The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1936, Page 7

& { »Er g THE DAILY ALAS(A EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, ]AN 8 1936. BARNEY (,OOGLE "AND SPARK PLUG ==—=_ D& S’[EAMSHIPS' SANTAS WIN . HIGH PRAISE NCW York: Pays Trb te to Alaska Steamshi Sland Northland Transportation . By JIM MARSHALL 4hip Northland at one small town. ’ Skipper Williams’ “Santa is bum Iv F Mr. Joyce s a very| Ben Joyce. gificient present-hander-outer, be- g able to hold two apples, two! oranges, a pack of candy and some | whatnots in each hand. He plays| Santa without makeup—physical or | mental. Last year, when the ocean-going party ‘arrived at Skagway, the mwn‘ was frozen up—which ‘i unusual.| Es!abhshment of Aid to Power and water plants were out of whack. So everybody in town Nawgahon Announced —LOther Changes and for miles around came down The Five Fingers radio beacon, a to the ship and danced all night. sters at Sitka have been gifted and | class B, intermediate power station After the Sheldon Jackson young- ‘“‘%‘ the ‘New York Herald Tri-{giuffed and have sung their carols, " Blne, December 22, 1935) everybody marches up to the Al- Maybe it's like the picture books|aska Pioneers’ Home, where aged ¢ and the posters and the greeting!irappers and miners and fisher- cards portray it—Old Kris Kringle| in his high-heaped curvy sleigh roaring down out ef the horthland behind half a dozen galloping rein- deer. lives. There's a turkey dinner going full blast, and the doughnut closet, Maybe it's so—but you can't|ysually triple padlocked, ® make 10,000 Alaskan youngsters be- | wide open. The orchestra plays lieve it. For a quarter of the Ter- everybody eats and sings and a ' ritory's 60,000 people, Santa Claus | couple of gay lords, aged 81 and @ comes in a ship from “Outside”|g5 who mushed into the Circle| and dont try to tell' the little|in 1900, do & dance. , Nordis towheads or the red-beaded| and in Valdez the ship visits| [rish-Alaskan youngster or the roly-| Alaska’s Sweetieart, the lovely poly black-haired Indian boys and|guth Miller Staatz, who some years | girls different. They know better.| ago crashed in a plane and has| Every year Puget Sound, the|peen in a wheel chair ever since. jumpin-off place for Alaska, pUIS But how about the crew? Doesn't ¢ on this great ocean-going Christ- ‘the crew get a Christmas party? mas pary. It lasts for more than| gyre, it gets a party! And so the ¢ two weeks. It heaves and plunges|)ner comes tearing down the reach- and rolls across 3,000 miles of the es, shooting carols at the aston- * Pacific. It carries Santa Claus and jshed bears and scattering a school the Christmas spirit to fishing vil-| of blackfish, and the last grand lages, mining towns, canneries and|fina] three-star celebration is on. many lonely beach cabins along the| In a few days Mr. Santa Claus| zountam -walled reaches of the In-| | Corcoran of the Alaska will be de Passage and log houses set|pack, in a leather jacket and oil- back among the firs and spruces skin pants, checking freight over 7nzmg in the sou'wester howling ‘me piers; Mr. Kris Kringle Joyce Scross. the Gulf, of Alaska. { will be on the bridge of the North- | Since the. first Christmases im land standing his watch. They will | Alaska 130 years ago, when Alex-| talk in grim gruff voices, keeping . énder Andrevich Baranoff, Lord ol‘ a weather eye out for even the Blaska, celebrated the Yuletide slightest sign of disrespect. Wwith wild drinking bouts in his| But the grim, gruff voices won't great fort at New Archangel—today fool anybody—least of all 10,000 o9 fpalled Sitka—the Northwest coast|little towheads and redheads and as always roared through its Yule- | black-haired little tykes along the v » tides. In the mining camps mdlmnrwest, Coast who'll fight any- éishmg villages hospitality ran free-‘one who dares ‘hint'Santa Claus is 1y when the ships came in, and if there weren't always turkey and| cranberries, there were moose-nose fand red salmon steamed in sea- ¥ weed and preserves made from the {berries that overlpaded the bushes in summer. For years the men who manned 'Txe ships between Seattle and Al-| aska had been putting on informal Christmas parties at whichever port tide and schedule happened to land them on the Great Day. ~Jusv, a nice little my;h ReprMatm Is rderly Charge men—and a couple of bartenders —are living out the winter of their | stands | was - established January 1, 1938. | Signal characteristics consist of a dash followed by o dots. Radio- beacon is synchronized on two hun- dred ninety-eight kilocycles with Sentincl 'Island and Mary Island and station transmits -one minute on and two minutes off during clear weather as well as thick weather schedules. Clear weather schedule is the third and sixth ten minutes of each hour. Aids temporarily out of commis- ‘sxon to be restored, are as follows: | Vichnefski Rock Light, reported | extinguished December 27, 1985. | Eldred Rock Lightstation: Light temporarily reduced in candle power | to 2100 on December 14; will be re- stored to normal intensity as soon as practicable. Cape Flores Lighted Buoy 4 ported extinguished December Turn Rock Beacon reported stroyed January 2, 1936. Tenakee Reef Light reported tinguished December 29, 1935 Deep Bay Entrance Beacon ported destroyed December 14. Klawak Reef Light reported tinguished Jan. 2, 1936. Cape EdgeCumbe Light reported extinguished November 18. Cape St. Elias Lighted Whistle Buoy 2 reported extinguished No- vember 29. Noisy Island Light reported ex- tinguished November 9. — .- re- 21 de- ex- re- ex REINDEER ARE REPORTED DY ING NEAR PT.BARROW Fear Foot and Mouth Di- | sease Has Broken Qut— Herd Being Separated Report that reindeer to the west- ward of Point Barrow are dying as Then, a few years ago, somebody got the notion it would be acheer- ful thing to stage an oeean-going Christmas party; take the old spirit up there through the passages and into the inlets, across the Gulf toit Latouche and then to Seward and WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Repre- the result of some disease has been 'sentative ‘Marion < A. Zioncheck, of made to the Governor's office here ‘State, sought unsuccess- and Paul Stafford of Nome, acting fully to have printed in the Con- | Supervisor of Reindeer Service in igressional Retord his secrétary’s the mbsence of Lyman S. Brewster franscript of his trial in ‘the Dis- | in the States, is making an inves- trict of Columbia Police Court yes~ 'uwm and has already taken steps Cordova. terday on ‘a charge ‘of being drunk So stevedores loaded a couple|and disorderly. He was convicted of ‘of ships with gifts, orchestras wm;::d charge but sentence’ Wes with- ‘engaged, singers volunteered, sea- men lashed green firs to mast- R‘::rm“":fl“:dw V‘S ar- heads and tough eggs, drafted from|Tested Oft ‘New 'Wear's Day! R e {the waterfront, were padded and lcptumed into; rsphcas of M mm'm:u. ' Claus. Fragk P. Barnes of the Wrangell A few shipping office cyl‘u said 1it was just. a-business-getting stunt. “Hell!” exploded an eye-shaded 2 ¢ |traffic manager, “if 1 wanted. to drum business, I'd just load‘a few cases of Scotch aboard and have | the traders down for a drink. This is for the women and kids." For sixty hours, the ship spins !a wake to the north. Then, five lmues out of ‘Ketchikan, 'Captain {Carl V. Westerlund of the Alaska gets the passengers around the ,piano in the salon.: Ken Cross Packing ‘Wrangell ‘'on the N EEmEma WILSON RETURNS #0. L. Wilson, representative of the | American Federation' of - Labor, re- turmed to Juneau last night on the Victoria to continue work for his or- |ganization here. ' He has been active in connection with the Mine, Mill - v affiliate of the A. F. of £. © * - e - — - ve s evisoee i A”. THE HOTFLS ” > ¥® ‘have come along to lead the cher- {uses, get underway. The loud-| 5. . ’ speaker system is turned om, and|{ .y, Huvnan. 5 fup the “channel’ ‘$o. the | Barnes; Jerry Reiland, waiting on the wharf, eomés g Wrangell; Junesu; 'Chet Johnson, Seattle; {first whisper of Christmas.. Theljune C. Anderson, Ketchikan; wooded shores echo the music @5|charies 'Blair. %(he ship sticks her nose around| Alsiskan the point and slides to & stop. msunt Fairbanks; Alex Hart- ok 'Wharf floor and the planks are ben ‘Hartman, New Holstein, Wi out. 'Ed Swanson, &nfi Bill Lym-.h The schools have been closed for|juneau, | - i the day. They might as well be, N | because no kid would miss thel Harold Stahl, Wrangell.' ‘lpa.rty, anyway. They charge aboard| . . @ — i g ggoi o Xhundred.'» strong. Mr. Corcoran, Al-| he general elevation of Kaffa, a \aska Steamship Company Bantaldistrict in the southwest part of the _Claus, a trifle nervous during his|great ‘Abyssintan plateau, is about « {debut in a stellar role, hands out|8,000 feet, mm p-,n are candy and oranges and apples andover 10,000 féet. °: ¢* | toys. He keeps .on doing this for' — e hours. ENSCH'S STIENTIFIC At Wrangell more droves of chil-| X-Ray chiropractic uljustmenu dren and meore battalions of men|will remove the cause of your head- and women pile aboard. Chance|ache, asthma, high blood pressure, “prings -the Alaska alongside Cap-|rheumatism, etc. Phone 451, tain Leonard Williams' little motor-| Main St. —IdV. wei “w | Company-#rrived from eage. Victoria: 'and Smelter Workers Union here, an | 3 “The heavy lines thump on the|mgn Jy. New Holstein, Wis.; Reu- to separate the herd. First: report of the trouble came from Frank Daugherty, Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher at Barrow, | who said a prespector came to from the distriet saying that he had no- | ticed large numbers of the deer dead and dying and believed they were being kifled by foot and mouth dis- { Acting Supervisor Stafford in his scommunication to Gov. John W. Troy today said the foot and mouth | disease ‘report exaggerated, but that itmlmble half breed driver had stat- |ed there was heavy loss among the | deer, and it' was believed the result of too ‘close herding on wet ground. | The herd now is being separated and moved to ‘the hills, Suflor& re- ported. |~ Further investigation is'' beine | made to'determine the actual ‘cause. | | Btafford said foot and mouth dis- ease -could run its course .| Last rites for W. C. Irish, 60, well-known 'pioneer of ‘Gastineau Channel, - who ' died last' ' Friday dight i his home in’ ¢he Decker | Apartments, were read today by | Rev. John A. Glasse at a iquiet two (OM service in the ‘chapel of | the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. | 'Interment wes in Pioneers’ Plot, | Evergreen ' Cemetery. ' Pallbesrers| ‘mmmmm@m, amlflem-ylldu i J. J. Fargher sang at the services and Carol Beery Davis accompan- ied him on the piano. i i Victor Crondahl of Juneau. | Mr. Irish was the father of Mrs. | pagge-save: BOY WRESTLERS ARE NOW BEING NOW | WORKING GIVEN TACTICS \ &:4—4@ W]JW m:x' )TJZ; pms IL)JUSG 9 S[FJUED@@% K0 T ~NMRY HOPKINS QN SOMETHING DIFFERENT _ 7 PASSENGERS ' ABOARD HORCO | FOR TH Delicious, HEALTHFUL and— sotiofying, Lecause they con- tain the precious minerals usually lost in cooking. Hecalth Foods 1§ PORT Motor Norco sa evening for The i abo: at G o'clock Tue: Juneau and wayports passengers are Center Sccond St.—Near Franklin rd “The Power or Pub//afy DOUGL S 1| CIVIL SERVICE | EXAMINATIONS | & ARE ANNOUNCED The United Staws Civil Service | Commission has announced open —3 | competitive examinations as fol- | lows: Junior graduate nurse, $1.620 a Young Pl-lngStS Are AlSOi nfluglas Masfl“s i:.'car; ‘Asslshmt to tech‘m‘cian. .l(mw ~ Given Tryouts for Exhibition Ten juvenile wrestlers were given | icientifie wrestling instruction last lght by C. Carthun, volunteer in- structor, on the new wrestling mat— 1sed for the first time by members »f the Boys’' Boxing and Wrestling Slub, sponsored by the Juneau Police Jepartment under the direction of Officers Kenneth Junge .nd George Silbertson, at the regular meeting in he gymnasium in the Elks Hall last 1ght. Several of the young pugilists who re slated to appear at a smoker vithin a few weeks, including Georg: Jullafson, Tom Hellan, Bobby Da- s, Valory Trambitas, Tom Hall :nd Frank Bruner, were put through heir paces by Officer Junge. Richard Ford, volunteer boxing in- tructor, formerly an amateur boxex n the Marine Corps, will resume after January at the A. J. mine whi oyed will allow him to attend meetings. 1g¢ - GOVERNOR’S HOUSE REPAIRS APPROVED UNDER PWA SETUP Allotment of $14,100 for repairs nd alferaticns to’ the Governor's esidence in Juneau has been ap- roved by the Public Works Admin- stration, according to an Associat- d Press dispatch from Washing- on teday. 'The work will be c: “ied ‘out by the Division of Ter- ritories and Insular Posessions, of :he Interior Department The Governor’'s House, erected mnore than 20 years ago, has nover had a complete overhauling asd last summer when Edward W. Roberts of Ban Francisco, Assistant Distr Engineer, 8th Distrist, Procureme Division, Treasury Department, was rere he made an inspection and rec- smmended the structure be given mmediate attention. He estimated that around $30,000 should be spent o0 put the building in first class ondition, complete the top floor ind ‘meks nseded alterations. .- SHOP IN JUNEAU! ONE OF OUR FINEST SHIPMENTS i G dt) Telar Telephone 478 2ining the boys in cooperation with | | estry), $1,620 a year; assistant geo- 4 : | physicist, $2,600 a year. ec Ica[s’ | Accountant and auditor, assist- ant accountant and auditor, senior t ll J ]4<and auditing assistant, $2,000 to $3,- 1200 a year, Bureau of Motor Car- riers, Hobright, The annual election of officers of Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, F. & A. M., wds the all-important feature ot the regular business meeting last night. The date of the installation, | to be held jointly with the ofifcers, newly_elect, of Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of Eastern Star, was set for Tuesday night, January 14. Other officers elected in addition to Robert Fraser as Worshipful Mas- ter, are the following: Senior War- den, Ed Andrews; Junior Warden, C. H. Bowman; Treasurer, F. A. J. Gall- was; Eecretary, Sam Devol lain, J. R. Guerin; Marshal, Goetz; Senior Deacon, Robert Bon- ner, Jr.; Junior Deacon, E. F. Cashel; Eenior Steward, Alex Gair; Junior | Steward, J. O. Kirkham; Organist, 1 Oakes; Tyler, Adolph Hirsch - | GALLAGHZRS LOCATED | Mr. and Mrs. Don Gallagher and | \two children have moved into the "~ —advi FRESH FRUIT S and VEGETABLES ARRIVED ON THE .S. S. VICTORIA Celery ~ Tomatoes — Asparagus Cabbage — Carrots — Beets Spinach ~ Apples — Oranges Pears — Bananas “EAT MORE FRESH VEGETABLES” || ® California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE ' ...Prompt Delivery 'DR. PYLE WILL BE ‘planned for next Wednesday when Kilburn apartments for their winter ! residence. Mr. Gallagher is mate on the Roedda. NOTICE TO REBEKAHS | Doyglas Rebekahs will meet| Thursday " evening at 7:30 in the| I 0:00. F. Hall, leaving shortly | in-| | afterwards for Juneau where llation of the newly elected of- ficers will be held. GERTRUDE LAUGHLIN, Secretary. S e INITIATED TONIGHT AT ELKS’ MEETING Dr. Taylor J. Pyle, Field Dentist fo the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will become a member of the Wrangeli Elks lodge tonight at an initiation ceremony to be conducted by the Juneau Elks Lodge at the regular weekly meeting. The Juneau Elks are putting on the work for the Wrangell lodge. A big meeting of the Elks is Interstate Commerce Com- mission Certain specified education and experience are required in connec- tion with these examinations. Full information may be obtained at Room 311, Federal and Territor- ial Buxldmg PHONE 1 CARDINAL CABS Making Both Ends Meet Territorial night will be observed. It takes 5| 1’) | | | | i TIip-of-the-toe ‘cost and top-of-the-head appearance don't usually go together. fast action to get them within sp distance. But we do the trick easily . and every performance s a able one! Let The Empire ‘take’ thHe gymnastics out of your next printing problem! Empire Printing Co. - \ \ \ \ ) ) \ \ \ ] ) ) ) ) N \ ) \ \ \ « Norco: Bill Burnett, T Raiph Rohweder, Warren h, Herbert Meyers, Frank Mar- Ba ty, Stanley Encherg. IDEAL PAINT SHOP : Bl i 1f It's Paint We Ha e It! M. J. Suliivan, former Juneauite, FRED W. WENDT PHONE 549 is reported ill in the hospital at | Anchorage. ‘ Ill|lll|llllllIIIIIIIII!IHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIMHHIHIIIIIII|IIIIIIII OPPORTUNITY FOR GOLD MINERS We are now selecting a few more men who can qualify for a co-partnership in our expedition to operate our prov- en gold-producting placer properties to start March 15. Men between the ages of 21 and 45 in good health, ex- perienced in outdoor work and finan- cially able to become members of the expedition will be given full particu- lars. Apply after 10 a.m. for personal appoinment. This week only. 205 Zynda Hotel ISR RO SEE US FOR PERF ECT SERVICE! CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. budget stretching and a Iot of depend- PHONE 374 8 67 89 10/11 13| 14 15 16 | V4 18