The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1949, Page 8

GRAND, PETIT JURORS FOR MARCH TERM he li serve on is announced today. Grand Jury 45 citizens who may and jurors, to report to Dis- trict Court March 3, are Juneau—Mrs. George Anderson, Peter J. Bond, Jane Brandt, Verda Ernest M. Gilligan, Mrs Giovanetti, Jemes R Gregg, Carl Hagerup, Gertrude Maasen, Thomas A. Morgan, Hazel J. MacKinnon, Arthur h0lson, Mrs, Pete Oswald, Margaret W Sverdrup, lke P. Taylor, Lillian Usggen, O H. Waterude, John Winther. The Douglas—Helmi A. Bar™. Peter J ckel, Clarence E. ¥ ers. Sitka--Stanley V. Arndt, Carl M. Buchanan, Mrs. Rose Butler, E Josephine Carter, E Hel Heino, William S. Sutton. F rsburg—Mrs. Anne Lero, Mrs. William Strandberg, Kenneth Wel- t of 120 persons drawn to d petit juries in| HOUSE PASSES| PROPERTY TAX SECOND TIME F. Cashel, " | James Grant, George Marti Richard Moses, Amos L. Wallace. Haines—Erik Oslund, John Thlunaut. | Tenakee—Louis S. Heins, | Rasmussen. Jamestown Crueger. Kake—Susie Day. Salmon Creek—Mrs Goodwin. |~ Yakutat—Carles W. Johnson. | Lynn Canal—Paul S. Schnee. - Bay—Richard Dean (Continued trom Puye One) drive down the littie fellow them.” Tayler's vote agaimnst | puzzled some legislators as well a. spectators and Franklin asked, “A freshman 1 would like to ask if r voted ‘n for a slick maneuve: around Taylor chorus. u don't have to the bil M. Chris G H with because he was j answer,” | n, 1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA $90 CEILING 'ONPENSIONS IS AT PEAK The House approved old age pen- sicn boosts would put Alaska on a par with the top five states, Wel- iare Director Russell Maynard said today, but, there were some indi- cations the Senate might cut the $90 monthly maximum set by the House. g Maynard said the $90 top would | {mean average payments ‘of about $75 monthly. He estimated the cost of such a pension schedule for approximately 1450 recipients would be nearly $1,600,000 for the | erritory, plus about $1,044,000 in | Federal matching funds up to $30 | monthly. i | This would be about $500,000; !ub:we the Department’s budget re- quests for the coming biennium [and twice the appropriation by the | last legislature. The House voted 23 to 1 for the increase yesterday. The present | maximum is $60. Several House members said dur- | B SANITARY | MEAT CO. Meat at Iis Besi — at Lower Prices FREE DELIVERY SMOKED MEAT SALE |.. Hormel’s HAM S — Half or Whole Pound . . . 73 |. Ay ing floor decbate they believed the Senate might reduce the pension | | tigures. Proponents of higher pen- end Taylor rose with a smile and remarked, “On advice of counsel de. ¥ h—Howard Erickson of San Juai, | El Morro, fortress started PUERTO RICO ON ANNIVERS Mrs. Pucito Rico, 50 years after island was annexed by U. I refuse to answer. Observers pointed out Taylor's vote against would put him in position to get on the conference committee later as a registered op- ponent of the bill. committees must have opposition representation and he could take the role of “friendly opposition.” This would mean all members of the House committee would supporters the bill. Knew It nua rassed Taylor was at the foot of the Petit Jury rol call and knew the bill had On the panel for call to serve passed when he cast his vote. on the petit jury March 10, are There was much debate over the thesz 75 sons in District One: pec sibility that fishing boats might Juneau—Mrs. Oren Addleman, rezster outside of Alaska to escape Anna Mae Anderson, Joyce Ander- the tax if the exemption was not son, William H. Barron, Alice Bass- raised. ford, Mrs. Perry E. Beebe, C. W. Rep. Alfred Owen, Kodiak fish- Bland, Mrs. Willis Booth, Jack B. ermen’s union agent, declared: Burford, J. B. Caro, Lloyd B. Con- “Pishermen are going to ask nell, Mrs. Jack E. Crowley, Mrs. M. things from the legislature and I Daniel, Rod G. Darnell, Mrs. M think they will be willing to bear uglas, Clara Elsner, Fred their share. The argument of fish- s sderickson, E. K. Guerin, Mrs. ermen’s feelings has been over- Doris Hannebury, Clarence K. Hel- played.” lonen, John Hoogstad, Mrs. Olaf Tayler challenged: Ja Christian A. Jensen, Mrs.| “If we have fishermen who would ea, James W. McNaughton, ister boats outside to escape a Esther B. O'Laughlen, Fred A. Pil- of tax, we ought to let them agalli, Kathleen Prather, Mrs. R. ' J. Sommers, Fred Walsted, Mrs. Mary Weidner, Josephine White, S. P. Whitely, Mrs. J. A. Williams, session with unanimous passage of Harriet Williamson, Hal Winsor, a Memorial to the District At- Mrs. Al Zenger torney to investigate the failure of Douglas—Mrs. Louis Garrett, employers of W. C. Arnold of the Louis Garrett, John G. Johnson. Canned Salmon Industry, and Al Sitka—Ruth G. Charteris, Cecil Anderson, Miners' Association sec- E. Cook, Nettie Culbert, L. B. Gas- retary, to file reports under the ton, N. W. Gilpatrick, Peter Simp- lobbyist law, ulthough both men son, Ernestine C. Veach, Charles filed their personal reports regu- Whittenhall, larly. Some House members Petersburg—Frank Bainreiter, wanted to sidetrack the Memorial Sylvia Dahl, W. H. Gribble, Jr.; until they could see if it should Mrs. Olga Johnson, Cecil Oweley, apply to others. 1 Lloyd T. Swanson, Knute Thomp- Rep. Owen, who introduced it, son. | pressed for prompt action. Skagway—Mrs, F. D. Calkins,| Rep. Taylor suggested mention of Emil Fall, John M. Keller, Aetna Anderson should be omitted be- McVey, Frank Nelson, Chris West. | cause the Miners' Assoclation com- Hoonah—George Carteeti, Mrs, munication earlier explained that Elsie Pratt, Daniel Sharclane. eep Creek—Chris Abraham. Jamestown Bay—Marjorie Crue- Mendenhall Lynn Canal Angoon—Mrs. son Ha'nes—Tcm Pelican—Richard Tenakee—William Kruhm. Scow Bay—Erling Thomassen. Skagway—Peter M. Williams. Kake—Irene Young. Rose Derry. James S. Drake. Sophie E. John- son. C. Kendall of Investigation Asked The House finished yesterday's mw@wm%w&x&&xst RO, I this the end of KasH 2ay? Too tired to greet vour hushand on your feet? Too tired to smile at him? Send your laundry tous . . . You'll be fresh as a daisy and so will vour laundry . . . You'll be more than pleased with the excellence of our work. Your hushand will be pleased with our fine service, prcmpt deliveries and excellent shirt finishing. CALL Juneau 15 TODAY to get rid of that wearisome end of a tiring wash day! Alaska Laundry Conference | 1539 by the Spaniards wio took 250 y isiand, which is 160 miles loag | the organization had not filed for ‘ the Anderson drew only alary as secretary plus during the secssion Association filing reason | the regul living allowa and didn’t think requized | wa | S L | “ MAYOR DOES GOOD 'WORK N HOUSE ON PROPERIY TAXATION | Waino Hendickson ap- | peared twice before the House yes- terday as a witness on the property tax bill. | He was recalled to the stand in the afterncon to testify as a repre- sentative of Alaska’s mayors on the effect exemptions would have on the mul tax structure: , At the time a prop | proper emption was still pend- | {'nz in House, he told the legis- | lators st a provision would cost| | Juneau 00 in taxes, and | at the couldn't face that| | reductic without an :ncrease inj| |the eity tax rate. | He said a personal property ex- | emption f 8 would not hit |cities so hard. estimated n ]‘1 provision would cut into Juneau |revenue by about $7,500, whick sibly could be made other way. \ing at He estimated Juneau has 1452] iy real property taxpayers on a valua- tion of $12,175,000. He est.mated the 1 personal property on the tax rolls at $750,000, with about $562,900 of it in automobile valuation: The House knocked out the 8 ! real property exemption before pass- the bil | The mayor pos- | G, had a good ratiing iaverage for the day. During th | morning the House dr d an amendment for all the property tax money collected in ci Tt 'to the school board, after Hendrick- son testified effectively against il BUDGETISCUTFOR U.S. INDIAN GFFICE MEDICAL PRCGRAM ‘Low man on the Government totem pole, at least as far as medi- | service is concerned, is the ican Indian,” is the opening; statement in a news article which ppeared in The Washington Post | on January 14, 1949. The article jis conce with the medical ser- | vices offered to the American In-| dians and the natives of Alaska and decr the budget cuts, which | are the rule rather than the ex- ception, in medical expenditures. Dr. Fred T. Foard, health di- rector of the Bureau of Indian; Affairs, said that he had submit-, ted a “minimum needs” budget of $9,163,814 this year to the Bureau | »f Budget and that approximately | 1% million dollars was disallowed | the budget makers. | 'he cut will end for ‘this fiscal; ear the efforts of the Bureau to| up systematized procedures of e medicine anong the In-, lians. roposed system, Dr.! Foard said, least would be a| start” toward restoring health and | cutting mto the “appalling death‘ rate” of the American Indian| tribes. The Bureau of Indian Aifairs| maintains 62 hospitals in contin- | al United States and eight in aska. About 40 per cent of all entered in those hospitals, Foard stated. are for the treat- ment of diseases which are recog- nized as preventable. ——————— | SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT preventi | | There will be a special meeting | | of the City Council this evening bat 7:30 oclock. Up for considera- tion tonight will be the sale of sircet improvement bonds. NEW GOVERNUR AT HOM arly-elected governor of Puerto Rico in mearly h his wife at their home near San Juan. Fre- sernors have been appointed by U.S. presideais. Mariz, first pop 500 years, sits AT THE GaSTIN Edward Dctrick or up in some; Merkovich of to build it. Vacant area e d 40 miles wide, now has a popuiation of vious g o and B. jush are stay- the Gastineau Hotel and Sam Asp, fort is parade ground. Ahe | 100,000, | E _ Luis Munoz SAM ASP HERE . arrived via Pan American | icns argued that they would not 1 an influx from the states of higher living costs in| and an unfavorable climate D ‘DIONEER ALASKA FUR, HiDE DEALER DIES N SEATILE SEATTLE, Jan. 28—(®— Fred P. | Kendall, 89, picneer Alaska fur and hide dealer who first came to the | Territory .in 1889, died here yes- | i terday. Kendail came to Washington Ter- i | ritery in 1883, and joined a fur | company three years later. He | journeyed to Southwestern Alaska | as a buyer, and was so accupied‘ for 20 years. At cne time he op- erated his own fox ranch on Prince | William Eound. He drove the first band of cattle from Haines to Circle City on the | Yukon. In 1900 he organized the firm of E. M. Rhodes and Com- | ‘pany, a large dealer in Indian baskets and curios. He sold that company in 1911 and returned to & ing are two cousins in the nery man from | BARN DANCE Busget Social at Moose Club, Sat., Jan. 29, at 10 p. m. 104 1t and is staying' @ Neglect can stall more cars than weather! Don’t let it hap- pen to you. Drive in now and let our skilled mechanics get your car ready for trouble-free driving in any weather. Change over to cold weather lubricants. Let us put in the correct grade of oil, drain and refill differential, lubricate wheel bearings and all chassis points. .. assuring you the best. Save your battery! 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