The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1934, Page 8

i 41 it I THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1934 Juneau’s Dairying Industry Is Large One;Demand Causes i Increase; Equlpment Used Is Latest; Value to Community TWO OFFICIALS ARE SUMMONED T0 HYDE PARK Secretary of Labor Pelkms and Gov. Winant Call- ed for Conference In all the publicity given neau’s major industries of mining, fisk and lumbering, the tenden- cy has been to more or less over- look one which after analysis does COMPLETES REPORT : d scarcely be termed agricul- the more pastora)] industry of dairying is one which is the Mills Are Reported Open-| i is one which is the moro lng n Man_\ Sections farms, including pasture and hay land, and not including the tide flats upon which many of the cows graze for the greater part of the summer. About 250 acres are now used in raising hay for fodder, and more acres are put under cultiya- tion each year. This amount of farm land, of course, will not pro- duce sufficient feed for the cattle, which must be fed about 165 days in the year, and about 400 tons of more . In the face of the number of hay and grain are shipped in each of Southland ounces of gold produced by the| fall. - Alaska-Juneau mine, and the num-| These figures alone are suffi- HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 20.— ber of pounds of fish"sold in the|clent to impress the size of what President P D. Roose | Juneau market, people are not|is probably the fastest growing in- cht r 3| prone to think of the number of |dustry tributary to Juneau, but of Labor COMMITTEE AT NOME RENDERS FIRST REPORT Tentative Plan for Rehab- ilitation Is Suggested to Governor (Connnued from Page One) ly this morning, Mayor Swartz said: “Citizens of Nome deeply appre- |clate Secretagy Ickes's sympathy and through your office we have the utmost confidence that our Federal Government will cooperate in our efforts to reestablish this jcommunity. Your appointment of committee is functioning most ad- and in complete confidence In a radiogram to the Governor 1 | quarts of milk produced every year |'the equipment with which the milk |, ens and civic authorities nd Gov. G \\"uu‘m ‘by the \(onwnml cows out Gla-|is handled is no lFss interesting. The communications of this com- ! Hamy of his|cier Highway Latest Equipment to you today and ‘in the Mediation extile S T iies Almost without exception, the| rm re are authoritative infirma- strike, into con: take a| i . | dairies are equipped with the bc"[‘u»n of our catastrophe and y strike, e, G & c you definite step in se | Nearly one million quarts, 981.100 | of devices obtainable in the Way|pov rest s ; B d netd] | = may rest assured that their re- the board report | to be more nearly exact, are deliv- | of machinery. Electric lights, steam | yests are founded after deli: erate believed comple w York, |ered to local residents every year plants, sterilizing equipment, auto- finyestigation. We have faitn in a concerted drive to break the|by the six dairies serving Juneau. | matic bottlers, mechanical bottle |y, Governor Troy.” E strike in the d Each day, about 2,140 quarts of | washers, drinking fountains for the|(” Ty. central Committee's entire thetic fabrics br milk ax.'o bottled and .:,cm urounii‘cm\s_ new concrete-floored barns, {membership met yesterday with tile industry is being made. Ty routes. And the amountgire the rule instead of the ex- Federal Judge J. H. S. Morrison, i is said hu of mills in)is increasing by leaps and bounds § -eption. Few farm districts in the | who is the official disbursing agent nearly all operat ctions “r(w?{i:‘urdx);i %:ind:‘ 4 mtv‘x(]!m?fi 1\,3;2-: ;Imf:s .cogldbsxc;ecd the( Glacier there for Federal Relief Adminis- s v oy | more of local r,fi\,:],v‘r:fo being usec l"‘! ‘m'}t' plries 10 &R average of uration funds. 1t il gl George Sloan, Pr t of mw[w ‘}“"ru alsing a i nodernity. |organization and made a conserva- Cotton Tex titute, said ten|EVeIy year. So far, dairymen nave been bare- [tive estimate of 18sses and costs more ave opened in the T‘"‘b ““:‘““‘"d for, ’;“dlc““’;"':;‘?' 'y able to keep up with the de-!of permanent reconstruction of returning o their WOF Y Juneau vesents of his)mand for their product in its na-|municipal bufldings, public uthities bout 60 per.cent of the(Milon quarts of milk, also Indi-};pg) giate, and no butter is made {cates that local residents realiz Ithe scientifically proved food anc ed thousand 1ere. Ice-cream is made at two of | southern ‘he places and at only one of them| | health value of milk in the daily|., commercial quantities. Such is diet of both children and adults.) e rate at which the milk sells Division of the number of quarts STRIKES LOOK GOOD by the number of residents shows that this latter dairy is forced to| mport cream for ice-cream manu- NEAR VALDEZ CREEK|3 Per capita consumption of about| sucture from the States, his herd | |one pint per day. It is sald that|.eino ynaple to supply the demand 3 nearly all of this is consumed as Improvements The early prediction of a Gov-1a beverage, as Juneau has no' Nl R N eittatin it ernment, geologlsts that the Val-|yet outgrown the habit of using | ,m oy ory, 15 this the situation at dez Creek area “is the Rand of|canned milk almost exclusively | re b ey me, ket Alaska” is approaching rapid ful-|fcr cooking and for coffee. 'S are planning improvements and fillment, according to an nterview e, xaditions fo be put into effect eith- | S udioress Dily Fhmes WAL | 1,y handiing of Wils quan<] next vess Be to. New ki TNpaid McDonald, who 1as been 10| iy o1 ik, 15 paracms are. am | i imed, e e, Slilbment| charge of road engineering Workipioueq tne year around, exclusive 1dditional cows ordered, and more | in the Valdez area during the last |of the owners and their families. an R > is to be placed under culti- vation. hile all this is going on, semi- | annual inspections of all the cows| the Territorial Veterinarian en- season. The annna “The recent gold quartz str S | proximate in the Valdez Creek area are some- ’ wages paid thing extraordinary,” Mr. Mcl)\'m-‘hn\'mr time payroll amounts to ap- $1 0, including the to extra help during and not counting the ald said. | cost of board and lodging provid- 4 z The new tunnel of the Denali|oq to employees, which would in- sty “f},i:;,eakl,;}:n'llh,fim;:;’,.(f:def.?:‘ group on Timberline Creék recently | s " broke into gold quartz that looked especially prom added crease that sum considerably if ct figures could be determined The bovine population of Gasti- eau Channel mounts into impres- pasteurization unnecessary Taking it by and large, the dairy industry of Juneau, it can be readily seen by the foregoing, is sing, Mr. MLDrmI(\ the lucky C/ Among #iners on Valdez Creek, according sive numbers, and it would be safe lone of which any community can | to McDohald, are four Indians|gp that not one in ten residents | wel pe proud, and. one which is| a lease on some of the of Juneau could guess off-hand worthy of more than the passing | John Carlson ground. They are!within 50 or 100 of the correct | not ordinarily éccor(’.fld it B said to alken out $14,000 dur- | number. At present there are 272 Eas St ! ing the last few weeks. ‘mw in the herds owned by the Altogether fifty men are working | gaj pla SAILING OF KENAI IS AGAIN DELAYED The sailing of the Kenai, Sitka route, , including bulls, calves, non- °r and quartz properties in this producing heifers and milch cows this season according to Mc- | Of that number, about 190 are pro- 1d. wducmw milk at any given time y st G ; A total area of 1434 acres is SHOP IN JUNEAU! Jincluded within the fences of the A Delicious Drink Mix canned ORANGE JUICE, 20c and PINEAPPLE JUICE, can, 10c¢ At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 o e 1l be postponed until noon. The delay is signed to points on the route. R — MISS DOLLY BALDWIN HAS EMERGENCY MAJOR OPERATION AT ST. ANN'S Miss Dolly Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Baldwin, was rushed to St. Ann’s Hospital last operation nicely She is getting along according to Dr. W. W. her physician. 30710 28449 23758 14767 LEADER DEPT. STORE GEORGE Bros. GROCERY STORES OPEN EVENINGS o _ {residential after the arrival of the Aleutian, | which is due late tomorrow after- | 50 the Kenai| may take the mail and freight con- | evening for an emergency appendix ! and other projects. Wiped Out 12 Blocks It wired the Governor last night as follows: “Estimated loss two million dol- (lars exclusive of Federal buildin Fire wiped out twelve city blocks |comprising every business house in INome excepting two | plants. lighterage Federal court house, jail post office, customs , Coast Guard, Commissioner and Recorder, Alaska Road Commission office building. Reindeer Headquarters, all muni- cipal, buildings including fire de- partment, and greater part of district constituting 80 (per cent taxable property all wiped out. White and native schools, In- dian affa office, Weather Bur {and hospital not damaged. Sma’ homes cn outskirts of city t porarily housing population. “Sufficient food is here for im- mediate nceds until the arrival of the Victoria which carries a n- ited amount. Immediate requir ments must be met from Federal How | “It’s toasted” VYour throat protection—against irritation—against cough Trotzky, Gangsterism Fail to Start Spanish Rebellion MADRID, Spain, Sept. 20— The name of Lecon Trotzky, exiled Seviet leader, was flash- ed in the picture as the revo- onary uprising, scheduled daybreak today, proved abortive. Minister of Interior Alfonso bed the plans for the re- | bellicn as “Trotzky's strategy, | mixed with American gang- sterism.” There has been persistent re- ports that Trotzky has been in Catalonia recently after been ordered out of t April. ency Relief Administration funds which you applied for as ta in your message of the i enth which we will all ct relief and for debris. when these funds Mll be available. Need Large Sum “The unanimous opini committee is that complete mu- al reconstruction is necessary can and will only be done by Federal grant for recon- t ing our municipal building, f department, equipment and mains, ty hall, stree ks, sewers and lights at an minimum cost of two and fifty thousand dol should be added two years nance of the munici $25,000 per year until the in meet expen: of the to ma can te n. We urge to every effort to have this three hundred thousand allocated im- medigtely to Nome for the purposes stated, as we must place orders for all supplies, lumber and so forth, immediate’ Time Is LimiteG We will take no action for grant 1 we receive instructions from v to proceed to account of lateness time is limited ion. Will you what, if an done toward rebulld mes. Also advise if any re ns available to business as s are applying for help; some other: decline it. We recommend you urge reconstruction of all Fe eral buildings as foundations should > prepared this fall.” Notified of Grant erday afternoon Gov. s x\omw'i by Harry L. ergency Relief hat his request had secure the of We n be released as quick- efreshmg / ly as possible by the Seattle Fed- eral Reserve Bank. This fund will be used for relief work, to employ men thrown out | of work by the fire in clearing | away of debris and other necessary activities in Nome. There will be DANCE SERIES AUTO ACCIDENT IS ANNOUNGED CAUSES DEATH, no necessity of using it for direct relief, Gov. Tr said. He was advised today by A.| L. Schafer,” District Manager of —_—— Sty e Red Cooss, San Tranciseo, that First Affair to Be Given Crashes Into Service Sta- all emergency needs of the fire| Saturday Night — New tion, Gas Ignited, Four {sufferers on the basis of their ke | | needs, including food, clothing and Orchestra Organized | Badly Burned | medical attention,” Mr. Schafer w| The winter social season of the SEATTLE, Sept. 20—~Miss La- Juneau B. P.. O. Elks, ‘will be in- vonia Sells, of West Seattle, was augurated Saturday evening, Sep- burned to death when a car in tember 22, with the {first of a which she was riding, crashed into series of dances in the Elks' Hall, a service station at high speed, according to an announcement smashing three gasoline pumps made by Norman Banfield, Chair- and releasing a flood of gas which man of the Elks' Dance Committee. 'quickly ignited. A new dance orchestra has been‘ Wynn Nelson, of Seattle, driver organized for the season's dances)of the car, and Miss Blanche Row- under the direction of Earl Bunzm ,land, of Ellensburg, were taken to In addition to Mr. Blinzer the!a hospital in a critical condition. other members are Jack Marion,{ Babe St. John, also of Ellens« Klondy Dufresne, LeRoy West and |burg, was less seriously burned. Dude Haines. Nelson and St. John, it is said, | said the Red Cross was not making |an effort to ship sup s or build- | ing material. ‘‘Please instruct us |by wire if there is anything else we can do,” he added. The Seward Red Cross offered to ship flour and certain articles of lothing it had on hand, if neces- sary or needed. A telegram to the Governor from Volney Richmond, Chairman of the Alaska Committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, said the Dellwood, with a full cargo of food- rniture, building materikls and supplies, is now load-| “It is the desire of the commit-|}are freight truck drivers who had ing and will sail from Seattle Mon-|t€¢ tc make these dances, which |d all night. ay or Tuesday and other vessels|Will take place every other week | —————— leave if necessary to handle|Popular social events,” Mr. B:\;\A“ {Mineral Production Increasing in B. C. field said, “and all our efforts will be directed to bring this about. We particularly urge that all Elks and their families attend the dance this ccming Saturday, and at the same time issue an invitation t all residents of Gastineau Channel.’ g he cargoes offered uded in the Dellwood’s cargo 1,000,000 feet of lumber which be disposed of at Nome. Prices 1 be based on a 50 per cent freight rate reduction granted by the Alas Steamship Company during the emergency. B “The Seattle Chamber of Com- WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—The production of gold, silver, lead and other minerals in British Colum- | increased 50 per cent in the first half of 1934 as compared with . him w e 08w i the output in the corresponding Y merce wants in all ways as . period a year ago. Nome desires, and requests to be 4 & 4 = 2 informed immediately how :‘xe: HOSFITAL: NOZES :‘, Chamber’s assistance can be ex- tended in most practical form,” RED MR 0 0 SR he said | e e — Marcus Bryson, 12-year-old son of H. C. Bryson, who lost all of the fingers of his right hand as | the result of the accidental dis-| charge of a shotgun he was carry-l noon today the!ing on Labor Day while wnll-:'mgy‘ n plane of the |up the Basin Road, left St. Ann’s Pacific / ays, Pilot Jerry |Hospital today for his home. Jones, ar n Juneau from Fair- | banks. The plane stopped overnight | at Kluane and took off for thrc('»pl: | Sam Anderson entered St. Ann’s | Hospital last evening for medical WHY The plane care to meet the —_— g n which “T. B. S. Arnesen, marine patient, en- T % of the Al-,tered 5t Ann's Hospital this morn- | Not Because We Are Cheaper BUT BETTER is a g for medical care. | ed to contix un‘ e. Passenzars Jerry Godkin, small son of Mr.| Junmh on the PAA plane were 1 Mrs. Godkin, left St. Ann's| — and Mirs. E. A. Janeau from Hospital today for his home, fol- | ok lowing an emergency operation per- R[(:E & A“LERQ C() to Ket- fc ed several days ago. | PLUMBING HEATING SHEET METAL “We tell you In advance whai fob will cost” anof, Pilot d Lloyd Jarman, re last ning 8 late for L. A. Johnson o patient at St. Ann’s 0 medical care. 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