The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 6, 1932, Page 4

| | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, JUNE 6 R ——— 19 90 Daily Alhskfi Empire JOHN W. TROY - - PR SIDENT AND EDITOR ROBERT W. BENDER - - GENERAL MANAGER ighe: -7 y 3 G 7 except Sunday by the Em’?}"(‘l?‘?’n\”?}“ 7”&'(‘.\!?'.\.\\' at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, A 8 ey Fntered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. a1 b\ SUBSCRIPTION RATES. | Dellvered by carrier in Juneau, Douglas, Treadwell and 2 1,25 per month T o oraid, -at "the following rates: | vance, $12.00; six months, in advance, | ad , $1.2 nfer a favo Office of an paper d Business Offices, 374. $6.00; on Subscribers notify the Bus in the deli Telephc if they will promptly fallure or irregularity MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. M press 1 exclusively entitied to the fawe for republ 1 of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the| “ocal news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER UBLICATION ALMOST SPOILED. C. L. Andrews almost spoiled a remarkably good book in his “Story of Alaska” by unwarranted criu-' cisms of the manner of the development of lhci United States without submitting the facts be- hind the criticism and by a wholly unjustifiable comment on Gen. Richardson with a slur for omcersi of the United States Army. In a note, the author gave a list of “thoss who have written of Alaska feelingly,” and then said: The only one who has written disparag- | ingly, of those who knew that land inti- mately, was Gen. Richardson, but his pro- fession is generally one of destruction rather than upbuilding, so his judgment may have been influenced by his education and calling. It is not ‘fair to say that Gen. Richardson wrote disparagingly of Alaska. He wrote a magazine article, it is true, warning people against the growing habit of painting in too lurid colors the prospect of growth and development in the near future of Alaska. He said it was misleading. He said that he believed that the money spent on the Alaska Railroad would have been better used if it had been devoted to highway construction. But he said that we have the railroad now and it is thirty years too soon to talk of abandoning it. Mr. Andrews, himself, says in his book that the devel- opment of Alaska will be slow. But Gen. Richardson was never a destructionist. | In fact, he probably contributed more to the con-| structive development of this Territory than any | other one person since American occupation. While Mr. Andrews neglected to give him credit for it, he was the man who got Congrsss to organize the | Alaska Road Commission, and he was its first President. This Commission, during the dozen years he.was at its head, developed a fine system of roads throughout the Territory that contributed tremendously to mines and other resources. His services were invaluable, and the Commission of which he was the father has continued for the last fifteen years in carrying on the course he had set for it and dome work that was absolutely essential to progress. The history of the United States Army has not been one of destruction. The Army has contributed vitally to the development of the whole American ‘West. The pioneers of the plains were always and almost, if not quite, unanimously friendly to the Army. It was constantly on guard and always helpful to the pioneers. As builders of the rivers and harbors improvements, as helpers in time of disaster everywhere, the American Army officers have been a very helpful power in behalf of con- structive development. Several times Mr. Andrews goes out of his way to make side remarks about matters that are wholly out of place in the book. He refers to waste of the natural resources of the country in a manner to suggest that it was needless, etc., and he intimates that the Indians of the continent were cheated out of their patrimony. But this is all pure dictum.| It was not at all necessary and is likely to rouse antagonisms and controversy on subjects entirely outside of the scope of the book. In fact nearly all the faults of the book are dicta, aside from its real purpose. However, in spite of its faults, Mr. Andrews’s book is timely and ought to be in all collections of Alaska literature. The notes and references as well as the text testify to tireless study of the subject. The material examined was very extensive and the author showed excellent judgment and nice discrimination in holding the “Story of Alaska” down to & conveniently sized volume. It presents an excellent story of Alaska covering the century-and- a-half from the beginning of Russian activities until the present. ST. LOUIS ORGANIZES TO BEAT EXTRAVAGANCE. St. Louis taxpayers impatient at the failure of Government to institute economy have literally incorporated to wage a drive for lower taxes and reduction of governmental expenditures — Federal, State and City. The Si. Louis Chamber of Commerce has formed an organization, “The Public, Inc,” which is now enrolling the rank and file of the city’'s taxpayers. going forward with the idea of pledging candi- for office on the general principle of gov- tal economy and less taxes, and bringing ure to bear on men now in office, to the end will institute savings in government. ~ budget balanced through economies and not 2 increased taxes; the control of Government and the elimination of waste; a “pay-as- policy with no demands on Government which the taxpayers cannot afford; a | higher than at first thought it seems. {tourist exchange, | ronized lower taxes, and a vote for candidates who promise economy, regardless of party label. Membership in the new organization is founded on the chain idea. Each person, desiring to join, is asked to pay a nominal sum of $1 to defray general communication costs. Each new member agrees to obtain at least one additional member of the organization. People should suspend judgment as to the guilt or innocence of Mayor James J. Walker until they get all the facts. Mayor Walker, while only fifty, has had a long and honorable public career. He was one of the “Big Five” that was given credit for making Tammany respectable, and he is a very brilliant man. His friends say if he is removed he will be immediately re-elected by a tremendous majority. If Judge Seabury carries out his alleged inten- {tion of presenting charges and asking Gov. Roose- | velt for the removal of Mayor Walker it’ will be a very unusual proposition to be submitted to a Presidential aspirant just before the National Con- vention will pass upon his aspirations. Canadian Tourist Industry. (Miami, Fla., News.) The Transatlantic steamship lines might not agree with the Canadian Bureau of Statistics that “the tourist trade has been relatively less affected than most industries by the prevailing economic depression.” They have been hard pushed to bolster |dwindling passenger lists. But a European trip |costs more, and Canada has the United States, { which has furnished a large percentage of the tour- ist business, to draw from. It may be, as a matter of fact, that Euorpe’s loss has been partly Canada’s gain. Persons with pinched pocketbooks are not straying so far afield in their vacation wanderings. At all events, Canada finds its tourist: books with a favorable balance of $174,324,000 at the close of 1931. Foreign visitors to the Dominion spent approximately $250,776,000 last year. Canadians, meanwhile were spending $76,452,000 elsewhere. Since the country has a population of only some 10,- 000,000, the per capita expenditure is proportionately Canada, with a next-door neighbor of about 123,000,000 popula- tion, could hardly fail to profit handsomely in the no matter how much its own 10,000.000 spent outside the Dominion. Tourists left $83,734,000 in Canada in 1920. In| 1929 the high mark of $309,379,000 was reached. The first year of depression brought the annual total down to $279,238,000. Canadians, during the latter two years, were spending abroad $121,645,000 and $100,389,000. respectively. Thus Canada had fav- orable balance of $187,734,000 and $178,849,000. Anzalysis of a single year's tourist receipts in Canada is inteersting. Travelers coming in by various ocean routes went home $12,018,000 poorer. Visitors from the United States by rail and steamer brought in $50,629,000. Motorists from the United States, of course, accounted for the bulk of the revenue with a total of $188,129,000. Canadian tour- ists who sailed from the Dominion by ocean liner the same year spent $19,550,000 before they re- turned. Others traveling by rail and steamer pat- the United States to the extent of $16,- 638,000. But the automobile, again, transported the largest number, who spent $40,264,000 in the United States. The Canadian figures are not simply guess- work, upon which we still rely in Florida tourist trade. They have at least some basis in fact— statistics compiled from questionnaires circulated among tourists. So long as Canada can boast a favorable tourist trade balance of $174,324,000 for a year such as 1931, the Dominion has little cause for complaint. The Good Earth. (New York Times.) In the environs of certain European cities one sees thousands of garden plots, often with shacks scattered among them—Ilittle patches of soil in which city workingmen and their families still keep in touch with the mother earth. The motive that first led the temporary tenants of these tracts out from the cities after hours or on holidays was not an economic one. But during the war the cultiva- tion of gardens for their produce became the dominant purpose. In Belgium alone it is estimated that “187,000 families were cultivating gardens and able to supply themselves with foodstuffs that otherwise might not have been available” A na- tional league was formed after the war (du Coin de Terre) to encourage gardening on a small scale by city dwellers and it has now become interna- tional. The State Emergency Relief Committee pro- poses in its program to avail of the aid of such garden spaces within the easy reach of cities in % NS SYNOPSIS: Eddie Townsend refuses to live on his wife’s “bounty,” ncw that he won't be able to fly for awhile. And Georgie, his wife, wants to keep her job and support the both of them. She is so determin- ed not to stop that she is keep- ing her marriage secret since her cmpleyer discharges wemen whe marry. CHAPTER 30. BREAD AND CHEESE AND KISSES “So Gill,” Eddie continued, “fix- ed up a room for me with this old soul—ugliest old figure-head you've ever seen but darn good sort—and Jenny comes for me ev- ery morning and ten every night. “And I guess I'll stay on with her while you're finishing fhings off with the Old Man and maybe helping to find someone to take! your place. ! “And then—" he drew a deep,| |unsteady breath and his hand|have gripped Georgie's fiercely under the! gay little cloth—“then you shall| make me a home on what we can scrape together between us. not proud about using your sav- ings as well as my own. And| we'll live on anything we can beg, borrow or remove and convert to an omelette a week until shows you better.” Jenny food, then railed at herself for a fool and began to eat steadily.! “The longest speech T've ever heard you make,” she said. “You seem to have thought it all out, darl- ing. Only from your point of view." | Eddie began to speak but check-| ed himself. After a few more| mouthfuls of baked egg, he asked abruptly— & “If you never meant to be poor witl “Did you know that pecple think ( —that people have been told it was Jenny I married?” “Oh, you mustn't deny it!” Then, | realizing that she had belrayed" herself she added—“Surely so long as the Old Man keeps to that ri-| diculous rule of his, it's better that ! we should pretend—anything! You | see, Eddie, I canlt give up my job now. Not any rate for a bit.” | He pushed his chair away from| the table and tilted to and fro on| meeting to some extent the need of the unemployed. The cultivation of garden or small farm areas would serve a double purpose: giving employment and bringing some financial return. On strictly economic grounds this program could not be de- fended. Food could doubtless be produced by the large-scale farmers and truck gardeners at less cost. But as a relief and morale measure it is doubly defensible. The earth has still its fabled potency of restoring strength to him who touches it in his struggles with the powers that threaten to overwhelm him. And such restoration is a real factor in the present program of relief. The tracts so cultivated will yield in these times that which is quite as essential as the crop itself—the subsistence of spirit. The good earth has quite enough in her stores for all her 1900,- 000,000 inhabitants and is the better able by reason of man’s inventions and discoveries to feed, clothe and shelter them than ever before in the thousand million years of her history. But she must have |opportunits to nourish them. Every possible assist- ance shouid be given the State Committee by those who have a “coin de terre” in making it possible for the vacant arable places in and about the |cities to have their part in meeting the present |emergency. It was once called a billion-dollar country and now it is the country of billion-dollar relief se¢hemes. —(Boston Transcript.) _It’s about time for the other 47 States to rise in’ their wrath and demand dear, old Louisiana put a silencer on what she sent to the Senate.— (Cincinnati Enquirer.) The Senate has burned the toast some of its members wanted to drink in foaming ale—(Indian- apolis Star.) Pretzels, a stein, let these be mine, sings Ohio.— (Louisville Herald-Post.) Circuses are reported to be cutting Washing- ton off their itinerary now that Huey Long is in the Senate.—(Washington Post.) Add similies: As noisy as Democratic harmony. on it, the old scowl on his face. | he asked “if I had gone to Mexico and came back again to live here?” own'room at the great Matching | She, too, abandoned the un-| happy little dinner. She lit a| cigarette. “I'm beginning to think you| wouldn't, Georgle.” | “What on earth is the good of arguing about what whight have happened? You aren't going to Mexico—and jolly sick the Old Man | is about it. He recommended you| to Garth Aveney himself, and he says there’s no one else he—" | “Never mind the compliments. T'm beginning to think you never| intended to give up your job when ! GETTING ALONG The sure way to get along in this world is to save some money ALL the time. necessary to make large deposits, as small and frequent additions to your account will make your bank balance grow amazingly fast. We pay four per cent compounded B. M. Behrends Bank OLpEST BANk 1;« ALASKA —(Toledo Blade.) - gro s - ASSS LM — W= SR e T = returns me at| lgoing to take her into his arms)| }Geo Cant Marry by Julia Cleft-Addams RSCe =lu =S sl I got back and |intend to give it up now.” | “Eddie, what are we to live on # 1 do?” o her surprise he had an an- ing: he did not notice her con- | fusion, “and I shall collect a—bit from one little insurance and an- | oth: i nea all right again; | Jénny pretty well cured me, bless little heant! I don't say 1 can give you anything like the good time that youve been lused too these last few years, but I can give you—" MHis voice rough- ened and she feared that he was |and her boldy away in his larms to |cheese and kisses. “I can give you a decent sort of " he said. need & 1ot of trappings. sach other.” was ~that she was tremb- “You and T girl, We a don She ling. “Oh, Ed, don't forget that, ever! love m “Then you'll throw over the job, She trembled so she had to our own ends; nad you shall burngrind out her cigarette half-smok- | ed and table. hold to the edge of the She played nervously with her| “No, I can't. Not yet. Not till—| well, not till I've saved more mon- or her life's sake, she could admitted her emply cof- “Then—then, perhaps, if got a job. And if we need- scrimp and sorape too much. ey P not hav many ifs about it, girl. Youre chea yourself and me, too.” “No—oh no. TI'm not. But I h me, Georgie, what did me for?” you marry can't be poor!” “Not even with me?” She could find mo words. She could only stare up at Eddie, the big man towering over her. “Not with me, Georgie? You| never meant to be poor with me at all?” She still was silent. “If you never meant to be poor with me, Georgie, what did you marry me for?” The ticking of the little clock filled the kitchen. The sound of “Would you have given it up” it hélped Georgie to clear her mind. | It reminded her of the clock in her headgquarters away downftown. The other clock was more expensive, of course, encased in eluminum instead of battered nickel, but it had " the same stammer in its tick, coupled with the same hurry. She closed her eyes and at once, in her imagination, she was in her discreet, important room with its telephones and its files, and its frosted glass door — panels that showed her her name reflected in reverse—Miss Revell. Private.” With her eyes still shut, as though not to lose the vision of the It isn’t on savings accounts twice a year ; and T shall find a job. I'm | you know. ' his home of bread and| A — that you don’t room, she tried to state her point of view. “Do listen to me, something I want yo ,and for all—and it’s this. When ‘I said I'd marry you, I may or I Eddie! There's | so very much less than may not have put you second to | would have had if I hadn’t my job. But when T was aciually lost my n e. There's our sav- sianding up beside you in that room, taking you for my husband 'before all those people, I knew that you came first.” “Well, then girl—sweetheart!—" “No, No, wait!” she opened her 'eyes and got up, moving away from him until the table was betwe them. “You hadn’t had t! acei- dent, then. “You wer and | strong and—and well-known, with \a wonderful future—" i His face whitened. any use for me now.” “That’s hot what I'm saying!” she cried passionately. But there was a cold breath in her heart. Wasn't it time that the old thrill of him had vanished, only to re- curn when he held her and kissed her and looked vital and big? | What did she feel for him when |he clung, terrified, to a window- T'm|—that T love you as much as you curtain while something cluttered |in the street below? | haps! (Copyright, Julia Cleft Addams.) Pity, per- If Georgie won't give up her | position Eddie will go away for a year. Will this threat shake her firmness, tomorrow? - e | “o1a papers for sale at Empire |ortice. | | Goodyear Tires Full Stock of AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES Juneau ; Motors Authorized Ford Agency BUSINESS SUPPLIES:% COMMERCIAL PRINTING BINDERY [ Mj. Smvpkins Co. . McCAUL MOTOR | Co. SAVE HALF wWOo0D CLEAN HEMLOCK 14 in., 16 in., 24 in. 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