The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 18, 1935, Page 8

THEILE SOUNDS APPEAL FOR CUT IN FISHING TAX Ex - Alaska Secrelar_v Car- ries Request of 49 Can- ners to Leg1<latu1e week-end trip visited the of the s after- Returr to Sitka Pioneers ture noon, the the H bill while tr ginning its Again res mittee of from where they Home, memb reconvened House del ain intc aduated fish trar ate was just be: ations at 4 o'clock itself into a com- whole the Houst heard a its by cannery mer and fishermen on the merits anc demerits of the trap tox issue, sev- eral new witnesses being heard that had not heretofore appeared. Asks Reduction Karl Theile, former Secretary of Alaska and now a canner at Wran- gell, appeared in Lehaf ol th Northwestern Canners’ Association and declared the 49 members of that organization wanted a de- crease in taxes rather than an in- crease as proposed under the Hof- man bill “We feel we are being discrim- inated ogainst,” ‘he said. “Why chould we, the industry which pays mest of the Terrftery's revenue, be acked to pay evenl more when you need the meney, and afford to pay it." Te Mich for Some anners which he represent. a hurd time making it now, Mr, Thejle said, and additional burden wouid be than many of them can said that while the bill was intended to benefit the small « ator the resuit would be just the oppozite and it would injure the small canner. In answering the ronlmuan that the measure would tend to give the seiners a better chance to 1] their fish, Theile declared th plant now buys more seine c.mvh~ fish than is caught in his traps Pure Theory J. N. Gilbert of the Alaska Pa- cific and representing the larger operators, asserted in the same vein: “The person who thinks sein- ers will make more money under this bill is a pure theorist.” a he was | in every way in bringing about better conditions for every one con- cerned Mr. Gilbert reiterated would raise his concern’s annual payment to the Territory from $119,000, the amount paid this year, | to $200,000, a figure it would be | unable to stand after several years of losses up to 1934. Alaska Needs Capital The cause of the depression is the unemployment of capital, he said, and Alaska needs to encourage rather than discourage it. Any ad- ditional burden at this time would discourage, he argued. He point- >d out that the mining industry 1as been encouraged by the price )f gold. Salmon prices, he explain- d, have not risen in' proportion «:nd an extra tax now would cer- 1ly discourage the fishing in-| If taxes are raised so that| could not operate it would the means of living some | at Unga alone have| the. bill ps troy 500 natives 10W. Handicap, He Says Fred Soberg, appearing in behalf of the fishermen, contended the seiners are under a handicap be- cause the traps are located and owned by large concerns in the more favored places. He said he felt it was not fair for one kind of fishing to have an advantage over another, and that all the wat- ers should be free so that all could operate on a basis of equality. Late in the afternoon the Hous2 moved the bill on to third reading and began discussion of the Nor- iale eight-hour day measur2 - ELECTRICAL CASE ATTORNEY LEAVES ng for Seattle on the afternoon, E. J. rney for' the Elec- Products Com- \uld he would appeal to the ed States Circuit Court of Ap- seals in San Francisco for the judgment set against his client by he District Court here recently in favor of W. D. Gross, theatre own- The Juneau court awarded Gross more than $58,000 in a suit which found many ‘‘outside” attorn: and witnesses brought here to plead and testify. Mariarity said he hop- ed to appeal this spring term Moriarty, accompanied by J Reynolds, staff engineer for company, is bound for Seattie on the Northland. From there, the pair plans to visit Hollywood and then travel to0 New York. R. E Lawrence, a service man with the Before lea L. the Theile charged the measure entirely overlooking the most portant person, the consumer, im- in that the outcome would have to b«‘l an inerease in prices. He said the | canners were now compiling with the NRA codes and co-operating| I company, also left southbound on | the Northland, but is stopping over | at Ketchikan. A Eiler, Hansen, Superintendent of the Pioneers Home, came to Ju- neau as a passenger on the North- and. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 18, 1935. PIONEERS’ HOME DEDICATED AT SERVICES SUN. Legislalo—:and Other Prominent Visitors in Sitka for Occasion Dedication services for the new Pioneers' Home in Sitka were held on Sunday morning at 11 oclock with visiting members of the ritorial Legislature, Pioneers’ Horne Building Commission and Board of | Trustees present, in addition w ‘Superintendent Eiler Hansen, resi- ‘ {dents of the Home and a number lof Sitkans. Andrew Nerland of Fairbanks, Grand President of the Grand Ig-| loo, Pioneers of Alaska, presided at the services a man of the| dedication servic Mr. Nerland is Territorial Representative from the Fourth Division. Among the prominent men who spoke at the Dedication were Wil- liam A. Hesse, Chairman of the Pioneers’ Home Building Commit- tee, Senator Henry Roden, who spoke as a member Territorial Le the Pioneers’ Hor d Presentation plendid new ')undxm to the Board of Trustees for the Ploneers' Home, made by Prezident of the Senate Luther ¢ Hess, ho represented Gov. John W. andi William B Kirk, member. of the Board of Trustées made a speech of ceptance for the Bo The dedication services w brief but impressive and wer2 fol- d by a tour of ins building by > during which ac tors BETTY MAC BEAUTY SHOP S ’I"O NEW LOCATION ND B STREETS Milil - animal hunters tained more than Its of animals since S tember, and are estimated to h: ‘wr*l cattle $100,000 from kill included 1 of stock. 12 mountain and sheep men more i, FERA CREWS AT WORK. ON VARIOUS PROJECTS IN JUNEAU VICINITY Crews of men are now working on various Federal Erjergency Re- lief Administration projects in Ev- ergreen Bowl, the Basin Road and several street projects within the city of Juneau, it was announced today by Deputy FERA Administra- tor H. G. Watson. More men will be assigned to | work as rapidly as the applications for relief work can be resurveyed and the needs of the applicants determnmd it was stated. L ee— THREAT LETTER T0 GOVERNOR IN LINDBERGH GASE Court, ]ur_v Also Named in Demand for Commutation of Death Sentence Ho fman has received @ atening him and Just W. Trenchard, also t mem of the Hauptmann jury with “‘death of revenge” if Haupt mann’s sentence is not comm: to life imp nment by Febru 27 The Governor made no comment but said he would turn the letter over to the Department of Just The wriling in the letter w: long scrawl. 1e lotter was pastmarked Wa D. C. e postscript, the writ the whole case was and the State cann Hauptmann guilty, a x] the army or ti n prolect you if you d he move mentioned by letter wriler also referred jingly to the nationality General David T. W NO JURISDICTION WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—Agent Department of Justice d the threat enmg ltmlx case, the Department has no icn in that there mar is no extortion element cmmunication. MAUSOLEUM IS RECOMMENDED, PIONEERS’HOM Lack of Burial Ground En| | phasized by Superin- tendent in Report | Construction of a mausoleum onl a unit basis at the Alaska Pioneers' | Home, Sitka, so that it can be in- | creased as necessity arises is re- commended to the Legislature in the biennial report of Eiler Hansen, | superintnedent of the lnsmuuon The greater Initial cost of mauso leum crypts will be more than off. set by the cost of clearing and pre- | paring ground and its perpetual! ipkeep, the Superintendent states n his report. ‘There are now three separate sioneer burial plots to maintain,” the report says. “On the plot now in use $600 was spent in addition » maintenance in grading and illing. In three or four years the surial ground now available will > used up and if nothing is done wout it, it will be necessary to ind new ground which will have o be cleared and prepared at con- derable expense. It is doubtful if iy more suitable burial ground can be found in Sitka. Even if it ould, it is not justifiable to con- inue to appropriate the best sites surrounding the town for ccme- tery purposes.” Weuld Legalize Praclice The Superintendent asks that he Legislature pass an act pro- viding that all miscellaneous re- eipts of the Pioneers' Home be redited to the appropriation for he biennium in which they occur, thus legalizing a practice hat has been carried on in the past. Construction of the new, modern concrete building at a cost of ap- proximitely a quarter of a million | doNars during the last biennium i the most important undertaking in the history of the institution since its creation in 1913, the Superin- tendent ints out in his report. “The building itself is witness to the faet tha: the Territorial Build- ing Commission has ably and coa- cientiously discharged its obliga- tion,” the Superintendent sta “The new Pioneers' Home at Sit- ka is a magnificent tribute of a grateful people to the men who bore the brunt of developing a wil- derness. It is a monument to pio- neer life of surpassing beauty and infinite usefulness.” - JUNEAU SHOP IN FIRST! made up of Building Cemmission The Building Commission was William A. Hesse, . left for “Perfect Back” Marjorie Gayle, 18, of Ames, Ia was picked as ‘posaessor of girl wiv. “most beauti back profile” New York contest judged by artist: What do you think? fishway Engineer, Chairman; Frank A. Boyle, Auditor; Walstein t. Smith, Treasurer; James 8. +Simmons had flown Saturday night| ,after making a trip to Chichagor.jby the unfortunate Mary, | i “lof Scots, in May, 1567, soon after THREE PASSENGERS BROUGHT" BY* PATCO - The seaplane Patco, piloted by | Sheldon Simmons, brought three passengers to Juneau yesterday | afternoon. A. Van Mavern and, Joe | Meherin, traveling men, and Jehn M. Olson of Hoonah were the pas- | sengers. Van Mavern and Meherin board- | ed the airplane at Sitka, where| B ® 0 0 s 0w v p i o 4 AT THE HOTELS . e s ceeseveo0 e Hansen, Sitka; Mrs. Teresa Gross— man, Sitka; Mrs. Edna Holtcamp.‘ sltka.~ v “ Wlllnnt Jfiéson. “ee Harhor; Roqueau, Juneau; JOhn Dolch, . [ Zynda | neau. E. L. Graves, Jr., Juneau; V. C.| Bingham, Juneau; Alfred Tilson, | Juneau; Art Carlson, Sitka; M.r\ and Mrs. H. P. Hansen, Ketchikan. | o o Artl;urngon;ers, Fiction “Writer, Dies in Florida PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. 18.— Arthur Somers, aged 51 years, f tion writer, died today as the re- sult of a heart allment. He was & :lormer newspaperman and lawyer. ->-oo Is Poor Speller EDINBURGH — A letter signed = Queen she is supposed to havé marricd her first husband's murderer, was sold gh:n Edinburgh dealer for | 5263, sive' is addressed to four ;nls!. sing: and counsalour the eril of Cassillis.” g R S P!nm Silent Traffic B‘K)CKHOLM—A proposal to 'give Stockholm noiseless traffic by banning automobile horns will be offered at the next session of the Swedish parliament. “Racing™ of motors while the car is standing still also would be forbidden. Truitt, Attorney General, and -An- thony E. Karnes, Commissioner of Education. | Nei cost of operation to' the home to the Territory in 1933, the| report shows, was $46621 against $43,792 in 1934, revealing a decrease in maintenance cost in the last half of the biennium. Appropria- ticn of the last Legislajure for the Home was $05400, miscellaneous receipts totaled $6.136 or a total] available of $102536. Of this| amount $81.262 was expended leav- ing a balance of $21,274 - - FHA HEAD DEPARTS John E. Pegues ,Feder:l IHousing Administration director for Alaska Ketchil on the North- land. Harry Lucas, an assistant, left Juneau recently to aid FHA work in Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan. - MRS. STANWORTH ON BOAT Mrs. driver for the Cardinal Cab Com- pany, is on the Northland. She is traveling to Seattle. e BROKEK KETUKNS After a short visit to his firm's new branch office in Juneau, H. W. Fairbanks, Wilzon Company, dealer, took southbound passage for Seattle on the Northland. B PIONEER TO SEATTLE Mrs. J. Lindley Green of Anch- ~rage, 1934 Grand Chaplain of the Grand Igloo convention of Fioneers of Alaska, which concludes its 1935 meeting here today, left for Seattle on the Northland. e —————— ON VACATION On a vacation, Gail Shriver, em- ployee of the Totem Groeery, is| | couthbound for Seattle on the | Northland. stock and hond — il | FORESTRY MEN TRAVEL | Connected with the United Dan Stanworth, wife of a of the Fairbanks-' the - Juneau Liquor Store’s WEEK-END LIQUOR ‘SPECIAL" Saturday Sunday Momllay Crab Orchard 3 PROOF STRAIGHT Quart 3—DAYS Percy Reynolds WHISKEY $1.65 ONLY—3 JUNEAU LIQUOR STORE Quick Delivery VISIT Our Family Liquor Department CAlIfORNlA GROCERY Phone 478 . 4 Prompt Delivery sta&»bfiens'r*anigm | States Forest Service, B. R. Alkens‘ |and W. J. McDonald are south- | bound passengers from Juneau on | the Northland, Aikens is bound for |, Seattle, and McDonald for Ket-‘ | chikan. | | SPRING 'PATTERNS. 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