The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1936, Page 8

8" £0K SURPRISED, DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHLAND Tour Manager Returns! Here from Westward w Gives Impressions Don Eck, Tour Manager for the Alaska Steamship Company and the Southern Pacific Railway, is returning to his Chicago head- quarters on the steamer Alaska, after a trip as far north as An- chorage. Eck made the trip to Anchorage by plape while the Alaska was transferring freight at Seward and is greatly impressed with the An- chorage country and believes that some day, in the not too far dis- tant future, that Anchorage will become the center of a vast farm- ing community with the major de- velopments being centered in the | Matanuska Valley Eck said: “The amount of build- ing now in progress in Juneau and Anchorage is a revelation to me and I believe Alaska in the next few years will see a wonderful forward step being made and I am certain that the tourist business for Alaska during 1937 will reach a new peak.” - - Ask Permission to Sell Rogers’ Okla. Homestead | CLAREMORE, Okla, Aug. 10. —A petition has been made by the county to the court asking that the birthplace and homestead ranch of the late 'Will Rogers be offered at public sale to pay the taxes owed by his estate. It is said the taxes are reported at being $175,000. - - FLIES TU DYEA Gene Meyring, piloting the Irving Airways Lockheed Vega seaplane,| made a hop to Skagway, Dyea and return last evening with M. Law- son and his two daughters as pas- sengers. Lawson was a resident of | Dyea 30 years ago, and wanted his daughters to see the old place. The plane left here at 4:10 pm. and returned at 6:30 o'clock. S eee Empire ads are read. Schilling ANILLA | PURE retaing its delicate flmur in all /T, i Here's a new French toe to gladden the hearts of men who champion this justly famous last. It tapers to a smart narrow toe in a way which gives that *“‘made-exclusively- for-you™ look. Comes in Congo black Calf and Cherry red Calf. FORTUNES ....°4 BIG VAN South .+ Franklin St. | of the Wrangell range, some of the | the Alaska to join his wife, Esther Cahfornm Pl Arthur M. Keene, Editor and Auring the summer months, to e contrast to the Alaska trip, Sea Islands and Australia. re-election creasing and what more could be ELECTRA COMES IN WITH FOUR LOCAL PERSONS Take-off of PAA Plane Will Be Postponed from Tues- day Unlil Wednesady The PAA Electra came in from Fairbanks yesterday piloted oy Murray Stuart and Jerry Jones. Pas- sengers on the ship were: Jack Ferguson, Don Abel and Carl An- derson. The Electra’s take-off on the re- turn trip will be delayed from Tuesday to await the arrival of the Yukon, it was announced today. - CALVERT PARTY NOW IN NORTH, Mrs, William Calvert, her daught- er-in-law, Mrs. Lawrence Calvert, her granddaughters, Virginia and Kathleen, and her daughter, Jane | Calvert, arrived in Juneau on the| Mt. McKinley yesterday. The party | was met last night by Lawrence | Calvert, of the San Juan Fishing and Packing Company, who came in last night from their Peril Straits cannery at Todd aboard the com- pany’s motorship Uganik. The party including Mr. Calvert | will return to Todd as soon as the| clutch of the Uganik, which was damaged just before docking last night, is repaired. While the ship was being re- paired today, supplies for the can-| nery were purchsaed, and members of the party shopped in Juneau and visited Mendenhall Glacier. Although this is the first time 5o, many members of the Calvert fam- | ily have been in one Alaska town at the same ‘time, members of the | family who have operated the San Juan Fishing and Packing Co., have been coming to Alaska for many years, in the interests of their fish- ing business, which spreads throughout coastal Alaska. Mr. Calvert said today that their packs to the Westward had been satisfactory, but that the run is late in Peril Straits and that gen- eral area, and that relatively few | fish have been packed at Todd and | that similar conditions prevailed at | Hawk Inlet and Hood Bay. In addition to transacting busi- ness here, Mr. Calvert and mem- bers of his family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bender. Following a week's visit at Todd Mr. Calvert will join the family group for the return trip to the | States aboard the Uganik. | e, — SPORTSMEN ‘GET FINE PICTURES OF | MOUNTAIN SHEEP After a month’s trip in the White River country taking pictures of mountain sheep, Watson Webb, Jr., widely known sportsman, is return- ing south Mr. Webb, with Henry Boydon as guide, reported he saw scores of sheep in the White River country largest he has ever seen anywhere. The party carried no firearms, do-| ing all their “shooting” with cam- Talf, California, is a passenger aboard the steamer Victoria making the round trip. This is Mr. Keene’s Mr. Keene recently visited the South | Mr. Keene says all signs point to the of President Roosevelt. AMERICANS WIN Collins, Colorado, | 2-10th seconds, clipping more than) | doing business now at its new loca- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1936. lblwher H ere Publisher of the Daily Driller, of third trip to Alaska, all made ape the heat in the south. As a Business is excellent and in- expected from an Administration, OLYMPIC GAMES! BERLIN, Aug. 10.—Three Amer- icans finished in top positions in the Olympic decathlon competition. The three were Glenn Morris, Fort automobile sales- man, first with 7,900 points, and two Californians, Bob Clark, sec- ond with 7,601 points, and Jack Parker, third with 7,270 points. Morris set a new decathlon rec- ord, which was iormerly held by! Jim Bausch, 7,389 points, won in Los Angeles four years ago. KOREAN STUDENT WINS MARATHON OF OLYMPICS' BERLIN, Aug. 10.—Kitel Soon, 22 year old Korean college student, racing with the colors of Japan, won the Olympic Marathon Sun- day in 2 hours 20 minutes amd 19{ two minutes off Juan Carlos Za-| bala's Olympic record. Zabalas, an Argeninian, complained of sore feet and quit about half way. Ernest Harper, of Great Britain, was second and close behind the winner. The Americans were all badly outdistanced in the 26 mile, 385 feet. The Marathon brought the track and field events to the close. The Americans led with 203} points, followed by Finland with 80 1-4 points, and Germany with 69 3-4 points. The American 400 metre relayl‘ team also won, Italy being second and Germany third. e MEDICAL CLINIC IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS The Juneau Medical Clinic is tion in the Goldstein Building. The four doctors in the clinic, Dr. W. W. Council, Dr. W. M. White- head, Dr. C. C. Carter and Dr. W. P. Blanton, plan to have medical attention available at all hours of the day and night at their new location. Dr. Carter and Dr. Coun- cil will reside in the building. Dr. R. H. Williams, dentist, is renting space from the clinic and moving his office and home therc now. Dr. W. W. Council stated today that the clinic will hold open house welcoming all Juneau residents who wisito inspect the new quarters,, within several weeks. POLARIS RETURNS HERE Forced to return to Juneau by a burned-out bearing, the Polaris, yacht of Edward Lowe, which was in Juneau last week and left Fri- day arrived here this morning and is expected to have all repairs made in time to leave tonight, on a cruise to the Westward. —— - — DOCTOR GOES SOUTH Dr. Edgar Young, Cordova physi- cian, was a through passenger south | on the Alaska this morning on his way to the States for a slx~month“ visit to his home in Virginia. Dr. Young plans to make an extended tour of the States. .- JACK METZGAR ARRIVES; SEES HIS DAUGHTER Jack Metzgar, of Anchorage, ar- rived in Juneau this mqning on Kaser Metzgar, and to have his first view of his two-month-old eras, and had some fine pictures to show for their efforts - .- - l Today’s News Today—Empire. dnughter Vera Kay, who was born here ——— “Try an Empire ad. MRS, WEATHERS HEART ATTACK B. M. Behrends SUCGUMBS TO Is Now Suffering AFTER PADDLIN from Pneumonia CANOEISTS HER FROM SEATTL Wife of Juneau Fisherman| Juneau Baiket mad Mer- Two Plan to Go on to Skag- Stricken While Wash- ing in Home Here Apparently the victim of a heart attack, Mrs. Hazel Weathers, wife of Tke Weathers, well known fish- erman, was found dead yesterday in her home on Lower Franklin street. The body is at the Carter Mortuary and an inquest held this afternoon in Commissioner’s Court, attributed death to natural causes brought on by a heart ailment Mrs. Weathers has been suffering from heart trouble for some time,| it is reported, and Dr. W. W. Coun- cil had treated her on several occas- | ions for the ailment. Deputy Marshal John MecCormick. who investigated the case, said that Mrs. Weathers had been washing and apparently fell over dead while hanging some clothes on a line. | The door was locked from the in- side, he reported. She had lived here for years and was known to many in this community. The body | was found by Olaf Swanson. The coroner’s jury at the inquest this afternoon were J. G. Morrison, | Mort Truesdell, James Monagle, John K. Marshall and John McLaughlin, John McCluskey, IREPEAL 4 4T T | CARTERS ON VACATION The ; boat Pal, owned by Lew Frary, returned here from Sitka on Friday with one passenger, Archie Jones, aboard. Mr. and Mrs. Charles | Carter, who were passengers on the boat to Sitka earlier, are now spend- | ing some time at Goddard’s Hot Springs. They will return home in| the near future. | e MRS. BAKER HERE ENROUTE TO INTERIOR Enroute via Fairbanks and Cold Creek to visit her father in the Circle district, Mrs. Richard Baker, daughter of Gen. A. D. McRae,| internationally known mining op- | erator, arrived in Juneau yester- day on the Mount McKinley. Mrs. Baker will board the first | PAA plane for Fairbanks, and from there will go to join her father for a visit. i Today's News Today—Empire. The claim is one thing. The proof is another. It’s the taste of mild, ripe tobaccos...that’s why Chest- erfields taste better. It’s the mildness of mild, ripe tobaccos. . . that’s why chant Reported Very Il | in Cordova Hospital | A message received here yesterday afternoon from U. S. Commissioner J. F. Mullen, who, with Mrs. Mullen, is in Cordova with B. :1. Behrends, Mrs. Mullen’s father, stating that the widely known Juneau banker and merchant had contracted pneu- monia in addition to pleurisy and was very ill. Mr. Behrends was stricken wlth‘ pleurisy a week ago while return- ing to Juneau after a trip, in the Interior with his grandson, Ben Mullen, and was taken from the! steamer Yukon to the hospital in) Cordova. He showed marked im-| provement last week, Dr. W. W.| Council, who flew over to attend| him, reported, but since that time| has contracted pneumonia e e STEEL PEOPLE TRAVEL Through here yesterday on the Mount McKinley were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Arnold of Pittsburgh, who have great steel holdings in the East, and Sam and Mary Arnold.| The four are making the roundtrip | to Seward. e RETURN Mrs. L. D. Tharpe, wife of Major Tharpe, and child were aboard the Victoria when it went through | here yesterday returning to their home at Chilkoot Barracks. - NURSES RETURN | Magnihild Oygard, Thelma Shriv- | er and May Rivet, nurses who flew to Bristol Bay recently to assist in quelling the typhoid epidemic, re- turned here today on the Alaska.| Accompanying them was Ben Grimes, Territorial Sanitary En- gineer. - MRS. KAUFMANN SOUTH | Mis. Robert Kaufmann and| daughter are passengers south on the Alaska. Miss Kaufmann will receive medical attention and will remain south while Mrs. Kaui’ mann will return within a few weeks. R Empire classifieds pay. o % — and one sure way to tell a real cz'garette is to smoke 7f— Chesterfields are milder. Chesterfields have made good with smokers because quality they have the character and thing Liggett & Myers says about them. way and then Down Yukon Until Winter Leaving Seattle June 22, four hardy mariners put to sea in two 17-foot open cedar canoes and laid | General course for Alaska and the Yukon| River. Late yesterday, two of the party arrived here in Juneau, well bearded and still going strong. The four college youths, all mem- bers of the Sea Scouts, who started the long voyage are: Gene Zabrig- kie of Pomona College, California, Kennth Wise, of Santa Monica, Junior College; Chip Fallis of Colo- rado School of Mines, and Will Cash of UCL.A. The four met early this spring, at a Sea Scout regatta and made plans for the vacation trip. Wise, who had prev- iously made a canoe voyage down the Mississippi River from Chi- cago t6 New Orleans, of the expedition. Driving to Seattle, they outfitted and got under wa to arrive in Prince Rupert, B. C., one month later to the hour. After laying two or three days there making repairs | to a mast, the two canoes and their intrepid navigators put off for Ket- chikan. In Ketchikan, came their first loss, Fallis getting a good job and | quitting the cruise. Cash, his can- oemate, was unable to continue alone, but got a ride to Juneau gn a tender, arriving here two or three days ago and returning to Ketchi- kan with the tender Iast night. Za-l brisgie and Wise coming on alone, | made Juneau last night and plan to continue on to Skagway tomor- row morning. They are now living on the Sea Scout boat Forestery at the lower City Float. well, from Skagway the pair will portage to Whitehorse, and, launch- ing their craft on the Yukon, will paddle down it until stopped by winter, when they plan to sell their equipment and ship out Barring minor accidents, the voy- agers have had the best of luck and weather and have greatly enjoyed | the trip so far. They have made all the stops and bays between Ju- neau and Seattle and, taking it | easy, think they have missed noth- ing. to back up every- Chesterfields are made to Satisfy .« . that’s their business «« . that’s their reputation \" i they iveup to it. being leader | If all goes| [Lemke Still Asks ( |kota business men. For nearly five | | One sure way to tell the real thing from an arm-chair pilot. .. put the stick in his hand and give him a job to do | at the Government Hospital last warned DEMOCRATIC |Mexico to Pay gfer oo Cute - WOMEN HOLD WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. — Con- | gressman William Lemke of North Dakota, Union Party candidate for | Presxdent has a claim against the | 'Mexican Government that has been | hanging fire since 1912, Back in 1907, the ex-range rider went to Mexico to manage a ranch and herd cattle for a group of Da- MEET TONIGHT Session WB& Held in Douglas — Large At- tendance Indicated y s the ranch prospered. ame revolution and early one morning a swarthy fellow named Obregon arrived at the ranch with an-army. He demanded a little beef—something to feed the men, he told Lemke—and ecalnily commandeered 1,000 head of cattle. “I didn’t blame him,” Lemke drawls now. “It was war, and hej was & great fellow. I like him.” - SEATTLE ATTORNEY STOPS HERE TO FISH After attending to some legal| As this is the first meeting of the matters at Cordova, Elias Wright,| Club to be held in Douglas this Seattle attorney, stopped off in Ju-‘ year, Mrs. Krause expects a large neau from the steamer Alaska to, attendance, and urges all who de- ape_nd a few days fishing in Lh\\' sire to attend as she believes tha region before going on south. He| program will be of interest to all is accompanied by his wife and: women whether they are definite daughter | 1y interested in polmcs or not. RUSSIA REJECTS JAPAN PROTEST ON FISHERMEN Four Japanese Captains Convicted and Fined for Poaching in Waters Tonight at 8:30 o'clock, in the City Hall at Douglas the Gastin- eau Channel Democratic Women' Club will hold a meeting to whicl the public is invited, and offer a diversified program ineluding a de- scriptive and explanatory talk rel- ative to the backgrounds and func- tions of national political conven- tions. For those that do not have cars, Mrs. Emil Krause, president of the Club, said today that the regular 8:15 o'clock bus to Douglas will arrive there at the City Hall in ample time for the meeting. > ) | FOSTERS HAVE GRANDSON | Word was received here this morn-| ing by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foster of the birth of a grandson yester- day to their daughter, Mrs. Ern- | est’ Schroeder of Fairbanks. The baby has three older sisters. Mr.| Schroeder, formerly a canneryman ) from ‘Cordova, is now connected with the Piggly Wiggly Company| in Fairbanks, ——————— N. C. MAN GOES SOUTH Jack Ferguson, tractor man con- nected with the Northern Com- mercial Company, flew into town MOSCOW, Russia, Aug. 10.—Rus- on the Electra yesterday and will Sia has rejected the Japanese pro- sail for the south on a business test against the Soviet detention trip. last July of four Japanese fishing s e |boats off Kamchatka, it was re- SERVICES HELD iported today. Funeral services for Roberta B. S. Stomaniakoff, Soviet Vice- James, 6-month old baby, who died Commissar of Foreign Affairs, that such protests only week, were held this afternoon from cause useless and undesirable com- the First Presbyterian Church, Rev. plications between Russia and David Waggoner officiating. Japan. — - The four boat captains were con- Elgin, Spain, has invited citizens victed and fined at Petropavolvsk of communities in the United States for poaching in Russian waters. named Elgin to visit it. There are The Japanese asserted the action 37 Elgins in this country. was mcgal Twice a Week 45-Piece Dance Orchestra ANDRE KOSTELANETZ — CONDUCTOR AND THE RHYTHM SINGERS WED., 5 7. M. (P. T.) =FRL, 6 P. M. TP, T) COLUMBIA NETWORK