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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22
By w F. BOERICKE (New York Herald Tribune)

Although Alaska ranks third in importance as a gold producer for the United States, being surpassed in output only by California and South Dakota, 1t failed to make gain in production in 1892, al- though the country as a whole out side of Alaska increased it's output more than 5 per cent over the gold production of the preceding year. It is believed that 1883 will have different story to tell for the Northland. Gold mining in the ter ritory is reported as active, with new strikes at widely separated points Old properties, stimulated by the new gold price, are being reopened. Dredging is being pushed in new areas. At Nome and in the Yukon Basin prospectors and plac- CT miners have been busy, with S10 a day man reported from some of the Nome beach placers.
 Within territory so immense as Alaska, much of which still re- mains totally unprospected, it would be bold man who would say there were no more Nomes or Klon- dikes. Alaska gold shipments reach ed their height in 1907, with a peak of $18,564,OO0 for the year, and have since shrunk steadily to an average of $8,000,000 to $9,- 100000 for the last five years.
 The history of Alaska gold min ing follows the same general pat tern in common with the develop ment of other famous gold fields There were first the rich discov- cries that brought in a rush of prospectors and miners. The easily won superficial deposits were very quickly worked, and with their ex- haustion production dropped to a much lower level, where primitive hand methods have been replaced by large capital investment and machines.
 Taking the whole gold production of Alaska, which reaches the total of more than $408, 100000 through 1932-not a bad return for an original investment of only ST. 100000 in 1867-it has been call culated by the United States Geo. logical Survey that 66 per cent of the gold came from placers and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22

tized.
 The present output of gold from Alaskan placers is about $5,000, ,000 annually. About 80 per cent of this comes from dredging operations in which the Fairbanks Exploration Company and the Hammon Con- solidated Company have the lead ing part with their large fleet of dredges at Nome and on the Sew ard Peninsula. It is likely that dredging operations will continue to grow in importance in the Yu- kon Basin, every stream of which is said to carry values. The aver age gold content of 40 cents a cubic yard dredged is much higher than in California or Montana where good profits can be made from gravel that carries less than 15 cents a yard, if working condi- tions are favorable.
 The chief handicapS in Alaska are the short working seasons that average only 200 days and the necessity of thawing plants for treating the frozen ground before the dredges can operate. An ample water supply is required with need for an elaborate system of ditches. Most of the dredges close down for the winter in November to resume work in April or May. Compara- lively little labor is required in the operation of a dredge. It has talk en many years to perfect a suc- cessful working technique for the dredging of frozen ground. The early attempts to apply California practice were failures. Steampoints originally were introduced to thaw the gravel, but cold water has proved more efficient. Each year has seen some advance made in operating practice, and it is likely that further success will be at tained.
 AS a field for the prospector, Alaska offers more attraction than any part of the old West, but the physical difficulties to be overcome are great. No one should attempt it who has not perfect health, ability to endure hardship, and has had some experience in the fine art of gold prospecting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22

young population at an age which seems especially liable to that scourge.
 Food is another vital question, he continued. Our business" he said, "is to determine what foods yield the maximum of human ef- ficiency and endurance.
 In this connection the effects of nicotine and alcohol on the human system will be closely stu died
 Before his government appoint ment, Prof. Reiter held the chair of bacteriology and sexo1ogy in the University of Rostock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22
REPUBLICANS MAKE SURVEY
 FOR LEADERS
Politicians Predict Wild Scramble Hoover
 Perhaps Unavailable

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Poli- ticians are trying to look behind the scene of the Republican con- ferences and predicted wild scramble for party leadership, es- pecially since some friends of Herbert Hoover feel he will not be available in 1886
 No concrete developments are expected for some months but there is no evidence however that Hoover has given the word him self that he is unavailable three years hence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22
Deer Crowd Preserves
 in Carolina Mountains

ASHVILLE, N. C., Dec. P. = Deer are multiplying so rapidly in the Pisgah National Game Preserve and the forests of the Biltmore es- tate that decision has been made to ship them elsewhere at the rate of 400 a year.
 Already 100 have been sent to national reservations in Tennessee and foresters are now engaged in trapping 300 more.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22
HEALTH CAMPAIGN PLANNED BY NAZIS
 FOR ALL GERMANY

BERLIN, Dec. 22.-A vast pro- gram to combat disease has been outlined by Prof. Hans Reiter, newly appointed president of the Federal Board of Health.
 The problems of cancer, tuber culosis. and in f antile paralysis, he stated, would be attacked, es.- pecially cancer as, owing to the world war, there is today in Ger many a greater percentage of the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22
OLD MINIATURE SOLD IN LONDON

LONDON Dec. 22.-A miniature manuscript, only fifteen-sixteenths of an inch by eleven -sixteenths.
 dated 1867 and containing Pe-
 trarch's sonnets, brought $225 at an
 auction here Some authorities con- sider it the worlds oldest miniature book.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22
FOR BOYS BENEFIT

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-Each fall after the close of the regular foot ball season, a benefit game be- tween colleges of prominence or all- star teams is staged in St. Louis for the benefit of the Boys Club, an organization devoted to aiding homeless lads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22
SWEDEN COUNTING
 GERMAN MIGRANTS

STOCKHOLM, Dec. g. The newspaper Nya Dagligt Allehanda estimates that from May to Octob- CT, 24,000 Germans entered Swe- den and 19,000 departed. Tt can be taken for granted" the news paper states, that a good per- centage of those who remain are Jewish"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-22

JONES' STEVENS SHOP Open evenings until Christmas. adv
Evening star., 1933-12-17

license. Hence dozen restrictions
putting the burden Of proving himself
an honest man upon the purveyor Of
joy water.
Outlaw Traffic.
In theory the sale of liquor under
these modern conditions makes an out
law OF the traffic. State after State
is proceeding upon this outlaw theory.
The chief danger in this attitude lies
In the fact that it may give the boot
logger new lease Of life. Certainly
the bootlegger will have a new lease
Of life If governmeat-municipa State,
or Federal-tries seriously to impose a
heavy tax upon the liquor traffic
Repeal was advocated by a million
income tax payers thriving in the upper
brackets of income classification, and
advocated as revenue measure. They
reasoned and were told, when solicited
for funds to accomplish repeal, that
liquor taxes would reduce income taxes.
Probably this Is an iridescent dream.
If liquor taxes are made high enough
to affect income taxes, the bootlegger
will step In with cheaper untaxed liquor,
and we shall have the evils of prohibi-
ton without much benefit from repeal
The gangster will reappear in the liquor
business. This Is so obvious now that
1t is strange 1t was not evident in the
fight for repeal
Repeal has brought problems as COM
Evening star., 1933-12-17

plex and apparently as unsolvable as
tn, problems of prohibition. There is
no simple solution of the problems
raised by the liquor traffic. It is easy
to impose regulations; to sit around the
table and work out an ideal set-up for
the sale Of this habit forming drug, but
always human nature is the Elusive
*" Of the problem. No one knows
what it win do, how 1t will affect the
equation. Yet we may be safe in saying
that Americans generally will resent
any over stimulation Of the sale OF al
cohol, because 1t is habit-forming drug
and its over stimulation results in ter
rife social waste. Notably the waste Of
men and women. the waste OF homes.
the waste Of taxes, the burden upon
human progress.
The Anti-Saloon League is almost
gone. The w. G. T. U. is a waning
force. But the common sense Of the
average American who sees the waste
Of time and men and human energy
arising from an uncontrolled liquor
traffic may still be depended upon to
function in the new day and under
the new order.
The heartfelt squawk in Washington
of the attorney for the liquor interests
who cried, IF this is repeal, give me
prohibition" may be regarded as the
first clarion note in the new battle.
(Copyright, 1898, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc)
Evening star., 1933-12-17
employees CASH C. w. A.
CHECKS r. STORES HERE
Banks Refuse "Unidentified Per-
sons" as Usual Procedure"
Many Go To Treasury
Many Go to Treasury,

Civil WORKS Administration employees
cashed their weekly checks at banks,
department stores, and the bulk of them
in the cash room at the Treasury De-
partment yesterday. Difficulties were
encountered by employees when they
tried TO cash their checks at banks
where they were not known, a survey
indicated.
Bank officials said unidentified per-
sons" we're refused cash for their
cheeks, which "is the usual procedure, |"
they explained. 1t was learned that
bank officials had asked the Treasury
Department for guarantees on checks
in the event the banks cashed C. w. A.
checks for all persons presenting them,
but, officials stated, this blanket guar
antee was refused. The bankers then
decided to cash only checks for persons
whom they could identify, they said.
A survey Of department stores re-
vealed owners had arranged places In
their stores, with police to keep order
Evening star., 1933-12-17
BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE.

D1 hALAAAh ALLEN VIM
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December is CN.AN.A).
The sour-faced, long-nosed old gent
in a Prince Albert coat and a plug hat,
who personified prohibition, began to
chuckle this week for the first time in
his life. for on Thursday he heard the
attorney for a powerful group of dis
tillers cry out in Washington in protest
against Federal control Of the liquor
business: IF this is repeal, give me pro-
hibition."
It is more difficult today in New York
City to walk into a booze emporium and
stand up and quad the cup of kind
ness" than it was year ago under pro-
hibition. To get legal drink here out
side OF ones home one has to sit down
at a table in cafe or restaurant which
has been established at least a year.
The aims and objects in the control
Of the liquor traffic are exactly the same
as the aims and objects of prohibition.
A generation has grown up in America
which has forgotten why prohibition
came. 1t was not the MethodiStS and
Baptists and Congregationalists who
wished prohibition on America. The
Anti-Saloon League and the w. c. T. U.
merely directed the last few rounds Of
the hght which produced prohibition.
Fight Against Evils.
The public sentiment undoubtedly
back of the prohibition movement for
half century was furnished by people
g all classes, particularly of the ruling
k'oupS, who persuaded the governing
classes to establish prohibition in order
to free cities, States and the Federal
Government from the political evils
arising from the saloon in politics.
The saloon went into politics that it
might be free Of the regulations i'm
posed upon it by decent citizens of all
classes and creeds. The reason the
saloon desired to be free of regulation
was that it might use any means at
hand to stimulate the oversale of liquor
in its various forms.
Liquor was and is o habit forming
drug. Seven persons out of 10 prob
ably are immune from the dangers of
the drug, and can use 1t fairly freely
without harm. The remaining three
respond to the overStimulated sale BY
becoming addicts. SO that the unre-
strained, free, highly commercialized
methods of breaking down sales re-
sistance to booze menace the safety and
happiness of roughly one-third Of the
population.
75-Year Fight.
Hence, after a futile struggle of IS
years to control the overstimulated sale
Of liquor without prohibition, and then
Evening star., 1933-12-17

in lines to cashiers, for the general
cashing Of checks for those who could
not get to the Treasury cash rooms on
the Pennsylvania avenue side Of the
Treasury Building.
Literally thousands csshed checks in
department stores, while thousands
more took their places in line at the
cash rooms In the Treasury Depart
ment. Comparatively few cashed G. w.
A. checks at the banks, the survey
showed.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
TWO CONTRACTS LET
Provide Work at Fort Myer and
Medical School.

Two email contracts were awarded al
the War Department yesterday for
public works projects at Fort Myer,
Va. and the Army Medical Center In
Washington.
An addition to the Quartermaster
garage at Fort Myer will be constructed
at cost Of $5,752 by w. E. Mooney Co.
Inc, 2539 Pennsylvania avenue. A con-
tract for $1,115 was let to Ben Lust
Theater supplies, 919 New Jersey ave-
nue., for furnishing and installing sound
motion picture projection equipment In
the Army Medical School.
Evening star., 1933-12-17
TAXATION FACTOR
IN REPEAL SUCCESS
William Allen White Claims
Aim of Prohibition and
CortroI the Same.

Will the blunders and eUils which
led to prohibition be repeated un-
der repeal? The problems and dit-
ficulttes arising NTH repeal are dis
cussed in this article BY the dis
ttnguished editor OF the Emporid
(RQn.D Gazette.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
BIRTHS, DEATHS MARRIAGES
CHARLES J. HOOVER

Funeral services for Charles
]. Hoover, So, well-known con-
sulting engineer, who died yes
terday in Georgetown University
Hospital, will be held tomorrow
morning at the home of his
brother, John E. Hoover, 200
block Kalorama Rd. N. w. Re-
QUEEN mass will follow at 10
a. m. in st. Thomas Catholic
Church. Interment will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr.. Hoover was one of the
engineers who helped lay the
first electric street car system
in Washington. He was the son
of the late John E. S. Hoover,
member of one of Washing
tons oldest families whose for
bears settled in this city in 1850.
Besides his brother John he is
survived by four other brothers.
George P, Walter L., w. H., and
Frank Hoover, and two sisters,
Mrs. Gerald Egan and Miss Alice
Hoover.
Mr. Hoover made his home in
the Dresden Apartments.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
Harry j. Donoghue Heads Loan Firm
FARMS Of IOWA
INUNDATED

BURLINGTON, love- G.N.SD.
Seeping through the levies and
upD through the soil, water from
the Mississippi and Skunk rivers
is gradually inundating 10000
acres of what was once some of
Iowa's richest corn land south of
here.
When the bott m fell out of
farm prices, the land was no
longer worth the $1.87 per year
per acre which it costs to keep it
pumped dry, and the electrical
pumping station was abandoned
in December, 1881, after 20 years
operation.
All but two families have been
forced to flee from Green Bay
Bottoms" before the advancing
waters, and those remaining know
they must leave soon, for all, but
the highest spots is covered with
water from l to feet deep.
Construction of the power dam
at Keokuk, Iowa, 20 years ago
backed the water up nearly so
miles and necesr;tated the con-
struction of levees and a pump
ing station to save the 10000
acres of black soil.
Thousands of ducks and geese,
en- route to Canada, now stop on
the swamps and lakes which have
replaced the fields of waving corn,
and State and Federal game war
dens patrol the area to keep the
birds from being exterminated.
The two remaining farmers,
John Wenke and F.. w. Herming-
hausen, declared they will remain
in their homes until the last ex-
posed patch of their farms is in
undated.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
ANDREW J. LEAKIN

Funeral arrangements are being
made for Andrew James Leakin'
54, who died suddenly in his
Hyattsville home Saturday.
Mr.. Leakin had been an en-
ploye of the Treasury Department
for % years and for the past Is
years had been chief of a subdl-
vision of the registers office.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Pearl H. Leakin; his mother, Mrs.
Agnes j. Leakin; a sister, Mrs.
Hanna L. Brady, and a brother.
George E. Leakin. He was a ma
tive of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
LOUIS ]. BARR

Funeral services for Louis J,
Barr, rs, former employe of the
District, who died Friday at the
home of his son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.
May, 1900 block Russell Rd.,
Alexandria, were conducted at
2 o'clock this afternoon at the
Northern Methodist Church in
Winchester, Va.
Mr.. Barr, who had been en-
ployed as an engineer in the Dis
trict Sewage Department, for
merly lived in the 1900 block
Fairmont st. N. w. He was
found dead in his bed by his
daughter. Death was attributed
to a heart attack. The deceased
was a native of Winchester.
Surviving Mr.. Barr are three
other daughters, Mrs. Elsie May,
of Washington; Mrs. Ruth Lewis,
of Elmira, N. Y, and Mrs. Sarah
Simpson, of Hollywood, Cal; two
sons, Madison Barr and Louis
Barr. of Washington, and two
brothers, r. Frank Barr, also Of
this city, and Robert Barr, OF
Winchester.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12

III. j. Donoghue American Bank
and Trust Company to assume
his new position. He was formerly
with the Merchants Bank and
Trust Company, and later be-
came cashier of that branch of
the Federal-American Bank when
the latter absorbed it. He is a
native of the city and attended
school here at Gonzaga High and
Georgetown University.
In his new capacity he will
have full charge of the activities
of the Washington Industrial
Loan Company, This institution
is a subsidiary of the Southeast
ern Industrial Bankers, Inc,
holding and operating company
operating seven similar institu-
tions, all of which specialize in
small loans to salaried individu-
als, repayment of the loans being
made in small weekly or monthly
installments.
Commenting on small banking,
Donoghue said:
my experience has shown
that large commercial banks
cannot make small loans profit
ably. Yet the demand for this
type of loan exists and there is
no other agency to meet it ex-
cept our type Of lending inSti-
tuition where we specialize in
character loans and fOi.Cw the
precepts of the best banking
principles.
."SHARKS" DOOMED
Regulatory features Of the
new industrial recovery bill, de.
signed to aid all industries, will
put the loan shark out of busi-
ness"
Recently compiled statistics of
the Southeastern Industrial Bank
ers, Inc, covering all their af-
filiated companies, show that in
more than 10000 individual loans
made by the companies n the
last three years, losses avsrag ged
less than one-fourth Of l per cent.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
Alaska and HGUdii
Report BUsinessGdinS

SAN FRANCISCO, June IL Il.
N.SO The current business pick
up was extended from the main
land to Hawaii and Alaska, a
survey prepared by the Bank of
America disclosed today. In
Alaska, Improvement was noted
in the salmon packing, copper
and reindeer industries, while
Hawaii was strongly reacting to
improvement in the sugar and
pineapple industries, the survey
revealed.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
FRANKLIN PIERCE PROsPERI

Funeral services for Franklin
Pierce Prospect. 81. retired en-
ploye of the Washington Navy
Yard, who died Friday night in
Providence Hospital, will be held
at 2:30 p. m. today at the James
T. Ryan funeral home, under the
auspices of the Stansbury Lodge,
F. A. A. M. The Rev. Edward
Gabler, of Christ Episcopal
Church, will officiate. Interment
will follow in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Marybell Prosperi son, Perry
Turpin Prospect, and two broth
ers. William H. and DR.. Milton
H. Prospect, all of Washington.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
Capital Bridge Team
Is Winner of TOurneH

BALTIMORE, June ia
team of four bridge players from
Washington, which placed second
last year, triumphed by a wide
margin. to take first honors in
this years State and city bridge
tournament. The winning team
from the Capital was composed
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Lemon,
Roy Thurtell and Philip Stockhis.
A team composed of Thurtell
and B. A. Clark finished third
in the playing by pairs. Both
are from Washington.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
MISS E. F. G. MERRITT

Funeral services for Miss E. F.
G. Merritt, retired supervisor of
the public schools, division 1913,
who died Thursday night at her
residence, 1880 Tenth st. N. W.,
were conducted today at the Lin
coin Congregational Church, the
Rev. R. w. Brooks, pastor, Off
ciating.
Interment was at Lincoln Me
mortal Cemetery. Miss Merritt
was an active educational and
civic worker. She was president
of the local N. A. A. C. P. branch
and a member of the board of di-
rectors of Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w. c. A. She was also or
ganizer of the. Teachers Benefit
and Annuity Association. Sur
viving are two sisters. Mrs. Geor-
gia Jordan and Mrs. Gertrude
PAYNE.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
Business Opportunities

BAKERY Tor sale. Opportunity for whole
sale and retail. Reas. North zoos.
CAFETERIA and Confectionery Store with
soda fountain. beautiful fixtures estah-
lished rs years. Rental. SIS: 8-room dwell
ing with store. Call between and i p. m.
Decatur 1881.
CORNER STORE. meat & grocery. good
location rooms 1900 Eve st. n. +,
FOR SALE-Plumblng tools and ali equip
ment to close estate. North 47SO-W.
HOTEL, long ease good location.
n Delicatessen q re 5reeceiptS $500 weeko
Lunch room, near Navy Yard. Rent $50.
-. Rooming house, 30, rooms. 10 baths.
Cigar and news stand, large hotel
Mr.. ROGERS. Dist. 7Sl9 1410 N. ".
GREATEST business opportunity 1888.
loan $500 on $500 note become independ.
ent. 2O31 Flagler Pl N. w. DEC. 63S9-J.
LUNCHEONETTE in office bldg; equip
ped; going business; price low. Inquire
Rm. 218 International Bldg 1919 F NV.
SMALL hand laundry, equipped busy loc9.
my time. Yaeger. 1424 K st. n. W
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
CAPT. w. II. BARKSDALE

The funeral of Capt. William H.
Barksdale, former chief of the
Military Division of the General
Accounting Office, who died
Saturday at Walter Reed Hos
pita., will be conducted from his
late residence, $500 block Wis
consin Ave. N. W., today at 2 p. m.
Burial will follow in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Captain Barksdale is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Alice Ashton
Barksdale; two daughters, the
Misses Eliza and Mary Barksdale;
two sons, Ashton Barksdaie and
Lieut.. w. H. Barksdale. ir., all of
this city, and a sister, Mrs. R.. A.
Crenshaw, of East Falls Church,
Vo
The Washington times., 1933-06-12

ton banker, to
the presidency
and g e n e r a !
m a n a g ership
of the Wash
ington Indus
trial Loan Com
p a n y, t h e
Tower Build
ing.
on o 6 h ue
has been active
in banking cir
cles here for
the past t II
years, leaving
7 he Tnderol-
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
Here and There
in the Realm Of
Broadcastins
By STANLEY BIGELOW

Herluf Provensen, assistant sta.
ton manager for WRC, always
feels pleased when he finds bit
of good local talent.
And he's very much pleased
now over the discovery of the
Three Aces. vocal trio, who
make their debut tonight over
WRC at 7:45 o'clock.
The trio consists of Alice. Fred
and Wayne Winstead, who got
their start in North Carolina
as instrumentalists, Fred being
known down there as the Wizard
of the Banjo"
Alice plays the violin and piano
and Wayne the guitar.
However, as a singing trio, Pro
vensen says they're very good.
They will continue every Monday
night as a sustaining program.
The Washington times., 1933-06-12
BIRTHS

Ernest r. Eleanor Stone boy.
Chester, susie shannon, boy.
Rafael, Hester More, girl.
Robert. Vivian King. boy.
Edward NJ, Edna Judge, boy.
William IT. Alma Becker girl
w. Webster, Lucie Downing, girl
Clyde w, Otilla A. Smith. girl
Martin l.. Elizabeth H. Cook, girl.
Raymond j.. Geneva f. Taylor, girl.
Fred w, Myra Isemann, boy.
Charles. Ruth Dory, girl.
Leroy w. Rosa Tiliman, boy.