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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1936. ’ \ HEALTH DOCTOR ARRIVES TODAY FOR NEW DUTY Dr. Harold Weathermen to Be Maternity, Child Health Director Harold Weatnerman was an arrival on the steamer Alaska to take up his new duties as one of the Territorial health directors under the new provisions of the Social Securities Act. Dr. Weather- man received his appointment from Dr. W. W. Council, Territorial Health Commissioner, and will be director of child and maternal | Dr health The new arrival who says he didn't have a particularly enjoy- able trip due to that well known malady seasickness, comes to Ju- neau from Salt Lake City, where | he was Assistant District Surgeon for the CCC at Fort Douglas. He has been connected with the army Dr. Weatherman is a graduate of Washington State College and took his Doctor of Medicine degree at Northwestern. Completing his course in March of 1931, he con- tinued to take two ars more special training after graduating During his internship he special- ized in children’s diseases. Dr. Weatherman believes in the theory of it being a small world after all when he met Verne Soley of the Juneau Drug Com- pany. Both men attended W. S. C. and are fraternity brothers. Im- mediately plans were made for ex- tensive fishing trips. What he has seen of Alaska so far impresses him very much, Dr. Weatherman says, and he thinks Juneau the finest of the towns. Dr. Weatherman is situated at the Zynda Hotel for the present. ———— CANNERY INCORPORATES Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Territorial Ouditor by the North Coast Fish- eries, Inc.,, a Seattle concern, which proposes to pack fish at Klawock. Incorporators are John T. Dalton, Melvin T. Swanson and Earl Requa all of Seattle. SEAPLANE BASE IS ESTABLISHED HERE BY IRVING IN NORTHLAND Company Incorporated in Olympia for Mining | m Alaska New Float, Ramp. Improve- OLYMPIA, Wash., April 28—Ar- ment to Dock Now ticles of incorporation have been filed by the Eagle Point Placer Underway Mine, Inc, of Camas, Washington, | 1 As ] irs S| Ve Y- to develop and operate Alaska mines. he first step in the develop The incorporators are Mikey Schwary, J. F. Smalley and C. D. is being cons| ving Géer. g structed for the Irving Airways by Jake Cropley, water- front construction contractor, at the Juneau Lumber Mills, and a con- - >~ MISSY SHOP CLOSES OUT Sybil Bacon, co-owner of The Missy Shop, near the Corner of Second and Main Streets, who is conducting a going out of business sale, says that their store will pos- itively close on April 30th. Accord- ing to Mrs. Bacon the closing out of this stock was made necessary|ed by the airways company from by the press of other business in-'R. F. Lewis, according to Wilbur air service to the Morris Construc- tion Company for the rebuilding and remodeling of the building lo- cated on the waterfront property between the Cash Cole dock and Commercial dock, recenily purchas- terests and she is very anxious that'Irving, manager of Irving Airway all stock be disposed of by the end| The float is being built to con- of the month, | form to plans and specifications de- — veloped from information gained 0000000000000000000000000000000000040 0003006000000000000000000000000000000 (Paid Advertisement) ASK FOR A Democratic allot And Vote for the Nomination of the Ablest and Most Capable Candidate Seeking that Office. ] FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS ANTHONY J. DIMOND The man who for the past four years has served all- Alaska energetically, efficiently, EFFECTIVELY in Congress! FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES S. TRUITT FOR AUDITOR FRANK A. BOYLE or JOE HOFMAN FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEER WM. A. HESSE FOR SENATOR - NORMAN R. WALKER Vote for Four Only of the Following REPRESENTATIVES ]J. P. Anderson James V. Davis Robert E. Ellis Joe Green Crystal Snow Jenne Democratic Divisional Committee BE SURE TO VOTE! Polls Open Until 7 o’Clock TONIGHT ’ Kenneth Junge J. T. Moran Erick Ness Frank Peratrovich George H. Peterson ]J. S. Ream (Paid Advertisement) from various pilots and mechanics in the Juneau area, and from the | experience of Jake Cropley, the | builder, Mr. Irving said, and is de- | | signed to afford the maximfium of | j convenience and efficiency. The new | | float, which will be occupied by the | | Lockheed Vega seaplane owned by | | the Irving Airways, will be com-| { pleted about May 1, Mr. Irving stat- | ed. { All piling on the Trving Airway: | property will be removed, including {the face of the dock, Mr. Irving| !said, before the new float is towed | into position. " The building upon the property | will be remodeled into two apart- !ments for the use of Irving Airway employees, and the exterior will be finished in stucco when complet- ed. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY MEN ARRIVE HERE | ON WAY, ALEUTIANS O. J. Murie and Cecil S. Williams of the Biological Survey arrived in Juneau on the Brown Bear, Alaska Game Commission vessel, around | midnight last night and after stop- | ping here a few days will proceedi to the Aleutians where they will| spend the summer making a thor- ough survey of wild bird and wild animal life in the islands. Game Warden Homer Jewell and | Deputy Warden Douglas Gray will| join the vessel and continue to the Westward with the party, making the annual inspection of fox farms in the Aleutians. Mr. Murie, who was formerly lo- cated at Fairbanks and is the author of a treatise on the cari- bou, comes now from the Jackson Hole country in Wyoming where he is stationed. Mr. Williams is from Washington, D. C. The survey, Mr. Murie said, will be the most complete ever taken in that section. It is planned to make an especial study of bird life, learning their habits, migration facts and other data which will be useful in conducting wild life bird work in the nation. There are many birds in the islands of which little is known. Blue foxes and other animals in the district will be studied and as Mr. Murie put it, all the biological aspects of the Aleutians will be gone into. H. RODEN FILES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL AS AN INDEPENDENT ‘Territorial Senator Henry Roden, /Juneau attorney, late yesterday fil- ‘ed Nis candidacy for Attorney Gen- eral as an independent. Entry of Roden into the race makes it a three-way affair with James 8. Truitt, Democrat, seeking re-elec- tion, Harry McCain, the Republican hope, and Roden asking election as an independent. | Senator Roden has been widely known in the Territory for years and has practiced law over most of it. He was elected to the Ter- ritorial Senate two years ago as an independent and has two years yet to serve. If elected at the Septem- ber election it would be necessary to hold a special election to fill his seat in the Senate. TEN HALIBUTERS SELL AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, April 28—The follow- ing halibuters arrived here today and sold as follows: From the western banks—Vansee 36,000 pounds, Thor 35,000 pounds, Middleton 21,000 pounds, Superior 25,000 pounds; local banks—Ethel S 14,000 pounds, Chancellor 7,000 pounds, Alina 7,000 pounds, Flint 1,500 pounds, Libanon 1,000 pounds, Bertha 4,000 pounds with average !selling price 7% and 7% cents a pound. { MRS. MINARD NORTHBOUND | Mrs. A, L. Minard, wife of Supt. |Minard of the Libby, McNeill and |Libby cannery at Taku Harbor, is a passenger aboard the North Sea for Juneau. 3 ———e—t— MRS. BETTS ON N@RTH SEA Mrs. Floyd Betts, o has been W. B. Heisel, Jr, Is Enroute North ( Telegram to Father An-| nounces Recent Marriage | in Cheyenne, Wyo. | Deputy Col- | | | | | | | Walter B. Heisel, |ceived a telegram from his son, | Walter, Jr., announcing his mar- | |riage to Miss Pearl Paulson, of Portland, Oregon. The marriage {Church in Cheyenne, Wyoming, sev- feral days ago. | Mr. Heisel and his bride are jaboard the North Sea enroute to | Juneau where they will make their home. | The groom has been in the |States for the past ten years until a little over a year ago when he returned to Juneau, and has been employed at the Alaska Juneau Mine. He went south about a |month ago on a vacation trip. TWO FLIGHTS MADE, PATCO Trips to Chichagof and Tulsequah were made today by the Alaska Air Transport Patco seaplane piloted by Sheldon Simmons Robert Waananen was a pas- | senger to Chichagof aboard the Pat- | co, leaving Juneau at 7:15 o'clock this morning. On the return flight, | Al Lowe, who entered St. Ann’s| Hospital for medical attention, A, Johnson and M. Brovich were pas- sengers from Chichagof to Ju-| neau. At 1:30 o'clock this afternoon the | Patco took oft with Malcolm Mor- | on and one other round - trip | passenger, and Con Carthun for Tul- sequah. A bag of mail for Tulse- | quah and a bundle of mail for Mary Joyce were taken aboard the plane after the arrival of the Alaska from the States. A landing will be made at Miss Joyce’s Twin Glacier Lodge | at Taku on the return trip I R A FOREST SERVICE i BUILDS TWO TRAPS | TO STUDY TROUT District Ranger W. A. Chipper- field of the Forest Service back from the Sitka district reports that two trout traps have been erected in Sitkoh Bay in Peril Straits with the purpose of studying the move- ment of fish, especially dolly var- dens. It is hoped from this survey to determine just what damage the dollys do to the salmon and to find other interesting data on fish. Ger- ald Banta is in charge of the CCC crew doing the fish trap work. At Oliver Inlet the Forest Service with a CCC crew undler Alfred Til- son is building a portage about a third of a mile for the use of smail boats between Oliver Inlet to Sey- mour Canal. It will save virtually 100 miles of travel for small boats. i R T LARSEN ARRESTED ON BURGLARY COUNT | Albert C. Larsen, 55, of Juneau, was arrested by ‘deputy marshals last night and lodged in the Fed- eral jail on a charge of burglary, | Larsen was taken into custody by Deputy Marshal John McCormick | after he is alleged to have broken | into the home of Anna Mason near 10th and Willoughby last night.and | caused a disturbance. i Larsen has a previous record and served one term in the penitentiary on a charge of larceny, according to court records. Several minor offenses also are charged in his rec- ord. He was arraigned in U. 8, Commissioner’s Court today and his preliminary hearing set for 10 o'- clock Thursday mdérning. (R T YOUNG GRAFF HERE ON WAY TO SEWARD John Graff, son of Sam M. Graff, owner of the power plant at Sew- ard, who arrived here on the Northwestern is leaving on the Al- aska for his home in Seward. The Graffs, a pioneer family in the Westward, are protesting the erect- ing of a public power plant in Sew- ard which has been begun under the, PWA and effort is being made to have a hearing before the Fed- eral Power Commission on grounds that PWA funds cannot be used for such a purpose. SHOP IN JUNEAU. FIRST! touring in the states for the past several weeks, Is 4 passenger on the 9000000000000 00000000000000000000000% | North Sea for home. 'MAIL FLOWN TO " SITKA, TENAKEE, IRVING LOCKHEED The Irving Airways Lockheed | ] H . | Vega seaplane, piloted by Gene Mey- | wn Is ” e ring, left Juneau this afternoon for l Sitka and way ports with United States mail and one passenger, Mrs. Ilene Puette, who arrived here from Seattle on the Alaska, for Tena- kee. The plane was scheduled to make mail stops at Tenakee, the Superior Packing Company, near Tenakee, and Sitka. B. F. Kane, merchandise broker, ment of a modern seaplane base. |lector in the Customs Service, was |and Gus Burgy, Chamberlin Weath- a new float and permanent ramp |surprised yesterday when he re-|er Strip representative, will- return from Sitka to Juneau aboard the plane, and a stop will be made at a Fox Island in Peril Strait to | pick up a woman passenger for Ju- tract was awarded yesterday by the |0k place in the Congregational |neau. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MILES MURPHY BE HELD THURSDAY A flower-covered casket, contain- ¢ the body of Miles Murphy. me little fighter from Juneau, ar- vried today on the Alaska. Wil- liam Murphy, father of the deceased, accompanied the body of his son from the States to Juneau. Miles Murphy, once a potential | champion, died in the Mount View Sanitarium at Lakeview, Washing- | ton, on March 24 of tuberculosis Funeral services will be held next Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in MAY DAY DANCE TO BE HELD SATURDAY Featured at the May Day Dance to be held next Saturday evening in the Elks Ballroom is the award- ing of the hope chest which has been assembled by members of the American Legion Auxiliary. The Hope Chest is now on display at the Thomas Hardware Company. Members in charge of the dance are, Mrs. Edith Bavard, chairman of finance committee; Mrs. Esther Seelye, chairman of hope chest com- mittee. Clarence Rand's Orchestra will furnish the dance music. .- — GLENN OAKES SMILING OVER NEW SON TODAY Glenn Oakes was walking in the clouds at his duties at the Alaska Juneau dock today and a wide smile wreathed his face. The reason was | a telegram received this morning announcing the birth of a son to Mrs. Oakes in Seattle, weighing {nine and three-fourth pounds. PAST PRESIDENTS OF e e e———————————————————————— ettt et . | SEMIFINAL GAMES \""ARE STAGED TONIGHT The semi-final games in the Elim- ination Tournament will be bowled | tonight at the Elks Alleys. Tea, A, including H. Sabin, Boggan a:} Kegel, will play against.Team p composed of Morgan, McCormick and Vukovich, at 9 p. m. On Thursday evening the winners of tonight's con= tes will bowl against Team C, in- cluding Cleveland, Evans and Hud- son, in the final match for the championship of the tournament, Earlier this evening the fian postponed games in the Women's Elks Tournament will be bowled: Kaufmann's Cafe will meet United Food, and Sanitary Grocery will | compete with Bon Marche, starting jat 7 p.m. | 'BIG GAME HUNTERS - | ARE ABOARD ALASKA Several parties of big game hunt- ers are aboard the Alaska enroute ta | points to the westward to secure | Alaskan trophies. H. Oron, who has | hunted big game in all parts of the | world including Africa, and Mrs. Oron are bound for Uyak. H. A, LEGION AUXILIARY |Bencdict and A 5 Cubar ave ot SPONSOR CARD PARTY, 0 Kodiak, and A. C. Schuren and Dr. E. E. Boys of Chicago, will hunt in the Larson’s Bay district Past Presidents of the American as well as Kodiak. Legion Auxiliary are inviting their | Wi T oy THE friends to a card party which will BATHS TO REOPEN \ be held at the Dugout tomorrow | night at 8 o'clock. Fourteen tables| The Russian Steam Baths, lo= the chapel at the C. W. Carter Mor- tuary will be in play during the evening. cated on Gastineau Avenue, which Proceeds from the party will go have been closed for a thorough toward the entertainment fund for !renovation will reopen on Friday, the Past Presidents who will attend May 1, and according to the man= the convention to be held in Ju- agement they will be in a position neau in September. |on opening day to handle, in a Mrs. Edna Polley is in charge of 'satisfactory manner, the large arrangements for the affair. amount of business anticipated. - - DEVLIN GOING WEST Charles Devlin, representing a Los Angeles shoe firm, and who has been in Juneau for the past three weeks, is leaving for Westward | points next week. 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