TIDK TABLE
March 3
Low tide 3:54 a.m. 6.2 ft.
High tide 10:01 a.m. 14.9 ft.
Low tide 4:59 p.m. 0.3 ft.
High tide 11:40 p.m. 13.3 ft.
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Elfin Cove
News Holes
(Special Correspondence)
ELFIN COVE, Alaska, Feb. 17—
There were five birthdays In the
Cove so far that were celebrated in
the month of February and two
wedding anniversaries. Quite a bit
of joking bv the celebrants about
.smart people being born in Febru
ary.
Two gill net boats Pep and Little
Queen came in Sunday from Seat
tle and awaited weather for Cordo
va. The boats took fuel at the
Standard Marine Station here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lingard enter
j DEEP SEA FISHERMEN'S f
| UNION MEETING :
S I
| S ATU RDAY I
I AFTERNOON f
I 2^00 P,M.-March 3 j
: Important General Election I
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tained Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hub
bard at dinner Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Strum enter
tained Mrs. M. Butts and Paul
Paulsen at dinner Monday even
ing. It was the Strum's ninth wed
ding anniversary.
February nineteenth was a happy
day in the Cove as all the frozen
water pipes in the homes thaW’ed
out, and the women celebrated by
doing a big wash.
Bob Regan of Idaho Inlet is in
the Cove for supplies, etc.
Baby Lee Clements is quite ill
with a cold. The sudden change of
the weather at this time of the
year probably will see more colds.
Jack With on his boat Diana has
gone to Juneau on business and ex
pects to be in that city for about J
a month.
Henry Nelson says the water in
the bay is really cold. He should
know for Nelson grabbed for the
painter on his skiff, slipped and
fell into the bay.
Clell Hodson returned from Se
attle Thursday. He is happy to be
nome and will be busy getting ready
for the coming fishing season.
ALASKA GETS OVER
3 MILLION BACK
GRANTS-IN-AID
WASHINGTON, March 2 — IAV
Vlaska received back from the fed
>ral government the sum of $3,143,
188 as grants-in-aid in the year
aiding last June 30, an amount 18
jer cent of its $17,393,930 in fed- |
iral tax payments.
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REGULATIONS AS ’
HIGHWAY THAWS
ARE COMING UP
The Alaska Koncl Commission is
making every effort to provide and
maintain roads and highways that
will promote economical operation
of highway freighting and enhance
the pleasure of those motorists who
travel for pleasure. Many million
of dollars are being spent on im
provement and paving of Alaska's
highways. It now becomes the du
ty and responsibility of the com
mercial interests and the general
public to preserve these improve
ments as much as possible so that
improvement may be continuously
extended rather than consuming
available funds in costly repairs.
Alaska is now approaching the
period of the spring break-up. This
is commonly understood to mean
the break up or thawing of the ice
in Alaska's earth. This thawing
process seriously effects all Alaskan
road structure. The surface of a
road, however strong, cannot sup
port the loads of heavy traffic
without a strong underlying base.
When a previously frozen base
thaws out, its strength it greatly
reduced by the semiliquid state cre
sted by the released moisture and,
until this moisture dries out, the
surface has little support and can
be pounded to pieces by even mod
erately heavy loads. A few week
of intelligent protection at the
breakup period can save the road
surface and insure continued sat
isfactory service to highway user
Thaws are StudioJ
Last spring the Commi ; ion, un
der the authority and guidance of
the Territorial Board of Road Com
missioners, and with the full co
operation of the Alaska Highway
Patrol, made early preparations to
insure the preservation of the
roads through the application of
load and speed restrictions and,
when necessary, complete prohibi
tion of truck traffic. As the thaw
progressed the roads were studied
continuously and with great care
Was Dry Thaw
Particular attention was given to
the sections paved the previous
| season and the public was kept in- !
! formed of conditions through the I
j cooperation of the press and radio
! facilities of Alaska and the North- !
j west. The cooperation of the .public,
and particularly that of the large
trucking companies, was gratifying
indeed. Even nature assisted as the
favorable weather produced a
' radual relatively dry thaw in
| most sections. The result wa ■ that j
, the paved sections suffered very
little damage.
Precautious Restrictions
There are now many more miles ,
of newly paved roads and this
! pring the same precautions will be;
taken and restrictions will be im- j
posed and enforced when necessary, j
tt is entirely probable that there'
will be periods when all or part of
the paved roads will be doled to j
truck traffic and nothing heavier
than normally loaded passenger ve
hicles will be permitted to oper
ate. However, the public may rest
assured that any restrictions will |
be as moderate and of as short
Juration as is judged compatable j
with the preservation of the roads. I
It is sincerely hoped that the co
iperation of the public will be con
inued with the same good will that
prevailed last year.
Hauling Operation
Everyone is urged to schedule
his hauling operations so that re
trictions, when they come, wij
vork no hardship on himself cr
his customers. Consideration will be
;iven to the issuance of special
permits where necessary to carry
on operations essential to health
or safety but such situations must
be held to the very minimum by the
exercise of all possible foresight
and precaution. In any event it/:
use of vehicles not considered in
jurious to the roads will be mand
atory and special permits will only
be considered upon application to
I the local District Engineer of the
Alaska Road Commission, setting,
forth all pertinent facts including a
detailed description of the proposed
j vehicle.
WEATHER BUREAU
MAN ACCtDFNHY
KILLED AT BETHEL
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2—
—W A Tennessee weather man at
Bethel in interior Alaska accident
ally shot and killed himself »with
his shotgun Sunday, the weather
bureau regional director disclosed.
Le Grand Lee, 27, was pulling
| his shotgun from a closet prepara*
! tory to walking a half-mile to
| work when the accident occurred.
Lee was in the habit of hunting
i for ptarmigan along the trail.
Lee had been in Bethel about 18
! months, Mack A. Emerson, regional
director, said here.
The widow, Juanita i-ec, and a
four-year-old son, Le Grand, Jr.,
survive.
They left with the body l i t night
for Clarksville, Tcnn., Mrs. Lee's
| home.
Snow Sho.'s—Sleds at Mai’ rjis.
,! ‘,15-41
MERRILL FIELD IS
PORTED STAKED
SUT, MINING CLAIM
AViiOKAOK, Alaska, March 2—
v i.neral claims covering Merrill
\\ < ills city’s civilian airport, and
.... i, lands have been staked
. in recent weeks, the Anchor -
, a (if Times reports.
: The newspaper said the claims,
covering 138.4 acres, were staked
hy Albert Lindemuth, Betty Jane
Lindemuth, his wife; Lawrence
Lindemuth, his brother, and Hewitt
Loun-bury, all of Anchorage.
The claims take in all of Merrill
Field not enclosed by school section
18. which was previously filed upon.
As in recent filings on section 13.
the • mineral ’ claimed in presen
riling, i.s gravel, the article said.
Most of the land filed on is under
lease from the Government to thf
city of Anchorage for airport pur
| poses. The city in turn leased por
tiqns of the area to several private
individuals for hangar .space, main
tenance and other airport facilities.
The city's lease for the use of Mer
rill field expires May 5. 1952.
Lindemuth said the mineral
claim were filed partially to pre
vent anyone else from filing similar
claims on land he' occupies. How
ever. in staking the whole area, the
j i roup plans to work it for its gravel |
yield, the newspaper said.
Lindemuth owns an apartment;
building and land on portions of
\ the land being claimed.
The article said Lindemuth real- ■
:zed "nobody would be permitted to
merfere with operations of Merrill
eld during the present emergency”
and his group had no intention of
doing so.
On the basis of occupancy and
li e of land Anchorage City Man-.
a or Robert Sharp questioned whe
ther the Lindemuth claim would
land up, the Times said.
Included in the area filed on are.
a CAA administration building, con- !
trol tower, Department of Commerce
Installation headquarters and num- j
erous airlines.
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LOST MASK A BOAT!
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2—
—UP,- A 33-year-old fingerprint and
a persistent deputy U. S. marshal
have cleared up some of the mystery
urrounding the fate of crew mem
bers of the fishing vessel Midget
of Seattle.
A body found last summer near
Cape Ct. Blias has been identified
as that cf Capt John Erickson,
master of the ill-fated vessel.
The Midget and its crew of three
disappeared late in May, 1930, while
(pronto to Cordova, from Seattle.
No trace was found of the vessel
during a subsequent widespread sea
and air search.
Last June 16 the Coast Guard
vessel North Wind found a body
near Cape St. Elias and took it to
Seward for burial.
No identification was possible
from the clothing and the body was
badly decomposed. However, deputy
mar tial Irwin Metcalf managed to
take a fingerprint, which was for
warded to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the FBI confirmed
yesterday that the print matched
those take of Erickson when he
entered the Army 33 years ago.
Captain Erickson was 62 at the
time of his death. His widow. Mrs.
Anna Erickson, lives at Winslow,
Wash. '
Nothing has been heard from two
other members of the Midget’s crew
i since the vessel was lost. They
were Albert and Ralph Peterson,
brothers ol Mrs. Lester Wilkins of
Cordova.
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Rivers flowing Again
Forecasts Good Times
Says English Tradition
CHALFONT ST. GILES, England.
March 2 —IIP)—Villagers took a look
at. the River Misbourne today and
heaved a sigh of relief.
It was flowing for the first time
in nearly 12 years.
A local tradition says the rivei
dries up before a period of national
calamity, reappears when good
times are coming.
It dried up just before World
War I. It dried up again in the
ummer of 1939.
Condition of Senatof
VandenbergNolGood
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March
2—i.h—Seilit'ir Vandenberg' <R
Mlch.) still has not shown any
improvement from the setback he
.suffered earlier this week.
His personal physician said today
that after a ‘poor day" Thursday
the senator was ".slightly more com
fortable the last 12 hours but with
out any deiinite signs of improve
ment.”
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W-A-N-T A-D-S
FOB SALE
PKONES G76 ami 307
NEW listings in Juneau.
4 BEDROOM house in Waynor
Tract , available Feb. 15. Full
basement and furnace. Unfurn
ished except for stove and refrig
erate.
SMALL duplex on 10th near Doug
las Bridge—furnished—good in
come.
LOTS—Two on Gold Belt With
view—one on South Franklin.
MUBPHY & MURPHY
REALTORS — ACCOUNTANTS
'horse 67G over First Nat,tor as Bant
REAL ESTATE ANYWHERE!
MODERN, 2-bcJroom liome, good
view. Many built-ins. lovely furn
ishings. Auk Bay. $8,400.
BEAUTIFUL 2- or 3-bedroom home,
almost new. Nice view. Cone,
bsmbj, garai.'e. Good furnit^c.
$17,500.
COMFORTABLE 3- or 4-bedroom
waterfront home, partly furn.
Conp. bsmt. View. Near city limits.
$7,000.
PERFECT country location, next
to 8tore, beach, 3 acres land,
partly finished house with cone,
bsmt. worth $30,000 when finished
Price $12,600.
SUMMER cabin, price reduced tc
$1,300 for quick sale; must be
moved to your own lot at approx
imate cost of $100.
BOAT SHOP, small homo, gardens,
beach. 5 acres, beautnul setting.
LOG CABIN, 155 acres pat. land
near Glacier. $5250.
DOUBLE lot, Gastineau Ave.
LEVEL bldg, lot, Indian Village.
LOTS and acreage of all sizes from
GO foot frontage to 30 acres rang
ing in price from $800 to $7875—
Auk Bay. Fritz Cove, Auk Lake
and Lemon Creek areas.
BUSINESS' Opportunities and in
vestment property listings also.
GOING OUTSIDE?
We have an excellent choice of
homes and lots in Seattle.
Bob Druxman-Phone 891 j
Fritz Cuve Rd. or '23 Front £?t. |
Evenings by Appointment
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Wage Survey So Be
Made New Basis Pay
Army-Navy Civilians
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 2—
—I/E—A wage survey aimed at bring
ing the pay of civilian employees
oi the Air Force and Army into
line with that of local Alaska in
dustry will start in the Anchorage
area in a few days.
It has been authorized by the
Army-Air Force Wage Board in
Washington, D. C. A Fairbanks sur
vey will also be undertaken shortly.
It is h.^ied the survey will estab
lish a new basis for wage deter
mination for skilled, semi-skilled
and unskilled manual positions in
i he Alaska Air Force and Army
installtaions, a spokesman said.
At present, wages for those jobs
are determined by the board by
I arriving at the average rates in six
elected areas in tire United States,
| then adding a 25 per cent differ
ential.
The suivey Is the first attempt
! by the Air Force and the Army
to base civilian pay scales on that
of local industry in Alaska. Sur
veys will be conducted yearly to
assure employees their rates of pay
will be kept in line with locality
rates.
Filer Oversiides
Heme Base, Breaks
Up Baseball Game
INDIANAPOLIS, March 2.—W—
Donald Jones overslid home yester
day and broke up a sandlot base
ball game.
Jones, 23-year-old student pilot,
was getting a little spring training
in the air and made a forced land
ing on a baseball diamond in
Brookside Park. His plane crashed
into the backstop, but the players
iad scattered and no one was hurt.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that ALASKA PERSONAL SERV
ICE AGENTS has been appointed
Administrator W.W.A of the estate
of CHRIST A. MARKIKES, De
ceased, and that all persons are re
quired to present their claims, ii
any, with proper vouchers, within
six months from the date hereof
at the office of said administrator
and its attorneys, R. E. Robertson,
VI. E. Monagle and F. O. Eastaugh,
at Room 200 Seward Building.
Juneau, Alaska.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, Febr
uary 14, 1951.
ALASKA PERSONAL
SERVICE AGENTS,
3y M. E. MONAGLE,
Vice President.
First Publication: Feb. IS, 1951.
Last Publication: March 9, 1951.
FOE SALE
NEW LISTING IN JUNEAU
DUPLEX on Star Ilill—NO STEPS.
1 bedroom each apartment. Fur
nished.
$4000. Very livable log cabin on a
very fine lot.
BELLE'S CAFE—Juneau's best
re.stai nant—Make inquiries—Box
2324.
William Winn-Phone 234
Office in Gastinean Hotel
FOR SALE
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a FOR SALE •
a NYGARD'S MARKET •
• Grocery and Meats — Com- p
a fortablc living quarters. Ideal •
• for couple. Sell or lease. Ph. •
• 836 — 909 W. 10th. •
• 947-5t •
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18 FT. Round Bottom Boat. 10 h.p.
engine. Also Shop Equipment. Sec
Handy Andy back of Channel
Emporium. 747-9t
14 FT. Round Eottom Skiff made
for outboard. ,Also Deagan Pro
fessional Xylophone. Phone Blue
632. 747-tf
UPRIGHT Shubert Piano—excell
ent condition. Phone 836. 747-3t
G. E. Washing Machine—$20; Play
Pen—$8; Hi-chair — $4; Baby
Buggy—$15; Stroller — $8. Good
condition. Call Douglas 145.
476-6t
SPECIAL this week—1 large Lang,
ships Range 9C0 feet :ti-in. Manila
Rope. Juneau Welding and Ma
chine Co. 746-4t
LARGE assortment of Machine and
Shop Tools. Contact Juneau
Welding and Machine Co. 74S-3t
THE Sourdough Rod and Gun Shop.
Fixit Shop, and Key Machine, of
207 S. Franklin St. Priced reason
able for quick sale. Open 10:C0
A. M. to 8:00 P. M.— Owner leav
ing because of eye trouble. P.
C. Turner, Box 397. 746-3L
DOUBLE Laundry Trays; Crib for
6-yr.-oid; 9x10 Rug. Call Red 440
15 BRAND new 15-ft. by 28-in. wide
Army Freight toboggans—weather
proof plywood construction with
eye-ring for lashing $19.50 each
F.O.B. Alpena. Ray-Har Co. 129
E. 2nd Ave. Alpena, Mich.
745-3t
MODEL S20R Hallicrafter. Portable
Sunlamp <Spcrti>, Hi-chair, Bath
enette, Training Chair. All used.
Phone 508. 745-5t
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DAVENPORT and Chair. Reason
able Good condition. Call Blue
120. 744-6t
WASHING Machine $20.00. Man’s
bike—$5.00, Baby Buggy—$8.00,
Green 923. 743-tf
NEW Colt 38 Super Automatic re
volver with 150 rounds of ammu
nition. Sixty Dollars. Call Green
715. 743-tf
ELECTRIC Hot Point Range, Kel-1
I vinator Refrigerator, Speed Queen
Washing Machine, Extension Din
ner Table, 3 scatter rugs, 1 chair,
1 end table, 1 card table—$500.
Call Red 447 between 5:15 and
j 9:00 P. M. 738-tf
! LARGE sunflame oil heater with
! five gallon tank and carburetor
t —$65.00, also large baby buggy.
I Howard Hayes, Douglas. 732-6t
i complete lumishings ror a Dea
sitting room, solid maDle like new.
Blue 950. 677-U
Knives and scissors sharpened at
Nina's Nik Naks. 747-3t
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SPECIAL
1949 DODGE Ms-ton Pickup
1947 STUDEBAKER Vi-ton
Pickup
1938 BUICK 4-door Sedan
1940 BUICK 4-door Sedan
1941 DODGE 14-ton Pickup
1947 INTERNATIONAL
-ton Pickup
R.W.Cowling Co.
115 Front Street
Phone 57
FOB SALE
THREE NEW LISTINGS MONDAY
1. SOLD.
2. Country .home on hwy, 3 bed
rooms fun., 3 acres, garage, view,
Jawn, $8,400.
3. Hwy 2'2 mi. 2 bedroom unfin
ished. Large rooms, $8,400. $2,000
down, balance 4%. Monthly total
payment $60.
$24,000—3 apts fur Owner finan®^
I income $275 up mo. $7,000 dn.
17,070—2 bed furn. Bus , corn®*
Apt. 65 mo. $3,000 handles.
14.000— 4 apts. $170 mo. inc.
12.000— 3 bed country. Full bsmt
new auto oil furn.
10,500—4 apt. Douglas furn. Inc $210
mo $2000 down
10.000— 1 bed 12th. yard, new furn.
8,400—2 bed Hwy, part furn $2000
down bal 4%
6.000— 2 apts 2 bed each $3000 dn
50 mo pd by apt
5.250— 2 bed furn also apt brings
20 mo. $1000 down
4.250— 2 bed Hwy part furn 4 acres.
Near airport
2,100—1 bed furn.
BUSINESS—Jacobs Buchanan Ma
chine Shop and 8 yr. lease. At
entrance Small Boat Harbor. Ma-*
chine and stock inventory $15,000.
Sacrifice for $8,000 to go mining.
Sale includes big contract now in
shop.
PETER WOOD
Agency
No. 3 Klein Bldg. Tel. 911
FOB SALE
KSEB CARS
1936 DODGE coupe—new tires ai4
new springs, $350. Phone Black
340 after 5 p.m. 703-tf
1936 Chev truck, .* :5» ton stake
heater and spot light, $300. Good
condition—Inquire Baroumes apt*.
’45 FORI cao chassis, ’46 Dodge
panel, i hone 707, Foster's Trans
fer. 648-tf
1947 Hudson 6, 4-door, in good con
dition. See Jimmie at Bubble
Room. 679-tf
FOR RENT
BACHELOR Apartment. Inquire at
437 S. Franklin, Apt. 2. 747-6t
STEAM he act! 'ooms, 315 Gold St. *
735-tl *,
LARGE oILc! space—.ilein Bldg.
Cali B.ack 763. 733-tl
RENT-A-SAW-SERVICE. One-man
chain saw, new Titan, $20.00 day.
Skil-Saw $5.00 day. Call 911
3TEAMMEATE0 Rooms, weekly oi
Monthly. Colonial Rooms. 69tl
VURLITZER Bnlnlt, piano for rent
Anderson Ftano Shop. Pb. 143.
WANTED
CHEF, experienced in Cafe and
Restaurant cooking, would like tir
work in Juneau. 45 yrs. old, cleart,
economical, congenial. Can supply r
younger man as assistant. Write
Edward M. Brown, Box 1403, t
Wenatchee, Wash. 746-3t
THREE or four bedroom house in
Juneau by March 10 to March 15.
Will buy or rent, furnished or un
furnished. Phone 747 or 349.
745-3t'
RESPONSIBLE Couple desires'
furnished apartment or house, t
permanent, or for a period of j
time, to enable us to secure one .
permanently. Good references.
Write Box 984, care of Empire.
743-5t
EXPERIENCED Stenographers —
must be able to take dictation,
are needed under Alaska Merit
System. Permanent position. 38
hr. week. Call 531. 743-5t
MISCELLANEOUS
HOPE’S '
WE buy sell and trade. 214 2nd
Street. Phone 9G8. 659-tl
SITUATION WANTED
WOMAN wltn exceptional exper
ience in newspaper work and
merchandising, at present employ
ed in Spokane, wants work in
Alaska. A:jply Empire. 693-tJ
LOST AND FOUND
BIFOCAL glasses, plastic frames in
tan leather open-end case. Phone
Green 815 after 5 P. M. 746-3t
Refrigeration Service
Radio Repairs
Guaranteed Work
Reasonable Prices
Days 987—Nites Red 858
Arctic Refrigeration
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