The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1938, Page 8

so ee e “Bock-Up” Now! HORLUCK’S BOCK BEER in squatty bottles 7 bottles for '$ l 00 ICE COLD BEER Argonaut Apex—Regal Amber—Silver Springs Brands Bottles 8 S 1.00 Case $2.75 Also—Same Price BLUE BOAR ALE 3-Year-Old WINES IN BULK Gallon sl.so Port—Claret Sauterne Muscatel Sherry and Others HOP GOLD BEER Case $3.25 FLEISCHMANN'S DRY & SLOE GIN Pints §7 .00 Elks to Conduct Judson Funeral, 2 P.M. Tomorrow Active, Iior;;;'y Pallbear- ers Are Named for | Ceremony Final rites for the late Mayor Thomas B. Judson are to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Elks' Hall where the funeral will be conducted under auspices of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Following the service, interment will be held in the Elks' plot of Evergreen Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be V. W. Mulvihill, Roy Noland, Roy Hoff- man, E. E. Ninnis, J. C. Johnston, James Orme, and Roy Carrigan. Honorary pallbearers will be City Councilmen Henry Messerschmidt, Lockie MacKinnon, Ralph Beistline, Sam Feldon, Oscar Harri; Acting Mayor G. E. Krause; City Clerk H. I. Lucas, and Chief of Police Dan Ralston. Announcement was made today by the Charles W. Carter Mortuary that the casket will not be opened at the Elks' Hall. Friends wishing to call may do so at the mortuary tonight after 7:30 o'clock or before the funeral tomorrow JUNEAU RIFLE CLUB PROTESTS . - FIREARMS BILL | | Local Sportsmen Send Wires to Dimond, Bone Urging War on Measure The Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club last night dispatched radiograms to Delegate Anthony J. Dimond and U. S. Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington State urging them to fight passage of the Cummings’ firearms bill. They declared the | measure would work a hardship on‘ sportsmen in Alaska. The firearms bill now before Con- gress is sponsored by Attorney Gen- eral Homer T. Cummings and the Department of Justice as a weapon against criminals. It proposes the registration of every firearm in the | NEW commander of Manila, Subic bay harbor defenses, is Brig. Gen. Walter K, Wilson. REGISTRATION BOOKS SWELL IN FAIRBANKS Municipal Ownership Main Issue of Interior Town's Vote FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 2. Breaking all records since the gold rush days, 26 voters have regis- tered for the municipal election on April 5. In 1934, 604 voters registered. In 1936, 804 registered. With the in- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1938. CITY COUNCIL POWER PLANTS PAYSTRIBUTE, ARE SEIZED BY LATE MAYOR ALL EMPLOYEES Authorizes Pub lication of Populated Valley of Half a i Light Company’s Report | at Request of Gross Paying tribute to the memory of Million Citizens Being Served, However DETROIT, Mich, April 22.—The Mayor Thomas B. Judson, the City Consumers Power Company employ- | council at its meeting last night, ®es throught the Saginaw Valley | with Acting Mayor G. E. Krause seized control last night of substa- | presiding, wound up the business tions and plants, but continued to of the retiring Council in a short supply power to an area populated It opened its session with by a half million citizens. | time. { standing eulogy to the city's Chief Substations were taken over at Executive and later passed a reso- Flint, Saginaw and Bay City be- lution of condolence to the family fore employees meetings went into of the dead official. Members of session to discuss demands of the the Council will serve as honorary workers. pallbearers at the funeral Sunday and all business activity in the city Saginaw At Milwaukee, key point of the Valley, union members is asked by the Couneil to remain continued in control of the steam closed between the hours of 1:30 plant where all Saginaw Valley and 3:30 Sunday, during the time electricity is generated. of the funeral At Jackson headquarters, com- W. D. Gross appeared before tlie pany officials pointed out that un- Council ag of the 1 the Alasl Company and also requested that n and asked for a copy der a court injunction they can not ort filed with the city by give in to the demands made by the Electric Light and Power CIO Union. A rival union obtained an injunc- the full report, some of the figures tion a few days ago forbidding the of which he challenged, be published | Company to negotiate until a Na- in the newspapers. The authorized publication of the re- port and agreed to supply Mr. Gross with a copy of it. sworn in. GOVERNOR PAYS | TRIBUTE TO JUDSON | “Juneau has lost more than a | good mayor and capable official in |the death of Tom Judson,” said |Gov. John W .Troy today. “The people of Juneau have lost a real friend. Tom Judson was a fine citizen and an efficient public ser- vant—a real public servant in all e term implies.” CARD PARTY IS TO BE GIVEN BY TRINITY GUILD Another of the Trinity Guild card parties which have been so enthusi- | astically attended this year will be held on April 20 when members of the Guild will entertain at the Holy Trinity Parish Hall, beginning at 8 o'clock Plans for the party were made yesterday afternoon at the meeting of the Guild where Mrs. William | crease of over 300 in registrations| jayman president, presided. Mrs. country by the owner and prohobits | g year, an evident increase in pop- Jarman will be in charge of the the transfer of a weapon from one person to another without officlal notice and payment of a fee Sportsmen declare the proposed | legislation will work a hardship on all law abiding persons who enjoy the uge of firea - Try the Empire classifieds for | results. | | g OSICRUCIAN Secret Teachings are offered to those who seck to use them solely for the perfection of their inner faculties, and in the mastering of the daily obstacles of life; the International Organization of Rosicrucians will be happy to re- ceive the reauests of those who be- lieve that worthiness and sincerity | determine the right for one to have | such wisdom; to them, @& copy of | “The Secret Heritage.” a fascinat- ing book, | price; let this book guide you to the conservative plan whereby you may | | widen your scope of Personal Power. | Simply adrese. your Ietier o Beribe | S. E. C., AMORC Temple, Rosicru- clan Park, San Jose. Califorinia. ulation is noted, which, added to the issue of municipa) ownership of pub- lic utilities, has given registsation unusual stimulus. Frank A. Gordon heads the Muni- cipal Ownership Ticket for mayor. N. W. Jacob and Jesse Lander, are council candidates on the same ticket. Hjalmar Nordale, William N Growden and Leslie Nerland, are council and mayor candidates res- pectively, while the only indepen- dent council candidate is Mike ‘Thompson. E D STREET WASHING NOTICE No parking of automobiles that erations will be allowed on paved streets after 2 am. Sunday. DAN RALSTON, adv., Chief cof Police card committee, assisted by Mrs. Karl Hahn. The kitchen committee is composed of Mrs. Frank Boyle, chairman; Mrs. John Jones, Mrs Sam Feldon, and Mrs. C. E. Rice. Easter flowers will form a setting for the affair. Mrs. T. M. Reed was hostess at the meeting yesterday. oL S 5 VY RESURRECTION Edward Johnhon, 71, well-known pioneer of Alaska died last Satur- day at the Pioners’ Home in Sitka, but, according to information from | Superintendent Eiler Hansen to the | Governor's office it wasn't the son. “Frozen Foot,” who went to |the home from Juneau last Jan- ‘ulry. is very much alive, Hansen lreported. EFFICIENCY TICKET Combining the office of Mayor and City Clerk is not practical, as the heavy expenditures are upon streets, sewers, sidewalks, etc., where it | takes experience to purchase the proper materials and handle labor to | & the best advantage. On these two items, money is either saved or squan- dered and is where the Mayor, as Street Commissioner, serves to the best advantage. He is the guiding hand and must be persomally in charge of operations to obtain the best results; to be able to intelligently recom- mend the various projects; to give an estimate of the costs thereon and | at the same time to have an intimate knowledge of the City’s revenues | and cash available; to O. K. all bills, since he was the one who made the | purchase. | The City Clerk’s duties are as an accountant, keeping the records, These offices are so far apart that they cannot be combined, hence the old established idea of the Clerk drawing the war- rant and the Mayor countersigning the same, as a double protection to issuing licenses, etc. the City’s finances. Any person elected Mayor or appointed Street Commissioner, who is a member of a firm frem which materials are purch , by him, for { City use, or doing municipal contracting that would give him an unfair | advantage over his competitors, if not unlawful, is unfair and defeats | the purpose of receiving bids, as the work of a competitor, even though ! better than his, might not pass inspection without causing trouble and | his own work, perhaps not up to standard, might pass without question. If elected as Mayor and appointed to the position of Street Commis- sioner and Building Inspector I promise to devote all my time to the man- | agement of the City and with my Councilmen agree to enforce its ordi- | nances and manage its affairs to the best of our abilities. The dream of every public spirited citizen is the ownership of Public Utilities, from which there comes a steady revenue. the, referendum, the people of Juneau show their desire for ownership we will give it our immediate attention and work ceaselessly to carry out their wishes. MAYOR If, by their vote, on FRANK L. GARNICK CbUNClLMAN—GEORGE JORGENSON COUNCILMAN——HENRY MEIER Paid Advertisement. will be given without | will interfer with street cleaning up-‘IOC!“Y famed “Frozen Foot” John- | Council tional Labor Board election is held. REER SR i OUT TO BANKS The Explorer and the 31A27, Mag- full loads of bait and ice. BARBARA PETERSON BIRTHDAY PART Celebrating her eighth birthday, "The French Poilu Gets Ready for Troubie When this picture was made recently in Paris, the' French high command was .m-ldng a test to determine just how long it would take to man the borders in the event of trouble. Reports that Hitler had sent 30,000 storm troopers to Spain to aid Franco caused great anxiety in French circles. | more, Jack Sorri, Keith Wise, .Floyd Osborne, The guests were entertained both To the Voters of Juneau We have received so many inquiries during the past few days from our customers about the purpose of the vote to be tak- en next Tuesday on the matter of public ownership of utilities and of the results which may be obtained from the vote, that we deem it appropriate to make a statement on the subject. First we may say that we are not seeking to influence the vote in any manner, and it is immaterial to the undersigned whether the majority of voters are in favor of public ownership or not. However, there appears to be considerable confusion in the minds of many voters as to the meaning of the ballot on the question of public ownership, and some explanation may be de- sirable. The vote to be taken next Tuesday is what is known as a straw vote, and means nothing. If the people of Juneau desire to install publicly owned utilities, they cannot, of course, do so by merely taking a straw vote on the subject. It is much like voting on the question of whether one believes in the more abundant life. We cannot get something for nothing, and two and two still. make four. Regardless of the outcome of the City Election, it would be necessary for the City Council, if they de- sired to do so, to first get an accurate estimate of the cost of the installation of a plant and distribution system, buildings and of- fices, and the cost of producing electric current and power and distributing it. Then, after obtaining all that, it would be neces- sary for the Council to obtain a special act of Congress authoriz- ing the city to incur the indebtedness which would be involved; for without a special act of Congress, the city could not incur any debt in excess of 10% of the assessed value of all property. The city’s debt is now approximately $200,000.00. Adding the cost of a municipal light plant would increase that indebtedness so that it would be, at the very least calculation, 25% of the as- sessed valuation of all property. If a special act of Congress could be obtained authorizing the city to incur such indebtedness beyond the 10% limit now allowed by law, then the Council would need to pass an ordi- nance providing for the necessary bond issue. This ordinance would have to be approved by 65% names appear upon the assessment rolls. of the taxpayers whose Then it would be necessary to,provide for the sale of the bonds. If sufficient money could be obtained, then the city might be ready to embark in . the electric light business in competition with the undersigned, ’ if it could legally enter into competition with the company al- ready in the field with a franchise from the city. We are making this explanation simply for the purpose of answering the many questions which we have been asked by our customers, and we refer them to any competent lawyer in this city, or elsewhere, for verification of the statements ‘herein- above made, Paid Advertisement. L] ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, By W. S. Pullen, Manager. Sk e |assembling & number of young| NURSES TO MEET | friends at the Peterson residence. HONORED TODAY AT | Al white aecorations providnd‘ Members of the Gastineau Chan- the attractive setting, and present nel Nurses' Association will meet | were Darlene Kelly, Eulalie Brock- |Monday evening at the home of Mary Eveone, Mrs. E. H. Kaser, assembling at 8 and |o'clock. Following the meeting, the The next meeting of the Council| nys Hanson and John Pademeister, which was an event of yesterday, | the honoree's sister, Kathleen Pet- evening will be spent in sewing. will be following Tuesday’s election respectively, sailed from port this Barbara Peterson, was honored at |€rson. it when the newly elected officials are| morning for the halibut banks with a party given this afternoon by | her mother, Mrs R. A. Peterson,|at the party and at th& matinee. | results. Try the Emplre classifieds for +