SENATE STARTS
CONSIDERATION
FUR FARM BILL
Stringent Provisions in Bill
for Protecting Fox Farm
ing Indust 17.
Protection for the blue fox farming
Industry is the a.im of Senate Bill
No. 50. Committee Substitute, which
is a composite of four measm -s in
troduced in the upper Hom“ early
In the session by members from both
the First and Third Divisions. Its
principal features are the establish
ment of a system of registered
brands, or marking, and provision
requiring tagging by Commissioners
Of all unmarked skins.
The aim of the measure Is pro
tecting t.he island ranchers scattered
up and down the hundreds of miles
of Aila&ka. coast line front Ketchikan
to the Aleutian chain of islands from
depredations of poachers. The meas
ure was drafted by the Semite Com
mittee on Fisheries, Game and Agri
culture. Senator Chamberlin, chair
man, after numerous hearings at
wh-ich representatives of fox fann
ers' organizations, independent farm
ers, and others interested testified.
Registered Brands
The ftrst step in achieving pro
tection is in the requirements for
brands and marks and lheir regis
tration In the office of Territorial
Secretary, every person engaging in
the blue fox farming business being
required to be the owner of a legally
registered brand or mark of identifi
cation, to be assigned him on applica
tion and payment of a 110 fee, by
the Territorial 'Secretary within 00
days after the law' becomes effec
tive. The right to tise this idenli
tication mark shall belong exclusive
ly to the registrant and may be as
signed in writing acknowledged be
fore any officer qualified to take
acknowledgements of deeds, such as
signment to be recorded with Ihe
'Secretary.
It is intended that all animals shall
be marked a.nd ft is required tlut
skins must 'be so marked before they
are removed from the ranch Buying,
soiling, possession and transportation
of any unmarked or untagged blue
for skin is prohibited. It is required
also that all unmanufactured skins,
legally h^ld in Alaska, shall be be
fore October 1, next, taken 'before a
XI. iS. Commissioner and tagged by
him on a showing where such skins
■were raised, or from whom and at
what time the owner obtained them
und ether facts to prove legal pos
session.
Checking s-oacrung
After that time it ds provided that
“any unmanufactured blue fox skin
hereafter legally acquired in the
Territory other than skins raised on
fhrme having a registered brand and
'branded with such brand, shall *
\ * * he, on the first occasion when
;spch skins are /brought to a place
★here the U. 8. CommlMioner resides
<*r has his office,, presented to such
tJ. 3. Commissioner with an affidavit
ebowing the tacts proving legal pos
session, and shall be tagged “prop
erly by the Commissioner."
•tJalesnt this requirement is followed
out, Owners of un-bran ded skins are
likely to be dispossessed, it belig
provided that every blue foot skin not
so marked, and subsequent to the
date named, not in possession of the
owner Of a dtlly registered brand
on the latter’s own fox farm, “shall
be presumed to have been unlawfully
obtained, unless the contrary can be
shown conclusively, and shall ire
forfeited to tihe Territory of Alaska,"
Or Otherwise disposed of.
Counterfeiting of brands and marks,
aatd use by any legist rant of a brand
otherr than that duly assigned him by
the Secretary is forbidden and viola
tion of this provision is made a fel
ony, with a fine of $6,000 and im
prisonment. for 10 years, or both sucii
fine and imprisonment the maximum
punishment upon conviction
Alteration of mark and brand, eith
er by adding to or effacing when il
is done for the purpose of concealing
ithe identity of the owner of the ani
mal or its pelt, or otherwise deceiv
ing or defrauding, is made a felony
punishable by a similar sentence. To
make possible the enforcement of
these sections, anyone adopting or
-making use of a mark of identifica
tion for foxes shall be deemed to
have notice if the various if the
various marks registered
Possession of a -branding instru
ment, of the type and kind furnished
registrants by the Secretary, capable
of being used to counterfeit or imi
tate registered brands is prohibited
anyone not a blue fox farmer and
iposees-sion of such an instrument -is
deemed prime facie evidence of in
tont to vioflate the law
Protects Property Rights
The bill contains provisions safe
guarding the ranches from intrusions,
making landings unlawful where
made without permission of the own
JITNEY DANCE
A. B. HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
Dyer’s Orchestra
Mrs. Marshall Field
Sails for Europe.
Mrs. Marshal! Field, of ChL
1 cngo, widow of the famous mer
| chant prince, has sailed for Kur
; ope to attend the wedding of her
granddaughter, Mies Gwendolyn
j Field, to Captain Archibald Ed
i monstone, of the British Army.
, er. Taking of animals on t-'.ie fur
| farms by any person other than tin
: owner or his authorized represent i
| ttve, or setting «tf traps, placing of
poison, discharging of weapon s at |
j either birds or animals on fur farms
I is prohibited, and violation GE 'his
j section made a misdemeanor.
This measure was d cussed tor
more t.li m two hours y? erday in
the Senate in Commit! * of 'the
Whole Several amendments wort
made In the (onmrii1 oe substltu'? and
lihe mt a utre was r>< ommltted to the
I Judiciary C mmittee fer furtherj
I recommendation. It will probably bej
returned to the floor today.
BILL TO REVISE
PROBATE LAW TO
BE SIDETRACKED
Too Long to Be Considered
—Political Bill Is Passed
by Senate, 6 to 2.
(Continued Vrorn Page One.)
t
i
‘ fund fur holding a Territorial
Ffuir annually on a clreuM comprising
the four Divisions was discussed in
1 detail in the Senate this morning
1 and a recommendation adopted (o
' return 'the bill to committee for
| amendment was adopted. The amend
; ment derided upon alters the com
plexion of the measure by providing
for a fair annually tin each of the
flour Divisions, appropriating $1,000
for each and requiring a like ap
propriation from 'the. Division or fair
association under the auspices of
which such fair may be held.
'Senators Snodgrass and Dunn held
out for the Territorial Fair idea, con
tending it was desirable as a means
’ of bringing the people of the four
' Divisions into closer contact with
each other and by so doing advance
‘ the development of the Territory on
‘ agricultural, mining, stock-raising and
| other lines.
t iSenators from the other Divisions,
j while admitting the force of the argu
' I merit cif the Senators froun the
Fourth, contended that the distance
separating the Divisions, the diversi
tication of interests and industries,
etc., would prove a fatal handicap to
the general fair idea, might prove a
detriment to annual fairs now being
| held, and result in a setback 'to the
I industries affected linsttoad of a
boost.
| President ,1. W. Mullen, of the
! Southeastern Alaska Fair Association,
and K. M. Kane, manager of the
fair held here last fall, appeared be
fore the Senate and spoke in .favor
of divisional fairs.
The Senate was In session late this
afternoon with a large number of
bills slated for consideration.
JOE MEHERIN WILL
RETURN HERE SOON
Joe Meherin of the firm of Olson;
& Meherin, Alaska brokers, with j
headquarters at Juneau until recently,'
when they were moved to Seattle, is
now at Cordova and will arrive here
on the Northwestern Mr. Meherin
has spent the past several weeks on
! a trip through the Interior to the
! Iditarod country. He was accompan
‘lied on the trip by his nephew, Mer
’ i bill Bates, who represents a radio
| supply house of San Francisco. Bates
j remained in the Interior and Will
icome outside later.
'; D. H. S.—Junior Prom—April 27,
•' —adv.
Continued Rate Study Asked
* * * * Dunn Suggests * * * *
Territory Combine with U.S.
Declaring that “cheap and efficient!
transportation" is the most vital ques-.
tion of the Territory today, Delegate |
Dan Sutherland is urged, in Senaite
Joint Memorial No. 12, by Mr. Dunn,
to present to the President and Con
gress tlie Alaskan transportation Bit
nation. It is suggested that the Dele
gate might determine whether It Is
practicable for 'the Territory and the
'Jn.ted States to enter as partners!
in the transportation business operat
ing lines on the Alaskan Coast and:
the Yukon River, making connections:
v*lth the Alaska Railroad.
,Mr. Dunn evidently ibeiieves that -
more light is necessary on the trans-'
portation question. In this connec- \
tion, he has introduced a resolution j
in the Senate saying: "That the j
Attorney General is instructed to,
continue his investigations of the,
subject of transportation and. if in j
his opinion such course is likely tk>|
be productive of good results, to file I
complaint with the United S:a.es|i
Shipping Boanl and take the ne.es
,-ary steps to submit the case of lie i
people of Alaska in support of such i
onmr'aint."
Text of Memorial : I
Mr. Dunn's memorial represents: [i
“That the most vital question of j ’
the Territory of -today is cheap an lit
efficient transportation, for without
RUSTGARD ASKS ]
LEGISLATURE TO
RECOVER RECORD!
Says Data Taken from Him
Under False Pretenses
and Cannot Get Return
_ I
Charges made by the Attorney Gen
eral that a stenographer, employed
in transcribing the testimony given
in the transportation hearings held
recently before a Joint Legislative
Committee, hsftJ obtained certain por
tions oif the data from him under
false pretense, resulted today in the
appointment by the Senate of a com
mittee of three to investigate the
matter. The House deferred action
on the matter when Mr. Foster sail!
it was a. matter for the Transporta
tion Committee to'handle if there was
any foundation to the allegations.
The Senate, on motion by Mr. Al
drich, seconded by Mr- Chamberlin,
authorized a special committee of
Messrs. Dunn, Brown and Dimond'
to make an investigation and report
the facts.
Mir. Rustgard charged that the
-Stenographer had secured the data
by saying he was ready to complete
the report of the hearings and need
ed ft to make up. the completed cop
ies that when this iwas done, he;
would return a full transcript to thej
Attorney General's office. This, al
leged Mr. 'Rustgard, was not done]
and a request (for a completed copy:
was denied by the stenographer, who,|
he said, told him all copies had beouj
turned over to an attorney for the;
Alaska Steamship Company on thc|
ground that they were property of
the company.
This action, it was intimated. leaves
the Attorney General without any
record of tlhe opening session, data
presented at. that time, including the
prepared statement submitted by Mr.
Knickerbocker, being contained in
that alleged by Mr. Rustgard to have
been secured from him under faJ-s"
pretense. It is evident that -he at
taches considerable importance to the
alleged missing evidence, this being
indicated by one of the closing para !
graphs of ills communication to the
Legislature, which said:
“The hearings brought out several
very important facts which are or
wili be of great value to the people
of this Territory in the future. Some
of these facts were brought out in
response to questions asked by my
SMOKER
Under Auspices American Legion
Saturday Night, April 21—Elks’ Hall
THREE FAST BOUTS
SOLDIER WOODS, OF SEATTLE
VS
PAT HOLLYWOOD, OF JUNEAU
BILL BEAUDIN, of Juneau
vs. ■>
JOE WILLIAMS, of Juneau
LOUIE RUDOLPH, of Juneau
CHARLES DURKEE, of Alaska-Juneau
First bout will be staged sharply at 8 o’clock.
Reserved seats on sale at Burfords, Alaskan Hotel,
_Gastineau Hotel and Brunswick.
reasonable freight rates on Alaska
transportation lines there is very
little hope of progress in the develop
ment rtf territorial indmtries.
"That in their opinion the freight
rates between the shipping ports Of
the United States and the various
ports of the Territory of Alaska is
i subject that should be carefully
investigated for the purpose of de
erminlng as to the equitable and
lust charges of such rates now
barged by the transportation com
Janies operating in the Alaska
vaters.
"And further to determine if pos
sible. the practicability of the United
-ttat.es and the Territory of Alaska
is ipartners engaging in the Lranspor
a'tion business as owners or by be
■orn'ing substantial stockholders in
ransportation lines operating on the
Ylasika Coast and the Yukon River
nuking connection with the Alaska
iailroad, thereby giving the people
if the Territory the advantage of
letter service and cheaper freight
ates as well as giving the people
he feeling of security and satisfac
ion of iknowing that the people
hiemselves are engaged in the great
■nterprise of transportation upon
vhieh so much depends the future de
■eloptnent of the resources of the
’erritory.”
ielf and other important facts were
nought out in response to questions j
itked by others, facts wihicli do not
sppear in any records that I know
if."
■Xo report has yet been made by
he committee making the investiga
ion on transportation. It is expected
hat it will submit to the H mse and
Senate a complete record of the hear
ngs and its findings on the subject
vitlhin a short time.
• • * — ,
JISHOP ROWE ON ALAMEDA
WILL RETURN NORTH SOON
Bishop P. T. Rowe, head of Episeo
>alian missions in Alaska, passed
tiro ugh Juneau yesterday afternoon
>n the steamer Alameda for the
Kates. Bishop Rowe has been lo
lie Westward points-on church work
Be expects to return North when
lavigation is open on the Yukon
Ftlver and will go down the river
Irom Whitehorse, to visit missions in
he Interior
NOTICE.
A Special Meeting of Aurora En
campment I. O. O. F. will be held
on Friday evening, April 20, for
the purpose of conferring degrees.
All encampment members requested
to be present. —-adv.
Furniture moved and stored.
Heavy hauling done. Fhone 48. Ju
neau Transfer. —adv
Why not call Seward Street
Dream Street?
ARE YOU A OOOD
GUESSES?
With each roll of film
left with us to be devel
oped you have one free
guess on a oil colored
framed photograph.
Who will be the lucky
one?
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
Another Fisheries
Hearing Will
Held Tonight
i i
The Ways and Means Commit
tee will 'hold another fisheries
hearing tonight at 8 o’clock In
the Hall of the House of Repre
sentatives.
i--__-.
PARKS RETURNS; SAYS
PROSPECTING STARTED
ON NEW COAL MINE
George A. Parks, Chief of the eGn
erai Land Office, Field Division, re
turned to Ills headquarters here on
the steamer Alameda after spending
the past several weeks along the
Government Railroad to Fairbanks,
to Inspect townsites. Mr. Parks also
spent a short time in Nenana
P.ospectir.g for a new coal mine
on the railroad has been started by
a number of Nenana citizens, Mr
Parks said. The property lies near
Milt 341, about seven miles south i
of McKinley Park Station, aad IS
miles nearer Anchorage than the
Healy properties.
Sumner Smith is in charge of the
prospecting work and i3 assisted by
Terry McGowan, formerly with the
government mine at Chickaloon.
SHULMAN SOUTHBOUND
(Louis Shulman, fur buyer for a
New York house, will return to Ju
neau on the pteamer Northwestern
from the Westward, on his way to
the States. Mr. Shulman has spent
several months in the We.; :ward and
in the Interior. He is formerly of
Juneau amd is well known hero.
Prepare for the tourist season In
Juneau and name it Dream Street.
FOUNTAIN PENS
WATERMAN
PARKER
DUNN
KEYSTONE
EVERSHARP
For all around use we
recommend Parker’s
Duofold.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
■
PHONE 25
LOCAL PROJECTS
APPROVED;KEYS
BILL DEFEATED
•
Shepard Memorial Passed—
Effort Kill Fishermen s
Tax Is Defeated.
The House this morning unani
mously passed Shepard's memorial
endorsing the proposed dredging of
Gastineau Channel Bar and building
a canal between Young’s Bay and
Hawk Inlet and asking the Congress
appropriate funds to the Board of
Engirteers ror immediate launching
of work on both projects. Funds for
investigating these projects were
made available at the last session
of Congress and a hearing has al
ready been held regarding the merits
of each.
The Keys bill prohibiting the use
of blinds, screens, doors and parti
tions in places of business where
oft drinks, tobacco, cigarettes,
cigars, etc., are sold failed on final
passage this morning. The vote on
the bill stood 10 to 5, against it,
one member being absent.
Mr. Daly secured the recommit
ment of House Bill No. 29, his
measure providing for the establish*
ment of a board of promote the
livestock raising industry in the
Territory. It carries an appro
priation of $100,000.
Two House Bills No. 11, amend
ing section 654, Compiled Laws of
Alaska, relative to foreign corpora
tions registering in Alaska, and No.
15, amending Chapter 22, Session
Laws of 1919, regarding making of
annual reprot to the Territory, etc.,
passed on second reading.
Efforts to kill House Bill No.
54. by Mr. Ross, imposing a license
tax of $1 on resident and $15 on
nonresident fishermen, were futile.
A motion to indefinitely postpone
it was defeated 12 to 4. This meas
ure was still under dlscussloh on
second reading early this after
noon.
The House yesterday 'afternoon
without a dissenting vote concurred
to the Senate amendments to the
Soldier Land Bonus memorial. These
added to the 160-acre agricultural
land grant proposed by the House, a
lode or placer mining claim of legal
dimensions and replaced the provi
sion for assigning and transfer of
rights iwith one empowering selec
tion and location by power of at
torney.
No agreement being reached by the
conferees on the women's jury bill,
both Houses yesterday moved to let
it go to free conference and man
agers were appointed for such oorv
ference. No report had been made
cn the measure this morning.
Uiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmiiniiiiiimin..
Removal Sale!
OUR NEW HOME IS BEING VACATED *1)
SOON WE WILL HOLD AN
Extraordinary
Removal
Sale
This will be an unusual chance to buy a gift or |
something for the home or personal use.
The NUGGET SHOP
niiiiiiiiimni in nil mi i m urn i iiiiiniimiiimiiinnmii 111 iiiniinmiiniiiiininnntm»
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Goats for
Women
k
Another shipment just received.
When you buy one of these coats
you are making an investment in
STYLE, BEST OF MATERIALS
AND FIR$T 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 v/ool and double
wear.
Sold Only at
Goldstein’s
Emporium