The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 4, 1938, Page 8

CAP PISTOLS ARE STILL PERMITTED IN CITY LIMITS Council Puts 7|3an on Fire- works But Declares Toy Guns Won't Disturb Sleep Juneau will celebrate a nice, quiet Fourth of July with only cap pis- tols permitted this year. if an or- dinance passed by the City Council last night is enforced. The new city regulation prohibits the sale and firing of all kinds of firework from the well known “lady fingers” to the mighty skyrockets, within the however, it city limits. Cap pistols was stressed by the Council, are not included in the drastic ordin- ance. It was emphasized that tt celebration weapons will not keep any one awake, which, it was stated is the principal idea of the new regu- | lation—to preserve the sleep of the residents of the community The Council postponed for another two weeks the proposec new liquor ordinance ch w set a 3 am uation on beverage dispensaries. The Committee said it wanted to give the matter further study. A petition signed by a majority of the business houses of town was presented asking that the Port of Juneau be closed from midnizht to object being to action on closing re 6 am. daily, the further tourist business in the com- munity. The petition stated that American ships arrive in port now at all hours and, of late, particular- ly at night, with the result that travelers aboard have no opportun- ity to spend money in Juneau or to see the city. The practice is fol- lowed by both Seattle and Honolulu, the petition said, with favorable re- sulis. The Council tabled the re- quest until a later meeting R WELLMAN HOLBROOK RETURNING HOME Assistant Regional Forester Well- man Holbrook is leaving Mayo Clinic at Rochester today for Seattle and expects to sail from the latter city June 11 for Juneau, according (o BLENDED WH word to the U. 8. Forest Service to- day. He is accompanied by Mrs. Hol- brook. Holbrook has been in the States since February 1 undergoing treat- ment for an arm affliction. He spent a long time in the Marine Hospital in Seattle and later went to Roches- ter. He has been sufferir f N é paralyzing condition in his left arm D s OIL OFFICIAL HAS FAITH IN ALASKA FIELD Carl Beal, Vice-President of Iniskin Company On Way West and if a sin well i truck, that future will be assured, in the opin- ion of Carl Beal, Vice-President 0! the Iniskin Oil Drilling Company and a director of Tidewater Asso- Beal arrived in Juneau aboard the Baran this n ning and was to take passage with PAA for Fairbanks this afternoon and thence back to Anchorage, enroute to the scene of his company’s drilling in Chinitna Bay on the Alaska Peninsula Most recent news from the drill- ing, received by Beal, said the “drill hole was down 5200 feet (a week and a half ago) and gas and oil showings were persisting, although in not great enough quantities to warrant a test et.” Beal said at the Gastineau Hotel this morning, “There is no certain indication, of course, that we will strike oil. If we drill it dry, we've just spent a lot of money, but then again if we hit it, it will be a wond- erful thing for Alaska Vice-President Beal, a petroleum geologist who has been in oil work since 1913, has been a figure that stands out the list of Alaska oil boosters. Beal located and encouraged sup- port of his belief in Alaska’s oil pos- sibilities, six years ago. With the co- operation of Earl Grammer, of An- chorage, who holds oil permits in the Alaska Peninsula prospecting in ISKEY There’s where Grandpa got one good idea Grandpa saw how milk-fed wveal is the t: asty kind and whiskey is tastier, too, made from real fine grain. Harry E. Wilken Grandpa was the first Wilken to note what real personal attention will do! On account of the hours we'r: putting in and the orders we’r e e filling, we can pretty much tell how people are taking to th e Wilken Family Whiskey. I guess a real family recipe made with personal care strikes everybody as being tastier. What with being on the job every working day and using the best of everything we know of distilling, it’s no wonder if we've got a knack for turning out an extra tasty whiskey. 8. FREE, s copy of the Wilke ymily Home Entertaini gAl write me at the Maples R.F.D. Schenley, Pa. um — No.3, COPYRIGHT 1938, THE WILKEN FAMIL ¥, INC., ALADDIN, SCHENLEY P. O., PA. 90 PROOF. 75% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. :;, Jakeway Distributing Co., Inc. SOLE ALASKA DISTRIBUTORS |rock of the Jurassic period in geo- fields, Beal made the present drfll-J ing programs in Alaska possible. The current prospecting by Union | 0il, Standrad Oil, cment from this extensive drill a dry hole, those other com-| & or Prominent Juneau and Associated Oil, is being carried forward oniFflR G BLuM REN ground which Beal located and aid- ] ed in contracting for. | Alaskans should get a lot of en- WILL BE suNDAY drilling work by these three big| companies as well as our own small e oufit,” Beal said. “Whereas, if we Masonlc Servu:es Wlll H0n~ panies can drill several dry ones| before they give up. I think it is| St inevitable that ofl will be drilled in szer_’ Tomorrow Alaska.” | Beal bases his confidence in Al-| Funeral services for . Gunnar iskan ofl on favorable geological' Blomgren, well-known Juneau busi- Oil is associated with ness man and long-time resident of the Capital City, will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Scottish Rite Masons will have charge of the services from the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, with Rev. J. L. Cauble read- ing the eulogy. The interment will be in the Masonic plot in the Ever- green cemetery. Active pallbearers, brother Masons, will be H. I. Lucas, John Krugness, H. G. Nordling, W. P. Scott, Charles Sey, and Arthur VanMavern. The following members of the Elks Lodge will act as honorary pall- bearers: John Reck, Nick Bavard J. L. Gray, F. A. Boyle, Bud Car- michael, and Edward Shaffer If oil is struck in Alaska, “it will| Mr. Blomgren's death on Mem- mean cheap gas and oil for the Ter-| orial Day came as a shock to his ritory,” Beal said. He added, that | many friends. One of the city's well- should oil be found, and a large oil| loved citizens, Mr. Blomgren had field develop, Alaska would find been a resident of_.!uneau since 1911 itself in a favorable position in the and had had an important part in world of ofl, by reason of its geo-|the Browth of the city. graphical position. Fr “Last year the Japanese bought CARL LOMENS ABOARD a great deal of oil from California, S ol RETURNING TO NOME ing market there,” Beal said. “If Al- Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lomen, of aska produces oil, it will only be a hop and a jump from the Oriental market, and Alaska will be able to Nome and Seattle, were visiting ship oil to the Orient for less than| Juneau friends this evening while half what it costs to ship it from|the steamer Aleutian was in port California, and too, there will be a They are bound for Nome. measure of local consumption in| Mr. Lomen, of Lomen Brothers, Alaska—and gasoline will not cost|“Reindeer Kings,” said there was anywhere near the prices in the nothing new on the question of Territory that it does now.” returning reindeer to Eskimo herd- The Iniskin pecple have spent to ers, and said, “We are still waiting date, somewhere around $600,000 in| for commission appointments to be prospecting their present well. Beal made. will remain at the drillings for about a month before coming out Asserting that “the hole is still a prospect and not a well in any sense,” Beal said, “You know, you can’t pipe ‘showings’ of oil and gas.” - formations, sedimentary rock deposits, and us- ually, “the deeper and thicker they are, the better.” Present drilling at Chinitna Bay is now going through sedimentary logic history, the youngest rock in which oil has been found in any quantities. Most recent oil discover- ies in the Sun Dance Formation m Wyoming, where several wells have been struck, have been in rocks of the Jurassic age. “The Jurassic formations in Wyo- ming, are comparatively thin, how- Beal said today. “In Alaska he. thickest Jurassic formation in America has been found.” Norman Dawn Gets His Cubs Ncrman Dawn finally got his two cub bears, but for $50 for the pair, he didn't get more than about a total of 15 pounds. | The two little rascals, cinnamon variety of black bear, were brought | down from Fairbanks yesterday by Jerry Jones and Gene Meyring in a PAA Electra. Crated in a box this omrning nl‘ the AAT hangar, they were flown up to Taku River Lodge to Norman | Piano Study Becomes Self Expression Music is the emotional and spiritual mirror of life, Let your child’s music start Dawn in the Stinson by Shell today. ) Simimons. A Baldwin-built piano is easy About 2': months old, each is to own. Convenient terms. only about a foot long. They are |two of a litter of three, whose | mother was shot near Fairbanks. | - -+ | Bourbon whiskies are Bottled-in- | Bond and are 7 Years Old. Available | at popular prices. Ask your dealer | adv | ALASKA MUSIC SUPPLY 122 Second Street—FPhone 206 Baldwin ¢ Hamiltoa Howard Pianos e JUNO-MAID Cream T5c quart at Holl- | | Brick Ice ndvAl | mann's Drug Store. It's expensive to say ‘““$100 WORTH of Insurance, Please” ... That's the way thousands of men buy insur- ance. Sounds simple, doesn’t is? But insur- ance against what? How will it be paid? There is one man who reads insurance poli- cies with interest and understanding. He is the experienced insurance agent. He knows what he is buying for you — insurance against what, and when and how it will be paid. When a loss occurs he is your representative. Insurance that minimizes the agent’s func- tion may lessen your protection, your service. Insurance is dollar protection. There are no cut-rate dollars for sale. ’ Let our experienced agency care for your insurance needs. SHATTUCK AGENCY PHONE 249 WHAT YOU HAVE © s, <o, Office———New York Life THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1938. FUNERAL RITES'HOPE SEEN FOR BOAT HARBOR IN CITY THIS YEAR Delegate Dimond, Col. Wild Both Optimistic Over Project’s Chances Prospects for work to start this vear Juneau's $232,000 small boat harhor are good at the time, according to information to Mayor Harry 1. Lucas from Delegate An- on thony J. Dimond and Col. H. J. wild, Army District Engineer at Seattle. | In reply to an inquery, Col. Wild | wired the Mayor: “Prospects of | securing funds for the Juneau small boat harbor this year are very| good.” ! - TO VISIT SISTER Mrs. T. J. Jacobsen left for Atlin today with Shell Simmons, where she will spend the summer Vi COURT GOES ON TRIP | 4 | y | Eight divorces were granted by SEATTLE, June 4.—Steamer Yu- Judge George F. Alexander in Dis- kon sailed at 10 o'clock this fore- triet Court this morning, prior to sist . Vi er sister, Mrs. Mildred noon for Southeast and Southwest the court’s adjournment until next ;;:::;,ufu 3 Alaska ports with 340 first class Monday at Petersburg. At 10 o'clock o and 160 steerage passengers on | !OMOrTow morning, Judge Alexander ——_ board. | with his court party will sail aboard Passengers aboard the Yukon, the Game Commission vessel Seal to D Ao N c E booked for Juneau, include Betty hold court in various towns in Goodman, L. L. Melousiend, cflro_‘Southeast Alaska, being gone the with the line Koonst, Borls Magids, Mr. Bnd;remainder of the month of June. Mrs. Gudberanson, Divorces granted today were: Win- Don Hansbury, Dr. Gordon Taylor,| ”n’“d Garcavy from George Garcavy, Dr. Donald Last, Bill Knox, Miss V.| on grounds of desertion, Juneau at the 1.O.OF. HALL OF AY Gene Meyring and Jerry Jones Ben Wright from Martha Wright, were to hop the Pacific Alaska |desertion, Sitka; George H. Peter- Airways Electra for Fairbanks at | SO0 from Marie Peterson, incompati- 3:30 o'clock this afternoon with | Pl Sitka; Moroni G. Metcalf three passengers, C. Beal, Fred|Tom Hazel M. Metcalf, desertion, Ayers, and E. Davis. | Juneau; Louise Casey from Robert Casey, incompatibility, Juneau, Delegate Dimond in a commun- | ication to Mayor Lucas said the provision for the small boat harbor | here was included in the rivers and | harbors appropriation bill for non- military activities by the War De- | partment and if the bill, which already has passed the Senate, 15‘ finally approved the project will be built without delay.” Home----Easily under the FHA Development Committee Korpi, Mrs. W. J. Korpi, Jack Korpi Anton Pugel from Hazel Pugel, de- to the tunes of Robert Davenport, Mrs. O. La e, Sertion, Juneau; Ella B. Tune fram Mrs, C. A Worley, Allen Patrick, | CheSter A. Tune, Petersburg; Mel- RUDY EDMAN'S ORCHESTRA ville John Martin from Jennie Park- P+M PLANE OUT inson Martin, desertion, Juneau; 10:00 P. M. ADMISSION—40c BOUND FOR FAIRBANKS ‘ J. E. Ransom, former teacher at Umnak in the Aleutians, and the past winter instructor in the Aber- | deen, Wash., schools, is a passenger | on the Baranof, bound for Fair- banks where he expects to establish | morning, Gorden Wildes and J. B his permanent residence. Mrs. Ran- | Warrack went to Skagway w}zlere. som and child will come north they will investigate the PWA later. ect, TO INVESTIGATE | W.P.A. PROJECT Leaving on the Baranof this| Probably you have been considering all sorts of repairs to your home. That is only natural, as homes are alwdays in need of proper maintainence. v Well—for any such repairs you may obtain funds under the FHA Property Improvement Plan. If you have a steady income -and can show a reasonable ability to repay the 4 amount you borrow, you are eligible to secure a loan under this plan. The terms under which these loans are made are the lowest ever available for this type of financing. Just visit the District FHA Office here in Juneau and discuss your problems.