The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 23, 1938, Page 8

1938. Official Tells 0f CGC Activity THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 19 38 I.s AIromI\ W rltm o Bzg Nvu s in tlw Howard Huqhess Welcome ’undpr way in the Kotzebue sectlon.’(he casual observer, Nome shows and which is rather unique, is the |little effects of ravages by fire and construction of cold storage vaults flood. which it has experienced in 9 in several of the principal villages. the past, except here and there you . These are made by excavating large see a wider section of street flanked chambers in the frozen tundra. The by new buildings, the official said. COUNCIL TURNS VIATION this year 'DOWN BARANOF HOTEL PROPOSAL Unanimously Approves Re- quest Made by Gross Building Contractor The City Council at a specially called mee last night rejec the proposed amendn to the building code which wou .nitted A. W. Quist, con “he Samoan Clipper exploded in January, killing Pilot Musick. ace of ocean air pilots, and his crew of six. hasmade bignews. The July flights of Hughes (round the world) and Corrigan (to Ireland) got the biggest headlines. But the seven months -brought_ other big events, too. Smith In Northern Area Harold Smhirth- of Forest Service Back from Ex- tended Trip to Interior Completing tion of Assistant for returned -to his unday after- the Forest Service, Juneau headqu noon by PAA plane site selected is usually a bank or| hillside. The storage chamber i placed a considerable distance under ground, and is entered b means of a tunnel. Ventilation is provided by a vertical shafts reach- ing to the surface. Both the tunnel and shaft are clsed during thel summer to prevent thawing. Some of these chambers are in solid ice while other and other perishables and should prove of considerable value to th2 communities. After Predatory Another class of work which h»t are in frozen muck. | The purpose is for storing meat g it 'MIKE SULLIVAN HERE FROM YAKATAGA OIL } LANDS PROSPECTING Mike Sullivan, well-known Juneau resident, returned to town today Ifrom his extensive oil claims at Yakataga Beach, near Yakutat. Mike appears to be in fine health and enthused over his oil lands, although he “prefers to let the geo- gists do all the talking when they {¢o through.” | Hannah, well-known geologist, L B e Leaving Juneau by Forest Service ’ the n board instead of plaster in its 9 ol \ith, proceeded |OCC is doing in the Kotzcbue di-| K85 wlu”‘n e area & s:xmmm side wails and approved an am o Seward, inspected projects in the vision s a campaign of p'ed'uo'\ ‘mm ucting surveys on Su livan’s ment to the same code which pet- Do Tl R st el Tl prope : : 3 ¢ an will only be in Ju- mits laminated construction in stairways instead of concrete, a con- cession which had been J. Dishaw, contractor o Gross Theatre building The amendment affecting the Baranof was defeated by a vote of five to one on a negative motion made by Councilman Henry Messer- schmidt and seco ed by Council- man Oscar Harri after a motion to adopt by Councilman Ralph Beist line was lost for want of a second Voting with Messerschmidt and Harri in defeating the proposed amendment were Councilmen G Krause, John McCormick and Sam Feldon. Beistline supported the amendment All the Councilmen voted in favor of the stairway amendment which affects the G building There was virtu no discussion Mayor Harry I. Lt annc that the committee appointed to consider revisions in the building s code had an informal meeting be- 2 astleNee. » [ by recent fains, Placer miniog has BEAUTY BB O o giesting and da- work has been done been revolutionized considerably in SHOPPE cided to go over the code section by o bue section to improve living con- recent years by introduction of new N o AR he riawt fhw: webk ¥ ditions machinery, especially the bulldozer | Triangle Building S Ariaies Moty architent % transportation » /'which has proved a very effective PHONE 221 idling es. means of removing overburden. To named chairman of the committee and he announced a meeting of the committee would be called next week to start consideration of the! code. On the committee with Troast are City Engineer Milton La gren; Oscar E. Hawkins, plumb Ralph Martin, electrician; T. Ha- gerup, carpenter; James Larsen ara contractor; Dave Burnett, plast Aires in 28 hours. record in competition” of 265. JUNEAU BOYS | In February, six army “flying fortresses” “Goodwill flight” showed air corps’ strength. Earl Ortman in Moy established « new “world’s closed course speed miles an hour at Oakland, Calif.. races. | head is another (this is one) flew to Buenos University of Vir- slightly Lake water | Fa The year, g]:j publi d ended tragically when abocrd, disappeored. | poo bue, by s been to Nome e revetment rail and Kotzebue Work at Cordova and Seward is behind schedule, due to ab- sorption commercial mdlun.:\ chorage is operating on & full quota of forty-five men sists of re Work there con- reational development at fire suppression, and other r irbanks has a forty-man crew a permanent, camp, extend- ing the runways at the airport on a campaign of road copstruction, | erecting carrying fire control. Koizebue division has oper- an average of about one enrollees during ated with hundred ment is somewhat below that figure due to min > improvements have ge ditches, provements been made Improvements landing fields at and smoothir new land wolves and coyotes which are men- acing the reindeer herds. An expert | trapper is employed in conjunction with the Biological Survey, and be | is giving instructions to the natives in methods of trapping. While this work is still in the experimental stage, it has apparently more than doubled the number of wolves kill- | ed as compared with former years. It is also credited with a notice- able increase in this year’s fawn crop. No CCC work has yet been at- tempted in the Nome section, and | there are very few idle men there, ; Mr. Smith said. Mining activities seem to be on the up-swing there, and the people rather optimistic as to future developments. Several promising quartz properties are be- ing opened, and are adding to the general welfare. Lack of rain had somewhat retarded placer opera- tions, but this situation was relieved Are Your | M h'uHi‘»' ln\zxu a short stay and will continue | south. - 'MRS. L. D. KELSEY IS TO ARRIVE FRIDAY | | Mrs. Louis D. Kelsey, of Portland, |Oregon, is a passenger on the steamer Alaska, due to arrive in Juneau Friday or Saturday. Mrs. |Kelsey is the mother of Miss Mary ‘Lounw Kelsey, whose engagement, to Merton F. Benedict has been announced. PERMANENT WAVE SPECIAL for AUGUST PETER PAN Radiators an Eyesore? ONE OF OUR NEW RADIATOR CABINETS TO HARMONIZE WITH ANY COLOR SCHEME . FINISHED . WILL TRANSFORM AN OLD STYLE RADIATOR INTO A Siok Sitais; wtsantibter, a6 et ginia graduate SIMMGNS I AKFS : inde; k- 1 Dr. Hedges visit in Alaska is beir ch there by 1S under BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL PIECE OF FURNITURE. yon McLean, sheet metal worker [ ¢ village purely vacational, and during his the € : clude - GENERAL McRAE TAKES FISHING TRIP BY PLANE Leaving this morning with Mg Airways pilot Alex Holden in the Fairchild, Gen. A. D. McRae, prom- | inent mining man, his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and M W. Selig- man, another daughter, Mrs. Lucille Paul, and a friend, Philip Finla flew to the islands for a fishing trip. | The party were to try Pavlof Harber in Freshwater Bay for a fall run of steelhead first, and were then | to fly to Lake Eva on Baranof Is- land for cutthroat. Tomorrow they will be guests of 1. Goldstein on his yacht the Bobby G. for a try at salmon fishing at Doty's Cove, south of Point Arden McRae, who operates dredges on Cold Creek and Woodchopper Creek | slip at the City Wharf and accid SAVE LIFE OF FISHERMAN . M. Lundsll'ol“ Hilul(‘d fl'o"l Water by Elroy Hoffman and Eugene Caruthers Quick thinking and action on the part of Elroy Hoffman n of Assistant Chief of Police Roy Hoff- man, and Eugene Caruthers, 12, son of Fritz Caruthers, probably saved the life of M. Lundstrom, Juneau fisherman, early last evening Lundstrom was walking down the tally stepped over the edge, plung ing into the water. The two boys, who were near by, ran down on the slip and grabbed Lundstrom as he came to the surface and with the assistance of men who gathered about pulled him up on the slip. He was taken to the hospital where it was reported today that with the exception of some water in his lungs Lundstrom was in good shape and visit in Fairbanks he was the gue: of Dr. L. P. Carter, who is also formerly of Virginia. Planning to spend two weeks in the vicinity of JI' Hedges will go to ittle fishing to the States. - Son Is Born to Hitler; Auditor Scoops World A son has been born to Adolph Hitler. Scooping all Germany and the rest of the world with the excep- tion of Hooper Bay with the news. Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle made the announcement today. And bt fore retur the official had the official data to | back it up. According to a birth record just received by the Auditor, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hitler, Eskimos of Hooper Bay, on January 26, 1938. The young man’s name is Claud Tungwachua Hitler, . e Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. TWO FOR SITKA ENGINEER TRUITT D, ARRIVES HERE FROM = Dr. M. S fecses of the Uni- James G. Truitt, son of General and Mrs. of with the district re to meet 3 t trail as- - .o * ROTARIANS HEAR MUSICAL PROGRAM Bill Flory and Fr - ia, who is in Ju- ion trip; Vincent and Wesley Bar- orchestra leader, were Club at its luncheon this noon in gave several the enter- NOME HARBOR WORK :. rett, local guests of the Rotary Juneau, arrived here on the weekly utian this morning. Truitt, who Perc Cafe a civilian engineer connected piano Engineers construction and trappe Another f work which RICE & AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin Streets PHONE 34 flowing into the Yukon above Circle City. arrived in Juneau with his party this morning on the Aleutian after three weeks in the Interior looking after his mining intere He expects a “good season” for h !‘,\;:Mdr:am :zm:‘ ~»;1_vl~d \\1lv| on DR HEDGES IS o g B Tl JUNEAU VISITOR no problem, the streams evidently! being spring fed in the Goodpaster country where they head." | Dr. H. S. Hedges, Professor of After spending three days in Ju- Eye at the University of Virginia, neau sampling fishing in this area, s renewing ald acquaintances in General McRae and his party will |this city today sail south. The General has plans,| Dr. Hedges was an instructor ut he said, to return to Juneau next|the uiversity during Dr. W . R year and look at a few mining prop- | Council’s study there, and is ,n YHE DATED erties in this area present a house guest of Dr. and | Gensral Brewing Corposation They are guests at the Gastineau., Mrs. W. M. Whitehead. Dr. White- | NN, e would be around again shortly. He and his son, Oscar Lundstrom, live aboard their small boat near the, i dock i R and Pack Up Leave No Debts Be- hind You. 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