The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1949, Page 6

PAGE SIX "PROSPECTOR” | UNVEILING T0 BETOMORROW SITKA Oct. 17.—®—-The {n\(; tronze statue to be erected in Al-| aska will be unvelled before the| Pioneers’ Home here tomorrow in! an elaborate ceremony with Gov.| Erne ruening, Treasurer Henry Roden and Territorial officials par- | foot statue, “The Prospec- tor,” will be unveiled by Mrs. Zai- | main Gross, daughter of the late sculptor, Alonzo Victor Lewis. H Mrs. Lucy Fonda, widow of Skag- way Bill Fonda who posed for the statue, will te among many Alas- | kans traveling to this island for the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Unveiling of ' Prospecior” 54 OUT, 55 ARRIVE PAN AM WEEKEND Pan American World Airways carried 109 passengers in and out 1of Juneau over the weekend, with !54 departing and 55 arriving, as follows. From Seattle: Delbert, Marion, Susan Applegate, D. E. Burford, J. i Barlow, A. Barlow, Lester Clark, Mrs. Robert Cunningham, LeRoy Cease, R. W. Donk, Charles Frey- mueller, William Ford, Neil Gal- lagher, Nellie Moeichko, William ! Meals, Kenneth Nordby, Rose | Osage, H. L. Petzold, Ruth Petzold Mrs. W. M. Triplette, Flora Wood- worth, Paul Wrangler, Karriet Chil- !ten, John Bavard, Indahl Bertmus tsen, Mrs. Hazel Baker, Mike Bake Mailee Baker, Wallis George, E. H. | ATTORNEY FOR JUNEAU WATER COMPANY EXPLAINS NEW SCHEDULE OF RATES At the meeting of the city g)un- cil last Friday eevning, Mr. H. L. Faulkner, who appeared on behalf of Mr. R. F. Lewis, owner of the Juneau water system, stated to the council that he would make a state- | ment for publication regarding the new rates. Today he gave the Em- pire reporter the following: “The water rates which were in effect until September 1st of this| year, were established by the com- | pany fifty years ago. There is no | | ordinance of the city establishing | rates. ‘There has never been any | | such ordinance. It has been left to | the water company to make its own | water rates and these have not been changed in all that period.” | “When the city council was negoti- | | ating for the purchase of the water MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1949 which Mr. Lewis has adopted. They were not asked to do so. but Mr. Ehrendreich’s report is to the effect that Mr. Lewis is entitled to a greater increase than we think the new rites will bring.” “In the case of the Juneau Water’ Company, the matter of a reason- able return is a fairly simple prob- lem to solve, but a more complicated jone is to work out a rate schedule which will bring just tthat return. The new rate schedule may not be perfect. None could be devised by human ingenuity which would be perfect, without the use of meters: (and all those who are competent to determine, have always advised that meters are not practicable in a town like Juneau. But I am confident that the new rates will result in a | net return which will be well within the limits set by law. Mr. Lewis has never received at any time a |‘fair and reasonable’ return, and T that a law suit or a rate hearing would show that the net return which even the new rates might bring still falls short of a fair and reasonable return. It is for that reason that I have advised Mr. t Lewis to welcome such a test, but T have proposed to the council that | the water company be given an op- | portunity at the end of this year obtained from the new rates, plus such results which we hope to ob- tain from better collections from de- linquents. By that time we shall know how much increase there wiii have been in net revenue for the months of September, October, No- vember and December, and we shall have a detailed statement of oper- ating costs and also of new capital vested in 1949. If the reports in- jdicate an excessive rate, we can readily agree with the cityv on an ordinance fixing a lower schedule. to present to the city the results‘ colorful ceremonies CeleLtations will include a re-| enactment by the Sea Scouts of the| | 0 3 : transfer of the Territory from Rus- X : { { ' sia to the United States, a salute by | a color guard from the Navy t Bagaduce, parades, and an addre by Gov. Gruening. Beards and pioneer dress will be the order of the day for residents and visitors. Scores of visitors are | Gless, Henry Horstdaniel, R. H Knublauch, Joel Lynn, J. McLaugh- lin, Leota Mabry, Thorpe McClusky, E. S. Nielson, L. T. Peterson, Ruth | Charteris, H. W. Tandy, Mr. and {Mrs. J. B. Warrack, S. J. Paul. E. R. Clark, A. J. Fraser, F. A, Haberbarger, A. C. Monninger, G. Monninger, C. W. Robinson, Mar-| ion Sanford, D. G. Turner, E. F.| i\VaLkins. W. E. Donnely. I From Annette: Mrs. M. G. Vel- ente. ! For Ketchikan: W. C. Graham. For Whitehorse: We are confident no such indication will appear.” system in 1946, l:’ilrb vrl“ne‘; Stuart, | am certain that he will continue to who was employed by the city as an pe satisfied with a little less.” | engineer and a rate expert, advised | ., {10 meeting of the council} “To any person desiring to look | the city against the purchase and he [} “iqay T endeavored to state ! into the subject of water rates for stated to the council that if the city | i my opinicn, was the legal | himself, I would say that a com- did purchase the system it would be, ;.;,¢ of the matter. It is this: As{vlete statement of the water com- faced with the necessity of msl:xng | the law and ordinances now stand pany is on file in the office of the an immediate increase in rates.” |y oo regularly established rate | city clerk, together with Mr. Ehren- “Operating costs have mcmasm'schcdule‘ that is, none established | dreich’s report and the report of several hundred ver cent in the past |\ ). o “rrnere is none except that | Black and Veatch, engineers em- ten years. Large sums of NeW capi- | . .yiicneq by the water company. | ployed by the city in 1946. The city tal have been invested by Mr. Lewls | 1,00 ag never been one. If there ‘council has examined these and in extensions, improvements and Te-T 1"y oon” one it would make little | considered them. They are all open placements, although his return! .. .. .o for the facts which have | to public inspection. I feel that the i : through the years has never been ... . ccented and the reports to |most superficial examination of the ZE. W. Hages, Roy Aff, W. J. Torker, | sufficient to permit Mr. Le\!\ls_ to the council indicate that a mnew |reports of gross income and operat- S B MBIET L Jymake any AEEERES d;Frec-K.m:;" schedule of rates is imperative. The | ing costs impel the conclusion that !‘ For Fmrbanl:s. Jack Klu;xb. ‘:m-‘“e,water wmpanyd which is mr‘ council could now do one of (W0 | the rates have been entirely in- MW, B B | LeW) s e e s sn. tne | things. It could go lnto court and |sutriclent to matntain the service.” Hun‘lphrtCs 3 4 i:vatcr evitenc: - SR o o rekemis file suit and ask that the new rates | “For more thanhalf a century ! For Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. Lec s xnéreaseé slightly the vastly be enjoined, or it could employ en- | Mr. Lewis has endeavored to serve ! Dunlap and child, Claire Dunlap, |greater and ever increasing operat- | 506 accountants and attorneys | this community with water at the | | Trondis Larsen, Sgt. E. Inman, W |8 s and order a full rate hearing. Either | lowest rates possible. It is his in- | | " A |ing costs have been steadily closing = . . o g pe expensive Mr. Lewis | tention to conti to:8040." C. McDonald, Patricia Pailesy, R. between the gross re_‘,oursc wou SR ention ontinue to 0. | i i 2 v | TR STIREL SER 5 { would not oppose either. Pending a | (Paid advertisement) ke, LR DY Cact HO“‘; celpts and;the npt return., | determination of the law suit, or WS TR I ::fl!:r;:cy::ed. a new set of hy-lnws! g;“?ot:vbler, Mrs. John Manour, | pending the rate hearing the new| White Sewing Machne and Gift Robert L Anderson, president nr! Theodore Coburn, R. Lundquist, rates would “f"l;"ue- iLfl us l“’ Shiop, atross. . from Cabey Guqm,l i the Department, conducted the| C. Davis and child, T. R. Morrison, | that all this would require not_ ess | Bldg., Wroolens 72-inch wide, §.,9a 'Q meeting, at which some of the busi- 4 :K. L. Roach, E. A. Mayer, The Rev. ’than six months. It am confident | and $3.95. 26 3t ness included: sponsoring a fall! ; Sweeney, Pete Boling, Clem Jer-| water system is to continue to runc-‘ LR dance for the benefit of Mrs. Jack | auld, Mr. and Mrs. W. Turner, Har- {tion. It is hoped that the re-| Langseth has been a most faithful !old Thompson, C. Sheppard, L. Ut- | mainder may be obtained through and enthusiastic worker in the past | 'ness, L. Blair, B. Looney, Mrs. L.|collections from some few consum- years since the Department was or- | Green. | ers who have in the past been de- ganized until a few years ago up- | Eula Daugher! David Dunton, linquent in payment of even all of on moving to Juneau; Mrs. Lang- | Zach Gordon, Mrs. R. Eagle, Mrs.|the old rate. Both new sources of | seth, who is now confined to her | | Betty Herrold, Joe Herrold, James | evenue are necessary.” | home, was also a willing worker Herrold, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hall| .pye mavor and eity council have for the Department; re-sponsor the | and two »chlldrcn, Olaf Hansen, een interested in the water rates | | Lecnard Wilson, Jon ‘Wallace, Fran. 7 ecause they have imposed on them Douglas Boy Scouts and to sponsor | > 3 b ! e i a show at the Douglas Theatre in A ; . : cis A. Stejar, Lois Jund, Euby|, =g . " cee that rates are not | too high. When the new schedule the near future, as a fund raising | § Alend, Mrs.OWllllané Campbelrl‘. Ga event for much needed materials A o 4 ) % i | Lawrence, mar ratton, Loy e d es r l 7 Bartross, William Gerving. was worked out by Mr. Lewis, it and supplies for the Douglas Troop. was:, prescsivall -tos the. ciby. couneil: g "wavm‘i = e“hbscf“(f’? o - ; g 1 ' i .| The council was not asked to con-! L il Soii| a 10-day trip to inspect WOTK &b gueq 5 fup rate hearing with all written up by Fireman Rex Her- | the Bethel and Kanakanak hos- i il mann, assisted by a committee, and | pitals. Rz : 5 4 which follows somewhat the text| Two events are scheduled by Lions Il-lwe‘keehB ;h‘en::;?cgluid a-;r;d: r:x‘ of the Jurieau Volunteer Fire De- | for next week—the regular Monday | ?Yf\‘:i S Ehrengr ; h‘ 3 cemried‘ partment set of by-laws. | e adetin nad & Lbadies | PLOYedMx: fecm.t d One of the major changes in the | et raiscn. party- Baturday public accountant for that purpose. | B ey “At the meeting of the council e i last Priday night, Mr. Ehrendreich submitted his report. The law al- the organi- s D : lows the owner of a public utility a be three companies of 15 men each | ‘fair and reasonable’ return on in- ed | N with a total of 47 active fimen. R : 3 e G gy ; A!'eda Warner,!-‘as | vested capital. Mr. Ehrendreich’s The third contpany will be organ-| ' o . ; : ‘ 5 : i : Jeans Pany on | report, based on examination of fig- | ized chiefly of fishermen and oth- | ures given for gross return, and op- ; er men who are cut of town during | 2 7 A “ i . . erating costs, states that Mr. Lewis the five months of summer but who | b 4 ¢ T P o Flfieeni "1 ay has not been getting a ‘fair and are faithful and active in the De- | reasonable’ return and that a rate partment during the other seveni increase is justified.” months. Except for Company No. “In fairness to Mr. Ehrendreich ' 3, all firemen will have to attend and the council it should be stated , a minimum of six regular monthly that neither he nor they undertook i meetings and three fire drills each| to approve the particular schedule | year in order to be in good stand- | : . ing. The president will give writ- | Tomorrow afternoon the br ten notice to each member prior| ' HOOTRAY! | FINALLY FOUND A DRY CLEANING SERVICE THAT ENDS arriving for the events, over 100 coming from Juneau H POUGLAS | NEWS | REORGANIZE D.F.D | I | Harold Glaser, Lena Fletcher, At the regular meeting of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department, Thursday evening, over 25 mem-| bers answered to roll call, it be- ing the largest turnout for some | time, and with a great many chang- | “The new rate system has been put into effect for the purpose of raising part of the additional reve- nue which must be obtained if the ees A GRAND OLD NAME /N CANADA by-laws as read, was zation of a third company. Department formerly only con: of two companies, where it will now | AN AMERICAN PRODUCT Available in: QUARTS 4/5 QUART _ PINTS 1/2 PINTS 1/2 GALLONS MINIATURES CORBY'S RESERVE BLENDED WHISKEY 5 86 PROOF « 68.4% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS JAS. BARCLAY & CO. LIMITED * PEORIA, ILLNOIS 1 ! Mis Aleda Warner entertained ! teen-age friends at a party in the Glacier Highway home of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner, Friday evening, on the occasion of her fifteenth birthday. Guests came appropriately cos- tumed to the “jeans” party, for | which the rooms were gaily decor- ated in Hallowe’en colors. Games and ghost stories preceded a buffet supper which featured a huge birth- jday cake. Guests were Erna Stender, Al- . Seattle. @ rerta Carlson, Connie Wiliiams, Ldis Rt ha \Vnhmwmx{’:” ;(A(l; La:L:;‘ Lawrence, Evelyn Hollman, Mar- thres. weeks' 1 tits Tarkibory. 11 1on ixKsbn, TAnuR dewety, Lonts 4 . | Mountjoy, Sylvia Davis, Betty Man- n to a Lion’s query as|tyla, Beverly Junge, Mary Nordale nze statue of the “Prospector’ (above) will be unveiled at elaborate cere- a picture of the sculptor, the late Victor Alenzo Lewis, and father of Mrs, | Zalmain Gross of Juneau will do the unveiling. Mrs. Lucy Fonda, wife of the prespector who posed new system and which should in- 2 crease attendance. |~ for the statue will also be at the unveiling. The new by-laws also creates an| honor roll system, whereby any |Mrs. Wicr visiled old acquaintances e FWE laboratory in Denver ¢ member having served five years|including il g ce ed its ) 1 to extermin- actively may ask to be placed on! Mrs. A, M. Quinzy gy | ate ro specially the honor roll, still maintaining all | Coch | der a grant of Office of & the privileges of the Department | tific Research Developmen except for voting. This system It is a harmless-looking flour- is designed to create openings on meet Tuesday eve- | like white powder, soluble in water the Department roll for younger |Ring, October 18, for a regular and, unlike other lethal poisons such a liof S n ik i arv!lmum;: at. WHIGH there il ihe s A F | ri et L R s P‘;’v:;i"“d MWanda el | anxious to serve, yet keeps the old- | affiliation and balloting, accord-| dangerous to handle, and the sev-|we took up 300 lion predators in| er members in the Department par- | ing to announcement {ara) " wanian deaths oBarged o it} . grEsapraan i tially active. | T i) ere due to carelessness in hand-! lton Furnes A, All the changes in by-laws will | ‘EAGLES TONIGHT [ 1ing e Furine Fws‘_“pe"“;l’"’“"f,me weekly practice tonight at 8 be voted on at the next meeting | 1° i were and program chalf-loilock in the Grade School audi- of the Department, President An- |, Guy Russo, president of Eagles| ‘Atnmlmn of 1080, which is .h,r todsy, . ‘{ptroduced . 4 | derson stated. and hoped all mem. |A€rie No. 117, announces an im- | Made only by the Monsanto Chemi- | speaker, after Joe Shofner, Gen- Bers wonld BA T Ak Andrnce. | portant meeting of the club for ":"‘]’ Company in Sl‘ Louis, is res- | eral Program Chairman, had intro- SEATTLE VISITOR New rofeabiant sommittee ap- | (DS cvening, ‘Oct: 17, in" Eagiew|fricted \fo oertain- afficial govern- duced him. President Val Poor call-} genyy McEachern of Seattle is it Al e uthbert, Hall. He states it is urgent for all|Ment agencies and to bonded con- ed on Alva W. Blackerby to initiate|, gyest at the Gastineau Hotel. Joe Ruldl 2. et Teuno Niemi members to be in attendance as “5“1 operators who musL_ put up a|Charles (Monty) Mouqt)oy. form- New maintenance committee: Vai|® NeW set of by-laws have been|$50000 bond before obtaining any. erly of Mt. Edgecumbe, into the Jy- Poor, Les Hoisington, and Shelly | VWiten and are to be acted on| Formula 1080 is lethal in Yaryingneau Lions Club. Sterling' S. Sears Reed. * | tonight. | degrees to various forms of life. A|WaS appointed publicity chairman.ling 1n Alaska” 8 p. m. Method- Following the meeting a Peters- Jxmlml dose for rats is six milli-y Dr. Philip Moore, noted orth0-|i_st Church, Tuesday evening. Pub- burg shrimp feed, served by Milford |grams per kilogram of weight,|pedic surgeon of Mt. Edgecumbeilic invited. 26 2t Marshall and Wm. Dore, was en- while doses for animals in the can-: Hospital, and a member of the Sit- Jjoyed. and foxes, for|ka Lions Club, was introduced, as 60 times as|was Dr. James Googe, Medical Di- trong—those for badgers, 100 times. | rector of the Alaska Native Ser- Birds a strongly resistant. A | Vice. ien eagle lived after being given| Both have just returned from. the SPECIAL > times as much as the death-dose | westward, Dr. Moore had gone to{ Our $2.65 Nylon Hose $1.50 limit- a coyote. It is quite toxic to, Bethel to finish treatment of 17 ed time only. Call Hazel McLeod, orthog cases. Dr. Googe made 514, for appointment. 26 1t ve on this after- Nugget ‘Eu‘(l 1 order of | BAND PRACTICE AT 8 The Juneau City Band will hold torium. AMBULANCE FUND Special showing of the film “Fish- ANCHORAGE Snyder was a plane enger to Anchorage Saturday to 1 her husband for a short visit Mr. Snyder, a Bureau of Mines foreman, is being tr ferred from a complet new one. POTENT DOISON, - FORMULA 1089, IS TOPIC FOR LIONS material tested in a U. vice a highly TO Mrs. Jesse A 5 1R pas DO XMAS SHOPPING NOW! with Real Silk Hosiery Mills. Nylon gowns, slips and 100 per cent j Nylon sweaters. ine group instance) (wolve must be FLEEKS HOME to Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Fleek and family have returned home from a two months vacation in the states the family picked up a new Olds- mobile on arrival and toured by automobile, returning over the Al- askan Highway. ’ © YOU, TOO, WILL CHEER FOR SANITONE End your search for dry cleaning that meets all these high stand- ards. Insistupon Sanitone! It's really something differentand better! I Green told of remarkable results the states, citi tance of its effectiveness on 400] ) uding coyotes in one Montana | intry where there were 160,000 sheep. “1080 doe: animals 1 g in detail the | peeoereooeeooeeee— AL Dr. Robert Simpson OPTOMETRIST | e o | | | BUY HOME HERE Mr. and Mrs. William Weir have purchased the James S. McClel Jan home in Douglas and are mov- ing in this week from their Juneau home. 1 ar Mrs. Weir and young Will- weay jam, only returned last week from : the states where they visited Orchard, Wash., home of Mr ¢ Mrs. Wm. F. Snyder, Mrs. Weir Jaranof Gol grandparents. ief The family are not newcomer having lived in Douglas until m ing about a year ago to Juneau Mrs. Weir is the daughter end Mrs, A. E. Goetz, In cou not endanger game bird said Green, because they do not eat the kind of bait used. There is danger,” hel— on for use against pre- | added, “to b ng animals such? als, Dorr D. Green|as the fox, so it is used only in: Club members today, at areas where the fox is more import- luncheon meeting in the han for its pelt Room : first time in 30 years,” of the FWS branch en, “that the Fish and and Rodent Control, ice has been euuipped, that “ten-eighty” is with methods to do an effective job in Alasks predators and rodents, with acetate, damage as possible. Such; the weather canuot be; has given the wildlife S son Eyes Examined — Glasses Expertly Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING—Phone 266 for Appointments phone 877 o s ) e e}, ) DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pefershurg and Wrangell e | City Dry Cleaners Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. . \ ELLES AIR LINES FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 —— Thi added Wildlife of M Flu against 1080, as i when | a or ring the war