The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1940, Page 4

ANTHROPOLOGICAL NOTE Daily Alaska Empire the the The American Chemical Society reports that ation of rats in the United States is twice of human beings the society estimates two dollars worth otal of $500,000,000. No estimate human beings. Published evers eve EMPIRE P pulation Also, least BENDER > each rat does annually Vice-Pre that -a | at of damage the Post Office in Juneau was made of the damage done by the P - No Cigar for Senator Taft (Philadelphia Record) | President Roos v\rl( several months ago promised “handsome prize” to Senator Taft, of Ohio, if latter would propose a plan under which the| ths, In advance, $8.00 a the a iey will promptly notify rregularity the de- Office of sny fail Ivery of their papers Telephoues: News “or the he partially ber of accepted agencies which President Roosev Senator Taft listing a n be eliminated lyzed these proposa only $8,000,000 in What's more, mar for the ax can service, returning cost Office, 602; Business Office, 374, SIS said PRESS, tied to the use for to it or mot he local news MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Associs s vely ent republication otherwise credit published herein. g the age shown to return'a the people more - -— of D TO BE LARGER ALASKA CT ANTE JTHER PUBLICATION. THAN ) real public| than ANY — to he paper Representa- Angeles, Poriland, GEORGE D CI N Stves. with officy Benttle, Chicaso, New Y Roosevelt's answer came so soon. We economy Senators would While President sorry that it more of the example fact, we'd national we're that Taft's In his own SEATTLE ington, 1011 REPRESENTATIVE American Bank Buil like to budget the see every Senator draw uJ before - he criticizes budget posed by Administration. That the voters would get a real basis for comparis They would also have a clearer understanding of how much bunk is contained in the clamor against Fed- | expansion long it is generalized, it sounds all right | minute a br soul—such as Senator Taft | into specific facts and figures, the possible | shrink or else cuts are being made in| that are essential ‘ spite of Senator Taft's bad luck we wish| sident. would keep that offer of a “handsome | standin eral credit A But tk gets economies as items In the Pr prize SPECIAL EDITIONS, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR Perilous Guessing J | (Cleveland Plain Dealer) national committees seem to be jockeying! position in their nominating conventions. As' a result the two party tickets are likely to be | named in July or early August instead of June or| early July as has been the practice generally in other presidential years Republicans have usually been content to m their candidates and stand them on @ This gave the Democrats something to n their own delegates sat down to| | from all parts | hitting the desk of the few days. Several weeks Republic’s “Romantic- Phoenix. Last Star-Bulletin’s edi- ! iiversary of the the Longview N Empire Edi-’ received the progress edi- Spokesman-Review. edition: § Special of newspaper of the country Empire editor in the ago it was the Arizona Progressive Arizona Edition week we received tr Hor tion commemmorating 1 Territory. A recent (Washington) Daily tion.” Today we tion of the Spokane All of which reminds us that publication of the annual progress and development edition of The Empire is no far off. Through this edition The Empire advertises Alaska and celebrates its wonders so that the whole world will Most special editions glorious past. Not so which is dedicated to the Basin, a future which Grand Coulee Dam. By great dam will be completed and the first water will be ready for Columbia Basin. Including Grand Coulee struction ever ancient pyramids in to its full height of a lake 151 miles long, backing the the Canadian border. The dam will be raised about level. Then the water will be pumped 280 feet higher into a great reservoir extending 27 miles in the Grand Coulee. From here it will run by gravity over & million and a quarter rich acres, which have been waiting a thousand years for this development to make them bloom. This vast area in the center of the State of Washington has soil as productive as that of the famous Yakima and Wenatchee apple districts. It will furnish homes for thousands. And this great development, one of the crack- _— S | pot New Deal squandering schemes you have hemd\ This is the season when people’s umbrellas, like | so much about in recemt ycars, will make money their Presidential aspirations, are apt to be in the | for the Nation t00. Assuming that the Columbia hands of their friends. Basin land will prove as productive as similar sofl Ty already under the ditch in the State ,of Washington, ! Actress Joan Bennett takes husband No. 3. it will produce every two years crops equal in value third-term inhibitions for her. | to the whole cost of the gigantic enterprise. The 4 % 3 R people of the Basin will d every year $75,000,000 Even New York is getting to be a big town; it's 2 # removing the pushcarts from the Eas ide streets. for goods from other parts of the Nation, including B toe P ts from the East Side streets Alaska, This estimate is based on the $25000,000 4180 which has been so spent annually by the settlers of the Yakima irrigated district near by, which is only one-third This is truly building civilization in have been R for from arr was first, name platform shoot business vergreen annual i This year the situation is changed in two re-; spects. Mr. Roosevelt suggests a later date for his| own party conventions. And he chooses not to- en- | lighten the opposition—or anyone else—as mv\heth«'l“ he proposes to wrestle a bout with the anti-third ! term precedent. If the Republicans, meeting uH mid-June, were to volley against the third term and | a month later the President were to step aside for some other Democratic nominee, what a pother [lm‘ be enriched by the Wwould be, countrymen! middle of 1941 this Juse 6 et in by 1043 or 1944 conventions d resultant frrigation in - the | the idea finds adoption this year it will be a result not of particular merit, however, but of a President’ reluctance to say whether he will or he won't chal-| lenge the ancient Washington-Jefferson precedent. | Politics meets its master in a sphins | 56 celebrate less the Spokesman-Review’s, tuture of the Columbia more or to the is the suggestion of later shorter campaigns. If its dry land recl the Dam is the greatest undertaken by man, this respect 550 feet, the mation feature, piece of con- succeeding the When completed dam will make water as far as above the feet above low water | dismissed a damage suit brought by a wife against her husband for injuries received in an auto accident. It is not likely, how- ever, that anything much can be done to prevent her from reminding him of it, now and then, when in more peevish mood. As soon as the Finns finish with Russi | intend to sic them on the New York Yankees. | New Jersey court has water surface a have scuttled another ship. Those ailors, They're plumbers. 1 Never the twain shall muniques agree. The Na: guys aren't meet, nor military com- No & Traffic engineers estimate that it costs one- seventh of cent to stop and start up again a car traveling 20 miles an hour. That's cheap enough, when you think of the fellows who would ask two cents to knock your block off if 5ou run into them. large. Ameris General Pershing Retum to Tucson for Wlnter £ | i national budget could be balanced in two e s o el e Oy 7 | atfect many family circles. | jections, | thereof, " ary 9th, DAILY ALASKA IR fl;roscope “The stars incline but do pot compar THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 1 This should be a fairly’ 'tortu- nate day. The Moon enfers.,&zgu tarius with Mercury well ected It is a date for concentra and | hard work. Constructive ¥ plans should be pushed cautiouslyl since there are omens of amazinggévents astir in the world, % Heart and Home: r of changes, As marriage is is | ortunate sway for the shome and seéwing are well.'di- by the stars- which. warn » need for practical training|.,,qitions according . College lore should toward domestic ef-' well traingd kitchen as wel ed Brains reeded in the ness Affairs: Uncertainty re- ing the choice of the next esident of the United States may Changes which are turning the world over will affect the result) of the national election. Conservative gains are indicated, but labor and agriculture will unite upon‘a 1ib- | eral candidate: This should be an active day in trade and commerce. National Issues: The Seeretary of the Treasury will be in the newspaper headlines often: this month, when the United States will confront unusual financial prob- lems. Loans and subsidies will be discussed ' considerably. Soefal' se- curity may reveal certain weak- nesses. Money will occupy’ muth of nn- public - consciousness. Persons whose birthdate it naw the augury of a year of good | fortune, There may be temptation were making arrangements for the toward too much interest in ro- ~mance. Both young and older. per- ons will be susceptible. Children born on this day prob- xbl\ will be restless and difficult guide, Many mathematicians selong to this sign which may be | extraordinariy fortunate for many subjects of Aquarius. . (Copyright 1940) e - i Try an Empire ad. | \lOTl(E OF FINAL IILARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT A hearing will be held at ten; |o'clock a.m. on March 15th, 1948,] in the United States Comxms%ion-‘f s (Ex-Officio) Probate Court for | the Juneau, Alaska, Commission-| er's Precinct, upon the Final Ae- count of MARY V. McNAUGHTON as the executrix of the estate of: Guy McNaughton, deceased, mfi all persons are required to file an’ » before said hearing, their ob= if any, to said Final Ac- count or to any particular item specifying the particulars of such objections; and, at said hearing, said Court will adjudicate and determine who @re the heigs and distributees of said decedent, and all persons areé required to show cause why said estate should not be distributed to Mary V. Me~ Naughton, Mary Jean McNaugh- ton and James W. McNaughton ¥ accordance with said decedent’s last will and testament dated July 22, 1920, : Dated at Juneau, 1940. FELIX GRAY, United States Commissiofi= er and Ex-Officio Probala Judge. | Publication dates: Alaska, Janue January 10- : 24-31, 1940. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; That Howard D. Stabler, adminis- trator of the estate of George Dis- combe," deceased, has filed his final account of his administration of said estate, and his petition for distribu- tion of the residue thereof, in the United States Commissioner's Court for Juneat Precinct, at Juneau, Al- aska, and that 10 o'clock A. M. on March 31st, 1940, has been filed as the time and said- Commissioner’s Court the place for hearing same; and that all persons interested | therein are hereby notified to ap- pear at said time and place and file their objetcions, if any, to said final account and petition. Dated: Juneau, Alaska, January 16, 1940. HOWARD D. STABLER, Administrator, Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska. First publication, Jan. 17, 1939, Last publication, Feb. 7, 1939. Anchorage, Alaska, November 17. 1939. Notice is hereby given that Ma- | thias . Halm has made application {for a homesite under the act of / 1 | General John J. Pershing, 79-year-old wartime commander-in-chief ¢f the A. E. F., is shown as he ar- l _rived in Tucson, Ariz,, for his annual winter’s visit. He went directly to a new suite built for him at the ! " desert sanatorium where he won his fight against an almost fatal illness two years ago. Shown with him ‘are Dr. Roland Davison (left), Miss May Pershing, his sister (behind him), and Policeman Ed Faustman, 4 May 26, 1934, for a tract of land embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2377, Anchorage serial 08807, containing 2.18 acres and situated within the Mendenhall Elimination from Ton- gass National Forest, in latitude 58° 23 10” N. longitude 134° 34’ W. and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, Al- aska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above men- tioned land should file their ad- verse claims in the district land office within the period of publica- tion or thirty days thereafter, or they will be' barred by the pro- visions of the Statutes. ¥ GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. - Date first publication,” Dec. 6, 1939. Date last publication, Jan. 31, 'll‘ x DO TEAS RSO with al \&l]h pany. e s | 'return to her home soon. is jchorage, will be married soon in on the earth? ! versity of Washington. | WEDNESDAY JAN. 31, 194 Wlppy PBirthday The Ergite extends congutull- JANUARY 31, 1920 — Fire late the previous afternoon almost completely destroyed the | newspaper plant of the Alaska tions gnd best w"h" rday, ’bflr Citizen and adjoining structures at MM‘V anniversz: to the | Fairbanks causing a loss of $60- lowing: 000. JANUARY 31 S. P. Raymond Cecile Cashen J. B, Warrack Peter Melseth Mrs. Elvina Marrow Elizabeth Terhune Eulalie Bochmore J. E. Fowler B Gov. Riggs arrived in Washing- ' ton, where he was to spend six, weeks taking up Alaskan matters various departments. Development work on the prop- lerty of the independent Gold Min- ing Company at Windham Bay was expected to be abandoned for a few weeks because of the weather to: F. W. Ketchmark, President of the com- | DAILY LESSONS | IN ENGLISH The mail boat Pheasant that ar- | | rived from Cape Fanshaw, had one | of the roughest trips of the win- | yW‘L‘Gordon | ter and was stormbound four days | Words Often Misused: Do not at Taku Harbor. say, “I shall send you a postal.” Postal is an adjective. Say, “I shall send you a postal card,” or, “post card.” Often Mispronounced: Reconnoi- ter. Pronounce rek-o-noi-ter, first e as in wreck, o as in of un- stressed, principal accent on third syllable. ofign (Misspelled: Pernisyible; two i's and two s's. Synonyms: Envious, jealous, covetous, grudging, begrudging. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by master- ing one word each day. Today's word: Determinate; having de- fined limits; definite. “Eloquence rests on lav.s the most exact and Harry Mudge, a logger, who had a pile camp near Tenakee, left for his home. J. E. Binet of Mayo, Yukon Ter-! ritory, was at the Gastineau Ho- tel. He was keeper of a store and roadhouse at Mayo. Walter Carheart, an oldtimer cf Fairbanks, sailed for the States to make his home, Mrs. Guy McNaughton, who had been ill for several days at St. Ann's < Hospital, was expected to J. W. Bell and Z. M. Bradford fourteenth annual Firemer’s Ball. Weather: snow. highest 18, lowest 14, el g g FORMER JUNEAU GIRL TO WED IN SEATTLE |"LOOK and LEARN Margaret Culver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Walter Culver, formerly residents of Juneau, now of An-| 1. Who was the first child born Seattle to Leslie Nappe, who is' 2. and where is Pall completing his courses at the Uni- Mall? 3. What is the reason for the red appearance of the sun when it is rising or setting? | 4. What is America’s most im- ‘portant crop? What - ———— MODERN | 5. What Southern state was the E T I Q U E T T E ‘ | most important battleground of * \lhe Civil War? ANSWERS By Roberta Les | § K should one 4 5 don. 3. The greater depth of atmos- phere through which the sunlight passes before reaching us. 4. Wheat, 5. Virginia. VAN GILDER FILES KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 31.— place. J. P. Van Gilder, former City Clerk Q. Isn't it poor taste for a hus- ©f Ketchikan, filed for the House band or a wife to make fun of today subject to the Republican the other when in company? Primary. Other filings are expect- A. Yes; even when done jok- ©d today or tomorrow. ingly it is not good form. T Cain. A celebrated street in Lon- Q. What sized tip give for services in a beauty salon? A. If the services do not ex- ceed three dollars, 25 cents is suf- ficient. If more than three dollars, one may apply the ten percent rule. Q. When eating in a place, and the waiter dish, should one say you,” or merely “N A. One should you." Courtesy is public passes a “No thank , “No thank never out of Today's News Today—Empire. Daily Crossword Puzzle ACROSS . Remnant of combustion Skips . Old card game . Inlet of the sea . Fruit . Say further Escape art- fully . Worked with the hands 9. 10. 1. 16. Burdened Poem Strange That which must be done Hindu revenug collector: variant . Young eel . Sing In the Swiss styly . Soft feathers . Provided with shoes . Wind spirally To an inner position . Arrigate Solution to Yesterday's Puzzle Al M| Ed K3 R[>[w| . Fl Recreational contest. . Varieties Munlclml}.}y > imz[- V£ /0/Z . Exclamation Tos- ' Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 | e Dr. A. W. Stewart Hours 9 am to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. H. C. RED- MAN, Exalted Rvler; M H. SIDES, Secretary. | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth & Monday of each month ~ in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p.m 1 RALPH B. MARTIN, Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS. Secretary. Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-£, 7-2 rwoms 2-3-4, T-iangle Bldg. PHONE 667 —r — Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST GUY SMITH DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE 87—Free Delivery Room 9—Ve entine Bldg. PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. | Graduate Los Angeles College of Optonetry and Opthalmology Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 l—'—-—'——_'—" Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson Blomgren Bldg———2nd Floor —— "Tomorrow’s Styles Today” Juneau’s Own Store ““The Rexall Store” Your Relinble Pharmacists Butler-Mauro | Drug Co. i/ rug Co PRESC Booiss TR THRIFT CO-0P Phone 767 Phone Groceries 4 | FINNISH STEAM BATH Your Aflment Calling You Sclentific Treatments and Baths | | Open every day—10 a.m. till mid- night—Dr. E. Malin, Prop. | 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 - e HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. FINE anh and, Jewely Repairing very reasonable rages PAUL BLOEDJORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irving's Market) Front Street Phoue & Archie B. Belts PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Bookkeeping Tax Service IT COSTS SO LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY <|mENP|—|R[O[O|OENM|r |0~ x|m|v RN<[R]m| = [m|x §§ v [m[m[-| . United . Aromatic wood . Couple . Pronoun . 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TELEPH B amEN HaEE JNANE & / e rE e PR T I%flllfll/flll H JENEE JES ONE—51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS L CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASKA