The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1936, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire. ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager | lished every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE rl-h"r.l’lvc COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. Bntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. B Deltvered In earricr in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per mont By mail, postage paid, at the following rates One year, in advance, $12.00; six mouths, in advance, $6.00; eme month, in advance, §1 Bubscrivers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify #he Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. ‘Telephones: MEMBER OF - The Asscciated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for| republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARAN' TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 Y AR AR DR. GRU At various times we have had occasion to point out the friendly attitude of the present administra- tion toward the Territory of Alaska, a condition which becomes more evident from year to year. But it is not alone a friendly attitude that exists among! those in Washington who can do the most for A!askn_: There is a definite knowledge among our leaders in, the national capital of the Territory’s needs and n.s“ place in the national picture. | Last summer it was the Territory’s privilege to! have as its guest Dr. Ernest Gruening, Director of the, Division of Territories and Island Possessions for the| Interior Department. The Director covered much of the Territory and gleaned first hand knowledge to| add to the remarkable store he already had. Thus l\ls} more recent remarks relative to the Territory, ap-| pearing in a special article he has written for the New | York Times, are of particular interest to Alaskans.| In his article, dealing with the various Tcrnwnal‘ T ilfgs¢ frfm the stricken farm areas in ighigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota to one of the fairest valleys under rthe sun—the Mata- nugka—eovered with virgin spruce and hem- lock, surrounded by majestic mountains. While some mistakes were made by social workers entrusted with the selection of the col- onists, and persons who were physically unfit or without experience in agriculture were sent, the colony fifteen months after its initiation bids fair to achieve the objectives desired. The colonists have been lifted from the relief rolls to self-sustaining labor; they have founded homes and started life anew. They will supply the region along the Alaska Rail- road, Seward, Anchorage and Fairbanks with fresh vegetables, dairy products, fresh poultry and meats which were formerly imported at staggering prices, Dairy products worth $890,000 were shipped into the Territory last vear and Alaska for a generation has subsisted ln*gvl,\ on canned foods. The wants of the new colonists will more than compensate in trade with the Northwest for the diminished import of foodstuffs, ~ The impulse of the Malanuska colony has started what would be-a considerable Alaska- ward trek, if transportation were sufficient. Every steamer plying between our Northwest and Alaska is loaded to the gunwales. In- creased transportation accommodations both to and in -Alaska are.a pressing need. The Territory needs more ships; more aviation fa- cilities. It needs the construction of the Pa- cific-Yukon highway, whick would provide an overland route from the United States to Alas- ka. Roads are needed within Alaska to open up new lands for settlement and new mineral areas. In the absence of funds for such road building, Alaska has made a unique use of the airplane. Last year seventy-nine planes in Alaska carried 16,982 passengers, flew 2.130,929 miles and carried 2,418,616 pounds of mail and freight. Nowhere else as in Alaska has heavy mining machinery been taken apart and flown piece by piece to inaccessible mining camps and dropped by purmhule Nowhere else is flying so hazardous, given the lack. of landing fields and beacons. Alaska fliers land and take off in the smallest clearings, on river sand bars in Summer and, in Winter, on the frozen surface of lakes. Coordination of some of the Federal serv- ices in Alaska is doubtless possible and desir- able. Virtually every department is repre- sented there by one or more services, A be- ginning of coordination has been made by the formation of an interdepartmental com- mittee on Alaska of the various Federal agencies. After listening to the happy | | N By W. HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire exteras congratula- tions and best wishes today, their| birthday anniversary, ww the foiiow- ing: A | OCTOBER 1. { H. W. Campeu | Irving Krause Elwood McClain Martin Jorge George A. T. Koski | | | B — | DAILY LESSONS “*: IN ENGLISH. } L. Gerdon | Words Often Misused: “It is above |Brown.” s |than a week.” | Often Mispronounced: { Pronounce sa-tir-i-kal, {stressed, both ond syl Do not say week since I saw Mr. ‘It has been more Satiri both a’s i's as in it, . al un- aceent Often Misspelled: Foliage. Ob- rve the four vowels. Synonyms: Soft, plastic, pliable { pliant, vielding. “Use a word three ‘times and it is yours. Let us in- {crease our vocabulary by mastering lone word each day. Today's word | Benignant; gentle in nature; gra- cious He was benignant, gener- ous, and lovable.” bR a1 | Aet il 2 1 MOIERN ! | ENQUETER. 2 | By Roberta Lee B = Q. How are invitations to a the- atre party given? A. These invitations are usually telephoned. Q. Should men be invited to a luncheon, at which a marriage en- gagement is to be announced? A. This is seldom done, women Yankees talking only being invited. and Island possessions, Dr. Gruening has this \0‘0-\ the radio after the winning ball game yesterday, Q. If a gift is brought to a per-. say about Alaska: | we are convinced that “Hello, Ma” continue to be the S0n who is ill, should this person “We have no troubles in Alaska. We have | tWo most popular words ever to go out over the air. Pen it in the presence of the don- S ska. or? a few problems.” These words a distinguished Alaskan, President Charles E. Bunneéll of the University of Alaska, addressed recently to a group of fellow-citizens at Fairbanks. This optimism, this implicit self-reliance is characteristic of Alaskans. Imbued with the pioneer psychology which for three centuries has been the motive force in forging a great J nation from the wilderness, they attack their problems with initiative, though some of One of Alaska’s problems is underpopula- tion. In its approximately 600,000 square miles live some 59,000 souls—fewer than ore inhabi- tant to ten square miles. Underpopulation in itself is scarcely to be deplored. For the in- dividual Alaskan the shortage of man-power makes Alaska only more of a land of op- portunity, and during the Summer season from May to October—unemployment is un- known. It is only in terms of the development of the whole Territory, for which every Alas- kan is eager, that the desire for more popula- tion is expressed. with untouched natural mineral resources, for- ests that could yield a billion board feet an- nually without depletion, a fantastic abun- dance of game and fish. A wise conservation policy established by President Theodore | Roosevelt and affirmed by successive admin- istrations will prevent any reckless or waste- ful despoliation of these Alaskan resources. But their development to satisfy many cur- rent needs, to take care of surplus population in sections of the United States that can no longer support it, seems clearly opportune. Two and a half billion dollars’ worth of min- erals, furs and fisheries has been shipped out of Alaska in the last thirty years. This wealth has gone to other parts of the United States | and contributed greatly to our national econo- : my. Alaska does not receive even a bookkeep- ing credit therefor on the Federal ledgers, and it is often alleged, in discussing Alaska prob- lems before Congressional committees and ! elsewhere, that Alaska is an “expense” to the American taxpayer. Yet in receiving Congres- |{may, after i that would be worth the while of some of our learned | economists to |gram works at $50 a day. | ! businéss men, over week, through its president, that it is voluntarily going back to a code of fair business practices, the industry (having “come to recognize the soundness of the prin- | ciple setting up rules of conduct” ! F ¢ | “demonstrate, on behalf of all American industry, that Alaska is a great geographic empire filled | we are fully capable of self-government.” laws to 5 ‘lw\ of keeping production related to consumption.” But prise is indefensible and against public interest.” That Towa all, farmer with six dancing daughters have a solution to our economic ills look into. His mortgage-lifting pro- A news report indicates that not only has it l ‘Lpnn a great season for mining ventures around Fair- these require Federal cooperation. ‘lnnk.x but also matrimonial ventures. ]{ucl\: ] To Nli ? (New York World-Telegram) Fnr some time we have suspected that a lot big and little, are no longer the Supreme Court’s crackdown on NRA. The National Petroleum Assn. announced happy last and wishing to | There is | both significance and frank admission in the further | statement that !ernment regulation, to no regulation at all.” “if we should fail we may expect gov- which still would be preferable Comes also the Chamber of Commerce of the Unit- }od States with a set of principles that has a distinct inote of regret. tition.” One relates to “rules of fair compe- “Each industry,” it says, “should be permitted to formulate and put into effect rules of fair competi- tion which receive governmental approval | mental agency, named by the President, shauld have jonly | without power of modification or imposition but with power to indicate conditions of approval.” A govern- the power of approval or veto of such rules, Another plank asks modification of the anti-trust “permit agreements inereasing the poss&bm- “federal .control of produetion. in private enter- It will be recelled that this program was much de- |sired by certain business interests long before NRA. A 4 |And, with three cxceptions, it was practically what sional appropriations Alaska is not different business got under NRA. The exceptions were:— from any of our former Territories before |Maximum hours and minimum wages for labor, Sec- Statehood. The undeveloped wealth is, of course, incomparably greater. Appropriations for Alaska are modest in- deetd when stripped of those items which con- cern the United States as a. whole, more correct to debit Alaska with the cost of supervising the salmon industry, which plays 50 important a part in the stocking of the na- tion’s food basket, than it would be to charge Maryland with Federal expenditures which have aided oyster cultivation. Similarly it is 1o more proper to charge Alaska with the op- eration of the Light House, Coast Guard and Coast and Geodetic Survey Services than to charge Florida or any coastal State with her propertionate share of these activities. It is also fair to assert that expenditures of such Itis no ' |ry agencies as the Geological Survey, the Bu- reau of Mines and the Forest Service are in- vestments upon which the entire nation may expect substantial and increasing returns. With these should be included the Alaska Rail- road, an enterprise often singled out for spec- ial comment The railroad, without costing the public a single copper in the form of land grants, de- valuated stock, or other scandals common to early American railroading, has opened up Central Alaska with singular success.. Al- though 1925 showed an operating deficit of $1,575,000 and the average annual deficit from 1925 through 1932 was over $900,000, the pres- ent efficient management has reduced the deficits to $154,000, $183,000 and $83,000 in 1633, 1934 and 1935, respectively. Indications are that in the near future the railroad will be operating with no deficit, After eliminating from the ledger the im- proper charge against Alaska for the various Federal agencies which operate variously throughout the forty-eight States and Ter- ritories, the regular appropriations made for Alaska as a Territory last year simmer down to less than $900,000. mmmmndonhumwdeasmnma uwmbpanofw In u,.l te Spring of 1935 it moved some’ 200 and Mr. Hamilton claims 42 that accounts for only 84 of the 48 in the union.—Chi- | cago Daily News. United States Senator. tion 7-A, giving workers the right to bargain collec- |tively with their employers, and consumer represen- | tation, of hindings The anti-trust laws were suspended. And indus- | wrote practically all of the five hundred codes | adopted in-that hectic time between June, 1933, and May, 1935. codes and changed a few, but it imposed no govern- ! ment-made code upon any industry. Outside of the labor provisions and the few gestures made in behalf |of the consumers, NRA was industry’s own party. The government objected to some of the If the United States Chamber wants NRA back strictly on its own terms it is crying for the moon. No government would risk such danger of trolled monopoly. uncon- What puzzles us is that so many of the Chamber's A President once said, —_— big business leaders who want another NRA are eu- logizing the Supreme Court that took the old one a and attacking ‘the New Deal that gave it to them. ay | do not choose to run | jfor another term;” but it was unprecedented; and it |would save a lot of cheap politics if a Presldenunl term were six years with no repeat.—St. Louis Gxohe- Democrat. i Newfoundland fishermen say they saw a 200-foot Gene Howe attributes the relatively small num- An unpleasant moral might be drawn by Mr. Farley claims 42 states "safe for Landon.” sea monster that blew blue vapor from its nostrils, The last one of those was seen here near the end of bootleg days.—Philadelphia Bulletin. ber of automobile accidents in Switzerland to the fact that up there in the Alps gasoline sells for 62 cents & gallon. mericans.—Detroit Free Press. “safe for Roosevelt,”| But Lemke’s running mate js also a candidate for qnhlrnmma—or are we being | nmdemm?—mhma (Gonstitution: 1) Too much success could be A. Yes, by all means, and im- mediat unl te to do so. = -oo - ] LOO* and LEARN 1 By A. C. Gordon ! . ! Horoscope | | “The stars incline | ‘ but do not compel” || x 5l THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936 According to astrology this is not important day in planetary di- {rection. There is a sign presagmg‘ sood news of some sort for the| United States. This should be an auspicious day for ers of importance and is read favorable for the signing of leases and contracts. Lawyers ate in demand, through the aut- umn as there will be much litiga- gation turn continues to forecast labor ifficulties. It is prophesied that on both coasts serious strikes will-add| to the many difficulties of a 53‘ veré winter, Again movement of United- States battleships is prognosticated. In distant waters events of great sig- nificance are foretold, but the dreaded world war, so long fore- told, may be delayed a year. The seers think that 1937 may bring a supreme upheaval. Women now should prepare ward- robes of unusual variety and orig- inality for the social season in many American cities will be extraordin- rily k& iant Much e; nt aining is indicated despite continued unemployment Theatres should prosper in the coming season. It should be very profitable for motion pic pro- ducers, although there will be in- creased competition affecting the American films. London astrologers prognosticate the beginning of a new social or- It will be accompanied by a irth of religious interest among persons of all cla start in the western world. Warning again is given that ro- mance will be abroad in the world in coming months when age will be as susceptible as youth. Many are foretold as well as es which is to candals wed I's Persons whose birthdate it is have he augury of a year of increasing good fortune which will be assured oy thrift and industry. Children born on this day prob- ably will be gifted intellectually and ly Subjects of this sign y are high-spirited and sensi- tive John Hay, writer and statesman, s born on this day 1838. Others ho have celebrated it as a birthday include Edmund Clarence Stedman poet, 1833; Robert Listen, British Pt et N diplomat, 1742; George M. Randall,| 1. How many miles afe | U. S. General, 1941 there in a townst (Copyright, 1936) 2. Who was the author of “The - House of Seven Gables?” 3. In what year. were cloth w& first used? 4. What does a dash over a Ho-| man numeral mean? | 5. What place is noted for the , Surrender of Cornwalis and his army to Washington? € | 4 L ANSWERS 36 square miles. Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1820. % | That the numeral is mulnplied by 1000 5. Yorktown, Va. o8 ol o Z | IT'S TRUE | Men! Women! There are big! bargains for everyone during the Rexall ORIGINAL One Cent Sge.] e of one, plus only | lc. 250 bargains to choose from. | Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, g? urday, October 14, 15, 16, 17. But- | fer- Mauro Drug Co., The Rexall |M: Drug Store. —aly, o el | PIGGLY WIGGLY | QUALITY AND ECONOMY - GENERAL MOTOR! and MAYTAG PRODUCTS W.P. JOHNSON el | L Compounaed exactly as written by your doctor, t Juneau Drug Co. | the way fea0 Mecksinnon, Helen Gray, Mrs. 100 ahould file their adverseclaios DR, MIDDLETON NORTH BOUND Dr. William D. Middleton, new iphysician for the Government Hos- pital, is aboard the Yukon now on to Juneau. Dr. Middleton is accompanied by his wife and six | children. - e |MRS. EMMETT CONNOR HONGRED BY SHOWER A miscellaneous shower was given by Miss May Rivet for Mrs. Em- mett Connor at the home of Mrs. ! Nick Bavard on Tuesday evening.| Ann Rohwer, Dalma Hanson Cynthia Batson, Katherine Long, Marjory Tillotson, Mrs. Eva Tilden, | abel Monson, Alma ’Olson, Mar- garet McFadden, Velma Bloom, Ida Hendrickson, Mrs. Ted Keaton, Mrs. Caroline Garster, Mrs. Simp-| Verne Soley, Ruth Coffin, Mrs. Kathleen Keaton, Mary Kolasa, Magn- | | hild Oygard, Mrs. George Kohlhepp, | Mrs. F. Connor and Mrs. Bavard were in attendance. Nick | L = — < AT THE HOTELS | L g \ Gastineau A. B. Post, City; Mrs. Dave Fen- | ton, Sitka. Alaskan C. W. Farlin, City; Jaale Her- man, Sitka; Tany Herman, Sitka. SR Empire classifieds pay. | Sox and an error by Janvrin, near-! . sonville were chosen from the mem- * homestead, Anchorage 07987, for a ' Channel about 2% 20 YEARS AGO From The Empire — ) OCTOBER 7, 1916 Boston had taken the jump on Brooklyn in the World Series being played in Boston. The Red Sox finished upon the long end of a six to five score but the remarkable ninth inning rally by the Dodgers, cm'pl(‘d with the weakening of Er- | nie Shore in the box for the Red ly upset the world’s champions. The| score, by innings was: Brooklyn 0001 Boston 0010 T | The German war office announc-' ed that the Rumanians had lost 5i 000 men during the last two wecks, | tighting in Transylvania, | & 0000 1003 m Newport cabled that_the German naval submarine U-56 arrives there late on this day. Theda Bara, the vampire woua! ccme back to the Orpheum in the mammoth Fox production “The Gal- ley Slave.” According to The Empire of this day Prof. F. Handley Wells deserved a great deal of credit for the splen- did training given the Orpheus Glee Club, the members of which gave their first concert before a large audience at the Elks’ Club the pre- vious evening. Among the numbers on the program were “Crusaders,” “Comrades in Arms” and “The Story L ck.” of a At a meeting held the previous ev- ening in Spatz’ Cafe the twelve men to represent Alaska at the big na- tional shooting tournament at Jack- bers of the Douglas Island and Thane Rifle Clubs. The members were to leave on the Prince George. The Lemon Creek bridge had gone out in the early morning of this day according to word brought to Juneau by men from the Juneau Dairy Company. The accident hap- pened just after the truck of the dairy company with the entire milk supply of the city had crossed the bridge. That a determined effort was be- ing made to stock Annex Creek, Salmon Creek and other points with Eastern brook trout was the asser- e tion of A. J. Sprague, Juneau resi- £ dent and formerly with the Bureau of Fisheries Attorney Kazic Kraczunas, attor- ney for Edward Krause, convicted two days previous of first degree murder, had the previous afternoon filed a motion for a new trial. The motion set forth that certain errors on the part of the court and the district attorney had prejudiced the case of the defendant and prevented hira from having a fair trial Weather: Maximum, 55; mum, 43; Clear. e Today's News Today—Empire. Maxi- UNITED STATES ‘ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. June 28, 1936. Notice is hereby given that Dor- othy Stearns Roff, has made ap- | plication for a soldiers’ additional tract of land located on Gastineau miles south of > | Thane, embraced in U. S. Survey | No. 2168, comtaining 4.42 acres. Lati- tude 58 degrees 14’ 49” N. Longitude 134 degrees 18" W. Any.and all'persons claiming ad- versely any ofithe above mentioned in the U. S. Land Office, Anchor- |age, Alaska, within the period of | publication or thirty days there- |after, or they will be barred by the | provisions of the Statutes. GEORGE A. LINGO, | Register. First publication, Aug. 26, 1936. Last publication, Oct. 21, 1936. i A * Ludwig Nelson WATCHMAKER and JEWELER Juneau, Alaska The B. M. Juneau, Bank COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One- Half Million Dollars Behrends Alaska AFTER 6:00 P. M. FRESH- GREEN ONIONS, RADISHES FROM OUR OWN FARM California Grocery THE PURE FCODS STORE Telephene 478 'The First National Bank JUNEAU [ CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$50.000 [ ~OMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 214% Paid on Savings Accounts 226 If your Daily Alaska Empire has not reached you PHONE 226 and a copy will be sent by SPECIAL CARRIER to you IMMEDIATELY. LOCAL GROWN Prompt Delivery 230 South Franklin CHEVROLFET Read the Classified Ads m THE EMPIREI Telephone 411 CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc Distributors PONTIAC BUICK W. P. 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