The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 1, 1933, Page 8

S ———————— 8 E—_ e = LOCAL CHAMBER GPPOSES TOLLS OVER HIGHWAYS Wires Protest to President and Se(‘ l‘(‘tal’_\’ ICk(‘S UI]l(’SS NlO\’(‘ Gt‘llt‘l'al Unless and until toll to motor veh t over publ ed ing l), 1!11\ { Commerce here raphed a statement to President Roo! tary of Interior, | the proposed es nt of a license fee system| r trucks, and busses and motor vehicles operating for over Richardson Highway. Is Inherited Project toll proposition was inherit-| the Roosevelt Administration | its predecessor. Former Sec- Wilbur of the Interior De- nt last winter prepared a| le of charges it was proposed | t into effect this Summer tary Ickes, Delegate Dimond| the Alaska Territorial nber of Commerce, is determ-| adopt it as his own, | the fees suggested by Dr. may be changed. | Ainst from to though THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1933 Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle 6. Natural height of a man . Skill . Stain . Soon . Tardy Edible fungus Watehful . Palm leat . Combination . Attempt . Astronomical yearbook . Puft up Finishes Animal food Zest Moving part . Article of belief . Firearm 5. One that devours . Broader Torment Behold Not %o old S\H(\\urm Greek letter Dinner guest mande; u-1x[mo L excursion Kind of tea 30 shnrfl tapering Cancels Football poste tion: abbr, Musical 53 M5de. of 3 arge serpent ument Entirely mesticated First number with three digits . Genus of the ‘mallard duck . Pronoun . Philippine . Antic . Prophet Medley Cogitate - Liquid used 1n 55 making dyes © ()rr.nm of sight Mel mcn!ura e Delegate said he has pro-| d vigorously to Secretary I apparently without ' success, the policy which, he was informed, was designed to protect the Alaska Railroad from motor| vehicle competition. He suggested| that Alaskan communities, Ull‘ulxs:h; their Chambers of Commerce pro-| test to both the President and| Secretary Ickes, i teste but agair Wilbur Fees Anncunced [ Dimond was unable to as-| just what fees will be by Secretary Ickes, who matter was still under consideration and no figures had| been definitely fixed. He said he| would advise the Delegate as soon| as this was done. | However, the fees approved by Secretary Wilbur were made avail-| able. Traffic moving over the high-| way was to have been divided into; three classes: Class B. Passenger cars for hire.| Class C. Cars trans porting freight and merchandise. Class A. All other motor vel -(]D.\‘ using the road | No tax or fee required of Class A. tomobiles in Class B, been divided into three ctions. cars for five passengers or Ile: $100; five to seven passengers, $125; seven to 15 passengers, $175. In Class C, two sections were| provided: trucks having up to 7~ 000 pounds gross load, $100; over 7,000 to 10,000 pounds, $150. | Cars listed under Class B would be required to pay the minimum! for Class C if they also trans- ported merchandise or freight. Will Be Changed Delegate Dimond wired the All-) Alaska Chamber in part as follows: “The figures quoted are apparently to be changed by Secretary Ickes, who informs me a new schedule of fees would have to be estab- lished if the regulations now under consideration are adopted. I have no knowledge of what the pro- posed changes will be. “It is my understanding that the same license fees will be im- posed whether a vehicle travels one mile over the highway or traverses the entire length.” | The All-Alaska Chamber is understood to have transmitted this telegram to all of its member bodies for action independently. ALASKA NEWS Howard Lyng returned to Nome the middle of the month from Un- alakleet on an NAT plane. He had been on an extended trip of 1,000 miles by dog team and owing to the dogs's sore feet he was forced to leave them at Unalakleet. Dr. Aubrey R. Carter, of Fair- banks, recently made a trip to An- chorage of a week or ten days. He was called to Anchorage on ac- count of the illness of Dr. Harry Abercrombie, Alaska Railroad phar- macist and superintendent at the railroad hospital. Mr certain imposed said the would have been; Traffic. Au- was to have J The contract for excavation work for the proposed school building in Fairbanks was let recently by the school comittee of the City Coun- cil to David A. Bryant on a bid of 34 cents a cubic yard. The amount of earth to be removed is estimated at 1,565 cubic yards. Fire starting from an unknown origin caused about $500 damage to the 30-foot gasboat, Fox-Trot, at Anchorage recently. Both brigades of the fire department were called out. Martin Peferson was in charge, of the craft which is owned by Peterson and Otto Brown of Sel- dovia. ‘Adoniram J. Adams, pioneer of ‘Alaska and ong of the half-dozen men_ who selectéd and established the Cordova townsite in 1905, died at his home in Cordova on May 23, after a prolonged illness. I cated jance was a sensation during the lp% am T g==ll%3ll! ™ AN AN dEE Illl,////,flll MAN MISSING 2% & s 21 MONTHS 1S NOW LOCATED' [Russell T. Sherwood Re-| appears After Senation- al Dloppmg, from Sight cxpected to be that he never re- ceived any money withdrawn for Walker or that he ever was Walk- tivities previously and only han dled the affairs of the mayo brother, the late Dr. George Walk- e e GIRLS’ LEGION MEETS The Girls’ Legion Club held an onjoyable meeting yesterday after- noon in the Dugout and initiated two members, Beatrice Primevera and Betty Lou Phillips. Plans were completed for goody sale and luncheon on Sat- urday. All friends of the girls who have promised donations are asked to have them at the dugout not later than 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. - Mrs. Margaret E. Brandt, of Fair- banks, donated a piece of land fo the Boy Scouts of that city, to NEW YORK, June 1.—The New York American, in a copyrighted story, says Russell T. Sherwood, r puted fiscal agent for former Ma; or James J. Walker, has been lo- after a disappearance of 21| months | The American said the long miss- ing accountant whose disappear- | Seabury invesiigation of the admin- istration of the former mayor, has returned to settle his affairs with the Federal Government and lhe; Ne\\ York Supreme Court. The American said Sherwood’s ! her at Scouts. a recent meeting of the Mnke Millions Think—and Buy. Flour Is Going Up! Our price on R & W Flour, 49 1b. bags $1.45 At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 LIFT IT! You Will Never Be Without It The new Featherweight Automatic will do more with less work. Give it a trial. We allow you $1.00 for your old iron. ‘ Alaska Electric Light & Power Company JUNEAU—Phone 6 DOUGLAS—Phone 18 NEW SILK UMBRFLL 48 Very Special $3.28 | Non-Rust Ribs—Extra Heavy All Colors—Matching Handles LEADER DEPT. STORE GEORGE BROTHERS explanation to the Government is er’s fiscal agent but carried on Ac~J A vote of thanks was tendered to! 24 BOY SCOUTS SIGN UP; FINAL DAY TOMORROW nounced by N. C. Banfield All ready to go, 24 boy scouts haye signed up for the two weeks’ camping at the cabin out near Eagle River. Applications from others must be | in by tomorrow noon, registered | with N. C. Banfield, at the United States Weather Bureau in the Fed- eral and Territorial Building. Mr. Banfield also issued the fol- lowing instructions to the Boy| Scouts: Each lad must supply his own blankets, about five of them, IInstructions Are Also An—; L. |W. Turoff announced the comple-| because donations that have been made in former years are not avail- | able this yea may be purchased Behrends store as that ment has the suitable at the B. M. establish- | lengths. | 'The blankets and all other per- {sonal belongings the Scouts are igoing to take to camp, may be left at the City Council Chambers not later than 2 o'clock tomorrow aft- ernoon and these will be taken to camp. After that hour it will be up to the Scouts to hustle their own equipment out to the camp. Saturday the advance guard will| leave for the cabin and get the camp ready for the boys who go out Monday Visitors’ day has been deslgnqt(\l as Sunday, June 11. Visitors will be served coffee free but they must carry their eats. | | WORLD PEACE | NOT POSSIBLE SAYS VISCOUNT - | {Declares Lovenant,Kellogg Pact Must Be Amend- ed at Once | NEW \ORK JH']“ 1.—Viscount ‘xxku;uo Ashii, Japan’s principal idelegate to the London economic |conference, said today that, the Covenant of the League of Nations |and the Kellogg-Briand peace pact |will be ineffectual instruments for the |world peace unless amended to for- Pact bid treaty breaking and ecoffomic boycotts. | The Viscount charged that Jn)xm |has been a victim of “sconomic ag- be used in any way they see fit. | 9x12 9x12 Norhampton Jae (reversible) mosquito bed nets| O ‘(lel(,ion of the Kalgan area Although she had seen her fatner shoot and kill her mother in the heat f a quarrel, Doris Luetz (above), | of Chicago, -tried valiantly to save her remaining parent by taking the blame upon herself. The efforts of ! the 14-year-old girl were unsuccess~ ful when a prolonged grilling by police broke her down into admit- ung she was trying to shield her father. OFFENSIVE IN NORTH GHINA ENDS BY TRUCE Fifty Thousand Invadersi Will Be Assigned to Two New Tasks TIENTSIN, June 1.—The Jap- anese military ofiensive in North na has been ended by the truce and the authorities are considering employing the effective war ma- |chine on two new tasks. The armistice has released 50,000 | invaders for service against Chinese | bandits in Manchuria and for a proposed campaign for eventual ac- in he Province of Chahar in inner Mongolia. gression” by the Chinese at inter- vals over the past 20 years. Viscount Ishii said the Covenant provides no redress for his mation and further declared the Kellogg should outlaw boycotts the as military aggression. - e — The advertisements are you guide to efficient spending. same Lochmoore Wilton quard 8:3x10.6 North ampton Jacquard (reversible) 27x50 Chenille 27x50 Oval Here is something NEW in RUGS, exception- ally attractive for the home or cabin at remarkable low prices. SEE OUR RUG DISPLAY IN THE WINDOW luneautYOung Hdwe. Co. GYMNASIUM OF {Construction Is Completed ELKS IS READY FOR WORKOUTS in All Details—Wom- en Remembered At the regular meeting of the Elks last night, Exalted Ruler L. tion of the construction: of the| gymasium. As constructed at present, the gymnasium has a hand-ball court, volley ball court, indoor tennis, punching bag, rowing machine, weight machine, medicine ball, and two showers. Adjacent to the gymnasium is a ladies’ room, comfortably fur- nished with davenport, chairs undl dressing table. | In the men’s dressing room there | are twenty individual steel lock-‘ ers. The gymnasium is now open for the use of Elks and their families. | A regular schedule of ladies’ days will be announced in the near J'uJ ture. | ‘The attendance prize of $10 in| cash was drawn by John Reck, and Glover’s AMERICAN REMEDIES for Pets of All Kinds Call for your booklet on the care of domes- tic pets. Juneau Drug Co. “The Corner Drug Store” | il was given to him during the eve- ning. Plans for the Elks’ picnic on June 18 were elaborated upon and one GOLD EXPECTED TO RISE BY CANADIAN additional appointment made to MINING MEN REPORTED the Committee in charge. Mr. Alex Dunham was named as chairman in charge of the sub-committee to handle the sports. KONNERUP’S STORE BRIGHTENED BY SIGN A new sign 1s oeing placed by the Fresh Air Sign Company at Konnerup’s store on Front Street The store was. formerly known as| the Cash Bazaar. ——————— | according to . AT THE HOTELS . 00000000 ceo e Gastineau Hans Floe, Hawk Inlet. Zynda Mrs. Frances K. Connor and son, Juneau. Alaskan W. N. Swan, Juneau; Mike Bar-| tulovich, Juneau. Gold at [h:‘ Canadian mint at Ottawa is bringing $27.50 an ounce information 'brought back from Canada by Royal Shep- ard who returned on the Princess Norah Sunday from a trip to Can~ ada. Mr. Shepard was south on busi- ness in connection with the placer property controlled by himself and several Juneau associates on Vital Creek in the Omineca district. Canadian mining men expect gold | to reach $35.00 an ounce as it 1s being bought on the open market in London, he said. All mining stocks of any promise are booming, Mr. Shepard said. A crew is now operating on his property on Vital Creek and it is hoped that production will begin early in June, he said. Mr. Shep- ard expects to return to the prop- erty during this month to take charge of operations. — e — Promote Frosperity with Pmni- "er's Ink! { St o s s e AN INVITATION With the permission of Mr. James Larson we invite you to inspect the COPPER TUBE PLUMBING in the erected by him on Twelfth Street. The time to inspect plumbing is new residence being e rr e | “In the Rough” then you know what is behind your walls Mr. Larson insists that the concealed work should be the very best— “IT IS THE BACKBONE OF A HOUSE” RICE & AHLERS CO. PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL “We tell you in advance what job will cost” AT Schlitz - Schmidt’s - Blatz Blue Ribbon BEER STOCKER’S IMPERIAL