The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 11, 1936, Page 8

WHITE PASS HAS RECORD FREIGHT SEASON, REPORT Customs Man Reports T raf- fic on Railroad Heaviest Since Season of 1924 ess of the V The freight bu Pass and Yukon Route thi son has excee 60 per cent any prev ¥ 1924 Assistant Collector of Customs M S. Whittier re today on his return f i “They have had a wonderful sea- son up there” Mr. Whittier said “and passenger traffic on the circl tour was the heaviest in ye In fact, tourist travel all over Territory has been better this sea- son than for Seasonal activity throughout the Interior, he rep: ed, and mining properties are being e ars.” is at its peak developed in many places Dawson, in Yukon Territ reported, a new area has been staked out in which it is estimated $30,000,000 is available, Two new dredges are to be into tha district in the spring. The Forty Mile area north of Fairbanks also is having great activity, he said. ! The hull of one new steamer for the White Pass and Yukon Route | is now nearing completion, he said and as soon as it is launched on the river another keel will be laid It is expected both steamers will be in operation by next season. Anchorage is booming, he report- ed, with a large amount con- struction work going on Mr. Whituer was &ccompar from here by T. F. Farrelly, mem- ber of the Customs Agents Com- mittee on Port Examinations, and at Seward they were joined by George B. Mason, Chairman of the Committee, who had gone di- rect from Seattle to Nome and thence flown to the Interior. The of B o T » ‘7757-t1717ck ';I;o Her Postw THE DAILY MKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 936. PR Dai <word Puzzle . Side view . Those having power . Scotch river . Rope factory . Everlasting: poetic . Valleys on the moon Action at law 5. Ancient Egyptian welght . Lubricate EMOCRATIC | WOMEN HOLD 600D SESSION - [Robert Bender Tells of Make-up of Conventions Honor Guest “D ly Cro ACROSS . Commit theft Small bed alloy of tin and lead One who acquires knowledge it up 1 of sword | Sacl . Mingled fear and wonder . Sharp repeated knocking . Relatives on the father's side . Genus of the nettle 1l cross stroke on a A well attended meeing of the/ |Gastineau Channel Democratic Women’s Club was held last night 23 in the City Hall of Douglas v { @ b TRade 3 emal | blows | Robert Bender made an informal . Subsequently DOWN 39. Masculine talk on National political conven- |4 . Very strong 1. Marked with name tions, ranging from the method of /3 Silly . . lines 10. Sh(u(l‘;‘?j'q: lection of deleg to the “unc- a3 3 robs 42. Gave for tions of the conve ons, their vari- |3 4. 'l:vl-:;]nl :f\’:i’””‘w ous committees, the work of the| 50. Spread loosely 6. Pertaining to 44. Part “l) the 3. Som e ar e de gallant 51, Golf strokes the ankle mouth Datidnal G e Bl he Wt music on the 7. Gaze 45. Babylonian " |cribed as well side-lights of the re- | 41 Tipping to Solan Axeily 7 gk god i el »mocratic National Conven- | one. side 52. Roply: abbr. 8. Air: comb, 47. Father of Dorothy D. Dunham of Cincinnati | cent Democratic National Conven-| .. one 52 g s r: co e ot stuck to her post as clerk of the | tion at Philadelphia which he ai- American summer embassy at San | tended Sebastian, Spain, despite fighting nearby. After two days she was taken aboard the coast guard cut. Mass Meeting | During the regular business meet- | president | ter Cayuga. (Associated Press ing, Mrs. Emil Krause Photo) of the Club, told the members that | Bk the paid up membership of the club | B was now 95. Plans for a mass meet- party inspected various Customs|ing when Delegate Anthony J. Di- stations in the Territory under mond arrives were also formulated, | the direction of Chairman Mason.| and Mrs. Krause explained the | Mr. Farrelly and Mr. Mason were!work being done by the Democratic | accompanied by their wives Campaign headquarters in the = - Goldstein building. | Honor Guest Mrs. M. O. Johnson, of Wrangell, | member of the First Division Com- | mittee, was an honor guest at last| % night's meeting. Mrs. Johnson is | A ng her daughter and son-in- LEGION NOMINATE DELEGATES TO MEET the Nominations of delegates to Department Convention to be held =] T AR EEdE ] PLAN here September 2 to 5 was the|law, in Juneau. MiS. Whitchead | major business of Alford John|@and Dr. M. W. Whitehead. Bradford Post, American IA'u)m‘.,i v S last night at its weekly mw»v,lmszTUDENT E ls in the Dugout. Some 20 names were placed in nomination and other lN OPERATION NOw i nominations can be made next| ok Mbpaay Mgdhdic ¢ | The twosplace Biinner: Dayle st The Post s entitled to nine dele-| qone4ining plane recently deliv- gates and nine ‘alternates to the|CTEy SERIRE RERS TR LY EORT | Seperumens M‘:";"‘h"x' | Aeronautics is now in operation undj, B is based at Danner’s Airport on the| | Glacier Highway. The plane is pow- ered with a 5 cylinder engine rated at 100 horse power and is capable of a speed up to 140 miles per hour. 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Francisco | 667, United Corporation 8%, Cities Franco's movements to transport |Service 4%, Bremner offered 13,|troops from Morocco to the main- | |Simmons 37%, Pound $5.02 5/16. |land. | It is also reported here the DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following ‘are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 167.86,|nations in a proposed neutrality down .04; rails 54.91, down .47; utili- according respecting Spain’s - Cjvil | | ties 3535, down .21. <War but it is also ind;stwd ?h&t the United States has intimated {her nationals will and must be protected regardless of any agree- | ment. Gk (French have decided to inkite the| United States to join Furopean \BEHRENDS REPORTED SLIGHTLY IMPROVED ‘Word from Cordova, received here last night, reported that B. M.| | Behrends, Juneau financier, is hold- | |ing his own in his battle with pneumonia and there was indica-| tion of some improvement | Mr. Behrends, who was stricken | {with pleurisy, enroute from thel Westward, contracted pneumonia later, and last reports is that his condition is encouraging. Deer Rated an Enemy on Cotton Plantation| CHERAW, S. C, Aug. 11.—Deer has been mentioned with the boll weevil here as a “public enemy” of the cotton farmer. One planter blames deer for eating two acres of his staple. ,,——— SEEKS SON Mrs. Maggie M. Jackson of 414 Okanogan Avenue, Ellensburg, has, written to city officials asking aid in locating her son Steve Jackson, Bees Exact Tribute | from Storekeeper SCHOOL HEAD RETURNS FROM A. B. Phillips and Son Ar- rive Home on Aleutian After Two-Month Trip A. B. Phillips, Superintendent of Juneau Schools, and: son Bob re- turned on the Aleutian last even- ing after a trip to Detroit to pur- chase a new car and an automo- bile journey in the car of 7,099 miles lasting several montha. According to Mr. Phillips they just missed the heat wave in the Prairie States for two days, but they falled to dodge the grasshop- per plague, landing right in the spot where they were the thickest when the plague was at its height. The two Juneauites did the coun- try in great style, visiting Chicag: Denver, Salt Lake City, Bryce Can- yon, Zion National Park, the Grand Canyon, Boulder Dam, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco and Se- attle. While in Santa Barbara, Mr. Phillips visited with Dr. and Mrs. H. C. DeVighne, and in San Jose he saw John Helps and family. In line with his interest in things educational, the Juneau educator visited the Universities of Minne- sota, Colorado, Oregon, Washing- ton, Oregon State College, Wash- ington State College, and Ellens- burg Normal School. Ex-Gal to Get Whipping, If Price Is Not Too High OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 11— | “What would it cost me to beat up | STATES TOUR a colored gal?” an Oklahoma City negro asked a newspaperman. “She used to be my sweetheart and she went out with another fel- low. I popped her and she said she was going to have me arrested. BACK FROM PATROL Jazz r CRUISE IN ICY STRAITS The motorpoat Jazz, owned by Cash Cole, retwrned today from a ten-day fish patrol in the Icy Strait section. RN PG ESSERSCHMIDTS ARE jie RETURNING TO JUNEAU | | George Messerschmidt, wife and | daughter, are returning home on “I want to know what it would |the Princess Louls after a pleasure cost me to give her a good whip- |trip in the States. ping” i Succes; Stow: Bo; Gets in Hospital, Arm Broken BLACKWELL, Okla, Aug, 11— Young Max Hawkins felt hurt when his sister Mary Ellouise underwent |a tonsillectomy and his parents, | Mr. and Mrs. Max Hawkins would not let him go to the hospital to “see everything.” That was in the morning. In the afternoon Max was taken to the hospital with a broken arm. He fell from a porch. Max said he did it “just so he ould get in the hospital.” IV S, MRS. SEY COMING Mrs. Alex Sey and daughter Patricia are returning to Juneau | aboard the Princess Louise. . i VISTOR LEAVES Mrs. Anna Wren, sister or ars. | William Poole, who has been vis-| iting here, left on the North Sea| enroute to Seattle. | mer camp at Bellvue, Washington, | A O MISS JENNE RETURNING Miss Corrinne Jenne is a pas- \Senger aboard the Princess Louise returning home from college for @ ;vlslt with ‘her parents, Dr. and |Mrs. C. P. Jenne. | —————— IS GOING OUTSIDE Mrs. J. Henderson, fourteen years a resident of Fair- | banks, is a |on the Victoria for Seattle where | she expects to make her home. ——————— | 1S ROUND TRIPPER for the past | passenger leaving today ' Mrs. Anna Wilson, a prominent || member of the Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club"at Ox- nard, California, is a round trip pas- senger aboard the steamer Vic- toria Southeast Alaska cruise. —————— COSTUMER TRAVELING ter’s, Ltd., one of the largest theari- cal costumers in the world, is on board the Aleutian making the round trip accompanied by his son, Lester, Jr. BRSICR T & Less than a week after New” York's gigantic tri-borough bridge was During their last week in the while his father attended to busi-| opened to the public, $35000 in States, Bob entered the YMCA sum- | ness matters in Seattle. tolls had been collected. | BLACKWELL, Okla, Aug. 11.— |Bee ‘“racketeers” exacted tribute from L. J. Eller, storekeeper hete. A swarm of bees surrounded the entrance of his grocery store and frightened away customers. Efforts |to drive them off proving futile, Eller placed a pan of raw sugar in front of the store and the bees settled upon it. He had to fill the pan several times to keep the bees satisfied. | ————— Foot Washing LAFAYETTE, Ala-—Members of 200 Primitive Baptist churches in Alabama observe foot-washing rites. ->oe NURSES WILL STUDY nurses under the Social Act, left today on the North Ses enroute to Berkeley where they will take a special course in public health nursing at the. University gone about nine months, .. * Today's News Today—Empire. Eunice Anderson and Alice Moran, | Seeunw: of California. They intend to be] who was last heard from at an | ECW camp at Windham Bay, but prior to that worked in a sawmill here, she says. The man is said to be 30 years of age, weighs about. 160 pounds and is five feet, five inches tall. M — ., 1 RETURNS HOME " | Richard Schultz, who has been; receiving treatment for a broken leg at St. Ann's Hospital, left on crutches for his home today. * No Ml to pay * No empties to return * Y% the space in the refrigerator * % the weight to carry 0s the 4ir: BEN BERNIE and “alt the lads” When nothing but a good cool heer will do- | Lester C. Besig, President of Les- | CREeies —— i