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Alaska is familiar territory to Osâ€" car Larson, who is one of the prinâ€" cipals of the firm of Larson Bros., operating a large garage at First street and Laurel avenue. He first went to Alaska in the famous gold rush of 1897 and spent eight or nine years there, returning during that time in the winter of 1899â€"1900, at which time his brother went back to the territory with him and has since lived there. Ray Larson is proprieâ€" tor of the Alaska Transfer company at Anchorage. LARSONS ARE HOME FROM ALASKIAN TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Larson, 312 N. St. John‘s avenue returned recently from anâ€":11,000 mile motor and boat trip through the west and up the Pacific coast to Seattle and thence to Alaska, where they covered much territory by motor, visiting the prinâ€" cipal towns and scenic points and visited Mr. Larson‘s brother, Ray Larson, who has been in Alaska since 1900 and resides at Anchorage. "King Oscar" Oscar Larson, who was known to the sourdoughs of the gold rush days as "King Oscar" had many an interâ€" esting and thrilling. experience in those pioneer years in the cold northâ€" land and tells interestingly of the trials and hardships, the joys and the heartaches of that epic period when fortunes were won and lost in a day and all the stirring colorful story of the days when the lure of gold dragged men by the thousands over the passes and into the unknown wilds in search of fortune and adâ€" venture. Thursday, Sept. 4, 1930 Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Larson Back After 11,000 Mile Tour of > West and Northland Mrs. Larson, too, knows her Alâ€" aska, having gone there as Miss Besâ€" sie Workman, a young girl, with her parents, from Quincy, Ill. in 1898, and at Valdez, Aliska, she and Mr. Larâ€" son were married in the fall of 1905. No wonder they are interested in the territory, and that explains why they have made two trips back to the old scenes in the last few years. Started in May This year they started May 5 in the big Lincoln car, going by the southâ€" ern route through Texas, Arizona and California to Seattle; thence north as far as Vancouver, Canada, and then back to Seattle, where they boarded the fine steamer, Aleutian, car and all, bound for Valdez, Alaska. The water trip was made through the scenic.inland route, between the islands and the mainland all the way north to the gulf of Alaska, and the beauties of this route are beyond description, Mr. Larson declares. He (Continued on page 13) Mrs. Evelyn Marley Passes Away Mrs..Evelyn M. Marley, a resident of Highland Park for the past thirâ€" teen years, passed away Sunday, Aug. 31 at her home 321 Park avenue, after an illness of several weeks. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Ethel Marley. Interment was at Circleville, Ohio. Sunday North Shore Talking Machine Opens Shop at 380 Central Ave. The North Shore Talking Machine company, which has operated successâ€" fully for a number of years on the north shore as reputable dealers in musical _ instruments, records and sheet music, is this week announcing the opening of a store at 380 Central avenue, Highland Park. Attention is directed to their advertisement elseâ€" where in this issue. The parent store of the company is at 712 Church street, Evanston, and another branch store is located in Winnetka. According â€"to the â€" management, they are opening their Highland Park store with the object of giving even better service to their growing list of patrons in this community. They will specialize in everything in musiâ€" cal instruments, including the better makes of radios. Among other things they handle the famous Kimball piano, victrolas, records and sheet music. The local manager will be Howard S. Lezotte, who is an experienced and capable merchant, well versed in muâ€" sical supplies, and trained in the company's parent store at Evanston, His assistant, in charge of records and sheet music, will be Miss Alice Yesley, who has also had previous training in the company‘s Evanston store. * Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Clow who aré leaving early next week for Caliâ€" fornia where they plan to make their home, were honored guests at the meeting of Campbell Chapter, 0. E. S. last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clow, past matron and past patron of the local organization were escorted to the east and were presented with a gift and flowers. The ceremony was impressive and very touching. Honor H. F. Clows at Meeting Last Night After the meeting a social hour followed in the dining room. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clow regret very much their deparâ€" ture, but wish them the greatest of happiness and success in their new home. " Mr. and Mrs, Larson This picture was taken in Alaska, showing the snow capped mountains in the background. T H E P RE Alcyon Theatre Presents Famous War Film, "All Quiet on Western Front" More than 2,000 war veterans were employed in the making of "All Quiet on the: Western Front," coming to the Alcyon theatre Sunday, Most of them were American exâ€"service men. The others were soldiers who had served with the Germans, French, English, Russians and Italians. _ Sometimes they wore the uniform of France and other times the gray of Germany. For a month and more they lived toâ€" gether at the huge camp established by. Universal on the Irvine ranch, Practically : every person engaged in "All Quiet" had previous military or actual war experience. . This was true of women as well as the men. Several of the women appearing in the picture acted as nurses in Europe during the World War. Â¥ near Los Angeles, sharing the same quarters and food while the battle scenes were being made. There was a perfect spirit of comradeship, the hate of the war forgotten. â€" Nationals from every country, men who had fought each other from difâ€" ferent war fronts, marched ‘in the troops engaged in making. the picture. Many of them were experts. This unusual picture, one of the greatest war pictures ever made, does not tell a story in the ordinary sense of that word. But it does indicate a larger story, the story of a nation in its reaction to the horrors of war. The cast of "All Quiet" is comâ€" posed of Louis Wolheim, Lewis Ayres, John Wray, Raymond Griffith, Russell Gleason, William _ Bakewell, Scott Kolk, George "Slim" Summerville, Richard Alexander, Harold Goodwin, Arnold Lucy, Walter Browne Rogers, Ben Alexander, Owen Davis, Jr., Pat Collins, Yola D‘Avril and others. Lewis Milestone directed. \ Sales and Service We also have some Highland Park Auburn Company Highland Park, IIlinois used car values Phone H. P. 2830 505 Elm Place