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Evening star., 1939-06-22

trying to appro- W. H. Shipper, Jr.
pirate Chilean territory or indignant
with Chile for reaching from the
Pacific Coast beyond the high crest
Of the Andes into lands on the At
lantic side.
Further north the problem was
simpler The Andes ran almost due
north and south, their great divide
separating the tributaries of the
two oceans. Here was a tangible
international boundary, abrupt
enough in some parts for a man to
straddle. Often the border WASH t
visible because of the height, the
ice, snow and clouds-but at least
the citizens of the two republics
knew where it was!
Inconsistency of Andes.
The pioneers who ventured into
Patagonia, however, learned they
couldn't rely on the consistency of
the Andes. Far east of that tre-
mendous mountain barrier they
found lakes and streams draining
into the Pacific. For example, just
south of Bariloche, which lies on
the Atlantic side of the Andes, we
stood within a stones throw of two
streams, one running into the At
lantic and the other cutting through
the Andes to the Pacific.
A generation Or so ago lot of
people got worked up over the
boundary dispute. The Chileans
claimed the country drained by
rivers that flowed into the Pacific,
while the Argentines insisted that
the highest peaks of the Andes out
lined the natural border
Agreed to Arbitrate.
There was talk of war and some
blood was spilled. The South Amer
leans, however-Whose history shows
they are more level-headed here
than in regions farther north
agreed to arbitrate. They put the
matter up to Queen Victoria, who
died before she could pass on the
question.
Her successor, King Edward VII,
took up the problem. He drew a
line on the map. Chile and the
Argentine were separated. IL some
localities a Chilean must cross into
Argentina to reach his own coun-
try, and vice versa.
i But the gentlemen of Argentina
and Chile are pretty good sports.
They asked the English King to
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Benefit Came Too Late

HARRINGTON, Nebr. (P).-Hart-
ington and Wausa played benefit
game for Charlie H. Lind, 10, No.
baseball fan here. Charlie was there
cheering as of old for the home
team.
1t was planned to devote the SITE
taken in at the gate and 500 do
mated by merchants for Lind's med
ical care.
But Lind died of heart disease q
few hours after the game.
Evening star., 1939-06-22

A1fSl D.
Nobody could
find it for a long
time. The set
tiers, who for
tunately were a
bit sc arce at
that eri o d,
s o m e t i m e S
couldn't be sure
If they W ere
Chileans or Ar
gentines.
hey didn't
know whether to
be angry wi t h
Argentina for
Evening star., 1939-06-22
IS Students Graduated
From Lenox School

Fifteen students were graduated
last night from the Lenox Vocational
School at commencement exercises
at the school. DR.. Chester w
Holmes, assistant superintendent OF
schools, presided.
Graduates are:
Acton Sidney G. Powell. Kathryn E.
ArneSon, James A. Schneider, E. G.
Chester, George H. Six, Frances E.
Foster, George z. Sullivan, Louis P
Landman. Irva L. Tinsley. Annette G.
Lint, Adelta A. Weidman, Robert o.
Pappas, Edward Wright, David N.
Payne. Gertrude Y.
Evening star., 1939-06-22
Patagonian Border
Was 0nceL Lost, but
Edward VII Fixed Il
Often Chilean Must Cross
Into Argentina to
.TruveI in Own Country
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.,

BUENOS AIRES.-They lost the
border in Patagonia: it just came
down out of the Andes and wan
dered off among the lakes and
Evening star., 1939-06-22

draw the line. He did. and now
they're willing to let it go at that
win, lose or draw!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
 FILA PROJECT HERE

Reading of the application for funds to complete the FILA pro- ject to replace the crumbling con- crete archway under the Third Street fill which spans Bear Creek, and planning the financing of the city's portion of the cost occupied attention of the City Council for most of two-hour session last night At a total cost estimated at $4,493, citys portion to be $l,745, application calls for a 75-inch tungsten steel pipe to form new culvert 75 feet long Financing of city's part consists Of proposi ton to sell two of the Water and Sewer Bonds valued at $500 each, subject to consent of the Govern ment Refinance Corporation.
 A communication was read from a Portland firm and firm of Havre, Ill, requesting financial statement covering assets back of the bonds. Proposed expenses of the town for the next fiscal year be- ginning July 1, to promote the health of the community, was asked from the Territorial Health office by Dr. w. w. Council.
 Reports rendered by committees stated that repairs to city floats had been made and that the ap- preach should also be put in shape for necessary travel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
BOY SCOUTS
 5p0NsORl OF Il
 CAPITOL HIT
I'll art of inc Rockies Plays Tonight Only
 at Local Show

War between the Three Mesqui- teers" and Uncle Sans own Forest Rangers is the novel situation upon which the story, Heart of the Rockies. is based. This production, which comes to the Capitol Thea tre for tonight only, is sponsored by the Boy Scouts. It presents the Three Mesquiteers" as guardians of their cattle herds, which are being constantly despoiled by marauding wild animals from the nearby na- tional park game preserve. The Rangers, according to law, are obliged to protect these wild animals from being shot, and they clash with the "Mesquiteers' when the latter attempt to defend their own property. Needless to say. the. sit uation is cleared up, with Mes quiteers" and Rangers on the best of terms in the final reel. but not without many thrills and situations rife with suspense.
 Lynn Roberts plays the leading feminine role-that of the noun tain girl who is being forced to marry her own cousin against her wishes. Sammy McKim, juvenile star, again has an opportunity to display his remarkable Thespian talents in the role of the son of an outlaw clan, obliged to help in it's rustling activities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
MERCHANTS IN WINS TO KEEP
 LEAGUE FRONT

Prologue keglcrs at the Elks last night turned out one lukewarm contest and one good match.
 Game between the Brokers and Judges in the opening match re- suited in the Jurists taking the first and last episodes to give them the call Best performance of this con- test was turned in by Hendricks who chalked a 568. tagged only by teammate Shaw, who marked 553, the pair were couple miles in front for individual honors.
 High team game was posted in the second inning when the losing Brokers registered 830 for the hon. ors.
 The last match between the league leading Merchants and the upper division Professors brought out some of the most consistent scoring in the Pro league since its inception. No team mark was under BOT.
 Professors started out with plenty on the bali by chalking 8S1 in the first game, Their opposition stayed in the groove to blast out wins in the final two stanzas, winding up the scoring with 896 for high mark of the evening.
 Duckworth pulled himself head and shoulders above the crowd with an individual score of 62l which gave him all honors for the nights play
 Following are the scores of last nights games.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
COLISEUM MUSICAL
 HAS FINAL SHOWING HERE THIS EVENING

Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie, these famous feudists who put puns into their punches, are back for the greatest return match in history in Love and Kisses" ending tonight at the Coliseum Theatre This time the reason for all the barbed wit is the fight over theT new sweet-hot from Paris, the saucy and vivacious Simone simon, who sings operatic arias and popular ballads for the greatest surprise of the year
 This new-idea musical show from hit-making Twentieth Century-Fox, features a great laugh-a-second cast, including Bert Lahr, Joan Davis, Dick Baldwin, the Raymond Scott Quintet, Ruth Terry, Douglas Fow- ley and Chick Chandler.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
NIGHT SESSION PUSHES THROUGH
 16 HOUSE BILLS
Representatives Work Un- tiI Near Midnight on
 Heavy Calendar
(Continuec from Page one)

Third Division road funds for equip ping the Griffin Memorial Hospital at Kodiak, passed easily after a re- cess in which Third Division Rep resentatives battered down feeling against setting precedent in ear marking one type of money for an othe sort of expenditure.
 House bill l07, appropriating $12,- 900 for a school building at Levelock, another Third Division measure, also passed the House without trouble.
 College Building Fund
 When House bill 101 creating ten year building fund for the University of Alaska came up, it was referred to Committee of the Whole hearing to be heard on this morning.
 The measure asked an appropria- tion of $80000 to begin the fund and to be maintained at $40,000 annually.
 House bill 125, appropriating $75 for H. c. Longley of the Second Div ision, passed without a dissenting vote, Speaker Lyng explaining how this man, freighter, had gone over firty miles into desolate country to bury the ESdly decomposed body of white man found months after his death.
 Following passage of this bill, two measures were killed.
 House bill 126, which would have given Lea Stevens at Teller, $125 for work in connection with install lation of radio telephone at Teller, was killed, nine to seven.
 House bill 113, turned into farce. Requesting rehabilitation of tele- phone lines in the Yukon country, Third Division, Second and Fourth Division Representatives got togeth- CT and seven signatures authored the bill-but because stretch of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
MRS. MoRTINsEN IGNORED

The Ladies Auxiliary FOE, fol- lowing their regular meeting last night at the Parish Hall. held . little social affair to honor one of their members, Mrs. Ralph Mortin- sen. Two contests provided enter tainment, Mrs. Robert Fraser win ming one and Mrs. Sam Devon scoring high in the other. Mrs. Mortinsen was presented with 8 gift and refreshments were served.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

Charlie, who will begin making his picture March 15, terms it a po- litical satire. It is meant for purely amusement purposes. But the dicta- tors may see in it the worst" sort of anti-dictator propaganda.
 Hitler already is sensitive to the fact that his moustache has been compared to Chaplin's screen nous tache. But Chaplin had it first, thus that cannot be considered a deliber- ate caricature.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
HAYNES HIS. WINNER,
 BUT RESERVES LOSE

Haines High School cagers, play ing Douglas High here last night, emerged victors by an 18 to Is score for their second game on the local floor and just about evened up the results so far of their trip here. Valencia with eight points to his credit, was high man for the evening, Stragier of Douglas being next high with seven markers. The game was markedly close through out, points for quarters being Haines 4-8-12, Douglas 39-11 for the first three, respectively
 Likewise Douglas Reserves were able to reverse the results of their
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
ERNEST PATTY RETURNS

Ernest N. Patty. accompanied by his wife, arrived in Juneau on the Yukon for short stay in the Cap itol City before continuing to Fair banks where he has interests in mining properties. He has been Outside for three months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
VISIT LEGISLATURES ON
 BEHALF OF GYMNASIUM

Several Douglas residents visited the Legislature yesterday afternoon to urge passage of the bill to ap- propriate money to build and equip Ia gymnasium for the Douglas school. Representing the town were Mrs. Robert Fraser, Mrs. Thonias Cashen, Mrs. Elton Engstrom. Mrs. Charles Fox, Mrs. Charles E. Rice. Mrs. Ed Bach, Mark Jensen and Arne Shudshift.
 
 Today's News Ioday.-Empffe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
EARLY HISTORY OF METROPOLIS
 IS SENSATI0NAL
Maybe Gilbert and SuIIi- van Had Hand : Reads
 Like Musical Comedy
Bv GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK. Feb. 28.-The his tory of New York is certainly a chronicle of grave events, but there are times when it reads suspiciously like the plot of a musical comedy,
 For instance, George Washington never really chopped down cherry tree, but he used to live at No. 1 Cherry Street
 Captain Kidd, vastly overrated 4as pirate, once held residence in Wall Street, but some of the pirates st there now make Kidd look like an amateur.
 Indeed America might never have been discovered but for a stay-up among Columbus crew, a fellow with insomnia who preferred to prowl the decks while his mates were below sleeping Late one night he saw an Indians camp-fire, and that's how America was discovered.
 Then there is Dixie, g word syn onomous with the South. But the man who coined the word Dixie was Yankee slave owner who lived in Manhattan.
 In the infant years of the 18th century 10000 hogs ran wild in the streets of New York. There was a Society for the Prevention of Pau perism, and one of it's earliest edicts was to advocate jail for all who asked for relief New York had 90,000 people then, of which 15,000, or one in six were on relief.
 But conditions were even worse just after the surrender at York town, One out of every seven in- habitants was in debtors prison, and one out of every IA persons was slave.
 MT Smith Hart, who has chron- icled much of the early madness of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

The picture will not be released until next autumn. By that time, the dictators may be less dictatorial -or even more so.
 Belief is if Charlie talks in his new picture the conversation will sound like snatches of dictator shouts and growls rather than intel hgible speech.
 Chaplin's last picture was "Mod- srn Times" three years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
I Q D 4 Y
 in the H Q U s E
Passed Yesterday


 House Bill IA earmarking $l5,- 900 of Third Division road funds for equipping the Griffin Memorial Hospital at Kodiak.
 House Bill 107, appropriating $12,- 900 for a school at Levelock.
 House Bill 85, for lifting pension limit to $60.
 House Bill IS, Substitute, defining habitual criminals.
 House Bill l09, earmarking $25,- 900 of Fourth Division road funds for survey of Alaska end of Inter national Highway.
 House Bill 125, giving s75 to H. c. Longley of the Second Division for an indigent burial.
 House Bill 127, setting up grad uated chain store licenses.
 House Bill TIT, providing for va cancies on Public Utility District Director Boards.
 House Bill 136, giving Health Commissioner power to make sani- tary rules as to employee quarters in camps.
 House Bill 108, giving $8000 to Anchorages for another assay office. House Bill 122. defining who is to pay royalties on mining claims.
 House Bill 62, defining size of placer claims.
 House Bill 124, empowering Un- employment Compensation Commis- sion to define salary of its office head.
 House Joint Memorial 40, asking Congressional Ipves t gation into halibut marketing.
 House Bill 129, giving Alaska flag designer Benny Benson $1.000 for tuition in Seattle diesel school. House Bill 132, limiting fees of employment agencies.
 House Bill no, prohibiting em- ployers from requiring employees to board or sleep at company chosen places.
 Killed
 House Bill 104, which would have appropriated $1,145 for an Alaska Civilian Rifle Team.
 House Bill 126, which would have given $125 to Lea Stevens of Teller for installation of a radio tele- phone.
 House Bill 113, asking $7,5OO for rehabilitation of interior telegraph lines.
 House Bill 99, which would give Auditor power to strike corporation name from records if license taxes unpaid two years.
 Passed Today
 Substitute for House Bills 71-72- 73, relating to marriage licenses. House Joint Memorial 39, asking that terms of. Alaska Legislators be extended to four years
 House Bill 112. appropriating $15,- 900 for a tax collectors boat. House Bill 133, defining no fense" district elections.
 Killed
 House Joint Memorial Al, asking for additional Alaska Delegate in Congress and four-year term for Delegate.
 NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY To be issued March IS ana forms close March 1. For space, listings and changes please call Juneau and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

WASHINGTON-Charlie Chap lin's proposed picture, "The Dicta- tors." in which he will be mistaken for a dictator, will not be drowned apon by official Washington.
 Nor are any protest notes ex- pected from dictator countries. The picture, of course, will be barred from Germany and Italy, and un- aoubtedly their satellite countries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

Mrs. Mary Reynolds returned on the Yukon after a two weeks stay in Ketchikan. She made the trip to Ketchikan via plane last, Feb ruary 12.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

wire between Nulato and Tanana was allegedly needed to complete the river chain from the Boring Sea to the headwaters, and because "Drager put over a fast one" the measure received but eight votes and died.
 Siding with opposition, few sign CTS of the bill said, "Drager brought the thing around when we were busy and asked for our signatures. We didn't mean to sign it."
 And so with seven signatures, the measure still failed to pass, although Coffey gave notice of reconsidera- tion.
 House bill IF passed, providing for filling of vacancies on Boards of Directors in Public Utility Districts.
 House bill 136, which authorizes the Territorial Commissioner of Health to inspect camp living condi tions where employers furnish living quarters for employees, passed Il to 5.
 Assay Office, Anchorage
 Anchorage may get an assay office for what Third Division men des- cribed as "the greatest mineral lode area of the North in the passage of House bill 1O8, appropriating $8,- 900 for an assay office in Anchorage.
 In House bills 122 and 62, both pas sed. royalty payments on mining claim leases is defined, and placer association claims size is cut from it's present possible 160 acres to 40 acres.
 The change is claim stalking regu- lations is asked, to prevent blanket ing" of mineralized creeks before the small claim stalker has a chance to get claim down..
 When the $8,000 appropriation measure for stocking of Alaska with Elk, Buffalo, and game birds, came up in House bill 135, in it's same form as formely killed earlier in the session, the measure was immediate ly tabled.
 Salary Measure
 The House agreed to House bill PA, giving the Unemployment Com pensation Commission power to name the salary of the head of the office tWalter P. Sharpe), which is now $4,200 year.
 A halibut marketing investigation by Congress was asked in the pas sage of House Joint Memorial 40; Benny Benson, designer of Alaska's flag, was given his $1,000 tuition money, originally earmarked for ex- penditure in his reward at the Uni versity of Alaska, for use at diesel school in Seattle.
 House bill 132, making suit possible in instances of malicious damage to property, was passed; House bill 116, setting the limit of employment agency fees at $2,00, was also passed; House bill 110, making it unlawful for an employer to designate where an employee shall sleep, buy, or eat, was also given the go sign.
 House bill E. wa5 killed. It would have struck the names of corpora tions from registry after two years delinquence in license taxes, but was killed on the grounds that it was dangerous"
 Comedy of the session, taking the 1 1ull edge off the late hour, bright i sned the House when House bill l21. | 'elating to coroner's inquests appear d.
 The measure, which would have stricken the words "or suicide" in ;auses for investigation by coroners uries, bore the name of Represen- atiye Gordon.
 Asked for elucidation, Gordon ose to his feet bewildered, and said I don't know how my name got on nat bill. I never saw it before"
 So Gordon withdrew the measure, he mystery of whence came House Jill 121, still unsolved.
 ERNEST PATTY RETURNS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
DUTCH BUY BRITIsH

AMSTERDAM Contract for 20 British-built motor torpedo boats for use in the North Sea and the Dutch East Indies has been signed by Dutch naval authorities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

our metropolis in his book, "The New Workers informs us that in 1909 "a committee reported that at the Bridewell in City Hall Park 72 women were imprisoned in one small room-little girls, prostitutes, thieves and drunks. One man had been in a dungeon more than 10 years. The jailor did not know why he had been put there. He was now both blind and insane and his clothes hung in rags. The committee pro- tested that he should be given a shirt, but were assured that as often as shirt was given him it was eaten by the rats
 A man couldn't call his soul his own in 1788, because Civil liber- ties were a joke. Newspapermen and even Congressman were jail ed for criticizing the administra- tion. A typesetter was jailed for ex- pressing the wish that the wadding fired off on public holidays might lodge itself in the seat of Presi- dent Washington's pants.
 During the great wave of Asiatic cholera in 1882 nearly 4,O0O men, women and children died. At Belle vue hospital the rooms had not been cleaned in two years. Conval- escent patients wore the unwashed garments of the recently dead, and the nurses were convictS."
 Poe's island is not beautiful body of land surrounded by water. It is a nub of mud, about 20 feet square, in the center of East River, but even the gulls shun it. It was named for the poet because Poe used to strip at the foot of 42nd Street and swim out there every day. Edgar Allan. Poe was a great poet, but if the river wasn't any cleaner then than it is now he cer- tainly wasn't a very particular one
 And once there was a cattle stam- pede where Garmercy Park now exists. There used to be a slaughter house nearby, which accounts for the presence of the steers there Garmercy Park even then was one of the most genteel residential sec tors in the city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
ATTENTION OE.s.

Regular meeting Juneau Chapter No. 2, Tuesday, pm. Initiation Program by Past Matfons and Past Patrons. Refreshments.
 LILLIAN c. WATSON, adv Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
WOMEN OF THE MOOSE

Meeting Wednesday night at 8 o. clock at the I.O.O.F. Hall.
 HATTIE PETERMAN, adv. Recorder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

first game with the Haines Re- serves by winning Is to 9. Scores at the end of the first three quar- ters were Douglas 4, 8. and l2: Haincs 0, and 5.
 The teams are expected to play off for winner of the series to- night.
 Line-ups with points scored fol-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

Substitutions: Douglas-H. Cash en for Krsul; ,Kronquist for O.. Wahto; J. Devon for D. Fleek: '. Savikko for P. Cashen.
 Officials-Referee. Claude Er- skine; scorer, B. Shitanda; timer, C., Edwards.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY To be issued March IS ana forms close March 1. For space, listings and changes please call Juneau and Douglas Telephone Co, phone APO
 adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28

MT Smith Hart, who has chron- icled much of the early madness of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-28
MRS. REYNOLDS RETURNS

Totals .SS1 82s 8o7-25l6