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4 bail y Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - e EMPIRE Published every even v Juneau pnd Class TON RATES, and Douglas for SI the followin SUBSCRIF Delivered In carrier in June 5 per month. n Office MEMBER OF ED PRESS ASSOCIAT inted P exclusi Editor and Manager | geophysics, ionosphere, meteoroiogy, natural history, palaeontology, plant photosynthesis, seismology, terrestrial magnetism, and other branches of research, and H APPY BIRTHDAY e 20 YEARS AGO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 13, 1937. Horoscope Whereas the Territory of Alaska is unable to provide funds sufficient to build, equip and maintain a building calculated to be of the The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- From The Empire i 3 “The stars incline but do not compel” greatest service in conducting scientific re- search as herein outlined but is able to pro- vide heat, water, light, power, janitor service and maintenance of building. Now, Therefore, Be it resolved that the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska offer to the United States a site on its campus on which to erect a building, or buildings, to accomplish any or all of the aforesaid purposes and agree in the event its offer is accepted to maintain the same as hereinbefore specified to the end that the several departments of the ing: FEBRUARY 13 Marie Drake Mrs. L. E. Iversen FEBRUARY 14 Austin Brown John A. Larson Mildred Bryson Gary Aalto Bach Mrs. Chester A. Anderson FEBRUARY 13, 1917 An official notification was re- ceived in Washington, D. C. direct from Berlin announcing that the |time had expired for all exceptions lin the submarine warfare which was declared on February 1. The officials in Washington took that |to mean that neutral ships were to be attacked if found within the |barred zone. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1937 According to astrology this is a fortunate day for lovers old, and young. Venus is in a strongly bene- fic aspect for this Saint Valen- tine’s Day. The morning hours are propit- ious for letter writing and encour- aging for love missives. The writ- change plans or policies for many who supply the markets of the world. While this planetary government continues, heads of the navy. the army and government affairs are subject to influences that stimulate activities and increase responsibili- ties. The stars presage for all who hold positions of authority added dependence on the part of the peo- ple and increase of confidence in men who wield power and decide policies. The President of the United States vis to gain fame and to garner in- creased honors in coming months as a successful diplomat as well as Young women as well as young men are to bear heavy burdens of su- preme importance. This is read as a fortunate time for high schools. Those who com- plete their studies are encouraged to enter business or the learned pro- fessions. Youth is to gain unusual appreciation and understanding be- fore the end of the year. Persons whose birthdate 1t is have the augury of a year of pros- perity. There will be journeys and changes for both men and women. Children born on this day prob- ably will be self-confident and in- telligent. Subjects of this sign us- ually are able to win success with- 'out. aid from anyone; many reach government of the United States in prosecut- ing research in Alaska shall have the advan- tages afforded by the laboratories, library and cooperation of the University of Alas The foregoing resolution is not only timely but has a for the future. It is also sufficiently | unique to be in a class by itself. Any institution of | higher learning in the United States would without | doubt welcome the idea of having the Federal Gov- ernment construct on its campus a building devoted ETIQUETTE story but the chances are no offer in terms quite.like the foregoing has come | By Roberta Lee b | | to the attention of the Secretary of the Interior prior, B————————— | to January 23, when Dr. Bunnell handed to Secretary | Ickes a certified copy of the Harrais resolution | Martin Harrais, famous football star of the Uni- versity of Washington, graduated in the nineties and, having lived nearly a generation in Alaska, knew | what ought to be provided in order that those who lare engaged in the arduous task of conquering a | pioneer country may have the advantages afforded | by contemporaneous resea ten word may be even more con- vincing than the spoken thought. The United * States ail: Satvice Labor continues under a swaylis sybject t il 4 0 an ect whi - making for unrest and discontent. sages ’delays an:‘s‘;i;ppm:?mg:fis Solutions of new relief prublem5|n connection with ‘major lans. will fail to satisfy many who areiBut ample appropriations wsl e employed. imade later fi 3 or that great Aged persons, whose counsel now [national defense. kA will be appreciated by heads of) one of the sij i he signs of the times is business and government Organiza-|interpreted as foreshadowing for | tions, should safeguard their health|(he rising generation tremendous at this time when epidemics are{spportunities of national service foreseen. — S — Emphasis is placed upon cultivat- | FRESH TENAKEE CRABS ing exactness in statement. The EVERY MONDAY truth is mighty at all times and under this rule, which is believed to encourage deception, especially 2 California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORF. Telephone 476 Prompt Delivery m‘:;"ik:?.evenmg is most fcrlunau‘l for those who enjoy music as well f__—-—_————_*' - — —— FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephpne 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. as for musicians. Curing the springj |increased demanc for orchestral land band performances will bene- Every Effort Made for the Comfort of the Guests! fit many persons. Martial music GASTINEAU CAFE will be unusually popular. in connecticn This evening i « favorite time AIR SERVICE INFORMATION The Rej ublican Divisional Com- mittee named John Reck, Presi- {dent of the First National Bank land former mayor of Juneau, as a |cancidate and standard bearer in g3 | the special election to be held March 5 l 6 to choose a member for the House i | iy Mrs. Edward Bach Mrs. Olaf Bodding Nathyla MacDonald Lloyd V. Winter PRSI /g R MODERN ifame. John Augustus Sutter, California pioneer, was born on this day 1803. Others . who have celebrated it as a birthday include Carter Harrison, Chicago politician, 1825; Susan B. 'Anthony, suffragist, 1820; Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, 1809. (Copyright, 1937) ————— RHODA MAY CLARK—FoGi Cui- rectionist. 517 Goldstein Bldg. adv. SRUEERE oy an astute statesman. PUBLICATION YIHER vision of Representatives from the First | Division to fill the place left va- |rant by the death of Judge John to research and natural I G. Heid Friends of Miss Molly Wiitanen |and Fred Lynch, whose marriage Q. Should the call of condolence |would soon take place in Dougas, | be brief? |entertained them with a dancing A. Yes, as brief as possible. |party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Q. Is it correct to say, “Come | Precht and see me sometime?” | | A. No. One should say, “Come! Miss Juanita Anderson, formerly to see me sometime.” Juneau, was married. to Ralph Q. What are considered the two (- Anderscn on board the steamer extremes in conversation? Admiral Evans at Seldovia on the A. One is monopolizing the talk|'ast trip of that ship to the West- to the point of boredom; the other| Ward: according to word received is letting the conversation lapse ! Juneau. Both she and her mother | every time it reaches you. were wellknown in Juneau. e FOSTERING OUR MINERAL ’i PRODUCTION An excellent picture of what the in the nd the opening of the Kennecott cop-| for sioner of Mines increase e of gold & Earle of Pennsylvania for “The Court has been on‘ years.” An orchid to Gov yesterday's bright remark strike for m Alaska may be found in the t of Commi B. D to the and appearing Empire | mine has done Stewart, just in for small gatherings of relatives and friends. It is auspicious for religious meetings. Persons whose birthday it is have the augury of a year of many pleas- ures. Gifts and honors may be ex- pected by many. Children born on this day probab- ly will be independent and optimis- tic. Subjects of this sign are good leaders. Israel Zangwill, author and pub- licist, was born on this day 1864. Others who have celebrated it as a; birthday include Winfield Scott Hancock, Civil War general, 1824; William Mays Kenable, engineer,| 871. ] LOOK anid LEARN By A. C. Gordon sit-down - sy William Holzheimer was a south- bound passenger on the Admiral Evans. a presented Legislature yes- 4 We don't mind the 36 cents we might have to dig up to pay off the national debt, but we are a| little worried about that $267 he report shows that value of gold jumped from | around a nine million tot: | | be must given credit. They|* gold produced eig ame last year, rice leaped to over Freedom of Assembly revealing throughout the Te Weather: Highest, 37 icwest, 36; | ————— OPERATING OUT OF GOKONA | It is reported that Al Lyle has |' built a new hangar at Gokona and is operating out of that camp, as well as out of Copper Center. Mr.| Lyle is one of Alaska's foremost pilots. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1937 Benefic asp dominate Loday., according to astrology. It is a lucky day for selling, but buying should be postponed. JOHNSON TO ANCHORAGE Morchiatie G mAREENIUIEES should delay important business as! Lloyd Johnson, son of Mr. and |, : i s likely to Mrs. Ted Johnson of Valdez, has|'here Is @ sign read as likely to gone to Anchorage to locate. Lloyd is a fine basketball player and a good mining man. - | Winter Rates || [YSITKA HOT SPRINGS | | Mineral Hot Baths | Accommodations to suit every | taste. Reservations Alaska Air | | ‘Transport. per were produced ANSWERS 1777, — e U. S. Grant. The beetle. Eight. The Crusades. | 230 South Franklin ain e et 2 — GENERAL MOTORS and MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON ferephone 41) _CONNORS MOTOR CO0., Inc Distributors PONTIAC BUICK LUMBER Juneou Lumnber Mills, Inc. — WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 48% | | Dress in 1933 when the price | J. C. Gaffney, formerly of Nome, was $20.67 per ounce to in excess of eighteen million in arrived in Juneau from the West- | 5 under the higher price of $35 an ounce. But the g e s ward after settling fire insurance | increase in value is not alone due to the boost in the The Republicans " |claims for his company at Valdez | price of gold. In 1934 at in the|had a good man in Lincoln. {, 1. 1In what year were the ba-|while there he paid out over $52- Territory totaled slightly over sixteen million dollars 3% tional colors adopted by Congress? |00 in insurance held by firms. The et i A 5 hat President of‘ the Unit- greater part of the sum went to| il Ay ed States was called “the Silent sam Blum & Company. million mark sharp increase in ;Man of Appomattox"? | production generally itory | (New York Times) 3. What is the name of the larg- While the price of copper has advanced, the re- . Two weeks ago the United States Supreme Court!est order of insects? ‘ port is evidence that the big increase in the pl‘n(l\u"uv'\[“nmm“m‘h].\y concurred in a lecture on mndflmenm],‘_ 4. How many islands are thmwl of that mineral is due primarily to the re-opening|democratic principles to th: suthorities of Oregon.}m “‘5‘ Hawalian Islands? | of the Kennecott. In 1933, before the big Cordova|including the Supreme Cour: of that State. The case ? What name Whs glven o the operations were resumed, only 29,000 pounds of cop-|was that of Dirk de Jonge, who had been sen:enced,f‘ie‘:"{"\'7“,::‘?“'5”“1“3;‘5“:“ ”f‘l'f*f““ Last year, with the Kl‘"'""“’“;w imprisonment for seven years merely for asslstmg,';;’ kwnsu‘rn Eurgpc m.’dax:hx;d i‘\‘/I‘Z- in production, the output soared to 39,740,000 pounds|in the conduct of a public meeting, otherwise lawful, | hammedans? for a value of more than three and one half million | which happened to be under the auspices of the Com- dollars. | munist party. The United States Supreme Court But it is not only gold ana copper that has added | pelq that his arrest was a breach of the constitutional | to the Territory’s mineral wealth. With the smmpj,v,gm of free speech and free assembly; for though | exception of lead. every mineral produced in Alaska'«tpe States are entitled to protect themselves from | has shown marked in output. Silver jumped ! (ne abuse of the privileges of our institutions through | from some 157,000 ounces in 1933 to 486000 ounces an attempted substitution of force and violence in in 1936, Tin moved up from 29 tons in 1933 to 100 e place of peaceful political action,” they could nmi!‘._ SEEESEAY Y in 1936, Platinum soared from a value of $18600 0| go to the length of arresting persons, no matter What, DAILY LESSONS 1933 to the remarkable figure of $312,000 last Vear.|(peir supposed: opirions, merely for taking part in Coal also showed a gain of from 96200 tons in 1933, eeiing in which no direct incitement to violence! IN ENCGLISH to 137,000 tons in ¥936 # oocurted” The total-value of minerals produced in Alaska,| A gimilar case has arisen in Jersey City, Where By W. L. Gordow ( the report reveals, during the two years, 1933 and the local police attempted to prohibit meetings uf‘ 1934, was $27,070,000. During the biennium of 1935-|the Communist party. Vice Chancellor James F.; Words: Often' iMisimas Do oo ia Work and CHEVROLET 36 it leaped up to $41,546,000, for a value increase of Fielder, speaking for the court, also found it necessary isa' 7 e nhe o $14,476,000. (to remind the local authorities of the real meanings ™ Y, Wwish L?dl it was true.” Say, 476,000, T wish that it were true.” Were Those are encouraging figures. They show plain-|0f democracy and liberty. He held that the police |/ required after wish, Iy that Alaska is moving for {had the Often Mispronounced: s = authority to arrest and prosecute violators | d more ripidly than | "y ho o but had no right to prevent meetings of a | Matrix; many of us suspect in the development of our min- oo bty on the theory that violence of act or Pronounce the a as in may. Ma-| eral resources. The obvious conclusion is to keep|janguage was anticipated: | trices; pronounce the a as in mat.i that production in high gear; provide reasonable | The Communist party is as much entitled to hold | Often Misspelled : Reciprocity; ! tax levies on established producing operations and | political meetings as are the several other recognized 1O s in the word. encourage in every way humanly possible the opera-political parties in this country, and if at any meeflng: Synonyms: Temporary, tempor-| tions of the little operator. It is support for the | the speakers’ talks are obnoxious to law and order the |al, impermanent, perishable. little fellow which will bring new properties into pro- duty of the police is to warn the speaker to d?sis"i Word Study: “Use a word three duction and develop them into big operations with |20d if What the speakers say is belleved to be in violac |times and it is yours.” Let us in- - 47 3 5 b [tion of the Crimes Act or other statutes, to bring crease our vocaubulary by master- substantial payrolls to support and foster increasing | . yes against them on which the speakers may have ling one word each day. Today's population. One way. we believe, to do that is expand |, chance to be heard in court. * * * [Word: Medieval; belonging to t’k’ie our Territorial Department of Mines that it may If the police authorities may prohibit such meet- middle ages. (Pronounce me-di-g- make further surveys of promising properties. ings * just because the police disagree with €OM- {yal hoth e's as in me, i as 11 it | munistic ideas or because they fear something will 3 ynstressed, principal’ et 7 [be said in violation of the law and that such meetings thirq syllable) “Such medxev‘:\ {may result in violence and disturbances created by |cystoms do not belong to mode |cthers, there is practically no limit to What meetings | ¢jme » g onGrng The Territorie! Legislature has enacted into luwlm., police may prohibit. | one excellent piece of legisiation. That is the Da\'is; It is gratifying when the Supreme Court itself cabin br ing measure. It provides a reward of $100 insists on these principles, but it is no less reassuring to any one giving information which will tn to have the lower courts reaffirm them so clearly the conviction of persons breaking into buildings or ‘“fd ably. caches outside of towns and sets up a fund of $5,000 to carry out the provisions of the act Until recent years breaking into and rana:wkmgi cabins virtually was an unknown offense in Alaska.| o0 5 poocevel o n o doubt the most envied It was an unwritten law, and still is to large degree| . "% "o "G today. He takes the oath s | in the Interior, that no cabin need be locked. The!cpief Executive of the strongest nation in the world—! wayfarer might come along and use it but invariably |strongest if one considers the resources, technics, and | he left it as he found it and a bag of gold dust could |population as an aggregate. He is the chosen leader be sitting in the middle of the floor and the traveler [of the largest democratic people in a troubled world. | would 1t was the unwritten law of |Mr. Baldwin may lose his office tomorrowl. M. JB];xtm 56 1and ears, par- 1S at the mercy of any bloc in his unstable majority. ‘l:«“nlh 5 s ";;“I‘m]‘\):‘?"m“:‘:“ [But the presidency of the United States, although the £ § | most burdensome office in the world, is also the most Southeast Al rown up a disregard for secure of tenure among comparable posts. the is the cabin-| BIG ; 228 Front St. | | | + RO R “THE REXALL STORF” DISCOURAGING VANDALISM ’ * Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or 25 Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, Laquors, Wines and Beer We Sell for LESS Because/ We sSell for CASH | Leader Dept. Store George Brothers lead . 4 o d HARRY RACE, Druggist “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898 Butler Maura Drug Co. | 2 b 2 incorporated - 5 Four Years More (Cincinnati Enquirer) —_— “Tomorrow’s Styles Compounaed Juneau Alaska exactly = — PHONE 36 For very prompt as written leave it But aros there. unfortunately, by your dactor. Juneau Drug Co. 1d the large there has An example the Glacier property of others idemic With a popular mandate which approves the main breaking Highway {rom |contours of his policies and justifies their continuance, | and with the knowledge that he is not to be a candi- date for reelection another iime, the President is in out Junea winter Summer home after summer | heme oken into and the places thoroughly | ransacked action was imperative in view o | the happy position of being able to work whole-heart- LIQUOR DELIVERY ———— — & Remember!!! edly for a series of broad objectives on which a ma- jority of the American people appear in substantial agreement. In many ways, the second inauguration of Mr. Roosevelt is much more significant than the first. |He was elected in 1932 because the majority of Am- 'ricans were dissatisfied with the policies of his pre- decessor. But in 1936, he was chosen by a larger one meeting of the | majority because his own policies found favor with e .+ | the people. ersity of Alaska prior to) ™% 1y /o) there is ample reason to believe that Harrais of Valdez, | Mr. Roosevelt’s second term will be more temperate, Arthur A. Shonbeck, | more discreet. and more intelligently planned than a meeting of the Board of|the first. His message to Congress, his budget, and 1936, a resolution that was|his reorganization program bear the stamp of modera- merited | tion and studied care. The already evident hostility [of left-wing writers and speakers indicates as well as anything that he is not going to pursue a general | course hostile to American tradition. the constantl The Leg wa creasing population, | re has taken a'step which should go | 1g these continual de-| a long predations If your "Daily Alaska Empire” has not been delivered By 6:00 P. M. - PHONE 226 A copy will be sent you IMMED- IATELY by SPECIAL CARRIER. The B. M. Behrends Bank Juneau, Alaska g ap- pointed t re signed, Regents unanimou receiving well hd resolution: ng of the University of the Board of Re- m for the educa- idents, and v of its Board of on so that it can ervice to all the and strategic location { properly equipped wrably to on- COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS considera Wherea of Alaskaz gents to tion of tt Wherea @ Regents to build the in render 3 people of the Unit Whereas by virtue the University of Ala will be able to cont research in anthropolog omy, atmospheric logy, formation and iesiing builc CARDINAL CABS 25¢ Within City Limits How delightful is the return to yrosperity when, having jobs, you can strike and refuse to work!—De- troit News. Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars When the baseball season starts, the umpires probably will have to refrain from calling strikes out loud. for fear they might be mistaken for union leaders.—Cincinnati Enquirer, immea, archae ast ot X A flu germ seems to ki Indianapolis News electr aurora, ethno- now exactly where it's going. soils, geolog

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