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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
George Wyfkoff
Dies in Seattle

SEATTLE, Oct. 91R-George W.
Wyckoff, 10, longtime resident of
Ketchikan, died in a Seattle hos
pital Friday after a long illness.
Wyckoff. native of Port Town
send, first went north in 1898,
crossing the Chilkoot Pass to the
Klondike. Later he worked on boats
operating between Seattle and
Alaska and in the First World War
he served in the Merchant Marine
He had been an employee of the
Stedman Hotel in Ketchikan for
the past IA years.
Wyckoff is survived by his widow,
Pearl, who was with him in Seattle;
nd five brothers.
Services were to be held here at
pm, today. Services will be held
n Ketchikan later.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
SEALS ARE
BEING MAILED OUT

The Alaska tuberculosis Associ-
alton Juneau headquarters workers
are mailing out Christmas seals to
local committees in 20 Alaska towns,
Frances L. Paul. executive secre-
tary of the association said today,
Seals are also going out to others
on mailing lists to places where
there are no local committees. she
said.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
DR.. Caldwell
Betty Nystrom
Married Here

DR.. George Caldwell, Juneau
chiropractor, formerly of Los An
geles, was married to Miss Betty
B. Nystrom, also of Los Angeles,
in quiet ceremony at the Metho-
dist Manse Thursday evening.
The Rev. A. B. Morgan officiated
with Dr. L. P. Dawes and Mrs. Nor
gan as witnesses.
Mrs. Caldwell has been with the
Gene Salee Cosmetics firm in Holly
wood. The couple will make their
home in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
TRADE RESIDENCES

Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Cair, Jr., have
purchased the Murlen Isaac home
on Fourth and E Street, moving
into the newly furnished home last
week. Mr. Isaac, carpenter and
contractor, built the house during
the last year, and intends to be-
gin construction on another in the
near future.
In the meantime, the Isaac fam
ily has taken over the former Galr,
Jr, residence on Second street.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
GRAND JURY EVIDENCE

I have been asked repeatedly
here and in Ketchikan, to make
public my testimony before the
Federal Grand Jury now in session
in Ketchikan.
I believe that the public should
have all the facts, but in fairness to
Governor Gruening, chairman of
the Territorial Banking Board and
the other members of that board,
have been reluctant to publicize
the evidence.
However, if the Governor and the
Banking Board will give their con-
sent, will be pleased to make this
material available to the public.
MARCUS F. JENSEN
Democratic Candidate for Repre-
sentative.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
CASHEN is CITY CLERK

Thomas Cashen has been APP
pointed Acting City Clerk in the
absence of Clerk A. j. Balog. Mike
Pusich, Mayor, announced the ap-
pointement this morning. Cashen,
familiar with City Affairs, having
served on the Finance Committee
of the City Council for many years
and will be actively assisted by Mrs.
Janet iSey, assistant Clerk and
Douglas Wahto, who will take
charge of outside duties.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
new BAPTIST CHURCH
OVER GA5TINEAU GR0(;;.
REVIVAL MEETING SOON

Work was recently started on the
renovating of rooms over the Gas
tineau Grocery by the Baptlst
Church for use as a church ana
Sunday School rooms.
The first services were held sun
day. October 1, in the new quart
ers. There will be a total OF seven
rooms for the Sunday School with
a room for the nursery to be I'M
ished soon. A new fire escape VIII
be constructed in the very near
future.
The Baptist Church was previous
ly at the corner OF Fourth ana
Franklin where the Mendenhall Ap-
artments are under construction
Church services were held for a
short while in the Seventh Day
Adventist Church prior to moving
into the new quarters.
A series of revival meetings VIII
be held starting october Is ana
continue for two weeks with Dr'
Dick H. Hall Jr., OF Decatur
Georgia, as the speaker, it is an
nounced by Rev. Jimmy Bolton.
There will be daily morning meet
ings at 10 o'clock and evening ses-
sions at 7::3O o'clock during the
two weeks.
The church calender is as 1ol-
lows: Sunday School at 10 am. 1oi-
lowed by worship services at H.
Training union is each Sunday eve
ming at Z o'clock with worship ser
vice at 8. Choir and prayer service
are each Wednesday evening at 7:3o
O'Clock.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
BALOGS ON VACATION

Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Balog were
passengers south last Thursday Tor
a six weeks vacation which VIII
take them as far east as North
Dakota to visit relatives. The couple
will pick up a new Dodge car In
Seattle and motor during Their
trip.
Mr.. Balog is on vacation from
duties as Douglas City Clerk and
genral City maintenance man. Mrs.
Balog is connected with the office
of Indian Affairs.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

Newly elected members to the
Douglas City Council and Mayor
Mike Pusich will be officially seat
ed this evening by the outgoing
Council, for the l95O-51 term OF
office.
To be seated are Arne ShudShlft,
and Chris Ehrendreich for theT
Dick H. Hall. Jr., of Decatur,
ected Senior Councilman.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09
CAST. LODGE MEETING

Leigh S. Grant, Worthy Master
OF Gastineau Lodge, 124, F and AM,
has announced a Called Communl-
cation of the Lodge, for Tuesday
evening, Oct. 10 at 7.30 o'clock, In
the new Masonic Hall over the
Theatre building. There will be
work in the E. A. Degree according
to his announcement.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-09

AT THE BARANOF
p. R. Bogue of Seattle is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
Reperfory Movement
Coins Momentum

The little theater group known
as the Gateway Repertory, start
ing with "a half dozen enthusi-
asts, is growing into a real
company.
They have undertaken the
tremendous job of rehabilitating
the old machine shop building
belonging to the city, next door
to the Legion Club on Fifth
Avenue. Undaunted by the vast
amount of physical labor and
engineering know-how, not to
mention the material needed to
make over this building into a
theater, the group is pioneering
the little theater movement with
an optimism that is contagious
This will be the first company
in Alaska to have their own
building. All other little theater
groups, in Anchorage, Kodiak,
Fairbanks, and Juneau, make
their presentations in school
auditoriumS or recreation build
ings. When completed, the Gate
way Repertory Theater will
have sloping floors, good stage,
dressing rooms, scenery and
work rooms. 1t is the aim of the
group to conduct craft, painting,
and other artistic hobbies, while
keeping a play in continual re-
hearsal SO as to have something
ready for production at any
time.
'The Drunk a melo-
drama first produced by P. T.
Barnum one hundred years ago,
will be the first presentation by
the Repertory group. This will
be produced in the original. 1t
is an extremely funny story of
family life. They expect to be
ready for presentation by Sep
TENDER /. .:-~
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
Cow Moose Attacks
Dighton GiIIiIond

An enraged cow moose ripped
open the sleeve of Dighton Gill
lands leather jacket and knock
ed him over a 25-foot cliff early
this week, according to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Zimmerman who
were bear hunting with Gill
land when the attack occurred
The COW and calf were by
snow bank near Fuller. Lake
when the party came upon them
unexpectedly Bloodstains in the
snow suggested that perhaps the
COW had had two calves and one
had been killed by a bear AT
any rate, upon sighting Gilliland,
the COW reared up before he
could raise his rifle and, slashing
downward with her hoofs, ripped
through the sleeve of his leather
jacket with her left foot and
barely missed his other side with
her other foot. Hitting him hard
with her briskit, she knocked
him backwards and over a 25-
foot stony drop. Miraculously,
Gilliland suffered no cuts nor
broken bones. The moose and
calf then left.
Cow moose are especially
touchy at this time of year and
Carlos Carlson, Fish and Wild
life Service enforcement agent,
issues warning to all persons
who encounter moose anywhere,
in the woods or on the highway,
to exercise the utmost caution
in their vicinity.
The Gilliland family has been
having a rough time with moose,
incidentally. Dighton's son was
recently freed by another COW
moose.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
Alaska So Selfish
Says Visitor

"Alaskans are so selfish that
it is pitiful," stated w. c. Zim-
norman, retired contractor from
Albuquerque, NM, who, with
his wife, has been spending the
last month and a half touring
and hunting in Alaska. why,
you have the most magnificent
scenery in the world here-and
you keep it all right here!"
In spite of the large amounts
of rain they have encountered
this spring, Mr.. and Mrs. Zim-
norman are so intrigued with
the Alaskan scenery and the
friendliness of the people that
they are planning to come up
again next year. The luck they
have had in hunting may have
had something to do with their
decision, also.
They stated that after 8 days
of hunting on Kodiak Island with
Charlie Madsen, celebrated big
game guide, they had separated
into two hunting parties 10 miles
apart and Mr.. and Mrs. thinner
man each shot a Kodiak bear
within three minutes. Mr.. Zim-
merman's bear, a 9 footer, was
shot at SIS pm, and hers, nine
and a half feet in size, was shot
at 8:13 pm. The coincidence
ended there since he shot his
bear at a distance of 1873 yards
after having had plenty of time
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Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
Alaska Steam Starts
Summer Schedule

Frequent steamer service for
Seward is now available under
the Alaska Steamship Company
summer schedule, Walter W..
Sipprell, local agent of the COM
pany, said here today.
Each week three vessels sail
from Seattle for Seward, devel-
oping what amounts to practical
ly a milk-run schedule, direct
connection being made with
Alaska Railroad trains he
stated. -:
This sailing frequency, is was
explained, is the way the Alaska
Steamship Company meets the
transportation requirements of
the trade. Vessels are scheduled
according to traffic needs with
sufficient ships in readiness to
meet unusual demands.
1--WE are in business, Sipprel
stated, ''to give the Territory the
best possible service we can and
as the traffic volume warrants,
more sailings are added. This
practice enables The Alaska Line
to keep pace with Alaskan pro-
greSS and development"
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
Special Services At
Methodist Church

Sunday afternoon at 800 pm.
at the Seward Methodist Church
the Roberta Smith Memorial
Organ will be dedicated. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
A special recital by Mr.. Henry
Brooks will be presented. Mr..
Brooks recently thrilled Seward
music lovers in a concert of
organ masterpieces. His program
for the dedication will be entire
ly of different numbers.
The church is pleased to an
nounce that not only is the organ
completely paid for but over
two hundred dollars is in spe-
cial fund toward chimes to be
added to the organ.
In the evening a special pro
gram of films will be shown
by the new sound protector re-
Gently given to the church by a
Methodist Church in Norfolk,
Virginia, through the efforts OF
Mrs. Schneider. Two travel
ogues, Lake Louise-Banff and
Mexico, plus religious film
made by professional Hollywood
actors entitled "Walking With
God" will be shown.
There is no charge but an
offering will be received to help
cover the cost of rental and
mailing.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
MRS. COULTER SPONSORS
DISPLACED LATVIA FAMIL Y

Mrs. Minnie Coulter received
word this week that the family
of Mrs. Almo Kristensen, for
whom she stood sponsor, recent
ly arrived in the United States
under the LatVian Displaced
Persons quota, and is established
in Des Moines, Iowa, where they
are very happy in their new
home.
Mrs. Coulter was particularly
Interested in this family. having
been friends in the Old Coun-
try. She signed the affidavit of
financial security which allowed
them to come into the United
States.
AS proof of the eagerness of
the Kristensens to become good
citizens. Mrs. Coulter says. one
of the children, a daughter, Birn-
ia, is being confirmed in the
Lutheran Church in Des Moines
next Sunday.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
VIM. (BiH) Novick
Died Monday
In Chicago Hotel

Word of the death of VIM.
BilD Novick of Seward of a
heart attack in Chicago hotel
early Monday morning was con-
firmed today.
No details of the death have
been received here by the fam
lily of Mrs. Novick, only that
Bill died suddenly. He is sur
vived by his wife, Anetta, a
foster son and daughter, both
in Illinois.
Bill and Anetta Novick, after
selling Novick's Bar and Liquor
Store, left Seward early in the
winter to go into business in
Berwyn, Illinois, a suburb of
Chicago. A few weeks ago they
started arrangements to dispose
of the business and return to
Seward, planning to drive back
some time this summer. They
had been in business here for
the past nine years, and were
not satisfied Outside.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
BILL PEGE LEAVES
COLD STORAGE COMPANY

The Seward Fish and Cold
Storage Company and Marine
Ways announced this week that
Mr.. VIM. Pege has sold his
interest in the business to the
three remaining partners, Tom
Riley, Fred Wilmans and Frank
Burns.
The company, under the man.
agement of Tom Riley, is in
full swing of the seasons halibut
processing. They also plan to
handle salmon from Cook Inlet,
trucking it down from Kenai.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
MURPHY HAS A BIRTHDAY

Mr.. Arthur Murphy, better
known as "Murph, we'll known
mixologist at Tony's Bar, will
celebrate his birthday tomorrow,
Saturday, May q, by holding
open house from 5 pm. until
closing time. The public is cor
daily invited to partake of a
light lunch with him, along
with his many friends in the
Territory, in celebration of
Murphy's birthday.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
MORE MARATHON RACE
UNDERWRITERS

Eleven more names were add
ed to the list of the Mt. Mara
thon Race underwriters this
week:
Seward Fish and Cold Stor-
age Co., Seward Trading Co.,
Cobbs, McMullen's Dress and
Gift Shop, The Alaska Shop,
Doyle's, Werner's Market, r. E.
Baumgartner, The Mart Variety,
Osbo's Electric Supply, Seward
Hardware.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26

Cordial invitations were re-
ceived here from H. S. Kawabe
& Company, to the exhibition
of old and rare masterpieces of
japanese wood block prints and
paintings in the establishment
of the company at SIS Madison
Street, Seattle, May % through
Saturday, May q.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
Child Labor Law Limits | ype
Of Work For Juveniles

School is out Ito whom is
that news?) and many young
sters are job-hunting If you are
not certain as to what kind of
jobs they may legally hold, here
is a condensation of the Alaska
Child Labor Law.
Under 81: May not work in
any place where Intoxicating
liquors are sold for consump-
ton on the premises, nor may
not sell nor serve Intoxicating
liquors.
Under 10: The above restric-
ton, plus: May not work more
than 8 hours day, 40 hours a
week, nor more than days a
week. May not work in any oc-
cupation dangerous to life, limb
or injurious to health or morals.
Girls under 18 may not work
in restaurants nor as maids in
hotels or lodging houses, nor
may they work at any occupa-
ton which requires constant
standing, lie. on their feet for
more than SO minutes in any
hour. Excepted from the res
taurant clause are fountain girls
or soda dispensers engaged only
in serving soft drinks or ice
cream.
The dangerous occupations in
clude work around mines, any
thing to do with explosives, any
work with power driven ma
chinery, driving or being help
er on a motor vehicle, work
with electrical equipment, load
ing and unloading boats, work
on ladders or scaffolding, and
work in dry-cleaning plant.
Under Is: All the above re-
strictions, plus: May not work
between the hours of 7 pm.
and 6 am, nor more than %
hours in a week, domestic work
and baby sitting excepted. May
not work in manufacturing or
processing operations, in any
work requiring the manual use
of sharpened tools, in any work
pursued in a public place such
as street trades Excepting news
paper sales), clerk, usher, cash
Ter, attendant, culinary worker
in hotels and restaurants or soda
dispenser which require serving
or dealing with the public, in
Guiding the work of pin setter
in bowling alleys.
Under IA: All the above re-
strictions, plus: May not work
in anything except domestic en-
ployment, baby sitting and han
diWork in and about private
homes, newspaper delivery and
sales, or in cannerieS in ware
house work UNDER competent
supervision casing cans.
A direct quotation from the
Alaska Child Labor Law is,
Nothing in this Act shall apply
to situations in which child
works under the direct super
vision of a parent in business
owned and operated by such
parent nor the work of child
on a boat owned and operated
by the child's parent"
Since the listing of prohibited
occupations is necessarily con-
densed for this article, anyone
in doubt at all about the legality
of child labor in any situation
should refer to the Child Labor
Law, copies of which are to be
found in most business estab-
lishments and in the office of
the U. S. Commissioner.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
moose.

City Clerk Sigrid Stearns and
Tax A ssor Charles Fair
weather are distinctly pleased
with their new desks which ar
rived the first of this week.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26

Miss Doreen Brooks of Saskat-
chewan, Canada, is new addi-
ton to the nursing staff at the
Seward Sanatoriun. She arrived
in Seward last week.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-05-26
Golden Anniversary Observed
BY ACS Installations Today

ton providing for the establish
ment of communications among
the outpost forts along the Yu-
kon, ST. Michael near the mouth
of the Yukon; Fort Davis, near
Nome; Fort Gibbon, near Tana-
ma; Fort Egbert, at Eagle; Fort
Liscum, near Valdez: and Fort
William H. Seward at Haines
Mission near Skagway, the site
later known as Chilkoot Bar
racks. This was the beginning
of the Washington-Alaska Mill
tary Cable and Telegraph Sys-
tenn, commonly called the
"WAMCATS."
BY line and cable, link by
link, hundreds of miles were
crossed, poles set into frozen
ground, cables splashed into the
depths of polar seas. This, the
ACS story, is the story of pio-
neering in communications. But
the untold story can be imagined
only by Alaskans, who know
from personal experience in
these days of relative ease of
travel, by highway, water and
air, how difficult it must have
been so years ago to transport
the men and materials to set up
these communications lines.
In 1864, Queen Victoria had
granted to the Western Union
Telegraph Company a right of
way across British Columbia for
building telegraph line from
Portland, Oregon through Alas
ka and across the Bering Straits
Here the line was to meet Rus
sian line, stretching 1000 miles
over the Siberian tundra to
Nickolayevsk, near the mouth
of the Amur. 1t was then planned
that by 1900 one line would
reach into China, another into
Central Europe Although work
was begun, particularly in west
ern Canada, the successful COM
pletion, in 1866 of the Atlantic
cable, put halt to the gigantic
I scheme.
Much had been done, mean
while, on the telegraph trail
through British Columbia. When
the expedition came to an end,
the glass insulators were sold
to the Indians who used them as
drinking cups. Spools of tele-
graph wire, bartered for furs,
, soon served the natives as sus-
pension bridges and fishing nets.
The Telegraph Trail itself fin
ally became the Alaska High
way. Perhaps the Canadian line
would never have been pushed
to completion had it not been for
! the discovery of gold, south of
the Yukon in 1877, and in the
Klondike in 1896. BY 1900 the
Canadian telegraph was in oper-
: alton between the United States
and Quesnel, British Columbia,
and Whitehorse and Dawson.
Another line was run along the
lIO-mlle narrOW-gauge White
Pass and Yukon railroad, con-
Meeting Whitehorse with Skag-
way, Alaska.
In 1900 the War Department
had established a Department of
Alaska, with headquarters at
Fort ST. Michael In June of that
year, three Signal Corps detach-
ments were created. One at Val
DEE, one at Fort Davis, and the
third at Fort Egbert A detach-
ment of infantrymen at Fort
Davis began constructing tele-
graph line on iron poles east
ward from Nome, along Norton
Sound, to Port Safety, some IS
miles. 1t was completed by Sep
TENDER, just three months after
the beginning of the work over
the frozen wilderness.
1t. William BILLY" Mitchell
was assigned to the third crew.
He had charge of the open wire
from Igloo to Yukon and from
Valdez to Eagle from 1901 to
1908.
Evening star., 1950-08-31
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to limit quantities.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-10-06
Catholic Ladies RummaRe Sale

The Catholic A liar Society
will hold rummage sale at the
home of Mrs. Medore LaBreche,
two houses west of the Sherburne
Mercantile Company, or east of
the City Hall, from Monday un-
til Saturday, inclusive, October 9
through IA.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-10-06
Two Towns

Pennsylvania pretzel town h
Ephrata, while Washington's air.
base town Of the same name is pro-
nounced ee-fray-ta. s.