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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03
DUELS ARE DUE
AT NORTHWEST
JUMpSSUNDAY
Leavenworth Host to Fin
est Snow Performers
in Region

LEANENWORTH, Wash, Feb. 3.
There is the hint of snow, and
Leavenworth's young army of skiers.
their huge hill cleared OF brush
and waiting for the fall, has eyes
en- the biggest of Northwest ski
compstitions-the annual jumping
championships.
They will be held here February
with Glass A jumping. Glass 2
jumping and Senior jumping COM
plotting TIE competition.
Also there will be exhibition
jumping on the B hill by some
of those young hopefuls that
Leavenworth, in 1910. hopes to
see representing the United
States either in olympic Games
competition or the F. l. S.-or
both.
Last years tournament like all
the rest, crowd pleaser) was enc
OF the most successful from the
standpoint Of competition the Lea
~nworth Winter Sports Club has
ever known.
Two brilliant Leayenworth jump
ers, Howard Bake and Hedge Sa-
Their, 80 intent on beating the other
THAT they forgot their field, had
jumps of 243 and 237 feet, respec-
lively; and while they were falling
en- those tremendous leaps, two
Eevel1toke, b. c. jumpers, Wind
Nielsen and Hans Gunnarson, walk
ell off with first and second places.
respectively
That may be duplicated this year.
t'lough, perhaps with reverse Eng
a3h. The Leayenworth plan this
year is to encourage Nelson and
Gunnarson to engage in a personal
rivalry, after which Bake and Sa-
Their viii take one-two.
New One On Way
Not yet ready for big time COM
petition, but definitely a threat to
al American jumpers If he keeps
on going the way he started, is IA
year-old Charles Dickinson of Lea
venworth.
Entered in the Northwest Junior
Championships last March at Sum-
NIT, Snoqualmie Pass, young Charles
using the Norwegian aerodynamic
Vorlage with a vengeance-he leaned
far forward in his beautiful leap,
and was steady as a rock-made
Judges gasp.
There were three judges who
were watching him--Allan
Granrstrom. Harold Lee and
Howard Dalsbo
The lowest gave him 1876 The
middle one gave him 10.
That was higher scoring than
they had given any Glass A jumper
all year.
Hermod Bake, his teacher, just
beamed.
He does better he volunteered,
on bigger hill.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03
COAST LEAGUE
CLUBS SELECT
SPRING CAMPS
Rockies and Regulars to
Report for Training
March |

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. g.
Eight California training camps are
lined up and awaiting the arrival
of the Pacific Coast ball teams
about March l.
League headquarters announced
arrangements have been completed
for the following practice sites:
Portland at Fullerton.
San Francisco at Hanford.
Los Angeles at Ontario.
San Diego at home.
Oakland at Modesto.
Sacramento at Riverside.
Missions at Monterey.
Seattle at Santa Monica.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
District Land Office
Anchorage. Alaska.
December 2. 1896.

fa1ltllol dSC, faid,shd.
December 2, 1886.
Notice is hereby given that Sam
Frank Buoy, together with his wit
nesses. Fred o. Matson and Albert
Frederick Parker, all of Gustavus,
Alaska, has submitted final proof
on his homestead, Anchorage 07762,
for the NWA NEA sec 10, SWh
SCI, NWh SEA, SW4 NEA, sec. 3
T. 40 S. r. SO E.C.RM. containing
$50 acres, and it is now in the files
Of the U. S. Land Office, Anchor
age, Alaska, and If no protest is
filed in the local land office within
the period of publication or thirty
days thereafter, said final proof will
be accepted and. final certificata
issued.
GEORGE A. LINGO.
Register
First publication, Jan. 81, 1897.
. Last publication, Feb. "a, 1897.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03

Bobbie, pet quail owned by Mrs.
L. E. Maier of Oklahoma City, hops
after her as she does her house
work The bird likes to listen to
the radio and joins in the singing.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03

Briefs

William Woodward, New York
banker-sportsman, combined the
name of the sire, Gallant Fox, and
the dam, Merry Princess. in nam
ing 2-year-old stakes winning son
Of the pair The colt was called Gal
liant Prince. Oddly enough, his stakes
triumph was in the King Philip
handicap.
Lester Kappelman, Kansas Gag
er, is a sophomore brother of Francis
kappelman, former regular guard
at Kansas and now assistant basket
ball coach.
Warren Wright. Chicago sports
man, owns two outstanding candi-
dates for the 1887 Kentucky Derby:
Privileged and Dustwhirl.
Forty-nine redwood groves are be-
ing preserved in California.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03
MATTERsoN soUTHBouND

Lee Matterson. interior man who
arrived on recent PAA plane, IS a
southbound passenger aboard the
Princess Norah.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03
SKI TRAIN AGAIN

Leavenworth again will offer Sc
attic that quick haul from King
Street station the morning of the
tournaments special train, prob
ably bigger than ever.
A fourteen-car Great Northern
train carried nearly 1000 ski fans
to Leayenworth and back last year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03

Grand total 1868 sss5 5977-2o. 4ao
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03

RHuDh MAY CLARK--Foc. c,a-
rectionist SIT Goldstein Bldg. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03

Seagfam's Seven Crown
Blended Whisky. I he
straight WHISTLES in This
product are 5 years or
more old. 57blse
straight whistles, and
62iRe6 neuff3l spirits
distilled from American
grains. Bottled under
ms formula since May
1886. 30 PROOF.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-03

Forty-nine redwood groves are be-
ing preserved in California.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

colors Of Mitchell Jameson seem
to shine. There is a depth OF
expression in them, feeling for
dramatic effect and a skillful tech
nique that make them outstanding.
Jamieson's water colors are soft
and lovely. Their colors, even in
the brilliance Of the Virgin Islands
sun, are subdued and striking.
Robert Franklin Gates, whose
work is well known around Wash
ington, is also bright star in the
exhibition. His water colors are
full of the verdancy Of the Vir-
gin Islands. They are full Of green
vegetation and bright colors.
Prentiss Taylor's colorful pieces,
the lustrous whites of John Ger
nand's houses, the exquisite etch-
ings of Townsend Morgan COM
bine Is making the current show
at studio house one of the best it
has ever had.
Avery johnson is another shin
ing light of the exhibition. His
"Tortula Banana Boat" and "St.
Thomas View" are more than
beautiful; they are exquisite.
All of these artists spent last
summer painting in the West In
dies, and the paintings that are
being shown constitute part Of
the work they did while they were
there.
In addition to the paintings,
there are several unusual sketches
made by some of the artists and
a large number Of sketches from
Gates book on the West Indies.
This exhibition will continue
through March 81, and may be
see at the usual gallery hours.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

There is something in these
water colors and oils of the Virgin
Islands that stirs up the wander
lust, not only because they picture
far off places that bestir the
yearning to be off and away, but
because they have in them a feel
ing of serenity and beauty that
cannot be willingly denied.
Color and warmth, the feeling Of
the tropics and a strong sun to
make life lazy, the blue of the sky
and the green in the waters-all
these are in the paintings of the
nine artists whose work is being
shown at Studio House.
Even on a clustering March day,
the warmth of the Virgin Islands
pervadeS the gallery at Studio
House in the paintings of Steven
Dohanos, Robert Franklin Gates,
Margaret Gates, John Gernand,
Mitchell Jameson, Avery Johnson,
Townsend Morgan, PrentisS Taylor
and Dwight Williams.
Palm trees and natives lazy in
the hot sun, white houses gleam-
ing under a blue sky-theSe things
the artists make the most Of, by
the stroke of the brush and an
eye for the beautiful.
From the work of all, the water
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

For here, Mr.. Orton ceases to
be a novelist and becomes a bi-
ographer. About this time 'The
Last Romantic" began to jot
cryptic observations in his daily
journal. He was just IA but he
was already "a disturbing ele-
ment, brilliant, Self-centered and
altogether too vivid for normal
people" Certain experiences de-
manded tangible expression and
those he could not catch in his
sketch book or forget in playing
his piano, he sought to explain in
his journal.
In some way, Mr.. Orton got
hold of this journal. AS matter
of fact, Michael's journal soon be-
came a batch Of collected works.
Even his friends contributed.
Some of these friends may be
identified by the discerning
reader. Others are merely names
and important only because they
influenced a short and sensitive
life.
Michael often demanded,
Shall I be here a few years
ahead?" And oddly enough, he
was fairly certain he wouldn't be.
He was right. He died in the
mud of No Mans Land during
the World War. He never fin
ished his study Of Walt Whitman.
He never found the absolute
love" he sought. He was never
completely satisfied. But he
learned to keep on his feet when
his strength was gone.
He saved what he could Of his
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

Mr.. de Groot Is a Dutch artist
who leans toward the religious art
on the decorative style, and with
his talents he has just come to
Washington because he seriously
believes that here lies the future
art center of the States.
He is strong in his conviction
that:
washington is b e o m ing
more and more of an art center
than in the past, and with the
Mellon art collection on its way
here, people will come to the
United States to see the wash
ingtOn art collections just as
travellers go to Italy to see the
galleries in Florence"
Mr.. de Groot is holding an ex.
hibition in decorative arts at his
studio, 2162 Florida Ave. N. W.,
where the walls are filled with his
works produced in a great variety
Of media.
Outnumbering all Of his other
ventures are his mural paintings,
of which he has numerous sketches
on view. He made large number
Of these murals for a church in
Harrisburg. Pa, which he was COM
misSioned to decorate.
There are many paintings in oil
and crayon drawings with a reli-
gious theme, and through them all
is Mr.. de Groot's distinctive style,
with a strong suggestion of the
Italian primitives.
Mr.. de Groot has definite ideas
about the decorative arts. Some of
his paintings and prints are scru-
pulously traditional in style, while
others veer to ths flat and stiff
technique Of the primitives, and
for all of this there is a reason, he
explains.
! Mural painting, he says, should
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

childhood creed and the one faith
he never lost was faith in him
self. In that sense he justified
the title Mr.. Orton put on his
biography.
His story is interesting because
it reveals the struggles Of a young
mind from boyhood to manhood.
All sensitive souls will understand
how Michael felt. Others may be
amazed by his efforts to escape the
second rate.
We wish, however, that Mr..
Orton had presented Michael's life
as a serious novel. Mr.. Orton'S
beginning and end furnish a
happy example of what the result
might have been.
C"The Last Romantic" the story
of an English Schoolboy who died
in the war, by william Orton.
Published by Farrar and Rine-
hart.)
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Current
Art

Arts Club
Carolyn G. Bradley and etchings
by r. W. WOiceske.
Division Of Graphic Arts
Smithsonian Institution
Exhibition I of etchinEs by Charles
Junior League of Washington
Second annual Photographic show.
Libraries
Main Library:
Drawings and prints by Richard
LRhey.
Mt. Pleasant Branch:
Water cOlOrs by Suzanne Mullett
and Paul Arlt.
Northeastern Branch:
Paintings by Washington artists.
TakOma Park Branch:
Landscape Club show.
Library of Congress
Exhibition of drawings by Walter
Appleton Clark.
Little Gallery
Exhibition of oils by Charles Rus
sell Train.
Smithsonian Institution
Exhibition of Japanese textile
prints.
Studio House
Paintings and drawings Of the
Virgin Islands.
2162 Florida Ave. N. w.
Exhibition of decorative arts by
William De GroOt.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Peter Turns
Burglar

Into the present maze Of horror
stories, mystery thrillers, gangster
feuds and sex crime tales, c. A..
Tarrant has thrown, or, perhaps
better, pushed a fine example Of
the old meandering type Of Eng
liSh burglar story.
Perhaps it does lag at the cor
nerS and seem pretty obvious here
and there, but If sudden mild sur
priSeS, gentle ingenuity and gentle
crookedness still have any appeal,
here it is.
Peter is pictured as rather a
mild hammered young man at work
in an accountant office. In this
environment Peter slaves under
the dubious smiles of all around
him, becaus' he is a darn good
mathematician and is kind to
everyone, and especially to cats.
His timidness makes him the
butt of the office. He does all
the work everyone else is too lazy
UO DOU11C1 W4UI4s CO1 oil VIC E-1OW
he would have continued going in
the same old rut if it hadn't been
for TibbleS.
Tibbles was a cat. And one, Mr..
Marlowe, who seemed to browbeat
Peter more than anyone else, luck
leSsly kicked Tibbles. Thereupon
Peter turned the tables on Mr..
Marlowe. He didn't kick him but
he gave him a sudden twist in
true jiu jitsu fashion and Mr.. Mar
lowe picked himself up from the
floor a much sadder young man.
Peter is launched on a career of
crime. He burgles and he is pretty
good at it. BY day he's the little
clerk and by night he's "The Cat"
a nickname that causes Scotland
Yard and the underworld great
deal of worry. For he's the right
kind of a burglar, is Peter-a gen
tleman and a Scnolar and we'll
worth reading about.
C"The Cat Climbs" by C. A.
TarTant. Published by Lippincott)
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Local Exhibits

The Little Gallery, at 1904 o St.
N. W., announces an exhibition of
oil paintings by Charles Russell
Train, a rear admiral in the
United States Navy.
The show, which will be on view
until March 20, is open to the
public daily from 10 a. m. to 6
p. m. and on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays from 1880 to 9 p. m.
At the Arts Club of Washington,
20l7 I st. N. W., a double show OF
both water colors and etchings will
open tomorrow,
The water colors are those of
Carolyn G.. Bradley, of Indianap-
oils, Ind, who has won many
awards and is a member OF several
outstanding art groups.
Etchings are by r. w. WoiceSke,
Of Woodstock, N. Y, who was a
pupil Of John Carlson and the ST..
Louis School of Fine Arts. Besides
his etchings, Mr.. Woiceske is well
known for stained glass designing.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Fourth Heroic
Novel

Nowadays when a writer turns
out a trilogy he Is perfectly justi-
fled in believing he has really
done something. Hence, we could
hardly blame Yards Fisher for be-
coming q little pompous upon
completing his fourth heroic
novel," an achievement which GER
tainly puts the author of a mere
trio in his place.
However, Mr.. Fisher has not be-
come pompous. Mr.. Fisher has
gone whimsical and we can scarcely
believe that he is the same Mr..
Fisher whose clean-cut and straight
forward style won such widespread
praise among critics adverse 10
rhetorical flourisheS."
His new book is called April, "
and it is written around a girl
called June" The setting Is Idaho,
but in spite Of frequent mention
of Roosevelt, it might have taken
place in far-off Shropshire, so SINH
lar Is the style and situation and
content to Mary Webb's Shropshire
idyll, Precious Bane." Mary Webb
might well have written it. Or Lord
Dunsany. Anybody except Vardis
Fisher.
Fortunately, Mr.. Fishers long
hidden rhetorical flourishes" have
not suffered by repression. Given
free reign, he demonstrates just
what can be done with prose when
handled by a writer with poetical
leanings.
June may not be beautiful, but
she has eyes to see and lips to
speak and the story of her frus'
trated dreams makes a lyrical re-
cital.
There is no denying that whimsy
strikes a new note for Mr.. Fisher
He benefits by the change.
CApril," a modern fantasy by
Yards Fisher. Published by Double
day Doran0
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
An Absorbing
Tale

I'VE Are Not Alone" the most
recent offering Of James Hilton,
is headed right for the top Of the
best-seller list. In a word, Mr.. Hill
ton. the delightful young English
novelist who made a definite con-
tribution to contemporary. litera-
ture with "Good-by. Mr. Chips"
and ''The Lost Horizon" has hit
the mark again.
He is perhaps the rareSt Of
writers-an author who ap-
proaches tragedy with such q
tender touch that he teaches the
true meaning Of the words part
ing is such sweet sorrow"
For in this new book Of his,
James Hilton tells Of murder.
And although he brings the reader
face to face with all the horrible
connotations of the word in the
very first chapter he moves there
after so swiftly and cleverly that
all the horror is wiped out COM
pletely when the last chapter is
reached and the tale is finished
forever or until second reading
revives it's charm.
The story in itself is so simple
that without careful handling it
would not be a story at all. It
would be forgotten before it was
on the book shelf one week. But
it's an entirely different matter
as presented here.
1--WE Are Not Alone" concerns
the life of DR.. Newcome, who min
istered to the aches and pains OF
his patients in a little English vii.
lage. He had a wife who bored
him so with her practical ways
that he spent all of his lovable-
ness on his work and trying to
bring up his young son. One day
the doctor was canec TO care for
dancer in the little, rundown
theater Of the town.
From that meeting. the weaver
began to spread a web that grew
and grew until it held the two Of
them fast in the sudden death Of
the Little Doctors" wife.
The Little Doctor" was hanged.
Years later the son returns to
clear his fathers name. But It
isn't the story of the wife or the
son and what they did that counts.
It's only the story Of the Little
Doctor" and the dancer. Truly a
remarkable book.
owe Are Not Alone" by James
Hilton. Published by Little, Brown
| & Company
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Murder Minus
Gore

"Crucible" brings the charge Of
murder right into the heart Of
Boston'S elite and an enlivening
mystery enSues. It's the sort Of
thing you've come to expect Of
Ben Ames Williams q bit on the
sturdy side with some excellent
character studies to balance the
drama.
It won't keep the susceptible
reader awake nights and mystery
fans will experience no difficulty
in picking out the real culprit long
before Arthur Sentry's name is
cleared. The fun, therefore, is not
in guessing which is the guilty
party but in following the reactions
of the thigh and mighty Sentry's
one disgrace that threatens the
family honor.
Mrs. Sentry, for instance, built
her life on pride. When domestic
difficulties arose, she lowered her
voice before the servants, drew
the front blinds and kept her own
council. Then came her husbands
widely publicized fall from grace.
Circurnstantial evidence not only
linked Mr.. Sentry's name with that
of his slain Stenographer but the
fact that he actually fired pistol
in the hallway at the same time
Of her murder came pretty close to
sending him to the electric chair.
The odd thing was that the very
people who most wanted to believe
in Mr.. Sentry's innocence were the
ones most certain of his guilt.
Gradually, however, Mrs. Sentry
reaches a conviction all her own
which public opinion is unable to
shake. The servants know her
shameful secret, sightseers uproot
the shrubbery on her lawn, the
jury turns in an unfavorable YER
dict, but Mrs. Sentry proudly
accepts her husbands alibi. all
damaging evidence to the contrary
so long as know L can man.
age not to mind so much what
others believe" is the way she sums
it up, and that's a far cry from
her attitude at the opening of the
book.
However, Ben Ames Williams
delights in being different. He
can even write a mystery minus
blood and gore and make us like
it. This "Crucible" is that kind
of a book.
("Crucible," the story Of a mod.
ern American family by Ben Arnes
Williams. Published by Houghton
MifninO
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

not be illustrative. It should be
decorative above all, and should
harmonic with the building, he
is most certain to point out.
On his walls hang linoleum
and woodcut prints, variety Of
crayon drawings done with the
utmost detail so that some of them
look very much like paintings.
It is well worth anybody's while
to visit Mr.. de Groot's studio. His
exhibition will be held until April
/, and may be seen between the
hours of II a. m. and 5 p. m. daily,
and from 2 to 5 p. m. on Sundays.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck COviei
The Late George Apley
John P. Marquand Little
Drums Along the Mohawk
Walter D. Edmonds Little
Busman's Honeymoon
Dorothy L. sayers HarcOurt
Paradise
Esther Forbes HarCOurt
The Sisters
MyrOn Bring Farrar
NoNFICT1oN
How to Win Friends
Dale Carnegie Simon
Something of Myself
Rudyard KiplinE Doubleday
The Nile
Emil Ludwig Viking
The Hundred Years
Philip Guedella Doubleday
Nine Old Men
Allen and Pearson Doubleday
Beloved Friend
Bowen and Won Neck Random
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Details Correct

Gilmore Cowan Stone, who
wrote Fear Rides the Fog"
recently published by D. Apple
ton Century wanted to be sure
her details we're all right so she
took ride in a Pittsburgh radio
police car. After an exciting even
ing her guides decided to let her
look over the women'S quarters
of the lookup and they turned her
over to the matron. When the
police turned away for moment,
the matron asked:
"What are you in for, dearie?
The boys forgot to tell me-"
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
"The Last Romantic" Is
Curious Document

'The Last Romantic" by William orton is curious docu
begins story rich in detail The reader unpre-
pared by the explanatory notes the book jacket would be-
lieve himself to be started novel He would go
bndy to the third chapter and then dead stop
Wildered.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

May Sarton was born in Belgium
and came here as a refugee during
the World War. Her father is
George Sarton, historian Of science
at Harvard University. Houghton
and Mifflin have just published
her book Of poems, Encounter in
April,"
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
d. c.. Becoming National
Art Center

William de Groot who travelled all the way from Holland
find artists haven in Washington believes that here in
this city lies the future art greatness Of this country
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Glamour of Virgin Islands
Caught by Artists

The beauty of the Virgin Islands is reflected through the eyes
and brushes of nine artists this week Studio House the
Virgin Islands beautiful and gamorous they
painted by these artists then they must indeed merit all the
praise that has been heaped on them.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Book Notes

Longmans, Green & Co., will
publish next week "a Foreigner
Looks At The IVA" by Odette
Keun.