The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 11, 1939, Page 2

_—_-—_——-——- NEUTRALITY MAY HEAVY RUN OF REDS GIVE GOOD CANOERS BACK FROM VOYAGES PENINSULA YEAR| 5o s oo e st holm, who would rather piddl iy P than walk, returned on the Colum- Warden Logan Arrives onfvia his afternoon after a severar ¢ weeks' Interior tour by canoe Crane, Stopping Here | e o etc here i their 17- {foot especially rigged canoe, went for One Month to Skagway, over to Bepnett, on g down the Yukon River, and tol, Although the salmoti pack on the|Fairbanks. From Fairbanks the: Alaska Peninsula was not quite]took bus to Valder, and boarded i o S e I the Columbia for Juneau greater percentage ‘of the fish were| FTOm Skagway to Benrett, Hop- reds, giving packers one of their|Ki$ and Jaderholm packed over best. years. ever. MaFK A. Logan |fhe old Dyea Trall “just' to see Bureau of Fisherles Warden from|¥hat the oldtimers had to. face” the Alaska Peninsula and Una.|ond in Juneau today, agreed that laska, said today. the “rusher” had his job eut out Logan arrived in Juneau Sur vt P ealpieisgrlngliim vesse1l The two reported the old trail Crane, which proceeded south ~at]is now oblite and all bridges noon Stinddy with ‘a "bodtload” of| ABd tram lines that used to help Bureau employees' ffom the P ,_41”“‘ '08 traveler now gone insula distriect, Bristol Bay and|making is considerably harder on Kodiak and a group of scientific|the 1939 traveler employees who have heén c Crossing Dyea took five (lu\«» f ing on an extensive investigatiof | Pack-breakin g which in Bristol Bay | Hopkins ne leg in a Logan said stream examination|0Ck slide tumble | aftél. thé" 'seiiFon /BOWedr s Obliterated - as old trails + and ful” escapement all along’the pén. |Camps are, the two said one can insula, but a smaller percent still see considerable equipment left than in former years were late-|PY hurrying gold seekers on the run fish ’ American side, and a number of| Warden Logan. will spend a|skeletons of dead horses and mules.| month in the Juneau office | The hoped-for shoot down the s Rt | Whitehorse Rapids was forestalled by a Royal Mounted Police offi- {cer, Hopkins and Jaderholm said Fa(u"y Honored Ibut added they thought a canoe| “easily has a three to one chance A'T H 't 'l' to nm« the run.” PHNIY TR i e sy st iy ing most of *hv Nm(h Hopkins A charming tea was ven and Jaderholm are convinced that Saturday afternoon by members of Juneau is “the best town in Al- the Trinity Junior Guild at the aska. | Fifth Street home of Dean and Mrs. C. E. Rice in complimer members of the fac of the GILLNET CRAFT BRINGS FATHER neau Schools. Receiving d aring hours were Mrs W. M Whitehead, Greg- ory and Mrs. Rice A"D so“ NOR'I'H‘ Floral for the oc- thered 'wr were exqt he pa by Mr w Cou e b e . ot N Diesel Power Takes| fashioned bouquet centered the tea v Boat fo Ketchikan from table and baskets of flowers w off-set during the afternoon by t light of scores of blue-colored Seattle for 3270 tapers. Approximately 150 guests called There was a new design boat and between 3 and 5 o'clock - - - J.H. S. Graduates South to University Miss Jean lor, daughter of Mr. a new type of diesel engine in Ju- neau’s harbor today from Seattle exciting considerable comment on the waterfront The boat is the Covic, a 27 foot Columbia River gillnetter of th new type which has a cockpit aft a small cabin with two bunks and engine forward of that, and ahead of the cabin, a long cockpit and Mrs. Ike P. Taylor, sailed for equipped with well for live bait | Seattle on the steamer Baranof and and roller for “bow-netting” sal will enter her seeond year as a stu- mon. dent at the University of Wash- The engine is a Covic diesel, 20 ington. horse power, now manufactured in Peter Warner, son of Mrs. Charles Los Angeles, but heretofore having G. Warner, is a passenger south on been made only in England A the steamer Yukon enroute to school remarkably compact and quiet mo- at Corvallis, Oregon tor, it is said the operating costs Leaving on the steamer Yukon, of the plant were only $270 from Mildrea Webster, daughter of Seattle to Ketchikan Helen Webster, will enter Aboard the craft is Whitney Mor- school in Montana ris and his son Whitney, Jr. Morris - and his son have been traveling for SERVI[ES 'oMonRow the last month in the Covic, con- tacting boatmen and new dealers introducing the little dies?l to the trade. | The two will be in Juneau for a week or so and plan to sceure a dealer here. - .. SIMPSON SAILS FOR UNIVERSITY Robert Simpson, son of Mr, FOR H. OSTERBAC Services for Herman Osterback, ‘Tenakee fisherman who passed away September 6, and was brought here yesterday by the Estebeth, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 mlmk in the Chapel of the Charles Carter Mortuary. The Rev. John L | Cauble will deliver the eulogy and | interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. | and Pifty-nine yesirs of age and'a na- Mrs. Robert Simpson Sr. left or tive of Finland, Osterback is sur- 'he Baranof yesterday, returni vived by a widow who accompanied t0 his studies in medicine at Stan- the remains to Juneau. ford, University. L s geit £ i Smm»nn !ux been working in [suhurfir vaciition; i ELECTION TOMGHTOF * | iy, | ™ ™ SKI CLUB OFFICERS ppions SOR 15 Election of officers will be held HEADED To SCHOOl tonight by the Juneau Ski Club and plans for the year's social and rac-| John Dimond, son of Alaska Dele- ing calendar will be forniulated. The gate Anthony J. Dimond, passed meeting will be held at 8 o'clock in through Juneau on the Columbia the City Council chambers and all heading south to return to college. | members are requested to be present.| Young Dimond has been working t - {on the Bartlett placer claims near HERE FROM UGANIK ! Miller House this summer. C. Henderson, Superintendent of e o 5 g ol LITTLEPAGE OUT Shell Simmons flew Jack Little- the San Juan canning company | plant at Uganik. on Kodiak Island, | pound; was in Juneau briefly this after- page, Superintendent of the Chi- noon on the steamer Columbia, chagof mine, back to the island headed south with his wife and property today after Littlepage had daughter for the winter. ' spent the weekend here on business. BE DISCARDED BY FEALIAN NATION ROME, Sept, 11 ~ The l‘nscfst newspapers hinted that Italy might end its neutrality and side with| Nazi Germany after a clear’ pathway | has been established to use as a | trade route through Poland 40 Rus- The authoritative newspaper edi« tor, Virginio Gayda, emphasized the Nagi drive through the south of Poland. At the same time other newspapers became more critical of the British policy and evidences of strict neutrality were disap- pearing from the newspapaers. SELL, SEATTLE SEATTLE, Sept. 1l.—Halibuters arriving from the Western banks today are as follows: , Aleutian with 40,000 pounds, selling for 13% and 10% cents a Diana 20,000 pounds, 14 and 11% eents; Majestic 36,000 pounds, 14'4 and 10% cents; Bolinda 23,- 000 pounds, 11% and 107 cents. From the local banks the For-| ward brought in 12,000 pounds . of sable, Mary R 12,000 pounds of sable, Aloha 18,000 pounds of sable, Faith 7,000 pounds of sable, all selling for 4% cents straight; Pierce 15,000 pounds of sable, Un!-’ ma,k 6,000 pounds, Lebanon 12,000; ounds, all selling Ior 4% cents straight. RUPERT HALIBUT PRICES | At Prince Rupert today 140,000 pounds of halibut ~were sold for 890 to 9.10 and 6 cents a pound.| D BASEBAll PLAYERS GO SOUTH SUNDAY Nels Peterson, Bob Russell, and Al Gribble, well known local base-| ball players, sailed south over the weekend. Gribble is returning to the States for employment, while it is popu- larly believed that the flashy Elks hortstop, Peterson, is returning to Omak, Wash,, to pick up his prom- ised bride, a nurse in the Omak General Hospital. Russell, who came north with Peterson, and held down a pitcher's| job with the Elks, is traveling with} Peterson. e MRS. STONEHOUSE - | LEAVES, BARANOFQ Mrs. Harry Stonehouse sailed on' the steamer Baranof Sunday, ex- pecting to be absent in the States for about two months. Mrs. Stonehouse will attend convention of the s American gion Auxiliary 'in Chicago, and will journey on east to visit friends and relatives and the New York World of Tomorraw. —+ the La*? IS VISITING DAUGHTER Mrs 3. C. Sippréll, of Skagway, arrived in Juneau on the' Yukon. The well known Skagway woman will visit a week here with her daughter Winifred, employed in the Public Welfare effice. ! .«* ' B WELCOME NEW GOVERNOR A welcoming committee has been named by the Xetchikan Chamber of Commerce to greet Dr. Ernest Gruening when he comes to Al- aska next month to succeed Gov John W. Troy, recenfly resigned. OLDTIMERS GO OUT Henry Maillard, resident of Cor- dova for 21 years, recently left' for California, accompanied by his wife. They may locate in the south and maybe they will return north again. - e, TO WRANGELL Don Hagerty, Field Agent for In- dian ' Corporations of the Office of Indian Affairs in Alaska, left for Wrangeil today on the Colum- | bia. ] e~ VACATIONING Miss Pearl Peterson, Forest Serv- ice employee, left on the steamer Baranof for a brief vacation trip' to the Stdtes. The Book ALASKA. Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. Final Figuran‘ from All Distriets-But YaKutat and Wrangell Additional pack reports to the Bureau of Fisheries from Yakutat, Wrangell,: Ketchikan and the West Coast districts brought the South- east Alaska total to 1942145 cases, as ‘compared to 2456871 at the same date last season. All pack reports are now except those from Yakutat Wrangell. The detailed pack, by districts and Sspecies, is as follows: final and 2,768 cohoes, 2216 Pinks, 31 chums, 32,041 total, 42,760 last year. Wrangell—18 kings, 17,129 reds, 10,936 cohoes, 318,145 pinks, 30,327 chums, 3876555 total, 315824 last year. Ketchikan—138 kings, 46,699 reds, 15,242 cohoes, 548714 pinks, 58 - 747 chums, 669,540 total, 971,150 last year. West Coast—22,107 reds, 10,935 cohoes, 206,044 pinks, 34,970 chums, 274,056 total, 456,014 last year. There is no change in the final pack figures previously given for the Eastern, Western and Icy Strait districts. Totals—2,287 kings, 194,576 reds, 51,021 cohoes, 1,457,815 pinks, 236,- 1446 chums, 1,942,145 total, 2,456,871 lait Yea:. b SAI:VIDORE PLEADS GUILTY; 18 MONTHS PRISON, $100 FINE James Salvadore, arrested recent- ly in Seattle after a year’s search, , pleaded guilty in District Court here | taday to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The of- ferse was committed in Petersburg. Judge George F. Alexander sen- tenced Salvador to 18 months in jail and a tine of $100; B GRS 5 e AL WHITE TO OVERSEE CRAIG ROAD WORK E, J. White, Resident Engineer, Public Roads Administration, was a southbound passenger on the Baranof for Craig, where he will assume engineering charge of the ' grading and surfacing of the West Coast Highway, Craig-Klawock isection under contract to the R J. Sommers. Construction Company. — - BUYS HOME Nels Sand, Piggly Wiggley puteher at Cordova, has purchased the Eric Ecklund home near Lake Eyak and has taken up his resi- dence there. S IR WEDDING AT CORDOVA At a quiet wedding in Cordova Mrs. Marian Carlson became the, bride of Clarence A. Bechtel Thv newlyweds are long time residents of:Cordova. ,,,,, b O Al DENTIST GETS MOLARS OUT Dr. A. W. Coutts, dentist, has -e- turned to Cordova from Anchor- age where he took some of his own medicine from. the dental frater- nity there.! IELEEED "o S HOONAH IMPROVEMENTS Harry Douglas, Mayor of Hoo- nah, conferred with Office of In- seeking to obtain. modern water and sewer systems. SToCcK QUOTATIONS l e NEW YORK, Sept. 11. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7, American Can 113%,; American Power and Light 5, Anaconda 38%, Bethlehem Steel 99%, Commonweanh and Southern 1%, General Motors 54%; Interna- tional Harvester 66, Kennecott 467 'New York Central 19, Northern Pa- cific 11%, United States Steel 78, Pourid, unquoted: 43 DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: ‘Industrials 155,12, rails 31:30, utilties 23.49. - R Empire Want Ads Bring Results. Yakutat—1,627 kings, 25,401 reds,! dian- Affairs officials today regard-, ing town improvements. Hoonah is| Amemans Can “FTravel (PR’s | Sfeamers! | There is no truth in ll‘m rumor | that ~American citizens cannot travel on Canadian boats between here and the States, CPR agent V. W. Mulvihill announced today. Mulvihill said the rumor without foundation. B CCC ENROLLEE'S BACK BROKEN IN was Truck in CoTFision with Henning Car at Point Louisa Junction Charles Morrison, 24, Montana Creek CCC enrollee, suffered a brok- en back this morning when a tr in which he was riding was in col- lision with the automobile of Fred Henning on the Glacier Highway The accident occurred at 8 o'clock this morning. Henning was turning out of the Point Louisa road. The truck was northbound on the Glacier Highway. The two collided at the intersection. Several Bruised Two other CCC youths of the nine riding in the truck were bruis- ed. Henning was not injured. The left fender and headlight of his automobile were smashed, but the car was not damaged so severely that it could not be driven to Ju- neau. The CCC truck was on its way from the Montana Creek camp tc the Lena Point road, with Allen Marston driving. The enrollees, sit- ting on seats along the sides of the interior of thé truck, were thrown in a heap on the floor by the impact Morrison was rushed to Juneau b ambulance and is at St. Ann’s Hos- pital. H D Two Moose Taken On Taku By Three Men Back from Taku River after four days of hunting three Juneau men returned with two moose for the larder. Those who brought in the big meat were Osborn’ Nygard, Lee Prescott and Eino Mack. P IVER MATANUSKA GOING AHEAD, SAYS WRT| ™ The Matanuska Colony is going ahead, quietly but surely and the colonists will have a good crop this year. This is the say of Sherwood Wirt, Juneau newsman, who has returned here from the cclony af- ter giving it the once over, and will go south shortly to make a tour in the St.ates, lecturir‘g on_Alaska. BASEBALL TODAY The rollomng are scores of games i played this afternoon in the two | major leagues: i National League St. Louis 6; Pittsburgh 8. American League Bost/on 11; Philadelphia 9. - SALMON ARRIVES 000 pounds of sa'mon today from the salmon grounds, while Sandy Stevens brought in pounds yesterday. >oo TO UNIVERSITY Shirley Linck, Fairbanks girl, daughter of a well known Fairbanks Exploration Company official, is on the Columbia, returning to school studies in the States. T R OUT TO SCHOOL Phyllis Sanders, who was in Ju- neau for several weeks this sum- mer, passed through from Skag- way on the Yukon this morning, 23,000 returning to school at the Uni- versity of Washington. - - TWO BOYS SOUTH R. E. Hestness and Stanley Smith, SKagway boys, are passengers s on the Yukon, going out to s The two were sailboat visitors in Juneau carlier this summer. - - JEmpire classifieds bring results. AUTO ACCIDENT Capt. Henry Moy brought in 14,- Capt. | 20T CENTURY ~ BUILDINGTO' BE COMPLETED Work on the Twentieth Century theatre-apartment building will be renewed on a full scale shortly, it was learned today. W. D. Gross wired today he nad completed financing arrangements and that contractor A. W. Qu will be leaving Seattle for Jum‘-\u’ | on next Wednesday's boat. Preparatory work has been goi forward for a number of weeks on the structure, but full oper tions have been awaiting finance completion. | The new building will house 21| apartments, two stores, and a mod- | ern theatre. e, HITLER MAKES SUNDAY FLIGHT BERLIN, Sept. 11. — Chancellor Hitler left his field headquarters Sunday with the armies in the Po- lish Corridor sector to visit the ar- mies in the Upper Silesia. He aLsu‘ flew over the Radom and Kilce dis- | tricts. | et - - ' | HOSPITAL NOTES | LS Sk Harold McKinley was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital for surgical attention this morning. Elmer Peterson is at St. Ann' Hospital receiving care for a rained ankle, Charles Morrison has béen ad- mitted to St. Ann’s Hospital anc is receiving care for a brcken batk After receiving medical supor- vision, R. B. Collier was dismissed from St. Ann’s Hospital. Mrs. Sadie Segel was a medica’ admission to St. Ann's Hospital Horace ' Marks was a m(»diml dismissal Saturday at the Govern- ment Hospital. | care at the Governmen GOING TO MAYO CLINIC | A. H. McDonald, Alaska Steam- !ship Company agent at Anchorage, is'on his way to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where Mrs. Mc- il)unald is a patient. | | .. SLUICING TO START Sluicing operations will soon start ion the gold placer ground of John | Hajdukovich and associates.on Cen-{ tral Creek in the Goodpaster coun- try. — e { HYDRAULIC PLANS | i Machinery and a tracfor have been | shipped from Fairbanks to the Mid- | dle Fork of the Koyukuk, six miles | from Wiseman, preparatory tc hy-| idraulicking work next spring. —eee - — ‘ KETCHIKAN'S ENROLLMENT } On the opening day of schooi |at Ketchikan, 708 pupils were en- |rolled in the kindergarten, grade (and high schools, an increase over | €85 on ‘the first day a year ago. | R L 4 s ROTARY HONORS TEACHERS The Ketchikan Rotary Club re- | cently gave the annual welcome Lc !the teachers at a noonday lunch- eon. | i SN | FOR U. OF ALASKA | Four Ketchikan youths, Michael Hagiwara, Kenneth Morgan, Jack Goddard and William Race have| gone to the Interior to enroll in the Umverslty of Alaska. - SHELL FISH lNDUSTR\’ The Gulf Packing Company has | steamed up at Cordova for a run of | several months in canning crabs. Thirty workers were employed at the | start. | REBEKAHS MEET | WEDNESDAY NIGHT | | | The first meeting of the Rebekah Lodge for the winter season will be held Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. | All members are urged to be pres- ent. ROl R Rp HARDWARE MAN HERE A. L. Florence, who represents | Seattle Hardware, came in to Ju- "neau over the weekend, and is at the Gastineau Hotel. POLLY AND HER PALS HOW LONG'S THAT LOUT, LOU LAYOFF GONNA HARBOR HERE ANYHOW?2 JESS HOLD YER HOSSESHAN'AI'LL CERAS V! By CLIFF STERRETT B N' SEE WOT'S TO ARRIVE HER! ON TTOMORROW. - TH' ST ONE FER 'EM (-4 . lul" BA HERE | J. S. Barnett, traveling man, is| J. G. Shepard, head of the Al- a guest at the Gastineau Hotel, 'aska PWA office here, is leaving cummg in over the weekend. |A. C. Black, Tacoma Drug Company Louise Joseph was dismissed from | representative, \un.lm] Gastineau Hotel. | prm— DEPARTMENT OF AGBICULTUBI. WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) i', Foreeast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Sept. 11: Partly cloudy toight, uesday cloudy with occasional showers; gentle to moderate northwesterly winds tonight, becoming southwesterly Tuesday. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Partly cloudy tonight, Tuesday, cloudy with occasional showers; gentle to moderate northwesterly winds tonight, ‘becoming southwesterly uesday, except possibly fresh southerly over Lynn Canal. Forecast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate northwesterly winds tonight from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbiook, becoming moderate southwesterly uesday from Dixon Entrance to Yakutat Bay and molerate to fresh southwesterly from Yakutat Bay to Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA Time Barometer Temb. Humldn:y wina Velecity Weathet 3:30 pm. yest’y .. 2095 62 56 W 1 Clear 3:30 am. today .. 20.94 45 87 w3 Cloudy Noon today 29.98 60 26 NNW 16 Pt. Cldy RADIO REPORTS TODAY Max. tempt. Lowest 3:30a.m, Precip. 3:30am. Station last 24 hours temp. temp. 24hours Weather Anchorage 59 36 36 00 Clear Barrow 32 30 30 o Cloudy Nome 50 42 45 T Drizzle Bethel 52 | 43 44 01 Drizzle Fairbanks 49 | a2 33 04 Clear Dawson 49 34 0 Clear St. Paul . 46 48 29 Rain Dutch Harbor .. 80 51 62 T Clear Kodiak 58 46 47 0 Clear Cordova 64 46 48 0 Clear Juneau 62 4 45 0 Cloudy Sitka . 62 41 0 Fetchikan 59 46 4 04 Clear Prince Rupert .. 60 46 47 .18 Cloudy Edmonton 57 | 45 45 25 Rain Sattle 3 52 53 12 Cloudy Portland 80 54 55 06 Cloudy San Francisco .. 62 46 56 0 Cloudy WEATHER SYNOPSIS Barcmetric pressure was high this morning over the Pacific Ocean and Interior Alaska, with the highest. reported pressure being 30.42 inches at latitude 44 degrees and longitude 150 degrees. Pres- sure was falling over the Bristol Bay region with the approch of a low pressure area. St. Paul Island reported a pressure of 2990 inches. Clear to partly cloudy weather has prevailed over the Interior of Alaska and most sections along the coastal Gulf of Alaska region, while cloudy and showery weather has occurred over the extreme western portion of Alaska and over the scuthern por- tion of Southeast Alaska, Juneau, Sept. 12.—Sunrise, 5:22 am.; sunset, 6:30 p.m. TO KETCHIKAN | today for Ketchikan on a busi- PUBGRENSESL. ot s = | ness trip of several days. ROUNDTRIPPER Hazel Hood returned on the Yu- kon this morning after making the is a guest at U\c‘ round trip to Skagway and Haines with the vessel. SUNDAY ARRIVAL Arriving here over the weekend, DON'T MISS TREASURE ISLAND It’s the most exciting place in the West right now! San Francisco World's Fair is a thrilling place these days. The . autumn weather is glorious. Huge crowds flock to one big attrac- tion after another. See this great Exposition before it closes Dec. 2. Continue on to Los Angeles on our streamlined Daylight for gay days in the sunay south. To really enjoy your trip, g0 by train. Relax and rest while the engineer does the driving. Fares are amazingly low.. LOOK AT THESE LOW FARES! One way F) Seattle to Roundtzip SAN FRANCISCO . . . . *14.50 ) 42425 LOS ANGELES . . ... 1950 34.00 In modern, air-conditioned coaches and reclining chair cars. Tourist and Standard Pullman fares are surprisingly low, too. Southern Pacific For folders, reservations, additional information, to B. C. TAYLOR, Gen. Agt., 1405 Fourth Ave. s.nu:, Wash.; or C. G. ALTON, Canadian Gen. Agt., 619 Howe St.. Vancouver, B, C. J. A. ORMANDY, Gen. Pass. Agt., 622 Plnfic Bld[ Portiand, Ore. Oldest Banlk in Alaska Commercial Safe Deposit Banking by Mail Depariment Savings : J | B S P E S Y A Seasnedl