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THREE BACK FROM FLIGHT 10 BARROW Maj. Edwards, Mrs. Cross, Mrs. Bender Finish Unique Journey unding out an airplane crulse yme 5,000 miles from Juneau to top of the continent, Point Bar- and return, a party consist- of Major Paul S. Edwards of Officer-in-Chargé of the ta Communications System, Robert Bender of Juneau and John Cross of Deering arrived the Capital City yesterday | R 1k in h John Cross of the Northern Airways at the controls, the winter fliers went into the Arctic on a 1t unusual for this time of the In fact, their plane was, with one exception, the only one visit- ing Barrow this winter Others who were on the far north flight with the ‘three who returned Juneau were J. D. Nelson, Gen- eral Freight Agent of the Alaska Steamship Company and, for part of the rney, Boris Magids, Kot- zebue trader Banquet at Barrow At Barrow the party was received by Charles D. Brower pioneer “King of the Arctic,” and veteran trader; and others, including Mas- ter Sergeant Stanley Morgan, Farthest North representative of the U. S. Signal Corps Service and Al- aska Communications System, and Mrs. Morgan. The sixteen whites of the village gave a banquet in honor of the party, presenting a menu, say the travelers, that would rival feast at the Waldorf- | Astoria—the bill including delicious reindeer roast and ice cream made of canned cream, frozen in the open at 35 degrees below zero with- out aid of ice While flying hundreds of miles over the snowy wastes without al sign of human habitation, the party oceasionally sighted herds of rein- deer, and was particularly thrilled by the sight of a huge herd of reindeer, estimated at 2,000, being attacked on the flanks by roving wolves, near the Noatak Two hundred miles southwester] from Wainwright, an unusual scene | from the plane was a series of vast | terraces, looking, said the travelers, | like some vast project of man. Get Pelar Bear Among the places touched on the cruise was Point Lay. between Pt Barrow and Cape Lisboutne, where a hunting party was staged by the natives, who mushed far out over the Arctic ice. Traveling 20 miles| off shore with dog team, the hunt- ers got out to the broken ice lanes, | headed by Bob Tuckfield, noted Es- kimo of the region, and famed as a | hunter and most highly educated native of the region. At this extreme limit, beyond the national jurisdiction, and in what was termed the international seas,! Major Edwards had the thrilling! experience of shooting a fine, large polar bear, measuring eight feeét., With a 30-30 he plugged the big fellow in the heart. Tuckfield shot two polar bears. After the pelts were recovered it | was a long hard mush of 12 hours back to the mainland, and the party did not make the village before 1' to tr a |Where Iilere’s Smoke, If Isn't Always Fire Firemen the Taku wind let up today, with no misgivings, for the wind, the cold, ant overheated stoves, have given the fire laddies a number of alarms | in the past few days. Two alarms were blown this morning, one of them a roof fire at the Perelle Apartments b(-,Lwe(-n Gold and Harris on Seventh Street, that did . little damage, and the other a cake of “scversal for the old adage that “where <there’s smoke there's fire. Alarmed pedestrians,, watching columns of smoke seemingly eman- ating fromithe roof of the Garbick Grpeery, called the Fire Depa ment, but jthe, smoke caters found not flames, and the “fire” trick of the wind, pouring fresh oil burner smoke from the chimney over the roof. The Perelle call was at morning and the smoke 7:30 o'clock felt 5:30 this alarm could be overcome by instdllation of a small radio transmission outfit Equipment for an outfit can be in- | at comparatively low that every commun- ity should be aided by the govern- ment in getting such a service. It is in the public interest in more ways than one. “Business, private and other com- munications. weather coverage would be among the most valued advantages to be derived from such services Would Connect All “Only a few outlying places are now provided and licensed to com- municate with the main cerite) believe in waiving the minor restric- tions, and making it possible for every settlement to have the desired contacts with the main bases. “This matter is one that will fit in well with a coordinatéd program for radio, transportation and weath- er services for the entire Territory, and I shall strongly recommend steps to that end, especially in a stalled now costs, I believe | conference in Washington which I future, am to attend in the near called for discussing just such prok- lems. “Government assistance in the |name of humanity and to overcome what practically is a tragic condition of isolation in hundreds of small outlying Alaskan communities, I be- lieve, is very much in"order, and I | hope it will not be long until‘we get results.” T S SUI.lY PURCHASES NEW REINELL BOAT Henry Sully is gcing to greet the strin-fishing season this summer with one of the snappy new Reinell boats - carried by ‘I. Goldstein. sully, in fact, took the snappiest of the baby cruisers, taking ‘the one that arrived -on the halibuter Sitka | the other day; and has a full cabin. Eighteen feet long, the trim white hull and mahogany deck and cabin craft is powered with one of fhe new air-cooled engines that rums on a “smell” of gas, according to the manufacturers. Miss Lee Is Bride Here of Joseph Guy' At a ceremony performed yester- ! day afternoon in the Commission- a's Court by Judee Felix Gray and the result- | simply a | at | including complete! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE TUESDAY, APRIL 4 1939. Alaska Tofem-- .| Poles Have 'Sprouted Grass | SAN l"RANCISCO, Cal., 'ELECTRAS HAVE HECTIC DAY AS 32 LY INSIDE |Pacific Alaska Has Heavy | Business on Triangle ] ROU'& TOdaY habitates of Indians. The poles were erected in a room Pacific Alaska Airways had one in the northwest Culture galley of s busiest. glays in a lohg, long | The healthiesty, of the . grass, time today when a total of 32 pass- flourishing at“the. tgp«ofias 42- Toot engers, including three babies, were lm]l‘ closest to the ceiling lights transported Irém Juneau:to Fair- BB 1 7 ‘,4 banks by the tWo PAA Electras pilot- | ne loa s flown: straight to PASSES AWAY LAST EVENING Well Known Juneau Wom- Faifbanks tiis morning*and another was taken to Whitehorse at about an Succumbs at Sister's Home in Denver the same time, to return-and take | another load through to Fairbanks | while the first ship returned to the | Yukon @erritory field to vick up the Mrs. Wesley Barrett, twenty-sev- en-year-old wife of the popular Juneau orchestra leader, passed | second load. Passengers were Roy Ferguson, A away last night at the home of her sister in Denver, Colorado, accord- | W. Jacobs, Mrs. Gawne and child, ing to word reecived here today. Mrs. R. Jullan, F. Fenton, Mrs. A Gunning, L. Huysman, Harry Don- ‘Well known in this city, Mrs. Bar- rett, accompanied by her husband |nelly, Mae Cook, M. Vucovich, W. and three children, went to Seattle E. Burns, H. Grant, J. Coyle, A | Corey, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mathie- and later to Denver for special treatment over a month ago. son, J. Barrack, C. Granby, Leo Rogge, W. Wiggers, B. Stimple, She is survived by her husband and three boys, the oldest 11 and Marie McGuire, Audrey Lynam and the youngest 6. No word has heen two children, A. W. Goebble, W. mcewed as to runerel an‘angemr-ms (CC BUILDING NEW APPROACH 10 SKI TRAIL Whitehorse only. Crew Starts Work on Direct DOCTORS WIN TWO; LAWYER FIVE, THREE Route from Doug- las Highway In Professional League rolling last to the Douglas ski trail has been night at the Elks, the Druggists dropped two to the Doctors and the started by a small crew of CCC-men. the Forest Service alinounced today. league-leading Lawyers, though The crew is clearing a right-of- bowling poor ball, increased their lead by a three-game win. way one-fourth of a mile long from the Douglas Highway to the trail. ol S April 4 |—Three of the seven totem poles brought from Alaska to the Golden Gate International Exposition, have | sprouted genuine Alaska grass The poles were crated in Alaska flew to Scores were as follows: \ Druggists 161 124 . 130 139 121- 159— 406 428 Mrs. Taylor | Soley | Ugrin (Hen- ning*) Mrs. Stewart Hagerup (Ugrin®) “154 146 *169— 155— 503 472 180 171 203 845 Doctors 55 139 167 129 139 m 800 Lawyers *218— 822—2403 173 736 594 | Totals | | 55 146 122 120 148 159 750 55 168— 453 164— 453 143— 302 158— 446 148— 478 836—2386 | Spot. |Mrs, Faulkner 1 Kegal Hurley D. Green lKimhall right-of-way across a patented min- was given by the present owmers. The new trail will start justa few feet from the present trail and will \ue straight, in contrast to thevpre- 10 sent meandering route. 191— 494 145— 455 99— 380 Totals 10 160 142 146 Spot Mrs. Pétrich Sperling F. Foster .. 143 168 135 Be sure and vote. Polls close at 7 o'clock tonight. ing claim, from which an easement | and brought here to authenticate | | ‘lm.' Knight,; ! wood The new trail will be a permanent | PEIks fo Install Officers' BY BRITISH Redman ammers Will Take Their Chairs- Buffet Lunch The following officers will be in- stalled tomorrow night by the B. P 0. E. No. 420: H. C. Redman, Exalted ' Ruler; Howard Simmons, Esteemed Lead- Earl Hunter, Esteemed | Loyal Knight; Arthur Adams, Es-| teemed Lec! George Shaw, Tile rcretary; Willi; er; Geo. F. Alexan Delegate; H. Messerschmidt, tee A buffet lunch will be served af- ter the installation of officers. and | announcement for all appointive of- fices wxll also ho nndo Trus- FAIRBANKS MAN HAS HOPES FOR BIRCH LUMBE Roy Ferguson, Interior Booster, on Way Back fo Golden Heart R~y Ferguson, manager oi the In- r'« pendrm Lumber Company of irbarks, veteran lumberman of |hP Interior and one of the North- land’s strongest boosters, visited in Juneau with friends today Ferguson ived -on the Alaska from the South this morning after a vacation-and-business trip to the States during which he took in the Treasure Island fair. Holding high hopes for the 1uv.uro of Alaska, the Interior regions for the most part, Ferguson is one of a | few ambitious and far seeing men who have worked toward establish- ing a market for birch wood in the Outside. The_beautiful wood, so plentiful in Westward and Interior Alaska, is much desired by furniture and cab- inet makers, but supplies of the in the States are becoming thin. A few years ago, the birch industry | in Alaska “almost” became an ex- port industry, but slow freight rate agremeents lost the market to newly discovered forests in Canada. | But among the many other things | Ferguson sees for Alaska, he is con- | fident that some day in the near| future, Alaska will ship its birch to. the States. | As for the lumber market of the| 131— 407 170— 553 Burford R. Kaufmann 140 199 785 17718 Architects 136 145 157 183 136 184 Totals 7462309 Mrs. Davlin Halm | Ramsay* (Faulk- ner 135 Thibodeau 157 | Hendricks (Fag- erson*) 127 408 172— 512 142 140 164— 441 135— 422 179 *123 Totals 764 733 [P Be sure and vote. Polls close at 7 o'clock tenight. “137— 439 1352232 You Can’t Fease a Ray fully-automatic oil burners are built to laugh at the toughest heating jobs they'll make you laugh'at your fuel bills. RICE & AHLERS CO. Third and Franklin Streets JUNEAU'S ROTARY CONFERE b Rec.u. and, PHONE 34 E—May 18-19-20 wixm MOVE ' morrow night at the home of Mrs. Harry Donnelly, Banker, Miner | and Trader of Flat Creek, arrived |'on ‘the Alaska today-from.the states |COPPER RIVER R. R. MANAGER THROUGH o2, 2"%x" oot v “en *Eleclra Donnelly operates the M A. Hansen, General Manager & M Bank and a gold dredge at Flat. F of the now discontinued CcZer Riv- er and Northwestern Railroad, was through on the Alaska today, head- | ed for his office at Cordova BEING MADE - | Be sure and vote. Polls close | at 7 o'clock tenight. 5Anti-Air(rafians of Fleet‘ Are Ordered to Be Manned Tonight BULLETIN — PORIBMO["III Englan April 4.—Earl Stan- hope, st Lord of the Admir- alty, anti-aircraft guns of the British fleet are manned tonight “so as to be ready for arything that might happen.” Earl Stanhope made the state- ment aboard the aireraft ca; r Ark Royal. The First Lord of the Admir- alty said: “Shertly before I left the Admiralty, it became neces- sary to give orders to man the anti-aireraft guns of the flee Earl Stanhope did not ex- plain what made the orders nec- essary. * For active days . . . in the office . ;1 shopping around the town . . . choose the tailored beauty of these 4-thread Chiffons by Holeproof. Dull and clear Interfor, the conditions . to accent your trim \egs and slen- are “excellent,” especially in Fair- banks, where Ferguson 5 “a mil- lion dollar building program for the summer doesn'® look impressive any more.” The popular Interiorite boarded a PAA Electra this afternoon -, ROTARY ANNS MEET TOMORROW te- at present der ankles. Flatteringly sheer, yet practical forbusy daysbecause they're famous Holeproof quality. Lace run- stop top. Newest colors; ALSO: 2-Thread Sheers $1.15 pair /t‘.’:.."«A = - FAMILY SHOESTORE «Juneau's Oldest Exclusive Shoe Store’—————LOU HUDSON, Manage: Quality Doubly Cerfified by Good Housekeeping and the letter Fabries Testing Bureau Al Rotary Ann’s wil’ meet Ernest Parsons at 8 o'clock. Plans for costumes for the Day's of 98 party -will be discussed, and other matters relative to the conyention in May will also be talked over. - DOUGlAS ISLAND TITLE SUIT FILED Suit was enLeled b) Everett Now- ell against H. O. Sanders in District | Court today to quite title to a piece of propépty’ at the Douglas end of the bridge! The property is part of a big old mining claim Frank H. Foster 'is Nowell. e Be. sure and vote. at 7 o'clock tonight. COME IN FOR SCIENTIFIC AUDIOMETRIC EXAMINATION HARD OF HEARING? The first scientific hearing test in AL aska, made by a New Instrument develoved by BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES and manufactured by Western Electric. attorney for ¢ ROOM 219 st from Western Electric Hearing The Baranof Hotel Aid Company in Juneau for ONE WEEK ONLY. Polls close unbelievably hand- some new arrivals “LAMPS first shown at furniture marts early this year . . . . these MODERN, COLONIAL STYLE lamps are now offered in Juneau am. Tt was a beautiful night, with Miss Anna.Lee, of ‘Juneau, became most marvelous display of northern | | tne bride of Joseph M, Guy, soldier just as_early as they are’ being lights, a perfect Arctic setting, snld‘ the Major. | On return to the village, Major Edwards had the skin of his bear dressed, and brought the pelt back with him to Juneau =s a present for Gov. John W. Troy. In on Electra Major Edwards, Mrs. Bender and Mrs. Cross came into Juneau by PAA Electra from Fairbanks ye: terday afternoon Mrs. Cross is the guest of Mrs. Bender at the Governor's house. She will take the Baranof south on Fri- day, Major Edwards made the trip as a tour of inspection of stations under his jurisdiction in Northern and Xn~ terior Alaska. “Every outlying village or com- munity in Alaska should have two- way radiophone connections with | the nearest large town or eity, and 1 will make strong recommendations to that effect,” the Major said. Utterly Cut Off ‘I found numerous places,” he declared, “where the people who are' devoting their' 1ives to a heroic frontier service—mining, ‘prospect- ing, trapping, fishing, and the like —are utterly cut off from all com- munications. They have no way of | ¢ iling a doctor, & plade or help| of any kind in an emergency, and | bufler many handicaps which easily TJune n o1 \ <7/, CRUISE o/ Ze POLL P}\RR()T - e STATION KINY. Daily except Sundays & Wednesda {rom the post at Haines. Nora. Fraser and Lloyd Capp at- tended the couple. Mr. Guy arrived in Juneau on the Fornance a few days ago, hav- ing just recelved his discharge from the Army. - With a total population of some 130,000,000, there are in the United States 118,000,000 insurance prm(- ies of all types, 42,000,000 accounts and 14,000,000 family-own- ed homes, FOR GREATER B”A T'NG l'LEASURE.' THE REINELL FISHERMAN— If you're looking for a boat adapted to sports use in Juneau waters, here it is: Economical, staunch, sleek. Up to 6 hours running per gallon of gas from Bendix inboard, air-cooled engines (1 to 5 h.p.) equipped with reverse gear. DON'T FAIL TO SEE THE REINELL! NOW ON DISPLAY. AT OUR STORE I . I. 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