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MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1945 T BUS FRANCHISE UP TO VOTERS, Reid Would Pay Graduat- ed Fees During Life of Contract On the offictal ballot at tomor- row’s municipal election is the question of giving to Lloyd L. Reid of the Channel Bus Lines a 20-year franchise to Operate a bus service along the one route he has been op- erating on a permit for the past year then Reid the franch If the voters say “y has 30 days to sign and after that it would be in effect. The Ccunecil of the City of Juneau has already placed its stamp of ap- proval on it and ratification by the 55 per cent of the voters will-make it official. The route Reid is asking for is from the City dock to the south end of town, up Franklin Strest to Front, along Front to South Main, down that street to Willoughby Avenue, thence to E Street and down Tenth Street to Harbor Way: thence along Harbor Way to the Twelfth Street and up Twelfth Street ‘along Calhoun Avenue to Main and down Main to Front Reid maintains he has succe: fully operated this route for a RRRRRRX: (INVITA route and no other. Section six of the proposed fran- “The franchise will give admin- He shall pay annually, in advance, on !{he first day of May, each year, the cuss: { following license fees chise states | to Reid, his heirs, executor | istrators and assigns this route. ation for this franchise: mount for the next four sdded each y twentieth year.” This franchice, cover the operation of three bt or less, on this route, and if P4 more were added-the fee would b2 doubled. In addition, the operator would be to cove ncil wou required to pay insurance anysliability and the C | have the right, from tir it saw fit, to regulate urance coverage. Reid would be required modern machines on the run and {that they were operated safely - MRS. WAFER HERE e to time Mrs. Virginia Wafer, daughter of Harold Smith, is here hort visit with her parents. who is an ardent ski enthusiast, won the trophy for fir: place in the women's races in the She f has been in California for the past and expressed her pleasure for nd Mrs. Mrs. Wafer 1941 Alaska Ski tournament. winter, at arriving ‘skxinu. - - - Empire want ads get gul home in time TIONAL) SATURDAY—April 7th jMml asks for a franchise to m.sf % (UMMUNI(A"ON % as a consider- $25.00 for first year period and the same years | starting on the sixth year he would pay $35.00 and with a $10 increase ar, paying $175 on the pgit if granted, would fares and in- to keep OO0, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA war was leaving Juneau in half as bad condition as it is leaving Skag- - | way in, they would have to do some The following letter from Skagway planning before the service men re- was received several months ago tuin, but Juneau was never harmed during . the time when the City in any way, in fact it gained by Managership plan was being dis- the war projects that were done i pro and con. Due to inter- there. The City Manager Plan may rupted mail service, the letter wes be all right for some towns, but reccived after the excitement had the fact that it has been tried for subsided, but now the question has the last 32 years and less than 600 arisen again, the lotter, which fol-|towns have adopted it shows it is not lows, from a well Juneau all that it is supposed to be. The woman, is apropos. | nmittce asked for residents to The Empire :‘\'r,icr their opinion. * We still have I have read with a great deal of our preperty in Juneau and are tax- o 3 s . 'payers, but for the duration of the interest :md concern the l:‘l‘I(‘lh Wy e are urable S Ie BT written about the City Manager PIaD poqy 1 think it is taking unfair of government for Jun{*;a-‘ 1 can- antage of the boys in the. ser-! understand the rush to put 1t ;oo gng other property owners who| at once. The' rea | SOMe 8AVE 1o forced, by no choice of their 3 Juneay‘hag pome ¢ l-mll(lmgs own, to leave Juneau for the dura- that needed tearing dowp and P’ tion of the war or until the Alaska S it it <05 1’{‘(? e |Juneau mine opens again. form of city management (Signed) MRS RAY DA the authority it would 3 - — those things. Why all this rush to change the F& w l DlRE(TOR city government when we are still |tighting a Tctal Werld War—and @ pENS NEw GU‘DE great many of Juneau's sons, hus- Conc but band, fathers and brothers are fight- 'ing and dying or being crippled for life that the ones who stay at home may live in peace and comfort and s war has peen very good tO recent survey of sport fishing in some people. They have been able Alaska has been prepared by Frank (o stay on their jobs with increased W, Hyncs, Regional Director of the wages and have been deferred or Fish and Wildlife Service, for A].l re-classified and have not thought aska. Mimiographed copies of the | it necessary to volunteer. To ‘hem paper are available at the Juneau | an increase in taxes means nothing, office of the Wildlife Service. but to those pcor men who are in. The survey presents sports fish- the service, working for from $60 ing facts of value to tourist ard anglers alike, including: to $75- a month and many Wwith yesident tamilies will have no money pescriptions of the various species - The! - of game fish, their habits and how | e ¢ to catch them—both fresh and| se they should have'salt water varieties; sports fishing ) to say something about methods that have been proved ef- | Many of the Juneau men are fective and fishing laws and regu- | married and had children when they jations. answered their: country The paper prepared by Mr. their homes were not paid for. WhY gynes is a fore-runner of a far| make it tough on them when they yiore” extensive work on the same| known s all to do all| comprehensive, 2 | | Hedges and Lincoln were Fay Hun- j ter of San Francisco, Nan Holt of | LIONS, ROTARIANS AT JOINT SESSION The Rotarians met with the Lions at today’s regular noon luncheon of the Lions Club, and packed the Gold Room of the Baranof. As part of the fun that followed, Burns and Harmon of the Rotarians matched wits against Lion Barne; Anderson, and revealed their ignor: ance of their own wive's names. Anderson came up with the right answers, however, which were asked by Lion Doc Rude in the Petersburg accent Lion Doc Rude was awarded 100 Nenana tickets for the ice pool, and R. V. Kiilewich was awarded 40. President Js Fletcher of the Rotarians won a bag of marbles and Jack Burford said he had received his diploma for navigation from the school of hard rocks. Claude Car- negie was wearing a pair of hand- cuffs for some undisclosed reason, and several Rotarians had to pay fines for showing up without their bow ties, The Rotarian benefit play, “The | Whole Town's Talking,” to be given this Thursday and Friday, was an- nounced, and Homer Garvin, chair- | man of ticket selling, said all un- purchased ticket should be turned in | on Thursday. i Visiting Lions were Earl Cooper of Anchorage and Milt Wood of Fair- banks. Guests of the club, of tk WMC, and introduced by Lions Kodiak, Charles Hood of the Aleu- tians, Roy Hines of the Aleutian Roy Stewart, new in Juneau, and L. | Vincen® of Ketchikan. | President Frank Hermann intro- | duced Major Wagnor, Lt. Schaffer, ! Corp. Calkins and Corp. Prescott. Visiting Rotarians and their guests | were introduced by members of the | Rotarian Club. | > - i | boys b [ they return, if they ever do? All the subject, which is said to be now in | POUGLAS NEWS Tauno Neimi filed for rerelection to the Douglas School Board on the two year term. Neimi filed on Thursday but was not mentioned in Friday news by error. He was serv- ed on the board during the past year, having taken the place of Mr: Engstrom by appointment, MAJOR D. PARTY The Major D, Class of the Doug- las High School and their invited guests held their annual party last Saturday evening ‘&t the Skaters Gabin at Mendenhall Lake The evening was spent around the big fideplace roasting weingrs and with plenty of picnic refreshments. Char- leg Koelsche, Class Advisor, and his wife, were chaperones. f GONE AGAIN | Frank Cashel, Glennard Kirk- hdm and Jack Mills left this morn- ing after enjoying nearly six weeks furlough with their parents and friends on the Channel. All of the are in the U. 8. Army and have N ioned in the Westward. Now are being sent to the States to new dutie WELL BABY CONFERENCE A Well Baby Conference will be held in the Douglas School tomor- rcw, Tuesday, during the hours of 2 to 4 p. m. under the direction of Margaret Welsh, Public Health D. B. CHURCH PROGRAM About sixty persons attended the Easter Program sponsored by the Sunday School Class of the Doug- § Bible Church yesterday. Pastor Poter Nickels was in charge of the Services, | MONDAY SEW CLUB : The Monday Night Sewing Club' PAGE THREE * 21.passenger Clippers yhne . Exp’ev)’y—iu?nedHewudtuu * Hot meals served aloft * Daily schedules between Alaska, Canada, and Seattle * Experienco gained through 12 years of Alaskan flying N AHERICAY WORELD AIRWAFS 0. Franklin St. Phone 106 HOSPITAL HOTES |meets tonight at the home of Mrs.| young school boys who are in the ;. quetion by Frank Dufresne, | Val Poar. THIS IS LAST OF SERIES ice are all prospective PrOPerty former Executive Officer of Alaska BOB TEW'S ORCHESTRA ( E""“’“' for Juneau when they Te- Game Commission, who is now, Mrs. William Rose, a medical pa- | . The e t way to keep PeO- pyrecior of Public Relations for the | tient, has been discharged from St. | MASONS AND EASTERN STAR MEMBERS ple from buying property and mak- iy ang wildlife Service. | Ann's Hospital. -—+SAVE THIS DATE—— ing their permanent home is to Following are excerpts from the Mrs. B. Hunsbedt YOU ARE INVITED j raise taxes. When the war is OVET yn¢oquction to Mr. Hynes' article: |Ann's Hospital for her home DANCING 10 P. M NN QUIET EASTER Douglas spent Easter Sunday very has left St Iquictly with many families attend- after | Ing Church services. i Rt fonieR % 'O gifficult to equal anywhere in the| Joe Kelly, a medical patient, after | ELECTION 1OMORROW 2| wore the uniform. . Ithe oy In U yorld, Nature has dealt lavishly | treatment at St. Ann's Hospital has | Tomorrow, April 8, is election day| To1aM & ;;j::wd;z;_‘lh‘:“:““‘]’fi’;e\‘(zm":‘ P13 with Alaska in respect not only to| been discharged. * [tor ity officials for the coming| % in panning things: the way they the fisheries of the seas but of the Mis. Albert Schramen, a surgery | year. Polls will be open in the City G fi\\,\.\w\.\\\.\(\\\\.\.\,.g/ \ m!‘(‘mrm“ 4 ?lnn"e Y fresh waters as well. \’palu*m‘_ has br"en discharged from ‘Hallvfr:)m 8 a. m. until 7 p. m. and D Bt e e ia o (Ti o :June‘aub r‘nim* o The steady increase of airplane St; ‘Anns Hospital. zll \do:{ TS .mxe urgcd to cast lmlllots. bas forced many property owneys 1avel and the construction of| T. D. Hockman, a surgery patient, f;l““{ s s }Jc elect}on are as and voters to leave town in order to 211, railroads, and more recently, has left St. Ann's Hospital, for ms.cluflcs' :I‘flrl;lc:‘lb 9“2;".‘1 OYJL;‘IHWL make a living. They should be able automobile roads, have been respon- honu: i . Mike el”’usi:h sxx‘:i Cla:e;:cn ‘\;anio“ £ vate on' o GHingahifivity govelil- ANl for the - rapidly: iipgreasing| JERrs. Miks Sorhonen ind baby boy - S N i EPE SER Palpes Infent. . It 106k liké th. peapte "ot Tavel to. Alaska for recreationgl| BEVe been discharged from. 850 CEELtiES, (R b Juneau chose the time to bring this PUrPoses, chief among which is AnWs Hospital. = {{ant Yerin, - os BenBoI¥Hoass: Mes lssue up when there were more res- 18hing. Two or more days aboard | Mrs. Pete Terencio, a surgery pa- ¥ oran, ol ard, Mrs. P tient, has left St. Ann’s Hospital for | Walter Andrews for three year term ents of Juneau away than at any 8 Steamer passing through the| ~° 0 and Mrs. Edwin Johnson and Tauno o time in Juneau’s history. In scenic inside passage of British 2 the column of Questions and Ans- Columbia and Southeast Alaska and Mys, M. L. Burton has entered st, Neimi for two year term. SICKS' SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING Since 1878 * E. G. Sick, Pres. SRR RRRRRRRPGRRRRRRRRRRIRRARG) s s DO NEE < NEWARRIVALS at il cx Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers em- tion. e BRREESE SN Sl ST Serving the Cause of Victory ' n w a Poesees ' n P eace... Cour;ee(:-‘:?cem;: .IA)I?::: ring ALASKA TRANSPORATION C“?p Main 7479 Pier 58 ¥ Seattle, Wash. AR AR e VOTERS ATTENTION! ~ We believe the City Bus Service is an asset to the City of Juneau. In order 1o continue this service we must have a franchise. You will have an opportunity to vole on this franchise a the Municipal Election April 3. Ydur vote will be apprecié!ed. CHANNEL BUS LINES, LLOYD REID, Owner. payers of Juneau have conrldence!“’“e_"s near the small cities of the in them that they will do it without Territory, the streams and lakes political graft. |are stocked as heavily with these | What the city of Juneau needs is 8ame fish as natural conditions more industries so that the property Wil permit. To the visiting non- owners don't have to leave town resident angler they appear to exist when one industry closes. If the in unbelievable numbers. men of the sponsoring committee MDY . ¢ tysent for the City Manager Plan would| INTOLUBBE LEAVES work as hard and fast to put a new| Mr. Earl C. Intolubbe, Principal industry over for Juneau, I am sure 8t the Wrangell Institute, who has it would go through, as the men I been in Juneau the past week con- know who are.on it are good sub-|ferring with Office of Indian Af- stantial citizens and have the in- fairs officials, has returned to ‘terest of Juneau at heart, If lhe.Wtangeu. g | | ! l'uwwww‘m""Hmu"mmulHW|Wmmimmlmm wors.that the sponsoring committes 8- £hort i by launich. brings . ane ViKY HOSDIY for medicR), cajs. EM CLUB {in the last 35 years that I know of. jnterior are usually very long and ke different. Then they would need 204 Dolly Varden trout as well as caretaker, and a few other jobs to SUVery-colored landlocked form of figure it out, and I am sure the tax|Way several years ago. Except in had published recently, I noted in © 80y of a number of beautiful] LAren Gonner, medical case, has, No. 15 it said: “If our city adopts trout streams and lakes, little D91 AER-S FORPINS. | 2 S ¥ y ; cogress of Civiliza.| John W. Mark, a medical patient,| Business meeting, Tuesday April the C. M. form of government what Marked by the progress of civiliza-| % 0 "o b Pl PR ER UM g at 8 P, M. in the Elks Hall. ' will happen to the present Here is a lauq one-fifth lhe\m(;nt Hospital | - o RTINS ees?” You say they will be re- $iz of the continental United| MGH® HESPUEL | 2 B tained if efficient and: will be de- States, containing countless streams Fu’\mx\ I-i’or?on of Hootikh, Tn " the Alwavs Somethlng New Al’l’lVlng lighted to not have to pay part of that man has never fished, myriads| JCO0 IO o POl B R 2 their salaries to a political party of lakes whose placid waters have 216 t8:45 Belodk in the morni i c 2 iar 49 or to work on election day to keep never felt the thrust of paddlg or | ™™ ©° 7 BT 70 O v gk aVl&!‘ i 3 P | (: their party in office. It's the first oar. And in most of them are game | ‘. 4 . I ever heard of any employee of the fish of some variety. Even the| | cOcklall Onlons & 5 3 ar 49c city who had to do that. I would briny ocean yields its finny treas-| NEWLYWEDS | il!kfl to know under what mayor that ures to the sportsman who is skilled | 3 - was ever dene. I have never known enough to play and. land the fight- | Banana rlakes' Brazll . ‘ln ssc a mayor to have a campaign man- ing King and Silver salmon that| A [ = 3 % !age, and no voter asks what political swim in hordes in the inland, | party the mayor belongs to. In and sheltered arms of the North| A party honoring Mr. and Mrs, Plfl&d Gl"een ohves » ? lar 45c | Question No. 19 you ask “Why are Pacific Ocean along the bay-in.JF,.mpMag’m ghs wgel.e finaton T Eetter councilmen chosen under a dented and island-incrsuted shores' oy afterncon, was given at the S(,ya Svenska Crackers - pkg. 59¢ B citv Munacer Pian than under theof Alaska. _ Baf ol S g ; ‘pr(s:‘nl form?’ You say that un-| The streams tributary to the lowing the wedding ceremony. s1i d H L] - 35 d 65 der our form that professional poli- coast differ considerably from those Guests were Mrs. Ocle Swanson, Ce e"lng : lar c an c ticians can afford the time to run. of interior Alaska. The coastal mother of the bride, and Mr€ Helen 4 {That u_nds-_r the city manager plan streams are short and fairly swift,| pLynch, sister of the groom. Lingonberry Preserve 16 0z. for 53¢ J o, v core vt be i sioving trougn naveow. “aensnr] s ana 20 Seail e oo 4 Y A 2 i | ter stcd» in running. Just how wooded valleys on either side of |from Petersburg, where he is captain - l d P - 45 jcan a city manager in Juneau make which are lofty mountains. The!of » fishing boat, and Mrs. Magill, lc e ax eppers e 1 lar c tl?e en . mare intelligent or °f_ a stream banks are frequently cov-|the former Miss Enid Swanson, is a & 7 ¥ {higher calibre? It insults our in- dented and island-incrusted shores nurse in the Petersburg hospital, | Anh aslo Hors D oeuvre - ar 45c |telligence to say so. I don't think and perennial plants. Many inviting ' — ithere has hcsn_u higher calibre of pools are formed throughout the . men anywhere in the United States course of practically every coastal nc on asle ot 'lgl gy 'ar C [ /or on any council than have been stream. - . mayors and councilmen of Juneau X 4 A | | The clear-water streams of the llime J ulce S S L T mnl 75c {Such men as John Reck, B. D. Stew- 'pave their sources in lakes fed by s = art, Ralph Robertson, Chas. Carter, melting snows of the different LmG “armalade ° 16 02. Iar c 1Chas. and Isadore Goldstein, the late‘mmmmn ranges. The upper rea- |B- l‘f Behrend, Guy MeNaugton, ches of these streams are through n ] d b k zsc ‘.C]}l‘a“" Warner and scores more, Were pigh plateaus devoid of timber and rle! us. ooms - p g. |1 successful business or profession-|only sparsely covered with dwarf o al men and served without pay as wilows and alders. The lower Mml sauce ST peakia bollle 49c mel’fle :‘}’1“5 I“OLS‘;“W for the mayor yeaches of such streams are quite| : ;‘c“t’:‘u:‘cumeen :isid :“;‘ yea{s.band_d&‘:e free from underbrush and nowhere £ | 't have to be pald 10 5 the vegetation like that along unan ocnan“l ML I QUC [ oitend the meetings. The City ine copstal streams. The larger has grown and prospered under such 5 & 4 ¢ - . (rivers whickh frequently have their men and I am sure there are the . o i o o 2 ar . (sources in glaciers are often heavily n Y L same calibre of men in Juneau to-|g;it:1agen, but most of the tribu a % 8 - r h n P I a?f};ii:p able of carrying on the Clty| sy streams are clear, and teem- resh Roasted Jumbo Peanuls §“5:"ceu ounca s own w5 win same sones” ™ Power and Water System (which I| (1085 Efme flhes —include P“und 35c think it should try to get) it would '*iPPOW: steelhead, cutthroat, lake G b an all-time mayor. But now there lgl:zfi:s' frfe’:n"a:;rg;el;: plikz ar?d- 5 3 e lakes in THE BIGGEST BUY OF ALL IS are the cty cderk truck driv-|oo ipeast Alaska Is found a gmall S oLE T °WN‘ " er, street commissioner, cemetery A w“ s TAu‘l“G be taken care of by the Mayor and sockeye salmon. Eastern brook trout Coliseum Theatre—Thursday and Friday Council, and it don't look like it Were successfully transplanted in A BARGAIN IN FUN! would need a high salaried man to Waters near Ketchikan, and Skag- . . . Phones 92-95—2 Free Deliveries Daily Orders for Delivery Accepted Up to 2:30 P. M. O

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