The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1937, Page 4

ing price of $20.67 an ounce of $9,701,000. The next yvear when the price was jumped to $35 per ounce, the Territory produced 457,343 ounces, a smaller ;amount, but with an increased value, or $16,007,000. In 1935 the production was down a little, or 455,430 ounces with a value of $15,940,000 and last year it hit the peak of 518457 ounces with a value of $18,146,000. It doesn't require any deep figuring to see what the price of gold has done for Alaska along with the rest of the nation, Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager EMPIRE Juneau, blished every evening except Sunday by the rll'r‘nlu COMPANY at Second and Main Streets, Office in Juneau as Butered in the Post matter. SUB4CRIPTION RATES. Deltvered by carrier In Jupeau and Dourlas for §1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month. in adv. nce, $1.25 e If China and Japan can't get started on a first Bubscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify K the Business Office of any fallurc or irregularity in the de- | rate war after all this preliminary shooting and noise e T Pl Lot | we'll begin to suspect the boys are not half as anxious phones: News Office, 602; | to be killed as reports indicate. Business Office, 374 EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for has been denied a permit by republication of all ne '8 dispatches credited to it or not the De- GURerTese ©VaIed n | nib. pRoer axd ‘aiso’ ths lookl news |, JAitern = published herein. | partment of Commerce to fly over the pole. It may | be, Jimmy, that a cold shoulder now is preferable to |a cold death later on. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANIEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION | 1 Bank deposits in the Territory of $14,775,000 would {indicate that Alaskans are enjoying a fair degree of | prosperity. George Gershwin r'Phllfldelphm Record) The shock of George Gershwin's death hard. Youth. Genius. Intelligence. High hopes Tragic enough that those are gone. Yet with all that comes an added sense of disillusion and dismay that this should, or could, happen to the wonder boy of | American music, to one so long and so handsomely favored by the fates—when so much of his career lay ahead. It is not fashionable among musical classicists to estimate the longevity of contemporary composition. | Yet we feel quite safe in prophesying that George | Gershwin’s music—and a great deal of it—will live What the increase in the price of gold has done gy, beyond our own times, He himself said: “ M,\" to the mining industry throughout the country IS time is today.” And Gershwin reflected his day to clearly reflected in the recent report of the U. 8. Bu- an extent unapproached by any of his reau of Mines to Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes. All of which, it could be argued, “dates” his music. The Bureau figures reveal that last vear's mineral Such might be true had Gershwin written merely | output reached the handsome figure of $4,582,000,000 Superficial music. But aside from his scintillating | as compared with $3,650,000,000 in 1935 and $2,462,000,- musical show scores, aside from his great “Of Thee I i 2 Sing,” aside even from his brilliant Concerto in F| 000 in 1932, the low point of the financial depression. and “Porgy and Bess” George Gershwin wrote a Pointing out that the price of gold is in larg¢ pgjoqy into the national consciousness so deeply, so part responsible, the Bureau's report says: indelibly that it is a part of our literature and our | life. We refer, of course, to the theme of the “Rhap- | ALASKA’S PART IN THE MINERAL PRODUCTION ATIONAL PICTURE |the table.” |en oranges.” strikes | contemporaries. | ge— HAPPY. The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: JULY 27, Arlene Hatch William Kerr Mrs. Ray H. Stevens John Clausen Guy Gaudett - i RS R PRGNS 0% 1Y DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon — Words Often Misused: Do not say, “There were a dozen oranges on Say, “There was a doz- There were four doz- en orange: Often Mispronounced: Booth; as in smooth is preferred. th di. De- Often Misspelled: Divide; |vise; de. Synonyms: Torpid, dull, inert, inactive, sleepy, stupid, sluggish listless. Word Study: times and it is yours.” crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Impious; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being. (Accent first syllable.) “’Tis impious in a good man to be sad.”—Young. e “Use a word threz LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon * L 1. How many horsepower is the energy of Niagara Falls calculated to be? The increase in the price of gold, inau- gurated in 1933, stimulated gold production to such an extent that in 1936 two-thirds more gold was produced than in 1929. In terms of dollar return to the gold mines of the western states, the 1836 output was the largest on rec- ord by a considerable margin. The new price of gold has stimulated production in many of the older districts and many old mines which have been closed for years are being reopened. In many places, low grade deposits which couid not be mined at a profit under the old price are now being worked and are adding mil- lions of dollars annually to the wealth of the nation. ‘The price of silver, which for several years prior to 1926, had averaged about 65 cents an ounce, had declined to the low level of 25 cents in 1932 and early in 1933; at the same time the annual silver output declined from nearly 67 million ounces to less than 23 mil- lion. In 1933 silver prices began an upward trend which culminated in the establishment in April, 1935, of a fixed price of 77.57 cents per ounce. This was immediately reflected in a revival of silver mining, and in 1936 over 60 million ounces were produced. Higher prices for silver have likewise stimulated sil- ver mining to a considerable extent. sody in Blue.” Rare the American who does not rec- ognize that coruscating musical phrase. It is, to our music, what the creation of, say, the character Sher- lock Holmes was to the English language. It is a part of us, indigenous. If you doubt the magnitude of that achievement, count upon your fingers the number of contemporary musical themes which could be rec- ognized, instantly, by more than a comparative hand- ] ful of Americans! The music of George Gershwin, above all else, peculiarly satisfying. It has evoked in millions an emotional response, an instinctive understanding. We are close to it just as the peoples of Europe are closest in the last analysis, to the music which stems from | their folkways. Gershwin gave expression to the spirit of a pulsating age, and that age was en rapport. And in that lies the chief reason why his untimely pass- | ing will be felt so genuinely by millions. is No Lumps in Spud Salad (Ohio State Journal) While we're vigorously opposed to government regulation, except in quarters where it’ll confer some | real and lasting boon to mankind, we do believe there is need for the bureau of standards to get busy and do something about potato salad. We realize that there are numerous persons who The report is particularly enlightening when imagine their dislike could be traced to the fact that viewed in consideration with the report of B. D. Stew- they have been fed with an inferior quality of this art, Territorial Commissioner of Mines, which gives brand of food in their early days and were never able the Alaska output, revealing that a sizeable part of to overcome the contempt and dislike the experience ¢ e Ter. Created. ::zrx;anonal mineral production came from the Ter What we're leading up to is the fact that potato salad with large, clammy hunks of cold potato clutter- In 1933, Alaska produced in minerals $10306.000. ;0 y; the mixture is something to make a meek and In 1934 that figure jumped to $16,721,000. In 1935 mjld man go out and commit assault and battery. it was $18.312,000 and last year it reached the high There's nothing that'll cast a total eclipse over the mark of $23,399,000. In other words, of the four enjoyment of potato salad than these lumps, the pro-| billion in mineral production for the nation last year. duct of some one who was too lazy to cut the potato | Alaska, with its 60,000 population, produced $23,399,000. to smaller size. It is as bad as lumpy gravy. S Not a bad showing for a handful of people compared Let the bureau of standards rule what is the p:c- with the millions in the States. Especially so, when cise and perfect size of dissected spud that must star in the salad. The only reason we've taken up this| one follows Mt. Stewart’s report further and finds yajygple space to this extent is it's the open pienic that the total number of persons employed in the gegson and there are a lot of crimes escaping the mining industry in the Territory last year was 4,577. notice of the G-Men in the form of gloom and indi- Of that number, 2,605 were employed in placer min- gestion spreading potato salad. | ing, 1,867 in lode and milling plants and the remaining 105 in coal and other mining operations. Inciden- tally, that was the largest number of persons em- ployed in the Alaska mineral industry since 1924. But getting back to the part the price of gold played in the mining picture, the Commissioner’s The go-getter of the '20's lowly regaining hi ‘ report shows that in 1933, Alaska produced 469,286 phoom-time form. Just yesterday we saw a fellow run- | ounces of fine gold with a value at the then prevail- ning up an (\('\11[;0[‘~D0\ Momes Regxsm WALLACE BRINGS ‘ 1L HALIBUTERS 4THIOWA GRUUP - SELL, SEATTLE ‘ka Colony for the third consecutive sclling here today are: |time, but Mr. Wallace is not par-| From the western banks — Grant ticularly in favor of “coddling” the {39,000 pounds, Excel 25,000 pounds, Not to read the newspapers is held to be a mis- | demeanor in Nazi Germany. Which is another way of saying that the propaganda sheets are none t0o | palatable.—Louisville Courier-Journal. | neys in Des Moines; and William Grampp, head of the Davenport Motor Sales Company. Mr. Wallace, who is a member a( the Towa State Board of Education, Illia conducted more than 1,000 peo- n loun since he first started. Secretary of Agncultures ‘pioneeis de luxe” as they have Liberty 39,000 pounds, Spray 25.000; been, he said. .pounds, selling at an average prlce Uncle in Charge of Tour e {of 9% and 8 cents. | From the local banks—Maddock 115,000 pounds, Ionic 19,000 pounds, | Lebanon 20,000 pounds, Repeat 10,- 000 pounds, Flint 15,000 pounds, Na- f— ——r———d, } STOCK QUOTATIONS b i a4 Party of 46 Persons The man that Secretary of Agri- ] culture Henry Wallace calls “uncle"! NEW YORK, July 27. — Closmg\"m"al 18,000 pounds, Irene J 15,000 ;"'“’u"“d to Alaska today for the gustation of Alaska Juneau stock POunds, average price 9% and 8 S SL PORBOWAYE T3i0RY today is 11%, American Can 107', cents'a pound. | John P. Wallace of Des Moines,| american Light and Power 11%, Ia., founder and former publisher of | Anaconda 57%. Bethlehem Steel TED ADAMS RETURNS ‘Wallace's Farmer, returned to whatipgi, Calumet 15, Commonwealth he termed “the poneer beauty of fana’ Southern 3%, Curtiss wrightf FROM TRIP OUTSIDE| Alaska” with a tour party of 46|6 General Motors 56%, Interna-' essons, tional Harvester 115%, Kennecott: Ted Adams, well known Alaska Although his first party four years|61%, New York Central 40%, Juneau employee and Elks baseball a30 was composed of virtually all|Southern Pacific 49, United Smte:- player, returned to Juneau on the farmers, Mr. Wallace' has on his|Steel 1167%, Cities Service .. Yukon today after a two months va- Ppresent trip only one person m.ng‘pwna $4.97%, Republic Steel 38‘ . cation trip in the States. He and off the soil. She is Mrs. Emma Buck |Pure Oil 20%, Holly Sugar 32%. U. Mrs. Adams and son Raymond went of Schaller, Ia, who inherited a S Treasury Bonds 2'¢s 98.24, Atchi- as far south as Southern California, are opposed to potato salad on any grounds, but we " ;ten with pen and ink shows a er gratitude. | Is it proper for a man to re-| | o 2. Who is regarded as the great- lest dramatic genius of all time? 3. How does an explorer know when he has reached the North Pole? 4. What is the average term of life of a house fly? 5. Which state has the annual rainfall, California or 'ida? largest Flor- ANSWERS 16,000,000 horsepower. William Shakespeare. By observation of the stars; if each star remains at same alti- |tude for 24 hours, he is at the pole. 4. 10 to 15 days. 5. California, 23.75 inckes; Flor- ida, 52,72 inche: e e S L+ & T L ETIQUETT By Roberta Lee Q. Is it good form to type * Lhank you” letters when one has a large | |number of them to write? A. Not if you wish to show sin- cere appreciation and retain the 1esv.eem of your friends. The only ex- |ception is a gift from some business acquaintance, delivered to your of- {fice, and even then, a letter writ-| dcep-i Q. move his coat while eating in public place, where both men and| women are dining, and it is unusu-| |ally warm? A. No. | Q. When should a wedding gift be sent? A. Any time after the invitation has be('n received. B In the Beggs, Okla., garden of G. E. Savage, he has this year found A 5-fingered carrrot resembling a! human hand; a 1%-pound potato; a ‘%i-pound onion, and onion quad- mpleh R Y GREEN TOP CABS PHONE 78 BIRTHDAY 20 Years Ago ' equipment Emile Gastenguay, for several years Let us in-'® }l}.. From The Empire JULY 27, 1917 E. L. Margrie, for years manager the Alaska Electric Light and Company, resigned, and, it} was announced by J. P. Corbus, owner of the company, that W, s,{ !Pnllcn would become manager on| {August 1. Mr. Margric had come Ito Alaska 25 years before and had jinstalled the first electrical equip- iment and lightning system in Al- laska at the Treadwell mine during its early history. Later he super- | of Power Horoscope “Thao stars incline but do not compel” WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1937 Adverse planetary aspects rule strongly today, according to astroi- ogy. It is most fortunate for spec- ulation. Under this direction of the stars there may be a strong sense of fu- tility among persons who struggle to succeed. The stars seem to favor those who inheri{ money and pleas- ant environments, intended the installation of the Ju- neau power plant and distributing system ‘'and had been active in its management since that time. Mr. Pullen had been Mr. Margrie’s a: sistant and when the Alaska Ga: tineau Company first started op- jerations in this section he w: picked to direct the electrical worl Under his supervision the big in- stallations of electrical machinery at Salmon Creek and Annex Creek were made under his direction, to- gether with the installation of the of the Thane mill tant to Mr, Pullen, succeeded him at the Gastineau Company. A letter from A. A. Gabbs brought information that he had located at| Reno, Nevada. The former Juneau banker wrote, “Talk about low grade ore being a good support for a town, the divorce court has got mines backed off the boards. As I write, the thermometer registers 94 in the shade and still it is not oppressive.” | Frank Pearce had moved with his family into the Treadwell house vacated by John D. Miller. | The launch Mabel went to Wran- gell for Livingston Wernecke who had been examining mining prop- erty in that locality. Royal Pullen, for the past year a valued employee of the Treadwell Company in the capacity of steam pipe engineer, left for Skagway to visit his mother. From forty to fifty of the younger set suprised Martin Gallw at his home in Douglas in honor of 15th birthday. Martin was pre: ed with a peir of beautiful militar brushes by the young people. eee Miss Alvina I. Anderson, teacher in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, left for the south on George. | Visit the [ SITKA HOT SPRINGS | Mineral Hot Baths | Accommodations to suit every | taste. Reservations Alaska Air | ‘Transport, | | |1 | MODISTE TO WOMEN | OF BETTER TASTE | | MRS. STERLING Room 300—Goldstein Bldg. | PHONE 553 [ “Tomorrow’s Styles Today” i x%'v’_r' ey y Juneau’s Own Store COAL For Every Purse and Every Purpose PACIFIC COAST COAL CO. PHONE 412 The B. M. Juneau, farm from her late husband. {son General fours 111%. absorbing sunshine and much golf. Included in the party are: Dean e Mrs. Adams and son are in Seattle Anson Marston of the Iowa State| DOW, JONES AVERAGES until just before school starts when College Agriculture and Engineering The following are today’s Dow, they will return to Juneau. £chool; Col. Guy E. Logan, former Jones averages: industrials 184.24, T adjutant general in Iowa; Dr. Hen- rails 54.40, utilities 30.32. 10,000 POUNI)S OF ry L. Rietz, head of the department — ,ee of mathematics at the University of TRUITT IMPROVED . Jowa; Dr. George W. Stewart, head Attorney General James S. Tru- of the physics department of the itt, University of Iowa; William Coch- home for the last several days with sold to the New England Fish Com- rane, president of the Red Oak Cal- & severe cold, was reported much pany for 7.65 and 565 cents per eadar Company; Howard J. Clark,'improved today and expected to peund on the Juneau Exchange to- one of the most prominent get back to his office shortly. day. A total of 10,000 pounds of halibut, attor- HALIBUT SELLS TODAY Resources Over Two and One-Half Milliorn Dollars who has been confined to his off the Thelma, Capt. Bernt Alstead, | Bank COMMERCIAL | | and SAVINGS Behrends Alaska s'that this year is . an extraordin; the Prince : Quarrels may be easily started' under this configuration which, tends to cause discomfort of many sorts. Even the weather may af- fect nerves and tempe Accidents are foreseen by asuol- cgers will have frequently warned to be marked by ry number of catas-‘ trophes. Conventions this summer will pxo- vide aftermaths for much concern among persons of many varied in- terests. The seers again stress the significance of group organizations. Women today will be happiest in seeking rest or amusement. |Months of unccnscious preparation |for national service are to result in important achievements. i Love affairs of the silly season tl year are well directed and will be of more substantial interest than usual. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of important steps forward in busines: ro- 5 z s Jevixt o ietes o7 oo OF FOUMBERS OF . |T s Chlirn bom on this day prov- MAYO CLINIC HERE | “The Rexall Store ably will be definite in their views, your determined in character and able Mis V 'nm.‘n Waters, of the ’\d.lw Reliable to win success. Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, is a pharmacists Mary Anderson, actress, was born passenger aboard the Princess Char- compeund i on this day 1859. Others who have lotte. She is a daughter of one of | prescrip- celebrated it a birthday include the brothers founwmng the lamous | tions. Stephen Phillips, English poet, instituticn, | 1858; Camille Corot, painter, 1796. -oo | Butler Mauro Drug Co.- (Copyright, 1937) Try The Empire classifieds for % A " 7 St R Eiers ¥ results, classifieds pay. NOTICE MEMSERS —— Juneau Wemen's Cilub farewell tea to Mrs. J. E. McKinley br - at Alaska Electric Light & Power Cigars Penthouse Wednesday between 2 e b PRONE Cigarettes GERYL Y. WESTALL, adv, Secretary. D News Today—Empire HOLLYWOOD | | SHOE SHOP ' 174 Fronklin St. | | The Iome of Modern Shoe Work | HENRI MAKI, Proprietur B! H Pay’n Takit PHONES 92 or Free Delivery Fresh Meats, Groceries, L1Gquors, Wmei and Beer We Sell for 1I’ESS Because We sell for CASH Leader Dept. Store George Brothers Sfectal Weenly K ALASKANS LIKE THE TAP BEER | IN TOWN! ® | THE MINERS' || Recreation Parlors BILL DOUGLAS ZORIC DRY CLEANING DAUGHTER OF ONE THE BEST i FoO DIVA GRANTED DIVORCE PRESCRIP- TIONS | | compounded ‘ exactly as | written | by your When in Need of t ] DIESEL OIL—UTAH COAL . GENERAL HAULING Mnry Mcbiatnlc, \ eparh: Slar: STORAGE and CRATING whe was recently divorced from her third husband, Attorney Hemer V. Johannsen of Chica- ge. Miss McCormic was formerly married to Prince Serge Mdivani. 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