The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1934, Page 4

— T S T TPy LTl T prrmm—— putes 4 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 27, 1934. Dail& Alaska Em Pir‘,}, 1\'\'1[]’1 most States devoting 2 to 5 per cent of col- | leetions to this purpose. b | In looking to the future, the report predicted ROBERT W. BENI the tax would remain for “several years” in most ] ; % = 5y ihe| Of the States thus far adopling it. “On the whole i e e ROAEANT R, SSumt¥ang” yain |the forces against the sales tax scem to be Streets, Juneau, Alaska. el gradually losing their potenc the investigators tered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class | found. matier. = | SUBSCRIPTION RATES. WHY SOME RO 1S Ry 2 oottvered by cSBSCRIPTION RATES ugtas for 15| WHY. SOME ROAD JOBS EMPLOY MORI per_month. stage paid, at the following rates: ar, in_advance, $ six months, in advance, month, 21 will coufer a f Dffice of $1.26. avor if they will promptly o any failure or irregularity 3’ Business Offices, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ted Press Is exclusively entitied to th use r ation of all news dispatches t-rwh(.u-d to E%r Mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARG! OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION ALASKA CIRC i THAN THAT GETTING ABOARD THE BANDWAGON. hot, Republican Pinchot attemptir Governor of get aboard the bandwagon by a new method. He has s candidacy for the United Sf spnose ‘ncumbent Senator David A. Reed charges Senator Reed with taking orders frov rybody but the people. Gov. Pinchot s he will take orders from the people, if elected, and will support President Roose- v hd his policies instead of “snapping and ng at his heels.” They seem to be falling hard for the New Deal CALLS SALES TAX BACKWARD STEP. Gov. Gifford Pennsylvan Democrat Announc nate to Gov. Pinc to an necess: and The sales tax is termed 3 in a report just made ard step in taxation public by the Columbia University following upon a nationwide inv gation by a staff of Columbia economists. ‘On the whole, experience with this form of element in a State tax system,” said the report, ten by Professor Carl Shoup, of the School of Business The inw ation was financed by the Rockefeller and directed by Robert Murr Haig, | fessor of Political Economy. The study | 8 of which 18 have sales taxes. de to his report, Professor Shoup said T 3 1dy with “an unfavorable he and that the results of the inv ed him to favor it “even less than befo: The report said that in actual operation the ded re quite different’from those antici- t of the report said: me of the difficulties predicted, such rge expenses to taxpayers in complying the law, have failed to develop in practice and the preconceived notions held by some, such as that the merchants can shift the tax completely to the consumers, are revealed as il founded. Out of interviews with approximately 30,000 mer- chants and manufacturers New York, Illinoi and ‘Michigan—with sales tax of from 1 to 3 per cent—the report said that it was found a “surpri ingly large share” of the 1 and 2 per cent retail sales taxes is not shifted to the consumer, but ab- sorbed by the merchants. The small merchant, it was found, has more difficulty in passing on the tax than the large one. Georgia merchants pass on virtually no part of the tax, the report said, and Pennsylvania mer- chants very little. The 3 per cent rate in Michigan and North Carolina appeared to have been high eaough to force shifting in most instances. As to yield, the report said revenue had proved markedly disappointing, but ‘“compared total State and local revenues from tax, the sales yield is still even in those States with high taxes.” Costs of administration vary widely, it is said, with in not to minor item extensive tax a rates or axation to date offers little support to those who| nd that the sales tax should form a permanent | the property | LABORERS. | Two highways under construction may have work- ing directly at the site of the work very different numbers of men. Yet the job that shows the smaller amount of direct employment, which in most s is a high type of road, may be furnishing rore work to labor indirectly than the other job For exam a road on which the surfacing of local material with a relatively large amount earth grading at the site of the road building ation than a road on which the surfacing is of materials prepared in factonies, quarries, or cement mills at ot points. But the total of employ- ment of labor for each of the two roads Yy be practically the same. | This evident fact was emphasized in the results of a study made by the United States Bureau of Fublic Roads to determine the amount of mon that went to labor employed on highways. It wa determined that for a concrete road about 80 190 per cent of the money ultimately is paid out as laries and wages, but only about one seventh, or approximate n the site of the pavement construction. Further analysis showed that for concrete | road about third is paid to producers of ‘m;.(v al another third is paid to railroads and |other transportation agencies for the collection and |delivery of these materials, and a part of the re- a one im g cost goes to producers of equipment. Labor, |in turn, is employed in the production of materials, 1111 transportation, and in the manufacture of | equipment. Another rumor from the Ausf front—Heim-~ | wehr troops said to be on the way to meet Arch- du Otto, claimont to the Austrian throne, and take him to Vienna and enthrone him. Next. | | The death of John J. McGraw has removed from diamond the baseball world one of the greatest of | played it | sportsmen. He knew the game and he | squarely. | The general public will have an opportunity next Friday night to financially help worthy town proposition. It is the Athletic Carnival, and the funds realized will be for the purpose of sending |the Juneau High School basketball tams, both boys to cities in Southeast Alaska to compete | with other aggregations in this growing sport. The gym should be crewded—in fact the “standing {room only” sign should be out early. a nd girls, Its Big Possibilities. (Portlana Journal.) 18 for construction of a highway from Alaska ugh British Col a to the United States has eived new impetus through the suggestion that the project be underiaken as an item of the emer- fency work program | Actual start of operations depends largely. upon |the Canadian Government, ahd upon the British | Columbia authorities; upon whom would devolve {costs of $12,000,000 ly $2,000,000 for |the Alaskan section. me | ess toward realiza- |tion of the plan has been made in tentative |agreement between highway officials in the area {concerned, to give preference to new road con- :.\Lrucuon that shall conform to the proposed route. More than 1,000 miles of road, of which 970 is ‘m".xvcl-surrncfld. is already available. About 1183 |miles additional must be built to complete the high- | W which would traverse a terrain rich in gold, |silver, copper and lead and serve a territory rich | in furs and other resources of scenic beauty to |attract large tourist traff game to lure sportsmen. | The project has great possibilities. | As we get him, Mr. Ogden Mills would abandon the irregularities of the New Deal and go back to the old one, where Administration officials con- ducted the Government's affairs by correspondence | and then hid the correspondence.—(Macon Tele- graph.) It may not need them, but what this country | seems to want is dollar wheat and dollar whiskey. —(Detroit Free Press.) Only give a man plenty of dollars and his | anxiety over their value in gold is easily dissipated. —(Boston Transcript.) It’s got so the Republicans have to be thank- | ful for Al Smith.—(Los Angeles Times.) 15 per cent, is paid to those employed | , and abounding in big | | SYNOPS Escaping a band of murderous cavages in the Yucatam jungle, Frank Grahame. the ex- plorer. and Janice Kent the movie star. fall into a valley from which they cannot get out Imprisoned th them is "he high priest of the | tribe they ure flee badly i 1. and Billy aton. (. me’s missing aviator friend for phom he had seen seavching. I eaperience with the same tribe of ngion has been describing his savages. Chapter 40 NEW DANGER TON concluded reminiscent We did get to the top of the pyra AN ~ 1y nevel | ‘It was quite a_scrap. | mid. 1 grabbed a gun trom ome o | the guards . .. I used it |1 thought t saw the abkin g down, but I couldn’t be sure, Any way the gun wa to the edge ot the cenote, “I'm not much of a swimmer, yo know, but I thought I'd rather drow: than be cut up. So I jumped over the edge. “Funny: in falling I thought how curious it was that I still hung on to my bottle through the excite ment . . . Frank I think it was a break that they found that bottl but greater yet was the fact that it zot to sea from here!” He arose and limped back and s empty, and 1 ra: ly, almost to himself, he said, “Wc¢ an't get up the cliffs. [t would take weeks to make a rope. We might cut down palm trees. Make a ladder that'd reach to the top. “But it might not work. If we dic | get to the top it would take weeks to | cut through the jungle to the coas! | Too long. The rains will be her | soon again—" | Frank interrupted him. “Janic looks a little sleepy. How about get ting a little rest, Janice? Billy anc I will chin awhile, then turn in our selves.” They over-ruled the girl's protest Langton hobbled into the sma!! | shack after them and pointed ou ! a met hammock he said he’d mad from cactus fiber. “It's not the Wa dorf type,” he said with a wry smile | “but it’s comfortable. The deer skin | smell a little but they’'re warm | Janice laughed at his apology. | think it's a lovely bed.” She stifled a small yawn and gave them sleepy good night. B ton. “I noticed,” h= said, fire was chiefly driftwood. 2 your driftwood comes from about the highest Jevaljon this little hill #You've seen $hat, too,” Langton replied. “Well, 8id man, I'll tell you the worst. All it takes is ‘ust one heavy storm and a flooded strear to wipe us all out. e thought about it until would get a little nutty. I've thought of building a raft, and wheun this valley becomes a big bath tub, I'd float until the water went down. It might work, but } believed getting out by way of the cliffs was the | a at Lang ACK again before the fire, hame looked somberly t your so tha | | ing it. “l thought of building a smaller raft and floating down the stream through the caverns ‘o the sea, but 1 couldn’t be sure of getting there. “Even now, how could I be sure that a man floating or a raft could get through. A pop bottle is one thing, a man is another—" Frank said grimly, “It's a chance that will have to be taken by one of us. You don’t swim well. Fortunate- ly, 1 do. So I think I'll elect myself " Langton looked at him curiously. “You're a good scout, Frank. But | can’t let you do it.” For the first time Frank realized the trace of bit- terness that underlay Billy Lang- ton’s gay humor. He continued, “I'm only half a man now, Frank. It doesn’t matter what happens to me. I'll make a balsa-wood jacket—it's lighter than g Extingui Sil L. A Peat F zre Bu_rning 30 Years cork—and do all the floating out there’s to be done. “You're strong and resourceful, Miss Kent's chances would be im- proved if you remained behind to make ropes, or ladders, or rafts in case . well, bluntly, in case this stream ends below a swamp and seeps upward, or worse, ends in a hole in the ocean floor.” RANK threw a chip into the fire and watched the small flame with thoughtful glance. He remem- bered the trip in the launch with Ortega and his two crewsmen. They had stopped a half mile or so from torth before the fire. Talking rapid | lesser evil and got cracked up do | of the in this count beaches and y did tunnel ch it—but g man? He 1gged his shouiders. it's a chance that ' . Wa must try every e before the rains yme. You put up a Zood argument, The native drank. cord, they both aro stared at him over the glowing coals. “Water, the ahkin in Span ish. Langton handed him a gourd. The native drank and set down the ves: sel. He looked at them both with his penetrating e. Was gination or the flicker- ing light and shadow from the fire? . but the high-priest’s eyes held a ‘queer mocking light, thought Frank. Although the man’s face was inpassive, and his body immobile and useless, nevertheless he still was impressive with an intangible power. It was as if he alone, of the four in this remote valley, had some knowledge hidden from them. And that knowledge gave him mastery of the fates of his .compapions. In the days that followed, Frank and his machete were indefatigable. In the interval of day between the sudden eruption of tropic dawn over the jungle above them and the quick clpak of darkness that descended at sumset, all busied themselves at their varied tasks. Frank chopped and stripped of their thorns bales of long leaved caetus. Janice pounded and soaked them in water, and put the fiber in the sun to dry. They would have plenty of rope for their varied ex- periments to win to safety. He col- lected timbers of driftwood and split them to make a frame for his raft, and poles and rungs for lad- ders. Langton because of his hurts could take no part in the rougher work. | (Copyright. 1934, by Herbert Jensen) Tomorrow, the rains come. | Katmai in action during that per- iod when it was said to have been one of the most violent convul- |sions of nature ever recorded by Iman, | There was quite a force of rep- | resentatives in the Ingersoll-Rand | branch recently established in Ju- | neau, with District Sales Manager |S. G. Murray, R. W. Douglas, of | the sales department, Frank Car- irol], new sales manager of the | Juneau branch, and D. J. Black- | burn, in charge of the Juneau de- ipot and warehouse. All were | agreed that the Juneau field looked nning to open up. A bell was being installed on !the city dock for a fog signal and for fire alarm purposes as occas- , ion might require. The need for la fog signal had long been real- ized, according to waterfront men. | : General Manager L. K. Kennedy, |of the Jualin Mining Company, |left for Jualin on the Georgia af- ter several days in Juneau. | The regular weekly hop given by | Office Phone 484; Residence | the Juncau Athletic Club in the | Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 ‘Elks‘ Hall the previous night was lone of the most enjoyable yet |given by the organization. i ‘Weather for the previous twen- |ty-four hours was cloudy with |snow and rain. The maximum | temperature was 37 degrees and |the minimum 28, precipitation was | .06 William Busch, of the Old Stand, {was taking physical exercise by swinging a pick and shovel on Court House Hill in the prelimin- {ary work toward building a fine residence on his splendid view | lot. AT Shop in Juneau FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GAS OILS GREASES | i { | | i | \ | ‘ Juneau ‘ Motors MOOT OF MAIN ST, | R e T —_—r \ || PROFESSIONAL | Fraternal Societies | | 20 YEARE AGO -y oo At tA D Prom The o astineau mnel | Bmpir i } | 3‘ e | Helene W.L.Albrecht ||z—— _ _§ — T -a | PHYSIOTHERAPY | 1 | | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red | | B. P. O. ELKS meets FEBRDARR ST, ot | Ray, Medical Gymnastics. | { eVery Wednesday at ¢ The steel to be used in the | 307 Goldstein Building | 8 p.m. Visiting 0~ construction of the coarse crushing| Phone Office, 216 | | brothers welcome, X plant for the first unit of the re- L. W. Turoff, Exalt- duction works at Sheep Creek was ¥ ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, already shipped and was soon to n st 1" | Secretary. be on the ground, according to Rose A. AndrCWS L e T T e el General Manager B. L. Thane of| | Graduate Nurse | KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUR 2 the Alaska Gastineau Mining Com- | | Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas Seghera Council No. 1760. { pany. Mr. Thane said he was sage, Colonic Irrigations Meetings second and last Well satisfied with the progress| | Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. | | Monday st 7:30 p. m. made the construction work | Evenings by Appointment Transient brothers urg- <@ € ould like to have a guaran.! | Second and Main Phone 259 | [ed to attend. Councti N would liks guar L tee that winter weather was really g Ch”;‘(‘;‘;‘v FAEY Strect. over so that preliminary work — e = e F. “;‘;;LEN. G. K. jeould begin at Salmon Creek. B e . P b . J. TURI Secretary E.B. WILSON ||-———— v A (s, well Kisdi ade ] Clifewedie—Fot Spedalist 4 FEOUTT JUNELD BODGR NO. 18 lU. 8. Mineral lend surveyor, who 401 Goldstein Building \is,ecvond e “ ‘.h‘e‘[‘)revl}ms‘vmx‘- had Enr,ercvd the PHONE 496 ’g‘:‘ {.( eac}_} i amssinng ] moving 'p;.‘m,e game, passed o RECIVET bm_lnsih R.)tle’Z a’gemple. 4 e 3 = ——— | beginning at 7:30 p. m. { through Juneau on his way to Se- L E HENDRICK;ON ' attle to make arrangements for - M t. o y e \ the finishing, and cample!ion of DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER fiS eE; JAMER W. LEIVERS, Secr ' 1 5 2 retary. | his rare collection of animated Bl DEN'I'I:TFIM % i nature. He had been successful an;’glvrlglNEufid ng B b e |in getting splendid exposures of Our iruks go sny place amy " Hours 9 am. to 8 pm. time. A tank for Dicsel Ofl | | and a tank for crude oil ave R | burner trouble, Dr. C. P. Jenne PHONE 149, NIGHT 143 DENTIST !1| RELABLE Tr Rooms 8 and § Valentine | -’-,_ e h Building | —— Telephone 116 s o £ | Genuine Swedish | —_— =8| Massage ! Dr. J. W. Bayne | Mrs, 3. M. Static | DENTIST | GASTINEAU HOTEL Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. OfZice nours, 9 am. to 5 pm. “venings by appoiniment, Phone 321 |inviting and that it was just be- | | Robert Simpson { o Phone 10 for appointment “For that Millicn Dollar Feeling” | - ix FINE | Opt. D. ‘! Watch and Jewelry Repairing ! Graduate Los Angeles Col- ‘ WRIGHT SHOPPE lege of Optometry and Opthalmology 1 PAUL BLOEDHORN Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground | i . at very reasunanle rates ! | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | I b JUNEAU-YOUNG Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers | | Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 DR. R. E. SOUTHWELL i Optometrist—Optician | | Room 17, Valentine Bldg. | to 12; e 1:00 to 5:30 | | Dr. Richard Williams | SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings for Men DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building Phone 481 | 155 1 1 TroE JUNEAU LAUNDRY Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets Dr. A. W. Stewart A DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING | Office Phone 409, Res. 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