The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1938, Page 8

: . i “DAD" LOVETT WINS TWO OF DERBY PRIZES Last Sa]mm{R;deo of Year Is Marked by Good Run of Fish with two king pounds and respectively, took the first two izes and one cash pot on the side for blue ribbon honors of the last salmon derby of the sea- son held yesterday at Shelter Is- land Lovett won $20 in trade first prize and $10 in trade for second prize The “side pot” was a $10 prize in cash, made up by eleven contes- tants. | The cutter Haida stood by during the contest, upwards of 30 small boats and rowboats dotted the wa-' ters at the south end of Shelter Is- land, and plenty of fish. running generally small in size were caught Only marring feature of the derby was a rough sea and a little blow | that made fishing difficult for small | boats. An hour before closing time, 75| salmon were counted on the decks of the official derby boat Wanderer Prize winners were, in addition to Lovett’s first and second prize Dad"” Lovett, ghing 17 J. P salmon _we poun winnings, third prize, Tom Ryan, 13'% pound king, $5 in trade; fourth prize, Mrs. Henry Harmon, 13% pound king, one sport jacket; mm prize, Frank Dick, $250 in trade with a 13% pound king that tied for fourth prize, but lost in the coin toss; fifth prize, Kell Larsson, $2.50; Bert Johnson, $2.50 in trade; eighth prize, Frank Dick, 1 gallon of freshments. Juneau Sports Fighing Club offi- cere said a meeting of the organiza- tion would be held in the near [u- ture ~ e ON ALASKA R. R, FROM INTERIOR (Continued trom Page One) | passed southbeund thro: bauchea witu “bad whiskey for fil- thy profits.” The Interior Department head de- clered Alaska has extensive lands where it should be herds instead of importing meat and dairy products. Regarding reports that the gov-| ernment may accept an offer to take over the Copper River and Northwestern Raflway serving the Kennecott mines, he said he did not know what the government could do with it. Mrs. Ickes spent part of Saturday viewing nearby mining operations. The Secretary remained in his pri- vate car all day working. He did not get to the creeks and saw little | of the town, merely driving through ! hastily in the evening. He had a brief conference with citizens se ing special grants for PWA projects | whick he said would have to take| their regular course, only those now | filed receiving immediate considera- tion, grazing sing s0 much NORRIS PORTERS ? VISITING HERE ON WAY TO FLAT Mr. and Mrs. Norris Porter s rived in Juneau Saturday evening | on the steamer Princess Louise and are guests at the Hotel Juneau. | Porter, well-known in Juneau where he lived for several months, | taught school last winter at Aniak, near Bethel. He will teach this year at Flat | While in the south this winter, Porter married a college sweet- heart. Mr. and Mrs. Porter will spend about ten days in Juneau before | sailing to the Westward and flying to Flat. Thrill to MATILDA HOLST Mezzo-Soprano assisted by Edythe Reily Rowe Cello Carol Beery Davis Accompanist In Concert TUESDAY EVENING | feet 1 drilling, iw. T FDR I Leaves I i"‘“' MATILDA HOLST DAWSON READY Two happy and proud parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Lying- nklin D. Reosevelt I, now two wecks old. . Reosevelt’s home in Wilmington, mei Ethel l)npnn(—\l’ Photo. Jr., are shown as they left their first-born, F weze bound for M the for BLACK GOLD MAY GUSH FROM HOLE AT INISKIN BAY Oil Drillers Prcpzx re for Test—Gas Pressure Is Phenomenal o e come g out of C near Illamna, where the 0Oil Drilling Company is prepa to “test.” Capt. W. D. Selmar ter mariner who has captained two boats of the com; the Ir kin, and the old sailer Commodor Jur eterax on the Mt. McKinley Satu eve " ning Selmar said the drill hole put down by the Iniskin drill ha reached the 7,000-foot les a test will soon be made ure at that depth is unusually h Selmar id “They’ve got pre the hold of 120 pounds t gas down,” Scimar said mal hole in C mud pressure of around 75 pounds.” Gas pre mud wlifornia only r Selmar also said that gas pres- sure was only between 60 and 70 | pounds when the drill hole was 5,500 that ga last 1,- down, which implies pressure has doubled in the 500 feet of drilling “They even had to send for a heavy liquid used in conjunction with the mud employed to keep down. They had it shipped by press and poured it in the along with the drilling mud.” As for the oil possibilities, said to be stronger now than at any time in the history of Alaska Peninsuls Selmar said “oil sand: have been alternately cut with har shale formations at depth “When T left the bay a few days ago, they were putting down per- forated pipe in the hole to make ready for the test. That preparato work should take one to two weeks, or perhaps a little longer.” Drilling core samples indicate oil between 5600 feet and 7,000 feet, Selmar said s S COMING HERE ON SPENCER Secretary and Mrs. Ickes are tak- ing the Coast Guard cutter Spen- cer at Seward to come to Juneau, according to a message to Gov.John v today. The Secretary will confer with the Governor before continuing on to the States. ex- hole Roosevelt clphia with They In Hospital in Phila Del. She it RICH ORE IS STRUGK,KARTA BAY PROPERTY H. G. Wilcox, Engineer, Said Discovery Is Made While Locator Is Sick Aug. 15 er of the arta a tunnel mountain had been pector who cated th recover- ng from a paralytic stroke in a hos- pital S e QUEEN MARY SETS RECORD ON ATLANTIC LONDON, Aug. 15. The giant liner Queen Mary has captured the Atlantic blue ribbon from the French liny Normandie when she added the fastest eastward ocean crossing to a newly established westbound record, completing the 2938-mile trip from York to London in 3 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes, - -~ EIGHT 60 OUT WITH RUPERT Eight passengers embarked for Vancouver on the steamer Prince Rupert Saturday night They were Mr. and Mrs. John Sunderland, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pearce, Mrs. Mildred Hermann, Barbara Hermann, Maxwe!l Dunbar and Wallace Vlnfl(l(’n M’CAFFERTY IF!\ ING : FOR SOUTH ON ('(ILI‘MBI\ Frank McCaffer Juneau prop- erty owner and former cilman, who has been in Juneau on business for the past month, is leaving for his home in Santa Bar- bara, Cal., tomorrow on the steamer Columbia. was made [ City Coun- | VOCAL RECITAL FOR BIG TIME, TUESDAY NIGHT ~ DISCOVERY DAY Ther GMill Be Sports, Dance, All to Be Reign- ed Over by Queen DAWSON, Yukon Territory, Aug. 11.—(Special Correspondence)—This city is preparing for a big time on Mezzo-Soprano Is to Give First Juneau Concert at Presbyterian Church Matilda Holst, twenty - thiee prano, will Juneau's young, year old mezzo-st appear in concert t morrow evening at the Northern Discovery Day, August 17. There Light Presbyterian Church ill be all kinds of sports, a big ince her graduation from the dance, Dawson’s first baby show, Juneau High School, the talented and hundreds of visitors are expec young vocalist has attended (he ed here from nearby creeks. There University of Washingtor after will be a Queen selected tb rule which she studied at Oregon State over the celebration. Coll , where she majored in pub- Th contest for the Queen, to lic school music and languages. Fol- date, August 11, follows: lowing her graduation from Ore Queen Contest State Coll Miss Holst a Marion Harvey- 00; Helen year studying voice in New k.| Mills 19.600; Antonette Hobbis— and recently returned from a 11.300; Grace Wyness—9,700; Mary study in Milan, Ttaly. Dennis—2,800; Edith Low-—1,800. Miss Holst has learned six Miss Ma is the daugh- roles, and has done considerable ter of S H. Harvey. work over broadcasting stations In Sgt. Harvey is a member of the R. New York M. Pol arriving in Dawson Juneau music-lovers who have three years ago. Miss ey is a been privileged to hear Miss Holst jember of the Bear Creek office sing are surprised at the maturity of her voice. She has, at 23, at- tained the finish of study that is us acquired by singers several years her senior, and critics forward to a, brilliant future for staff of the Yukon, Consolidated Gold Corporation, Ltd Miss Helen Mills is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mills, well- known Dawson residents and sour- look doughs. Mr, Mills is proprietor of the talented young mezzo-sopranc. tnha Rochester Hotel. Miss Helen In her program tomorrow €ve- ;o o real Yukon Nugget, born, ning she will be assisted by Edythe raised and education in the Yukon, making her first trip to the Outside two years ago. Antonette Hobbis, of pleasing per- sonality, made her first appearance Reily tw Rowe, cellist, who will plas lo groups and provide ¢ tos for a modern Eng of songs presented by the rtist. Mrs. Ca pery D g t ]\,’ : CJ’""‘ Beery Da- /i pawson a year and a half ago vi otiplished EEESI Dl and was employed at the Arcade will accompany Miss Holst at to- Cafe, later joining the staff of morrow’s musical Hatbart WihaULEGanaral " Store The pr ce follows ram far SR Mr. Winaut will be remembered as y the merchant who achieved “first “Rinaldo,” Handel; “Se tu mami, © Neon s fame in Dawson. se sospiri,” Pergalesi; “Anm y | RSN : _, Miss Grace Wyness is the young- Caccir Pla d’amour,” Martini " est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Miss Holst . Bonats in G/ M . Wyness, Dawson pioneers. Miss e PR O % Grac other Yukon Nugget— Grave con espressione, ) 5 eipistin i i) Pl S i raiaed andioitenin “Immer Leiser Wird Mein Soh- i St e U et ! SR wcppe on First Avenue, with Miss lummer,” Brahms; “Sandmann- i A ; il rances Wilson, another of our chen,” Brahms: “Das Verlassene!Tvincss WHSCH 3 Hugs Woltiring awson daughters. Spruchlein,” Hugo Wolf - Miss Edith Low is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin “Adon Olam” (O Lord of fhe Uni- Low. well-known pioneer family, verse), Goldmark—Mrs,. Rawe. who for years resided on Sulphur “Wild Geese,” Vaughn De Leath; Creek. Miss Low is a member of “Little Finnish Folk Song,” Vel the Yukon Telephone Exchange. nen; “Do Not Go, My Love,” Hage- Last year Mayo entered one of man: “Mammy’s Sor Ware: “In- their popular young ladies in the ter Nos,” MacFadyen—Miss Holst. contest but this year Dawson is Cello Obbligatos-—Mrs. Rawe. not honored on account of Mayo having their own bigger and better celebration Mrs. George R 2 GOTN TO KETCHIKAN Attorney Grover Winn left for | Ketchikan aboard the Mt. McKinle; Black Attends Black, M. P, for ATTENTION CARPENTERS SPECIAL CALL MEETING TUESDAY—AUGUST 16 To vote on Building Trades Council Affiliation. Your Attendance Requested. ART PETERSON, Recording Secretary. 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C., and former Speaker of the House of Commons, will both be in attendance at the Discovery Day Celebration. The St. Thomas Times Journal says: “Mrs. Black should not be allowed | to resign her seat in the Yukon, not even to make way for the new| leader. She utters more good com- mon sense than most of the other | members of Parliament.” Sporting Events In the main event of the boxing and wresting tournament which will be held in the Auditorium Theatre Wednesday, August 17, Art Fry, the undefeated champion of the Yukon will meet a “Dark Horse™ from Fairbanks, minute ‘round scrap. Art Fry is well-known to the Dawson sports public and has fought on numerous occasions and battled his way to victory. Fry received his initiation into the fighting game in Vancouver and appeared on cards at the Cavalry Club in that city. During the past weeks he has been going through a hard training rou- tine and working out with “Spider Kelly, another Vancouver flash who arrived in Dawson this yeat. “Spider” Kelly has splendid ring technique and glides around with He is matched against Vic Foley, one-time welter- weight champion of the world, in an exhibition bout. Armand St. “Jean, the Montreal Flash, and runner-up for the world’s championship, wrestles Lional Wharton, undefeated champion of the Yukon. The artists of the grunt and groan “game” have plen- ty in store for their fans. The card has a good line-up all around and should prove one of the outstanding treats during the celebration time. Jimmy Mitchell, the man with the iron jaws, who bends bars, horseshoes and what have you with his jaws, s promoting the big event. Jimmy Mellor, local livewire and Pr ient of the Junor Board of Trade, is officiating as announcer, while Jack MacDonald will act as referee. Jack is well-known in the M district and has had con- siderable ring expericuce. The Bear Creek and Dawson ball tossers are getting together and se- lecting an al team to pl in an eight three- ' I rather Axel Nordling, member of the B. and R. Store staff will take his turn on the mound. Cotton Helmer Samuelson, one of Dawson’s all-around athletes, will be on the line-up, and Bob MacLearan, Jr. who does good work behind the bat. A Dawson softball team has been ‘solecu\d to play Bear Creek's prize |team. The last scheduled game played at Bear Creek drew a record |attendance, some 26 carloads went |from town to witness the game. rs. D. J. Payette, nee Miss Evelyn Nordling, pitches for the Dawson All-Stars and is rated among the top-notchers. Dr. I. E. Snider is one of the coaches and chief ad- viser and certainly has been hav- ing his hands full. He finds it difficult to please all the ladies. An executive meeting of the Dis- covery Day Celebration Committe: was held in the Eagle Hall the e ning of August 10 to make final preparations for the big event, President M. Monroce, Vice-Presi- dent Mrs. F. H. Oshorn, O. B. E,, Secretary-Treasurer, G. H. Capell, and the various members of the committees were in attendance. Atlin, B. C,, is sending a delega- tion this year for the first time. Parties are coming via air from Cordova, Anchorage, Fairbanks and way points. Chartered planes are coming from Mayo, the silver metropolis of the north. To date no definite word has been heard whether Whitehorse, the big little city at the south end of the Territory is sending a dele- gation or not. - —Empire. e+ Today’s News Toda. MRS. DEARMOND, DAUGHTER HERE Mrs. R. W. DeArmond, accom- panied by her daughter Harriet, arrived in Juneau on the Marine Airways plane from Sitka yesterday, and are at present house guests of Mrs. and Mrs. George B. Rice, at their residence on Distin Avenue. Mrs. DeArmond and her daughter will leave for the Westward tomor- row on the steamer Aleutian, going to Palmer, where Mrs. DeArmond’s eldest daughter, Ruth, is to be married September 1, to Howard Estelle, of Indiana. He is connected with agricultural extension work in the Matanuska Valley. The bride-elect, a graduate of Ann Arbor, is also connected with agricultural work at Matanuska. e DROWN SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 15.—Al- bert Keen and his wife Elizabeth were drowned in Newman Lake here yesterday. 2 PERMANENT WAVE SPECIAL for AUGUST PETER PAN BEAUTY SHOPPE Triangle Building PHONE 221 KELVINATOR DUPLEX WASHER WILL CHANGE YOUR “WASH DAY” TO A “WASH HOUR” WASHES—RINSES—WRINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME. ON DISPLAY IN OUR SHOWROOM. Let Us Explain Our Budget Plant. RICE & AFILERS CO. Third and Franklin Streets PHONE 34 [} credit. The Unpaid Bill BARS YOUR CREDIT EVERYWHERE There was a time when the person with unpaid bills at one or two stores might go to other stores and obtain B across the street. Store A was completely in the dark about Store Conditions are different today. Now one goes into a slore, asks faor credit and gives his name. Immediately the manager looks up his credit record in the city in the town where he has been living. has at any time been a credit customer at another store, full information is quickly available. It is easy to see practice saves much trouble for the prompt payer in arranging new credit connections—he is a customer to be welcomed. It also makes it impossible for a delin- quent or slow payer to conceal his record ANSWER. AS A that this modern SACRED TRUST If the applicant So much business is done today on a credit basis that credit is no longer a private matter between buyer and seller only. Ability to pay, willingness to pay promptly, those concern the whole structure. That is why each merchant must know just how each cus- tomer is paying at other stores. That is why it is essen- tial for you to KEEP YOUR CREDIT GOOD. IF YOU HAVE CREDIT WORRIES—OUR TRIED AND PROVED POOLED ACCOUNT PLAN IS YOUR Alaska Credit Bureau "TREAT YOUR CREDIT Charles Waynor, Mgr. First National Bank Bldg.—Phone 28 Juneau, Alaska g