The Daily Alaska empire. [volume], July 27, 1929, Page 3, Image 3

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I “THE HIDIN' ROWDY”
I AT COLISEUM, TONIGHT
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“The Ridin’ Rowdy” Is what
Buffalo Bill, jr„ is called upon to
be in the Pathe western feature of
that title, which will be seen to
night at the Coliseum. And it is
said that everybody who has seen
this stick-burr of the saddle stay on
the hurricane deck of a locoed cow
pony will see him at his best in
this new picture story by Walter
J. Coburn,
Buffalo Bill, Jr„ was born on a
Wyoming ranch, fed on jerked beef
and buffalo hump. Before he had
lost his milk teeth young Bill was
“wrangling” mustangs and break
ing broncs. He was lured from
the range by Otto Floto, of the
Selis-Floto circus, where he headed
a Wild West show and excited spec
tators with his amazing skill at
roping and riding. But the color
ful atmosphere and the cowboy
style of riding most appealed to
him, and, when a wise motion pic
ture producer, Lester F. Scott, of
fered him opportunities, he accept
ed.
It was with Bill's capabilities in
mind that “The Ridin' Rowdy” was
prepared and screened. The story
has to do with the never-aging
Western theme—the fights between
the cattle and the sheep men.
MARY P1CKFORD AT
COLISEUM TOMORROW
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Mary Pickford In “uurothy Ver
non of Haddon Hall” is the screen
feature at the Coliseum Sunday
and Monday.
Picturizing the most famous of
the Charles Major novels, stands
out as one of the cinema events of
the year, presenting Mary Pickford
in her greatest role. Her thoughts
having dwelt so much upon the
filming of this story, Mary has giv
en her whole heart and soul to
the creation of her newest screen
personality.
A most capable cast of players
will be seen in her support. Allan
Forrest is the lover, Sir John Man
ners, and Marc MacDermott is the
villainous cousin, Malcolm Vernon.
Anders Randolf makes an ideal
father for Dorothy Vernon, and
Wilfred Lucas is the Earle of
Rutland. Clara Eames, famous
for her portrayals of queenly roles
on the speaking stage, brings to the
screen a characterization of Queen
Elizabeth that is a revelation of
histrionic art.
Among the other players of note
M-e; Lottie Pickford Forrest, Mal
colm Waite, Courtenay Foote, How
ard Gaye, Estelle Taylor, Mme.
Carrie Daumery, Eric Mayne, Colin
Kenny and Lewis Sargent.
AT THE HOTELS
Gastineau
Robert J. Rogers, Fairbanks; Roy
Jones; Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Wil
liams, Skagway”, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Gucker and son.
Zynda
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Simonds.
Bellingham. Wash.; F. C. Schef
fauer and daughter, Miss Louise
Scheffauer, San Francisco.
Alaskan
Melvin Christensen, Bellingham;
A. M. Pimentel, Tenakee; Jack
Pettersen, Seattle; and W. Peko
vich, Funter.
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RESEARCH WORK CARRIED QN AT GLACIER
RAY RY DR. W. S. COOPER OF UNIVERSIT\
OF MINNESOTA; INTER - GLACIAL FORES1
Dr. William 8. Cooper, member
oX the Department of Botany, at
the University of Minnesota, at
Minneapolis, who for the past four
weeks, has been carrying on re
search work relative to determin
ing how forests develop on the land
left bare by the retreating gla
ciers, will leave Juneau Sunday, on
the Prince George, after making
what he terms a most interesting
and profitable trip in and around
Glacier Eay. He is taking hun
dreds of specimens of interglacial
wood back to the University of
Minnesota for more minute observ
ation under the microscope al
though he says that a rough ex
amination shows them to be the
same type of hemlock and spruce
as those which grow here at the
present time.
In speaking of his present work
in Glacier Bay, Dr. Cooper first
explained that Glacier Bay was a
particularly favorable place for re
search work because of the rapidity
with which the glaciers had been
retreating and because of the ex
haustive and thoroughly depend
able information that has already
been gathered. In 1794, Capt. Van
couver found the whole of Glacier
Bay filled with a single glacier
which had an ice cliff near the
mouth of the present bay. Since
1794, however, the main glacier has
disappeared and each branch has
retreated up its own inlet making
separate and distinct glaciers. John
Muir, in 1880, and several geolo
gists since that date have mapped
the region and determined just
where the ice fronts were located.
It is now possible to tell just how
long it takes forests to develop in
the barren regions left by the re
treat of the glacier.
Dr. Cooper has been carrying on
his observations of Glacier Bay
since 1916 and his present trip is
the third one he has made here
since that time.
Studying Tree Growth
“I have been studying,” said Dr.
Cooper, “the very beginnings of the
process of tree growth in areas
from whicli the glaciers have re
treated and, in 1916, I marked small
plots of ground and made perma
nent charts of the plots, showing
every plant growing there at the
time. In 1921, I recharted these
plots paying strict attention to all
new species of plant life and to
the development of the previous
plants. And now, this year, I
have returned to do more extensive
charting and to make, more thor
ough observations. All of the small
plants show considerable increase
in their numbers and size since my
first charting of them in 1916.”
Climatic Cycle
Of interest to the layman will
be the fact that when the plants
are augmenteJ by the trees and
shrub stage of development, the
age of the trees are studied by
cutting and by increment boring.
Another interesting fact about this
sort of research is the fact that the
information obtained by botanists
as to the climatic cycle of the ages
of trees helps the geologists in
their study of how much time has
passed away since the melting of
the ice in the glaciers.
Dr. Cooper said that he had
found the study of an inter-glacial
forest which had been buried by
ice about 5,000 years ago to be most
interesting. “At that time,” he
said, “forests covered all the slopes
of Glacier Bay. Then, later, the
climate changed—the snowfall be
came heavier and the winds were
colder—and caused the glacier to
spread. But before the glacier
was enlarged, great rivers of water
came rushing down the mountain
sides, carrying gravel and sand be
fore them and buried the forests
Possibly it broke countless number
of trees but in some places the
water flowing over the forest floor
was quiet and did very little harm
other than depositing fine sand
and silt, on the forest, which set
tled so gently that it buried even
the mosses without hurting their
form to any great extent. These
mosses can now be dug out of the
gravel and when washed off, they
still retain their fresh, green color
I have been most fortunate in find
ing 13 kinds of mosses, spruce
cones, and even found a specimen
which when examined under the
microscope, proved to be the un
harmed pieces of an insect's wing
The fact that all this vegetation
was buried under 3,000 feet of ice
makes such a discovery as an in
sect's wing a thing of great inter
est.”
Spectacular Place
"Incidentally,” continued Dr
Cooper, “we were fortunate enough
to get into Johns-Hopkins Inlet
which is usually closed to naviga
tion because of floating ice, and we
found it to be the most spectacular
place in this vicinity. The Inlet
goes into the very heart of the
Fairweather Range and the lofty
peaks at the head of the Inlet
towered above us at a height of
10,000 feet. Mt. Fairweather itself
was only a short distance away.
Johns-Hopkins Glacier is at the
head of the Inlet and is very active
in iceberg discharges. The Inlet
is eight miles long and we were
able to cover about four miles of
that distance. We also saw two
other glaciers that were coming
down tremendously steep mountain
sides, and which ended in the
water.
“We visited an inter-glacial for
est, about a quarter of a mile froir
Muir Glacier, and found that then
had been two levels of forest buriec
one on top of the other at different
intervals, which proved that one
forest had grown, flourished and
been buried by gravel deposits
upon the surface of which the pro
cess was repeated, the two forest;
finally being covered by ice thous
ands of feet thick.”
Dr. Cooper made similar studies
at Davidson Glacier and at Sum
Dum Bay. If the weather is good,
Dr. Cooper and his party will make
an airplane flight over the lotfer
shores of Glacier Bay in order to
get a more comprehensive view of
how far the ice has gone and of
the type of forest which is de
veloping in the area left by the
receding ice.
Mrs. William S. Cooper and Miss
Prances Andrews, of Minneapolis,
and Mr. Chester Roys, of Moline,
111., have been making this inter
esting and educational trip with
Dr. Cooper. The Yakobi, Capt.
Tom Smith, was chartered to take
the party to Glacier Bay.
Two West Points Train
Italians as Officers
BY HUDSON HAWLEY
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
TURIN, Italy, July 27. — Italy’s
two West Points, the Royal Mili
tary Academy here and its sister
institution at Modena, are getting
ready to break in the next crop
of future marshals and generals.
Aspirants for officers’ stars have
until July 31 to send in their appli
cations, accompanied by their cre
dentials. Soon after that they will
be told whether they are deemed of
the right timber for the Italian
j army. Then those selected will set- ■
I tie down to a long, hot summer of |
i “cramming” for the examinations
to be held the first fortnight irfj
September.
Unlike their counterparts in the
United States, the Italian youths
avid for a martial career arc not
I dependent upon their Senators,
j Congressmen or the Chief of the
I State for appointments to either j
j Turin or Modena. Any youngster 1
in the kingdom with a diploma.
from a classical or scientific high j
school or ’ an industrial training j
school may apply direct to the j
academies. The stipulation as to
age is that the candidates must on
September 30 be between 17 and 22
years old.
The Italian aspirants have an ad
vantage over the “sub-plebes” in
America, too, in that they may
choose the particular arm of the
service for which they wish to be
trained. At West Point the star
scholars only have a choice, and
that at the end of four years. The
Italian courses are for two years
only, and the object is to turn out
specialists in each department.
"Owing to the fact that the course
is only half as long as that of the
academy on the Hudson River,
j there is little or no time to include
‘any general .culture. This may be
! explained by the fact that Italian
lyceum high school diplomas are
granted at the conclusion of a
course which corresponds to the
first two years In an American col
lege. A candidate accepted for the
army training schools is supposed
to have absorbed sufficient general
knowledge, though drilling in mod
ern languages, notably French, is
insisted upon.
While the West Point cadets are
lodged and fed and paid a modest,
stipend, the Italian youth have to
pay for the privilege of serving'
their country. The first year they
are charged $85 for board and lodg
ing, $42 for maintenance of equip
ment and $63 for their first uni
form outfit, a total of $190. They
may benefit by that same rate in
their second year if they pass their
annual examinations with honor. |
Otherwise the global charge for I
second year men is $275.
Youths whose fathers died in the
late war are admitted free of all
charges and in general are given j
the preference in appointments. Ap
plicants who have served in the ]
Fascist youth organization, the Av
anguardista and Belilla, are, other
considerations being equal, given
a stance ahead of the rest.
TWO NAVY SEAPLANES
MAKE TRIP TO SITKA
The Navy seaplanes Juneau and
Sitka, piloted respectively by Lieut.
Comdr. A. W. Radford and by
Lieut, (j.g.) L. P. Pawlikowski, re
turned to Juheau about 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon after mak
ing an official trip to Sitka. Major
Malcolm Elliott, U. S. A., and R.
H. Sargent, of Washington, D. C„
also made the flight to Sitka.
Rough, bumpy air, frequent rain
squalls, and heavy rain from Hawk
Inlet to Juneau, was far from ideal
for flying.
FIRE ALARM TEST
The City Fire Alarm System will
be tested Sunday morning starting
at 9 o'clock.
Boxes 1-9 and 4-9 will be sound
ed. Any other alarm sounded will
bo answered by firemen.
(Signed) J. L. GRAY,
adv. Chief of Fire Department
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MONDAY
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COLISEUM
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DOROTHY VERNON OF
HADDON HALL
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An All Talking Comedy
“The Eligible Mr. Bangs”
EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
The Detective of “The Terror”
in a real comedy part
Movietone Neivs
It Speakers for Itself
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BUFFALO BILL, JR. §
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THE RIDES’ ROWDY |
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devil-may-care cowboy. BE
At first sight he proposed to the girl. Her an- EE
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COMEDY and NEWS
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YAL and ERNIE STANTON
Musical Comedy and Variety
Stars Offer
Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
Horsie Keep Your Tail Up
The Little Pig Moved Right Away
Cause It Ain’t That Kind of a Cow
Alice Where Art Thou? ,
PRICES—10-20-50, Loges 60 c
LEDUCS HAVE GIRL BABY
Announcements received in the
mail aboard the Alameda state
that a baby girl, Constance Mary
Leduc, was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold A. Leduc, in Portland, Ore.,
on July 17. Mr. and Mrs. Leduc
are former residents of Juneau. He
was employed as linotypist on The
Empire and Mrs. Leduc was for ^
sometime leader of the orchestra
at the Coliseum. They were mar
ried here about six years ago and
have been in the States for the
past four years.
NOTICE
Commening Sunday, July 27th,
all ears will not be allowed on
Front Street PAVED SECTION be- j
tween the hours of 4:30 a. m. andj
7:30 a. m. This will enable the
City to wash and clean the .street
properly. This order is to be ef- j
fective every Sunday until further I
notice.
GEO. A. GETCHELL,
—odv. Chief of Police.
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Don’t Gall
us on the 'phone
to say that you are planning a party for tomorrow
night and will probably need more electricity than
you usually consume. V ou may take it for granted
that our generating plants will produce enough
light and power for all your demands.
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Electricity can help in many ways to make your
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party a success. Lights are essential, of course.
Electrical cooking appliances can simplify the
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preparation of food and allow the hostess to re*
main with her guests.
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The electrical refrigerator provides ice cubes and
makes it easier to keep salads and desserts fresh
until they are served.
Routine tasks in the home are simplified by en
listing the aid of electricity.
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JUNEAU :• :
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DOUGLAS
TRANSFER SUBSTATION
Postoffice Substation No. 1, which
has been operated at the Butler
Mauro Drug Company’s store on
Front Street, for many years, was
today transferred to the store of
the Juneau Drug Company in the
Valentine Building on Front Street.
This was announced this morning
by Mrs. J. T. Spickett, Postmistress.
NO GAME PLAYED
Inclement weather prevented the
scheduled game last night between
the baseballists of the Navy Map
pers and the Cutter Unalga.
Dell B. Sheriff, uuneau’s piano
tuner. Hotel Gastineau. —adv.
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
Dog taxes due on July 1st, and
are payable to City Clerk Ham
mock, - adv.
Mabry’s Cafe
Regular Dinners
Short Orders
Lunches
Open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
POPULAR PRICES
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Proprietor
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Try the nve o’clock Dinner
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