The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1932, Page 4

4 Daily Alasica Empire JOEN W. TROY - - - EDITOR AND MANAGER by _the 3 ept Sunday Published every evemng except s EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at S Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrler In Juneau, Douglas, Thane for $1.25 per month. he following rates: Treadwell and By mall, postage paid, at One year, in advance, $1 x months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in ad , 31 Subscribers will confer a favor it they will promptly notify the Bu s Office of any failure or irregularity the delivery of their papers o B ephone Yor Editorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ssociated Press is excluslvely entitled to the unzh:err news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise d'in this paper and also the local news published herein. ULATION GUAWANTEED TO BE LARGER UBLICATION RECORD. PUBLIC SURVEY'S The fifty per cent reduction made by the House in the million-dollar estimate for the United States Public Survey Bureau's work during the next fiscal | vear threatens to handicap one of the Government's most important tasks. Secretary Wilbur is right to protest against this cut which would seriously interfere with and interrupt one of the Government’s funda- mental tasks, and, since the money is largely spent in the payment of wages to field workers, the net result would be to add to the current unemployment that Congress is avowedly seeking to relieve in any way that it practicable. The records of the Interior Department, under which the survey bureau operates, shows that the proposed appropriation of $500,000 for the survey of the public domain, one of the Gov- ernment’s hundred million-dollar engineering jobs, will cut that agency’s working fund below any figure provided for it in more than one-third of a cen- tury. Appropriations have run around $1,000,000 a year for the past two decades and have not run asi low as that proposed since the period following the | depression of 1893. The issue raised calls attention to onme of the| large tasks of the Government which has been | prosecuted so quietly through ths decades that| the average citizen hardly knows of its existence.| Few taxpayers realized that this hundred-million- dollar undertaking been under way constantly throughout, their that their tax money goes into it every year The General Land Office holds that government since George Washington has strong an imprint on the physical aspect of the nation. This survey has laid the groundplan for the greater part of the nation, has determined the| subdivisions, has located the roads through every Western countryside, has been the basis for sireets in towns and cities, has provided the foundation | for determining property ownership. They believe it is the most important surveying job ever executed by man. The task began in 1785 when the new Govern- | ment took over the public domain and began its survey at Pittsburgh that it might be equitably dis- | tributed to settlers. Never before had such an area been made available for distribution. The young Government mapped out its system of dividing its domain into townships and sections, based on lines of latitude and longitude, in such a way that any tract could be simply described and would be the only piece of land in the world answering that description. This has turned out to be the most perfect scheme of land identification ever devised. The engineering task begun at Pittsburgh in 1785 has contemplated placing a marker at the corners of eaeh quarter section of land between that point and the Pacific Ocean. There were 2,000,000,~ 000 acres to be surveyed. After 157 years of work without cessation there remains 135,000,000, a mere 7 per cent, to be surveyed. has | lives and no task of BEST WISHES TO NEW INDUSTRY. The best wishes of Juneau are Capt. Wood's in his undertaking to establish here a shellfish packing industry. Those who ought to know agree that the enterprise is being launched under the most aus- picious circumstances. Labor is abundant and rea- sonable. Raw materials are ample enough in nearby waters to insure a plentiful supply of shrimp, crab and clams, all of which Capt. Wood expects to pack for marketing in Seattle. The announcement that 15 workers will be put on the payroll as soon as arrangements can be made to begin operations is welcome indeed. While the number is not large, it will give some relief to the unemployment situation. If the business prospers, as it ought to, more workers will be added. The new industry will aid business of all kinds here. It should be given every encouragement. The local market, which is not inconsiderable, can absorb some of its products, and Juneau people will do well to insist on having only the home-packed goods when they become available. ROOSEVELT REAFF]RMS—()PPOSITION TO EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT. In a recent interview given Eastern newspaper men, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, leading candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination, reaf- firmed his opposition to the Eighteenth Amendment, saying he had not altered the position taken by him as revealed in a letter written to Senator Wagner in September, 1930, and made public by him. “The sentiments expressed in that letter are still my m on the Prohibition question today,” he de- «clared recently. " The high points in the Wagner letter were: the [Eighteenth Amendment has not furthered the cause of temperance, but on the contrary has “fostered ‘excessive drinking of strong intoxicants” and has to “corruption and hypocrisy”; that solution éd the Prohibition debacle calls not for repeal ‘the Volstead Act or the Jones law but the abro- _( “The fact that I have lived a little longer than | the | gation of the Eighteenth Amendment by the oAl amendment restoring ol the use of intoxica should have the right to the of intoxicants; that which wish to remain dry should be aided in keep- ng out intoxicants by the Federal Government; that and should be permitted by local to prohibit the sale of liquor; and that the saloon should be outlawed. | < months there has been considerable comment Gov. Roosevelt's silence on the Pro- In some quarters it was alleged he seeking to dodge it in the hope of winning Dry support. His re-affirmation of the views set forth tion of a new to the States| he to cc State up ¢ les for sale ta towns villages | option sanction or recent | on | tion issue was in the | erities | PGS O TN The Japanese have protested about an American whom they shot down, fighting with aviator, the Shinese. lled two or three |was killed himself. Japanese flyers before H: was only a civilian flyer 1d Japan ought to keep in mind that the United | has hundreds of flyers trained in aerial | States | | combat. Dr Wagner letter should effectually answer TPAPSC" It seems he brought down one plane and| | he | i= | | i Cherrington’s declaration that the Drys will |/, Jotices for this church column t be received by The Empire note later than 10 o'clock Saturday morning to guar: | sermon topies, ete. Public meetings: Sund 2 Sunday- Tuesday |sweep the nation with a third party ticket if both the big parties nominate wet candidates and, adopt wet planks in their platforms sounds like | | whistle of a small boy in the dark. Otherwise, y all this fuss about what the two parties may |of i ! | What a Centenarian Saw. | (New York Times.) |most men is no cause for a lot of pomp,” John R. | Voorhis used to say when, at the age of 90, he was arranging for his funeral. Though he was a public offi in this city for fifty-eight years, | that he lived into his 103d year gave the public its| greatest interest in him. Mr. Voorhis had been a| |Judge, a Police Commissioner, an Excise *Commis- |sioner and a Dock Commissioner. He had been State | Superintendent of Elections, and until a few months ago was President of the Board of Elections. These things make a man remarked above his fellows, |particularly in this politically minded town. But it| is the length of his life which men will remem- {ber. Even if the Tammany Society had made him, las it intended, the first Great Grand Sachem after |George Washington, the vast span which his life |covered would have been the chief reason why thi contemporary world regarded him with so much in | terest. | He was born in the seventh month of the year | |1829. Before his eyes passed one of the most fruit- {ful cycles of history. In all probability his parents, |from the old Dutch stock, wondered whether he |would ever be President, and hoped that if he did | he would resemble Andrew Jackson, elected some months before. New York was a small city—farm- land where the great midtown districts now uprear | their pinnacles. Yorkville was a distant crossroads. People were talking about how fittingly to celebrate Washington’s centénnial; when Mr. Voorhis closed | his eyes the bicentennial was on. The first Am railway had just been completed. In Great Britain | Catholic emancipation bill had but recently| taken effect The American “tariff tions” was force, and in the and Hayne about to debate Pius VIII eece, Belgium Senate Webster | States’ r and in were Pope; Vene |was born. | In 1829 weeks were required for an ocean voyage, to Philadelphia. The Napoleonic era going in and out of the British Premiership. It would be more than forty years before Morse began what Edison afterward perfected—the close, electrical | intercommunication of mankind. Yesterday, when the centenarian died, the world's circumference had contracted to nine days’ flying time and the great- grandchildren of 1829 were growing old. Alfred E. Smith’s Candidacy. (New York World-Telegram.) Alfred E. Smith’s announcement of his passive candidacy is all to the good. Not because it nect sarily will make Mr. Smith the Democratic Presi- dential nominee, but because it will prevent Governor | Franklin D. Roosevelt or any other didate taking the nomination in a walk-away on his own terms. The nomination should not go to any man by default. Mr. Smith's announcement will prevent one-man control of the convention. It assures the rank and file a chance to consider and choose. That is the democratic method; and it should be the Democratic Party method. The effect of the Smith move will be to make the pre-convention campaign a real contest. Only in such a contest can the issues be brought out. That is particularly true regarding Governor Roose- velt, who to date has been no more specific on issues than he has been forced to be. But it is also true of other candidates. Mr. Smith is so colorful as @ political figure that no drab campaign is possible with him in it. Whether he kills it or not, things happen when he is in the picture. This does not mean, of course, that Mr. Smith |is going out to campaign for himself. His state- ment says specifically that he will not. But his friends will be active in his behalf. Why? We doubt that it is because even his closest friends think he has much of a chance of nomination or election. But they do want him and the group he represents to have some voice in the convention. That is as it should be. Mr. Smith probably is powerful enough to split the Democratic Party if he were determined to rule or ruin. But there has been nothing to indicate that such is his intention. The fact that he is bécoming a passive candidate on the urging of his friends, rather than an active candidate on his own behalf, is pretty good proof that he is not trying to dictate his nomination. Doubtless part of the explanation of Mr. Smith's passive attilude is that he is not anxious to give the Republican campaign committee another op- portunity to use the forces of religious bigotry to help defeat his party and divide the country. Mr. Smith’s announcement will not put him in a good position to nominate himself, but it will put him in a better position when the time comes to help choose a nominee and a platform representing his type of liberalism. and Mexico's new law which permits the granting of divorces by mail may jar Reno and Hot Springs, but it will probably be the making of Mr. Brown's Post Office Department.—(Macon, Ga., Telegraph.) If the Japanese do not like what is printed in Chinese newspapers, they could scarcely grow en- thusiastic over the comment of the American press. the fact|l? Choir. and New Yorkers made great preparations for the | |long journey (was but fourteen years closed, and Wellington was | 121 Main Sireet CHARLES C. PERSONEOUS, Pastor. Sunday rvices: 11:00 a.m.—Morning worship. 12:15 p.m.—Bi 7:30 p.m.—Evening service. Tuesday and Friday ev- enings at 7:30 o'clock. The Lord's Supper the first Sun- day of each month. First Church of Christ, Scientist Sunday services will be held at 11 am. in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Juneau, on Fifth and Main Streets. The subject will Jesus.” \ hool—12:15 p.m. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. monial meeting Christian Science Reading Room in church building. This room is open to the public Wednesday after- noons from 2:30 to 4. The public is cordially invited to attend these services and visit the reading room. Resurrection Lutheran Church | orner of Third and Main Streets REV. ERLING K. OLAFSON, Pastor. “The Friendly. Church” 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:15 am—Morning worship. Sermon, “Sacrifice.’ Anthem, “My Jesus, I Love Thee,” The Junior 6:30 Alber p.m.—Luther , of the Alas of abomina-|E about s Max & Everyone is welcome to left so|zuela achieved their independence, and Poland was [attend this meeting. |once more struggling to be free when Mr. Voorhis | s Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church Fourth and Seward Streets REV. G. E. JAMES, Minister. “The church with the cordial wel- come.” 11:00 a.m. Morning worship. Subject, “The Perfect Life.” The Vincent young people will sing at this service. 12:056 p.m.—Sunday School. 7:30 p.m.—Evening service. The Rev. Leon Vincent will be the speaker, taking for his subject, “Our Father's God.” Besides a chorus number we are pleased to an- nounce two selections by the male quartet. The public is invited to these services. Catholic Church Church of the Nativity Fifth and Gold Streets 6:30 am.—Low Mass in the Hos- pital Chapel. change of |t Testi- | p.m.—Rosary and Benedic- the Blessed Sacrament. qular Lenten devotions will ce on Wednesday and Fri- ngs at 7:30 pm. the First Friday of the month. Ths usual devotions will take place at the 8 o'clock Mass. Northern Light Presbyterian Church Fourth and Franklin Sts. V. C. C. SAUNDERS, Pastor. Morning worship. 1e solo, Shall Not Pass This Way” (Effinger), Tom gshafer. Sermon topic, “The Lord's Plumbline.” 12:15 p.m.—Sunday School. p.m.—Children’s Hour. 00 p.m. — Intermediate Endeavor. Cor am Seventh Day Adventists D. A. Chapel, Winn Bldg., Second and Seward Streets VERNON GYES, Pastor nday Night: 7:30— Lecture— “What Is the Future of Protestant- ism and Romanism?” Wednesday night: y in Advance.” h, March 5: 2:30—"George 1gton—An Ardent Champion gious Liberty.” “The World's Holy Trinity Cathedral | Rev. CHARLES E. RICE, Dean. Third Sunday in Lent. Sunday services: —Holy Communion. 11:00 a.m.—Morning Prayer and Sermon 1 p.m.—Sunday School. Friday—Lent Service, 8 p.m. No evening service in Douglas. First Spiritual Society 7:30 pm. in Odd Fel- lows Hall Sunday. Everyone welcome. e Church S| ARD KUNZ, Lay Worker 10:30—Morning service. 11:30—Bible School. 7:30—Evening service. 7:30 p.m.—Wednesday, prayer service. Midweek Russian Orthodox Church REV. A. P. KASHEVAROFF, Pastor. Saturday, 7:00 p.m.—Vespers and matins combined. Sunday, 10:00 a.m.—The divine liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom. - e FINAL TAX NOTICE Seeond and final payment of taxes become delinquent Monday, March T7th, 1932. After this date, 10%% penalty and 8% interest at- taches to all unpaid taxes. H. R. SHEPARD, City Clerk. Figst. publication, Feb. 17, 1932. Last “ publication, Feb. 28, 1932, 8:00 a.m.—Low Mass and instruc- tion in the church, 10:00 am.—Sunday School. 0 a.m.—High Mass and Ser-| Chris- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 1932. That Overhaul JOB || Come in and see us about our SPECIAL WINTER MONTH OVERHAUL PRICES CONNORS MOTOR SEE YURMAN New Fur Garments in New Styles v Cleaning, Repairing, Remodeling | Yurman. the Furrier Triangle Building LUDWIG NELSON | JEWELER ! Watch Repairing Brunswick Agency FRONT STREET | You Can Save Money at | Our Store | SEE US FIRST | Harris Hardware Co. | Lower Front Street o R iR R W R NSO FALLING HAIR STOPPED A healthy head WILL grow hair. 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KEASER & FREEBURGER | DENTISTS BElomgren Building PHONE 568 Hours 9 am. to 9 pm. | Dr. Charles P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Building Telephone 176 | | . ° | Dr. J. W. Bayne DENTIST | Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. | Office hours, 9 am. to 5 pm. | Evenings by appointment | Phone 321 Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469, Res. Phone 276 Robert Simpson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and Opthalmology | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground . . Dr. Geo. L. Barton CHIROPRACTOR Hellenthal Building OFFICE SERVICE ONLY Hours 9 am. to 7 pm. PHONE 250 J— —_—e DR. R. E. SOCTHWELL Optometrist—Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | Room 17, Valentine Bldg. | Office Phone 484; Residence Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 | to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 FY Fraternal Societies or Gastineau Channed | o | i B. P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday night at 8 pm, Elks Hall, Visiting brothers welcome. M. 8. JORGENSEN, Exalted Rules M. H. SIDES, Secretery. Co-Ordinate Bod- ies of Freemason- ry Scottish Rite Regular meeting second Friday each month at 7:30 . m., Scot- tish Rite Temple. WALTER B. HEISEL, Secretary LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE, NO. 700 Meets Monday 8 p. m. Ralph Reischl, Dictator. Legion of Moose No. 23 meets first and third Tuesdays G. A. Baldwin, Secretary and Herder, P. O. Box 273. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 Second and fourth Mon- day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m. JOHN J. FARGHER, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Sec« retary. ORDEP, OF EAS1IERN STAR Second and Fourth Tuesdays of each month, at 8 o'clok, Scottish Rite Tempie. EDITH HOWARD, Worthy Mat« ron; FANNY L. ROB- INSON, Secretary. d ENIGHTS 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. Our trucks go any plac time. 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