The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1939, Page 8

IMPROVEMENT AT PIONEERS' HOME IS RECOMMENDED Superintendent and Doctor | Are Given Praise for | Excellent Work The committee of the Territorial House and Senate, visiting the Pio- neers’ Home at Sitka over last week- end, today submitted the following report, addressed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. | “We, your committee of the Sen- ate and House of Representatives designated to visit and inspect the Pioneers’ Home at Sitka, respecfully report as follows | “That on Sunday, the twenty-sec- ond day of January, we visited such home at Sitka and made as thor-! ough and careful examaination of the Home and the general condi-| tions existing there as the time at our disposal would permit. “There are at this time one hun- dred eighty-four Pioneers, residents at the Home, and there are some twenty-five or thirty who are wait- | ing to be admitted thereto. | “While at the Home, we visited each room therin and talked to practically all who are there, and outside of the general statement of an overcrowded condition, we heard nothing but expressions of satisfac- tion with the Home, its management, and the care given to the Pioneers therein, | “On the first floor of the Home, there are twenty-two rooms now oc- | cupled by fifty-one persons. On the ! second floor, there are twenty-six rooms occupied by sixty persons. On the upper floor or garret of the building, there are ten persons liv- ing largely in open spaces. On the basement floor, beds are crowded| into the available rooms for the ac- commodation of twenty additional persons, In the hospital wards, there are over forty persons under medi- cal treatment. “ A hospital which is well equipped | for the care of the sick is main- tained on the second floor of the Home, and is under the direct care of Dr. William C. Charteris, a very enjoys the entire confidence of the! Home. “Great satisfaction was expressed of the conduct and management of the Home by Eiler Hansen, its Sup- erintendent, and we commend both he and Dr. William C. Charteris for the efficient service rendered to this institution, and we further com- mend the efficient servcies rendered by the staff of such Home. “The over-crowded condition at the Home, we believe to be injurious to the health and well-bing of the Pioneers resident therein and great- ly adds to their discomfort, and we strongly urge that such condition be remedied as quickly as possible. To accomplish this, Mr. Hansen, the superintendent of the Home, has recommended that an additional two or three story unit be erected ad- jacent to the Home, between the garage and nurses’ quarters. The ap- proximate expense of the erecting and equipping for which unit would be about the sum of One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($125,000). “We strongly recommend that Legislation be enacted at this ses- A SIGHT FOR SIGHTSEERS, the nation’s capital is shown in above model to indicate how new Jefferson memorial will fit into development. Important spots are Lincoln memorial (1); Potomac river (2); tidal basin fringed with cherry trees (3); Jefferson jal (1); bureau of printing and engraving (5); printing annex (6); dept. of agriculture (7); national museum (8); Washington ~~wment (9): commerce department (10); labor department (11); treasury dept. (12); White House (13); state dept. building (14). lenibe memo SENATORS RAP ‘PROPAGANDA' FROM OFFICER Communication from Wel- fare Administrator Causes Flurry Senators fumed up in righteous wrath this afternoon as they con- demned an alleged attempt of a| Territorial official to refute re- marks one of the Senate members | by placing letters on the desks of the members. The communication in question was one from William B. Kirk, Di- rector of the Department of Pub- lic Welfare, comparing relief costs in the First and Fourth Divisions. The statement was in reference to |remarks of Senator Victor Rivers of the Fourth Division yesterday. Kirk’s communication, condemned by Senators as “propaganda mat- ter” and an “underhanded method of disrupting the word of one of the Senators” was as follows: “From the remarks that were made by the Senior Senator from the Fourth Division a few days ago, I fam under the impression that he |feels the people in the First Jud- iicial Division of the Territory of Alaska have received more than pended by my department -in th last biennjum. I have, therefore, figured the amount of money dis- tributed from the relief funds to their share of the relief funds ex- divided by 7,683, will give you the | per capita amount of $5.26. “I think this is a fair comparison, and the difference of 65 cents per capita could well be explained in the fact that there are numerous tran- (sient cases in the First Division that you will not find in the Fourth. In other words, those who have heard things are good in Alaska ! geenrally have enough money to get |as far as Ketchikan or Juneau and | then become a burden on the Terri- tory until they get enough money | to go back to the States or find work in Alaska. “In this question of relief it should not be overlooked that the Territory of Alaska spent in the neighborhood of $185,000 for wolf bounties in the past biennium. I think it is a fair of this money went to the Fourth Division and I also think it could well be considered that his was a form of work-relief for the resi- dents of the Fourth Division. Un- doubtedly a large number of the peo- ple who would have otherwise been destitute were kept off the relief rolls because of their being able to become self-employed by killing' | wolves. | “I, personally, feel that one should Inot judge whether or not the De- | partment of Public Welfare is being i properly administered by comparing {the amount of money one Division {gets over another. The test to my ! mind should be: Have all of the per- Isons who are destitute been cared Ifor? Have any of the Senators re- |tuents that they have applied for |relief and arbitrarily been denied? |Has the Department of Public Wej- are been granting money to per- sons not destitute, if so, was this fraudulently done? Are the num- ber of “chisler cases” sufficient to statement that at least 50 per cent ceived complaints from their consti- THE DAILY -ALASKA-EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1939. ~ AMENDMENT "VOTED INTO LIQUOR BILL ‘Would Allow Present Li- censees to Continue Until Expiration One amendment finaily wormed and twisted its difficult way intc Senator Norman R. Walker's much debated liquor bill late this after- noon before the Senate voted to | continue the bill in second reading, |50 they could get ahead with work on the calendar. The amendment by Senator Walk- er himself, will allow the Territori Treasurer, with respect to existing beer and wine licenses, to let the un- expired portion of such licenses ap- ply as a credit toward the new $1500 license required under the new bil or to make a refund of the unused portion if the dispenser does no. desire to continue in business under the new plan, | Present Licenses Upheld It is further allowed, in an amend- | ment to the amendment, that dis- pensers may, if they choose, continue to sell beer and wine until their pre- sent licenses expire. This provision | was made at the insistance of Sen- ator C. H. LaBoyeaux who said the| Territory in granting existing lic-| enses had entered into a contract| destitute persons in Alaska on a|justify the cost of personal inves-|with the dispensers and that it per capital basis. | “I have tried to arrive at a fair figure. From the 1830 census I lief?” sion, authorizing the building and |learned that the white population equpping of this additional unit to]for the First Division was 12877 the Pioneers’ Home as recommended |1t is estimated by informed persons dy its Superintendent. that there has been an increase of “Respectfully submitted this 28|40 per cent in white population in Day of January, 1939: i the past 10 years. If this is correct “Senate Committe on Education, |then there are now residing 18027 Health, Morals, and Territorial In-|White people in the First Division. stitutions include O D. Cochran,|In 1930 there were 5488 white people Norman R. Walker and C. H. La-|in the Fourth Division. Assuming Boyteaux. that the population in the Fourth “House Committee on Territorial | Plvision has increased 40 per cent,| Institutions include: A. A. McCut-!7.683 White persons now reside in| cheon, A. P. Walker, Wallace Porter | that division. and Chester T. Spencer.” “The figures which I have prev- — e —— jously submitted to you indicate that there were expended in the First MATE ASKS TAXI FARE; WIFE SUES PORTLAND, WNie, Jan. 28.—Mrs. | Myrtle M. Dionne, seeking a di vorce from her husband, William, told Superior Judge William H. Fish- | jer that he operated on a “pay-if- ( you-want-to-go” basis. She said he consented to drive her to work pro- vided she pay him 10 cents a ride, | . | the equivalent of carfare . | -~ | | If your carpet sweeper squeaks, | tigation of all applicants for re-|would not be fair to- drive them | {out of business now. | senator Walker, who had opposed such a provision steadfastly, fin- ally gave in when it became clear his amendment would not pass without it. The amendment to the amend- {ment, and then the amendment it- | Juneau Gold Mining Company in {elf, were adopted without rccomllhis city. vote. Up Again Monday The Senate had wrestled with the liquor bill for approximately 45 min- utes when the motion to continue | was passed, as it had been yesterday | The bill will come up again when the Senate meets Monday. | Declaring the bill “absolutely un- workable in its present form,” Sen- ator Victor C. Rivers, its most-vocal Here is a recipe for a popular!Division by my department for the'apply oil on a feather or from a |opponent, said he was going to be- peppermint ice cream. Soak for half{past biennium (this figure does not|small oil can. Use the oil on the | gin to vote for some of the proposed nn hour, one-third of a pound of peppermint stick candy and one cuj of cream. Fold in one cup of whip cream and freeze four hours in the mechanical refrigerator. Or cover securely in mold and bury four hours in five pints of chopped ice and one part coarse salt. LEADERS OF TOMORROW in the First Division $106654.45 which figure divided by 18,027 re- sults in the per capita cost of $5.91 for that division. The same mathe- matical calculation applied to the 1Fouth Division namely — $40,475.82 are the piano students of to- ORI TR to nan& out from tl’xe ctowd | and do tlu'nss + s s . start your clxi]tltcn now Culver Military Academy has just baught nine Baldwia-built :pisnce Baldwin || Alaska Music Supply STORES at JUNEAU and SITKA ito catch any surplus oil so it won’t |drip on your rugs. I yYOU'LL NEVER KNOW! what a really good time you can have till yow’ve been down to — The NORTHERN —where all you have to do is ask for your FAVORITE DANCE TUNE and MARIAN BORDERS Alaska’s premier entertainer will play and sing it for you in her “own” unequalled manner. TONITE TILL 2:30 and EVERY NITE? BESSIE REEDER . . . Hostess ' include amount expended for obliga- | bearings and around the wheels.|amendments “on the chance that, tions incurred in previous biennium) | Then run the sweeper over a paper | one of them may be some good.” The lineup on the bill again was five-to-three on most record votes, DIVISIONS IN BATTLE ~ OVER WOLF ' Revised Bill Would Pay $30 for Lobo, $20 for Smaller Brethren (Continued 1rom Page One) sired to see the amended measure | dispensed with, and moved for third reading and final judgment, a move that brought cries of “rail- | roading” and ‘“steamrolling” from |both the First Division and the Fourth Division. “Railroading” | Drager denied “railroading” i | tentions, but expressed “weariness” |with the measure and drew fire {from Fourth Division Representa- tive Spencer who shouted his indig- nation while waving a photograph lof a wolf atrocity. | As a result, roll call vote found ‘(he Third deserting Drager, “tem- |porary floor leader of the Third,” and the bill was’ placed on the cal- for final debate Monday, Drager graciously accepting in lev- | with Senators O. D. Cochran and|jty his “discharge” from his “po- | LeRoy Sullivan joining Rivers in!sition” at the head of the Third. | opposition. As the storm clouds subsided | ther Business | temporarily over wolves and coy- After suffling the bill ahead t0|gtes, another bounty measure roiled | their next meeting, Senators plac-|the waters again when House Bill ed Senate bill No. 21, to establish!No 2 by Representative Anderson, date of birth by filing of petition,|gsking for removal of eagle bounty “"Se‘ nd reading was opened for hearing. me measure received “do pass” 3 tuscmmendation from the Pinance|, TTBAK Dufresne, Exacutive Of- ficer of the Alaska Game Com- mission, took the stand again for the second time in two days, an- swering questions from the floor. Also taking the stand was Re- gional Forester B. F. Heintzleman, answering questions from | “ommittee today. It was House joint esolution No. 1, allowing the Gov- srénor to hire a janitor and char- woman to keep the Legislative *hambers clean. Two measures returned by the Finance Committee without recom- mendation were Senate bill No. 18, appropriating $25,000 for a tax boat for use in Bristol Bay, and House 7ill No. 11, appropriating $1450 for he office of the Commissioner of Labor. he too, the floor. Eagle Issue A summation of information re- vealed in the questioning shows: number of eagles has declined greatly in years since 1917 when Received from the Governor was|law passed; great horned owl and 1 mesage suggesting enactment of alhawks are as vicious birds of prey | raffic code for the Territory. jas eagle, perhaps more; total eagles Yesterday Afternoon {killed since 1917 reaches 110,000, Following yesterday’s disagree-|at cost of $102,000. ment on the liquor bill and on the, Dufresne said he believed it pos- department of criminal investiga-!sible, however, that with no boun- icn measure, the Senate took up ty, eagles are likely to double in | Senate bill No. 20, dealing With|number within a year. | harge for assays and amended the| Heintzleman said he “believes the bill to provide the charge for mflk—‘uumber of eagles has been reduced ing an assay will be 25 cents mstvoad;w a point where the danger from of 50 cents as called for in the bill.|them is not so great and that 1t n its amended form the bill passed fmlght be better to add the eagle| second reading. | bounty monies to the wolf bounty | House bm}s»Nos. 11 and 14, pro- | gunq abolishing the eagle fund.” viding deficiency appropriations.| with House Bill No. 2 at that| were _l'c-rorerrod to the Committee gaga of discussion, the House re-| . Saace cessed until 2 o'clock this after-| EOANE i SRS |noon, when House Bill No. 7, on COUPLE MARRIED iy vt ‘oscome . sauor LAST EVENING | | three bills | |torium as an addition to the (Douglas School Building. | House Bill, No. 34, by Walker, |would be an act providing for dis- | semination of news, executive pro- clamation and inquiries, tion concerning the Territory and | other general information by radio broadcasting.” The bill names “some radio sta- |tion in Ketchikan,” with requisite |size declared, and the Territory |to use thirty minutes of radio time daily at a monthly rate of $405 for two years. Other radio stations will be brought under the bill, it is said. | The sum of $10,000 or so much | thereof as is needed, is asked in appropriation to carry out this | measure. | Four bills were introduced this {morning in the House by Ropre- sentative Gordon, dealing with le- gal changes in the Compiled Laws of Alaska. ->>o——— CHEATER OF 500 CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—For cheating 500 persons, including many Cath- olic priests and nuns, out of $30,000, Hugo Otto Waldinger, forty-seven, was sentenced to eighteen months in Leavenworth prison by Federal Judge Wilkerson. He was charged with fraudulent use of the mails to obtain money by promising to send German marks to Europe for ex- | change. MOTHER-IN-LAW - MOST RESPECTED CHICAGO, Jan. —A man may talk to his mother-in-law only through the walls of her hut in Portuguess West Africa. This is one of the facts gathered by an expedition of the Field Mu- seum, Chicago, which was study- ing Ovimbundu tribal customs. The mother-in-law is very im- portant to the Ovimbundu husband. Preliminary to proposing marriage to her daughter he has to give the | prospective mother-in-law some to- | bacco and a pig, blanket or bottle | of wine. | After marriage he must never (enter her hut. If the two meet in the open they must turn thei heads in opposite directions and pass without speaking. This signi- | fies profound respect for the moth- er-in-law. informa- | . GETS 18 MONTHS HAIDA SCHOLARS |70 TAKE SHORT STUDY JOURNEY Educational Trip for Those Who Complete Navi- gation Course Students who complete the navi- gation course conducted by officers of the U.S.C.G. Haida will be given an opportunity to top off their class | room information with a short in- | structional cruise aboard the cutter | Haida according to announcement | by Lieut. N. G. Fulford in charge of | the scholastic program. | The purpose of the trip will be | te give those who have shown a real | ‘nterest in the work a direct con- | tact with the practical operation of theories taught in the classes. Additional benefit for those com- | pleting the course will be the pres- ‘entation of a certificate showing (to all and sundry that the owner has participated and finished the instructional program as offered by the Coast Guard officers in Juneai. Althought this certificate will not portray any actual connection with Government boat licensing policy it will convey a definite indication that the holder possesses certain qualifi- | cations for ship operation. Class last night had the usual successful turnout and was divided into four sections. The course which is being conducted at the High School covered chart work and pro- gressed into discussions on “bear- ings and soundings.” The group will meet again next Friday night. In addition to Lieut. Fulford, the teaching staff consists of Lieut. Foutter, Ensign A. F. Wayne, and “Ensign Glenn Porter. — - BARTENDER BITTEN | BY DRINK MOOCHER SAN JOSE, Jan. 28.—When Bar- | tender Bill Martinella shook his in- | dex finger over the bar at a man de- ! manding a free drink, the man took |a bite of Martinella’s finger—then fled. ‘With the tip virtually severed, Martinella went to San Jose Hos- | pital, where doctors in a delicate \operation sewed the tip in place. ———.————— | Today’s News Tua: Emplre. SMASHING VALUES SpecialPurchase SALE wholesaler, will also be considered Last evening at the Douglas home in hearing. Yesterday afternoon, |of U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray, Miss Eva Pauline Lehman, became the bride of Denver Halvorsen. Miss | ’were introduced in reverting to in-| | troduction of bills. | New Bills | House Bill 32, by Drager, is with | reference to who shall or who may | JAYSON SHIRTS not act as executor or administra- tor of estates in Alaska. | House Bill, 33, by McCormick, | would appropriate $25,000 for the construction of a gymnasium-audi- Lehman arrived in Juneau yesterday |on the Princess Norah and Mr. Hal- {vorsen is an employee of the Alaska ! | Constantly Comfortable THAT'S THE MODERN HOME . . . .. THE HOME THAT'S EQUIPPED WITH THE FULLY - AUTO- MATIC RAY OIL BURNER . .. prc.us srom RICE 8 AHLERS CO. PHONE 34 ‘i Third and Franklin Streets. With regular soft collars or the " Jayson- ized no-starch, no-wilt collar model HERE'S A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO RE- PLENISH YOUR SHIRT WARDROBE AND SAVE MONEY . . . FRESH STOCKS. just re- ceived, of NATIONALLY ADVERTISED, FINE QUALITY JAYSON SHIRTS AT SUBSTAN- TIAL SAVINGS. 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