The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
APPOINTMENT OF ALASKAN URGED
 BY ASSOCIATION
Tells Washington Wants Alas kan for Governor-Io
 Start Drive Tuesday.

Announcement was made at the noon luncheon meeting of the Jul neau Commercial Association today by President Allen Shattuck that the Association, in a telegram sent this week, had urged Secretary Fall to recommend for appointment for Governor of Alaska none save a bona fide Alaskan. This action, said MT. Shattuck, was taken upon the authority of the Executive Com mittee of the organization, which believed that the matter was of sui ficient importance to justify immed- fate action without waiting for ac- ton at the regular meeting of the Association today The Cordova Com mercial Club, he said, had advised that it had taken similar action.
 Work for Museum.
 Next Tuesday will mark the be- ginning of an intensive drive that will be made by committee from the Juneau Commercial Associa ton to boost the membership of the Alaska Historical Society in this city, according to statement made by l.. D. Henderson, chairman of the committee. Other members ot the committee are John Reck and George F. Forrest. The committee was recently apointed by President Allen Shattuck after the AssOcia- tion had pledged it's support to the Ii Historical Society and the Alaska Museum.
 Informal discussion at the meet ing today again turned principally on the establishment of central Alaska Chamber of Commerce, rep rosentative of all the commercial organizations in the Territory which would be charged with the duty of co-ordinating efforts of matters of general Territorial moment and en- able Alaskan businessmen to speak as a unit on such subjects whenever the need sohuld arise.
 Adams Boosts Project.
 | Mayor A. J. Adams, of Cordova, | declared that such a central organ ization seemed to him to contain great promise for the good of all 1 Alaska and he was of the opinion that here would be little difficulty in creating it once the several com mercial organizations realize that l the project is not being boosted by any person or organization from selfish motives. It is the only fea- sible maner in which the business ! of hloclyo nt hnr he declared
 Henry Shattuck, formerly resi- dent of this city and now residing l in Seattle, declared that such . body could by working harmon iously be of great benefit. He said that the Juneau Commercial Asso citation was highly regarded in Sc attle where he often heard it re l ferred to as a live wire organiza
 ton. It is doing much, he said
 not only for Juneau and the i'm mediate vicinity, but for all Alaska
 Mr. Shattuck said that while he was a resident of Seattle all of his hold
 ings were in Alaska and it wa!
 planned to increase them as the op
 portunity arose, Among the otheI things proposed, he said, was q new
 plant for the Juneau Lumber Mills
 probably a box factory and othe additions, which would be adde' when conditions became more fay
 orable.
 Wants Better Service.
 President Shattuck stated that
 letter had been received from
 merchant at Baranoff declaring tha p the present mail service, which op
 crates to that place out of Peters
 burg is so inefficient as to be O 7. injury to the. community. It wa
 said that it took from three week | 10 as many months for letters to D | exchanged between Juneau an
 Baranoff. An appeal was made
 the local Association for assistanc
 in securing remedial action from lh
 postal officials