The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1951, Page 4

GE FOUR B e e e e Daily Alaska Empire PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streels, Juneau, Alasks Publistied every EMPIRE WELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO ELMER A. FRIEND Gotered in the Ponsomce in_Juneau a8 UBSCRIPTION RATE:! ome month, in advance, 3180 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly motify the Business Office of any fallure or irre of their papers. Telwphones: News Office, 603; Business Office, 374. KEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other— local news nunxnnenl | wise credited in this paper and also the neretn. — e WATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Wourth Avenue Blds., Seattle, Wash. | ness of the peopl of those elected t by Max W. Ball, = Prestdent | 1941 Vice-President Managing Editor “During the e: Becond Class Matter. Roman citizen en, own bent, to earr saw fit and had the state lieve distress in wheat Many abandoned This enlarged the ing lower and ularity in the delivery was removed . . . “This period | ascending scale of who lived on farr hopelessly in debt. a surplus of good He cites the history of the ilar to our beginnings . . . Hard times came, prices went up lower e and selfishness plus incompetence o conduct governmental affairs.” Roman Empire, as told president of Abasand Oils, Ltd., in arly days of the Roman Empire, the joyed economic political rights sim- he was free to follow his 1 his own living in any manner he and in affairs of To re- bought a vote a voice the cities the government and sold it to the poor below market price. their farms and moved to the cities. pressure groups who were demand- prices, until, at tast, the price and a sizeable and increasing popu- at lation lived on the dole. The askew. Those helplessly and nk — there was To meet continued about 400 years. relief threw business ms found themselvi Buying power shr and surplus of m: ants. these evils, laws and more laws wete passed, including the prototyes of a } tion with which v | credit aid, resettlement project { wage law ness a person could do. one-fifth its value. more into compe| groups and insiste ' pass the famous ‘T In answer to a speech made recently by D. E. Skinner, vice-president and general manager of the Alaska Steamship Company, concerning the necessity of raising freight rates in Southeast Alaska, Neil F.| Moore, Territorial Auditor, likens the present economic situation of the nation to the years preceding the fall of the Roman Empire. Skinner in his talk pointed out which make freight rate increases to Southeast Alask: unavoidable: Termination of the “Interim Plan, which steamship companies had chartered vessels from | In 1948 when the government-imposed sels back | subsidies to aid industries “out of the spot these said { the government at $1.00 per year. plan ceased, other companies turned to the government—or suspended op entirely. government-chartered ships, but the The Alaska Steamship Company kept :ts‘ mum selling price |to commerce, incl for breaking the seller. The result? food riots, pillage, ments . . . Thus d ence through cont Moore pointed | the circumstances their civil liberty their ves: erations to Alaska | controls forced th cost jumped from |states as to the i $1.00 per year to $100,000 a year per ship; a costly im}pme taxes on tr strike tied up shippng for three cargo-handling costs have risen a costs have increased approximately 1047, Skinner pointed out the cost of living index na- | natural 59 in 1947 to 183 !living through planned economy . . tionally which has jumped from 1 today. ment which has gone up 95 per cel creased and climbing costs of ever: : | any merchant, wage earner or professional man will | readily admit. Neil Moore, in his letter to Skinner blames and bureaucratic interference in the lives and busi- shoe months in 1948;| “It was not th nd freigher crew |try worth living 76 per cent since |restricted personal a | of our economy teday. by |not hold on to their almost all of the ‘curative’ legisla- we are subject to mow. There was public works proj- price and lects, crop and manufacturing restrictions restrictions on types and amounts of busi- Currency was depreciated to The government went more and tition with its citizens. Pressure nce grew until it was necessary to! Diocletian Law” which fixed a maxi- on practically every article known uding labor and services. Penalty law was death to both bus anl No business or personal initiative; | and finally, surrender to the ba barian who, it was hoped, would institute improve- ied liberty which could not survive | both freedom of enterprise and government interfer- rols.” J the foregoing as a and added that if people do economic liberty they will lose| . He cites the vicious circle controls, hnd then out parallel | of government em.” Moore ends his letter by asking the opinion in the ight of the Federal government o 1e people of the Territory. e government that made this coun- in,” Moore writes, “but the un- initiative of the people. At pres- | |ent the Government is inclined to hold back the increase He cited the costs of the Territorial govern- | repeatedly to improve nt since 1947; in- | of edict for effort y business, which such efforts have they do for shoes. “taxes | would be cheaper store, withou “Americans spend for a higher standard of . Man has tried his condition by substitution All of and , statute law for economic law. failed.” more money gambling than If baby needs a pair of shoes, it on the average to go direct to the t stopping at a dice game en route. The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) difficult problem staring me stark in the face. 1 Up until that point, things appar- ently had gone well. ~The farm hands had taken the presence of visiting royalty and Hollywood glamor in their stride. The dairy man’s children did not even ask Miss Hayworth for an autograph, nor did our conscientious colored helper, Harry Clipper, a plate-pass- ing deacon at the Seneca Baptist Church, ask for a contribution. No- body was thrown Harry Truman did not break down the fence as he usually does on the slightest excuse; while the dog- wood, the tulips, and the iris put on a glamor show rivaling any- thing in Hollywood. No Bath For Rita However, I could see the minute I got out of my car and greeted Mrs. P. that all was not well. Mrs. | P. had that steely glint in her e which I had not secen for a long, long time—in fact, not since the hogs got loose and made mince- meat out of her deck teinis court. “The water,” said Mrs. P, off. Just how is Rita going to take a bath?” “Have you called Leon Lower) I asked, referring to our neighbor who can fix anything from my grandson’s nursing bottle to the twine-knotter on a New Holland pickup hay-bailer. “Leon is busy and won't come,’ replied the little woman. “I'm sure if you told him that Rita Hayworth needed a bata he'd come in a minute,” I suggested. ‘ by the horses, | +| get ready for the ultimate future,” | couldn’t shave in the morning, and | my cows would get a lower score | than Carroll Morgan’s. |~ “Maybe Rita could do without a | bath,” I suggested hopefully. | “T1l bet when she was a kid back in Brooklyn she even argued with her mother that she didn’t want to | bathe at all” | “Yes, but what about your cows?” | reminded Mrs. P. | “well, that's different,” I admit- | ted. “And we can't flush the toilets.” “But we can use the Byrd house,” I argued, referring to the Chlcl Sales job up near the dairy barn. “Anyway, your and my ancestors and even Rita’s, never had an toilets to flush. Why should we be 50 snobbish?” Lizards in the Pipe Furthermore,” I argued, I con- fess a little desperately, “look at New York City and all the trouble they had about water. We're not ! the only ones who have problems. | Or take Los Angeles, Mayor Bowron |out there is always making my daughter quit watering her lawn. “Furthermore,” say I, “I would like to quote an issue of a noted column—The Washington Merry- go-round — which reecntly said, |'A calamity worse than the atom bomb is being studied by scientists | —the increasing shortage of water |in the United States.’ | “You and Rita will just have to }I concluded, “and the fact that our | pump broke down is just good prac- | tice for the days that lie ahead.” | However, it didn’t do any good. | By this time I had a strong sus- | picion where the argument was heading. There has long been a | difference of opinion inside the | Pearson family about the relative merits of water from a spring and eling with Rita. However, I saw it was no use. Rita Hayworth is a charming gal and a swell sport. She didn’t mrind the water shortagé atiall. But she has done me a great dis- favor. Thanks to her, I have deen euchred into drilling a well. However, though Mrs. P. doesn’t know it yet, I am going to connect the well to the cow barn. I jusl can't afford to let my milk score drop. JOE ALTER TALKS T0 KIWANIS TODAY Joe Alter, Department of Health engineer, gave an interesting review of his recent European trip to mem- bers of the Juneau Kiwanis club at the Baranof hotel Wednesday noon. Gene Vuile was appointed to in- vestigate the possibility of obtaining a boat for the Girl Scout Mariners group sponsored by the Kiwanis. Stanley Baskin will be program chairman next week. Visiting Kiwanians were Lowell Puckett of Anchorage and Gene Holland of Seattle. Lloyd Clark, con- sultant engineer for the health de- partment, was also a guest. Mary Nickery of Mt. Edgecumbe | =~ e —_— — = May 9 Baz Harris Everett Erickson Warren Wilson May Sabin Mary Francis Thibodeau Theodore Tisdale Genevieve White Marcus Russell Janet Ramsaur Jane Hibbard C. Richard Nelson Manuel Diaz, Jr. e e o o o eeccoecen COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY pm. —WSCS meets at home of Mrs. H. Schultz, 606 Tenth street, At 8 p.m. Elks Lodge. At 8 p.m. — Rebekahs meet in IOOF hall At 8 pm. ne Coeeceeveecsecnoe At 7:30 - VFW Auxiliary busi- May 10 At 10 am. — Mother’s Day sale by Dorcas Ladies in Superefte Mar- ket Fran At noon — Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof At 4 pm. Marble tournament starts at ball par! At 7:30 pm. — G Honor in high school gym. 8 pm Alaska Pofters meet at home of Mrs, Holmquist. At 8 p.m, — Emblem Club meets Elks Auditorium. Final bus meeting until September. At 8 ‘p.m. — Lutheran Ladies Aid meets in_church social room. May 11 At noon — Soroptimist Club lunch- eon in Baranof Terrace At 2 pm. — World Service Society meets in NLP church. From 10 am. to 4 pm. — Spring bazaar by Ladies of Salvation Army in Red Shield Reading rooms in Decker building. At 6:30 pm. — Scottish Rite dinner. At 7:30 p.m. — Scottish Rite con- ferring of 32nd degree. May 12 — Style Show by high Students in high school on 1 Scout Court of At in At 2:30 pm school Ec gym. May 13 At 8 pm. — Special Mother’s Day musical program at Methodist church. May 14 At noon — Lions club, Baranof. | At noon — BPW meets, Baranof. | At 8 pm. — American Legion post| meets in Dugot / T ¥ " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA rre— [ s gthcnat Bios st 3 s meeting upstairs in CIO hall. i 20 YEARS AG MAY 9, 1931 from z THE EMPIRE | -3 nd 19 passengers, the motorship Northland, rrived in Juneau from Seattle. Passengers from cering, Mrs. S. Sandstrom, William Meyers, , Ole Solbakk, J. Popoff, G. Nelson. From Bob Brindley, Katherine M. Cook. R. E. Hammond. From Petersburg: T. E. Shafer, v, P. Paulson. ] With a 1 ‘.Cnp( Leor | Seattle were Willian Ketct Lawrence € G. H. Cole, Harry known attorney, was to deliver the “Mother” es on Mother's Day. On the pi am composed of Evelyn Mollman, Eva Tripp, to s a solo and a in the male Homer Henry tribute at was to be | wiltred 1 male quartet Homer Nordling. Cash Cole was m, Tt g part el Brems lude the progr Loral and |quartet wer Dana, ! Nordlin y the first ball in the 11031 base At the plate would be Chief lof Police Geor ctehell catching, N Thomas Judson. Bat- teric Sehmitz and MacSpadden for the Moose and Manning and Boyd for heduled to throw following Sunday. Gov ayor were the At a Mott Church the Jennie and the Re athe showers. We O SFYLE SH Y ‘Wegihgr at STUDENTS ONSAT. 1 : — """ MlaskaPoinis Weather idents and Irie re invi atures also on the Pa m., 120°h Mer 2d by the e as follows: WE and temper- various Alaska - points ific Coast, at 4:3u ian Time, an Weather Bureau d at o attend by the Sears and given nasium | class of J Besid will be girls and seve ren who will mi 42—Rain Partly Cloudy 20—Drizzle Partly Cloudy : 40—Drizzle | 43— Partly Cloudy 46—Partly Cloudy 28—Clear 43—Cloudy horage Bethel 34 Cordova 5| Dawson Edmonton . prise. The follows: Fred 2 McCrea, | N¢ ogram = and Pr Lynn Bodding, Anne Par ischl, Joan Os- jeline Barlow, Ir- Awards, Jean Per la enewald; Paula Cook and Cloudy | Prince George Rain | 42—Cloudy 42—Cloudy ene rod, | orat At 8 pm Rebekah Drill team | practice in IOOF hall. | May 15 | At noon — Rotary Cl Af 8:45 pm. — Community Ni for adult Teen Age club with square dancing. May 16 At noon — Kiwanis club, Baranof. May 18 1 At ‘8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble| Grands meet at home of i John Geyer, 320 West 8th street May 19 At 10:30 p.m. — Douglas VFD 53rd Annual Spring dance. REV. PROUTY RETURN AFTER 6 MONTHS ABSEN(C E! i 1 The Rev. Paul H. Prouty return- ed to Juneau Tuesday morning on the Baranof after six montl Ketchikan serving the Presby church there. The former Ket kan Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Edward Freeman has been t ferred to the states. Next Sunday the Rev. Rolland Armstrong, field representative for the Board of National Mi will conduct a Mother’s Day ser\ at the Ketchikan church. ACROSS . Piece of money . Doleful . Textile screw pines Mythical monster . First even number . Siberian river . Sunfish of the Mississippi alley . Lubricant . Official of ancient Rome 3. Negative . Small enclosed eld . Hindu governor . English river . Sea eagles . Giv “It isn’t only a bath,” reminded | Water from a well. Miss Hayworth Mrs. P, who had been faced with|as far as I could see, was not really the drought all day. “How do we|Perturbed about her bath. I imag- 1 image who dis= . Having vas- cular fibers . Not far . Rope along the upper_edge wash the dishes? And what do we| drink?"” “Well, we could try gin.” But the crack didn't go over at all big. “Maybe your cows would gin, to0? shot back Mrs. P., aim- ing at a weak spot. “If you're not worried about baths for Rita and the Jackson Leighters and all the dirty dishes, at least I know you'll worry about your cows. This, I confess, made me think twice. Because when cows get no water to drink, they give less milk, and when they give less milk my score goes down; and I have been aiming for a milk score that would beat Carroll Morgan’s, who taunts me with his high score every time we meet. Finally, I got Leon Lowery on the telephone. He had ordered an ex- tra part for the pump a month ago, but Jake Snyder of Farmers Supply had forgotten to order it. 8o the pump couldn’t get fixed that night, Rita couldn't get a bath, the dishes couldn’t get washed, I like| ine there were a good many days traveling through Africa with| Prince Ali Khan that she never; got a bath at all, and I gathered this was not the grounds for Lho.rl | impending diverce. So I had sort of an inkling of what was coming “Don’t you think,” said Mrs. P., changing to her most dulcet tones, “that what we really need is a} well all our own—a well that we don’'t have to share with your 47 thirsty cows and the farm families? After all, a well would be so much better than a spring, with all those lizards always crawling 0 the pipe. I think you should call up a well-digger and get started to- | morrow. After all, youre always building some silo or other that do any good except stick | doesn’t |up in the air and spoil the scen- oy “But how is Jackson Leighter go- | ing to reduce if he doesn’t help me ‘h]] the silo?” say I, referring to well-padded radio agent, who, my with Mrs. Leighter, has been tray- of a fish net . Feminine nickname 51. Knack . Metal Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle §3. Vehicle for snow travel 54. Draw game 55. Impertinence: dialectic AP Newsfeatures nt it~ s g lety Writ Genind oo Pronoun Ibsen ct Lcter Gad | Awards amounting | said today. St ‘lines of china Wood. This style show is made possi by the Sears, Roebuck Foundatio; to $75 will be given to stude d a ribbon will be given to each student participa- | ting in the sh by the Founda-| tion. MEET THURSDAY NIGHT The Alaska Potters will meet at the home of Mrs. Florence Holm- quist, 633 Gold street, May 10 at {8 pm, | Mrs. Minerva Butler will explain ;ho\v to make divisions on a model; | NUGGET SHOP JEWELRY STORE BEING MOVED The Nugget Shop jewelry store is being moved from the anine location to the main floor of the adjacent shop, Mrs. Belle Simpson, is closing out some and picture prints to accommodate the The space previously occuy the jewelry department will be rented. containing many under cuts. Any- one having a model from which | she would like to make a mold is} asked to bring it and Mrs. Butler will mark off the divisior Mrs. Butler js leaving s | Fairbanks and this may be the last opportunity the Potters will have; | to discuss their problems with her. FROM VIRGINIA Stevens of Arlington, Va. i at the Baranof Hotel. LEW HALL HERE Lew J. Hall of Woolley, Wash. is registered at the Baranof |1 Hotel. FROM NORTHW. . Fringle of Northway | ping at the Baranof Hotel. 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