The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1949, Page 5

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1949 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE. - JUNEAU, ALASKA (ONDITIONS OF WEATHER with the Malamutes, won the Alaska-Yukon champions ship. {now are on the Basin Road. McLeod has been active in ath- ctics since the days in 1801 when he played basketball in Skagway which team McLeod will be on leave of ab- sence for six months, during which - he plans to visit family members. ¥ | Then his retirement becomes offi- Weather conditions und temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, au 4:30 2. m, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau, Juneau, follow: Anchorage Barrow -10—Snow ~25—Snow -12—Partly Cloudy -9—Clear -42—Fog -22—Fog Dawson Edmonton -29—Clear | * 0—Clear -6—Clear 3—Clear 31—Snow 30—Cloudy -10—Clear -30—Pt. Cloudy . 5—Pt. Cloudy -44—Clear 18—Snow 37—Rain 0—Snow 38—Rain 21—Cloudy -31—Clear 2—Clzzr - JARVIS MALEOD, CUSTOMS MAN AT RUPERT, RETIRES From all over the North—Juneau included—friends are sending con- gratulations to Jarvis H. McLeod, collector of customs at Prince Ru- pert, on his 50 years of service for the Dominion of Canada. He has{ been at R t since May, 1913. ‘With his evious duties as a servant of the crown, McLeod, who retired last week, was the oldest officer in Canada from length of service. s born in Ontario in 1883, ed the customs service at Alaska in 1899, his first ng at Log Cabin, B. C. s were at Forty Mile, From there, ferred to Prince Ru- and served as collect- at the Port of Prince Island Northway B burg Portland George of the ice, have plenty to do as to the break- cial and permanent. His staff entertained with a farewell dinner and presented Mr: and Mrs. McLeod with gifts in tok- en cf their regard. TWO JADE NUGGET GIVEN T0 MUSEUM BY MA). MARSTON Greatly prized by BEdward L. Keithahn, curator of the Territor- ial Museum, are the two large nuggets of Alaska jade just receiv- ed from Marvin Marston, who also loared the Museum a handsome Alaska jade bracelet of nine thumb-long panels mounted in sil- ver. The one- and two-pound nuggets were part of the 164-pound jade boulder Marston discovered near Shungnak, on the Kobuk River, a discovery that led to the develop- ment of jade jewely as a new! Alaska craft. Marston, a picturesque figure who. as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the U. S. Air Force Reserve, was assigned to command the Alaska Tercitorial National Guard during the war, is better known in the North as Major Marston. Marston recently was in Juneau for a week, after a six-week lec- ture tour in the States. He has returned to his home at Anchor- r 18 ICEAT HENANA IS 39 INCHES THICK The ice at, Nenana is 39 inches: thick according to official infor- mation received by the Empire from Floyd W. Avery, manager of the annual ice classic. There is about four and both factors will Rupert since 1913. up. McLeod was active in both the y and Navy in the. First and n World Wars and, from 1939 5, was active in the found- ishermen’s Naval Re- mit which made a real contribution to the security of the oast. Puring World War II, McLeod had charge of all naval communi- cations at Rupert, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant Com- nander. In 1909, in Dawson, he married | Jean Cavanagh, and there is a ily of nine. Their daughter, Elzabeth—Mrs. Jack Donanue—s a Juneau resident. The Donahues merly lived at Tee Harbor, but HOME AND INDUSTRIAL INSULATION ROCK WOOL—ALUMINUM WEATHER STRIPPING Warde A, Johnson—Phone 344 | CHRISTENSEN BROS. | 909412th St. PHONE 659 Last year the ice was 32 inches thick. 'The river froze last fall at the lowest ever known, Avery says. Avery is giving out no tips as to the probable breakup and adds that nobody in Nenana has ever been on the exact date. 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