The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1938, Page 2

We'll show you he tion budget— clothes you wi thrill to our Jow p clothes! Coats Swui Dresses———- 1-3 Off Regular Price B. M. Behrends Co, Inc. Juneau’s Leading Deparfmeént Store £ % it time for mail between Ju- 1 and Fairbanks from five days and a half hours. I think agree with me that this ervice will provide a tremendous impetus to the development of the interior of Alaska 0ld Vs. New new service, which runs through Chilkoot pass from Juneau, is in sharp contrast with the prospecting days of '98. Then thousands of adventurous men and women seeking gold in’ the distant Klondike perished in desperate but futile attempts to battle their way through the towering mountains in blizzards, ice and sub-zero tempera- tures to the Yukon River which lay beyond the treacherous range history of the| “While this new Juneau-Fair- completed | banks air mail service is the first e/ contract air mail route to be es- tablished in Alaska, the fact that Alaska has for the past several yeais been linked together by a network of air mail routes should not be overlooked. These latter routes, while supplying genuine, high-speed air mail service to the key points in_ throughout the Territory in all sea~ the sons of the year, were of a star- tr ne to four you will FARLEY POINTS TODEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORY Postmaster General Pictures Advances in Ketchikan Dedication Address The north (Continued from Page One) greatest the service wi “One of the velopments in Alaskan mail only a few months coastal city of Jun C by air mail with Fairbanks, some six hundred miles into the interior This is the first contract service of this type to be ple in operation in Alaska. The inauguration of this ervice by way of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory has resulted the remarkable reduction of ingle de- X KK KKK KX FOR THE NEW in a money-saving washet. Be thrifty. Don't miss. this opportunity. i i $5.00 DOWN—$5.00 A MONTH ALASKA ELECRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. Juneau Alaska- Douglas e —————————————— ¢ TS0 of Alsska who con- | $65.” | the gross postal ‘reteipts through- || out the Territory have been mount- THE DA ow to cut corners on your | and STILL have all the | Come in_today! Youwll | some ILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JULY 18, | stantly utilize this service to receive merchandise and goods from the United States and to ship their own produets out of the Tefritory. “To ‘afford the residents of Al- aska the benefits of the postal sa ings system, twelve post offices hayve been designated as pedtal saving: | depositaries and I was interested | to. learn before leaving Washing- | ton that the average balance to the credit of depositors in Alaska is fifty percent greater than in con- tinental United States, Approxi- mately one million dollars is held for Alaskans in our postal savings. (Alaskan_ Stamp O. L. Weber, of “The special Alaskan stamp, is-| wis, the largest fishing tackle sued in the Territgrial series of | manufacturer in the world, came to 1937, directed much attention to| Alaska early' this month with Alaska. It'f5 of the. three-cent varie- | family to sec if “this Russian R ty, and stamps of this'denomination | and Newhalem River rainbow fis are the most extensively used. UP|ing is all it is cracked up to be.” to June 30 of this year more than| Today in his room in the Gastin- sixty-eight million of these special|egqu Hotel, Weber pulled biack "FLY FISHING OF HIS LIFE Tackle Ma;;fédurer and His Daughter Knock Rainbows Over Stevens Point, his e a ahd they are on salé at all post|said, “1 never s offices I the continental United|jn my life,"—and Weber and his States daughter Helen, perhaps the lead- | “Having attempted to give you|ing woman ‘piscatorial drtist in the saw anything like it rices—delight in our smart | | ts — | jroute nature. The operators em- ! ployed the airplane in place of the | 0ld dogteam which formerly was the chief method employed in the car- | riage of the mails throughout Al- aska. With the advent of air mail service in Alaska during recent| years, the dogsled is gradually dis- appearing, although today there are several dogteam routes ih opera- tion in the extreme northern and interior Alaska. The total length of the routes over which airplane mail service is now being operated in | Alaska is three thousand, six hun- dred and eighty-five miles. During | the fiscal year 1937 a total of one | hundred forty-seven thousand, six hundred and twelve miles were | flown in the Alaskan air mail serv- i and the total mail poundage | carried on these routes amounted |to more than two hundred and | twelve thousand pounds. | Alacka Postal Service “That the Post Office Depart- | ment is doing its utmost to improve | and expand the mail service in Al- aska is best evidenced when: we consider that during the fiscalyear | 1937 there was expended for the maintenance of the postal service in Alaska more than seven hundred |and ninety-five thousand dollars, |das against gross postal receipts | throughout the entire Territory of approximately two hundred and | thirty-six thousand. dollars, “At the close of the last fiscal year there were one hundred and ninety-nine post. offices in Alaska, and: some sixty star routes. Recent-| ly, the Post Office Department au- thorized. service by airplane on | thirty-two of these routes. The total mileage of the Alaskan star routes, including those served by airplane, and other means of trans- portation, such as dogteam, horses |and automobiles amounts to five thousand, eight hundred and) seventy-two miles. Receipts Mount “As for postal revenues in Al- aska, it is interesting to note that \ing steadily for- several years, and the figures which I' had availdble béfore leaving Washingtoh for the first eleven months of the fiscal year 1938: revealed a substantial in- | drease over the same period a year ago. For example, total revenues fn Alaska in 1937 amounted to two hundred and; eighteen, tHousand dol- lars, while for the ‘first ' eleven months of the fiscal yegr 1938 théy total more than two hundred and | thirty-six 'thousand" dollars, with | every prospect of a proportionate increase for June. . g “Here in Ketchikan, postal re- ceipts for the year 1937 reached an all-time high of $30,702, giving titis office rank as the second largest post office in Alaska. This figure |is in striking contrast with postal | receipts of but $4,388 in 1910 and offers convincing evidence of ‘the | progressive nature of this city and |its citizens, for there i§ no more | accurate barometer of a commun- | ity's growth than its postal receipts. Gold, Furs In Mail “During 1937 there were approxi- mately forty thousand registersd and insured articles handled in the | past: offices of Alaska. A large per- centage of these artitles contained |gold and furs that were being shipped out of Alaska to the Unit- | ed States. THe parcel post service I has proved extremely popular with | thvestigation at the Post Office De- | 30-inch insight into the scope and|country, have fished for just about type of postal service that is main-| everything that swims. tained at the present time in Al-| «we fished three days on aska, I wish to mention briefly 2| Newhalem and three days on development of our Alaskan mail| Ryssian River,” Weber said. service which is to come in the cgught fish steadily dozens near future. | thegn over 20 inches, and got them “I have reference to the proposed | for the most part on Alaska Mary new air mail route which will link | App » Alaska with our great American| Weber developed the Alaska Mary | seaport and trade center of the Ann and finds the fly “simply has| Pacific Northwest, the city of Se-|something.” He and his daughter| attle. Funids for placing in opera-|are understood to have been the| tion stich service have alfeady been | first persons to take trout from the made available by Congre and | deep running Newhalem with flies it 1s my intention that this new| Moreover, they caught Dolly Var-| afr mail service be placed in opera- | den,.lake trout and silver salmon ou | tion as soon as possible. Details of | fljes. | this proposed service are now under| Highlight of the trip was not the| and 30%-inch rainbows paftment in Washington, and 1 weber and his daughter took to want the people of Alaska to know | net, but a big fresh run silver sal-| that this new sefvice which would mon that took the fly in the New- bring continental Uhited States halem River on the acrobatic end within a few hours of Alaska, will| of Helen’s line. be: instituted just as soon as Pos-| The big salmon “kerwholloped” sible. down on a drifting fly and before “In conclusion, I would like to|the battle was over, Helen had leave one thought with you. When- been forced to go several hundred ever you enter this building, when- feet downstream, following her fish ever your eye falls upon its attrac-| The fish took out pretty nes tive exterior, let it be a reminder her 600 feet of line on the reel, and to you of the power and dignity of | Weber had to take a hoat and trace the United States and of “the de-|the line with his hand to find termination of the Post Office De- where the hooked brute was lying| partment to serve your every need, in the riffles. not only here in Ketchikan bnt Contemplating several days in the throughout Alaska. I congratulate Juneau vicinity, fishing cutthroats the citizens of this city upon this and whatever the Juneau area ha new Pederal building, and T hope it| offer in the way of fishing, Weber will always be a source of gratifi- commented, “Those big fellows to cation and civic pride.” | the Westward have sort of spoiled . me for smaller fish.” Lfry an Empire ad. Mrs. Weber and her daughter Dor- the the of o Chesterfield Time on. Your Radio PAUL WHITEMAN PAUL DouGLAS JOAN EDWARDS THE MODERNAIRES Every Wedwesday Evening AlIC. B. S. Stations 938. WEBERFINDS Haida Ball Club Wins First Game U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U; 8. Weather Bureau) beginning at 4 pm. July 18: tonight and Tuesday; light to | Forecast for Juneau and vicini | Cloudy, with occasional light shower: Iu Bflv" I. a | moderate variable winds, mostly southerly | Weather forecast for Southeast Alaska: Cloudy, with occasional 1 " Tonight's game: Federals vs. Rockets, Tomorrow night’s game: eup)—Federals 'vs. Truck- The Haida softball team defeated the Allstars in Evergreen Bowl Sat- urday night, 15-7 in its first game in the league. Under the manager- ship and pitching of Francis Lamb, the sailors may prove to be one of the strongest contenders for the city softball championship. Lamb Alaskan stamps have been ,_.,,\‘“.(1_4‘“”\.(,” step pipe from his teéth and played in the Seattle AA Softball | Atka League. Box Score HAIDA AB Felton e. 1 Lamb, p. 4 11, 1s. 4 Cummings, rs. Glenn, 2nd. Peitrig, 1s Nagey, 3d. Tucker, If. Bucy, cf. Fillinger, Sa rf, | e mmescon ALLS Terrell Coke, Is. Miller, 2nd. Powers, p. Notar, sst. Alexander, Saloum, rf. Paul, rs. Rowe, 3d. Rice, c. Totals Umpires: Harry Peterson, Harry Palmer, Paul Danzig, George White. Score by Innings 312504 %15 1003021—17 HAIDA ALLSTARS othy, who took the Interior tour while Mr. Weber and Helen were fishing, will take the Alas south Wednes- day, leaving Weber and Helen to their sport. ning converts evs where he goes, and proving that “anything that swims can be taken on a fly,” as the dyed in the wool feather t will insist, Web- er s he is ing the time of my life.” to fly fishing ight showers, tonight and Tuesday; light to moderate varriable winds, | mostly southerly | Forecast of winds along the Coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate southerly winds tonight and Tuesday from Dixon Entrance to Salis- |bury Sound and easterly winds from Soapstone Poin to Cape Hinchin- | brook. | LOCAL DATA | Tie Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity |4 pm. yesty 3018 55, 8 s 3 |4 am. today 30.19 50 93 8 1 | Noon today 30,21 53 83 SE 8 EADIO REPORTS TODAY Lowest 4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. temp. temp. velocity 24 hrs. t o4 46 49 52 Weathes Cloudy Cloudy Lt. Rain Max. temp. last 24 hours | 61 56 50 56 62 . 4 52 52 56 54 56 56 .. 60 4am Weather Clondy Btation | Anchorage * Barrow | Nome | Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul | Dutch Harbor Kodiak | Cordova | Juneau i Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert : Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco | New York shington o Pt.Cldy Rain Cloudy Ramn Cloudy 0 Pt. Cldy Cloudy Rain Clondy |l monnlomorels Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 52 54 60 62 56 4 a3 76 31 WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 AM. TODAY Seattle, (airport), clear, temperature 58; Blaine, partly cloudy, 54; | Victoria, clear, 57; Alert Bay, foggy, 45; Bull Harbor, cloudy, 53; Triple Island, cloudy; Langara Island, cloudy, 50; Prince Rupert, cloudy, 54; Ketchikan, cloudy, 55; Craig, cloudy, 50; Wrangell, cloudy, 53; Pet- ersburg, sprinkling, 54; Sitka, raining, 51; Hoonah, misting; . Radio- | ville, cloudy, 52; Cape Spencer, cloudy, 48; Port Althorp, cloudy; Ten- akee, cloudy, 58; Hawk Inlet, partly cloudy, 58; Cape Hinchinbrook, raining, 49; Juneau, cloudy, 53; Skagway, cloudy, 53; Haines, cloudy; | Yakutat, foggy, 49; Cordova, cloudy, 52; Chitina, partly eloudy, 50; McCarthy, partly cloudy, 50; Anchorage, partly cloudy, 57; Portage, | 50; Fairbanks, cloudy, 50; Hot Springs, partly cloudy, 60; Tanana, partly cloudy, 55; Flat, cloudy, 49; Crooked Creek, cloudy, 52; Stuya- hok, cloudy, 47; Ruby, cloudy; Nulato, cloudy, 50; Kaltag, cloudy, 50; Bethel, cloudy, 52; Platinum, clear; Solomon, raining, 42; Council, raining, 46; Nome, raining, 46. Juneau, July 19.—Sunrise, 3:24 p.m.; sunset, 8:47 p.m. % P A NN WEATHER SYNOPSIS With the exception over the Alaskan Arctic Coast, the barometric pressure was above normal this morning over Alaska, the Beaing Sea region, and over the Pacific Northwest States, the crest being 30.24 inches over Unamak Pass. A slight barometric depression prevailed over a small area of the North Paclfic Ocean, the lowest reported pres- sure being 29.88 inches at latitude 50 degrees and longitude 150 de- grees. This general pressure distribution has been attended by unset- tled and showery weather over most of Alaska and by generally fair weather over the West Coast States. § 4 ’Dke a pack of Chesterfields with you wherever you go...yow'Hl find the right kind of smoking pleasure in Chesterfield’s refreshing mildness. and better taste. - Double _l/our smoking pleasure with Chesterfields .. theyre MILDER and BETTER TASTING Smokers get along swell with Chest- erfield’s mild ripe tobaccos and pure cigarette, paper —they’re the best in- gredients a cigarette can have. Copyright 1938, LicGerr & MyEns Tosacco Co, «