The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1939, Page 4

+ Daily Alaska Empire the e except Suncay b COMPANY Published every even EMPIRE PRINTING FN TROY BENDER - _ = ;mli BERNARD - - Vice-President Becond and Main Streets, Jun - = President nd Business Manager Alaska, d Class Matter. the Entered Post Office in J CRIPTION RATES nd Douslas for $1.25 Dehvered by c er month. By dvance, $6.00; will promptly notity ularity in the de- favor if they ailure or irre The Asseciated Press is exc v entitled to the yse for republication o s dispatches credited to it or- hot otherwise this paper and also the local news published b “ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANT ANY OT nationally by the Fenger: Angeles, Portl Represente offices in Ban Francisco, Los New York and Boston WHAT'S IN A NAME? Juneau, the story goes, wWas soO named at a town méeting here 50 years ago by a bunch of the boys who were in hopes old Joe Juneau would set up the drinks for a celebration of the christening. Juneau and Harfis were orfginal discoverers of mineral in Gold Creek in 1880. The town was once called then changed to Rockwell, in honor of r Charles H. Rockwell, U.S.N, who was sent here to maintain order, Joe Juneau, who before that had a reputation for tight-fistedness, spent so generously at the town bar, the story goes on, that the prospectors’ plan to change k next day to Rockwell was drowned Al good feeling and community spirit the name bz out in the ger of elation which accompanied the celebration. It has been Juneau ever since. = The witchery of words, the fascinating hi why a city or river or glacier or bay or mountain is ory of named what it is, can be traced in volumes at the Territorial Library here Some of the answers to questions on Alaska geographical names: Nome—Originally Anvil City, the place first was called Nome on British Admiralty charts of 1849, pos- sibly when a draftsman interpreted the note “?Name” on the original draft Cape Nome.” Gastineau—The channel was named after a Hud- son Bay Company steamer, which in turn derived its mame from the Gastineau River of Quebec. Fairbanks—For U. S. Senator Charles Fairbanks of Indiana, later Vice President. “*“Dlitch Harbor—So niimed from the tradition that a Dutch vessel was the first to enter there. Douglas—The island was named Douglas's Island by Vancouver in 1794 after the Bishop of Salisbury. Cordova—Named Puerto Cordova y Cordova by Caamano in 1792 Dawson—Named by the Canadian Geological Sur- vey after Dr. George Mercer Dawson, its Director. as Warren Diomede—The islands were named by Bering for|Juan Vicente de Guemes Pacheco de Pedilla, Count | by the Attorney General's office to! the Holy Martyr Diomede, on whose Saint's day, of Revilla Gigedo and Viceroy of Mexico in 1789-1794.| the Territorial Legislature within 3' August 16, 1728, they were discovered. Fairweather—The cape was so named by Cook in/for Capt. Michael Dmitrievich Tebenkof, afterwards S. Truitt said today. 1788, doubtless on account of the fine weather at the time of his visit. Fortymile—This creek, where gold was discovered in 1886, was 40 miles below old Fort Reliance, Fort Yukon—A Hudson Bay Company trading post was so named in 1847 on the supposition that the place was in British territory Shortly after purchasing Alaska, the United States surveyed the area and found the fort to be on U. 8. land. Gold Creek—One of innumerable creeks in Alaska §0 named for obvious reasons. Goodnews—The bay was called by Sarichef in 1826 Port Dobriek Vestei, which translated by Lutke into French became Bonne Nouvelles Baie, or Good- news Bay in English. Haines—Originally called Willard Mission after a Presbyterian school established there in 1881, the name soon was changed to Haines, Eagle—The early trading station consisting of one log house was named Belle Isle. was dubbed Eagle City. z Alaska—The name of the Territory comes from the corruption of some native word or phrase, the meaning of which is said to be “a great country or continent.” Other early forms of the name were: Alaksu, Alakshak, Alakskak, Aliaska, Ali- akskha, Alaeksa, Aljaksa, Aljaska, Alachs-chak, Al- ay-ek-sa and Alaxa. Although Coxe reported in 1802 the region was “now called Alaska,” Americans ‘called In 1898 the place hllkA company’s maneuvers, and this elephant fr J Russian America up to the time of the purchase in 1867 Auk Bay—So called by Meade in 1868 after a poor tribe of Indians living near it Anchorage—A local name, indicating an anchoring place. Aleutian—Kotzebue derived from the interrogat said the name “seems to be e participal ‘allix’ which struck strangers in the guage of this people.” The word referred to may have been Alik-u-a-ia “what is this?” or Allik “what dost thou want?” ‘Chichagof--By the Rus: 15 for Admiral Vasili Iakob Chichagof who explored the Arctic 1765 and 1766, Chijtina—The “gopper ahd Na “River, Chitikof—For Bering Chirikof Circle—The Yukon mining camp was called:Circle City by prospectors for its supposed location on the Arctic circle Bethél—After a Moravian mission, and reindeer tation established on the lower Kuskokwim in 1885. Baranof—For Alexander Andievich Baranof, Gov- of the Russian American colonies in_1805. Named by Beechey in 1826 for Sir John regions in river took;its name from Chitty companion, Captain Alexie ernor | Barrow | Barrow THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, c%‘)roscope “The stars incline but do not oompel" SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1939 astrology. Today is more fortunate for recreation than work, Under this configuration the mind is open to depressing and discourag- | ing suggestions. Suspicion and envy may be widely prevalent, affecting individuals and natiogs. | .Mars in threatening sway en- courages quarrels. Selfishness and | greed are stimulated under this di- |rection of the stars which is be- |lieved to accent the worst traits in | human nature. | Crime will ineréase and seientis | will concern themselves in efforts |to prevent the propagation of the| | unfit, Women are under promising as- | pects today which is fortunate for| YEARS AGO Prom THE EMPIRE JANUARY 13, 1919 ‘William Short, proprietor of the Circle City Hotel, who was employed by the Chichagof Mining Company, As the week closes adverse plane- |arrived on the mine tender Chicha- |tions and best wishes today, their tary aspects dominate, according ‘olgo“’. and was to remain at the Circle | birthday anniversary .o the follow- City Hotel for two weeks, after which | ing: vacation he planned to return to the mines. W. H. Neiderhouser, who was a recruit on one of Uncle Sam’s sub- chasers, and who recently returned from the outside was back at his old job as master mechanic of the Alaska Auto Supply Company, J. J. Connors, proprietor. H. L. Morris was to leave on a S| business trip to Ketchikan on the Admiral Watson, and was to stop at Wrangell and Petersburg before returning to Juneau. Dr. M. Damourette had returned Bering—For Commander Ivan Ivanovich Bering, | whatever concerns home-making orlto this city and was a guest at the pioneer explorer of Northwest America. i Unalaska—Rev. Father Vaniaminof in 1820 said the Aleuts called the region A’-u-an Alakska, mean- ing “this here Alaska.” To Cook in 1778 it was Oon- ilashka. Wrangell—For Admiral Baron Ferdinand Petro- vich von Wrangell. | Hoonah—The name of the ¢ity was taken from the harbor, Hooniah, which name has a native mean- ing of “cold lake.” | Tliamna—Alaska’s largest lake was named for “a mythical great blackfish, supposed to inhabit the lake, which bit holes in the bidarkas of bad natives.” Ketchikan—A native word, also given as Kichi- kan and Kitch-i-kan. King Island—Named King's Island by Cook in 1778 after Lieut. Jpmes King, a member of Cook's crew. Kodiak—From Kikhtak, Innuit for “island.” Kotzebue—The place was discovered and named for himself by Kotzebue in 1816. Kupreanof—After Capt. Ivan Andreevich Kupre- anof, who succeeded Wrangell as Governor of the Russian-American colonies in 1836. Kuskokwim—From the Eskimo, the genitive form of Kuskokwik, of which the last syllable means ‘“river” and the rest is of doubtful meaning. McKinley—So named by the prospector Dickey in 1897. The mountain was also called Bulshaia, a cor- ruption of the Russian word for “big,” and Traleika, meaning “big” in the native language. Malaspina—The glacier is named for Capt. Don Alessandro Malaspina, Italian navigator in the service of Spain who explored the coast of Northwest America in 1791 Matanuska—Called by the Russians Mednoviska rruption of Mednorechka, meaning “eopper river.” Mendenhall—The glacier was named by the Coast Survey in 1892 for its Superintendent, Prof. Thomas Corwin Mendenhall. Metlakatla—The name of a group of Indians who founded the. village. In 1887 a Scotch missionary, William Duncan, led his Tndians away to the site of | the present village after he had disagreed with the established church. | Pribilof—The islands were discovered by the pilot ‘Pl'lbllflf who then called them Novy, meaning “new.” Later they were renamed for their discoverer. Revillagigedo—The island on which Ketchikan is | located was named by Vancouver in 1793 after Don | St. Michael—A stockade there in 1833 was named Governor of the Russian-American colonies. | Seldovia—The town was named after the bay, which was called Seldevoi “herring” by Tebenkof in 1849. Seward—For William Henry Seward, who negoti- ated the purchase. Sitka-—A native word of unknown meaning and variously Originally the place was called Fort Archangel Michael, and after it had been wiped (out by Indians and rebuilt, Novo Arkhangelsk. . | Skagway—The town was named by the native word meaning “home of the north wind.” spelled. Stikine—A me of Indian origin meaning “great river. 1 Taku—The glacier, now known by its native title, was formerly called Schulze for the President of the | Northwest Trading Company and subsequently Foster 4in 1890 for Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster. Teller—Seldon Jacksen, . who established the Teller—Sheldon Jackson, who established the town, named it in 1892 after Henry Moore Teller, Sec- retary of the Interior, The American Library Association will hold its convention in Cincinnati in 1940, Or should we say 'it is booked to meet there? 1 The chicken population 'of Kentucky is reported to be at one of the lowest figures in years. -Not up to I scratch, you might say. NAZI MILITARY MIGCHT ..bo"ed dewn in a muddy field near Hamburg during an antie am a nearby zog helped salvage the army truck, = e | entertaining. It is a lucky date for| shopping. Brides are under a happy direc- | tion_of the stars. Love should last and wealth increase. Middle-aged {men and women will be pumerous |on the lists of 1939 marriages. | President Roosevelt is subject to aspects which should aid him his Uranian methods of dealing® with economic issues, Finances ‘fok<the new year will be widely discussed, but drastic'degreases in Fedemal ex- | penditures are' not indicated.’ | Plans for royal visits wilk. now interest Washington, D. C., where there may be some obstacle to be overcome in assuring proper' enter- tainment for a king and queen. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of unusual | events, some of which may be ekact- ing to patience. Prudence should guide men and women. Children born on this day may be exceedingly headstrong and inde- | pendent, Certain subjects of " this ysign are inclined toward reckless- ness. \ Felix Warburg, banker, was ‘born on this day 1871. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include | Rochefoucauld, famous French mor- alist, 1613; John Biddle, founder of | | Unitarianism, 1615. (Copyright, 1939) i LEGISLATION IS SUGGESTED BY | ALASKA JUDGES Attorney General Truii}“ls fo Submit Further Recommendations Further recommendations for| needed legislation will be submitted | few weeks, Attorney General James | | Last week the Attorney General |in his biennial report made 34 re-| commendations for changes, amend- ments and corrections in present | law. | “Especially valuable suggestions | have been received recently from | | Judge Harry E. Pratt of the Fourth | Division,” Truitt said. These will be passed on to the Legislature. The Attorney General's office ! makes a special effort in the sum- | mer and fall preceding the meeting of the Legislature to gather fum throughout the Territory suggestiol for legislation, Truitt said. B S & INCOME TAX FORMS | AVAILABLE NOW AT FEDERAL BUILDING Income tax forms for 1938 reports arrived this week at the Bureau'of Internal Revenue office here ‘and| are now available for preparation | and filing of returns, Deputy Col- lectors Orlie S. Sullivan and Wesley C. Overby announced today. Those who have paid income taxes or have filed returns in formm will be mailed copies direct f; Bureau office in Tacoma. - e Today’s News Tucav.—Empire. | Sheet Alaskan Hotel. Miss Margaret Scott, assistant in the office of Commissioner of Edu- cation L. D. Henderson, was return- ing here on the Princess Mary. A school board, consisting of John Burwash, clerk; Tom Dodson, di- rector, and Hillary McKannas, treasurer, qualified by taking their oath of office in Juneau for the Eagle River school district Miss Nellie Simpkins, who had been making her home at the Zynda, was to leave on the Princess Mary for Tacoma where she was’to visit with relatives and friends. Ed Smith of Tenakee was regis- tered at the Alaskan Hotel. Weather: snow. Highest 35; lowest 31; Spedial Initiation For Rebekah Lodge A special meting for the purpose| of initiating the Thomas C. Wiley | Class of the Rebekah Lodge will be held at 8 o'clock Monday evening | in the Odd Pellows Hall. The class is honoring Mr. Wil the founder of the Odd Felloy Lodge, and whose birthday is Janu- ary 14. Six candidates will receive the degrees, with two transfers re- ceived as well, Mrs.. John McCormick, Noble Grand, will preside at the ceremony with Dr. Ray Lillian Carlson in charge of the refreshments following the service. e A. M. GEYERS RETURNING Mr. A. M. Geyer, of Geyer's| Metal Works in this ci with Mrs. Geyer, returned to Ju- neau this afternoon on the Cana- | dian Pacific Princess Norah, after | spending the past several weeks | vacationing in the south. | NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL | ACCOUNT AND REPORT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION | In the United States Commissioner’s (Ex-Officio Probate) Court for the Territory of Alaska, Juneau Com- missioner’s Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate of FRANCIS HOPKINS STEVEN- | SON, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 29th, 1938, MINERVA B. REEDER, as executrix of the es- tate of FRANCIS HOPKINS STEV- ENSON, deceased, made and filed in the above-entitled Court at Juneau, | Alaska, her Final Account and Peti- | |tion for Distribution, and that on said day the said Court entered its order directing that a hearing be had upon said Final Account and Report and Petition for Distribution before it on Saturday, March 4, 1939, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., at the office of the said United States Commissioner, in the Federal-Terri- torial Building, in Juneau Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and requiring all persons to then and there appear and make their objections, if any, thereto, and to the settlement there- of and to the distribution eof the! residue of the assets of this estate direct to Jestie Stevenson, of Litho- polis, Ohio, a sister of the deceased. MINERVA B. REEDER, Executrix. First publication, Dec. 30, 1938, Last publication, Jan. 20, 1938, B &2 PR The B. M. Behrends ‘ .. Bank A Juneau. Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over. Two and One-Half Million Dollars | power to pass it over his veto. Happy PBirthday The Empire extends congratula~ JANUARY 13 Helen Jane Adams Sheila, Berry Mrs. Paul Hudon Lou Hudson Mary Campbell Stanwood Whiteley Harry Stonehouse Dallas Weyand MODERN ETIQUETTE ByRob:rh[oc Q. Should a woman use the pre- fix “Miss” or “Mrs.” when signing a business letter? A. Yes, Otherwise a !stranger does not know whether to address one as Miss or Mrs. The prefix should always be enclosed in par- entheses, thus: (Miss) Martha M. Green. Q. Is it necessary for a man to take off his hat when entering an | office? A. No gentleman wears his hat in an office wheré women are em- ployed. The best bred men remove their hats when entering any of- fice, even their own. Q. Shouldn’t a husband and his wife be seated together at a dinner party? A. No. Each should be given a different partner. LOOK and LEARN * By A C. Gordon 1. What writer - produced his greatest work when blind? 2. How many white keys are there on a standard piano? 3. What was the Black Hole of Calcutta? | 4. Can the President of the U. S. veto a declaration of war by Congress? [ 5. What city is known as “The' Hub of the Universe"? ANSWERS 1. John Milton. 2. Fifty-two. 3. A deep dungeon at Calcutta, India, about 20 feet square, in which 156 prisoners were confined during the Indian Mutiny, in 1756. 4. Yes, but Congress has the| 5. Boston, Mass. DAILY LESSONS ! IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Gordon I Words Owten Misused: Do not say, “Neither you or I can do it.” Neither is properly followed by nor, either by or. Say, “Neither you nor I can do it.” : Often Mispronounced: Obese. Pro- nounce o-bes, 0o as in no, e as in be, accent last syllable. Often Misspelled: Hippodrome; two p's. Synonyms: Illusive, illusory, de- ceptive, unreal, false. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ! Diminution; "'reduction; lessening. (Pronounce first and second i's as in it, u as i cube; accent follows the u). “This diminution of profits would cause capital to be with- drawn.”—Fawcett. il G L ATTENTION REBEKAHS Special meeting, Monday, Janu- ary 16, at 8 pm., to initiate can- didates, RUTH BLAKE, Secretary —————— CARD OF THANKS With deep: gratitude we wish to thank our peighbors and friends for their kindness and sympathy shown us in the loss of our beloved husband and father J. M., GIOVANETTI and also to B.P.O. Elks, Knights of Columbus, Fellow Workers of the AJ. Mill and L.0.0. Moose for their kind help and services. MRS. J. M, GIOVANETTI MR. and MRS. E. J, GIOVANETTI MR. and MRS. G. W. LAVERTY MISS ADA GIOVANETTI adv. - San Francisco, a city of steel as it may appear in 1999, will be built as the U. 8. Steel Corporation’s exhibt at the 1939 California World’s Fair. adv, — Visit the | SITKA HOT SPRINGS Mineral Hot Buths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations, Alaska Afr HARRY RACE. DRUGGIST i PHONE 56 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS Blomgren Building Hours 9 anu. to 9 p.m. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9'am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 e | Dr. Richard Williams | DENTIST 1 OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING | Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST ‘310 Goldstein Building PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 p.m. Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examinaton free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D.! Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology | Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground Rt Bt e i e Gl | The Charles W. Carter fi Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. ! PHONE 136 Have Your Eyes IExnmlned by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry Store Phone Green 331 FINE ‘Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON Contoure Telephone X-Er-Vac - 538 “NEW AND DIFFERENT FOOTWEAR” DEVLIN'S Paris Fashion Shoes l———. Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Phone 65 ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 P.O. Box 2718—Phone 3—Office 119 Seward St., Juneau, Alaska _— Directory Professional B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. DR. A. W. STEWART, Exalted Rul- er; M. H. SIDES, Sec- retary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month G)\¢ in scottish Rite Temple A beginning at 7:30 p. m. DANIEL ROSS, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEI- VERS, Secretary. GuySmith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Streel Next Coliseum | . PHONE 97—Free Delivery | "“Tomorrow's Styles Today” . | Juneau's Own Store > "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” | HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING ) e s e | Gastineau Motor Service PHONE 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—Storage | VISIT THE Sitka Hot Springs Mineral Hot Baths Accommodations to suit every taste. Reservations, Alaska Air ‘Transport | “The Store for Men"” SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES L) Krafft’s Mnfg.' & Building Co., Ine, CABINET WORK—GLASS PHONE 62 TELEPH ONE—5I COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100.,000 29, PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Jhlosmess . o [ - First National Bank 7 || JUNEAU—ALASKA