The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 9, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire mllmed every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska %fl' TROY MONSEN - President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager Entered In the Post Office in Juneau &s Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ®elivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.50 per month) six months, $5.08; one year, $15.00 By mall, postage paid, the following rates: Cne year, in advance $15.00; six months, in advance, §7.50; #me mudth, in advance, §1.50. Eubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly motity e Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery ¥ their papers. 602; Pusiness Office, 374. £ Telephones: News Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE: ‘The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for fepublication of M1 news dispatches credited to it or not other- mmcudmd in this paper and also the local news published _—— NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aisska Newspapers, 1411 fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. v Monday, October 9, 1950 VOTE TOMORROW The general elections to be held throughout the Territory tomorrow will determine the quality of gov-| ernment Alaskans may expect and will indicate the | probable course of the Twentieth Alaska Legislature. Tomorrow’s balloting climaxes a hard fought cam- paign, marked by a great deal of bitterness and mud- slinging on both sides. We hope that the mud has not rendered the issues indistinct to the voter's eye. ‘Whatever your political faith—whatever candidates you support — remember that your convictions are meaningless unless you express them at the polls. Elections are frequently won or lost by small margins and every vote is of vital importance. Your vote will help you to secure the kind of government you want. the defeat of the principles you endorse. The polls will be open from eight a. m. until | The vote you fail to cast may make possible | THE PROPOSED WATER CODE When the Fairbankes News-Miner last week reported the existence of a proposed Water Code for Alaska, the repercussions were immediate. They were much more violent, we are informed, in Interior Alaska than along the coast. This is understandable. The proposed bill would place all surface fresh water in the Territory (streams and under the control of the Highway En- gineer. Running water is particularly vital to the placer mining industry of the Interior and the miners do not relish having water apportioned to them by superin- tendents appointed by the Highwa lakes) Engineer. The full implicatons of the bill itself will require study and investigation. What at the moment are the political repercussions caused by the announcement of the bill's existence. In Juneau, Governor Gruening told an Empire reporter, “I am far from certain that such a bill is now needed, and that, if it is needed now, the present form is best.” An explanation accompanying the bill says “The Departmental Field Committee (Interior Department) and the Governor of Alaska requested the asssistance of the Bureau of Reclamation in the preparation of a comprehensive water law for the Territory with a view to its possible submission by the Governor to the Legislature for its consideration.” Frank Metcalf, Territorial Highway Engineer, said he had heard about the bill but had not seen it. It was news to him, he said, that the Highway Engineer was being considered as administrator. A preliminary draft of the bill was furnished Judge Hellenthal of Juneau, according to the explana- tion accompanying the bill. The explanation does not, perhaps unfortunately, include Judge Hellenthal's interests us comments. Up in Anchorage, Senator Victor C. Rivers, who has had considerable to do with water surveys for the Department of Health, made an interesting state- ment. The Anchorage Times reported that Seénator Rivers “branded as ‘wholly unfounded’ a report that a plan was afoot to place all waters inside Alaska under control of the Territorial Highway Engineer.” A few comments have also been heard from men interested in mining in the Interior of Alaska. We regret that they are mainly in terms that are un- printable. It seems oxnsmcly doubtful that Alaska needs such legislation at the present time. When there is a demand for this type of legislation, we believe our legislators will be capable of discerning the need and of caring for it without prodding from a bureau of eight p. m. Be sure you vote; The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round {Continued from Page One) her accident and Brehm's efficienc fired. Hill office the ruary, 1948, with However, July 1, 1945, she received $332.72 monthly, of which she returned $150 each month to Bre| Her salary went up m thy to $359.16 a month (net after regular income and withholding taxes) and so did her kickbacks. From July to December 31, Mrs. Soliday re- gularly returned $175 of her month- | ly earnings to Brehm. { For the first six months of 1946 | Mrs, Soliday kicked back $180 a' month out a $375.86 net salary.' From June 30, 1946, until she lost her job Jan. 31, 1948, her listed salary was $442 a month. How- ever, during all this 19-month period Mrs. Soliday kicked back $240 a month to Brehm. In other words, during the en- tire 37 months the lady was em- circtim#taftte™ charged) and the However, that the “comm Brehm, could not “arrangement” tee. tee thinks,” retor it.” day return $100 o verse—but he only about half her earnings. after Mrs. Soliday, still ailing from Soliday went to Brehm's Capitol first week in he urged the Congress- jman to permit his the final payment “no visible means of support.” Brehm refused, saying | expected the money and that he, with the commit- “I don’t care what the commit-l mother—a sort of kickback in re- pocketed ployed, she was allowed to keep|maining $140 for the “committee.” Ray Soliday didn’t see Congress-{ing is general that if their product the Federal government. and work has resumed at the mine. In general, however, the coal sup- ply for the interior is ample, and coal stocks in the Healy Field can take care of any contingencies. The placer miners of the Fourth Division had a poor season as it was unusually warm and dry most of the summer. The area was thus deprived of sluicing water, and op- erations were curtailed to but a few hours sluicing per day. In the Seward Peninsula, mining went on at a steady pace, and the production there will probably be more than that of last year. The miners of the Seward Peninsula had sluicing water, especially after the rains in the month of August. Con- siderable placer tin production was “My | reported from the York district unable to standards, meet y was Feb- the $240 in cash. s mother to keep “in view of the (her being di: fact that she had ittee” (in Ohio) go back on hi ted Soliday. mother is entitled to this money |near Cape Prince of Wales. The gold and she should be allowed to keep | miners are clamoring for a free market for their gold, Mr. Saarela Finally, Brehm agreed to let Soli- | said, and if the mining industry is f the $240 to his | o survive, som eadjustment must be made. Most operators are moving Te-{more yardage with fewer men than at any previous time, and the feel- the Since a Congressman’s payrolljman Brehm again until last July}could seek it’s own price level, the is financed by the taxpayers, 4s a violation of public trust, as]apartment in the well as the law, for him to re-!ing and informed quire kickbacks from office assis- {Pearson is after a tants. However, all Brehm ever told- Mrs. Soliday was that money she gave him was needed |t0 them,” by the GOP ‘“committee” in Ohio for “campaign” purposes. Washington Troubles Pile Up began to pile up in late 1947.|Trumans live. While vacationing with a daughter in Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. fell and broke her arm. However, another kickback to'Brehm was due X anl she hastened back to Wash-|point. . ington on Aug. 80, 1947, without|ing walk through stopping for medical treatment. | East Wing of the The arm was X-rayed in Wash-|The dazed look “If Drew Pearson or the | employees contact you—don't talk instructed Brehm, A servant discreetly pulling down the old-fashioned blinds The aged lady’s troubles really{Parlor of Blair House, where the .George Marshall’s quiet smile in place of Louey John- Soliday | son’s broad grin at the Pentagon. . . Secretary of State Dean Acheson’s eloquent mustache emphasizing a John Steelman’s long, lop- it | when he was summoned to Brehm’s | jnqustry could resume it’s proper Methodist Build-{ place in the economic life of the him that “Drew finterjor, story about me.” any of his 11 FLY VIA PNA Eleven persons went to the West- ward on Pacific Northern Airlines yesterday. To Anchorage: Jean Co- man, Dr. R. Smithson, T. M. Casey, Nadis and Linda Aga, Olin Swain, Mr and Mrs. John Gonnason, W. . Bowden, E. R. Holden. To Cor- dova E. J. White. i Snapshots in the HOME CAFE—DOUGLAS Closed Every Monday. the lobby of the ‘White House. . . on the faces of 615-tf | Crossword Puzzle THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, 2 LASKA s o e e et e~~~ October 10 | Yakutat From 8 am. to 8 p.m.—Territorial 0f municipal funds had been overlooked. | Election. | At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof. | At 7:30 p.m.—Chapeladies will meet | at home of Mrs. Clyde Hill. | S s e e At 8 p.m.—CDA meets, Parish Hall. | D -i i_ .n En l.sh by | a!y essons' g I W. L. GORDON ; ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 9— At 8:30 p.m-—Community Center | night for adults at Teen Age Club. i e e ‘ v | M—Truck driver Rober C. McFar- WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “After tramping through‘lane, 33, sobbed as he told police October 11 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. the woods, a cold shower is refreshing.” It is better to say, “After one |he'd checked a thousand times to tramps through the woods, a cold shower is refreshing.” make sure there was no one in At 1:30 p.m.—Juneau Garden Club OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Paprika. Preferred pronunciation is|ront of his ready-mix concrete Weather: High, 48; low, 34; cloudy. Death, Truck Wheels lor, 416 West Ninth Street. meets at home of Mrs. Ray Tay- | At 1:30 p.m.—WSCS meets at home ‘lrucL before starting up. dinner, Northern terian church. At 8 pm.—Elks Lodge. Light Presby- | Let us he didn't check further. Ground to death beneath the ‘WORD STUDY: increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Use a word three times and it is yours.” Today's word: | | wheels of the heavy truck after he Church social room. | October 13 | At 11 a.m.—Pioneers Auxiliary food | Q. If a host or hostess asks a guest what he would like to drink,| Juneau Chapter No. 7, Order of sale at paint store of Vic POWET. 1t it ail right for the guest to reply, “Anything will do,’ ‘or ask, “What|Eastern Star, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 8 At 8 pm—Scottish Rite 18th DEgree |y oo "oy | pm. at Scottish Rite Temple. Spe- conferred in full form, Scottish cial election and installation. Vis_ REGULAR MEETING Purple 626-3t Something New For Women; Jewels On Bare Skin NEW YORK, Oct. 9—®—Ladies, now it’s jewels fastened to the bare skin. The idea, announced today, in-| volves the suction principle and the l | Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 Rite Temple. A. Neither one of these answers is correct. The guest should help- |iting members welcome, October 14 fully state his preference. Of course, a host can be helpful, too, by HENRIETTA POWER Bubble Dance. his stock happens to be unlimited. October 16 Q. Isn't it poor form for a woman at her second marriage to hnve} V.F. W. A. Yes, it is poor form. The second wedding should be a very| { simple one. Tak“ POSI NO. 5559 of hers as “Mr. Johnson”? i the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m. A. Tt is preferable for the wife to say, “My husband,” or merely, e e e S POV USSR At- 10 p.m—Elks Annual stating in the first place what kinds of drinks he has available—unless Acting Secretary. At noon—Lions Club, Baranof | | three or four bridesmaids? Q. Is it all right for a woman to introduce her husband to a friend| Meeting every Thursday in “Bob.” What American city is acknowledged as the world’s largest food | Alaska Housing Authority, leaves | posonfipmnotfimmsenflmen/frmsenflmmaenfismmenflmmenfls | ' Tuesday for Seattle where he will = i There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! | B T T TSR T VRS 7 VNS T I 7 P use of an unidentified “harmless” 1. chemical. center? — The creater, Marianne Ostier, 2. What is a charade? says: GEIS 13 . “The wearer may walk around at 3. Who ‘fvas the famous infant hidden in the bulrushes? Tlle Erwul reed cu. ease for many, many hours, with 4. What is an organ solo at the end of a service called? Office in Case Lot Grocery jewels as large as 2% inches in 5. From what language does the word “golf" come? Phone 704 & diameter fastened to the skin, with ANSWERS: no danger of them fallingsoff.” 1. Chicago. R 2 HAY, GRAI]I:AggAL 3 She “d%ed‘ Lh?lt thel Je“(‘l“\ ca:n 2. A guessing game in which each syllable of a word to be found is and STO e removed at will—with no harm to & represented by a tablea the skin—from the forehead, dim- | " § Mosesy U or by dramatic action: | . les, shoulder or bare arms. ¥ # el 4. Postlude. STE‘,ENS + 5. From the Dutch. | len' Wher, ‘sxecuive dirctar - || LADIN_MENES Seward Street Near Third scuss a 50-unit low income hous- ing project for West Juneau with U,he Public Housing Administration. | Then he will take a 30-day vacation before returning to Alaska. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary ALFRED ZENGER, JR. as a paid-up subscriber 1o THE UAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Presert this coupon to the box office of the SCHWINN Bincs aT MADSENS Casler’s Men's Wear 120 YEARS AGO fifi surrns | Wealher al H L | e " MaskaPoins . ol In observance of Fire Prevention Week, officers of the Juneau FIre‘i ! . October 9 ® Department were guests at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the| Yeather conaiuons ana temper- | » ® | Arcade Cafe. Introduced by Chamber President E. M. Goddard were|atures at various Alaska points | . Mrs. Oscar G. Olson ® | Chief J. L. (Dolly) Gray; Assistant Chief O, E. Schmobel, and Foremen |als0 on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 ® M Gertrude Naylor @ |p wyp0rq Ml and J. S. MacKinnon. Another guest was H. F. Morton, | &0 120th Meridlan Time, and . George 1. Jorgenson M B 2 3 g released by the Weather Bureau 5 Merritt Monagle o |President of the Anchorage Chamber are as follows: . Robert W. Johnson (3 — ) | i . Marsha Erwin . Doris Cahill celebrated her fourth birthday the day before, enter-' Anchorage 31—Partly Cloudy | . Lloyd Hughes e | taining a housefull of kiddies in the home of her parents at Douglas. | Annette Island 47—Rain . Mary Alred o ¥ | Barrow 26—Cloudy . Mrs ¢ | Halibut prices were close to the highest ones for the season, selling | Bethel 30—Clear | . Natalia D ® for 12'4 and 8% cents a pound. All of that day’s catch, 25,900 pounds, g‘j{;":’;fl‘ ‘“FRZ‘(}"' ® o o o o o o o o e ey bought for shippment fresh to Seattle. Among vessels unloading | pamgnton ‘wkpmiifg"“d;‘; mrc the Thelma, Capt Bernt Alstead; Mabel, Capt. Ole Jackson;| pajrbanks 31—Cloudy | COMMUN"Y EvENISwHurdme‘ Capt. Martin Erstad; Dixon, Capt. Emil Samuelson; Tern,| Haines 44— Rain | ‘Cn)l Andrew Bernsdal; Addington, Capt. Ole Sevold. The previous Havre 51—Partly Cloudy E ‘d.w Capt. Olaf Winter, skipper of the halibut vessel Fremont, had | Juneau Airport 45—Rain TS ]”:YJL)W:U‘ City Band | thought himself lucky"m the auction when his 7,000-pound catch sold‘ngz‘:;m 432‘752’1‘&1‘; practice in grade school audi- |*© F F EnEstrom at e { McGrath 20—Clear torium. H o g Nome 28—Clear At 7:45 p.m. — Civilian Defense | Charles R. Settlemeier, Keno Hill mine owner and operator, and|Northway 33—Snow Council, City Council Chambers. |for many years editor of The Dawson News, was a visitor, bringini}‘ Petersburg 48—Cloudy At 8 pm. — Juneau-Douglas Girl news of interest. He said the Mayo district shipped 10,000 tons of ore, | Portland 44—Fog Scout Council, Lutheran Chu’““nncludmg high-grade and mill concentrates during the 1930 season|Prince George ... 35—Cloudy parlors, Post | Stopping in Skagway, he was told by Oscar Selmer, barber, beautician | Ze:}:tle “flpa‘;"]y_g‘;l&:y' Mmget??z“ D’:‘::i::"" Legion Post |14 city treasurer, that the “3 in 1" office had been entered and $12.50 Whl?ehorse i ‘t'\ken from the cash register. A safe containing several hundred dollars | Rain, \(hlld Is Ground fo| of Mrs. Arnold Larsen, 222 Sev- | With accent on FIRST syllable. | He thought he'd check agam: enth Street. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Soulless; observe the two L's. | saturday as a group of children At 6:30 p.m.—Annual Fellowship SYNONYMS: Easily, readily, smoothly. | playing in an alley moved away. So October 12 DISDAINFUL; scornful; contemptuous. “There was a disdainful re- | At noon—Chamber of Commerce|Serve in the woman's manner.” ifi:%io:s‘:r:: ;:eizgtgegfsggsgl xnch~ Darshte i iin front of -the parked wheels, | 7:30 p.m.—Senior Service Scouts | playine. Azm(;ct o hn;\ofl;\f i 301“5 Aid, MODERN ETI 0 U E IT E Police held McFarlene for inves- B odtal Yoot ROBERTA LEE | ufuion . ington and found to be broken,|Yyoung government girls each time but before if could be set Mrs. handsome Stuart Symington strides Soliday went to the oifice of the by. . .The worn carpet and sedate DACROSS ;7 filnqc;tartfi]r: House Sergeant-at-arms on August | atmosphere of the Connecticut Av- :' Pustenor 37 Commands 31 to cash her pay check. Then she [ enue mansion which houses the Re- 13, Laud :? Jr\(lix;l:l‘o ok went to a hospital, where she told | publican National Committee com-| 14. Armor for the ~ * feet a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hiser,|Pared to the brassy modernism of | 45 Be’,“fgg 4. A"Bl‘r)r[ilz(lllqfloclnrz to get $240 from her (Mrs. Soli- | the Democrats down the street. . .| 16. Inzl‘rulcllv'. 4. Mcmll-(béarlnt 3 @ xe rocks day’s) pocketbook. The smile of Sen. Margaret Chase| yg artificial 46. Before She then informed her daughter|Smith of Maine—a contrast to o w}?x“lg““. 21_ Russian river I's 0; ori 3 3 hin . to put the money in an envelope | Bob Taft’s persimmon grimace. 21 Twitching i ])la“(eafn detall aiso in the pockethook. | i Draw game 53, Redactor The enyelope, believe it or not, Writing tables 55. L P { Night 13 bore Brehm's free mailing frank, : Breceding 85, Worshins plus his return address in Washing- 8. }‘l:\m;-d Do WN eadows ton in Brehm's own handwriting. 'TOlD BY SAARELA Father of 1. Divides with In other words, Congressman Joshua the grain Brehm made sure that his office clerk wouldn't forget her monthly kickback while she was on vacation. Before Mrs, Soliday left, he gave her an envelope which he had addressed to himself in which to return the money. “Isn't this a lot of cash sending in a letter?” Mrs. recalls asking her mother. Up to this point—Aug. 31, 1947— Mrs, Hiser says that she didn’t to be Hisex AFTEREXTENDEDTRIP| Leo H. Saarela, Commissioner of { Mines, has returned from the west- ward after an extended field (rip| throughout the interior. Consider- able time was spent in the Healy Coal Field, and in visiting mining properties throughout the interior including the Seward Peninsula. In the Healy Coal Field a consid- know about her mother’s kick-j . backs, but learned about the pay-} roll padding for the first time| when she put the $240 in the en- velope and mailed it Lo Erehm. able amount of time was devoted to the Healy 'River Coal Corpora= tion mine at Suntrana where a fire ,m the underground workings was | sealed off. Attempts to open the sealed area in the mine were made ; Lot Klokback jin September, however, it was neces- A son, Ray Soliday, an Inter-l!sary to delay the work for cooler state Commerce Commission offic- weather and ending of the strike of ial in Washington, personally de-|the miners which started on Sep- livered the last kickback to Brehm itember 14. This strike was aettled‘ Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "THE WIZARD OF 02" Federal Tax—1%c Pai¢ by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and ! McGregor Sportswear | Btetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes BOTANY "500" "2 satirie € Bunt & neat RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. 3. Moth . vEos 3 WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! CLOTHES ype measure . Obtain 1 1 12. Rocks 1 9 0. 1 7. 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