The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1935, Page 8

EXCAVATION IS STARTED TODAY FOR APARTMENT Warrack Construction Co. Begins Work on Mrs PROUD DADDY, MOTHER WITH JOAN i Decker’s Bmldmg A dream for Juneau which Mrs E. O. Decker, well-k operty owner here, has held for many years, was realized today when ex- cavation began on the site of the three-story apartment-store struc- ture being built for her by the Warrack Construction Company south of the Nugget Shop on Lower Front Street. The letting of the contract for the $40,000 building, which will aid in alleviating the city's housing | problem, was announced last Fri- day. | The building will have a 50-foot THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1935. GOVERNOR TRO LEAVES TONIGH FOR WASHINGTON iSecretary Griffin Becomes where he will take up matters per- taining to Alaska with high Gov- 'ernment officials, the national capital. Executive crosses the line from Al- askan’ waters at Dixon's Entrance, E. W. Griffin, automatically becomes Acti ‘ernor of the Territory untu the ' Governor’s return within Territorial WITCH LAUGHING AGAIN AS SNOW Compliments The Empire on Housing Page A letter cengratulating the Empire “on your splendid Bet- ter Housing Page under date of March 13th,” and the progres- sive business men that are sup- porting it was received today by the Empire from H. Dorsey Newson, Chief, Newspaper Sec- tion Public Relations Division, of the Federal Housing Admin- istration, Washington, D. C. J. E. Pegues, Territorial Di- rector of the FHA, said today that considerable interest and numerous applications for both The Old Witch (you know, the one who sits atop the Nugget Shop | totem pole) had a diabolical gleam in her wooden eye this afternoon. Along about March 21—the first official day of Spring—the old girl| . . A had a run-in with United States| Acting Chief Executive ward_ Thomp (1 son. It snowed that day, and the During Absence old * Witch laughed 'til cracked out of her face. In fact, she went so far as to of- fer to eat her wooden bonnet if the temperature in this frozen Juneau went above freezing that day. She Enroute to Washington, D. C,| Gov. John W.| Troy i; islaking_ Bhssace Oa'lthehAH modification and new construc- |lost. The temperature went to 38 aska this evening for Seattle Where | ion are direct results of this |degrees. Ever since then she's been he will stop for a couple of days| —inecrmative page, which is pub- | mad before continuing on by plane "0‘ liched once a week by The And today, she had her chance Empire. RICH STRIKE IS REPORTED MADE to laugh For 15 days the eity has fair weather, with Old Man 50] out most of the time. But, at| 7:45 o'clock this morning,Weather | Bureau records show, it started| snumn,, The flurries were not of much consequence until the noon hour,| As the vessel -carrying the Chlef‘ Secretary ot Alsska "FALLS IN cmrf Weather Observer Howard Tl-mmp-, splinters | L. HIGGINS, OF WHITEHORSE IS-: AIRWAYS G'UEST WILL INCREASE ARMED FORCES, PACIFIC COAS | Secretary of War Dern Announces Greater Defense Plans 'WASHINGTON, April 8— In-| creased strength in the army on‘ the Pacific Coast is promued by | Secretary of War Dern in'& letter' L. Higgins, Yukon Government Azent at Whitehorse, Y. T. who /made the flight from that city to Juneau on the PAA Lockheed Elec- tra Sunday as the guest of the company, saw salt water for the jsecond time since 1919 when he \mst glimpsed Lynn Canal. Mr, | Higgins made his first trip out | from Whitehorse since the war, four | years ago when he visited in Van- | couver, B. C “THis Is my first time up in the air and it surely is interesting to to United States Senator Frederick Whlt:::mc AR, iy Steiwer, of Oregon. P R RS The Secretary of War, in answer- | Br ing a specific inquiry about Fort| FLETCHER ARRIVES Stevens, Oregon, said: “The War| 'W. C. Fletcher, connected with Department plans, in the event the Pilsner Brewing Company head- the War Department appropria- duarters in Ketchikan, arrived from tions bill as finally passed retains |the First City on the Victoria. the increase for the enlisted| e R o | strength of 42,000 men, to provide:\ A Jubxlxle‘:; ll:::;:z :IE“&E Vie- material increases in the garrison toria from Petersburg was Mrs, at Fort Stevens as well as all gar- C. F. Rhind. She operates a ladies o | | limits. risoned posts on the Pacific Coast.” - a 1l be 64 feet in larmacel aadira ; geo;;;agen B i Meatude’ & besstintt] | several important conferences are i R s Soutg | RSN bt i 9 and three stories. |awaiting Governor Troy's arrival ‘]‘“"‘1 ina steadyh al £ The first floor will house two |in Washington. With' passage by Weostame aompectis IBre ?FIRST REHEARSAL which caused another laugh| from the Old Witch, is for colder Gold Fmd n Sonma Coun- weather tonight with perhaps more snow flurries. However, the 10W| gt rehearsal of “Loose Ankles,” ty Sald to Run as ngh pressure area centering over Lhe‘ three-act comedy to be presented cast, Congress of the work relief bill he |also will take up matters relative |to securing funds for emergency work in the Territory. On the return trip, the Governor modern stores, which are expected to add to the business activity of Lower Front Street. Mrs. Decker, as owner and man- ager of the building, will have her | OF COMEDY SLATED Attention The eight-months-old daughter of Jack Dempsey (inset), former The boiler room TWO PUBLIC AFFAIRS constructed of forced concrete. also will material. Excavation for the basement and the construction of a heavy re- Moosehide Bound Momento ; | heavyweight champion, is shown here with her mother, the former |expects to visit San Diego in con- as $174 a Ton Gulf of Alaska and which is caus-, ¢, tne pyblic in a month by the M A S 0 N S private apartment on the second| annah Williams of “Cheerful Little Earful” fame. This was among | nection with the Alaska exhibit at ing Juneau’s freak snow Storm,| yineay prama Club, will be held at floor. Two other apartments will| the first group of pictures of the baby Dempsey released. (Photos by | (110 fair there this summer. 5 | SONORA, Cal, April 8—A min- probably will move and give the|q.15 gilock tonight in the Juneau be built on this floor, The top| tra L. Hill from Associated Press) | PUREERG 8P4 i ing company, headed by A. W. El- city clearing weazher tomorrow. High School Gymnasium. floor space will house four more - - | lis, »makes the announcement of a | " Director Ted Danielson announc~ Stated Communication apartments. All apartments, except - “Those were the first airplancs| BING QOPENED FOR rich gold strike made last Friday GOLDSTE]N GETS ed that the 16 members of the Mt, Juneau Lodge 147 Mrs. Decker’s, will include a 1 ADD en in Whitehorse, and although at the Eagle-Shamut mine at Jack- staff who were named Saturday MONDAY EVENING living room, a Kkitchen dinett mest of those who commanded| FOLTA RESIDENCE, conville, 15 miles southwest of LETTER SUNDAY would be admitted to the high to receive official visit bedroom and a bathroom. | them have paid the price of pio-| here. school building through the gym- of The exterior g of the struc- WELC fl ME Is n the air, we still regard | BUT NO ACCEPTANCE The extent of the strike has not FROM FAIRBANKS nasium door on Sixth Street. 3 ture will be ca out in a mod- real adventurers and the beén determined. Right Worshipful ern motif. | men \\h, blazed the Yukon Air- Although bids were opened late Ellis said the top vein assayed | GIRL SCOUTS PLAN 1 ght b 5: b The walls will be built of rein-| SENT TU PEGK plane Trail Saturday afterncon, George W. Fol- $44 (o the ton while at a depth of Greetings rrom Fairbanks to “With the advance in the science of aviation, has ta, assistant United States attor- five feet the ore assayed $174 2 Mayor Isadore Goldstein of Ju-| |ney, said today that no contract ton. neau were received yesterday when was accepted for the residence A:s-ays along the vein are report- the Pacific Alaska Airways plane | house on West Seventh Street which ed as high as $464 to the ton. arrived from Fairbanks, complet- l C.P; be this the means of changed considerbly. here are still a few of the pioneers left who mushed travel Two affairs are being planned by the Girl Scout Council for this month. On April 18 a rummage sale Kirtland early he expected to build soon. Armed guards are protecting i ) i i stove | taining wall will probably take two| o Toayoural PAA Flight with dogs and pack sacks or pulled| The lowest bid was over $1.000 the vein, 5 E "E“ ;C’gl'figg ;f‘;fir;;fis :‘;;lezn“giwi‘;d mseue‘gca;::r;:-;; D.D. G. M. weeks. By that time it is expecteil (& sled o the White Pass or the|which is more than the architect's Tag Sl o R | wiote May& Goldatelr as follows: e Sa‘loum On April 20 a that the steel for the walls will ar- | from C. T. Atherton Asheroft trails. Although n‘1oxr‘(\5(imme for the structure. T | N ekt er e et of Tk | Fond Rad oodis Salb Tt T Fisid af rive in Juneau. A graphic or- | 5 numbers a:e diminishing, it is these| Mr, Folta said that action will b Nfambers Atrar me'ncnf“).' Con- | banks for your Kind message and|the (Samnrv drocery Donations. DINNER der for this steel was flled 188t| Govering the epoch of avistion |old ‘Sourdoughs’ who were thenneid in abeyance pending furlhr cervation Work crew who arived |baautiful flowers by aigline, we, in| for elther attair will be recelved week. in Whitehorse for the last fifteen the younger generation who realize| arrangements. He leaves Juneal on the Kenai fror AreR Reeti et | Construction company officials |years from the time of the first|the pr which is being made|with the court party for a short :‘ ‘:_e Il;g;’a:vfro;::o;n;;l: m;"d;{'_ Sfi:‘::“ ’:i:jd ]fi;:: ?:; th:fubnygsu:; bysuoiising telepiine f‘f | AT THE TEMPLE eaid today that the building would |grmy fiight from New York tojin aviation. term at Ketchikan. Robinson, R. P. Henderson and | inguguration of this schedule, we RAMSAY, SR., RETURNS T 6:30 49 %ety dar oottpanay by OflomrlN"m“ in 1920 to the opening of| "Now we can do in a few hours TR J. E. Dryer. i are brought closer together and will| James Ra)rv\say " Sr. father of | AT Bt 1, and earlier than that if weath- | pqcific Alaska Airways scheduled With speed and comfort what it WHEELER AKRIVES T L L |bg able to work for the common|Purser Dave Ramsay of the Kena,| 75 cents er conditions are good. service this spring, an elaborately Mrs. Decker long has had ‘h(’mmbfmsed address printed on silk took these old sourdoughs \&Ctki | 1 SITK. and months to accomplish. FOTNSSED SINEA good of all Alaska. The Golden|returned to Juneau from Tenakee Joseph Wheeler, Petersburg drug- | 2 S ‘ 4 1 A. J. Fries, representative of the Heart of Alaska is open to Juneau.” |on his son's ship. The elder Ram- M. Degree dream of such a structure. She has}anq bound with moose hide was| “To the present generation of|gict ™ arrived in the city offf the Shaw Supply Company, left for| LELL L 0 SR * |say is an employee of the Alaska Workin MM Deg been identified with Junau de-|int to Lyman S. Peck, Vice-|youth, aviation is taken as a mat- | yictoria, Sitka on the Norco | SHOP IN JUNEAU FIRST! Junezu Gold Mining Company. | velopment since the days before!president and Ger Manager of | ter of course, and little attention | . il ; : 4 , 5 T — the gold rush to Alaska. She is! the airways by Atherton, is paid, now, to an incoming plane, | L] the widow of E. O. Decker, Who, Member of the Yukon Council for | considered part of our everyday | with a brother, operated a mer-|whitehorse, on the scheduled plane |life. | chandise establishment in the|yesterday from the citizens of that| “The inauguration of the service | building which now houses m"i“““ is a new mile stone in the history | Alaska Electric Light and Power| pr. Atherton read the address of Yukon and Alaska | Company. iat the ceremony held at the White-! “We wish you success in this| at 0 y0u mean, t ree years Mrs. Decker was represented in|p Airport yesterday afterncon 8reat adventure and hope all ycurl negotiations with the Warrack onq gave it to Acting Divisional ambitions will be justified. i o Construction Company by W. C. gngineer Joseph Barrows to be pre-| “We commend your pilots to| f m d b d t g tt " Irish, well-known Juneau account- 'gented to Mr. Peck with the com- God’s good care and pro idenc:‘} ro see e 0 cz are es : 48 B ant. pliments of the Canadian city. that amid all the risks and chances | Plans for the building were drawn | It glso contains a copy of the ad- they take in providing this service, | by the firm of N. Lester Troast dress made to the army fliers who they will be amplly rewarded,| I'mean simply this—it actually takes about 4 and associates. Associated with Mr. made the flight from New York to|kn ng that they are giving a| 5 . Troast in this firm are Herb Red-|Nome fifteen years 2o means of transport which will| three years to make a Chesterfield cigarette. man and William Manley. | & not only a convenience, but . . Mpay; | e adaress sotiows: oy o e It all starts with these little plants, called “We the 1 s of Vhit J e COOK CHILD BORN {in the Yukon Territory of Canada e s tobacco seedlings. They are grown under {do hereby offer you our heartiest H d 1 d h fields A girl baby was born to Mrs.|congratulations on the opening of BREEDMAN ARRiVES | cover and transplanted to the open 9 3 Norman Cook at 8:25 o'clock Sat-| {your air service between Juneau w iy i in the early spnng urday morning at St. Ann's Hos-"md Fairbanks POR JUNEAU VlSlT, 1 pital. The child weighed seven| “If is some fifteen years ago that X Then the warm Southern sunshine besm pounds, six ounces at birth. Mr.jan ;1(ldrt'ss of welcome was present- 2 s [t 4 Cook is in the Commissioner of ed to your fellow countrymen, in| Here for a few dJom Jidh e to get in its good work and as the plants Education's office. | Whitehorse, on their way from New S8aman ol Cordova. Breed- : H e B |§ mo., Who were the rewl |mAR @rrived on the Victoria from grow and ripen the mild ripe leaves are cut P Seattle. . SHOP IN JUNEAU! e air in this country. far: NEA e s I 40 40 e | s 1 b and sent to the curing barns. The farmer { ~--~——~~~—--"~-~-~~~—~~~~-; ’Iuttcndingl to & fewemands” unti then takes his tobacco to the auction ware- § | the arrival of the northbound Yu- e . . b { kon when he will take passage for house where it is sold to the highest bid- A 3 q, > { | Cordova. | H Large Shipment & i i i der. All of this takes about a year. _ : the manager of the Richardson L] i f Highway Transportation Compa: ‘ ! pany 3 t and the operator of hotels in Cor- The tobaccos for Chesterfield cigarettes I; |E l; I S y/dova and Chitina. He expressed ars R SH RUI : himself as being optimistic over the Ric then s“’“d away for two yc Qrore g { | approaching. tourist eason. to make them milder and taste better. 1 e Y J p ! ; '3 AND :ooccooo.ooo.- 4 @ ! | ¢ 'STOCK QUOTATIONS e ’ It all takes time—just about three years . |00 0000000 eo0oe ¢ . . 5 , \ . . : i Tobaceo seedlings but there is no substitute for mild ripe { NEW YORK, April 8—Closing are transplanted tobacco in making a good cigarette. 4 { | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | A ) } |stock today is 17, American Can | “‘:”"Pl;"fi’{d”” That’s the reason smokers — men and : i S {1117%, American Power and Light the early spring. ,,fi,[d,m iider ARRIVING TUESDAY ON 1 3%, Anaconda 10%, Armour N 4, women—say that Chest: mi { |Bethlehem Steel 25%, Calumet and that Chesterfields taste better - = :'Heclu, no sale; General Motors ‘”d’ C fi b‘ ¢ S S YUK()[V { |28%, International Harvester 37%, ! ° . { | Kennecott 16%, United States Steel A : 1 |28%, Pound $483%, Bremner bid : 67, asked 80; Nabesna bid 58, ask- ed 63. ® . | I3 O GO b ! { [MRS. FRED G. MILLIGAN ! ! ARRIVES ON PLANE TO | % R ! CONTINUE TO PORTLAND | { {| Mrs Fred G. M)lhgan of Fair-| } Phone 478 Prompt Deliv { |banks, was a southbound passenger | ! : on the PAA Lockh:ed Electra| i ‘ brrrrrrrerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreee e e e eee ey | WHICh made the trip here from g D R e S S R B (P S S A the Interior city yesterday. She | | N TTTTTT7] plans to remain in Juneau for| & % z about two weeks and will continue .* NEW IIII\I]\( BRP’ ( I'B { from here to the States to spend! ! 8 Jn { the entire summer. | ' 3 Wy By i She will visit her daughters, 2 SIZES 22 IO 36 { | Bonnie, Jeanne and Yvonne Mozee | For two years or more the mild ! Ax‘xml;‘,r .u\\i,“({x:ogon. and »‘w.nl con- | ripe Chesterfield tobaccos are 3l tere to Southern Cali- | inwooden hogsheads toage. } fomia 1o ome time with stored inwaoden hog. ge. 4 acr sister . e - \ LEADER DEPT STORE |~ = g, ! BOAT DOCKS HERE 2 » and modern in every re- ! The Libby, McNeill and Libby A spect—make Chesterfields, « GEORGE BRO¢. boat, Willard B., was berthed at 5 i s o n s e eeereesy (Femmers Dock this morning, ©1933, LioasTT & MEns Tosacca 004 e |