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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1934. 03 . 5 e N'S L V. b, .,_———-——————" "r—-————'—f:( Daily Alaska Empire | "°Tef<AN= 1aU0R REBELLION ! PROFESSIONAL _| ([ Fraternal Societies | Juneau's good and respected neighbor, Ketchi- Zn YEARC‘ AGO AT N S .. ROBERT W. BENDER - - G!NERAL MANAGER except _Sunday by _the 7 evr oSt "G Ven‘ng ANY at Secoud and Main EMPIRI® T'RIN TING Btreets, Jjune.uv, Alaska, Entered in _5-‘ Office 1n Juneau as Second Class matter. SUBSORIPTION RATE! Deilvered by carrier in Juneau and Bouglas for $1.25 per montl By iaall, postage pald, at The following rates: One year, In_advance, $12.00; six months, In adyance, $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.26. O e i1 oomter o favor if they Will promptly potify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity In the delivery eir papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. EMBER OF ASSOCIATEL PRESS. The A:‘nm iated Press is exclusively entitled to ‘I use for republication of all news dispatches credited to not otherwise credited in this paper and also the Il hca.l news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN TMAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. « TOMORROW’S PRIMARY ELECTIONS. Democrats and Republicans tomorrow will enter their respective primaries to select candidates for Delegate to Congress, Territorial Treasurer, and members of the Alaska Legislature to be elected next Fall. Although there has not been a great deal of active interest displayed, it is altogether likely that the vote will be larger than is usual in the April balloting. Lack of competition for Delegate to Congress on the Democratic ticket, which ordi- " narily would tend to lessen the vote, is counter- acted by the numerous contests for the Legislature in every Division on both tickets, and by the contest for nomination for Treasurer on the Democratic ticket. There is no candidate for the Republican nomination for Delegate and only one for that for Treasurer. There are but few contests for the Legislature. All of this indicates that the heavy vote will be in the Democratic primary. It is contrary to the rule of things for the past 12 or more years during which the Republican primaries have been the major battlefield, and in them the vote has usnally been Jarger than that cast in the Demoratic primaries. P Tomorrow’s voting will be the first that could . be considered a test of political sentiment since the .. Democratic landslide in the Territory in 1932. By many it will be watched closely and its results regarded as evidence of how the Roosevelt Ad- ministration’s recovery program is being received in Alaska. How the party has fared since the advent of the New Deal will be judged to some extent by the size of the vote polled in the Democratic primary as compared to former years. Of course, the real testwill mot' come until’ Fall' but' it is inevitdble that the primary results will be regarded as straws in the wind. . The vole* here tomorrow ought to set a record for primary elections. The municipal election vote ,threu weeks #g0 was the largest ever cast in.the city for its officcrs. There are more Juneau candi- dates in (1 ince than for many years, if not the ., most on record. They and their friends are working ¢ to bring out a vote. ‘From all evidences, both party organizations have ; kept their hands off the campaign. Each seems to have adopted the policy of allowing the several rival . candidates to fight their own battles in their own ¢ ways and are content, to await the Fall election 4 to bring the organization forces into action. News- papers, tco, have followed that course consistently. ! To date, so far as is known here, not a single news- ' paper has advocated the nomination of any candi- bdate or slate. w The qualifications for voting are sxmple Any - American citizen who has resided in Alaska one year and in the precinct in which he seeks to vote, who can read and ‘write the English language can ‘.vote. In some quarters, it seems that the idea prevails that registration is required; that is, if a person failed to register before the municipal-election 4 recently he cannot vote in the primary. That is not the case. Registration is for municipal elections only. No pre-primary registration is done. Thus any person with the qualifications above mentioned is entitled to vote tomorrow. kan, seems to have worked itself into a fever heat over the question of how liquor shall be sold. A veritable “liquor rebllion” seems to have in the making there. “Debates are raging on the Terri- torial (Liquor) Board's regulations,” declares a news item sent out by the Associated Press correspondent in that city. And we are further informed that “The City Council will hold an election in 10 days to let citizens decide whether they want one liquor store, operated by the municipality, or dozens oper- ated privately.” 3 There must be a mistake somewhere along the ‘Hne The Board of Liquor Control recently promul- gated regulations, which are in fact law, the only | |law Alaska has or can have on the subject, setting | up the system under which liquor can be sold after 3May 1. It distinctly said it could be sold only by | duly licensed individuals, firms and corporations. | Sometime prior to promulgating its regulations, it iwas announced by the Board that it was advised by | competent legal advisers it had not the power to | either establish Territorial liquor stores. or to dele- i gate its powers to the municipalities so that they ‘could set up city-owned, operated and regulated i liquor stores. In view of this, the Ketchikan elec- tion probably it pointless. The question that it is i proposed to submit to the voters has already been decided for them. Not by the Board, either. It was decided by the Territorial Legislature in 1933 when it created the Board and in the law doing so it specfically defined its duties and powers. The Board cannot properly be subjected to critimism because it declines to do something that the Legis- |lature did not empower it to do. If the Ketchikan City Council wants to submit to the voters of that city the question of whether liquor shall be sold by privately operated stores or not sold at all, and if a majority of the voters favor no sale, it is not impossible that the Board would consider that very seriously in passing upon applications for license to sell liquor there. Polls in tomorrow's primary elections opens at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Pre-primary registration is not required. Every person with the necessary qualifications ought to vote in one or other of the primaries. Ask for a Democratic ballot if you want to vote for Democratic candidates and for a Re- publican one if you want to vote for Republican candidates. Sips for Tourists. (New York Times.) Of old sat Freedom on the heights of Quebec and the gentler hills and lowlands of Ontario. So it seemed to Americans in the age of Prohibition. They pointed to the liquor laws of Canada after she had broken her too long engagement with the Drys. The United States was under the heel of fanatics. Canada had chosen the more “liberal” view, though it would look far from liberal to those much-soaking “Puritans” whom it was our custom to bewhack for an offense they were never guilty of. So northward toward the star of liberty and rum— highly restricted—the cars of millions of Americans made their way. Seldom has”theré been so pro- longed a passion for ‘“scenic beauties” and the Imp of the Bottle. Then America got her freedom. How about the procession northward? The Ontario Legislature has taken notice that American travelers haven't an eye single to scenery. The Provincial Liquir Act has been amended so that beer and wine may be had more freely. As the Attorney General puts it, the visitor will shortly be able to get “a cheap glass of beer and to enjoy it under proper regula- tions.” Quebec is now less “liberal” than Ontario. It is hoped that her Government will follow the example of Ontario. Surely, it will never do for the gayer community to be more “puritan” than her ordinarily sterner sister. These polite and neighborly intentions and atten- tions will be fully appreciated; yet shouldn't the altered status of the American drinker be taken into account? In a country so rich in bars and grills as the United States, can the prospect of a glass of beer in Canada be regarded as seductive? So far as considerations of drink influence the tide of American travelers to the Dominion, the tightening, not the loosening, of Canadian liquor regulations is indicated. It is useless to deny that many regrettable persons sigh for the “comfort” of ge{penkeuy. the joy of forbidden fruit. The pull- |ihg ' of corks in hotel bedrooms of Toronto and Montreal may revive something of the lost zest. For pleasure is capricious. After crying ten years for ‘freedom,” disillusioned souls long for chains and slavery: For all sad words is this the worst: “Since repeal I have lost my thirst.” =] JB2B3ARE RAY HART BRAD! @ We are in a position to give you the best to be RICE & AHLERS CO. had at any price! @ No Statement! AUTHORIZED DEALERS of the - PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL “We llell in advance what job will cost” s PHONE 34 ® No Argument! ! Can stand against -the testimony of our many satisfied customers ¥ S ER OIL BURNERS Judith Lane by JEANNE BOWMAN SYNOPSIS: Judith Dale’s of- fort to complete the Rio Diablo dam accoramg to the plan of bLig Tom Beving, her former cmployer, is complicated by Miorton Lams- pere’s efjort to re Bevins heire the fve lars lefi Juwith by i3in for the dam. App: s Lawmpere’s asont has led o, o of Lig Tem's loyal suppor fers, ivto the belef .mm~ farm cortains oil, to ] ams Cith’s work, She is waitng for ‘tie roport of her geologist before acting. thot tle “What are you going to do, Judith?” asked Slim and Larson in unison. “I'm going up on the rock and I'm going to think,” said Judith de- cisively. “If my eyes tell me true, Scoggins is coming up the hill Keep him entertained, doz’t give be back soon.” —_— She slipped out of the rear door Chapter 36 ‘land ju the gathering shadows of twi- 7% light raced up to the rock. Delphy {COUTING TRIP had osted if this was wicre sbe TUDITH 4 tie retun of J Geologist Kane, and the town of Big Tom seemed to wait with her; sensitive to the feeliug of this mass ‘houzht, she k ug for her t v they were wait- ake a move, “This fellow who's dealinz with| ggins must h ‘hing.” ferd, o8 he sat n the step of Judith's shack. 7€ told them soie- said Slim § “If we only knew what it was,” said Lars sht know Lo to deal with it. Work has d off; but the eficiency.” probably s d the rumor > going to abandon the dam =0 Scoggins can drill for oil,” inter- posed Judith wearily. “Scoggins made it plain to me that if we wouldn’t stop work, they would ask for an injunction—" Jut Judith,” Slim interrupted, 't the dam more important than n oil well?” We think so, but the rights of the individual are always important, aind it would be up to the courts to lecide that. They'd probably have 0 set a precedent with their decision because I'm sure such a problem aever before has come up.” “And meanwhile,” said Slim houghtfully, “the dam work would se lying idle and that wouldn't look 0 good for you in court, would it, it the time of the will contest?” “She could prove ault couldn't she?” asked Larson. “Yes,” agreed Slim, “but Lampere :ould the point against her case. He could say that had Big Tom been n his usual mental heaith, it wasn’t her vouldn’t have overlooked protecting | such a salient piece of land, from such possible danger.” “And,” added Judith, say that of cou Ject a mere s “he could one could not ex- ographer to foresce ind handle such an oversight, there- | ‘ore [roving her to be unworthy of | her trust.” “What do you say we hop into my ship and fly up to Scathborne’s fleld? it wor’t be as trying as sitting here waiting fer Kane.” They followed the course of tie R0 Diabio up tc the'point where it | ° torked, one fork working its way into the low lying hills. curviny aimlessly through a section of browr. plain. Slim, eyes accy lslnmf'I to reading tho far mystery of the earth” DOg- raphy, sighted Scathborne’s field be- low and started banking through the cunset to a height where the others could see it. The wooden derrick had been erected, and although the little shed housing the machinery which sup- plied the dynamo was but half com- pleted, the dynamo was evidently in working order, for as they watched lights flashed on and off on the der- rick. Kane was waiting for them when they landed. Judith spied him first and set the rapid pace for the others, Kagerly the trio faced the geologist | and waited for his verdiet. "Vow of eourse,” he parrled. “I'm not psychic enough to tell whether there is oil any place, but 1 can tell you this much. There is every evidence of Scathborne’s hav- ing struck a lucky pool.” “And our land here, land?” interposed Judith. “There isn't any reason, geologi- cal or otherwise, to allow anyone to believe there is oil there—" “Then why—" began Max Larson. “I'll answer that,” said Judith ith sudden conviction. “It's clear now. the whole thing. Lampere has had ap unbelievably lucky break. It Seathhorne brings in a well and Scoggins is drilling. Big Tom's = of building & dam in this val- 1 be outiawed. If there is oil here and the .wm,lu dcn’ need the dam; don't because it will flood lavd they ecan wir more ey conld in a thou- irrming it, thers will a1 of my going e with nr: he 1 p"occ«‘ura 1 ‘.A Scoggins’ Mre, Bevins ™ oh, not the hours of he| the other | communcd with Pig Tom. Perbaps it was, perhape, however that great pa dows and the cupped n of | howl of the sky imp ed her with the vastness of vhv world and kept [ petty problems from intruding into i her analysig of the important ones. i t would another man, an en- | gineer. do under such circumstances? Which was or growth e had he more important, oil, But that wasn't to her, ora t5 carry ca as Big wnted without thought of the glimmer of the eve- the apricot afterglov, she Llwu"hl What would he do? Suddenly she knew ... but without money how could it be L’unc‘.’ Big Tom would find a would she. Judith turned and walked back down the hill ready to face Scoggins. d so ‘HERE was something martial in the step of Judith Dale as she strode down the hill to her house where Scoggins, Kane and her two faithful friends awaited her. “Hello, Mr. Scoggins,” her greet- ing was friendly. “I was going to call you up to hear Mr, Kane's report. You've met him of course, the boys would see to that. Mr. Kane, you know, is Jackson B. Kane, the geolo- gist who free lances among the big oil companies of the south , . . you've heard of him I know.” “Well . well yes,” admitted Scoggins reluctantly. Judith knew that he had because she had taken pains to see that an oil weekly, printed in Houston and carrying a picture and story about Mr. Kane, fell into Scoggins’ hands before the two met. | “I'm going to let Mr. Kane give | you his report in detail. Suppose we g0 into the house where there is a light and he will show you some maps he has made.’ For the cnsuing hour they sat {about the table, listening to Kane's | slow voice speal n its assured He used words a layman might and, and Scoggins nodded n time to time as if he -verc be- ing convinced azainst } When | the genlogist hud coneluded the cd back agninet Lls chair, . ‘lled look on his face. you wou't vwear hoiore God n't oil there,” he challonged " agreed Kane, “for only Gad | tonus | a serious morent. Scoggins .. | nodded. “I'y aid that . . sald it the way yon I: makes me sorta believe in you moie'n if you said you did know there weren't any.” Again o few moments of silence, then he spoke again. “Course, my !man, the feller who's goin’ to run | the test well for me, he said you'd sa there weren’t none, he said s Judy'd see to that—" And you believed I'd do such a thing, Mr. Scoggins?” “No, I didn’t, and I up and told him so.” “And how do you feel about this now?" Judith's voice trembled in spite of her effort at controlling it. I...Miss Judy ... if it wasn't just for Tommy and Mame, I'd say, | forgit it, but your man here says maybe . . . that is he wouldn't ewear there weren’t no oil. Miss Judy, I just got to go on and see fer myself.” “I don’t blame you a bit,” declared of everyone present, Scoggins in cluded. “It's the only thing to dc under the circumstances, If we went ahead and flooded the basin you'd spend the rest of your life wondering if you'd done wrong. You'd never use a yard of water for your orange trees without won- dering if that water had washed over land that covered oil.” “That's just it, exactly,” mur mured Scoggins in wonder,” exactly. “You ain’t mindin’ me goin’ on ther and you stoppin’ work on the dam?" “Mr. Scoggins, do you realize fi I stop work on the dam, and yom well doesn’t come in, you'll put yow planting back one whole year? An¢ yowll put the planting of every othe; farmer along the river back tha same length of time?” (Copyright, 198}, by Jeanne Bowmaw) Tomorrow, Judith discloses her daring plan. him your report, Mr. Kane, and I'll l Judith, to the utter astonishment | FOR INS See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. URANCE From The Empire G RS ? Helene W. L. Albrecht YHYSIOTHERAPY | Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building | Phone Office, 216 = > APRIL 22, 1914 Capt. Sid Barrington, ot uac Side Stream Navigation Company, pass- 2d through Juneau aboard the Mariposa the previous night on his way to Lower La Barge by way of Skagway and Whitehorse. Bill Bar- sington had preceded him to the ‘Interior to prepare for the opening of navigation. The Barrington brothers, were two of the best known steamboat captains on the upper Yukon. Ladies of Trinity Guild were busily engaged renovating and re- |7y pairing the rectory of the Episcopal | Church. The Guild was assuming; | all expense of the repairs which | consisted of repapering, painting and varnishing the entire interior. ! I Weather for the preceding 24 hours was cloudy with rain. The Precipitation was .37 inches. \ ——— E. B. WILSON Chiropodist—Foot _Specialist 401 Goldstein Building PHOKE 496 s Rose A. Ardrews Graduate Nurse Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas | sage, Colonic Irrigations | Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. | Evenings by Appointment | Second and Main Phone 259 DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER i maximum temperature was 47 de- | | o s grees and the minimum was 34.' | Hocpen s Al : PHONE 56 Hours 9 am. to 8 pm. P | Though the old log church, that ! just above and in contact with the | g2 for many years had added interest :[5—"‘—‘—‘—‘-_’_‘ R, to the corner of Third and Main | Ne, C. 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