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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
VOTING MACHINE
 CONSIDERED FOR
 ELECTIONS HER E

Juneau may vote this year on a voting machine for the first time according to Mayor Harry I. Lucas who announced today the City was considering installing a machine at the City Hall where all voters could register their preferences. , Information on the cost of a vot- ing machine is being gathered by City officials.
 If such a machine is installed Juneauites will know the results of local elections a few minutes after the polls close. The long count which has extended into the small hours of the morning as Juneau's population has increased. would be eliminated
 All voting would be done at one precinct if the plan goes through. This would eliminate much of the expense of election officials, which has been running about $200 an election in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
Interesting Art
 Exhibit Planned
 By Woman 'sCIub

Among the many examples of art tc be on display at the Scottish Rite Temple next Tuesday will be paintings, antiques, soap carvings, hand hammered copper, china, silver and needlework.
 The exhibit is presented by the Fine Arts Department of the Ju neau Wcmans Club. under the Di- rection of Mrs Walter Heisel Assist ing Mrs Heisel are Mesdames A. F. Knight Harold Knight, P Will Hams, Thomas Haigh. Henry Har- mon, B Hundsbetd, E. E. Robert sen, Edward Vollert A. E. Karnes Warren Eveland, c. E. Knight and A. E. Glover
 The exhibit will be open from 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and from 7:30 until 10 o'clock in the evening. Tn order to defray the ex- penses an opportunity will be given the public to contribute a free will offering.
 A muscial program will be present. ed during the afternoon J. w. Leiv- CTS will give short talk in the .ev- ening on a Sydney Laurence paint ing, and Mrs. V. R. Farrell will dis cuss Native Arts and Crafts, show ing examples during her talk.
 The public is cordially invited to attend this exhibit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
TWO BILLS ON SCREEN HERE
 FOR WEEKEND
Money 10 Burn" Plus Flight al Midnighf"
 on Capitol Screen
BIG TWIN PICTURES

The Higgins Family again makes it's welcome appearance at the Cap it0 ' lcatre in a new and delightful oene9y which gives the Gleasons full play for their many and varied talents Money To Burn Repub- lie production which opens tonight at the Capitol Theatre, is the laueh-provoking saga of family which had too much money-aIl on paper
 Lil Higgins weakness is enter ing prize contests. The weakness amounts almost to a vice, particu- larly when it bids fair to break up romance between Betty Higgins and Bill Davis, son of Lil's deadly rival in the prize contest game.
 Joe Higgins is about to clamp his foot down on this folly when, by a hilarious series of circum-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
HOSPITAL NorEs

Mrs. Oscar Pearson and baby son were dismissed today from St. Ann's Hospital.
 After receiving medical care, Will liam Thiemeyer was dismissed from St Ann's today.
 Mrs. Ray Watson was dismissed from St. Anns today after receiving medical treatment.
 Young Martin Goenett was medical dismissal from St. Ann's today.
 Ingaborg Losnegaard underwent tonsilectomy this morning at the Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
New Officers Will
 Preside at Rainbow

Elizabeth Tucker, Worthy Advisor, and her newly installed group of of ficers will preside at Tomorrow nights Rainbow Girl meeting at the Scottish Rite Temple.
 The session has been called for 7:30 o'clock and there will be initia- ton. Mrs. Robert Bowling is Mother Advisor for the group.
 Following the lodge work there will be refreshments served in the banquet room.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

stances, he becomes advertising account executive for "a dog bis cult firm sponsoring a contest to end all contests!
 Lii enters this super contest, of course, and it takes all of the rest of the sss9rted Higgins, including Grandpa, to untan9le the amazing series of misadventures that befall her in her attempt to get some thing for nothing.
 The Gleason family. always ex- client. cutdo themselves in this new film.- Jimmy was never funnier, and Lucille never any more ccmically confused. Russell Gleason scores as the elder son, with young Tommy Ryan adding to his laurels as Junior Lovely little Lois Ranson lends grace and charm to the ingenue role cl Betty Higgins.
 Playing as a second feature is Flight at Midnight
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
MAY ROBSON IN
 COMEDY HIT AT
 10TH CENTURY
Fast Side Kids Announc- ed as Second Feature
 on Local Bill

20th Century Theatre audiences tonight and tomorrow will hail May Robson's performance in War ner Bros Granny Get Your Gun" as one of the most entertaining of her career. As dean of the films lovable- old characters, Miss Rob- son has managed to turn in con- sistent bell-ringing performances Here the varied characterizations with her true versatility.
 When Minerva gets back to Nevada, where she grubstaked her fortune years before, Granny Get Your Gun" is launched at brisk pace. Her granddaughter Julie Westcott, played by Margot Steven son, visits her while getting di- vorce from Phillip Westcott, played by Hardie Albright. Phillip shows
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
REGISTRATION
 BE TOPIC FOR
 COUNCIL TONIGHT
First Meeting of Year Is Scheduled for 8 at
 City Hall

The first City Council meeting of l941 will be held at o'clock tonight at the City Hall.
 A plan for permanent reregistra- tion of voters will be considered The present permanent registration system has resulted in confusing accumulation of dead" names on the election rolls, City officials say
 A quorum of Councilmen for to- nights meeting was assured when Councilman E. E. Ninnis returned from Seattle on the Baranof yes terday Councilman G. Emil Krause is still in Anchorage and Ralph Beistline is in the States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
DANCE WILL BE GIVEN
 ON SATURDAY

Members of the Juneau Mine & Mill Workers Union No. 203, an- nounce a benefit dance tomorrow evening in the Union Hall. for fel- CIV worker, Anton Larson and fam fly.
 MT Larson, at present. is patient in a sanitarium in the states suf- fering from silicosis, while his family has to remain in Juneau until he returns to work.
 Through the fact that no aid can be given Larson via the Compensa- ton Act, he and his family have no means of support and thus the benefit dance is being held.
 Members of unions and the public sle invited to this affair, and are urged to support this cause.
 The Daily Alaska Empire has the largest paid circulation of any Alf aska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
Hollywood Sight Asl Soxs&
-h RsIl''a cssss-

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Jan. 17.-Everybodys doing it. so here goes from this Just list of pictures made ls40 good movie selected I sit through them again?'
 Dramatic serious Our Town" The Grapes Wrath Rebecca The Long Voyage Home Magic Bull let" Kitty Foye' and Men Escape Edison the Man" and Abe Lincoln
 Comedies: The Great McGinyy His Girl Friday My Favorie Wife The Philadelphia Story the Wig lantes Arise My Love The Lady in Question Pride and Prejudice"
 This brought a in Our Town and The Towards of Virginia
 And laid the Son My Son!" Foreign Correspondent Hussey Suasn and God "The Philadelphia Story Plight Commando
 The probable Robert Taylor of l94l Morgan ,in- commonly handsome, who also
 Directors of the year John Ford who did The Grapes Wrath and The Long Voyage Home" among ls Pres ton Sturges, whose Great McCnty" July" sets as well as at the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
TeagIeIs
 Appointed

Les Teaele, Chef at the Baranof Hctel, is perhaps the first Alaskan to receive an appointment under the recently created National De- fense Advisory Commission.
 TeagIe has been named the com representative in the State Of Alaska and will advise Army and Navy officers on food problems they may be confronted with
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
Youth Rally Held Tonight
 By SuiflraII
Description of Young Peo- ole in Dittafor Lands
 Will Be Given

Tonight at 7:45 o'clock in the Bethel Assembly of God at 121 Main Street, Lester F. Sumrall, lecturer and author. will speak on q subject entitled American Youth vs. Dicta- torship." The youths of Juneau are invited to attend this special rally for them as the speaker will describe conditions of youths in the dictator lands.
 Last night Sumrall spoke from the prophetic words of Christ respecting the termination of the gentle sys- tenn. He said there was great in crease of pestilence in the world of late years He stated that in Aus tralia he saw grasshoppers like a snow storm, and they ate every liv- ing blade of grass before them. He remarked that earthquakes are be- coming more numerous.
 In the 17th century four were re- corded. In the 18th century seven were registered. Tn the 18th cen- tury nine were recorded. In our cen- tury we have seen more devastation by earthquakes than in the three preceding centuries.
 Sumralls sayings last night in- cluded
 What is pessimist? A pessi mist is fellow that gets a worms eye view of everything. What is an optinlist? An optimist is fellow who gets a birds eye view of world 
 What agnostics deemed as He brew poetry is international events today
 God can chase a brave man with a gnat. I saw this in Holland when a swarm of gnats covered the Isle of Urk, off the mainland of Hol- land, and every inhabitant was ob- liged to evacuate for time"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
GEORGE BAvARDS
 OUT ON vACAT!0N

MT. and Mrs. George Bavard left aboard the North Coast last night for an extensive vacation trip to the states They are going to Seattle and several other towns in the Pu- get Sound district.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

Thomas Mast. the caricaturist. in troduced the donkey and the ele- phant to tvpify the Democratic and Republican parties He also used the tiger to typify Tammany Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

Of all fire alarms sounded ir American cities. approximately II percent are fires in automobiles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

typewriter with My My Sonl' Question: Hitchcock with Rebeccav Correspondent" Kanfn with My Favore wes and They They George Cikor God notably "The Philadelphia Story" Most versatile Sam Wood for Our Town Rangers of Fortune Kitty Foye"
 consistent performer: Deanna Durbin a flop 4s@ S
 Academy contenders: Cagney Raymond sey, C.. Robinson. Spencer Tracy, Cary
 distaf side Hepburn, Ginger Rogers Martha nevitably) Rosaind Russell
 40 K Hepburn ohe winner a long stfug- and Holywood; Crawford changed type" God" Betty Grabe shade.
 best cartoons Dsneys usual
 941 and it's pleasure: Hayworth Turner. Gene Terney.
 with good chance James Craig Gin Kitty Foyle~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

Canada's hydro-electric system represents total investment of approximately $l,665, 900, 900.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

The DalIy Alaska Empire guaran- tees the largest daily circulation of any Alaska newspaper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

up and demands money before per- hitting a divorce. He blackmails his wife with two worthless gam bling checks she had given at the local casino.
 Determined to clear things, Min erva visits him secretly to buy the checks, discovering him mur- dered. Believing Julie guilty, she substitutes her fingerprirts on the gun and all about the murder room, then "confesses" to the mur- der. Her friend, Nate Paulson, played by Harry Davenport is the local attorney and prepares to de- fend her. Minerva announces she is to plead guilty. But when she learns that Julie did not commit the crime, she realizes she'll need all her wiles to explain away the evidence in which she engulged herself
 Also playing is the feature en- titled East Side Kids
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

Ants keep a small plant lo,se called an "aphid' in much the same way human farmers keep cattle
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

Try a classified ad m The Empire
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Bv A. T. Bl0eSe

Of the more than $500 species
Of iris growing in various parts of
the world, all of which have been
carefully studied, there is none more
eXquisitely fashioned, delicately COL
ored or interesting than iris dicho-
toma, or the vesper iris. 1t is also
far more lavish in its display of
blooms than any other iris and has
an exceedingly long Towering period,
six weeks to two months, or even
longer. An Oklahoma gardener re-
ports counting over 5000 blossoms
on a single clump of vesper iris.
This unusual iris, which is still
practically unknown in this country,
comes from the sun-parched and
wind-swept plains of Northern
China. 1t is exceedingly hardy,
withstanding bitter cold, intense
heat and prolonged periods of
drought with impunity, and it
makes itself perfectly at home
almost anywhere, Towering beau
tifully in heavy and light soils, full
sun or half shade.
The myriads of cool, translucent
flowers of the vesper iris, which
are about 2 inches in diameter, re-
sembling somewhat multitude of
gorgeous butterflies at rest with out
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Paint All Wounds
With Asphalt or
Other Coating

Too many of us look on tree trim
ing as job for early spring or late
fall. Instead 1t is one Of the essen
tial jobs at this season. We might
prune for shapeliness and various
other reasons in the spring, but at
this time we find limbs which have
died-many of them apparently
alive when we pruned earlier. We
find that what was going to be the
friendly shade of tree has turned
out to be thick, dense shade under
which nothing, including grass, will
grow.
If tree has grown thick, you are
justified in thinning it heavily. 1t
is easier to lift out a whole limb
than it is to prune many small ones
because the tree will again thicken
up where the small ones have been
cut out.
Wait for a bright sunny day to
do the pruning. and then you will
be sure of removing the limbs that
shade the areas in question. Make
all cuts close to the trunk and pro-
tect the bark as much as possible.
All wounds, y inch or larger,
should be painted with an asphalt
or similar wound paint. which can
be obtained at your seed store. Ap-
ply it literally, but restrict the ap-
plication to the area Immediately
surrounding the wound. If there
are old, unhealed scars left over from
the previous season, freshen the
paint on them until the live tissue
has a chance to cover them up.
Evening star., 1941-07-19

stretched wings, open at precisely 3
o'clock. The blossoms, which fade
overnight and twist into tight little
spirals, are replaced each afternoon
by a new and seemingly inexhausti-
BILE crop of gemlike flowers.
The blooms are supported on
graceful, slender stalks, which some
times grow shoulder-high; the
plants are so we'll branched (dicho-
toma is Greek for branching) that
each blossom seems to be indi-
vidually displayed to best advantage
possible and there is entire absence
of the unsightly punching which is
true of some other iris.
Then, too, the vesper iris is espe-
cially highly priced by the few
American gardeners who have been
fortunate enough to make its &C
quaintance because it blooms after
the regular iris season, Towering
when the tall bearded, Siberian,
Japanese, Dutch and English iris are
through blossoming.
The vesper iris is an ideal flower
for the inexperienced gardener, as it
is one of the most easy to grow
and sure to bloom flowers in our
gardens. Thus far 1t has proved
itself to be free from disease and
immune to insect enemies.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Window Box
Needs Real
Watering
Caked Soil Should
Be Loosened by
Cultivating

The window box gardener is be-
ginning TO believe that the world
has turned on him. The plants with
which he filled boxes have lost much
of the beauty they possessed when
he acquired them. He is often at
loss to know what is wrong.
The beginning of his trouble lies
with the plants he purchased. They
were grown in the humid condition
found in modern greenhouses, and
now, when outdoors, exposed TO the
ravages of continually drying SUM-
shine, the plants cannot flourish as
they did The first thing to do is
to check the conditions of the mois-
ture in the window boxes. Almost
without exception, it will be found
that the soil is dry, hard and caked.
Water applied to the boxes runs
down and around the mass of soil
and is seldom absorbed. The cor
rective measure is TO loosen up that
soil.
A discarded table fork is an ideal
instrument to use. With it one can
poke into the soil and loosen it
thoroughly with but little chance
of harming plant roots. While the
soil is loosened, add some fertilizer
"a level teaspoonful for each plant.
Again with a fork, mix it in. Then
water the box lightly.
After making certain that this
moisture has been absorbed instead
Of running away, additional water
can be supplied. Continue soaking
until the entire mass of soil is thor
oughly wet. Then water it at least
twice daily.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Scale Insects Are
Easily Destroyed
At This Time

Certain scale insects harmful To
nursery, shade trees and orna-
mentals are now Matching and in
this active and crawling stage are
easy to control, according to the
Bureau of Plant Industry OF the
Department of Agriculture. There
are available on the market certain
oil emulsions commonly spoken of
as summer oils, which are made
from highly refined mineral oils.
The important thing to observe in
purchasing these oils is that they
are intended for summer use and
are made from the proper oils which
will not damage the foliage. The
material should contain 85 per cent
of actual oil at the rate of two
gallons of oil in 100 gallons Of wa
ter to which one pint of nicotine
sulphate containing 40 per cent
nicotine should be added. Plants
known to be infested with the scale
insects should be thoroughly
sprayed.
Notorious among the scale insects
which are now Matching and crawl
ing is the juniper scale which in
some localities has caused a loss
as high as 90 per cent to certain va
rieties of jumpers. Examination of
all species of jumpers, particularly
Pfitzer juniper, should be made for
the soft-bodied crawling forms They
are quite small and it will take a
sharp eye and a good light for them
to be noticed All paintings should
be examined for the presence of
scale insects whose young may be
moving at this time.
Another home remedy which may
be used where the summer spray
oils are not available is soap and
nicotine The amount of soap to
add to the water will depend upon
the hardness of the water. AS
general rule it will take about three
pounds to so gallons of water. There
are on the market certain liquid
soaps which are useful for spraying
purposes. They are usually used
at the rate of one and one-half
gallons to 100 gallons of water. The
nicotine should be used at the rate
of one pint in 100 gallons After
the solution is prepared, more soap
should be added If the water Is not
soft.
Evening star., 1941-07-19

inserted into the roofing medium,
which should be thoroughly packed
about them. Water well. Then cover
and shade. The shade is necessary
to reduce the leaf action until the
roots begin to develop, while the
sash keeps the humidity of the air
high enough to prevent willing.
Even with a sash it is usually ad-
visable to syringe the leaves once or
twice a day. If the leaves show
tendency to wilt with the Swinging,
1t is probably due to a deficiency
of moisture in the roofing medium.
Whether you use spot in the
garden or under grapevine for the
cutting, it should be convenient so
that it may be observed two or three
times a day. Too much shade on q
dull day, excessive sunlight, or lack
of moisture are the usual causes
of failure. Ordinarily the glass
(fruit jar or SASH is removed in
the evening and replaced in the
morning. Also, it is well to remove
it on dull, cloudy days. Certainly
the shade should be removed on
cloudy days.
Where one has a small cutting
frame, say 3 by 3 feet, located in
a convenient spot, the chore of re-
moving or replacing the sash and
shade will not be too much. In the
gardens OF generation or so ago
fruit jars were extensively used, and
the job of putting them on and TAX
ing them off was considerable But,
of course. grandmother had to do
it if she were to raise her slips"
Nurserymen were few and far be-
tween and it was not an easy matter
to buy plants in those days With a
small, handily located frame, the
job is comparatively simple. If
you want to have it the last word
in modernization. make some pro-
vision for lower heat. This may be
IN the form Of an electric cable
(they are available with thermostat
for this purpose) or a compartment
in which an electric light may be
burned. 1t does not take much heat
to do the trick. Certain, kinds of
plants that are difficult to propagate
by ordinary methods respond to low
placed heat.
Hardwood cuttings may be taken
at any time after the leaves have
fallen and before the wood is frozen.
They may be taken during the WIN
ter when the temperatures are above
freezing. Ordinarily gardeners take
them in the fall and bury them in
peat moss or sand, where they will
not dry out, and keep them there
until early spring. The cuttings,
contrary to the usual belief, do not
need to be buried upside down.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
GlenwOOd Gardens
Enjoyed by Club

The Glenwood and Edgewood
sections of Bethesda, Md, were the
scene of garden tour conducted
by the members of the Glenwood
Road Garden Club on Saturday,
July II. Twenty-seven gardens
were visited, with the tour ending
at tea at the home of Mrs. George
A. Smith, president of the club.
The gardens were divided into
three groups; first, second and
third year gardens were featured,
with ribbons being awarded to the
most outstanding garden in each
class. Mrs. Walter r. Pick of Fox
hall Village, Mrs. Windsor Adams
and Mr.. George A. Smith of Beth
esda acted as judges.
First prize for the third-year
gardens went to Miss Altoona Char
tron, with Mrs. Millard Thompson
and Mrs. James H. Quain taking
second and third places, respective
ly. Mrs. Frederick Hammer received
the highest award in the second
year group, with second prize going
to the garden of Miss Edith Nc
Cullach and Mrs. Elsie Parker.
Third place was taken by Mrs. Nor
ton Thomas for her lovely rock
garden and pond. In the first-year
gardens, Mrs. James Beck took first
prize, with Mrs. Alvin Hitchcock
and Mrs. Alfred Slater placing Sec
ond and third.
A special blue ribbon was award
ed to Mrs. Edwin Bingham for her
garden, which has been developed
since spring, 1941. The prize for the
most outstanding feature went to
the Misses Catherine Cockburrand
Henrietta Baker for their picket
fence.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
The Garden Notebook
Heavy Rains Did Real Damage
By Washing Off Top Soil

The heavy rains of last week
packed the soils so hard that most
of the moisture ran of carrying
valuable top soil with it. Our
gardens need drainage, but they
should be so protected that the soil
does not wash away down the gutter.
Terraces, grass paths and edgings
help to protect them.
Weeds are growing at a furious
pace nowadays and it seems an euo-
less task to keep them under control
That is true but a few seasons Of
determined fighting will soon re-
duce this job to one of more moder-
ate requirements. If the garden Is
so large that the weed problem is
beyond one, then 1t is best to UNDER
take smaller area, one that can
be handled. Mulches may help to
meet the weed problem in many
gardens.
The last feeding of the season
should be given to perennials and
shrubbery, including roses. Feeding
after the first of August is seldom
safe in that it stimulates growth
which does not always harden-of
(mature) before freezing weather
arrives. Fertilizers with medium or
low nitrogen content are to be pre-
ferred.
Cut back hollyhocks, delphiniums
and other tall-growing perennials
and biennials as soon as they have