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PAGE FOUR Dml vy Alaska Empire evening except Sunday by the PRINTING COMPANY treets. Juneau, Alaska 1\n'l|u President Vice-President nd Manager Managing Editor - Business Manager Editor - as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.30 per month; six months, $8.00; one vear, $15.00 tage , at the following rates: s, in advance, $7.50; a favor if they will promptly notify e of any failure or irregularity in the delivery s Office, 602; Business Office, 374 sively entitled to the use for s dispatches credited to it or no% ether- biper and also the local news publisied Alazka Newspapers, un! NTATIVES e, Wash. ® REPORT ON STATEHOOD I/. biennial budget of more than $10,000,000 L'l'.(-]'ln’ tax- payers of Alaska food for thought when thinking about statehood. Concentration on the 'm (New York Time: Is the so-called family-size farm passing from the KenE k American scene? Or is it just getting larger than it ® . e AT B9 e John and Lee Hagneier o . Veda Hansen . Preliminary census figures for 1945, appearing in g Phillip Hukill ° the current issue of The Agricultural Situation, pub- Sieshenis BosHLR 1 lished by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, sug- Allen A, Engstrom % gests that perhaps both tendencies are at work. The J S X moderate-sized farm of 100-250 acres was long the J Mrs. Cist W % backbone of the country’s predominantly agricultural o S Cans W 2 areas. It was this sized farm that was known as the 3 m.“‘u_‘ Bringdals s family farm. (The original homestead unit, for ex- \n: ‘“. G 3 4 ample, was 160 acres.) Today, however, the typical : N ““;} Vi % j farmer lives on approximately 200 acres. This is twenty Bse " 5 & ek aE e acres more than he worked in 1940 and fifty more than | SR ¥ his father worked before him. We are, it would seem, | SULLYS RETURN ::o:;)z;‘:l?“ rd concentration in agriculture as well m‘ sie. dndl Mo Hady e . 2 7 ‘turned to Juneau by PAA plane ‘{m(:h“(hl:[‘“““\:”nfipr of llum, ln‘.“r:\:'qm‘;ullfill\l h.\‘; yesterds following a six 5 i fallen, census figures show, fi 6. nillions ir 3 " , 4 1920 %o 58 millions, but acr B actually risen |DUVie PEIp 40 Eacit Uocsieie t 4 0 e 5 | ket centers. Mr. Sully, one of the from 856 millions to 1.1 billion. Today over half they o oo™ of the Juneau- nation’s farming area is in units of 500 acres or more. ;ij , Hardware Co. here, reports compared with -thirg enty-five years ago. The| - = i A B !application of mechanized methods to farming. Not ““’“k"““]';‘l’j' e only do such methods make it possible to cultivate |Markets 1€ S0 A¢ G P and harvest a larger acr , but their economic ad- 3 T 't R X vantage g?ncrallyipvakmp, increases with the acreage. | 1€ furpiture and _lfflm“m_e BT b |here. Mr. and Mrs. Sully spent Meanwhile the number of farms in the 10-500 €| most” of their time away in San category has been shrinking 1d where it once ac- | puaycisco and Los Angeles. counted for two-thirds of the nation’s farm land, it now | 5 | comprises barely half. As to the real mall” farms | —those of 10 to 100 acres these are important CHAPELADIES ! numerically, but in point of acreage represent but 11| The Chapeladies helc an inter- per cent of the count total. In the West they are esting meetir last night in the is to consider u Chamber of Commerce this weck another report on statehood for Alaska, som which should give the people of this at deal to think about i y the matter of government finances tehocd, a subject that was little discussed referendum on statehood some time ago. The costs of a State government uld greatly exceed the cost of the territorial ad- and therc would be no additional sources which w available to the State couid be a higher limit for property administerir ration, of except that there revenue tax than the 1% permitted under our Organic Act, this report states The additional costs of administering a State| enumerated, showing that on a biennial basis | Alaska would have to have taxes bringing al minimum $7,859,614, and if the ate all services for Indians the total would additional added 9,614 figures, to the present Territorial | This is the group of succes Attendance largely irrigated farms and submarginal units oper- Chapel-By-The-Lake. ated by Spanish-Americ: in the South they arewas good. frequently cropper or tenant unit One group in this - category, however, is of very real cconomic importance When you 1 Wl truck farms adjacent | not get the | SHEIM SHOES at JALITY why Buy FLOR- GRAVES. to metropolitan centers. rgely under the influence of the Victory garden | — e ce i movement, it is interesting to note, very small farm | ORDER :;“ T};”( CAUSE units (under ten acres) expanded numerically by some AR o St e 90,0007 it that b 4k mot, entirely 'a World War | [, the Distrley Sourt for the Lag v ! <ol & A tory of Alaska, Division Number phenomenon is evident from the fact that units in thi One, at Ju 1 classification increased, all told, by 300,000 between rrppiTORY OF ALASKA, Plain- 1920 and 1945. Incidentally, if you happen to have a tiff and Petitione JOHN H little place in New Jersey or Connecticut with nine | WALMER, as Cl erk of the Dis- acres, an apple orchard, a truck garden and a couple trict Court for e Territory of of cows, it might or might not interest you to know Alaska, Division Number 1; All that your establishment is classed by agricultural rest or persons on-a claiming un- s issued by the wu Mining Com- corporation, prior to De- All other parties nong nknown having or on a tisticians as a “sc-called” farm. The assumptis those who are used to dealifg with agriculture nation-wide scale seems to be that no one could ceivably regard farming on such miniature as a major occupatio scale par cember 24, 19 . or persons jown having or [he waShII‘lg'on .xn. es were up instead o (lo\\n n‘ el ng any right, title, esta raz e e o NGORPORATIONS | L3 S Me"y.Go.Round note the cost of lving baromet scribed herein, Defendants and jand remedy the situation. { ‘The Alaska ogging Co., I Respondents. e | But when Republicans chopped has filed papers of unorpm(m(m‘ Plaintiff's First Amended Petition (Continued frum Page Ome} the B.LS. from $6700000 to|with Territorial Auditor Frank and Information has been filed in = & ST $2373.400, it was like a criminal Boyle. The new corporation, with| the office of the Clerk of this Court PUBLIC COMES FIRST |disposing of the evidence of his principal offices at Anchorage,|in the above entitled cause, settin At this point, Oregon’s young Crime.. In other words, with the|was formed ty Kenneth D. Ming, forth the following fac Senator Morse took off his gloves. Bureau of Labor Statistics gutted, prenk L. Fettick and Rotert R.| That there is on deposit with the I'm not interested in Republican there will be no official way t0 Bornschein. It is capitalized for| Clerk of the District Court for the stratezy” he rvemarked sharply, 8scertain how far Taft and Wherry §200,000 with 8,000 shares of stock | Territory of Alaska, First Division, I'm not interested in playing 8re right or wrong—except by having a par value of § L‘n(h the sum of $9,940.83, for unknown on such a vital issue as BUESSWOIK. Severen's Trading Post, Inc holders of Alaska Gastineau Mining I am interest in legisla-| In addition, the fact is that 90 piamna Lake, has been incor Company bonds, resulting from to promote the public wel- Fercent of all union contracts are zteq for $70,000 by Martin Sever- foreclosure proceedings and a trus- still based upon cost-of-living lev- Is according to local regions, Mary | tee transfer of funds, as more and en, George Seversen rath- Ball and Jenner < Clark. The corporation stock con- | ticu described in the said First le stunned, the Oregon- €' than on a national scale. And!gists of 70 shares having a par Amended Petition and Inform critics of labor want to keep it'value of $1,000 each. . on file in the above entitled cause, mind, it's important that ”’f:‘ way. 5 | The Kelly Willow Mining Co. and that no person whomsoever has me bill through Congress, l“_“t Oklahoma's Congressman Inc. of Anchorage, has been in-|interposed a claim for mny portion with certain urgent prob- ;“““ ¢ and his impulsive ¢ol-|corporated for $250,000 with one| of said money atan time sinc that the President will sign,}i238Ues may have played right into mijjon shares of stock having a ary 31,1939, and said First Amended rather than end up with no legis- 1€ hands of Labor rather than'par value of 25c each. The cor-|Petiton and Information alleges that lation at all {otherwise. ~Certainly their action!poration was formed by Arthur by reason of such facts and cir- Pake & bill outlawing the juris-|Sengthens the telephone wor Liening and Albert Lobe of Se-|cumstances, said deposit has escheat- onal strike and the secondary| WO Want to bargain nationally. attle and Lee Dolan of Anchorage.led to and become the property of ol T 't dmesine .the Proes am_l hurts the telephone company — . — | the Territory of Alaska, and prays s not signing that which wants, to- bargain locally. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS | (1 Docyee adjudging and decreel NOTE—Recommendation to Con- Sealed bids will be received at the g0 money the property of t a bill tha: would set up 8ressman John Taber of New York City Clerk’s office until 8:00 pam. peypitory ci Alaska. efficient mediation and concilia-' Chairman of the House Appropria- April 18, 1947. on the City of Ju- NOW THEREFORE, all perso service under an independent tions Committee: The President might not , but I would like to see it and put him to the test. I'm eating these issues separately, If you lump everything together, including the ban on the closed shop. pu are going wind up with nothing at all “In that Morse concluded, invite a Presidential veto it the votes to override a ey people’s budget to his own brother ment payroll, of General Funds stenograpl. congressional popu- with veto Morse larit who don't didn’t increase his by speaking his mind. Men speak their minds usualy But even thcugh they out- him, he did give Republican considerable food for Andy May, from Kentucky, the Erie Basin April 21 frauds tion by If Bilbo may Justice the are still the 12c0vers NE STRIKE ISSUE current fix- greement in the controversy is over on a patic n-wide by the unicn, or locality-by-local the company. es that the L.l‘ cancelled a Kurt von cost of chancellor Middletcn, Md., for in- became lower than in New York Arthur, % should vary ac- e. too Art ing the story Oscar-winning Lestiny.” Art not realizing y labor dis- when George House to slice Bureau :rwhelm- GOP ‘This, hittled the f Statistics down ! t one-third its normal ap- opriation and means that is can longer ascertain the cost of liv- for use in ns 1 issue in ma chertled with Representative ed up in the and moved ber $1,000,000 off the Statistics Oy usiastically, him and youngster, Army. Junior Chamber started a gram for helping abor Those willing to out eyes ed of the on nation-wide Republicans axe 2 a the by region strikes. who applied the also thought they were new deal agency. Act- BL.S. was voted into v Republican President 1884. There is nothing = A about summ Wherry, attack on price gued that if they holarships. respondent for papers, has the United States. NOU in when Senators et al led the GOP control, the were ar- Seventh Chapter of Matthew, beholdest thou the mote that is in| cpened and read aloud publicly at thy brother's eye, Congressman Taber but spends $124.905 to waive informalit 3 etc.—the statf UNDER THE DOME | will face W Senator Justice Department. | be prosecuted. Department indict a sick man Bob Johnson of Temple University 1% scheduled | Schuschnigg, of Austria, former Toronto Brooklyn Eagle columnist, for picture, left a ing Hollywood writing job, a to The Akron, of Commerce new and important pro- building up a list of eye-donors— upon death to help the living . The Swedes are’ what the State Department to do but couldn't do peny-pinching sending journalists to the USA on Sven two Swedish news-| been (COPYRIGHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE > — G THE N CHAMPION OUTBOARD MOTORS See the New Models at your Champion Dealer Juneau Welding & Machine Diamond T and there be the neau'’s 1938 model “Why | truck and will then’ Ftnan vesd interesed in said 'money on dey wn with the Clerk of the District Cour are hereby required to appear .nd but considerest the regular meeting of the Com-!chow cause, if any they haye, on or | — not the beam that is thine own mon Council While of the City of Juneau. ‘pefore the 21st day of May, 1947, at 2 slashing other| Bids received after the time d | g'clock P. M. of said day, why the | smithereens, for opening will not be considered. | title to said deposit should not vest ! not only has/ The City of Juneau reserves the|in the Territory of Alaska. the govern- right to reject any all bids Lllld‘ IT 1S FURTHER ORDEF this Order to Show Cause sha | published for six consecutive incl.! beginning March 27, 1947, to on or to pay 28 clerks, largest in Washington. C. L. POPEJOY, City April 7 to 17, Congressman trial in r frauds case Bilbo's war| ! Cis investiga- | - ACROSS ter 3. IExtra pay 34. Samuel's me tor Feeler . Slide S, Oft . Highways under from cancer, he Otherwise the hestitates to . Forthright! 5 Meaningless ition, pen 14 r vetch Of the ear 41, ¥ Transgressions Foolish talk 2 spzech kty| 15, former | 2 when . Helps Sounds Muffles Chiinese dynasty . Goddess of dis- cord Cowboys 3t = Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle for do- the Army's! ss “Seeds of high-pay- wife the | BEpoch 56, Iemale sand- vipers Vehicle on inn Indian weight DOWN . Inflated Air: comb. ontalner e enlist in the blind. It is their es with doi "2 want- | tecaus Congress give Ekstrom, cor- good-willing in INC) W Shop 547-6t. | { \ § pa 20! Alaska from 120 YEARS AGO #%% waeire B APRIL 9, 19 200 couples attended the Senior farewall dance in Elks Hall k! 1 very successful as-well as enjoyable r. The Seniors took 190, out of which class debts were to be paid, remainder ed over to the School Meet Fund to help defray expenses of Juneau sentatives in the Southeast Alaska school contests Imost the to be Wwalter G. Hellan, formerly owner of the Home ue, announced he planned to open a drug store annual May the American Legion Queen contest sponsored by opened previous day, with Mesdames W. H tonehouse and H. W. Frawley named as the committee in charge the Roderick Davis, full blood Indian and Acting Mayor of Metlakatla arrived in Juneau to get a close view of the Legislatur activities nnecti ith the fisheries indust Establishment of a subsidized steamship line to operate betw bill introduced in the Hous at $40,000 a y Rupert and Juneau was proposed in p. Worth. The bill would fix the st propriation of $85,000 for the biennium. Weather: ngln.st 42; lowest, 28 clear AILY ALASKA EMPIRE, Juneau, ! of beginning, containing 69 cres; the same being owned and ed this 25th day of Ma used by applicant as a millsite in connection with the working of the Bertha Lode claim, this ey United States Mineral Monument No. 1502, to which this survey is tied, is marked by a cross (X) on an ex- ed outerop of bedrock on top of prominent point six feet above line of mean high tide on the HARRY E. PRATT, United States District Judge t publication, March 27, 1947. t publ ion, May 7, 1947. NOTICE OF AFPPLICATION FOR PATENT Serial No. 09406 REPUBLICATION of Kimshan Cove, in the United es Land Off 41’ 20”7 North, Longi- or the Juneau Land District 45" West, chiseled U chor Alaskd 1502, from which a ter of the Application of cro cliff face um MIN- HIR - CHICHAGOF orth 7 ING COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of the summit of Dnulth Mountain State of Washington, for patent th 13- 30’ East to the ELSINOR, SHAFFER claims are located BERTHA, FRIES, TRINAD, BER- nd unsurveyed except in Min-|* NARD, SHOLIN and RH lode eral Survey No. 1502 A and B, and end from the mean high tide line Kimshan Cove to the submit of mining claims and the BERTHA .\ZZLLQIFE, embraced in U. S. of Grocery on Willoughby in Juneau.in the | Robinson, | WEDVF SDAY, APRIL 9, 1947 ] l MOUNT JUNEAU JCOND and FOURTH LODGE NO. 122 Zlh/nq:/brfiurfllrm I | = | | CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co. Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple f = et " HoLLAND ) 5. OLLA y ServingAlaska brclusively < | oot v JAMES W It's not how much you pay for; | LEIVERS, Secretary. yout fur coat, or how little—Tt's what you Martin Vicior Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations « James C. Cooper, CPA| | "= BUSINESS COUNSELOR | Specializing in | Corporation—Municipal and Trust Aceounts get for your money ] [ Silver Bow Lodge | @xu. A 2, LO.O.F | Meets every Tues day at 8:00 P. M., L. O. O. F. HALL Welcome SOFOULIS, Noble Grand V. CALLOW, Secretary B.P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. 2. | m ing brothers welcome | ¢ | VICTOR POWER, Exalted The Ermn ree‘ C‘, Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Se: Office in Case Lot Grocery = - “SMILING SERVICE” PHONE 701 HAY, GRAIN, COAL | ana STORAGE || Bert's Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 i FREE DELIVERY Juneau | 7Y SRR REET EEV AR CE J CALFFORNIA Grocery and Mcat Market 478 — PHONES — 371 High Quahty Foods at Moderate Prices "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Drugagist “The Squibb Store” Junes-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Near Third Seward Street Alaska Husic Supply| Where Pharmacy Is a | _‘ Avthur . Uggen, Manager Profession Pianos—Musical Instruments upplier III’AI RED Phorc AEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Second and Seward Channel Boat Works P. 0. 2133 est Juneau | | | | i BOATS BUILT and R | | | Across from Boat Harbor Mineral Survey No. 1502 A and B, ridge between Kimshan Cove| |Welding, Plum 0il Burner ed in the Sitka Mining and Bay, at a maximum ele Bk Work Phone RED 110, after 6., M. Recording District, First 1770 feet, in approxim: C AL PAIR WORK ‘ ——e. Tartitar Yor at 57 41’ Notrh, Longiture Phon 0 FOR 3 : one W. 12th St. || < Cove on Chich Island, 07" West it e - i ; names of adjoining claims are sen Lode, continguous grour forming one un- this survey, urves Frances R. Lode, this survey, and Kay Lode, this survey, but none of the same included in this appli- cation, he with wl nized under ws of the State of hington, postoffice add Kimshan has filed its appl ited States Lan Alaska, corpo! wday Queen Lode claim ch a conflict is mentioned in the U at An for a itent RTHA MILI s an unpatented claim own- includ within S. M applicar ey No. 1502 A 2 B, s > total area embraced in the Kimshan Cove, Chichagof Island, above claims and claimed by the Territory of Al Judi plicant is 2.569 acres. Di ns claiming ad- above described ed Any sely Sitka Mining and Record- 1 more particularly | v and all pe any of the ivisior bed llows | veins, lodes or premises are req ginuing at Cor. \'uv 1, whence to file notice of their erse claims L S. M. M. 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