The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1950, Page 6

PAGE SIX | MAYOR AUTHORIZED T0 OBTAIN OPTION ON STREET SITE The City Cour last r thorized Mayor Waino Hendrickson 1 on 50 feet Juneau Hotel, ate Charles Wilson Turner tl Mt New on last years team Miller of the ¢ De rtment of Exploration and F Research gain wiil lead the JIRP expedi- tion. He is expected here Tu As in expedition the U ping at the Norman Turner and Paul V. Liv enior meteorolig Washington Observs Ha ire, was Maynard M. Society’s in €o- au- previous years will be in property 3 Etreet anc The option will be the property can be the city approximately square foot The la Letween Shattuck Way municipal on the tr by Mar Street, Architecty liminary by Foss and Malcol was shunted to study G e The estimated e rlew municipal bui; as $461,500. Of estimated as th and of filling and and $20,000 as architect A letter from C. J. El certified public ount the Council to ¢ changes the city Mayor Hendr ized to investigate vising and modernizing The McLean and surance Agency W workman’s com| rloyers liability ihsurapce for city. Four other firms mittec bids ; s ‘The owner of the Juneau t Company, through his attorney, formed the Council that several|Francisco must carry Washing parties are interested in purchas- California license ing the water company. has not been required The city has been offered first trucking throuzh refusal when the company goes up for sale. Price has been $210,000. with * HAINES HIGHWAY RECIPROCAL USE 10 BE DISCUSSED secretary- g Gov. Lew oon to talk a reciprocal alrea ™ from 1ing Montana bor Alaska boundary without rying a Canadian license on their at the the to talk ranging a somewhsg ment on the Haines Canadians may truck without taking out an nse. T agrc ) tha into H imi was author- road, the cost the of Kristan low bidder tion on| The internationa! and e well requ 1- | worked licen. tween ton rm: set at| Williams he unders | Haines cul-off road is 10 the eyes of officials rritory, and are |to *devise m all-year iagm W the ke said of Yul |in ) attempting | Councman James Tarsom Sug- gested that the city offer the owner $175,000 for the wa'er works and request first refusal on any change in the price asked. ‘The Council to this prompted by Alaska Road Commi the Richardson High- en all last winter, north of d unanimously n Yacht Club Request | valc The Juneau Yacht Club requested | | oad, however, a matter for | boat, | cado’s ! vided shop | Company repaired the boat’s selling | "MACK" PUTS FEET ASHORE IN JUNEAU; GOING FISHING SOON D. B. “Mack” Mercado was grin- ning when he arrived home in Ju- neau yesterday on his new feet. The courageous Juneau fisher- ose limbs were amputated December after he had been rescued following a five-day vigil in THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA AIR DEFENSES OF COUNCIL DECIDES PACIFIC NORTHWEST 10 PUBLISH SALES | ARETOBETESTED TAX ORDINANCE/ (By the Associated Press) The air defenses of the North- western states*will be tested next!, week by high-flying bombers The naneuvers will American air, ground and naval units and the Canadian -Airforce 1 (Continued from Page 1) ty's vo'ers the power to end the if they vote for a general bond issue, in the fu-! , they will Be, in affect, voting for an extension of the sales tax, involve a lonely, windowless and unheated cabin on Boat Harbor in Lynn Canal He had a little difficulty getting out of the plane which brought him from Mount Edgecumbe hospital where he has been since early Janu- ary but he managed to climb over the high step without aid to plant his new feet on Juneau territ Andy Barlow, executive secrets of the United Trollers of org; ation which early this year to “put Mack back on his feet” was there to heip. But Mercade said, “That’s I can make it.” Then “Mack’s” wife da ter, 11, arrived and Mercado gr ned again and hugged them. H. “Jack” Manery, the Juneau fisherman who found eight inches of the troliing poles on Mercadd’s | Helen king up from waters of St. J es Bay in De- cember and found Mercado four days later, came with his hand out “Hiy: Mack,” he said, his hand. “How are they?” “Well,'I got blisters on the stum ps learning to use them,” Mercado &n- had to learn to walk be let me go.” z fishing?” Manery askei “I'm a little wobbly, but Im iy to go,” Mercado answered. "I the price of Kkings Lz dropped.” Mercado will find his boat recdy Juneau fishermen, sparked A committee headed hyS Carl Weidman, re- and repaired it and} preparation for Mer- return. The Juneau Marine Company pro- space and expert sup the R. W. Cowling engine and the outboard motor which wa on the skiff at the stern of the Helen M when it sank in the stormy waters of St. James Bay. Andy Haffner, 59-year-old Ju- 7 OK.} 1 | shaking to by a Manery and awlked it paint go vision, and down the rarap) is | the se The exercises are scheduled for June 18th to 24th, and will be held in Washington, the northern parts of Oregon and Idaho, and in west- rn Montana The plans call for B-29, B-50 and 3-36 units of the Strategic Air Com nand to fly into the area surround- ng the F yrd, Wash,, atom'c |, plant. They'll fly in from all direc- tions. In an attempt to intercept them, fighters and interceptors will take off from five air for bases and stations. The Navy, meanwhile, w e said both major United States send radar picket vessels out to labor organizations are opposed to sea to give early warning of bomb- all consumer taxes. ers that might approach from the “Experts agree that consumer Pacific. Arr anti-aireraft units taxes restrain trade,” he said. will be manned throughout the sales taxes are a form of con- area, W 1g with the radar net- sumer tax. work directe¢ by the Air Force. “I've talked with Civilian ground observers will not the labor organizations,” Mayor be included in the tests because all Hendrickson said. “They are in planes in the attacking bomber javor of further improvements in force will fly above 20,000 feet. he city, but they are against sales the method of gatnering to finance the improve- Included among those es 1d services exempted from es | x will be funeral, hospital, med- | and dental services, sale of ngible personal property or sei®- by churches, dues or fees to| labor unions, or fraterfal ization, and sale of insurance d bonds. Only objection to the proposed | iles tax which was heard at the meeting was from T. B. Erickson, xecutive sccretary of the Alaska rerritorial Federation of Labor. members of EVE AND MARY A. NOBLE ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL = All Home in Juncau Ior the sumrier are are Mary Alice and Steve Noble daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs J. Irvine Noble. Mary Alice has freshman year in Academy Seattle, second year at the Washington. While they are building a hom at Auk Bay, the Nobles are livir in the Winn family home duriag the summer. The Winns, Bill and Susie, have moved to th summer place on' the Fritz Cove road. voters in the city eligible to cast their ballots the special election Tuesizy, nd a* least 55 percent of the votes cast must be in favor of adopting the sales tax ordinance before it becomes law. WIL GAMES WIL qualified completed her Forest Ric: and Steve U ty -of Here are final games Friday: Yakima 7-12, Spokane 0-1. Tri-City 8, Tacoma 4, Victoria 6, Salem 3. Vancouver 4, Wenatchee 1. " BRITISH VESSEL STRIKES MINE| scores of RASMUSSEN FUD Funeral services for mussen, who was in his ca will be held 3 in the chapel of the Carter Mortuary. Major Eric Newbould will condizt ices, and interment will-be Charles W. FIGHT DOPE | One knockout in fight circlesl last night as follows: At Seattle — Harry “Kid” Mat- thews, 175, Seattle, knocked out Phil Muscato, 186'2, Buffalo, 1. At New Orleans — Bernard Docu- sen, 147, New Orleans, outpointed Ralph Zannelli, 145, Boston, 10. At Hollywood, Calif. — John' L.| Davis, 134%, Oakland, Calif, Out-‘ pointed Joe Brown, 134%, {Chicago, 10. TENNIS PLAY WIMBLEDON, England, June 17 —(®—The United States team won the Wightman Cup Tennis Trophy today for the 14th consecutive time. Mrs. Margaret Osborne du Pont of Wilmington, Del., defeated Mrs. Jean Walker-Smith of England, 6-3, 6-2, in the day's first match to give the U.S. its fourth victory in the best of seven competition. Three lopsided triumphs were scored by the American team yes- terday. Two singles and a doubles encounter remain on today's pro- gram and become mere formalities now that the cup remains in Ameri- can hands for the 20th-year. Complete Ming Tree Supplies at Nina’s Nik \Vk!: $2.50 up. 31-6t ALASKA'S : KEY POINTS only hours away by Clipper* . . . © Fast and frequent Clipper service from Juneau to Nome, Fairbanks, Whitehorse and Ketchikan. Clipper flighta daily to Seatle. Aboard the Clippers you enjoy real flying comfort — excellent food, relaxing lounge seats, and traditional Clipper hospi For fares and reservations call Pan American at... BARANOF HOTEL secesssssssee SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1950 Plumbing ® Heafing 0il Burners Telephone Blue 737 Nights-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. Time has a way of passing quickly and soon that “litele girl” of yours will don her wedding gown and leave the security of her present home to build a future with her husband. There's no better way to train young girls (or young men) to think of the future than to teach them the necessity of saving early in life. Open an account for your youngsters now — for any amount. Savings are_ insured to $5,000. We have never paid LESS than 2%% on Savings % Alaska Federal Savings & Loan TONG KONG, June 17—(}1”—1\' |neau man, lost his life when the HEyergreeh CEmELers icio message from the 3,500-ton Phone 106 Association OF JUNEAU Yukon Territory, but Columbia, through e road travels. nly Mr. Rasmussen, a in the Tenake had no known survive sorn in Denmark, Tvade Mark, Pan American Worid Airways, Ine. 119 Seward Street Juneau, Alaska SAVINGS INSURED TO $5000 WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE ®seencessssccccscccnce and Nirs.y e = —. = guests The subject of taxation sometimes poses quitea problem. For example, there are some cities in the Territory that have a limited amount of industry or regular monthly payrolls. In these towns it has been argued that a sales tax is the only method that will raise sufficient funds to sup- oprt a city government and to do the repairs and improvements that are necessary to maintain a city. While this may or may not be true, at the present in Juneau, the City Fathers propose to foster off on the people of Juneau what they,choose to call a sales and service tax. The avowed purpose of this tax is to pay off the bonded indebtedness of this fair city to the amount of $556,- 000.00 and any future indebtedness that may be incurred by the property owners of Juneau. Alaska arrive rday and, | had disem- embarked for left at GENUINE OLD STYLE SOUR MASH KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY BONDED 100 PROOF The unfairness of this proposal can readily be seen upon examination of the facts. The first question that comes to mind is, Who first obligated the City for these bonds? The answer to that is the property owners; they and they alone were the only ones qualified to vote on these issues. Next, Who will vote for any future bond issues? The answer is the same with the exception that bonds can be voted in by the Juneau Independent School District of which about 259 of the quali- fied voters live outside the city limits of Juneau. Next, who are the main benefactors of street and sewer improvements?- Property certainly increases in valuation with these improvements, and if the property is sold these improvements are sold along with it and the money goes into the seller’s pocket. We believe that all fair-minded property owners realize this and that is the reason that they voted for the bonds. . The people that financed these bonds are business men and made a thorough exam}ilnatiog i iti ve change &3 DO CoNRAR gifni}e}et}t;zzt.s before they purchased the bonds. We do not believe that conditions ha g | Now we come to the $64.00 question. Who wants the sales tax? To answer this we must take into consideration that the City Fathers have recently put on the payroll an Assessor; his report will not be in for at least three months. It seems to us that his report should be necessary before any determination could be made as to the necessity of a sales tax. Additional revenue for the City was created by the last Legislature in the form of a Business License Taxx60% of the amount collected by the Territory is to be returned to the city. No accurate estimate of the amount that will be Juneau’s share can be made by the Territorial Tax Commissioner, but the amount is believed to be considerable. We believe that this report should be in before we go for any form of nuisance tax. There has been considerable new construction in the last year or so; tq date we do not know how much. There is no report on that. Also, there is no report on the estimated revenue from new buildings that will be completed in the near future. For instance, the new $1,000,000.00 apartment house now under construction. . Distributed throughout Alaska a The proble: volving the Haines | that the council consider | ARe PRl o | ization part of the present Siiah British steamer Anhui said today proach at the small boat har | — | ¥ *" Swatow, Chiness Communist po:t. The approach would be used as| This poses the problem of ap- FORMER JUNEA HES All of her 800 passengers were Te- a platform on which to build a derstood that British Columbia ! : 3 action was taken on the matter asn't been too fond of the id s £ Mrs. Robert Olson of Petersbirg| The Anhui was described as set- the Council. BY DE SERT BRIDGE is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. |{'ng slowly with a 40-degree oad to keep it open all year b AR and automobile tax roll was | ause it is I esola‘e area Of | John Butts SMITH FROM PALMER . sented to the Council at the mec?- | Earl J. Smith of Palmer is a guest delin- | ve realized from money pui in the [ honor at a dessert card party given quent personal property and auto- | ahighway, such as would come ba; by Mrs. E. J. Blake at apartment totalled $5,622.51. —_ | Prizes were won by Mrs. We: . It was indicated that the Chief | and Miss Marjorie Tillot- IS A SALES TAX NECESSARY warrants to serve on the delin- | Holmquist at canasta. Mrs. John ; & quent taxpayers, % J. R. Murphy assisted the hostess 1] Mrs. Crisman, who with her hus- by southbound ]-0 Supplv CAMPS \1:;:(“1 “f‘“u" G returned to Juneau to wome, is tr ormer Ma 40" BRd k he former Ma ;L;IVI’;(I.\M'n ports, | are living in the Hugh Wade home 0 D | while the Wades are vacationing. To continue the work of pre-|g2ret Pirkey, and Mr. and MIs.|guith and with her two sons is vious years in glaciological and Werner A. Saust; and from Valdez: i ERFRE R .| August Smith at their summer place neau Ice Cap, an advance group | Yor Petersburg, passenger Wasi|.i ayx Bay, Mrs. Butts has been of American Geog ociety | Henry Adsero; J. K. Johnson, | *| moved from here thirteen years ago. the 1950 expedition. Mr. and N Paul I | Ve A 5 Personnel of this year'’s Juneau | Evangeline McConnel, Janu McCon-| gay pSMAN FROM SOUTH Williams, and C. O. i e known as “JIRP"—will include a |Moe. {Juneau for the past two weeks number of members who have spent | For Seattle: Thomas M. Cashen, |,ohrecenting the National Educet- Ice Field, fifth largest on the North | Nathan Butcher, Thomas E. Cashen, | wil return before he leaves for American continent and one ‘of the | Edward D. Dull, John M. Jensen, inis company’s headquarters in Robert Forbes, who was in charge | quit, Donald L. MacKinnon,|is in Asheville, Hiott likes Alaska of air drops last year, is in J Arthur O. McKinnon, Gr | live here, plies and for a Navy aircraft from | T. M. Snaring, Wallace C. Volz| Kodiak to drop them at JIRF|Jr, Mrs. Ralph Mortensen, Karen | of the University of Washin Townsend, Mrs. G. A. L Harold | Geology Department, is a forme: | Snaring, Shirley ing, Eskil| Others in the guard , W. S. Grubb, and Dr. W. M. arriving here this week and stop- or making available to the organ- > ' | trolling boat sank. he struck a mine last night off when a new approach is built. sropriations and fuhds. It is un- E 0 0 E Y <ok ¥ rerted transferred to another ves- clubhouse for the organization, AR H N R D FRIDA AT L GASTINEAL sel putting money in‘o the H The delinquent personal proper®: Two of her holds were floode he province, and no return would | George Crisman were ot | | ing last night. It showed at the Baranof Hotel. mobile taxes owed to the city|to the Yukon. | in the Fosbee Friday night 1 é | Overby of Police would be sent out with brideg and Mrs. Leonarc | Hagemeir won a cut prize. The sou band and two children ha 41 pm, pecked | Fadden Case. Mr. and Mus. Cris FOR GLACIER STUDY Arriving from Seward were Mz\rw‘ Mrs. Butts is the former Edna 2 | visiting her parents, Mr. and M other scientific studies on the Ju- | Mrs. Rosa Wahl. s A S Kl living in Seattle since the family scientists has arrived to prepare for [ Myona Savage, Mrs, McConnel, | Ice Research ject—generaily | nel, George Charles Hiott, who has been in several summers on the Juncau |Chester E, Zenger, Joel L. Bawnes, | o 1y0 laft today for Sitka and most accessible. Richard Klingbeil, Ernest R. Kron-|geranton, Penn. Though his home gory | 1Y 1s0 well he said he would like to neau, making arrangements for sup- | Ripley, Gerald H. Shaw. « camps, as they did in 1949. Forbes | Mortensen, Morton Mortensen, Irene paratrooper, | Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wiede- | | “advance We believe that all this information should be in before a person votes for additional taxes. Gil Delivery Good News for Ice Cream Eaters! With every quart of delicious SWIFT’S ice cream you buy at Percy’s Saturday and Sunday— you get A PINT FREE. Mayor Hendrickson has stated that we are now paying $55,000.00 a year on these bonds and that about $20,000.00 of that is interest and what good business it would be to save that interest. What he did not tell is that no matter how much money was raised per year by a sales or any other tax that we could not for the next six years pay them off any faster as the kind of bonds they are cannot be called in before then. Why did not the City Fathers think of that when they sold the bonds? REMEMBER THESE BONDS THEY SEEK TO RETIRE WITH A SALES TAX CANNOT BE PAID OFF ANY FASTER. Alaska Transfer *(Douglas Bahcock) — delivers oil weekly to all summer homes out the Glacier, Fritz Cove and Eagle River Highways. SPECIAL OFFER!! Ice Cream Cake Rolls . . . . 55¢ Saturday and Sunday only Why does the Mayor threaten the property owners by raising their taxes 509 if they do not vote for a Sales Tax? This space paid for by The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America—Local No. 2247 (AFL) e |