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PAGE TWO LATE HOURS emze fQI° n=sm FLate Gift Shepper Behrends will remain open the evenings of THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY for your Shopping Convenience. Hours: 9a. m. 10 9 p. m. M Behrends Co QUALITY SINCE /887 Due Here Janua Snow-tracfor transy 'local winter sports fa S Island ski it was orta area a Club, of a pre-paid « S at, ready hipment to Ju night $1000 donation toward t achine. ranting of loan ment of several thousands lars by ) and pri plan to better facilities of the unity. wdividuals to sports Douzl Forest Scrviee Aids at the Club, possible also by Forest Service improvement Sy Junean Ski keen made of the U. S. l saneiel here is no substitute for Newspapet Advertising! ing to i ¢ Ski Club and others | contributed volunteer labor trail i worked at | the pr Del pec | said of the Sno-Ca ly in' Januar nd it will diately on its season it will he top of the PACIFIC NORTHE president with d, Oregon, lSno-CaI Ordered; ry tion to became ounced of the for the for for the order at neau. he pur- This acti a of § Sportsmen, Inc., | ;rdqson Highws , and the invest- of dol- al business organizations | further the winter Juneau- outset by the the project hat the a in pic- of the the $ki area and efforts of membérs of the who have on the promoting t is ex- Stewart be put ihto opera- arrival. be oper- Jump THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'ARC Reporls Much "Road Work Dene During Past Year |son the Alaska Régd Commiss | reports it continued its progra | highway con tion and improve- ment throughout the Territory with efforts concentrated on the re on and hard-surfacing of ites, replacement of routes, and indu report by the ARC of) ities: By the end of the season hard- surfacing of the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and the Ric complete ex: a 16-mile section in the of Sheep Mountain. The portion of the Glenn between Big Timber and | Tok Junction, formerly known as the Tok Cutoff, was under extensive re- construction during the entire season and resulted in almost complete el- !imination of narrow and crooked |road. Included in this work was a | relocation around the east sid® of cept for road by approximately nine miles. On the Richardson Highway be- contracts for grading were in pro- gress, three of which included hard surfacing. Grading between Valdez and Thompson Pass was substan- tially completed. This work includ- ed the widening and paving of the tunnel in Keystone Canyon and the elimination of many steep grades and sharp curves. The section from Big Timber to During the 1951 construction sea-| Mentasta Lake that shortens the| tween Valdez and Big Delta four| 2 lce-Breakers Turned Back fo . S. by Russia MERHAVEN, Germany, A group stiff-bac r faced Russian naval officers | here handed back to the U. 8. Navy ; esterday two large American ice- | | | ERE rs loaned to the Soviet Union 127 the war, In a brief ceremony, the Russians auled wn the Red flag on the 6,~ Northwind and Westwind. ey boarded a Russian freigh- i sailed for home. Vaval troops filed on board ed the Stars and Stripes. of these two ships is rs behind schedule. U. & 1d hois The ret . The fourth contract, between Rap- fids and Big Delta includes both crading and paving. A line change constructed between Rapids Donnelly that will elainate flcod damage by the Delta River, rd cquipment is now on the job o0 accomplish the remaining, grading | highway system was formally ated October 19, 1951, opening the new Seward-Anchorage High- vay. Portions of the old Seward- Re between Seward and Mile 58, ill under reconstruc- tion pre] ory to pavinz, and the section from Girdwood to Anchor- age has been placed under contract for hard surfacing. Additional pav- ing contracts are to be awarded during the coming season and will be administered by the Bureau of Public Roads under a cooperative agreement with the Alaska Road Fop> REAL ESTATE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 | REAL ESTATE 3 BEDRCOYV. on. Large chen and ment. Ga: nished. O COMMERCIAL properties — two buildings, central locations. Com- | pletly occupied, one with la 1 rge home on Dix- rcom, tiled kit- Full el vi | f fir | store location. Both show returns of over 10 perc |4 BEDROOM residence | lands 1 BEDROOM n price. | BELLES CAF! Office: Room 14 In Shattuck Bldx | William Winn-Phone 234 in hospital, new ear MURPHY & MURPHY REALTORS — ACCOUNTANTS Phone 078 over First National Pany Communication To the Editor, D: . pire: Those of who ha ant afterncon at the con sented by the Juneau Singers last Sunday feel that not enough credit has been given to those who spent a great deal of time and effort in making the event possible. Those who participated in the production were unanimous in praising the | |skill and ability of Miss Mar; |Iversen, the director. i a pleas- 1 base-| v. Fur- | rie | She worked | | MAGNTFICENT view, room home, recently steam heat, completely ed, Basin Road |LOVELY large ‘ steam. heat, four plus two Lbedroom now rented at $125 basement, orful ngs, Douglas Island. | MODERATE price 2 bedroom home, furnished, garage, Douglas. SPACIOUS 5 bedroom home, furn- | ished, vi basement, Star Hill. :\')TI_UXE trailer, sleeps 8 adults. BEACH cabins, $3,800 top price. SMALL 2 bedroom furnished home, South Franklin, near sawmill. large 3 bed- remodeled, me, three baths, rcoms or two apartments, mor , full ~reseeoe |ISLAND, 230 acres, useable year pgaRRIS ST. | round, excellent facilities. | BOAT SHOP, moderately priced. 1APARTMENTS and commercial | buildir | MANY OTHER LISTINGS | b Druxman-Phone 891 lBo MIKE HAAS—Associate ! Juneau—123 Front Streete Auke Bay—Glacier Highway t pre- | ~ Fomsaig | GOLDEN Retriever male pups, | ths ol red, distem- | per ine water dog | and pet. Leekley, Fletersburg. 993-3t 314, furnish- | v, excel- | Write Jim | NG | CLASSIFIED ADVERTISI | REAL ESTATE PETER WOOD AGENCY —$88888— | | EACH MONTH—EACH YEAR 1WE SELL iul HOMES THAN ALL OTHER AGENTS COMBINED | ~—$5$358— | I challenge them to list their sales each month—Peter Wood -—$88888— JUNEAU STAR HILL—$3,150 for 1-bdrm. house with basement. Terms. RROLL WAY—$3,400 for 1 hdrm kouse, workshop in basement, new elec equip, clean house on steps. —Near St. Ann’s Hosp. l Full bsmt. $7850. | DOUGLAS NEW basement, 3-bdrm furnished, garage, next to school. $7,850. BUILT in 1946 and appraised $13,- 4 000 then, the VETERAN, a roomy | (o] hunting and fishing boat. Details upon “COUNTRY.” 3 HICKEN RANCH—Shores 5-acre farm 7 mi Glacier Highway. Small 'm house, can be added onto. Garage. Concrete-floored chicken house 20x116. Acreage cleared for subdividing, all view lots. Only $9,500. | \C: 4 CHICKEN RANCH—Shores 40-acre | farm 13 mi Glacier Hwy. 1 acre cleared, small trees on remainder. 3 chicken houses 20x100 each. 40 acres includes Dredge Lake turne cruiser-yacht, sleeps 3, wonderful (* | | Paxson is under contract for grading ! | only. During the past season approx- H imately 15 miles of road south of off corner. Only $6,000. Terms NORWAY POINT—Four very large lots With view. Next to Ed Keith- Commission. i Under a similar agreemenf the Bureau of Public Roads is m(min-]c near the beginning of the | Douglas Ski Trail, to the Slalom | ximately one-and-a- pretty hard,” said one xm»mbm-,i' sapmams Ry be was efficient, and we all {1949 ppRONCA sedan on floats, D ed it.” The accon niment of up the trail. the ¢ Jump Hill | prepared, and the tractor | kept t the win {son. A small e will & for rides to the ski area, being used to | donated funds } | to provide for e ment. A schedule for oper: the machine will be shortly after its arrival | Opens New Area It expected tran ation facility for wide use by the public 19 Years of Service in Alaska 1—Cargo | the top of Passenger—Airmai DAILY FLIUATS T0: Cordova, Anchorage, Kodiak, King Salmen (Naknek), Homer ge for all ard Points Connections at An Interior and Wc: INFORMATION and RESERVATIONS Bar;nof Hotel-Phone 716 end of the Ski Trail, from the Douglas Highw: U. S. Forest Se e plans improvement of the trail site in the next summer | order- to permit successfi | ation the snow tractor bowl. If the tractor is as succe: adl of is ski | the pected, T B FLOW for CHRISTMAS ERS The ideal Holiday Gift POINSETTIAS and many other CHRISTMAS PLANTS — CUT FLOWERS and CORSAGES Christmas Center Pieces Cut Holly Mistletoe Holly Wreaths Cedar Wrea JUNEAY FLORISTS 311 Seward — Phone 311 Telegraph Detivery other and also | operation ssful as ex- ‘A shed machine near is being is to be ter sea- be made revenues than replace- ation of announced open the su- perb snow basin which lies at the three miles ay. The for the to this ason in ul oper- to this of such as | on was completed and prepara- | tions made to rebuild the remainder dur the coming season. the ski tow, will be moved to the upper bowl for the 1952-53 sea- | son Corporation Operation ! The sno ractor is to be opera- {ted by Juneau Ski Train, Inc, a small corporation formed for ef- ficient, non-profit management of {the venturé. Directors of the cor- | poration include Dean Williams, R ’fi‘l‘s NeW | rom Stewart, Peter Warner, John wi Durney, and Curtis Shattuck. The !function of the* i provide for safe a eratibn of the machine and- for its proper care maintenance. It will be fully covered by damage and public liability insurance. Further plans for improvement of the community’s winter reocfea- tion_facilities are in progress. A Juneau winter carnival to be red by several local service ps is under c n, and !a more complete announcement of be made soon. Funds a project will be okligatic on the re ues om its then be uszd for improvement uck new and ski tow Help Fight TB FAMOUS SINCE 1804 for soft flavor N uniguePbouguet, | o EHERATA R v teom Soie U. S. Agents Julius Wile Sons & Co., Inc., New York, N.Y - Distrihutors for Alaska «0DOM COMPANY 0 Colman Bidg., Seattle 4, Washington istering a contract covering re-grad- ing and paving of the Alaska'High- way eastward toward Johnson r A line change near Halfway House that will eliminate much winding road with blind curves is under con- struction and will be available for use early next summer. The Ta extending from the Alaska Highway northward connecting at Boundary with the 1d to Dawson, was pushed almost "u completion during the past sea= son. Construction of two bridges and grading of approaches was op- ened ea last season. Work On West End Work was continued on the Rich- {ardson Hi McKinl Park | Road with efforts concentrated at { the west end. A road was i pushed through Cantwell and McKinlgy Pazs, Station and ‘!\herr remains only theé construction {of necessary bridges acr®s. 1e Ne- | nana River to permit el between | these points. ! ‘Other work undertaken by the Al- i;\~k:‘. Ro sion, in addition {to m ly 3000 miles |of v letion of the portion of th pavinz Haines ¥ 1 of y from its junction w Highw ent gh ard - Anchorage Homer. | The farm and tem was extended able funds would permit, aggregating approximately 20 miles of new con. struction and 30 ‘miles of r | B ro; Some 20 miles low standar truction was undertaker of new c on a cooperative at the request of various other gov- ernment agencies. ' | Buildings Erected | To provide adequate facilities to handle the c ay pro gram several | were erect- ed by the Ala Commission during the on. These in- cluded a r banks and rm storage building and a dormitory at Glennallen. A trailed camp containing twenty 30- foot house trailers has been set up in Valdez to provide housing for engineering personnel employed on the many contracts in effect in that \area. The Alaska Road Commission is again maintaining the Richardson | Highway over Thompson Pass ot of Valdez through the winter months, | Iverson. funds baving recently Leen made available through cooperation of the Army. This work has been under- | taken successfully for the past two | winters and has resulted in Valdez | becoming a valuable year-around | seaport through which a large vol- | ume of military and civilian freight |is moved to the interior cities of | Anchorage and Fairbanks. Plans for the coming season are now being formulated to accomplish many of the needed road extensions and improvements. g c PRICES | to Eagle and including a branch| agreement basis | | w warehouse at \Fair- | cMullin contributed greatly, too. Juneau is most forfunate in| having such. talented musicians contribute their community life. The concert opened with groups singers entering the stage from | of ding, car- ! different parts of the oling as they walked with lighted’ lights down the darkened [aisles. The first half of the program presented our old Christmas carols | interesting fashion, and joined | with the stringed quartette in the more sacre spect of Christmas musie. The prese tion of “The jSong of Christme has been con- sidered by many to be equal to, and { in some places superior to the Fred Waring recordinz. Leonard Ga effective. as narrator of the | verses from the Holy Scriptures. am holiday mu |indicated m | Their attractive {added to tt IBill and Pt Ruth Paul, had well | Rin very ceived. i in any production of this size, th probably the largest attend- ce that any event in Juneau will this winter, there was a lot | work done in making the rrangements, Margaret Maland rade the costumes for the Snow- n and Rudolph, the red-nosed eindee the San- school hop. Merton Haynes was in charge the lighting, Helen Webster as- isted in the decors luction. Katherine Alexand: harge of the public Eunice | Nevin (could you have guessed. it?) became the animated “Frosty, the and” Will Reedy and on were the two parts of the reindeer. (Will was in charge | of the posterior operations). Jim Carr was the Santa Claus. The aiterncon was such a happy ' contribution to the beginning of the Christmas season that many of us wish we might have more opportunities for saying “Thank you” individually to the members of the cast, and their director, Miss { (Signed) I. J. Montgomery. ATTENTION MASONS Called Communication Friday at 1:30 to conduct funeral service of Bro. John Kinghorn, J. W. Leivers, Sec'y. 995-1t MILK NOTICE i No milk delivery on December 25. | Wm. Plint—Juneau Dairy Products. | 995-3t services to our | - series engine, appr. 400 hrs. on A and E since new. Extras. $6150.00 | per Daily News, Box 79, Ketchi~ kan, Alaska. SAVE—Royal Xmas lamp sets, 70 cents and up—spare bulbs. Alaska Radio Supply, 307 Seward. 3-tf ELEVATOR—Gumpleie wita motor, switches, automatic stops. Terms. George Brothers. 949-tf REFRIGERATCS - condition. Contz ! ect 10th and <, it FOR REXT Parson’s El- 865-4; 5 = ] |ONE bedroom unfurnished apart={ Lots of heat ments $120.00 up. and hot water. Apartments. Mendenhall girl wishes to share at- | tractive new apartment with an- other girl. Phone Green 1075 evenings 841, Extension 18, days. 994-3t or o o © & o o © ©° o O GOOD view, 2 room steam ® e heated apartment. Phone Red ® ® 708 95-tf @ ° o e o 0o 0 o FURNISHED house, 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bath, on Fritz Cove Road. Brownie the Barber. 84-tf OFFICE space for rent. building. Phone Black 763. Kleiv 51-t¢ STORE space heated, mfi-sq[mré feet. George Brothers. 949-tf FURNISHED ROOMS, bath. Phone 1008 after 5 p.m. 940-tf STEAM heated rooms, 315 Gold St. 735-t1 B Nk : AVAILABLE now. Space for rest- aurant or other pusiness. Phone 452. 882-% STEAMHEATED Rooms, weekly or Monthly. Colonial Rooms. 69-t WURLITZER Spinet piano for rent Anderson Plano Shop. Ph. 142 HELP WANTED HELP WANTED—Alaska Laundry. 758-tf 1 WAITRESS & I Fountain Girl. 755-t1 {ruman, King Will Exchange Wishes 4f Yule Time NEW YORK, Dec. 20— {® —As usual, the Christmas schedule will include greetings from both Presi- dent and King George of Great Britain. 3 Word from the President is to come Christmas Eve in connection | with lighting of the tree on the BURROWS WELDING .CO. JUNEAU, ALASKA PHONE 289 White House lawn in Washington. Mr. Truman will speak from his home at Independence, Mo. The tree part of the ceremony will be on hoth radio and TV, while Mr. Truman will come radio only. King George’s message on Christ- mas day will be part of the annual British Empire radio program. De- livered in the morning, it will not be relayed in this country until later in the day from recordings. NOTICE I will not be responsible for any dekts contracted by anyone other than myself. Signed—John E. Dap- cevich, 994-40 Excellent | 994-10¢ = 1 adjoining ¢ o | ahn. One or all. $1500 each. {HAINES building lots for investors, GLACIER HWY lot in town $1850, | OFFICE, store space for rent, en- i trance tc Small Boat Harbor. KAKE gerzral store, same owner 46 i years, PETER WOOD AGENCY 0. 3 Klein Blde. Tel. 311 t~on. UZZD CARS LQ'_LET Fourdoor Sedan, sories, low mileage, 2 old. See Eddie Metcalf or Highest offer takes this car. 994-t£ 1951 OLDSMOBILE Sedan, low mi- eage, like new. Inquire Hat, Bar, A9 e ATOUEIR T8 ¥ >3 LT 1951 FORD pickup, radio.and heat- er. $1530. Phone 123, Al Painte:. 960-tf [ tires, excellent Trevor Davis. See 960-tf condition. WANTED TO RENT Couple with two children in urgent need of two or three kedroem house or apartment,. Reliable family, no-smokers, non-drinkers. January 1 oc- cupanecy. Please reply care of Box 3051, Daily Alaska Empire. % 987-tfe © e e 5 00 0 06 e 0 0 MISCELLANEQOUS HOPE'S SECONB HAND We buy, sell and tragde. St. Phone 9208. STORE. 214 2nd 793-tf ° ° ° WANTED 2 ° ROOM AND BOARD Responsible, steadily em- ployed man desires room and board in private home beginning January 1st. Best @ of references. Reply Box ® 3050, Empire. 987-tfe o 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 o 0o s e ETE— ALL MANES - ALL MODELS 1949 DODGE 4-door Sedan . 1937 PLYMOUTH 4-doo£ Sedan 1950 DODGE 4-door Sedan R.W.Cowling Co. 115 Front Street PHONE 57 |