The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 30, 1937, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY JUNE 30, k193 1. WATER COMPANY PROTESTS NEW GOLDCREEK SPAN Claims May Obshuct Free Ulow of Water to Springs Located Below Bridge proposed new Gold on the Basin Road this morning by the > Roads, the Men- uction Company be- with a figure of The R. J. Sommers Con- Company bid $20474.50 eer’s estimate was $17,881. Although satisfactory bids were received, Bureau officials stated that it was questionable whether the i would be made. The Juneau Company has lodged written to the excavation of the the structure. The water declares that the placing on k re opened Burcau of Publ denhall Col ng low bi bridge Cre $19,179.60 E pany { piers to the depth shown on the ]n\n\ is liable to obstruct the free of water te its springs located 200 feet below the bridge Tt is also (eared by the com- v that the city water supply 1t be contaminated during the period required far the excavation f the piers. Under the present circumstances recommendations for award will be wjthheld aml the recomstruction work delayed, it was stated. R. F. Lewis, President of the Juneau Company has returned to Francisco and will take the ter up with the District Engin- office there. e, — an me eers - e e STOCK QUOTATIONS l NEW quotation tock on the last day of this month 11%, American Can 96, Amer- an ght and Power 8%, E Bethlehem Steel Commonwealth and Soutehrn General Motors 49%, International Harvester 1057%, New York Central 36%, Southern Pacific 43%, 99%, Cities $493 11/16, Fure Oil 18%, S YORK, June 30.—Closing 2% 84, Service 2%, Po Republic Steel Holly Sugar 297%, 4:) 4, U. son General 4s 110%. DOwW, The Jones averages: industrials 169.3: rails 51.35, utilities 26.31. JONES AVERAGES | Secretary of Alaska Juneau mine |2nd now in Juneau as the guest 214, | Commerce Kennecott 56%, ! United States Steel [ Treasury bonds 2%s 97.24, At-| Princess Alice Greeted by Rains On First Voyage Docks with 13 for Juneau —70 Roundtrippers Doused all her way north in th season’s debut, the Princess docked in Juneau Tuesday ni with approximately 120 passengers aboard, deposited' 14 persons in this city, and sailed for Skagway. She| will pass through Juneau after a stay in Skagway on Friday morning. For this city the passengers were | Mr. and Mrs. T. Parks and W. E Scott and for Tulsequah were: J. R. Boyd, F. H. Colbutn, M. O. Finn, J. M. Heisswolf, D. Morrison, Claughlin, W. J. Nicholl, J. Park, P. Ror and son and K. Trkla Seventy of the passengers round-trippers. Members of the Alice crew are Capt. Robert Thompson, comman- der; Chief Office, F. McGraw; Sec- ond Officer, George Thompson; Third Officer, Norman Palmer; Purser, P. A. Hole; Assistant Pur- ser, P. J. K. Riddle; Chief Engineer, W. B. Anderson; Second Engineer, J. McClennan; Third Engineer, A J. Hill; Fourth Engineer, J. Green- wood; Chief Steward, William Ho- mer; and Second Steward, T. Aird The Princess Alice docked here at 6:30 p.m. and left shortly after midnight for Skagway. e — SIR JOHN JEFFREY WILL APPEAR Al are CHAMBER LUNCH | Sir John Jeffrey, former Under of State for Scotland of his son, J. S. Jeffrey, well-known traveling salesman, will be the Ana- | Buest speaker at the weekly lunch- |eon of the Juneau Chamber of tomorrow noon at Percy's. e - Frank Vanderlip Dies in New York NEW YORK, June 30.—Frank Vanderlip, 72, veteran financier, yesterday after an illness of several weeks. R. Mc-! SIMMONS FLIES COVERNORPARTY T0 TAKU LODGE | from Atlin, But Barr | Stays for Wedding A three-day governmental vaca- | his daughter, Mrs. Robert W. Ben- | der, and the Misses Harriet May and Ebba Erickson, he was flown to Mary Joyce's Taku Glacier lodge ‘n( 1:30 p.m. by the Alaska Air | Transport Pilot Sheldon Simmons. | The party will return to Juneau Friday. Allen V. Kelley was also |flown to Taku lodge. Tuesday night Pilot Simmons returned from a trip to Atlin at 10 p.m. after flying Dr. C. T. Hil- ton, Mrs. M. Walton, Wheatley and Dora Robson, all off the Princess Alice, to that city. Simmons had hopped off at 7:30 p.m. Also leaving for Atlin Tuesday night was Pilot L. F. Barr, who' flew Dorothy Dorie and such wed- ding paraphernalia as a wedding cake, cigars and ice cream mix in | anticipation of his hop into matri- mony today. Tuesday afternoon Pilot Simmons returned from Sitka With Allen V. Kelly, who had adjusted a fire loss of a floating crab cannery near there, Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell, who were round-trip passengers, and Shelly Graves. He also returned wtih freight from Reid Inlet. LAKE & COMPANY FILES ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Territorial Aud- itor by W. J. Lake and Company of Seattle, liquor distributors, list- |ing capital at $10,000 and Anchor- |a as the principal Alaska place |of business. Kenneth B. Edwards lis named as resident agent. W. J. Lake is President of the company |any C. Kent, Secretary. 2P AL | ELECTRA DUE THURSDAY | | The Pacific Alaska Airways Elec- following are today's Dow,'died in a New York hospital late|tra is scheduled to arrive from Fair- banks at the Juneau field tomorrow Jafternoon at 3 o’clock, IN TERRITORY H(‘le Tuesday Night |Returns Tuesday nght\Dlt‘eClol‘ Schoe!tler Wind- ing Up Office Affairs— | | Darrell] ! Apartments. J Plans Indefinite After two years, vocational edu- Alice tion came to Gov. John W. Troy cation was concluded in Alaska to- 1t | this afternoon as, accompanied by day, the last Legislature having de-| cided to make no further appropria- |tion for the work which has been lunder the direction of E. A. Schoet- tler. The Director was winding up his report today and expected to | have the business of the office clos- 'ed out by the end of the week. Mr. Schoettler said he was undv- cided thus far about his plans for the future. He has several offers from the States, he said, but would prefer to stay in Alaska. Esther Morris, assistant, side to school and Geraldine Feero, stenographer in the department, is to accept a position with the Bureau of Fisheries ut Ketchikan. TVETEN WEDDING TO BE SATURDAY Leaving tomorrow by plane for Petersburg, Arthur Herbert Tveten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Tyeten, is to be married to Miss Sigrid Lund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peder Lund, at the Lund home in Peters- burg, Saturday evening. b Mr. Tveten, who has made his home in Juneau since March, is to be entertained this evening at a stag party in the Fosbee Apartments at which Fergus Hoffman is to be host. Both Mr. Tveten and his bride- elect are graduates of Petersburg schools. Mr. Tveten studied Lino- typing in San Francisco before re- turning to Alaska to enter the print- ing profession. The wedding is scheduled for 8:30 o'clock Saturday and for the occa- sion Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bren- nan, brother-in-law and sister of the bride will be the attendants. Mr. Tveten and his bride will come to Juneau next week and will make their home in the Bernard Their engagement was announced in Petersburg last De- cember. Today’s News Today,—Empiré. VOCATION WORK " 'ENDING TODAY who has been his | already has gone Out-! epeal of Sl Ton Tax On Shipping Approved By House Commlttee \VA“HIN(:TON June 30, — The| House Territories Committee has| approved of the measure repealing| ‘(nu $1 a ton tax on shipping, al- (hough the law has been in exist- 'ence for many years, but not en- forced until last year. Shippers tes-| |tified they found it impossible to {make short trips at a profit and {pay the tax. METROPOLITAN GITY TREASURER IS ABOARD ALICE “Treat 'Emfl Friendly,” Advises H. C. Menne of St. Louis “Treat 'em all friendly if you want to get along in politics.” ‘That's the advice of Henry C. | Menne, round-trip passenger aboard the Princess Alice ‘on her stop inl Juneau Tuesday night. And Menne ought to know, for he is now serv- ing his fourth term as City Treas- urer in St. Louis. Menne, making the Alaskan tour with his wife and grand-daughter, | Loraine Gramlich, 15, left St. Louis several weeks ago and will return to his desk the middle of July. A Democrat, he served in the treasury post from 1913 until 1921, a period in which most of the St. Louis city hall officials were mem- bers of the Republican Party. After an interlude in the banking busi-| ness, Menne returned to office in 1933 and was again reelected in a recent balloting. “They all look alike Menne said, to me,” and groups. If they come in for information or help, I don't care whether I know them or whether| they belong to the right party. I[ I can be of help, I'm glad to do a favor.” “How do I like Alaska weather? Well, to be honest, it rained all the way up here. I really enjoyed the scenery and if we had had “and consequently I have support of all parties, races! |OREGON GIRL BECOMES Deroy s oo, to v/ ‘BRlDE OF JUNEAU MAN rpre President of the Juneau Greater | | Theatres Company, Mr. Shearer wlll‘ Miss Gay Buchanan of Medford, | conduct business matters in rela- 'Ore, became the bride of Glen tion to the Capitol and Coliseum | Crouse, "Alaska: Juneau employee, theatres, conferring with Charles | at a quiet wedding ceremony held Beale manager of the local movie- |at the home of U. S. Commissioner | places. ‘F‘ellx Gray in Douglas last night| R e ot TR T | shortly after the arrival in port of & |the motorship Northland on which ‘ the bride was a passenger. * The couple, who will make their| |home in Juneau, were attended by |Margaret Pimperton and Janet| Katherine Harris, Petersburg; |Borges, Judge Gray reading the Jim O'Connell, Tulsequah. MAls ot 0 S0 A G ol ceremony. Juneau | | tition held by the Juneau Rifle and |_Bill Scott, Grass Valley; J. O.ipjsio) Club May 9 have arrived, ac- mEATRE PRESIDENT Halverson, Portland; Mrs R"m‘cordlng to Club Secretary Leo Jew- y‘Mc(}ee and daughter. ett. The first place medal goes to IS ENROUTE NORTH Alaskan | Assistant Chief of Police Roy Hoff- ABOARD ALEXANDER Art Delzer, Ketchikan; HaITy man who has been running up some Imarize, Cordova; Jim McGaviD, great marks out at Mendenhall |canyon’ Island; William Drosner, range, and second place to Dan Mol- Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Shearer are‘Los Angeles; Charles E .Faye, Se- m. of the U. S. Forest Service. inorthbound passengers aboard the ame DECLARES ? DIVIDENDS | NEW YORK, June 30. — The directors of the United States Steel | Corporation today declared a divi- l dend of $2 a share on commo? and $7 on preferred stock, also re- ducing arrears to $1.25 a share. A S N MEDALS ARRIVE AT THE HOTELS Gastineau | | | | st iniCrabl Orcha tro proo B il Kentu bourbon 4 —and ye! th rur i good —© g more of a break on the weather,| everything would have been per-| But I'm plenty satisfied with‘ fect. my first trip north.” - e Victoria Falls on the Zam- M Southern Rhodesia The besi River are said to be the greatest natural spectacle in South Africa. BRAND e o KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY LousviLLe Kewtucay Top- v NATIONAL DISTILLERS PRODUCTS C YOUR GUIDE TO GOOD LIQUORS ORATION, NEW YORK Sanitary-Piggly Wi CONSOLIDATED GROCERY OPENS—-THURSDAY, JULY 1 At 233 Front Street This Modem—Fully Stocked Store Bids Welcome to Shoppers of Juneau. 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