The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 13, 1937, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 1937. Daily Alaska Empire ROBERT W. BENDER - - Editor and Manager Published every evening PRINTING COMPANY at Second Alsska. by the EMPIRE Streets, Juneau Batered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by earrier In Juneau and Douslas for §1.25 per month. By mall, postas d the following rates One vear, in advanc ix months, in advance, $6.00; ene month, in advance, § & favor if thay will promptly notify Subscribers will con failure or iriegularity in the de- the Business Office of livery of their papers Telephones: News Office MEMBER OF A The Associated Pres is excl republication of all news disp: otherwise credited in this paper h 602; Business Office, 374. OCIATED PRESS. sively entitled to the use for hes credited to it or not and also news the locl SKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION A CHAT WITH CHARLEY BROWER It was our good fortune yesterday to have a chat with Charley Brower, who was in town from his home at Point Barrow, bound for a trip to the States. As virtually everyone knows, Mr, Brower is the man who has lived on the Arctic coast for more than half a, century—>53 years to be exact—and whose name is synonymous with Arctic Alaska At 76, the pioneer is fit as a fiddle and eager for, life. He has a snap to his step and a gleam in his eye | that would do credit to a man 30 years younger. It is| refreshing and inspiring to talk to such a man as Charley Brower. He emanates the zest for life and the future. His sound philosophy that the past is Just a series of incidents, the present the moment to live and the morrow something to be looked forward to with anticipation rekindles a new faith in mankind that overshadows the human grumblings which we hear on every hand and too often succor. For example, Mr. Brower is keenly interested in the present search for the lost Russian fliers. The fact is that he may have to cut his trip south short if Sir Hubert Wilkins decides to come suddenly north to make a second hunt for the missing aviators, Wil- kins plans to base at Point Barrow and he wants his old friend Charley Brower to be at Barrow to help him out when he starts operations. Brower has been there with help and advice every time Wilkins has been in the Arctic and he’ll be there again when Wilkins comes north even if he has to hurry back from the States. That's the kind of a man Brower is. He passed his word that he’d do what he could, and for 53 years Charley Brower's word has been as good as his bond in the north. If Wilkins wires that he’ll be at Barrow at a certain time to start searching operations, Brower will be there about the same time. He said he would and that's all that is necessary. He will. Incidentally, Mr. Brower is of the theory that the hunt for the fliers hasn't covered all the Territory necessary. Never a fault-finder, the pioneer has no criticism of the search which has been conducted. He does suggest, however, that the hunt be extended a little more to the westward. After a half a century watching the ice, Mr. Brower concludes that the ice movement in that area is west. Thus if the fliers were down on this side of the pole and not immedi- ately adjacent to the Arctic coast, which has been very thoroughly searched, the ice drift would carry them far west of the 148th meridian which they were reported to be following closely. He is of the theory that a search west of Point Barrow, and north, is more likely to be productive of results than one to the east because of the ice movement. As a matter of fact, he passed the suggestion along to the Russians' now stationed on the ice-breaker Krassin at Barrow keeping up the search and those men have been swinging more and more to the west in their long, hunt for Levanevisky and his companions. Some of Mr. Brower’s suggestions on other things! concerning the north are mighty interesting. !'or: instance he points out that now with the machinery | in motion to turn the reindeers back to the natives,' one of the primary problems is getting the animals rounded up and under human control again. In the years that reindeer have been up in the Arctic they have scattered all over the north coast country, he says, and in order to handle them as domestic ani- mals in large numbers again it will be necessary to gather them up into herds and then do some intensive herding. He estimates it will take quite a few years to accomplish such a roundup. Then, he is of the belief there may be another little difficulty which may be overcome in time. The Eskimo isn't at heart a herdsman. He is primarily a hunter. It isn’'t just in keeping with his philosophy of life to watch a bunch of reindeer so he can butcher them in the fall. He'd rather be out taking his chances on wrest- ing his living from nature in the wild. Thus human nature enters into the reindeer problem And in this same vein, speaking of the Arctic native, Mr. Brower makes another interesting obser- vation. Fifty three years among Eskimos has con- vinced him that the white man is largely responsible for the modern Eskimo’s troubles. The white man has taught the latter a good many things which are of no value to him in making his livelihood in the Arctic While the young Eskimo has been learning the teach- ings of the white man, the bad as well as the good, he has neglected to learn how to build a kayak and do the countless other things his father had to do to keep alive. He's gone modern with the radio and has a tendency to worry more about his soul than where the winter's meat supply is coming from. Mr. Brower very frankly states that it is his belief that if the missionaries would leave the Arctic for 25 years, the Eskimo would get back to living as he should for existence in that country, as his father and grand- father did before him. The pioneer, it should be explained, was taking no rap at the teaching of re-| ligion by any particular group, but at the teachings of white man generally whether religious or other- wise. And probably he is entirely right. What gocd are a,’gnun oranges to an Eskimo who needs fat to keep him, warm? f It was an interesting half hour with Mr. Brower thanks to our mutual friend, Charley Hawkesworth. — |them that and we hope that when and if we get to 76 we have just half the eagerness for life that Charley Brower has ness Situation The Real B (Business Week) We have just finished the best August since 1929. |Actual farm income and buying power are better |than any time in the last eighteen years. National {income increased eight billion dollars in the last (twelve months. Whether we know it or not, busines lis good and, whether we like it or not, business is going to continue to be good It is easy to understand why business men should |feel sick when they contemplate the long-time pros- ,pect of political economy in this country. It is not necessary for them to quit thinkihg just because they for the next couple of years, business’ this country is going to be exactly What the Admine istration wants it to be and that the Administration \is intelligent enough to want good business. A | " we don't stop to realize what changes have taken place in the relationship between government and {business, The government, for the first time, has complete and absolute control over all of our gold, |our banks, our currency, and our whole credit ma- |chinery. It completely controls transportation, dom- |inates agriculture, exercises wide manipulative powers |bearing on almost every aspect of business life. ‘ The government can make credit so cheap, and !make expansive and speculative activities so attrac- tive that inflation is inevitable, if inflation be needed {in the Federal scheme of things. And if private en- ‘trrprisv fails to take advantage of the expansive op- | portunities offered by government manipulation, the {guvommom can simply enlarge the scale upon which !it becomes business by manufacturing and spending money. | Again let us say that business will be good because !the government wants it and can produce it, but natu- |ral factors will make this largely unnecessary. The banks have a broad base for the creation of credit and the government is bringing arbitrary measures to bear to force an expansion of this credit base. We are have a bellyache. A little thinking ought to convtpc;h‘ our history, there never has been any serious reaction. | Quiescent; at rest; motionless. J However, terrifying may be the long-time prospect | quiescent body A quiescent solith to go on the vaudeville stage. of war or actual conflict. as the business man sees it, nothing short of a world| flyiq.” Girls ‘now should cultivate na- cataclysm ‘can prevent a broad business expansion SRERIIELC ST G | Mrs. Dermody, mother of Gerald turalgHarms. The stars discourage during ‘the next year or two. | % 4 and Desmond Dermody, left for the excesnvg use of cosmetics. No Mercy (New York Times) | Of horrors in the Sino-Japanese war there is no | end. The latest to be disclosed is that neither the | Japanese nor the Chinese make a practice of taking | HAPPY ing: OCTOBER 13 Beverly Arline Powers Charline Arnold Jack Newmarker Robert Rice Bill Spaulding Mrs. M. O’Malley Albert Schramen Capt. James V. Davis Olavi Wahto Emmett S. Connor Roman Sullivan ‘Wilbur Kusistio | DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon Words Often Misused: Do not say. to visit again. Often cent on third syllable. Often Misspelled: Explicit; ot | explisit. Synonyms: vagabond, exile, pariah, i Word Study: “Use a word thr times and it is yours.” ' Let us LOOK and LEARN By A. C. Gordon * 1. What is the rarest stamp in the world, and its value? prisoners. Almost invariably each side, after a vic- tory, announces that the defeated forces were annihi- lated. The uniformity of these' communiques has | aroused the suspicion of the correspondents covering | the battleironts that probably no quarter is asked or given. | Of this practice of absolute war an illuminating but horrifying explanation is offered by Pearl S. Buck, | the eminent interpreter of the East to the West, in | an article in the October issue of Asia entitled “West- ern Weapons in the Hands of the Reckless East.” | The Orient, she points out, has not had in its civiliza- | tion a humanitarian development. Individual life | is worthless. Consequently there have been no social | programs for the control of famine and disease, wmchl take such frightful toll of life. The Oriental’s inter- est, she says, turned toward art and philosophy, and “it is a curious fact that these tend to detach a person from life, so that, where the highest development in art and philosophy is found, there is found also the | greatest callousness toward human beings.” Thus| there is no “such thing as fair play in war or distress,” and the lives of noncombatants or prisoners are “of no more value than any other, which is to say they | have no value at all.” Only the group matters, and groups can be replaced. The Chinese and Japanese, who have “nothing in them to balance the inhuman power of the weapons the West has sold them * * * (Our feeling that a hu- | man creature has the right to live we cannot wrap up in separate packages and ship with every bomb and shell),” are practicing war logically and therefore with utter ruthlessness. This accounts for the aston- ishment and anger of the Japanese as the reaction of Western opinion to the bombing of Chinese cities and | the killing of thousands of noncombatants. To the | Japanese it is unintelligible that a nation at war should be expected to refrain from use of a weapon in the way in which it can contribute most to victory. To be sure, this disregard of human values has been emulated by some of the Western Powers bent | on gaining their own ends, but Occidentals still in- | stinctively recoil against such cruelty. Each day’s ! news, alas! bears out Mrs. Buck’s conclusion that “to | have the means of death in one’s hands with no fear | of death in one’s heart is the ultimate of terror not only for those engaged in such warfare but for every- bedy else.” Why Mr. Hull is Popular i | { | | (Cincinnati Enquirer) 1 There’ is less criticism and more praise for the | State Department than for any other division: of the | administration. Mr., Farley in the Post Office gets hauled over the coals pretty regularly for sins or} omission and commission. The other departments appear to be almost synonymous with the New Deal. They, with the President, are blamed for its errors and, of course, credited with its successes. The fault- finding with the New Deal is of the most violent char- acter. And there is almost entire unanimity against the policy of limitless spending of government money until the national debt is beginning to be a burden too heavy to be borne. But the State Department has few critics. On the contrary, the entire country approves of Secretary Cordell Hull and his policies. The reason is plain. Mr. Hull believes in peace. He devotes himself to measures which will preserve the peace. And the American public approves.. We do not wish war. We do not wish to be involved ‘In our neighbor’s quarrels, We wish to live in friendship with all the world. We do not wish for isolation, but we do wish to let others alone to work out our own destiny in peace and quiet. Because Mr. Hull boldly and without ceasing stands for these things, he is winning golden opinions from all sorts and conditions of men. | | And speaking of double-headers: He dashed up to] the bar and hollered: “Gimme a double-header quick, before the trouble starts!” Bartender did, and he \drank it. “Gimme another double-header—before the trouble starts!” Bartender did,—" Bartender (puz- zled) “Before what trouble starts?” Him (sadly): {“It's started now. I ain’t got any money!"—Pitts- Iburg Post-Gazette. | According to a style report, bustles are on their | way back, but from off-hand observations in this care- ful section of the universe, we would say that bustles | would be another case of carrying coal to Newcastle.— thl() State Journal. Archbishop Edward Mooney of Detroit says that if your golf score is over 100 you are neglecting your golf, and that if it is under 90 you are neglecting your 2. What was the name of the first steamboat? 3. What is an alienist? 4. How many species of birds are there in the United States? BIRTHDAY| 20 Years Ago The Empire extends congratulas tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- B 3 “We are going to revisit the place again.” Omit again. Revisit means €Vent. Mispronounced: Aviatrix.; Pronounce a-vi-a-triks, botha’s s in ' day, both i's as in it, principal ag- Outcast, castaway,| i | crease our vocabulary by mastering 7€ at that point in the recovery cycle from which, in all | one word each day. Today's word: 4 Tain *- Horoscope “The stars incline but do not compel” From The Empire - OCTOBER 13 1915. The Chicago White Sox, by beat- ing the New York Giant$ 8 to 5 were one agme ahead of their rivals at the close of the fifth game of the World's Series. according to astrology. Under thi: planetary government mistakes quences. Victor H. Wilhelm and F. W. Wil- liamson, who had been in charge of government survey parties in the Anchorage area during the summér, had returned to Juneau. Mildly | succeed prevails. lied on in all business mental problems . aggressive policies while ' this or Mrs. John Feusi entertained a number of friends at a delightful ] s Iparty at her home iy Douglas. previous decisions. Internationa agreements- are forecast. Miss Henrietta Rousseau, of Whitehorse, who had been the guest/ of her aunt, Mrs. E. J. White, left |for the south on the Princess Alice. the professions. | j A house warming for the ne! !Juneau schgol building with ' following program in honor of the pected |Jennings; ‘mie }schnol student body; announcements graduates. t b/y A. H. Matthews, supermtendent] of schools |this year in certain universities, usiness trip for the Palace Thea-’ |tainment this season. Adverse aspects dominate today,, in judgment may be of gravest conse- may configuration Diplomacy should be re- govern- Contracts signed today should be fortunate if they are the result of Women are subject to_a direction of the stars which increases preju- |dice against them in business and Competition with w men will be severe and for a time the unjust discrimination may be ex- Address by Judge Robert W.i There is a sign read as presaging vocal solo by Miss Ma- wide recognition of talent and train- Wheeler; historical sketch, Gro-'ing in the future without regard to ver C. Winn; remarks by Joe Ack- sex. This may be due to extraor- len, president of the senior highldinary attainments among college Educators are to be fortunate Progress will eliminate those who Mrs. John T. Spickett left for lhe‘l)u\e passed their peak as instruc- ;dgouth on the Princess Alice on a tors. 'ally have ambition to serve human- ity. : William Penn, father of Penn- sylvania, was born on this day 1644. Others who have celebrated it as al birthday include Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784; James O’Neill, actor, 1849. (Copyright, 1937) - eee { TRAGEDY | | This is a sad tale about the/ tail of a caw and the nose of a car that arrived last night at the same time at the same place with disas- | trous results for both, It was a dark and blacksome | night, and driving home. to Point Louisa in a V-8 sedan was Fred 1| Henning with Bud Carmichael and Marvin Johnson. Suddenly, rounds | ing a curve at L. H. Smith's Juneau Dairy on the Glacier Highway, a! herd of cows loomed in the head- s lights. A screech of quickly applied | |brakes, the thud of metal against bovine rear extremity, darkness. The score: One wrecked car, three shaken passengers; and one dead | |cow. | PIONEER IGLOO TO | | SHOW DOG FILM AT | COLISEUM MONDAY The remarkable intelligence of a dog, and a gripping story of melo- and then Desire for amusement will belgramatic action, with suspense and profitable for all forms of enter- |~rve thrilling episodes, mark o The public|-Jaws of Justice,” which comes to +Marcus M. Stroud left for the will seek distraction from a threat '{he Goliseum Theatre Monday under south on the Princess Alice after Persons whose birthdate it associations and novel experiences. Weather: Highest, 46; lowest, 44; often happy. ———.—— WATCHMAN TO, K SITKA getic. 15 | well-known $pending the summer with her sons. have the augury of a year of new They will be exceedingly active and Children born on this day prob- ably will be enterprising and ener- | Subjects of this sign usu- auspices of Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 6. The ,dog is Kazan, and the cast which supperts Kazan includes such screen favorites as Richard Terry, Ruth Sullivan, Lafe |McKee, Robert Walker and Gene Toller. ¥ e STEAMSHIP AGENT TRAVELS Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Clye of the Oscar Bunderson, watchman for the Pyramid Packing Company, is a passenger aboard the North Sea enroute to Sitka. 5. What is the chief city of 7 sciony THE VOGUE Tl Z 3 ANSWERS % Correctly Styled Clothes s 4 1. The one-cent magenta stamp .| : For Women / of British Guina, issued in 1856, by o valued at $50,000 ] » 101 SEWARD ST. / 2. The Clermont, built by Robert 3 Fulton, ', 3. A specialist in diseases of the:! If you enjoy indoor sports— here’s one of the hest—TRY BOWLING! BRUNSWICK Jones-Stevens Shop mind. T r 4. 768 species, with many sub- % © LADIES'—MISSES' 1 species. o SREADY-TO-WEAR i 5. Portland: *3if ‘Seward 'Street Near Third | —————— e 1 B oo BY ST T MODERN d ERETUL AR ’ ETIQUETTE “Tomorrow’s Styles | By Roberta Lee TOdGY" & ] Q. At any social affair, should a persofi who talks exceptionally well monopolize the conversation? A. No. One person should never try to do all the entertaining, even if he does enjoy the spotlight. Q. Which should be given pref- ence as a bridesmaid, a close girl friend of the bride or the bride- groom’s sister who is not a close friend? A. The most tactful thing would be to include both. Q. What is the minimum length of time a guest should remain at a large reception? A. For at'least a half hour. T Today's News Today.—Empire, FORD AGENCY (Authoiized Dealers) GREASES GAS — OILS Foot of Main Street —e Franklin Street between Front and Second Streets PHONE 358 JUNEAU MOTORS '} BOWLING ALLEYS Rheinlander and Alt Heidelberg BEER ON TAP Flalipze {Juneau’s Own Store 300 Rooms . 300 Bati:: Jrom *2,.50 Special Waerly Kutes ALASKANS LIKE THE Cigars Cigarettes Candy ! 1 SPECIALIZING Cards i in French THE | e i Italian i Dinners NEW ARCTIC Pabst Famous Draught Beer . On Tap "JIMMY" CARLSON '\ GASTINEAU CAFE Short Orders At All Hours ——3 | i | ‘s | 5 “Smiling Service” 1 Bert’s Cash Grocery 3 ’| | PHONE 105 CA Juneau, | business. Yes, and when it goes under 89 the average golfer is negleeting his family.—New York Sun. Getting up & family posse to trafl an unarmed citizen and shoot him to death Sounds Japanese, but it happened in Kentucky.—Detroit News; "’ COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS Hesources Qver Two and One-Half Mfilion Dollars. Alaska ON THE MEZZANINE | | | HOTEL JUNEAU | BEAUTY SHOP | LYLAH WILSON Contoure X-Er-Vac Telephone 538 l Vi | it the [ Accommodatic 6 suit every taste. Reservations Alaska Alr i i | | | Free Delivery Juneau | SR IR SITKA HOT SPRINGS { Mi _Hot Baths - . o ey General Steamship Company at Portland are round trip passengers aboard the North Sea. Mr. Clyde is also agent for the Northland Trans- portation Company at Portland. | Dalton, UNIlED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GENERAL LAND OFFICE District Land Office Anchorage, Alaska. August 6, 1937. Notice is hereby given that Silas entryman, together with his witnesses Matthew Laurence and Charles Fawcett, has made final proof on his homestead, An- chorage 06672, for a tract of land embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2124, situated on Port Frederick within Survey No. 1899, Hoonah elimina- tion from Tongass National Forest, in latitude 58 degrees 06’ 20” N. longitude 135 degrees 26° W. con- taining 5.82 acres, and it is now in the files of the U. S. Land Office, Anchorage, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, Said final proof will be accepted and final “certifi- cate issued. GEORGE A. LINGO, Register. |First publication, Sept. 15, 1937. Last publication, Nov. 10, 1937. 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