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THIRD DIVISION COURT HEADQUARTERS
(Juneau Empire) #
The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce recently an
nounced its intention of going after headquarters of the
Federal District Court for the Third Division which is
now located at Valdez. If successful this would mean the
removal from the latter town of the official residence of
Judge E. Coke Hill, his offices, the offices of Clerk of
Court, United States Attorney and United States Mar
shal and their personnel. There is nothing concealed
about the movement at Anchorage. It is open and above
board.
. While this may lead to a free for all fight, it is a mat
ter, of course, about which the residents of the Third Di
vision only are deeply concerned and for the Department
of Justice to decide. * The question of which location's of
more convenience to the general public, which lends itself
more readily to the greater number of people with busi
ness to transact is of somee importance. However, the
justice of taking away those offices from the town of Val
dez under existing circumstances is one that admits of ar
gument. Undoubtedly there will be opponents to the An
chorage movement and they should be given an oppor
tunity to express their views before tho Department takes
any action.
The Anchorage organization sponsoring the move
probably is not selfishly motivated. Very likely it is con
vinced that located at Anchorage the Federal Court
would be more readily accessible to a larger number of
the residents of the Division than at Valdez, lessening
costs to the local public if not to the Federal Government.
It cannot reasonably be expected to view the justice of the
move from the Valdez angle, Chambers .of Commerce are
seldom constituted in such fashion. At this distance,
however, it would seem that Anchorage has two tasks on
its hand. It must first convince the Department of Jus
tice that a move from Valdez is advisable. That done, it
will probably find it has some job ahead to prove that
Anchorage is a more centrally located, and a more desira
ble center for court headquarters than its next door
neighbor, the thriving and bustling town of Seward, the
southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad, and jumping
off point for the western districts of the Third Division.
LCRlBE to the weekly
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when he came alongside after making
a masterful landing in the racing
storm. He said he could take all the
mssengers and baggage and .some of
the crew to Campbell River. This lie (
did and we were all comfortab’y
)
martered at Willows hotel. The Ex ,
plorer returned to the ship to get :
the balance of the m-ew.
Perhaps Total Loss
“Many of the passengers belie’-1
the Northwestern will be a total loss.
Many cattle aboard the vessel
being shippd to th f»r north, were
shot early in the nuvmylg as they
were drowiyng in the ccrushing wa
er which came thru the hole torn in
the boat. In order fhaa the passen
gers need not become alarmed at the
shooting an attendant wen around
the ship beforehand telliu.- the pas
sengers what to exp^cA
Big Freight Loss
“Most of the freight will be ruined
as all the lower decks are awash.
Shortly after all the passengers were
on the deck the Captain sent word
for everyone to put on a life preserv
er and be prepared for any eventual
ity. In this way th^y packed the
deck or stood in anxiru- groups until
they were removed to fbe Explorer.
Passengers, Fish Hold
“The sea was so rough at 2:30 in
the afternoon that none of the pas
sengers could remain on th1 deck
of the halibut boat and as thei*e was
not room for them in the crews quar
ters they were stowed away in the
hold usually used fo«' fish. The
ordor of the succulent sea food had i
effect on some of the women passen
gers. The most remarkabV thing of
the whole affair was the fortitude of
the women and never once was there
any indication of hysteria “
The Northwestern is valued at
$750,000 and is fully insured.
HUNDREDS SACKS MAIL LOST
CAMPBELL RIVER, Dec. 12. (£>)—
The S. S. Northwestern listed con
siderably during' the night officers
of the lighthouse tender Estevan re
ported. The Captain of the Estevan
said he believed hie vessel is so
badly battered that it would not be
practicable to salvage it
Heroic Mail Clerk
Ralph Alexander, mail clerk on the
Northwestern, worked the mail room
un;l the water was Lmre than wai.v
deep when he was. forced to abandon
hundreds of sacks of Christmas pack
ages destined to Alaska cities.
Some Lett: a Saved
Registered mail in 15 pouches and
40 sacks of letters were saved and
some parcel post packages may be
saved but if anything can be harmed
by water it will be lost.
Saves Goldfish
While many of the passengers lost
their baggage Frank Gordon, promi
nent merchant of Juneau, Anchorage,
Seward and Fairbanks succeeded in
saving a can of goldfish which hi?
little daughter had demanded of
Santa Claus. Much of the luggage
of passengers is still aboard the
Northwestern, or the Explorer.
PORTION MAIL SAVED
SEATTLE, Dec. 12. (£>)—'The radio
of the S. S. Northwestern was silent
this morning indicating there was no
change in the condition of the ves
sel since it was reported aground
with its amidship on the* rocks.
The radio operators are believed to
be convening the reserve supply of
i electricity as they are dependent on
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One Show Tonight 8 Sharp
BOY ITS GREAT
ANNA Q. NILSSON and LOUISE FAZENDA
in
“Miss Nobody”
Beautiful but Poor so She Masquerades as a
Hobo—and Joins a Trio of Tramps
Thought she had them fooled in her man’s
clothes—but there was one who knew she was a
woman. Watch her take the ladies away from
the men—She’s some sheik—But what does she
do with ’em after she gets ’em?
An Exciting Melodrama of the Great Open
Spacees Where a Man’s a Man and Sometimes a
Woman.
Wonderful Situations—Thrills, Punch, Comedy
The supporting cast includes
WALTER PIDGEON—CLYDE COOK
MITCHELL LEWIS
And with it we are showing a “Ton of Laughs”
in
THE HEAVY PARADE,:
There is also a very fine Fathe News.
One you will surely enjoy
Cal M. Brosius
Seward
Alaska
Construction Linn her
Builders' Supplies
Boat Lunil
Mill Wor
SOCKETS
BUSSBAR
RADIO Si i’i’i. .
JACKS—CONDENSEUS— SWITCH ES. ETC.
tf V 199 .S2.25
U X 199 _:. 2.25
U X 201-A _ 1.75
U X 200-A .. 4.00
U X 120 . 2.50
RADITRON PRICES.
EVER-READY
BATTERIES
No. 480. Laverbuilt
45-volt B.....$5.00
No. 771 4 1-2-voltC. 75
No. 772. 45-volt B ...3.75
No 7111 • 12-volt A 50
flew shipments tubes and batteries arrived Dec. 10,
for the Christmas trade
Seward Alaska
the auxiliary "batteries as a generat
ing system.
A Lloyds agent is with the tug
Cape Scott and the wrecking barge
Skookum No. 2, from- Vancouver,
reached the vessel this morning.
Alaska officials said they believed
all first class mail had been saved.
Brown & Hawkins—Quality First.
See Blue Shop for late styles.
Twelve new Peggy O’Niel styles
lave arrived.
Seattle Ice Cream at Schallerer*8
Alaska Shop. tf
A #Xmas box free with every pur
chase. URBACH'S f