The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-02-26
LOCAL CHAMBER PIONEERS HOST
 AT NOON LUNCH
Capac city Crowd Greets Grand Igloo Officers,
 Other Guests Today

ed the luncheon room and every available booth in the Arcade Cafe greeted the Grand Officers of the Pioneers of Alaska and oth- CT guests of the Chamber of Con- merce at it's regular weekly lunch con today The guests included Coach Hathaway and his basket ball squad from Ketchikan.
 The visitors were greeted by President Council of the Chamber and cordially welcomed by Score tary G. H. Walmsley on behalf of the Chamber and Mayor T. B Judson. He presented a key to the city of Juneau to Grand Sec retary George J. Love for the Igloo.
 Brosius Introduces Pioneers Grand officer and former occu- pants of Grand Igloo posts were introduced by Grand President Cal M. Brosius of Seward, who express ed appreciation for the royal cS- tertainment" being furnished ths Pioneers and added if the entire program is carried out the visitors would have little time for sleep Among the Pioneer guests were William Jarman, Juneau, Second Grand Vice President; George J. i Love, Valdez, Grand Treasurer, | Percy G. Charles, Ketchikan, Grand Treasurer; Rev. c. E. Rice, Grand Chaplain, and Alfred J. Lomen, 1 Grand Trustee. Past Grand Presi- dents H. R. Shepard and A.. J. i Dimond were also presented, ead !! Mrs. c. H. Phillips, of the Af1cn- | orage Auxiliary unit who is the maker of the flag presented yes- terday to the Grand Igloo, and | Mrs. Mary Edna Gildea, Ketchikan, i, and secretary of the Women's | Chamber of Commerce there Other Auxiliary members attending were Mrs. Lottie Spickett and Mrs Ger trude Laughlin.
 Dream of Lifetime l Complimenting the Chamber ,1 it's unstinted support of the Pa- cific Yukon Highway, Senator Di- mond declared that the project, like the transcontinental railroad scheme of James J. Hill, is the dream that comes to a man but once in lifetime. Tt is of the greatest economic importance to Alaska" and everyone should exert every possible effort to put the idea across, he declared
 ] Representing the Territory, Sena- tor Dimond recently was a mem Der of party including Premier s. F. Tolmie and other British Columbia officers on a tour from Seattle to Olympia where they were received at a joint session of the Washington State Legislature and the occasion was particularly to advance the international high way project.
 He said that the road was the one big objective of the present government of British Columbia and he was confident it would be achieved before it's tenure was ended
 Hathaway Presents Squad
 Coach Hathaway presented his basketball sharpshooters to the Chamber. He expressed confidence that they would achieve victory in the current series with Douglas and thus win the Southern Alaska1 High School Conference champion ship.
 MT. Hathaway doesn't limit com petition to High School circles, ap-t parently as he declared if there were any more worlds to conquer the squad would be glad to un- dertake the task.
 Protests Cable Sale
 The proposed sale of the Gov ernment system of communications in Alaska has been protested by the Chamber of Commerce, which yesterday wired Delegate Suther- , land to object to the legislation , now pending in Congress authoriz- , ing the War Department to sell the !, system to private interests. A telegram was received by the Chamber from Ketchikan advising ,, that the commercial organization there had taken similar action. To L. w. Breuer retiring Com missioner of Education, who de- parts for the States next week, Dr. Council expressed regret at losing !, him and for the Chamber wished him Godspeed and good luck. T am sorry am not staying longer. and I don't say will not come back" MT. Breuer responded A delicious salad from Kippered fish, the product of a factory at Wrangell owned by H. l.. Morris, former Juneau resident, was sery-