The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1931, Page 8

! DEDICATION IS POSTPONED FOR 2-WEEK PERIOD Cel‘emom(‘s Defel'l'(‘d February 14, Chamber Is Informed Today (Continued from Page One) and Pete to travel | to ‘Wrangell heduled rsburg were on the motor- ship Northland arriving here Jan- uary 30. This vessel will also be | available for them on the later| date. | Opposing Halibut Treaty | Assistance of the Chamber in protesting against rat by | the United States of the proposed | new halibut treaty with Canada | was sought by the Fisk Vessel Owners’ Association, —rer American rmen of the north| Pacific waters. The proposals of the | convention to empower the Inter- national Fisheries Commission make and enforce regulations, and| to advance the annual close .&(':\\'mx‘ from November 15 to November 1 | were said to be objectionable. The Legislative Committee, H. L. Faulk- | ner, Chairman, reported briefly on/ the matter and was given anoth week to investigate and report at| to| week’s meeting. Faulkner also reported prog- on the Capitol Park project He has been in communication witk the Board of Missions of the Met. odist Episcopal Church relative m‘ its property here and expected to| receive something definite from| it in the near future. The Commit- tee, Mr. Faulkner said, is obtain-| ing tentative figures on property | values so that the approximate cost | of the entire park project can be| estimated. It is proposed to cre-| ate a park out of the block across| from the capitol on Fourth Street. Air Mail Situation Seeks New Trial Assorinted Presa Photo Mrs. Pearl O’Loughlin, who was convicted of the murder of her step- daughter, Leona, shown in jall at | Denver, Colo., awaiting outcome of her fight for a new trial. be specified in ‘the renewal blank which was mailed to members last| month. A communication was rec |from the United States Forest Senlrf' relative to road extension in Eagle River valley saying that it would make a study of the situa- tion but that it was not likely that| the bureau would undertake any| | further road development there un til there was some satisfactory in- dication of opening up of lands al-| |ready opened for settlement by | LR — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 193 CONDITIONS IN ALASKA BETTER : * THAN ON COAST : %Ma]. l;lllott Finds Alaska|’ | in Better Shape than | Any Other Section | | Business conditions in Alaska to- day are | the cou declared Maj. Mal- M:o.m Elliott, President of the Alas- |ka Road Commission, in a brief | talk before the Chamber of Com- ! merce. He recently returned from <a trip in which he covered a h\rge ‘pn of the nation, visiting cities | in both the east and western/ areas. i The east is in worse shape than {the w and the Pacific Coast | from Seattle to Los Angeles is worse than Alaska, he said. While ‘:hn effects of the depression are| severe, it is generally felt that the | bottom of the curve has been | reached and it will soon take an; | upturn, he added. ! | Meets Official Sympathy | | “As usual in Washington, T found | |a sympathetic attitude toward| | Alaska, and while the Post Office | | Department may not be doing/ everything the Territory would like, the Federal Government is still| giving a great deal of assistance to it,” he declared. “It was in fear | and some trembling that I went to Washington last year. I thought possibly under the pressure of oth- er matters involving large expendi- | tures, such minor items as roads better than anywhere in |: ' Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 7. "“'"“‘""' 1. Imitated B 0 TR East_[ndian =y for & smali Not loud 5. Kina of nower . Body of water 10. Qlcnrhen hand 4. PArt of a 20. ,\ulhnr of “He minstrel show 5. Reduces to a | mean 17. Bird’s nome 18, Relinguish Richly deco- rated L Puts an end fo the existe ence of . Attempted o Chief bishop Devoured Hawallan the hurvest |52, Foot: suffix 46, Acco B3, Islund In the 4u. Fren:l:“::'ll:tlh Pacific itne name 34. Shelter 40. Adult male 35, Mistnke person 6. Value oo 50. Pedal digits Bl U'nita of work o The itter ch 6. Termi- ates 29, 41 and trails in Alaska might suffer.” | Fortunately he found his fears| were unwarranted and the Burean of Budget approved the usual ap- | propriation for $800,000. The aviation situation through- | out the country, Mr. Elliott said, s/ bad. “We must not expect too much | service immediately but allow the‘ industry time to get on its feet and make some money. Every air! | | ) Two directly opposing views arc\euct'n" roads. This was in answer \opgmung company of any import- entertained by authorities relative to routes between Alaska and the States, declared R. E. Robertson. | While in Seattle recently he w informed by ofifcials of the Al ka Washington Airways that Supe: intendent Vandervoort of the Rail- way Mail Service favored an Alas- ka route between Minneapolis and across Canada to interior Alaska. air Postmaster Perkins of Se‘axllc 1 supporting the route from attle through Southeast Alaska w the westward. The latter contends percentage of mail points originates in other Pacific Coast centers. At present, in his opinion, there is sufficient mail traffic to justify a tri-weekly air mail service for sev- en months each year nad a weekly ! service for the other five months. | Mr. Robertson Was instructed to| draft a resolution favoring the| Seattle-Southeast Alaska route for presentation to the Chamber next week. Renew Rural Route Effort t the suggestion of C. T. Gard- ner, the Chamber will renew its ef- fort to obtain the establishment cf a rural mail route for Glacler Highway. There are some 300 peo- ple residing on the highway who would be served by such a route that a large | for Ali\sk.nh Seattle and and industrial development there is such as to justify its establish- ment, he said. The Chamber has presented this matter to Postal authorities for several years and has been turned down twice by the department. Mr. Gardner also asked the Chamber to ask for a light to be installed at the transmission line| towers between Juneau and Doug- las. There are many small boats using the waters there, he said, some of them during the night hours, and navigation is dangerous at low water stages. O'Malley Explains Rule The Bureau of Fisheries regula- tion prohibiting the use of wire spillers in fish traps, against which | Ketchikan has entered a protest was explained to the Chamber in a telegram from Commissioner O'Malley as follows “Regulation prohibiting 8 ers necessary to avoid d tion of salmon between out and inner web in this type of ap-| paratus. Many dead fish are seen and large numbers are bruised and arred. This would constitute wa m-‘ ton waste. Bureau would not ob- ject to use of wire outer walls of spillers for protective purposes but | wire bottom not advisable because of wastage of salmon. Trap oper wire ruc- wire | tors should realize also that o of wire spillers comparable with web when consideration is given the fact that good grade of web lasts two or three years while wire must be replaced each season.” At the suggestion of Henry Roden, the Commissioner’s telegram was forwarded to Ketchikan for re- mark. The local Chamber has been asked by the Ketchikan organiza- tion to join its protest. Urges Prompt Response All members of the Chamber were asked to renew their member- ships not later than January 20. It is not necessary to remit the fees by that date, Secretary Walms- | tion about Ju | by the Secretar; LEGION MEETS |subjects of importance are sched- ern end of the valley in which is located the homesteads of Lockic MacKinnon and others, | Fifty-nine requests for informa- u and Alaska gen- ‘ ved and answered office during thc; past three weeks, Secretary Walms- | ley reported. | < - - | " MOOSE ARRANGE FOR LECTURES A series ot four lectures on time- ly topics have been arranged by‘ the local Moose lodge for delivery here this Winter and Spring, it was made known today by lodge| officers. They are designed to bfl} both educational and entertaining.!| The first lecture will be made by Henry Roden, prominent local attorney and student of Alaska history and industry. It will be delivered on January 19, on the subject, “Important Events in Am- erican History.” 1In it he will deal with the development of the Unit- ed States from the discovery of the continent in 1492 to the adop- tion of the American constitution in 1787. Two speakers from other Alaskan towns have been lined up for ad- dresses. Names of lecturers and subjects will be announced slater. All léctures will be delivered at erally were rec is cordially invited to attend. AT 8 TONIGHT Members of Alford John Brad- ford Post of the American Le- gion will hold their regular meet- ing, beginning at 8 o'clock tonight in the Dugout on 2nd Street. Several Moose Hall and the general public| United States postal | to a letter from the Chamber rela-.ance in the country encountered a mail | tive to a spur to open up the weu-ldem" last year. This, also, applied to interior Alaska, where the in- come was materially below the normal operating expenses. And to | this loss was added the large sum expended in the Eielson relief ex-| peditions last winter.. Not International Port Juneau by its geographical loca- tion is shut off from the interna- ‘ tional airline routes and cannot | hope to be one of the ports nn such a route when it shall be es-| tablished, Maj. Elliott pointed out. In the not too distant future, he added, an airline connecting North | America with Asia will be estab- lished across interior Alaska. Such a route could not include coastal Alaska since distance and flying! conditions both operate against it. The natural aerial connection be- tween Southeast Alaska and the tates is at Seattle. This route should be encouraged. But it will not be a part of the inter-conti- nental route any more than South- east Alaska can hope to be includ- ed on the main line of the Inter- national or Pacific Yukon High- way. Progress Is Made Satisfactory progress has been made on that project. All of its intermediate objectives have been reached ahead of schedule and the future outlook for ultimate achieve- ment of the entire aim is bright. Southeast Alaska will be linked to the main line through spurs, he added. He warned that the entire project must move slowly on ac- count of its magnitude and pecul- far problems involved, and dis- counted any discouragement on that score. ———.——————— PACIFIC TAKES TWO With Minnie Moran and Daisy) willis for Kake, the motorship Pacific left at 10 o'clock this morn- | ing for Kake and way ports. She carried a considerable amount of general freight. DOWN #h. Closing words jibd - o 19, Nofning more £, Surface & than street a0 At'un ent 8. Pleces out 4. Makes fun of 5. Public notices 6. Before All-Alaska News FACTS RELATED ABOUTPERSONS AND INCIDENTS Brief Items of Interést Gathered from Every Part of Northland - Harold E. Jorgensen, service and sales manager of the cold storage department of the Ketchikan Cold Storage Company, who is on a trip abroad, will investigate the fishing | industry in Norway and Finland.| fishing | conditions on the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada.| He will also investigate Several elders of the Mormon Church, which has its headquart-| ers in Salt Lake City, recently ar-, rived in Ketchikan and will visit other parts of Southeast Alaska.| They are engaged in missionary work. Protest has been made by the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce against the regulation recently is- sued by Commissioner of Fisheries Henry O'Malley prohibiting the use of wire” in trap spillers. Enforce- ment of the regulations is expected ! to hurt the business of the wire factory in Ketchikan, Capt. W. C. Dibrell is chairmar of ‘the Ketchikan Chamber of | Commerce committee that is trying | to get a firm in Cleveland, O, uled for discussion and action, said T. J. Petrich today. Among them is the proposal to decorate the interior of the Dugout. A staff of decorators is in the u\,\. having come for the embel-| zion must deceide whether it wants decoration work done now or have it deferred indefinitely. S eee |ONE INDICTMENT AND TWO NOT TRUE BILLS ARE RETURNED TODAY One true bill and two not true bills were returned today in the Federal District Court before Judge Justin W. Harding by the Federal Grand Jury. It was continuing its investigations this afternoon. H. F. Sully, bound over from Sitka, was indicted for alleged vio- lation of the National Prohibition Act. His case probably will be tried at the present term of court. Harry Goldberg, charged with escaping from a Federal prison, was liberated by the grand jury, ley said, but it is' desired to have every renewal entered by that date. If it is desired to pay the fees at # later late, the payment date can as weye James Huston and Annie Berthold on a charge of illegal cohabitation. Not true bills were returned in the latter two cases. lishment of a theatre, and the Le-| | FRESH KILLED t CHICKENS | lawn? IS WANTED ON CAPITOL GROUND John C. McBrlde Invites Applications for Plant- ing of Lawn Know how to seed ground for a Want to do it? Any per- son with the skill and the will has a chance to escape unemployment. See John C. McBride, Collector of all United States Customs and Custodian of all Federal buildings in Alaska. He wants the vacant space in the Capitol Building square planted to grass. Some folks say the present s too early to think of planting things, but Mr. McBride says not. Now is the time for perusal of brightly illustrated seed catalogues —to read about the varieties of vegetable and flowers and to ad- mire the pictures of growths more beautiful than anything in nature. Grass seed, in particular, demands study and reflection. There are several kinds. In Kentucky, for instance, there is a sort that is! blue. Mr. McBride wants the| sward of the Capitol grounds green. He wants it to be languishing for the mower early in the summer. He is anxious for immediate proposals from prospective sowers. He invites them to call at the Customs House for detailed infor- mation with a view to the submis- sion of applications in the immed- iate future. of a school house before next Sep- tember. Mrs. Nels G. Svedlund is the teacher. Boats as long as 110 feet wm| be handled in the new marine ways under construction at Peters- burg by Anderson Brothers. | | Alaska, | officers: President, August Pahlke; | to establish a chemical manufact- ing plant in Ketchikan. The Mayor of Ketchikan has/ been urged by the Chamber of Commerce of the city to ask the| | contractors on the Thomas Basin | project not to import any unskilled labor, as there is plenty of that kind of labor in Ketchikan. Loss of the Juneau powerboat, | T4956, less than five tons, near Myers Chuck, in the Ketchikan area, was reported by its owner, Charles Weidel, to the Customs Office in Ketchikan. Volume i, Numper 1, of tBE Sel- dovia Herald, Lester Busey, editor and publisher, was issued Decem- ber 13. The newspaper, which has eight pages of four columns each, will be published weekly. The first issue is filled with wireless and local news, has a fair amount of advertisments and is well edited. {May it live long and prosper. Leon Urbach for the fifth con- | secutive time was chosen Presi- dent of the Seward Chamber of Commerce at its recent annual election. C. M. Brosius was re- elected Vice-President; H. S. Bald- erston _was re-elected Treasurer, and Leonard Hopkins re-elected Secretary. All fur-bearing animals, except beaver, are reported scarce in the country around Chulitna, a utatlon lon the Alaska Railroad. 3 Twenty-five children are atend-]_ ing the school at Port Graham on | Cook Inlet. Classes are hold in a private residence. There is a move- !ment in progress for the building Due on Norco Saturday--Put your order in early ! 28¢ Pound George Brothers | urer, | Arms, Hyder Igloo, No. 20, Pioneers of has named the following| First Vice-President, Charles Duke; Second Vice-President, George Ker- rin; Secretary, Clyde Hager; Treas- T. H. Evans; Sergeant at Louis Watkins; Prelate, F. R. Nagle; Trustees—Roy McCleod, | Louis Watkins, E. M. Reynolds. { Seward is putting on metropoli- | tan airs. She has a noodle and1‘ chop suey parlor. 1‘ | Ed Maddox, 60, Alaska pioneer, ! dropped dead while sawing wood in Kodiak recently. Of late years he has been employed by the Bureau of Pisheries with his head- quarters at Kodiak. | { F. L. C. de la Pole is at the head of a party of ten that re- cently left Fairbanks to prospect | along the south fork of the Chena. | BUSY WHY Not Only Cheaper but Better RICE & AHLERS CO. GOOD PLUMBING “We tell you in advance what job will cost” Fancy Silk, Silk and Wool and - Wool SOX for men in all styles, includ- mg the newest thmg in Sox— The Autogart SABIN’S “Everything in Furnish- ings for Men” Assoclated Press Photo Otto Wadsted, minister from Den mark, leaving the White House after presenting his credentlials to Presl| dent Hoover. Ten tons of supplies were taken in. De la Pole is an old-time Dawson and Fairbanks mining man, Commerce. m Denmark Turkeys Won at Raffle GREEN BRASS|EnvorFe | Start Woman in Business CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 8— |Mrs. W. A. Freeman, Ardenode, S | Alta., won two turkeys at a raffle nine years ago and has become the largest producer of .the birds in Canada. | Her original pair has grown to . lan annual flock of 2500 and this i year she plans to raise 5,000. - ! The Freeman ranch iz a show place of western Canada. A creek + | furnishes plénty of water and a sandy soil provides good drainage. s ,The main flock is kept on about 300 acres of land, and chicks are raised in incubators. ——————— Mrs. Michael Cooney of Nenana , cultivates a lemon tree indoors. She | harvested a season’s crop of two | lemons just before Christmas. Onc of them weighed nine ounces. a e i Ben Sullivan of Dawson is among | the guests at the Zynda Hotel. (EEsasEasavsrs We Have VAPURE Two Sizes 50c and $1.00 H Resolutions protesting agalnst the ! . i creation of an Indian reservation|j Douglas Aerie 117 [ in interior Alaska have been adopt- ||l \ ed by the Anchorage Chamber ori% i H i A | BUTLER-MAURO . Miss Ella Frances West and|}} DRUG CO' E . David H. Sweet were recently mar- ||i H ried at Nenana, where the bride- ! “When we sell it—it’s right” |} groom is proprietor of a store. The |l i bride arrived from San Francisco, |[il Telephone 134 We Deliver } where she had been a school teach- || Express Money Orders H er, two weeks before the wedding. A ke 2 EEsssTTsTsysTsssTEEsEa| DRESSES Priced for Special Clearance One Rack of CREPE SILK TRAVEL CREPE DRESSES at $8.75 Values up to $20.00 “Sordons Men’s SUUSS US| ‘ PR G Broadcloth Shirts Collars Attached $1.25 and $1.95 . J. M. Saloum PHONE 454 RO Leader Dep’t. Store Open Evenings WATCH FOR ANNOUNCEMENT DATE of FINAL CLEARANCE SALE \ BEFORE ALTERATIONS ON OUR STORE BUILDING ARE STARTED - * . L) UL U OO T UL 3 LT llllllllll!l GEORGE BROTHERS Ed E) : SEE OUR WINDOWS ( FOR REAL FIRST OF THE MONTH BARGAINS GARNICK’S, Phone174 | PHONE 478 T CALIFORNIA GROCERY The Home of Better Groceries g e et LU UL e