The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1937, Page 3

TONIGHT IS Melvyn DOUGL THE NIGHT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937. MISOGYNIST AND MISOGAMIST DO BATTLE, CAPITOL Melvyn Douglas and Mary Astor Cross Swords in Lonely Winter Resort Now showing at the Capitol The- atre, is Columbia’s engagif® ro- mantic comedy, “And So They Were Marrizd,” featuring Melvyn Doug- 1 Mary Astor, Edith Fellows and Jackie Moran. The film is based on the“Good Housekeeping” story One Live Ghost AS Lovers’ Paradise MARY ASTOR EDITH FELLOWS JACKIE MORAN Daily Alaska Empire News MIDNIGHT PREVIEW “Three Men On A Horse” Mining in Alaska in 1936 Shows Increase, Large Sum Over ’35 oy - E (Continued from Page One) put was distributed between these types of mines in the proportion of about 38'. to 61'.—8$7,105,000 from lodes and $11,328,000 from The corresponding proportion the entire period in which for gold mining has been in progress in Al-‘ aska has been about 35 to 65. The producing gold lodes are widely dis- tributed through the Territory, but nearly 81 percent of the output in 1936 came from lodes in southeast- ern Alaska, where sibility to deep-water routes of communication and other favorable conditions have permitted the successful mining of immense tonnages of low-grade gold ore. The other lode-gold producing districts of Alaska were the Willow Creek district, in the Cook Inlet- Susitna region; the Fairbanks dis- trict and the Nabesna district, in the Yukon region; the area near Valdez and adjacent parts of the Prince William Sound region; the Kenai Peninsula district; the Nixon Fork district, in the Kuskokwim re- gion; and the Bremner district, in the Copper River region. Hundreds of Camps Hundreds of camps contributed to the output of placer gold, but those in the Yukon Basin mined the great- est amount, and those in Seward Peninsula came next. Nearly 79 per- cent of the total placer production of the Territory was mined by dredges, of which 40 were active during 1936—19 in the Yukon Valley, 20 in Seward Peninsula, and 1 in the Kuskokwim region. Together these dredges produced gold to the value of $8905,000. They are esti- mated to have handled about 14,- 632,000 cubic yards of gravel, and the gold recovered averaged about 609 cents a cubic yard. Construc- NOW YEARS 01D % SQODERRAN & WORTS, LT0., DETROIT, MICH. placers. | tion of several additional dredges \was begun during the year but not finished early enough to yield any notable amount of gold during the season. Six dredges—three of which were new and three old dredges that |bad been reconstructed and moved to new sites—were active in 1933. Two dredges that were active in 1935 were idle in 1936, Silver Production None of the Alaska ores are mined solely for their content of silver. As in the past, most of the silver recovered in 1936 was a minor constituent in the copper ores. The silver recovered from these copper ores amounted to 304,600 ounces, valued at $236,000. Some silver is ob- tained as a byproduct from the lodes in which the principal valuable me- tal is gold, and some silver is also recovered from the bullion and dust produced from the gold placers. In 1936 silver to the value of about $93,000 came from the gold-lode mines and about $40,000 from the placer mines. The total output of silver (475,700 ounces) thus had a value of $369,000. The quantity of silver from both the gold-lode mines and the placers showed a marked ; increase. The higher selling price in 1636, as well as the greater quan- tity produced, made the value of the silver derived from all sources much more than in the preceding year. Output of Copper The output of copper from Alaska mines in 1936 was more than double that in 1935. The large increase should not be considered a favorable sign, because the more rapid the extraction of the ore the sooner the known deposits will be exhausted. Already the managements of the| principal copper mines have deter- mined the presumable reserves of ore at their Alaskan properties, and from that knowledge they forecast only a very short life ahead of any of the mines. The Alaska copper preduction in 1936 came from mines near Kennicott, in the Copper River region, together with smaller mines from whose ores copper is recovered as a byproduct. These mines yielded 39,267,000 pounds of copper, having a value of $3,720,000. Among the districts whose lode mines yield principally gold but which furnish- ed concenfrates from which some copper was obtained are the Na- besna district, of the Yukon region, and the Ketchikan district, of southeast Alaska. Lead ‘The lead produced from Alaska ores in 1936 amounted to 2,116,000 pounds, which at the average sell- ing price for the year was worth $99,500. Most of it was recovered as| ELECTRIC SERVICE Expert repairmen for all electrical appliances available at all times. Call us for service on ELECTRIC APPLIANCES RANGES of any make REFRIGERATORS MOTORS WASHING MACHINES VACUUM CLEANERS PHONE 6-2 RINGS—JUNEAU Alaska Electric Light and Power Company by Sarah Addington, “Bless Their Hearts,” and was produced unhder the direction of Elliott Nugent. Readers of the magazine story will recall that the story deals with a misogynist who meets a miso- gamist under the trying circum stance of forced Brought togéther in a secluded win- ter mountain inn with their two ras- cally children to aid in their mu- tual hating, the foursome exper- jences several most scintil- lating comedy adventures and really tender dramatic moments Others in the large cast are George McKay, Donald Meek and Dorothy Stickney. The screen play was written by Doris Anderson, Joseph Anthony and A. Laurie Brazee a byproduct in connection with the mining of gold ores in southeast Al- aska. The quantity of lead was about 486,000 pounds more than in 1935, and the average price of lead was 4.7 cents a pound, or 0.7 cent higher than in that year, so that both the value and the quantity of the output in 1936 was consider- ably greater. Coal Mining Coal to the value ot $573,700 was produced in 1936 from Alaska mines, principally in the Matanuska and Healy River fields. In quantity the output of coal was 136,600 tons, which is the largest amount of coal produced by Alaska mines in any year since coal mining has been in progress in the Territory. No Alaska coal was exported, but 27,643 tons was imported from the States, chief- companionship. | Witnesses in Margaret Toth, 17 (left), of Pass the M Dedham, Mass., after she had told allegedly been “sold into slavery” f PROMOTION OF FISH INDUSTRY ‘L AB’ PROGRAM Fisheries Commission Mem- ber Tells Chamber of Pro- gram to Further Industry { Developing further and at the same time attempting to conserve ly from Washington, and 11,806 tons from foreign countries, chiefly Brit- ish Columbia, so that the total con- sumption of coal in Alaska in 1936 amounted to about 175,949 tons. No notable new developments were re- corded in the Alaska coal industry during the year. That coal deposits are widely distributed through the Territory is well known, as well as the fact that many of them contain coal of high rank. The main prob- lem that the Alaska coal industry faces is to find or develop markets for its product. Attempts to open new markets in Alaska for the local coals are meeting success as min- ing and general industry develop, but the growth is slow. The principal mineral commo- dity that is included under the heading “Miscellaneous mineral products” in the foregoing table is the group comprising platinum and the platinum metals. A great many different metals are included under the term platinum metals, includ- ing platinum, iridium, osmium, ru- thenium, and palladium. The total quantity of this composite materidl produced from Alaska mines in 1936 was 5, 654 fine ounces, valued at $241,900. By far the greater part of these metals came from placers in the Goodnews Bay district and the lode mines in the Kasaan Peninsula. These lode mines supplied consid- erable quantities of palladium. In- cluded also in the “miscellaneous” group is the tin ore produced main- ly from placers in the western part of Seward Peninsula. These and other Alaska deposits in 1936 yielded more tin than during any other year since 1916; this production has been exceeded in only two years since 1902, when tin mining started in Alaska. No petroleum was pro- duced in Alaska in 1936, though some new drilling for oil was done on the Alaska Peninsula in the In- iskin-Chinitna district. The marble quarries in southeast Alaska, which have long been consistent producers of stone that is much in demand on the Pacific coast for interior trim, were temporarily inactive in 1936. Limestone from quarries on Dall Island, in the ‘Ketchikan district of southeast Alaska, was shipped to the States for use as a constituent in the production of cement. Some quicksilver .ore was mined in the Kuskokwim region, and revival of development in that area was in |progress. The foregoing notes are taken from a comprehensive report of the United States Geological Survey, entitled “Mineral industry of Al- aska in 1936, prepared by Philip S. Smith, which will form one of the series of similar reports that the Geological Survey has issued to describe the progress of Alaska min- ing each year since 1904. G@q!(roaehes | To banish these Xuts in a hurry, just sprinkle BUHACH across their {trails (following them to their burrows if possible), and in cracks and crevices. UHACH makes short work of in- sect pests though it is guaranteed safe for human ings and animals. In Handy Sifter €ans 25¢ up at all Drug, Grocery, Seed Stores, Pet Shops. |Alaskas No. 1 industry—fishing—is |the major purpose of the new Al- aska Fisheries Experimental Com- mission, John W. Mendenhall, mem- {ber of the Commission, explained {to the Juneau Chamber of Com- ‘merce at its weekly luncheon this noon in Percy’s Cafe Mr. Mendenhall, who is a led with the Ketchikan cold storage plant and a member of the fisherigs committee of the Ketchikan Cham- ber, said that study over the years has revealed that there are other valuable uses for fish as well as fish for which use can be found. It is this program, he explained, the Commission hopes to carry out through the experimental labor tory to be established at Ketchi- kan. Things are looking up at Ketchi- {kan, he reported. At the new Fed- eral building and a new apartment house are going up and there is a street improvement program under way. The fishing season, while lat- er than usual, is starting now and the outlook is for an excellent sea- son. Miles Price of the Internal Reve- nue service was another guest at the Chamber today. Mr. Price has been making annual trips to the Territory for the last six years in connection with income tax work. explained a welcome plan the sta- tion is promoting for the greeting of tourists during the summer and the Chamber voted its endorsement The radio station has worked out arrangements with the steamship companies so that while the vessels are coming up the Channel an- nouncers will tell the arriving vis- itors of the many things they can see in the Juneau district. Harley J. Turner was named chairman of a committee to handle the matter of mail service into Ju- neau by the Chatham Straits Trans- portation Company. e ee— PTG 1 AT THE HOTELS o Gastineau W. A. Pries, Peter Miller, H. A. Munter, Ketchikan; E. R. Stone, Metlakatla; Clarence Wheeler. Alaskan Robert Rice, C. W. Marsten, Juneau. Juneau Garnet R. Storms, Hoonah; Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Williams, Juneau; Fred J. Hotes, Portland. PILOT HOLDEN IN FROM AFTERNCON FLIGHT WITH FOUR Returning here to his company’s hangar yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Marine Airways Pilot Alex Holden, in the Marine Airways Fair- child 71 seaplane, brought back with night to Sitka and way ports: Henry Stuhr, who made the roundflight to |Hawk Inlet; and Nancy Burke, irom Todd. On the flight, Pilot Holden carried John McGavern from Todd to Sitka and back again to Todd Qut at 3:30 o'clock yesterday af- |ternoon in the Marine Bellanca Pacemaker, Pilot Holden flew B. H Burns, recently brought in from the Astoria and Puget Sound cannery, ssachusetts Society for the Prevention of C the trial of Dr. Harry Ostrer and H. L. McNeill in a graft case. oclaat-' Slave” Case { | { { | ic; N. J., is shown with an agent for adty to Children at a Superior Court judge how she had or $100. The girl gave testimony in | where he was hurt when hit by a cable, back to Excursion Inlet, fol- lowing his release from St. Ann’s| hospital here. | On his return here last evening| 8 o'cl Pilot Holden brought | cx Hawkins, from Kimshan Cove; ! Frank Biddlecombe and Carl Flori dafy, from Chichagof; and M Garnet Storms, from Hoonah. Lloyd | Jarman was flight mechanic with Pilot Holden on both hops yester- day. PURERIEI N S~ S R a RS LANDSCAPER GETS AID FROM CITY IN | SLIDE CLEAN-UP Supplementing the landscaping| efforts of Scotty McClellan, the city yesterday started a crew of men at work cleaning up the debris left on! the South Franklin Street hillside | above the cold storage caused by ! r of stumps, logs, old lumber, and other refuse is go- ing on apace, and it is_ expected! that soon the worst traces of the; ‘i\V&lldl]L‘h(' will have disappeared. |grounds of Florida's coastline. Pic- lof 1 Idisputes and war among the colony | Ferester, TENSE DRAMA IN STORY OF GREEK SPONGE DIVERS All-Grecian"h;rida Colony Locale of Coliseum Attraction TONIGHT IS | battling with Scenic back- Deep-sea diver: denizens of the ocean torial shots of an ancient Epiphany celebration in the all-Greek colony wpon Springs, Fla. These are only a few of the choice highlights inh “Down to the Sea” a gripping romantic-drama, which opened yesterday at the Coliseum Theatre. Produced by Republic Pictures, the story revolves about an “inevit- able triangle involving the comely brunette seventeen-year-old actress, Ann Rutherford, Ben Lyon and Russell Hardie. ! This situation causes with X BEN LYON ANN RUTHERFORD RUSSELL HARDIE A Republic " Picture factional of sponge divers, adding thrilling action and color to one of the most unusual tales ever photographed. Featured in the cast are also Fritz Leiber, Irving Pichel, Vince Bar- nett, Nigel De Brulier, Frank Ya- conelli, Karl Hackett, Vic Potel, Mike Tellegen, Francisco Maron and Paul Por PULP INDUSTRY FOR TERRITORY NEXT BIG THING Lumber Journal Interviews Heintzleman—Devel- opment Awaited ALS( individual industrial plants. The best sites range from 5,000 to 30,- 000 horsepower in capacity and can be very economically developed for year-round power Supply. The Federal Government is greatly interested in planning for Alaska, and the Territorial Legis- lature recently passed a bill creat- ing a planning board of nine mem- bers. As the Government owns 99 per cent of the resources, I don't think there will be any trouble | in carrying out plans for the bet- terment of the Territory. “There is a vast stretch of coun-( try ideal for raising reindeer, and this new livestock industry is grow- ing rapidly. These deer furnish both food and clothing for the na- | tives, and a market for reindeer meat has been established in the States, Gold mining and salt-water fishing are still big industries with us. “Alaska is a real frontier, the last under the American flag. It has plenty of land to take care of just prior to his deparature for|the overflow population from the Juneau, Alaska, May 1, where he|United States, the Territory being goes to assume the duties of Re- [As large as the mainland east of gional Forester. “There was great |the Mississippi and north of North interest in the Alaska paper po: Carolina. The May issue of “The Timber- man,” an international lumber journal, features a recent interview with B. F, Heintzleman, Reglonal | U. 8. Forest Service, as follows: “The great timber products trade of Alaska in large measure awaits the development of the pulp in- dustry, in my opinion,” said B. F. Heintzleman, in an interview with | a representative of The Timberman “Olympic Peninsula, north of But, primary efforts toward beau- |bilities prior to the depression. (tifying the site must be credited to|With the price of newsprint up to| Longshoreman McClellan, who, with|$50 a ton, which would permit | 'rock slabs gathered from the slide|shipping of newsprint from Alaska | Grays pulp timber sufficient to sustain a | perpetual Harbor, Washington, has large volume pulp op-| C. B. Arnold, Manager of KINY,| him from his scheduled Wednesday {heap has terraced off the face of ‘the pile toward the street around his cabin, has put in his garden, |and laid in a winter's supply of wood by bucking many of the logs and stumps. The McClellan cabin was |narrowly missed by the slide, and is now the only dwelling occupying the gash. eee HOSPITAL NOTES e Frank Story, lighthouse keeper at |Eldred Rock, underwent a major op- eration at St. Ann’s Hospital today. Mr. Story is the husband of Mrs. Story, a special nurse at the Hos- pital. Mrs. George Clark was dismissed from St. Ann's Hospital today fol- lotving surgical ca Walter Peterson, who was admit- ted this weck to St. Anns’ Hospital for care of arm injuries, was dis~ missed from the Hospital today. Charles Pickernal underwent a major operation at the Government Hospital today. Hog Cam;r Is Awed by Gotham Building and Dinner on Top PAINESVILLE, Ohio, June 3.— Home from Elsa Maxwell's rustic party in a New York hotel, Tom | Bavington, hog caller extraordin- (ary from Chardon, Ohio, said the Ipersons he met at the party “cer- |tainly were a funny lot.” | Bevington, especially imported {for the occasion, scored a hit with |the film and social celebri« |ties who went rural in honor of {Mrs. James W. Corrigan, Cleveland, INew York and London, and Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, wife of the publisher. But Bevington spoke of none of | this. | “Know what I saw?” he exclaim- ed: “I saw the Empire State building and I even had dinner on (top.” AP MRS. PETERS TO APPEAL stars ! Mis. Emily Peters has entered a notice of appeal in the office of the Clerk of Court at Ketchikan from the sentence of the District Court after her conviction for burning her house with intent to| injure insurers. She was sentenced | to serve three years in McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, the minimum sentence under the law. The appeal will go to the Circuit: Court in San Francisco, | to Eastern markets, I have great| |hope for the future of Alaska as a | pulp and paper production section. Alaska is capable of producing a million tons of newsprint annually on a sustained yield basis. “Alaska has two distinct classes of forest growth. The first is the ‘Interior Forest,’ which occurs over greater part of the Territory, and the second is the (Coast Forest,’ which is confined to and its the prevailing type in Southeast Alaska and the Prince Wiliam Sound re- gion. Alaska has two National Forests comprising a tofal area of 21,342,300 acres. Tongass National Forest consists of 16,544,000 acres and includes the greater part of the region popularly known as Southeast Alaska. The Chugach eration. This district is in line for development in this direction.” Development of agriculture in| Alaska is of great importance from | a standpoint of national defense. Matanuska Colony is a start and plans are formulating for other agricultural colonies as part of a| military defense program to supply the major part of subsistence for a permanent naval air base, which ultimately would require a garrison of 20,000 men. There are 29 sawmills in Alaska. In 1936 the timber cut under com- mercial sales on the two forests was 32,912,000 feet, Tongass forest supplying 39,964,000 feet, Chugach forest 2,948,000 feet. | PR ™ S N Today’s News Todav—Emnplre. THE NIGHT THEATRE ROMANCE! ADVENTURE! DARING! Time Out—Winter Magic—Skits and Sketches—Beach Combers—News 'RENSHAW BRINGS TWO HERE FROM KETCHIKAN TODAY On the company’s Thursday flight from Ketchikan to Juneau and re- turn, Pilot Ray Renshaw brought the Intercoastal Airways Bellanca Pacemaker seaplane here this fore- noon with Mrs. Clare Krogh and Miss Audrey Krough as passengers from Ketchikan. Pilot Renshaw is to return to Ketchikan in the plane this afternoon, leaving here at 3:30 o'clock. After remaining here overnight, Pilot Herb Munter, in the Inter- coastal Stinson Reliant seaplane, flew back to Ketchikan this morn- ing, leaving here shortly past 8 o'clock. Passengers back to Ket- chikan with Pilot Munter were the same three that came with him yesterday afternoon: W. A. Pries, superintendent of the Metlakatla salmon cannery, E. R. Stone, and T. A, Miller. USSR e "7V o CAMP PLANS MADE BY JUNIOR C. Y. O. With Robert Thibodeau presiding, a business meeting of the Junior Catholic Youth organization “was held in the Parish Hall last night. Pl were discussed for the summer camp to be held at the Shrine site in the latter part of June, and announcement is made of the rummage sale to be held on June 7. Proceeds of the sale will be used to purchase camp equipment. A special meeting of the organ- ization will be held Saturday at 7 p. m. — e GRADUATE PHYSICIAN Harold E. Sogn, son of Mr, and Mrs. H. S. Sogn of Anchorage, was graduated last month from Colum- bia University at New York City as a physician and surgeon. He is to go fo the Swedish Hospital in Se- attle for a year's interne work, be= ginning July 1. National Forest covers the timber belt on the shores of Prince Will- iam Sound and has an area of) 798,201 acres. “The estimated stand of commer- cial timber on the two National Forests is as follows: Tongass, 78,- 500,000,000 feet board measure; Chugach, 6,260,000,000 feet board’ measure. The commercial timber | fringes the shore of the mainland and the hundreds of adjacent| islands rarely extending inland for | a greater distance than four or/ five miles or to a greater elevation than 1500 feet. A sinuous coast line makes much of the timber readily accessible. The National | Forests have 12,000 miles of shore- line and 75 per cent of the tim- ber is estimated to be located with- in two and a half miles of tide- | water. | “The tree species with the rela- tive importance of each in the total stand are as follows: western hemlock, 73 per cent; Sitka spruce, 20 per cent; western red cedar, three per cent; Alaska cedar, three per cent; others, one per cent. Sitka spruce is the most valuable tree of Alaska. Although spruce largely occurs in combination with hemlock, areas »f pure spruce are quite common and these furnish | the great bulk of the saw-timber now being cut. The trees attain a diameter of seven feet and a height of 200 feet but the average size of mature trees is about three and one-half feet in diameter and 160 feet in height. Western hem- lock of Alaska is chiefly valuable | for the manufacture of pulp and | paper. It makes a very good grade | of mechanical and sulphite pulp. | The hemlock trees reach diameters | of four to five feet but perhaps 50 | per cent are from 18 inches to 30 inches in diameter. The height ranges from 100 to 150 feet. “The National Forests of Alaska possess an abundance of water power in units of suitable size for | | | | | { { {