The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 4, 1934, Page 7

THE DAILY. ALASKA' EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 4, 1934. ° NOMEITES ARE HOPEFUL, HAPPY WRITES NURSE F ormer JUI]E&U RCSianl, Miss Mildred Keaton, Describes Nome following Nero's fire, | must have look much the same the of the Romans, as Nome does day in the eyes of the Nomeites. However, I have a mno- tion that the Romans had not the spirit of optimism or faith in their [ e Non es have,” M dred Keaton, nurse with the U. 8. Bureau of Indian Affairs, who ar- rived in Nome soon after the disas- trous fire, wrote to Juneau friends. Pirst word of the destructive blaze was received in Kotzebue on| the morning of September 17 when the daily weather report was radio- ed at 10:45 o'clock, according to Miss Keaton. She was in Kotzebue waiting to begin her winter route, at the time, and being of general assistance to everyone. Several re- ports of the fire were received dur- ing the day, and the next day, when the Kotzebue run was elim- “Rome, eyes | Massachusetts court must pass on one of strangest suits in history. John T. McGee, of Roxbury, is suin, Wendell H. Small, Boston hotel manager for $25,000, alleging that Small alienated the affections of the present Mrs. Small (above) while she was Mrs. McGee. Mrs. mall, 38, has been wed seven times, | COLONEL CLARK LEARNS ABOUT NORTHERN TER Government Official Heads List of Interesting Speakers, C. of C. (Continued from Page Oné) rdomed to a growth of Gpproxi- thately 30,000 people. The living conditions were picturesquely and humorously described by Mr. Reed. Geo. Schumb_f.her, now ,of Douglas, Was Nome's ‘first’ fire chfef, and Billy Eddy, of Douglas, the first| chief of police. p The speaker paid a high compli- | ¥ ment to Judge James wxckersmm-f 2 for his constructive work when he} came to Nome in 1901 and “cleaned | up the awful mess,” following the | conviction of former Federal offi- | cials in a San Prancisco Federal| court on charges relating to mining ' scandals in Nome during their in- cumbency. | In 1904 J. C. Brown discovered thé now famous third beach lne,’' which, Mr. Reed said, has produced more than one hundred million ) oW Refresh yorpr ing . - dollars, and will be a producer for years to come. He also said that the Hammon interests have 8 years of work in sight and believes that the area has a good future: Committees- Report inated due to the rush of radios in|gwice to her present husband, the Nome office, amateur operators| McGee was No. 6. Small also was managed to get some information has been No. 2, for the interested Kotzebue neigh-(—— - o bors SHEET PlLlNG To A report .on the proposed dred- On Wednesday, the first witness to™the fire arrjved in Kotzebue by BE MOVED TO PlER O i rioes THREE OF BRIDGE Shattuck, also a report: of -the plane and everyone galhercdl Bt Lk e | ‘Tourist Booth. activities written by Miss Caroline Todd, was read. | A second plane followed the first,| both bringing witnegses from court| Concrete work on pier two of Chief of Re s Gl Davie:. s named Chairman of the attend- which had been in session in Nome, |the Douglas bridge has been com- and took what supplies could bepleted by A. Dishaw and Sons, spared back to the stricken city.|contractors and today the pulling 32:"‘ committee by President Gard- Miss Keaton was requested to re-|of the sheet piling on the pier was 2 turn to Nome to assist in relief [begun. This sheet piling will be work and arrived on the scene the used again on pier three, on the | ! Kidnaps His l same day in one of the planes | In her letter, dated September | 22, she describes in colorful manner the scene which met her eyes “We arrived in Nome late on| Wednesday evening. Of course I was shocked to see so much waste The debris was still burning and' the wind howling, though the tem- perature was mild. I went immedi- ately to the Government house which, by some miracle, was still standing. A lost and found depart- ment was established down stairs] in the main office, and it was in-; teresting to say the least, to take a turn there and see the various things sent in to be reurned to the | owners, and the list of things lost. Everyone took a turn at it and wonderful results were obtained. | Free Food Served “Free food was served from the | first day in the Government School, | but that will stop tonight. The! North Pole Bakery now has a lit-| tle building up and is serving| meals. The Steffens and Kitsmiller drug store will open for business| Monday in an old cabin, 30 by 18| feet, which they found and moved on their old lot. A. Polet is handl- ing his stock from his warehouse. Many other little shacks house the goods of various merchants, and! business goes on. The bank will open in the Road Commission barn sometime next week. “The general spirit of the people of Nome is wonderful, all are hope- ful of getting located before the freezeup and thankful they were able to save many clothes and con- siderable food. There is mno acute want In town, none are seriously hurt and many saved lots of their tbelongings,” Miss Keaton wrote. GOING... | | killed Douglas side of the bridge where the concrete work will be started as soon as is possible, it was an- nounced today by Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission. - e,——— SHOSHONE GOES T0 AID ALITAK SEATTLE, Oct. 4—The Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone - has been ordered from its route, Bering Sea to San Francisco, to join the Atlanta, sent from Port Angeles in the race to the disabled cannery | motorship Alitak, which is report- ed in heavy seas, with opened seams, but with two pumps work- ing to keep the water down. The Alitak is reported making only four knots an hour. EASTERN STAR OFFICIAL DIES; AUTO ACCIDENT SPOKANE, Wash,, Oct. 4—Mrs. Janet Naylor, of Seattle, Grand Officer of the Eastern Star, was in an auto accident near here while making an official call with Mrs. Lorraine Fishel, of Che- halis, Grand Worthy Matron. Mrs. Fishel was driving the car. It plunged 80 feet down an em- bankment and both women were hurled clear of the wreckage. Mrs. |Fishel suffered a back injury but |Mrs, Naylor was killed. ¥ Mrs. Fishel is unable for the .cause of the accident: R e American Shoes Popular GO DE LUXE ON Olympian Ride in complete comfort on the air-conditioned club-observation and cars of the famous, _ roller OLYMPIAN. En- Joy the thrill of 656 sootless, cin- derless, fumeless electrified miles Road service—the rellroad with its own rails all the way, Beattle tq Chicago. Lowest Fares Ever Reduced rail fares—round trip and one way—and lowet slesping car rates ap- ply via The OLYMPIAN. New type tourist cars cut costs still more with comfortable, individually lighted berths at about alf the cost of standard sleeping car accommodations. ‘The “Chef’s Belecti delightful luncheons or dinners for 50c; elub breakfasts from 40c up. ." m; w.-ln. cable MILWAUKEE shoes are with chic PARIS.—American making as big a “hit” | Parisians as American stockings. Shoes made by a widely known American designer, shown here with a French dressmaker’s collec- tion, always call forth the inquiry “where can we find those shoes?” b B L A0 | School: s Take Transients. TOPEKA, Kas—~Transient .camp residents of school age will be ad- puitted to public” sehodls here) But | hot in' some other citles of “the state. o ¢ : Silver Uses bureau of standards is a, special study of the existing &nd potential uses of silyer in . dustrial and engineering _fiel —— . ———— NEUMEISTER GOES SOUTH Herbert Neumeister, former mem- ber of the staff of the United Food Company, and later of the Sanitary Market, is a passenger aboard the Princess Louise for his home in Everett, Washington. — - MOOSE MEAT DINNER A moose meat dinner was served last night by Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Hebert. Covers were laid for ten and the dinner was served by Mrs. Katherine Hooker. —_—— .. — HEALTH DIVIDENDS A TR T T |- Pamous_Soap Lake Mineral Boths. —adv Drugless Institute, to- aceount] #WASHINGTON.—_ The national| | Estranged Wife; Is Under Arrest ALBUQUERQUE, New Mex- ico, Oct. 4.—Henry Vaughn, age 35, allegedly “kidnaped” his es- tranged wife, Lucille Barker Vaughn, aged 24, of Spring- field, Missouri, and forced her to accompany him on his cross- country auto trip. Vaughn was captured and held for investigation. He was arrested after she jumped from his car while he was in a pawn- shop pawning her wrist watch. PREMIER OF SPAIN OUT Veteran of Political Storms' Asked to Form New Government i | \. | | | i | 1 | 'MISS EUNICE ANDERSON RETURNS FROM VACATION TRIP TO MIDDLE WEST MADRID, Oct. 4, — Alehandro Lerrouz, veteran in Spain’s politi- cal whirl, has been designated to form the eleventh Government, the Miss Eunice Anderson, member of second the Spanish republic has the nurses staff of St. Ann's Hos- had in three years. pital, returned on the Princess Lou- Premier Ricardo Samper Ibanez's ise from a vacation trip of nearly minority ' government, was forced two and one-half months. Miss An- out of office at the opening of derson spent most of her time in parliament yesterday. the middle west, visiting friends and TR 'relatives in Detroit, Michigan, Min~ TERRITORIAL SCHOOLS ARE 'mesota, and neighboring states. COMPLETED UNDER PROGRAM She was in Chicago for several days during which she took in the Completion of the new school World's Fair and also visited in Se- which was let to Killee and Jerrild, east. contractors ‘of that community, is announced by the Territorial De- pArtment of Education. Word has also been received by the Juneau office of the department that the school in Marshall has been com- pleted. ;The Marshallschool was built by W. L. Baldwin, contractor. RO GRAFF WESTBOUND S.. M. Graff, prominent Seward business man, was in Juneau while the Yukon was in port, on his way 10 his home from the south, s From the choicest Turkish and Domestic tobaccos—orly the clean center leaves are lgqus—they cost more—they taste better. building for Ruby, the contract for attle’ and Bellingham on her way | W g it 1 used in Luckies—these are the mildest | L. M. DOW, ENGINEER ON STEAMER NENANA, TO SPEND WINTER SOUTH MISS MARY BUTLER BACK FROM VACATION TRIP TO PACIFIC COAST STATES | Miss Mary Butler, nurse for the | U. 8. Bureau of Indian Affairs at Angoon, returned on the Princess M. Dow, Chief Engineer on |the steamer Nenana, operating on 3 the Tanana and Yukon Rivers, |Louise from an extensive vacation |, 1 irip to Pacitlc Coast States, She |I5 8 southbound passenger on the had been away since August M.lmiai:a onn:x:‘: WAy et the and had spent some time in Wash- | Wi o # ington, Oregon and California. W AT Five Hundred Men Idle at Portland by Walkout| PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 4—All| Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kelly, mer- interurban trucking service has|chants and proprietors of Miller been suspended here as the result’iHouse, well known hostelry .on the of a dispute between the operators |Steese Highway, are southbound and union truckmen over the strike |passengers on the steamer Alaska of butchers and- boners; at ithe jon their way outside for a two Swift plant, . | months’ vacation. Mr. Miller is also One hundred and fifty trucks owner of placer properties in the TERIOR RESIDENTS ON WAY OUTSIDE FOR TWO MONTHS VACATION and 500 men are idle. |Independence Creek district. hefore. (] While Nature has béen transforming her Summer gayety and color into brightér and warmer ‘réds and purp¥es and browns, these .new Fall fashions_haye crept upon’ us: Like Nature's handiwgrk, they too, are brighter and warmer, - They have; more color, they have more ‘.;Eflc, they have more : beauty, But experts L'havt? surpassed even' the wizardry of Nature — these clothes will last you far into the Winter, to make your wardrobe even more complete than it has ever been ’s where ‘fashion' You are cordially invited to see our very complete showing of the smartest fashions for Fall and Winter October 4 to 6, indlusive. “Tomorrow’s Styles VHELETE ArMALR id o4 L ' A ufil‘ L’ ul ¥Gi “Juneau’s Own Store” Ey VYour throat protection—against irritation—against cough 3 £/ Copyright 1934, The American Tobacco Company. oy Takls Bt “It’s toasted” e e ee .. ur e e e o CARL LOTTSFELDT IS TO . AT THE HOTELS . JOIN NAT. PARK SERVICE 2000000000000 Carl Lottsfeldt and his family will leave on the steamer Alaska for McKinley Park to enter the | National Park service, Mr. Lotts- feldt has been with the Alaska Road Commission for a number of years. e - M'LEAN GOES TO MAGEE AIRWAYS IN ANCHORAGH Gastineau Constance McDonald, Ketchikan. Alaskan James H. Johnson, Tyee; L. O.| ‘Wright, Fairbanks; James Nadeau, | Atlin; E. Mekenoff, Seattle; Gus Neketes, Juneau; H. M. Moore, Ju- neau; Bob DuPree. Zynda Mrs. Frasler, Juneau. — IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL RETURNS HEADQUARTERS FROM INTERIOR TRIP ’ | | 1 Chet McLean, who has been pilot for the Patco, Panhandle Airways | plane, left on the Yukon enroute to | Anchorage where he will be em- |ployed by the Magee Airways. e Roland F. Wyatt, U. S. Immigra- iHAB.T LEAVES FOR WESTWARD tion officer with headquarters ati Ketchikan, was a southbound pas- senger on the steamer Alaska aft- er an official trip to Fairbanks. THE _FLAVOR L- Oscar Hart, well-known whole- sale representative, left on the Yu- |kon for Seward. FREE! . A beautiful GLASS MAYONNAISE BOWL with quart can of WESSON OIL at 50c At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 a NEW Arrivals on every boat direct from our New York Buyers SHOP WITH US FIRST! LEADER DEPT. STORE GEORGE. BROS. i ———d -