The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 15, 1934, Page 4

4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE; THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1934. Daily Alaska Empire GENERAL MANAGER Published _every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. ROBERT W. BENDER - - Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSORIPTION RATES. Deilvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. By mall, postage pald, at the following ratca: One year, In _advance, $12.00; six months, In advance, ‘month, in advance, §1.25. ribers will confer a favor if they will promptly 1e Business Offioe of any fallure or irregularity te delivery of their papers. I entone Tor Editorial and Business Offices, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. ated Press s exclusively entitled to th he As: uu'nr‘.r Te jon of all news dispatches credited to it or not ¢ e credited in this paper and also the ed herein. . local news ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. EATTLE’S ELECTION. The one evident fact about Seattle’s municipal election last Tuesday is that a majority of the voters of that city were determined to oust Mayor John F. Dore and all who were his supporters. They were against the “ins.” They did not evidence any high regard for Mayor Dore’s admitted administrative achievements which were largely made up of policies that were designed to and actually did reduce costs of government and cut the tax rates. It seems a paradox that they rejected so decisively a Mayor who had saved the city money to elect another group whose principal pledge was to [urther lessen municipal expenditures. Mayor Dore is credited with having cut local government costs more than any other American Mayor during the past year. He gave Seattle a businesslike administration. On that score he was impervious to attack. Some charges were made in the primary campaign that he had permitted a wide-oper iown in which vice in various forms was to found. That was an exaggeration, of course. Seallle n is no worse, and probably no better, than cther seaport cities. Conditions there are not greatly different from those in Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco and other coastal com- munities. These charges probably had little to do with the final résult. No more did the effort to bring partisan politics into the campaign. Both Mayor Dore and Mr. Smith are Republicans. True, the former was a Roosevelt supporter while the latter remained loyal to his own party and was Republican County Chairman until he resigned just prior to entering the primary campaign. Efforts to make the issue partisanly political “were ' rebuked by responsible leaders and challenged by some of the press. The Tatter very properly pointed out that the time for the Re- publicans to make their stand is in the Congressional and legislative elections next November. Thus it cannot be claimed that the Smith victory is a Republican one, or the Dore defeat a loss for the Democrats. Mayor Dore made Seattle a good Mayor. Mr. Smith's record indicates he will do likewise. He is a comparatively young man, only 42 years old. That is not a handicap, rather should it count in his favor. He has had some experience in muni- cipal affairs through his services as Assistant Cor- poration Counsel. He knows Seattle and its people, the conditions which confront him and the problems he will meet. Given proper support from the City Council, which Mayor Dore did not often have, and of the residents of the city generally, there is no reason why his administration should not be successful. NEED FOR NATIONAL TARIFF POLICY. It is regrettable if the Administration has decided ! to let slide its program for legislation to give the President authority to negotiate reciprocal tariff agreements with foreign nations, as Byron Price, Chief of the Associated Press's Washington Bureau indicates has been done. He argues that such leg- islation would bring up the whole subject of foreign of its provisions. At that time he annour |intention of curing some of the most seric through executive act. However, he never g relations in Congress, probably including war debts, and that the Administration desires to avoid that at all costs. Admittedly, the Smoot-Hawley tariff, under which we have been operating since 1929, has not only virtually déstroyed a large portion of our foreign commerce but it effectually prevents us from re- gaining it or building up new foreign commerce to take the place of that we have lost. There is little hope that Congress could pass one much more ra- |tional, or that would cope with existing conditions, than that which was passed in 1929 and approved by President Hoover despite his objectio: o | to doing that job. ! That is just what President Roosevelt pr | to do if Congress grants him the necessary A Congress-made tariff has come to reflect views of individual Congressmen upon ind localized in their own districts rather than a g national viewpoint. It follows no consistent gene plan. It is conceded that all our teriffs are through by log-rolling. It is manifestly not poss for Congress to alter our tariff wall step by toward each nation. It hasn't the time, even if it were inclined to do it, which usually it isn't. There isn't any way to have a national tariff policy unless the authority he seeks is given to the President. As to the prime importance of foreign trade as an instrument of forwarding recovery, there is no dispute. Every politician, as well as all econ- omists and industrialists, knows times will improve if we can sell materially larger quantities of Amer-} jcan wares and harvests abroad. About the only way that can be done is for Americans to buy more commodities from those who would like to buy from us. Neither can be accomplished under existing tariff barriers. i i A Washington news dispatch says the Alaska Prohibition repeal bill has been placed on the House calendar for action next week. What we're most interested in, is when will the liquor be on the dealers’ shelves? i | Herr Willlam Hohenzollern, it Is intimated, will soon have to return to Germany to make it his; home. So long as he remains plain Herr, we imagine nobody will object seriously. Another Significant Decision. | (Cincinnati Enquirer.) As in the Minnesota moratorium cases, the five stalwarts of liberalism in the Supreme Court have joined in another leading decision, making reasonably secure the juristic foundations of the recovery pro- gram. Like the Minnesota case, the New York milk case involves a State law, not a Federal law. The reasoning behind both decisions, however, ap- pears to fit the essential facts of the Administra- tion’s economic policies. It is possible that the milk case decision just ! handed down in the nation’s highest court is even more far-reaching than the earlier test. Where the Minnesota case dealt only with an emergency situa- | tion, the New York law appears to be a permanent one. The Court held that the Minnesota law could be considered valid only since it was of an emer- gency character, to be repealed when the emergency conditions passed. No such factor enters into the New York law regulating the milk industry and fixing & minimum price. On the other hand, in' the Minnesota moratorium law there was a clear case of impairing a contract, and the law thus impairing contracts was held valid. This is perhaps a more drastic modification of constitutional theory than the approval of the New York statute which merely regulates the opera- tion of an industry by the special device of price limitation. Between them, these two decisions cover two of the most vital phases of recovery legislation—the modification of contracts in the interest of the whole population, and the regulation of industries by price restriction. There are, of course, other legal ques- tions involvéd in the new deal. But the adjudica- tion of these two, in a manner upholding the validity of drastic emergency legislation, gives con- siderable basis for believing that the same five Justices will continue to support the principle of public necessity against almost any constitutional objection which may be offered. Funny how styles in pets change. It used to be fashionable for women of wealth to have poodle dogs. Now the fad is for Mdivani princes.—(Ohio State Journal.) The Public Works Administration and a Senate investigating committee are alike in one respect. | They both want to make the dirt fIf.—(Boston Globe.) The average mental age during the last war was computed to be 12. If anybody gets us into another, 12 will seem high.—(Detroit News.) ® Copper PLUMBING BOAT TANKS OF ® Galvanized Iron @ Stainless Steel : ® Made to Your Order! ® Get Qur Prices LAST! @ RICE & AHLERS (O. HEATING “We tell in advance what job will cost” SHEET METAL by JE: Judith Lane NE BOWMAN SYNOPRIS: Judith Lane and Norman Dale just have become en- gaged. Now they are at work get- ting the natives of the Rio Diablo wvaliey out of the way of an ap- proaching storm and flood. Judith is secretary to Tom Bevins, the engineer and contractor preparing to dam the Rio Diablo. Back in Houston, where Beving' headquars te are, Norman is junior partner e law firm which handles the s Dbusiness. Judith i3 watche over the children—and watehe ing her future husband at the same time. b Chapter Four THE STORM UDITH paused and Dale had stopped to give his pack ie lee of the ship rock, Scog s the usual s—" he lifted expressive shoulders with a glance at the round-eyed children. “We've got everything excepting the houses in a relatively safe place ... I'll be with you as soon as every one’s left the danger dine.” He moved on, Judith’s gaze fol- lowing. She thought of Clia's re- | mark that every woman who saw him wanted to take him home for | keeps . . . she didn’t blame them ... women must be intuitively right “Tell us another, Miss Lane, tell us a storm-one this time,” begged a scrawny girl of twelve, “I'm skeeredsg of storms,” she explained. Flashes of heat lightning showéd weird mists riding furiously towards them and then a single jagged stroke of lightning cut across the heavens. Quickly Judith improvised a jingle— “Old Mother Summer is sweeping the sky, Hist to the swish As her rain brooms brush by. Look at their handles all jagged and red...." The storm struck with a crash Judith hesitated a moment and Tommy manfully took up the theme: “Duck down y'ninnies Or y'll all git struck dead.” Judith didn’t have time to remon strate. The quick® pelter of rain drops had brought those below up on a run and parents were gather- ing their offspring together and hustling them into the shelter of the gueer rock formation which loomed like a ship-shaped light house on the rim of the river basin. ‘ E WANT our young-uns with us,” they explained apologet- ically, and Judith, following them, sensed the primitive in them as chil- dren, live stock and household goods were corraled in family units. Judith fqund herself in a sheltered nook, the lip of the rock breaking the storm. Tom Bevins and Norman Dale were seated on either side, the other members of the expedition and the pack train, ranged about them. Bevins pulled a pup-tent over them, and then the storm began, a storm upon.which Judith would look back with a shudder ot horror and the memory of which would out- weigh all else when she approached the crisis of her life. A roar and a crash, the frantic braying of pack mules fighting thefr halters, the hysterical scream of a woman rising above the moan of the wind, a sudden hush and a bahy whimpering, and then the excited cry of men. As one the expedition members arose. Down through the basin they had just vacated came a wall of wa looked up. a rest—“everything quiet?” he ‘Maybe you'd better moye |, high water | bout here and when she | ter, foam ridden, lipped with debris which whirled over and under, over and under. On the high shore of the river the little adobe houses stood like doomed entities as the Devil River arose to meet the water wall and MA Gene Ow of Sumdum, then together they mouthed the houses, whirled about, lapped greed- | erats would . o “There goes Scogging’ place,” cried a voice, as one cubicle on the shore crumpled. der, glad she was a woman, a child- | woman who could hide her tears orm roared on. The Rio l‘I!E E Diablo roared on. Judith, from | the sheiter of Norman’s arms, heard | them. She also heard the low moan- | ing of the cook’s wife and half en- | vied her the luxury of relieving her | Presented to the public the latter/Z——————————— o | emotions. part of the month, were begun un-| . Below them the water was rising |der the direction of Harry Mc-! | DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | as though to meet the sudden dark- | Ivor. : DENTISTS ness of night. —_— H mgre: “Judy,” Big Tom's voice was . e 11 g The contrace for constructing| | PHONE 56 tense lh excitement . .. “get your { gy apartment house in the Pa-| Hours 9 am. to 8 pm. POtEROGE: cific Coast Addition had been!% Judith looked up in amazement .. notebook at a time like this with ; 1 eath sizzling overhead In jagged | o.zon 8nd 20 YEARE AGO From The Empire guest at the Occidental Hotel. Ev- R erything was alright down in his S baliwick, according to Mr. Owens, & t who said he believed the Demo-/ | Arrangements were being per-| fected for an Easter Tall, to be; | were appointed to take charge of | the affair at a meeting of the s0- B —————————— 1} ciety held at Father A. R. Drath- man’s residence. Rehearsals strels performance that was to bel‘“‘ awarded to A. C. Craig by R. Wl — T __ — —— PROFESSIONAL Societies 1 || Helene W.L. Albrecht PHYSIOTHERAPY | | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red RCH 15, 1914. {1 " Ray, Medical Gymnastics, ens, leading Democrat | 307 Goldstein Building e I SonshiE ) 2 Phone Office, 216 Rose A. Ardrews. Graduate Nurse Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas sage, Colonic Irrigations Office hours 11 am. to 5 p.m. carry that district. i} 4 given by the Ladies’ Altar So-| Evenings by Appointment 4 Judith turned her head, snuggled | giety in the Elks' Hall on Monday| | Second and Main Phone 259 it into the hollow of Norman's shoul- evening, April 13th Commitlee.\’ & Fraternal oF s Gastineau Channel pmi e | B. P. 0. ELKS meets | { every Wednesday at |8 p. m Visiting brothers welcome. L. W. Turoff, Exalt- ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. ||~ *igis or coromstr | | Seghers Couneil No, 1760, E. B. WILSON [| Cniropodist—Foot Specialist i 401 Goldstein Building PHONE 496 for the Elks’ min- JOHN F. MULLEN, G. E. H. J. TURNER, Secretary MOUNT JUNEAT LODGE NO. 147 ! Second and fourth Mon- 'day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m. L. E. HENDRICKSON, Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Sec- TOur trucks go any pl:u‘u‘xny. 1] | time. A tank for Diesel Ol R. C. Hurley and! ! nl‘. C‘ P. Jenn **| and a tank for crude oil save i | burner trouble. | PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 Q work was to start as soon as the lightning Which wouldn't stay over. d ! | DENTIST RELIABLE TRANSFER | | head, but came darting down about | ™2terial arrived. || Rooms 8 and 9 Vaientine B 4 | them in brittle crashes? { Building c 20 ! fisighod | Skagway won the international| Telephone 176 He e bowling ' ‘tournament in whichiw ~~— —~ =~ . w NOW OPEN | | teams from Juneau, Dawson, — | s . | | Whitehorse and Treadwell also B— R § Commercla] Ad-'“a' \l § | took part. The standing of the Dr. J. W. Bayne | ment&Rating Bureau | teams was, Skagway, 14,905; Ju- DENTIST | | Cooperating with White Service | w’neau, 14855; Dawson, 14504; Rooms 5-8 Triangle Bldg. || Bureau | { iwmtehorse, 14222; Treadwell, 13,-| | Oflice nours, 9 am. to 5 pm. | Room 1—Shattuck Bldg. i |512. The Juneau team line-up was «venings by appointment, | We have 5,000 local ratings | | g | Dr. Kaser, Hunter, Dickinson. cipal owner § | Company, ar 4 | to give his attention to the exten- | sive improvements that the com- | pany had under way and others } planned. John R. Winn, Earle J. E. Barragar and Bill B { R. F. Lewis, president and prin- Phone 321 on file Robert Sizapson Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- | lege of Optometry and | Opthalmology | Glasses Fitted, Lenses Ground of the Juneau Water rived from the South FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasunadle rates WRIGHT SHOPPE PAUL BLOEDHORN | Bilio | When your | tablespoonful Pepsin. towas testing hér'speed.” M = | Automatically she reached for her | hip pocket, pulled out the book, felt | Norman adjust the pup tent to a | more protective angle and produce a small flash light. { L | 2bout a tab] “Ready? Sight line from ship |meals. all over. | comforting w! Upper dam {solute necess scondary reservoir ab ty. Have Dale check |back. | Sick—-Dizzy | erything around you is swimming, =~ | when the ground itself seems to gz | rock beneath your It settles your head like magic— puts you back on your feet—stops any nausea—makes you feel better And it is so warm and & Keep on taking it for a while— : If one bottle doesn't make firock to point of narrow channel. {you feel that you are getting rid {of dizzy spells for good — money Butler Mauro Drug Co. or any responsible druggist in America site, locate deeds on—" - Crash! Judith's pencil intent iScllS Dare'’s upon a pothook veered upwards. |that guarantee. Bang! Her neat bird's eye re 7 DR.R. E. SOUTHWELL | Optometrist—Optician | Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted | Room 7, Valentine Bldg. | us Attacks head whirls and ev- Office Phone 484; Residence to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 Phone 238. Office Hotrs: 9:30 | —&a| JUNEAU-YOUNG i| Funeral Parlors | Licensed Funeral Directors ! and Embalmers | Jr Night Phone 1851 Day Phone 12 take a Mentha feet, Dare’s | Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST OFFICE AND RESIDENCE Gastineau Building Phone 481 oi SABIN’S Everything in Furnishings for Men hile it is going down! Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 409, Res. Phone 276 lespoonful after your & THE Juneau LAuNDry Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets PHONE 359 E) Mentha Pepsin with —adv. sembled a bird in flight, but on went Big Tem's voice, He was standing now as if he could see through the murk of the night and the storm, ‘and his voice held the timber of young manhood, of a vision newly seen. | Judith didn't know when the storm calmed down, she was too | busy. Big Tom was dictating at a ate which tested her speed. | “The perfect stenographer,” ; chuckled Judith’s futurs husband. | And then when her hand was cramped and her knee balan:ing the book, was cramped, Big Tom rslopped. Judith looked up. The last | volley of thunder was zooming into | the distance, fires of hoarded sage. | brush were being lighted, the aroma of coffee and frying bacon mingled with the wood-smoke. Tension relaxed, but the natives’ spirits were low. Thomas Scoggins, Senior, their leader, the man who had built the largest adobe house with even a private room for his Tommy, and then had watched it swept on down to the Gulf, came up to the expedition's camp. “You see how it is, sir,” he sald with hopeless resignation in his voice. “We farm, and then it we get any rain at all it comes like this and everything is washed away. I'm sorry you had to see it, you won't want to go on with your dam after this.” . “Won’t want to go on?” repeated Bevins. “Man alive, do you think any engineer with a soul conld see this water go to waste and not want to harness it into something use ful?” (Copyright, 193}, by Jeanne Bowman) is Judith sees life from a new angle, tomorrow. ALASKA AIR EXPRESS FOR CHARTER Lockheed 6-Pas TELEPHONE 22 THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau senger Seaplane ¢ J. V. HICKEY FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) oIl GREASES Juneau Motors MUOT'OF MAIN ST, Your Interest in Better your own prosperity depends upon general improvement in conditions throughout all this section. use every dollar of capital that can be got together here, your lmfiortant to the whole Juneau district as wel safeguarding the funds of Juneau people for forty-two years. tection and service that has stood the test. 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