The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1937, Page 8

THE D BLOG. MATERIAL DISCHARGED AT GOODNEWS BAY Survey Is Now Reported Being Nl‘dd(’ f()l’ TO\N”' site at Platinum " Official Coronation Picture of the Royal Family GOODNEWS BAY, Alaska, June The tug Meteor arrived here erday with a barge of building ial for the town After discharging local freight tug and barge left for the Arm- lic gold fields with extensive mining . cquipment to be used during the The townsite of Platinum is being surveyed by Bill West - PILOT HOLDEN FLIES TO TENAKEE, HOONAH, CHICHAGOF, CHARTER Returning from his flight to Sit- ki yvesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Marine Airways Pilot Alex Holden brought here Donald Wilcox and Claude Hirst, Jr., from Sitka, Helen Wilson and Alma Field, from Chi- chagof, in the Fairchild seaplane While at Hoonah, Pilot Holden made a charter flight to Glacier Bay for tne Icy Straits Packing Company Pilot Chet McLean, out yecsterday afternoon to Hawk Inlet and Port Althorp in the Bellanca, brought in B. C. Rutherford for medical at- | tention, besides his two roundflight passengers, Cash Cole and Bob West. Rutherford injured his foot ' vosterdav morning when a timber fell on it. Out this afternoon at 12:45 o'- clock, Pilot Holden flew Bob West to Canyon Island in the Bellanc: and Pilot Holden took off from here at 3 o'clock in the Fairchild 71 on a charter flight to Tenakee, Hoonah, and Chichagof with one passenger. He was to bring in two other passengers with him from Tenakee to Juneau. Flight Me- chanic Lloyd Jarman accompanied Pilot Holden on all his flights ermi Court Withholds - Decision in City, With the noteworthy exception of the Duke of Windsor, King George, Queen Elizabeth and all other members of the Royal Family posed for this official picture. Clad in the full ceremonial regalia of scarlet and , bearing crowns and coronets of their rank, from left to right, Beatrice J. Honold was given a divorce from Willilam G. Honold, Zeeta Simonsen from Harvey Sim- onsen and Minnie Lytle from Will- iam R. Lytle. | ROUGH WATERS - Oklahoma A. and M. College has started experiments with 45 new strains of soybeans in an effort to find a sybstitute for cottonseed in Femmgr Action Matter Taken Under Ad- visement After Hearing DELAY ARRIVAL AILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1937. | they are: Mary, Princess Royal; the Duchess of Gloucester; the Duke ot Gloucester; the Dowager Queen Mary; King George; Queen Elizabeth, and in front, Princesses Margaret Rose and Elizabeth; behind the Queen. the Duke of Kent; the Duchess of Kent, and Queen Maud of Norway | PAA ELECTRA CARRYING 4 TO INTERIOR | Scheduled to take off from the Pacific Alaska airport here this af- Iternoon at 2 o'clock, the Electra | ‘wplflne, piloted by Jerry Jones and Murray Stuart, was to fly to Fair- banks with Charles Goldstein, A. V. Cordovado, O. D. Cochran, and Bill Knox as passengers. scheduled to return here from Fairbanks tomorrow. S S SER— [Don’t Get Sick Tonight; Doctors Goin g On Picnic Listen, everybody! Don't fall down and break a leg, don’t let baby get the colic, don't get sick—anyway—not tonight. It is just going to be too bad if anything happens requiring medi- cal atteention for the doctors, yes and their wives, too, have been in- vited to go to a picnic that is being sponsored by the Gastineau Chan- nel Nurses' Association. The picnic is to be held at the J. This affair is to start at 7:30 Dogs Have Feast o'clock, the writer forgot to ascer- tain whether the affair is to start at that time at the Gucker cabin or the start is to be made from Juneau at that time, but anyway, if in doubt on anything regarding the picnic just phone Mrs. E. H. Kaser at 4601 of Mrs. W. R. Gar- ster at 4602, And any visiting nurses in Ju- neau, who care to enjoy a good beach dinner, engage in a treasure hunt, etc., just let Mrs. Kaser or Mrs. Garster know by 6 o'clock to- night, and reservations will be made. JUNEAU ELKS OFF FOR e On Meat Sent to Girl s_c_qut Camp Mystery of Missing Boy Scout Pick-up Delega- tion Still Stands Package after package of meat, PETERSBURG AFFAIR intended to grace the Girl Scouts’ tables at the Eagle River Camp,| peaded by Exalted Ruler Nor- was destined instead to become thel .., C. Banfield, a group of Ju- banquet meal of dozens of dogs at|neqy Elks sailed for Petersburg on Amalga Landing last night, when the Baranof to take part in the the prowlers found the meat supply Elks' Flag Day and initiatory cere- stored carefully away in the boat monies there Monday. A group are Rouge. also going to Petersburg from It was all quite a mixup and just Wrangell and a big barn dance what happened to the Boy Scouts|p,g peen arranged as an entertain- who were supposed to meet the de- ment feature. livery truck at 6 o'clock last night P . 2 is still a mystery. The delivery- man waited for some time for the GIRL scoUTs LEAVE scouts to arrive, but decided later FOR SUMMER CAMP to leave the supplies stored in the boat house, where the scouts were to have met him. TAKU WATERS DON SKUSE IS HIGHER SAYS ~ MARRIED TODAY PILOT HOLDEN v All would have been well if dogs|g00d-bye, and the final checking were not by nature both hungry and [°f 30 Girl Scouts marked the de- inquisitive, but living up to trads- jParture of the group for Eagle tion they made away with the com- |River camp this morning, most of plete supply of meat including five |them leaving aboard the Gray Line hams, several pounds of bacon, 40{bus through the courtesy of Jack pounds of wieners, and 30 pounds|Simpson. Niece Of Charles W lof round steak. Accompanied by Miss Alice Pal- Last minute snapshots, hurried’ News of the tragedy first reached |mer, director; Miss Mary Wildes Carter in Toronto at |Girl Scout leaders here this morn-{and Miss Doris Freeburger, assist- Two-inch Drop Is Noticed Morning Ceremony ing, when Art Thane, owner of min- ing property, came to town report- ing the loss. He stated that when ants, apd Miss Dorothy Hansen, public health nurse, the girls are to remain at camp for two weeks. From Peak of Last Night, Although the event did not occur | he left this morning there was no RRTT T oil mnnufacturmg in Oklahoma. g Attorneys’ Arguments Suit of D. B. Femmer against the City of Juneau, asking that the City Dock be restrained from per- mitting the Northland Transpor ation Company ships to dock there was argued in Federal Court yes- terday afternoon. Henry Roden and Judge James Wickersham appear- ed for Femmer and H. L. Faulkner, of the action, represented the Cit who was City Attorney at the time Mrs. Council, Mary Joyce Have Eventful Trip From Taku Lodge Arriving in Juneau following an eventful trip from Taku Lodge, Mrs. W. W. Council and Miss Mary Joyce reached town this morning aboard Ray Hayden's boat from Annex Creek, having been forced to change original plans because of rough waters. Mrs. Council, who has been the until 10 a.m. today, news of the wedding of Mr. Don Skuse of Ju-! neau to Miss Lillian Caroline How- Marine Flier Reports After flying Bob West, PAA radio g, niece of Charles W. Carter; ar-!| cperator, to his Canyon Island post .jveq here at 8:30 a.n. (Juneau early this afternoon, Marine Air-|ii o) The message was sent by ways Pilot Alex Holden and Flight Mechanic Lloyd Jarman circled over Tulsequah, B. C., and reported that| the raging waters of the Taku and | wocivord 1o Vancouver, Wash., to Tulsequah Rivers have mounted stilljho present for the Grand Lodge higher than they were on his last|of the 1.O.OF. and will then leave flight there, Thursday. [for Mexico, later returning north The flood waters fell about two|uy the Redwood Highway. inches over last 1yight, however,| “mpey are scheduled to leave Van- Mr. Skuse from Toronto where the ceremony was performed. Mr. and Mrs. Skuse are to travel trace of a Boy Scout, as yet, but MISS HICKEY ON YUKON ‘}many traces of left-overs from the Margaret Hickey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hickey, who has been attending school outside, is a pas- senger aboard the Yukon for her Reordering just in time to send a few days’ meat supply to camp in |time for the girls’ arrival this af- Juneau home. {ternoon, Girl Scout leaders are now Bl gt - |wondering whether dog-eaten-meat | Try The Empwe cssifieds fx comes under the heading of profit results. and loss, or under the consumed DEERING MINING HEAD IN JUNEAU BRIEFLY THIS A.M. .Returning north for the season’s mining in the Deering district, where he is in charge of operations |at the Utica Mine, A. V. Cordovado, jold-timer of Seward Peninsula, who has been at Deering since 1918, ar- |rived here this *morning from Se- attle aboard the steamer Mount Mc- |Kinley and took passage for Fair- banks this afternoon ahoard the |PAA Electra. | While south, Mr. Cordovado went | to Boston and New York, mainly ¢ | business, to confer with the finan- |ciers of the Utica Mine. The Utica properties, a hydrau- lic development, are famous for the 40-mile ditch, costing into the mil- \lions of dollars, which brings their water supply from Imuruk Lake. 1 The mine lies about 20 miles from | Deering. {FOUR HALIBUTE | SELL HERE TODAY 1 (eACL | Bringing in a toial of 21,000 pounds of fresh halibut, three hali- but vessels sold here today. The Dix- on, Capt. Emil Samuelson, with 9,000 pounds, sold to the Alaska Coast ' Fisheries at 6.95 and 4.95 cents per | pound. The Dixon was back from the banks with her first trip since being rebullt. The Bernice 8., Capt. Alfred Ed- | wards, also had 9,000 pounds, which | |was bought by the Bebastian-Stu- |art Fish Company at 6.90 and 5.05 cents. Sebastian-Stuart also pur- 'chased the 3,000 pounds off the hali- buter Diana, Harold Grimstead, at 6.95 and 5.05 cents per pound. The Addington, Capt. Ole Sevold, sold 10,000 pounds of halibut late yesterday to Sebastian-Stuart at 7 and 5 cents per pound. The Dorothy D. Capt. Albert Frank, arrived this morning with 8,000 pounds of king salmon for the Alaska Coast Fisheries. Boats taking ice today at Juneau were the 381-B-137, Congo, Capt. Fred Boynton, and Norland, Capt. Tom Sandvik. I. Goldstein’s hali- but schooner Norland is to leave for the Area III banks this week- end, after being renovated and re- painted this week. CHARTER THE CRUISER ] | VIDA BUSINESS OR PLEASURE PHONE 623 Clean—Speedy—Comfortable MARINE AIRWAYS FLOAT | | ) s | l food department. Either way they put it, the funds are not there to |replace the loss, and they know that even hardy Girl Scouts are not anx- 8 P. M. TONIGHT I. O. O. F. HALL Music by ALBERT PETERSON Admission 40c Attention Miners ious to become vegetarians. | *“JUNO-MAID”’ Judge George F. Alexander tool guest of Miss Joyce at Taku Lodge they reported on their return here.|souver on July 10 for Juneau and. T mattar Gidsy dAvideiGs for the past few days, left the lodge | Tuisequah is still dry, but the river|will make their home here. M. | e ed in|Yesterday, accompanied by Miss s very near to the top of its bank,|gskyse is employed at the Charles | Further papers were flled W joyce jn a small river boat, butland, it appears that most of the|w oarter mertuary. His bride is 5 the damage suit of Peter LOC|g,;q ne sailing too rough. Intend-|inhabitants have cvacuated the|former murse at the Toromto Gen. against L Goldstein and Toml|y,, v, take g plane in from Annex | town. eral Hospital ‘ Sandylk when court convened t0-|cri they found later that a trip| Capt, William Strong's Taku spital. | day. Loe is asking $10,000 damages for injuries suffered aboard one of | Goldstein’s boats and $2,000 attor- by air would be impossible because of rough waters at Juneai, They finally decided to spend the ney fees. night at Annex Creek and were The case of W. D. Gross against | prought to Juneau this morning by | B. F. Shearer was set for July 6 Ray Hayden, reporting a thorough- and Peter Kostrometinoff against|aly enjoyable time. Robert Cockburn for 2 p.m., June; - o e 8 21 EVERETT, Wash,, June 12. — A Three divorce actions were grant-]: ed one yesterday and two today. marriage license has been issued here to Alf N. Norgen and Frances| M. Spillman, both of Ketchikan, Alaska - e TH SHAKES | | | | Trading Company river boat Jeanne, which Thursday was standing by, ready to aid in case flight from the | THUNDER That little rumble of thunder Fri- day . afternoon, just preceding a shower that hardly laid the dust, Produced Butter—Milk | in Alaska’s FINEST DAIRY PLANT (town was made necessary, was back today at her landing, near there, BASEBALL TODAY |was the first time such an occur- rence has been recorded in Juneau and it appeared to the fliers that| The following are the results of during the month of June since the| mest of the town’s inhabitants were also at the boat landing. Miss Mary Joyce, and others, re- turning from her Taku Lodge, lower down the Taku River, reported that though the water was high, it was not far above normal for this sea- son, and appeared to be receding. baseball games played in the major |weather bureau was established in leagues this afternoon received up.1917. to 2 o'clock: i National League M’LEAN BOYS ARE RETURNING HERE Chicago 10; Philadélphia 5. Pittsburgh 8; Brooklyn 3. Herb and Joe McLean are pas- S g sengers aboard the Yukon coming e St. Louis 4; Boston 1. S ALMON BROKER 4 |home to spend the summer months MRS. WATSON RETURNS | Cincinnati 3; New York 4. 5 with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. MAKING ANNUAL | ‘ American League Boston 2; Detroit 3—first game. Hector McLean, Herb has been at- 9] ' G. Wats t 1 ttle TOUR’ M’KINLEY| Mrs. Harry G. Watson, wire of tending business college in Seal Touring Southeast Alaska aboard Harry Watson, Secretary to Gov.| John W. Troy, returned to her Ju-| versity of Washington. and Joe has been attending the Uni-| A new product of the JUNEAU DAIRIES, Inc., is now available to you through our regular de- livery. PHONE 638 or place your order with the driver. You will enjoy this healthful drink. JUNEAU DAIRIES, Inc. EAR ANAHEM, Cal, June 12.—Resi-| dents reported a sharp earth shock at 10:12 last night. age was done. Hoover Is to Restore Old lowa Homestead DES MOINES, Iowa, June 12— Herbert Hoover is traveling west by Is Your Mine For Sale? Do You Need Capital To Work It? Have You Any Promising Prospects? No serious dam- | Here is the service you have been looking for, designed especially to I nere. the steamer Mt. McKinley as a roundtrip passenger, is P. J. Andrea, of the Oceanic Sales Company, Se- attle salmon brokerage firm. “I am just making my regular |spring trip to visit canneries, in sev- eral of which I am financially in- terested, and see again my many friends in Alaska,” Mr. Andrea said| aboard the steamer while docked “Only this year I brought along Mrs. Andrea and some friends neau home on the Mount McKinley | after a visit in the States. She trav- eled as far south as Los Angeles, attending the commencement exer-! cises at the University of Southern California where Heinie Weir was | graduated. Young Weir also return- ed north. —— | - BARBARA WINN ON YUKON | | Miss Barbara Winn, who has been | iattending the University of Wash- |ineton, is aboard the Yukon for meet your needs. We are located automobile with his son Allen. They in the heart of the financial district and through our numerous contacts and widespread advertising, all mines, large and small, which are listed with us are brought to the attention of investors who are seek- ing mines for purchase or financ- ing. Send us a brief description of your mine together with Five dollars and we will offer you this real listing service without further cost or expense to you. We Are Not Promoters. visited the Hoover birthplace atl West Branch yesterday and the for- mer President said he planned to restore the old homestead. BASE BALL SUNDAY Top team of the Gastineau Chan- nel Baseball League, the Moose, will appear tomorrow to oppose the league cellar dwelling Elks in a nine- inning diamond contest beginning at 5:30 o'clock. No pitching selections for the Sunday tussle have yet been an- nounced, and there is considerable question as to the form in_ which | the Elks nine will line up, readjust- | ments being in order, following Fri- | day’s defeat by Douglas. | e Sagmeihter. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. |Rohr, of Seattle, are also warm friends of Mr. and Mrs. Andrea 'MRS. JOHN CLARK ) the Juneau Woman’s Club. from Cincinnati who were visiting Wi ,Juneau to spend the summer here. PRI S Hei |recently in Juneau for a short stay. At o oo samannd SYRES ON McKINLEY Coming north to join her husband at Excursion Inlet for the packing season, Mrs, O, 8. Syre is a passen- ger from Seattle to Hoonah aboard | the Mount McKinley. Traveling, with Mrs, Syre are her son Bobby and daughter Helen. Mr. Syre is superintendent of the Astoria and Puget Sound Packing Company can- nery at Excursion Inlet. He was e Lode and placer location notices Mr. Andrea’s friends from Cin- “Alaska” by Lester D. . cinnati are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph if il Hengéran, for sale at The Empire Office. making the trip aboard the McKin-, ley. | IS TEA HOSTESS | FOR WOMAN’S CLUB. | Many were present yesterddy nf-; ternoon for the tea at which Mrs. John M. Clark entertained aboard ! the Alma, assembling members of YOUR LOCAL is equipped to give you well as glasses. equipment obtainable your We have the most modern optical with. which to North American Miners’ Service, Inc. 60 Wall Tower. TENNYSONS ON McKINLEY | Summer flowers formed a setting' Following a quick trip south from for the occasion, first social event' his cannery post, J. T. Tennyson, during the summer program of the| superintendent of the Superior Club. Many other informal events Packing Company plant at Tenakee, are to be held by the members is aboard the Mount McKinley. | during the coming season. i Accompanying him north are his| S SR R | wife and two sons, Jim and Jack.| MRS. COLLEN SAILS | -, | Mrs. C. C. Collen, who left Ju-, Cheaper poison mixtures and a neau last winter to be with her more scientific knowledge of grass-|father in Seattle before his death, hopper feeding habits will help Ok-|is a northbound passenger aboard lahoma farmers combat the grass-|the M.S. Northland enroute to her hopper this year, home in Juneau. OPTOM Graduate: Rochester New York City | Office Ludwig Nelson’s Je TONIGHT at OPTOMETRIST complete eye comfort, as examine eyes. We also offer an all year service which is depend- able, and conveniently located for work is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson our benefit. Our ETRIST School of Optometry Admission—Gi University of the State of N. Y. Post Graduate: Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology. welry Store Phone 331 ANNUAL Douglas Fire Department ‘DANCE Douglas Natatorium MUSIC by Rands’ Orchestra June 12 the entlemen, $1.00