The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-29

lis TO investigate chiefly transporta
stion matters, the Governor said that
The had wired Secretary Payne that
he thought that the Commission
should come to Alaska to hold its
( hearings where they could get first
hand information. He urged the AS
ISOLATION to take similar action
and it was voted that it be done.
In case the Commission did not
come to Alaska, Henry Shattuck,
who is in Seattle, was authorized
to present the sentiments of the
| Association to the members, the
! Executive Board of the Association
to have charge of drafting the mat
ters to be presented.
Committee Report
| II J. Fisher, chairman of the
| Committee on Civic Improvement
said, that on account of some data
that was lacking, they had no re
port to make.
w. G. Johnson, chairman of the
Local Industries Committee had no
report to make. He said that he
had been expecting answers to let
| ters in regard to cold storage plants,
but had not yet received them
Charles Goldstein, chairman of the
Mail and Transportation Committee
thought there was a chance to get
the mail contract that goes up Chat
ham Strait, out of Petersburg trans
ferred to juneau, and offered the
use of his boat Diana to a committee
to make a trip over the territory
served by the contract, in an EN-
deavor to get signers to a petition
fayoring Juneau as a terminal. 1t
was thought that better service
could be given from here owing to
the fact that so many more boats
touched here than at Petersburg
The matter was left for Mr. Gold
stein to work on.
The aeroplane committee, through
]. l.. Gray, reported that they had
found a site on the Lemon Creek
Flats that was suitable for a landing
field and that data was being COM
piled to be sent to the aeroplane peo-
pie. Governor Riggs under this
head said that he had conferred with
the aeroplane branch of the United
States Army while at Washington
and that he was told the army was
to send aeroplanes from New York
to Nome this year Stops would
be made at two places in South
no
son, Fort Gibbon, Nulato and Nome.
and that perhaps the journey would
be extended into Japan.
J J. Connors, chairman of the
membership committee, reported that
he had made a drive for members
and had secured fifty. Thirty-six
had paid up the years dues; the
rest were to pay Mr.. Rosselle. Mr.
Connors also said that any firm in
Juneau doing ten cents worth oil
business in the town should either
dig up the ten dollars or go out of
business.
President Shattuck named w. A.
Clark, w. E. NOVEL; and c. d. Gar
field on committee to cooperate
with the Juneau Shrine Club in the
matter of entertainment of the
Shriners' excursionists.
The financial report of the Secre-
tary Treasurer showing a balance
on hand $2S4.40 ended the formal
business meeting.
Col. Gotwals Speaks
Col ]. S. Gotwals, president of
the Alaska Road Commission, who
was guest, was called upon and
in a very eloquent speech touched
upon transportation matters. Hell
said that the time for the people of
Alaska to back up the Road Com
mission was when the appropriation
was asked from Congress. He dwelt
on the Importance of military roads
in war times and told of rapid trans
portation of troops during the war
in France. He also asked the peo-
pie to take the eX-service men to
their hearts and he said that Alaska
would be the country where the
soldier would have an opportunity
to express his ideals. In conclusion
Col. Gotwals told a story contrasting
the soldiers of England and Amer
lea as expressed by a Frenchman
to him. He said that the French
man said the British soldier in