The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-02
RESOLUTION OF
 PRAISE PASSED
 BY ASSOCIATION
Optimism Shown by Business Men Outlook for Cold
 Storage Excellent.

The fuel oil situation, transporta-
 tion and tourist trade development
 were among the live topics up tor|
 discussion at the regular bi-weekly
 neon luncheon meeting of the Jul
 neau Commercial Association at the'
 Alaska Grill today. A resolution
 introduced by c. D. Garfield was
 unanimously adopted praising the
 Standard Oil Company for its dis
 tribution of lighter oils in Alaska
 thereby making it possible to op-'
 crate fishing vessels and take care cf transportation
 In presenting the resolution, MT.
 Garfield stated that at the time tue oil company agreed to supply the needs Of this country, it was TOT 1920 only and nothing definite had bccn done about 1921 supplies, The resolution declares that the effort made by the Standard Oil Company n providing and distributing the lighter oils when and where needed in Alaska during the season or 1920, is most commendable and praiscworthy, making it possible to tully carry On the great fishing in 1ustry and providing transportation md other facilities in d country so l dependent on the same That 1t Is l trusted an equal provision will be | made for this coming year so that vital element in our industrial l fife may not be jeopardized. Copies of the resolution will be presented 10 the Territorial representative Of l he Standard Oil Company.
 McBrjde Added to Committee. Reporting. for the Legislative l Committed Chairman John w. Troy stated that J. C. Mcbride had been | added to the membership of the | committee. He stated that he and ] MT. Mcbride had discussed legisla- | ion pending before Congress on l which action might be expected at he next session and would have a | report to render at an early meet ing.
 Cold Storage Sure. | President Allen Shattuck, of the Association, stated that since the last meeting information had been received which was highly encour- | aging regarding the establishment in Juneau of a cold storage plant | for the fishing industry by the-New England Cold Storage company. It 1 'ooks even better now than it did at he last meeting,' declared MT. Shattuck.
 Transportation and Tourists. Recognizing that transportation | lnd the development of the tourist | trade are closely allied, after briefly | discussing both, it was agreed that | the Executive Committee should 1 take up the question of more ade- | quate transportation facilities with steamship companies entering Alaska with a view of securing more yes | ;els or definite accommodations al | loted to the various towns along the | routes.
 Both w. J. Marshall and F. NJ. l Kempfer, visitors at the meeting, commented on the encouraging out .ook for the future tourist business md the dcsirability of bettermen, )f transportation facilities to take | care of it.
 Mr. Kempfler, who is Territorial | representative of the Pathfinder, official publication of the Pioneers of Alaska, stated that the November l issue of that magazine would be de- 1 'oted to and published in Juneau. l ic presented to the Association his 1 plans for an all-Alaska issue to ap-
 pear next month, asking if the or EanizatiOn desired to be included. | The Executive Committee was in | 3tructed to look after the matter.
 A new program committee was l lppointed by Chairman Shattuck to
 'ook after the special features of the lneXt meeting. This is composed of
 E. D. Garfield, Oak Olson and John | w. Troy.