The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1939, Page 2

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Jackie and Freddi rescued from oblivion’s dragon by Consciousness, aided indirect land. With those two girls, # did the trick. With Coeper " it was the spotlight focu played in “Boy of the € ! last year he earned probab . features for the coming Bartholomew's ea . steady contract M forrrrrrrrrr s ds thought m but vie the sereen exander, disap- and other all of others, were George of So by and Jud ful appeal that holomew, to ahigh spot in yourduy ... PERCY’S. Tt Y PERCY’S « juvenile stuff—such a “youth * Culvet 2 of problems” a another saga two, the & the Cooper Y hasn’t been victim » which may be ended happily * Court decision In the same character wood bad ~ §160,000 do you actor, bu There i Once Kay billboards on somethin, never Francis w From the King } of she “was in it Once Dick Foran there. For a streel posters in the lobby Foran’s name and itute a fictitiou In their “Heart of the North”-—bi lobby—they gave billing ne was their big wester The se For paint out cene in oaring Rod he of the 1 th but they ubst al theatre ast mem- H and loc other SETS MINIMUM WOMEN'S WAGE! $18 Per Week Required by Roden Measure-Bill Hits Nepotism measures of far-reaching jence, one setting minimum and working conditions for 'n employees in Alaska and the other prohibiting Territorial officers from giving employment to relatives, were among half a dozen bills tossed into the legislative hop- per in the Senate today. Senate Bill No. 52, by Senator Hendy Roden, is entitled “an act protect the lives, health and morals of women workers in the Ferritory of Alaska” and sets a inimum wage of $18 per six-day g-hour week for women. It pro- s also that no woman under 16 years old may be employed and t the rate of pay for part time work must be at least 45 cents an hour. Domestic and household em- ployees would be allowed to work not more than 60 hours per week. iforcement of the act is charged the Attorney General. Nepotism Hit Senate bill No. 50, also by Sen- | ator Roden, prohibits officers of the Territory, under a penalty of from 50, Lo $1000 to appoint or secure nw employment by the Territory of persons related to them. Teachers jare exempted from the provisions of the law. Any officer who pays out public {funds or authorizes drawing of a warrant for payment of such per- sons, knowing them to be relatives of officers, is guilty of a misdeam- eanor under terms of the bill. Four other bills introduced to- day are as follows: Senate bill No. 48, by Senator Roden, to reimburse Dr. W. W. Council, Territorial Health Commissioner, for $500 spent on a frip to Washington, D. C., on public | business; Senate bill No. 49, by Ro- den, to change the date of the gen- election, starting in 1940, from the second Tuesday in September to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in October; Senate bill No. 51. by Roden, providing that each | juror sworn to try a cause and each person called for jury duty and at- ‘. tending court shall be paid $1, to be | furnished by the party demanding the jury trial; Senate bill No. 53, by Senator Victor C. Rivers, repeal- |ing a section of the law relating to sarnishment. Four memorials were passed to- They ask an investigation of freight rates in Alaska, ask addition be built to the Building here, ask that Coast Guard station at Nome | be rebuilt, and ask that a section 1' the International Highway be \ T'w Two ater hat an Federal | th | “l. | | built. s Ramfall Comes ‘(Iose fo 'Seffing Record | | Rainfall in the 24 hours ending at ‘ll o'clock this forengon was second ‘ heaviest in history for a day in Feb- ‘1 uary, according to the U. S. Wea- | ther Bureau here. | The precipitation figure was 3.46 inches. One February day in 1912 rainfall was 3.80 inches. | FOR KEENEST | DRINKING ENJOYMENT ‘ BUY . GARRETT'S FINEST AMERICAN WINES r for Garrett's American Sauternes and Haut Sayternes. . . * Virginia Dare Wine (White or Red)...Old North State brand Blackberry Wine ... Garrett's American Port (alcohol 19-21% by vol.). Gorrett's Concord Wine. Garrett & Company, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y. Established in 1835 W. J. LAKE & CO. Inc. tributors | the MARDI-GRAS DA'NCE Monday Night February 20 Parish Hall Given by KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Wesley Barrelt's Orchesira Admission $1.00 INET TAX ON GOLD GIVEN BOOST HERE Much Information on Min-| ing Industry Gleaned at Open Hearing (Continuec. from'Page One) has not been absorbed by the stock- holders of the mining property.” “Profits on mining operations in Alaska are figured in pennies.” “They don't pay any more for Alaska gold than they do for Calif- ornia gold, despite the much higher costs of operation here.” “The bonanza days are over.” “Taking It Out” “We are not taking an asset ouj of the country when we take gold out of the ground. Wealth that min- ing creates, or distributes, while the operations are under way is the real asset.” “It is not altogether a matter of taxing the mines already here; they'll stagger along. But there is not enough capital in the Territory to develop mining here, and outside capital must not be discouraged.” Speaker Howard Lyng, in opening the meeting, stated that the hear- ing’s purpose was not to discuss any | tax bill in particular but to get from Alaskans an expression of views on the problem. Metzgar Heard L. H. Metzgar, General Superin- tendent of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, outlined briefly | the history of gold mining in the Juneau district, saying for 33 years dividends from mines on Douglas Island were poured into the Alaska Juneau before one dollar of the in- | vestment was returned. Of the slightly over $60,000,000 worth of gold produced to date by the Alaska Juneau, more than $25,- 000,000 has been paid in wages, $16.- 300,000 for supplies, $2,200,000 just since 1931 in taxes, and only $11.- 500,000 in its whole history in divi- dends, accbrding to Mr. Metzgar. This represents a return of less than 4 percent on the investment. The Superintendent criticized the attitude expressed when it is said so much is “taken out” of certain mines Net Advocated The only equitable tax, Pilerim op- ined when questioned by one of the | Representatives, is one based on net | profit. il Howard Lyng of Nome, speaking not as a Representative but as a Second Division mining man, de-| clared development of Seward Pen- insula, the largest continuous min- eralized area in the world, depended | |upon freedom from expensive res. trictions upon the mining industry If the present tax were increased. {1 predicted, the majority of the | tions, as they are working in low | grade sand. Many valuable pieces of ‘equn)mcm would be stranded in the | district if the mining is made les | profitable, he said. | Jack Dunn of Fairbanks, Represen- | tative Wallace Porter of Haycock Mrs. J. P. Dawes of Jun u: ('u Ashenbrenner of Berner’ several others who did not give H.ll names. | H. L. Faulkner, in summing 'evening's testimony, said in general are opposed to the pre sent three percent n would like to see it xmuun mu that he had advised all mining compan- ies to pay the tax - - 'RECONNAISSANCE " FRUITLESS FOR " ONE MORE DAY up the operator Al PIénes,HBd_als, Skiiers, Land Parties Report Noth- ing Seen, No?hmg Heard Shell Simmons returning from his last flight of the day report- ed nothing new on the plane wreck. An early rumor of wreck- age was discounted. There are no boats proceeding to the area to pick up a dismantled wing as earlier reported. United States Coast cutter Haida wh in Juneau harbor at 10 ¢'clock this morning was seen by Simmons steaming alone between Grand Island and Doty's Cove. No Navy planes were able to assist in ihe hunt, being held at Sitka by zero-zero weather, Guard nchored Sullen se and silent forests still or certain districts. This gross pro- duction referred to is not something | taken away and gone forever wun-} out benefit to the district from| which it came, he said. Impnrlanl considerations, he declared, are how | much was spent for equipment and how much returned to the district in | payment of wages and services ren- | dered. Effect Of Price Advance The effect of the advance in price of fine gold from $20.67 to $34.91 an | ounce was in the case of the Alaska Juneau, Mr. Metzgar said, to in- crease the amount of ore which | could be mined at a profit. The life of the mine has thus been prolong- ed, since the procedure is to extract the last ton of ore of a grade which will show a. profit. Mr. Metzgar said taxes on the| mine for 1938 amounted to $464.885. representing 9 percent of the gross production -and 23 percent of the operating profit. Since 1931. he said, taxes on the operation have increas- | ed 216 percent. “In order to maintain a mining industry,” Mr. Metzgar concluded, “it will he necessary for the Ter- ritory to encourage investment in mining by making and keeping con- ditions such that will allow of a re- turn of capital invested. Any in- crease of taxes on mining will tend 'to dry up capital at its source, dis- courage prospecting and the de- velopment of prospects, with the consequent loss of industry and em- ployment to the Territory.” 991 Employed At A-J In answer to questions, Mr. Metz- gar said the Alaska Juneau last month had 991 men employed, 849 of these being citizens and 63 others having applied for citizenship pap- ers. There are some 8,000 stockhold- ers in the company, he added. Jack Littlepage, describing opera- tions of the Chichagof Mining Com- pany, said that 55 men are given employment there getting out con- centrates which cost $6.50 per ton to ship to the smelter and another $650 per ton to smelt. Last year's operations at the mine, it was brought out, produced $165,000 worth of gold at a cost of $181,000. The gross gold tax, however, is. assessed against the $165,000. “I don’t mind paying a tax on my profits,” Littlepage declared, “but it burns me up to have to pay a tax on| .. my losses.” Less Than 4 Percent Paul Sorensen, Superintendent of the Hirst-Chichagof Mine, said that if the $1,000,000 in capital originally invested in that venture had been invested at 4 percent securities it would have returned $600,000 by the present time, whereas the actual re- turn in dividends has been only | $570,000. Earl Pilgrim, antimony miner from the Interior, who was connected with placer and other gold mining operations for many years, said that if the price of gold were to return to the old level a large number of | properties in the Second and Fourth Divisions would have to be elosed immediately. A “very slight increase” in the gross gold tax would ruin many op- erators in the Interior, said Pflgrlm,l retain the secret of the missing Ma- rine Airways plane gone now for four days Heavy fogs in the upper reaches have prevented any thorough search lof the last remaining possibility of | obtaining eveidence as to the where- | abouts of the pontoon ship which Sunday passed into seemingly empty {void a few moments after pilot Lon Cope had radioed that he was “op- posite Grand Island” approximately 10 minutes out of Juneau Additional context of his message. according to A. B. Hayes radio op- erator for Marine Airways, who re- turned last night on the cutter Haida was “hitting a strong Taku wind.” Skiers Out A boat load of skiers left this morning to cover the sectien. Plan- ning to spend at Jeast three days in a complete reconnaisance of the area are Rod Darnell, Norman Ban- field, Ernie Parsons, Lee Prescott,; Buel Smelcer, Herman Acton, and Bert Caro in the gasboat North| Light under Nels Lundin 2 The group is equipped with skis and . and provisions for| several days. They will concentrate | on the Arden Point district, Doty’s | Cove, and Grand Island. And if pos- sible scan the elevations which have vet remained impregnable behind curtains of fog. Gashoat Yakobi with Jay Williams, M. L. Gray, Cliff Shearer, Chris Jorgenson, Ted Lohman, H. L. Mc- Kinney came back last night empty handed after battling almost impos- sible conditions on lower reaches of the Point Arden apron. The gashoat Wanderer still re- mains pn the scene and was viewed today plowing the waters on the sea- crossroads off Grand Island. Cutter Haida came into port early last evening and Lieutenant Com- mander R. C. Sarratt of the ship held a conference here with Harry G. Watson. The ship plans to act as tender for the six Navy bombers from Sitka if weather allows them to take to the air. Alex Holden has been in the air most of the day seeking and search- ing for some infinitemal indication of the presence of the lost ship. Simmens, Hoiden Out Shell Simmons made two hops to- day chasing rumors of lost wreckage. His second trip with Jack Litflepage server proved the fallacy of a ent report that wreckage was uncovered off Douglas Island. On the way out he passed Alex Holden pro- ceeding in from a long vigil over the area, his radio also had nothing new to report. Tony Schw fat 3:15 this afternoon with no news. Word eagerly awaited from all | searchers offers no consolation to those anxious to hear indications of hope or proof. Lost with the ship in addition to Pilot Cope are E. E. Ek, John Chap- pell, Eaxl Clifford, of Juneau, George Chamberlain of Anchorage, and Jack Lennon of Wrangell. Search Peaks Unable to locate one Yrace on the | others who spoke briefly included | ¢ |12 | troduced earlier | Coffey, m landed his.Waco | duce evidence of the air mishap. Searching pilots here Alex Holden, Shell Simmons, Tony Schwamm weighted trees in an attempt to ex- tract some information from | hea y covered terrain. Coming to certain altitudes airmen are unable to proceed fur- ther. Fog hiding treacherous moun- tains constitutes an impassable bar- rier. round 1500 feet may have landed at feet up a mountainside. Pilots seek~ | feet above the sea. | With the exception of the section lying immedately behind Point Ar- the entire section of approxi- square miles is a succ g mountains and deep ying between sea level and 1200 feet. D HOUSE FLOOR QUIET TODAY ‘New Bills' and Long Cal- endar Cufting Par- leys Short len nately ion of r | canyor 1titug yester and Represen- more wel- them v day House of down to progross through the rislation confronting a bu night atives settle \““.m...... ter of I a today. Convening at 1 o'clock this after- noon, one memorial and four bills were introduced,” while by 3 o'clock one memorial-and one bill had been passed, with six other bills sched- to face final debate. Ho Joint Memorial 24, - by Walker, was passed. This measure asks the Public Health Service and Congress to include commercial nen on all boats in the pro- | of public health service. Bill No. 53, by passed, asking $720 for paintings executed by Crumrine, well known Alaskan ar- |tist who has painted the group of famous Indians of yesteryear. y For Commissioners | House Bill 79 w Rog asking of $256 & month to U. S. Commis- sioners in Alaska in addition to fees collected. House Bill 80 was introduced Porter, making changes in laws re- lating to public utilities, including Ithe term “lighterages” for the sake of the Second Division, and putting teeth into the measure as it stands, by adding a clause that makes re- fusal of utilities to file regular re- ports a misdeameanor cation a felony. House Bill 81 was handed in by Gordon, which would require chi- ropractors in Alaska to engage in business only under license. This measure would also set up a Territorial Board of Chiroprac- tics of three men, with power to refuse, suspend, or revoke licenses as well conduct license tests. Shungnak Roads House Bill 82, by Martin, would authorize the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners to expend $800 of the Second Division roads and trails monies for repair of bridges and trails at Shungnak. The House Joint Memorial in- |troduced by Walker this afternoon, number 33 on the calendar, raises |a measure from the burying ground —it’s the fish trap memorial, in- in the session by awn by him yester- “immediate abolis! trap bill was introduced yes- withd: day when an ment” terday. Identical} except for name,' the memorial gives the Leg- “immediate” abolition of fish traps, or for ‘“gradual” elimination, gradual stage to end by 1943. e BiG SNOWSLIDE CLOSES THANE Clears One-Way Lane This Afternoon A snowslide on the Thane road today buried that thoroughfare under 12 feet of snow for tance of about 150 feet. All traffic was suspended as the Bureau of Public Roads put a bulldozer and plow on the highway to clear away the slide. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the workers had opened up one-way traffic over the road and expected to have it cleared completely some time tomorrov:. The slide occurred early this {morning. It is about a mile from Juneau, just beyond the City gar- bage dump. e, The Forest Service reported that only one acre out of every 159 in damage in 1938. LOST AND FOURD debris tossed shoreline, authorities here are now relying on the snow covered peaks of the sector to pro- LOST during. fire: dresser. Phone Red 225, l U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU including and had brushed the the the Cope flying usually an altitude of some densely hidden spot some 1,000, ing clues now are unable to pierce dredges now working in the Nome | to these heights as lowflying clouds region would have to cease opera- |bear them down to within 800 or 900 Davis, | a group of ! Nina| introduced *by | $37,200 for payment | and falsifi- ROAD FOR DAY Bureau of P—ubl i¢ Roads| a dis- | | National Forests suffered any fire six . birdseye maple drawers for highboy and THE WEATHER {(By the U..8. W cather Burean) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity ning at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 16: Rain tonight and Friday; moderate to fresh southerly winds. Weather forecast for Southeast Ala ka: Rain tonight and Friday; moderate to fresh southerly winds, except strong over Dixon En- trance, Clarence Strait, Chatham Strait, Frederick Sound, Stephens Passage, Seymour Canal and Lynn Canal, Forecast of winds along the Cosst of the Gulf of Alaska: Strong southeast winds tonight and Friday, probably of zale force tonight from Dixon Entrance to Cape Hinchinbrook. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 30.18 36 87 S 12 29.86 37 89 B 12 2.7 39 90 s 8 Time 3:30 p.m. yest'y 3:30 a.m. today Nocn today ‘Weather Lt. Rain Lt. Rain RADIO REPORTS ' TODAY | | Max. tempt. last 24 hours 34 34 -24 34 | 32 22 0 30 36 40 40 4am. Weathet Clear Lowest 4am. 4am. Precip. temp. 24 30 -30 24 18 12 -10 Station Atka Anchorage| Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Duftch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert EdEmonton Seattle { Portland San Francisco New . York Washington temp. velocity 24 hrs. 24 4 o 4 14 10 12 32 -24 24 20 22 0 32 38 36 Olear Cloudy Cloudy o Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 2 16 Lt Rain 3.40 134 14 o 0 o 0 21 66 Cloudy Pt.Cldy Clear Clear Pt. Cldy Clear Clear 26 Clear WEATiiE® SYNOPSIS Low barometric pressure prevailed this morning aska and over the northeastern portion of the North Pacific Ocean, there being a storm area centered over the Bristol Bay ' region, the lo est reported pressure being 28.80 inches. Abnormally high pres- hure prevailed over the Pacific Coast States, the crest being 3080 inches a short distance off the coast of ‘Oregon. This general pres- sure distribution -has been attended by precipitation over most of Al- aska, heavy rain having fallen throughout = Southeast Alaska and northward along the coast to the Prince William Sound, and by fair weather over the West Coast States. Valdez reported 11 inches of new snow. It was warmer last night over the Alaska Railroad belt and over the Tanana and upper Yukon valleys and colder at Portland. It was much colder this morning at New York and Washington. The temp- erature at Washington at 8 a.m. yesterday was 64 degrees and this morning it was 26 degr It was 16 degrees above at New York this mornirg, or 32 degrees colder than yesterday morning. The highest temperature at New York yesterday was 62 degrees and a 64- mile south wind prevailed. The wind shifted to westerly at New York and continued of gale force at 8 a.m. throughout Ai- | H 7:29 am.; sunset, 5:00 p.m. { Lo | < ers of the Territory. { Senate bill No. 53, by Rivers, to T () D A Y repeal a section relating to garnish- k ment. in the | Senate joint memorial No. 7, by S E N A T E Rivers, asking an investigation of | freight rates charged by Alaska iwater carriers Introduced | ‘House joint memorial No. 23, by Senate bill No. 48, by Roden py | Coffey, asking additional office | request, reimbursing Dr. W. W.|space in the Territorial Building. Council $500 for trip to Washing- | House joint memorial No. 27, by ton. Lyng, asking rebuilding of the Coast Senate bill No. 49, by Roden, G‘;‘;Smfl?:fi? xeg‘:f::l o, g changing the date of the general St SRnig election from the second Tuesday x;gfl:}.i ‘:;ke"}gm‘::zt::::‘;) :11;;;:3 :}L:_Efifem;’;:t Lga;:saf{"m gzsg:‘ from the western boundary of the 2 ‘Bengte bu’l No© B0, B Ruden: Yukon Territory to the Interior Al- prohibiting officers of the Territory | 2@ r0ad system. from appointing or employing rela- tives for Territorial jobs. Senate bill No. 51, by Roden, providing that all persons called and appearing for jury duty be paid $1, to be furnished by the party demanding the jury trial. Senate bill No. 52, by Roden, es- tablishing minimum wages and working conditions for women work- Juneau, Feb. 17.—Sunrise, Pagsed GUNNAR BLOMGREN TO ARRIVE Gunnar Blomgren, well known Ju- neau boy, is a passenger bound for Juneau on the Motorship North- land. 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