The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 14, 1938, Page 8

SKAGWAY FIVE ~ There Is Still PLAYS JUNEAU Geld in Region FINDING FISH Of Labor Board HERE TONIGHT Around Wiseman Two High School Basket- Field Engineer Reports Val- Commission Chairman Here WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — The uable Mineral Lands But Transportation Problem ball Squads Aim for Championship Fighting for the championship of Up there in the Wiseman region the Northern Division, Skagway above the Circle, made famous by High School's basketball varsity fiction and fact in the past, there will meet the Juneau High varsity is still plenty of valuable mineral tonight in a specially called tlt land but lack of transportation and scheduled to follow the All-Star- the fact that regions closer to es- Firemen game in the High School tablished outlets are producing hea- vily probably will hold back devel- The Skagway team arrives on opment for some years to come board the Alaska today and is This is the belief of Irving Mck scheduled to remain here for the Reed, Field Representatice for the game tonight and probably for an- Territorial Department of Mines other game tomorrow night. On the Who arrived here Saturday after varsity are Oscar Selmer, Robert SPending the summer in the district Hestnes, Richard Wilson, Stanley On survey work. Mr. Reed is here to Smith, Hal Johnston, Peter Sparks, 3ttend the meeting of the Alaska and Laurence Alby. In charge will G2me Commission of which he is be Coach Ruble of the Skagway Chairman High School There is much evidence of free The opening game begins at 7:3u gold all through the upper Koyukuk p. m., and the Skagway-Juneau country, Reed said, it being one of High game will commence at 8:30 the fmumndmg places in Alaska for e finding nuggets, and there are a few i 3 ¥ small independent operators, but little has been done yet on a larger SKITUURNAMENT scale. There was some movement into the district during the last summer, he reported, but it proba- bly will be some (ime before larger 100 Axe Scheduled to Par- ticipate in Juneau Sport Classic gymnasium. operators become interested due to the isolation of the region. A weekly air service from Fair- banks is now operating into Wise- man, center of the region, a two- hour flight. There is one caterpillar in the whole district and one Ford car to be used on the six available miles of road. Blind Man Takes Office WHITESBURG, Ky. Feb. 14— A blind man, Cossie Quillen of Neon, Ky., has asumed his duties as clerk of Letcher County. Mrs. Guillen, who assisted him in his campaign, has qualified as his assistant. Flashing skis of leading sports- men in Alaska will be seen in the Juneau Ski Club tournament for tlie Southeast Alaska championship scheduled for Sunday, February 20, when more than a hundred con- testants will complete on the Doug- las Ski Trail course. The Moller trophy, now held by Halvor Opsall, last year's cham- pion, will be presented to the man making the fastest downhill record 3 S Ay More than 40 men are scheduled to dQ:‘lillt;l](;'.'gm}:z?ug:l:fn(}x-‘;a‘::;ulticxil, compete for the trophy, Including po.. a0 who has but one arm. entrants from Petersburg and SUKa. "o "yg clerk, scoutmaster at From Juneau, contestants from the .., 100t hic gight when he was Juneau Athletic Club and the Ju- fired on by an assailant two years cau S| are , and neau ';]‘ ‘C"”: e e‘“‘””"‘ju“‘n“‘h ago while leading a party of Boy i s e gl a camping trip in the parts of the Territory are tentative- fi:g““!‘];‘;fi ly scheduled to be in the running. R Coach W. P. Hautala announces that about 50 boys are to enter the Junior races, and a large number of U s Travel tfl women are planning to compete for £ 1 the women'’s title. . A special feature of the tourna- Mex’cn Jum s ment this year will be jumping on their improved course recently com- pleted by the Forest Service. Sven - Saren and Ralph Moreau will renew LAREDO, Tex, Feb. 14—Amer- their jumping duel, while a new ican tourist travel to Mexico cast of jumpers from Petersburg through Laredo last year was near- will offer competition. The Peters- ¥ 50 per cent larger than in 1936. burg Ski Club specializes in jump- A Teport by B. A. Quiros, man- ing, and is expected to be strong 98er of the Laredo branch of the in that department. Mexican Automobile Association, Halvor Opsall, of Petersburg, last SNOWS that 30130 American auto- years downhill champion, is spend- mobiles crossed the border here, ing the winter in Norway and will compared with 20341 in 1936. not defend the Moller trophy. Approximately 11,000 automobiles All men planning to enter the brought 45,000 visitors from Mex- Class A and Clasg B races, and wo- 10 t0 the United States in 1937, men planning to enter the women's °F more than double in any prev- races are asked to register at Bert '0US year. Caro’s Sport Shop, or with Ernie TR 50w e T Parsons at the Alaska Electric Light S k C ll and Power Company before Thurs- tor (l s day, February 17. Coach Hautala . . is in charge of the High School and 27 Tlmes Grade School registration. Third Annual Southeast Alaska — ki Tournament, the competition is CONWAY, S. C, Feb. 14—E, J. ¢pen to all skiers. Invitations have Roberts’ 27th child, a boy, was born been sent to all ski clubs in Alaska. while the father was in a hospital - > recovering from a broken back he A received in an automobile accident. The 69-year-old farmer and saw- Easle[ tn L““k mill operator was soon able to re- turn home and greet his young son. He is now attending to the daily At wurks “' Art work on his plantation. Twenty-five of his children are living. SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 14. A0 T —Science has made it easier to Clubs Are No look at works of art. o sy The glare which often makes it Longer Britain’s impossible to view an oil painting 1 except from certain angles has Long Sl"t been overcome by using lamps with e polaroid windows, says Harold R. m:fm';"isfibs“@znwm;ufi_ Moulton, researcher for the Am- f the fash- erican Optical Company. .§epnrable. but several of Polaroid sheets make use of ionable West End clubs have closed quinine and iodine crystals to filter l," recent years wlille othery are out the rays that cause glare. Unti] SUSPending entrance fees or amal- now there never has been available gamating in an effort to survive enough material, such as the min- the modern trend ey from; . eral calcite used in Nicol prisms, The young men, it seems, mmdb to filter sufficient polarized light to 'Alue the clubs as their father did. make such an application prac- And when they do belong they ticable. usually limit thémselves to two as 4 compared with the customary four LEGION TONIGHT of their’ fRSi B:z:,l.:r :&?"‘in?:ngifi’”i‘i‘;:’]‘ Clifford Fisher and daughter, of will be held in the Dugout at 8 Mayo, Y.T., are Norah passengers o'clock this evening. Several mat. N°AdING for Vancouver. ters of important business are ‘DRAKES SOUTH scheduled and Commander Walter Bacon asks a full attendance. Pro- Mr. and Mrs. James Drake of viding the steamer Alaska remains Pritz Cove sailed-on the Princess cver long enough, the Ketchikan Norah for a vacation in California. Jbowling team will be guests Mrs. Drake is taking her annual R leave as Assistant Commissioner of , CUSTOMS. MAN SOUTH Education, “Aubrey Simmons, Collector of The identification of handwriting ~ Customs at-Whitehorse, is & south- is 4 matter of great importance in . bound passenger on the Princess the cases which involve questioned Norah. \documents, R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 14, 1938. REED REPORTS LOVER'S HEAVEN to Open Session Tomor- row Tells of Wild Lake With Chairman Irving McK. Reed arriving Saturday by plane trom Fairbanks, Commissioner Andrew A. Simons of Lakeview getting in this evening on the Alaska and Com- missioners Earl Ohmer of Petersburg and Frank P. Williams of St. Mich- ael scheduled to arrive on the Bar- and from the south, the annual meeting of the Alaska Game Com- mission has been called to open here tomorrow. Also ariiving on the Baranof will be W. E. Crouch, Chief of the Game Management Division of the Biolo- gical Survey, and George A. Hos- ick of the Survey, both from ashington, D. C. Chairman Reed, first to arrive, brings fish and game revelations which promise to give the other commissioners something to shoot at. As field engineer for the Ter- ritorial Department of Mines, Reed spent the summer in the upper Koyukuk country making mineral land survey and mapping. On the side, he explored Wild Lake at the head of Wild River, in the Wiseman region shove the circle. There he found the sportsman’s paradise, he said today. Trout, grayling, white fish, pike and other varicties abound in the lake, untouched virtually by the in- terferance of man. With a willow stick for a pole and a little fly he caught them at will and thought the fishing was good. But with him was a Kobuk native. This chap, Reed reported, used one of the or- iginal Kobuk hooks, the adaptation of which is the widely heralded Al- aska Mary Ann. “He caught five fish tc my one,” Reed commented, “and I was catch- ing ‘em planty fast.” Up in this Wild River haven, the chairman saw great herds of moun- tain sheep, some of the finest spec- imens he ias seen in the north, and many moose. The moose, he said, apparently are a different spe- cie than those found elsewhere in Alaska, They are smaller and climb up the steep mountain sides like goats, he reported. Incidentally, Reed tried to test the depth of Wild Lake and let a line down 900 feet without getting bottom. The water is so clear one can see down 40 feet and is ice cold, he said > DR. W. BLANTON AND LOU HUDSON IN GREAT MATCH AT GUN CLUR Shotgun fans had the opportun- ity to witness a miniature “Grand American” shoot at the Juneau Shetgun club grounds Sunday morn- ng. Perfect weather greeted the shooters. In the hundred bird event, Dr. W. P. Blanton and Lou Hudson finished the first quarter with per- fect scores of 25. In the second quar- ter Blanton dropped his 27th, and his 35th bird. At the bezinning of the third lap Hudson had a perfect 50 and Blanton a 48. Could Hudson last or would Blanton take over the lead? Hudson dropped his 54th and 55th bird. He dropped his 73rd to pass the lead to Blanton. At the begin- ning of the fourth and final lap it locked like it might be anybody's money. On the 78th bird Blanton dropped a hard right angle to even the score. Twenty-two birds to go, yet the shoot ended with two 97's to make club history. 2 Two weeks from Sunday the boys will shoot off another 100-bird event. Trap shooters want to mark the date on the calendar, February 27. Drop in to Truesdell's for the detalls. HOSPITAL NOTES ‘v’ Mrs. E. Tyler was admitted yes- terday afternoon to St. Ann's Hos- pital for medical care. Mrs. Philip Sternig, a medical patient, was dismissed yesterday from St. Ann’s Tiospital. W. 8. Kljaich was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital last night for medical care. J. M. Pichotta, a surgical patient, was dismissed yesterday from St. Ann's Hospital. Emil Vienola was dismissed to- day from St. Ann’s Hospital follow- ing medical care. Mary Butchart unc:rwent a minor operation this morning at the Gov- ernment Hospital. WOMAN GOES SOUTH TO FACE CHARGES OF WHITE SLAVERY Fannie Weiss, who recently was indicted in Seattle by a Federal grand jury on charge of violating the Mann Act, sailed for Seattle yesterday aboard the Princess Nor- ah, accompanied by her attorney, Grover Winn. She raised the $5,000 demanded by the ifidictment last . week. Helen Porter, held as a ma- the case, is still terial witness in Jjail here. in the Federal ) NET RETURN ON CAR CONTEST IS Not Sanctioned AROUND $1,000 Money Goe;t‘(; Aid City in Providing Work for Un- employed of Community Investigation nate Judiciary Committee has voted against the resolution of Sen- ator Edward R. Burke which sug- gested an investigation of the Na- tional Labor Board. - e CONFERENCE ON ARMAMENTS 18 NOW PROPOSED Although a complete check has not yet been made and some re- ports on ticket sales are still out- standing, the net returns from the car contest for the unemployed fund-raising campaign will be ap- proximately $1,000, according to City Clerk Harry Lucas About $2,000 was taken in alto- and the Chevrolet Master Sedan awarded to Gene Rhode, will cost just under $1,000, leaving a balance | n's to go into the unemployed fund of about $1,000. The money will be used to provide city work for the needy of the community, supple- menting city funds. A meeting of the Juneau Unem- ployment Committee will be held soon to go over and certify the returns. New Yorker Wants Japa Navy Same Size as United States ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Senator William H. King today introduced a resolution that calls on President Roosevelt to convene an Internati- onal Army Conference. Representative Hamilton Fish Jr., of New York, suggested before the House Naval Committee that any new armament conference should grant Japan naval equality with the United States. Previous treat- ies, now defunct, restricted the size of the Japanese navy comparcd with the United States and Great Britain st 5-5-3. L >——t-ah THOMPSON TO KETCHIKAW U. S. Meteorologist Howard Thompson is sailing for Ketchikan on the Alaska this evening where he will supervise the transfer of weather office equipment in that L city to the new Federal building in Approximately 70 reservations Ketchikan, He expects to be gone have been made for the Americani- about a week. The zation Luncheon, which will be held EM any tfittefid Americanization Event Tomorrow SHEW.C. Ll;r;cgeon Will Be Held in Lutheran Church Parlors Foyarn structure is now nearing comples< fomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock J Parlors Juneau in the Lutheran Church under the auspices of the Weman's Club Fifteen honor guests, representing eight foreign countries, will be pres- Articles of incorporation have ent for the event, which is given to been filed with the Territorial Au- honor women who have achieved ditor by the Nome Mercantile and citizenship through the process of Mining Company. Capital is listed naturalization. Two of the honor at $25,000 and incorporators are guests will be native born Ameri- Hilkey Robinson, Arthur F. Wright cans who lost their citizenship and B. J. McConaghy. through marriage and later regained tion and is expected L0 we ciseaio.y {inished by the first of March. oI FILE ARTICLES Every smoker remembers with pleasure the day he found out about Chesterfields. - Chesterfields give you a differ- ent kind of smoking pleasure... gether in ticket sales, he estimated, | Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, is shown as he appeared before the House Naval Affairs Committee at the capitol, in the hearing on the Vinson Bill which seeks a 20 per cent incr the navy's fighting strength. Hitler’s newspapers in Germany called Leahy a war-monger for as e 1n ing the increase. In the picture, left to right, are: Leahy (standing); and Representatives McGrath, Delaney it through naturalization. Native daughters of Russia, Finland, Ger- many, France, Norway, Jugoslavia, Sweden and Great Britain will be present to participate in this event, believed to be the first of ind ever held in Alaska. With Uncle Sam and Miss Alaska present in person to welcome the guests as they arrive, a colorful pro- gram including a parade of nations in dance and folk song will be pr sented. with George W. Folta, As. tant United States Attorney as the featured speaker of the day. Mr. Folta, who in his official capacity frequently ists in the process of transforming native sons and daughters of other lands into Am- erican citizens, will have as his sub- “The Privileges of American Citizenship.” Mrs. R. R. Hermann will preside as toastmistress for the occasion. The Lutheran Ladies’ Aid will be in charge of the luncheon. The com- mittee has announced that a few more places will be available for re- servaticn, and club members, wish- ing to bring friends may call Mrs, J. E. Neate not later than 10 o'clock in the morning its luncheon and program mildness that’s more refreshing taste that’s more satisfying £ &Y aroma that’s more appetizing = Mild ripe tobaccos and pure ciga- rette paper, these Chesterfield in- gredients are the best a cigarette can have. Chesterfields SATISFY > + 7}6‘ J / ..youll find MORE PLEASURE / in Chesterfields milder better taste sponsored under the joint chairman- ship of the Departments of Inuter- national Relations and Legisla- tion, with Mrs. R. R. Hermann and M C. P. Jenne, chairmen of the departments, in charge. Assisting will be Mrs. J. E. Neate, Mrs. Russell Cook and Mrs. H. 8. Graves. - > J. W. C. PROGRAM TC COMMEMORATE WORK OF SUSAN ANTHONY The Junea Woman's Club, through its radio committee, wil present the second of its new series of radio programs tomorrow after- ncon at § o'clock, according to an- nouncement today. This will be a special program commemorating the birthday of Susan B. Anthony, wo- man suffrage leader. Mrs. R. B. Lesher will be speaker for the program, taking as her sub- ject, “Susan B. Anthony—an Appre- ciation.” Radio programs are being given all over the country tomorrow in honor of Miss Anthony, whose birthday falls on February 15, and special services of various kinds have been planned to honor her memory. and Vinson, the latter chairman of the committee. The club program will follow the general lines laid down by the na- tional committee in charge of the event, and in addition to the radio speech will present other feature: dedicated to Miss Anthony. Mt. Jumbo > Smiles In Moenlight Full mooi: (onight! And for thr benefit of theose who apprec such things, notice the gleami face of Mt. Jumbo and a sister peak. behind Douglas, late tonight when the moon has climbed to almost a vertical position. For the past few nights, the cliffs of the mountains named have tossed back from their wind-polish- ed cheeks of snow, sparkling reflec- tions of moonlight. Perhaps Juneau alone has wit- nessed such a phenomenon. The Taku wind which has blasted to ice the snow that was flung in a white shroud over the peaks, may be thanked for this one thing of beauty. > “Alaska” by Lester D. Henderson. Today’s News Today.—Empire.