The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1939, Page 4

less to say, no one is a Vol the money in it. He he is a good fellow willing to serve his community and fellow man. Good and valiant W the members the Douglas Fire Department. the officers and is a volunteer fireman because " Dail y Al aska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY his fellows too were President HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-Fresi d Busine Manager Becond and Main Stree Alaska. crew of the US.C.G. Haida, L. H. Metzgar and the! Entersd In the Post Office in Juneau s Second Class Matter. men from the Alaska-Juneau, CCC men under the " SURSCRIPTION R TR T 1pervision of W. MeDx d all otners who s for §1.25 per month. lont so useful a hand yest o Th advance, $6.00; as good a time as any to put in a plug be held Saturday al Firemer I Elks ballroc my ty ty in the de. € office, 374 ¢ such a group of men deserves the support of all = ———— Proceeds are used not for the firemen personally but i D datiowe " Sk maintain the city playgrounds and the ball park repabiicatior all news dt : v the use of others otherwise credited this paper published Derein <> e - SRR N Juneau is lucky. The city has been lucky in avert- ATION GUARAN > TC L 1 o LICATION ¢ fire damage for many years o happenec erda the t before the fire broke out n a few hours te circumst e iividual ways, whatever powers Our Declining Forests igures in the the United States Forest is the familiar one pleted rapidly e it has being urgent becaus £ the country will be surprised no t persons of worst fire destr 4 D pletion of forests but by the vast areas re- gent as spring approaches. Builders | returned to Juneau on the City of |verbally, in person or by telephone. | mark, a va be v € When the f colonists came there Were |are to profit. but materials may rise| Seattie after spending several - - | the damage to the one t n ome 820000000 acres of forest land in what is NOW |in price. months in the States NI RN § Such tragedies, striking sudd as this one did united State There remains some 630000000 | persons whose birthdate it is have| S | LOOK ILEARN ! in the early morning give man ps We are forever s. which means a “.“.“] area—50 percent | the augury of a year of unexpected| Mrs. C. E. Davidson returned to, and LILAR] | at the mercies o of fate rger—than ali our crop land. This is an area larger | gifficulties that may be overcome.|Juneau after a short business trip| # | Sepn s 3 : B 3 than all our territory east of the Mississippi |They should avoid unsponsored|to Seattle. i 3 & Tuesday ni ol ‘,""“ b first blush, this is reassuring. But when one | strangers | S e | By A. C. Gordon i e : i 8 \‘. st to examine the rate of depletion and the| Children born on this day may be! Weather: Hig! 36; lowest 34: { their homes buildir The .\.v 0 bed a er rate of growth and replacement, the picture |courageous to the point of reckless- clear | 1 How many teeth has a dog?| trustingly as ever, maki Y or the - char Typical is the case of coniferous forest ness. Many boys are over-confident | & b 0 | 2. What is the saltiest body of| ing day anged of nearly al f the Columbia River Valley. The annual and unable to meet defeats. Girls WATER NOTIC | water in the world? | those men a women as well as of others connected re is estimated at rd feet, |should be carefully directed for they Do not let your faucets run con- 3. Where is the line, “A rag, a with the dozen busine establishments h until il timber removed amounts to 9500.000,000 | may be unusually talented tinually. There is a good supply of | bone and a hank of hair"? | yeste v were operating in the buildin, board feet. Such a dispar ans that our fores (Copyright, 1939) water in the reservoirs but the city; 4. Who were Marquette and Jo- The spark. be troying at material Yeserves will continue to shr rate ————s mains cannot handle the water if (liet? 1 i Shi B . atricke, | PIE mething is done on a larger scale to insure it is allowed to run all the time.! 5. Which was the first British| | e ot : 8T 2 o1 Tefor { this notice is not heeded we will ' colony to receive full dominion sta- Jeaves scars e li ortunes of countless humble 3 A iaan to'hiel e Rusa ! e need more forests to help protect huge water- be obliged to shut off your water, ' tus? men and w None escaped with more gieds and keep dam: 1 rese s sect ) helj G h £ ud keep dam reservoirs secure elp i JUNEAU WATER CO. ANSWERS | than what they i in many case fine farms and prosperous industrial cities from ls NAVY 'I'OWN_ £ S £ T B P Bermavient teeth. i) this was inad ‘ wih in the coldest d by flood and erosion; to provid me and 2. Great Salt Lake, in Utah | month of the year efuge for big game and other wild life; to furnish B 3. Kipling's “Vampire.” Tatiean Tk taken 1 " jctims. No one Opportunities for more people to enjoy healthful BELFRY, Mont., Feb, 9.—“Biggest | ll /I{ll 1,\ YOllI' 4. Priests, credited with discov- died; no one suff reat injury or pain, | fecreation | Little Navy Town in the U. S. A" , |ering the Mississippi River. i But there was, and sti W toda guish Persuasive as it Is, all this 15 secondary to the prime |, oy “4ioe navy’ recrotbing office ews ' kst { fact that our national income from forest lands is | » A — e — - aplenty as a result of the fir Ve o N " oy | Calls Belfr population 200 and a | about $3.000,000,000 a year and could be doubled in 20 4 By The AP Feature Service 1 Sympathy goes out from the whole town to those oo po” moaelare jnvestment in forests. Unless we ‘l)mu\and miles from the sea. [ y who saw accumulations of year wept away in the fake ston e Loy i T 3 Seven sons of Belfry families sail — e oy ’ =) | Ditiee: Hasiriany it 1 cannd of the SIAEAG IEE ot St e e e ¥ i e ars | withythe navy. If the whole United | ¢ : DAILY LESSONS || i A ¢ % 15b J0OR TOTWAETC | States had an equal representation | N O »eople who were ushere m their homes into the!to eventual exhaustion of ot pplies of timber for | e | 5 . " ¥ ‘ 3 4 of R ‘ Volre Sotims ey 2t f o P of bmber 19 | the navy would hoast 4,550,000 men, | IN l L (Jl ISl-{ stregts dustr ahead o :,( iguctior oungel ¥istim purg - : j | The recruiting office at Helena | * may Cyer thi ack; many of the dld’ never ] v | nas just been notified this is the| By W. L. Cordon will Who Are They? | greatest representation of any town | g ! Last night the stars could be seen through the Ty in the United States | | skeleton of the Goldstein Building; today it stands (Philadelphia Record) - e - Words Often Misused: There are THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 1939 teer fireman because nI] A function sponsored | come under the best diréetion of the | Alaska and the newlyweds were at and still is, in spite | nemployed. The stars seem to warn | ment at the Zynda Hotel What would have hap-|gain acceptance under this config- the wind were blowing?” Most of us can luration wh would have happened. 'Blocks would| fire might not have Sag for more than 12, "y ect to changing -conditions.| (o the Gastineau Hotel where he fter the flames e gigned under this sway, Juneauites | eration been | opjjege students is prognosticated for JLappy ':%ros'cg PBirthday l e “The stars incline P but do not con | l 2 YEARS AGO Prom THE EMPIRE FEBRUARY 8, 1919 ny of the oldtimers who re- turned on the City of Seattle and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1939 After the morning Hours adverse Alaska were busy shaking hands The Empire !'J:'I(‘fl(h congratula- planetary aspects will raje, accord- | with acquaintances. tions and best wishes today, their ing to astrology. This ifta day when | e ;birthday anniversary .o the jollow- the early riser gains advantages Fabian Bellander and Mrs. Bel- |ing: FEBRUARY 9 Mrs. R. L. Bernard Mrs. 1. Sowerby Erwin Gubser Mabel Bertholl s. Nadja Vestal Mrs. Harry G. Watson A. R. Hared G. E. Krause Arthur L. Riendeau Ray Thomasen Nick Kupoff | As business heads and financiers | lander arrived in Juneau on the stars there are sinister influences | home at the Cliff Apartments. which arouse envy and jealousy. i Class consciousness may _be .| Judge Robert W. Jennings and e pressed in malevolent fashion under | Mrs. Jennings, who had been in this rule of the stars. | Ketchikan during the term of court, There is & sign indicating unrest | returned to Juneau on the City of among the under-privileged and the | Seattle and were at their apart- E. C. Sweeney, who had been in Seattle, since April, returned to] au bn the Alaska. | of secret propaganda which will - carry mes- l June; es that reveal danger zones with- he United States'as well as in| H. VanderLeest, of the Buter- countries. The phmpmm.s\nmn'o Drug Company, had moved Press and radio.may M ODERN ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Loe | I Q. What are the important things for a man to consider when selecting a business suit? in foreign Leases and contracts should not Was to remain during the absence unless , of Mrs. VanderLeest they have been long under consid- | - Impulsive decisions of all| Mr. and Mrs. George W. Kohl- | hepp, who had recently purchased | the Shackleford house at the corner | sorts should be avoided. Australia may experience a politi- cal crisis this month, but it will be|of Gold and Fourth streets, had| A The cut of the suit is prob- of minor importance. Astrologers moved into it and were to reside|gply the most important reaturc,! foretell more and more indepen-|there in the future. Loud or striking patterns should be dence on the part of British colo- : nies and dependencies R. R. Cook, a cousin of Lafe A. Canada is to be closely allied with | Spray, and M. Maier, arrived on| the United States in trade and com- | the Alaska from Seattle and regis mercial interests, Friendly ties will | tered at the Gastineau. He was to strengthen enter the employ of the Alaska Gas- | Great increase in the number of i‘ineau Mining Company at Thane. avoided, well as very light colors and extremes in fashion. Q. Please suggest what would be the most simple and sufficient main course for a guest luncheon. | A. A meat, fowl, or fish, and one two vegetables. i Q. How should one issue invita. ar. Robert Semple, Mrs. Semple zmd“ tions for a motor drive or trip? ortage of dwellings will be evi- |her sister, Miss Frances Meisenthal,; A. The invitation is usually given or | - the y | She ' ' Dr. Richard Williams ; Professional Fraternal Societion Gastineau Chanmel DRS. KASF". & FREEBURGER DENTISTS every Wednesday at p. welcome. Blomgren Building PHONE 56 retary. B. P. 0. ELKS meet m. Visiting brothers DR. A. W. STEWART, Exalted Rui- er; M. H. SIDES, Sec- Seconw. and fourt ur. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Howrs 9 am. to 6 pm. | SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 WORTH, Worshipful JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODPGE NO. 147 h Monday of each month X in Scottish Rite Temple '\ beginning at 7:30 p. m. “HAS. W. HAWKES- Master; GuySmith DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDEL Front Street DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE GOLDSTEIN BUILDING Dr. Judson Whittier | CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery [ | J | Consultation and examinaton | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; | | | | | % (0 9:30 by appointment. } / Gastineau Hotel Annex { al ’DJIA South Franklin St. Phone 177 | Fesaibiers it i 5w 1 s | | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. | Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fittea Lenses Ground | Juneau's Gwn Store Your Reliable Pharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. 2 PRESCRIPTIONS ey | i The Charles W. Carter | || Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 I ) bleak and bare, as none of us expected even two days jon't want to east ugly doubt upon a tender | pHE MOTORSHIP ESTEBETH | no isu‘ch \\msrli: |:1‘:3§:ies\:s:j:~da:m::s ago ever to see it. So do some of the apparently most | and touching scene, but the appearance of “600 school- |g:arts loading at 10:00 tomorrow v N vie M et otee ) bstantial thi ft ¢ 4 ome Robert Taylor on his arrival in New |, B oers ol or impertinence and impertinent. | T e el i o e ¥ b o ning - (Friday) -and japls Jor) Often Mispronounced: Pica. Pro- gives us pause. Who are these girls? Where |gitka and way ports Saturday { sy live? What kes them do it? What schools |~ 4P o nounce pi-ka, i as in pie, as as in! The spirit of Juneau under pressure yesterday ‘(:'j :I;:: “‘“'W hat makes them do it? 8 S | morning at 8 o'clock adv.| # AR | was a brave and cheerful one. Few tears were shed,| 9° "1V €0 AP ften Misspelled: Distortion; tion, We know schoolgirls, and, by and large, they are Often Missi Distort | The attitude gen-|{ » the best of it when well there might have been pretty cynical lot | how to take a joke and give one, and if there is one thing the younger generation is touchy about, it looking foolish. We think a girl waiting at the ter- minal for Robert Taylor looks even more foolish than u girl with her socks dragging. The schoolgirls we won | know wouldn't be caught dead in such a place | They appear out of nowhere, these mysterious »s who “greet” each dimpling celebrity, and we wondering whether there is some agency in town upplies them, 50 much per. We recall the [ story of the two girls who hid under Robert Taylor's but still the crews|ped when he sailed for London, and how they turned erally was one of with a ) This is a good town, full of good people. and ‘let’s ma smile. it takes an event such as yesterday’s to bring out all the majesty in human natur A wonderful battle by the wolunteer fire departr Miles of h were laid to bring to play on the fire Faces were blistered, fingers were frozen, knuckles were | ** skinned, filled them, | cold chilled tired, inst great odds ent hor all available wate eyes wept for the cinders that aching bodie of shopkeepers, laborers and clerks stayed on the J“b‘u\l' to be in the employ of a press agent. Six hundred until the fire was li | girls is a lot of girls to get excited on the same morn- The lot of a vc fireman is not an especi-|ing about the same actor. ally attractive ome. There are few rewards though We never’meet actors and we have never met much grief and labor. A fire such as yesterday's|anybedy who does meet actors, though, as newspaper- dramatizes the efforts of this class of public-servants,|Men; We meet a lot of interesting people. We don't want to‘detract irom the glory that is Taylor’s, but but throughout the year the same devotion to duty | ¢ : | those 600 schoolgirls” just don’t look right to us chavi rize e Joc department REETT 0 s Members are called away from their homes, from 2 _ The man who circulated counterfeit bonds in more profitable occupati from recreations, to| . & : R } | Titinc his printer with a bad check, indicating wer the call of those who need he adly and| |, Rt ool of sphose . who' need. NSIP SR Bk [ that the there’s a scarcity of honor among need it at once thieves. For the sacrifice h the volunteer fireman RGNS is called upon to make he is paid only a nominal fee, has altered the style of his mustache but ordinarily not over a dollar a call. For this he risks| it Adolf bshind it, and Chamberlain will not ¥ on his turnout suit. Need- be fooled for one minute THE DAYS OF THE COAL RUSH on above site of Pittsburgh Housing Authority’s first slum-clearing project was bricf but highly satisfactory to the nearby residents. They grabbed shovels, bags, baskets, and dug some free winter coal. The housing authorities called the coal part of the fa- mous *Pittsburgh vemn,” hadn’t expected the outcropping on their land. The younger generation knows | | were no casualties and no one wa APPRECIATION Realizing the enormity of personal | uffering and financial loss a large | e leaves in its wake, friends and | fellow citizens hold true to human | alues, sincere and eager to give| a helping hand at the crucial time. | We are deeply appreciative of the Juneau Fire Department, the| Douglas Fire Department, help from | the Coast Guard Haida, the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company men, the boys of the C.C.C. and many | citizens of Juneau and vicinity for| r active work in bringing those Each question counts 20; each | POU sion. > part of @ two-part question, 10. | Synonyms: Oblivion, oblivious- | A score of 60 is fair, 80, good.' ness, forgetfulness, amnesia. 1. This is a robot. The word' | Word Study: "Use a word three| was invented by a Bohemian UM and It 1s yours b playwright who died recently. Name him and define the word. 2. What anti-Roosevelt meas- | Hypochondriac; a person who en- ure has been proposed by Sen. | tertains morbid anxiety as to his Rush Holt (D-W. Va.)? , town health, with conjuring up im- 3. Does the new crop report | aginary ailments. (Pronounce hi- | show that the U. S. raises the | po-kon-dri-ak, first i as in high, most bushels of (a) wheat, (b) | |first o as in obey, second o as in corn or (c) oats? ,lon, second i as in it, a as in back, 4. Patients with nervous or |accent third syllable). persons caught in the fire to safety| mental diseases occupy more | i i i ind in controlling and extinguish- | ;l;;r; l’rrr;e-hzl('olh:!';s.hospltal | PUBLIC CARD PARTY | ing the fire. kUG OrSinet | CDA. Card Party, second of 5. What New York-born prime minister of a European nation plans an American visit? Sensing the seriousness of the| conflagration Capt. John Newmark- | er immediately established Red | Cross headquarters to take care of | the emergency. We are deeply un»‘” preciative of this, also the thought-| eee oo fulness of the American Legion's | ser Friday, February 10, at 8 p.m., Parish Hall adv. (Answers on Page Six) Juneau Motors injured. adv. CITY COUNCIL OF JUNEAU giving the use of the Duzout for the| | FORD AGENCY fire fighters. I we v%ant. to compliment the Police | | (Authorized Dealers) Department on the orderly handling | ! GREASES of both pedestrian and auto traf-|{ Foot of Main Street T“ SELL Hey I GAS — OILS B We are greatly thankful there|| | N { /2 TheB.M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska WANT TO BUY ) COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS USE THE “WANT” ADS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars ' Dr. Rae L. Carlson in-| ! crease our vocabulary by mastering | | |one word each day. Today's word: | | | DEVLIN'S Have Your Eyes Examined by H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” | OPTOMETRIST | Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry | Store Phone Green 331 | | | HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER B! & MARX CLOTHING ' FINE ‘ | SORCSIEERIES Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates 111 Gastineau Motor 'PAUL BLOEDHORN |~ geou Motor | S. FRANKLIN STREET | PHONE 727 ; | GENERAL AUTO‘REPAIRYNG ON THE MEZZANINE l——f——lfl“e——l { "The Rexall Store” g PHONE 667 k| TS W“ Tomofic(ni:;:, Styles HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP | LYLAH WILSON HARRY RACE Contonre Telephone X-Er-Vac - 53 DRUGGIST “The Squibb ! Stores of “NEW AND DIFFERENT Alnsks” FOOTWEAR” Paris Fashion Shoes | | SABIN’S OFFICIAL MAPS OF JUNEAU—25¢ J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” GASTINEAU CAFE Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hotel) Phone 65 ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. Accounts Insured Up te $5,000 P.O. Box 2718—Phone 3—Office 11y Seward St., Juneau, Alaska Krafft’s Mnfg. & Building Co., Ine. CABINET WORK—GLASS PHONE 62 TELEPH ONE—5l1 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 2% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank ? “The Store for Men” Front St—Triangle Bldg. } JUNEAU—ALASKA - ¢ 1