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Dally Al asl.a Em pzro at Second n Entered in the P Wbt SUBSCRIPTION RATES ¥ Lelivered by ecarrier in I nd Douslas for 81,23 per month. By niail t a One vear. tne _month, in Subseriber: whe Business Office livery of toeir vapers ance, $6.00 tly notify in the de- B T TALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANT THAN THAT OF ANY OTF THE COURT IN GOOD HANDS \firmation by the Senate of the reappointment of eral Judge George F. Alexander of Juneau to the District Court bench in Alaska comes as welcome hews to his many friends in the Territory, particu- farly in this, the First Division, where he has presided for the last four years w 1 capability which has won him 1 al esteem. While no! Alaskan when clevated to the bench here four y Judge Alexander has become an excellent one his tenure of office and residence in the Territory. His personal cheerful fellowship and his vital rest in community and Territorial wel- fare coupled with judicial reputation, established by Word d deed, for sincerity and fairness has marked the Ju as a man Alaskans are eager to their own in this Division have « urt affairs been in good hands for four years. They will eontinue to be with Judge Alexander on the bench SEATTLE'S NEW DEAL Seattle voters at the municipal election that ieity y y a slap to the antics of rin the Puget Sound metropc Lieut. Gov. Victor A “Meyers, labor's avowed candidate s able to muster sbut slightly over 48,000 votes while Councilman Arthur *Langlie polled nearly 79,000 to be elec Mayor of the city. It was the second defeat for labor in Se- {ary Mayor John F. Dore, reputedly backed by the Dave Beck labor faction, was eliminated from the eon- test when he finished a poor third to Meyers with Langlie even then the top choice is Langlie’s connection with organization, if any, with the Cincinnatus Club, a sort of “good government” .= group. He dgglared himself in the campaign as not T unfriendly to lahor, But he did’ state he thought ft = s up to labor to put its own house in order,"and :that Jobor would not be permitted to run rampant ver individual citizens and business. The voters of seali, X + a hot for strife for the last two years, apparently are in hearty accord with him. who on several occasions have attle, will watch We in the == been victimized by labor troubles i north Z= the new Seattle administration with a great deal of 5= interest, hopeful that steamship tieups will be passe == under Seattle’s hew deal. = The rank and file of labor, alter a seige of %= leadership by men whose interest in labor is probably = the result of personal ambition rather than a real concern for the laborer, should also profit from Seattle’s new deal. At least labor will have an op- portunity to follow Mr. Lan s advice and “put its own house in order. OPPORTUNITY TO BOLSTER TOUR B’ Kl'\(,h\; the ski expert who is Darroch Crooke: here giving “= instruction to ski enthusiasts, and incidentally su <5 veying the surrounding country for sites for more - claborate runs than are now available, brings a tip = to Alaskans that we can do well to heed % The expert, who has performed on the outstanding winter sports of the world, points out that “7 Juneau is located in the heart of an ideal ski and winter sports country fields not surpassed for accessibility anywhere in the world, not even in the famed Alps He sees here the possibility developing a winter und that will, compare with anything for It’s a straight tip that can pay real dividends in 4 trom Heze fs 8 view of the break in the levee where the raging waters of the White Riw poured through to inundate Lhousxnd- of acres of fertile farmland. More than 5,000 persons were driven ir bomu to hlhffi zmund in the, freezing vnnum;. travel réturn if we capitalize on it. There seems to be reason why these rugged, snow-clad sur- rounding ains should not be just as attractive to fan as the mountain country of any In all probability they can no sour mov nter spor e world attractive to visitors from the Outside jon of n more rotl mple fact that they are located in Alaska 1 traditiok s a lure for the traveler. efms to us that a winter sports program aimed visitors from the Outside as well as for the r ment of our own enthusiasts could very well ace in the ge tourist development pro- ram of the Territory. Why concentrate solely on a business confined to a few short months in the backed by sufficient enter- tractive proposition *in- the when it couid be made an equa vinter-months? In connegtion with the Alaska development pro- ram being undértaken by the Alaska Planning Coun- cil a study i8 to beygmade of the tourist industry and Winter appear to have ‘a definitef$place in that W GOOD MINING YEAR FORECAST ner recreation sports would ery study Like the birds, the mining men are heading north. Each boat brings more of them back from their visits Outside, and all of them, without excep- tion, have been combining business with pleasure, h the accent on the business, during their winter eeks or months in the south, In other words, they 1ave " been buying equipment—drag lines, dredges and what-not in preparation for a better season in 1938, Unless all signs fail, Alaska is going to have one of the best mining years in its history. Hardly a miner passing through here from and to the Interior and West rd but has given indication of expansion during the forthcoming season, or at least of carrying ofitable which already have been on unde! operations v for several sea These cheerful comments from the men whe seek the valuable metals do not mean that the Territory is necessarily in for a boom. Very likely there will be nothing of the kind. But it does indicate definitely that there will be vast mining operations from Norton Sound to Eagle and from the Kobuk country to the Southeast this coming summer, comparable if hot exceeding the operations of 1937, with the result that we in Alaska won't have much time to worry about the reported recession. | Paul McNutt, Governor General of the Philippines, is being mentioned as a presidential candidate pos bility for 1940. One bad feature about being con- idered too early is that the voters have time to find out teo much about you. The Federal Courts (New York Times) The Roosevelt Administration nas returned to the question of congestion in the Federal courts, and this time it has gone about the matter in precisely the right way. It will be remembered that just a year ago the President proposed not only to add six justices to the Supreme Court itself, but also to appoint addi- tional judges (up to ‘the number of forty-four) for those present judges of the lower Federal courts who chose to remain on ghe Rench after reaching the hge o701 The argument advanced in behalf of this proposal was that overcrowded dockets had slowed down the processes of justice. That this te of affairs did actually exist and that it still exists in various Circuit Courts and District Courts, there can be no doubt Unfortunately, howev the President’s plan was poorly devised to remedy the situation of which com- plaint was rightly made. For since the plan was based entirely upon the arbitrary factors of age, and the willingness or unwillingness of present judges to retire, there could be no assurance whatever that the additional judges would be appointed for those courts | in which congestion actually existed. As a matter of fact, the Senate Judiciary Committee made the dis- covery, upon examination of the plan, that most of the new mdgv\ would be appointed in circuits and districts where the work of the.courts was up to date and where additional judges, therefore, were not needed It was pointed out at the time (but ignored by the Administration) that the right way to atiack the problem of congestion was on the basis of need, not age—by the simple and direct method of increasing ‘the number of judges specifically in those courts., whose business is actually in arrears. This is the | method which is now being followed. Attorney Gen- eral Cummings has appeared befopg @ Senate Judici- subcommittee to recommend$ adoption of the ary Ashurst-Hatch bill,. which would &dd four Circuit Court judges and twenty-three lower tourt judges to the Federal bench—for specific courts in which the Department of Jjustice finds, after an examination of the dockets, that .\ddxtional yfldm ate actually re- quired The present bill ought to be L.x\rn prompt. mn- sideration. Had it been brought forward a year agn., and had the Administration then supported it, instead | “of confusing the issue by lumping an ineffective plan | for the lower Federal courts with the Supreme Court plan, we should be closer to a solution | of the problem of congestion than we are today. Where the Levee Broke in Arkansas near Newport, Ark., President’s | e ——— s HAPPY. BIRTHDAY | The Empire extends congratula-| tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the follow- ing: MARCH 9 Harold Zenger A. A. Bennett T. L. Mitchell Elizabeth Monson Thomas J. Ryan MODERN ? | | ETIQUETTE ‘ By Roberta Lee Q. 1s a stiff, formal bow suffici- ent when acknowledging M tmm» duétion? A. About the onlv time wo'm seem sufficient would .be When a stranger is presented to; séveral guests. % Q. Is it customary to ‘tip the stewardess of a plane, when she has been helpful to one on a trip? A. No: but one shoukj express sincere thanks for her Kindness Q. How long should guests re main after a luncheon? A. They may leave in twenty minutes unless they are inviteg for cards or some other entertaindent D L RN S DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. Gordon o+ .—— Words Often Misused: Ago preferred when referring to events | that are long time past. Since 1= preferred when referring “to recent events. “It happened years ago “How long since did she gome?” Often Mispronounced: Apricot the a as in ape is preferred. Often Misspelled: Tincture.s Ob- serve the ct. Tnaccurate, A neous, Wrong. Wm(l Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours. “Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word Tolerable; cdpable of being borne or endured. “Patience makes that more tolerable which it is impos- sible to prevent or remove."—Horace incorrect 4 " LOOK and LEARN 4 | By A. C. Gordon B3 1. How much water is required to manufacture one ton of paper? 2. How long does a camel travel on the desert without a drink? 3. WHo is spoken of in the Bible as “the beloved physician?” 4. What is hoarfrost? 5. Where is the Valley of Ten| Thousand Smokes? ANSWERS 1. 25,000 gallons. 2. Camels are expected to carry their loads about 25 miles a ~day for three days without drinking. 3. Luke. 4. Frozen dew. 5. In Alaska. - > - REGISTRATION OF VOTERS Citizens who are not registered | voters must register by April 2 to| qualify as electors at the Municipal | eleetion April 5th. Persons “who voted at the last municipal ‘élec- tion need not register again as their bames are on the permanent regis- tration list. If you are not regis- tered do not delay in so doing.- at once. Registered voters who have| changed their addresses since dast| municipal election must notl(y the! City Clerk promptly. H. 1. LUCAS;: adv. City Cletk . Hinduism has 230,000,007 ‘ad- heremfi : When in Need of DIESEL OIL—STOVE Ofk YOUR COAL CHOICE GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL US JUNEAU TRANSFER Phone 48—Night Phone 698 is | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPHR WEDNESDAY;, MARCH 9, 1938 ‘ ot LIS -.—.'- ———#—410 | | 20 Years Ago | | Horoscope ‘ From The Empire “The atars incline * . but do not compel” gy - MARCH 9, 1918 All coast steamship companies had granted demands of the em- ployees for an increase in wages. The Pacific Steamship Company said the increase would add $250.- 000 to its annual expenses. The sum - of $150,00 was estimated for the Alaska Steamship Company. The combined pack of ecanned salmon in the First Division for the past year amounted to 3.223,132 cases of fish according to figures compiled by Clerk of the Court J. W. Bell. Jack Cann, F. R. Hackney, E. D. Davis had arrived in Juneau on the Northwestern on the way to Lisianski Straits where they op- ened a cannery. Two hundred dollars had been given the Southeastern Alaska Fish g and Game Club from the Territor- ial Special Fund. The money was used in maintaining the fish hatch- ery conducted by A. J. Sprague in the former White Lunch build- ing on Front Street. Approximately 100,000 trout were hatched in the local hatchery. The maintenance of the hatchery had been possible previously by the donated services of Mr. Sprague and contributions from the funds of the club. The power schooner Bender Bros. Seattle was chartered for the Arctic voyage from the Kuskokwim Fishing and Transportation Com- pany of Seattle by the Hudson's Bay Company. She carried United States mails to Point Barrow but otherwise had cargo for the Hud- son's Bay Company. It was planned that the Bender Bros. would meet |of Stefansson, the explorer, bound out from the Arctic in the power |schooner Polar Bear. After an exhaustive struggle in the iey waters of the Gastineau Channel caused by the swamping jof his skiff, Cleil Hobson had recovered and was ready for work. After a frantic search that lasted for several hours, Lillian, the three- year-old daughter of H. Peterson, had been found on the beach under the Home Grocery in an uncon- scious: condition. The little girl had wandered away from home and had caused much anxiety. It had been seven years since |Lhe big fire in Douglas when three- fourths of the, business houses .on Front Street went up in smoke and |down in ashes. One hundred thous- and dollars worth of damage had been done. S. Grinstein and H. Green- stone arrived to start the work of salvaging the Al-Ki. | The United States Food Admin- |istration had asked that one day leach week (Tuesday) be observed ‘a.s a beefless and porkless day. This | was due to the fact that there was {a shortage in transportation arising | from weather conditions. Weather: Highest 34, lowest 16.| vClear iAo Holinshed'’s “Chronicles” were one of the sources used by Shake- | speare tor his plays. || GARBAGE HAULED | | y Reasonable Monthly Rates E. 0. DAVIS TELEPHONE 212 . J ! Phone 4753 i ' —5 E | | || It It’s Paint We Have It! |1 IDEAL PAINT SHOP { B FRED W. WENDT | L PHONE 549 | “The Store for Men” SABIN’S Front St.—Triangle Bldg. it ) Bank - Alaska Juneau, Resources Over Two and One—Hglf; Million Dollcms Behrends COMMERCIAL and SAVINGS- THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938 Although benefic aspects are strongly active today, according to| astrology, it is a time for cautious procedure in business and govern- ment affairs. The planetary government is en- couraging to constructive and deter- | following. quick de-, mined action cisions. All the signs appear u,; presage | PROFESSIONAL FRATERNAL SOCIETIES GASTINEAU CHANNEL B. P. 0. ELKS meet DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER every Wednesday at 8 feverish speeding up of building ep- erations. Air ships and naval ves-| sels will be rushed to completion. Saturn’s position presages labor difficulties. Arrogance and appar- ent antagonism to long established traditions will be manifest. Secret extension of subversive pro- paganda will be apparent in mid- summer events, it is forecast. Crime will flourish as spring ad- vances and robberies will multiply. Effective police work, however, as- s swift apprehension of crimin- Southern France, Germany and| many parts of the United Statzs may suffer from spring floods. Canada continues under a fortu- nate rule of the stars which appears to fore-shadow prosperity in the summer. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of perplexities. There may be losses of money. Loan: should be avoided. Children born on this day pro- bably. will be of serious nature and keen mind. These subjects of Pisces usually are industrious and suc- cessful through hard work. Rohert Hoe, manufacturer and bibliophile, was born on this day 1839. Others who have celebrated it as a birthday include Pere Hys- cinthe, French clergyman and au- thor, 1827; Dudley Buck, organist and composer, 1839. (Copyright, 1938) e ALASKA CLUB HOLDS PARTY Forty-five members of the Alaska Club at the University of Washing- ton, recently held a dinner dance at the Riverside Inn, on the out- skirts of Seattle. Walter Scott, of Juneau, new Al- aska Club president, took over the gavel at the party, from retiring President Earl Lagergren. — e The Jacobean style of decoration lasled from 1603 to 1688. 7 BODDING TRANSFER | MARINE PHONE BUILDING 707 Rock—Coal Hauling Stove—Fuel Oil Delivery | | | | FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES GAS — OILS JUNEAU MOTORS Foot of Main Street The Charles W. Carter Mortuary “ #Fourth and Franklin Sts. 44 1 PHONE 136 SATISFACTION IN FOOD QUALITY AT UNITED FOOD CO. | TELEPHONE—16 B e —11 B . GENERAL MOTORS DELCO and MAYTAG PRODUCTS W. P. JOHNSON “The Frigidaire Man” gt NERS TR VISIT THE Sand N ‘" 'FIVE AND TEN l : PERCY'S CAFE | | y COFFEE SHOP .4Pu'cy jley‘nold.s, Manager ! * HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of » " <oy Tee Cream, ,mcnflmc-nay‘, | “ DENTISTS o) ¥ om. Visiting brothers Il Blomgren ' Building | welcome. N. C. BAN- | PHONE 56 i FIELD, Exalted Ruler: [l Hours ? am. to 9 pm. | M. H. SIDES, Secre- .L % tary. ) B RS MOUNT YUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 | Second and fourth 1 Monday of each month | Dr. Charles P. Jenne G\ In Sesttish Rite Temple | ] DENTIST | X beginning at 7:30 p.m. | Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. DANIEL ROSS, Wor- TELEPHONE 176 shipful Master; JAMES W. LE™- 4 VERS, Secretary. g REBEKAHS | } Perseverance Lodge nNu. & A mects ‘s o 2 H1H every second and fourth Wednes- Dr. Richard Williams | day IOOF. Hul. BETTY Me- DENTIST | CORMICK, Noble Grand; RUTH OFFICE AND RESIDENCE | BLAKE, Secretary. GOLDSTEIN BUILDING R i M-m»m~,mm i i e ——{ Guy Snutll Dr. Judson Whittier gioees™ || DRUGS Drugless Physiclan I Office hours: 10-12. 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PUROLA REMEDIES ©HONE 667 ONE PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPOUNDED z Front Street Next ColiseLm Dr. A. W. Stewart PHONE 97—Free Delivery | DENTIST | Hours 9 am. to 6 pm e T T | SEWARD BUILDING 3 1 Office Phone 469 1] e "~ L | "The Rexall Store” ] 2 R your DR. H. VANCE e 2o pharmacists | OSTEOPATH Eaaiend ;Cvnsultauon and examination preserip- | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; | tions. 7 to 9:30 by appointment. | v | Gastineau Hotel Annex Bufler.Ma“ro Dl’ll' CQ. | South Franklin St. Plone l7'l£l§ —_— i "Tomorrow s Styles Today” } Robert Simpson, Opt.D. 1 Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology ! Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground " WHEN IN A HURRY CALL COLE FOR OIL | 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any —_— | amount . . . QUICK! | o t | COLE TRANSFER | {I‘"‘e"“ s Own Store | Phone 3441 or Night 554 | - - g H. 5. GRAVES Dr.Rae L. Carlson | " Clofhine Man® OPTOMETRIST | Have Your Eyes Examined by Home of Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothing Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry Phone Green 331 Shop Hollmann’s Pharmacy 201 Seward St. Phone 45 PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED FROM | FRESH DRUGRE | J. B. WARRAC Engineers—Contractors FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP & ERAY. 5 LYLAH ‘WILSON FA & ? Contoure Telephone | | “—— _ X-Er-Vac 538 N —- COME IN and SEE the NEW STROMBERG-CARLSON | RADIOS i | J. B. Burford & Ce. “Our door step is worn by Satisfied Customers” P i - { “NEW AND DIFFERENT FOOTWEAR” DEVLIN’S Paris Fashion Shoes —a | JUNE_AU SPECIALIZING MELODY HOUSE In French Music and Electric Appliances : (Next Gastineau Hotel) and ‘i Mrs. Pigg Phone 65 Italian _: z ‘Dinners [ g Alaska Music Supply ||| GASTINEAU CAFE Pianos—Mausical Instruments and Supplies S Phone 206 122 W. Second Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office. e — Empire classifieds pay. | Try the Empire classifieds for ; Tbe First National Bank JUNEAU e CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100.000 [ ] COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES 2% Paid on ** Accounts