The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 31, 1931, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1931. — . L3 had far different results with better fortune 'huq!y engaged at Northampton, — .« oi - s Dally Alaska Emplre and in more prosperous times. These great trying to break his own world’s PROFESSIONAL I Fraternal Societies ! vessels were not fantastic or impossible in record for silence. .. One promin- FOREST o o OoF > JOHN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND M.ANAGEB' depign. They need2d modification, but ent Democrat at least can be :xcept _Sunday by _the Published A DI PRI at Sccond and Main EMPIRE PRI S , June "Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, One advance, § ¥ t the following rates: six months, in advance, $1.25 or if they will promptly ny failure or irregularity phone 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the for republication of all news dispatches credited to or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUAWANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION 1931. Most people in the country at large feel like say- ing good-bye to 1931 without regret. It is a parting guest gladly speeded. Everybody is saying that the end of the year is a time for “forgetting the} things that are behind.” But even while turning, a hopeful face to the future, as we all should do today and tomorrow, we cannot be unmindful of what the recent past has taught us. Certainly the country has not been so dull a scholar as not to have learned many things in the “dear school” of experience. Fundamental truths economics and some elementary principles in politice have been taught with such fores, with such vivid illustration from hard facts, that they cannot be ignored in the future unless Americans are guilty of the folly of breaking a leg twice over the same stone. No appraisal of the year closing now can be adequate without taking these things into the account. In reality they contribute to a strengthening of confidence as we face 1932. In the twelvemonth before us we surely shall be cautious about falling again into what we now see to have been the insensate and gigantic blunders’ of the past. This certainly is among the guarantees of better times to come. In the past a deeply disappointing year usually has been followed by one bright with promise. There is warrant, therefore, for hearing in the bells which | ring out the old year a rising note which seems to say, with the poet: “We bid you hope.” But as far as the Juneau region is concerned, and other gold bearing sections of Alaska, 1931 has been in many respects a very fine: year and one that gives vast hope for the future. There has been more gold mining development in this section ol: Alaska than there has been for many years. There has not only been large development but prospects indicate that there will be larger development in 1932 and following years. Let us pay the tribute that is due in 1931, and look forward to the New Year with confidence. in BEGIN WORK ON LOS ANGELES GREAT WATER SYSTEM. Preliminary activities now are under way inci- dental to beginning work on the gigantic aqueduct from Boulder Canyon Dam on the Colorado I»uv(*rt to Southern California, for which a $220,000,000 | bond issue has just been voted. Engineers are building roads, making surveys, etc., expect to start actual construction on the project within six months. The acqueduct will entail a cost approximately half that of the Panama Canal. It will supplement Los Angees' present water supply which is now brought from the Owens River Valley, 230 miles away, through an aqueduct completed in 1913 at a cost of $25,000,000. One of the greatest engineering feats of the kind ever undertaken in this country, the project will require from eight to ten years for completion. Built of steel and concrete, over deserts and be- neath mountains, the huge waterway is to be sev- enteen feet in diameter along its entire length of 252 miles. It will deliver one billion gallons of water daily. NO TIME TO INCREASE TAXES. Taxing money out of the channels of trade and industry and spending it for the purpose of re- ducing unemployment is a long way around to the desired objective according to the opinion of officers of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. President Strawn believes that in the long run money paid in taxes will make more employment and more permanent jobs if it is left in private empolyment where it is. Most industries and business houses can use all the money they have. Their money is already employed and giving employment to workingmen. Many taxpapers have to slow down or increase their loans and interest payments in order to get money with which to meet demands of tax col- lectors. Taxes are more burdensome in times of depression than when prosperity rules the roost. Only the greatest public necessity will justify increasing National, State or municipal taxation at the present time. Wherever possible taxes ought to be reduced. BRITAIN ABANDONS THE DIRIGIBLE. Great Britain has abandoned for the present at least the attempt to develop the dirigible airship. It has sold its famous R 100 and it will be used as scrap metal. None will take its place. The Manchester Guardian, commenting upon the matter, says: The Government has sold the airship R 100 as scrap metal. Thus, for a time at any rate, ends the unhappy story of this country’s experiments with airships—a story |alleged statesmen rack their thick skulls endeavor- and they| their behavior in the air showed that they asic model from which successful lighter-than-air craft might have been developed. It may be recalled that the huge structure of the R 100, now about to be broken into scarp, flew to Canada and back last year without serious misadventure and set up a record of 81'% | miles an hour. That looked like the open- ing of a great chapter in quick trans- Atlantic navigation. But it closed maturely and may not be soon reopened economic conferneces, international and otherwise are just intended as boosts for the hard hit trans- portation bysine: And to have a now we are crusade against cats.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) C. C. C. or K. K. K.? (Carrie Chapman or| Karl K. Old Nineteen-Thirty-One will be entitled to a hearty cheer as she passes into history tonight to make room for Nineteen-Thirty-Two. In many ways she has been good. Alaska Railroad vs. Manila Railroad. (Seward Gateway.) Revealing clearly how various branches of the Federal Government operate in conflict to the detriment of Alaska, the Seattle Times recently published the following under the heading, “Twenty | Ships to Transport Coal to Philippines: Huge Paci- fic Coast Order Placed by Government: Bids Are Submitted by Several Seattle Firms:” Shipping on the Pacific will be stimu- lated by the delivery in Manila of 80,000 tons of bituminous coal, which the Govern- ment is soon to purchase in this country. Bids for furnishing the coal and trans- porting it to the Philippines were submitted to representatives of the Government in New York by firms in Seattle, San Fran- cisco and other cities. The coal is for use by the Manila Railroad. It was estimated that nearly 20 ships would be required to | transport the coal. The order, one of the largest ever to have been placed for the Philippines by the Government, is expected to aid in taking up the slack in ship tonnage. Thus, it may be seen, when an opportunity presents itself to increase tonnage and revenue of the Gov- ernment’s ‘railroad in Alaska, our great officials deliberately overlook that phase. Out of one side of Uncle Samuel's face he voices loudly his sincere desire to help us poor Alaskans develop our re- sources, but out of the other side of his big mouth is emitted the well known “raspberry” Alaskans are daily served. It could not be expected that Alaska coal op- erators could have had the privilege of bidding on the entire order but they could have at least been granted the opportunity to have made a bid| for a portion of the tonnage; say about 25000 tons. Coal bunkers could be built within a brief period, if necesary. Incidentally the this size contract, Alaska Railroad 25,000 tons, revenue from from the mines to| the Port of Seward, would have been at least| $37500. Yet in the face of these facts, similar cases have arisen inumerable times in the past; ing to discover methods to bring the Alaska Rail- road out of the red. Ah nuts! Northern Fare. (Seattle Times.) Seasoned Alaskans offer a reassuring word to Mrs. Edward M. Biddle of Philadelphia, who par- took on a dainty meal at the Olympic Hotel in the belief that on her trip through the Northern Ter- ritory she would find no luxuries. Whatever fare she finds convenient to take on sledge journeys, she may rest assured of many comfortable days on board the steamship Admiral Evans, in the Alaska towns and on the Government Railroad. The hard regimen of primitive travel by no means begins when the steamship leaves Seattle's waterfront. The chances are many that Mrs. Biddle will be having her morning grapefruit, her luncheon salads and her patties until she leaves Alaska’s comfortable hotels for the trails. Mrs. Biddle will discover what many Easterners fail to understand until they have visited Alaska, that the clmate has considerable diversity. The coastal region, warmed by the Japanese Current, has no violent fluctuations in weather. The ther- mometer seldom falls below zero in midwinter, While the summers are mild and comfortable. The interior compares favorably, climatically, with that of the North Central States. It is true that low tem- peratures are recorded, and even the most enthus- |lastic Alaskans do not describe it as a banana belt; but it has its compensations. The iridescent | days and opalescent nights have attractions not found in the snowy prairies of North Dakota or the pine woods of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is likely that when Mrs. Biddle sets out on her trail journey she will find that the juicy veni- son, the moose roasts and the reindeer steaks which |Alaska has to offer, will taste better than the creamed chicken and the oyster patties of the softer |climes. Gastronomic luxury is largely a matter of environment. One imagines that the Philadelphia woman, upon her return, will describe the Northern fare as the most appetizing in the world. The ancients had a saying that hunger, which has its foundation in vigorous health, is the best sauce for supper. Senator Brookhart would now give the Farm Board a revolving fund of a billion and a half.| Why not turn the Government over to the board and have done with it? (Buffalo Courier-Ex- press.) The League of Nations is not only striving earn- estly to save a couple of faces in Manchuria, but it is working like the dickens to save its own neck. —(Washington Post.) Americans have a lot of nerve to tease the Scots about saving. No Scot tries to save the whole world.—(Akron, Ohio, Beacon-Journal.) RN S S A When the casualties in China are as great as in the hunting fields of Ohio and Kentucky they'll have a real war over there.—(Cincinnati Enquirer.) ¢S S TR One thing seems quite certain—by the time Japan finishes the job in Manchuria there will no. be any boycotting of Japanese goods there.— (Washington Post.) e L Mr. Coolidge, we are informed, killed that skunk | with one shot. Uh, huh; Mr. Coolidge knew he stamped on the memory of generations by the cal/mitous end of R 101. This at- tempt to develop the into a prac- ticablé means of navigation might have had to kill it with one shot if he didn't choose to run.—(Philadelphia Inquirer.) — When the office seeks the man, it seldom has to One sometimes is inclined to wonder if those|larly these days that Senate in- | vestigators are likely to find over- Ze war tween in '32. sters | box Connect. vention William remains have st it tongues | heard nowadays the in '32. Frank leaders In their support him for Calvin By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, | of Oklahoma are conducting a posteard campaign for recruits. Although they incline to Hoover, send their delegation to the con-| many drys themselves whether it would belbm e worth while to launch a boom for|,. The folks back home in Texas dent movement, but Speaker Jack knows his politics and won't take Owen D. Young, back, but so far the results escape microscope. . . . crats of Massachusetts, big northern state to be bagged by Smith in '28 are disagreeing vocal-‘ ly on local issues and what to do Jersey Democrats, has been 1 ing to overtures from the of Governor Ritchie, but no public commitment Minnesota Farmer-Labor bring out and are split just now between Hoover and Roosevelt. Plenty Of Candidates Missouri, failing to pass in Congress. . . . to Walter Brown Postmaster General, Republicans Hampshire, where a Congressman is to be elected January 5, made Hoover the issue by pledging candidate Nebraska Democrats probably will vote for Gov. Bryan for President and work for AT RANDOM disqualified by being born wrong side of the Atlantic. The Associated Press, Washington) chests few and far be- The Presidential Williani H. Mur- ling of Gov. The last news he |great deal. {was that about 85 It property icut Republicans expect to in Juneau. unpledged. . . A good | are discussing among ney york in 1876. ither a longshoreman around San Francisco, or man employed by some fish: ern in Alaskan waters. It lieved that one Hartman, brother of James M. Lars G. MacAdoo, and opinion divided. arted Garner-for-Presi- a neries of Alaska for many to The Governor’s office. Demo- the only counted on not torun for President; lhe is Mayor Cermak of Chicago, on the |INFORMATION SOUGHT ABOUT MISSING MEN Inquiries have been received at the Governor's office concerning the | 1low:! ersons supposed to be in Campaign fund collectors _are | {010 P ppo: getting the cold shoulder so regu- Robert Morhamer—Middle-aged; | has been a resident of Cordova | for the past fifteen years, but dur- this time he has traveled up land down the coast of Alaska a of him intended going to | Fairbanks to work in a placer mine miles out of Fairbanks. is believed thzt Morhamer has James M. Larson—Was born in His father had in and a fore- ing con- is be- a step- on, has been employed in the fishing can- years. seriously. . . . The name off charles Carlson — Formerly a on SO many jresident of Munising, Michigan. Hc a year ago, seldom iS|pgs g finger missing on both hands; when the talk|jg apout 60 years of age; is short turns to presidential possibilities. |op average height. May be around Klan In Comeback Role Hunter Creek, Alaska. Ku Klux Klansmen in Alabama| Any one having any information are organizing for a political come- |aphoyt the above persons are asked please communicate with the FIRE ALARM CALLS Third and Franklin, Hague, mentor of the New n silowers has made party no plans to a Presidential tickei are making Grocery. ‘Willoughby, Cole’s Garage. Front and Seward. Front and Main. Second and Main. Ninth, back of pt house. Calhoun, Apts. Distin and Indian. have o categorically to administration. . . . . the Tenth and C. (Brother Charley) Twelfth and Willoug! Home Grocery. Seater Tract. Vice President. Coolidge Busy Coolidge, Esq., is reported QBB RR R B BRREORE® WO D00k s Front and Franklin. Front, near Ferry Way. Front, near Gross Apts. Front, opp. City Wharf. Front, near Saw Mill. Front at A. J. Office. Willoughby at Totem opp. Cash one of the states. Fifth and Seward. 2 reapportionment Seventh and Main. law, around 100 candidates are pre- Fire Hall. paring to run at large for 13 seats Home Boarding House. The inside in- Gastineau and Rawn ion just now points definitel Way. formation just now points de v ii iR andl Goia; of Ohio, the . hat -5 Fourth and Harris. ! 48 ‘chalzogn -6 Fifth and Gold. of the Republican National com- -7 Fifth and East. mittee after the conventions. 8 Seventh and Gold. of the first New -9 Fifth and Kennedy. 1 ower opp. Seaview Ninth and Calhoun. Twelfth, B.P.R. garage. hby. — THE CHAS. W. CARTER MORTUARY Corner 4th and Franklin Sts. “The Last Service Is the Greatest Tribute” Phone 136-2 FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Dri-Brite Wax NO RUBBING—NO POLISHING Juneau Paint Store Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. e e THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS THE GASTINEAU Our Services to You Begin and End at the Gang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat CALIFORNIA GROCE DISTRIBUTORS OF RY 80 half way.—(Buffalo Courier Journal., Saving Not Speculation builds for the future. h! The foundations of great fortunes have been laid in- variably by small savings. “None but the rich can afford to speculate, and they seldom do.”—Anonymous. One Dollar or More Will Open a Savings Account OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA The B. M. Behrends Bank wWOOD RIDGEGROWN HEMLOCK Cut Any Length $4.25 per load DRIHEARTS—Free of knots for ranges, kindling, ete. Large load, $5.00 GARNICK’S GROCERY Phone 174 s e RECREATION BOWLING ! PARLORS 1] Helene W.L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 T DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER ’ DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Fours 9 am. to 8 pm. Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine { Building Telephone 176 Dr. J. W. Bayne | DENTIST i | Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. | | | | Oftice Lours, 8 am. to 5 pm. Evenings by appointment | Phone 321 | GARBAGE HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates HEMLOCK WOOD Order Now at These Prices $8.50 $4.50 Five Cords or over, $7.00 cord E. O. DAVIS The Florence Shop Phone 427 for Appointment RINGLETTE and NAIVETTE Our alleys are in perfect {)®— e condition and we invite }|¢" * : : | Dr. A. W. Stewart | your inspection. | DENTIST | Hours 9 a m. t0 6 p. ;. i = SEWARD BUILDING | e . Office Phone 469, Res. \ Pbone 276 The Best Laundry ||« J A At a Fair Price | WHERE? 1| . CAPITAL LAUNDRY |{| Robert Simpson ! | I Phone 355 Franklin St. l | Opt- D' | Graduate Los Angeles Col- | ! lege of Optometry and Sy v Opthalmology fou Can Save Money at : | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground Our Store I & SEE US FIRST i Harris Hardware Co. || T ! o THtiit i Dr. Geo. L. Barton . e| | CHIROPRACTOR Hellenthal Building . 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FEMMER Phone 114 FIREPLACES WOOD Telephone 92 or 95 and leave your order with GEORGE BROTHERS Full Half Cord, $4.25 Chester Barneson JUNEAU CABINET and DETAIL MILL- WORK CO. Front Street, mext to Warmer Machine Shop CABINET and MILLWORK GENERAL CARPENTER WORK HAAS Famous Candies The Cash Bagaar Open Evenings TP § GLASS REPLACED . IN AUTOS Estimates Furnished | | | Gastineau Channc! | = B. P. 0. ELKS Meetin B every Wednesday night at 8 pm, Elks Hall. Visiting brothers welcome. M. 8. JORGENSEN, Eralted Rule: M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Regular meeting second Friday each month at ?w Co-Ordinate Bod- g ij _ ies of Freemason- {r gy T L (e ¢ Mfi, Ex 7:30 p. m., Scot- tish Rite Temple. ry Scottish Rite WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, NO. 700 Meets Monday 8 p. m. Ralph Reischl, Dictator. Legion of Moose No. meets first and third- Tuesdays. G. A. Baldwin, Secretary and Herder, P. O. Box 273. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 117 Second and fourth Mon- day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m. H. L. REDLINGSHAF- <% ER, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR Second and Fourth 4 Tuesdays of each month, at 8 o'clok, Scottish Rite Temple. JESSIE KELLER, Worthy Mat- ron; FANNY L. ROB- INSON, Secretary. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. Transient brothers urg- ed to attend. Council Chambers, Fifth Street. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. K. H. J. TURNER, Secretary. DOUGLAS AERIE 117 F. O. E. Meets first and third Mondays, 8 o‘clwk& at Eagles’ Hall, Douglas. W. E. FEERO, W. P. GUY SMITH, Secretary. Visiting brothers welcome. [ } i e 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 .. L NEW RECORDS NEW SHEET MUSIC RADIO SERVICE Expert Radio Repairing Radio Tubes and Supplies — JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE o}, — JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores - Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Guaranteed by J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our door step is worn by satistied customers” PANTORIUM CLEANERS “We Call For and Deliver” . P. Johnson DELCO LIGHT PRODUCTS MAYTAG WASHING MACHINES GENERAL MOTORS RADIOS Phone 17 Front Street Juneau