The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 9, 1927, Page 2

s v | al ! I many new sky 5 most ps able prices, b IHE DAILY ALAS OVES Gloves piay an important part in the appearance of every spring outfit. vou want to be well dressed even to the fing ; aow being shown here. Aerred fabries and colors for sping wear at exceptionally -tips be sure to see the Cleverly designed effects in the reason- $1.00 TO $2.50 A PAIR %fi A LOVED ONE lesves us, we think not of g cnee or of cconomy. Tenderes: care and reverence are aur only considerar uons. That is human nature. But at times of sorrow, the m is most caslly bewdcred, it may lose !l sense of values. Contracts may be ent red into which should not be, for the sake of those who sull need their daily bread. Ouwr first cons:dera is for those | X still on carth—all ex, rdiures are | » kept to a minimun. | Tue Cuas. W. Carren MoRTUARY “The Last Service Is the Greatost Tribute” Cor. 4th and Franklin St. Phone 15,6 ——— APTER ALLITS A PRC WORIO |SQUARE OLO ~ORND EIGHTS religion their conduct of most exemplary. In the Fair and Square store you will find that the purest of foods are weighed honestly, sold politely and deliv- ered on our keep-our-promise plan. SANITARY GROCERY | | The Store That Pleases | PHONE 83 and 86 i and me sures years ago and late has Dbeen got . M. Behrends Co., lnc Juneau’s Leading Department Store PARKS’ MESSAGE COVE NEW DRESSES FOR EVERY SPRING OCCASION Every Dress is new, fresh and smart lookir in fashioning or trimming to support Of a ey maierial in rose, blue, green - vach has an individual touch its claim to “distinctiveness.” 7 and lavender with a pin stripe, $9.50 Ladies’ Handkerchief's Handkerchiefs Ladies’ pure linen in colors only. 5 for $1.00 ERS WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS; - URGE (Continued irom Page One) wiell suited to the needs of a sparsely settled pioncer country and your ehief conecera should be not to enact many mew laws, but rather to consider how exi y statutes may be improved Upe cur theory of government each citizen must assume respensibil wot the least of these is the contribution « t to support of our institutions. Every citizen f el cnterprise should he required to pay their quott ¢l ih vis necessury to defray the expenses of admin- Ptradion. This dmplies that taxation must he distributed so as not to fmnose anounjust burden on any individual or industry. We ar ntering this hiennium with a large balance in the Tervitevian Treasury and therein lies great danger. Sound econ- omic femand that every industrial enterprise should maintain a § oY rve and that this fund shall be in proportion to the y 1e of b transacted. The Territory should be conducted husin lustitution and we should at all times maintain a in the treasury, especially In view of the fact arve derived largely from industries that are reazonable ha that our reve subject to i 1 Poth in the guantity and the value cf t: praduet I tour taxes are assessed on these factors we b oec ot contingencies that may arise as a result of d viatien It is very easy to yield to the demand to spen i ey wnl we are inclined to forget that public funds i G the poole and that they have not auth sod thelr cxpenditure cxeept for purposes necessary for th Llo wolfare. The ( r in an accumulated surplus lies b tee tondency to make large appropriations for projects which would 1ot be considered if the funds were not available. We as individuals cannot allow ourselves to indulge in our every in- cling n We are compelled to adjust our expenditures to our neome, end in so doing deny ourselves many things that seem ue for the individual in this regard, applies and appropriations should not be made seem to be desirable and beneficial unless meet the further requirement of urgent public ' necess{ties. Bucing appropriations on a surplus derived as ours has bheen is m they an wusound policy Each expenditure this ‘year creates a pre- codent and implies that similar appropriations will follow; ulti- mately thi roccdure must result in deficiencies or an increase in taxaticn. Confidence in the ability of the Territorial Govern- lance the Ludget must be maintained, and this can adheri to the established tax rate and g0 adjusting appropriaticns that they will be within the estimated normal revenue. Our present tax law will provide the Territory -with all needed revenue provided there is not a marked Increase in the annual appropriutions. The most perplexing questious confronting legislative bodies today center on the rising tide of taxation und this Legislature cannot achieve greater distinction tham to be known as a body that controlled appropriations so that increased revenues weore not necessary. FINANCES Financially the Territory is in excellent condision. On Janu- ary 1 1 there was §211,068 in the Treasury and on De- cember 31, 1926 this had been increased to $553,321.48. The net be done NO TAX ADVANCE;| A EMPIRL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1927. h balance on March 1, 1927 was $992,254.23. A knowiedge of the resource d probabie revenues is essential in considera- tion of approp n law The following table has been pre pared m e af the Territorizl Treasurer and she the revenue that h ed during the past six years 14 $1,188,949.71 192 1,729,564.25 192 2,239,030.00 The condit Territ Al Treasury now is similar to that of 1517 the payment disputed tax inerea sed available balancc on January 1. 1918 to about $840,000 and it i significant to 1 that for the succeec vears the expenditure exceeded the a 1wl revenues and the iciencies were cared tor by the surplus of 1917, Again in 1923 the expenditures exceeded the revenues. You will be given a tement showing the esti- mated annual mie of the Territory based on the present tax rates. This h cen o led from the records in the office of the Treasnrveb ‘The details of the sialement are not essential here, but I ywi-i 1o call your atention to the fact that the estimated revenues from Territorial sources will be abont 000 per annum DEFICIENCIES The expend res during the hie 1 have been kept with- in the appropristions. Apparently there will be a d-ficiency of about $2,000 in th fund for tuition of pupils outside imcorpor ed school cts. In addition to the foregoln leticiency 240 has cxisted in this same fund since the last biennium and provision uld be made for tak care of this i pr priatien for bounties on wolves was exhausted sometime ago and the are outsta 4 [ ap ely 00 chargeabl to this fand I mat ived which indicates that the coyotes and wolves are alarm rate in cer- tain districts and that nination of the wild game nnless strenuous measures adopted for the de- struction of these pr animal present bounty law does not differenti v wolves and coyotes, hence the bounty is paid for each although mo. Lount The tates the wolves is five or ten time wch coyote it is for should be amended to mest existing condition HEALTH AND SANITATION . Health conditions throughout the Tervitory have been good In some localitics contagions diseascs appeared and it was neces- sary to estiblish quarantines. Influenza appeared in many locali- ties but in oniy two districts did it reach the epidemi dJ Fort Yuken and Rampart reported 323 and § s, Tespectively Nome reported 43 cases of diphtheria in 1926 it was deemed advisable to take precautionary me:n sures to prevent if possible the importation of smallpox. As a result of the quaran- tine only three cases of smallpox appeared in the Territory. Hay- ing in mind the sericus epidemics of the past and the inadequ provisions that were made to care for them, the Ilealth Board decided to distribute smallpox vaccine and diphtheria anti-toxin throughout the Territory and as a rvesuit of this policy vaccine and anti-toxin are available in most of the larger communities, Sarly in the biennium conferences were held hetween Territorial officials, the U. S. Public Health Service and those who employ large numbers of non-resident laborers, and as a resull it was possible 1o arrange for phys examinations of ariy all em- ployees before tiey embarked for Alaska.. The bensficial rosuit of this policy were nt in the improved condition in the healtih of the personnel employed in the fisheri that it may le conlinued ¢ar the coming hi CDUCATION and it is hoped Vium The h ! improvement in the rritorial scl is most gr re has been an increase in the nu 2= schools, in scivooi wollis 1 the teachers employed, and in the activities un kel development of extra curricular activities a :al orchestra, bands, glee clubs new " of particular mention We have in i ic schools. The Burean of Educa- tion maintalir®Es ceh o0 prorted by funds from the Fede Government, wi Torvitery, throngh the Commissioner of Rducation supervis woilk of S0 schools. e funds for the erritorial schosls are deroed from three sources: appropria- tions frem the Territorial Treasu municipal ta and 23 per cent cf the Alaska 1 Under the law the latte is expended throug he Office of the Governor but in the inter- est of a uniform school system the supervision is delesated to the Commis In 1926 ner of the Jducation Federal Education maintained 86 schools with 174 teachers and an enrollment of 3,703 pupils. Tho cost of operatlon and maintenance amounted buring the same period the Territorial Dey supervised S0 schools with a staff of 211 ment of 4,352 puapils at a cost of abont of the ¢ school cystem cent of the total expenditur the revenues cf the Territ Burcau of to about $ rtmeni of 000, ! Education teachers and an enroll- §493.000. The total cost to the Territory per In other words than half ¥ are expendcd for the support of the bublic sehools. No one questions the wisdom of these expendi- tures. It is onr duty to provide free education for the children to the end that they may become useful citizens capable of assum- ing their rvightful the afr of the mnation. Howaver, we must remember that this is only one phase of our develop- ment and it should not be over-expanded to the detriment of other pub reprosents 53 place in necessary functions. The schools of Alaska compare favorably with similur sehools in the United State We provide schools in localities where there is an enrollment of 10 pupils, and in certain cases where there children re are iding outside, but adjacent to incorporated towns we furnish transportation and pay tuition for them so that they may have facilities afforded by the la T schools. cases schools are provided in isolated ment s than that for district. During 3 outside incor for by speci in arranging isolated the benefit of hetter Moreover in exceptional localities where the enroll- the ¢ tion of a loss required school biennium 8 new school buildings ated towns. One of these at Ke gislation. Considerabls diffic ulty w for the construction of this location and the failure of were erected was provided as encountered lding because of the tors to bid on the I con contract. In the future where buildings of this kind are author- ized by special appropriation, it will facilitate the work if the Commissioner of Education is authorized to delegate the erce- tion of the huilding to the Territorial Road Board. Citizenship night schools were maintained in 11 communities durng the bicnnium. The total enrollment for the two terms was 656 representing 31 nationalities, ang the total cost was $7,290. The chief purpose of these schools is that of instruetirg foreigners in the fundamentals of United St s history and gov- ernment and the English language. Coopcration with the 1. 8. Bureau of Naturalization enables the Commji iner of Education to furnish Federal citizenship text books to students. The resulis obtained by ihese schools amply justify their existence. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND SCHOOL OF MINES The success of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines has excceded the expectations of its most optimistic sup- porters. It huas emerged from the experimental stage and taken its place as a permanent institution. Residents of the Territory have been slow to recognize its advantages and appreciate the opportunitics offered to those who seek higher education. ERach year the enrollment increases and students from the remote sec- tions of the Territory are available themselves of its facilities, All reasonable requests for assistunce from this institution should received your sympathetic consideration, PIONEERS' HOME of the Superintendent of the Pioneer's Home at a4 will be transmitted o you by the Board of Trustees. This itution is carefully managed aud although the enmrollment increasul, (the expenulitures did not exceed the appropriation as avgaiented Ly the comtributions froi. cuiside sources. The last Lt ture appropriated V00 and receipts from (Continued o8 Fuge Turce, The report MURESCO FOR DECORATING AND BEAUTIIY WALLS and CEIL GS i We carry a good stock of all colors—also white | Juneau-Young Hardware Co. It Its Hardware “We Have It” 15 MILLION FEET Of Good Saw Logs Wanted T Sou JUNEAU LUMBER MILLS SEE US FOR YOUR---- | Loose Leaf Supplics j Office Supplies : ; Printing and Stationery | GEO. M. SIMPKINS CO. Front Street Phone 244 Juneau, Alaska — ALASK MODERN N HOTEL REASONABLE RATES Dave HouseL, rror. I RHODES CAFE | FORMERLY GASTINEAU CAFE | Gastincau Hotel Building B. H. “DUSTY” RHODES, Proprietor JUNEAU’S NEWEST AND MOST THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED CAFE ELECTRIC STEAK BROILERS Private Boxes Booths Lunch Counter Open from 6 a. m. to 2 a. m. THE ALASKA RAILROAD 1 throughout the year operates regurar pascenger and freight train service from Seward on the Coast to Fairbanks in the Interlor, and over the Chickaloon and Chatanika branches. During the winter months there are two passenger tralns each way, weekly, | between Seward and Fairbanks. For timetables and other In- 1 formation inquire of any steamship or railroad agent, or write Dept. of the Interior ! THE ALASKA RAILROAD (Mt. McKinley Park Route) Anchorage B B Y Alaska GEE BEE : has | MOVED : g to : Third and Franklin I Opposite MacKinnon Apts. GEO. B. RICE | PLUMBING HEATING OIL. BURNERS “I Tell You in Advance What Job Will Cost” CONFECTIONS Candies, ice Creams, Sherbets, Punch. Made in Juneau, Alaska. Elmer B. Smith Factory, Phone No. 18. Candy Maker, T. B. Hall, Phone No. 537. One of Life’s Biggest Necessities—REST INVEST IN REST—at ' ' THE GASTINEAU ‘Algska’s Largest Privately-Owned Hotel” |OId Papers for sale at The Empire Office