SALES TAX BEGINS
AUGUST 1; RULES
TO BE AVAILABLE
Collection of Juneau's one-per
cent special-purpose sales tax will
begin August 1, the City Council
has decided.
This was announced at the reg
ular meeting of the council last
night. Rules and regulations gov
erning collection of the tax were
accepted, after some changes had
been made in those drawn up by
City Attorney Howard Stabler at
the council’s direction.
The council ordered the printing
of the rules so that they will tie
available to anyone wishing to
study them before the tax goes
into effect.
Mayor Hendrickson said after the
meeting that an announcement will
be made when the rules are ready
for distribution.
At a special election June 20,
Juneau voters decided by a slim
margin in favor of the tax, pro
ceeds from which will go into a
special fund for paying off the
city's present and future bonded
indebtedness.
The tax will end in the quarter
that the city’s bonded indebted
ness is paid off.
Architects Chosen
The council passed a motion
naming the firm of Foss, Malcolm
and Olson as architects for the
planned municipal building which
will be constructed at Marine Way
and South Seward Streets.
It also accepted the bid of the
Thorpe Contracting Company for
clearing and filling the Harri Ma
chine Shop property on which the
new building will be erected.
The firm’s price for the job was
$4,900. Five bids were submitted.
One of these was rejected because
of discrepancy.
The contractor will keep all ma
terial in the burned-out buildfng
which can be salvaged and will
complete the clearing and filling
job within 30 days from the date
on which he receives word from
the city to proceed with the work.
Wages Hiked
City laborers, truckdrivers, hy
drant caretaker, and gradermen
were granted a 25-cent hourly wage
increase by the council last night.
The action came after Council
man J. P. Christensen called to
the attention of the council the
need to increase the rate of pay
for the street workmen "before
trouble starts.”
He pointed out that the present
rates—$1.37 per hour for laborers,
$1.50 for drivers and hydrant care
taker, and $1.76 for gradermen—
were well below the wages asked
by union drivers and laborers.
He said that, although the lower
wage rate is compensated some
what by steady employment, he
believed a wage hike should be
granted retroactive to July 16.
Councilman James Larsen made
the motion for granting the wage
boosts, and it passed unanimously.
License Transfer Approved
The council approved an appli
cation for transfer of the liquor
license held by Warren L. Hager,
operator of Bud’s Bar, to H. C.
and Georgia Bryant.
A motion was passed providing
for the calling of bids for the city’s
pile-driver. It was stipulated that
the minimum acceptable bid should
be $5,000.
Joseph McDonald
DIES AT FAIRBANKS
SEATTLE, July 22—Ufl—Joseph A.
McDonald, an Alaska pioneer, died
Thursday in his home Vh Fair
banks, friends and relatives learned
here today.
He served as an Alaskan legis
lator and as a U. S. Marshal. He
went to Alaska during the gold
rush in 1898.
EASTERN STAR LUNCHEON
Honoring Most Worthy Grand
Matron, Abbie Hanson. No-host
luncheon at the Baranof, Tuesday,
July 25, 1 o’clock on Terrace for
all Eastern Stars. Reservations by
Monday night, phone Anna Day,
Lillie Hooker or Hazel Mantyla.
By order of Worthy Matron,
Daisy Fagerson.
Alice Brown, Secretary
WILSON IS
JINXED IN
HARDGAME
(By the Associated Press)
Seattle's Jim Wilson failed in a
heart-breaker last night to notch his
16th straight victory and tie a 41
year-old Pacific Coast League re
cord.
Hard luck and a ninth inning
squeeze play jinxed Wilson in a 4
to 3 setback at Hollywood last night.
Wilson experienced enough tough
breaks in that one to last him an
other 28 years.
He was trying to tie the 41-year
old PCL pitching record of 16 vic
tories in a row. He tried too hard.
In the last of the ninth, Eddie
Sauer tripled Hollywood’s tying run
across and then scored with the
clincher on Gene Handley’s squeeze
bunt.
The bunt was an odd one. It
blooped into the air, just over the
head of in-charging Wilson. Jackie
Albright fielded it on the bounce
and threw to first, but George Vico
wasn’t covering the bag. Technic
ally, Vico was charged with an
error, and that made the winning
run unearned.
The Rainiers were so distraught
about suffering their fourth straight
setback and their first losing se-ies
in 12 weeks that they sequestered
themselves in their dressing room
after the game and refused to see
anybody.
Portland beat Oakland 9-3 in a
home run orgiy. Joe Brovia and Luis
Marquez of the Beavers each hit
three run homers and Dick Wake
field slammed one for the Oaks
with two on. Doubles fell all over
the place. In a wild Portland sev
enth, pinch hitter Hillis I,ayne bat
ted twice—and reached first both
times on errors.
Elsewhere along the circuit, Sac
ramento beat Los Angels, 3 to 1, as
massive Matt Furkont posted his
15th win of the year, and San Diego
walloped San Francisco, 13 to 5, in
a 16 hit assault.
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast League
W L Pet GBL
Oakland . 69 44 .611 -
Hollywood ..... 68 47 .591 2
San Diego . 60 57 .513 11
Seattle . 56 58 .491 13%
San Francisco .55 60 .478 15
Portland 53 58 .477 15
Los Angeles 53 53 .457 17%
Sacramento . 45 72 .385 26
National League
W L Pet GBI
St. Louis . 48 36 .571 -
Philadelphia .... 48 36 .571 -
Boston . 46 36 .561 1
Brooklyn . 44 36 .550 2
Chicago . 39 41 .488 7
New York . 38 46 .452 10
Cincinnati . 36 47 .434 11%
Pittsburgh . 31 52 .373 16%
American League
W L Pet GBI
Detroit . 55 30 .647 -
New York . 54 32 .628 1%
Cleveland . 52 36 .591 4%
Boston . 49 39 .557 7%
Washington . 40 44 .476 14%
Chicago . 36 52 .409 20%
St. Louis . 30 56 .349 25%
Philadelphia . 30 57 .345 26
BOOTH SERVICES TO BE
HELD IN S. A. HALL
At 2:30 tomorrow, Sunday, after
noon memorial services will be con
ducted at the Salvation Army hall
on Willoughby for the late General
Evangeline Booth, past internation
al leader of the Salvation Army.
The services will be in charge of
Major Eric Newbould, divisional
commander for Alaska, who will
be assisted by Lt. N. B. Steinig,
- corps officer.
Everyone is welcome to attend
the services.
ATTENTION TOURISTS
Ride the Mallboat Yakcbl for an
intimate acquaintance with SE Al
aska. Leaving every Wednesday
1 arrive Juneau Saturday night.
I SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
—
Highway
Oil Delivery
Alaska Transfer
(Douglas Babcock)
— delivers oil weekly to
all summer homes out ihe
Glacier, Fritz Cove and
Eagle River Highways.
MIZE SWATS OUT
BALL FOR YANKS
IN BIG COMEBACK
By RALPH RODEN
(Associated Press Sportswriter)
The big cat is on the prowl again.
Johnny Mize, who terrorized Na
tional League pitching for so many
years, is blasting away as of old
for the New York Yankees in their
American League pennant bid.
Big Jaw*n, who a short while ago
I was on the brink of drawing his re
j lease, has hit a fantastic .867 for
his last four games. He began to
purr against St. Louis Tuesday,
I and has banged out 13 hits in 15
i trips—including five home runs —
I since then.
Mize’s amazing performance has
raised his batting average 119 points
from .258 to .377.
Big Comeback
Mize ascended the heights of his
comeback last night as he belted
out two homers, a pair of singles
and drove in five runs to lead the
Yanks to a smashing 14-5 victory
over the pace-setting Detroit Tigers
■ in the opener of a vital three-game
i series at the Yankee Stadium.
! The overwhelming triumph, wit
j nessed by 62,823 fans, cut the Tigers’
i lead over the Yanks to l's> games,
i The Yanks can assume the lead by
j winning today and Sunday.
Mize, who took over the fourth
| slot in the batting order when Joe
DiMaggio became ill, was kept in
j that position against the Tigers. Di
Maggio dropped to fifth. The move
paid off as DiMaggio clubbed three
singles and a double.
The Yanks jumped off to a lead
I they never relinquished. The Bomb
ers cracked Lefty Ted Gray for two
j runs in the first inning, added two
! more in the second, and drove him
i out with three in the third to take
| a 7-0 lead.
Vic Raschi, Yankee starter,
’ blanked the Bengals on two hits go
! ing into the lifth. The Tigers sud
| denly came to life and scored four
i runs to knock Raschi out.
In National League
The pennant race in the National
League also tightened up as the
Philadelphia Phils tied the St. Louis
j Cardinals for the lead.
The Phils, behind the eight-hit
pitching of rookie Bubba Church,
beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-1.
Eddie Waitkus scored three of the
j victors’ runs and Dick Sisler drove
| home two. Ralph Kiner accounted
j for Pittsburgh’s run with his 28th
' homer in the eighth inning.
St. Louis dropped a 5-4, 11-inning
| decision to the New York Giants,
j An error by Eddie Miller allowed
: Alvin Dark to score from third with
the winning run. Stan Musial sent
the game into overtime with a two
out homer in the seventh, his 12th,
off Sal Maglie, who went the dis
tance for the Giants. Cloyd Boyer
went all the way for the Cards.
The third place Boston Braves re
mained a game off the pace by drop
ping a 4-3, 13-inning game to the
Chicago Cubs. Bill Serena singled
home Andy Pafko from second with
the payoff run, spoiling Johnny
Sain’s bid for his 13th victory.
Brooklyn’s fourth-place Dodgers
moved to within two games of the
co-leaders by trouncing the Cin
cinnati Reds, 7-1. Veteran Preacher
Roe tamed the Redlegs on e ght hits
to pick up his 12th victory.
PRINCE GEORGE IN
YESTERDAY WITH 1
The Prince George arrived in
, Juneau from the south yesterday
afternoon at 3 with one passenger
i getting off here.
In Juneau from Prince Rupert
was Matthew O’Grady.
There were 235 round trip pass
engers oh board, many of whom
made the trip to the Mendenhall
Glacier.
The George sailed for Skagway
last night at 11:30.
3 Store Buildings for Rent
I. Goldstein
Walters-House
Wedding Tonight
At Baranof Hotel
A quiet, informal wedding will
take place tonight at 7 o’clock at
the Baranof Hotel, performed by
U.S. Commissioner Gordon Gray.
Miss Margaret Walters, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Walters of Chi
cago, will become the bride of Mr
Donald J. House, both of Wrangell
Miss Walters, a registered nurse,
is employed by the Alaska Native
Service, stationed at the hospital at
Wrangell Institute. She trained
and graduated from one of Chi
cago’s larger hospitals.
Mr. House is wellknown in Ju
neau. He served here during the war
with the Alaska Transport Service
for several years and, following the
war, went to Wrangell where he
went into partnership with Leonard
Campbell in the Campbell-House
Shipyard.
Mrs. Leonard Campbell, daughter
of Mrs. A. W. Stewart, will be mat
ron of honor for Miss Walters and
Lew M. Williams, Jr., will act as
best man.
Following the marriage a supper
will take place on the Terrace
of the Baranof for a small circle of
intimate friends of the couple.
They will make their home in
Wrangell.
RENT RAISES FOR
FLIERS' FAMILIES;
RECONTROL HINTED
SPOKANE, Wash., July 22—OP)—
Eviction and rent increase notices
have not been uncommon in Spo
kane since rents were decontrolled
a year ago. But word of at least six
being served in the past three weeks
has Mayor Arthur Meehan up in
arms. He has threatened to recom
mend reinstatement of controls.
The six, he said yesterday, were
handed to wives and families of
Spokane Air Force base fliers whose
B-29 Superforts are engaged in the
Korean war. Six crewmen have
been listed as missing in action.
"It’s hard to believe that property
owners would take advantage of
wives and children of men fighting
for their country,” he commented
irately.
QUEEN CAROL ENJOYS
JULY 4 PRIZE HERE
With her sister, Joyce, sharing
the outing, Carol Vig is enjoying
a prize she wong along with the
honor of being Ketchikan's Fourth
of July queen.
In other words, she was given
a two-day stay at the Baranof
Hotel by the Alaska Travel Bureau.
The Vig sisters arrived yesterday
for their gala week-end in Juneau.
FROM OAKLAND
Anna Kaze of Oakland, Calif., is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM TUCKAHOE, N.Y.
John Hock, Jr., of Tuckahoe, N.Y.,
is at the Baranof Hotel.
AT BARANOF HOTEL
Carl L. Carlson of Anchorage is
at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM KAKE
Delores Zeis of Kake is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
PORTLANDER HERE
Frank C. Binschus of Portland
Ore., is at the Baranof Hotel.
SAN FRANCISCANS HERE
Among San Francisco residents al
the Baranof Hotel are Frank A
Hefner, John E. Holtz and Cpl
Bertha Messinger, WAC Detach
ment, P.O.C., Presidio.
FROM WILLOWS, CALIF.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Marlow ol
Willows, Calif., are guests at th<
Juneau Hotel.
Good News for Ice Cream Eaters!
With every quart of delicious
SWIFT’S ice cream you buy at
Percy’s Saturday and Sunday—
you get A PINT FREE.
76-YEAR-OLD MAN
GETS BEST OF BRUIN
WITH POCKET KNIFE
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 22—
i.Tt—Seventy-six-year-old sourdough
Dan Gillis is recovering from a
battle with a black bear. Gillis was
armed only with a willow branch
and a pocket knife. •
Gillis is nursing bites and
scratches and a laceration in one
arm where the bruin’s teeth cut
completely through.
"But you ought to see the bear,”
he commented good naturedly to
day.
Gillis said he was walking along
a trail near his cabin at Dome
Creek, about 20 miles northwest of
here, swinging a willow branch to
brush away the mosquitoes.
“I heard footsteps. I turned
around to see a big black bear keep
ing step with me,” he recalled.
Gillis said he brandished the wil
low branch, which was decidedly
the wrong thing to do.
The bear charged, knocking the
old man down. By some fluke he
fell toward the animal, he said,
pushing the bear off balance.
"That gave me time to pull out
my pocket knife.”
While the bear was clawing at
him, Gillis said he closed in and
let the bruin has a few slashes over
the heart. The bear lurched back
and Gillis ran for the road with the
animal’s “hot breath on my neck.”
A crew car of the Fairbanks Ex
ploration Co., had been left in the
road by a group of mining men.
Gillis squeezed in the cab and
slammed the door in the bear's face.
“The bear stood and considered
the situation. Finally his lip
curled in a sneer of disgust and he
lumbered off,” the old-timer said.
When the mining men returned
to the car they found Gillis bleed
ing badly from lacerations.
“Wonder what kind of a story the
bear told when he got home?” Gillis
grinned. “Bet he felt sheepish, let
ting an old man get the best of
him with a little old pocket knife.”
OMAHAN VISITS
Mrs. M. Moore of Omaha is re
gistered at the Juneau Hotel.
STEVE HOMER HERE
Steve Larsson Homer of Port
Chilkoot is staying at the Gas
tineau Hotel.
ALL EASTERN STARS
Potluck dinner at Pagerson cabin,
Lena Cove, Sunday, July 23. Bring
food for own family.
By order of Worthy Matron Daisy
Pagerson.
Alice Brown, Secretary.
LEOTA SMITH
'GOES HOME’ TO
ORIG|NAL SHOP
Announcement is made today by
Mrs. Leota Smith of her purchase
of Gordon's, one of Juneau’s lead
ing women's* apparel shops located j
in the Baranof, from Frank Gor- j
don of Fairbanks.
“It will be just luce going home,"
Mrs. Smith said, for she originally
opened the shop in 1939, on March
1, ten days before the Baranof
Hotel itself was opened. Her suc
cessful operation of the shop cot. •
tinued until 1944 when she sold
out to Mrs. Yvonne Cooper and
the place became “Yvonn's” until
purchased by Frank Gordon about
three years ago.
For the past year, Mrs. Smith,
who has wide experience in buying
and selling of women's clothes, has j
been in charge of the women's ap
parel department at B. M. Beh
rend’s store. She terminates her
employment there today and has
already taken over operation ui
her own shop.
Mrs. Smith leaves via Pan Am
erican plane tomorrow for Chicago
and New York where she will pur
chase latest fall styles. She ex
pects to be gone about three weeks.
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No Live Bait
At DONOHUE'S .
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gOA*
FOR
VACATION
FUN
Did you have to compromise again this year
I between where you WANTED to spend your
vacation and where you could AFFORD TO? (
In coming years it can be different, if you act
'now. Save a little every week in an insured
savings account here. Then, you’ll BE SURE ^
^ to have enough money, come future vacations.
We’ll be adding worth-while earnings to your
We have paid
Alaska Federal Savings & Loan
Association
or JUNEAU
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119 Seward Street Juneau. Alaska
In her absence, Mrs, Louise Hous
ton will be in charge.
The shop will again be known
under its original name, "Leota’s"
and Mrs. Smith added: “You can
tell all of my friends and customers
that I am very, very happy to
be home' again and it will be my
pleasure to serve and bimg to
them the best in women’s apparel.”
NOTICE
Checks for advertising in the 1950
special Soap Box Derby section of
the Empire should be mailed to
Elton Engstrom, Box 723, before
Monday evening. Make checks pay
able to ‘‘Soap Box Derby.’ Your
cooperation will be greatly appre
ciated.
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William Winn
Juneau Real Estate
and Territorial Municipal
Financing
Island Transportation Co.
Robert Coughlin
Peterson Refuse Co.
Robert Coughlin
Douglas Drug Store
Feusi & Jensen
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JOE WERNER