POLLEY MUSEUM
BILL APPROVED;
CARRIES $40,0Q(
Measure Provides for Con
struction of Building for
Museum, Library.
The Polley bill, carrying an ap
propriation for $40,000 for the con
struction of a building in Juneau for
the Alaska Museum and Historical
Library, passed the House this morn
ing by a vote of 14 to 2, Murray
and Price voting in the negative.
The bill was not amended other than
those adopted yesterday afternoon.
Representative Polley’s bill f >r
$40,000 for the construction of a build
ing to house the Alaska Museum anil
District Historical Library ran the
gauntlet of the House yesterday
afternoon and emerged with a few
changes in minor details. The bill
'passed its second reading and was
scheduled to come up for final pass
age today.
As introduced by Mr Polley and
recommended by the Committee on
"Ways and Means, the bill provided
'for construction of the building here.
It was thlis feature which led to Mr.
Staser and M.r. Price, both from An
chorage, to sign the report as not
concurring. The most Important
amendment proposed was by Mr.
Staser. He sought to have included
in it a provision requiring that the
"Historical Library and Museum
Building should 'be located /in that In
corporated town iin the Territory of
Alaska which shall in a written pro
posal to the Governor of Alaska,
made within 60 days after the pass
age and approval by this Act, by tin*
Common Council of such town, do
nate t'he largest sum” as a bonus to
secure the building. Staser said lie
'believed 'that Juneau could and prob
ably would make the best offer, but
declared that other Incorporated
'towns should have a chance. lie
was supported by. both Price ami
Dedker, the latter declaring he be
lieved the amendment a good one.
Mr. Polley argued that the Museum
should be located where it would b ■
iriost accessible to persons visiting
the Territory. He quoted figures on
steamer travel to show the pre
ponderance of visitors here over
towns to the Westward Daly, Shop
ard and Johnston alBO opposed the
amendment. It was lost by an over
whelming vote, Staser, Price, Murray
apd Decker Voting for it.
■Mr. iDaly got un amendment
thi\>ugh specifying that the $40,000
appropriation should be expended in
such u manner as to erect the build
Jng und equip 'in In every respect,
making it "a going concern.” The
provisions for the board of directors
were changed on an amendment of
fered by Decker and Cole. The orig
inal (bill called for the Governor, Sec
retary, Curator and Librarian, aud
six directors to be chosen whenever
possible from the membership of the
Alaska Historical* Society which lias
Originally opened the Museum and
ifcepl It going for the past three
years. The amendment at first elim
inated the Curator and Librarian, and
the six additional directors, and sub
stituted the Commissioner of Edu
cation, Treasurer and Attorney Gen
eral. This was later changed to in
clude one director from the Histori
cal Society and adopted in that shape.
The last amendment was offered
by Mr. Wilson. It Increased the sal
ary af Curator and 'Librarian from
$2,100 per year to $2,400. This passed
with only two members voting
against It.
CANNERYMEN TO
HAVE HEARINGS
ON TAX LEVIES
Ways and Means Committee
Hear Protests at Meet
ing This Evening.
The first public discussion of the
proposed graduated pack tux on
salmon canneries for the next bien
nium will be held at H p. m. today in '
the hall of the House of Represents-1
itVvea before the Committee on Ways i
and Means, according to an an
nouncement made today by Chair
man Ross. A number of canuerymen
now in town and representatives of]
other canneries are expected to ap
pear betore the committee.
Many protests, by wire and letter,
as well as personal ones, have been
made against the tax Cannery in
terests represent that the industry
(A not prosperous and most of the]
eanners are'in debt. Heavy increases j
in taxes, they argue, will result in i
unjust hardships being imposed on!
the industry
iMr. Ross Intimated that the Cam
mlttee was disposed to reduce the
proposed herring tax. which is 15]
cents per hundred pounds. Nothing |
has been presented yet, ho said, to1
induce the committee to alter any
other litems on the schedule origin- j
ally proposed. |
Cannerymen now here include Au-I
gust Buschmaun of the Deep S. a |
Salmon Oompany; P. H. Bailey, Hoo
nah Packing Company; W. J. Carl
eon. Auk Bay Canning and Salmon
Qjnlpatiy, and former Syqatpr J. H i
Heckman, of Ketchikan.
Archbishop Would Give
Whiskey to Hospitals.
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Archbishop Alcssmer, of Milwau
kee. has marie public a letter in
which he asked that $125,000 worth
of seized whiskey should be turned
over to hospitals for medical use
instead cf being dumped into Lake
Michigan, as has been ordered by
' Federal Prohibition Enforcem nt
I officers.
EVANS CAUGHT
IN BAD STORM
ACROSS GULF
Forced to Seek Shelter Be
hind Cape Hinchinbrook
—Delayed 24 Hours.
Delayed 24 hours on account of a
heavy st'orm in the Gulf of Alaska,
I the steamer Admiral Evans, Captain
iNystrom, arhived in port at 11 o'clock
this morning from the Westward, on
the return of its first trip North
this season, and left early this after
noon for Seattle. The ship put out
from Cordova Saturday night las;
and when about 10 miles out from
Cape Hinchinbrook, ran into the
worst of the storm, and it was ueces
, . ary to put hack behind the Cape
| according t > mticers on the ship
I Sunday morning the Evans was again
[put out and continued to Juneau.
I i ,io slot m across the Gulf was bad,
I according to the officers. A heavy
I sea was running and there was a
I thick fall of snow and sleet, with a
j-troi'g gale. The ship had little
,-argo and was thrown about con
sult! ably
The Evans has not many passen
gers aboard for the South. A cargo
cf ,50 boxes of halibut were loaded
Here.
Passengers arriving at Juneau
wer . Mrs. C. J. Skuse, Georgs E.
Maun, Marie Mlkla, W. It. Barrett,
Nels Johnson, Tom Jones, Paul
Barnes, Clyde Hegson, Jim Layc.v.
Nek Bakoff.
Passengers leaving Juneau were
Fot Seattle—-C. J. Hangman, A. Wen
uerberg, Myrtle R. Sahlbere. Harry
Strom. For Ketchikan- Srvenson
Swankon.
LEGION DELEGATES
RETURN FROM NORTH
George K. Mann, adjutant and fi
nance Officer of the American Le
gion pests of Alaska, and Mrs. C. J.
Skuso, delegate from Alford John
Bradford Post No. 4. Auxiliary, re
turned to Juneau today on the steam
er Admiral Evans from Anchorage,
where they attended the convention
of the American 1.' gion at that place
early this month. They report the
convention as being most successful
and enjoyed a delightful visit in An
chorage and thp Westward towns.
Passing through Juneau on the
Admiral Evans were Mrs. Caroline
Talbot and her son, John A- Talbot,
both delegates from the Post an I
Auxiliary at Ketchikan, returning to
that place. Mr. Talbot is a son-in
law of Forrest J. Hunt, president of
the Senate.
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Senate Kills Waif Measure
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Orphan Bill Has Quick End
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No Raise for Commissioner
j -
I Whoever is to be Commissioner of
‘Education in Alaska for the next
| biennium, whether it be the present]
' Commissioner or someone else, no
one seems to know, is going to geii
i salary of just $4,000 and no more.!
That fact, at least, has been definite-:
ly settled by the Senate.
in some quarters during the past
two years, in fact prior to that .time.!
there has been a belief prevailing
that the Commisisoner of Education’s |
salary should be. on a par with that I
drawn by other Territorial officials I
At least one or two members of the]
House from divisions other than the!
First were asked to support a meas-|
ore, or introduce one to this end.]
The bill, however, found its way into,
the Senate last Saturday.
Bill Not Sponsored
It provided for an increase in the
Commissioner's salary of $1,000 ppr
annum, raising it from $4,00.' to
$5,000. it was a waif measure, that
is, it wa.s sponsored bv no one par
ticularly. it was introduced by Mr,
Chamberlin for the Committee on
Education ’by request, but Us father
hood was denied by all and sundry.
And, like most orphans, it fared none
too well. First, that which it pos
sessed when It came Into being was
taken away from It, and after it
bad been despt iled, it wits pat to
death with neatness and dispatch
and buried without deremony or evi
dences of grief. While there was
some cbjectioa lo the execution,
mourners were not numerous and no
wake was held.
The Senate declared itself on the
subject in dealing with Senate Bill
No. 100. This, in addition to pro
viding for a boost in the compensa
tion to the Commissioner of Edit
cation, also sought to make some
qualifications a prerequisite for hold
ing that office. It proposed, first,
the raise in salary. Mr. Dunn, who
apparently dlidn’t like the effect of
the clause, movod to amend by strik
ing the words and figures $5,000 and
insert $4,000- This was carried.
Qualifications Not Needed
Under the provisions of the present
| act creating the office of Cam mis-1
jsioner of Education, Chapter 64, Ses-j
j sion Laws, 1917, the only mention >
; of qualifications is found in Section j
1 (i, which provides in part: “raid
| Commissioner of Education shall be I
i chosen for a term of two years upon I
j merit, and because of his special fit-'
I ness to propose and execute benofi
|cial educational policies for the geu
]cral supervision, government and
'control of the public schools of the
i Territory.” The bill sought to am nd
this by adding: "The person chosen;
as Commissioner of Education shall!
be a graduate of a standard, college
or university, and shall have mad not}
less than four years’ of experience
as a - school superintendent or super
visor in an accredited city school
system or in a state school system at
the time lie is appointed to the po
sition,’’
Mr. Dunn also voiced an objection
to this, die argued that such re
quirements were not necessary. It
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■wan possible, he said, that an ap
plicant with two,or three years high
school educating'.t nil with u good
business training and ability, would
make a better Commissioner of Edu
cation than someone with all the
college education and training pos
sible to obtain. Mr. Hunt likewise
expressed opposition and asserted
tluit states in which the position
was filled by popular vote hud no
such requirements. Mr. Ayer and Mr
Chamberlin saiid educational qualifi
cations should be required. Mr. Dunn
disposed of the subject by moving
to strike all of the amendment, the
motion being carried.
This removed all of the principal
objects sought to be attained by
the measure. Senator Aldrich moved
for the bill’s indefinite postponement,
’ha motion carrying five to three,
Ayer, Chamberlin and Dlm’ond vot
ing against, and Aldrich, Brown,
Dunn, Hunt and Snodgrass for the
motion.
Board to Meet Soon
Now that the question of salary
lias been definitely settled, it is ex
pected that the Board or Education
will shortly proceed with its election
r.f a Commissioner of Education, Mr.
Henderson’s regular term having ex
pired March 31, last. There is some
opposition to his reappointment, how i1
deeply seated it is, or upon what it !
is based, has not been made public. j
Governor Bone, Chairman of the!
Board, does not know definitely:
what the opposition is. He has ex- \
pressed himself a* being in favor ofj
reappointment fqr the present on-;
■umbent and lias praised tile record j
Mr. Henderson has made in the of-■
fice. Mr. Chamberlin has also ex-'
pressed similar views. Mr. Snod-i
grass, while not committing himself
either way, said that he had formed
no judgment and would await the
present apt ion of the alleged objec
tions to Mr. Henderson before do
ing so. He admitted he had heard
that there would be objections of
fered to reappointment but did not
know their nature. Senators Hunt
and Brown have not expressed them
selves.
It is expected Hint the Board will |
hold a meeting, the third since the j
Legislature convened, -within the next1
few days, at which time the matter j
will be discussed.
Alfred Tilson, Chief of Police at :
Sitka, arrived tiere on the Estebe,th
on court business.
jit
C. W. Felch, commercial traveler,!
left on the Admiral Watson for the
Westward on a business trip.
Just received a snipment of Seat
tle Neapolitan brick ice cream ami
polar cakes. New York Exchange.
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CONTROL BOARD
BILL LOSES ON
FINAL PASSAGE
Aldrich Scheme of Adminis
tration Rejeated—Vote
Stands Four-Four.
(Continued f rom ."age One.)
and showed that Governor Riggs had
not endorsed the scheme.
He also warned against creating
the office of Controller on the ground
that it would necessarily mean the
building up of an expensive system ol
administrative overhead. He declared
it would also mean a duplication ol
the work done by the Secretary
many of whose duties are required
by Federal law a and which could not
be taken away by any legislation
passed by the local Legislature
He objected to clothing the Attor
Bey Genetal with administrative and
executive powers, which he charged
was done in the Aldrich hill and Its
substitute. This, he said, had 11
place in the bill.
Believes Change Coming
Mr. Chamberlin, who also viewed
he scheme as one sure to lead to
•xpenhive governmental administra
ion, said ho believed it better to eon
inue the present system for the
ime being, ut least. It would be
tnwlse and unfair to attempt to In
mgurate such a system at a time
vhen the Federal government is show
ng its interest in the Territory. He
predicted a change iin the Orgtnic]
Act within the next 'two years in
such a manner as would give the
people cf Alaska largely increased
powers i f self-government.
Mr. Aldrich, author of the original
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I .Hill mill .nils liiiilBilillil iifl lllll 11 Ilium
bill, and supporting -the substitute, i
declared it was aimed to give Al-j
askuns self rule. He said the pres-i
ent system had been started by the]
first Alaska Legislature because of
a lack of funds that made it im
possible for any other -kind of ad
ministration. It had been continued
-inoe that time for the same reason
but now the Territory is financially
able to handle its own affairs, lie
; argued.
I
lie disputed claims that .it meant
establishment of a costly administra
tive department. Referring to a
vtaienient made yesterday afternoon
by Secretary Karl Thelle, who was
a witness before the Committee of
ihe Whole, that he did not know
whether the Governor would accept
the Chairmanship of the proposed
Board of -Control, Aldrich declared:
‘I have never heard such impudence
on a floor of this House from a Fed- I
sral official."
Brown For Bill
Mr. Brown also supported the bill -
but said his attitude was not biased j
by personal* animosity toward any l
official. He believed it a step to- !
ward self-government. He praiised j
both Governor Bone and Secretary j
Theile as efficient officials, declaring i
aovern-or Bone “is as good if not the |
best Governor Alaska has had ” He :
said the cost of administration would !
not bo great.
Mr. Snodgrass said personalities
bad been allowed to creep into the
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matter and lieciond the Issue. HA
thought the people of Alaska should
have more to say in the administru
t'tott of government and that the bill
sought to give it to them. He did
not Iteliove eosts of administration
would be largely increased.
REV. AND MRS. MARPLE
ARE ON WAY TO STATE8
Kev. W. ,S. Marple, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Anchorage,
and Mrs. Marple, are passengers on
the steamer Admiral Evans for the
States, where they will spend the
next six months, Rev. Marple having
been granted leave of absence from
his pastorate for that time. Rev.
Marple •will attend the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church,
which will convene the third Thurs
day in May at Indianapolis, as Com
missioner from the Presbytery of
Yukon.
Rev 0. E. Denton of Haines will
supply ithe church at Anchorage dur
ing Rev. Marples’ absence, accord
ing to a statement made today by
Dr. S. Hail Young, General Mission
ary.
'Rev. and Mrs. Marple were enter
lained by friends !in Juneau while the
Admiral Evans wms in port.
S. & W. Products on demonstra
tion by Miss Weatherspoon, Wed
nesday, at the California Grocery.
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I OUR NEW HOME IS BEING VACATED
| SOON WE WILL HOLD AN
Extraordinary
Removal
Sale
This will be an unusual chance to buy a gilt or
= something for the home or personal use.
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Another shipment just received.
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you are making an investment in
STYLE, BEST OF MATERIALS
AND FIRST CLASS TAILORING.
The prices are a little higher but
the cost will be forgotten long be
fore the garment must be discarded.
For they are all wool and double
wear.
Sold Only at
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Emporium
Convriirht lQ’t Halt Schaffner & Marx
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