The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 9, 1939, Page 8

TIEGLER HERE 10 DO MURALS FOR BARANOF| Prominent Artist o Spend Several Weeks on New Commission times Northwe one of arrived in last night to the Bar- Ziegler, seven a Eustace major prize winner at Artists hangings, and aska's leading artists 1 on the Yukon ies of murals for do a st anof Hotel gler will be here indefinitely on this commission, doing murals e Gold Room, Bubble Room is Room. His themes, he s be Alaskan, but their mposition he hasn't determined A recent oil he has completed of a man on horseback with two pack | h fording a swollen stream into stormy late afternoon skies will probably be incorporated into the murals somewhere. The oil in question dominant action in clouds and moving horses. In mural, it even more strength. Ziegler, though resident in attle, is Alaskan. He came to the North in 1909 and since that time though not always in Alaska has been as much a Sourdough as any of us In fact, he is more a Sourdough than a lot of us. Not just because he has trekked Alaskan trails near- ly everywhere or seen the ice out a number of times, but more so for his only noticeable eccen- tricity (artists are supposed tohavc those things). Ziegler's “eccent ity" is “rolling his own nd deft slim fingers n e every “weed in the same swift and sure fashion s is full of water, swift man and should gain S hi in which he wields his bold brush.| At one time, Ziegler was named | Mississippi a priz the artist west of the to contribute a painting for to the best chapter in the Ameri- can Artis Professional League The picture was of “Boys on the Yukon” and is hanging in the ancisco. oil Legion of Honor in San F: A master of every technique, water color and the rest of the mediums, Ziegler has one favorii painting, we believe, done in many mediums. ® It is known as “Doing the As- sessment Work,” — paintings of hard-working mining men playing cards in the bunkhouse, reading magazines, writing letters—in short doing everything except the as sessment work. Mining men love the picture and Ziegler himself admits he does though he expresses little satisfac- tion with any of his work He has a room and a studio at the Baranof Hotel and will be with Juneau for probably four or five weeks. |at the Baranof Island community. Al-| \GAME (OMMISSION go | THE DAILY ALASKA FMPIRE SATURDAY, SEPT 9, 1939. | COMPENSATION " CASE MANDATE IS FILED HERE [Historic City Undergoing Rapid Change Old Sitka, the Historic City, has largely given way to a new place of | rushing taxicabs, congested living conditions and almost feverish busi- ness activity, according to Rev. A P. Kashevaroff who returned re- cently from a stay of several months by Circuit Court in Mine Suit “It was hard for me to realize I was in Sitka,” the Alaska Historical Museum Curator said. District Judge George F. Alexan- With 1400 trolling boats basing | ier in six workmen’s compensation t Sitka this season and with other | ases brought by the Territory of activities contributing toward boom | Alaska against the Alaska Juneau conditions, it has become impossible| Sold Mining Company was filed for newcomers to find living accom- | 1ere today from the Circuit Court modations, Father Kashevaroff said | of Appeals, This despite the construction of The Circuit Court ruled with many new homes this year Judge Alexander that the Terri- S S ory's wol 1's compensation is invalid and unconstitutional o KA PIRg Final Rifes Sunday BOAT IN; REPORTS DEER AT NARROWS Alaska Game Commission vessel Bear returned to Juneau last nigh: after a patrol cruise to Wrangell Ketchikan. Final rites for Axel Erickson will] Petersburg and Assist- | be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 ant Executive Homer Jewell was|o'clock in the Chapel of the Charles | aboard. He reported seeing several|W. Carter Mortuary The Rev. John | deer on the beach along Wrangell | L. Cauble will deliver the eulogy Narrows and interment will be in the E\'(-r-‘ | The vessel Brown Bear is due|green Cemetery from the Aleutian Islands at 0 Mr. Erickson was 60 years o'clock tonight. Douglas G As f sociate Aleutian Refuge Mang Islands, for s aboard - .- Miss Joyce Morris Reveals Plans for Her Coming Marriage the at Taku. at St. er Neill and Libby cannery He passed away Thursday Ann’s Hospital. Pl 5.8 SR Large Attendance at A large attendance marked the first meeting of the World Service Circle, held yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. J. F. Worley | in the Fifth Avenue Apartments. Plans for the wedding of Miss Joyce Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs L. F. Morris, to Mr. Arthur Weston of this city, were r(-venled today by the bride-elect. Guests for the session were Mrs. The ceremony will take place next | David Waggoner, who will soon Saturday evening at 8:15 o'clock and | leave to make her home in the will be held in the Northern Light|States, and Mrs. E. M. Bromley of John A. Glasse officiating. Miss Morris will be attended by | country. her sister, Mrs. Sven Thorpe, and | Refreshments were served during Mr. Douglas Babcock will be best | | the gathering and a reading was man for the groom. Mrs. Carol | Presented by Mrs. Russell Cook. Mrs. Beery Davis, organist, will play the|J. Robert White favored the group wedding music and two selections | With several piano selections. will be sung by Miss Mary Jeannette | e i R T Whittier, soprano. A reception will follow the service the American Legion dugout | at HOSPITAL NOTES _L | - NOMINATIONS | | A mandate upholding a ruling of | act ! thero, First Vice-Commander; John ‘George Gullufsen, Adjutant; of age | spend ind was an employee of Libby, Mc- | parents. | .. Change Installation . LEGION OPENS HERE MONDAY Judge Alexander Upheld Offlcers foBe El Elected Odo-‘ ber 3 for Bradford Post No. 4 Nomination of officers for Alford John Bradford Post of the Ameri-| can Legion will be opened at Monday’'s meeting, Post Adjutant George Gullufsen announced tod:y. Nominations will be open again the following week, with the election to be held October 3. Present officers are Bert Ly- beck, Post Commander; Russ Cli- Second Vice-Commander; Bill and Al Zer-| Pegues, | Johnson, Chaplain, ger, Sergeant-at-Arms. e For Axel Erickson CADET FOLTA HERE. FROM ANNAPOLIS;NO EUROPEAN CRUISING A scheduled European cruise hav- ing been cancelled due to unrest abroad, George Folta Jr., arrived here last night on the Yukon to several weeks visiting his Folta, a student of the United | Statts Naval Acadenry at Annapo- lis, has just completed a two | months’ cruise on the East Coast He must report back at Annapolis September 30 to begin his second year at the Academy. e World Service Meet SISTER OF A. COENEN IS TOURIST ON YUKON Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips and their son are making the round trip on the steamer Yukon and are anxious to know the whereabouts of Arthur (Al) Coenen, brother of Mrs. Phil- lips. Mr. Coenen has not been heard | Presbyterian Church with the Rev. |Hoonah, who is President of the o gince 1927 and is believed to be Presbylennl in this section of the i, this part of the country. Their Los address is 2128 West 85th St., Angeles, Calif. Rainbow;b;MBIays Announcement was made today that the installation date of the Mrs. Fred Buchsar was dismissed | Rainbow Girls and DeMolay boys on at| has been changed from September 5 to September 23. The affair will be given jointly and will be followed by a dance in the Scottish Rite where their friends are invited to | *——— call during the evening. b fddan 1 | MISS WILDES RETURNING 1“:‘“1:",’:?";“;:'13?' i Miss Mary Ali:(‘ W - gh- ter of My Gorgan s J3EL-| Atter recelving surgical atten- . Pebaik 16, Burie » PIADS | tion, George Jacobs was dismissed | Temple. uneau during - the | toqqy from the Government Hos-| ——er———— | islands, latter part of the month. She hs pital. | BLOXHAMS COMING been attending business school in | Seattle. Carpenter-Whittier | Troth This Evening Miss Clara Carpenter, dflughl?r‘ of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carpenter of Hollywood, Calif., will become the bride of Dr. M. J. Whittier, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. 8. Whittier of this city, at a candlelight ceremony to be performed by the Rev. John A. Glasse at 8 o'clock this evening in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church. | Attending the bride, who is to be given away by Mr. Stacey Nor-| man, will be Miss Clara Walther and Miss Mary Jeanette Whittier, | sister of the groom. Mr. Curtis Shattuck will be best man for Dr. Whittier and ushers will include Messrs. Robert Cowling and Lou Hudson. Wedding music will be | provided by Mrs. Carol Beery Da vis, organist, and Mr, William Spi- cer, baritone, A reception will be held in the Iris Room of the Baranof Hotel from 9:30 until 11 o'clock and all friends | of the couple are invited to call. YOUR SAV! ARE INSURED, ARE INSTANTLY AVAILABLE AND EARN GREAT- | ER RETURNS WITH THE | ALASKA FEDERAL Savings and Loan Assn, of Juneau TELEPHONE 3 Empire classifieds bring ‘results, n Charles Bloxham and wife are James Snook was a surgical ad-| passengers aboard the Aleutian re- mission this morning at the Gov-| turning to Juneau from a visit in ernment Hospital. the south. HAPPINESS AHEAD! IN A HOME OF YOUR OWN e PHONE 28 NOW The added happiness of security for you and your family is yours when you own your own home . . . and these homes have been built to make it easy for the average man of Juneau to become a home owner. They offer the com- forts and conveniences of the most modern dwellings and are honestly and sturdily con- structed . . . but at lowest possible cost. See these new Waynor Development homes . . . you'll want one for your own home . . . and you'll be surprised at how easily you can secure one. . LOW COST— NO TAXES! MODERN 5-ROOM HOMES WITH HOT WATER HEAT situated on spécious ful- ly-improved lots in a choice residential district convenient to the city. CHARLES WAYNOR DEVELOPMENT |PLANES FERRY SEVERAL TODAY| Shell Simmons flew the Alaska | | Air Transport Lockheed to Sitka to- day with three passengers, John Amundsen went to Tulsequah and Alex Holden went to the is- vland.‘; with Marine Airways planes. Simmons took L. B. Gillett, Bud | carmichael and Helen Stoft to Sit- ka. Amundsen took McCarthy Hayes, O. Scholtem and Harold Brenden to Tulsequah. Holden was only able to complete the first leg of his circuit of the because of bad weather, but succeeded in taking Susan White to Sitka. il 'MISS HALVORSEN BACK IN JUNEAU Christine Halvorsen returned to | Juneau and her popular apparel shop on the Yukon after several weeks in the States on account of poor health. Miss Halvorsen returns to Juneau fully recovered and feeling “like a million.” She is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. — e — 'PAA SCHEDULES TWO HOPS TODAY One Pacific Alaska Airways plane was to leave Juneau for Fairbanks today and another was to arrive here from the Interior, weather per- mitting. Those to arrive are Mr. and Mrs. Collier, H. J. Fraser and Don Gra- ham. Those leaving are Irene Reen- strom, R. C. Murphy Bnd G. Allison. TROLLERS BRING IN THREE LOADS| Three trolling boats brought car- goes to the exchange here this morn- ing, with more scheduled in this afternoon. Arrivals were: Marie, Olaf Aase, 1,200 pounds; Ida II, John Sonder-| land, 1,200 pounds, and the Big| Sam, Tom Mietennen, 1,000 pounds. ———— Lode and placer Iccation notices for sale at The Empire Office. while | STREAMS SHOW ESCAPEMENT IN ICY STRAIT POOR Brant Refurns from Inspec-| tion - OperatorsGo | with Official ‘ Almost without exception the salmon streams in the Icy Strait district are very poorly seeded this vear, Assistant Agent J. Steele Cul-| bertson of the Bureau of Fisheries reported today on his return from a stream inspection trip on the| USBF. Brant. The fish just simply didn’t ap- pear in Icy Straits this season, Cul- bertson said, earlier claims that there would be a late run being| disproved by the present condition of the streams. The Icy Strait pack this year was more than 100,000 cases shy of the 1938 total. | Cannery operators who accom- panied Culbertson on stream in- spection included Art Woolf of Hood Bay, Frank Wright of Hoo- nah, Ole Sayre of the Astoria and Pugét Sound cannery at Excursion Inlet, and Hans Floe of the P. E. Harris cannery at Hawk Inlet. The Brant is leaving tomorrow for Ketchikan to pick up Assistant Chief Seton H. Thompson of the Division of Alaska Fisheries and Acting Commissioner of Fisheries Charles Jackson at the completion of their cruise’ with the Congres- sional Committee. Enfertains with Quilting Party For Mrs. Hilding Haglund, nee Miss Charlotte Clauson, Mrs. Har- | old Knight entertained last even- ing at her home &) Main Street | with dessert and a quilting party. | A decorative centerpiece of yel- low flowers and green candles was| chosen for the table. | LR S | GAIR JR. ON NORTH SEA | A. Gair, Jr, who recently went| south for his first trip to the S'.ntesi has seen the sights and is return-| ing to his home in Douglas aboard the North Sea. S Empire classifieds bring results H. L. FAULKNER WAS ONLY ALASKAN AT MINING CONGRESS| This year’s American Mining Congress session at Salt Lake City was one of the most successful and interesting ever held, accord- ing to H. L. Faulkner, Juneau at- torney, who returned here on the steamer Yukon. Faulkner was the only represen- tative of Alaska mining at the Con- gress. el il WAKELINS HERE Traveling man Bob Wakelin and Mrs. Wakelin arrived in Juneau on the Yukon. They are guests at the Baranof Hotel. inated: PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT CONDUCTOR WARDEN ONE TRUSTEE SMOKING FISH; FOOD FOR DOGS Mary Joyce is in town from Taku River lodge for a few days over the weekend. The popular river lodge propriet- ress said she and her camp handy man are busy putting up salmon for dog feed, having smoked 500 fish out of the 2,000 planned for al- ready. A guest at the Gastineau, Mary plans to go back out to the camp during the first part of next week, e SOMMERS ON ALEUTIAN R. J. Sommers, who has been south on a business trip, is a pas- senger aboard the Aleutian bound for Juneau. Empire Want Ads Bring Results. Juneau Mine and Mill Workers Union, Local No. 203, will hold its reqular meet- ing on Monday, September 11th, at the Union Hall, 7 P. M. sharp. The nomination of officers for the en- suing year and several more very import- ant matters will be taken up. The following officers are to be nom- SECRETARY-TREASURER RECORDING SECRETARY THREE GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE MEN ] ALL MEMBERS REQUESTED TO ATTEND! THE MANAGEMENT OF e fiarang joininthe invites youto Re-Opening of the Gold Dining Room 4 TELEPHONE FOR RESERVATIONS Tomeorrow SEPTEMBER TENTH With the return of the Fall Season we again place the services of our beautiful Gold Room at your disposal and sincerely wel- come back the people of this city who found enjoyment in Sunday dining with us before we closed for the summer months. To those of you who have not, as yet, dined in the Gold Room perience. DINNER SERVED FROM 5 O‘CLOCK TILL 9 O'CLOCK, P. M. we offer a pleasurable: ex- A 31 % z Music Throughout the Dinner Hours Under the Management of ROBERT ]. SCHOETTLER HENRY ARTHUR Chef and Maitre d'Hotel -