PORTLAND C OF C
TOUR PARTY HERE;
DINNER TONIGHT
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Twenty members of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce arrived in
Juneau Sunday afternoon via Pan
American fer the first stop on a
12-day tour of Alaska, and were
met by members of the Juneau
Chamber, led by Piesident Herbert
Rowland. They were immediately
whisked away on a tour of Menden
hall glacier and the Juneau area.
The two groups will meet again
this evening in the Baranof hotel
for a Joint dinner. Among the
speakers will be Edgar W. Smith,
president cf both the Poitland
Chamber of Commerce and the
Oregon State Board :f Higher Edu
cation.
R. B. Maloney, chairman of the
Portland Chamber’s Alaska com
mittee and traffic manager for
Montgomery Ward & company, re
ported that the group of 20, inclu
ding four wives, was here primar
ily to do business and to make
friends with the people of Alaska.
New Air Service
“The new direct scheduled air
service which Pacific Northern Air
lines has been certificated to begin
in late July between Portland, Se
attle, Juneau and Anchorage is
the answer to years of effort on the j
part of both our communities and
will be a great stimulus in encour
aging business and travel between
Portland and Juneau,” Maloney
said.__
Several members of the Portland
group planned to make contacts
today with government offices in
Juneau and with the business
houses here, including: George Hail
ing, general manager, J. K. Gill
Co.: John M. Clark, manager, Col
umbia Produce Co.; Herbert W.
Hall, president, Maytag Northwest
Co.; J. M. Constantine, manager,
New York Merchandise Co.; J. O.
Davis, president, Northwest Build
ings, Inc.; Lloyd Meyers, Pacific
Coast manager, Massey-Harris Co.;
H. J. Sandberg, president, Sand
berg Manufacturing Co.; and H. A.
Schmitt, Portland contractor.
Officials with the group include:
George Umbaugh, president, Port
of Longview; Thomas Murray, gen
eral traffic manager, Portland Dock
Commission, and representing the
Port of Portland and (Jarter Bran
don, manager of the Portland
Chamber Alaska department.
Tour leader is George M. Hen
derson, Assistant Vice-president,
First National bank.
Covering the visit here for Port
land papers are Tom Humphrey,
editor, thf editorial page, the Ore
gon Journal, and Phil Hunt of the
Portland Chamber staff.
ARGUE TO GIVE
LAST SERMON IN
JUNEAU TONIGHT
The Rev. and Mrs. Watson Argue
of Calvary Temple, Seattle, will
conduct their final service in Bethel
Tabernacle tonight at 8 o’clock.
Argue will show colored motion
pictures of his preaching tour
through Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
England, Scotland, France and
Switzerland and will speak on "Ko
r ae,Iran and Armageddon." He will
also discuss the question. "If War
Comes With Russia."
In tonight’s sermon Argue will
display a Bible which saved the
life of a G. I. in Korea. He will
also show the dagger which cut
through two thirds of the Bible and
will read the verse at which the
dagger stopped.
Te Rev. R. E. Baker, the pastor,
reports a large attendance at the
services Sunday and gives a cordial
invitation to everyone to attend the
service tonight.
Re. Argue has traveled and prea
ched in nearly 30 countries inclu
ding the West Indies, South Amer
ica, Europe and Scandanavia. He
and his wife leave Tuesday for ser
vices in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Victim of Rare Ailment
Four-year-oid Donald Marton, victim of a rare brain ailment which
doctors say is fatal, is fed by his father, Arthur Marton, who brought
him to Pasadena, Calif., by bus from ArcherwiU, Saskatchewan,
Canada. The boy. wl>o weighs only 20 pounds and can't speak or
even cry, was to be operated on at Pasadena. (/P) Wirephoto.
JUNEAU-HAINES
FERRY 10 RESUME
SERVICE TUESDAY
The Juneau-Haines ferry Chilkoot
will leave here tomorrow on its first
trip under ownership of the Terri
tory of Alaska. Time of its depart
ure will be announced over KINY
tonight and tomorrow morning.
Henry Roden, commissioner of fi
nance, announced completion of th(
deal this noon on arrival of Rober
Sommers, Sr., former operator, from
Seattle.
Robert Coughlin, veteran boal
operator of Juneau, will be managei
of the business and Steve Homer
also a former owner, will be agen'
at Haines. Gus Gustavo;, who wa:
associated with Coughlin in opera
tion of the boast Forester, will lx
assigned captain of the Chilkoot.
Roden said approximately $40.0U
was paid to buy out Sonv ers an<. I
Homer and acquire the ferry line.
This covers all debts against the
ship and it is being turned over tc
the Territory free and clear. It if
nsured for $40,000, Roden said.
A Seattle marine insurance com
pany estimated that replacement
.alue of the Chilkoot would be $125,
lOO. Present value as placed by the
Marine Office of American Insur
,nce Co., is $85,000.
Roden said the Territory will con
form with Coast Guard regulation
pertaining to passenger safety and
navigation and to begin with, no
regular schedule will be posted but
the ferry will run whenever busi
ness warrants. He pointed out that
many autmobiles are awaiting at
both Haines and Juneau for resump
tion of ferry service.
HIKERS TO GO TO
TAKU LODGE SAT.
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The Rev. H. E. Beyer, newly el
ected president of the Shank, Ship
and Shutter blub, piloted a large
group of hikers to the Salmon
Creek reservoir last Saturday.
Several of the girls were not
equipped with waterproof shoes so
took off their shoes, rolled up their
jeans and waded several streams
which crossed the trail.
Next Saturday morning the club
DR. TED OBERMAN
OPTOMETRIST
20th Century Theatre Bldg.
2nd Floor
Phone Office 61
Juneau. Alaska
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I. B. HOWSER - Haines, Alaska
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will fly to Taku Lodge via Alaska
Coastal Airways and return Sunday
eevning by river boat. There is
room for 18. Carolyn Hoff Is taking
reservations at 874 or Blue 235.
AT TAKU LODGE
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Drexler and
two children from Great Neck, Newy
York are spending ten days at Taku
Lodge. They have been traveling
over North America since last Jan
uary and have just completed a
tour of Alaska. They are enthusi
astic about Alaska but glad to set
tle down to just rest and fish for
awhile, they said.
GAMES TODAY
CHICAGO, June 18 —t.Pl— A
double by Bruce Edwards and a
single by Bob Borkowski in the
ninth inning gave the Chicago Cub
a 5 to 4 victory over the Boston
Braves this afternoon.
BOSTON, June 18 —I.TI—'Thanks u
Lou Bri.ssie, Cleveland’s Bob Feller
became a 10-game winner today by
drawing credit for a 9-7 victory over
the Boston Red Sox. Brissie took
over with the bases loaded in the
ninth and retired two batters to end
the game.
FROM SITKA
Charles E. Varnell of Sitka is at
the Baranof Hotel.
FROM PORT ANGELES
C. A. Fidler of Port Angeles,
Wash, is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM FAIRBANKS
G. Tully of Fairbanks is stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Charles L. Flatt of San Francisco
is at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Glenn W. Payne of Anchorage is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM KETCHIKAN
O. Parrish of Ketchikan is at the
| Baranof Hotel.
CAPITAL CRUISER
RACE ENDS JUNEAU,
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
Only four boat , last Saturday were
scheduled to start the 900-plus milt
Capitul-to-Gapital Crui ,er race
from Bremerton to Junr.au with. ill.
first one kicking off fro i the sort
ing line near the Manet I e bridge a
9:57 Saturday morning.
Ray Hart with his Donolie, Georg
H. Patton's Aileen of Nanaimo, Ji
J. Wayne Graham’s 34-foot Kick
enus of Seattle and Norton C! ,d;>
65-foot Carmelita, also of Seattle
are making the run. Patton, the uni;
entrant from Canada this year'an.
in 1949, won the Olympia tu Jur.e.i
race in 1949.
Joining the Donolie crew at Pr nc;
Rupert, B. C. will be Bob Cowling
commodore of the Juneau Yr.cli
club.
Hart and Graham were to have
been the first to leave as they run
slower than the other two contc.-1
ants. Clapp and Patton were to have
opened their throttles sometime
Saturday evening.
The race has a stop-over at Prince
Rupert, providing the finish point
for the Bremerton to Prince Rupee
race and the starting point for the
Prince Rupert to Juneau race.
Trophies are provided for f.r t three
places in all races.
The finish times are set at Prince
Rupert for Wednesday, June 20 and
Juneau on Saturday, June 23, at
1 p.m.
Under Dr. Robert Cress cf Erem
r.on, an unofficial network of radio
hams has been organized to monitor
the ship-to-ship band and to repor
the location of boats under way.
The awarding of prizes and the
initiation of all crewmen into the
Ice-Berg Pilots will take place in
Juneau in addition to a personally
guided tour of Juneau and the near
by points of interest. A banquet is
scheduled for Saturday evening at
the Baranof in honor of the visiting
cruiser-men.
TWO CUriSI.RS OUT
: RIJMERTON, June 13 —>JH— The
two surviving entrants in the an-,
nual Bremer Lon-to-Juneau predicted
log cruise were reported aero..
Queen Charlotte Sound today.
A third entry, Dr. J. Wayne
Graham of Seattle and his Nicke
nus, dropped out of the race this
morning after hitting rough weath
er. Reports on the event's progress
were being relayed here by short
wave radio ‘ hams” of western Brit
ish Columbia and Washington.
The entrants still in the race were
Ray Hart of Fr"merU>n in his Den >
lie and Norton Clapp, Seattle in his
Carmelita. Both are former winners.
The Donolie left Saturday morn
ing. Clapp's Carmelita, a faster boat,
left Sunday forenoon. The goal of
the race is to finish the cruise to
Prince Rupert, B. C., and then to
Juneau in closest to the predicted
times.
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A DOCCY FINISH — An unscheduled performer in a
Minneapolis High Schools mile race was a dog that joined
Frank Guertin (front) and Bill Phillips at finish. Dog was third.
PENGUIN il SAILS FOR
ST. PAUL ISLAND ON
FUR SEAL PROGRAM
The Penguin II, Fish and Wild
life Service vessel, leaves this after
noon for St. Paul Island with 29
Fouke Fur Co. employees of St. i
Louis aboard who will help with j
(he processing of the fur seal skins
taken yearly.
Also aboard are Dr. George Bar- !
tholomew of University of Califor- 1
nia at Los Angeles, Ford Wilke ,
and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kenyon of !
the FW3 office in Seattle. Wilke
and Bartholomew will conduct re
search on fur seals on St. Paul in
cooperation with the FWS research
program. The Kenyons are also
spending their honeymoon on the
trip.
Beginning in 1947 through 1949,
60,000 fur seals were tagged and
they will be recovered as part of
the seal population studies. In Aug
ust, Penguin II, captained by Dan
Drotning, will move 25 reindeer
from a government herd on Nuni
vak Island to St. Paul Island.
Mrs. Clarence Olson, wife of the
FWS manager for the Pribilof Is
lands, is aboard the ship and joins
her husband on St. Paul.
"HERB" S. ROWLAND
; Alaska Manager
: Baranof Holsl-Juneau
Telephone 419
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DR. AARONSON TELLS
JUNEAU LIONS THAT
T8 VACCINE PROVEN
The value of BCG vaccine against
uberculosis is definitely proven. Dr.
j. D. Aaronson told the Lions club
it a regular meeting at the Baranof
hotel Monday noon. Dr. Aaronson
is professor at the University of
Pennsylvania and with the Henry
Phipps Institute on tuberculosis
studies and control.
Although the TB rate is falling
in Alaska, the Territory still has
the highest rate, he said.
Dr. Aaronson paid high tribute to
the efficiency of the Alaska Health
Department and the Alaska Native
Service.
George (One-Shot) O'Neill of De
roit and Fred Mayo of Anchorage
.vere visiting Lions.
O. R. Cleveland was appointed
Lion representative to attend a
lealth council meeting tonight.
George Danner reminded members
)f the Yacht club bano.uet Saturday
light.
President Jerry Williams announc
ed that there would be no noon
meeting next Monday but that in
stallation of new officers, would be
held at a banquet at the Baranef
hotel that evening to which ladies
.vould be invited. It is to be informal
An announcement was read that
ill interested persons are invited tc
the Kiwanis club luncheon Wednes
day to hear Tighe Woods, housing
expeditor from Washington, D.C.
Since today would be the last
meeting attended by Col. John R.
Noyes, he was called on to say a
few words. He expressed regret at
leaving Juneau and Alaska but said
he had left the Territory twice be
fore and returned so had no doubt
that he would be back eventually.
“I have deep attachment tor
Juneau and its people. I feel it is
one of my home towns. It has been
rewarding to have been associated
with the growth of Alaska,” he said.
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FROM PETERSBURG
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Roundtn e
of Petersburg arc stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
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