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

8 STREET SIGNS T0 BE PLACED IN THIS CITY Increase of Salaries for| Teachers Discussed— Library Proposal City Ordinance No. 228, providing for the placing of street signs and the numbering of houses, was read for the third and last time and ap- proved at the City Council meeting in the Council Chamber last night Cooperation of the Juneau Fire De- | ment partment with the Fire Department of Douglas was discussed, the ques- tion of increased salaries for Juneau public school teachers received con- sideration, the matter of street- parking of automobiles was brought up, and routine business was con- ducted. Streets Renamed Renaming of two streets was in- cluded in City Ordinance No. 228, which is now effective. The street formerly known as Pipe Line Way was renamed Capitol Avenue, and the extension of Willoughby Ave- nue from Main Street to Seward Street and thence to Shattuck Way, e EI_IIIIIIIIIII|I||||I|IIII|lllIIllIIIII|IlIII||Il|IIII|IIIII||III!llII|llIII||I|I|I||II|III|IIII|||_III_IIIIIIIIIII,II|IIIIIIIllIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIII_IIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIlIIllIIIlIIIIIllIlIfi evening it was agreed that half of Clerk’ A. W. Henning was instructed by appreciation to the Fire Department | A. E. Karnes, and with the Juneau expressing the thanks of the City for | School Board—Grover Winn, Walter the attitude of the Department. cil that electric wiring in the furna room of the City Hall was so bad! deteriorated as to constitute a fire | hazard, and he was informed that }are parked for long periods on the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 1936. formerly known as Willoughby Way, | the wiring will be replaced with new was renamed Marine Way (material. Assistance for Douglas City Library Plan At the request of Fire Chief V. W.| Councilman G. E. Krause stated Mulvihill, who attended the meeting, that a a recent meeting of the a motion was passed granting the |Chamber of Commerce the Chamber Fire Department permission to take [went on record with a statement op- one of the fire trucks, accompanied posing the proposed PWA loan and by not more than ten members of grant for a new library building. the Juneau Fire Department, to Figures involved in the financial Douglas in case of emergency—which | condition of the City of Juneau were was interpreted to mean in the eveni quoted. Mr. Krause said. The mater of a fire in Douglas beyond the con- of increased salaries for public trol of the Douglas Fire Depari- school teachers was brought up at It was reported that Allen that time t Shatuck had advised Council mem- More Pay—Teachers bers that Fire Department coopera-| gouncilman Krause suggested that tion would result in greatly reduced |, yeport of the financial condition fire insurance premiums for Douglas ¢ the City be prepared and pre- policy holders, and the City Council |genteq to the various councilmen agreed that such cooperation is cus- | ayery two or three months, and em- S e e 1 | phatically supported an increase in To Buy Own Equipment (salaries for Juneau school teachers. Fire Chief Mulvihill reported to|Juneau school teachers are under- the Council that at a meeting of |paid, Mr. Krause said, and their the Fire Department the previous salaries compare unfavorably witi those paid teachers in other Alaskan the proceeds from the Firemen’s cities. : dance to be held on February 12| The Council agreea to instruct the would be used for the purchase of |School Committee — composed of Ralph H. Beistline, Wallis S. Georga and Henry Messerschmidt—to con- fer with Commissioner of Education new fire department equipment. City the Council to write a letter of | | Scott and Ralph E. Roberts—relative Chief Mulvihill advised the Coun- |to a revised salary scale for Juneau | public school teachers. Auto Parking The matter of automobiles which Here'’'s a Record! RIGHT HERE IN JUNEAU A CENTURY BOILER BURNER UNIT In the Klein Apartments, Third and Gold IS GIVING 24-HOUR SERVICE AND IS HEATING 22 ROOMS AT A COST PER ROOM OF 4c per Day WITH A STORAGE OF 150 GALLONS OF DOMESTIC HOT WATER See This Compact, Easily-Installed, Amazing CENTURY BOILER BURNER UNIT ON DISPLAY NOW and All Next Week by J. A. BULGER FRONT STREET BEER—WINE—LUNCHES T T ~TONIGHT~- ENJOY THE MUSIC of the “Deliciously Different Foods” i Next to Juneau Ice Cream Parlors TERMINAL TRIO COME—JOIN IN THE FUN! SPECIAL 50c WEEK-DAY DINNERS -~ THE TERMINAL ~ streets and which hamper snow- plowing operations, was discussed. Police Chief Roy Hoffman stated that all of the commercial storage garages in Juneau are entirely fill- ed with cars and that there is no |other available parking space for | many automobiles aside from the street. He was instructed to locate vacant property available for park- !inz purposes, and it was agreed that cars standing in the streets| Ruth Lundell, Ida Roller, will be towed by the City truck| e . 1 fo the parking lots provided ana| Lsther Davis Leading the owners will be charged a tow-| Contestants ing fee and storage fees. | City Building Code | Voting hit the four million mark City Engineer Milton Lagergren &t noon yesterday, as the Better reported that with the assistance|Times Drive continues to roll along of Councilman G. E. Krause he has| toward the finish. i nearly completed the first draft of| Still leading the list of 36 girls the new City Building Code. dreaming of the 20-day, all-expense Ross W. Swift, of Station KINY,|tour to Mexico is Ruth Lundell, with who was appointed City Radio In- 372,100 Votgs. over 100,000 ahead of spector some time, ago, was relieved | 142 Roller in second p_!ac_e. . 3 of duty in that capacity, and C.| Fleanor Gruber registered the E. Stender of the Supreme Radio heaviest vote for today’s s}andmg«.. Shop was appointed to replace Jl‘xmpxngA from twelfth to eighth po- Switt, who 15 unable fo devoe|StOn With gain of 5500 Outsde . of iss Gruber's heavy , v f";rfif:::};r;::: (tj?xeut:: t;‘:’";;::fi;z changes were noted in the daily T R 0} A. B. Arnold, Man- standing. Bessie Powers fell from | third to sixth place when blonde Es- ager of Statlon KINY. Mr. Stender|,or pgyis turned in over 26,000 votes. will be assisted by his associate, | Votes representing almost $4,000 M in cash purchases and payments for |goods, were turned in by noon Fri- , sending 19 candidates over the ,000 mark. | Monday is the tenth of February. TEN DAYS LEFT IN VOTE DRIVE FOR LUCKY 6IRL — e M. J. Wilcox, Juieau agent of the Alaska Steamship Company, is returning north aboard the Alaska after an annual conference agents in Seattle. f | %Al contestants and co-operating merchants are “looking forward to the event with anticipation. All but one—the lowly “counter-upper.” Rumors of wholesale deals, a vio- ' committee, have been nvestigated and found erroneous. Merchants are swinging together as unit in this better times drive now, s all realize the wisdom of the rul- Daily Alaska Empire to send wortk: representatives of Juneau and Dou ico and return. The Service Motor Companv, ommittee announced today. — e {BOY SCOUT TRGOP | PREPARES RALLY Preparations for the Boy Scout Rally, and announcement of the {furnished major concern for the | Thursday night meeting of the | Nolitemen Boy Scout Troop in the | Northern Light Presbyterian Church parlors, under Eugene Rhodes, Act- ng Scoutmaster. Standings in the membership | contest were revealed, showing the Kodiak Bears in the lead with 149 points and the Wolves following with 121. day, is creating much interest among the Scout members. -, | GUCKER RETURNS | J. W. Gucker, merchandise brok- jer, arrived from Haines on the | Victoria. S SR SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST! TIMES! ng and are co-operating with the! las on the exciting tour to Old Mex- ‘James Chase, proprietor, has joined | the group of local merchants cooper- | ting in the drive, the merchants’ formation of a new secret society,! The Boy Scout Rally, next Fri-| DANCING TIL 2:30 A. M. FIREMEN TO DECORATE FOR Matanuska-Born Nancy Ann Usher ~Is Going South | Accompanying Her Colon- | st Parents Back to States from Alaska | jNove] Features Are Plan- ned for Affair in Elks’ Ballroom Matanuska-born, five-months—oldi The Committee on Decorations Nancy Ann Usher, her parents, MI' | ¢o; the Firemen's Dance, to be held and Mrs. Robert Usher, her brother |,¢ the Elks 'Ballroom on February | Robert, and her sister, Helen, com- | 15 i) start tomorrow afternoon | | prise one of the three familles of | o) the work in preparation for the | | Matanuska colonists returning to|pig event, according to Police Of- the States aboard the Victoria. The | gjoar Kenneth Junge, General Ushers and their friends, Mr. ""d‘ChairmnnA |Mrs. John Kalliosari, and John,!| mpne pecorations Committee, com- | Jr., are returning to Michigan: Mr'!posed of Joe Johnson, Chairman; and Mrs. Hilmer Olson, and Hilmer,| ;o MacKinnon, Roy Carrigan, [Jr, are also aboard the Vietoria pyang Heinke, H. M. Porter, Minard enroute to their former home. Mill, D. J. Oliver, James Orme, E. Both the Usher and Kalliosari|; plaxe George Shaw and Joe | families reported that they Were|pyn promices many new and un- |required to sign notes promising g gecorative features. repayment of funds advanced by‘ A novel dance number will be the Government for transportation presented during the intermission, to the S!?\le_év | Chairman Junge said, and refresh- The colonists stated that they| jents will include the usual punch did not believe it possible to make | w1s Tickets for the Firemen's |a living by farming at the colohy, pance are now on sale through |and reported that only root CrobS members of the Publicity and Tick- |can be grown on the Matanuska ot Committee, headed by Fire }land. Chief V. W. Mulvihill, and through | TR B TR | members of the Finance Commit- | tee. ‘SAFE EXPERT | One-half of the proceeds of the \dancc will be used to purchase new | equipment for . the Fire Depart- COMING DANCE } [ ment, and the remaining one-half | {will be added to the general fund available for support of variou civic activities sponsored by th firemen. 21 PASSENGERS ABOARD ALASKA FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, Feb. 8—Steamer Alas ka sailed at 11.0'clock this forenoo: for Alaska ports, with 126 first;clas: and 14 steerage passengers aboard The following passengers on th¢ Alaska are booked for Juneau: Mrs. Eugene Robertson, W. S. Pek ovich and wife, Chris Wagner, M. Wilcox, Frank McCafferty, Frec Welch, A. Girardo, D. Sarabia, Mrs Al Keseler, Grace Aillo, Mary Gio vanetti, Olaf Winther, Carl Hereth F. Peterson, Miss Hill, J. G. Beaver Mrs. M. Demattio and son, R. P Bowles, F. E. Gibson. M'KANNA HERE ON WAY SOUTH R. J. McKanna, Alaska Steam- ship Company agent at Fairbanks and Chairman of the Fairbank: Ice Carnival Committee, is a pas- senger ‘aboard the Victoria on = business trip to Seattle and Pos- sibly California. Mr. McKanna, whe was formerly Alaska Steamshif Company agent in Juneau, visited with many old friends while the steamer was in port. ~ ATGASTINEAU {E. Pat Goodenough, Lock| Adjuster from Ohio, | Here for Few Days ' E. Pat Goodenough, “the manI | who broke the bank at Fairbanks,” arrived last evening o the Victoria, and is registered at the Gastineau| Hotel, where unsuccessful safe- crackers are invited to consult him with their difficulties. Goodenough, safe and lock ex-| pert of the Mosler Safe Company, Hamilton, Ohio, came to the Ter-| ritory at the urgent request of of-| ficlals of the First National Banki of Fairbanks, who, in an honest| country, were beginning to regret the absence of any Raffles, who, might break open the jammed lock of the safe deposit vault. Arriving in Fairbanks, Goodenough quickly | |adjusted the difficulty, repaired the vault, and has stopped off in Ju- neau to make some minor adjust-| ments to the safe equipment at the B. M. Behrends Bank. ¥ The lock expert will remain in | Juneau until Wednesday. Persons| }havlng difficulty with combination |locks are invited to consult him. | ——.——— | SHOP IN JUNEAU, FiRST! L+ L LA The CAPITAL CAFE TONIGHT IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THE NEW CAPITAL CAFE YOURE 'MISSING A LOT OF GOOD MUSIC BY RUTH and BOB “Juneau’s De Luxe -Entertainers” $5.00 DOOR PRIZE TONIGHT! SPECIAL CHINESE DISHES SERVED AT ALL HOURS illllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl!iTiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllml"IIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlII_IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'I!IIIIIIII|||||||||||||||||||| AFTER 6:00 P. M.! 226 If your Daily Alaska Empire ‘ has not reached you PHONE ‘ 226 and a copy will be sent by SPECIAL CARRIER to you IMMEDIATELY. 1 PHONE % CHAS. MILLER Manager - ” B