The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1932, Page 4

" eurrent passes down one of thé wires to light the When it| » g'lnd is blowing. | about one fourth the cost ‘of those installed at " at stated intervals over a wide network to guide ! . ; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY FEB. 1, 1932. Daily Alaska Empire JOHEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER | g e nd and Main Published _every ever : \“ ANY at "EMPIRE_PRINTING C Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. { SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier In Juncau, Douglas, Treadwell and Thane for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. ‘Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly | notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity | in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATEL PRESS, ' The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to | it 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. SHYING AT SHADOWS. In an adjoining column appears an editorial from The Kstchikan Chronicle voicing opposition to Terri- torial control of three of its most valuable resources —fisheries, game and fur. It raises the old bugabm)‘ of lack of finances. It also seeks to prove that those who support home rule of the of the r=souxces‘ in question are inconsistent, citing their opposition to sale to private interests of the Alaska cable system and their failure to advocate Territorial control of the Alaska Railroad. f | The fear of cost is the least reasonable objection that could be advanced for assumption by any people of the administration of their own affairs—and the major part of any local government is the control of the sources of material wealth and revenues from | taxation. In the last analysis, it is no more than a distrust of the ability of the people to govern themselves. . We think that such a lack of confidence in Alaskans is wholly unjistified, and not sustained by their record in the two decades, almost, that have elapsed since the present limited Territorial form of government was extended to them. Of course, it will cost money to administer the fisheries, the fur and game. But each of them is sufficiently valuable to make the cost worthwhile. The satisfaction of administering them as they think they should be, and with the benefit of the Territory | as the main consideration, surely would be reason | enough for, Alaskans to want to take them over | from thé Fedéral' Government The nation became great betause each Territory as it was ‘created was permitted to administer its Jocal affairs, and control of the utilization of its nat- | ural resources. Until that system was adopted by the infant republic it was never iried by any government. The result is written so indelibly into | the history of the United States that it can never be proved to be other than successful. Alaska is the only Territory ever created by Congress to which the power of self-government was denied. If we have now a chance to even partly remedy the defect, surely it would be folly to let vague fears of “excessive cost” prevent us from _making the most of the opportunity. The Chonicle's effort to prove inconsistancy is too far-fetched to be taken seriously. Neither the cable system nor the Alaska Railroad is a resource indigenous to the Territory. Both were built by the Federal Government from public funds. THe fish- eries, game and fur were placed here by nature and were here long before the Americais, and before them the Russians, came to the country to utilize them. To argue if the Territory should take over control of the resources within its borders it ought to take over telegraph lines and radio sta- tions and the Grovernment railroad is so beside the mark that a mere statement of th2 proposition re- futes it. NEW WIND VANE PROVES ITS VALUE ON AIRWAYS. Watchers of the weather along the airways of the United States may sit comfortably indoors with no danger of missing the slightest shift in the di-| rection of the wind, accurate information on which is vitally important to aviators. The instrument which has made this visible—a wind vane bearing _ devised some months ago by B. C. Kadel, Chief of tke Instrument Division, Weather Bureau—has prov- .ed its worth and is being sent out in increasing numbers to the weather-observation stations along “the main lines of air transportation. '~ The device consists of an aluminum wind vane mounted on the roof and connected by wires with @ series of four electric lamps in the room below. “When the vane swings to the north an electric Jamp that spells “north” to the observer. its to the south that circuit is closed and another gfi-e and lamp come into the mcmre' and so on all four points of the v.ompass Often, of course, p lanips are lighted at the same time, indicating 2 northeaster, or some other two-direction b The outstanding feature of the new wind vane, Mr. Kadel points out, is the extreme simplicity of design, which makes possible its construction at larger Weather Bureau stations, where more wind measurements ‘are taken. Observa- s made with this vane, supplemented by velocity other data, are transmitted by wire and radio e pilots in taking off and landing. - PICKING A POOR CHAMPION, fle Drys might have gone a lot farther and a better champion to represent’ them LnJ “"‘ to prevent Congress from repealing the Bone Dry"Act, but they could have hardly Inot indicated. Maybe Dry leaders whose reputations |the {had more capital than was needed at home. |had immense surplus exports. {the past will be corrected. But the main economic |Everett Hale, erally approved the action of the 1931 Territorial Legislature in repealing the statute and memorializ- | ing Congress to validate the repeal measure, have hoped that the Dry fanatics would not seek to make | this bill a Wet and Dry issue, although few of them expected that their hopes would be realized. Just why Bishop Cannon is to make the fight is| have not suffered so severely were not inclined to mix up in this matter. Maybe they felt that Alas- kans had a good cause, and wer2 justified in seek- ing the change asked. If this is the case, it is easy to understand why the “Pope” of Virginia has injected himself into hearing before the House Com- mittee on Territories Il Duce has issued a manifesto against feminine fashions that lead Italian women to favor the silhouette. If he can by a command turn them against fashion’s decree, he ought to be able to write the world’s best seller so far as mere man is concerned. | Young Teddy Roosevelt, says an Associated Press feature writer, has a great chance ahead of him as he goes to the Philippines as Governor-General It may also comfort him some to know that Al Smith is not likely to campaign against him for the position. New Jersey's Republican State Committee is de- ferfing endorsement of Hoover until it can sound out public sentiment about his candidacy for an- munication with Simeon Fess and Hiram Johnson. other term Wea suggest that it get into com- Lending Abroad. (New York Times.) In its zeal to expose a few cases of imprudent foreign loans, floated in the United States since war, the Senate Finance Committee appears to be ignoring the economic and commercial prin- ciples which caused that general movement. It was imply that America, after becoming the chief creditor nation, assumed the historic role of one. | Placing investments abroad has been the immemorial policy of countries enjoying a prosperous commerce. The profits they make on it are, as it were, turned back into the business, in order to yield still larger profits. This was the reason why Great Britain and Holland and France and Germany for so many years lent large sums in the United States and other counrties working out the development of natural resources, and took foreign securities in ex- change. This is only what came to be called “play- ing the game” of a creditor nation. It is this game which the United States in the years after the war inevitably had to enter. We We It was the obvious need of our expanding industries to seek enlarged markets overseas. Practical reasons of this kind, more than conscious adherence to any economic theory, led to the lending of American money to Europe and to South America on so vast a scale. The process went on, naturally and inevitably, until it was ended by the speculative mania in this coun- try, which not only drew all our own money re-| sources into the stock market caldron but stripped Europe of all avilable reserves by the high interest rates we were willing to pay here. After that came the puncturing of the bubble of inflation and the cessation of foreign loans placed here. When recovery comes, the lending abroad will undoubtedly be renewed. Very likely more care will | be exercised in scrutinizing the security and credit of foreign borrowers. Mistakes admittedly made in trend will persist. If America is to remain a great creditor nation, it must be willing to act the part, and give credit. Comparisons Dangerous. (Cincinnau enquirer.) Former Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, prob- ably is quite competent to take care of himself in any controversy which may seem to call in question either his character or ability; but in connection with the recent rather untempered attack made upon the former Governor by Bishop Cannon, it might not be improper to say that the achievements of Ohio's former three-times Governor and one-time candidate for the Presidency, speak for themselves and compare very well with those of any man now in public life. But what is amusing is Bihsop Cannon's con- fident assurance, by implication at least, of his own exalted status in the social and political mechan- ism of his times. ‘The Bishop is reported to have asserted: “It might be an all-sufficient reply to the amazing Cox appeal to compare Smith, Raskob and others with Thurman, Tilden, Hendricks, Cleveland and Meyer.” Just why the Bishop named Meyer is not clear, for the fact would seem to suggest a slip. There is no slightest disposition here to deprive Governor Cox of any of his ‘“thunder,” but it might mildly be inquired how do Cannon, W. Scott McBride and “Pussyfoot” Johnson compare with Phillips Brooks, Isaac M. Wise, Lyman Abbott, Edward Cardinal Gibbons and others who have sought to make this world a better world? At What Price? (Ketchikan Chronicle.) Delegate Wickersham's bill introduced at this session of Congress to grant additional power to the Alaska Legislature “to conserve, protect, and manage the salmon and other fisheries” in tha Territory, is admittedly enough, a step in the right direction. But does it come at an opportune time? We think net. Especially in view of section 2 of that bill which would give the Legislature immed- late authorization “to provide funds in the treasury . to meet the expense of taking over and exer-| cising the powers’ conferred by the bill. Where would this money come from? Just where will it be possible to raise taxes, to increase the revenue by the thousands and thousands of dpllars necessary to regulate the Alaskan fisheries? In principle it is all very well to talk of home rule, of administering our own fisheries, of regulat- ing our own game resources,.but ‘let us be reason- ably certain that we can afford to do so. It must be proved that the abuses under the existing system | are unbearable, and that is a thing not apparent today. No one in Alaska talks of turning over the Alaska Railroad to the Territorial Legislature. Everyone protested loudly when steps were taken to sell the Alaska cable to private interests, thus taking it out of the hated control of a Federal agency. Bitter protests have been sent to Washington .with the current session of Congress economizing by elim- inating appropriations for the agricultural experi- ment stations. Why, then, if we cannot afford to undertake “funtions, can we afford to take over thege - otber nm\mm of an industry as important to posterity as it is to the peaple of today? :mdmredmdspokmmsoru 'o( flm nation are mncerned.J Regardless of the capabilities of Alaskans to administer fisheries affairs, the plan is not ex- pedient: not, at least, umuwehsveblmtdiu- |let by the Council for halibut fishing season, February 15. ALASKA NEWS caused by an overheated stove pipe in the upper story of Fire At Wrangell, the Diamond K WA Packing Company and the Wrangeu,N‘";'h‘“ n Pool Hall and Silver Packing Corporation, and at Lake|Gril at Hyder caused several Bay the Columbia River Packers (hundred dollars’ damage, covered y insurance. Association will operate their can- i) neries this year, the Wrangell Sentinel reports, [ James F. Lacey and Mrs. Jessie 4L. Kelly were married at Hyder. Deposits in the Bank of Alaska at Wrangell at the close of busis ness, December 31, totaled $207,349. Ten or twelve new piling have been driven under Main Street in Hyder to replace piling in poor William Jacobs, 78, died at Ket- [condition. chikan. He came to Alaska in 1889, | and had lived in Ketchikan since| Hyder Igloo No. 20, Ploneers of 1902. |Ala recently installed August Pa past * president; <Charles For the buiding of four sections|Duke. president; L. Watkins, first of a city float in Thomas Basin|vice-president; P. Etapleton, second in Ketchikan, contracts have been | vice-president; Clyde Hager, sccret- the Iumber“’“ H. Evans, treasurer; George {work to A. M. Williams on his bid|Bunn. Chaplain; J. J. Regan, Ser- of $248 and for the pile driving| g ~GTEN . G e to John Olafson, Jr., on his tender | ¢ an; B. B. Smith and “lof $236. A Pahlke, representatives to ' | Grand Igloo; Roy McLeod, trustee Carring of liability insurance tojior ‘hree-year term. protect the city from damages| B for injuries to municipal emplo_vesi Louis Rosenthal, 67, who came has been discontinued by Ketchi-to Alaska in 1898 and who lived kan, because the councilmen re-|inany vears in Valdez, where he garded the rates too high. was employed in the marshal's loffice, died at his home, LaPorte, |Ind.. of heart disease. He left Craig’s professional residents are increasing in number. Rev. F. R. Falconer, Presbyterian, has taken| charge of the new church at| which attendance at the three serv- ices the first Sunday totaled 200. Two dentists will open offices. Another doctor has arrived, giving the town two physicians. Alaska four years ago. He was un- A ¢ mar > days with nothing to eat spent on a disabled motor in the Narrows near Valdez william Zharoff, George Zhar- by off and William James. T'hey were found by a rescue party that had |been sent to search for them by United States Commisioner George Piles have been driven on the Ketchikan waterfront for the new store to be erected by Thompson | and Hattrick. Claiming that the halibut indus- try of the North Pacific is in dire need and suggesting that $1,000,000 Love of Valdez. The thres men left town to get wood, and absent a week. were J. J. Eckles has been given a (emporary appointment as Deputy be lent it by the federal goverm-|United States Marshal in the Third ment, a letter has been addressed| Dmvzm by Marshal Harvey P. to Alaska Delegate in Congres&n:u liv Eckles will be on duty in James Wickersham and to Senator (the ¥ Wesley L. Jones and Representa- |during the absence of Deputy .ar- tive Ralph Horr of Washington shal J. M. Regan. te by Bernard Hansen and L.| —_— P. Sunderland of the Fishing Ves-| Fi hty-four mew books, including sel Owners' Association. Asked to,works of fiction and biographies indorse the letter the Ketchikan have been received by the Valdez Chamber of Commerce took the Public Library. matter under advisement for a —_———————— week. X | Australia has assumed control of ‘thr importation of foods for dia- Many hundreds of sea-gulls are,betics. wintering in Ketchikan and may be|— seen by the score on nearly every| dock. They almost disappear in the summer when they go to their favorite streams and beaches, the! . Ketchikan Chronicle says. | Adlerlka Your coupon is Commissioner Henry of the Sal- vation Army who is in charge of the western states and Alaska will visit Ketchikan February 4 to February 28. As he does not| expect to go farther north than Ketchikan, the Kake band and Salvation Army officers from Pet- ersburg, Juneau and Wrangell will| be in attendance at the Ketchikan! meetings. worth 15 cents el RIS T g at Butler Mauro Drug Co. Phone 134 We Deliver Express Money Orders me No fresh herring large enoux:- for halibut have yet been locai by Ketchikan scouting boats. Thel‘e" is some talk of making use of the airplane Northbird, Ketchikan air- ways, to try and locate a school. The Ketchikan cold storage com- panies want to stock up with fresh! Kruschen Salts ..$ .85 Adlerika ... Emerald Oil hat . i In fact any advertised medicine Overhaul | /{m e e nere—seing in i your coupons for credit | | Come in and see us about our }| SPECIAL WINTER MONTH ‘ i Juneau Drug Company Free Delivery Phone 83 Post Office Substation No. 1 OVERHAUL PRICES CONNORS MOTOR A Rocking Horse makes motion but no progress. If you are to be progressive you must not only work but you must save your earnings. WE PAY 47 INTEREST compounded semi - annually upon savmgs ac- counts. While you work make your dollars work. One Dollar or more will open a Savings Account The B. M. Behrends Bank OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA adqua.rter§ office at Valdez | % herring before the opening of the | V‘ FOREST wWO0D RIDGEGROWN HEMLOCK DRIHEARTS—Free of knots b Cut Any Length $4.25 per load or ranges, kindling, ete. Large load, $5.00 GARNICK’S GROCERY Phone 174 foee e RECREATION BOWLING PARLORS Our alleys are in perfect condition and we invite your inspection. RUSSIAN JOHN SHORT ORDER LUNCHROOM “The Tamale King” 337 Willoughby Avenume JOHN KETOOROKY Telephone 554 You Can“ Save Money at Our Store SEE US FIRST Harris Hardware Co. Phone 496 Lower Front Street DONALDINE Beauty Parlor Franklin St.. at Front RUTH HAYES Guaranteed SHEET METAL WORK Capital Electric Co. GARBAGE PLUMBING GEO. ALFORS PHONE 564 ELECTRICAL REPAIR WORK NO JOB TOO SMALL HAULED Reasonable Monthly Rates HEMLOCK WOOD Order Now at These Prices Five Cordr or over, $7.00 cord E. 0. DAVIS The Florence Sho Phone 427 for s RINGLETTE and NAIVETTE FIRE ALARM CALLS 1-3 1-4 ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. Third and Franklin, 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 Second and Main. Fifth and Seward. Seventh and Main, Fire Hall. Home Boarding House. Gastineau and Rawn ‘Way. Second and Gold. Seventh and Gold. Fifth and Kennedy. Ninth, back of power Twelfth, BPR. garage. Twelfth and Willoughby. Home Grocery. | | PROFESSIONAL | | Helene W. L. Albrecht | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Al Ll |[| Fraternal Societies o | or . 3 .|| | Gastineau Channc} { . " mtirhians o radda i) | B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday night at 8§ pm, Elks Hall. PIIYSIOTHERAPY Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 410 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 | | . PSSR S T DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER Visiting brothers ® | welcome. M. S. JORGENSEN, Exalted Rule M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Co-Ordinate Bod- ies of Freemason- DENTISTS | . Blomgren Building i PHONE 56 [ Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. | Dr. Charles P. Jenne ' ry Scottish Rite Regular meeting ! second Friday | each month at 7:30 o. m.,, Scot- ‘ tish Rite Temple. WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 | : 2 LOYAL ORDER OF J | ! I Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground L Dr. Geo. L. Barton OFFICE SERVICE ONLY Hours 9 a. m. to 12 Noon - e DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | Room 7, Valentine Bldg. Office Phone 484; Residence | Phone 238. Office Hours: " JUNEAU-YOUNG | : Licensed Funeral Directors Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 e RN S T | Dr. C. L. Fenton Kidney and Bowel Specialist Phone 581, Goldstein Bldg. and DETAIL MILL- GENERAL MOTORS RADIOS WORK CO. Phone 17 Front smex;h: Warner Front Street Juneaw CABINET and ———— MILLWORK GENERAL CARPENTER - rd MOOSE, NO. 700 | Dr. J. Ww. Bayne Meets Monday 8 p. m. DENTIST Ralph Reischl, Dictator. Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. Legion of Moose No. 23 | Office hours, 9 am. to 5 p.m. meets first and third Tuesdays. G. A. Baldwin, Secretary and Herder, P. O. Box 273. Evenings by appointment Phone 321 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 Second and fourth Mon- day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, G , beginning at 7:30 p. m. JOHN J. FARGHER, % Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Sec- retary. ORDER OF EASTERN STAR—\ Second and Fourth Robert Slmpson 0 t 4 ‘Tuesdays of each month, . D. : at 8 o'clok. Scottish Graduate Los Angeles Col Rite Temple. EDITH lege of Optometry and HOWARD, Worthy Mat- ron; FANNY L. ROB- INSON, Secretary. Opthalmology 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, Becretary. CHIROPRACTOR Hellenthal Building PHONE 259 Optometrist—Optician 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 . | | | | to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 Funeral Parlors NEW RECORDS NEW SHEET MUSIC RADIO SERVICE Expert Radio Repairing Radio Tubes and Supplies and Embalmers CHIROPRACTOR | v sy JUNEAU MELODY HOUSE FOOT CORRECTION Hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-8 OFFICE ROOMS FOR RENT Will remodel to suit tenant GOLDSTEIN BUILDING JUNEAU TRANSFER COMPANY Moves, Packs and Stores Freight and Baggage Prompt Delivery of ALL KINDS OF COAL PHONE 48 DON'T BE TOO LIBERAL L. C. SMITH and CORONA Guaranteed by J. B. BURFORD & CO. “Our door step is worn by satistied customers” P Pt i A THE JuNEAU LAUNDRY Franklie Street, between Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 W. P. 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