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The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

The Washington Star the other evening had the following to say about some of the recent visitors to Alaska.
 Flight Government officials, includ- ing two United States Senators Wal colt of Connecticut and Norbeck of South Dakota) and one member of the House Representative Carter, of California, are bubbling with enthusi- asm over their summer farthest North. The others were Henry O'Mal- icy, commissioner of fisheries; Assist ant Attorney Generals Charles P. Sis son and Charles B. Rugg; Paul Red ington, chief of the Biological Survey, and Carl Shoemaker, secretary of the Senate committee on wild life re- sources. The party left Seattle on June 28 on Commissioner O'Malley's inspection ship, U. s. s. Penguin. Putting in at Metlakatla, Alaska, the wayfarers proceeded in turn to Ket- chikan, Anan creek, Juneau, Western Alaska, Bristol Bay, the Pribilof Islands, Walrus Island, Unalaska, Ke- mai Peninsula and Mckinley Park. At Anan creek they saw something to make a fsherman's mouth water one of the many "counting weirs" which the Bureau of Fisheries main tains in Alaska under the White Law, providing that there shall be 50 per cent escapement to spawning beds. Some 350,OO0 fish were disporting themselve sin the first one and half miles of river at the time. At the Pribilof Islands the Washingtonians gazed upon herd of million seals. Senators Walcott and Norbeck went to Alaska to brush up on wild life re- sources. Messrs. Sisson and Rugg wanted to survey Department of Jus tice activities in the Territory"
 At the Interior Department it is stated that Ernest Walker Sawyer will atten da meeting at Victoria on October 10 of the American and Ca- nadian representatives of the Pacific International Highway Commission. At that time reports of engineering parties will be submitted and studied, with the idea of deciding on a definite route for the new project which will connect the States with Fairbanks, by way of Dawson, Yukon Territory. At present the northern end of the Brit ish Columbia highway system is at
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17
HLASKA INTERESTS AT
 THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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E. A. Mcintosh as postmaster. A pe- office at Galena, half way between Ruby and Nulato, is now being con- siderad by, ,theydepa4tment.
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

Tillie-Will you get vacation this summer,
 Millie-Yes, six weeks. The boss goes away for awhole month, you know, and get two weeks of my own.
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

.TKe Depxrument, of the Interior has 7 had printed and is now circulating a v>.very attractive leafiet with the Alas ka flag printed in blue with gold < stars and description of the design
 k zt also contains an illustration of to- st tems, with, a. "Story of the Chiefs : Daughter" and "Story of the Raven.'
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

One of the chambers of commerce ;n Southeastern Alaska was under the impression that the Secretary of Az riculture had issued an order that the funds available for road and trail construction in the Territory should be reduced 50 per cent, and that by req son of this reduction in available funds the construction of work would be greatly reduced. Forest Service officials, however, say that the report of curtailment of funds is unfounded and that the sums originally allotted are to be expended.
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Ferry. K. Heath has addressed letter to the Delegate stating that the coplaint of the painters of Juneau that the contractors for the interior painting of the new Federal and Ter ritorial Capitol Building were not paying prevailing wages, had been investigated. The contractors contend that they are paying painters from ST to $10 and that local wages are from $5 to $8, and that they are not employing any helpers. They further state that they are paying laborers to move furniture and clean up the building at the rate of $3.5O per day, while the custodian at the building pays but $3.33 for the same type of help. The custodian of the building confirms the statement of the con- tractors as to the wages paid paint CTS but adds that laborers receive $4.25 and up. As consequence Mir. Heath feels that the painters are being fairly treated, but has directed the construction engineer to take the matter up with the contractors and insist that laborers be paid he pre- vailing wage.
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

On Thursday last Delegate Wicker sham was the honor guest at the reg ular weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis Club of Alexandria, Virginia, and he took occasion to regale his auditors with very interesting talk on the scenic grandeur and industrial possi- bilities of Alaska.
 The Commerce Department reports that a recent sale of 15,125 Pribilof Island fur-seal skins was held at St. Louis on September IA, with total sum of $282,64 derived from the sale. The prices far black skins were 18.3 per cent lower and for "logwood brown skins" 8.4 per cent lower than at the last preceding sale in March. A further offering of 10000 Alaska skins will be held at St. Louis in Oc- tober.
 Of the total, 9,125 dyed black furs sold for $178,4O7.50, an average of $19.55 per skin; and 5000 dyed log wood brown sold for $104, 4,235.25, an average of $17.37 per skin. The dyed black skins brought prices as follows:
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

Commissioner of Fisheries Henry Obfalley has returned from Alaska to re- ume his official duties at his head quarters in Washington. At present he IS busil yoccupied with the budget bi.ea and has not yet had time to coI.er with the Delegate from Alaska on the suggested regulation to open the mouth of the Yukon river for lin,- it d commercial fishing, which idea has been vingorously opposed by those residents of the Interior who live along the river.
 Dr. w. A. Borland, physician ia charge of the government hospital at Kanakanak, has been in Washington for a few days to make answer to some reckless charges that were cir culate dagainst his administration during the past few months when he and his small force of nurses were en- gagged night and day in combating the several very serious epidemics that prevailed in the Bristol Bay sec tion. The Doctor expects to return to his official duties in short time.
The Kusko times., 1931-10-17

Mrs. James Wickersham attended and had as her guest Mrs. Charles w. H:wkesworth of Juneau-the garden party given one afternoon recently by Mrs. William N. Doak, wife of the Secretary of Labor, at their home, Notre Mid, Fairfax, Va.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27

A scraper to be hinged to run ming board, under which it can be pushed when not in use, has been invented to remove mud from per sons shoes before they enter auto mobiles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
CAPITOL ENDS LADY REFUSES
 THIS EVENING
Lover Come Back Will Be Presented for To-
 morrow Night

The Lady Refuses" which will be shown the last times tonight at the Capitol theatre. will be fol- lowed by Lover Come Back" to- morrow night.
 In 'aThe Lady Refuses, Betty Compson is a mysterious lady from the streets of London. who enters a wealthy family to win the son from a dangerous vamp"-and falls in love with the wrong man herself. That is one of the many unconventional twists of the film.
 Forty-two b eautie S of every shape, color of hair and eye and complexion support Miss Compson in pulchritudinous modiste shop se- quences of the picture.
 Lover Come Back" is an attrac- tion of general appeal.
 Betty Bronson, Jack Mulhall and Constance Cum Ing s have leading roles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
WEIGHING MACHINE
 WILL TELL FORTUNES

Almost every unmarried woman would like to know what her hus- band will be like, whether she will be successful, if she will travel far?
 Nearly every single man would like to be told what his wife will be like, whether he will be rich, if he will live long.
 And everybody ought to know his or her weight and whether it is more or less than it ought to be.
 Information on all these subjects is available at George Brothers Grocery Store, if a fortune telling, weighing machine can be regarded as trustworthy.
 A coin dropped into a slot in the machine causes it to put out card on which is printed the patrons weight and the answer to any one of several questions that may be asked of the device Every person patronizing the machine can be sure the indicated weight is correct.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
CALL FOR BIDS FOR SCHOOL
 TRANSPORTATION

Transporting stu d ents, residing along Glacier Highway, to and from Juneau Public Schools from and to Aux Lake Bridge and in- termediate points along Glacier Highway. during school year 1931- 1882, ending about June l, 1892.
 Actual number of students un- known, but estimated between 40 and 50.
 1 Sealed bids wid be received at office of R. E. Robertson, Presi- dent, Juneau School Board, until 500 o'clock pm. August l, 1881. 1 Contractor must transport stu dents to Juneau Public Schools by 900 o'clock am. of each school day, and must transport students home each | day without delay, leaving Juneau Public schools at $40 o'clock pm.
 Contractor must furnish safe and comfortable automobile transporta- ton, and supply cautious and ex- perienced drivers, and such number of automobiles as are necessary to safely and comfortably transport the students.
 Contractor must enter into con- tract with Territory, and transpor-
 tation is subject to rules and regu-
 iations and supervision of Terri torial Commissioner of Education and of Juneau School Board. 1 Right reserved to reject any and
 all bids, and to cancel contract, even though awarded, upon thirty days notice, and to specify type of car or cars used.
 aa3 JUNEAU PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
 First publication. July 21, 1891.
 Last publication, July 31, 1881.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
NOTICE
THEATRE OWNERS
 DAUGHTER ON VISIT

Miss Gertrude Kubley, daughter of L. H. Kubley, Ketchikan busi- ness man and owner of the Capitol Theatre in Juneau, was a passenger on the steamship Admiral Evans, which called here Saturday even- ing. While the vessel was in port, Miss Kubley was the guest of Eric Paulson, Manager of the Capitol and attended the performance in the theatre. The young woman was on her way to Funter to visit her aunt, Mrs. Harry Cunningham. MT. Cunningham is connected with the F'unter Bay cannery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
JOE E. BRO W N STARS TUESDAY
 AT COLISEUM M
M onte Carlo" Will Be Shown for Last
 Times Tonight

Monte Carlo" starring Jeanette Macdonald and Jack Buchanan will be shown at the Coliseum thea tre for the last times tonight Maybe It's Love-" featuring Joe E. Brown and Joan Bennett, will be the attraction tomorrow night.
 Monte Carlo" is the comical ac- count of a courtship without hard ship in the continents hottest spot The locale is one of the most fas- cinating in the world-with it's gaming tables. it's gay life, it's unique position as the smallest principality in the world, it's rich luxurious atmosphere of fast-pul- sating romance.
 Plays Role of Count
 Buchanan is the romantic lead as the count who falls in love with the countess, Miss Macdonald.
 Claud Allister, comedian with long stage training, is among the fun-providers in this hot-for- -glee potpourri of usefulness. zaSu Pitts is another who helps in the mirth- making
 The songs were written by Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting and G. Franke Harling, all veteran melody makers
 "Has Been Football Star
 In Maybe It's Love" Joe E. Brown portrays a "has been" foot ball star
 James Hall and eleven "all-Amer- ican" gridiron stars, chosen from among the greatest football talent in the country, are seen in action on the field. The blonde and charming Joan Bennett portrays the feminine lead and proves to be the magnet which draws the football stars to her Alma Matters campus.
 In football game, at the end of the first half, when the pig skin warriors trot off the gridiron to their dressing quarters, what goes on behind those closed doors? What does the fighting coach say? How do the players feel?
 Makes Dramatic Scene
 This vivid moment never witt messed by the bowling fans provides one of the dramatic scenes of Maybe It's Love"
 Howard Jones, famous coach of the University of Southern Cali fornia national championship elev- en, enacts the role of the coach of the sall-American7' football team in the picture. 4f
 All American Team
 The football team is composed of the greatest gridiron stars in the entire country selected from the "all-American1 choices of the past year. They are w. K. Schoonover, Arkansas end; Elmer H. Sleight, Purdue tackle; George Gibson, Minnesota guard; Tim Moynihan, Notre Dame center; Ray Montgonl- cry. Pittsburgh guard; Otto Pom merening, Michigan tackle; Ken meth Haycraft, Mi n n e ota end; Howard Harpster, Carnegie Tech quarterback; Paul Scull, Pennsyl- vania halfback; Russell Saunders, Southern California fullback; and Bill Banker, Tulane halfback.
 William Wellman directed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
PRICE RUPERT OUT
 SOUTH EARLY SUNDAY

Steamer Prince Rupert, Capt. D. Donald and Purser Norman Me- Lean, arrived in port at midnight Saturday and sailed for Vancouver an hour later. It had virtually a capacity list of tourists aboard for the south. No one boarded the ship from here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27

Old papers at -he Empire or flee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
LIEUT.. GRAIN MAKES RECORD
 USING GLIDER
Believed to Have Set Un- official Worlds Mark
 for Flight

HONOLULU, July 27-Lieut. J. c. Grain, of the United States Army, is believed to have set an official worlds record for glider when he landed here Sunday morn- ing after 16 hours and 38 minutes in the air.
 Lieut.. Grain rose to an altitude of $50 feet by means of cable attached to two automobiles, then cast loose and scared to a height of $500 feet at which height he remained throughout the flight. He was exhausted when he landed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
HERE'S SPORT! SEE 'REDUCINC'
 AT MIDNlCHT !
Capitol Will Give Matinee for Workers Tomor-
 row Night

Here's fun. The time is soon after midnight tomorrow, the place the Capitol theatre and the girls Marie Dressler and Polly Moran in one of the greatest screen come dies in the annals of sound pie lures, Reducing
 Reducing" will begin a regular engagement at the Capitol Thurs day evening. The presentation at l230 tomorrow night is for the special benefit of men on the night shift at the Alaska Juneau mine and for any and sundry other night workers unable to attend the customary theatrical performances. Of course, from the Tuesday night matinee, no one will be barred. l. will afford opportunity for diver sion to gay young blades and sweet young things, staid elderly gentle men and circumspect matrons who always or occasionally are tempt ed to take a fling at the gayeties of night life.
 Remedy for Worry
 But" said Eric Paulson, mana ger of the Capitol. ''the midnight matinee is chiefly for the purpose of accommodating night workers who otherwise would not have op- portunity to see the com ed y. Everybody should see and hear Re ducing. It is a sovereign remedy for worry and will drive all care away The wholesome hilarious humor and many ridiculous situations of the play not only will occasion un- restrained merriment at the time of witnessing the production but will bring laughs on recollection of dialogue and incidents weeks aft erwards Reducing has packed theatres wherever it has been shown in the States. It is one of the funniest comedies ever filmed.'
 Story of the Play
 The story in Reducing" revolves about two sisters, Polly Moran, who has become the successful New York beauty specialist, Madame Polly Rochay," and Marie Dress Ter, wife of small town mail car- rier, whose character n m @ is Marie Truffle."
 Fun begins when Marie piles her husband and three children into Pullman car enroute to visit Madam Rochay
 The scenes which ensue will be familiar to those who have been in sleeping cars when large fam fly boarded the train in the mid de of the night at some way-sta- tion.
 Further humor is evolved when Marie becomes an employee in Pol ly's beauty establishment.
 Gets Place in Uproar
 Inexperienced with the various devices, she has the place in an uproar when she pulls the wrong levers and almost kills customers by laundering manipulation of the various reducing machines.
 The laugh episodes reach their climax when in Polly's absence Marie tries to show the place to two inspectors from the health de- partment. Polly returns to find chaos in her beauty parlor while
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
ESTEBETH ARRIVES
 WITH 9 PASSENGERS

With nine passengers, the motor ship Estebeth, Capt. Edward Bach and Purser Robert Coughlin, re- turned to Juneau this forenoon from her regular weekly voyage to Sitka and way ports. Passengers brough here were:
 From Chichagof-E. Maxi, Mrs. Lilly Competti, E. A. Lundy, Gus Erickson, Mrs. George Pierce, Val era Pierce.
 From Tenakea-William Haydack, Patrick Calvery
 From Hawk Inlet-O. Danielson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27
NOTICE TO PIONEERS

All members of the Pioneers, local or visitors, are urged to attend the funeral of Brother John Lewis VanLehn at c. w. Carter's Mor- tuary "wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
 JOHN T. SPICKETT, adv. President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27

her efforts to unscramble the tam gle only make it worse and the up- roarious sequence ends with Polly being hurled into mud bath in all her finery.
 The comedy, in addition to laughable lines and situations, has an amusing love plot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27

For aviation students a Los An geles man has developed an air. plane that can be used as glider by removing it's -.,1 tor and 'fuselage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-07-27

Unsuitable and fireproof boats made from steel have been in- vented in France that can be read fly taken apart for carrying on trailer behind an automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

Something new in aerial weddings. This one
was solemnized in drigible above St. Petersburg,
Fla, and the principals Frank H. Johnston of
Shanghai China, and Miss Ethel Gressang of Chi
cago are seen as they boarded the ship Lieut..
Comdr. Karl LANCE cf the Naval Reserve per-
formed the ceremony. @ "ioe "oro PHOTOS
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15
4 Fishermen's Prospects

OOON CdI Sct ally 1lSu liOIu CaSSel Cape to Ikutan except the P. A. F. and the fishermen cannot make a living in their reservation It is about 250 mil"s from Cassel Cape to Iku- tan and they have canneries at Squaw Harbor, King Cove and 1kutan to can their fish.
 This year (1920) the Skinner :u,d Eddy Company is trying to get started up here and they put in two traps where Squaw Harnor tried before. The P. A. F. soid they were crazy but they drove their traps just the same and some piles farther out that scared the P. A F. Now I hear that the P. A. F. has bragged that they will get a special law to block the new company from getting any of the Kelly Rock trap fish by making the trap leads shorter. I would like to know if they can really do that for the new outfit is a big company too and I don't think they will stand for the P. A. F. saying what laws they are go- ing to make to block them like they do to us fishermen.
 We can fish around here with gillnetts and seines only three days a week when the reds are running and then only with our small gear but only a couple of hours after the season opens they take scow loads of fish out of Kelly Rock trap, so you can figu,e for yourself. You can see we are up against it good and plenty trying to make living. the way things are. We can send you plenty of facts about the way things are done up here and about fishermen who have hardly a thing in their shacks for their children to eat. The P. A. F. fishes the way they want to and if you can tell us
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15

;n opening up Alaska to the lrospector and miner, as we'll as the homesteader, has been the Alaska Railroad, owned and operated by the United States government As early as 1886 Alaskan railroad possibilities were discuc~ed ir Congress, and emphasized later by Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. But it was not until 1912 in the month of August, that the Alaska Rail- road Act was passed. President Wilson appointed a commission which acted under the secre. tary of the interior, to make preliminary surveys, and a year later the Alaska Northern was purchased by the government and construction of a new line from the northern end of this line to Fairbanks was begun. From Anchorage, in both direc- tiOns; and from Nenana north to Fairbanks, the railroad was extended. Today the Alaska Railroad extends from Seward 70 Fairbanks, 2 distance of 470 miles, with approximately 40 miles of branch lines. MT. O F. Ohlson, an experienced and capable railroad man, now serves as general manager of the railroad.
 Tn addition to the mileage afforded by the Alaska Railroad there are nearly 1,500 miles of automobile roads in the Terri tory, 87 miles of tramway, more than 1000 miles of sled roads and nearly 4,500 miles of trails that have opened up rich ag- ricultural lands for homestead ing in the Matanuska Valley and Anchorage district, the Susitna Valley and Yukon Val- ley. Each year the government appropriates generous sums for extension of the highway sys-
The Alaska fisherman., 1931-06-15

'C o'd-time fisherman of Squaw Harbor, Alaska is something more than a modern version of the old unbeliev able fish tale about "the ones that got away" The fish at Squaw Harbor get away because of the legal res Jricti0ns on seines and gill nets, only to be taken by the million in 2 special privilege trap. Even with a trap of such deadly eff ficiency the company Gcnc:o15- y permits the sciner5 and gill; netters to catch a few under such restrictions as will cer- tainly prevent them from catch ing too many for why should the company continue to pay fisherman for catching fish which it can just as easily brail from it's trap? What becomes If the resident fisherman, the merchants and other tradesmen of the territory the reader may guess. And tris is but one instance of the manner in which the fisheries regulations and special privilege traps are building up CD the territory.
 The letter follows:
 ... Squaw Harbor, June 25, 30. Editor Alaska Fisherman,
 Petersburg, Alaska.
 Dear Sir:
 am a fisherman who has lived in the Shumagin Islands about twenty years and my partner was born here. But the way the P A. F. has got the laws made I don't see how we can make a living here any more. They do not let us use gillnet more than twenty five fathoms long and there must be 1900 feet between nets. Only small se;nes, 75 fathoms long and 100 meshes deep may be used. We can't get much fish with that kind of gear up
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