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PAGE EIGHT WATER FRANCHISE " COMES UP BEFORE 7Solar Halos WereObserved‘ CONVENTION OF LIONS STARTING HERETOMORROW Two-Day Session Will Be Held - Business Friday, Social Time Saturday Principal piece of business ex- pected to come before Juneau's City ] Council at its first regular June Month Was Warmer, Drier for the Juneau Water Company. | City officials have been discussing 'ha" NOfmal ker NO PrE‘ | the franchise with water company 28 : Presifiant . . Lowld diriits the pest upltahon, 15 Days cil has been reached, Mayor Waino erably warmer and drier than nor- Hendrickson discloses mal. Whereas the normal monthly In addition, the Council will open | sunshine is 36 percent, with an av-| bids on Workmen's Compensation erage daily cloudiness of 7.8, the least one liquor store license trans- a, gverage daily sky coverage of fer and an ::Ppumno?\ for a new gn Tnhe average hourly wind \elu—, restaurant beer and wine nu*'nw icity was 74 mph, the prevailing It is anticipated also that thelgiection being north. | meeting tomorrow evening will be discussion of a franchise renewal two weeks and an agreement ex- | pected to be favorable to the Coun-| The month or May was consid-! insurance for the City of Juneau past month of May enjoyed 50 per-| and will be called to act upon &t cent of the possible sunshine, with | City's proposed new building code| p ifteen da were t o3 will be laid before the Council for| U3 WIS Dotely il gt = - out precipitation; there were sik first reading. It has been combed| ;... " gy partly cldhdy, and nine- over by builders here during the|, ey With perhaps 100 delegates at- hact several weeks i teen cloudy days. No fog occurred. past several weeks and is thought 5 tending, a convention of Lions will ¢, Le now in correct for A light frost was observed May 18, open here rrow morning at 10 et when the temperature dropped to; o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple 30 degrees. Auroral displays were Delegates will be from Ke 2 OUTSIDE HRMS noted on eight days; one lunar Seward, Anchorage, Fairb corona and seven sglar halos were Juneau and a busy day’s nbserved, and a parielion and a planned tomorrow with recr UA I tangential arc acc:mpanied the | halo on May 22. | Highest temperature: City office extreme 80 in 1915, 69 this year; airpert 70 this year. - Lowest temperature: City office extreme 24 in 1884, 35 this year;| airport 30 this year. | Mean maximum: City office nor- mal 3, this year 57.7; airport 59.9. Mean minimum: mal 402, this year 38.7 Mean monthly: City office nor- mal 477, this year 49.4; airport 493, i Total precipitation: City office | normal 5.26 inches; greatest 13.11 afforded Saturday. The convention will be called order at 10 o'clock tomorrow fore-| noon by Frank Hermann, Juneau.| George Vaara, District Governor will be the presiding officer and he will introduce Vincent C. Hascall, Past Tnternational President. i At 12:10 o'clock, there wiil be lunchecn in the Bgranof Gold Room with Don Foster acting as tcastmaster for the occasion. The address cf welcome will be made by Mayor Waino Hendrickson. Hascall is scheduled to make an address. At the afternoon session at o'clock reports will be made, con- ference city for 1947 selected and District Governor for the term 1946-47 will be elected. | to ALASKA BUSINESS here with the to transact busi- as foreign Recently filing Auditor of Alaska ness in thz Territory companies, are Baranof Exploration and Devel- opment Co., Inc, a New York cor- poration organized to conduct min- ing operations and allied activities, President of the company is Jesse| S. Moore of New York City. Juneau| attorney R. E. Robertson has been 9 named the compar legal repre- ntative for the First Division of | Alaska. Home office is in New York City. Authorized capitalization of | in 1884, least (airport) 1.25 in 1946; the concern is $61,000. Stock con- | city office this year 3.55, airport At 8.0'alock -in the evening @ re- Isists of 100,000 shares of common 125 inches. ception at the Baranof will be held | With par "0“1‘"‘ OF one, pen D“IX' Total snowfall: for all Lions and their ladies ‘;“)““;.'5;“10,“““"(‘1"“1 of cnftion 0% pmal G b Saturday there will be a boat |00 Par value and 365 shares pre-|1g30, this year trip to Taku Glacier, auto trips (u‘fon ed at §100 par value Mendenhall glacier and the high- m"‘t‘;‘n‘““(’:"r’i‘l’l‘f; e e 7 oclock in the |8 ropres i way, a banquet at 7 o S le. i Scottish Rite place of business in Seattle No evening in the _ " TN legal agent for Alaska has yet becn Temple with Alva Blackerby as named. Capital is 500 shares foestmaster. . Addresses. will b‘ $100 par value each. Arthur made by the District Governor,;,;,gione of Seattle is Px(‘.sxdcm‘ elect, and others |The company expects to conduct | air carrier operations in Alaska at City office nor-| 41.1; airport | City office nor- greatest 1.6 inch in none, airport none. Highest southeast in from the Maximum wind velocity: the isa Wash-'50 mph, from 1035; this year southeast. * ELLIS AIR TRANSPORT IN FLIGHT YESTERDAY Passengers flown by the Ellis Air Twenty Lions irom Ketchikan are due here in a special boat and | Fairbanks, Anchorage and Annette delegates are scheduled to arrive Island. | Transport yester_day were as fol- on planes this afternoon from the | o —— lows, from Ketchikan: Mr. and M K. Bilton, Lt. Comdr. H. Solloway, | Jimmy DeVigne, Dell Hanks | To Ketchikan: F. F. Volk, H. Price; to Wrangell: Eric Anderson, R. Suxrath, F. V. Wagner. | — e | JADOFFS SOUTH westward @ interior. 'FIRE DEPARTMENT ‘ = e MEETING TONIGHT today from the Emsm.ss“ Members of the Juneau Volun- Company's Dry Bay cannery, where | teer Pire Department will hold their | Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jadoff and she unloaded company equipment. regular monthly meeting at the their two children will leave Ju- The 85-foot commercial freighter, | Fxrp Hall this evening, with Chief neau on the North Sea for a three which reportedly will tow a receiv- |Minard Mill announcing that no months’ vacation with relatives | ing scow back to Dry Bay for!unusual matters are due to come be- and friends in Washington, Oregon Einstoss, is duc nul shortly ]tore the nody | and Cshrormfl ="“IIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIII||I|IIII||IIIIIIlIIIIlII|I|lII||lI|IIIiI||IIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIII|I|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII" g EGGS -- Large, Fresh 2 dozen$1.19 CARNATION — LIBBY — DARIGOLD MILK - - - - - - - (ase$4.99= AVOSH(Wh;;)pmg) 3 bottles 95¢= -3 Ibs. §1. 00 RELIANCE COFFEE WAN 12 Medium Bars - 75¢ O AP 12 Large Bars - --389¢ NU-BORA SOAP Giant Size §Dc Peach Blossom Fisher’s Blend CAKEFLOUR - 41bs. 39c | FLOUR 10 Ibs. 78c ABY FOODS - doz. 99c | DOG FOOD - Case $3.80 Long or Short Long or Short = MACARONI - 10 1bs. §1.49 | SPAGHETTI 101bs. $1.43 MINIMUM DELIVERY $2.50 ORDER ING DELIVERY CLOSES 10:00 A. M. ALMA BACK Hans at 8 am. MR R S S iy III|III||IIIllIIIIII|||III|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||I DOUGLAS DELIVERY CLOSES 10:00 A. M. AFTERNOON DELIVERY CLOSES 3 P. M. I 104 CASH GROCERY |the Westward. INDIA" SERVI(E from the wmngeu Insitute to Ko-| diak. Collector’s Expedition the daughter of B. Miss Stewart, D. Stewart of Juneau, by the North Star on expedition. NORTH STAR HERE GOING WESTWARD The Alaska Native Service mot- orslnp North Star arrived here yes- |terday afternoon from Seattle and left last night at 9 o'clock for ers and thi seeds York City Botani will leave the ship at mest point, cover the insula area, again when it returns second trip. ated with a degree in the University 1940. Besides a cargo of annual school and medical supplies for isolated Indian villages, the ship has 25 {sheep, 15 rabbits and 300 chickens ito replace those lost by natives ywhen the Atka Island Aleuts were removed to the Alaska mainland THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA She is making a study| and collection of Alaska wild flow- ‘lhe States, is staying in Juneau for for Gardens. Seward Pen- and board Miss Stewart gradu- of Washington Holland Field, Property Clerk for Alaska Native Service, is aboard the ship to check property matters, par- United States and served “Army during the war. chorage from Juneau and rejoin is traveling the North Star at Kodiak and con- a collector’s tinue to Atka. William Darden, a lecturer from the New t}‘e pxeaont St e — the .shipl - north on its, its nor St. Mrs. Ann’s Hospnal has admitted Irene Smith and Mrs. Anna Hope for surgery and Mrs. Bess Winn, Donald Barnes and Mrs. A. McKeough for medical attention. Dismissed were Mrs. Modesto Pagaram and Mrs. Cail Bergstrom, both medical patients. botany from in ;during the Japanese invasion threat. ticularly those pertaining to ré-' The Government Hospital hasad- {Also aboard are other resettlement scttlement in the Aleutians. mitted Betty Rusk, Juneau; Peter supplies for the Aleuts, Mr. Turner, a teacher at Meko- jon, Angoon and Harry Jackson, Making its first trip of the year k, is returning to his position yaypytat, and sent Wayne Hawley, the North Star will visit the fol. [fom a vacation in the states. Elmer Jones and Robert Donnelly and students he {lowing towns and villages: Kodiak, ayrivals on the North Star who '€ the Minfield Home. Karluk, Chignik, Perryville, Squs left the ship in Juneau were: Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morgan be- Hartor, Belkofski, King Cove, Aku- ,n4 Mrs. Simon Oliver, Mr. and ¢ame the parents of a six ‘pound tan, Nicholski, Atka, Unalaska, Pi- Mrs. Anthony Judish from Seattle, * n ounce boy born at 1:20 p.m. {lot Point, Kanakanah, Mekoryuk, Tpey will fly to Mekoryuk tomor- day in the Government Hos- {Tanunah, Hooper Bay, Savoonga, gy where Judish, as operator of {Gambell, possibly Nome, Dutch Har- (e cold storage and electric gen- RRIOR 77501 bor, Skagway and Yakutat. Ship erator plant there, can prépare for BIOLOGIST HERE officials expect to finish this run in oindeer meat processing. James Leekley, Biologist in less than two months and leave ojiyer, whose native name is Nu-| charpe of the Fish and Wildlife for Seattle by July 30. The North cjyk Eskimo-Norwegian author and | Service’s cxperimental fur station |Star will reload in the States and nysician, is going to Atka as gov-| 3t Petersburg, has arrived in Ju- return this summer for a second ...ment teacher. His wife is to neau for a few days on official {run to Alaska covering the area j, agsistant teacher. Oliver was business. He expects to visit Haines Thn bAion. vo. erTeN educated at Unalaska and at the| before returning to his post at Among passengers aboard the Chicago Musical College. Concert Petersburg. North Star are Jeannette Stewart, bianist, linguist, photographer and Leekley revealed that the newest !Carlos W. Holloand, Herman mxm authority on Native Alaskans’ lore, development at the fur station dur- \er, nine returning has made several tours in the | ing the past wmter was the suc in the/ | captivity. This is the first time the |before U. S. Commissioner Felix He and his wife will fly to An- THURSDAY, ]UNE6 1946 cessful reproduction of marten in| texdny afternoon when he appeared station has had such success with Gray here to waive preliminary marten, but Leekley is making no hearing. Huff's.bond is set at $2,000 optimistic statements until the ac- | and he is being held in the Federal complishment has been repeated a | jail here. second year, | SN OPERaRE z3 T PR | Lt. Comer. Howard Solloway, WAIVES HEARING | USCGR, Marine Inspector, return- : John Wesley gHuff, negro accus- | ed to his post here yesterday after ed of burglary, was automatically | four weeks on detail at the Ketchi- bound over to the grand jury yes-|kan Coast Gumd headquarters. e ¢\ Cuacty e oo ago Tidey - F5an Two years ago foday the first American troops splashed up onto the beaches of Normandy— and the Allied invasion of Western Europe had begun. 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