The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 26, 1934, Page 4

- . St . T > HEmETIEe S [o-HoE ] Dt S S 34 bl O G | the 4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1934. Daily Alaska Empire | ROBERT W. BENDER - - fited.) About fiscal year Published every evening _excep EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. | ‘GENERAL MANAGER | | t Sunday by the tion Entered in the Post Office in Jun matter. Deilvered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, In advance, $12.00; six $6.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a fas in the delivery of their papers. Telephone for Editorial and Business Offices, 374. | | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES. [ I | wvor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity | eau as S-cond Class St is looking in ure, however, months, in advance, the | avoid it, or MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tb publication of all news dispatches credited to use for it or not otherwise credited in this local news published herein. g o) | to do more any claim. paper and also the | fortunately, the undeserving have also bene- six weeks ago, however, the Senate passed a bill (S.2313) suspending the assessment-work requirement for the current (ending at noon, July 1 next) in the United States and Alaska. is limited to individuals excused from paying an income tax and to apply claims held by the same person, nor to more than twelve held by the same partnership, association, or corporation. Exemp- furthermore is to more than six mining Thus, the Senate the right direction. The meas- leaves the situation unchanged respecting locators who will not comply with assessment requirement if they can who will in no case attempt than $100 worth of work on ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. ON ASSESSMENT In every mining country the ment work on unpatented claims i last. ‘a letter may be transpositions. | In the short | says our favorite |it is possible to |it Mr. Ripley?). WORK. matter of assess- | s a live topic. For | gistanced all { In an ordinary 110,000 letters; there are seven wrong positions that | So now we have the fool-proof alibi. !)mll('r when we make one little mistake. A PERFECT ALIBL The perfect alibi for editors has been found at A statistician, not an editor, has worked out the number of chances for mistakes for one column | of print. The odds are 70,000 to 1. newspaper column there are put in; there are 70,000 chances |to make an error and millions of chances for sentence, “To be or not to be,” statistician, by transposition alone make 2,758,000 errors (how about And they Statistics seem to prove that Dillinger has out- competition from fellow crooks to years, many .miners and prospectors have been diS- ) clinch his right to the title of Public Enemy No. 1, satisfied with the system that has been in vogue in |of the United States. the United States for a long time. There are those, | and their number is not small, who maintain that it has not served the purpose intended—that is, to encourage for which it was | In the good prospecting and sported a “ladies’ entrance.” old days, all first class saloons Nowadays any old development of mineral lands. They go further, ' opening into the barroom will do for them. and cite actual In the current issue of the Mining Journal, this subject is length in a fine editorial. It Government to developed them,” and the lan thrown open to relocation or h domain as a matter of conservati a plan should be followed is open to question. improvement might be made, however, to the exist- ing laws without injury to anyone. large number of mining claims in Alaska, many in that have been patented, to which title has passed, on which no work has been done in years and the owners have long since vanished this district, from the scene. either know interested in them. There ought of recapture of such lands so prospected and developed. Regarding the uses and abuses Some may be de workgrequirements of the law, the Engineering and Mining Journal said: ‘Miner_al discovery has undoubtedly been retarded by the excessive liberality of the Federal law. The provision locator of a lode claim can hold it defimpitely, without attempting to patent it, merely by doing anually 8§ assessment work, was expressl; the statute to encourage the pi develgpment of mineral land in the expecta- tion of making new ore resources available to the nation. This generosity ject to abuse. Not only have held their claims year after attempting to do more than the instances to prove that i retarded instead of accelerated such development. | might “recapture those mining claims long held by locators who have made no real effort nothing of the claims or are it has ! Engineering and | w discussed at some | suggests that the (New d thus recaptured eld in the public How far such One ton. that they on. discipline, how One of Hitler” There are a °3Me to power a signed it looked ad and their heirs not to be some means that they can be against Hitlerism In various places and Hitler says in his famous “Mein Kampf” that the politician who runs afoul of the Church is a simple- | He asks his Nazi followers, who have an idea might bring the Church under party they can one field in which Bismarck so conspicuously failed. s first strokes of policy, when he nounced Nazi doctrine as the negotiation of the new concordat last summer, The Religion of Race. York Herald Tribune.) in several ways, Adolf hope to succeed in the little more than a year ago, was to send Colonel von Papen to Rome to cancel the concordats with the several German States and to negotiate an understanding between the Vatican and the Reich as a unit. Until this document was as though the Catholic Church in Germany was going to put up a very grim fight One bishop after another had de- “heathen.” Then, with it appeared for some months as though Catholicism !was immune to the regimentation of religion against of the assessment | yhich the Protest: rebellon. | just addressed to | their guns is whereby the in- at that. 100 worth of y written into rospecting and |that Communism, | religion, life. has been sub- many locators year without nominal amount of work prescribed, but often they |outset. can readily fake the performance of the required swork, negligible as area in the aggregate has been tied up for years, and individuals and companies having the requisite financial means desire to search for ore have ‘What new discoveries might it is. A vast and an honest been thwarted. be made were this condition remedied can only be diplomatic immui imavined. The Congress at Washington, as Determined Nazi @& furtber 1id to the nation's recovery, could organizations well prescribe a limit for the period during which ocator might retain his claim merely by doing assessment work Care tremely vigorous shouid be taken to prevent the same locator ism” and of the from relocating under anothes eventually, ground long tied u be developed or made available to others. Congress for more than limited its attention given Until recently, a decade has the assessment work provision this requirement, through special enactment annually, as an aid to fin pressed and deserving claims T name. Thus, p would either centration camp the unspeakably | bitter. to suspending ancially hard- holders. (Un- evidence |like peace between the Roman Church and the Nazi | State was merely a truce, and a very brittle one |of the characteristics of a religion. exclusive of every other So is the Nazi cult. {hard-boiled racialism would not conflict with Chris- tianity was a fatuous one. subordinates, pledged to dragoon all Germany into a single state of mind, could be restrained from | meddling with Church affairs was forlorn at the views are printed in a country ant churches were in such rampant The exhortation which Pope Pius XI has the German Catholics to stand by enough that what looked Many writers on Soviet Russla have pointed out as a philosophy of life, has many It is, like every philosophy of Hitler's hope that his His hope that his The hopelessness of a lasting peace between Hit- (lerism and Christianity the Vatican seems now to have recognized. Cardinal Faulhaber, of Munich, being both scholarly and spirited, could not resist ithe temptation to make such sport of flighty Nazi |interpretations of German history that the Pope had to make him a Nuncio, thereby giving him nity, to save him from arrest. efforts to herd all Catholic youth into the units that march under Thor’s swastika have drawn from the new Bishop jof Berlin and from the Archbishop of Cologne ex- denunciations of the “neopagan- “religion of blood and race.” These in which a con- awaits any byt a clerical critic of holy Nazi system. The Nazi re- sentment of these printed criticisms is poisonously ‘The Pope's present encouragement of the |German Catholics in their critical attitude toward |the Nazi State is, therefore, little short of a de- ‘claration of war. lthe author of “Mein Kampf.” It must be very distressing to WATER COMPANY BOES AHEAD ON IMPROVEMENTS Lewis Cites Steps Taken for Bettering Service and Water Supply (Continued from Page One) Ind., to Seattle on his return home. One can now travel safely and at virtually train speed in any direc- tion. In one day's travel in his re- cent trip he covered 634 miles. “Our present road system in the States probably not equalled anywhere Mr. Merritt spent three months ‘Washington, D. C., on detail in operations division of the For- Service. There he came into gontact with the men who make the national forestry policies, stud- got an insight now marked. One could spend| months in and around Washing- ton visiting points of historic and | current interest, he said. He commented briefly on some of the more interesting phases of the new work of the Forest Service, touching on the purchase of cut over timberlands, which will be re- forested by the Government, and the cooperative program of forest management and reforestation with the owners of timberlands. Report on Finances The final report of the speclal Finance Committee submitted to- day showed a total of 224 members enrolled with cash membership fees of $2,045 and pledges of $440, ag- gregating $2465 for the year, This is ample to cover the Chamber's budget, it was said. A vote of thanks was given the Col tee for its efficient work. An invitation has been extended through the Navy Department to two destroyers to be in these waters in July to include Juneau on their itinerary. Authority was given Secretary Shattuck to wire NRA authorities in Washington urging that hear- ings on the fresh fish, herring and other local industries be held in Alaska instead of Seattle. The Capital to Capital Yacht race is now under the wing of the Queen City Yacht Club, the Cham- ber was advised by the Olympia Commerce. The race Seattle to ization desires to line up a race for next year, it was advised to com- municate with the Queen City club. | Honor Merritt May 3 Next week's meeting of the Chamber will be complimentary to M. L. Merritt, longtime member, who leaves early next month for| his new station in Portland, it was | announced. He served on several committees of the Chamber and| on its Board of Directors. J. M. Wyckoff, District Forest Ranger at Petersburg, was a guest of the Chamber today. He is here on official business. President Gardner announced the appointment of & new Entertain- ment and Program Committee composed of H. 1. Lucas, James Stapleton and George M. Brink. Cleanup Week Progressing Fine progress is being made on the Cleanup, Paintup Week pro- gram, it was announced by Presi- dent Gardner. Hundreds of pri-| vate citizens have joined in the movement enthusiastically. The In- dian village, under the direction of C. W. Hawkesworth, has done excellent work dhd is spick and span. The power plant of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company has been transformed| into a veritable park. Many residential properties are being improved, yards raked and planted, houses painted and other | work being done. ————— Mining Locatwn Notices at Em- pire office. SYNOPSIS: The test well Judith Dale is sinking to prove to the Scoggins family that there is no oil on a piece of ground Scoggins holds that is necessary to the Rio Diablo dam, has been blown up in a storm Julith is building the dam with money left her by Big Tom Bevins for the purpose. And she has seen her husband, Norman Daie, in the camp of Morton Lampere, who is trying to obstruct Judith's work, and to recover the Beving money for §rs. Bevins and her daughter, Chapter 39 CALLERS COME ‘HE storm was over, the clean cool air that followed in its wake blew through Judith’s house. Delphy sniffed it gratefully as she stood at the kitclfen door, then sniffed back towards the kitchen and waddled rapidly across the floor towards the stove. “Didn’t burn,” she said with a sigh of relief, and drew a golden- brown up-side down cake from the oven. Carefully then she went over her menu for the evening meal. She went to the front door and looked down the hill. Judith Dale was coming up alone. Her clothing, dripping wet from the still falling rain, clung to her slim figure, her hair hung in bedraggled wisps, even her shoulders seemed slouched un- der some sodden weight. As she came close she looked up and Delphy wondered if the wet drops glistening on her cheeks were rain drops or tears. “Look at cha,” she growled, like a mother bear, “Just look. Like a drownded rat, hair a hangin’. What you suspect to do, take yo' death a cold? Come long in here and git in your tub. Take those wet clothes oft—" | She started peeling the garments | from the unprotesting girl as she scolded, handed her a flannel robe | and went ts fill the canvas tub. Still Judith said nothing. Obediently she went to the tub, bathed, dressed in dry clothing and came back to the main room to sit down in a chair and stare stupidly at the door. Delphy carried in a small tray with a cup of sirong, black coffee and Judith sipped it dutifully. “Miss Judy,” Delphy could stand her silence no*longer, “what you-all grievin’ for. What's happent?” “I'm not grieving, Delph: just ... just sunk, that's all.” “You mean cause that well done blew up?” “It didn’t blow up, Delphy, light- ning struck the derrick. There was a leak in a drum of fuel oil that blew up and caused the other drums to go.” “Laws a-me,” confided Delphy, “I done thought Judgment Day were here sure-nuff. I could just hear Gabriel a blowin’ his ho'n an, Miss Judith,” Delphy giggled a little, “I most made up my mind to send Lige back his money, what's left of it, ‘cause I didn’t play honess, I was too scared a losin’ and not gettin' to come long with you.” I'm “JT DID make an awful noise; thank Heavens everyone was over here on the hill. The debris flew for hundreds of yards, and one piece went right through one of the motor truck houses. From the way Mamie Scoggins is acting yowd think I'd ordered the lightning ir.” “You mean she say you have to build another one?” “Yes Delphy, and I haven't the money.” She didn't know why she was confiding in the old woman, but she had to talk to someone and goodness knew that mo onme had been more faithful, “you see, in onr contract, I agreed to see they dug or drilled to the five thousand foot level. They are only down three. Delphy . . . why does everything have to go wrong?” “Reckon’ it's the Degil's Dam, Miss Judy, but everything ain't a goin’ wrong. That there lightnin’ was throwed down there by Mister Tom’s ghost. He dome see what misery them Scogginses were bring- | in’ you. But don’t you worry none. | Ma’ss Norman, he'll come 'long back. | Some a these days ‘hat bad boy. I knows him, and then everything will be all right.” | _ Judith started to eat to please | Delphy, then found she was really | hungry, the food delicious. “Delphy,” she said, as the old | woman appeared with a triangle of | cake, topped with a cloud of whipped cream, “what did you mean when | you said Mr. Norman would be com- ing back? You know I left Hillen- dale, he didn’t leave me.” “Miss Judy, Ma'ss No'm, he left you, afore you left Hill and dell.” “What do you mean Delphy?” “It Ma'ss Norman had been united to you in solemn matrimony, he Judith Lane by JEANNE BOWMAN “I know by the preachers, but you didn’t think alike, and ‘cause yow wouldn’t think united solemn-like with Ma’ss Norman he done set about doin’t things his way. I raised him, Miss Judy, 1 knows. “Delicious cake,” said Judith, a new note of confidence in her voice, then looked up. Delphy’s back had straightened like a ramrod. “He'ah comes them white trash | now,” she said and Judith, leaning forward, saw the Scoggins family approaching. Judith left the table, told Delphy 1o clear it quickly, and met the trio at the front door. She glanced in astonishment at the shimmer of sequins as Mrs. Scoggins removed a rain sodden coat, and noticed in a second glance that her pretty, vapid, face had been thickly coated with powder to hide tear stains. Tommy, in long trousers and his first white collar, was very serious. Judith couldn’t tell whether it was an expression worn for the solem nity of the occasion or the dignity {of his new clothes. And then she turned to Scoggins, senior. He wore the shabby town suit he had probably bought for his big adventure when he left Arkansas years before, and had saved for momentous occasions. From his in- ner pocket he was drawing kis copy of the contract she had made with him, three months before. Judith winced. He had come, as Clia would have said, “To put the screws on the torture chair.” He was going to prové that she had promised— “Mrs. Dale,” She realized he was using his ora torical Voice reserved for impor- tant occasions—'we have gathered here this evening to tell you—" “Please sit down,” Judith inter rupted. She felt her knees were go ing to buckle under her. \Ils DALE,” Scoggins repeated V1 the opening salutation of the speech he was intent upon making He alone of the trio had remained standing, “we have gathered here this evening to tell you that we have seen a great light. “In deepest hum—bhum—hum—" “Humiliation,” prompted Tommy in a stage whisper. “Humiliation we have come to tell you that the sword of the Lord has cut the blindness from our eyes.” Judith had interrupted one of Mr. Scogging’ declamations, she didn’t intend to interrupt another, but she did wish he would get to the point. Word after word rolled in sonorous tones from his tongue. Oc- casionally whole sentences would remain in Judith’s mind, such as— “Big Tom Bevins found us on the banks of the Rio Diablo, destitute, beggars, starving. He shared his food with us and then he lifted us up and gave us a chance to be hu man beings again.” There was more of this extolling Big Tom and Big Tom’s unselfish generosity. “And what did I do for him?” barked the little man suddenly. “I listened to the serpent’s voice. The woman tempted me with riches and I fell.” Judith was glad Clia Sanford wasn't present. “Miss Judith, that is, Mrs. Dale, have you a match?” came suddenly at the end of a wordy declamation Judith motioned Delphy, who brought in a box of matches, admira- tion for the “white traish” who could use words like he could, shining in her black eyes. 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire e} APRIL 26, 1914 Dispatches from Washington, D. C., indicated that war with Mexico was imminent and that the con- dition in Mexico City was alarming with many prominent Americans imprisoned for refusing to con- tribute money to Gen. Huerta Announcement of the line-up of the Juneau baseball team was ex- pected to be made the following day upon the arrival in port of the steamer Alameda on which Denny Malloy and several recruits had passage, Manager P. E. Jackson said. Miss Sylvia Koskey won the! | ..5______________( Fraternalo§ocietiea | — i | Gastineau Channel Y D | B. P. 0. ELES meels A every Wednesday at -V 8 p.m Visiting 3 brothers welcome. L. W. Turoff, Exalt- ed Ruler. M. H. Sides, Secretary. ey ENICHTS OF COLUMBUS Seghers Council No. 1760. Meetings second and las Monday at 7:30 p. m. PROFESSIONAL Helene W. L. Albrecht YHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra Red Ray, Medical Gymnastics. 307 Goldstein Building Phone Office, 216 Rose A. Ardrews Graduate Nurse Electric Cabinet Baths—Mas sage, Colonic Irrigations | Office hours 11 am. to 5 pm. | Evenings by Appointment Transient brothers urg- Second and Main Phone 259 | |ed to attcnd. Councll —£3) Chambers, Fift Btrect. JOHN F. MULLEN, G. E. H. J. TURNER, Becretary i X RS E. B. WILSON | Chiropedist—Foot Specialist | 401 Goldstein Building MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Mon- jday of each month in Queen of the May contest, receiv-| girls climbed over the stones and| assembled near the waterfall by, Gold Creek where picturesque groups were formed and were pho- tographed by Winter and Pond. | John Perelle, superintendent of the Hallum Construction company’s Salmon Creek operations said that | given a test run on Saturday and the new 140-ton quartz mill was was alright. Mrs. 1. Sowerby left on the Mari- posa for Santa Cruz, California to who was ill at that e NOTICE I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife, Marchie Boynton, from this date. | Bullding " "’ peather for the preceding 21 Telephone 196 NOW OPEN | ours was cloudy with rain. The!E i j maximum temperature was 60 de-| sTevrRraoxr 1 G Commerm?) Ad]u“. ! grees and the minimum 38, | Dr. J. W. Bayne | meflt&Ralmg Bureau i r. J. W. bayn Cooperating with White Service Secretary of the Interior Frank-| e \ Bureau ] lin K. Lane stated the previous day| | Rooms 5-6 Triangle Bldg. | Room 1—Shattuck Bldg., | that the Mexican situation would| | Of-lce nours, § am. to § pm. We have 5,00 loc: g t, f al ratings | in no wise interfere with the build- | venings by appointment, on file ing of the Alaska railroad. He ex- Fhone 31 a pected to visit Alaska in July, | & z S— be with her mother, Mrs. Emerson, { * PHONE 496 Scottish Rite Temple, ing 722 more votes than Miss Klon- | g £ | beginning at 7:30 p. m. da Olds, her nearest competitor. — o' The vote was, Miss Koskey, 2678; ;aslz:érgfffigécgs?giwn‘s Fg o Doonias 'io6. and Trine Museth| | pgg, KASER & FREEBURGER | | rctary. ? i DEN'I'IBTI;dm {1 - Members of the Camp Fire Girls, Blo";f:;“:‘;l, * (| | Our trucks go any place any and Bluebirds had their photo- = T R ||| time. A tank for Diesel Oil graphs taken on Saturday. The . . o ;o| | and a tank for crude oil save burner trouble. | PHONE 149; NIGHT 148 RELIABLE TRANSFER T Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms § and § Valentine | -1 FINE Watch and Jeweiry Repalring at very reasunavle rates WRIGHT SHOPPE PAUL BLOEDHORN Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optometry and JUNEAU-YOUNG | Funeral Parlors Licensed Funeral Directors ! and Embalmers “nght Phone 1851 Day Phone 13 Optometrist—Optician Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted Room 17, Valentine Bldg. Office Phone 484; Residence Phone 238. Office Hours: 9:30 to 12; 1:00 to 5:30 i Robert Simpson —fl TR adv. FRED BOYNTON. " Dr. Richard Williams ||| SABIN’ || Dr. Richard Williams DENTIST Eveiytiliy £ Faru C WARR.A K | OFFICE AND RESIDENCE e ant onstruction Co. || Gastineau Building | | Juneau Phone 487 | Phone 481 i 4] S ——&2 | - AL S - | :|} | Dr. A. W. Stewart C. L. FENTON THE Juneau Launpry | | DENTIST CHIROPRACTOR Franklin Street between | Hours 9 am. to ¢ pm. Soutn Front St., next to Front and Second Streets I | SEWARD BUILDING Brownie’s Barber Shop | | Office Phone 409, Res. || orrice Hours: 10-12; 2-5 PHONE 35¢ | Phone 276 Evenings by Appolntment oy E 3 P e e - PHONE 549 IDEAL PAINT SHOP If It's Paint We Have It! JUNEAU FROCK SHOPPE “Exclusive but not Expensive” Coats, Dresses, Lingerie, Hosiery and Hats Wendt & Garster P i . HOTEL ZYNDA Large Sample Room ——— Scoggins struck a match, let the flame burn to gold, then holding the contract in one hand, the match in the other he said—"The sword of the Lord burned the altar of Mammon. So will I burn this contract.” There was a flash of fire, and Scoggins, suddenly human, dropped ALASKA MEA FEATURING CAKSTEN’S BABY BEEF—DIAMOND TC HAMS AND BACON—U. S. Government Inspected + PHONE 39 Deliveries—10:30, 2:30, 4:30 CO. ELEVATOR SERVICE 8. ZYNDA, Prop. ; I GARBAGE HAULED | the burning contract on the floor while Delphy shuffled away for ¢ pan of water. Judith was hysterical. An over whelming desire to laugh, an over- whelming desire to cry and an over- whelming sense of relief each fought for supremacy. Scoggins saw the tears in her eyes and nodded with satisfaction, then lapsing intc his natural tone of voice said— “Land sakes, Miss Judy, didn’t you think the Mexicans had crossed the border with big guns when them there drums started explodin’?” Judith was relieved at his normal tone and started talking with ani- mation. She could see Delphy stand- ing by the kitchen table, eyeing the remains of her up-side-down cake as l it trying to decide whether or mot the Scoggins family were worthy of it. “The oratory of Thomas, Senior, evidently won for she put on the coffee pot and started clicking cake plates together. wouldn’t a acted like he done.” “But Delphy we were.. . united—" (Copyright, 193}, by Jeanne Bowman) Judith takes a trio. tomorrow. Old Papers for Sale at Empire Offic; THE HOTEL OF ALASKAN HOTELS The Gastineau Our Seérvices to You Begin and End at the G Telephone 38 ang Plank of Every Passenger-Carrying Boat { Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 584 | Phone 4753y | ASEIE S ol RO | & and W. P. JOHNSON FRYE’S BABY BEEF “DELICIOUS” HAMS and BACON Frye-Bruhn Compan Prompt Delivery g ! MAYTAG PRODUCTS | | To Our Deposi . .. The B. M. Behrends Bank is conscious of the indispensible part which its depositors have played in its steady progress ever since its establishment in , 1891 Their continuous patronage is an expression of their confidence and good will. to continue to merit this confidence by extending the institution’s helpfulness to Juneau’s business interests in keeping the wheels of progress moving. tors It shall be our aim The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska ; : | - ———————1 | BETTY MAC | | BEAUTY SHOP } 102 4 A "™ “ - ahr “»