The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 5, 1929, Page 4

_ships for the trans-Atlantic trade. *Daiilzy Alaska Empire JOHEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every EMPIRE_PRINTIN Streets, Juneau, Al eveming except Sunday by COMPANY at Second and Main a. Entered In the Post Office In Juncau as Second Class watter. TSUBSCHIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrrer In Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and ¥ “Thane for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly sotify the Business Office of any fatlure or Irregularits o delivery of thelr papers. n "rr:fl.l,t-p)mn', for Bditorlal and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER Or ASSOCIATED PRESS. 0 Ad Press is excluslvely entitled to the n:h;orl‘::u( ation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the focal news published herein SKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER oK THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ROAD BUILDING NEEDED. One needs only to dri along the roads leading out of Juneau to re; to the people of Al the roads between Thane and Eagle River and if the roads were extended further, both north and south, there would be more settlers. Alaska's great- est need is more people. Every mile of road building out of Juneau adds to the population. The Glacier Highway ought to be extended north as far as Skagway and south as far as the inter- national border in the Taku Valley. Work ought to be in progress in both directions. Such a road would result in wonderful development and large additions to the population of the Territory. It also would do a lot to increase the attraction for tourists and to induce them to make longer visits in the North. Eventually, there is no doubt, but the Canadians will build roads that will permit Alaska highways to be connected with the road systems of British Columbia and the States both at Skagway and in the Taku Valley. Road building north and south from Juneau would not only be rich in direct re- turns but it would work well, in the end, with the automobile roads of Canada and the States. There are settlers all along SEATTLE LOSES ONE OF HER BEST CITIZENS. Seattle lost one of her foremost and best citizens when William Pigott died the other day at the age of 69 years. He had been a resident of Seattle for 34 yea and was active from the beginning. He ac- cumulated a great fortune in the steel business and as the leading Western manufacturer of cars. He was a heavy investor in Seattle real estate, and his investments multiplied in value as the town grew. His wealth had been estimated as high as $20,- 000,000. His companies sold large quantities of steel and cars to the Russian Government while Russia was in the war as one of the Allies, and reaped very large profits. Mr. Pigott visited St. Petersburg and made the sales in person. He was an active member of the Foreign Trade Council and to his activities in the organization was due the development of millions of dollars of Pacific Coast foreign commerce. He devoted much time to Scattle and Pacific Coast development matters. In fact he was regarded as, and was, a national figure in that respect. He was acquainted with most of the big men of the country and took a live interest in National and International irade matters. 3 Mr. Pigott took an active interest in Alaska from the beginning of the rush north. He financed a campaign to support the bill giving Alaska a Terri- torial Legislature and spent sometime in Washing- ton in advocacy of that measure. Later he was active in the support of the Alaska Railroad proposition. He was chairman of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce when Charles D. Garfield of this manager City was chosen as of the Bureau. While he always took a lively interest in politics, and once ran for the State Senate on the Democratic Ticket in Seattle, he was never a secker for a public office. He served, however, on commissions and in other capacities by appoinment where there was no compensation for his services. He was a member of the Seattle School Board for many years and was chairman of it for several years. He was a delegate to several Democratic National Convetions including the famous Madisen Square Garden Convention in 1924, Mr. Pigott was a philantropist. No man in Seattle probably gave more for charity, for the Church and other things that he believed to be for the common good. No one in need ever called upon him in vain. When he gave he always gave in suffi- cient abundance to render real relief, and he gave 50 modestly that few ever heard of his gifts. Seattle will miss William Pigott as she would miss few of her citizens. Not only was he wealthy and public spirited, but he was a good man. He was the good friend of the thousands of employees who worked for his companies, and was always fair to the workingman and the masses generally. He aided labor leaders and others in perfecting the workingmen’s compensation act in his State. His benefactions and services to those less fortunate than himself were so many that it would be invidious to attempt an enumeration. In fact, he was so secretive in his charities and philanthropies that anything like' a complete enumeration would be impossible. BIG AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIPS COMING UP. The United Stateg Lines has announced that it will build two gigantic passenger and freight steam- They will be larger and faster than any now afloat, says the an- nouncement. It is estimated that they will cost $25,000,000 each. It is proposed to have every pos- the | ze what road building means | sible attraction for passengers—including the dis- pensation of alcoholic beverages. They will be about 1,000 feet in length and considerably over 50,000 tons. With the Leviathan they will constitute the most impressive fleet of merchant ships ever operated |by a single company, surpassing the French and North German Lloyd lines in the number and size of major ships and in their luxurious appointments. The announcement of this program means ihat one of the first steps are to be taken in carrying into effect previous declarations that it is the pur- pose of the United States Lines to place the United States very definitely among the foremost nations in the merchgnt marine world. There is no doubt about Senator Borah's con- clusion that if the English would sink enough of their warships there would be a parity of naval strength between that country and the United States. It is also true that the United States once upon a time achieved parity by destroying some of her best battleships that were nearly completed. That Dollar steamship outfit is about to become a one hundred million dollar concern. It is signifi- cant also that the outfit proposes to carry on without offering its stock to the public—for a while at least. Apparently there has been a plurality of dollars there for sometime. andards. Confused (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Every attempt to establish the metric system of weights and measures in the United States has failed before the movement could gain any real impetus, due to the certainty that endless confusion would ensue in the period of transition. But it is sometimes forgotten that endless confusion is with us now and will continue until some standards are chosen which are really standards. There are, for example, three kinds of tons, some of which are good in Ohio, but not in Pennsylvania, others of which are good in Maryland but not in Virginia. Similarly there are almost as many bushels as there are commodities that can be put into bushel baskets or boxes. Bushels in some States are meas- ured in pounds, in others by cubic inches. Barrels are big in one State and small in an adjoining commonwealth. Great Britain, from whom we in- herited our humorous system of illogical weights and measures, has, supposedly, the same system, but in fact her units are only the same in name, and| differ enough to cause endless confusion and financial losses in foreign trade. As our foreign dealings expand in volume, this question will continue to be more and more pressing. True, the change from one system to another would cost millions of dollars in making new dies and measuring instruments. Yet already there are signs that industrial concerns are changing over because of the greater efficiency that attaches to the metric system. It is a bit of a disgrace that a nation so well in the lead in the application of science to business should trail along a hundred years be- hind in this most important matter. The intricacy of our finely balanced industrial mechanism and the probability that industry in the future will swing even closer to the standards of scientific research suggest that we might well change o a rational and efficient system of measurement before other decades of growth make the transition even more necessary and more costly. Taxing the Farmer to Relieve Him. (I York World.) Mr. Jardine, former Secretary of Agriculture, has taken up the cudgels for the 3-cent duty on sugar. He appeared before the Senate Sub-committee con- sidering the sugar schedule and argued that the sugar crop was one of which this country was not likely to produce a surplus, and that a higher tariff would therefore bring about a desirable expansion. It is a poor tariff argument, it seems, which cannot be worked both ways. If there is overproduction in any line a tariff is needed to prevent foreign prod- ucts from swelling the surplus. If there is no pros- pect whatever of a surplus a higher tariff is needed to stimulate production. And so Mr. Jardine proposes a tax on the coun- try’'s 11,000,000 farmers and their families, as well as on the rest of the population, for the benefit of the 100,000 beet growers in Colorado, Utah and a few other States. An increase of 1 cent in the cost of sugar to the consumer means an annual tax of $120,000,000 on the American people. Only a very small part of this will go to the beet growers. The chief beneficiaries will be the producers of cane sugar in Hawaili, the Philippines and Porto Rico. who are doing very nicely under the present tariff. As a means of farm relief Mr. Jardine proposes this tax on the American consumer. This is about as effective as anything he proposed while at the head of the Department of Agriculture, which means that its effectiveness is nil. The Wisconsin proposal to amend the State Constitution to permit the manufacturing of liquors read like another deflance of the Eighteenth Amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States.— (Cincinnati Enquirer.) English artist visiting in New York says the American girl leads the world for beauty and he should like to see more of her. Well, aren’t there any rumble seats in New York?—(Macon, Ga., Tele- graph.) ' Always something, in this cross-eyed world, to take the joy out of life. Why can't we receive a little of the prairie heat, and the parched plains a generous helping of our perfectly relaible rain?— (Prince Rupert Empire.) ‘We suppose Marian Talley will soon be singing the debenture aria from Farm Relief.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) But suppose other countries ask our Ambassadors to give up chewing gum.—(Akron, Ohio, Beacon- Journal.) It is said that the Chinese Nationalists are look- ing forward 30 years, although most Chinese con- tinue to look backward 30 centuries—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) If “Scarface Al”" Capone carries any life insur- ance, his companies must be delighted to have him sent to jail for a year in Philadelphia.—(Bos- ton Globe.) The reason the beauties fainted under Galves- ton climate was because bathing suits were so op- pressive after these little street ensembles all the 8irls wear nowadays.—(Dallas News.) If Col. Ohlson wishes w‘go down to posterity as a public benefactor let him mix a few tons of Buhash with his coal and have the firemen open an engagement against the mosquitoes.—(Seward Gateway.) - The munitions manufacturers don’t care whether war ever occurs so long as our enforcement squads go":lt.i)nuc to shoot up the country. — (Indianapolis THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE; MONDAY, AUG. | ALONG LIFP’S [ DETOUR | | By SBAM HILI and moths.” Jinks: “Well, of the three I hate the moths least. I much prefer something that feeds on my clothes’ to things that feed on me.” Add 100 Per Cent Patriots Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Koury, of Hol- brook, Ariz, has been married 27 years and have 24 children. dently they are determined that no fool birth control crowd shall keep down the population of this grand old U. 8. A! Hurrah for them! It Really Happened, Judge “THis Judge Tebbs is a fine fel- low. Know him?” “Yes, but it doesn’t do any good he fines those who know him just as much as he does those who don't.” Does It Interest You to Know— Miss School lives in Housty Texas. ’Nother Hymn of Hate In people I Despise cupidity— In weather I Detest humidity! No Diagram Needed cause we hazarded the guess that the male undies eventually may have to be as picturesque as the feminine, and asks if we haven't seen the perfectly darling ones dis- played in the shop windows—yeah! We have seen them there, but we haven't ever seen ‘em showing when the men were sitting oppos- ite us in a street car. On Insanity The difference between mourning stationery and the United States of America is that the m. s. has a black border and the U. S. A. has a wet one. On the east and west ones you can drown yourself—and on the north and south ones your sor- rows. And it is about as hard to dry up the ones on the north and south sides as it would be the ones on the cast and west sides. Motor Noise The casualty list on Monday seems to show the mistake was in inventing a self-starter instead of a self-stopper for automobiles. Sad Case Village Postmaster: “That old maid is a pathetic critter.” Stranger: “Yeah?” V. P.: “Yes, she never could get luck at getting mail.” ‘What'll You Have? “DRESS UP YOUR DOG.” —From a pet shop ad. Mustard or horseradish? Names Is Names Marriage license in Los Angeles Times: LOW—TRADER: Donald C. Low; Roara D. Trader. Well,” here’s hoping he'll get low enough to trade'er. never More or Less True It is getting so it is almost as rare for a barber to have a woman come in and ask for a haircut as it was for the clerk at the notion counter to have one ask for a pack- age of hairpins during the short- hair craze. It is pathetic to read of children with no homes, but modern kids spend so little time in their homes parents feel keeping a home now is almost as silly as keeping a cow when nobody in the family drinks milk. Another funny thing is that girls choose rouges in flaming colors instead of the quiet nude shade to use on their faces. Maybe the reason conscience’s voice is so weak is because it does not smoke the right brand of cigar- ettes. When his wife starts getting into politics a man may as well learn how to make beds, open cans and PHONE YOUR TO US We will attend to them promptly. Our coal, hay, grain and transfer business s increasing daily. There’s a reason. Give us a trial order today and learn why. You Can’t Help Being Pleased D. B, FEMMER PHONE 114 ORDERS 2 ‘Who Doesn’t? Blinks: “There are three pests)’ that I hate, bedbugs, mosquitoes P. M., of Columbus, calls up be- |z But It's Got Uncle Sam Bordering a male and she’s just as out o'|: 5, 1929. Jearn the day the garbage man comes around. It is an ideal marriage if when the wife is giving her husband's clothes to the rummage sale she doesn’t wish he was in them. The difference between the starv- ing millions of India and the styl- ish stouts is that the stylish stouts ing because they've had 00 ch to eat in the past. The man who pays his wife as Imuch attention after marriage as he did before won't ever be ordered by the court to pay her alimony. The reason girls never used to use profanity was because when a stocking could be darned a hole didn't have to be damned. D = [ PROFESSIONAL | r DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER, DENTISTS 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 56 Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. B— | Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine | Building | Telephone 176 3 Dr. A. W. Stewart | DENTIST ) | Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. | | SEWARD BUILDING | | Office Phone 569, Res. | | Phone 276 | Dr. H. Vance | Osteopath—201 Goldstein Bldg. | | House:10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 2 or by appiontment | Licensed Osteopathic Physician | Phone: Office 1671. Residence, MacKinnou Apts. | i Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR, Hellenthal Building Office Service Only Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 noon, 2 p. m. to 5 pm. nad 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. Phone 529 CHIROPRACTIC is not the practice of Medicine, Surgery nor Osteogpathy. | j. Robert Simpson | Opt. D. li Graduate Los Angeles Col- | lege of Optometry and | | Opthalmology | | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground 1 Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 16, Valentine Bldg. 10:00 to 6:00. Evenings by | 1 Appointment. Phone 484 | YURMAN’S We are making and re- pairing furs at sum- mer prices. “Direct trom trapper to you” PEERLESS QUALITY LT e The Arcfie—c-afe_—r Special Dinners on Sundays and Week Days G 8cda Fountain in conmection. l Come in and listen to the | radio. Mary Youmg, Prop. | Phone 288 B e Juneau Public Library Free Reading Room City Hall, Second Floor Main Street and Fourtk Reading Room Open From 8 a.m to 10 p. m. Circulation Room Open from to 5:30 p. m.—7:00 to 8:30 p. m. ) Current Magazines, Newspapers, Reference Books, Etc. FREE TO ALL O S et Tttt Fraternal Societies AUTOS FOR HIRE || oo | | Gastineau Channel | 3 5 B. P. 0. ELKS = ; Meeting every first % Call A . Packard Phone Packard De Luxe i Service l ! BLUEBIRD TAXI Day and Night Service Phone 485 Responsible Drivers Stand at Arcade Cafe Hazel’s Taxi PHONE 456 Stand: Alaska Grill e oo e Prompt Service, Day and Night CovicH Auro SERVICE STAND AT THE OLMPIC Phone 342 Day' or Night Juneau, Alaska D e e and third Wednes- days, June, July, August, at 8 o'clock Ilks' Hall. WINN GODDARD, Exalted Ruler, M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Visiting Brothers Welcome. Co-Ordinate Bod- ifes of Freemason- ry Scottish Rite Regular meetings second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m. Scot- 1 tish Rite Temple WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary. SINGLE O or 11 Whether if's a nice and balmy day, or stormy and terrifying makes no difference—we will be at your door in a jiffy any time you want a taxi, ané give you ecfficient, polite service at the low- est standard rates. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge No. 700. Meets every Monday night, at 8 o'clock. JAMES CARLSON, Diclator. W. T. VALE, Secy, P. O. Box 826 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE ;IO. 147 Second and Fourth Mon- day of each month in G Scottish Rite Temple, Master; Secretary. CARLSON’S TAXI and beginning at 7:20 p. m, WALTER P. SCOTT, CHARLES E. NAGHEL, ORDER OF EASTZRN STAR Second and Fourth Tuesdys of each month, at 8 o'clock, Scottish Rite Temple. MAY- BELLE GEORGE, Wor- thy Matron; FANNY L. ROBINSON, Secretary. Ambulance Service ENIGHTS Or COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last A Monday &t 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg - ed to attend. Council Chambers, Fifth. Street. EDW. M. McINTYRE, G. K. H. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Meets Monday &nights 8 o'clock- at Eagles’ iall, Doug- las. ARNE SHUDSHIFT, W. P, GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting Brothers welcome. To or from any place in the city for 50 CENTS Five can .ide as cheaply as oive WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART LEGION, NO. 439 | Meets first and third Thursdays each month, 8 p. m. at Moose | | Hall. KATE JARMAN, Senior | Regent; AGNES GRIGG, Re- | corder. 4 Cars at Your Service Day or Night Calls— Same Price 199 Cab Co. Stand at Gastineau Hotel Brunswick Bowling Alleys FOR MEN AND WOMEN Stand—Miller’s Taxi Phone 218 o | | frm—— . e Russian Steam Baths Open Wednesdays and Satur- days from noon till miinight. ’ “Business Is Good” MRS. JOHN MORRI, Prop. abry’s Cafe Regular Dinners Short Orders Lunches Open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. POPULAR PRICES HARRY MABRY P rrr e s s eeeeeeee- MORRIS _‘ CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Helene W.L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 | | | The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA o . b | ED1Te. ) Proprietor SAND and prre e GRAVEL THE JUNEAU LAUNDRY ihacs AN{; i i arpenter and Concrete Franklin Street, between Work Front and Second Streets No job too large nor too PHONE 359 small for us | Interest Dividend Depositors in our Savings De- partment will please present their pass books, or mail them to the bank, for entry of the regular semi-annual interest dividend payable July 1,1929. 3 8t The Empire, MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO. Building Contractors PHONE 62 Commercial job printing at The Sy JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY MOVING VAN ! b= L Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 HOTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE S. ZYNDA, Prop. [ — - — BURFORD’S CORNER “TRY A MALTY” PIG'N WHISTLE CANDY Non Better—Box or Bulk —_— T Commercial job priuting at Che