The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR * YOUNG DOCTOR WILL END TERM AS HEAD OF B.C. TRADE ASSN. WHO'S WHO AT JUNEAU CONVENTION IS TWENTY-ONE - YEARS OLD NOW Membershib Expands from Six Groups fo All Central ) of the 1948 Con- A Who's [ vention of xiated Boards of “ Trade of Ce 1 British Columbia [ B. C and S E' Alaska and affillated Chamber { Com- | merce of Southeast Alaska could fic gl > ; also be compared to & Who's Who ‘ he Associated Boards of of all Br 1 Columbia and South- ! Trade and Chambers of Commerce east Alaska. The visitors are as fol- | of Central British Columbia was s | first organized on June 10, 1927, Prince Rupert, B. C. E. T. Applewhaite, ance and Secretary of th | from seven British Columbia com- munties. It was formed to pro- mote the welfare and development man 1948 Boards of Trade |VISITING GROUP | Acks Parficipation = L ' 0fU.S.and (anada In Tuna Fish Study THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Con THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1948 vention Ends Today That the Dominion government has already launched a thorough 1esearch program on tuna fishing, while the U. S. government has not as yet started preliminary investi- gations was brought out at the se: sion of the Associated Boards cf | at Smithers, B. C., by delegations Trade of Central British C"mmbi“}plemm:t and strengthen yesterday's this morning. The Ketchikan Chamber of Com- merce, an affiliate of the Associa- | ing the Association President to ap- point a permanent special commit- tee to assemble all of the necessary facts on the importance of con- ‘structmg a lumber loading area and | coal bunkers at the port of Prince | Rupert. This information is to sup- resolution urging completion of this | project i Appointed on the committee are FREEDOM OF TRADE URGED BY CANADA, ALASKA MEET HERE {Request for—fgasial High- way fo Alaska Included in Many Resolutions | British Columbia and affiliated Chambers of Commerce of South- east Alaska, introduced eighteen resolutions during their 1948 con- vention here. Alaska members in- troduced two additienal proposals. i Canadian members of the Asso-| ciated Boards of Trade of Central | DUNCAN KERR ALSO BRITISH COLUMBIA "SAWMILL OPERATOR ELECTIONS CONDUCTED LATE TODAY A. M Patterson Expected to Win Out as Presi- dent of ABT Four new officers were to be elected at this afternoon’s session of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia and Chamber of Commerce. Ch: 3 affiliated Chamter; of the ABT Convention Re of that area and has met annually | tion, presented a resolution request-| Georpe McAdams, F. W. Dobson| action and the resolutions are as ot Boubiieast Alassko{ ‘Commerce o since that time except for the years ing the inauguration of a govern- |, prank Dockrill follows: i a convention ' + S i b 1940 to 1944 ipclusive because of [ment research program in tuna, i ¢ e i . Allen Armstrong, real estate and ¥ 2! 3 Haines Cutoff Canadi vernment to 3 i the war. which was caught commercially for nothe; solution consolidating | .. TR flg Danpitell Clovees =i Outgoing officers are Dr. L. M. insurance man. g A i g Another re rectify all unnecessary inconven- Greene, Smithers, B. C., President; L. M Felsenthal, department Represented at the original mect-"the first time in both Canadian|pe .colutions of the Prince Rupert | o aq hindering freedom of trade WY ip ath 'Pri.n o 3 ing were Prince Rupert, Prince and American waters this summer.| op.her, Hai Chamber and| - M. erson, ce George, B: store proprietor. | Al | 4 Chamber, Haines al and travel between the United C., First Vice-President; and Dun- Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Gordor George, McBride, Burns Lake, Van- | Tuhe port of Prince Rupert ;fi' Whitehorse Board of Trade on the|g i g Canada. Adopted. | Pl i Pt WD B hardware merchants o, e e e e O e i - |Year-round mamntenanes of Bhol ‘maguestingthel (governimante - of DUNCAN K. KERR tary-Treasurer. Jack Fletcher, for- John Gurvich, taxicab com; = b‘;]"‘c l]mlbm"e'.ma:y 01:2 Brit- a% "l(:l:vs.kaso' N lp([r)m S, st | HRines Cutoff. The revised “'35’:1“' Canada and the United States to mer Juneau resident, was elected fetor S R ) | ish Columbia cities have been ad-| The Ketchikan resolution request-| iy of the tuna industry was also 2 RN ’ g r”f;i"{ . vT A ¢ e (photo @bove) | v membership. The or. €d that both governments investi-| : .““ calbRy construct a highway from Hazel-| Duncan K. Kerr, of Terrace, B.|last year to the post of Second Vice Ay b e L of the Associated | Ty i . i lenty the area to discover th R i R ton to Whitehorse along’the coastal | c, is Secretary-Treasurer of the President but did not complete his man of the ABT C. \nd: Chambers of | 82Dizations now also consists of |8ate the area to discover the hablls| = 5¢ this afternoon’s session, two range of mountains thus afford-|Associated Boards of Trade and|term. No successor was ch t'ons Committee. \l British Col. | Hazelton, Terrace, Quesnel, Fort(Of tuna and whether thelr discov- |imporiant resolutions came up fori; %, ‘gior cut to Alaska from |Chambers of Commerce of Central “Patterson is expected t:x:?vx: G. Alex Hunter, Max aing its 1MG | naand. Fraser Lake, Ut b et Loy ”eip::za)é discussion. One resolution request-| 18 L S0 Thiied ‘Siotes - and| pritish Golumbls which pre meet- |t the: top position 88 President of News : y g 5 id James, Wells, Telegraph Creek, and ce or cou e ed o4 the construction of a highway % v Mior 2 rid J. McLean, ship tuilder. | o oo a l,;',“‘“_mdfl \u: eo: the Junior Chambers of Commerce |282iD. ketween Hagelton and wmtehorse};“;evlrr:i]upac‘:in;za:vl:sneexpe:fzdtzohi's' inlg l;;re x:ilxlstwt;elt(i.‘ K;rr was ém-mli g;“ ptsdurlng l:lh’ next year. Thomas McMeekin . = ‘B‘(_‘ » i at Prince Rupert and Prince| On behalf of the Dominion gov-iglong the coastal route. The pro-| moo: e;y“ eds f';[o o le“"xe m‘)‘;! elcotis anda“ ';'tse Olfifl at the produce merchant was elocted /46 Shia ] POOTEE ernment, H. W. Brighton of the|nosed highway would make it pos-‘“ ; uestivg Canadian coast guard g “' ) t e‘:;’” 1;;;‘:‘“ C % known ‘umtil :;Z“ “n:' :‘:t be Bert Morgan. tobacco " 3 oy c ” ! Department of Trade and Industry, |sible for Hyder, Ketchikan, Wran-| Requesti:e present post ai the an= ik el i last year's conven-| In 1946, Chambers of Commerce - iservice off of Western British|vention in Prince Rupert counted. M 4 o % in 8 " 5 {announced that two of the largestgell, and Juneau to tie into it. - ey pert. » ince Rupert. He has|in Southeastern Alaska were also ’ Columbia which has been occasion- | Kerr is part owner of a sawmill ———————— Prince Ruper’ : a !admitted to membership because | [IShery patrol boats had been on|! Election of officers for the com- : R & anding spokesman for Y e the scene during the entire fish-|ing year is also scheduled this af- |ally serviced by the U. S. Coastjat Terrace. He is 39 years old, H )t of Prince Rupert|Of their joint interest in many af- £ 3 {Guard and is without regular pro-|married and a recent father. In e(ep"on S eld ing and that each vessel carried |ternoon. | Liologists from the Fisheries Re-' search Station at Nanaimo. He said’ and Mis and daughter, Sar tection. Adopted. Asking the Canadian government his younger days, Kerr was prom- went i ametes | For Convention at Immigration and Interior and | | ciated Boards of Trade are Juneau, |fairs of the two areas. Alaska hambers affiliated with the Asso- Bangquet Tonight The Juneau Chamber of Com-! to Union Steamship During a recent i | t lumber loading are: : uring @ b y that it was his belief that the De-|merce will be hosts at a tanquet|to construct a lumber loading area A. E. “Ted he conferred onXetchikan, Wrangell, —Petersburg, |/ cione or pisheries was }’)lannlllg‘:’}‘;‘\f;v:x:ilt ; mmorigng all delegqales|and modern coal bunkers at the < g grocer with British officials | Haines, Skagway and Anchorage. § ooy ! o iport of Prince Rupert to more 2| Notiaf be 2 to continue and enlarge the pro- to the Convention. The banquet will | P p e C.G. W it to secure financial aid | Not : dml""‘ SEpTONDS Were 8"[,6 gram; that tuna sold for $550 & ton {he in the Gold Room of the Bar-|ecopomically accommodate foreign ARSTIBEY. > send delegations to this year'syy;cear ang that the price would |anof Hotel at 7:30, The Canadian |Shipping needs. Passed. ABT President is i married. He came t years ago from Prince George, B W. H. Croker Department of Mr. and Mrs. F. W ident, Central Interior Lumberman Association. the Uni- of the Uni- At the lat- ) al burgh A. M. “Pat” Patterson, clothing and ABT Vice A Fellow of ‘the J. E. Paschal, retired railroad e conductor R o Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Stevenson theatre managers. 4 PAST PRESIDENTS wecor OF ASSOCIATION ARE PRESENT AT MEETING Presidents cor ion of Trade and of Central ja and affiliated Commerce of South- ska which ends tonight Terrace, B. C Charles Adam, theatre Mrs. C. DeKergommean Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Kerr, mill operator, Sec ary of the and former President of the ] race Board of Trade. Mrs. H. Koch. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Little, part- ner of Kerr and Vice-president of the Terrace Board of Trade Mr. and Mrs. George McAdams, general merchandise. Mrs. M. Miller. saw- BT Four of att the A Chambers of C British Colum its past 1948 Board: are ciated of i eastern Mrs. C. J. Norrington. in Juneau Mrs. W. C. Osbourne. The four former leaders are J Mrs. Will Robinson. W. H. Day, of Vanderhoof, B. C Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, general | Frank M. Dockrill, of Telkwa, B merchandise. g |C.; James T. y, of Prince Mr. and Mrs. Otis T. Sundal, re- |RU tired. Terrace, B. C. -~ JAMES HARVEY WAS CANADIAN MAJOR IN Smithers, B. C. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Buchart Mr. and Mrs, Clarence P. Bus- singer, merchant. Miss Norah Carr, nurse. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Ford, ac- countaan, WAR WITH GERMANY Dr. L. M. Greene, ABT President,| James T. Har Prince Rupert and physician and surgeon B. C. attc is Chairman of the Vanderhoof, Mr. and Mrs. J. W tired hotel proprietor B. C. H. Day Resolutions Convention Bo Committee for the 1948 Associated d Chambers of re- of Tra the Mr. and Mrs. George Ogston, in- | Commerce of Central British Col- surance umbia. He has practiced law in Mr. and Mrs. W. Harry Taylor,{Prince Rupert since 1937. Prior to merchum:. | that time, he also practiced at Vancouver, B 13,“”1“),'_ B. C H. W. Brighton, Representative | y served with the of the Canadian Department o! in Wol Trade and Commerce. Jack Burkeridge, F Department, Union Ltd B. Harkness, ian Nati Shaw, Union 38, mar cmerging ¢ Tratfic| ricd and f ) Com- ous and A dau of | He Industrial Agent, |ype 4 al Railways Passen pa: Steamship Company - TED APPLEWHAITE IS CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENT, ALS Other Canad ans d Mrs. Al rage operator e Hazelton Cha Bensen ber of Commerce as well Liberal Party Candidate to the Skeena District \dian Parliament. aite, 49, is an | but doesn’t practice. He ngaged in the insurance for many years. He came to Prince in ndent of Juneau Norman C. Banfie attorney Dr. William Whitehead, physician | and surgeon Herb Rowland Rupert in 1936 from Stewart, B. C Applewhaite is a guiding light and leac worker for the Asso- Pete Chri; e, gara r Davies, Canadian Pacific | ciated Boards of Trade according rerpeasiiintive many friends. He is also! Lieutenant Commander Edward | a4 Wer I veferan P. Ckester, Jr., Aide to the Go ernor of Alaska. the Port Chilkoot W. E. Hendrickson, Mayor of Ju- R. Milligan neau. Others Attend ng Other Alaskans D. C. Knapp, Seattle, Secretary 1. M. Powell, Mayor of Haines of the Pacific Northwest Trade As- and President of the Haines Cham- soclation ber of Commerce, A. M. Machim, E. C. Koenig, Jr., Haines, member ! of Haines, CAA |Territory. Secretary | Board of Trade. Miss Grace Clark, Los Angeles. of t; and George McAdams, of |poration of America of a 250-ton | BT pplewhaite, of Prince! - | Rupert, B is in charge of Registration for the 1948 Conven- ion of the Associated Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce ¢ Central British Columbia. He retary of the Prince Ru- 1a great water Lake, about six miles distant, by | means of which watér require- jments of plant will be sup-| |plied. Re y it was announced ! that con would be let and| . | constru n work started by Oc-! tober cn the mill ldings includ- | ;!ing a coal steam electric generat- | convention. However, representa- tives are present from Prince Ru- pert, Prince George, Vanderhoof, | Burns Lake, Smithers, Hazelton, and Terrace, B. C.; Whitghorse, Yukon Territory; Juneau, Ketchl-l kan and Haines, Alaska. | D NEW INDUSTRY MAY| UP POPULATION OF PRINCERUPERT, B. . By,G. ALEX HUNTER Managing Editor, Prince Rupert Daily News | Before 1939 a struggling fishing | town of six thousand people, its| strategic position in the Pacific| theatre not unknown tut still un-| recognized, Prince Rupert, which| became an armed camp, embarka- tion center and producer of war- 'ships and merchant vessels during| World War II with population bounding up to 25,000, looks to the establishment by the Celanese Cor- ‘ace!ale cellulose pulp mill plant at |nearby Port Edward as the factor ‘l»\hzch within two years will make {it a thriving industrial and shipping V‘mc’.ropolis of at least 20000 per- sons—a population about double of |what it now boasts In short, the advent of the Cel- |anese Corporation and its $25,000,- 000 plant in Prince Rupert will mark a turning point in the economic ca- reer of this northern British Co- lumbia coast city and the immedi- ate district for which it is adminis- trative and business center. [ double-barrelled € mill will provide a direct oll of upwards of 500 persons Port Edward plant, eight benefit, the 'mi ong the Canadian National Railway line from Prince Rupert, whil> it will provide employment | well over another five hundred in the forests around Terrace, 90 jm'les further along the line in the |interior, where the company is al- (read aking steps to organize log- {ging of spruce, hemlock and balsam ron a forest management-sustained |yield tasis for which contracts have been signed with the provincial { government. At the Watson Island (Port Ed- [ rd) mill site an excavation con- tract, which cost over half a million dollars, has been completed. Dia- {mond drilling is now proceeding for line from Prudhomme {ing plant. The steel is already on| |order. The construction work itself | {is exproportions at Princz Rupert ‘during the coming fall and win- As for possible impact of the (new industry on Prince Rupert, {there is a reason to believe that it !men earned their money. jafternoon session. be one of the kig factors in keeping | delegates have planned the enter- the research program going. He|tainment. said that he went on one trip of the| Following the banquet, dancing! Laurier, biggest Fisheries patroliwil] be enjoyed in the Bubble Room | boat, and that the velocity of theipf the Baranof Hotel. wind never dropped below 35 miles| The Chilcotin. Union Steamship Urging the government of Cans ada to investigate the possibilities of giving wider use to the port i1acilities at Prince Rupert. Ap- proved. Supporting the Canadian Cham- and hour, and that the tuna fisher- yes chartered by the Convention | delegates will said from Juneau at| V. R. Milligan of the Ketchikan 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. | Chamber of Commerce, suggested TR ry e | that the two governments co-oper- | | ate on a joint research operation. ' | Concerning the Ketchikan rcsolu-; i tion, the consensus of the Canadian | H delegates was that it should be re-| vised to commend the Dominion | i government for the work they have | YESIERDAY i done to date and to ‘Teguest the 1 w | program be continued. It ted | = | to return the resolution to‘coimit- FoR M EET tee for revision. The revised resolu- | tion was on the calendar for the| Atlin Road : (Continued from Page One) A resolution was passed requesting | that the Dominion, in conj#nction officer at Haines during the sum- with the Provincial government, imer months. build a road connecting the town of | Reduce Customs Delays Atlin to the Alaska Highway at a| The Prince Rupert Chamber in-| point three miles east of White-|troduced a resolution that a com- horse. | mittee of the Cabinet be establish- | The resolution stated that the ed which will handle quickly all proposed route was surveyed in cases of unnecessary deiay and in- 1946 but nothing further had been conveneience of persons traveling be- done. The road would be 70 miles tween the United States and Can- | in length, 35 miles within British!ada The committee would have the Columbia and 35 miles within Yu-|aythorization to rectify cases of kon Territory. unnecessary inconvenience, Ted Applewaithe of Prince Rupert| Kenneth G. Kadow, Director of spoke in favor of the road and said |the Alaska Field Committee, sug- he knew of a mining company| gested that a similar resolution be which was ready to spend millions'sent to the appropriate American | of dollars in the Atlin region if the officials on this same matter and | road were completed. Without a the Prince Rupert resolution was road, the only way to get heavy: s, amended. mining equipment into the region is| Gov. Ernest Gruening cited the to bring it in over the ice in the jones Act as one of the barriers winter or via Atlin Lake in the|that exist between the two coun-| summer, neither method being too|tries and which tendsto slow down | satisfactory. All gold mines in the traye] and trade. He summed up| area have been shut down since the |the efforts of Senator Hugh Butler | beg:nning of World War IL jand Senator Homer Capehart to| Other resolutions passed at thiS haye the Jones Act repealed at the| morning’s session included a Van-|jact session of Congress. derhoof resolution that the Domin-| mqhe other resolutions that were jon government consider the peril- passed upon at the Wednesday af- ous situation the gold mining in-!ternoon session were concerned with | dustry is now in due to high oper-|joea] matters of Central British ating costs and the possibility "“Columbin. setting up a free market for gold be considered; that the College of | Dental Surgeons of British Colum- | bia grant an unconditional license | to practice to any licensed British| dentists who wish to practice, for five years in an area which is now SERVA"' AI HOME without dental service; and that the policy of the Dominion gov_exfxl-‘ A. M. Patterson, of Prince ment to make grants for m"“ng“(}eorge. B. C., is Vice Presidem! rogds .pe yestiiec. of the Associated Boards of Trade A motion was approved authoriz- | 4 Ghamber of Commerce of Cen- T tral British Columbia, and is ex- ipected to be elected President at |the 1948 Association Convention ‘now being held in Juneau. He A. M. PATTERSON IS PROMINENT PUBLIC SIX VISITORS GET FREE PLANE TRIP OVER .IU“EAU AREA:last year's meeting in Prince Ru- Six- persows, attending ‘the 1948 Pert- g convention here of the Associateq Patterson, 64-year-old men’s clo- Boards of Trade of Central British thing merchant, has resided in Columbia and of Commerce of Southeast Alaska,|Nas made an eéxcellent record as were lucky persons today. They‘“ public servant and civic lead- had the good fortuniz to make an|€f- He was Mayor for 18 years aerial trip over the famous Ju- and served as alderman for six neau ice cap as the guests of Alas- |Years. rumental in the sparking ry industries at the port in turn, will increase its im- portance as a shipping center > - | The first known band of white families of Walloons, Belgian 'refugees in Holland who had fleg Spanish persecution. % ka Coastal Airlines of Juncau, | He has served on the Prince The six persons, thrilled at the|George School Board. for. 12 years |scenic wonders which they viewed|and is a perennial President of from a comfortable ACA plane,| the Prince George Board of Trade. were: C. P. Bussinger, Smithers, B.| Patterson is especially distin- |C.; Mrs. M. F. Nourse, Burns Lake, |guished as the only Freeman of his affiliated Chambers | PYince George since 1914, where he ber of Commerce in emphasizing the necessity of preserving and en- couraging individual initiative and enterprise in business. Adopted. | | Ask Fer Free Gold Asking the Prime Minister of Canada to create a free market in gold in order to avoid the closing of ‘mines which are not able to operate profitably. Passed. ‘Requesu,nzdzm rx;w&l r the | former, Canadian government' pol- icy ot granting aild for mining| roads. Approved.’ | Urging the elimination of re- petitive collection of survey charg- es by the British Columbia Provin- | cial Government. * Adopted. | Recommending a training pro- gram for inexperienced equlpment' employers by the Canadian Gov- ernment. Passed. Asking the Canadian Govern- ment to supervise coastal freight rates. Passed. Requesting long term loans, at easy interest rates, for persons who wish to construct or improve | tourist accommodations. Approved. | Urging improvement of radio broadcasting facilities in Central | and Northern British Columbia. Adopted. Recommending that the Can-| adian National Railways renew its pre-war practice of stopping pas-; senger trains at Kitwanga, B. C.,l s0 that tourists can observe the | town’s unique native handicraft and totem poles. Passed. Petitioning the British Colum- bia Provincial Government to relax | its restrictions so that dentist ser- ivices may be obtained by small communities now without dentists. Approved. i Opposing daylight saving time in British Columbia unless such ac-| tion is taken by the entire Do-| minion of Canada. Approved. | Doing away with the necessity of introducing, each year, resolu- tions which have previously been approved but on which action has not been completed. Passed. Requesting the construction of 70 miles of road connecting Atlin, B. C, with the Alaska Highway. Approved. ! Alaskan Measures Urging the improvement of and a new operating agreement to per- mit the year round operation of the Haines Cutoff. Approved. Requesting changes in U. S. and Canadian Customs procedures in- was elected to his present post at | cluding the establishment of Haines as a Port of Entry and moving the U. S. Customs Station from Tok Junction to the Alaska-Can- ada boundary. Adopted. A resolution, sponsored jointly by Alaskan and Canadian groups, requests the U. S.-Canada Joint Defense Board and the govern- ments of both the United States and Canada to keep the Haines Highway open all year and to lease the Canadian portion of the high- jway to the U. S. Favorable action was predicted on this measure at the final session today. Requesting the U. S. to partake |B. C.; Miss Norah Carr, Smithers,|community, an honorary title per- R. J. Rowan, Whitehorse, Yukon |settlers in New York state werg|B. C.; John Gurvich, Prince Rupert, |mitting him to go anywhere he Whitehorse 3 B. C.; Harry Taylor, Vanderhoof,|pleases in Prince George. He is B. C.; and Duncan K. Kerr, Terrace, married and has two grown daugh- B. C. ters. e in a joint research project with the Dominion of Canada on tuna fishing in northern Pacific waters. Final action was expected at this afternoon’s’ session, | Juneau . Chismber of | combined to finance special press | Loan Association; “on New York ‘soil’ MAKE SUCCESS OF CONVENTION! Juneau groups, business ru-ms.' organizations and individuals all combined this week to help wel- come to Juneau the 1948 convention of the Associated Boards of Trades and Chambers of Commerc¢e of ‘ Central British Columbia and the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Southeastern Alaska. Representing the host group, Norman C. Banfield headed up the Conventign ittee for the! Commerce to: make most of the preparations for | the" .meet. President Joseph A. McLean and Secretary Frederick O. rastaugh also worked manyl hours with the entire member- ship of the Juneau Chamber in getting things ready for the vmz-‘ ors, 1 The Chamber and the City of | The Juneau Chamber of Com- merce and Governor and Mrs. Er- nest Gruening were co-hosts at a formal reception last evening hon- oring the delegates to the Asso- ciate Boards of Trade Convention. Members of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and their wives were in attendance to meet the delegates. In the receiving line were Governor and Mrs. Gruening, Mayor and Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A, McLean. Those pouring during the recep- tion hours were Mesdames Shell Simmons, William Whitehead, Wil- liam Blanton, C. C. Carfer, E. L. Bartlett, J. B. Burford, 1 t Par- sons, John Clements, Mar: Jensen, Alex Holden, Fred Dunn and Hen- ry Green. ., THREE ORIGINAL MEMBERS ATTEND Juneau combined to finance the ex- penses of the undertaking. - Gov-| ernor and,Mrs. Ernest Gruemngi acted as hosts at a reception in| Juneau merchants were also voluntary decision in agreeing to money exchange regulations. ~ ' i Many Juneauites volunteered their services and automobiles to drive the visitors out the Glacier scenery and the Mendenhall Gla- cier. Juneau Lodge No. 420, B.P.O. Elks, permitted the:convention to use its club facilities for meeting purposes and pleasure, also. The visitors took time off, partic- ularly the women, to visit local shops and the Territorial Museum. Twenty-six other business firms coverage of the important event. They were: Foss and Malcolm, ar- chitects; Juneau-Young Hardware Company; E. E. Engstrom, fish broker; Fred Henning, men’s cloth- insur- pany; First National Bank of Ju- neau. Pan American World Airways; Triangle Cleaners; Charles Gold- stein and Company; Columbia Lumber Company; Herbert 8. Rowland, Crown Life Insurance of Canada; Alaska Federal Savings & Highway for a look at the locnll {FIRST (ONVENTION ABT CONVENTION Three persons, who attended the the Governor’s home last evening.|first convention of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British praised by the Chamber for their; golumbia at Smithers, B. C. in 1927, are present at this week’s accept Canadian money at facelconvention in Juneau. value without taking any discounts ! as is permissible under current|ton of Vanderhoof, B.. C, is & One of the three, George Ogs- former ABT Secretary-Treasurer. The others are Harry Taylor, also of Vanderhoof, and Mrs. Walter Wilson, of Burns Lake, B. C. OF GROUP TO MEET OUTSIDE OF CANADA The 1948 convention, in Juneau, of ‘the Associated Boards of Trade of Central British Columbia, has created a precedent for organiza- tions of its kind. This is the first time that the group has ever con- vened outside of Canada. The action is a concrete demon- stration of the similar interests be- tween communities in Central Brit- ing; McLean and Werner, ance; Case Lot Grocery; Tot to'ish Columbia and Southeast Alas- Teen Shop; Gordon's, ladies ap-|ka. -Particular emphasis at the parel; Thomas Hardware ' Com-|convention has been given to the importance of building up Prince Rupert as a port to serve both areas. ALEX HUNTER IS THE ONLY VISITING NEWS Baranof Shop; Alaska Electric Light and Power Company; Casler’s, men’s clothing; Alaska Electronics; Shat- tuck Agency, insurance; Alaska Coastal Airlines; Northern Com- mercial Company; Martin: Victor Furs; and - Bob Druxan, public relations. Alaska Coastal Airlines also furnished a free plane trip over the Juneau ice cap to six of the visitors. — | New York has been the most populous state in the Union since 1820 and now has 10 percent of in land area it ranks 29th. ——————— Of the 308 engagements of the American Revolution, nearly one- Gift | the nation’s inhabitants, although third of, the battles were Xmfiht * MAN AT CONVENTION . Alex Hunter, Managing Edi- \tor of the Prince Rupert Daily News, is the only newspaper man accom- ying the Juneau comventiop of ~associated Boards of Trade of |Central British Columbia this week. Hunter, 48, is a past President of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce and also past President of the Prince Rupert Gyro Club. He has lived in Prince Rupert since 1909 and went to work for the News in 1919. He is now asso- ciated in the publication of the newspaper with H. G. Perry of Prince George. Up to his entry in the newspaper jprofession, Hunter had tried his hand at several skills including school teaching, firemanon a steam- boat and electrician. He was born in Vancouver, B. C., is married and £ of"R 351 And aughter.