The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1929, Page 4

Dailjf Alaska Em piré JORN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Malu dtreets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Clace @atter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dellvered by carrter In Juneau, Douglai Thane for $1.25 per mon By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: Oue year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance #6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ths Business Office of any fallure or {rregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephon~ for Editorfal and Business Offices, 374. Treadwell and MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associatea rress 1s exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER ALASKA CIRCULATION % PUBLICATION. THAN THAT OF ANY OTHE " — ALASKA NEEDS AERIAL TRANS- successful There can be no questioning the statements made by Col. Conrad H. Mann, Presi- dent of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce; Tom Watts, member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen; Joseph Slater, St. Louis City Engineer, and Robert J. Sommers, Territorial Highway En- gineer, that one of the greatest needs of Alaska is aerial navigation and that airports are a neces- sity in the development of such transportation. The Alaska Interior discovered sometime ago the gl service of aerial navigation and Southeast Alaska has discovered it this year. And this is a reminder that there should be a united effort in all parts of Alaska to induce the Government to inaugurate an aerial mail service throughout the Territory. That would do a lot to promote aerial transportation, insuring regular routes for commercial as well as adding im- mensely to the and quickness of mail deliveries. eat purposes number CANADIAN INTERE ROAD. IN ALASKA At least there is a live interest in British Co- Jumbia in the proposed road from the States to Alaska through that Province. Premier S. F. Tolmie, head of the British Columbia Provincial Govern- ment, is committed to the road, and so is the Van- couver Province, the largest and most influential paper in the Province. The Province, the Prince Rupert News and other Canadian papers are already dis- cussing the proper route for the. road. The Prince Rupert paper contains the following editorial on the subject, quoting the Province and commenting upon the matter: The Vancouver Province publishes an edi- torial article commending the proposal to build a highway to the Alaska boundary, but qualifies it somewhat by saying: “Of course, there is more than one Alaska. There is the Panhandle, which shuts off a good stretch of Northern British Columbia from the coast, and there is the great ter- ritory farther north. Premier Tolmie has not indicated to which he proposes building his road. The Panhandle is much nearer. It is not a great many miles from Prince Rupert, and only a step from Stewart, and to both these cities the road system of the Prov- ince will have to be extended within the next few years. But the Panhandle is a country through which it would be difficult, or impossible, to construct a highway con- necting with the rest of Alaska. On the other hand, a highway to the greater Alaska of the North would have to be very much longer, would cost millions more, and would have to pass through the Yukon.” Prince Rupert is probably the nearest point to Ketchikan. Cars coming here could eaily be shipped to that city but could not go any farther because Ketchikan is on an island. A highway to Stewart would connect with Alaska at Hyder, but from there it could not v easily get into the heart of the Terri- tory. To get to the Northern part of the Ter- ritory it would have to go through Atlin. A very thorough investigation will have to be made and the Province will have to be assured that the highway is a feasible one before it can be carried through to connect up with the Territory of Alaska. It would be chiefly a tourist drive. No- where on that route could be found finer scenery than along the Skeena River to Prince Rupert, therefore the first thing to do is to connect with Prince Rupert. Let The Empire suggest that the Canadian road ought to tap the Atlin country and proceed to the International Boundary near the headwaters of the White, Tanana and other rivers, between the point where the Yukon enters Alaska and the Coast Mountains. That is, it ought to follow the valleys between the Coast Mountains and the Rockies north- ward through British Columbia. Then there ought to be branches connecting important Coast points, like Prince Rupert, Portland Canal ports, etc, in PBritish Columbia, Hyder, Juneau, Skagway, Wran- gell, etc, in Southeast Alaska. From Juneau roads could connect with such a highway by building up the Taku River Valley and via Skagway, giving us a loop road that would open vast tracts of country of wonderful richness and unsurpassed scenic grandeur in both Alaska and Canada. A BOSTON ATTITUDE TOWARD BOOKS. Ostrich-like, with head in the sand and all her imperfections visible, Boston has ordered that Theo- dore Dreiser’s “The American Tragedy™ must not be sold within the limits of that City. It seems hardly worth while. The circumstance that Mr. Dreiser took two large volumes through which to unfold his sordid tale would do the exclusion work more effectively than an order from a board of censors. In fact, the edict-of the censors is very apt to create a demand for the formidable tomes that would not have de- THE DALLY ALASKA EMPIRE;SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1929 veloped if the regular order of booksellers’ procedure had been followed. And the “most cultured City” has not been adverse to resorting to bootlegging :n literature to satisfy curiosity, if not taste. It is said, that the late Gen. Sheridan once said that if he owned hell and Texas he would rent Texas and live in the other place. Gene Howe, of the famous Ed Howe, the “Potato Hill Philosopher,” owns newspapers in Atchison, Kansas; Fall City, Nebraska, and Amarillo, Texas. He lives in the Texas town. However, friends of Gen. Sheri- dan might say that proves nothing on hell. It might be a choice over all three States. son Winston 8. Churchill, who -was Chancellor of | the Exchequer in the late Conservative Govern- ment in Great Britain, is in Canada, and has an- nounced that he supports the position of Chan- jcellor Snowden of the Labor Government with reference to the reparations. He declared that the apportionments to Great Britain were “totally. in- adequate.” If those who .are negotiating for peace between China and Russia do not hurry the people on the ground will have a fire under such headway that it will be impossible to extinguish the flames until the conflagration burns itself out. Using Alaska Products. (Anchorage Times.) The Federal Government is being urged by the Chambers of Commerce of Juneau and Anchorage to make use of Alaska products in the construction of the new Capitol Building soon to be erected at Juneau. It has been discovered by Juneau that the contract calls for the use of limestone and it is desired by that body to substitute Alaska marble wherever that material can be used, thus giving| employment to Alaska labor and support to an Alaska industry; and it has come to the attention of the Anchorage Chamber that hard wood is to be imported from a foreign land for the interior finishing, whereas Alaska birch would serve as well. It is unfortunate that these matters were not given consideration at the time the Government was | preparing its specifications for the building. It may be too late now to make the substitutions desired, but the effort is worth while. Whatever is done now will have effect at least of bringing to the attention of the Government the fact that Alaska can supply much of the material needed for con- struction purposes both in and out of Alaska, and when contracts are let for the next Federal Build- ing, which probably will be erected at Fairbanks, there will not be any excuse for failure to specify the use of Territorial products. Official Washington should know, better than | Alaskans themselves, what the Territory is capable of producing in the way of building material, and it should insist on the use of Alaska products wherever practicable as a means of stimulating| Territorial development. Especially should Alaska | products be given preference over those imported; from foreign lands. | In the meantime Alaskans should set the example by making more extensive use of Alaska products in their private and community building activities. Those communities which can supply materials for | building or other uses should set about informing | all other communities, and every department at Washington should be frequently reminded of de- velopments in the Territory so that eventually every deparment head and every clerk at the National | Capital will know that Alaska has resources which | can be drawn upon for many Government require-i ments. There is the assurance that Alaska will receive a lot of help from the present Administration but | Alaskans should not sit back idly waiting for assist- ance. Much good undoubtedly will result from the action taken by the Juneau and Anchorage Cham- bers and it is to be hoped that there will be a general movement along that line throughout the Territory. Britannia Rules the 'I'urtles. (New York Times.) The worst fears of sturdy patriots who foresaw reannexation of the United States by Great Brit- | ain are at last being realized. Our own State De- | partment is a partner in the plot, and a treaty is being drawn up which will serve as a precedent. Great Britain is to rule over the southernmost of the Philippine Islands, which were ceded to the United States in 1899 by Spain. Presumably the authorities at Washington thought that Americans were sufficiently vague about the whereabouts of the Philippine Islands not to real- ize what was happening. But the very remote- ness of the group which King George is to police is proof of the dangerous subtlety of his agents. It is an accepted principle of Imperialism to begin by seizing distant places which are apparently of no concern to any one. These islands—the so-called Turtles—are direct- ly opposite the mouth of the harbor of Sandakan, in British North Borneo, and are inhabited by two or three hundred fisherfolk from Borneo. They are remote from the rest of the Philippines. It happens that they have been under British administration for the last half century. Under the new treaty the British will continue to control them, but the United States will retain title. Surely such a part- nership is sufficiently iniquitous to be a major issue irm a New York or a Chicago Mayoralty cam- paign! Mr. Hoover on Prisons. (New York World.) Mr. Hoover has announced that he will ask Con- gress to appropriate $5,000,000 for the enlargement of penitentiaries. As Federal expenditures go, this is not a large sum, but it should go a long way to relieve a state of affairs that have become in- tolerable. And it may have its influence in the States. Since it is sponsored by Mr. Hoover, who has become since his inauguration the leader of the movement to reduce crime, it may spur the various Legislatures to make appropriations too, so that the State penitentiaries may be improved as well as the Federal. Let us hope so. When control is so feeble and morale so desperate that we can have three serious riots within the course of a few days it shows that the situation is critical and that something must be done. Mr. Pollard begins the fight under favorable auspices. We shall hope to see his strength grow and develop during the campaign. In the State of Thomas Jeferson the attempt to embroil the church in politics will give him the fighting issue of an “irrepressible conflict."—(New York World.) The smashing victory of John Garland Pollard in the Virginia Democratic primaries is a gratifying indorsement of the progressive State policy carried out under the leadership of Governor Byrd.— (New -York World.) The real grievance of the hardened old profes- sional reformers against the wicked newspapers is that the latter aren't moral enough to lie about WHY AND HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME TO PUR- CHASE BLOCK 19 FOR THE PUR= POSE OF PLACING THE CAPI- TOL BUILDING AT JUNEAU. JUNEAU, Aug. 22—(To the Edi- tor)—During the year of 1908 the election for the third Delegate to Congress came on. I was selected as manager for “The First Judicial Division,” Dan Sutherland for the Nome Division, Dan Driscoll for the Fairbanks Division and Dr. F. M. Boyle for the Valdez Division We were to manage the campaign for James Wickersham. All tl Divisions had a large populatior and cast a heavy vote at this time. Fairbanks casting the largest of any of them and Nome next to the largest. : The campaign was conducted in a most vigorous manner all through the Territory. There were a num- ber of candidates and I had as my opposition managers a lot of such men as Gov. Hoggatt, Judge Lyons, Big Clem Summers, President of The First National Bank, Judge, John R. Winn, L. R. Gillett, ator- ney at law, L. P. Shackleford, “The Great,” and, last, “Gloomy Gus,” with his daily paper, known as “The Mining Record.” They were the managers for the Seattle law- yer, J. W. Corson, and with them it was anything to defeat Wicker- sham. They stopped at nothing scheme, and one evening “Gloomy Gus” came out with a purported telegram to the effect that Judge ‘Wickersham had announced on the street at Valdez that he would re- move the Capitol to Valdez in case/ he was elected. It was good cam- paign stuff, and I saw my support: tides. What was I to do? Wicker- sham was at Nome and the tele- graph wires were down and no way in which I could get a declaration from him. So I came to the con- clusion that since my opponents had published telegrams which they never received that I would take the hint and write a telegram to myself and sign Wickersham’s name to it. I acordingly did so, the message reading as follows: “Nome, Alaska, Oct. 26, 1908. “E. Valentine, 3 “Juneau, Alaska. “I never have ana never shall advocate Capitol removable, trary statements are nothing but political lies. If elected I shall at once ask for a large appropria- tion for the construction of a Capitol at Juneau. (Signed) “James Wickersham.” I had two thousand copies of this telegram printed in secret and: had them distributed at Douglas, Treadwell and Juneau. I didn't put them Monday evening, too late for the opposition to contradict. It was truly remarkable the way the tide turned, and the next day we went to the polls and carried Gastineau Channel by an almost unanimous vote for Wickersham. It was enough to put him over. He lost the other, three divisions, and he wired me from Fort Yukon that he had just heard of my “famous telegram and. that he was elected.” My greatest reward came three days later when “Gloomy Gus” came out in his paper with an awful wail, declar- maneuvered, outgeneraled, etc., and that, that Valetine had sent out emissaries in the dead of night to publish false telegrams, and that they would give me a thousand dollars reward if I would place the original telegram in my window where the people could see and read it. Since I had already issued two thousand copies of. it, I couldn’t feel that it would be right to take their money and especially since they were all broke after spending so much on the campaign. I took the greatest pleasure in hearing them wail after losing the . election, Wickersham - arrived at Juneau, about the first of next February and of course the town had to give him a great reception at the Elks’ Hall. During his address that ev- ening he mentioned my famous telegram and declared it was his telegram and he reiterated it and that he would do his best to keep and carry oul any promise which I had made to the people of Gas- tincau Channel. He went on to Washington and assumed the du- ties of his office. The first thing he did was to introduce a bill in the House asking for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the erection of a Capitol at Juneau. And the bill included a clause de- claring that “Juneau should be the Capitol of Alaska for all time.” ‘This bill was pased by Congress and became law, hence any talk of removing the capitol is useless. Then the block or site for the building was purchased. Mrs. Ku- beck owned one of the lower corner lots for which she received five thousand dollars. Grandma Pryor owned another corner lot and she also received $5,000. R. P. Nelson had another of the lower lots with a fairly good house thereon for which he received $3500. I had one of the lower lots with a fine large house thereon for which I received $5,000 and the Presbyter- ian Board of Honie Missions owned the four upper lots for which they received $8,000. The Government would not pay these sums and de- manded that the people of Juneau put up their share which was $3,500 for the purchase of the eight lots as mentioned I got out and raised the money at one meeting of the citizens. That I believe was during the summer of 1910. Then the next thing was to get the plans drawn and it was always claimed the situation.—(Ohio State Journal.) that the head architect was too busy and could not take the time Finally they hit onto a bright{" giving way and ebbing like the|: con- | out until 8 o'clock on |* ing that his party had been out| to prepare the plans. At a later session of Congress, Wickersham had the —approprition raised to $450,000 for the building. Wicker- sham and myself kept the Capitol bullding before Congress then and made it as hot as we dared to do, and then the great war came on. Then we stopped; we were for nothing but to win the war. Now, at least, I am informed that there is available funds for the construction amount to some $800,- 000. The plans have all been drawn, the ground examined and explored and the construction is dbout to begin. This will be highly itifying to me when I see the ing started, as it has been a 20-vear struggle for me and it is now, twenly years since I promised the people of Juneau and Gas- tineau Channel a Capitol building. I sincerely hope that here will be no further hitches in the erection of the building. Respectfully yours, E. VALENTINE. PROFESSION AL ) | DRS.KASER & FREEBURGER DENTISTS | 301-303 Goldstein Bldg. | PHONE 56 ] Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. f; 43 | Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST } Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine } Building Telephone 176 v VTSR R A KR Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST ) Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m, SEWARD BUILDING | ©ffice Phone 569, Res. Phone 276 - Dr. H. Vance Osteopath—201 Goldstein Bldg. | Hours: 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9 | or by appointment | Licensed Osteopathic Physician | Phone: Office 1671. ‘Residence, MacKinnon Apts. i@ ds | Dr. Geo. L. Barton | CHIROPRACTOR, Hellenthal | ‘ | Building Office Service Only Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 noon, 2 {p. m. to 5 p. m. and 7 p. m. | to 9 p. m. Phone 529 P CHIROPRACTIC ! | 4s not the practice of Mediciue, | i Surgery nor Osteopathy. 4 Robert Simpson + Opt. D. »r Graduate Los Angeles Col- | . lege of Optometry and Opthalmology _blasscs Fitted, Lenses Grouna .. . o 3 *$uDR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist-Optician _h{c« Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 16, Valentine Bldg. 10:00 to 6:00. Evenings by { Appointment. Phone 484 P = Printing, ordered _ today, can be de- livered tomorrow if you wish it 1000000000000000000000 YURMAN Expert Furrier Summer prices still prevail in Fur Garments. Remodeling a Specialty. A Packard Phone Packard De Luxe Service Call SINGLE O or 11 Whether it’s a nice and balmy day, or stormy and terrifying makes no difference—we will be at your door in a [Mfy any time you want a taxi, and give you efficient, polite service at the low- est standard rates. CARLSON’S TAXI and Ambulance Service Hazel’s Taxi | PHONE 456 Stand: Alaska Grill (et Prompt Service, Day and Night CovicH AuTO SERVICE BLUEBIRD TAXI Day and Night Service Phone 485 Responsible Drivers Stand at Arcade Cafe To or from any place in the city for 50 CENTS Five can ide as cheaply as ore 4 Cars at Your Service Day or Night Calls—- Same Price | 199 Cab Co. Stand at Gastineau i Hotel |Rite Temple. Fraternal Societies [ OF | Gastineau Channel B e | B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every first - and third Wednes- days, June, July, August, at 8 o'clock Ilks’ Hall. WINN GUDDARD, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Visiting Brothers Welcome, Co-Ordinate Bod- ies of Freemason- - ry Scottish Rite Regular meetings 'second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m. Scot- tish Rite Temple WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary. [OYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge No. 700. Meets every Monday night, at 8 o'clock. JAMES CARLSON, Dictator. W. T. VALE, Secy, P. O. Box 824 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE N'P 147 Second and Fourth Mon- day of each monih in Scottish Rite =Temple, beginning at 7:20 p. m <%’ WALTER P. scors, Master; CHARLES E. NAGHEL, Secretary. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Second and Fourth Tuesdys of each mcnth, at 8 o'clock, Scottish MAY- ] BELLE GEORGE, Wor- X thy Matron; FANNY L. ROBINSON, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760 Meetings second and iast \ Monday at 7:30 p. m Transient brothers ury: td to attend. Council Chambers, Fifth. Street, EDW. M. McINTYRE, G. K. H. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Meets Monday &mghu 8 o'clock at Eagles’ iall, Doug- las. ARNE SHUDSHIFT, W. P. GUY SMITH, Secretary. Vsiting Brothers welcome. WOMEN OF MOOSEHEART LEGION, NO. 439 | Mcets first and third Thursdays | each month, 8 p. m. at Moose | Hall. KATE JARMAN, Senior | | Regent; AGNES GRICG, Re- | | corder. | ——————f Brunswick Bowling , Alleys FOR MEN AND WOMEN Stand—Miller’s Taxi Phone 218 M qbry’s Cafe Regular Dinners Short Orders Lunches Open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. POPULAR PRICES HARRY MABRY e Ray, Medical Gymnastics, 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 STAND AT THE OLMPIC Proprietor Phone 342 Day or Night Juneau, Alaska e e - = TRE JunzAu LAuNDRY Helene W.L. Albrecht Franklin Street, between PHYSIOTHERAPY Front and Second Streets Massage, Electricity, Infra Red PHONE 359 l | Commercial job printing at She at The Empire. Front Street P ——— w--...: - BE WELL GROOMED Come to the American Beauty Parlor ur work is very thorough. nything pertaining to hair, scalp or skin treatment. Cheerful and courteous N operators. THE American Beauty Parlor ALSIE WILSON, Prop. LODE MINING CLAIM LOCA- TION NOTICES AT THE EMPIRE Mirroring the Growth The steady growth of Juneau the past ten years is strikingly pictured in the growth of our Savings De- partment during that period, as shown by the following comparison of savings deposits: August 6, 1920 .. August 6, 1924 ... 1,035,568.58 August 6, 1929 ... 1,338,966.33 CleVrmsenfymmenfmmenlprmsenlimmmenflymmmenflpmmenll of Juneau $ 844,780.61 b The B. M. Behrends Bank ! Oldest Bank in Alaska AL —& Russian Steam Baths Open Wednesdays and Satur- days from noon till mflmght., “Business Is Good” MRS. JOHN JORRIL, Prcp. 9— < T o » e e o MORRIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SAND and GRAVEL AND Carpenter and Concrete i Work No job too large nor too small for us MORRIS CONSTRUCTION CO. Building Contractors PHONE 62 e S § JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 HOTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. e Commercial job printing a: he Empire,