The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-02
GONE WITH THE WIND

There seems to be nothing 10 keep us from suck
ing to the bare facts this morning There isn't even
D window glass between us and the cold, cruel facts
of the Taku incidentally six eight pieces of roof
ing paper several stray pieces of boards and what
appears to be the remains of ham sandwich just
futtered in on the wings of February zephyr and
if the owners will please call and carry away their
property we won't ask for Identification There
is no charge for this advertisement.
A awmaker Just "bew NJ" and ventllred that he
thought the Legislature had corner on the wind
but admitted he is willing to concede this morning
that not even the hot air in that body would be able
to warm things up around here with the window out
But then shucks we really don't know what wind
is While we were coasting down to the office this
morning with of retrieved rubbers in one
hand and in hot pursuit of hat which at last re-
ports was well out over the channel ran into
real oldtimer picking up the glass from what had
once been his front window
quite a blow remarked by way of greeting.
Eyes" he replied but say you should have been
around here years ago when we really used to have
some wind"
You can't keep chap like that down, tongue
in cheek, we listened Too it place to get in
from the wind for a few minutes.
Then he proceeded to recall the time part of the
sawmil was blown into the air and they found the
pieces on the beach over Douglas It the
same time "a bunch of the boys" sitting around
in the old Occidental Hotel and afraid to go
out to go home, they stayed in the hotel all night
and it was good thing they did because they pro-
baby would have been met by some of the dozens of
stray roofs that the loose that night.
Lasted for three weeks too" he added we
screwed up our courage and decided to try and stay
in one piece trying to make another block
We dropped in to a couple of other places for
shelter to help the bows pick up some glass and to
discuss facts and other data dealing with big winds
before finally rounding the corner for the office
Oh well why go into detailsq Suffice it to say
that it wasn't difficult to understand why all the
boys in the back shop trying to Linotype
machines with their gloves and overcoats Where
had been windows only great open spaces
1t may be just a coincidence but after unwrapping
somebody's roofing paper from around this type
writer. happened to spy the Bible lying blown
open the floor. piece of glass lay that
passage which reads and the end is not yet
Let's see what was it that oldtimer said about
the big blow of years ago lasting for three weeks
Another staff member dropped in with the in
formation that this is ground hog day. Yes, AL the
news all the time" but if ground hog is weak minded
enough to come out of his burrow this day it's Tho
last bit of publicity we'll ever give the specie.
Another piece of roofing paper from Charley
Godstein's building and two stray shingles. owner
ship unknown Just futtered in. Fortunately, o.
them stuck the letter on this machine. There wa
a short word starting with that letter that has
thought of using but being the key is stuck wei
credit the owner of the stray shngle with keeping
this newspaper from using an improper word for Z
family journal albeit expressive.
Now we know why former King Edward usec
that expression at long last The boys have jus
arrived with some pyboard to make temporary repairs