The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1937, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, OCT. I, 1937. T"B ER GU Lus|s | Behre"ds Sture The rocks of New York's Pali-. The normal flow of Niagara Falls Delaware rves its name from sades are said by geologists to be is 207,000 cubic feet of water - Thomas West, Lord de la Ware, iGth Anniversary CHRISTMAS SEAL Here 46 Years WORK UNDERWAY On Octaber I Large Committee of Wom-| October 11 will be the occasion of X 4 (the Forty Sixth anniversary of the en Cooperatmg with |B. M. Behrends Co. Inc. store in N Jungau, and in commemoration of Mrs. Thomas the event the entire month of Octo- | ber is to be marked by outstanding Busy days have been the keynote | ;.o of the large committee of club Wo-| "y oo was first organized b"} men_nnd others, who have been Mr. Be in 1891, and was lo- working for the past two weeks, | ..i.q near where the present Beh- getting out the Christmas Seals for| ... ¢ pank is situated. Few women the Alaska Tuberculosis Associa-|yare Jiving in Juneau af the time tion’s annual Seal Sale, and the' s (1. new store's establishment larger corner room at the Health ., the merchandise then consist- | Center in the Goldstein bullding ]_m\!ml mostly of miner’s clothing, shov- been fairly humming with Activity. e o014 pans, and grocery staples According to Mrs. J. C. Thomas,| 'y, 1904 the store was incorporated assistant seal sale chairman, more|, .y gteadily, since its early estab- | than a million seals Will be mailed ;) mont jts service to the commun- | out this year, and inasmuch as _Lhcy;"“. has increased go to every person in the Tl‘l'rl({vl‘.“ 55 of whom the Committee can find any record whatever, it means that| 1 hompsons Observe an dmmense amount of work is in-| Apniversary of 15 volved. | 3 All this work, Mrs. Thomas stress-| ¥ ears in Alaska es, is volunteer work. The Associa- tion pays no salary to any of the workers, since the entire proceeds of | Thompson served up a fine, sun- the sale are scheduled to go to the shiny day today, and while he says work of making early analysis of the excellent day has nothing to the disease, giving guidance and ad- |do with it, the Thompsons were ob- vice to families relative to its treat-|scrving an anniversary today. ’ ment, and providing equipment for| It was just 15 years ago today that juse if making diagnosis. The pur-|Mr. and Mrs. Thompson arrived in chase of a portable X-ray machine Juneau on the old steamer Jeffer- and other equipment that can be son, Mr. Thompson having been taken into every community in Al- 1sferred from the Weather Bu- aska was one of the major items of [reau at Savannah, Ga., to Juneau. ' expense last year, and through its|They were here seven years before { purchase has been made possible [20ing to Fairbanks for several years | the same careful survey in outlying|and then a transfer back to Juneau 000,000 y lonce Governor of Virginia. Guide Jim Waddell, Hom. Alaska, with prize winniy er, ng caribou shot by Howard * Newton with Winchester rifle and ammunition. SECOND YOUR RIFLE’S CHOICE WITH THE RIGH ETclean one-shot, stone-dead game,shot after shot. Hunt with the right ammu- nition, that your rifle needs to give you its best in dependability, velacity, accuracy and power. Buy Winchester Staynless Cartridges. Winchester leadership produced the world’s first successful metallic cartridge of the type now universally used. It pioneered such great successes as the .30 (.30-30) Win- chester, .32 Winchester Special, the .33, .35, .351, .401, .405 and .270 Winchesters, and many others before them. Today Winchester T CARTRIDGES Swift, the .219 Zipper and the .22 Hornet, Tt is now also loading the .300 and .375 H.& H. Magnums. Buy Winchester Staynless Cartridges in both center fire and rim fire. For clean ser- vice in your rifle barrel, their Staynless primers causing no rust or pitting. In centet_ fires, giving every hunter unharmed fired cases, owing to their Winchester non-mer- curic priming. Full rated speed and power. Fine accuracy according to type of cartridge and the rifle used. Absolute dependability and uniformity. Your dealer will gladly sup- leads with such popular Winchester-devel- oped new cartridges as the « sowerful .348 Winchester, the sensation fast .220 WINCHESTER TRADE MARK G ARMS CO., ply you. Look for the red Winchester trade |communities, as has been carried I mark on the box. lon during the past year in the larger | cc rrespondence and working on a |centers of population. detailed, descriptive catalogue of the Both last week’s boat to the West-|various items kept in the museum. ward and the Alaska which sailed | e b 5 |vesterday carried heavy consign-| CHURCH BROADCAST |ments of Christmas seals, as these| The Northern Light Presbyterian |were the last boats by which seals. {(:).m-vn. beginning next Sunday, will | |destined for the more remote com-|broadcast the regular Sunday ser- munities, could be sent in order to|vices over Station KINY. The reach the people to whom they were |proadcast will begin at 10:50 a. m. | addressed in time for their use this| |coming Christmas | Assisting Mrs. Thomas, with the addressing of envelopes, and insert- | fea il g (0 % g A AT NS, - 2 — - e L1 of the Juneau Woman's Club, who = \responded to Mrs. Thomas' call for volunteers for this work. These in- cluded Mrs. J. E. Neate, Mrs. John Chappel, Mrs. E. Robertson and Mrs C. C. Rulaford. ! - KASHEVAROFF - ( RETURNS FROM . STAY IN SITKA , e | He calls it a “vacation,” but for Ithe Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff who re- |turned to Juneau from Sitka on the |North Sea, the “vacation” consisted imainly of research work in the Rus- sian church, collecting of old relics |from Russian fishermen, and pre- Isentation of lectures on early Sitka history. sav- | sStaying at a bungalow of Nick |Bolshanin’s at Jamestown Bay, the curator of the Territorial museum, did find time to fish now and then, and he rested occasionally, too. His |granddaughter, Miss Patricia Olson, spent part of the time with him at Jamestown Bay, situated just two miles out of Sitka. While the U.S.F.S Brant was in Sitka, the Rev. Kashevaroff enter- itained U. S. Senator Ernest Lun- !deen who included a love for Alas- ‘kan history among the other inter- |ests which brought him to the Ter- ritory. Rev. Kashevaroff lectured recently |to the U. S. Navy flying squadron iwhich was stationed at Japonski Is- land until leaving today. He dis- cussed early Sitka history, speaking /in the improvised barrac which the navy men had been using since | April. Tuesday he spoke before the Sitka student body, discussing ‘the ‘bflckground of the National Park —_— ——————————————= |and the totem poles. | Both the 60th and 75th wedding| Back again in his offices in the subseription at a|anniversaries are called ‘“diamond (Territorial museum, the Rev. Kash- l weddings evaroff is now busy catching up on Watch ’Em BOY! 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Quality con- tributes greatly to the value Another group of exceptionally attractive genuine Mahogany Oc- & casional Chairs in a choice of tapestries. Made by KARPEN. of these dresses. Come early. SR o ¢ 5 The old fashioned platform rocker. The most comfortable rocker ever designed. Made by PHOENIX. These are shown in a variety of styles and finishes. Genuine HEYWOOD OLD COLONY MAPLE Windsor Chairs: authentic reproductions. No well-dressed women should be without at least one of these dresses. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” Large comfortable Lounging Chairs, deep luxurious cushions and Ottoman to match: Available in a variety of colors. MIRRORS From world famous designers. One finds it difficult to describe the beauty of these exceptionally artistic creations. You could search the markets from coast to coast and find no finer exam- ples of the art of mirror making. 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