THE OUTTA-LUOC CLUB
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Cousin Claude Might as Well Have Been on a Diet.
By DOK WILLARi
LOCAL COMMITTEE OF BUREAU
REPRESENTATIVES CAPABLE OF,
HANDLING FEDERAL INTERESTS
(Continued Vrom Page Onp.)
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body with final jurisdiction over ail
matters, including those involving
policies, to supplant the present sys
tem of long-range administration from
■Washington. The result of this!
study was to incline him to favor I
giving file present local hoard full |
power anl discontinue* the Washing-1
ton board which he said "added great-1
iy to the confusion, red tape and i
petty jealousies of the Alaskan ad
ministration.”
I
Could Be Efficient
Continuing, Mr. Rogers said:
“• * * and yet the interdepart- j
mental beard could be reconstructed j
ko as not only to be highly effective,'
but to engender contidcace and elim-j
inate red tape. To do so it will lie
necessary to eliminate the commit
tee that holds forth in Washington,!
reorganize and grant to the interde
partmental board in Alaska executive
liower over Federal affairs in the
Territory. For instance, the Presi
dent could by executive order es
tablish an interdepartmental board
composed of an official representing
each department in Alaska, to have
'full charge of the affairs coming un
der hi4 jurisdiction without continu
ous reference and red-tape corre
spondence with Washington. There
would bo an advantage in this kind
< of a board, which would he practic
ally the snore as an assistant secre
tarial board with the exception that
the appointees on an interdepartmen
tal board would come under the Civil
Service, which w vuld mean that these
highly efficient men would not be
removed because of an adverse preerl
deoiiial election. The tenure of office
of these officials would depend en
tirely upon their ability; in com pot
ency or maladministration of office
would bo the solo cause for removal.
Ilf ni/UiU LTV* 11V 1 I ’.TUI V l.ltlL I il'.V V-V7III- j
pose a 'board that would meet often j
to straighten out overlapping (|iies-j
tlcrns and ito expedite development (
by meeting across a table and sot-j
tiling affairs rfn the ground Ili.it now I
takes 5,000 miles of correspondence."I
This kind of a board, lie added,
could be established at once and be-;
gin functioning, it lieing necessary;
only for the President to sign proper'
executive orders for its creation. On ;
toe other band, Congressional sane-j
tIon would be necessary to create i
the secretarial board, or Alaska “cab
inet" recommended at tli ■ outset. ,
Red Tape Eliminated
Much of the reluctance of c.api
tal to engage in undertakings in the)
Territory, ho said, “is based on a
purely psychological f^ar. Most ofi
their suspicions are groundless. I'
■want to repeat that most of the rel
tape has been removed from Alas-;
kan management. And I do not be
lieve that there Is any substantial i
reason for Investors to ifear govern-'
irtcmtaI restrictions, which in most;
cases are purely mythical."
'Alaska, he continued, needs thei
truth told about it and that will lx>:
sufficient -to dissipate most of the
fears held by many who desire to
engage 'in Alaskan business.
No Cause for Uneasiness
He answers those who have ex
pressed a fear of the results of
granting executive power to a resi
dent board, saying:
“1 have beard a great many Ameri
can people express Ilia fear that the
rights of the people in the United
States might be abridged by givin;
full control of Alaskan affairs to ,
board residing on Alaskan sail, li
answer, 1 want to say vigorously tha
if American citizens residing beiov
the 54th meridian will give as mud
time and thought to the rights o
those hardy pioneers who have ke>p
the roads open atul the trails blaze
in our northern empire as they d
to the real or fancied rights of thos
who have nev5r seen Alaska, tli
northern Territory will quickly com
into its own.”
Social Conditions Normal
Social conditions .in Alaska, h
said, are no different from those h
any other section of the Unite
States. Poverty as it is known in tli
States .is unknown here. Alaskai
hospitality is praised and Alaska!
ionics, he added, are as well fur
wished, if not hatter, than the a rerag
home in the States.
"To mako a long story short.” h
wrote, ‘‘from a standpoint of schools
social conditions, stores, hotels an.
modern economic life, any part o
Alaska from Ketchikan to Pair bank
will come up to par with any lik
distance In the States.”
Alaskans are well read and wel
informed on current topics an.
events. He also praises the new?
papers of the Territory, making espc
cial mention of the Associated Pres
service carried (by most of them.
“My general ton pres-io® of th
people of Alaska is that they are de
lighttully big-hearted, extremely franl
and engagingly courteous,” he said
“All Itn all, (they are that same won
derful hospitable type that were si
numerous in the West 20 years ago.'
Resources Are Varied
He found Alaska not any more o
a gold country than It is a fishing
copper, or farming country. Tin
fisheries, lie said, need eommoi
sense regulation. He refers to sev
erai methods of conservation pro
posed but said he favored that pro
posed by Secretary- Hoover—the re
serve policy with zoning and lhnlta
Dions on soar ana [kicks.
He recognized tho fight made 01
this policy and said:
•'[ want to matte one suggestion t<
all parties concerned: There ha
boon such bitter controversy raise)
throughout Alaska over the prupe
permanent fish legislation to b<
placed In of foot that I believe it ini
perntivo that we protect the f is!
with the b \-t law we can construe
it the present time, and then fisli
for the permanent: system that siml
go in later. The weakness or tin
zoning system can be determined bj
a four or five year trial. Duriiii
that ti'.no a more far-reaching legis
lation can lie placed in effect i
necessary. Alaska salmon need pro
tec;, an now, an I have needed it la
several years, but every time a c mi
moil sense regulation was propos •
the people of the Territory " ... uj
in arms', a ib&tcr battle was fought
ami. as a result, nothing was done
I see little sense in waging desper
ate battles in nn attempt to ge
'wholo-hog' legislation or none, whili
in the meantime the salmon to b
protected may be caught in slid
large numbers .(hat somtlma in tip
future, when tile various factions d<
get together, there won’t be any
Hiring lellt to protect.”
Takes Up Transportation
aVIr. Rogers deals briefly with tip
question or transportation rates, lit
fails attention to criticism of watei
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE
U< in prepared to execute jour order* om Korop* at the loweet
Etiling rate*. Our New York facilities are second to bob* It
are contemplating Bending money to Europe call Douglas •>
we will be glad to give yon our lateet quotatlone
Alsace-Lorraine
Great Britain _
Germany
German Auetrla
Belgium
Oaeeho Slovakia
Finland _
Greece ___
Italy ________
Norway ______
irta
.Per Hundred Franc*
Pound*
” Mark*
franca
Kronen
fin mark*
Drachmae
Lire
Kroner
Ml
670.00
1.S6
.16
MS
1.S6
1.61
6.71
4.PI
16.46
61.76
.66
JBST TERRITORIAL SANK OF ALASKA,
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DOUGLAS NEWS
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i REBEKAHS EUf.PRisED
BY THE ODD FELLOWS
|
A: till, n,] T the li 11 ■!n,■'-i meeting
! of the Kebekrh Lodge last nigh! the
, jodd Fellows dropped in upon them
iniann. uncc ] ;unl proceeded to show
( tlr ,ii a xid time. I>\ w.t;.’ of a little
j surprise party.
. i ('.ini playing .v.is introduced fir
! the ph i-sure of those pr • mnt and the
,.! following won the prizes: Mrs. .(.
1 | It. Lingseih and K l Asplund. the
J - first prizes, and Miss lfelml Aalto
inn I Ed Cashel, the <•on-olatlon prir.-'s.
I Following the. cards everyone ad
iJour'ned to the banquet room, where
: a nice spread awaited them.
(high SCHOOL BASKETBALL
IS BIG EXCITEMENT TONIGHT
,| A week ago tonight in the Douglas
I j Natalorium tho local High girls' and
, i boys’ basketball teams played to u
J double victory against the Juneau
,|lli team's amid the greatest excite
ment and tonight over in Juneau the
, same teams will battle again tor the
honors of their institutions.
> All the fins and fanettes of the
Douglas school and many others are
I going to accompany their teams
I- across the Channel this evening on
,lthe 6:55 ferry to cheer truin so a
, second victory.
I REBEKAH AUXILIAKv
I WILL GIVE DANCE
'Saturday night in the Eagles’ Hall
(itho Rebekahs Auxiliary will entertain
I the public with a dance. Good music
,'has been engaged, a lunch will bo
.j served during the evening and al
■ 'together a fine time is promised.
■ transportation, much of which he said
11 was justified, blit a. great deal of
I which 'has been without foundation
land purely imaginary. “Passenger
' fares on tine steamship lines plying
.! Alaska waters aro as reasonable as
■ j American-Pacific coastwise stcam
11 ship rates," he said. “Freight rates,"
he added, “are high lmt at the same
i time wo must remember that Alaska
| in Its present stage provides full ca
' parity business for a certain number
of months during the rush season oi
I the summer, while tho boats travel
the same distance in the winter time
I with only a few passengers and a
> minimum amount o[ in :ght. It takes
ijtlie profits mu I - during; lho summer
| months to make nI* for the lioavy
■ losses sustain -il during the months
1 i'tb&t the steamship eon parry makes
■jth'o runs, at times, with less than a
i dozen passengers and very Utile
freight.
“Alaska must have Hi iper freight
transportation, lioth rail and water;
! especially rates <"t1 ores, bath rat!
i and wa r, from Alaska to Am ri
;ican smelter pot and from Amiri
• jcan i-'-rts to Ala -k i on all materials
! I that coul I li > termed as necessary
'Commodities for prospectors, fann
ers anil tlioso engaged In mining,
1 lumbering and agricultural develop
I ment. Even if it is necessary to
lose money for a year or two. tit
| transput f ation companies would he
I much further aheml during a period
■ I of 10 years."
Tourists, he said, “visiting the
Territory will find bettor accommoda
lions, water, r.t:l and hotel service
on an Alaska trii> from Hc:u‘t1e tc
Fairbanks and return, than they do
on many of th ir vacation trips In
j flic States. There are no ‘hardships'
jin ‘seeing Alaska'; not u bit more
j than in ‘seeing" tlio Yosemite. Ye'
: lowstone or Glacier National Parks."
He said there is “no excuse for the
I present freight rates" over the Cop
i per River * North western Railroad
j adding; “It is quite true it cost a
j tremendous amount of money lo build
this road, anti it is a good road, well
built, well maintained, and effleient
; ly officered. Jit may bo true, and tin
'doubtedly is true, that, even with the
j present rates, the road does not pay
i more than a reasonable interest oo
|'its investment, and I believe there
! were several years in which no in
; to rest was paid at all; in faot, a de
j l'icit.” Ho contends, however, that
a lower irate, thoitigh it enitaUed a
' heavy loss for a year or two, wonid
so materially increase tonnage and
| stimulate mineral development that
I in a five-year period the road would
I be a permanent success from a stand
point of business and profits.
Mention is made of Alaskan oil
development, particular reference be
ing made to Cold Ray and Katalla.
He adds a word of caution as to in
vestment in wildcat oil stocks and
mining prospect*, warning again?
;.uch investments being made withou
l Hi rough invemtig.it ion by competen
engineering experts.
Fai!road Being Built
To New La. Oi! Fieli
MONROE, Lit., Feb. 8.- Wort i
b ing pushed in the construction <i
the Smaekovpr Oil Field Short Lin
U ilrotid. which will connect tin
Sma drover oil fields of Southort
Ark insrus ant! the oil fields of Nortl
< -rural Louisiana with the Onachlt:
ltiver and the Rock Island railroad.
A company capitalized at 11,200.001
is behind the project Titc line wil
Le 2! miles long. Starting in th<
Smackovcr fields iL will run sou i
through the Ouachita tint! t'n'ioi
Ids of Louisiana and terrain itc a
S’alion. La. This road, it, was stu;\l
will relieve the congestion in Hit
oil fields end give tramsportatlor
outlets by water and rail. A largt
part of the oil will find Its way t.i
New Orleans by the Ouachita Rivet
barge service.
CUBA IS NOW ON
SOUND FINANCIAL BASH
NEW YORK, Fell. 9.—Presideo
Zayas of Cuba, after signing of tin
$50,000,000 loan contract with J. 1‘
Morgan & Co., declared that the f!o
tat ion had “absolutely stabilised tin
1 Cuban treasury.” The proceeds wil
be applied to the liquidation of wage,
due public, employees, payment o
veterans’ overdue pensions, contract!
for public works and replacement o
ypecial treasury funds. The govern
monk since May 20, 1921, hast cu
public -expenses from $134,000,000 ,•
year to $.58,000,000 and will eontlnm
the same methods.
'Illlllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Weather Conditions As Recorded by
Weather Bureau.
the U. S.
Forecast for Junean and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p.
1 Kiiir tonight anil Saturday;
I(0t much change l:i temperature;
variable winds.
m. to4 j:
moderate
8 p. m. yest'y
3 a. m. today
12 neen today
LOCAL uATA
Baront. Temp. Bumidity Wind
30.59
30.65
30.65
Telocity
28 84 W 2
37 38 E 6
42 25 £ 4
CABLE AND BADIO REPORTS
YESTERDAY I-~ TODAY™
8 p.m. ; Lowest 8 a.in. Proolp.
Weather
Clear
Clear
Clear
Ulghekt
tempt, tempt.
tempt, tempt. 20 hra.
8 a. in.
Weather
! Noorvik . 24
| Nome . 32
I Tanana . 28
j Eagle . 24
Fairbanks . 20
McKinley Park 30
j Anchorage . 32
j St. Paul . 4 0
Dutch -it arbor 42
Kodiak . 38
j Valdez . 30
i funeau. 35
] Sitka . 40
I Prince Rupert 38
| Seattle . 40
I Portland . 4 8
i San Francisco 4 8
I
30
20
IS
18
14
20
88
40
34
30
28
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3C
38
28
.18
40
30
Cldy
Italn
Clear
Clear
44
46
40
28
30
30
40
20
32
30
42
6
A
Trace
('lour
Clear
Clear
Clear
NOTE: Observation* at Prince Rupert, seaue, Portland and Bar
• ranclBco ere made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time.
Relatively high pressure cenlinues throughout the region of obser
vation, the highest barometer at 8 p. rn. yesterday being 30.80 inches
at Tanana. Mild temperature* for the season prevail in nil districts,
and fair weather lias been general, except In the llerimr Sea region.
PETERSBURG WOMAN DIES
Mrw Marat israi’Kon, SO years of
I age, died at Petersburg recently. She
! .vaa a native of Norway, but luia
| esided in the lInked State.* 33 years
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aiul iln Petersburg Tor eight year
iSho Is survive 1 by (wo daughtei
and four «nw, on.' of whom. Lou
Israetoon, is city electrician at Pp
p:-burg. Th' funeral was at Pptpi
burg.
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If you have anything
to sell, advertise
in the Empire
If you want to buy
anything, advertise
in the Empire
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iiimiHttiiiiiiiiiimmmiHiiiiiiniiii
Now is the Time to Make Your Wants Known
iiiiniiiiiii minimiMi
Indications are that the
coming spring will
see a great
business
revival.
Advertise your wants
Enlist your property
you have for sale
or make known
your want to
purchase.
Advertise your wants
I1HIII
! NOT _E OF MARSHAL’S SALE.
N. : 24U-A.— UN ADMIRALTY
In the United States District Court
for Alaska Division No. One, at
Juneau.
was>; .ETON Tie: AND BARGE
CO., corporation, LIBEL
LA.v \.i AMEIUCAN SCOW OR
VESt XL, called “\V. T. & H. Co.
No. " her tackle, apparel, furni
ture. engines, boilers, machinery
and also all cannery and fishing
enui lent situated thereon, RE
( SPO. XT; BARANOFF PACK
', INC i'., a corporation, INTER*
V VEX i 1 LIBELLANT, HARRY
Jl (ION ,£ (O. INC., a corporation,
| INTI tiVENOR. MT. BAKER
PACKING CO., a corporation,
CLAi'.iVNT AND OWNER.
Pub. c notice is hereby given that
by vir • of a writ of VENDITIONI
EXPO.' ,S. dated January 30, 1923,
issued i of the Cnlted State* res
trict CL for the District of Alaska,
DiviBln Xu. 1, at Juneau, on an in
terloi • decree of sale made and
pronoi.ii. l in said court on January
30, 1 ordering the above men
tion! I I described American scow
ir vet W. T. & B. Co. No. 33”
her t.; . i apparel, furniture, en
gines, hinery and also all can
nery : bailing equipment situated
thereo. to be sold at public vendue
to thr Highest and best bidder for
| cm h,
1 1 wi icoordingly offer and expose
I thi b. id American scow or vessel
ea) 1 . T. & II. Co. No. 33" her
. taekb npnrel, furniture, engines,
nine’':. and also all cannery and
(Ison utpment situated thereon
for s.-p public vendue to the high
est jest bidder for cash on
Marc! 1923, ut the hour of 10
o'cloi the forenoon at the front
door he I’. S. Court House at
Jun Vaska.
Dai t Juneau, Alaska, Febru
ary 3i 923.
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IIUUUIIIIIIUIUmilimilHItUIIMimNIVIlfHNHHIHIIIIMHIilHIHIIIIHIIIIHIHUfHIliilih
tT. 8. Marshal First Divi
sion, District of Alaska,
i \ M. n. GARSTEtl, Deputy.
ST It A' ON & RANK, If. I,. FACI.K
NN1 i’lrKUors for Libellant’, anil
Intei veiling I.lbellant, Baranolf
Paci n«f Co.
WINN VND OOOIIE. Proctors for
Claimant and Owner.
I> K. It 0HKRT8ON, Proctiw for In
terv ..or, Harry Don* & Co. Inc.
First publication Feb. 3, 1923.
! Lost p llcation Feb. 24, 1923.
Wm. D. Perkins ft Co.
Bankers
I
211 Cherry St. Alaska Bldg
Seattle.
DEALERS IN
Municipal Bonds
County Warrants
First Mortgages
Safe Deposit Vault*
6 per rent to 8 per cent Interest
i
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
and Barber Shop
TURKISH. STEAM. SH0W1B
AND TUB BATHS
Lowe: Front St. (Vat Atta’s old
stand) BILLY LOTT, Prop.
Phone 414.
USED FUKHITUU
Boi.<ht, Sold and
31. 10C0 VICE
211 Seward St.
Telephone 441. P. O. Bex
RADIO SUPPLIES
Our prices are right.
Out of town nail order
promptly filled.
JUNEAU ELECTRIC CO
V 0 Bos 517. 310 front 81
1 ... >'.*1
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PARLOUS '
NEW - VD COMPLETE UIX 0»
CASTRIES
Have fan tried oar uv Hot
Drinks?
W make our own Ice Cream.
We Deliver Pkeat M
T
Alaib Trtaskr C*»
G»n
send HanUom lemft,
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ARCADE CAFE
MART YOtTMG, Proprietor.
I “Mrs. Malloy’s Famous PUe"
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I bor.n'ers. If you are prepared to keep
!} boarders it is important that you
i1 should know how and when to use
j'tho (lrs ified ads—for they afford
ijycu the moans for making the boil*
'Inew PAY. Try tha Empire.^,