The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 9, 1936, Page 8

HOMES SWEPT AWAY BY RIVER FLOOD WATERS Stikine Highest in 20 Years —25 Marooned Resi- dents Safe in Wrangell WRANGELL, Alaska, June 9. — The highest flood waters in his 20 years' experience on the Stikine is reported by Capt. Sid Barring- ton, who landed 25 passengers here last night with his boat the Hazel B No. 2 which was slightly damaged when she bumped the canyon wall several times coming down river The passengers had been marooned a hundred miles up river since May 30. Cabins of prospectors, trappers and homesteaders have been washed away, Captain Barrington reported The home of “Groundhog” Jackson at Grand Rapids was swept away but the family is safe on a high bench. Water is flowing seven feet deep through the Hudson Bay warehouse at Telegraph Creek. The flood swept away the wing dam at Barrington and the sea- son’s work will have to be done over, the captain said. The water came down so fast workmen had barely time to save their lives after run- ning the tools to safety. Crest of the flood probably’ whs reached on June 7, Barrington said FLOODS IN KLONDIKE DAWSON, Y. T, June 9.—Glacier fed streams spread over more of the isolated settlements in this region in the unprecedented floods. Dikes protecting the power plant here have been re-inforced and the tele- phone and light service has been kept functioning. Some residents at Mayo are still aboard the ferry Askala and seek- ing safety at a roadhouse at the mouth of the river. The water is still rising. Reports here said the Stewart was undermined. town of Schilling rure \\a@ns//a NEW APARTMENT AND A three-story apartment and tailor shop is now being erected by John J. Klein, wellknown building contractor. baldak, Juneau tailor. The build- ing is to have three large modern apartments, a large up-to-date tailor shop, fitting rooms and press- ing rooms on the first floor. The ground is now being broken for the building next to the Moose Hall. Mr. Klein states the building will be ready for occupancy on Septem- | ber 1. - > 3 PASSENGERS FOR INTERIOR | ON PAA PLANE | The PAA ankhm;d Electra trans- port plane, piloted by W. J. (Jerry) Jones and Alex Holden, left Ju- neau this afternon for Fairbanks with the following sengers Count Alvo von Alvansleben, en-' route to Nome; J. J. Meherin, Hills Brothers representative, and Charles Huntley, PAA radio oper- ator e — PATCO MAKES FOUR FLIGHTS, SHORT TIME George Skenes and Franklin Kopp were passengers to Chichagof, A Van Mavern, West Coast Grocery Company representative, went to Sitka; and Harold Wilkey and Louis Hesn were passeng from Chica- gof to Juneau this morning on the Alaska Air Transport seaplane | Patco flown by Pilot Sheldon Sim- mons. Upon his return from Chichagof and Sitka, Pilot Simmons made two scenic flights over Mendenhall Gla- cier. Miss Lois Baker, Miss Myrtle Bachand and one other were pas- sengers on the first trip, and Roy Lunn and Andrew Bertleson were passengers on the second flight. Last night the Patco went to Wrangell with two passengers, C. E MacLeod and J. C. Luckey, and N {. Beers travelled roundtrip to Pet- ersburg. RIS e EARLY MORNING FIRE ‘The Juneau Fire Department was called out at 1:35 o'clock this morn- ing to extinguish a brush fire above Gastineau Avenue near the trail to the A. J. mine. Although surround- ing prope at no time endan- gered by the fire, the fire depart- ment remained on duty for about 45 minutes and 700 feet of hose was laid. i i Honoring the TOUR PARTY OF TAILOR SHOP IS BEING, BUILT FOR SHABALDAK' local | for Sam Sha- | !paired to the dining room for lunch, ‘party enroute south on the steamer ‘sort |wonders and the perfect weather THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, GUEST SPEAKERS AT ROTARY CLUB LUNCHEON TODAY R. S. Miesse, LO,\ company executive, and William E. Burke, of the Seattle Rot: Club were guests of the Juneau Im» tary Club at its noon luncheon to- day in the Terminal. Both men in brief remarks expressed plen ure at being in Alaska. LOS ANGELES IS GIVEN WELCOME Hundred Per Cent Greeting Extended by Juneau Mr. Miesse is looking ove: Y prospects in the Territory while at Noon Today Mr. Burke is here in connection with work of the Iniernal Revenu department which he is' connected with in Seattle. The Rev. O. L. Kendall, who re- | cently attended the Rotary District convention at Vancouver, gave (he (Continued from Page One) After the reception, the group re- and later scattered over the city in organized and individual sight-sce- | members a further report of the ing and shopping tours. | activities of the convention, and Trip So Far Miss Ruth Coffin played. The Los Angeles Chamber of | NP S 57 Commerce tour of Alaska began June 3 when members left the city by Special Southern Pacific train, arriving in Sacramento the next day. From there the party contin- | ued to Portland where they enjoyed a sight-seeing tour of that city and vicinity. They arrived in Seattle June 6 and boarded the steamer Aleutian for Alaska. FLYING PARTY ENJOYS TRIP TO TAKU LODGE PAA Pilots W. J. (Jerry) Joi and Alex Holden, Mrs. Alex Holden and their small son, Sandy; Mrs. M J. Wilcox and her son John The party made a trip on foot to l;ao;enfi]e:&k::;rr‘!]l‘\d:lxg,\hzg_\:xl]\“:t visit the fish cold storage plant and lryin Glaciers Lodge at Taku last other points of interest in K"““"‘Sunda\ afternoon shortly after the kan, the first city in Alaska on the|grrival of the PAA Lockheed E itinerary. From Ketchikan they ra from Fairbanks. The party re- proceeded to Wrangell where they |yymed to Juneau last night afteran met Gov. John W. Troy and his' 'enjoyable outing at the Taku r and were enthusiastic Yukon. { n praising the excellent trout fishing While in Juneau the Chamber of |ayajlable in streams near the Lo Commerce crowd will make a trip L 75 ¢ by automobile to Mendenhall Gla- ‘3;::?:“,e;::’;“;:,zgg;"::g::r," 4 cier and Auk Lake and other points two hours yesterday afternoon of scenic beauty. They will leave | Juneau at 11 o'clock this evening enroute on the next lap of their tour, Skagway. | J. W. C. Greeters ! Members of the Juneau Woman's Club turned out in a body to greet the tourists and enjoyed discuss- | ing club activities with their friends from California. M Blossom Parke, in admit- ting some of her ideas of Alaska, told Juneau Club ladies she had bought a rain coat specially for this . R — FOREST FIRES ALL OUT, BUT HAZARD STILL EXISTS While the ful(’»t hre hazard still existed no new fires were reported {today to the U. S. Forest Service and all but one of those reported in the Southeast are out. the fires in the Petersburg area is i still burning but is under cont tour and wished it would rain so i ‘. it e according to stant Regional she could use it. She was joined by Forester Wellman Holbrook Mrs. R. L. McCourt, wife of the : it bs The same permit system for burn- ing debris along the highway h: been put into effect on the Ket- chikan road as on the Glacier Highway, it was stated, in an effort to guard against further outbreaks. president of the Los Angeles Cham- ber of Commerce in expressing enjoyment of the trip, the scenic Mrs. Nellie M. Russell of Great Oak Circle also described her pleasure 1 tha teantlee of Alasks. An optimistic forecast was re- st A vealed today in the report of the DUBIN ON ALEUTIAN Weather Bureau that the humid- ity has risen to 30 per cent. Sam Dubin, wellknown merchant BN of the Interior, proprietor of a trad- GORDON D. SAILS Motorship Gordon D., of Hood Bay, owned by M. B. Dahl and skippered by H. E. Dahl, which ar- ing post at Wiseman, and Mrs. Du- bin are passengers aboard the Aleu- tian enroute to their home in Fair- banks. rived here lasu week, sailed for Hood Bay this afternoon. Louis Wolf, who injured at Port Al- thorp last y and spent the win- ter in the States, ving here last wee kon.the Zapora, was a passeng- er to Tenakee aboard the Gordon D One of | ; 'bear Mrs. Bulger TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1936 TAKING PLANE TO ANCHORAGE TO USE ROBE TO COMPIL ALASKA HISTORY University of Alaska Pro- E. C. Red 'a\z'-(.unnm_ well- known pilot, is a passenger on the Aleutian enroute to Seward. He has with him aboard the ship a ceriP 2 Great Lakes Trainer 2-place bi- fessor Leaving Seat- plane, powered with a 90 horse- tle June 24 power Cirrus engine. From Sew- e | ard, Pilot Redgrave-Gunner will Prof. Cecil Francis Robe of the!fly his plane to Anchorage, where University of Alaska, who has been he has established an aviation| at Yale the last two years doing | training school graduate work, has been named he Great Lakes plane was pur- as one of the men to compile a his- | chased in Spokane, Redgrave-Gun- tory of Alaska, and is scheduled toner said, and was flown by himself leave Seattle June 24 for Juneau. | about 1,000 miles in the vicinity o[ The Rockefeller Foundation has Seaule Tacoma and Vancouver in! given $17,000 to the University mmbmu ten days before the plane| do the history work, much of which | was crated for shipment in Seattle. | will be based on the fine library of | | The plane is equipped Judge James Wickersham. Profi'\-}dem dual controls. sor Robe will come here to work | DAY A e with Judge Wickersham ! Mrs. Robe, who is with her huv“PLANS BEING MADE pand at New Haven, Conn., will not | come mnorth probably until fall, ac-| cording to information to Mrs. How- | ard J. Thompson of Juneau. friend. with tan- Plans for the family picnic of the | Auxiliary of the American Legion to be held next Tuesday at Auk Village Beach are progressing and a large turnout is expected, COPPER RIVER PACK AT 43,745 CASES he Post The salmon pack in the COpper| ..q to take others along, River district has reached 43,745] cases, according to report to thei Bureau of Fisheries from Warden Clarence Olson at Cordova | Up to June 6, the Copper Rn-m| pack was 42436 cases of reds and; 1,309 of kings. The season in the Copper River everyone is to meet at the Dugout ing to make the drive out to the beach. - - - REMODELING HOUSE L. C. Pratt is having his home on Twelfth and A streets completely rea which opened May 1 Will Te-| emodeled a new roof, porches, main open until July 5 and thenipasement and addition. The work i will be closed until August 10 when |peing done by J. J. Klein, local it reopens. jbuilding contractor T S - TO FLY TO NOME -, WOMEN FORCED TO STOP AUTO TO KEEP ) |is a passenger on the Aleutian en- | FROM HITTING BEAR| | route from Seattle to Cordova. From | Cordova Mr. McKee will travel by 1 driving on While the narrow | plane to Nome. Eagle River road on Sunday, Mrs : AL Y J. J. Klein and children and Mrs WAKELIN ON ALEUTIAN J. A. Bulger almost collided with a Richard Wakelin, merchandise large brown bear. He crossed the|proker, is a through passenger road directly in front of the car.lpom Patersburg to Seward on the Mrs. Klein had to stop to avoid ajeutian This being the first 5" MRS, E. FIELD hitting the bear. wilds, 1t was quite a thrill -oo — TO INSPECT I’ROPFRTY Medley S. ley, B .C., engineer for the Con solidated Mining and Smelting Company, is a passenger aboard the Aleutian enroute to Cordova to inspect mining ground for clients of his company HEARFORD J U N C TION, June 9.—Funeral services for Eugene Field, 79 years old died of a heart attack yesterday Jack Galloway, of Seattle, an at her Crystal Lake estate, will independent mining enginee is be held tomorrow at Tomahawk, also a passenger aboard the Aleu- Wis. Interment will be later in the tian enroute to Cordova vault beside the body of her hus- - - band A RETURNING HOME The estate was ved last month by the loan of $3,000 by Field's fraternity. brothers. - - Hutchinson, Kas., “cruiser cops” are abandoning cars for motorcy- cles. 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