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The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18
IS INDICTED ON
 MURDER CHARGE
Officer of Denver Medical Corps Faces Charge of
 Poisoning Wife

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 18.- Major Charles Shepard, aged 59 years, of Denver Army Medical Corps Officer, has been indicted by Federal Grand Jury on charge of first degree murder for the al legged poisoning of his 37 year old wife at Fort Riley, Kansas, last, summer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18
Asks $1,OOO,OOO for
 Construction Coast
 Cumd Cutter, ,AIaska

WASHINGTON, April 18.-Au- thority for the expenditure of $1,- 100000 for the construction of a Coast Guard cutter for use in Alaska waters is asked in a bill in- troduced by Delegate Sutherland
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18
Girl Stenographer Sets Fires for
 The Thrill of tt

BELLEVILLE IL, April 18.- United States Attorney Lindaeur said Miss Florence Jenks, young stenographer employed by the Bellevnle Stove Works, confessed setting fire to the contents of the plant several times flor the thrill of it." One fire caused damage between $eO,0O0 and S10OO0o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18
President and Wife
 Are Both Recovering

WASHINGTON, April 18-Both President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover, the former suffering from cold and the latter from a wrenched back and cold, are reported inn proved today
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18
D. 4. R. to Keep Out of Politics
 And Religion

WASHINGTON, April la. The delegates attending the Daughters of the American Revolution Congress definite ly excluded the Prohibition question from the platform by reafflrming resolutions of 1913 and 1914 declaring it is the policy to avoid all con- troversial subjects of a re- ligious or political nature.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18

Organized less than four years ago, the Duke university school of religion, has become one of the largest graduate schools of theology in the south,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18
WALMER PURCHASES AUTO

John Walmer of the U and cafe has purchased a new model Ford deluxe sedan from the Juneau Motor company, H, I. Lucas an nounces.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-04-18
COPPER RIVER VALLEY CENSUS
 FIGURES GIVEN
Cordova Makes Slight Gain District as Whole
 Holds Its Own

Preliminary estimates on the pop ulation of three recording districts, including the town of Cordova Chitina, Copper Center and Eyak, were made public today by Gen. sus Director Charles E. Naghel through the office of Gov. George A. Parks.
 Cordova with a population of 977 gained g over 1920. Chitina lost 54, Copper Center gained Il, and Eyak gained 46. Katalla declined 40.
 The estimates as released for publication, follow:
 Population
 1880 1920 Chitina Recording
 District ........................... 730 Chitina village ......... IF I'll Copper Center Village. 80 II Balance of Chitina
 District ........................ 533. Cordova Recording
 District ........................... 1917 1853 Cordova town, Inc. =. SIT 955 Eyak Village ............. 366 320 Katalla village ....- A 84 Balance of Cordova District ...............-....... 230 White River Recording District ..a........................ T Chisana village ............. 13 143 Balance of White
 River District ........... 58
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
BRYCE HOWARD RETURNS HOME
Meets Many Former Ju- neauites on Vacation Trip
 Tourist Outlook

Brice Howard, agent for the Pa- cific Steamship Company. returned to Juneau on the Admiral Rogers, accompanied by his young son, af- ter a months absence during which he visited Seattle, Portland and San Francisco.
 Mir Howard left Juneau December IT, in company with his wife and their two children, to attend a con- vention of traffic officers of the Pacific Steamship Company and the Robert Dollar Line. in San Francisco. Tom Kehoe, well known former Juneauite, is now General Agent for the Company in New York, MT Howard said, and Bob Bruce, formerly employed by the B. M. Behrends Company of Ju- neau, is General Agent in Chicago. Hugh Gallagher, former agent in Juneau, is Assistant General Mana ger for the Matson Line in San Francisco. MT. Howard had the pleasure of meeting all these one time Alaskans at the convention.
 Motor Classic
 On New Years Day, the Towards attended an outboard motor classic on Lake Merritt, at Oakland, in which 50 boats participated. They had planned on an airplane ride from the Oakland Airport, but de- cided to defer the flight until some future time after witnessing the crash of student flier on his first solo flight. The plane crashed into an automobile which was parked about two car lengths from the Towards car.
 On his return to Seattle MT. Howard attended a wrestling bout between "Strangler" Lewis and Bill Koonz in the Auditorium. During one of the big moments Howard
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
COLD WEATHER
 IN TAKU AREA
Diamond Drill Operator Comes to Juneau with
 Captain Strong

The gasboat Amy arrived from the mouth of Taku River at o'clock yesterday afternoon with one passenger from the Alaska Juneau property at Eaton, B. C., M F Kish, diamond drill operator, who came down the river in company with Wm. Strong and his dogteam, and was brought here for dental work.
 Kish reports little snow on the river and a temperature of 20 de- grees below zero at the works. The diamond drill crew is operating un- der three shifts, the mine develop ment crew two shifts. The low tenn perature caused some trouble with the drill, but this has been elimi- mated by heating the water before it reaches the drill.
 Despite the fact that three radio receiving sets have been tuning in for the programs broadcast by sta tion KFIU, of the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company, no sig nals have been heard.
 The Amy will leave for the mouth of Taku tomorrow or Friday, Capt. Strong said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22

turned around to see who was making all the noise behind him and found that it was Jack Gucker
 Alaska Tourist Outlook
 A normal tourist business is pre- dicted by traffic officials of the Pacific Steamship Company, al- though fewer large parties have been booked to date The stock market crash and business condi- tions are thought to be the cause. On the other hand, many people who are accustomed to visiting Eu- rope during the vacation season are expected to take advantage of the less expensive trip to Alaska this summer Tourist agents will make a bid for this business, it is said
 Several officials of the Comp troller's Department of the Pacific Steamship Company will make the trip to Alaska in May on tour of inspection, and MT. Howard has been authorized by Hugh Mackenzie of the Dollar Line, to arrange a hunting expedition for himself and his friends on Admiralty Island for bear. MT. Howard has been in- vited to join the party in Septem- Der.
 Mrs. Howard and the baby will remain in Portland about month, visiting her sister She will visit east of the mountains before re- turning to Juneau about February IS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
COMMISSIONER
 DORIAN TO QUIT
 IS REPORT NOW
Prohibition Official to Re sign When Transfer of
 Unit Takes Place

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-From the swirling cross currents of Washington's dry law controversy, emerged the report today that Pro- hibltion Commissioner Doran will retire from the Government service when the Enforcement Unit, of which he is chief, is transferred from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice.
 Commissioner Doran declines to discuss the rumor.
 Assistant Secretary of Treasury bowman, in charge of Prohibition, said the Commissioner resignation had not been submitted but added that he had been told that several large concerns dealing in industrial alcohol had made extremely at tractive offers for Doran's services.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
SQUARE MEAL AND
 SNOOZE ADVOCATED
 TO REPLACE SNACKS

BERLIN, Jan. 9. = The American quick lunch coun- ter is regarded as an evil by Dr. Hermann Gerbis, public health expert. What the human body needs at high noon, he told the German Society of Business Hygiene, is a square meal, not a snack, and a snooze should follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
POOR FOOD IS
 CAUSE OF RIOT,
 LEAvENW0RTH
Official Report Is Made to House Committee by
 Supt. Bates

! WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Poor food is given as the immediate cause of the Leavenworth Federal Prison riot to the House Sub-com- mittee on Appropriations which drafted the Department of Justice s supply bill, by Sanford Bates, Superintendent.
 They serve 5000 meals from one kitchen at Leavenworth Pris n where there is a minimum of 1000 at a time going into the din- ing room. You are bound to find there is poor preparation of poor food" Superintendent Bates told the committee.
 AS a remedial step represen- tative of the Bureau of Economies has been sent to study the situa- tion,, Bates said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
RETURNS TO WORK

Miss Ruth Krugness, who has been i'll for the past few days, re- turned to her position with the Bu- reau of Public Roads this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
President HooUer and
 Wife to Be Guests of
 Honor, Hurley Bnquel

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Presi- dent Hoover and Mrs. Hoover will be guests of honor at banquet given by Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley and Mrs. Hurley. This is the fourth dinner given by off, ficials of Washington which the Hoovers will attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
Famous Monastery
 BIo,on Up to Make
 Room, Souiet Club

MOSCOW, Jan. 22.-The Simanov monastery, in former days the most important and richest in Russia, was today blown up with dynamite to make room for a gigantic Soviet Workers Club and culture cen ter"
 The monastery was founded near ly 600 years ago by St. Sergius.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
TWO ARE FOUND
 FROZEN, DEATH
Man and Woman Unable to Survive Cold Wealth
 CT in Chicago

CHICAGO. IL, Jan. 22.-Two per- sons, Mrs. Louise Brown aged 75 years, widow, and Steve Francis cowicz, were found frozen to death, as the city fell into the grip of a cold spell.
 The woman's body was found huddled up in blanket beside an empty stove.
 The body of Franciscowicz, bare footed and without coat or hat, was found near his home in the sub urbS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
HEALTH EXAMS AT
 SCHOOL COMPLETED

Health examinations oT Juneau school students have been com pleted by Mrs. D. H. Gillette with the result that eight cases of in fectious skin diseases have been segregated, Superintendent w. K. Keller said.
 That the examinations given at the school are beneficial was the declaration made by MT. Keller,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
NoTICE-pOG OWNERS

Owing to the fact that com- plaints have been made regarding dogs running around in packs, all dogs so found not having collars and license numbers will be picked up and shot after being held two days. By order of
 GEO. A. GETCHELL, adv. Chief of Police.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22

who pointed out that 30 per cent of the defects are corrected if notice is given of them to the parents of the child afflicted. This year health conditions at the schools are generally good he added.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-01-22
SCHOOL HALF OVER

The second semester of work in the Juneau Schools began Monday morning, following the examination period last week. This marks the beginning of the last one-half of the school year.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17
PULP MILLS

>"Next ten years will see sub stantial increase in population and wealth. between ketchikan and Seward, is the firm cOnvic- ton of government officials One or two proposed pulp mills in Southeastern Alaska will pave the way and induce other large pulp concerns to be established here."- ."-seWard Gateway.
 Question has been raised as to the sale of Alaska timber to out side corporations. As one prom inent citizen recently asserted, Alaskans will suddenly awakento find their timber in the hands of a few corpoTations. They won't even have an opportunity to get in on the ground floor. Wheth- CT it is adVisab4e-to give away all resources'to secure a few corpor- ations into the territory is a de- batable question. But as a gen eral rule such corporations must tc given preferential induce ments as compared to the little fellow who starting on a shoe string must carve his way over every obstacle.
 Bring on your pulp mills! But on an equal basis with every ether concern that enters the territory.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17
FOR ,UM AND AGIN 'UM

On various occasions we have been asked to boost this" or to knock that" the one asking the favors remaining on the side lines. We. have ShOuldered a goodly number of criticisms for expressing ourselves and when the matter is brought up, i'll most instances, the one starting the agreement instead of sup porting us, joined with the crit
 For ,Which reason beginning this week, we start the For Um and Agin -'Um Column. " Those, anxious to boost or those oesiring to criticise may do so to their.heart's content. Libelous matter: will not be printed. Every article. must be signed. No an- nonNmous letters will receive any consideration. At times a contributor may. wish to sub merge identity under "subscrib- CT" which will be perfectly all right sc long as we have the sig nature on file.
 Publication of any contribu- tlon does not bind us unless we adopt it as a policy. Be it cri- 1icism of ourselves or suggestion that will rebound to the benefit of the town, the column belongs to: YOU.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17
AIIFTED EDITORIAL

Most of the people who con- plain about newspapers are mar row, selfish or uniformed. The things~to which they object are likely, to be things that meet the taStes*and requirements of many others. They have no conception of the extensive functions and services of modern newspaper. Unprogressive themselves, they fail to see how intimately the enterprise of the newspaper is bound up with the progress of the community it serves. They wot1d receive an awakening were thet services of the newspaper withdrawn.
 Viewpoints and manners change without necessarily deteriorating ethics Things appear in the modern press that would have been extremely shocking to a more prudish age. Whether they do harm or not may be meas ured by the strength of the ad- age that, to the pure all things are pure. Whatever may be said
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17

for or against the prevailing pol icies in news treatment, it is a fact that the average news paper is itself conducted more ethically than it ever was. There IS more honesty, tolerance and fair play. It is not necessary nowadays to stoop to dubious practices to obtain business.
 Once it was the custom to puff the advertiser in the news columns. Virtually it amounted to editorial endorsement. Mat ters derogatory to the advertlS- CT quite frequently were suppress sed. The editor was called upon to guarantee the probity of the advertiser and to hide his short cOmingS. Scarcely anyone will contend that such policy pre- vails to any considerable extent today. Were it put into effect it would harm the newspaper and be of doubtful benefit to the ad- vertiser.
 These days it is a rare thing for a reporter or editor, out Of mere animus, to print a down right lie or to color a story. One reason is that the lie will be found out and react on the one who utterS it. Truth has been speeded up along with other things. Inaccuracies in news paper reports are seldom willful ones. Generally they are due to inaccuracies at the source of in formation, the speed at which news is written, or the incompe- tency of some reporter or editor.
 Important news is seldom sup pressed. What is called suppress sion is more likely to be editorial Ci1scrimination--throWing out all of the indecent, ibelOuS and the elimination on account of space requirements, of the unimport- ant.
 The disgruntled advertiser is not the menace which he once was. The reason is that the ser vice of the newspaper means more to him than the loss of his business does to the publisher. Where a merchant cancels an announcement, out of spite or anger, he is likely to hurt him |self more than he hurts the neWspaper-The Publishers Aux Hilary.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17
For 'Um and Agin 'Um
Rake, Alaska January 5, 1880

January 5, 1880 The Alaska Game Commission, Juneau, Alaska
 Gentlemen:
 The Rake Camp of the Alas Ia Native Brotherhood is asking of the Alaska Game Commission the favor of extending the trap ping season an additional fifteen days.
 This request is not by way of criticising the length of the sea- son as determined by the Com mission. We realize that the period of thirty days was chosen in the interest of conservation and for our own good. But due te the fact that the north wind has been blowing ever since the season opened and shows no sign of letting up, we have been forced to stay at home. No one has been able to leave for the trapping grounds to date.
 We are of the opinion that the same situation exists in all oth- er camps and towns in South eastern Alaska and that the re- quest would favor all other trap I CTS of the district.
 We beg that the Game Com mission seriously consider the above request keeping in mind the many families that depend entirely on their fur catch for
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17
WOULD PROTECT EAGLES
The Alaskan,

The Alaskan, Petersburg, Alaska
 Gentlemen:
 An effort is now being made to have the eagles absolutely protected by rider to bill now before Congress which is called the McNary Bill, for the protec- ton of wild fowl
 In letter to the San Francis co Chronicle, M. Ward McAllis- ter. Chairman of the Commit tee for the Conservation of Wild Life of the California Academy of Science, imputes that Alas kans are either ignorant, incar- able or downright malicious. He v7axes highly indignant over the fact that the Territory of Alas ka has paid bounty on approXl- 6O,OOO eagles. His patri- Ctic pride, such as it is, is out ragged, because, as he claims, That majestic bird, the Ameri-- Ican Eagle which years ago was adopted by the people of the United States as their national bird, and placed on every coin, cn many flags and on the great seal of the republic, now be- cause an occasional fox farmer in Alaska Territory loses fox or two, is put on the vermin list and not only destroyed as a pest but for bounty. x < The eagle is. as is we'll known to all na- turalists and others, principally fish eater, and even if it does occasionally get a fox or hun dred foxes is no reason it should be exterminated."
 At this juncture Alaskans in ouire Who would pay the meat bill for these sixty thousand eagles plus the natural increase Of the flock if left undiSturbed. 7f it were presented to MT. Me- Allister, would he pay it? Ger tainly not bnt the resident citi- zens of Alaska have been paying that bill throughout the years and must still pay, not merely in the loss of foxes, but of helpless lawns, young geese, young ducks grouse and ptarmigan. The feast of salmon lasts but a few short weeks out of the year and Old Baldy, the Killer, eats fish tllen only from force of circum- stances, the young geese having by that time learned to fly; and the lawns, what are left of them are able to hide themselves away; while the salmon in the streams are so ridiculously easy to take
 Pioneer peoples turnout the American continent have found ! themselves in close competition for existence with eagles, bears, wolves, or cougars, and Alaskans
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17
Prospecting for Gold.
Gentlemen

There is more to prospecting
 than just hunting for gold in
 Alaska. Prospecting is but the body of the art. Its soul and spirit lie in what the prospector SEES and FEELS. And what the prospector sees and feels is found II the murmur of the mountain IslreamS-in the music of the lhirds-in the simple beauty of the wild Alaskan flowers that laugh at him from every nook along the streams and from ev- ecy sunny spot on the hillSides; in the mOSS-cOvered rocks, in | the ever shifting sunshine and , ,ShadoWsWhich give to mountains ! the beauty that makes us fairly hold our breath at timeS,-in the bracing atmosphere which environs us. The prospector sees and feels the soul and spirit ot iseeking for hidden treasure in itLe odOr of spruce and pine; Od- lLrS SWeeter to the senses of true rrOSDectOrS than all the artifi- Cially compounded odors which impregnate the boudOirs of arti- Ificial life; and in the spray of the ater-fallS, in the grace and
 curve, and dash of the swift flushing tOrrent-in the whOrl of ithe foaming eddy-in the trans }p9rtent depths of the shady ipoolS where the summer salmon lie waiting for the first rains to raise the water so they may con- tnue on their way to the spawn
 ing grounds. Or in revived ap- lTetitie-in the repose which comes to him when resting in l lis sleeping-bag upon a sweet smelling couch of spruce or ! plne boughs.~ In the hush of the forests when moon and stars shine in upon him through the
 Cren tent or bark-lean-tO in the ,cuiet hour of dawn when birds 1 sing sWeetly, or perhaps in the !rapid cOursing blood, quickened by the pure mountain air which ilr1partS to the lungs the fresh
 ness and vigor of it's own vital ity-in the cracking of the
 camp fire; in the restored health | and in the thousand and one Iother indiscernable and delight
 ful realities and recOllections of jthe prospector's camp on lake or lstream. It is those things and not the mere fact of seeking gold which make prospecting lthe most wonderful life in the
 world. I know this fact and so
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17

do all the other Sourdoughs of Alaska.
 Respectfully submitted,
 JAMES R. LITTLE
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17

their uvlihood during the next everal months.
 (SIGNED) Arthur Johnson.
 Charles s. Johnson
 Peter Hansen.
The Alaskan., 1930-01-17
Centralia, Wash.
 January 7th, 1880

The ALASKAN,
 Petersburg, Alaska. Gentlemen: