The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 17, 1931, Page 4

e AT R 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, NOV. 17, 1931 ALASKA NOT INCLUDED. The United States Forest Service announced just now of timber cutting operations of the country. annual cut, it determined, is four times as great as the rate at which trees are being planted. This, undoubtedly, does not hold good for Alaska. Here the annual timber growth from natural seed- ing is many times the rate cut. The Territory is the victim of an entirely different kind of waste. By el ol ath et ",‘,,,.".‘S,’,‘f,:;,,.,l,.,e.: Its mature trees, after having attained full growth, Secns ysary I aova B months, In advance, Ta:-e rotting and falling to the ground, literally block- Subscribers will confer a favor if they w!ll promptly |ing great areas with windfallen and rotten debris il ‘é“,"hi‘,“.;"(""",,,“‘T,",'.',;,':.,:“V miure or drregularty | ypioh results in checking orderly growth of replace- Telephone for Editorie! and O ments and a consequent deterioration in the second MEMBER CF ASSOCIATLD PRESS. growth timber. In no other section of the United States can such utter lack of real conservation be The Assoclated Press s exclusively 7n|mpddlmdthe for republication «f all new: dispatches ecredited to 9 it or 1 o in privately-owned or Government timber tocal news published herein haitigs Daily A l_(t.;ka Empire JOHN W. TROY - - - FDITOR AND MANAGER evening except Sunday by the o : TR SPRINTI MPANY nt Second and Main FMPIRS_PRINTING C Btreets, Juneaw, Alaska Entered In the Post Of ‘ce In Juneau as Second Claes matter. SUSSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by earrier | Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and jucinees Offices, 374. it or not otherwise i di‘ed in this paper and also the found ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED' TO SE LARGER RSN O SO SN o EATION It would be interesting to know what are the former Kaiser's thoughts as he manipulates the [little flags on that war map of Manchuria that adorns his study at Doorn. There Should Be United Opposition to This Plan. (Fairbanks News-Miner.) Alaskans and friends of Alaska will fight to the utmost to prevent the carrying through of the War Department plan to sell the Alaska-Washington Military Cable and Telegraph System to private interests. It is a fight which must be waged with the greatest possible vigor and spesd. Time is limited. The War Department proposes to present to Con- gress, convening in December, a bill to sell all or part of the system. In the absencz of informed, There can be no doubt but that the recent rise ‘_““’mgem and determined opposition there is no in the price of wheat, cotton and other products reason to expect that Congress will go counter to the wishes of the department. has had a beneficial effect on the morale of the Just how much the Signal Corps means to us in people. That is apparent to any recent visitor in the States. While there seems to be little exp:cta- tion that good times will be with us again soon, the feeling is that the turn from depressing condi- tions to better things is near. Times are not good in the States. They are far better here in Juneau than they are in Seattle That suggests that Juneau is a good town to work in, to spend onz's money in and stay with. The more people who do that the better it will be here The time is coming when we shall again have good times in the country. The better we make Juneau the better will be our position to take advantage of the good «imes whei they shall have arrived MORE OPTIMISM. Well and faithfully has that branch of the army served the Territory since the carliest days. The army's radio stations connect the very outermost posts of continental America with civilization and the army’'s spreading system of telegraph lines was contemperaneous with the development of Interior Alaska, There cannot be the slightest doubt that taking over of the system by private Interests would result in increased rates. No commercial company could maintain the present ones and exist. It could not pocsibly keep open all outlying stations. We do not advocate careless spending of money derived from American taxpayers but we do believe ev: dollar appropriated for Signal Corps use in Genattions have falien & long distanice sihce that oy 5 Lol money from which full value was market cre a littlc more2 than two years ago. derived. The downward coursc continued until agriculture, | gor g third of a century the army has main- manufacturing, mining, snd ‘he like nave suffered tained the system for military purposes and now, untold losse: It w.. tose a long lime to bring at the very time when the Orient casts a longer prosperity back 1o the fainers, to those engaged shadow over world affairs than ever before, it is| proposed to abandon it. The bulk of the business handled is probably |official business. That business will continue if| |private interests own the system and will have to ‘s |be paid for by the Government. To reduce, or URGE GOLD BE PUT TO WORK. {wip2 out, its deficit why should the Signal Corps - /not now assess proper charges against those other country can end ils OWND Government agencies which are now paying noth- | in lumbering, coruver mining, transportation, manu- facturing and other lines. But the time for the turn from getting worse to better is not far away. Suggestion that this and the world’s finoncial ils by .putting its gold ;mp ; i to work was advocated ot the dinner of the Ameri- Every commercial organization, in fact every can Statistical Asso .tina &t which Carl Snyder, |citizen of Alaska ought to protest now. Write or statistician of Pea ! Reserve Bank, Irving|Wire to Alaska’s Deelgate at Washington, to the| | Chief Signal Officer of the Army at Washington and to every other person who can exert influence against a plan whose consumation would be one| jof the greatest strokzs of misfortune every suffered by the Territory. Fisher, Yale Proi:stor Eeonomics, Lionel D. Edie, Economist, and . W. Kemmerer, Professor of Econ- omics, Princeton, were speakers. The theory thet ths goia sianard had failed was denied; it was only cdministiation of the monetary gold supply thai hod failed. Our huge supply of gold, it was asserted, mus be diverted from bolster- ing our “over-stuffed dollar’ and used to back an expansion of credit through the Federal Reserve Bank. The increase in goid has more than kept pace with preduciicn, and price movenients in recent major economic swings are nof iraceable to the gold supply, speakers beld. Odd that those two heathen nations should be under the delusion that they have as much right to |start a war as though they were Christianized.— (Ohio State Journal.) Maybe Bishop Cannon was merely trying not {to let his right hand know what his left was doing. —(Akron, Ohio, Beacon-Journal.) We're sorry for President Hoover. His great mistake was that he chose to run—in front of an avalanche.—(Atchison, Kan., Globe.) “Dawes on Job'- iTeadlinc. Dawcs is usually on the job and doing worth-while work. Ll ( ( NEVER BEFORE AN OFFER LIKE THIS A Community Silver Service of Eights at the Price of Sixes $39.75 This offer applies exclusively to Special 42-piece set with tray. Set consi-ts of eight each—Knives, Forks, Teaspoons, Dessert Spoons, Salad Forks, one each—Butter Knife and Sugar Spoon. Haandsone Tray to match. Any o] the Newest Designs in the Fifty-Year Quality THIS WEEK ONLY. Se suitable deposit. Regular Price $51.75 For One Week ONLY will be reserved for Christmas by As usual—Engraving Free. Now, please don’t come poking in a week after it is over and ask for the above. Our special contract with the company will be past and we can’t accommodate you. Make your reservation now. from Washington it had completed a survey The Alaska we are not likely to realize until it is gone.| LONDON PAPER GIVES STEESE Former A. R. C. Chief Are Duly Set Forth A unique picture of Gen, James Gordon Steese, former President of the Alaska Road Commission, an oldtime cowboy, and an ac- count of his thrilling experiences from the Arctic to the tropics, is contained in a special article in a recent edition of the London. :Eng.. Sunday Express. Gen. Steese was visiting London last month enroute to Australia after having represented the Unit- ed States Government at the Fif- teenth International Congress in Venice in September He writes that he hopes to be able to revisit Alaska next year. | The Express account of < Gen | Steese’s adventure follows: General James Gordon Steese, formerly a cowboy of the Paddle G Ranch in wild Montana, has come to London to “enjoy all the luxury that this city can give me.’ He wants a change from: Dodging the bullets of the bad men of wild Montana; Fighting wolves and bears in froz- en Alaska and driving dog teams there when the temperature is “forty below and colder than that"; Crossing the Sahara by camel; Shooting the rapids of South Am- erican rivers in a canoe; Riding by mule across Mexico; and Roughing it generally in lands where a man carries his life in a revolver holster. I found General Steese living lux- uriously according to plan at the Savoy Hotel, writes a “Sunday Ex- press” correspondent. His adventures would keep Hol- lywood busy for months. Hollywood films would have presented him as a conspicuous figure, tall and iron Jjawed, with piercing eyes, but Gen- eral Steese is a short benevolent- looking man, be-spectacled and in- clined to stoutness. In fact, early in life he wanted to bs a church missionary worker. | “Put it there,” said the General| when we met. UNIQUE STORY Thrilling Adventures of| Navigation| “I'm living soft here in London, and life during the next three | weeks is going to be grand. The- | atres, the best food and the best | of everything, a spot of night life, |the construction of one bridge the sights of the town and whole | alone, that which now spans the heaps of fun is what I'm here for.” | Nizinia River. He waved aside his adventures as| “Then we had frostbite to con- |“all in the day's work.” | tend with.” | “I was originally intended for| It was in Northern Alaska that|! | the church,” he said, “but I went|he learned the habits of the Es-|| to the Paddle G ranch and ac-|kimos. . quired a taste for adventure which| “Brides are chosen not for their|q and his men were clawed by raven-| ous bears. | Among the Eskimos + “Five men were drowned during PROFESSIONAL | Helene W.L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electrizity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 218 | | > | a Fraternal Societies } OoF | Gastineau Channc, ‘ —_—_— B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday night it 8 pm, Elks Hall, Visiting brothers | ® | welcome. M. S. JORGENSEN, Exalted Ruia M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Co-Ordinate Bod- les of Freemasea- ry Scottish Rite ;Regular meetings - second Friday each monih w 7:30 p m Socon tish Rite Templs WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF S MOOSE, NO. 7e¢ Meets Monday 8 p. m. Ralph Relschl, Dictator Legion of Moose No. 2¢ meets first third Tuesdays. G. A. Baldwif\, Secretary and Herder, P. U. Box 273. No. HGR, golf and Ne. HyTC, | Marine Green | Balance® Lifetime® pom SHEAFFERS. . .for Effortless Writing . . Perfect balance is built intc 'HEAFFER'S pens and pencils That is why they handle so com ortably. And these advantages are ;uaranteed for life if you use a| SHEAFFER LIFETIME®. SHEAFFER'S PENS-PENCILS-DESK SETS.SKA W. A SHIAPER PEN COMPANY - FORT MADION, KOVA. U 84 Res. U. 8. Pat, OF. I have never since lost. looks but for their teeth,” said the| | DRS.KASER & FREEBURGER “Montana had some real bad|General. “An Eskimo wife's prin-| | DENTISTS | men in those days, especially thecipal work is to chew frozen hides| | Blomgren Building Curry gahg of desperadoes. Cattle so she must hav: good teeth. | PHONE 56 | rustling, train robbing, with an | “Fer husband's boots freeze solid| | Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. | occasional murder was their main |during the night, and in the morn-! e . | business. ing his wife has to chew his boots| g~ ——— ™ “A five years feud developed be-|until he can get them on his feet. o | tween the Paddl:z G ranch and the| When old age creeps on she is ; Dr. Lhar]es P. Jenne gang, and there were three killings |given firewood and food for three | | DENTIST pefore the gang was broken up. days and left to freeze to death.|| Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine “Pop Curry, the head of the|The Eskimos do not mind this at| | Building gang, thought it would be a good [all, as death this way is reallyl | Telephone 176 idea to confiscate our property, and | pleasant.” . . the fued started when he turned| General Steese has built railways,| e. 4 . up at the ranch early one morning |bridges, dams, and jetties all over with " 514" kA Zara VRS my boss, |the world. He has worked in the Dr. ]I;Mayne m Winters, as he was washing|tropics and had to watch native! | Roums 6-6 Triangle Bldg, | s hands and face in the yard. laborers die like flies from black-| | Office Eours, § am. to 6§ p..-.‘ water fever and malaria. Kvenings b "mmm‘ £15,000 Robbery He has lived for months on end P’hn’ne l;n “Curry's hors2 bucked, and the|without seeing a bed, and has slept l.d . shot only grazed Jim, who dashed |under canvas in a sleeping bag. ’ into the house and opened fire| “When I go back to the wfld‘or- (] frem a windod. Pop Curry caught|life I shall remember my three| ! . B % a bullet in the neck and was killed. | weeks of luxury in London,” he‘ | Dl‘ Ang;-xgsrtewm I' They rode off swearing vengeance,|said, “and then maybe Il get ! | Hours 9 a m. to 6 p. pa. taking their dead chief with them.|some sleep, no matter how hard SXWARD BUILDING ! “The gang shortly afterwards|it's freezing or how hot it is.” Office Phone 489, Res. i held up a train and robbed it of >oo— i Phone 276 4 bullion worth £15,000. They re- ANNUAL BAZAAR . P mained in hiding in their mountain 5 lair for a while, and then began|Of the Martha Society will be held | ™ their war on the Paddle G ranch.|Friday, November 20, at the Pres-| | 3 | i | byterian Church parlors. Booths! | Robert Slmpsou | “They surrounded the place and|ywin feature fancy work, candy,| Opt. D. their guns set up a little symphony | cooked foods. Lunch served at noon. | Graduate Los Angeles Col- of hate. Jim Winters was killed |ieq in afternoon. —adv. | | lege of Optometry and | before he could slip into the house. .. — i Opthalmology “I dodged the bullets by zig-2ag-| O1d papers at The Empire. | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground ¢ing among the boulders, and man- 2 . aged to reach Landusky, the near- = est village, about fifteen miles away, o . and came back with the sheriff . A siEEfae s lananous American %;{I%%’P}I{‘Agf‘l%‘fi' “We captured three of the gang, { Hellenthal Building who each received sentences of B 1 twenty years’ penal servitude, but eauty | omcn SERVICE ONLY the others, including Kid Curry, i HomsaBe T ko) L23000s escaped. A man named Longabaugh | Parlor | 2p. mtobp m was one of those who escaped. He | 7p m to 8 p m was recognized in a bank at Mem- By_Appointment | phis, Tennessee, and was shot dead | Mrs. Jack Wilson . PHONE 260 i in a fight with the police.” o . The General's next adventures DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL came when he turned engineer and | Te]ephone 397 | Optometrist—Optician built the Steese Highway, linking | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted up the Yukon country with the sea. | Room 7, Valentine Bldg. Wolves attacked his food stores,| | Office Phone 484; Residence e e e £ | Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 5‘”‘“‘“'“‘““""“ | to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 . ° ¢ | . Butler Mauro Drug Co. 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