The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 16, 1936, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, mlDAY OCT. 16, 1936. NEWS DOUGLAS MEETING MONTHLY FOR D. F. D. PROPOSED The proposition of having put one meeting a month instead of two was given consideration at the reg- ular meeting of the Douglas Vol- unteer Fire Department last night. The probabilities of having one big meeting with large attendance in- rtead of two poorly attended ses- sions during a month, as at present, holds promise of more interest being taken by the members, proponents ¢f the change explained. There would also be a social time with refreshments at the monthly meet- ing, funds for which would be con- tributed by those present. The pro- posal will be discussed at three méetings before final action is taken. The committee on the dance to be given one week from tomorrow night by the Department for the benefit of a new fire truck reported plans completed to make the event a success. The action of Chief Pusich in presenting the matter of existing fire hazards before the City Council was endorsed and the Council will be urged to have them taken care of. A ONE new maintenance committee was appointed as follows: Riess, Henry Stragier, Gordon Mills and Urho Kronquist. e FIREMEN PLACE TICKEi$ Tickets for the Firemen’s dance to be held on October 24 were placed on sale with various business houses Anton | Jack and| il.s to raise funds for a payment of |a new fire truck, which is badiy | needed. - NEW FAMILY +Mr, and Mrs. R, McGee and two children have moved into the Opich | house on Second street, formerly occupied by thc Feero fnmily. D NEW CITY OFFlClALS TAKING OVER OFI'I(ES Robert Dupree, new city wharf-' nger for Douglas, yesterday took official possession of the office with proper bond executed, and he is now familiar with his new duties. wise become the official city clerk and water collector of the town, when he is sworn in by Felix Gray, U. 8. Commissioner at Juneau. > PING PONG TOURNAMENT scouts was held in the Eagles ban- quet hall Johnson and Claud Erskine of the Mark Jensen and Robert Dupree, leaders, were present. Following ticipated in a ping pong tourna- ment. - e SAVE THE DATE Dance D. F. D. October 24. S e Douglas Barber Shop will be re- opened October 15 by Herb Wen- dling, barber. ad adv. - D GOES HOME W. C. Arnold, prominent Ketchi- kan attorney, who arrived AR, the Ellis Air Transport plane flown by Bob Ellis, Jeft for his Ketchi- kan' home on :the steamer North Sea. Tonight, Burr Johnson will like- | in Ju-| neau last. week with Harry Race in| HOUSE SMASHED| IN SLIDE FROM| MOUNT ROBERTS| Several Pe rsons Narvowl Escape as Buildings Are Crushed by Landslide (Continued from Page One) Kupoff home which was completel | furnished, | two houses, and Torell's is estimated to run well up. The: Regular meeting of the Douglas |also is some damage to the Alaskan | Hotel, of the slide and today was col Eagles’ Scout committee as well as|ed still in danger if further earth movement resulted, | Mayor I. Goldstein immediate the business meeting the boys par-|ordered city crews to work to clear Gastineau Avenue. A heavy strea | of water s still coursing down tt | mountainside this afternoon, ‘p(-rmg the work to a degree. e l REBEKAHS WILL HAVE COVERED-DISH DINNER| Members of the Rebekab$ and their families will enjoy a covered dish dinner at the Odd Fellows' Hall Wednesday night, October 2 In charge of the party is Mrs. John McCormic! and the owner estimated the damage at around $4,500 to his damage The house owned and occu- | Kodiak last evening. Leonard pied by Torell is right at the edge ham- arrangements for| U. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., Oct. Nain tonight and Saturday; mederate southeast winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Hufnidity Wind Velocity 30.15 55 18 2092 54 22 29.95 52 8 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4p.m. Lowestda.m. 4am. Precip. 4a.m. temp. temp. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 46 46 36 36 12 08 45 40 90 0 -2 36 34 16: Weather Rain Rain Rain Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today ¥ { | ! Station Atka Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor g 4 22 28 y 32 re Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Fortiand San Francisco New York | Washington 2 22 28 40 40 34 38 44 48 53 52 52 48 53 52 70 58 62 1y m he Clear Clear Clear Clear Cldy .01 WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Ketchikan, raining, temperature, 53; Craig, raining, 57, Wran- raining, 56; Sitka, foggy, 53; Radioville, foggy, 50; Soapstone raining, 54; Juneau, raining, §4; Skagway, cloudy, 54; Cor- cloudy, 4 Anchorage, cloudy, 42; Fairbanks, cloudy, 34; Ne- |nana, cloudy, 34; Hot Springs, snowing, 34; Tanana, snowing, 31; Ruby, snowing, 31; Nulato, snowing, 30; Kaltag, snowing, 32; Un- alakleet, snowing, 30; Flat, snowing. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The storm area noted yesterday morning {gell, | Point, dova, 8. k| as being centered a dinner committee chairman. Serv-|ghort distance southwest of Kodiak Island, has moved inland to the ing with hey are Miss. Mary Kalas: and Miss Alma Olson. last evening. Purpose of the dance Specials for Saturday and Monday Six Fast Free Deliveries Every Saturday VALUES LIKE THESE GET “TALKED ABOUT” There’s a whispering campaign going ’round about Piggly Wiggly values! They're getting “talked about.” They're getting “notorious.” And that’s simply becau in these days of rising food prices Piggly Wiggly bargains are proving a life GEM NUT OLEO 4 s for 9 C 5 Ib. pail 4QC For All Purposes—Cooking or Eating DRESSING KARO SYRUP RELISH 'SPREAD Red or Blue Label . Low .in Price—Fine in Flavor DEL MONTE PINT JAR QUART JAR Peaches, Pears, Apricots 4 LARGE 215 TINS Pmk,No.lcans...zfor 25¢ FLOUR!! Fisher's Hardwheat . 24%2 Ibs, s.l 19 3 pkgs. SPAGHETTI or MACARONI 2 cans TOMATO SAUTCE COFFEE Ibs. £0 Our Special Blend—Have You Tried It? 3 69c MEAT DEPARTMENT ««.EAT BEEF... HEALTHFUL SAVORY ) ECONQMICAL . Depend on us to give you the kind . of & roast, steak or chop you want! HAM, Premium or Star Sugar-Cured—Half or Whole BACON Armour’: r-Cured oF WHOLE 40c Ib. @ ® Young Tender Fricassee—Fed * Like Millionaire Babies 30c Ib. |interior of Alaska, the lowest reported pressure this morning being 129.08 inches at Fairbanks. High pressure prevailed from Alberta | southwestward to the Haawiian Islands, the crest being 30.50 inches, labout 500 miles west of the Columbia River. Precipitation has fall- .en over the coastal regions from the far western Aleutian Islands >t\|nllulalv\uxd to Dixon Entrance, also over the Alaska Railroad belt 1nd over most of the interior of Alaska. Fair and colder weather prevailed over the Seward Peninsula. Mild weather prevailed last night over the Tanana and upper Yukon valleys. Colder weather {will overspread the interior of Alaska tonight and Satmday D ——————————————— 20 YEARS AGO | From The Ewpire ROUNDTRIPPERS Joseph Demmert and Carl Vev elstad were on the North Sea to Sitka, ing here last night. - | COUNCIL MEET The regular meeting of G OCTOBER 16, 1916 was recently appointed a captain. Capt. Daniel D. Pullen, son Harriet S. Pullen of Skag» way and brother of Royal R. Pullen \of Treadwell. night in the City Hall. | I be discussed. Alaska Music Supply ‘Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 122 W. Second i David Waggoner and Mlas ! Sadie E. Edmunson, government school teacher, organized the W. 1C. T. U, among Indian women and already had a membership of 25.| Mrs, | | | | round trip pa:wngvn the City| Alaska’s first West Point cadet| Council will be held at 8 o'clock to- | Flood con- | ditions in the city are expected Ic‘ Ifice made it plain that these fi- registered at one or the other ports. gures are only for boats actually The local Juneau fleet is esti- | registered from Territorial ports. mated at 250 or 300 vessels. The actual number of boats oper- —— - i o s o, . TERMINAL WAITRESS | hundreds of small troling boatsl AND SAXOPHONIST OUT ON NORTH SEA jthat come north from Puget Sound In and join the Alaska fleet. These Miss Marjorie Acheson, popular waitress at the Terminal for the boats, ‘lmats actually make their home ch 4800 here a large part of the year, and one many of their owners have part time Alaska,|homes in Alaska. But as the boats|Past several months, left Juncau such | aie registered in the State of Wash- |90 the steamer North Sea for the figures | ington, they are not included in the | States. Miss Acheson inten |Alaska totals. In addition to the|FetUrn to Alaska perhaps early ncx |trollers, there are many cannery|SPring, she said are not available tenders, halibut boats and purse| AlS0 sailing for Seattle on the Smaller Boat seiners that also spend much of the| NOrth Sea is Bud Storms, who has Commenting on the value of Al-|time in the North but are regis.|been employed at the Terminal as | taska’s boats, officlals of the Juneau tered below. SXaphans. plEyse e PAUL CASE OVER After hearing arguments in the Customs office stated that the ma- case of William Paul, who is faced Jority of the smaller boats are of the {small troller type. There are, of resident bo: with Juneau next, | with disbarment proceedings, Fed- eral Judge George F. Alexander al- course, several hundred of the out-|though as stated, from this year on, board type included in figures, but| g1y will be registered from Juneau. lon the whole it is not belieyed that y the 1936 registrations on_the|jse. "yee SootS T A e e the percentage of this class is near-|gnanier boats it showed 884 at Ket- N sier. ase’. phdsitiy will not be heard until later in the all. Alaska Has Greatest Fieet, Power Vessels, Per Capita, in Nation (ULitinued rrom Page Gre) ~one boat for each 340 persons. the classification of the lg there is only cne boi | persons boat for each 34 poi | showing 141 times boats as in the St in all ¢ are b | turns, the tot in Stat for (A‘.\ year i Specified Registration Ketchikan has the largest fleet of {ly s0 high as in the States. The|chikan and vicinity, 200 in and |rapid increase in registr: Inaround Wrangell, 310 near Peters-| the States is known to be largely puro 188 for Sitka, 99 for Eagla‘ {due to the popularity of these small 7 for FHyder, 126 for Nome, 44 for | 4 | boats Skagway, 579 for Seward and 562 | 1919 registrations fotalled or juneau. The Seward and Ju-| | jonly 91779, while the 1935 figures noay totals embraced large areas as |were 319,000. At first only boats e as strietly local boats. as all of over 18 feel in length were number- (), Bering Sea. Cook Inlet |but with the growing favor of out-| py Wwilllam Sound boats | boards, the Department began num- _ bering such craft regardless of size Larger Crajft ¥ According to the Juneau Customs office, perhaps half of the increase! | from 1919 to 1936 has been brought | about by the increased use of con- | ventional power boats, and out-| {boards woulg thus be responsible| |for the remainder. While the ex-| (act percentage of such boats used! |in Alaska is not known, the stren- uous use to which most boats are put in these waters has resulted in |the adoption of larger and abler, |boats for the most part, and the {outboard fleet is considered as still a minor faction, Actually Registered In discussing the number of Al- iaskan boats, the lotal Customs of- Beware Coughs | from common colds PHONE 208 ‘ Juneau Radio Service For Your RADIO Troubles 122 Second St—Next door to San Francisco Bakery f and| | were | g “"| That Hang 0n | i | 1 1‘ No matter how many me you have tried for your eough cheat cold or bronchial irritation, you can et relief now with Creomulsion, rious trouble may be brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance with anything less than Creomul- | sion, which goes right to tHe seat of the trouble to aid nature to | soothe and heal the inflamed mem- | branes as the germ-laden phlegm Scoteh Whisky o o sorme " T!Aeuzfl s SONS: ‘GLASGOW' oTuaND w | is loosened and expelled. ailed, don't be discouraged, your I druggist is authorized to guarantee | | money if you are not satisfied with | | results from the very first bottle. {Among the younger Indians the' l‘Lu)al Legion was being organized. | Charles Swain, well-known long- | ,shorcman on Gastineau Channel | {fell from a platform near Roberts'| {Row, struck the rocks 20 feet be-| {low and broke his neck. The ac-! Icident occurred at night as he and | two companions started across the! platform, unprotected by railings, and he slipped and fell. Mrs. C. Z. Denny, who had just returned from the South, had ta- /ken an apartment at the Gastineau {for the winter. | Nol E. E. Burbach purchased the Al-| askan Cigar Store. 1 Peter Vucich, an Austrian who resigned his position as stope, boss |at Treadwell two years before to, Ifight in the Serbian army agaimh {the Austrians, returned and was‘ {again working at Treadwell, At Lhe time Vucich left Treadwell, he wu accompanied by several other Ser-| |bians who also joined the Serbian larmy. At the time he left Europe, all of his friends were alive and, well. Joe Patterson was again at work at the Treadwell after a short ill- ness. 4 Messrs. Jewell and Ducey were jn- | |itiated irto the mysteries of the Douglas L«bor Union at its regu- | | | | | lar meeting. " After the routine bus- iness, the Labor Union adjourned to the moving picture show. 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