The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 26, 1930, Page 4

g Daily Alusku Em pire JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER ING COMPANY at Second and Main . Alaska Post Office in Juneau as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES, b Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. pos a the following rates 2 nths, in advance, ) hey will promptiy any failure or irregularity cir papers torial and Business Offices, F ASSOCIATED PRESS. y entitled to atches credited to aper and also the the ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION PACKERS PLAN REDUCED | OPERATIONS. | The report from Ketchikan that three of the| larger salmon packing corporations in Southeast | Alaska will each operate three less plants this year | than usual seems to be in line with the declared | intention of the canners in this district to reduce) operating costs next season and to cut down the| pack. A meeting was held recently in Seattle, | largely attended by cannery operators, at which | several problems were discussed and emphasis was | placed on the necessity for effecting substantial | economies, the importance of paying more attention | to the marketing end and concentrating less on the | production end of the industry. | Pinks' and chums, of which the pack of South- east Alaska is mainly composed, are selling at| present below the cost of production, by the unani- | mous admission of all canners attending the meet- ing. They agreed, also, that there must be a material contraction of operations as a result of | this situation, the reduction to be made either | now or later. The packers, apparently, realize that | the longer this disagreeable task is postponed the more difficult it will be, and seem to have arranged | a program to make it now. The Seattle meeting | also studied ways and means of eliminating un-| profitable gear. In this the canneries will be h?lpcd" along by the United States Bureau of Fisheries, which has announced it will permanently reduce by | 58 the number of traps operated heretofore in South- | east Alaska Commissioner O'Malley suggested to the packers that each company operating five or | more traps eliminate one out of each five. This, he estimated, would account for 51 out of the 58. He didn't leave the canners much alternative, either, since he informed them if they didn't make the elimination proposed by him, the Bureau of Fish- eries would do it for them. After consideration, the suggestion was carried out, and some of the canners are now discussing the possibility of cut- ting out other traps to further reduce operating costs. P. E. Harris, President of P. E. Harris & Com- pany, one of the most successful operators in the Territory, significantly commented on this policy as follows: When we cut out traps in Icy and Chatham Straits from 17 to five was when our Hawk Inlet cannery commenced to be profitable. We simply quit taking chances; cut out traps that weren't paying for them- selves; and fitted out for a pack we were fairly sure to get. Before that, if the run was short we were liable to lose heavily; now, if the run is short of expectations, our pack will not be very much short of what we prepared for; and if the run is heavy we can handle what our traps produce on a profitable basis. | The reason for all these discussions, of course, is the enoromus carryover stocks with which the industry is faced, salmon which it has not been possible to move despite the fact that the fish are cheaper than for many years. Undoubtedly the operators are confronted by a serlous situation. It will take the best brains.of the industry to keep it on an even keel until, to use a word in vogue just a decade ago, “normalcy” is restored. Alaska is as vitally interested in a successful solution of their problems as are the operators. Most of the revenues of the Territory come from the industry. Funds for the functioning of the Territorial Government are derived from it, and if it is not prosperous then the Territory suffers along with it. And any serious reduction on the operations as a whole will inevitably react unfa?- ‘orably upon the Territory. REPUBLICANS AWOOING GO. The farmer, object of sympathy for both big political parties, is now about to be wooed scien- tifically by Republicans. To explain to the be- leaguered agriculturalists of the country just how deep is the concern of the G. O. P. for their wel- fare, how traditionally the Grand Old Party has been its champion through weal and woe, and how deep has been the said party’s interest in the wel- fare of the horny-handed sons of the soil, the Na- tional Committee has established an Agricultural Division. This is an innovation in organized politics. Heretofore the G. O. P. has contented itself with dividing itself into geographical divisions and centering on the great industrial and banking groups for special cultivation from whence comes financial sustenance for sinews of political activities. But the farmer has, lately, displayed a tendency to desert the tents of the party, of course, being largely ignorant of the great deeds it has accomplished in his behalf. Possibly the new Agricultural Division will suc- ceed better in educating the farmer than the party candidates did in the last election. These mis- sionaries found little enthusiasm for their doctrines in the corn, wheat and cotton belts, and their tracts, labeled Tariff Revision, failed to stop the whole- sale desertion which, if not checked before 1932, promise to leave the Grand Old Party in a hope- 1930. less minority. There is indeed a large field for the new Agricultural Division. ENGLAND, MASTER COLONIST. | The whereabouts of the skull of an African chieftan, considered by the Allies to be of such importance as to be given a whole section in the | Treaty of Versailles, still continues a mystery. | England, to whom the return of the grim relic to | Afr seems to be desirable if not important, b made two requests for Germany for its de- | as required by the peace treaty. Germany, |who is no longer concerned about what happens |in Africa, professes ignorance of its whereabouts but believes it was buried somewhere in former Ger- |man East Afr English statesmen know, of course, there is no virtue in the missing skull. But African tribes- men whom England governs entertain different sacred, and its return means more to England just gratifying a native whim. That she is still| trying to “make good” in this instance is but! |another evidence of why and how she has been| |able to maintain her widely scattered colonial pos-| | sessions and dominions that circle the globe. | than | The Prohibition Rally. | (New York World.) | | Once more the captains of the leading Prohi- | bition organizations have .met in Washington to| demand enforcement of the law. Their purpose, as reported by the Associated Press, is a familiar one. They intend “to formulate a program more | militant than any program since the adoption of| the Eighteenth Amendment.” For eleven years the | Prohibition organizations have been formulating pro-| grams, each one more militant than its predeces-! sor. Simultaneously, each year has brought fresh' proof that the law itself is more and more easily) evaded and more and more widely disobeyed, not by criminally minded people but, as Mr. Hoover once complained, “by large numbeér of law-abiding people.” | What change in the existing situation can the friends of the Eighteenth Amendment hope to| acheive by another “militant” program at this late day in the experiment with National Prohibition? Ten years of experience with militant programs! show the futility of attempting to persuade al large part of the public that the Prohibition law; is like all other laws, equally binding upon the| conscience of the American people and entitled m’ equal respect. Ten years of experience show the‘ futility of expecting either the Federal Government | or the State Governments to create agencies cap- able of enforcing the law in the face of the wide- spread opposition it has encountered. At the end of ten years the Federal Government has created | an enforcement agency which is described by the| Department of Justice as “pitifully inadequate” for| its work. The State Governments have adopted! quantities of laws, but appropriated practically noth-| ing to enforce them. Such meager appropriations | as have been made in years gone by are not likely| to be enlarged, in view of the obvious drift of pub-| lic sentiment | We face two real alternatives. The first is a| continuation of the present situation: with an un-| regulated liquor traffic becoming more formidable! every year, with gang warfare increasing in the| larger cities over the division of rich spoils, with| liquor steadily more plentiful and easier to obtain, and with a dry majority of Congress solemnly | |ideas on the subject. To them it is somemmg}l’“' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, DEC. 26, {UNXTED STATES LAND OFF'ICE,“ . r Anchorage, Alaska. | | Sept. 24, 1930. ‘ | R L L e PROFESSIONAL NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN® EThaL the ALASKA PACIFIC SAL-|e. |MON CORPORATION, a corpora- |tion organized under the laws of | |the State of Delaware and quali-| |fied to engage in business in the || Massage, | Territory of Alaska, has made ap-'| Ray, plication, Serial 07472, for a Soldier’s | ,Additional Homestead, as assigniee | |of Wm. J. O'Neal, a beneficiary | || Helene W.L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY , Electricity, Infra Red Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 AUTOS FOR HIRE |under Sections 2306 and 2307, U. 8. . Revised Statutes, for a traet of | ' HrS KASER & FREEBURGER | land consisting of apporxinately DENTISTS 4.02 acres, situated on the west 301-303 Goldstein BIdf {shore of Port Althorp, on Chicha- ~ PHONE 56 5 goff Island, one and one-half miles; |southeast of Point Lucan, Alasks, Hours 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. |embraced in U. S. Survey No. 1809, |from which corner No. 1 M.C: |USLM. No. 1657 bears S. 38° 18} Dr. Charles P. Jenne 126” E. 3232 chains, Latitude 58° 00” N. Longitude 136° 20° 25" DENTIST , and which 1. more patricularly Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine described as follows, to-wit: Building identical with Corner No. 3, Telephr e 176 Graham’s Taxi Phone 565 | STAND AT ARCADE CAFE ! Day and Night Service y Any Place in the City for $1.00 &—-a | Fraternal Societies | | ~—————— OF i | Gastineau -Channel | B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday evening a at 8 o'clock. Elks J Hall. Visiting brothers welcome. R. B. MARTIN, Exalted Ruler. M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Co-Ordinate Bod- ies of Freemason- ()l rv Scottish Rite | Regular meetings second Friday each month at 7:30 p. m. Scote e Prompt Service, Day and Night i ] | Commencing at’Corner No. 1, | | | Deep Sea Salmon Company's Covica Auto SERVICE Trade and Manufacturing site, U. S. Non-mineral Survey No. 1657, Anchorage, Alaska, Serial || No. 06519; thence north 5.05 I chains to Corner No. 2, identi- cal with Corner No. 3, Tongass National Forest elimination, August 22, 1925; thence east 888 chains to Corner No. 3, Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Office hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. Evenings by appointment. | Phone 321 STAND AT THE OLYMPIC Phone 342 Day or Night = SUUUSSSUNY —— identical with Corner No. 2, Tongass National Forest elim- ination, August 22, 1925; thence, following the meanders of mean high tide line of Port Althorp, || South 26%° E. 8.02 chains, South 60%° W. 4.36 chains to Corner No. 4; thence W. 6.85 chains to Corner No. 1, the |&— g Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a. m. to § p. r. SEWARD BUILLING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276 WATCH For Nex1 SMOKER place of beginning. Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above de- scribed land should file their ad- verse claims within the period of | publication or thirty days there- after or they will be barred by the! provisions of the Statutes. J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register. First publication, Nov.,5, 1930. t publication, Jan. 7, 1931. Dr Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR Hellenthal Building OFYICE SERVICE ONLY Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 noon 2p.m to5p m 6 p.m to8p m By Appointment PHONE 259 W.P. Johnson FRIGIDAIRE DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS ~—— MAYTAG WASHING MINERS (1 HEADQUARTERS {! A Complete Line of Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and MACHINES GENERAL MOTORS RADIOS Phone 17 Front Street Juneau BOOTS Opthalmology SHU PACS l.Glusses Fitted, Lenses Grouad CAPS MINERS’ LAMPS DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Optometrist-Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted residense Rl | Room 7, Valentine Bldg. WATERPROOF || office phone 484, CLOTHING Phongsass. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1:00 to 5:50 PHONE YOUR ORDERS TO US Mike Avoian FRONT STREET Opposite Winter & Pond ! e e e ] pretending that it ‘is possible to make the Volstead} Act effective with one agent to every 40,000 people. This .is called enforcement. The second alternative is to liquidate the results of an unsuccessful experi- ment and to begin afresh by restoring responsibility | to the States. i It may be some years before the more moderate and reasonaple friends of Prohibition are ready to aceept the second of these two alternatives. They| will accept it only when they have been persuaded that real regulation of the liquor traffic in accord- ance with standards of public opinion in different communities is preferable to mere pretense of| regulation under a Federal law which to all prac-| tical purposes has become a dead letter. H Al et | Transferring Public Lands. N\ (Cincinnati Enquirer.) Two or three times in late weeks word has| come out of Washington that the Public Lands( Commission, when it meets in January, will advo-| cate transfer to the States of what remains of the | public domain. The gift would be made, accord- | |ing to information, with a string attached to it. The Government would reserve all subsurface rights in areas where minerals are known to exist. The| claimant States, however, have always insisted, | and still insist, that domain lands within thcir} borders are theirs of right, including forests or| mineral deposits. ‘ ‘While gift, or half gift, any plan to turn Lhe.se‘ valuable lands loose from Federal control should be met with determined antagonism and fought to the end. Public lands exist in only a few States —in the West. Large parts of the domain are| made up of barren and unproductive land of little, actual value. It is obviously not this that thel States are begging for, but for the lands that are richly forested or conceal beneath the surface the| gas, oil, silver, copper and other valuable minerals which ‘'make up the bulk of our national resources. This wealth belongs to the country, not to indi- vidual States. Every conservation expert or body to discuss the transference plan since it was broach- ed by Secretary Wilbur has pointed to its grave dangers. The proposal is in direct contravention to every governmental scheme to protect mineral and timber resources from overproduction and wasteful | exploitation. Squandering of natural wealth has| occurred wherever State control has been in force.| No cause exists for believing the public domain would not meet a like fate under State authority. If Congress can find legal justification for| transferring surface rights of the public lands, it| is pretty certain that subsurface rights would soon | follow. Achievements of long years of conservation| work would be sacrificed. | “Too Fat to Fight” Depression Effects. | RNy | (Seattle Business Chronicle.) | Merle Thorpe, brilliant editor of Nation's Busi- | ness, occasional visitor in the Pacific Northwest,| in a recent radio address described the American nation in this present era of depression as “too fat to fight.” It was an apt characterization. With all its wealth, with more money, more productive machinery, more basic supplies and more labor than| ever before, our nation sinks back in an easy chair to think gloomy thoughts instead of tossing off its coat and shaking aside the depression in vigorous effort. In Mr. Thorpe's opinion the present need is not so much for more buying power as for buy- ing power in more active motion. ‘Those ‘“experts” who are selecting all-American teams would save themselves a lot of time and criticism if they would simply choose the Notre| Dame outfit and let it go at that.—(Pmladelphh} Inquirer.) e o | ROOM and BOARD Mrs. John B. Marshall 3! PHONE 2201 1931 STYLES Guaranteed on all fur work done by Yurman’s GARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O. DAVIS Phene 584 Order that new Fur Gar- We will attend to them promptly. Grain and Transfer business reason. Give ug a trial order today and learn why. ment for Christmas now Eremvmmr ATimelyTip ELL the peopls about timely merchandise with good printing and watch your sales volume grow. Other merchants have proved this plan by repeated tests. We'll heln with your copy. Daily Empire want Ads Pay. E% HOTEL ZYNDA ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. HARRIS Hardware Co. CASH CUTS COSTS ~|| Open until 9 p.m. You Can’t Help Being Pleased D. B. FEMMER PHONE 114 F rye-Bruhn Company Featuring Frye’s De- licious Hams and Bacon PHONE 38 Harold Thorpe Says- If you want to win, stick! succeed, then keep it up! If you want to Don’t quit. The world has no use for quitters. The failures in the world have been the quitters—they who began all right BUT DID NOT HOLD OUT. IT UP. Begin to save money and KEEP The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA . e . e . et i & 4 ol g E =g s JUNEAU MOTORS, Inc. Authorized Brake Service . | Garments made or pressed by | us retain their shape l | PHONE 528 | | i I| TOM SHEARER |I Our COAL, Hay,| is increasing daily. There’s a| I 183 TAXI D AT PIONEER POOL ROOM ‘ Day and Night | Service [ ey, e . ! Tue JuNEAu LAUNDRY Franklin Street, between Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 | s ? ASK FOR Christmas Fruit Stollen Good Every Year | Peerless Bakery | “Remember the Name” | JUNEAU CABINET | and DETAIL MLL, WORK CO. Froni Street, next to Warner Machine Shop CABINET and MILLWORK GENERAL CARPENTER WORK GLASS REPLACED IN AUTOS Estimates Furnished Upon Request Mabry’s Cafe Regular Dinners Short Orders Lunches Open 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. POPULAR PRICES HARRY MABRY Proprietor e e L SRR AR SAVE MONEY Where It ‘Grows FASTEST Your funds available on short notice. 6% Compounded Semi-annually. DIME & DOLLAR BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION H. J. Eberhart, Gastineau Hotel, Local Representative. A. J. Nel- son, Supervisor, S. E. Alaska | CHRISTMAS | CIGARS | at | Burrorp’s CORNER UNITED FOOD COMPANY tish Rite Temple. WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Juneau Lodge No. 700. Meets every Monday night, at 8 o'clock. TOM SHEARER, Dictator. W. T. VALE, Secy, P. O. Box 8z MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Mon- day of each month ir Scottish Rite Temple, beginaing at 7:30 p. m. "’ EVANS L. GRUBER Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Sec: retary. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Second and Fourth Tuesdays of each month, 4 at 8 o'clock, Scottish Rite Temple. LILY BURFORD, Worthy Matron; FANNY L. ROBINSON, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760, Meetings second and lass Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Councl) Chambers, Fifth Street, JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. WOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Mects first and third &Mond@s, 8 o'clock, at Eagles’ Hall, Douglas. ALEX GAIR, W. P. GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting brothers welcome. " Our trucks go any place any time. A tank for Diesel Oil and a tank for crude oil save burner trouble. PHONE 149, NIGHT 148 \ | . | RELIABLE TRANSFER | | FOREST WOOD {| GARBAGE HAULING Office at Wolland’s | Tailor Shop Chester Barnesson PHONE 66 DAIRY FERTILIZER Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 438 Ty LLLL TRE TR0, L. C. SMITH and CORONA | TYPEWRITERS Guaranteed by J. B. 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