The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1937, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER Editor and Manager the EMPIRE Juneau Sunday by Main Streets ept T Bublished every evening e and PRINTING COMPANY at Seco! Alaska atercd 1n the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Detivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.25 per month By mail, postage paid One vear, ir nce, $12.00 one month, In advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or iregularity in the de- livery of their Telephones: News Office, the following rates: ix” months, in acvance, $6.00; 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCTATED PRESS ively entitled to the use for il news dispatches credited to it or not republication b in this paper and also the local news credited ATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER AT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. I feel that every.a him.” b The Japanese attack may be made in the moon- light but the result is death just the same. Germany is going to limit the size of armbands, but nothing is said about limiting the size of hat- bands. Our Stake in the Trans-Polar Reute (Seatule Post-Intelligencer) Russian flyers are justly entitled to prestige and credit for demonstrating the feasibility of the air route across the North Pole, connecting Europe and North America The United States will be reereant if it fails to take heed of the possibilities .developed by the Rus- sian flyers, but first explored and predidted by Am- ericans. i i In effect the discovery of the North Poliie/fegions, and their use in aviatibh, mounts to a recasting of the map-of the world. In most maps tlie earth 1s depicted as the spectator had the equator directly before him. Dis- tances commonly are calculated an an east-to-west basis and areas toward the top of the map are thrown out of true proportion. The effect of the Russian tlights is to the North Pole the center of a new world map. Viewed in this way the territory of Alaska be- comes of paramount importance. Long before the development of the airplane the if make THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST /19, 1937. HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the [Nlow-l ing: AUGUST 19 Josephine Soule Marjorie Ann Thompson M. Agatha Graves Audrey Dudueff Florence Rutherford Carl Weidman ‘Warren Geddes DAILY, LESSONS IN ENGLISH/ “By W. L. Gordoq LS + Words often misused: Do not say, | ‘Who do you think I met on the street today?¥ Hay, --wlmnflxfl; think.” ¢ ¥ § !z; Often rhispronounced: Ob ous. Pronounce ob-se-kwi-us; as k, - in of, e as in see, i as in qliic] cent second syllable. Often misspelled: Phrase; se, not ? & — Horosco pe “The stars incline but do not compel” i | e — FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1937 Benefic aspects rule today, ac- cording to astrology. It is a time for making any concessions which will make it possible to speed up busi- |ness and commerce. Industry is under a fortunate sway which seems to indicate the eration of labor at a time when %6& It certain lines ;are under e8§ ‘ahd strgin, OTS, Mockian. 8, engineers ¢bntractors are subject to a that stimulatef all construce fivé ‘work. Young men just out of college should benefit. hile Uranus s in threatening aspect and judgment may not be |impartial where international prob- lems are involved, practical plans should be pushed wherever possible. Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne was !o‘ Many men and many women now assist at the Viola Wasterlain reci-iwi) pe of divergent minds as there tal to be given in Parish Hall. Eare sharp cleavages of opinion 'among workers as well as executives 20 Years Ago From The Empire o+ AUGUST 19, 1917 Assistant Secretary- of Interior Herbert A. Meyer passed through Juneau on the way south after vi iting the Westward and Anchorage. Douglas Fire Chief Langseth re- paired the pump at the fire station. {The pump had been out of commis- |sion for one week. i Frank B, Li and John Rex Thomp$oh, of -NjlérFemple, passed through Juneau bound for Cordova. W. S. Pullen had ‘fmbved from b !Thané to his. residence; in Juneau at 316 Distin Avenue. { | | | Jack Kline took over his duties as wharfinger atgthe Pacific Steam- 'shipl Dock. ¢ | Irving Krause, 18-year-old son of‘ ing on the Princess Charlotte for{ SEATTLE, Aug. 19. — After a Washington D. C., where he will en- |quarter-century of success in hotel School to study for the West Point Frank H. Holzheimer, for flghl,een “examinaj.mn scheduled for next years owner and operator of Sno- Mrs. Krause will accompany her week for San Diego, where he has !son East,.returning to Juneau im- purchased the New Botsford Hotel, school. | Holzheimer has been a Seattle - | resident forty years and was one of CAUFORNIA FRIENDS Washingfon State Hotel - Associu- ; VISITING IN JUNEAU ition. He was superintendent “of iHotel for a year, was president and AT e | manager of the Sorrento Hotel and |Cleveland for a few days, Mr. and | Lodge, which became famous for | Mrs. Robert Wells of Berkeley, and|ifs chicken dinners. He sold the Francisco have spent the past few| ays in fishing and are to leave for| Frank Holzheimer is a brother of | week, United States Attorney of the First | The Wells and Nashes arrived| Division. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Krause, is leay- | ter the Columbian Preparatory and cafe management in Seattle, tMarch. |qualmie Falls Lodge, will leave this mediately upon his entrance in the'in the heart of the eity. e the oldest active members of the L rvice. at the New Washington WITH E. u.VELANDS Visiting with Mr. and Myp. Earl}founded the Snoqualmie - Falls Mr. and Mrs. Philip Nash of San/lodge last spring. [the south aboard the Baranof this| Willlam A. Holzheimer, of Juneau, | here aboard the Yukon after having | -ee Mrs. E. H. Kaser, who had suf-;;, pysiness and government pro-| e fered a broken collar bone in an'jects |made the round trip to Seward.| North Pole was first reached by an American, after Synonyms: Unemotional, cool, SKA DEVELOPMENT HINDERING Al Over the years efforts have been directed toward Al Various there remains one hurdle as further settlement in a inducements have been offered but yet unsurmounted and until such time as it can be removed, or at least lowered, settlement in the Ter- ritory is certain to be a slow process. That hurdle is the inability to acquire title to land. True, land can be had for use under a permit system but to acquire| titlg in many instances is next to mmpossible. As a result development on either small or large scale is sharply curtailed. Capital of any kind does not feel safe in erecting substantial improvements on land to which it may never gain title. A typical example of the situation may be found decades of international competition that crystallized and intensified our ideas of Arctic hardships and hazards. It remained for another Arctic explorer, the Canadian-American Vilhjalmur Stefansson, to dis- sipate somg of these exaggerated ideas. His version | of a “friendly Arctic” was scofféd at by some. But recent developments bear out his predictions that advancing aviation before long will take advantage of flat polar ice and innumerable lakes in interior Alaska | for year-around commercial flights. Despite their importance the Russian flights thus far partake of some of the elements of stunt flying. The first demonstrated the practicality of the trans- polar route. The second confirmed that thesis and | set a new nonstop record. But commercial flying demands not nonstop dis- tance marks but way stations. The third Russian flight, now projected, with a stop at Fairbanks, Al- aska, is one step in this direction. The establishment | of a floating base in the polar region for wemheri reports is another element. It is encouraging news that the findings of Stef- | ansson, prophet of the Arctic, are being given consid- in the e the Y n Fur Farms, Inc, of Petersburg, operated by Game Commissioner Earl N. Ohmer and associates. A good many years agoi Mr. Ohmer, who has established large shrimping op-' erations in Alaska, decided to go in the fur farming | business. He and his associates cleared an area of land across the channel from Petersburg and bsgnn} operations. Their efforts at producing good fur proved | particularly successful with the result that in a few years they had invested some $60,000 or $75,000 in buildings and other improvements and building up their stock. Their fur became premium on the mar-| kets of the world and Alaska could boast of another} substantial and comparatively new industry Viewing the success of their venture and proving to themselves and many bthers in the Territory that fur could be raised profitably on farms, the operators began effort to obtain title to the land they had cleared as an experiment. For 12 years they have been en- deavoring to get some kind of a right to the property but thus far have met with no success. Despite the success of their undertaking and its obvious value toward development of the Territory, the government continues to regard them as squatters and refus to do anything about it. In fact, at a recent hearing rience of eration by American air lines interested in developing commercial routes across the roof of the world. In that development the United States govern- | ment, proprietor of Alaska, must take the keenest| ‘nterest, both from the viewpoint of encouraging our | own nationals in development.of world communica-| tion, and in the protection of Alaska, which may become a new gateway to Asia and Europe. [ The Earth Grows Smaller (Cincinnati Enquirer) The 6,625-mile flight from Moscow to Southern California just completed via the North Pole by three Russian aviators, bettering a similar recent feat by three of their countrymen, is more than just an exhi- bition of Russian aeronautical prowess. It is proof that the world is getting to be a smaller place. | The first trans-polar flight from Moscow to the | United States was an exhibition of the fact that air- ;plnn(‘,\ can blaze new and shorter trails between anti- | | podal points over' the top of the globe. The second | flight proved that the route could be followed by other | |men in another plane. Many more flights need be | made before it can be shown that a trans-polar air- | line between Moscow and the United States is prac- | ticable, of course, but two flights without mishap show an undeniable degree of practicability in Washington, agents in hearing the case under the “trade, manufacture or other productive industry” The six Russians who pioneered in the blazing }-I an air trail over the top of the world dared almost | act:held that fur farming was not a productive in-|inevitable death had their single-motored planes fal- jation and feli dustry and thus denied title to the land. It was ap-|tered over the frozen wastelands. A practical airline receiving an announcement of a nis crop, composed, languid, phlegmatic, apa- thetic. Word studv: “Tse a word tiyee. times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: impetuosity; violent state or qual- ity. “Give not reins to your in- flamed passions; take time and a little delay; all things: badly. " —Statius. - LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon * l 1. What is a share cropper? . 2. How many members has the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? 3. Who was the Roman goddess of fire? 4 5. the c: What does the ape symbolize? Of what country is Canberra apital? ANSWERS A tenant on a farm who fur- es the labor in producing ' a receiving an agreed portion the proceeds as his compensa- : of |tion 2 3. 4. About 3,000. Vesta. Uncleanness, malice, and cun- ning. o " 5. Australia. -eoe — MODERN | ETIQUETTE By Roberta Lee 4 o Q. How should a divorced woma distinguish herself from the seds ond Mrs. Charles Brown? A. By prefixing her maiden name to her former husband’s ‘surname, and writing, Mrs. Jones Brown. Q. Should a note of congrati- citation be sent upon parently considered production of 1,400 mink pelts | °Ver the route would require the establishment of a pintho this season valued at around $50 each was not "pro-‘i ductive industry.” | The Ohmer case is just one example. There are| countless others with the result that a very definite damper is placed on industrial advancement in the| Territory. Fur farming, properly carried on, is prov-| ing to be a success in Alaska. Experts are of the opin-| ion that with the vast unused acreage in the north, the Territory can in future years be producing the bulk of the world’s furs from farms, and fur produced on | farms has been found superior to that grown in the! wild The Territory at the last session of the Legislature took steps to aid in furthering this industry. It ap- propriated money to set up an experimental fur farm| with the aim of helping those who are attempting to get a start in the business. There are many questions | of feeding, breeding and housing in connection with the animals which the farmers have been trying to| work out for themselves. Some have been successful. | A Jarge number have not due to hit and miss methods. | wgm the experiment farm in operation to help lhemI a great step will have been taken forward in pro-| anng the industry. But even then, the fly is still in the ointment. The fur farmer will still have the problem of getting title to his land. True, he may get homestead rights in| some places, but in others, close to centers of popula- tion which are most desireable for marketing, he can only operate under permit from the government. He cafl never be quite sure when.he will receive six months notice to move off. That sort of a setup will never be productive of industrial advancement for Alaska and so long as the Territory is throttled under such antiquated regu- lations we can not look to a great degree of develop- piént along that line. # Commenting on the subject recently, Mr. Ohmer tade this statement which strikes us as summing the situation up very well: “It has been my impression that our government wished to do anything possible to assist settlement ih Alaska. It ore, follows that the least thing that can be 0 assist settlement is to make it to obtain title. There are literally thou- f re miles of land in Alasl there: done easy sands on thousar much of it the Jargely of m determinatic home by all mean be assisted in w possible easy to getting a title of some sort “Carving out a d making a living in Alaska, especially for a fam is not easy. This applies not only te the man of small means but also to the man with capital 1er he must work hard and use g lot of horse suce whick Soutk keg case in 2 where the lands are T believe anyone who has to settle on or try to make a these muskeg lands should have, He should, at least to make his way ka ol 1 enougt or stance home a man, eit case, ense to Constitution fit for farming purposes, as is | number of way stations, not only to reduce the dan- | that useful loads could be carried. The establishment | of such waystations will come, naturally, as a matter of course. | When such a stage of development >f the trans- | polar air route is reached, the Russian Capital will be feasibly nearer—in point of time—to the United States | by air than the countries of Western Europe are by water. Meanwhile, before the year is out, a commer- cial airline will bring Western Europe within a day'’s | distance by air. Aviation’s new exploits are indeed making ours a small world. an dttdngmserl Add Heat Wave (Philadelphia Record) We have been thinking off and on during a hot{ week of an editorial answer to Ralph M. Easley, the redphobiac who sees Communists under every bed and who has declared the radicals have practically taken WPA over, Mr. Easley and his National Civic Federation | have been at this sort of thing so long that we couldn’t work up much steam. Now along comes New.York's | WPA Administrator Somervell and does it for us. He refers to the Easley attack thus: | “It is a lot of fatuous twaddle, illogical, irrational, | unreasonable, imprudent, ridiculous, absurd, foolish, | preposterous, ludicrous, incautious. careless and spe- cious.” That seems to sum it up and we hope it gets cooler soon. { | i A young lady pulled up'to the curb and smiled sweetly when the, policeman informed her sternly that | she was doing 75 miles an hour. “Isn't that marvel- ous,” said she, “and I am only learning to drive.”— |Chicago Tribune. Senator Bailey (Dem. Neorth Carolina); says the | South doesn’t approve lynching, .but objects to the | anti-lynching bill. Thgy don’l_ ish to be tied down in the matter of stringing up~Tom Meany in the New York World-Telegram. A school opened at Ellison Bay, Wis., will dispensé entirely with books. Sometimes we wondér if the| U. S. Treasury wouldn't be happier that way There are many people with long memories, | but name three who can recall their individual SSA | numbers without looking at Uncle Sam’s little cards.— | Chicago Tribune Experts now say babies shouldn't be rocked to | sleep on mother’s lap. It disturbs the little things so'| when hot ashes fall on them.—Buffalo Evening News. | These are easy times for newspaper editors—they { have a choice every day of three headlines: The | franc, Franco and Franklin—Columbus Dispatch. Hades is created by inhabitants, not by its con- However, he can succeed If he * earnest_and to hélp-Am make his Nome.or go abowt his pradictio -Atlanta | A. Yes, and it should be sent | |ger of the flight, but to provide refueling facilities so promptly Q. Is corn on the cob ever served at a formal dinner? A. Never. - The University of Pavia, was founded in 825. - - Today's News Today.—Empire, .in Ttaly, | MODISTE TO WOMEN . | OF BETTER TASTE MRS. STERLING Room 300—Goldstein Bldg. PHONE 553 {_ ) GREEN TOP-CA ° PHONE ACE, Druggist ' “The Squibb Stores of Alukn”l_ impetuosity manages. , 580ftlié1fl]?u] RO T " auto’ accident, had recovered Suf-|" This is not a lucky day for mak-| L1y are stopping at the Gastineau| ficiently at St. Ann’s Hospital to be removed to her home. ing new acquaintances or putting [ trust in strangers. Many secret plans inow may be in operation and nu- Gus Hanson, known as “Five O'-/merous spies may be active. Clock Gus,” died at the General Hospital as the result of a brain tumor, 1mvemngs between girls and eli- {gible youths. Suspicion and ecriti- lcism are easily aroused under this rule of the stars. q Education next month is to re- veal new . trends, ‘it is forecast. In many universities girls will out- number men, fl'he coming academic year is to develop; changes in gen- oral trends of-study. Persons whase Bifthdate it is have the augury of a r of hard work that brines to y a sense of se- Weather—high 52, low 50, rain. Girl Sets Wurld-_Ma{i( ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19.— Henrietia H i i disturbed conditions. Hoffman is the “iron girl” of St. 2 Louis feminine softball players. She | Children- born on this day proba recently . established what is be. PIY Will'be‘adantable and capable of lieved to be a world record for con-| WINPIng success, Subjects of this secutive games played by a girl >80 of Leo are onthecusp [\!’ld gl softball player. Since 1934 Miss have strong Virgo characteristics. ’ v Samuel L. Mitchill, scientist, was Hoffsmsn,, &, .Worialop, s ?}a}cd born on this day 1764. Others who in 146 consecutive games without H v 2 - have celebrated it as a birthday in- missing a single inning ' K clude Valentine Mott, surgeon, 1785; Y i, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President Today's News Toddy—BmPIre. o (he United States, 1833. Copyright, 1937) B e e I AT D T N ol Lode and placer rovation notices for sale at The Empire Office. 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Burford entertained last evening at her home in honor of her sister, Mrs. J. E. Richey, the form- jer Marian Foster, who is leaving for |the south aboard the North Sea to {join her husband, Ensign Richey jof the U. 8. C. G. Tallapdosa. | Guests at the farewell party were |Mrs. E. E Ninnis, Mrs Roger Steve- |son, Mrs. Bert Caro, Mrs. Roy Car- rigan, Mrs. Arthur Adams, Mrs. Lu Liston, Miss Gretchen DeLeo, Miss Harriet Barragar, Miss Dorothy Green, and Miss Mary Simpkins. R I i | | | | Cigarettes Candy Cards THE NEW ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer On Tap "JIMMY" CARLSON 230 South Franklin CHEVROLET Telephone 411 CONNORS MOTOR CO., Inc. Distributors PONTIAC BUICK F Télephone 409 B, M. OR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Behrends Bank Bldg. LUMBER Juneou Lumber Mills, Inc. Juneau INSURANCE Allen Shattuck Established 1898