The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 3, 1936, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 3 1936 Daily Ala;ska Empire ROBERT "5‘ BENDER - - Editor and Manager Published overy evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE_PRINTING COMPANY ut Sccond and Main Streetd, Juneau, Alaska Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as d Class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Oolivered by carrler In Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per_month. By mall, postage paid, at the One year, in advance, §12.00; six $6.00; one month, in advance, followirn months rates: in advance, 31 Subscribers will confer a fav if they will promptly notify the Busincss Office of uny failure or irregularity rs in the delivery of their p ffice, 602; Business Office, 374 R OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. | The Associated ' Press is exclusivcly entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches’ credifed to it ¢r not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published hercin, ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO THAP: THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION — MATANL KA F(i()LiN(i THE CRITICS. In view of the volume of adverse publicity which has been given the Matanuska Colonization project, it is interesting to note a report on the undertaking from an Al n, which would indicate, that, despite admitted shortcomings of the enterprise, progress has been made and there is reason to believe it will continue to be made. E. & masmuson, Republican’ National Committeeman tory, has recently returned to visit to. the Matanuska Valley. Anchorage Times on his visit, Mr. Rasmuson said: They appear to work not only in perfect harmony with one another but in a friendly and sympathetic understanding with both new and old settlers as well The homes have good looking exteriors, cozy and comfortable interiors and are in- habited by cheerful families who laugh and riaskan banker and for the Terri-| after weii xiown home Commenting in the his express their surprise at the balmy weather they are enjoying in Alaska against what their former neighbors are suffering in the States. Our newest Alaskans-and neighbors talked freely and cheerfully of their possibilities there. Large clearings around some of their homes and huge piles of wood evidence their strong arms and sincere intentions of making good for themselves and for their children When a man of Mr. Rasmuson’s knowledge of the north and its conditions in the Matanuska there is ample actual progress is being made and will continue made. The remarkable thing about can see progress to believe to be reason the colonization scheme is that it has gained the success that is now| reported. Quickly conceived and hurriedly put into operation, it attracted the public gaze more than any like enterprise in the history of the nation. Not sinc the gold rush has so much publicity been given Ala A great part of it was written by persons who spent | a couple weeks vacation on the project and then did their worst with the aid of a few mosquito bites and a longing for the metropolitan atmosphere of Chicago or New York. The natural tendency was to magnify the mosquitos, the tent houses and the hardships while minimizing the chances for success on the score of too many obstacles. But it begins to be evident now that most of the critics figured without the human element. They overlooked the fact that che Colonists who went to Matanuska were just the ordinary run of Americans down on their luck. Like a similar group under like conditions there would be a few who “couldn’t take it,” as the slang of the day goes. But the average of the ones with staying qualities and grit in the Matanuska is high. They fnitial hardships, and, in view of the furore that was ereated around them throughout the United States, it is to their credit that they have what it takes. ‘When one considers that the Alaska colonization program is a little less than a year old, the strides it has made are nothing short of astounding. The “Counter-upper” in the Better Times Drive ys he's going to try and ;,et a job with the Treasury | figure the issue with a BE LARGER a have beaten the! When ~artists,® illustrators, models and others engaged in 8 dispute as to who was the posses- sor of “the world’s most perfect it was decided to settle York. March 15, in which the rs would MW Nicks, left, trim New York model; Mardee. Hoff, center, reeently chosen Amdun!ochtyvlfl!mahvhgtbamm:hpuymu arid Rosemary Andree, right, 5 hfllu"&tL Pocket Venus” of England, ~ He's used to counting in terms of one night. Department. million, two million and on into the A great deal is made thes ment, but the oldtimer who ha and go for years holds there just ain’t no such ani- | It's especially around days of popular govern- mal. time. usually unpopular, It is evident from Gov. Landon’s address that he proposes to make political fodder of the needy, despite | fact that Roosevelt Administration fed them for the him in Kansas so he could balance his budget. Johnnie Makes Good. (New York World-Telegram) He worked so hard and so faithful-ee, That now he’s a palladium of libert-ee. Not all of the success stories come out of Horatio | | Alger, There’s the one about John J. Raskob, modestly | told by the hero himself in letters sent from his n(- fire in the Empire State Building urging Americans to join his Liberty League and “root out the vicious radical elements” that threaten the.land. The Lord promised Abraham to save Sodom if only ten righteous | men could be found in that doomed town. Mr. Ras- | kob needs more help. His letter went to 150,000. There’s nothing “duPontifical” about the It's just the simple tale of a lad who made good. start. “Beginning life as a poor boy blessed with splen- did health, the finest heritage which a good father and mother can leave any child, I was able to-acquire a good grammar and con letter. It mmko my way in the world.” The Constitution, that protects those human rights | |to “save, earn and acquire property and preserve the | ownership and lawful use of property when acquired,” gets full credit for the Raskob climb to the highest building in New York. We suspect Mr. Raskob too mod- estly slights his own virtues of thrift and acquisitive- Iness and the higher learning he acquired in the stock market. But anyway: “Through the years I have been successful—suc- cessful in retaining good health and, through hard work and saving, in acquiring a competence for old |age and the care of dependents.” And so the moral is that you, boys and girls, can all become Raskobs if only the Liberty League succeeds in saving the Constitution. The trouble with the Horatio Alger approach, fea- tured in the Raskob letter and in the early part of Al Smith’s Liberty League speech, is that something has happened since Horatio was a boy, and it wasn't something that happened to the Constitution either. The something was a growth of unemployment to a point where literally millions or young Raskobs and | young Smiths can’t even get a toehold today. To talk now about this being a land o1 opportunity | for all is to be blind to the realities of the most bur- densome of our national problems. In anything like normal times energy, honesty, reasonable education, good health and good intelligence do spell opportunity, progress and suc But today, after leaving out of | consideration all of the bums and misfits, the laz | the crooked and the incompetent, the ill and the ig- norant, there are still millions possessed of hone: education, health and intelligence who naturally can't get started, for the simple mathematical reason that there are more men than jobs So the key is—to increase employment, and thereby to make this once more a land of opportunity And until that is accomplished, all $he whensI~was- | a-boy remini,cences of all the Raskobs will be nothing {more than a fairly pleasant form of sentimental self- delusion lnsle ul of Secialism. (Detroit News) We can vision a capitalistic society such as has been pictured by such men as Henry Ford and Owen D. Young, in which all the benefits which Mr. Thomas says sociahsm will bring can be obtained without a violent overthrow of the existing system, with much less effort and at much lower cost. That is the society which we should like to see developed in this country if possible; a society in which production and distribu tion are not controlled by weakness of Mr. Thomas's plan—but by the most capable and most highly trained individuals; a society in which production and distribution function so well that there is plenty for every one; a society in which personal liberties are preserved. Mussolini has put it up to Italy'’s song-writers to compose for the troops in Ethiopia a spirited route. song. How about “Oh, It Ain't Gwine Rain No Mo" —Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Some are in hopes Borah will land the nomination, if only to see Al Smith and Simeon Fess set off arm | {in arm for a walk.—Detroit New: Maybe some day some politician will find a way to prime the pump without calling on the United States | ! Treasury for elbow grease, ~Wichita Eagle. Three Rivals for “World’s Most Perfect Figure” contest in New watched ‘em come | tax | mercial school education be- | | fore starting to work at $5 a week, at the age of 19 to | 4 lLoughlm‘ J. energy, ! boards or bureaus—the | HAPPY —BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congtatula- | tions and best wishes today, their thday anniversary, «o the follo: o=} (my MARCH 3. Walstein G. Smith | Homer G. Nordling. Tom Rakich Bob- McGinnis | A. B. Cain Ed Shaffer, Jr. | > Froni The Emplre 20 YEARS AGO e e P S MARCH 2, 1916, | The Germans were carrying on |a heavy bombardment of the French | lines between Rheims and Soissons, | the part of the front lying nearest to Paris. It was believed that the | Germans were on the defensive. “....... Former New York Governor Mar- | tin H. Glynn paid a glowing tribute to President Wilson to whom he gave credit for keeping the country out of war. He said that history would place him beside Washington and Lincoln as one of the great American presidents. All money in excess of $5 depos- ‘llvd with the Alaska Electric Light | & Power Co. for meters was to be| Ircrunded to residents, Manager E.| |J. Margrie announced. Any bal- ance in favor of the customer would remain on the books until next month, when it would be credited to that month’s bill. | | Crystal Snow, Dolly Gray, Trene! Pippy, Ruth Bence, Dorothy Haley, | Ed R. Keith and others participat- | ed in the Elks’ show in the Elks' Hall, | | J. C. McBriae, George Burford, Pat Scott and B. L. Thane discus ed plans for amateur baseball, to} | be sponsored by the various mining camps during the coming season. | Members of Juneau Lodge No.| {420, B. P. O. Elks in its annual elec. | | tion of officers elected John Mc- Latimer Gray, Harry I. Lucas, Earl Hunter, J. W. Bell| and Chas. D. Garfield. The steamer Georgia had another | |run-in with the Taku and was| reported lying behind Sentinel Is- land, unable to make it ‘around Point Retreat because of high head winds, The wind storm today was the | worst that had been experienced,as | vet this winter, this time tearing the roof off the warehouse of the Standard Oil Company dock south |of town and breaking the railings around the house to bits. Weather: 18; clear. Maximum 23; minimum — oo SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! the BEST! If you're out to please the man of the family . . . let us help you! A grand selection of good food . .'. vegetables and all the ikings that men like iand girl | married to hold hands when others lare present? | to | when | swer | prohibitory; tending to forbid or| prevent. ‘A prohibitory law.” A prohibitory price.” | Brazil, Modern Etiquette By Roberta I ee i Q. Is it proper for a young man who are engaged to be A. No; this is often embarrassing others who are present, and hould be confined to the time the two young people are alone. Q. Why must one promptly an- an invitation to a week-end party? A. So that if one is unable to enjoy the offered hospitalitly, the invitation may be extended to some other more fortunate guest. Q. What does chef de cusine| mean? i A. Head cook PSS S Daily Lessons in English B8y W. L. Gordon —— Words Often Misused: Do not say, “The difference is purely imagin- ative.” Say “is purely imaginary.” Often mispronounced: Begonia Pronounce be-go-ni-a, e as in be, o as in go, i as in it, a as in ask un-|{ stressed, accent second syllable. Often misspelled: Colonnade; one 1, two n’s. { Synonyms: Maximum, hxghest.! greatest, utmost. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: — - { (——— . Look ard Learn By A. C. Gordon \ 1. Has the Jewish population of the world increased or decreased during the past 100 years? 1 2. Who was Guy de Maupassant? 3. What is endive? 4. Which is the better heat con- ductor, copper or iron? { 5. Where is the deepest coal mine in the world? ANSWERS 1. It has increased more than five times. 2. French novelist and writer of short stories (1850-1893). 3. A salad herb. 4. Copper. 5. In Belgium, 4,100 feet. .- o Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” ; - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936. Adverse Dplanetary aspects are strong today, according to astrology. It is a time when there may be much suspicion and uncertainty affecting employers and employees. Broadcast of propaganda of many sorts now will result in disturbing: human relations and retarding bus- iness progress. Lagislators may be severely at odds over important na- | PROFESSIONAL ||| Fraternal Societies s i OF ———— T Helene W. L. Albrecbe | [_C?tineau Channel [ tional issues. Changes among heads of depari- ments and agencies in Washinzton again are prophesied. The stars presage cross-purposes and conflict' | among executives. 1 n Alaska and other parts of the United States failure of welfare ag- encies will be of serious to Federal authorities. Girls today are subject to the kindly guidance of Venus and for this reason may expect romance. | Many weddings will mark this year | which is to bring real drama to many women. This reads as a lucky wedding day.‘ although bridegrooms may not bé| work as wealthy. Partnership in " | well as the home is indicated. DENTIST ; m:cimu:u:o:z; it Theatres now will be of major | j’ interest. New York and Los Ange- Hours 9 am. to 6 p.m. ] les will cooperate along lines most SEWARD PUILDING Ly promising to writing and acting. | Office Pone 469 R This is a favorable day for sign- |- ing partnership papers or important | :_‘" \—'T.} contracts. University students ought; | TELEPHONE 563 to look forward to careers which| | Office Hours—9-12: 1-6 may be started at this time. 4 o Persons whose birthdate it. is Dr. W. A. Rystrom have the augury of a year of per- DENTIST plexities upon which much depends. Cver First National Bank Strangers should be received with X-RAY caution. 0n [+] Children born on this day prob- | ably will = - and difficult to guide. Subjects of this sign should be wisely guided, for they usually have vast possi- bilities. Casimir Pulaski, Polish patriot, was born on this day 1848. Oshert | who have celebrated it as a birth- day in clude Luther Emmett Holt,|% 1855, pediatrician; John H. Tx'um-; bull, statesman, 1873; Charles Dib-| din, composer, 1745, (Copyright, e TAXES DUE Personal and real property taxes unpaid by March 15 become de-| 1936.) } | to penalty as provided by law. No- | tice of delinquent tax sale will b¢ published in April. Early payments of taxes is urged to =ave expense | yand inconvenience. A. W. HENNING, City Clerk. concern | . Dr. Richard Williams be strong of character - .,“ 1 gt [ AR D PHYSIOTHERAPY Massage, Electricity, Infra 3ea Ray, Medical Gymnastics 207 GOLDSTEIN BLDG. Phone Office, 216 Hours 9 a.m to 3 p.m. Dr. C. P. Jenne DENTIST Rooms 8 and 9 Valentine Bnilding Telephone 176 DENTIST OIFICE AND RE 5IDENCE Gastineau Bu.lding Phone 431 BINICASY - RIS . 4 B i | : ! B. P. 0. ELKS meets every Wednesday at 8 P, M. Visiting brothers wele fpex 0 c Al PR come. M. E. MONAGLR, Exalted Ruler. M. H I _— 5 ‘T SIDES, Secretary. DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | DENTISTS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Blomgren Building s_eghm SPuncll o PHONE 56 1760. Meétings second and last Monday at 7:30 p. m. . Transieng orothers urged to ate . terd. Council Chum- bers, Fifth St. JOHN F. MUL.\IN, G. K, H: ). TURNER, Secretary. TOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Lecond and fourth Mon- X day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple, beginning at 7:30 p. m, MARTIN S. JORGEN- JSFN Warshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. o P ———1 | | YXPEWRITERS RENTED | $5.00 per month Dr. A. W. Stewart Tl J. B. Burford & Co. !linquent after that date and subject |32 Robert Simpson o~ Gpe. D. ‘Graduate Los Angeles Col- lege of Optumetry and Opthalmo’ogy Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consuliation a nd examinsticn Free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 ‘0 6:30 and by appointment. Office Grand Apis., Lear Gas- 5 Attention to detail . . . . is the keynote of cur every effort . . . for we realize that this isa great obliga- ticn, impcsed upen us by these who extend their trust. Pecple who knew us have come to associate NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY Now in the process of compila- ! tion. New listings and advertisers will please notify Juneau-Douglas Telephone Co. —adv. >~ north centra. siate of ' finished 1935 with a cotton crop of 40,400 bales, slightly better Piahuy, {than 1934 and 500 per cent better than 1933. | PO L s R Ty Peter Pan Beauty Shoppe PHONE 221 MARGARET LINDSAY, Prop. | | HELVI PAULSON, Operator best. Sanitary Grocery PHONE 83 or 85 “The Store That Pleases” The B. M. Bank Juneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Qver Two and One Half Million Dollars Behrends WINTER COATS AT HALF PRICE Juneau Frock Shoppe “Exclusive But Not Expensive” Juneau Ice Cream | Parlors | Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy | | COFFEE SHOP Percy Reynolds, Manager s H. S. GRAVES | “The Clothing Man® ) Home of Hart 3ghaffner and Marx ~'~thing i T — (PR (RT3 U | WHEN IN A HURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL! 34 plus or 27 gruvity, in any amount . . . QUICK! | COLE TRANSFER Phone 3441 or Night 1803 | l EAN % A\ If you enjoy indoor sports— Here’s one of the bm—'mr BOWLING! 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