SUNDAY MIDNITE onl Reminiscences By w.J. and Reflections TODAY Saturday AT 6:45 - 8:55 P.M. DENNIS FORGAX JANE Wi'MAN in ,.,:,:,;sr Ldtincc ttupcrt Datlj? jDcUjs LtD. Saturday, January 31, 1948 Waterfront Whiffs FDD IK DEAN SHIRLEY PATTERSON TUMBLEWEED TRAIL' in 'DANGERoiit "CHEYENNE HIM have a way of not always turning out the way you figure. Take ' the man who built a boat in Seattle, and with wife and good- sized family aboard actually sailed the home made craft all the way to Juneau. He had I V ? i I 3 ki f ii r i w ,, Ban anything and immediately comes the urge to see or pos-1 sess it. The move to banish or bar reading matter regarded as harmful to youth remains. Back In our chubby and sticky childhood, we perused just about everything in sight including "Old Sleuth's Dream, "The Adventures of Buffalo Bill," "Wife In Name Only," "David Copper-field" and Captain Marryat's sue :s3 a Waterfront Bestirring Itself Search For Tuna Is Extended ' "it TUESDAY MATINttJ MONDAY 2 I -- - -f EVENINGS 7-C0-n 1 served in the U.S. Navy, but, I even allowing for that, he took 1 a whale of a chance in ever undertaking such a haywire: i sort of voyage. He was nearly barred from ever leaving Puget ! Sound. They tarried in Prince ; Rupert for a few days and Juii- eau needing newcomers, and itdmiring pluck when they sawj It, extended a hearty welcome. No, they didn't settle down and I live in Juneau, although it i looked that way at first, for novels. There weie plenty of lovely swear words in the latter. Anytime a book or a story looked or seemed suspicious it was Now that February is almost here it will be only a few more weeks before there will be indications of a preliminary nature of a return of fishing industry. Since late autumn the waterfront has been dull indeed. It is now beginning to definitely bestir itself. According to recent advice from Washington, legislation to" place fish traps, in Alaska under a licensing 1 telephone. The skipper is system for fifteen years will oe!"paddy" Paul of Salvationist at DON'T MISS THE FRIENDLY GULL Seafarers often have wished they could change places with the seagull as it glides high in the sky but this centuries-old situation did a right-about face on the first voyage of the Canadian weather ship H.M.C.S. St. Stephen when a storm-tossed gull sought shelter on board. Among the close friends the bird developed in the ship's company was the commanding officer, Lieut. E. M. Chadwick, R.C.N. , on whose shoulder it rests. opposed at a joint House-Sen- Angoon, who is well qualified' oyal invariably devoured in the hayloft and always under the shadow of possible parental discipline if caught unaware. Even the seclusion of a good old comfortable barn was not always safe. However, summing it all up, it appears clear that nothing disastrous happened, for one has managed to live so far, with reasonably easy conscience and no jail record. at committee hearing by resi-.for his duties, in every way. dents of the territory. Packing! . companies will support the legis-1 PASSENGERS lation already approved by their , n,.A D j land was homestaked, and gar-! den truck raised and sold in j town. The head of the house i got into a tangle over land tits happened before pulled up i stakes and returned east or Wedd representatives. J. A. Barber, R. L. Thain, A. Mac- south or wherever it was. And . so endeth this chapter dealing I with life in the storied north. i MTV. fall Lt mi AJn :.jM ! t ml W4 Pictures ALL IN i i ASKiii, J. k. inompson, a. weii- The for the development! race and D McNabb Vancouver, of the fisheries ox the Central and j M Giegerich. V. Lane, I. has commenced. Two Pacific R Benner and A. Fowlle for experimental 100-foot vessels j gandspit belonging to a company headed i Inbound Fridav-W. R. Mav, by Nick Bez of Seattle, and well j A Barber and Mr and known in Alaska industry are . Gordon Little now heading south and westi MINING CAMPS PFFI RlirWAKIT The gasoline situation comes right home to a large proportion of Prince Rupert's popula- There are those who. having studied the plans of the giant TECHiNiCOLOF, I LLL UJJ I Mill jtion. Nearly every one, in one G.T.P. Hotel to have been built xfii, Hmi,mmt. nr mn-lway r another, uses fuel oil. 'in Prince Rupert and which ap- Everything that runs on wheels peared in the Daily News a few siderable importance are begin-! from Honolulu, looking for tuna Each has a biologist aboard. must have it. Where most boats days ago, sniffed a bit and said i ning to take shape in Alice Arm Saturday Evening Post Article Next Week Local newsstands report a nii Pnrtianri Tanal districts and 1 are concerned, oil is indispens-, they could not but wonder. The ALSO SALLY GRAY Wlti; TREVOR WiVAHU i;h The Salvation Army has an- theiible- If one took a11 the stoves, site is on Second Avenue just! the people of that part of 1 rtv, r,-,ct ., npvpr mnre'boats. trucks and cars away ; across from the corner of Fifth other "William Booth." This brisk advance demand for the time, however, it is an approp- j next issue of the Saturday Even-riately named missionary boat ing Post, due on Wednesday, f rom Prince RuPrt there would i Street. Oi.e can seo the size of. confident or felt more optlmis-' oe precious mue 01 anyuimg me excar.iion lor ninist-u. ii. left. The threatened American certainly was not dug to look at. tic than now, said Joseph Merry-field of Vancouver, who made a trip north this week, and who left fnr nn-river last evening. which will print an illustrated ' article, descriptive of Prince Rupert. source of worry, yet one feels he tain, all these years, one might n be pardoned for having a few to be used in Alaskan coastal waters. It will pioneer a new phase of Salvation Army service as it visits isolated villages. Sixty feet long, with twin diesel motors it has a ten-xnot cruising speed and, among its ame- He may return south by way of might gamble on that. Prince Rupert but. if not, Willi ( make the homeward journey byj car. Mr. Merrvfield who lived, How true it is that time slips vague suspicions. 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