estimated at about $150,000, or $2500 for each hm:lg]@ It IS believed each wil to vontribute an average “$18" morithly toward paying 03“ its obligation. The 100 families here were se. about 5,000 destitute tivated with community ani "m and implements. In addition thh; ‘The ‘éxpense of “these projects, and ‘the income from }t.hem. wnl on "farms, Pref- those whose M M than 40 years :!ru:y m;w they stood Teab: cotton and tomatoes probably nu Indlutry scchel & Vis Mrs. away in Seattle according to word aré slated to be tn.ken up tomor- | received in Juneau. She has been an invalid for the past ten years. Dautrick, well known oldtime | | steamship man' of Alaska has been Mrs. W. T.! 'Radio Report Says President Will sit Alaska in °35 A Pacific Coast radio broad- cast last night declared that President Roosevelt has defin- itely made up his mind to visit Alaska next summer did not, so far as It could be e . give the source of his ’l‘}_qé President, it was said, would nukp the trip mainly to check up ‘on the Surveys and g g ¥ e .and gxpedmons ‘said, also, | sion of Congress will appro- fands to erect strong fortifications at strategic points in‘the 'lmwuory in’ anticipation of ‘altion alopg this line in 1935, General Motors Announce Extra 50-cent Dividend NEW YORR, Aug. General Motors RS RS MRS. A. S. DAUTRICK PASSES AWAY AFTER LONG ILLNES A. 8. Dautrick has p: ding with his sister, Fuller, in Seattle. et - S[(‘APT. WILLIAM STRONG’S { PLANE ARRIVES FROM B. C. FOR MAIL AND SUPPLIED To get mail and supplies thci , Lidyd Jarman, mechanic, DeHaviland moth plane owmed by Puot at Tulse 15.—Directors Cdrporation have ordered an extra dividend of 50 cents a share on the com- mon stock. This extra disbursement, in addi- 4 try at mountain goat. he tion to the regular 25-cent quar-‘ .| terly dividend, is the largest extra| with the brokerage firm of Edie- payment to be made by the C‘J'““Davldson Incorporated, in Dayton, pany since 1929. an'lved in Juneau yes- phne wefeltcrday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock t; Mr. and tied up at the rock dump. I n | left this morning to return to Capt. ph' a8 "a Slrongs trading post CAME HUNTERS REACH JUNEAU Easlerners Come Here| Aboard Princess Louise \ j! | —Remain Several Weeks To hunt brown bear both with | guns and with cameras, possibly | mountain goat and fish for both | | trout and king salmon, Robert| Patterson, Jr, and Robert Her- bruck, both of Dayton, Ohio, ar- rived here last evening on the Princess Louise from the south. ‘They are to leave Juneau tomor- row morning on the Hyperian, Capt. Oscar Oberg, with John Harris as | guide, to begin their 23-day trip to Chichagof, Baranof and Ad- miralty &slands. They expebt to spend some txme obtaining both motion and still’ photographs of brewn bear and other wild life scenes as well as! enjoying the more active sports of hunting and fishing. Before re- turning to Juneau September 7th or 8th the young sportsmen ex-; | pect to touch at the mainland Ior; Mr. Patterson, who is connected! jmade a trip to the Territory in (1925 with his father Robert Pat- “terson who it interested in the National Cash Register Company, when they took the Golden Belt tour into Fairbanks and back to S d U. 5. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The W eather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juncau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., August 15: Cloudy, probably showers tonight and Thursday; moderate west- erly winds. LOCAL DATA ‘Weather Cldy Misting Cldy Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 3011 60 () sw 4 3012 55 91 sw 3 3006 56 83 8 10 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4a.m. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 34 34 14 0 Cldy 4 46 4 04 Cldy 44 46 10 102 Cldy 46 46 .36 Rain 46 50 0 Cldy 48 48 Trace Pt, Cldy 40 44 0 Pt. Cldy 48 48 0 Pt. Cldy 52 52 Cldy 55 55 Misting 54 = Cldy 52 52 Clear 52 54 Cldy 48 48 Clear 56 58 Clear 60 60 Pt. Cldy 58 60 Cldy YESTERDAT i Highest 4pm. | temp. temp. | 8 38 5 . 54 | 64! 52! ‘| 58 56 60 60 .. 52 52 64 56 62 56 60 i 480 ol - | 68 6 | 8 84 68 Station Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson ... St. Paul .. Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert ., Edmonton ... Seattle Portland San Francisco ... BB AERRCWRRO DO ® | | The bammelnc pressmc is moderately low in the Interior and near Bering Strait, with showers in Bering Sea and moderate to heavy rain in the Interior and eastern portion of the Gulf. The pressure is moderately high over the northeastern Pacific Ocean and from Southern Alaska to Califorria; and rising generally’ except on the Arctic coast and in Northern Canada where it is falling, with cloudy weather except in the extreme Southeast. Temperature changes have been slight. the Coast by way of the Richard- Mr. Herbruck, automobile dealer, is seeing the Territory for the first time. Both are looking for- ward eagerly to beginning their more than three weeks trip tomor- row and are hoping to bring bhac the limit in game as well as many photographs. - TONSILS TAEEN OUT Frank Parsons, 12, lost his tonsils this morning at S pital, Dr. H. C. DcVighne forming the operation, —,-e per- son Highway and Alaska Railroad. | CANNING NEEDS Jar Rings—Rubbers—Seals—Tops—Mason and Economy Jars and Jelly Glasses ORDER YOUR NEEDS NOW'! CALIFORNIA GROCERY TELEPHONE 478 Prompt Delivery e Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! 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