The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1928, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire | occur in great masses found over-burden near the economical and remove sur to strip the ore- it been has JOEN W. TROY - - EDITOR AND MANZGER| rock with blasted loose bearing ore power shovels, with powerful The ex- Published every EMPIRE PRINTING ts, Juneau evening exc COMPANY ept Sunday at Seecond and by _the| Main plosive been As much as a million broken by one blast Approximately one-third of the world tons has Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second ('Imls matter. output of copper is now produced from ore obtained by means of power shovels SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Thans for $1.25 per month, By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $6.00; one month, in a Bulscribers will conf notify the Business Office in the delivery of their Telephone for Edito MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEL The Associated Press is exclusively use for republication of all news d. ft or net otherwise cre in this & local news pu xnm-d he CIRGULATION GUARANTEE THAN THAT OF ANY OTHE ~ ™ & Tavor Af they will promptly of any failure papers. | and Business Offices 3 entitled tehes credited to per and also the| rein © BE LARGER ENCOURAGIN VISIT OF Although of plans for jected pulp and fact that Mr to remain on the g self ca ¥ that the group of interests T. Cameron, which has ing local resources and opportunities for pulp and paper manufacturing plant einity, is making sufficient it seem advisable to have the ground in this field Cameron here and its citizens privilege to aid in his getting acquainted with Jocal local people. CAMERON the divulge he had immediate development industry to nothing definite ot pro the agd it indication Mr investigat- building in to paper H “here James Cameron is ymet n mént. It is an headed by actively for 1 1se for encou George heen tiis male representative a vi prog a on Mr. it Juneau welcomes will consider mi condition a of and him avowed STABILIZATION OF THE COPPER INDUSTRY. milling, and growing a marked industry, Bank of Com- January mini sm facilities about Improved methods of ing, organized marketing consumption ve ‘brought gree of stability in the copper George E. Eddins of the National merce in New York writing in the of Commerce Monthly. He analyzes the mining industry as follows: The profound improvement in. the position of the coppér industry during the last few years refiéet§ a ulumph of technology and pyodhctive eficlendgyver well-nigh iffsuperabte dffllL.RNlas “Cap- per has been selling comsistently at prices materially below the pre-war level. Wages, the cost of materials con- sumed, transportation charges, taxes and similar items of expense range from 50 to 100 per cent. higher than before the war. The ore now available averages far lower in grade than formerly w treated. It is in the face of such ob- stacles that the industry as a whole has won its way back to money-making basis. P of copper within the past three years have moved within a more limited range than in any other like per iod in the history of the copper industry. The difference between the annual high and low prices of the electrolytic grade since 1925 has been lower than in any other three-year period. Even in the post-war period from 1921 to 1924, when the world was trying to absorb the enormous accumulated stocks, copper prices reached higher, as well as lower, levels than in the past three years. This relative equilibrium in prices has been accompanied by a volume of production and consumption greater than that reach- ed during the peak of war-time demand Improved metallurgical process centralized sales organizations, mass pro- duction and volume consumption, all contributing toward lower costs, have been important factors that have stabil- ized this branch of the mining industry. The epochal achievements along these lines in the past few years have sur- passed those of all previous periods and the technical progress rivals the accom- plishments of any other outstanding in- dustrial ,ubdertaking. The chief gactors that have revolu- tionized the industry from the produc- tion angle are improved flotation, leach- ing and smelting practices, and the broad application of electric and steam power in handling crude ore. Distribu- tion of copper in foreign markets is now effected largely through an organization world-wide in scope, which directs the flow of copper from producers to con- sumers in such volume that the market for this product is now said to be more international than that of almost any other commodity. The low price of copper, which at the close of 1927 was appreciably below the average price in 1913, has not been an unmixed evil. The past few years have not been as profitable as wished for in the copper mining industry, but the ground work has been laid for a period of unprecedented stabilized opera- tion. Low prices have made possible a broader field of consumption than would have been possible with the metal at a higher level. A great part of the improvements in methods of mining, milling and smelt- ing copper has been traceable to the ne- cessity of finding lower production cost methods. Low market values have forced the development of cost-saving mining equipment and improved metallurgical processes that have mude available the low-grade porphyry and oxidized cop- ‘per ores to offset the approaching ex- haustion of high-grade deposits. . Wehile flotation and leaching have t the base of the great change in mining practices, other note- vances of very reeent years ributing and correlating low-grade copper ores issue copper Treadwell andi \ onths, in advance | or irregularity to the de- o It has been . through s the of mass-production methods the ploitation of low<grade has made profitahle The growth in the outcome of the mobiles, electrical’ manufactures and power lines and allied industries communication four countries of ) | world that le the test gress along nes the United States, G and Great Bri tain. Thesc in the past five years have u than 80 per the world Conzumption yper, particularly few yeays immediately ahead, i arily developments t which in the past have umers In many mines of North America abgoléte. muchinery has d-bloodedly scrappedl with the ent t-cutting machinery. become applied science. The of the United States in ‘the rld copper market has been determin- rvies of eoncurrent develop namely, indust growth - in country, which af an outlet for the world’s éopper; ownership of substantial part of the copper deposits of the worid; and refining capacity ade- quate to tre per cent. of the world | production. The triumph of metallurgy over low-grade ores has in large meas- ure eliminated the Ivantage ¢ held by cwner The copper indusiry P produc tion r car. Costs have facilities science ma Yy could con- difficulty of the technology has in- apacity faster n world de- The tempe tment between productive capaeity normal world requirements being ove gradually by incr 1g demand. manent improvement in price awaits the balancing of consumption and pre capacity which is much nearer time than it has been in a number years use that ores such ex- | been the use of copper expansion in auto- mave g these | are any, B countrie d more cent of copper of coy the on m con been jor and South heen devel- of co Tach- ha ion cd by a thi d haif of rich deposits has been ords year afte n reduced by all the and labor-saving tribute. One present indy is that man naladjus and is recome A per tive th i of i Bro: uh.lslmg Cengress. resolution call- and the Navy adcasting the The report In 1924 the Senate ing upon the Secretaries of War to investigate tha feasibility of br seeedings of Congress by radio. was only recentiy presented. Such an undert ing would not Le possible, it was held, unless |much additional equipment were purchased. An |ini expenditure of $3,300,000 would be re- | quired and annual upkeep and maintenance would |come to an additiong]l $1,880,000. The Army and Navy, it was pointed out, do not posséss equip- ment suitable for broadeasting on frequencies ob- tainable by operators of home radio sets, and ach an undertaking would mnecessitate the pur- |chase of entirely new broadeasting equipment. Elsewhere pro lings of legislative bodi have been put on the air with varying deg of success. When matters of universal intere are being discussed many people avail themselves of the opportunity of following them at f hand. Such occasions are rare, however. The average individual would rather obtain his news through a trained reporter, boiled down, with only- the essentials presented. No one listen to the monotonous dronings that the typical legislative day. Probably the expense involved will discourage any further plans to broadcast the proceedings of Congress. Unquestionably such expenditure would not be justified from the standpoint of interest aroused. On the other hand, there are times when the nation as a whole would like to listen to Congressional deliberations. Inaugura- tion of a mew term, for instance, a Presidential message, or debate on matters of nation-wide im- portance would be received with the greatest interest by millions of radio owners. In this con- nection it might be possible to lay plans for broadcasting through existing stations. This could be done without a huge expenditure. Cer- tain Congresional debates und addresses arouse as much public interest as a championship prize fight and probably could be broadeast in the same The suggestion is worth consideration, y Cougress and by the operators of nation- wide chains of broadcasting stations. Business in Election Years. (New York World.) It has long b¥en an axiom in circles that election years are bad years for business. By a simple statistieal exhibit Col. Leonard P. Ayres, a noted business commenta- tor, shows that this is a myth. Since 1880 there have been twelve Presidential elections. In six of the years in which such elections occurred business has been better than normal; in one year' it fluctuated around mnormal, and in five vears it was below normal. On the whole, then, in years of Presidential been slightly better than normal. commercial pect of victory for either of the major political parties appears to have been a determining in- fluence on the trend of business at these four- year intervals. In 1908, for example, when the election of 'Taft, a conservative, was taken for granted, business was depressed, while in 1912, with the Republican Party split in two and with Wilson’s election a foregone conclusion, business was buoyant. ¥n 1916 business was booming, although the less conservative candi- date won, but in 1920 and 1924, when the con- servatives had a walk-over, business happened to be poor. The fluctuations in these years were obviously due to other tham political causes. The Presidential election of« this year need not be regarded as a possible damper on busi- ness activity, Such bnrnln; economic questions as the free-silver issue the nineties are no longer here to disturb us. Whatever may be the differences this year between the candidates of the two major parties, they will mot be such as to upset the national economiec equilibrium, —_— One thousand more Marines have been sent to Nicaragua to rout the bandits by August and keep Congress in hot water umtil the end of the sestion.— (Indianapolis News.) —_— e —_— Some Presidential boon booming than lmwlu Register.) elections ‘business has ! Neither the fact of an election mor the pros- || 1928 ALONG LIFE’S DETOUR By SAM HILL Observations of Oldest Inhabi 1 kin remembér when a wo with short hair as . rar t as a man with long hair was Takes No Chances Blinks: “Bilkins 18 a cautious man, isn't he?” nks: = “Ye when he tra hter 1 carries a hox that of matches, notice Passing Observation The salary paid FOR [ depends largely the | paid TO it. on atien Worth “One thin, Reinarke “Is—no one's To Remembering t kn smart ever know it Ho, Hum! 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Circlev Joys of Jeurnalism “Here's where I'l get the that was left oul,” groaned editor of the local paper. “Now what's the matter?" ed his assistant. “Q@h, in that lage banker's a article about wife's Upon the silly, foolish ‘who Will try to hide her paint 1 frown, age W think, like a clown. More or Less True The funny part of it is that middle-aged woman Aacross he always carries four spare tires, |and now that he has a cigarei .o he alwavs t00.” the work into tha nows othes all w ! VAP& Ciney Enquirer! the: ai wonderfal house plants the compositor left the L out of plants,” he sighed. But They Don't Feel That Way woman Because it's wiser, far, for her, 1 To look her age than to look height cf (referring especi- skirt), just a few made the men turn the other way when into a buggy! only thing you now girl is a mustache e, dressed { modern fashion lally to her i vears back heads climbed About the can’t give in the well, the kind of a prefers a poodle to children probably named a son Percival had one and then you meet a man can't ‘tell him what of him betause therc no words in the language ade quate enough to ibe the meanness of disposition. The impression a good many nen drive us is_ that well-known with . their} Oh who tant man o woman Pekin- wourl ir he'd Now ve des h home Anot hv v mselves reafon women can en more at party | ey used to is hecause thoy have to be in mortal terror clumsy man. step o0 ion joy than don't some skirt arg times when we woi how we could have break in this country if therd wa uch thing as coffee. The best proof that wives who » their husbands as targets for siver practice are exceedingiy is the number of big insur policies issued on the liv There der e re reason you soe young fellows :u is becay young get wk else ably tife crowd of the pool rooms ople like to i he: something don’t” all the time. It takes about as little to amus ‘ Ma’z v ral ome people it doe2s to cloth a flapper. i AT S < fACR OF ALL me a6 your oad John Holler, as . ireulation ‘Itofi'm TRADES | jobs. Phone| Prop. av Let (‘xlest ct)ldsi Redden skin with fe y hotwet towels. Rub \ - Vicks well in, cover " with warm flannel. T THE RO( KLAND i BOARDING HOUSE | is now open for business, { | Room and Board. Home Cook- ing. Mrs, Short, Prop. -3 [ el Service Trarsfer Co. Will Haui Saw Mill Wood and Coal Out of town orders given special attentlon 1. B. BURFORD & CO ! L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Pubiic Stenographer BROWN'S VARIETY STORE Stationety—Nctions— Greeting Cards—Toys— Novelties. Merchandise "GARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING G. A Phone (109 ‘or 149 Juneau Public ‘Library Free Reading Room Git, Hall, Reading Room Open From R a. m. n 8:30 p m. 1 Current Mogazines, Newspapers Reference Books, Etc, FREE TO ALL Products from your Grocer JUNEAU BAKERY g e 5 b R PROFESSIONAL Seattle Fruit and Produce Co. Fresh Fruit and Veeetables | Wholesale and Retail | . DENTISTS 1 and 3 Goldstein Bidg. PHONE 56 Hom 9a m todp m | | ——— R~ e e ‘ Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building ) Telephone. 176 .S — Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a. m. to § D SEWARD BUILDIN Office Phone Phone i 2 of Merit 276. 7 to 8 or by appoinraent Licensed Osteonathic Piysiciun Phone: Office’ 1671, GETCHELL, Residence, Gastisau Hotsl CHIROPRACTOR, Hellenthal Bidg. Office Hours 10 to 12; § t. & 7 to 9; and by appointment. Phone 268 CHIROPRACTIC 18 not the vpractice of Medicine. Surgery nor Os and Second Floor Street at 4th Helene W. L. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERADIST Medical Mussage to 10 p. m. Room Open From m.—7:0% p. m. to Gymnastics, Electriciy 410 Goldstein Bldg. Valentine's Optical R. L. DOUGLASS Optician and Optometrist Room 16, Valentize Bldg. Hours 9 . m. to € p. m. 23d by Appointment Robert cimpson Opt. D | Graduate l,on Angeles Cil- | lege of Optometry and Opthalmolcgy Glasses Fitted Leneses Ground Tue Juneau Launpry Franklin Street, between Front and Second Streets | PHONE 359 NE 577 i DRS. KASER & FREFBURGER Office Phone 389 | Residence Thone 3501 - T 1 i o D i ir. ille ‘ RELIABLE TRANSFER Phone 149 Res. 148 A o ——— THE Cnoas W. CARTER McrTUARY “The Lost Service Is the Greatest Tribute” Corner 4th and Franklin St Phone 138 S e — 1y tha COURTESY aad GO0D i SERVICE Our Motto Sl e vil- HOTEL ZYNDA ELxVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. ith Phone 244 GEO. M. SIMPKINS CO.. PRINTING and STATIONERY Opposite Alaska Electric Zight Office OPEN EVENINGS JAPANESE TOY SHOP H. B. MAKINO Front Street 'l":f P. 0. Box 218 for Mall Orders ——— oo AUTOS -THE OROER WENT TO SomEONE ELSE BECAVSE Let us do hurrying .—.’.‘;‘n’ Taxi Tad. ‘fet and worry” about from appointment to appoin ment. Save the minutes Carison’s taxi servic REASONABLE RATES —— Carlson’s Taxi and Ambulance Ses vice Stands at Alaskan Hotel Noland's Corner Phones Single 0 and 314 A good many folks seem to Josing \ime during the day—walking Use FOR HIRE BERRY’S TAXI PHINE 109 Agents for SUNOCO Motor Oil MILLER’S TAXI Phone 183 Juneau, Alaska CARS WITHOUT DRIVERS FOR HIRE t- Day and Nluht Bcrvleu PHONE BLUE BIRD TAXI SHORTY GRAHAM ‘s Barber Shop - ALASKAN HOTEL MODERN REASONABLE RATES Dave HousgL, PROP. Increased Facilities To keep step with our growth and to add to our banking facilities, the surplus fund of to $100,000.00 Onllr capital ' structure is now as follows— n Fraternal Societies [ oF Gastineau Channel s B. P. 0. ELKS et i Meeting Wednes- day evenings at § o'clock, Elis' Hall, . GEO. B. RICE, Exalted Ruler, M. H. Visiting Brothers we!c | Co-Ordinats Bodies of Freemasonry Scottish Rits Regular meetings second I“vl-h\ month_ at ». : Ol Fttows i WALTER B. HEISEL, LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge Ne. 701 Meets every llouday night, at 8 o'clock, M ADDEN, Dicistor STEV Secretary. 3 'r,.l.ur JUNEAU LODGE NO. & A M. and Fourth Mon- wmonth 147 EASTERN Second .|r‘t| Four r ch STAR MILDRED Worthy BROW KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS | 3eghers Council \No._1760. s seeond and last ers urged | te attend. Council Cham- Fifth _Street. M. AUXILIARY, PIONEERS OF ALASKA, IGLOO Na. 6 tug every second Friday e onth at 8 o'c’ock p. m. Cards refreshments. At Moose Hall EDNA RADONICH, IMesident: MINNIE HURLEY, Secretary Mot "Jougus Aernie u? Fraternal Order of Eagles sgular 1st, 2nd, las at § p. 1. And the third f each month, 7:30 p. | Fellow’s Hall, Juneau, | rothers welcome. 4th Men- Eagles' Inesday in Odd Visitiag n We m {WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART | LEGION, NO. 430 | Meets 1st and d Thursdays | { eac u month, 8 P.M. at Moose | er Ingman, Senior Re : Agnes Grigg, Recorder. Automobile Ynsurance INSURANCE such as Fire and Theft, and Collision, safe. zuard the investment Tepre- sented by your car. Insurance such as Property Damage and Public Liability safegunard you as an owner— against damage claims and judgments, losses that so fre- quently total many times the on‘ginll cost of a car. We offer you.as an automo- bile owner policies that cover every loss contingency. . e Allen Shattuck, inc. INSURANCE Fire, Lite, Liability, Marine MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO. ALL KINDS OF CABINET MILL WORK Plate and Window GLASS MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO. BVILDIRG CONTRACTORS JUNEAU TRANSFER ,. COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores