The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 15, 1930, Page 8

8 - THE DAILY ALASKA Mm WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, 1930. COUNTTOLSTOY | INVITED TO BE CHAMBER GUEST Noted Visitor Expected to Attend Business Men's Lunch Tomorrow Count Ivan A. Tolstoy, visiting Tere for a few days after spending several months in interior Alaska has been invited to be the -guest of the Chamber of Commerce to- morrow at its weekly noon lunch- eon at the Arcade Cafe. He was due to have flown to Sitka this afternoon but was expected to re- turn before evening The Chamber tomorrow will dis- ‘cuss local participation in the Gov- ernment's Alaska exhibit at the French Colonial Exposition to be held in Paris next year, it was announced by President E. M. God- dard. Plans for the Alaska display were submitted to the Executive Board at its meeting last Tuesday and will be placed before the Chamber tomorrow, it was said. S e s e SAMPSON HERE T0 TALK OVER VOTE CANVAS Ketchikan Candidate Here to Con- fer with Local Leaders ! | To consult with his fellow Leg- jslative candidates here relative to T'o See Wife After Fatal Wounding their plans for a campaign, E. L. Sampson, Ketchikan, Democratic nominee for the House of Repre- sentatives, arrived last night on the steamer Northwestern. He will remain her several days. Mr. Sampson is optimistic over the chances of the Democratic ticket for success in the election of November 4. Heé thinks Ket-, chikan will give it a fine majority. | At Wrangell, where he spent sev-, cral days before coming here, he found more interest in the Demo- | cratic candidates and received more promises of support than he had expected. He was conferring today with Al- —_— and John are Idaho. len Shattuck, candidate for S(‘n-‘ |ator, Thomas B. Judson, candidate . ltor Democratic Gri Connors, land other local leaders. Drives 12 Miles ld;ho Obponents S ¥ 4ss00iated Press Photo C. Ben Ross (above), democrat, | « McMurray, republican, | candidates for governor In | House, and George B nominee for Delegate, J. J. National Committeeman, the - CHICAGO, I, Oct. 15— Thomas McBanus, with self- inflicted bulet wounds near the heart and in his mouth, drove an autcmebile 12 miles to see his wife at a hospital. After inflicting wounds, Mc- Manus said he lost conscious- | ness for three hours. When he “came to” he wanted to see his wife Mina, so drove the 12 miles to the hospital. After |the opinion that the government achieved | expenses fpendently of any patronage it re- ceives from the public, and is not at all dependent on the develop- |ment of resources in the Copper ‘invcr valley not owned by its hold- |ing corporation. | “The White Pass and Yukon Rail- |road s also very differently situ- ated from the government rallroad. | The White Pass road at the time [it was built, had an established tonnage awaiting the completion of the road, a considerable mining de- | velopment, and a population tribu- |tary to the road sufficlent to justi- lfy its construction. Opposition to an increase in rates | No Such Situation on the Alaska Railroad in order to| ~When the Alaska Raliroad was cut down its deficit is expressed by |Puilt no such situation existed. the Anchorage Igloo of the Pio-| '‘The mining population tributary neers of Alaska in resolutions that !0 the Alaska road and the tonnage PIONEERS FIGHT RAILWAY POLICY ANDGIVE ADVICE Higher Rates and Bureau- cratic Rule Opposed at Anchorage were unanimously adopted. Com- |then available was so small that |36 paring the Alaska Railroad with it Was not a factor of any consid- the Copper River and Northwestern 'erable importance. The chief rea- Railroad or with the White Pass oD given in Congress, as well as in land Yukon Railroad is unjust to the public press, to Jjustify the the Alaska Road, declare the An- bullding of the Alaska Rallroad was They are of the importance to the rallroad of the tonnage of coal that would be would help its railroad by building developed in the Matanuska coal up thé country; and this would be field. Not a ton was ready at the if bureau control were time construction was started. abolished and If steamships were “In other words, the reason for operated by the railroad between the construction of the Alaska rail- Anchorage and Seattle. road was not to furnish transpor- The statement of the Anchorage tation for a population and ton- Pioneers’ follows: nage then ready and only waiting chorage Pioneers. “As a means toward making the the completion of the road, but to| Alaska Railroad pay its operating dcvelop what was considered to be raise the freight and passenger of potential tonnage and opportun- rates which were put into effect 1tV when the road went on an operat- Satis ing basis and which have been the road would be the means of the maintained since. “To justify this a comparison will resources of the section of Alaska| be made between the rates charged through which the road would pass, on the Alaska Railroad and on the it Would not have been authorized. privately owned and operated rail-| Project for Development roads in Alaska—the Copper River! “It was a development project, and Northwestern and the White Pure and simple, and, at the time, Pass and Yukon. (unaffected by any high ambitions Comparison Not Helpful “We believe no such comparison ment of the United States, through can be helpful in solving the prob- the operation of a railroad. it is now proposed to the richest part of Alaska, in point If Congress had not been| fied that the construction of| development of the rich and varied | |to make a profit for the govern-| lem of the annual deficit of the “No problem of adjusting the railroad rates to what the traffic would bear has éver confronted the Alaska railroad—no such problem confronts it now—rather the ques- tion has been, and still is, what rates will assure development. i “In considering the question of | Alaska Railroad because of the es- sential difference of the condi- tions existing on the government road and the private roads, and the difference in the purposes for which the roads were bullt. Daily Cross-word Puzzle g oD #70C ACROSS 1. Mark of & wound 5 Throws . |10, Sandarac tree Head 15. City In Ne- braska 18, Existed 17. God of love 18, Subsequently char- who sang §1. Seandinavian navigator 58. Seeure &6, Ragout of veal 40, Alighted 61, Pertaining to 36 neross 8. Den ¢4, Distribute &k, Not hollow 68, Sen eagle 67. Idéntieal 68, Parts with for a price 69. Understands 1 19, Madness 41. Panther 43, One: German |48, Pertaining to | the ity | 44 l):lefl {6, Threw away as | useless | 40. 8 20 50, Dook of the |7 Bmible | And not Run before the wind | | | Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle O[O PIAIRIA] [OIPIEIS] 8. Anxiety 8. On tb!'llllholl s & Stomach 10. Whirling I dEEE TODAY’S STOCK | 1. Astatte native | * 2 i% Doyt NEW YORK CITY, N. Y., Oct. 15—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 121, Anaconda Cop- per 38%, Bethlehem Steel 76%, Fox Films 39%, General ‘Motors 35%, Granby Corporation 13%, Interna- tional Harvester 64%), Kennecott Copper. 27%, Montgomery -Ward 126%, National Acme 9, Packard [CTAIRIE] AIVIOIN] [DIEIEID] [ER] . Bow Gurden fmples ment Englis Accustom 88, Greek provinees Short Beds 17, !Brands 16%, Standard Oll, ‘of Oalifornia 54%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 59%, United Aircraft 38%, U. S. Steel 152%. DORBANDT HAS NEW AIRPLANE SEATTLE, Oct. 15—Flying a new five-place Bellanca monoplane, Prank Dorbandt has arrived here from Oakland. He stayed last Inight at Chehalis. Dorbandt plans to fly to Anchorage and use the |plane in. the North for transport work. ntn Shirtings Openwork Kindor poet ind of poetry Bovine nl’.fi ra. 0ds Khvow ot track r tovers ing Hobblss A atlon of DOWN . Hastened olnt of as an oute Athe come Asiatie king dol Astounds Nostril 8. Tnke dinner rtiel Pertalning to etatliferotis a tallor . Lively dance el J. F. Lidral, head of the Lidral | Construction Company of Seattle, | has come North to hunt big game. He is on his way to Seward being a passenger on the Northwestern. Motorg 10%, 10%, 10%, Simmons |- Puffy the Pig from his pen sels out To see all the sights beyond his snout. He flies to the city, does Piggy the Puff; 1 Now who can say pigs aten’t mod- ern enough? (Copyright, 1930) | b’ 3 “Tomorrow’s Three Knit Styles Today Piece Suits Shown in Novelty Patterns Clevezly Designed Sizes 16 to 20 years “In the case of the Copper mver‘ and Northwestern, the road is not, primarily, a public service railroad, !of t service to the public being only in- | ial cidental to its main purpose for turally, bringing to the coast the ore of Qquestion of the annual deficit in the operation Investigating Committee, came face to face with the ‘What is the matter he Alaska railroad the Senator-| na- the Kennecott copper mines. The road would be operated quite inde- greeting his wife, McManus collapsed and slight chance is held out for his recovery. - SPECIAL SALES MUNSINGWEAR CLOSE-OUT. LADIES’ ALL WOOL SILK AND WOOL All Styles Special, $2.95 Suit Values to $9.00 Leader Dep't. Store GEORGE BROTHERS, Props. 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Suggestions are Offered “If you will permit this organi-| zatlon, whose members have lived! in Alaska for 25 years, and more, | and who have helped Uncle S8am t0| discover the value of this norths | ern territory, to suggest the trouble we will say that if you will releasé Alaska from bureaucratic restraint and permit capital a free policy in investment, without government su- pervision, that Alaska will take care of its own probléms, without calling on the federal government for aid. “However, it is pertinent here to suggest that one of these prob- lems which has always confronted Alaska, and still does, is the exces- sive transportation charge that is added to the cost of everything that comes into the Territory and goes out of it. “The water haul to this part of Alaska is probably the most ex- pensive of any similar service which | is performed anywhere in the world. “Staple frelght can be shipped from San Prancisco or Seattle to China and back again for what it costs to ship the same freight to| the terminus of the Alaska Railroad. Likewise, it can be shipped from !these cities through the Panama !Canal, across the Atlantic, to the ports of the Baltic Sea, paying the tolls along the way, for what 1s charged for shipment to Alaska. { “If the government really wants to perform a service for Alaska, and incidentally for the Alaska Railroad, why not put on & shipping board vessel to serve the Alaska Rallroad, and make the transpor- tation system—like that of the Kennecott corporation—a complete unit. . “Some light is thrown on the [P DAY FROCKS | TIME Special, $14. 75 In Flat Crepe and Satins with Wool Lace, Pan Velvet, Embroidery and Button Trims Colors—Black, Navy, Green, Rust and Channell ————————————— ; !question by recalling what was done ' here by a pioneer in pre-railroad days. Before the Alaska Railroad |was thought of, George Palmer used to operate a general store at Knik, near:the present site of An- chorage, then not established. He supplied' the miners and trappers operating in all of the Cook Inlet| country and traded with the In- dians. He operated a little schooner called the Lucy, which made a trip to San Francisco annually and brought up the stock required for his trade, which was extensive. | “The schooner sailed up Cook In- let and discharged its cargo on the Palmer dock at Knik at a cost of | $4 per ton, and the prices which the miners who were then operat- ing in the Cache Creek and Willow Creek districts paid for supplies, were commensurate with the cost| 6f transportation. | Now the aver-| age transportation charge for staple products from Seattle to Anchorage | is $25 per ton. H “As a transportation system the' Alaska Rallroad is but half com- plete, for most of the freight and the passengers which it hauls eith- er come from or go to Seattle. | “The question naturally arises, if the Alaska, Railroad, with cheap! freight and passenger rates, has not succeeded in developing the | country, would curtailing the serv- plish this end? present population and industrial development of the railroad belt pay the operating expense of the road, and will it help to increase the cost of living and to add to the diffi-| culties of industrial development?” Popularly Priced ROOF FIRE DOES LITTLE DAMAGE TO MADSEN HOME A minor roof fire at the home . of Mrs. Pete Madsen, Willoughby Ave., called out the Fire Depart- ment shortly before noon today. The blaze was caused by sparks falling on dry shingles of the roof. The damages were nominal. 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