The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 3, 1936, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 1936. BRINGING UP FATHER By GEORGE McMANUS SV SOoLLY-LL DOOR WHEN DONTIPS CAl OUT WHILE SHE IS ASLEEP, THEN SHELL HAVE TO ANSWER TH’ nEAK | ][] L COUNT (Lt THANK GOODNESS DAUGHTER'S OUT S0 SHE WONT BE BORED BY THAT FAT-HEAD COUNT- IF THERES ANY LUCK TVE GOT IT ALL TODAY- IN TH WORLD- Boards,Made Here, Winning Fame, Singapore to Barrow If you were to ask every other| person in Juneau for a list of the| city’s industries, it is probable that very few of them would think to| even name one whose products are | known from Pt. Barrow to Singa-| pore. It is the canvas-goods plant of L. C. Liston, Sr, himself hardly| known to Juneau. Of course ever; body knows Lu Liston, because he is in the advertising business, but a few friends realize that the quiet man occupying the other half of Lu’s store is his father. L.°C. Liston Sr., has been making leather and canvas goods all his life, and when he came to Juneau two years ago he started making luffle bags and awnings and an) thing else that was wanted. Fin- \lly someone wanted a pack board made to his own specifications. Wanted a Bigger Board “These standardized pack boards that n the market,” said this customer, “are all right r - some jobs. But I make my living pack- ing—up in the Interior. And I want a heavy duty pack board, one that will not only handle a big load, but which can be carried all day with- out chafing the back.” So He Sketched une Mr. Liston takes no credit for the subsequent popularity of the pack boards he has manufactured. He makes it plain he had nothing to do with the designing of this board, nor has he any argument with other boards on the market. “In fact,” he said, “the man wh ordered the first one did not mak any claim to originality. He that it was simply a composite all the best boards he knew any- thing about.” Can’t Keep Ahead But the net result of the build- ing of that first pack-board is that| for nearly a year now Mr. Liston| has been unable to make them fast enough to meet the demand. Once he got ahead a little and had twelve of them completed and displayed in his window, and then a man came in from somewhere—they rarely tell him where—and bought the entire dozen. | Mr. Liston said that he knows some of the boards have gone to Nome, some of them have been worn across the boundary into Yu- kon Territory, and one man wha! used one in the Interior called on him to say he was bound for Singa- pore—and taking the board along. “But most of them will not even tell me what direction they are going. Of course lots of these fel- lows are miners and prospectors. Time and again they show me the ore, but do not like to say anything! about where they found it. One man just this week showed me sam- ples that he said assayed $800 a ton—that's forty cents a pound— and he plans on packing that ore out to civilization on the pack board.” Sold in Quantities Many of the boards are sold mining or freighting companies. “They usually buy one board | first,” said the maker, “And then| a couple of weeks or a couple of | months later come in or send in! for eight or ten. They all tell the | same story, that they try every pack board they come across, try- | ing to find one that will accom- ! plish what they want, and appar- | ently this “Alaska Pack,” as we have | named it, does the work.” The principal difference between | the “Alaska Pack” and many others | that have been used for years is | that it is larger. The average board is about 24 inches long and 12 to ! 16 inches wide, and perhaps an inch | and a half thick. Mr. Liston makes some boards of this type, perhaps six or eight ounces lighter than the Alaska model, and used to some ex- tent by sportsmen and occasional packers who figure they will carry the load only a few hours at most. 30 Inches Long In the Alaska board, the length is increased to 30 inches and the side pieces are 18 inches apart at ! the lower end. The side boards are three inches wide. Around this frame a piece of canvas is wrapped, with lacing on the outside, which! permits the canvas to be kept taut.| ‘The load is strapped to this out- side, and is therefore three inches | from the back. Even when the pack | is jarred, it cannot reach the back. And with the sides 18 inches apart, one sideboard goes on each side of the wearer’s waist, and there is never anything but the tightly stretched canvas that comes in con- tact with the body. An average load carried on these e to | boards, according to the figures given him by his customers, is about 70 pounds. Many of them carry 125 pour a a regular occurrence. One man who ordered eight of them said the boards were for himself and seven others working on a con- tract, packing supplies intoa place o difficult to reach that they re- ceive 30 cents a pound for the job. ‘And he d that 125 pounds is the lights load they pack,” Mr. Liston reported, “and that some- times they load down with as much as 175 pounds.” Used by Forestry Bureau These beards have been bought by the U. S. Forestry Service, by large Alaska mining companies, and some for the U. S. Army. Mr. Liston made a special board for Captain Nichols, from Chilkoot tarracks, near Haines, and the army officer told him that tests showed it much ‘more satisfactory for Al- aska conditic Captain Nichols has also worked with Mr. Liston on the design of a sleeping bag with a half-sized “pup tent” built around it. It is planned to build the sleeping bag into the floor of the tent, which will be d on the four corners, and have -pole cord guyed at one end so that the entrance end will take a tent shape. The roof of the tent| will slope down to the ground at! the foot end. ! Special for Ski Club | The latest refinement in the pack ! boards has been developed for a member of the Juneau Ski Club,| who wanted a knapsack built into the pack, and sealed so that even! in a spill the contents can be kept, dry. The knapsack is intended par-| ticularly to carry a camera. Mr.| Liston is now making up this pack,| using zipper closing with an extra! flap over the zippers. e e DRESSEN TO MANAGE REDS 1 MORE YEAR CINCINNATI, Nov. 3. — Charles| “Chuck” Dressen has signed a one-| year contract to continue as man-| ager of the Cincinnati Reds base- | ball Club. Warren Gils, newly appointed| general manager, announced the| fiery little manager had been given | a raise in salary in appreciation | of his success in two years in boost- ! ing the Reds from eighth place to fifth in the National League. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.| — .. AMATEUR ATHLETES, EUROPEAN VERSION HELSINGFORS, Nov. 3.—Echoes of victories at the Berlin Olympiad still are being heard in the Baltic region where in recent days a Finn and an Esthonian have been re-, warded for their triumphs. To Sergeant Ilmari Salminen, winner of the 10,000 meters classic,| went 16,000 Finnish marks (val-' ued at $415) collected for him by his admirers, in addition to the two- grade promotion in his army status, announced shortly after his vic- tory. | Palusaalu, the Esthonian who won the heavyweight Greco-Roman and cateh-as-catch-can gold medallivns for his nation, has moved into a large and modern farm, the free- hold of which was given him by the government. Germany, Turkey and Egypt made similar presentations previously to their champions. ——— t | | - | . 4 AT THE HOTELS | Gastineau Mrs. Claude Rhoades; W. E. Hen- derson; Mary Joyce, Taku; Bob Ellis, Ketchikan; G. Hart, Juneau; James T. Effler, Juneau. Alaskan J. Brown, Hawk Inlet; G. M. Brown, Juneau; Bill Schwartz; C. J. Kent. ———-e—— A mastadon skull weighing more than 700 pounds has been unearth- ed by Carl Goettche on the Sibbits ranch near Higgins, Texas. T i R Today's News Toaay--Emplre, {feat was charged to him. Y SPORTS CA WON THE HINOR LEROL I N VOTED THE MOST VALUASBL, LLAYER IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CARL \ lBBELL STUSE 1) GE/ - EOT HAVE CASESBAL -NATIONAL LEAGUE, Wt A MAJOR LEAGUE 2 AWARD WOULD COMPLETE RUDY YORK , DETROITS FIRST BASE PROSPECI 1S WELL ON HIS WAY T2 A SPORT SLANTS baseball writers from Major |League cities put their heads and | voles together and named Carl | Hubbell, the New. York Giants’' fa-| mous screwball pitcher, as the play- er most valuable to his team during | he 1936 National League pennant | The selection of Hubbell as the( most valuable player made an all-| New York affair of the *valuable”| contest. Baseball writers on the American League circuit picked Lou | Gehrig’s New York Yankee's iron man, as the most valuable playerl in the junior circuit. The choice of Hubbell was a fore- gone conclusion. The slender left- hander was the biggest factor in! bringing the pennant to the Giants.| His amazing string of victories—| 16 straight during the league sea- | son—brought his summer’s total to 26, against six losses. From July| 13 until the Yankees caught up with Carl in the fourth game of the World Series his screwball mowed them all down and not a single de- Gehrig A Cinch, Too Once again Lou Gehrig played| in every game his team entered and hit more home runs than any other American League slugger. So it was natural that he should win the nod of approval from the scribes. Geh- rig has always beén a great team player. Serious and hard working, he goes about the chores with a determination to make every game a winning one. His heavy hitting breaks up many a ball game and played a big part in the runaway race the Yankees staged in the American League. Both Hubbell and Gehrig have known before now the thrill of be- ing selected as the most valuable players on their respective circuits —Hubbell in 1933; and Gehrig in 1927. Winning the most valuable player award may be old stuff to the Hub- bells and to the Gehrigs, but to Wee Willie Ludolph, veteran Coast League pitcher, winning the title of most valuable in his league was a distinet thrill. | Last year that title helped make| Joe Di Maggio famous. Perheps it! will bring & bit of recognition to| Ludolph, whose 17th season in or- ganized baseball was a record of 21 victories and six defeats. Had Chance in Majors { The title is a mythical one con-| ferred by vote of Coast sports writ- ers. Last year there was little di- vision of opinicn over Di Maggio, ! but Ludolph barely nosed out his| nearest rival, Johnny Frederick, of the Portland Beavers. Ludolph, often called “The Thin| Man” has been with Oakland for| six years. He is a product of St. Mary'’s college and broke in with the FINE COLLECTION OF AwaRDS oyl San Francisco Seals in 1920. His chance with the majors came in 1923 when he was sold to the De- troit Tigers. He was optioned to the Vernon Club of the Coast League the next season, recalled for anoth- er tryout and sent back to Vernon on a straight purchase, The veteran continued to pitch his way through the minors, always commanding respect, and with the absence of any meteoric star in the Coast League this season he came into his own. He is a right-hander and credited with almost perfect control, issuing only 46 passes in 139 innings in the last season. During the winter he works with his brotser creamery trucking business. OLDTIMER JOHN BOLM 1S DEA John Bolm, oldtimer of the Ju- neau district, passed away at St. Ann's Hospital at 2 o'clock this PY Robert Service. — Jenny John- G. Boggan morning. The remains are at the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Mr. Bolm was 72 years of age.| He was for years a track walker in the A. J. mine and had mined in several sections, principally on Montana Creek. During the late years he was in capacitated and lived in a cottage on Eighth Street. Speaking of the death of Mr.' Bolm, D. B. Femmer, personal friend, said: “Some years ago, I frist met my beloved friend and (held him in the highest esteem. When I called at the hospital this morning and found only an empty bed, I realized I had lost a friend. He was a man who had toiled and lived for the inspiration of others H¢ always forgot himself in serving others and never did I find his life clouded with one bit of unfriend-| liness. I talked with him at 8 o clock on the night of October 28 and soon after he was removed to the hospitai. The Divine method of things brough him no further suffering. I may add that my friend is gone, but is not forgotten.” HOLDEN HOPS WITH TWO PASSENGERS TO WHITEWATER MINE Pilot Alex Holden, flying the Ma< irine Airways black and yellow Bel= lanca seaplane, left this afternoon at 1:15 with mail and two passen- gers for the White Water mine ab | Taku River, B. C. Passengers outbound from Juneau with Holden were: D. J. MacDon- ald and Frank Williams. Holden clock this afternoon. ———— source of nectar for bees. RTOON~ T MAY 8E OLD WMIZED & COUNT ONTIPS- (QlGHTO" HOW FORTUNATE | FOR ME TO 1 CATCH YOU- = | f i s AT NN . All Rights Reserved by The Ass DOUGLAS NEW “CITIZENSHIP” IS TOPIC OF ADDRESS BY REV. GLASSE AT P.T.A. MEET The regular meeting of the Doug- las Parent Teacher Association will be held tomorrow evening with an address of “Citizenship” by the Rev. John A. Glasse as the feature number on the program. { The meeting will be held in the In the | high sehool auditorium at 8 o'clock'J. B. Caro “The program follows: Orchestra selections: , “Step in Line March” and “At Your ilieas- ure.” | Trumpet Duet: “Buddy Folks'— Kenneth Shudshift and Annabelle Edwards; piano accompaniment by Helen Edwards. | Talk: “Citizenship” — The Rev.! John A. Glasse. | Reading: “Young Fellow, My Lad” +son, | Community Singing. — .- REMOVE 2O DOUGLAS Mr. and Mrs. William Shirt and two children have rented the Cash- el ‘house on St. Ann’s Avenue and will make their home in Douglas this winter. | > o ! Pap| METCALE COMES 0UT ON TOP IN ELKS' PIN WARS :Jim Barragar Pushes Lead-|; er as Rutgers, Lafayette and Cornell Win Frank Metcalf came within eight pins of Jim Barragar's record total at the Elks last evening in the conference bowling, with a score | of 608 that included a 214 and a| 212 game. But Barragar was right | there, to defend his laurels, and, |although he did not quite head off Metealf's scoring spree, he got the |second spot total of 575, and took high for a single game by a wide | margin, with a fine 234; Mnm:\l['.\; 214 being next in line | | Rutgers took three in a row from Harvard, in the opening| | match, but Lafayette, after taking | the first game on Barragar's big! score, dropped the second game to Yale, then came back to edge out the Bulldogs in the deciding con-! test. Even with Metcalf's big help, Cornell had no easy time with Princeton. Although the Ithacans took three straight games, the | Tigers fought all the way and lost each game by a close score.| Pacns of praise must also be| bestowed upon Mrs. Lavenik, who rolled up a 521 match total and a 1208 single game. | This evening’s matches in the| conference playoffs, bring together Syracuse against Erie, at 7:30; M. L T. tangles with Bowdoin at 8:30] and Susquehanna and Drake cross; swords at 9:30. games Last night's scoring follows: Rutgers W. S. Pullen 161 Curtis Shattuck. 162 Mildred Apland.157 Spot 10 490 Harvard 175 167 .168 110 .78 117 ..421 394 Lafayette Barragar, Jr. ....234 151 -.164 164 Miss Paulsen ....119 114 517 429 Yale Nick Bavard 189 Paul Bloedhorn 128 Mrs. Lavenik 159 ... 476 Cornell 212 182 117 181 134 133 168 174 134 10 486 197— 176— 125— 416 10— 30 508—1484 ' 526 512 Totals Ed. Radde W. J. Wilcox Mrs. Duncan 198— 537 137— 415 131— 326 Totals 463—1378 190— 575 164—+492 144 377 oy s s Totals 498—1444 | 159— 515 | 110— 387 154— 521 423—1423 149 208 Totals 524 F. Metcalf 214— 608 148— 446 129— 396 491—1450 Mrs. Stewart 463 496 Princeton 147 167 Totals E. Cleveland 5. Wirt Mrs. Petrich .. 157— 471 134—*402 145— 492 436—1365 -Average; did not bowl. ..ROSS FOX IN CALIFORNIA | Ross Fox is remaining south for | the winter according to word re- | celved here recently by his parents, | Mr. and Mrs, Charles Fox. Ross is working for an oil company in Los: Angeles according to the informa-| tion received. e |HOMEMAKER'S MEETING SCHEDULED TOMORROW All homemakers are invited to at- tend a meeting at the Douglas school house Wednesday afternoon, November 4, at 2 o'clock. Miss Ruth ' A, Peck, Home Demonstration lead- |@r from the University of Alaska, will be present to give a demonstra- tion, There will be an exhibit and talk on children’s clothes. Patterns will be available for these garments. Take needle, thread, thimble and scissors and learn a quick and easy method of making bias tape. Making mittens for the family from the better parts of discarded wool coats, suits, underwear, and blankets, will be demonstrated also. The patterns are simple and the mittens easily made. Women all |over the Territory are enthusiastic about these patterns and are mak- ing good use of them. ——————— | expected to return about three o- “Receipts from the sale of princi- pal farm products in Kentueky dur- | ing June, 1936, totaled $1,100,000 Baby lima beans are an excellent against $985,000 for the same month ] |last year. e The California State Automobile Association is 29 years old. {Managers Announce Iden- ‘]\‘[clnys‘ last year's champs, tangle LOCAL CASABA SEASON OPENS NEXT FRIDAY tities of Teams — Play- ing Schedule Released Krause's Concreters and the De- next Friday evening at the High School gym, in the feature tilt of the opening of the City League hoop season, it was announced last night by League President John Fowler, at the final pre-season managers’ meeting. The first round schedule of play for the season, as announced last night by President Fowler, includes fifteen games, with each team meeting every other team once, the schedule being completed on December 15. In announcing the schedule, President Fowler -called the managers’ attention to the rul- reviously passed by them- that all games for which Tallapoosa squad fails to ap- pear, when out of port on duty, will not be forfeited, but will be replayed at later dates. President |Fowler also reported that he is pre- paring a new practice schedule, to give the floor individually to the teams on night, interwoven among the playing dates. The new prac- tice schedule will be ready the end of this week, he said. Final team roster for five of the six league teams were turned in at last night's meeting, only that of the Tallapoosa squad, which will be reported when that ship re- turns to port, being missing. The resters as turned in show the teams as are set for the season. Al- though those teams that have not ten players signed at present may add unsigned players until that Jimit is reached, no player on the lists as turned in may now change from cne team to another without the vote of the managers in meet- ing The team rosters as released are: DOUGLAS EAGLES — Leonard Johnson, Manager; Gordon Mills, Rex Rox, Mark Jensen, Claude Erskine, Tauna Niemi, Bob Bonner, Glen Edwards, Albert Stragier and Clyde Boyer. DE MOLAYS—Dan Livie, Man- ager; Kinky Bayers, Elmer Lind- strom, Buddy Lindstrom, Freddy Harris, Henning Berggren, Ed Gar- nick, Al Bloomquist, Bob Davlin, Charles Johnson and Joe Werner. H. S. GRAVES — Red Kenyon, Manager; Bob McPhee, Eddie Law- son, Bill O'Malley, Gordon Gray, Bill Robertson, Bud Foster, Jack Gowdy, Bob Wald. JUNEAU FIRE DEPARTMENT— Leonard Holmquist, Manager; Art Burke, Tommy Moyer, Dewey Bak- er, Dutch Behrends, Doc Hollmann, Jimmy Orme, George Homan, J. S. Culbertson, Jack Goul and Sam Moyer. KRAUSE—Johnny Osborne, Man- ager and player; Dick Gerewell, Willie Rodenburg, Sammy Nelson, John Young, Specs Paul, Larry Hill, Jerry Ledbetter, F. Riendeau, Ralph Bardi The only other business taken up last evening by the managers was the matter of selecting a referee. It was decided that all applicants will be asked to appear tonight at the practice session be- tween the Krause and Graves teams. Each applicant will officiate during one quarter of the scrim- mage and the managers, all of whom will be present, will chose the referees for the season on the applicants’ performances. Those who have applied for the referee’s position and who are asked to appear at the scrimmage at 7:15 in the High School Gym, are: Sammy Nelson, R. W. Campbell, Bob Williams, Ev Nowell and George Homan. The schedule for the first round of the season's court play, as re- leased by President Fowler last evening, is: Friday, November 6—DeMolay vs. Krause; Douglas vs. Graves. Friday, November 13—Firemen vs. Tally; Krause vs. Graves. Tuesday, November 17—DeMolay vs. Tally; Firemen vs. Douglas. Tuesday, November 24 — Graves vs. Tally; Krause vs. Douglas. Friday, November 27—DeMolay Fitemen; Douglas vs. Tally. Tuesday, December 1—Krause vs. Firemen; Graves vs. DeMolay. Tuesday, December 8 — Firemen vs. Graves; Krause vs. Tally. Tuesday, December 15—Douglas vs. DeMolay. PRI I S WASHOUTS STARTS OFF CITY LEAGUE TOURNEY Not auspicious was the start of the new City League bowling tour- nament at the Brunswick last eve- ning. Neither of the two teams scheduled for the opening match, Dreamland and the Free Lances, appeared on the scene when “play bowl” was called at 7:30. Tonight, the Columbia Lumber Company pin squad is slated to make its first appearance against the Thomas Hardware Co., at 7:30. RIRSGREIPLIN LUTHERAN LADIES AID IS TO MEET THURSDAY The Ladies Aia of the Resurrec- tion Lutheran Church will meet at the home of Mrs. John Lowell on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ar- rangements for the dinner and sale to take place December 2 will be discussed. The committee in charge of the affair is: Mrs. A. H, Zenger, Mrs. E. O. Jacobson, and Mrs. E. Croken. vs. 226 and a copy AFTER 6:00 P. M. " 226 If your Daily Alaska Empire has not reached you PHONE will be sent by SPECIAL CARRIER to you IMMEDIATELY. WHAT'S NEW UNDER THE SUN? OUR NEW WELDING DEPARTMENT and THAWING SERVICE by CECIL THURMAN ® This department includes all electrical acetylene, brazing, construction work, welding, et cetra., and a complete thawing service. Our portable outfit can be sent anywhere in Alaska with Master Weld- er Thurman. PHONE 34 Rice & Ahlers C 0. U JUNEA!