The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 7, 1939, Page 8

HOUSE TAKES ACTION OVER GOLD TAXING Exemption Clause Raised from $10,000 fo $20,- 000 Yesterday against three yes- rteen vol afternoon passed Senator bill raising the exemption » on gold mjining from $10,000 000, in the House of Repre- entatives, a move “designed to help he small operator T'wo attempts were made to alter the bill, but neit succeeded, and t measure goes back to the Senate its origi form for signature Representative Walker attempted to submit an amendment including a graduated net tax on mining, but the amendment was not accepted and was ed as not pertinent to the bill and Representative Lander submitted hat would have made transportation and smelting costs of lode ores deductable from ish delegates depart from conference session JAMS HOUSE LAST NIGHT Senatorial S(?ps Taken by Natives Fighting Measure (Continuea from Page One) well known Juneau native who op- erates a profitable pé]o driving busi- | ness! Cropley said passage of the mea- sure “will bring back bootlegging, and as long as the white man has liguor, the Indian will also get it if not from the white man, by mak- ing it himself.” Representative J. V. Davis talked against the “class legislation” of the measure, and then Representa- tive Drager implied that the Bur- eau of Indian Affairs was respon- sible for the bill. Assistant General Superintendent (of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, | Charlées W. Hawkesworth, spoke at {length on the measure and answer- taxable income, but after thorough gyonine to reach a peace settlement of the Arab-Jewish dispute in ed debate from the floor. debate, the amendment failed and the Holy Land, British authorities invited delegations of Jews and | Asked as to his “personal opinion,” the bill was voted through. Arvabs to London to discuss the situation. Here are members of the | Hawkesworth quoted Abraham Lin- Voting against the measure were Jewish delegation outside St. James' palace in London after one | coln, saying, “The nation cannot Walker, McCutcheon and Smith | session. exist half free and half slave—nor jou ey was the opening of the (lUBS BOOM'NG Francsico Fair or as more commonly termed the International Golden ary 18. Mr Gate Exposition, on Febr (ONCI.AVE HER George states that the buildings and show are remarkably tive. At the opening day 150,000 i1 S eff people crowd Juneau Conference Given ™. Publicity in States” oion boat Publications While outside Mr. Geo ng of ti i through the gates - OUISIDE ROIARY port an en;oyable trip KOIZEBUE lADY | Defense By Spencer Highlight sightseeing spot of the i Representative Spexcar defend- sition on Trea- by car over ge or by ferry- consult- |ed with store engineers relative to can Alaska exist half wet and half ~rdry {ing the measure as the demand of IN ju“EAU FOR voters in the Fourth Division, at- | tempted to read a sheaf of petitions from Interior natives asking prohi SHORI SIopovE itionary measures, but Spea | —_— | Howard Lyng asked Spencer to de- sist after the first petition was read. Arrival today on the Mount Mc- | Spencer chose to argue the ques- Kinley was Mrs. John Cros. of » ,mf A on the Kotzzbue Sound which Speaker Lyng answered, “if T M O who ’mmn_;\ the|You don't like it, you know what Magids Brothers Trading Company | Y°4 °&n do out of Deering is returning from THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1939. Seek Peace in Holy Land [INDIAN BILL IN THE POWELL FOOTSTEPS young Norman Scott This harmonious radio work is | Affal following as he takes a trumpet lessoii on the instrument Dick Powell played in his vaudeville days. With 1 im them is Film Actress Joan Blondell (Mrs. Dick Powell). may throw the arrangement out !y and lighting of the fair. de- Powell, 4, seems {o mo blood. 1)by tat the aisles, on the Speaker’s rostrum lining the walls, and even a few sitting in vacant chairs of House members, and proud of went Outside, served t thinking I was as good a citizen as Charlies Raaitk fish buyer and head of the Pelican | City devieopment in Lisi sure, citing as 1, years of life in Al- hich he had become |tion and protested vehemently, to| the Ku Representative Spencer said “T; ‘will not work.” on his wa who has the daylight watch does I [ I ' ouse the cooking. 3 l “pinochle, hunting, and fishing | are about the only pastimes, he de- | clared, “and those can get mighty | en tiresome.” Lighthouse keepers, who get $135 per month and everything but { their food furnished, can retire at \ a c oc s the age of 65 if they have been in the service 30 years. Retired on this basis they are paid three- | fourths their regular wage for the To a lighthouse keeper, time, as rest of their life. paced by the hands of a clock,| Men who have been in the serv- [would seem to be the one thing |ice lss than 30 years must retire | which would cause him no con- &t 70. Their pensions are figured lcern. lm a reduced figure, EHL IR N SR But, according to William Don- nelly, who a few days ago termin- T s s e | FElls Refurn | vic: after completing a stretch u(i . . the Cape Decision lighthouse, time- F V 1 T p pieces are submitted to the rabkt | rom a(a |0n n | careful of checks and rechecks and | |when there is only such a minute | |difference as 18 or 20 seconds in | Virgil Farrell arrived here {their time recorders the consterna- | Y‘iday on ‘the steamer Princess Ition in the lighthouse crew becomes | NOrah. Farite | The Farrell’s visited in Seattle, | @nd Bend, Ore., and drove to South Accurate time is necessary due Dakota, where they spent the holi- (to the system of sending radio|days with relatives. The couple signals at definite periods during|then drove to Albuguerque, N. M., the day. The signals are sent in|for a visit. They saw the Grand |rotation so that when one light- | Canyon, Boulder Dam and spent house station goes off the air an-| three weeks in San Francisco, other picks up immediately insome | where Mr. Farrell, who is associ- |other section ated with the Bureau of Indian was on official business at {done entirely by the clock. A dif-|the World's Fair. The Farrell's |ference in time of a few seconds|Were much impressed by the artis- Returning from a three month: tion in the States, Mr. and of whack as two stations hit the |CIAring it to be truly a wonderful airwaves at the same time rather Sight. i st night’s discussion, with Spec- than in immediate succession. sitting on window sills, In| oy Donnelly, Sl ik g R SALES MANY PR PR e 'v,‘hu ‘h“s been| hree thousand pelts changed en years in the service, is glad t0 pands at the Anchorage Fur Ren- be in civilization once again. At dezvous during the five days the Cape Decision there are three men., affair was in progress. Featured They work in three watches which | skins were red fox, mink, ermine, are changed every month. The man | beaver. MNRALTESTS T i Schilling % 1% Owder AROUND KUGRUK Carl Hallberg, formerly owner of ok Placer Company is to the Interior to com- Wh;gl your family or friends are set to enjoy delicious waffles, assure enviable results with tabIihmen A {do,” and left the floor. Representative Coffey said lead- mence test drilling operations on Wide publicity fol Rotary in his establishment a two months’ trip Outside, during| = nrrg Margaret Flesher, of the Al-|ingly to Raatikainen, “Is it not true | some property consisting of ap- conference to be held here in May | sl st within which time she visited and traveled | oqua Native Sisterhood, spoke feel- |that during prohibition days you | proximately 85 claims controlled by is being given by Rotary publica- |the nexf two months. : throughout the United States | ingly against what she termed a bill |saw abcut 25 white men bootleggers | him on the Kugarok River. tions in Oregon, Washington, Bri-| This Work will consist of rear- A resident of Alaska for 24 ¥ears,|ina¢ “will create racial hatred and|to one Indian?” I vt ik pa e tish Columbia and the part of Ida- . rangement of "-‘1‘j" ire store, NeW pys Cross is probably one of the | disrespect for law,” and ended her| “More like 25 white men drunk, | Mount McKinley and will leave for ho included in the 101st Division new shelves, and @ NeW yoer getive of women in the North- | grgument by quoting from the De-{to one Indian,” answered Raati- | the Interior by plane today. The Portland weekly Rotary pa- yEReD sy land. Eight trading posts conduct-|claration of Independence _the [kainen Mr. Hallberg, who has mined for per, for instance, carries as a fil- rip was 2 combined DUSINESS o4 o her company, strung over a|section as to the created equality of | William Paul closed the discussion |30 years in Alaska, will set up his ler line in a dozen places each is- 414 bl f‘“g‘ st “‘I'“‘f' 9'"', stretch for approximately 800 miles, | every man. |with a violent condemnation of the | drill outfits on the new property sue the slogan “I'm going to Ju- 5id€ Mr. George did some buying for ./ "icii0q monthly by her. These | “unworkability” of the bill, and the | as soon as possible and if the ground alteration wor to be done Schilling Baking Powder. It’s double-acting— made wnl) pure cream of tartar—never leaves that “baking powder taste.” For over half a century, Schilling has been relied upon for ( successful baking and true economy! ra MONEYBACK To show our unbounded faith in this CREAM OF TARTAR Baking Powder, your grocer will return your his firm | Eubots 8 ; g neau in May. Commenting on ! atisfaction POSts are strung from the Siberian} . bOlfufbul!':qslmet f the Al {House adjourned until 11 o'clock | shows favorably he plans to have Wil lso pay fox the.sats A plan for advirtisers here to car A 5 & atistaction o ast to Shismaref, and. up~the} ‘CYVFil Zubolf, Fresidens.of the Al~|ihis ‘farenoon. | full operating equipment into the B, Fote, i, ou ave t butter, flour, etc., you have at being back in Juneau he said that business looks comparativ Kugarok, Noatak and Selawik|#ska Native Brotherhood, quoted —yi was evident that no open hear- |section on the first boat coming ry a line in their newspaper a used, if you find any fault whatever with it. minding the people of Juneau that ht here. Last year his store en- TFIVers y 5 @ )l hich it was this large conference is coming in 3 i = | vears ago column in which it Was|,ineq the crowd that Seattle next May May Was annownced at today’s week- J0v€d the best’ period since its es- Furs. handled by her Comrp%noz noted that at that time, fCorporal 5 ly luncheon meeting of the Juneay tablishment totaled in the "f‘g"b“‘ hood of 500 Gyri) Zuboff had assumed manager- club. b o i o to 1,000 for each post during the|chin of the Coliseum Theatre,” and | past season. For the coming year, Conference Executive Committee greatest attention on the fur mar- held another brief session to make | i Mining in the Koizebue sections W. J. Moe, fire insurance adjustor, | was the speaker at today's lunch-| 'I'HIS AF]‘ERNOON and also in Southeast Alaska is eon. He spoke on fire prevention, | in for a good ! rding to saying that the United States, Can- | P Mrs. Cross. Several companies are ada and Alaska had more fires and | lanning definite expansion pro- greater damage per capita than """‘Publi( Is Invited fo |nsped grams in her country and in South- other regions of the world. | east Alaska the development of | Donald Wilcox, son of H. G. Wil-| Free Dlsplay at No”hem nickel properties on Chichagof Is- cox, mining extemsion instructor Jand is in store for the near future was introduced as the high school | ight Pres. Church Here to attend the remaining days representative to the club for the - 4 of the Fourteenth Territorial Legis- coming month. He will be privileged | jative session, Mrs. ss will leave to call his prineipal “Alex” and hi In the Parlors of € by plane for Fairbanks some time superintendent “A.B.” at the Rotary [ Light Presbyterian Church at 2:30 x'.\‘ week. From the Interior City Juncheons each week, bul was warn- | o'clock this afte: ti ond 3 Md che will continue to Deering, via ed they must be addressed as “Mr. | photo exhibit of wal fans foc. Wil @ = 1000 ork o Dunham” a | s” at the o y a g leal te oAb i fia dlepia the North airline The exhibit this year ' While here she is a guest of the MER(HANI HERE larger than the one last vear, ang Gastineau Hotel shows (he growing interest i 10~ 5§ aphy in this city Ed Jaboda will show the pictures this evening by judges, A D :x Dunham, and Friday even- i : jAuNT OUTSlDE (ham, Mrs. Robert Henning and Mrs. ing by A. J. Clements. l { Sally Shaffer. A special art display of oil paint- From 7:30 o'clock will also be exhibited on Fri- sturned from a two months [clock each evening " day evening only, the work of local vacation Outside during which time be open for public inspection as amateur artists. they traveled down the West Coast{well as in the afternoon between to Los Angeles, stopping enroute at 2:30 and 5:30 o'clock Portland and other cities, Mr. and| At 9 o'clock each ever * the Latin word Mrs. Tom George are back and re- ored movies will be shown for dog ause early visitors found e e ey s extremely large dogs on the islands. - s - Canary Islands derived their C i s I e i s pHo'l'o EXI‘" marten, lynx, and platinum blue| utd v fox are the skins commanding the a Northern Cross plane piloted by ! e 's 20| x from The Daily Alaska Empire's 20 jng quring the present session has |into the Sound area, which lnuv:v-\‘ added that he “never dreamed I would be defending my peop]ej against class legislation.” Zuboff said he felt the permit system of liquor control was the re-| medy, and charged that existing liquor laws are not enforced. He said saloons are operating in Juneau openly, and said, “Are you afraid to enforce your laws?” “Sandy” Stevens followed Zuboff with his laughter provoking state- ment as to Senatorial scalps he would dangle from his hand were he ] “uncivilized.” Dictator LaBoyteaux Stevens said: “The Senate cruci- fied us when they passed that law under the dictatorship of Senator LaBoyteaux. They crucified us like Hitler.” From there, Stevens went on to tell of Indians he knew who “could handle their liquor better than white | men,” and of Chief Joseph on Van- couver Island, “whose father fed him whiskey when he was a baby, instead of milk, and Chief Joseph drank a !quart a day thereafter and never staggered.” Senator LaBoyteaux, struck by the barbs of criticism coming his way from the native ranks, rose to de- fend his bill and said: make no apologies for this bill. If it's a bum I bill, fix it up, but that's what my people asked for.” Fay (“Slugger”) Weaver, popu- lar Juneau boxer, half Eskimo, told the Legislature: “I am half Eskimo Townsend Pusfles Pian ifi Capital exempt. Notice All Juneau Contractors The scale for 1939 beginning April 1st will be $1.25 per hour, 48-hour week. All con- tracts signed before March 15, 1939, are PAINTERS LOCAL 1092 Secretary DR. JOHN Dr. Francis E. Townsend Dr. Francis E. Townsend, author of the old age pension plan which bears his name is seen, left, with Representative Joseph Hendricks of Florida, who recently introduced a Townsend pension plan bill. Dr. Townsend came to Washington to answer questions of the House ways and means committee concerning the bill, (Central Press) Rep. Joseph Hendricks Drug Co. DENTAL OFFICES are now lo- cated in ROOM 9, VALENTINE BUILDING — over the Juneau H. 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