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The Alaskan., 1930-04-18
Facts About the Office of Territorial Auditor And It's Administration

,depts or in any way violate the law in paying out Territorial moneys. .... ...
 It is further provided in the Act creating the Auditors Office that books of account in per manent form be kept. So it became necessary to open a com plete set of books to care for the detailed distribution for the ex- penditure of appropriations amounting to $2,362, ,833.51 for the biennium 1929-1931, which required approximately 450 sepa-
 ate appropriation accounts no1-appropriation, general led ger and other necessary subsidi- ary accounts, and $50 individual pension accounts. Some of these accounts require very extensive work in checking, such as the monthly refund made to public schools. The refund is based upon the total expenditure for the month made by the school receiving this benefit.
 The Secretary of Alaska kept no books showing Territorial accounts aside from the warrant register, and the task of inaug- urating a bookkeeping system to cover every expenditure and appropriation was a tremen- mdous job, requiring real thought and experience. No record o1 the funds appropriated to the Alaska Agricultural College was kept. When this office attempt ed to require the College officials to furnish detailed vouchers ir order that their accounts be au-
 dited, they refused to do so
 When the Auditor showed in sistence that the laws of the Territory must be enforced
 officials In opposition went tC Attorney General John Rustgarc for an opinion in the matter. II
 a severe opinion to the Auditor John Rustgard denied the righr
 of the Auditor to go back of the appropriation and denied tht
 right to examine and or audi the books of the College. Later
 in a modified opinion to. MT l Smith, Territorial, Treasurer
 MT. Rustgard again denied the right of MT. Cole as Territoria
 Auditor, to audit funds appro- priated to the College by the Legislature and for the auditing |of which moneys MT. Cole is under a bond of $25, ,OOO. That all is not right in the college is the belief of many. A case in point: There was removed from the Yukon River an old Russian Block House which was rebuilt on the College Cambus at a cost of approximately $5,000. For this there has Feen no appropriation
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 The membership of the Audi tor on the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners gives this office direct voice in the ex- penditure of $32O,OO0 this bein- nium. Out of this fund roads are built, telephone lines mairl- tained, river protection work done and airplane landings built and hydroplane ports erected. This Board is, or should be to the people, the most important one in the Territorial Govern ment, since it is by flying and
The Alaskan., 1930-04-18

The only law passed by the Territorial Legislature since it's creation in 1913 attempting to organize an executive depart ment of the Territorial govern ment was the law creating the office of TgRsurer. All terri torial taxes were collected by his office and his bond was for the Safekeeping of the money. As to the paying of territorial funds and passing upon the justness of debts against the Territory, nothing had been said by the Legislature A system was devis- ed amongst the officials where by the Secretary of Alaska, issued the warrants; for this procedure there was no law. Since the Legislature of 1921 there has been more or less agi- tation at each following session to create an office which would be authorized to pass upon all debts against the Territory and issue warrants for payment of the same.
 In 1929 such a law passed, creating the office of Auditor, defining his duties and fixing a penalty for violation. Subdivi- sion CD, Section 6, provides:
 CD The Auditor shall audit
 and allow all claims or de-
 mands which are just and
 true and a legal charge
 against the Territory and
 for the payment of which
 appropriation has been
 made by the Legislature.
 Section ', subdivision (g):
 (g) He shall keep on file all
 original bills and claims
 presented, with the vouchers
 Section 8. If the Auditor
 shall allow a claim against
 the Territory which he
 knows to be false or frau
 dulent or for which there
 is not an existing appropri-
 atiOn against which a
 warrant may be drawn, eX-
 cept where otherwise pro-
 vided by law, or knows to
 be not a just, true or legal
 charge against the Terri
 tory he shall be guilty of
 a afelony and, upon convic
 tion, shall be punished by
 a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,- O00), or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than two years, or by
 both in the discretion
 of the court.
 A bond of $25,000 is carried by the Auditor for the protect ..ino of the Territory so that the Territory, will be reimbursed should he allow any unjust .4.arIe
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by the Legislature and the ex- pense of the removal of the block house was taken from the general college appropriations. Under the system provided by law such illegal actions would be checked; the books of the College strictly audited and the Territory protected from de-, predations on it's funds for the purpose of keeping alive a ne- farious political machine.
 Especial attention has been called to the effort of Mr. Cole to institute in his office a book keeping system as would cover the biennial expenditures of appropriations in order that the electorate might have a more intimate knowledge of how the Territorial Government is being manipulated and operated and where and how the money goes. Improvements in democratic governments come from the de- mands of the majority which demands can come only when they know conditions in their government and such intimate Knowledge of conditions as would require Improvements can come only through detailed informa- tion as is being disseminated through this office. Therefore thru the services of MT. Cole, the people are being brought closer to their government. It is an old truth, but forceful still that the closer you bring the govern ment to the people, the better the government.
 In addition to other duties, the office of Auditor is required to care for the following:
 CD The recording of vital sta tisticS This constitutes the pro- mitigation of rules and regula- Mons and the filing and record ing of the birth, death and marriage certificates from the 62 United States Commissioners. recording precincts of the Territory. The filing and re- cording, and the correspondence necessarily arising out of this one duty of the office, occupies tWo-thirds of the time of one clerk.
 (2) Then there is the duty re- Lative to the recording of blue fox brands, issuance of certifi- cates and branding irons to the fox farmers.
 (3)>A similar situation exists with the reindeer brands and ear marks.
 (4) Performing such duties re- lative to elections as were in the past performed by the Secretary of Alaska.
 (5) He shall file the articles of interpretations, annual reports and financial statements of corporations, and all other do- cuments and articles relative to corporations, together with re- ceiving the annual corporation
 
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fee tax of such corporations, and he shall see that the laws governing corporations are en- forced. There are $50 domestic and $50 foreign corporations, and 80 insurance companies. There would be an average of about three communications a year with each of these concerns, totaling nearly 2,400 letters per- taining to that feature of the office alone. ..
 Territorial Inventory
 Subdivision 9 of Section 6, Chapter 118, Session Laws of Alaska 1929, requires the Auditor to make during the month of January an inventory of all territorial property, real, person al and mixed. Some conception lof the importance and scope of this duty may be appreciated when one considers this requires getting specific information on approximately 80 airplane land ing fields and hydroplane ports that the Territory has built or has under construction; on get ting similar details about the 250 shelter cabins constructed and maintained by the Terri torial Government since 1913 at a cost of $100,000; on getting the size, value and condition of the 72 village and rural schools, be- sides the description, quantity, value and condition of each and every article of any intrinsic nature, such as the books and desks used therein; on procur- ing and assembling minute de- tails, descriptions and evalua- tions relating to every building and all equipment of the Terri torial offices, such as that of the Treasurer, the Commissioner of Education, of the Territorial institutions such as the Alaska Pioneers Home, the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines; and to list what re- mains of the $3O0,OOO expendi- ture made by the Territory in connection with the fish hatch cries, The inventory each year will occupy no less than 2500 to 5000 sheets. This has never been attempted before; yet without it a true statement of the f1n- ancial condition of the Territory is not available.
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Foreign Corporations

Chapter 56 of the 1929 Session Laws requires the Auditor to prepare a list of all foreign and domestic corporations in good standing in the Territory, show ing full information as to: (a) Name of the state, district terri tory or foreign country under which the corporation is incor- porated; (b) Date of incorpora- tion; Co Address of ome office of corporation; (d) Address of principal office of corporation within Alaska; (e) In case of foreign corporations, the name
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
LLOYD IS HERE
 FOR EXTENSION
 BUREAU SURVEY
To Arrange for Co-Opera- tive Extension Work
 with Alaska College

Enroute to Fairbanks and other interior and Northern Alaska points, William A. Lloyd, Chief of the Ex- tension Service of the. United States Department of Agriculture for the Pacific Coast district, arrived here today and conferred with Gov. George A. Parks and officers of the United States Forest Service. He is continuing to Skagway on the Alameda and will go to the interior via Whitehorse and Dawson.
 Recently Congress appropriated $1o00o under the Lever Act to open Agricultural Extension work in the Territory in cooperation with the Alaska College. MT. Lloyd is here to look over the field and confer with Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, Presi- dent of the College, regarding the program to be undertaken.
 He will go first to Fairbanks to meet pr. Bunnell Later he plans to go to Nome, Matanuska, Kodiak, and will spend sometime before he returns to the States. While here today he visited points along Glacier Highway out to Eagle River valley.
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FISHING OPENS MONDAY IN SEE,
 ALASKA AREAS
Two Districts Are Opened to Salmon Fishing Next
 Monday Morning

Monday, the 1880 salmon fishing season for all forms of gear opens in the north end of Southeast Alas ka, and within about two weeks the industry will be in full swing from Yakutat to Dixon Entrance.
 The first to open are the Icy Strait and Western districts. Eleven canneries will pack fish in them this season. The gear fished will be about the same as last year. The trap season lasts slightly more than one month. It closes in Outer Icy Strait areas on August 3, and in the inner sections of the strait three days later
 In the Western districts traps and seines fish until August 10. In the came region, south of the 58th parallel there is a fall season from October l to l5. In the Icy Strait area gillnet fishing in upper Lynn Canal is permitted from September to 30.
 The Eastern district season is between June 25 and August IA, with the fall season from October to Is, south of the 59th parallel
 The North Prince of Wales island area season will open on July 10 and close no August 20 and a fall season is permitted the first Is days in October The Southern Prince of Wales Island district opens July Is and closes August "A, with the same fall fishing sea- son.
 The Southern or Ketchikan dis trict opens July and closes August Is, and has the same fall fishing season.
 Trolling in all areas remains open until August 25, and closes on that date until September 30, except for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
FORESTRY MEN VISIT BARANOF
 ISLAND LAKES
Examine Lake Chains Dis covered in 1929 by
 Navy Air Mappers

New water-power sites, discovered last summer by the Navy Alaska Aerial Expedition on Baranof Is- land, were visited yesterday for the first time by officers of the United States Forest Service, B. F. Heint- zleman, Asst Regional Forester, and Wellman Holbrook, Forest Exarnin- CT, making the trip from here by plane. They were joined at Sit ka by Ranger Charles Burdick.
 B. M. Behrends also made the entire trip and was deeply inter- ested in the lakes whose existence was unknown until last year.
 On the lower west coast of the island, there are two chains of small lakes emptying into one larg- CT body of water which is con- sidered an ideal power project. The large lake is about 50 feet above sealevel and only 5000 feet from tidewater. At the lower end 1t discharges over fall with drop of 300 feet. There :s an ideal damsite, MT. Heintzleman said
 The Taku made landing on the lake and the party remained there two and one-half hours while brief examination was made. The plane then flew over the other lakes in the region.
 A second project, draining into Port Banks was examined from the air. It consists of two lakes about $50 feet above sealevel and about one mile inland from the sea. The party cruised over the region for sometime looking for low passes leading to the eastern shore of the island.
 Returning by way of Sitka where Ranger Burdick was left, the Taku arrived here about 5 pm. with the other members of the party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
By TED VOSBURGH "A, P, Shorts Writerl

Even the great contests of 1901 and 1907 were outdone by the sen- sational Poughkeepsie boat race ot 1908 in which for three miles there was no open water between the first and the fifth crews.
 For three straight years begin- ming in 1905, the red banners of Cornell had waved in victory. In 1906 the Cornellians pulled away to win without difficulty from Penn, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Columbia and Georgetown. In 1907 they nosed out a light but dead game Columbia eight in an eye-lash finish as the Navy, making its debut in the re- gatta, was third, Penn fourth, Wis consin fifth, Georgetown sixth and Syracuse swamped in the semi darkness and rough water.
 But when the Cornellians came down from Ithaca in 1908 they looked utterly hopeless to their coach. The disgusted Courtney did not even deign to go and see them race. If he had, he would have been surprised. This despised and disowned Cornell crew was in the fight all the way and finished a close third.
 Thanks to the cool generalship of Jim Ten Eyck, jr., who con- founded the critics by stroking a brilliant race, Syracuse won by 15 feet from Columbia with Cornell right behind, Penn fourth and Wis consin fifth. The experts" who had declared the Syracuse coach's son was "only single sculler in- capable of stroking a sweep crew for four miles successfully" felt like jumping into the Hudson.
 Wisconsin, after rowing great race for three miles, blew up at the bridge when Iakkish, called the "old
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
VIOLET RAYS CAN PIERCE
 NEW NON-FRAGILE GLASS

PITTSBURGH, June 14.-A glass that is not fragile and that does not shut off the ultraviolet rays of the sun has been produced from na- tural gas by Mellon institute.
 The product is expected to find its chief use as plate or coating for other materials, as, for instance, a lining for food containers made of metal. eN sr
 Besides the glass, which can be moulded into any desired form and tinted, other types have been de- veloped. One may be used as a transparent lacquer, because of it's property of adhering strongly to metal, glass and wood.
 Still another may be used to pro- vide a glass-like finish to fabrics, paper, leather, wood, or other ma terials, or in pigmented lacquer coatings.
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TEST DRAPING OF CLOTH
 WITH NEW FLEXOMETER

WASHINGTON, June 14-An in- strument to test the stiffness, resi- lency, and wrinkle ability of cloth has been devised by the bureau of standards.
 It is called a flexometer and measures the amount of energy necessary to create fabric.
 AS stiffness, residence and weight all contribute to the ability of a fabric to drape well, it is pointed out that the evaluation of these properties may lead to an exalua- tion of drape.
 The flexometer is expected to be of use in determining the effect of fabric constructions and of finish ing processes on these properties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
MACK NOT ABLE
 TO FIGHT HERE
Is Signed Up at Ketchikan Joe Manila May Be
 Olson s Opponent

Freddy Mack, Ketchikan scrapper, will not be available for the Ameri- can Legion's Fourth of July smoker card, but Matchmaker Red Camp bell is hot on the trail of Joe Ma nila, another Ketchikan battler who has a big following in the First City and is not unknown to ring fans here.
 Mack is already signed up for a bout in Ketchikan on July 4. He is working on the Admiral Rogers and talked with Campbell here yester- day. Ketchikan promoters, he said, had two men under considera- ton as his opponent-Manila and a Prince Rupert boxer. He thought the latter had the call and that Manila would be open for an en- gagement here. He was to have seen him in Ketchikan today and Campbell is expecting a telegram at any time from either him or Manila. If the latter fights Mack, it is probable that Campbell will try to stage match between Sol- dier Olson, who has agreed to meet either Mack or Manila, and the Prince Rupert man. The headliner is the only bout that is giving Campbell any worry. He has plen- ty of talent for the other matches but is waiting on his main event before signing anyone up,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
DRAMA OF ROWING
 ON HUDSON RIVER

man of the river" because he was 34 years old, hit himself in the stomach with his oar and almost fell out of the boat.
 Penn, used up by it's battle with Wisconsin, also dropped behind as the three leaders tore down through the final mile.
 Cornell and Columbia made their bids but young Ten Eyck had guaged the pace well and the Syracusans never relaxed but rowed like men of iron.
 Syracuse had run into row. boat in practice a few days before and John Hoyle, Cornell builder, generously put new bow on the shell. It was this mended prov that poked across the finish line first.
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HAS YOUR GOLDFISH PLEAS?

SEATTLE, June 14.-If your pet goldfish turns an occasional flip flop and rubs against the side of the bowl as though it wanted it's gills scratched, 1t probably has fleas. They are known as copepods says pr. John E. Guberlet, authority on the piscatorial vertebrate and University of Washington professor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
TWO GUILTY
 OF SHAVING
Man and Woman Both Convicted of Staying
 Woman's Husband

TOMS RIVER. New Jersey, June l4.-Lester Underdown and Mrs. Hattie Evans have been found guil- ty of the murder of Robert Evans, the woman's husband, and sen- fenced to die in the electric chair during July.
 No recommendation was made for mercy by the jury.
 Underdown was marine at Lakehurst and was charged with intimacy with Mrs. Evans and the two carried out the murder ac- cording to the state charges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
NATURE STUDY MORE FUN
 THAN DANCING, IS CLAN

KANSAS CITY, June 14.-Prof Albert E. Shirling of Teachers col lege writes in report to the Amer ican Association for the Advance ment of Science:
 We follow the easy paths of pleasure until we almost lose the ability to follow the more difficult trails that lead to joy.'
 These more difficult trails" he says are in nature study and can compete successfully with the "din- ner, the dance and the movie"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
COWBOY BALLADS WILL
 BE TAKEN TO EUROPE

ABILENE, Tex, June IA. } The songs of the cowboy } will be heard in Europe this summer, and the American ] band which will play them will wear boots and ten gal lon hats.
 The Simmons university cowboy band, accompanied by several hundred Texans,
 will entertain Europeans
 with such ballads as 70,
 Bury Me Not on the Lone
 Prairie" "G oodbye Old
 Paint" The Old Chisholm
 Trail and Get Along Ye
 Little Dogies." The band
 since it organized in 1925,
 has travelled more than 3o,-
 900 miles.
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this is announced at Perkins Ob- servatory of Ohio Wesleyan univer- sity.
 Dr. Harlan T. Stetson, director of the observatory, says the earth's crust apparently yields very ap- preciably to the moons gravitation- al pull.
 The earth's surface may be dis torted slightly thereby every day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
TAXES UP IN IOWA

DIES MOINES-The average rate Of taxes paid on Iowa property, other than moneys and credits, was 111.153 mills in 1929. In 1928 the rate was 103.0963 mills.
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two areas on the southern end of Baranof Island. One of these is from Cape Ommaney to the south end of Whale Bay, and the other from Cape Ommaney to Armstrong Point. In neither of these is the close season order effective.
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MOON RAISES TIDES"
 ON LAND, IS BELIEF

DELAWARE, Ohio, June 14.-The moon may raise tides in the solid earth quite as real as those in the solid earth quite as real as those in the ocean.
 Research which seems to show
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
ALDRICH LEAVING SUNDAY
 FOR YAKUTAGA DISTRICT

Ex-Senator Frank A. Aldrich will leave here Sunday on the steamer Admiral Watson for Yakatagas He will be there about 50 days doing assessment work on claims in which he is interested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
VISITING GAsTONGUAYs

Miss A. L. Savage of New Vest minister, B O., arrived on the Prince George and will visit MT. and Mrs, Emil Gastonguay, at Thane, for the next week.
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HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Ljubica Petievich entered St. Ann's hospital yesterday for surgical treatment.
 Corporal Vern J. Hoban, of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14

Petersburg cable office, who has been in St. Ann's hospital for surgi- cal treatment for ten days, was dis missed yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14
MAKE RICE STRAW PAPER

ROME, June 14.-Paper makinq on a large scale from rice straw, de signed to obyiate the necessity ol importation, is engaging the Ital- ian ministry of agriculture anC forestry. Technicians expect to de velop particularly fine variety oi book paper.
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ELKS TO OBSERVE
 FLAG DAY SUNDAY

The local lodge of Elks will ob serve Flag Day tomorrow with ex- ercises in Elks Hall at l o'clock, to which the public is invited.
 The following is the program to be given:
 Star Spangled Banner" ...........,...
 ..........................,Ju Juneau City Band Introductory Exercises.
 ........... Exalted Ruler and Officers Prayer pldlIl History of the Flag .............,........
 ........................M Mrs. E. M. Goddard Altar Services ....a............-................
 .................E Esquire and Officers Address Martin Jorgensen Song, America" (First and last
 StanzaS) ..............-.....,...........Aud Closing ................Ex Exalted Ruler March Juneau City Band
 Old papers ID. sale at The En- rire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-06-14

Old papers Tor sale at The Elm pire office.