The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1931, Page 1

- 8 ’ | Ahappy New Bear to | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” g i MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS "PRICE TEN CENTS § LTS YIELD GREAT WEALTH § 1 T e COMMERCE FOR & e, o R Al VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5605. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931. | NORTHERN TREASURE VA Actress Married C. G. HEIFNER ALASKA JUNEAU | NETS $1,000,000 FOR PAST YEAR Operating Surplus Second Largest in History, Sec- ond Only to 1929 A round million dollars as a net| operating surplus was earned by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company out of its local opera- tions during the past 12 months, it was estimated by L. H. Metzgar, General Superintendent and in| charge of the Juneau properties. This figure is the second highest| for any years of the company's operations, being exceeded only by 1929 when the net surplus was estimated to be $1,100,000. The gross receipts for the year's operations is estimated at $3,400,- 000 as compared to $3,500,000 for| 1929. This was about 41 per cent| of the total gold production for! Alaska, estimated by the United States Geological Survey to be $8,- 394,000. More Ore Trammed | The average recovery for Lhe: yvear was slightly ‘below that of 1929. This is indicated by the fact that last year there were 3,900,000 tons of ore trammed as sompared | to 3,840,000 tons in 1920. A total of 2,060,,00 tons were.run through the mill, WHich was 60,000 ‘tons in excess of the ore milled in 1929, Local expenditures for all pur- poses, including payroll totaled $1,-1 600,000. The payroll, including bonus, for the year amounted to $1,240,000. The remainder of the local expenditures covered oil, pow- der and general supplies used by the company in its operations, The company continued to be one of the largest, if not in fact the largest, employers of labor in| the Territory. For the year it av- eraged 635 men in daily employ- ment. Out of the Red For the first time since it ex- panded its local operations and built the big mill, the Alaska Ju- neau this year emerged from the “red ink” stage. During December, its directors met and fixed its divi- dend at 10 cents per quarter, or 40 cents annually. This means it has not only liquidated all of its unfunded debts, but that it has retired all of its bonds. This ac- complishment was one of the out- standing events last year of the mining industry in Alaska. And the debts were paid out of the operating profits of the local prop- erty. After pressing development work on various claims on the British Columbia side of the boundary in the Taku River district since the summer of 1929, the Alaska Juneau shut down that work on August 1, at which time its options were relinquished. Howevér, the company still has property on the American side of the border. Development work on this ground, known as the West Hill, was continued throughout the year. ¥ Stock Holds Up ‘The stock of the company, which in common with every other stock tumbled sharply in October and November of 1929, made better re- covery and maintained its gains this year better than most of the others, including a large section of the so-called leading industrials. Down to $4 at one time in 1929, it went as high as $7.25 in De- cember at which figure it closed. It averaged around $6.25 most of the year. DWIGHT DAVIS NOT QUITTING MANILA, Jan. 1—Dwight Davis 1930 WEATHER PASSES AWAY AT SEATTLE Prominent Democrat of State of Washington Dies Suddenly SEATTLE, Jan. 1.—State Senator Charles G. Heifner, aged 66 yeais, prominent in the councils of the lDemocmuc Party in the State of Washington for many years, died !suddenly last night, shortly before midnight, as a result of pneumon- ia. C. G. Heifner was State Insur- ance Commissioner under Governor | Rogers in 1896. Assoctuted Press Photo Dorothy Sebastian, film actress, was married to William Boyd, also of the films, in Las Vegas, Nev. where he obtained the support of movement that culminated in the { Govarnment taking over the old | Alaska Central Railway and bulld- ;ing it through to Fairbanks. Mr. Heifner was defeated Representative to Congress from LITTLE COLDER Horr. ; There were 49 partly cloudy days; and Decemtber. Of 254 cloudy days, Twelve Monthn.W;te.\ Wetter than Usu By R. C. MIZE Meteorologist | June. ishine during the year, or 29 per cent of the possible amount. Janu- The year 1930 was slightly colderim-y was high with 69 per cent! and considerably wetter than the and December broke all records average, according to the records|with less than two per cent of of the local office of the Weather the possible amount. The previous Bureau. {low record was four per cent in The mean temperature for Chelnovember and December, 1925. year was 41.7°, or 05° below the| The prevailing wind direction was normal. The warmest year of rec- from the east. The average hourly ord was that of 1926 with a mean velocity was 6.7 miles - per hour, of 45.6° and the coldest was that ranging from 43 in July to 89 of 1917 with a mean of 39.7°. Jan- in December. The maximum veloc- uary was the coldest month with ity for the year was 43 miles a mean of 234° and also showed per hour from the northeast Janu- the greatest departure below the ary 14. normal, 4.0°. August was the! No thunder or lightning was re- warmest month with a mean of corded. Light hail fell once in 55.6°, and was the first month April and once in May. Dense fog of the year with temperature above occurred on four days in August normal. December was compara-'and three days in December. Light tively the warmest month with &/ fog occurred on thirty days. Twen- mean temperature 7.6° above the ty-five auroras were observed dur- normal. | ing the year, ‘The highest temperature during - e the year was 82° on June 2ist| POLICE DOGS GUARD ART and the lowest was 2° on February Y 12th and March 18th. Previous .‘Pff‘ng‘.‘c;d mem,dm extremes were 89° and -15%, re-'rounds of the Art Institute here spectively. | with the watchman every night. In Total Precipitation the daytime they frequently pose The total precipitation for thelgm. stu{ite\nls. vy ¥ Mr. Heifner went to Washington President Woodrow Wilson in a for, the First District last fall by Ralph | Roosevelt, is martial law. 9 in May and one each in July| “‘danger or tendency to forget ;the | fundamental principles of American Records Show that Past . tnere were 30 in December, eight{Democracy which rests on the 1ight fin January end less than. twenty;of each.locality to manage its ;pcal | ‘There were 1361.1 hours of sun-| 1“Padre of Glaciers' Reach- WARNING GIVEN BY ROOSEVELT IN INAUGURAL Points to Dangers of Con-| centration of Powers at | Top of Government ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 1.—In his second inaugural address on asswm- ing the office of Chief Execuiive of New York, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt today warned against the concentration of power in Gov- ernment and voiced an earnest plea ! i for the reform of local government which, he asserted, is now “archaic! in design.” | The Governor's discussion of the matter, he said, was prompted by a letter he had recelved from a newspaper editor who had urged| the Governor to “usurp and assume | the functions of officials duly elect- | ed by the communities” in which | the editor declared all local govern- | ment had broken down. The altern-| ative to local government, said Gov. | His comment on too absolute con- centration of power came with; an lllustration. of this incident which he asserted is representative of the 60 ¢ Tage ‘power at the| top of the governmental structuve is alien to our system ‘and is more closely akin to dictatorship or tha central committee of ‘the commun- istic regime,” he said. REV. HUBBARD | HEADED NORTH, es San Francisco for Northern Trip SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 1.—| X i TESTIk NEW OATS CROPS BATON ROUGE, La, Jan. l— Searching for additional forage crops, the Louisiana State Univer- sity experimental staff is testing 51 varieties of oats. A type of oats that will thrive in Louisiana cli- mate and resist rust is sought. — e NEGRO MILLiONAIRE DIES LAGOS, West Africa—Michael Rev. Bernard Hubbard, head of ponerty, negro merchant, died here the geology department of the Uni- versity of Santa Clara, known as the “Padre of Glaclers,” because of | his explorations in the Far North, has arrived here enroute to Alaska on another journey. The Rev. Hubbard will go alone and mush 600 miles, marking as he goes, graves and works of noted Jesuit missionaries who pioneered the region. He will also visit sev- eral volcanic craters and take mo- tion pictures of lava beds. leaving a fortune of $3,000,000 to be divided among his 16 wives and 50 children. He amassed the fortune with a fleet of dugout canoes from which he sold Lancashire cotton goods to natives. —— ., TEST STUDENTS' HEARING NEW YORK—New York City owns 11 audiometers used for test- ing hearing of school children. year was 97.39 inches, or 1553 ln~| —_— ches above the normal. The wet-| test year of record was 1917 with | a total of 106.52. Nineteen hun-! dred twenty-four was the only other | E year over 100 inches. The driest' year of record was 1910 with a to- | tal of 44.60 inches. The years 1899, | 1907 and 1927 also had less than' 70 inches. | Snowfall for the year was 126.0 inches as compared with a previous! “Well, how do you like me?” average of 108.1 inches. The heav-' Vivienne Gray came out of the iest snowfall month was February bedroom. Posing on the threshold, with 64.5 inches. October and De- she turned to display her evening Chapter 1. BORROWED PLUMAGE “Attaboy!” Crane applauded. “You can't go by the label. Clothes can't help looking swanky if they are neatly filled.” “And Gallatin knows it,” sald Vivienne. “That’s why there’s mon- cember combined had but one ineh. gown for every point of vantage.!ey in modeling—if you're really The ;;g*‘;es‘h “';::’“' Pr;df;‘?;mfl Jimmy Crane inspected her through Was 449 inches Marecl -17. |a haze of cigaret smoke. October was the wettest monthi “H'm, T will say that the present of the year with 1451 inches and | mode does reveal the person,” he January the driest with 091 ineh. commented, January showed a deficiency trom; Straps of brilliants supported the by (gl A Aprll, bodice, molded softly to her figure. Dropping his eyes, he observed her Ic}‘,’m::::‘::"e:k’:.‘:"ys ",’:r';;ew’:m‘i““";nnkm caressed by & chiffon train. . (Its billowy foam failed to conceal other seven monthsldemdedly 80, |tneir trim daint! 5 Jifgaber :mmg with an excesS| yiyienne turned to her sister. of 516 u;: gio wiall Days “Isn't it perfectly lovely, Aileen?” There were 251 days with pre-! mun'“ g‘u?l;n:'; h:; ‘;‘:";“::: cipitation of 0.01 inch or more as l;.\ black anpd gold paja compared _with a previous avernge;} .h”e"wo made & fetehing - pi am‘m: f 206. There were 66 days with % % % ;)neasurahle snowfall. The zrectut‘ T hope you're not going out in it. number of consecutive days wflh\n“(;;’ym"‘ mmp‘mn; ¥ measurable precipitation was 22 STy ng d denied reports from Washington, |, December. The only month with | Vivienne announced. D. O, that he would resign 88 GOV-| 1o than six consecutive days| “But, Viv, suppose you ruin it. ernor General of the Philippines.|with measurable precipitation was G8llatin will be furious and you'l “The same old rumor” Davis|january with but two in a row lose your job.” i said. “Absolutely nothing to it.[to which February added 11. The| Vivienne tossed her head. “Some- ‘When T get ready to move I will|greatest number of consecutive days times I wish I would. Why Ruth announce it myself.” —— el A state air tour of flying a total of ¥ ¢ | January, November and Decem- tographed. Twenty-five if they use planes, \ber eould produce ‘but one at a the shots for those tooth-paste ads. 72,000 miles, ended ' time. / I Just too. time she's pho- precipitation was 16 in Neall gets §10 every ) with no Gallatin gets fussy it There were 62 clear days, 20 in bad!” ; good. “There’s more chance for a model than there is for a chorus girl. “Well, I'm leaving you, dear pu- pils, to your own devices.” “I'm not so sure the kid isn't right.” Jimmy spoke his thoughts aloud. “The public doesn't know it yet, but the theatre’s on the skids. Viv's gang is on to that. She’ll probably rope and marry some Croesus out of Bradstreet.” There was & note of seriousness in his mutterings. “Who's the charioteer this eve- ning?” he asked Aileen. “Dwight Channing. He's been do- ing a series of portraits of Viv for Gallatin's advertisements. He's go- ing to take her pleture® in that dress tomorrow. That's why she brought it home with her yester- “You mean she brought it homc to wear tonight. I'll bet that gar- ment’ll sell for six hundred. She's going to give Channing an eye- ” “Hither Channing or some of his friends. Jimmy I can't help wishing she wouldn't go about with him.” “Why? Channing’s not a bad egg. And his pictures are a little shot of masterpiec Aileen lit a cigarette. “I'll ad- mit he's charming. A little too sauve, perhaps.” “At least he's making money. He can introduce Viv to people who can do her a lot of good.” “Qr a lot of harm,” said Alleen. “Oh, I don't mean it in the usual sense. The trouble is knowing such people only makes her discontented. I have to laugh at the public’s con- ezption of the glamor of the stage. Most of its supposed rewards are confined to the diamond bracelet yarns you palm off on the press.” “On my honor, as a publicity man, they're strictly on the level.” Jimmy crossed his heart. “Can it be that you haven't read Peggy Joyce's diary?” “Don’t. T'm scriou Plainly Aileen was worried. “Viv's duties at Gallatin's are bad enough. She spends her days she can't possibly afford. New she’s meeting girls who can afford any- thing thav fancy. Of course she|sullty to grand theft and was sen- 2. 1 wish I could ¢ ed in some other worl » sermon? Because 1 't me get you a drir go out to dinner.” pok her head. “Not t 00 hot. I'll get togeth led from Page Two) jBuilding and Loan Associ: n, wearing clothes, Which Bessemyer wrecked, pldced (under a Federal receiver. YOUNG BOY IS |GENERAL STRIKE | 1930 AFFECT BY DEPRESS! Alaska Commodities . ped During Past Ye Worth $57,000,00 MAJCR INDUSTRIES HIT BY HARD T ant Industry to Boost | Production Alaska’s outbound commerce In 1930. despite the depression which seriously affected the Territory’s - three main industries, fisheries, copper mining and fur, aggregated between $57,000,000 and $58,000,000, it was revealed by estimates made | public late yesterday by J. C. Me- Bride, United States Collector of Customs for this district. Gold mining was the only one | of the larger industries showing an improvement over 1929. Some of | the smaller industries, notably rein- deer, apparently were not hurt by the nationwide business depression. Figures Only Tentative The total for this year is only tentative, based The complete co mercial statement [ will be ‘made public in about six weeks when local Customs authori- « ties receive all declarations and . reports on mail shipments of furs. %% It is not believed, however, that the gross will exceed $58,000,000 which is regarded as a satisfactory showing under the circumstances. It compares favorably with the commerce of 1921, when post-war KIDNAPPED BY |ORDERED IN 80, snc s mir s ARMED NEGRO Great ‘Grandson of Late Mil- lionaire Brewer Is Vic- tim in St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 1.—A wide- | spread search is underway today; for Adolphus Buseh Orthwein, aged 13 years, grandson of August Busch, President of the Anheuser Busch, Incorporated, and a great grandson of the late Adolphus Busch, million- aire brewer. The boy was kidnapped last night by an armed negro who held up the chauffeur, took the car and! sped away. The boy was on his way to at-} tend a New Year's Eve party at the time of the kidnapping. WALES DISTRICT One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Miners Are effect, its outgoing shipments then aggregating slightly in excess of \m.ooo,ooo. It will be about the |same or slightly higher than for |1927 when the aggregate of all | southbound commerce was valued at $57,068,788. Fisheries Products Highest Told to Quit Work ' CARDIFF, Wales, Jan. 1.—A gen- eral strike in the great South Wales area, involving approximately 150,- 0C0 men, was ordered last night by the officials of the Miners' Fed- eration, The order was effective at midnight last night. The decision followed an evening of hurried conferences between representatives of the Ministry of Mines with the workers and own- ers. Neither side would agree to the demands of the other. The miners were ordered not to return to work today. The situation has spread to other coal fields. ASK RECEIVER FOR GUARANTY CORP. OF L. A, Action Starte_dfor Organi—I zation Wrecked by Gil- | bert Bessemyer LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 1.—A receiver has’/been asked for the United States Guaranty Corpora- tion of Los Angeles, the holding organization heade d by Gilbert Bessemyer, confessed embezzler of $8,000,000. -~ A Federal receiver was' namad Tuesday for the United States Building and Loan Association of Los Angeles which Bessem; r or- sanized and directed, the Guaranty Last week Bessemyer pleaded ~ed *5m ten to 100 years in| tin. 4 — e — SBURG--An effort will to induce the 1931 Penn- egislature to require that ‘e used on motor ve-, ys' Benjamin G. Eynon,| ucle: Commissioner. The strike order hinges on the reduction of working hours which the owners sought to accompany with a corresponding reduction in pay to miners. NAVAL TREATY IS PROCLAIMED IN EFFECT NOW President Hoover Makes Gesture for Peace—5 Nations in Accord WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 1— As a gesture for peace througheut the New Year, President Hoover has proclaimed the Naval Treaty, in effect for the United States. The proclamation cited the ef- fectiveness of the Five Power Pact and called attention to its provis- jons, linking the British Empire, {Japan, France, Italy and the United States in bonds of good will. B g SAN ANGELO, Texas, Jan. 1.— It required two small boats to har- vest the maize crop on a l5-acre field flooded by rains near here, George W. Killen pressed the boats into use rather than permit wild Jducks and geese to eat this grain. The products of the Territory’s | fisheries, while appreciably less than # 11920, still exceeded all other im- | dustries combined in value. The total for last year was $36,615420 |as compared to $46,067,725, thus Ishowing a net decline of slightly more than $10,000,000. Of this sum, the loss in value in canned salmon alone was more than $8,500,000. This was laregly due to the failure of the red salmon pack in Bristol Bay and the abnormally low price for pinks and chums which drop- ped one-third in value from last year's prices. Other fisheries products uniforn.= ly showed losses. Halibut dropped approximately = $500,000, fresh sal- mon $50,000, herring $200,000, cured salmon $50,000. Clams showed a $40,000 advance in ' valuation, but the crabs and shrimp fisheries dropped enough to wipe out that gain. Fish meal dropped another $175, 000, and oil lost about $400,000. Whale ofl registered a gain of about $35,000. Minerals Rank Second The minerals of Alaska added about $13,580,000 to the nation’s wealth during the year. This was | a reduction of approximately $3,~ 000,000 from: 1920. The loss was almost entirely in copper, al silver also declined. In copper, ore shipped was valued at, $5,341,035 . 1s compared to $8,697.995, or &' decrease of more than $3,300,000. Low marke} quotations of the red metal was! largely responsible for this. resulty Lead lost about $40,000. Tin, how~ ever, jumped from $52,000 in 1929 to $150,000 in 1930.' Stone produe- tion was practically unchanged, Gold made the biggest advance, shipments during the year rising Lo $7.631737, the highest a decade or more and .more than $500,000 in excess of the:! in 1929, Silver dropped from $280, (Continued on Page Two) ————— PLENTY OF MA( L3 NEW YORK.—Tnefe Is gati ed to be enough m 1 ide in the dead sea to Supp o Sk - ! o