The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1935, Page 8

MIKE HENEGHAN | OF KETCHIK AN VISITING HERE Prominent Citizen of First City Tells of Sal- mon Catch One of Ketchikans most prom- inent citizens, M. J. (Mike) Hene- ghan, is a Juneau visitor. For many years the Mayor of the First City, Heneghan now has retired from the active business life that he once followed. But he 8till has an abiding interest in his city, its ecivic and business prob- lems, and is here to aid Territorial Legislators in any proposed enact- ments concerning Ketchikan. As an example of the keen inter- est Heneghan displays in civic affairs, friends of his here pointed out that it was Heneghan who organized the speedy raising of $1,- 000 for the relief of Nome, when that city was ragzed by fire last year. Good prices and an excellent run of salmon gave Ketchikan a ban- ner fishing season last year, Hene- ghan said yesterday. “The proud boast of our ‘Chron- icle’ that ‘there is more salmon packed in Ketchikan than in any city in the world' certpinly was realized last year,” he said. “We put up 750,000 cases of one-pound tall cans of salmon that season for the best year the city has ever Allied ingusuries, sugh as two local wire factories which supply fish traps, benefited, Heneghan pointed out. One, a purely Ket- chikan concern with 41 local stock- holders, employed 18 persons from February to June last year. Mr. Heneghan also showed an interest in the proposed Interna- tional Highway, which would link Alaska with the United States through Canada. He said that Ket- chikan’'s Chamber of Commerce, like Juneau's Chamber, had gone Young Coolidge "Denies Mother Plans to Marry NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 6— John Coolidge, son of the Ilate Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Grace Coolidge, said “I'm sure there is nothing to the report that my mother is to be married to Everett Sanders,” one-time White House secretary. “She has not seen Sanders for three or four years,” the late Pres- ident’s son said at his office at the New Haven Railroad head- quarters here. g ““That 45 another of \those stories that .gets started, every now- apd then,” he said. PARIS POLICE CHARGE YOUTHS' DEMONSTRATING Scenes of Violence Occur on Anniversary of ‘Bloody Tuesday’ PARIS, Feb. 6.—Violence followed on the religious observance of the first anniversary of “Bloody Tues- day“ as shouting youths clashed with the police. Thousands, most of them in uni- forms, chanted the Marseillaise and shouted “France for the French,” then withstood the police charge. The police pulled their -clubs and went at the demonstrators so thorpughly young men ‘moving. 4 on record as favoring the immed- rate construction of su¢h a thor- oughfare. In the early days of the United States postal service the fees for sending an envelope containing a single sheet of paper ranged from six cents for the first 30 miles tol 25 cents for 350 miles. Phone 478 INITIATION DANCING! ( FRESH FRUITS and VEGETABLES ALWAYS CALIFORNIA GROCERY Prompt |Delivery CARDS! that they kept; bhel EDDIE KERNS' BODY IS FOUND, ISLAND BEACH Son of Pioneer Drowned| When Rowboat Wrecked | on Reef During Storm | | The body of Eddie Kerns, aged| about 30 years, son of a Juneau| ploneer, was found recently on the beach on Turn-About Island, eight mftles morth of Kake, by Dave the | Brinole, according to word brought | ! hene by Hayney DeWjtt, mayor of | Kake, who arrived on the motor boat Dart. | Near Kerns' body was his wreck- | ed_rowhoat. It is believed he struck a Teef mbout 200 feet from shore, ‘in the darkness, during a heavy wind and the boat was overturned. | Body and boat were later washed ashore. The watch in Kerns' pock- let had stopped at 4:45 o'clock. ¢ The authorities of Kake were | notified and the body taken there | for proper burial, the funeral tak- ing place last Saturday. Mayor DeWitt says Kake resi- dents have. recovered from the re- cent epidemic there and are all in good health again. He will return to Kake on the Dart after trans- acting his business in Juneau. CARPENTERS WORK | ON LABOR PROBLEMS WITH CONTRACTORS Juneau’s . cax) are complets ing. arra mts Wit ntractors | for'"a afffeement on labor i coflmm i , This was the information di- | vulged today by Garland W. Bog- gan, president of the Carpenters’ !Unlon. following a meeting of that organization last night in the Alaska Labor Associations’ new headquarters on Front Street above the Capitol Beer Parlors. A committee of carpenters, Bog- {gan said, have been working with ' Juneau contractors, and a definite announcement may be made soon. Boggan also said that his or- ganization was interested in the workman’s compensation bill, ex-| pected to be introduced in the Ter- ritorial Legislature soon by Repre- | sentative George Lingo of Fair-| banks. | ———-————— Deer have become so abundant in the Pisgah national forest in North Carolina that annual hunts have become necessary to keep| them from multiplying beyond the| feeding capacity of the area. Attention All Elks MEETING TONIGHT OFFICIAL VISITATION OF OUR DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND EXALTED RULER FRED W.CHAPMAN 3 ' L LI} “ Following lodge, or about 10 P. M.‘ai;()pen | House will be held for all Elks; their- fam~ ilies and ladies. BOWLING! @ All members urged to attend! @ Visiting members cordially invited! John H. Walmer ¥ ' Qlp TIMERS' NIGHT H i i 8 it Halibut Season To Be Opened On March 1 The 1935 halibut seafon will open on March 1. This is ac- cording te a radio received this afternoon at the United States Customs Office from the In- ternational Fisheries Commis- sion, SAINDON RELATIVES NOTIFIED OF DEATH Saindon, £ shaft between a sidewalk and the Trapper, who resides at CAaDE\yome of Jack Dalton : yesterday mdrning, were notified last night of her accidental death by C. W. Carter, of, Carter's Mortuary, which is holding the body. ’ A brother, Henry Shatney of Or- ono, Me., but no reply had been received early this afternoon. Mrs. Saindon is believed to be survived by a sister in Seattle, whose address is"unknown, and by other relatives living in Maine. Until found, apparently the vic-| tim of an accidental fall,” Mrs, Saindon, 50-year-old former man- ager of the Imperial Rooms, had been the object of a two-day search by police. — g e Old papers for sale here. ( REFRESHMENTS! dead ‘at the boftom of o has been telegraphed, | PENSION FUND- PLAN ADVANGED IN LEGISLATURE Dollar Monthly from Each| Pay Check Would Go in Pool Under Proposal A Dbill proposing a Tgrfli;wlnl r- Pension Pund whereby | sons gainfully employed tribute one dollar a my | troduced “in the Territorial: House yesterday by George ‘A, {Lingo of Fairbanks. The money so collected would | go toward the payment of pensions as now provided for under the ex- isting law. Every employer of emplo; per- sons in the Territory woulm re- ghired to withhold a dollar month- !ly from all pay checks, to be med over to the Territorial | Treasurer, according to provisions | of the bill An informal joint meeting of the | Senate and House to consider the pension problem has been called | for next Monday afternoon in the | House chamber, it was announced | today. - ) Old papers for sam pere EVERYTHING IN ‘ " To Make Room for New Spring Stock . JONES-STEVENS THE KIND OF A SALE THAT WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE Every coat in the priced ones . . . insky or fox. Lotl.. many colors, trimmed in caracul, beaver, kol- ALL SALES FINAL AND FOR CASH—NO APPROVALS Sale Ends Monday Night Here is your chance for the extra dresses your ward- robe has been crying for . . . suitable for office, street, bridge, cocktail hours— Lot2..$7.95 Lot4..$12.95 COATS RNS PROBLEMS OF CENSUS TAKER ™ g « 9 “Bing” Crosby has his difficulties now and then. Here he is trying to figure out a government cen- sus card which was sent to all parents of children born last year. His twins, Phillip Lang and Dennis Michael (right) were born Friday, the 13th of July, and “Bing” knew that no good would come of it. The other child. Gary Evan, 18 months, seems a bit perplexed, too. (Associated Press Photo) UST BESOID / IN MIRACLES! house SLASHED! Including all the higher $3.95 Lot3.. $10.95 Lot5.. $16.95 - One Special Lot ! ! Priced’ their at _less a original than worth Now $7.35 to $16.75 HATS Final Cleamnce One table at .. One Table at .. One Table at 5 6N.E RACK OF SKIRTS in tweeds and plain colors CLOSE OUT PRICE $3.95