The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 13, 1934, Page 8

m———— . PIONEEROF | Ship Pow JUNEAU DIES | | IN PORTLAND James MC_C-I—;SI(C)', Aged 69, Long-Time Democrat, Passes Away in South James MecCloskey, 69, long time | resident of Juneau, Chief Jailer at, the Federal jail, and very active| worker in the Democratic party. died late yesterday at the Coff. clinic in P and, according to ra- dio messages received here this morning from his brother, John McCloskey, who was with him in Portland at the time of his death.| Mr. McCloskey was born on a farm near Madison, Wisconsin, and came to Juneau from Butte, Mon-| tana, in 1896. He lived here from that time on, with the exception of | two years, 1912-13, which he spent | in Atlin with his brother on a mining claim. Civic Activities Hs civic activities were numer- ous, and he was highly respected by all with whom he came in con- tact. He was a member of several of the early city councils of Ju- it ran on the rocks. neau, and was Chief of Police here = fog. Ship Pounds to Pi eces on Roe 1 Montere o Pounding to pieces on the jagged rocks of Cypress Point Rcef, near Pebble Beach, Monterey, Cal,, the lumber schooner J. B. Stetson, of San Franciscc, has been abandoned as a total loss. crew of 21 was rescued after all efforts to float the vessel failed. The schooner grounded in a dense Note the people watching the chip from the rocks of Monterey, a position they were able to take when the tide receded and the breakers quieted down. The The ship was carrying no cargo at the time in 1925-26. Life Member, Elks He became a member of EIks| Jodge, No. 420, on November 2,| 1898. He was a member of the! Park College, near Kansas City, Mo. He is a Sophomore this year, and she is a Senior. Tuesday evening the Bromleys, Ol H | accompanied by the Rev. David Eleven O'Clock Club. His member-| v, oo5ner of Juneau, left in the ship in the Knights of C°l“mb"s"undshy for Sitka, where they e st (53! wil attend the Fiftieth Amniver- o B 4o - ®|sary of the organization of the tp ‘:"mfrt;]"rpx“k“: ’:; "'f‘;t“s‘fli |Alaskan Presbytery, and of the i onlpnge Sl v ‘{founding of the Presbyterian He left Juneau three weeks ago| to enter the clinic for medical care. Survivors are the widow; two sons, James, of Juneau, and Gene, of Albuquerque, New Mexico; the one brother, John, of Juneau; and }\:Sw?jkwef ’g;cxgl: 1‘:;’“’;4;’: memorating the event will be held Catharine Lynch, of Sioux City,|** S Towa. j.The body 15 to be brougnt @ pOUR FOUNDATIONS | OF NEW FOG SIGNAL According to latest reports from ] 1 PRESBYTERIANS WILL OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY scninl Lo, e new fog s OF CH UR C H AT SlTKA‘mm is coming ;xiol\g cn;lte sat- !isfactorily. Concrete pouring for the The Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Hmm»‘_foundatinns of the building was ley arrived in Juneau Tuesday on |expected to be completed by this the mission boat Lindslay from‘vvvmn:z Hoonah, where the Rev. Bromley is| The Lighthouse Service motor- Presbyterian minister. They brought ‘:,h.n Alder was in today from Sen- in their Son and daughter, Eugene itinel Island, and left, at 2 o'clock and Alice, who left this morning this afternoon with a s load on the Princess Louise enroute for coal and food supplie: Church at Sitka. | Among the organizers of the Sit- ka Church were former Gov. John G. Brady, and Dr. 8. Hall Young. {The church was founded in 1884. - W \\\“m“\\\\\||ljlmll///////////////// AT t ///W//////////// H H 2 z _ ) WRITE US TODAY FOR ILLUSTRATED LITERATURE AND DETAILED INFORMATION Maybe a winter vacation in the MEXICO sunshine costs much less than you & oy think. Sleeping car charges on Mexico City is only three days our trains are a thied less than from Los Angeles on our West last winter. A complete meal in Coast Route via Mazatlan and Guadalajara. It's the place to go our dining cars costs as little as this year. Life down there moves against a background of music CALIFORNIA and flowers, in the finest winter rpelesisonly aday a0d 4O limate in the world. Roundirip dio, Palm Springs and Southern {fom Seattle to Mexico City is N oa's s""‘“'m are only °nly $116.60, daily until Octo- a few hours from Los Angeles. ber 15, return limit October 31. Examples of the low fares: Low fares this winter, too. Ask for booklet “I've Been to Mex- From aoLes ‘“::“" Round- jco.” It tells what a tourist saw SEATTLE. , , 2150 !“0 and did in a short trip. i st g ob ek e WRITE TODAY cars (plus small berth charge). Address inquiries to B. C. TAY- Ask for booklets: “Southern Cali- LOR, General Agent, 1405 Fourth fornia Desert Resorts”and "Guest ~ Ave., Seattle. Or call at this ad- Ranches.” dress whea you reach Seatdle, Southern Pacific SPECIAL $3.00 For Limited Time Pemanent Wave Given on the Thermique HEATERLESS machine and by Mr. Edson who has had permanent wave exper- ience equal to anyone in the entire country. We use nothing but genuine Thermique supplies which cost more than any supply made—double most of them. WHAT IS THE CATCH? No catch at all. need the wave. WE need the business. 3 & All Waves Guaranteed 'EDSON-WAVE SHOP Room 5, Valentine Bldg. Phone 241 YOU Next Sunday, special services com- | CITY BAND 70 OPEN SECON NIGHT OF FAIR Splendid Program Planned for This Evening at | Annual Carnival 3 | T | | (Contuinued rage One) | Dreamin’ Time,” and “I Once| Loved a Boy. This Afternoon ‘This afternoon the event occur-| red for which mothers plan months | in advance, the annual baby show. Results and prize winners will be announced in The Empite tomor- row. Exhibits to be judged toda include needlework, embroidery, home canning and home cooking. Winners in these groups will also be announced tomorrow. Douglas Day Friday is annually Douglas Day lat the Southeast Alaska Fair' and |a special program has been arrang- ed for this big event when neigh- {bors from across the Channel will |be warmly welcomed. Exhibits to/ {be judged tomorrow afternoon in- ! clude exhibits of all public and ;p.mnn schools and cakes entered in the home cooking department. TWOFLIERS FORCED DOWN FAST FLIGHT (Turner and Fangborn Land | at Pittsburgh Because | of Fog and Rain PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 13— |Capt. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, who hopped off from Burbank, Cal, yesterday morning in a giant Eo plane, which contalned a maze of instruments cmbodying the most modern aids to flying, and with four passengers aboard, landed here at 5:18 o'clock last night, and rain over the Alleghenies halting the flight. They were out to make a record from ['the West to New York City. e FIVE DIONNE BABIES PASS DANGER POINT CALLANDERX, Ont., Sept. 13.— The Dionne quintuplets have passed. through a ‘“critical period” after suffering a mild attack of intestinal toxemia during the past 36 hours, Dr. Dafoe announced this morning, A relief nurse has been placed on regular night duty and the youngsters are now attended by three nurses. “I think the babies are now past | the danger stage but we must con- | tinue to give them every care,” Dr. | Dafoe said. —--— ;Smart Prairie Dogs | Burrow Into Refuge 7 i CHAMBERLAIN, 8. D,, Sept. 13. —Despite uncomfortable hot wea- gzher, a colony of ‘“settlers” has | squatted on the sun-baked prairie | near here, busily constructing a | new®own. | The inhabitants, prairie dogs, are ’applying their industrious burrow- ‘lng activity to converting a large )aren into an earthen sieve, [ Wlsdom has gone into their | choice of a site, too. Their settle- imn: is in a game refuge, where [FOLTA RETURNS FROM SUCCESSFUL HUNTING 'TRIP IN HEALY DISTRICT' After a most successful hunting trip in the Healy River district on the Alaska Railroad, Asst. United | States Attorney Georgs W. Folta from the beautifully woven scarves, | returned here yesterday “on the ties and shawls from the Sheldon teamer Aleutian. He was accom- panied on the hunt by J. W. Ke- )55 cabin, completely furnished in|cessful since the organization be- hoe, United States - Attorney for the Third Division. The hunters bagged moose, moun- tain sheep and caribou. Mr. Folta killed a fine bull moose with an antler spread of 64 inches. After conferring with his chief, United States Attorney W. A. Holz- tistic arrangement of the displays. i | heimer, he continued on to Ketchi- | kan to attend the approaching term of the United States District Court. - e | Finds Johnson Autograpll},’ SANTA CLARA, Cal. — While rummaging through some old pa- pers which belonged to her grand- mother, Stella Leviston, teacher here, found a document bearing the signature of President Andre Johnson. It verified a land grant to prominent Californians. 816 TURNOUT ~ AT OPENING; esting Displays and Enter- tainment Draw Crowd {Contintiea Trom Page One) : e —— accompanied by Miss Iris Gray at the piano. Little Noreen 2Ztieff, pupil of Dorothy Stearns Roif f, brought { down the house with her poise and | charm as she gave several dances, in which she not only displayed a natural aptitude for dancing, but expert training on the part of her instructor. Her first presentation, for which she wore an attractive costume of pink satin and silver, (was an acrobatic dance, and she amazed the adult audience by her | skillful performance and suppleness. Cartwheels and open splits are jonly two of the difficult acrobatic | stunts she gave in the dance with ease and agility. Her poise was remarkable in one so young. Her last two dances were given in typi- |cal Scotch costume befitting the | Highland Fling and Sword Dance, | both executed with perfection. | Displays Attractive Displays at the fair are more than usually interesting and at- ; tractive this year !ment from the crowds examining them. Many original creations are jincluded in the school exhibits | Jackson School, to the miniature ! detail, which was sent down from {the Holy Cross Mission. Art ex- hibits from the local schools are ANNUAL FAIR Splendid Program, Inter-'Seal Is Perfect when Water and broughc} forth praise and favorable com- hopes to have it in place and be-. IS FOUND OKAY Pumped Out — Start Pouring Main Pier The big nine-foot concrete slab on the foundation to pier two of the Douglas bridge, was poured suc- cessfully, it was revealed last night when pumps succeeded in empty- ing the coffer dams. The seal was found to be perfect, it was said to- day by Straton, bridge engineer. One pump iIs now keeping the |coffer dam free of water and had {no trouble doing it on last night's high tide, he said. A crew was put |to work today preparing the dams for pouring the concrete for the main pier. Pouring is expected to start by tomorrow and probably will be com- pleted early next week. As soon |as the concrete sets everything will {be in readiness for steel construc- |tion to start on the mainland sec- ition of the bridge. Some delay in fabrication was encountered by the contractor on that job and it prob- jably will be the middle of October | before it starts, { ! A. Dishaw, who is erecting the piers, is now building wooden cof- fer dams which ‘he will use on pier {three on the Douglas side, the last of the four to be erected. He gin work on it next week. i a ticket for the useful and out-| standing prizes offered. ! From all indications, the fair of 1934, will be one of the most suc- gan thirteen years ago, and patrons will find it more than worth their while to attend each evening. outstanding in execution. The floral exhibit this year is splendid, not only for the size and | beauty of the flowers but for ar-| Interesting Booths ; Many interesting display booths |attracted comment and will prove more than worth while as an at- traction to the fair. A number of firms and business houses opened booths this year for the first time and effort and ingenuity was used to make them colorful and inter- esting as well as educational. Refreshments and game booths all received excellent patranage and furnished both nourishment and entertainment. Games_ of chance proved popular with everyone will- ing to try his luck in order to win VISIT THE @ See Cur Display of DELTA TOOLS Juneau-You LOCAL : Vegetables-Fresh Daily CALIFORNIA GROCERY + TELEPHONE 478 ng Hdwe Co.| | YOUR CHOICE Prompt Delivery CHILDREN’S FINE sizes up to 44, ALL the carrying of a gun is forbidden' NEW HOUSE DRESSES At GARNICK*S;;H&M PRINTS, also women’s it ..$1.00 - SWEUMS AT LENA COVE ‘ Ed G. Sweum and his family | ave spent several days at the Gucker cabin at Lena Cove. BUSY| Wity | Nol. Because We Are Cheaper BUT BETTER i RICE & AHLERS CO. The trend toward swag- ger, easy fitting coats grow every day. That’s why we feature the Rag- lan and the Balmoral, two of the most popular coats in the new style. We've picked just the right fabrics for the style and fine tailoring adds to their fine value. Direct from factory to you. 44'{' LIKETHESE THIS SEASON Also single and double breasted indrape or straight models. Sizes 34 to 48 LEADER DEPT. STORE GEORGE BROS. 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