The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1933, Page 4

THE. DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 1933 G4V IVITYY Daily Alaska Empire JOHN W. TROY - - PRESIDENT AND EDITOR ROBERT W. BENDER GENERAL MANAGER Published _every evening _except Sunday by _the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. thm'ed in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class el SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dellvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas 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, $1.2% Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of_ their papers. Telephone for Bditorial and Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively tled to the enti asc 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 GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER FPUBLICATION. GLACIER BAY AS A PARK. In another column of today’s edition of The Empire is an editorial article from the Ketchikan Chronicle urging the wisdom of creating a park in the vicinity of that community. As it points out in such timely fashion, the great wealth of un- trammeled wilderness resources that now surrounds Southeast Alaska towns and is a common, every- day story to their residents, will be swept up in| the maw of future exploitation, and unless some provision is now made our future population will be denied these riches of nature that make for a fuller life. It is gratifying to know that the movement for enlarging Glacier Bay National Monument and transforming it into a National Park is making progress. Recently, on his return here from the National capital, Gov. Parks announced that bound- aries materially adding to the area of the present monument have been decided upon and the -proper authorities are engaged in drafting an executive| order to present to the President for making it effective. However, if it is the intention of the Federal authorities to maintain the district as a national monument, the movement has fallen short of its objective. There is a wide difference between national parks | and national monuments. The latter are areas of land that because of some distinctive natural char- acteristic, scenic, scientific, or otherwise, have been reserved from private entry and development. No| effort is made to develop them or throw them | open to the general public. National parks, on the contrary, constitute the Nation's plaverounds. They are systematically developed with tha' cnd in view— to make them more attractive, mote ‘uccdssible and more appealing to the people of the entire country. That is what the local Chamber of Commerce had in mind when about one year ago it turned its attention seriously to the Glacier Bay project. The | national monument there has been in existence eight years and during that period nothing has been done to open it up for public recreation and amuse- ment. This condition will not change if it remains in that classification. To enlarge its boundaries means nothing except to tie up more land from private enterprise, Alaska doesn't want any more of this sort of Federal interest. Certainly the great natural won- ders of Glacier Bay and the Fairweather Range deserve a more kindly fate than that. PROTECT AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. The United States Chamber of Commerce, through President Harriman, has asked Congress to enact amergency legislation to protect American industries against competition of products from foreign coun- ries. Stressing the urgency of the situation, the head of the national organization said: For a year and three months depreciated foreign currencies have been exerting an undermining influence upon our economic situation: First by negativing our tariffs so that, in our home markets, American goods have been displaced, factory output cut down, and unemployment ipcreased; Second by depressing price levels and preventing any upward price movement to a basis of fair reurn for American labor and capital; Third by decreasing much-needed cus- toms revenue to our Government. Over half of the products coming into the United States are benefiting from the advantage of depreciated currencies. Over twenty foreign counties have that advantage in undercutting the prices of American products. The Pacific Coast States generally are united in support of the suggested legislation. Its greatest industries, particularly timber and fisheries, are facing demoralization through ruinous competition. The Alaska salmon packers have been severely af- fected by Japanese competition. The Japanese pack- ers can, by reason of the depreciated currency of their country, land pink salmon anywhere in the country at a much lower figure than it is possible for the Alaska packer to do. And the result may be disastrous to Alaska as many of the operators may find it impossible to finance their business unless the threat is removed. President Harriman's concise summary of the situation is impressive and ought to have some influence with the Nation's lawmakers. INVESTING FOR PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT. The motion picture industry, which provides the ordinary entertainment and amusement for a great ‘majority of Americans, has a total investment in its aggregate -properties amounting in round figures (“3!” $2,000,000,000. The combined accommodations of z w picture theatres in the country are capable eating simulf one out of every 10 persons , and once a week theatregoers movies” and “hear the talkies,” since 14,000 of the 21,284 motion picture houses are now equipped with sound apparatus. There are employed in These theatres a total of more than 250,000 persons and about 30,000 individuals are engaged in film produc- tion. Less than 15 per cent. of the pictures exhibited in this country are produced in foreign countries. The total of the industry’s expenditures ranks well with that of any of the other leading industries. In advertising alone it expends during each year approximately $100,000,000 which is-expended through 15,000 publications, concentrated, however, largely in the daily newspapers, Now that the 10 most beautiful words and the 10 ugliest words have been selected, someone ought to start a movement to pick the 10 most popular words when the interference is too heavy for radio reception. Senator Dill has suggested that the Senate Com- nlittee in charge of the beer bill »conduet experi- ments with actual beer to determine just what alcoholic content is required to make it intoxicating. For one, we hope it's accepted if'the experimenta- tion is not limited to members of Congress. Statisticians report that the average American family is worth $12,000. Is there actually that much cash money in the country? Needs of Anchorage. (Anchorage Times.) Meeting yesterday afternoon with the Delegate- Elect for Alaska, the members of the Anchorage City Council and the local Chamber of Commerce exemplified the Alaskan spirit of progress. They asked for assistance of the newly elected Territorial ! representative in getting certain aids and consid- erations from the Federal Government. No local member of the meeting displayed a more keen and progressive spirit and willingness to obtain the several aids than did the Delegate- Elect, and it is gratifying to know that he did not hestitate in saying that he will present the cause of Anchorage along with that of other parts of Alaska at the earliest possible opportunity. As was brought out in the meeting yesterday, Anchorage does not want prefernces over her sister cities of Alaska, and asks no favoritism, at the hands of the central government, but is keen to se¢| that what she needs and deserves is brought to the attention of the authorities at Washington. She is going about it in the right way. Mr. Dimond is the chosen representative of the people and the proper course of procedure is through him. He will be the voice of Alaska at Washington. His frank, sincere and direct method of aadress and his wide knowledge gained from long years of | not fail to get results. Anchorage has done well to rally regardless of party affiliations and take the first step in the Ter- ritory to co-operate wih her new representative. With all shoulders back of Anthony J. Dimond throughout Alaska in this manner the cause of Alaska will not fail at the capital. What About the National Park? (Retchikan Chronicle.) What sentiment has gained expression seems pretty well agreed upon Glacier Bay as a National LPN'X. Ketchikan is more or less on record for a| park that would be more accessible and at the same time a bit closer to Ketchikan. But little is*being done in that direction. Perhaps nothing can be done in times like these. Alaska, of course, is big enough and attractive enough to have more than one or two permanent parks. The vast Tongass National Forest boasts many an attractive spot which could be put to no good industrial use. None of us knows how long this vast stand of timber has been here, but all of us know that it is being put to scant use now and that it has been of little industrial use up to this time. Forest product exports in 1932 were valued at only $20,000. The pulp mills that seemed so close a few years ago now are as far in the future as ever. In the meantime, the trees that might be put to use are actually rotting. New and healthy growth is being impeded. It was agreed by local merchants not so long ago that attractive areas could be set aside for park purposes in this vicinity which would in no way prevent pulp mill development when it does come. We have had more than a taste of the tourist business. Its decline last season demonstrated better than words or figures what it has meant to us. Tourists have left many thousands of dollars with Ketchikan merchants and with those of other Alas- kan cities. They will do so again, because as long as travel is popular—and it always will be—Alaska will be a drawing card unless we fail to take steps which will insure the perpetuation and development of some of the features that make of the Territory a tourist paradise. We must plan for growth. We must believe that the population of Alaska will increase, that its cities will become larger, that its forests will attract development. And so we must plan to keep those things that make life worth while. Ketchi- kan itself, as well as the Territory, has, as we see it, a job ahead. That is to plan to keep some of (Petersburg Press.) Sitka has presented an irrefutable argument in favor of retaining the present site of the Pioneers’ Home and adding to it as room is needed. To move the home at this or any other time would be a needless expense and would take 'a large slice of pension money from the fund devoted to the care of Alaska’s aged and infirm. Pioneers. who favor the change should reflect on the cost. It is a cer- tainty that removal would curtail pensions, and the curtailment of pensions would mean an actual hard- ship on all our aged. We have a good home, in a good place; let us add to it and keep our expenses to a point where a decent sum can be paid to pensioners. When Budapest grave-robbers opened a casket, the occupant sat up. Statesmen who bet that John Barleycorn was dead will recognize the sensation. —(Detroit News.) to be right than for 100,000,000 to be wrong on the beer question.—(Jacksonville Times-Union.) Hawaii, with a land area of 6435 square miles, is nearly as large as New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire or Vermont. — (Honolulu Hawaii on of the Nation “go to see the | News.) Lafayette, we are stung.—(Detroit Fre¢ Press.) ; SYNOPSIS: With Leila Cane helping from the back- ground, Farrell Armitage per- suades Barbara Quentin to go to a dance with him a few hours after he accidentally meets her. Farrell has told Leila, who had expected him to propose to her, that even though Barbara is engaged to marry the cruel and crippled Mark Lodely in five days, she will | marry Farrell instead, Twenty years before Farrel's fortune had been badly invest- ed by the law firm of Quentin, Lodely and Cane; restering it ruined the firm and causing the death of Barbara’s and Mark’s fathers, although James Cane prospered. All this is in the air as Mark shows Far- rell some of his sketches, and Barbara dresses for the dance. CHAPTER 11. HELPING mARK “Yes,” said Armitage, “This is good. That isn't, T mean, I don't care for it; its sentiment seems to me false. I'm no critic, of course, and my philistine judgments will probably get me thrown out of your house, but, in the meantime, I'll buy what T like.” HeH had let the word fall with great negligence. “Buy”! His eyes rested on one Mark's thin hands and he saw the muscles stiffen for a second. Then he passed to his next point. “You must forgive my curiosity, but why in the world does one find you in Kings Mallard, when there are Paris and London. Or Rome?” The thin hand, still a little un- steady, indicated the crutch that was propped against a wall “It’s not forbidden to use acrutch in Paris or Rome or even in Lon- don,” reasoned Armitage pleasant- ly, putting aside the three small landscapes on which his cholce had fallen. “Ah, but here in Kings Malla residence in the Territory, supported by the recom-|We have & house to garage ”,hf mendations of his people from time to time, can-|CTutch in” explained the artist “In London, we shouldn't even have the traditional garret. Tra- ditional garrets, in London, come very expensive.” “Also—" his fair head gleamed in the firelight as he made one of his baffled movements—*“I know pretty accurately how good I am, which is to say that I know how good I might have become if there had been money enough to take me and my crutch out of Kings Mallard. Those landscapes—" he touched Armitage's selection—"are, quite nice, quite distinguished. Buf they don’t even begin to represent my real work.” % “Do you do any portraits?” Mark smiled. “I've tried some portraits.” Armitage, quietly opening his checkbook, was remembering Lei~ uying Barbara L by Julia Cleft-Addams ¢ Author of “YOU CAN'T MARRY* “No,” said Mark sighing, “I'm afraid next Thursday isn't possi-l ble.” | “Too bad. Well, we must fix up [somcthing else—some other time—" Armitage became amiably vague. “I'm leaving the country for the winter months but no doubt we shall meet again.” He looked at |his watch. “I say, Miss Quentin’s |peen waiting four minutes already.” “She won't mind if you tell her | you've been buying my pictures,” {Mark's lids had fallen again and {he was tearing a dingy thread from {the rug that covered him. “She has the business head of the family. As a matter of fact, next Thurs- day—" | He paused for so long that Ar- |mitage was on the verge of some saving commonplace. | “As a matter of fact” Mark, suddenly and throwing' aside the rug, “I can come up on Thursday, if you're |still kind enough to ask me. God knows when I shall ever get the chance of a holiday from Texeter, once I'm there. ... It's most ex- traordinarily decent of you to be willing to put up with me.” Armitage took a deep breath. He drew away from the fire, which seemed to be making the room far too hot and took another breath, even deeper. It meant such a lof, this postponement of Thurs- day's ceremony! It meant among other things, that one need never, | whatever happened, feel any com- punction towards Mark Lodely. “I'll send a car down, then’ he said cheerfully. “You'll prefer tc travel by road; less fatiguing. By the way, what do you consider your ‘real work?” “Cariacture,” answered Mark. He had drawn himself up to a sitting positicn, and pitched the qug to the floor. His pale eyes littered, his hair straggled over nis forehead, his shoulders twitch- d. He looked, Armitage thought, s though he had been hurled earthwards from some distant star and had fallen crumpled, but de- fiant still “Cariacture,” insisted violently he repeated. “I suppose I'll sicken you, but I'm good at savaging people. I like it; it's meat and drink to me. There’s something in my psychol- ogy—" “Then you must meet McLough- lin,” suggested Armitage, dodging discussion of the artistic psyche. “You know his work, of course. T am fortunate in possessing two of his most clashing efforts at my- self; also, his friendship. ... We must arrange something,” “Till Tursday, then.” Making his way gingerly down the ill-lit, cluttered staircase. Arm- itage began to lose his sense of success. Barbara’s smile, the smile she had given Mark was before his eyes. It shut him out com- Of what significance was lections. la’s answer to the same quer§.'}pletely. ‘“Portraits—yes. cruel enough.” ever, no cruelty for the moment|could call that sweetness to her visible in the curve of Mark's pale [eyes and lips?. ... rather at the most, amused by his recol-|low him in the hall. Armitage made out check that was neither charitably [raised to her breast in a curious large nor timidly small. pouting ‘When he feels{it t to cause the marriage to be There was, how-|postponed, so long as Mark alone He turned the lips. He seemed{last corner and saw Barbara be- a| She was standing with a hand gesture of pride and pleading, her “What are you going to do with|head a little bent, her eyes upon my landscapes?” asked Mark ac-|the open sitting-room door. cepting the check without exam-|was evident that Mrs. Lodely was ination. It “You may be no critic, | within, for her hoarse drawl came The drys say it is better for 20,000,000 people| but you know enough not to hang them near your others'’ “I'll take your advice on the matter.” “How can I give it when I have- n't seen—" “But, of course, I hoped you would come and see. If you and Mrs. Lodely would stay with me in town for a bit, T should be de- lighted. My house is in Brandish Place—I'm going back there tor morrow. Would next Thursday suit you?” He rose, his purchase under his arm. His attitude was now at its most negligent, but he seemed im- mensely alert. Mark, so far so easily handled, might suddenly from some unaccountable instinet, sense a purpose behind his friend- liness. He held his breath. He those beauty spots for others to enjoy. It is not|wondered, belatedly, if outspoken: only common sense, it is good business. ness would, after 'all, have beu; T R better. “I want to take your girl Sitka Clinches Argument. from you—your Barbara. I warm Tp— you, I'm going to try.” Something like that? He gazed steadily at the thin figure upon the couch. up to Armitage as he hesitated upon the stairs. “It's appallin’ waste, that’s what it is and I'd like to box his ears for it. As for your keepin’ it, you'll be out of your mind if you do, my dear gel. All very nice, feelin’ the better part of three hundred pounds swingin’ round your neck but you were sayin’ yourself only an hour ago—" Armitage continued to descend the stairs and the voice stopped; Barbara, turning gravely—all her movements seemed slow and grave —looked up at him as he ap- proached her. She said nothing, but he had the impression that, in a businesslike way, she presented herself for approval. Armitage possessed an eye for wo- men’s clothes and he saw at once that her dress was of very beauti- ful material, very wonderfully cut. It was silk, he thought, opaque and heavy and what he believed was called “watered.” At least, there were wide ripples of light and shadow sprayed across its 1891 42 YEARS’ BANKING SERVICE to the Peopl . COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS The B. M. Behrends Bank JUNEAU, OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA 1933 e of Alaska. emerald swinging on the slender- est possible chain and cunningly set in web-fine platinum. 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire —— ——— January 21 1913 Charles Goldstein was a pas- senger on the Curacao enroute for Juneau. Mrs. R. A. Kinzie and Mrs. E. P. Kennedy, whose husbands were of- ficers of the Treadwell company, were visitors in Juneau for the day. J. V. .iDayis, well dramatic reader, tured om a prob*nm to be given soon in the Odd Fellows Hall. Shey was to be assisted by Harry Fisher; and other local talent. ' Mrs, Twenty years ago the only boat-‘ 1 legging was selling liquor to In- dians. Deputy Fels arrested Angeloi Demos at Douglas and H. Bjm'k' was arrested by the local Marshal’s office on the charge of selling li- quor illicitly. Judge J. H. Cobb and family had settled in their new and beautiful home on Chicken Ridge. Mrs. Gibbs had arrived in town to visit her sister, Mrs. Benjamin Stewart, for several months. Mrs. H. L. Faulkner entertained at cards and had asked guests to| a second bridge afternoon on' the following day. H. E. Meyers, who had been em- ployed in the Surveyor - General’s office for some time, was trans- ferred to New Mexico. a passenger | enroute to Ear]l C. Jameson was on the Northwestern, Juneau. An editorial in The Empire sug- gested that the City Council take up the matter of numbering streets and houses in Juneau. The grow- ing population was making the business of locating a house in the residential districts increasingly dif- ficult. The first of a series of articles by Edward Beattie, entitled “Wire- less Telegraphy Is Simple to Init- iated Ones,” appeared in The Em- pire. Mark Krigbaum and Thomas Krigbaum, sons of Thomas Krig- baum, were enroute to Juneau from the States. The windows of Winter and Pond’s contained a fine floral dis- play, including roses, violets and a profusion of smilax. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Spickett were making plans to leave soon for Seattle to purchase furniture for the new Orpheum Hotel which they expected to open on Febru- ary 15. suppleness and yet it was all white, pearl-white, not trimmed in any way save that at neek and hem there were uneven stitches of sil- ver., Abive this gleam of sheer white- ness her pointed child-face and hed grave eyes waited; her gilded hair leaped into flame as her head tilted up toward him. She looked | like a little girl who has been told to run and find a clean frock and hopes she is now tidy enough. This is she. ... This is she.” Then her hand fell away from her breast and Armitage saw an “Oh, no!” he exclaimed. (Copyright, 1932, Julia Cleft- Addams.) But Barbara and Farrell de- cide not to dance after all, Monday. Pt e JUNEAU FROCK SHOPPE . known }was to be fea-|¢ | PROFESSIONAL G M— Helene W. L. Albrecht | PHYSIOTHERAPY | Muosage, Electricity, Infra Red | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building 8 —e DRS. 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