HOOVER DEFENDS
RESERVE POLICY
OF DEPARTMENT
In Letter to Gov. Bone Calls
it an Expedient, Pend
ing Legislation.
The Department or Commerce
“does not wish to create any special
privilege for anybody, nor does it
wish to destroy any proper part of
the industry, whether fishermen or
canners,” declared Secretary Herbert
Hoover, in a letter to Gov. Scott C.
Bone, in which the action of the
Department in asking for fisheries
reservations in Alaska is reviewed.
This he characterized as “merely an
expedient” pending legislation by
Congress and an emergency stop to
prevent destruction of tho fisheries.
Text Of Letter
The letter, which was made pub
lic today by Governor Hone, roads
as follows:
DEPARTMENT OK COMMERCE
Washington, Pci). 14, 1923.
My Doar Governor: I am In re
ceipt of your letter of February 2nd.
regarding the fisheries reservations
which have been created by Presi
dential proclamations in Alaska.
In many parts of Alaska, it is now
universally recognized that serious
depletion of the salmon supply al
ready has occurred. The regulatory
laws passed by Congress In 1906, un
dor which the Department of Com
merce Is skill operating, are wholly
insufficient to control the fisheries
under existing conditions. They give
the Department Jurisdiction only over
the streams themselves and a small
area outside the mouths of those
streams. No provision is made for
vostricting 'the capture of salmon in
itho salt water approaches of tit:
•streams and yet it is in these chan
nels that the greater number of
salmon are taken. Unrestricted com
petition among the packers, couple 1
in some cases with disregard for any
thing but present profits, has result
ed in consistent over-fishing of tho
greater part of tho districts of Al
aska until now tho packers and
fishermen are almost a unit in look
ing forward to the annihilation of
'the industry in a comparatively slier
time, unless heroic measures are
adopted to control the situation.
Attempts Are Defeated
'For many years legislation has
Ibeon agitated to give effective con
trol, but through opposition of the
canning companies and the fish ir
men every attempt was defeated.
Upon my assuming office, I took the
matter up vigorously and early in
my administration secured the cossa
tion of opposition from certain can
ning interests. A bill was prepared
hy the Department, by representa
tives of the Territorial Fish Com
mission, representative citizens of
Alaska, tho canners, witli one excep
tion, and In fast was opposed only by
De)cgato Sutherland, of Alaska,
a result of his opposition the mat
ter has been held up in committee.
Tho Department does not wish to
create any special privilege for any
body, nor does it wish to destroy
any proper pari oi me muusiry,
•whether (fishermen or manners- What
it wants Is to save the fisheries from
destruction Tho Department would
ho glad If you could get the conflict
ing Interests into Alaska into agree
ment upon tho form of legislation,
and any agreement that will save the
fish will Ibo supported by the Do
» ipartment.
In the meantime, in order to eon
serve tho fisheries as much as pos
sible, without legislation, I recom
mend tw'o Presidential proclamations
to establish (fisheries reservations,
which became effective February 17
and November 3, 1922., respectively.
Within the areas effective regula
tion is possible. It is not necessary
to enter into details at this time re
garding the regulations which have
been made effective within the re
stricted areas because they have
.been widely circulated through the
press of Alaska and you are doubt
less familiar with them.
Broad Principles Recognized
In issuing permits for salmon can
ning and fishing within the reserva
tions, the Department has adhered
to the broad principle of not per
mitting new operators io enter the
districts which were felt to be se
riously endangered by over-fishing.
‘Permits to operators already in tho
districts have been granted, and well
defined zones prescribed for each
company's operations. Wardens lo
cated in the different centers have
'beqgi instructed to establish them
reives, after having given due notice
of their coming, in various towas in
-Alaska for the purpose of issuing
permits to small operators and in
dividual fishermen who have or-“r
ated within the reservations hereto
fore.
The operations for clams and crabs
will ibo encouraged, with the under
standing that the Department will
make a careful canvass of the situa
tion to determine to what extent
these food products may be exploited
without detriment to the supply.
Tho Department of Commerce, lik'
voursclif, realises that the control or
the fisheries of Alaska by reserva
tion Is far from idoal, but in the
face of the emergency which exists,
felt it incumbent to invoke all pow
ers of tho government that were
available to cope with tho situation
until such time as Congress has the
opportunity to enact an adequate
fishery law. The Department will be
plad;., to relinquish the reservation,
(Which is merely an expedient, and
February Records Smashed
* * * * i'avs Summers * H- * *
Windiest, W ettest, W armest
: iocity, and all February records -for j
I preeipita.;ion, the month just ». .sed
was most un usual in its weather eon
(litions, according to the We.',*rj
Bureau's meteorological summary
sued today.
In no February in 28 years oil
record did the total amount ot rain
and melted snow approach the ajt-|
grega’.e of last month, 13.3!) incics.i
j The average precipitation of th■
I month from past years’ records is i
I F..02 Indies, and the greatest amount
recorded in any other February w.i
10.07 Inches in 1020.
Rain or snow fell on 18 d - of;
ithu month, which is fiye days mm
than normal for February. The:
were fivo days on which more than1
one Inch of rain foil, with a maxi
mum 24 hour amount of 3.09 inches
on the 25th and 26th.
The snowfall of the month, which
toUallodx 28.2 inches, was som what,
above the normal of 23.2 Inches,j
but not excessive, and with c.5 .
inches on the- 2nd as .the greatest 24 i
hour amount, them w.re no unusual-;’
I ly heavy 1 a 11 n of snow. At 8 p.; 1
, tn. of the 2nd, however, there ws a
| snow cover of 23.8 inches, which wns j t
i the greatest uverago depth on the
‘ground at any time during the win
! ter, and represented tho accumula- i
Irion of December and January.
While the Bureau’s wind record?
Cover a period of only six years, a'l
i previous wind velocities were broken :
j on the 13th, 14th and 15th, with tli - i
, climax at 1:03 a. ni. of the latter :
i date, w!ien the instruments record ;1
'a sustained velocity for five minutes
1 of 64 miles an hour, with one mile; 1
i will welcome appropriate and so uly!
] effort you arc making, officially uni .
pcrsonally, to .bring about a b ter
1 understanding of the aims of the ad
'ministration in .the matter of safe-1
1 guarding the fisheries of Alaska :
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER
action Iby Congress.
The l> -.Mir;meat appreciates
MOOSE WILL HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTION
IN HALL TONIGHT
—
Tiro heal oracr in iUe Loyal Moose
I will hold the annual election to- j
i night, at the regular meeting, begin-(
! ning at 8 o’clock. There arc aev-.,
I oral contests on for tire various of-1,
flees. ’ j j
Seattle Shipbuilding
Plant Is Sold to City
WASHINGTON, March 2. — The j ■
<1 the Skinner & Eddy 20-acre j
waterfront property and shipbuilding')
plant No. 2 lo the Seattle Port Com-1'
mir -it,n is announced by the Ship
ping Hoard cubject to the voters1
next May.
Two Thousand Employees
Strike for More Pay |
CLEVELAND, March 2. — Morel
than 2,000 laborers employed on!1
practically every big construction'
Job here struck today when efforts j
la reach an agreement on a nev1
wage Male failed. The unions are 1
■ Uempting to secure an inereas* of!
-even and one half cents an hour. I
Official of Klaners
Replies to Indictment;
ATLANTA, Ga„ March 2.—‘‘It
is simply another effort to discredit
mo and thereby damage the Knights
jof the Kii Klux Klan,” declared Ed
ward Clarke Young when informed
| lie had been indicted in Texas for
; alleged violation cf the white slave
| act.
of wind blowing at the rate of 92
miles an hour. The total wind move
ment of the month was 7,100 nitles.
jr an aver axe velocity of 10.6 miles
in hour, as against the highest pre
vious records of 7.9 miles an hour
n December, 1917, and January, 192.1, j
In temperature the weather of
lie month was more nearly "aceord
ng to Moyle." The mean of 32.4
legrees, was 2.4 degrees above the
i irmal for February, and in marked
'entrust to the record of February, j
1922, when the mean was 23 8 de
trecs. The extremes for the month |
anged from a maximum of 47> de ,
trees on the 27th to a minimum of I
1 degrees on the 13th, the latter!
'.’tiding being the lowest of the win-1
er thus far. * j
While the winter season is draw J
ng to a close, Meteorologist M. 11. 1
Summers calls attention to the fact i
out tli'e lowest temperature of the I
vinter of 1920-21 occurred on March j
">, with a temperature of 9 degrees,',
md that we may yet have some real'
hilly weather before spring arrives,
i’he records show that a tempera
nce of a degrees below zero was
ecorded as late as March 7th, in
lie year 1900.
There were 19 days during the
nonth on which the temperature
Iropped ’to freezing (32 degrees) or
ower, while the normal number for
■'nbruary is 23.
Flvo days of the month wore clear,
ivo were partly cloudy and 18-were;
lottdy. There were 7G.5 hours otf
unshlno during the month, or 29
>er cent of the possible amount, an 1
2 per cent less than the average for
February during the past six years.
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American Soldiers
'Jot Executed
3verseas
WASHINGTON. March 2. — The
Senate Committee appointed to in-!
•i Mgate the charges of Senator
Vat:"jn that American soldiers were
executed without trial in France, re
>oi ted unanimously today that it
lad found the charges unfounded,
rtie report was very brief, barely
mo dozen lines.
Claims Pacific Is Now
Endangered by Japanese
WASHINGTON, March 2.—Urging
tie enactment of the Dillingham
c alU'tlon to permit restricted immi
iralit a of otherwise inadmissablc
ilien ■ into Hawaii to relieve the
irosent labor shortage, the Senate
inmigration Committee in a report
eday declared that American con-j
rol of Hawaii and the Central Pa-J
ific Ocean was endangered by the;
apunesc.
ipokane Furniture Store
Suffers Damage by Fire
SPOKANE, March 2. — The four j
tory building occupied by the Tull
i G-ibbs Furniture Store was dam
ped to the extent of $200,000 last
light by fire.
1TOCK MARKET TRADERS
DISCOVER GOLD MINE
NBW YORK, March 2.—The Times
lays shrewd traders in the stock
narket have uncovered a gold mine
ty the discovery that the Chicago
dock market is slower than the
>Tew York. The breaks occur usually
n New York and frequently there
s a difference of two or three points |
jetween here and Chicago. The!
raders who have been reaping a
larvesit in that way have telephone
•onnections between New York and
Chicago and buy or sell in Chicago,
lepending upon whathei or not the
itock traded in is going up or down,
tnd sell in the other town, netting
from one to two points on each
transaction.
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JITNEY DANCE
ELKS’ HALL
You know this is the place for =
peppy music and a good crowd. 5
Only a few more dances and then E
the door prize will be awarded. =
SATURDAY NIGHT
COLISEUM ORCHESTRA
SAVE YOUR COUPONS |
Follow the Crowd E
Six-piece Orchestra—Jazzy, Tantalizin’ Music I
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BASKETBALL—DOUBLEHEADER
DOUGLAS NATATORIUM
D. H. S. GIRLS vi. J. H. S. GIRLS and
D. H. S. BOYS vs. J. H. S. BOYS
first game starts at 7:45 o’clock.
Admission 25 and 50 cents
Big dance after game at Labor Union Hall.
Special ferry leaves JuneAu at 7:30 o’clock. Late
* ferry leaves for Juneau at 1:30 o’clock.
AUXILIARY IGLOO
NO. 6 INSTALLS
1923 OFFICERS
Ceremonies Last Night Moose
Hall—Followed by Social
Evening for All Pioneers.
Mrs. Lottie Spilckett was Installed
ns president of Auxiliary Igloo No.
•1. Pioneers of Alaska, at a meeting
of the Auxiliary last night at .Moose
Hall. Other officers installed were:
Mrs. Lon Hunter, vico president;
Mrs. Lilli© Burford, secretary, and
Miss Dorothy Halo}', sergeant-at
arms. Past President, Mrs. Alice
Case, w.ig (installing officer, assisted
by Mrs. A. Naghel, guide, and Dr. S.
Hall Young, chaplain- After the in
stallation ceremonii a short talk
was made by Dr. S. Hall Young,
and Mrs. Alice Laughlln, retiring
president.
During the time the Auxiliary was
holding installation of officers, the
members of Igloo No. 6 held a regu
lar business meeting on the first
floor of the hall. Fallowing the busi
ness of the two dodges, the members
joined forces for an evening of en
tertainment. At 9:30 o'clock card
tables were arranged and dancing
commenced. Families and friends of
» mnmlvoru r\.f Hi., Lwlirnc -ifr I
and over 100 guests wore present.
Many visiting members of Pioneer!
Igloos, who aro ligw• • for the Legisla
ture, attendod both mootings and
social. At 11 o’clock supper was
served in the banqu >: room, after j
which dancing was continued until 1
o'clock. .Modern steps w ire inter-:
spursed with mlltuits, quadrilles and
Virginia reels. They wore called by
I. T. Spickott and Frank Aldrich, i
Music was donated by tlasiinaau Or
chestra, the members all belonging
to the Pioneer and Auxiliary lodges. |
and members of the Palace Or
chestra.
Prizes for highest scores at cards
were awarded to Mrs. Mark Sabin
and Mr. .1, Johansen
Those on the committee in charge!
if the affair were Misses Dorothy!
Haley, chairman; Gertrude Nelson1
md Mad go Case. They were assist-!
ed by the following young ladies of
Pioneer families: Misses Irene Nel-i
son, Legla Kashevaroff, Alice Case. j
Lillian Perelie, Grace Kloinschmidt, j
Dorothy Klcinschmidt, Mrytle Price
md Frances Messerschmidt.
PROHIBITION OKtDITED
FOR BIG LIQUOR EXPORTS
LONDON, March 2.—Great Brit
ain's exports of whiskey and other
iquors have grown to proportions
never before approached. Credit for
his is given In large measure to I
prohibition tn America. Particularly
large are the experts to the British i
West Indies, the Bahamas and Brit
sh Guinea, to which shipments are
made for those \vho smuggle large
amounts into the United States.
BOB TURNERS' AUTO SERVICE
Phene 257. New 7 passenger
■Hudebaker car. Comfort and safety.
Stand next to Boston Store. —adv.
Old papers tor sale si. The Flmnlru
A. B. HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
JITNEY
DANCE
Dancing will begin
at 10 o’clock
“JUST KEEP
A SMILIN’ ”
'’immimimiiimimmiiMiiiMimm’
BEEF, WINE
AND IRON
is the best Spring Tonic
Iron perform* a very import
ant office in the human body.
It improves the quality of the
blood, the tissues are better
nourished and all functions are
performed with more vigor.
The combinaton of Beef, Iron
and Wine also promote* appetite
and invigorates and stimulates
the digestion and thus acts as the
very best stomach tonic.
BRITT’S PHARMACY
The Rexall Store
PHONE 88
Be Regular Lion’s
Roar When March
Ducks Out
I 1 - • 1
Somebody said that it the
month of March comes in like a
lamb, there will be the roaring
j of a lion when it goes out
into oblivion.
March came in like a gentle
I creature of the green pasture
i j kind witli a slight fall cf fleece
according to the dope, there
will be a jungle of a time when
the month says ta ta.
| Anyway on March 17, last
year, there was wine little blow
in Juneau and the snow busted
itself all to pieces around Ju
neau so there might be a re- :
j peater tills year on the above
date and then a blustery one at
the end of the month,
j All right—It is a guest ion
who was here first, wind or we,
so let er blow, or roar 'nevery- f
| tiling.
a-- ■ t — -a
CABARET DANCE
PLANNED BENEFIT
CITY PLAYGROUND
To Be Given About April 1 by
Fire Department—Decided
Meeting Last Night.
A cabaret dance to ho given about
April 1 for the benefit of the City
Playground and Baseball Park, was
decided on by the Juneau Fire De
partment, at Its regular meeting las
night at council chambers, City Hall
Arrangements for tho affair was
turned over entirely to the Play
ground Committee, the members o
the committee being: Harry Sperling
chairman; J. J. Woodard and R. R
Brown. Definlto plans will be an
counted by the committee in the
near future.
Other .business taken up by the
Fire Department was the continuing
tf first ait! instructions, which was
given the members of the Depart
ment by J. J. Dolahido, fir3t aid
and mine rescue man with the IT. S.
Bureau of Mines, in a series of les
sons, last week. H. I. Lucas was
appointed as first aid Instructor and
will conduct a class twice a month,
so that the fire boys will be kept
in practice in the work.
PROMOTE CAPTAIN NICHOLSON
Capt. C- H. Niicholson, formerly
manager of the coast steamship of
the Canadian National Railways, who
was recently moved from that posi
tion by the railway management, has
been promoted to the position of
manager of tho Canada Atlantic
Transit Company and all car ferries
with headquarters at Montreal. This
company is part of the Canadian Na
tional system and tho position is an
important one.
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TOM AUSTIN
PASSES AWAY
Former Well Known Resident
of Juneau, Oldtime Alas
kan, Dies in South.
1 Tom C. Austin, until a year or so
1 ago a resident of Juneau, and for
i many years an Alaskan, pioneer
inewspaperman of BeWingham anil Se
attle. died in Seattle February 16,
1 after a long Illness.
Mr. Austin served as 'bailiff under
Judge R. W. Jennings and as a 1
guard under Marshal J. M. Tanner
for sometime and ■before that was
employed by tlio Alaska "Gastineau
Mining Company at Thane. He had i1
resided in this vicinity for eight or 1
nine years before returning to Puget i
Sound. He was sergeant-at-arms of 1
the Territorial Senate in the 1919
I .session- 1
Mi Austin was prominent in the
Puget Sound country ifor many years.
He came there from California; t(
which state ho had migrated from !
the Middle West, more than 40 years!'
tgo. In early life he had learned i*
'the printers’ trade -and then became!'
t civil engineer and surveyor. He j
also studied law and was admitted I
I to the bar. In the '80s he was en-j ■
I gaged in BelHnigham and Seattlej '
| mostly at newspaper work, and at ■
different times owned papers in both!
cities. He also practiced law at
Bellingham for a time, and at differ
ent times was engaged as a surveyor;
and civil engineer.
j Mr. Austin was a member of va-|
| rious Masonic tbodies, and when in!
Juneau was said to be the oldest'
l Mason on Gastineau Channel He
| belonged to a California Blue Lodge, i
Mr. Austin is survived by Valjean j
; Austin, a son. and Mrs. Gladys Tripp!
! Austin, daughter-in-law, formerly of!
Juneau, but now of Seattle, and a
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KIRK’S
ROSORA
CREAM
Excellent for
all Kinds of
Rough or
Chapped Skin.
TRY THE
BUTLER-MAURO DRUG
COMPANY
FIRST
96 Front St. Juneau, Alaska
daughter also residing at Seattle, -and
two brothers, Harry and Banning
Austin, and a glister, Fanny Austin,
residing at Bellingham.
SPECIAL FERRY TO
DOUGLAS TONIGHT
FOR BIG B. B. GAME
The Lone Fisherman will make a
special trip to Douglas tonight with
he players and rooters from Junean
or the big game of basketball to be
rlayed on the Island. The Lone Fish
“rman will leave Juneau at 7:30
j’clock. Arrangements have also
>een made for a special ferry from
louglas, leaving at 1:30 o’clock in
ho morning, after the basketball
tame and dance.
RULicno ,U VISIT POPE
ROME, March 2.—King George and
lueen Mary will be the guests of
ving Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Jelena at the Qtiirinal Palace during
heir visit to Rome In the spring,
rhe British monarchs also will visit
Jope Pius.
NOTICE ELKS.
Elks will meet in the Elks' Club
tooni at 1:45 p. ni. Sunday to at
ond the funeral of Bro. James
lancy. J A. DAVIS,
—adv. Secretary,
Bargain hunters always read The
'japire's class!Bed columns.
SPECIAL
JEWEL BOXES
50 cents each
We are showing for
the first time beauti
ful card ivory vanity
cases.
The Nugget Shop
R. SIMPSON, Manager.
— !
NEW GOODS
Women’s Rain Coats
A new lot of women s raincoats and cravenetted coats in
Gabardine, Twills, and Tweeds are now ready for your inspection.
Hand Decorated Aprons
New aprons with a dainty touch of hand work. Just the
thing to add a little cheer to the home these rainy days. And
inexpensive too.
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WATCH FOR OUR NEW BETTY WALES AND WOOLTEN
COATS AND SUITS
Our New Spring Oxfords and Pumps Are Here
Large assortment in the latest styles and colors. Only a
short time till Easter. Make your selection early while we have
all sizes and widths.
Goldstein’s Emporium
JUNEAU'S STYLE CENTER