The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 23, 1936, Page 8

BASSETT HERE AS PAR AGENT; = MANY CHANGES = week betwe 1 1, when busine. inhabit ane, is Mr. Bas- Big Fleet of Planes at Fair- banks, for Charter ng the b S . . ail is delivere boat not often- b((he({UIeh Hele than once each week 5% Carry Much Baggage The PAA Electra, piloted by Al s in carry | Monsen and William Knox, which W m ! arrived yesterday afternoon from |they do in the Ste ptt ks, will remain in June anc prob- distanc for spe until the ern from S arrival of the Nc >, unless r t led and tl ial duty in the orce in Fairbanks now Lk ms, Mr. Bassett banks \\‘m our pilots, W. J. plane, and who ha bbins, Al Monsen to the Juneau office, Knox, in addition to Alex Holden. The Lockheed who is on vagation. “heduled to nt of the Fair- weekly flight fr Juneau tomorrow, will arrive as'f usual, Mr. Bassett stated, and both of the two-motored transport planes will return to Fairba: 1 resulted in relief om duty of Jack Warren, Bob Ames and Carl Anderson, in the schanical department, and Carl erg in the construction di- ecule next Tue: vision. John White is at present 2 accommods r|the Fairbank ic representa- least 18 passengers to Fairbanks tive, Mr. B . and Hijal end way points. Nordale is accountant Planes for Charter R With the termination of annual NEW PLANE COMING r mail contra new Aer lane, pur- | s to Nome, via The gs, Kokrines, chased by the au Flying Tanana, Ruby, Galena, Koyukuk, Club through Pilot Sheldon Sim- Nulato, and Golovin, and Flat, on 'mcons, Juneau agent for the Aeronca May 1, all of the PAA equipment Company, will arrive tomorrow on in Fairbanks, including two Lock- 'the Northwestern heed Electra 10-passenger wheel > > planes, two Fairchild wheel planes END WHERE YGL Tolovana, Hot 1I“IIIII|IIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIII!III"IIIIIII|IIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIII Ilfllilli|I!HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII‘ We can outfit the young fellow in "grand style” from head to toe . . . at most re ason able prices! Our men's and young men's department is teem- ing with gift sugges- tions and new up-to- the-minute mer- chandise. Stetson and Hardeman Hats and Caps . . Phoenix Hosiery . . Arrow and Ide Shirts . Boston Garters, Belts and Suspenders . . Gloves . . Belt Buckles . . Handkerchiefs and Michaels-Stern and ‘Timely Clothing’ $25, $30 and $35 In brown or blue mix, Zipper : B ; I y i Each, choose from and MAKE 171 For GRADUATION And this suit is suitable for all summer wear, well- tailored blue serge in very smart lin Jacket Suits Separate Sport Jackets In button fronts—brown or gray checks All sizes and all wool NECKTIES—A wonderful assortment to STAR BRAND SHOES FOR ALL! B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. Juneau's Leading Department Store 1001 Items in Our Upstairs Bargain Department! all wool, in all sizes Fropt { Suits $10.50 or Jackets $5.75 and the pants at $5.50 ‘: $650 . T MARY METCALF GIVES PARTY ON SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY, AT HOME Miss Mary Metcalf, who was six- to Be teen years of age )'echx'da)-_ cele- ,brated the event by giving a dinner party at the home of her parents. |Mr. and Mrs. Frank Metcalf. Fol- {lowing the dinner, the members lof the party enjoyed a movie show then returned to the Metcalf home {where fortunes were told. Miss Metcalf's guests for the vening were the Misses Elinore {McKechnie, Jane Blomgren, Helen |Beistline, Mary Jean McNaughton and Jean Taylor. IS ON TONIGHT Baseball Affair Is Given in Natatorium in Douglas Legionnaires, their wives, friends, and swee 1d baseball fans} and players will turn to Douglas to- | night, where Alford " Johh rd | Post is holding the annual Legion Baseball Dance in the island Nata- | torium. ‘, The popular new rhythms of Paul Brown and his orchestra will sup- |SUNDAY CAME been busy the place in appropr Music, w} il by 1 'r| o'clock, cloc continue ur will feature an amazing new instru- ’ i ment, an electric guitar, whose am-{Rain Prevented Douglas. jl‘ plified st produce tones -l M Sk ble of drowning ; oose Jession Last tra The volt Night on Diamond Last evening’s rain drowned out the scheduled Douglas-Moose clash and left the League with two un- the h eason and I vill be on hand to see that the|plaved games on its hands, The ‘pl«rt(hn) is maintained | Douglas squad and several of the R e Moose players were on the field at NEW SERV‘(’E‘ FOR becker took a last squint at the LUTHERAN CHURCH| 5616 un wadea seros the payin - field to call the game. Next Sunday morr which falls ed that any attempt will be made jon Whitsunday, the Resurrection |to play either of the missed games {Lutheran Church will inaugurate a |tomorrow. new combination Sunday School Tomorrow’s meeting of the Legion vice and will be con-:and Moose teams finds the Legion the summer months. | haires favorites because of their youncements will be | opening day, twelve to four victory during the coming week. | over the Moosemen. Play Ball wil | be called at five-thirty, weather pu» mitting, to send the two old foe: snarling at each other’s throats. Definite battery nominations have not yet been announced, but it is likely that Junge and Krause will do the chores for the Legion with Elmer Lindstrom on the mound for the Moose and Hawkins behind the bat. |\<I adult s m — ., PIONEER ALASKAN Tom Be lI(‘ng\'x {erior, who arrived yesterday on the PAA Lockheed Electra from Fair- banks, is going to the States on the next steamer to visit his brother Charles in Seattle, and four sisters and four brothers in Lawrence, Mass, for the first time since he entered the Territory 33 years ago. Mr. Bellenger arrived at Skag- way in 1903 aboard the steamer Princess May, which at that time alternated with the steamers Prin- cess Bl‘atn[‘« and Princess Royal regular service A(-compunu-d by his brother Charles and a cousin Amie Lam- bert, Mr. Bellenger traveled by smail boat to Dawson. From Dawson he traveled to Fairbanks, the the Kuskokwim and other points in | the Interior. | Last spring he sold his mine at |Flat, a hydraulic operation, to the | Olson Company. He will return ‘x\o\:! fall, he says, for a prospecting n preparation for an early start, his team of ten dogs is being cared for by Bernie Parent, a trader at the mouth of the Crockett River. “That’s a big country,” Mr. Bel- enger said, “and a hard country to prospect. It is hard to get at and is all thawed ground. Young peo- ple nowadays don't know how to prospect a country like that.” MRS. NESS ‘GUEST OF LEIVERS’ HERE | Mrs. | candidate for the House in the re- cent primary, arrived in Juneau on the Zapora and is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Leivers | Mrs. Ness will join him here and | they will continue on south to their <hame in Petersburg. 6:10 o'clock when Umpire Droppen- g It is doubt- ¢ Iditarod, 1 Man in the mechanical Erick Ness of Petersburg|liam P. Blanton, arrived from Se- | and wife of Erick Ness, Democratic | attle on the Northland until Monday. Her son, Earl, a stu- | Juneau Lumber dent at the University of Alaska, is|injury to the index finger on his 'commg south on the Yukon and |right hand SALMON CATCH BRINGS TRADE T0 KETCHIKAN Harry face Reponts Sev- eral Tons Per Day Sold in First City An average of several tons of sal- mon today is being delivered to the Seattle Co-op at Ketchikan, through J. E. Berg, agent for the Seattle crganization, by the Hecate Strait fleet of from 40 to 50 trollers, ac- cording to Harry Race, proprietor the Harry Race drug stores in this morning on the Bellanca Pace- eaplane flown by Pilot Herb , and returned to Ketchikan e plane this afternoon e thousand pounds of ‘on the floor at the Se- maker almon we attle Co-op dock one day lase week, | he said. The Hecate Strait fleet has been delivering salmon to Ketchikan in| increasing quantities during a period of about one month each year for | the last three or four years, Mr. Race, explaining that the fish | sipped fresh aboard steamers ince Rupert and thence east | cet, previously based at Se- ¢ large, well-equipped boats, le of withstanding rough Lt capa weather and comparable to halibut | boats, he reported, insofar as they not permitted to land on Can- adian n storms, and must fish outside the 3-mile limit, Business Is Good Busing nditions generally Ketchikan are good, Mr. with all of the fisk neries active. Altho but and salmon pr low, the fishermen have been mak- g money, he reported, and busi- ness in all lines has increased over last year. Mr. Race was accompanied on the round trip flight from Ketchikan by his son, Bob Race. in both hali- good, Mr. Race said, until th ane pioneer Alaskan | reached Marmion Island, where rain and veteran prospector from the In- | squalls were encountered - o> SELASSIE NOW | Ketchikan and Juneau, who arrived | IS SCHEDULED said | The vessels in the Hecate | soil, even for safe anchorage | Race said, | eries and can- | have been | The weather I HERE 0N ELECTRA on the flight to Juneau was very THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1936. LEGION DANGE LONDON BOUND HAIFA, Palestine mer Emperor Haile of Ethiopia, with his family, servants and friends, sailed today for Lon- 0| don aboard a British warship. - .- MRS. NEATE COMING Mrs. J. E. Neate, wife of t of The Empire, is a passenger no bound for Juneau aboard the Aleu- tian. .. - MRS. HAU HERE Mrs. C. P. Hauser, wife of the itrip into the Kuskokwim country.| Alaska Meat Company meat (-\u',m.‘ arrived on the Northland e i BOYLE IN TOWN ! J. E. Boyle, Alaska repx'os(muuwi for the Union Oil Company, arrived on the Northland. | - - AKERS RETURNS ! P. J. Akers, of the Signal Corps,| returned today from a trip in the States, a passenger on the North- land. e - NEIL BLANTON HERE Neil Blanton, brother of Dr. Wil- - e — MILLMAN INJURES FINGER employee of me] Mills suffered an C. W. Hager, today and xscened treatment from Dr. W. W. Coun- cil who took several stitches m the injured member. [ 4 i | Moose Hall LU.M.M.S. FREE LUNCH! at $1.25 up DANCE Under Auspices BEST OF MUSIC! Gentlemen 75c—Ladies Free! TONIGHT W. Local 203 DANCING 9:30! | THE AMERICAN LEGION PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL BASEBALL DANCE DOUGLAS NATATORIUM TONIGHT Dancing from 10 P. M. to 1:30 A. M. to the Music of PAUL BROWN AND HIS ISLANDERS featuring AMAZING ELECTRIC GUITAR Alford John Bradford Post AMERICAN LEGION The DOUGLAS INN ANNOUNCES A NEW NAME DOUGLAS RECREATION PARLOR FEATURING A NEW FOUNTAIN SERVICE Complete line of FOUNTAIN DRINKS, ICE CREAM, CONFECTIONS AFTER the Annual American Legion DANCE COME TO THE DOUGLAS RECREATION PARLOR BIG FREE DANCE AT THE CLOSE OF THE BASEBALL DANCE Good Music! . . Good Floor! . . Good Everything! FREE TO THE KIDDIES! FROM 12 TO 2 P. M. SUNDAY we will give each child a FREE ICE CREAM CONE, full of "PERCY'S HOME- MADE ICE CREAM"—made at the Juneau Ice Cream Parlors—makers of delicious BARS HUSKIES, ORPHAN ANNIES and ESKIMOS! AFTER the Baseball Dance DROP IN TONIGHT JOHN MARIN, Proprietor We Feature PERCY’S HOME MADE