The Alaska daily empire., 1917-08-27
JUNEAU TAXES ] UP LABOR AND
 PULP MATTERS Committees Named to Get LaborerS and
 Pulp and Paper THANE STILL ALASKAN Guest of Honor Is Only Temporarily Out of
 the Territory.
THANE STILL ALASKAN

ut ilISl olCPo lOl No7OpOi7 ative work toward securing la boring men for Juneau and toward working with others interested in the establishment of pulp and paper mills in Southeastern Alaska were taken by the Merchants Protective Asso- citation which met at a luncheon at noon today at the Gastineau Cafe. B. L. Thane was the guest of honor and addressed the association on the topics mentioned. MT. Thane an- nounced also that he did not consid- CT that he had left Alaska or Ju- neau He said that explorations and matters on which he had been work ing necessitated his opening an of flee in San Francisco, but he still feels that Juneau is his home and the center of his operations.
 A committee appointed on the labor situation is composed of George F.. Forrest, John B. Marshall, John w.. Troy and E. c. Russell.
 A standing committee appointed on the wood pulp and paper situation is composed of w. A. Clark, H. J. Fisher, E. C. Russell and John w. Troy.
 Mr Thane said that Juneau is the natural headquarters for the distribu- tion of labor, reiterated the state ments contained in his interview in The Empire Saturday, and showed that while Juneau low grade mines cannot pay as high wages as mines producing copper and other metals which have greatly advanced in price can pay, the mine workers here month in and month out save as much money as they do elsewhere, and that they work under far better living conditions. He said his com pany could give work to 400 more men, and Treadwell and the Alaska Juneau also want men.
 Mr. Thane said that Alaskans should cooperate to secure arrange ments for forest regulations in Alaska that would encourage the in vestment of capital in the wood pulp and paper business. He said, with the possible exception of fishing pulp and paper should one of these days be Southeastern Alaskas great est industry.
 MT. Thane was made an honorary member of the Merchants Protective Association, and in thanking the or ganization for the honor announced that he still considers himself an Alaskan.
 Work On Mendenhall Road
 It was announced that the Alaska Roiad Commission is improving the Mendenhall road and that Gastineau Channel will be dredged by the Ter ritorial road commission.
 Matanuska Farmers After Markets
 A. Christensen, head of the indus trial department of the Alaska rail road commission at Anchorage, in a letter to the club said there would be surplus of from 2.000 to 5000 tons of potatoes besides quantities of turnips, carrots and other roots, which it was desired to market in Alaska, and urging Juneauites to consider purchasing from them. Pres ident Charles Goldstein announced that he had asked MT. Christensen to send samples of their products to Juneau and quote prices F. o. B. here.
 Pond Invites Members
 E. P. Pond invited the members of the association to participate in an excursion to the headwcters of the Taku River. He said that a light draft river boat to make the trip will be here tomorrow.
 Satisfactory progress on the main tenance of the St. Nicholas on the