The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 14, 1939, Page 8

[GAME OFFICERS AWAIT USE AT = COOPERATE WITH LAKE HASSELBORG' FIRE FIGHTERS Forest Serfi Architeds‘CommissionT’Iedges Ai Return from Fish- to Interior Dept. Work ing Paradise in Alaska Forests Lake Hasselborg, lying cool and with a request from inviting in the fastnesses of Ad- the Interior Harold miralty Island, offers excellent fa- Alaska Game Com- cilities this summer to campers and mission is cooperating this sum- fishermen, Ernest E. Walker, Chiel |mer in the prevention of forest Landscape Artist for the U. S fires in the public domain of the Forest Service, and Linn Forrest, Interior, Executive Officer Frank Assistant Architect in the Region- Dufresne of the Commission an- al Office here, reported today on nounced today. their return from the sparkling| Flying Wildlife Agents of wonderland Commission are spotting and re There is a Forest Service shel-| porting fires, conducting r-duca- ter cabin at both ends of both of tional work in the native villages the connected lakes, as well as| glong the Yukon and Tanana Riv- free Forest Service boats at the|ers and posting fire warning signs. same points. Two other shelter| The tunnel boat Beaver, with ac- cabins and another boat are also|commodations for six men, has been stationed at points around the offered by the Commission as lake | river base for firefighting The cabin at which they, with | tions I ict Ranger W. A. Chipperfield | Agent Spots Big Fire and Administrative Assistant Ro- Clarence Rhode, Wildlife Agent bert Duckworth stayed, had sleep-| at Cordova, has already located ing accommodations for eight, an and reported a big fire this sum- indoor cooking utensils and | mer and made a special observa- running water. All that a person|tjon flight to scout out the method needs for a stay at the lake isiof fighting it bedding and food. The Department of the Interior Yes, Trout Are Biting is carrying on a program of fire And fish—they caught so many|control in Interior Alaska this year trout they tired of the sport in a|for the first time under the direc- few hoyrs. The cutthroat ranged tion of W. J. McDonald, formerly from 20 to 28 inches. in length. |with the Forest Service here and The four men flew to Hasselborg 'recently appointed Senior Fores- with Pilot Shell Simmons of Ma-|ter of the General Land Office ot rine Airways on Monday, walked Anchorage. out by trail to Mitchell Bay where| “Because of its connection with they were met by the Forest Serv-|game and fur,” Dufresne said, “we ice launch Ranger IX and cruised|are much interested in the Depart- from there to Sitka. Walker dnd‘m(‘nls fire protection work in Al- Forrest flew to Juneau with Sim- | aska.’ mons last night from Sitka, while Chipperfield and Duckworth stayed with the Ranger IX for an ad- ministrative trip through the Ad- i FOR ROOSEVELT Tomorrow the two architects are WASHINGTON, July 14—Attorney leaving for the Wes rd on the General Murphy expresses the hope Mount McKinley, with the Kenai that President Roos Peninsula as their particular des- sent to a third term. “The Nation tination. Walker will conclude his heeds such a leader as our Presi- study of Alaska recreationn] possi- dent in these times of strife,” said bilities at Fairbanks. Murghy. SLIM, JACK REACH CHICKEN; HAVE THE CABINS, BOATS Complying Secretary of L. Ickes, the the stove, - — D MRS. BOTSFORD RETURNS Mrs. L. S. Botsford, employee in the office of the Territorial Depart- ment of Mines, returned on the steamer Yukon from a month's va- ABA“DO"ED (Y(lE cation trip to the States.. During her trip in the South, Mrs. Botsford visited the Fair at San Returning airplane pilots to Francisco. Fairbanks from Chicken brought - word that Slim Williams and Jack| gmpire Want Ads Bring Resulu. Logan arrived at Chicken between | 8 and 9 o'clock Tuesday night (July 11) with the motorcycle left on the trail during their first attempt to reach there with the machine. Details of the plans of the two adventurers are not known, but it is assumed that they will continue from Chicken toward luwer Jack Wade within a few days. portion of the trip is descrlbed by those familiar with the country as “no pienic.” | At lower Jack Wade, they will pick up the second motorcycie which was shipped there and will continue on to Canadian territory. Clear sailing is expected as far as ‘Whitehorse before tough going will | again be experienced, and it is generally figured that the worst| of the trip is over. | ———— | Stock QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, July 14. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7% American Can 95, American Power and Light 4%, | Anaconda 25%, Bethlehem Steel 55, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 45%, International Harves- ter 57%, Kennecott 34'%., New York Central 14%, Northern Pacific 8%, United States Steel 47, Pound $4.68% . FINEST — LARGE — RIPE .. SEVERAL VARIETIES PUSCEUSTSOSST S DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 137.57 rails 27.49, ‘utilities 24.22. — e —— CCC CREW FIGHTS FIRE A crew made up of CCC enrol- xhe. For lees fought and extinguished area last week. About three acres of wooded area was burned over before the blaze was conquexed lUlClNG SIZE The best thing i | the world to cheer you up—to make TAPPL New—Tart FIVE FAST DELIVERIES opera- evelt will con-; | Fairbanks and Skagway as well as| PLU MS--Rme, Sweet ORANGES— 3 Ibs. 29¢ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1939. BASEBALLLOOP - | PREXY DECIDES FOR ELKS NINE Protest 6f_Game with Moose Is Upheld and Ordered Replayed /Ice Worm Wiggle Is Featured by Vincent Lopez An article appearing in the July| 10 edition of the Time magazine tells of the recent discovery made by Band Leader Vincent Lopez of Alaska's first swing song, Carol Beery Davis' “Ice Worm Wiggle.”| Mr. Logcz proposes, at the Clar-| idge Hotel in Mephis during the | month, to popularize the Wiggle,!| a shuffling, hopping dance which| Judge Willlam Holzheimer, Pres-| ends with everyone pointing in|ident of the Gastineau Channel the air, shouting “Yip.” Baseball League, ruled today that The Wiggle was introduced in| the protest of the Elks baseball| Juneau by Mrs. Davis and Mrs,|team arising out of a deecision in Maurice T. Johnson, with the aid a game lost to the Moose 10 to 2| of a number of high school girls,|on June 26, is valid, and conse during the recent Rotary conven-|quently said the game would be tion | replayed in the near future. In the game in question, which was a postponed contest between the two teams, the score was tied al. one-all until the third inning | when the disputed play arose in v\hl(‘h Kushflk. Elks fielder, was ECHO COVE GOLD -, | the third pitch with one out and man on second and one on third Catcher Blake dropped the ball and Koshak started for first, hul.} umpire Nowell had called “Strike two,” and in the resultant argu- ment, Koshak made first safely while base umpire Iffert came into| the home plate argument with hand raised for time and Koshak | also came in calling time out, dur- ing which he was “tagged” by| Moose first sacker Snow. At the time, it was decided Ko- shak was out, but Judge Holzheim- | er ruled today in favor of the Elks protest, that Koshak had never | been put out and that “he is for all intents and purposes still on! first base.” | “There never were three men put| out in that inning,” the Judge said, “and no matter what the| score might have been after that, the fact remains that legally the| bases should have been filled \M(h but one out.” Million Dollar Juneau Firm Plans fo Operate in Berners Bay A muuon qouar enterprise, the Echo Cove Gold Mining Company, was incorporated today with the Territorial Auditor by seven Juneau men, who plan to develop the old Winter and Pond claim at Echo Cove, in Berner's Bay, 14 miles north of Eagle River. Incorporators, each of whom for- mally bought one share of the stock, are R. M. Shepard, Charles D. Beale, James C. Cooper, Harry G. Watson, N. C. Banfielg, E. P. Pond and H. L. Faulkner. . A small mill probably will be built at Echo Cove by the company. ->-o—— After the disastrous qrgmwnt BASEBAI'I' PREXY ‘v.hv Moose had gone ahead to win VISITS SHORTSTOP :custy. wen o one, but the score SON IN THIS CITY The status of the first half of the league play is this: Elks have a half game lead in the first half, The father of Juneau's flashiest | with replay ordered of the protest- shortstop is'no stranger to the e~ ed game with the Moose, and the monds himself. Nels Peterson, Si.| Moose in turn having a i€ play- who is visitig his son and name sake here, is president of the base ball league in Okanogan County, . Washington. He lives at Omak. Nels | | Jr., plays for the Elks in the Gas- tineau Channel League. The elder Peterson was an Alas- | kan in '98. He spent some time in T SATURDAY Baked Veal Loaf Country Gravy—Sweet Potatoes FOR LUNCHEON"* at the BARANOF here in Juneau. This trip is his first to the Territory since 1918. 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(anada Chairman Stewart asked: “Is Ju- | neau interested in the highway?” and | expressed interest in turn when in- formed of the short distance and road possibilities between Atlin and lhe mouth of Taku River. Implying that the coastal route or the highway was being strongly considered, Chairman Stewart spoke Highway Men better idea of what we have found.” ‘of apparently favorable highway | possibilities between Atlin and Tele- graph Creek with satisfaction. “We had been advised that on leaving Telegraph Creek, the road would have to climb 6,000 feet, but I believe our original information was wrong,” Stewart said. “From what we have found just recently, it is quite the opposite.” Survey Route scheduled. Tonight, on regular sec- cha"rman IS lmerested m ond half schedule, Elks meet Doug- las at Firemens Park at 6:30 o'- clock. S R YACHT NOOYA IN CHANNEL TODAY Retired Banker and Fam- ily Making Three Weeks' Cruise ‘The Campbell Church yacht Noo- ya arrived in Juneau this afternoon from Seattle, bringing a charter cruise party on a three weeks trip through Southeast Alaska waters. Aboard the craft are Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell, of Ojia, Califor- nia, their daughter Lillian, and son Murray Jr. They will stop overnight in Juneau snd return south from here, Skipper of the Nooya is Jim Sande, former Ketchikan basketball star who for the past several seasons has been capta‘n of the Church cruise yachts. Mitchell 15 a retired New York banker, vice-president of the New York Trust Company a year 1gm but “learning to enjoy 1fe now.” T Atlin-Taku Road Possi- | bility-Here Last Night | rConllnlled from Page One) meet the three commissioners from the Prince George at Whitehorse. The fifth commissioner in the party is retired Brigadier General T. L. Tremblay, of Montreal, who will meet the remainder of the party in Vancouver on their return. Chairman Stewart said the sur- vey hearings were bgeun a week ago in the British Columbia port of Prince George. From there they went to Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Smithers, Hazelton, Stewart, and back to Prince Rupert to catch the Prince George for Skagway. No Hearings, U. S. Seil No hearings will be held on Am- erican soil, Chairman Stewart said, and after the Atlin and Whitehorse hearings, the party will return to Vancouver, where it is planned to meet the United States Commission on July 20 and then go to Seattle for further discussion. As to where the road might go, Chairman Stewart refused opinion and answered: “We're studying all routes, Wardle is flying over most of the areas under question and when we get back we will have a Thereisadifferencein the quality of tea! To know how good .tea can be — just try Schilling. Compare its exquisite flavor. Compare its clear, refreshing goodness. 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