The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1947, Page 4

PAGEFOURN THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1947 et et done, and net profits were $63,450. Let us suppose l)“il‘\' 1 1” Il'“ E"ll)irl’, that net profits will continue to be high, which - e e .-71 sigzo YEARS AR08 s nrive | VOTERS is likely. Give this company the same net ! ! 3 r under municipal operation. profit fer the first y EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY 5 1 cts. Juncau, Alaska Add to this figure the sure savings of $38888 in [ IR it SR RO @ St ot - A R LA L ¥ ¥ Fedcral income taxes on current, ete., which the | MARCH 31, 1927 > » ROV LI ‘ ; ; e i | Don’t Overlook These - k¢ city wouldn't have to pay and you have a total of | J MARCHR A Harry T. Lucas left for the south on the Yukon on a busine | = : Business A $102,338 as the municipal utility’s net nmflt: ‘ 5 Mrb, Tho B eI : P B o R Po.,’ts = e e i Oul of this the city operation would have the | o Mrs. G. E, Olévelahd 4 Lillian Gish, with Dorothy C s at the Palace in “Romols on SUBSCRIPTION RATES fcllowing deductions or expenses to meet: s Beverly Lafie 1-reel production 7 s nd BRtiversll by rarrior 0 Junead and DeRyIEE LS per e A payment of $45000 on the principal of the o Francis A, Risndeat 3 | 1. We have voted favor-ng munlmpal own o T i g $7.50 $900,000 bond issue (figuring to retire in 20 years). e Mrs. Fannie Flagg . A Dodge de luxe sedan arrived for William J. Reck ershi voe B 3 uy nouty | A Payment of 527,000 which would be interest on @ P. Hartman . ARy : P fa ularity in the delivery the bonds at 3 pzr cent. Deduct $16,000 for the . Carrie Lundeburg . Mayor J. J. Connors issued a proclamation for a drive to clean-up fal] 4 Wh BB Res W 2 Lt V\‘["“;” ® | the city starting April 4 and continuing to April 30, | 2.-On the sirengih of that ballot the ’ultY - - duct another $20,000 for higher wages which would | ® Mrs. A. M. Sears . S 5 Q,; Siiiis S5t RESS : - roie e g s i ot g B e have to be paid over the year under the latest : o S e » Two tickets were in the field for the city election. One tickst was has invested about § 15,000 for ap s ' . . ed by Themas Judson for M n, Warren H. | wilson and Theodore Heyder for Council. The other ticket was headad | \ Cole for Mayor with Homer Nordling, H. T. Tripp and Charles | 3 i er for Countil centract with the workers. Deduct another $15,000 or, with Robert | praisals. for an appraisal of the property for the bonding Tl ; P company. Total expenses weuld be $123,000. The |©0ff the Tanforan racing fraternity i loss would be $20,662 that there would be no ecriming 5 prosecution if they ignored building Reporis on ihe Electric Utility were Where will the money ccme from? From the controls, Price said: “They never S | v pesple wha will DAY Tor it in higher rates ahy Euoh- 1hAica b SRR J. P. Morgan, veteran representative of Libby, McNeill and Libby, | favurable. Buf that isn't o vertheless, fact remain: bowd rebuilt. Engineer Walter Stuart, spokesman for fois scme; Ao DT e ? i{ 4. Utility profits and saving of Federal and 5,000, > has been no criminal action 3ob Weisburg and wife, the former Frances M schmidt, left for . . - 5 A contractor who has been cxpecting to bid on | nst Tanfc States on the Princess Ma This was her first trip to the Eas Terrliorlal taxes mdlcaie revenue hond the job says it will cest at least $50.000. It cost | they planned to visit his relatives in Minneapolis. almost that much to build in 1912-13, ARNS SECRECY issue can easily Le retired in 25 years | Now the operating deficit which must be made There was a day when the oper- 5 I ations of the power lobby made | at present rates. up through higher rates amounts to more than s 2 —— A headlines. Now the boys have e SRR 7 . !learned that if they work quietty BOMB WASHED ASHORE Add the increased maintenance and other re- |yl O et i AT NUKA BAY, REPORT y made in recent years | further ; Lieutenant Bowers, U. S. Army lewer rate which went into effect this year. De- { 1 | all. The old flume has te be | the public power greup, says it will cost §3 First Div yot pwsion. ¢ 5. The bond houses will have final word s of Alaska Gastineau Mining b Rne bkt and if utiliiy earnings seem insufficient pairs which have nct be because of lack of “labor and materials and the So without benefit of headline: nmander at Seward, has = 5 ici comes bigge r 9 » * power 1 report from a fisher- sclosure proceedings and a trus- . A deficit becomes bigger. the other day, the 'power lobby ' s s r oo e freires o AAs S afler ihexr IhUYO’Jgh report and rallng VOTE TOMORROW Another thing to think ancut. :;..»wuim all-out drive to keep the ™ 1".1‘.‘ . :-}m ‘,lnl(““im\ : y)\‘vu(,‘ e Linnstep o Hids. ap mire gt Ih - H 2 ! 3 itiona e " Federal Government out of the ° ‘t€t g a s attached ticularly scribed in the sz z O e Sechih ! Bower Bustheds aitaaatHorT O a been washed ashore on the Amended Petition and Information € option will never be taken up bY ihe Tomorrow's electicn will be one of the most unit will have to be constructed in the event the | On the House side of the Capi- 1 the vicinity of Nuka Bay. on file in the above entitled cause, CltY V) tol, members of the Reclamatio TG and BHRENOPSTL RHdHsoer e 4 e g heart disease is the interposed a claim ‘or nny hortion | cause of death among:of said money at an time since Janu- | 6. We should vote “Yes’ on Electric Utili- . and said First Amendad and Information alleges that _ ties pendlng accepiance Of the Bevenue i reason of such facts and cir- et A B0t idey. of Quncay, Jnterest 18 Alaska Juneau mine reopens or folds completely, it et the private ccmpany has built up a reserve fund | zgeqcigtion demanded that the Fed- for this very puspose of more than $500000. Such | oral Government stop spending a plant would prebably cost a million dellars teday. | money on reclamation and power U Where would the city get that money. That lush !projects in the west, while on the s. Three good men are fund weuldn't go te the city. Senate side Senator Elm intense. A large vote is expected for Mayer Waino Hendrickson, who heads the ited States people. ary 31, 18 Pet People’s Ticket, is up for re-election, an honor ORDER TO SHOW CAU " Thomas No which we believe he desel ! o 5333-A cumstances, said deposit has escheat- v on the ticket with him—Edward Nielsen, for re- It would bei s ipoor Investment. Tha asking: | tie Oklahoms Democrat BRO¥EOL- | 1. o1 Distrioy ~our fir the Torss. | o T e Bond on the market. clection: Joe Thibodeau and W. Burr Johnson. price of $900,000 is far toc high for what it wil | lon speculator, submitted a b tory of Alaska, Division Number the Territory of Alaska, and prays ' Opposing this ticket is the Progressive Ticket, buy—a broken dewn distributing system, old poles | Which would take the Federal Gov- (ne at Juneau Decree adjudging and decreeing 7. ,ernment out of the power business | entirely, t for the Tenness ridge, J. Raymond Hope and Farl Forsyilie. Run- | statement. Just take a walk around town and look .. "o ' Don't let a lot of figures and wild sur- TERRITORY OF ALASKA, Plain- such money the property of the » N . . €e tiff and Petitioner, vs. JOHN H. Territory of Alaska mises confuse the issue. h WALMER, as Cl er headed by Lec Lazetti, along with Eugene Lock- and rotten wires. Don't take our word for this ing as an Independent for Ceuncil is A. 5. Glover, at the poles and the wires. Then use your own DHAREY e T W il of the Dis- NOW .THEIIFII'UHI‘?. all x:ii‘rsfin_i sioaih Sy RS e s e Y 2 c ourt for i in said money on deposi Howeser, we believe that the clection of our Judgment, Public utility expert Stuart even admits | Government sell all the power from s1eoce pviy i Creri ot e rconer ot 1 8. Remember also that the Alaska Juneau s city cfficials is secondary in importance to the this when he says “$900,000 is a high value for the its dams—including the o B I dis 5 required to appear and electric system.” Yet he wants us (o buy it. Why? Grand Coulee, Shasta and unknow Could it be that he is interested ir job? ville Dams—to private pow- Why is the Alaska Electric ht and Power | €I companies at cost, with the pri- Cempany silent on this proposition? We'll tell comiganies ‘then PeiTBURN - fc power to the public after tak- ce having o dered bonds is: Eile bt e Gold Mine needs Juneau as much as we re the 21st day of May, 1947, at 2 k P. M. of said day, why the need Power. C ineau Mining Com- 3 to De- 0sit should not vest the Ter of Alaska propesition to purchase for $300,000 the Alaska Flectric Light and Power Company’s Juneau prop- perty. Mayor Hendrickson and his ticket are to said de inst this purchase but are also pledged to er 24 yeu why. Because it is the craziest and most carry cut the wishes of the people if they vote to u buy the company lucrative deal that has been offered to any com- ;]i)‘] i R or persons ur y the ¢ any. y e he past, the cheap pow claiming any estate, to Show Cause shall be H N H y. They'd be fooiish to oppose this fine prof- | Wo ons fhat {hsiosoplé wols apainst the | PSW They'd e feolish GSBnntec this e DAL o o iy Bederal ‘pUuLE Dhs.| i Taniaiet o G free and practically their only income p fered gift of $900,000 cash to take away with their | i . o 1o foed the private. utl : utilitics proposal because we believe that if the Jjeets has forced the private utility ibed hes and §500,000 rescrve fund and merchandising business. companies to lower 1 De you think for one minute that if this utility this has resulted in incre b for the past 3 years has been from Sale this 25th day of March Of Power' Bpunt e ) What is their interest in this matter? Actually Respondent A EMPIRE asing their Plaintiff’s First Ame i was such a gold mine as it is said to be by the business. However, Senator Thom- and Information has be filed public power enthusiasts that the company would as would now let the private com- the office of the Clerk cf this Court the above entitled cause, set h the.following facts people do vote to buy the electric utility, they will have te pay fer it in the form of higher rates, and for that reason sce no advantage. The public power group is misleading the let go of it without a fight? The few stockhold- | Danies charge their own rates (sub- $1,400,000 to divvy |Ject to nominal regulation by the people by issuing extravagant clalms to the effect ers of this company would have il rthithe " : T iited States District Judge 9 he . that the light company mnder city ownership would | up—that's real money Bl o ol e Tl i i eios sty e e BT 7. 1047 . We need municipal ownership of the make more than $100.000 a y The people It would be easy, of course, to boost the electric | 011 OVET to them the cheap power ©Ierk EPION SRl far B Aawi BOOURNSIO 7, 1947 | he Goverr sheuld know there is ne basis for t o S Al Electric Utility and the government . St Aaliment. rates and pay off a bond issue of much more than Rty e On the contrary, there is every reason to believe $950,000. The peeple would have to pay or go back e p i i that under city ownership and operation light to kerosene lamps and wood and coal. 6079 SlidleT el ot & For ihai EAS I ER GIF l practlcally OHBI'S to pay fOl’ it thmugh rates would climb and every person in Juneau who But remember this. You are pretty well as- savings of Federal and Territorial b uses icity would suffer the consequences. sured of a cheap and fair rate under private TiDE TABLE ChOUSe a set Df ; . P 2 2 operation because your City Council has the right We have pointed cut in previeus editorials that . 3 taxes. I e Community Silver We cannot afford to miss this oppor- 2 ( tc regulate rates. You rarely sec rates go up under private ownership—they go only one w: down. A recent rate reduction forced by the City Council saves the people $16,000 a vear. We believe there will be an overwhelming vote the average profits of the private company over the last 10 years would be a figure of approximately $40,000, and thi have been extremely h s a goed average because profits Low tide 17:20 p.m., 0.0 ft High tide 23:53 p.m., 152 ft h during the last five High tide 10:48 a.m., 15.0 fi 3 i (&) The Finest Silver Plate tunity. - e against this prepesal, previding a large vote is cast. o . n - . A TN PO P O SRR st %, it . s vAAEED oy CORRECT Municipal Ownership Commitiee The Washingfon Bl e v | Tl e e e e in PATTERN | o Effective Arg Estebetn will sail for Sit waypoints each Wednesd: | General freight will b epted 3 s jed) ked whether it was al 10 at the Northland Dock until 5 p.m. the use of new building materials * /900 let an offender off with civil action Tyesday. and meats only, will be in the reconstruction of the track Meanwhile, near Palo Alto, Calif. rather than criminal punishment, 5 )T(:d until 1. a.m. Wednesds which had been used by the Navy Hoover's home town-—the CPA officials again passed the buck DAVIS TRANSPORTATION CO, during the war. To some builders Lanforan boys continued to fix up o Washington adv. 532-t12 dhisl antitn would Have besn suftls their race track, grandstands, cate- In Washington CPA counsel Har- R . el e CORRECT R T S —————— leged patriotism. They would have reported cost of a nd $2,0( )0 ora s va 1 s desk g . s b - % (h;\m. .,‘ : "“x:n d.‘ Aum uu[‘ foran report was on his desk and ATTENTION LOTGERS with logs TS fOY a LIFETIME " " semembered all the fine wartime {ePte the repeated orders of the explained that it was such a len for sale. Contact Juncau Lumber 5 um ' promises made to the boys who I Cd¢ jovernment. Their tlout-|thy document he had not had time' Mills, Wil buy from 100,000 ft - ing of the Government e were winning battle and hur e beitien - and I H o) ) e Vot aronng i e SEE ALL THE PATTERNS NOW AT R N P | Told of San Frangisco rumc that they had an “in” with some- . L] b G SR tha someone high-up had tipped Mills SR 453-11 OII Bu!ners It hingten. We have referred e thing to Washington for their decision.” criminal action against Heple his associates in the T (Continued frum. Page Onej Harbor Ca noon. Merry-Go-Round CORRECT MOTOR REBUILD and MARINE SERVICE in QUALITY : Mach k— i CORRECT i R R in PRICE {1012 West 10th Street PHONF 862 no.” They wer cient to remind them of their al- Tanforan Race Track crowd. To them watching the ponies Fome and listening to the cast o : 2 Lec] [o[s7s) gister click g c remains a fact, however, that; xs 3 s cus 2 ]M:fl e & :“ i il il e S ’;;‘ 5 4 \I}Thltl‘rle is l;]!) Luxury Tax ?n this .Sllvor“"\are . Telephmle-319 nghlS—Pled 730 e S g U. S. District Attorney in =t o EMEMBER that prices are the same as in New York - Py podges. ot b Mismer iy ey Harri Machine Shop, Inc. B c .h:)v\\\ i:m Francisco | ™ —— - — = | : ally eve G TO WASHINGION Go otficials bestir- | and started civil | Instead of punishing Tan-: their willful violations, | i Produ >\ i YELLOW CAB CO | oo LENSES PRESCRIBED 1 PHONE 22 DR. D. D. MARQUARDT So ment ed down. Then they ond time, going in pealed fer, and mselves CIRIEY mo - m DMoP o on Administra- | 15, Ttaded ely asked Judge Harris for! 11 Qperated 1 Court to ask that the Governments or- &P Yk S l‘ i ” to stop building op- B Courtecus Drivers — Dependable | e OPTOMETRIST Iy Sure said NO. erations, The injunctic Ste i | y 1 to use its oq 1junction was g E Service —— 24-HOUR SERVICE | 000 A HONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS but nothing s | This was on Feb. 14. But even | an injunction by a Federal Court | did not seem to faze the race-track boys. For on March 21, Judge Har- | more But the Tanfor were avaricious, also tenacious. In SMITH HEATING and APPLIANCE CO. Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle 63. Aze DOWN ace tracketeers JUKEAU PLUMBING & HEATING CO. December they filed a new appeal ris cited Tanforan officials for wor. o f i PLUMBING—HEATIN s FORMERLY §™TH OIL BURNER SERVICE s s s aln s S L 2. Not strict D —-nhume‘;ou BURNERS—SHEET METAL R RER b o a4 o i e d ddap PHONE 787 e ] 0il Burners — Plumbing — Heating T ity e A his viglation = 1 B 6 | Third and Franklin DAY PHONE—476 NIGHT PHONE—GREEN 6% wen ahead 8. | e ——— plans, spend PASSING THE BUCK / o Jewned | | of $300,000 on 4 e | : er | 4 42k S 4o 7Nl I LT i e M. S. WHITTIER ; not to spend bout this contempt cita wa 7723 | % uled . | 3 % ~ . it e o B s ros e dert product | = a pald-up subseriver (o THE DAILY ALASKA — PO e s e, nov- Tt e Judse et tted | et ot 2| % EMPIRE is Tasited tobe our suest THIS EVEN 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1947 (o bl tits ot inti very 1 Frank J, Hennessy, to prepare the 2 7 M Present this coupon to the box office of the i ~ Wy citation. CPA officials apparently | " B = i | CAPITOL THEATRE * g' clals were forti nothing about Tanfor: con- | hene moasuren; % 4 f June 22 this enortes inued ¢ materials, so £ A QAI”\h:‘:-:t“uk or | and receive TWO TICKETS to see: . nds umber irom the 1 Race the aler decided to move } i i { i . : 2 ) The B. M. Behrend house at L ned U. S. Attorney Hennessy, asked 2 .." THE GREEN YEABS | 47 ik Feqsral Tax—12 per Person | Bank y contract crowd, explained: “We 53 154 B e e acxering. claimed all ed no report on S = J . Couple . QR B S o o e s et ] ’ FARNE 14 THE BOTAL BUNE CAB 03, Oldest Bank in Alaska ¥ u]'lum. “but this is not Actu- ms Ugations. but to prose- - (| | 54. part of & and al:Iinsured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and o4 ally part of it went to t r the ipvestigat s made 5 clen Y 3 4 i i b B o e ot g - (8 QTR ign s mac 3 l\vvre\:;x;‘::‘c‘]:i" RETURN YOU to your horae with our compliments. COMMERCIAL SAVINGS 5 d CPA orde: ofuicials in San Francisco i e WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! § This column was also denied asked why they hadn't re- et