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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
ALASKA'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

Delegate Dimond, in an interview in Seattle, has just suggested interesting thought and one that presents to Alaska opportunity to lead the Nation in expressing it's approval of President Roosevets Administration just as it led the Democratic Party in nominating MT. Roosevelt more than two years ago Alaska the first political subdivision in the United States in which the Democrats in con- vention instructed it's delegates to vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Except for a complimentary vote at the beginning of the baloting in Chicago, it's six votes cast solidly for him.
 On September II, next the people of Alaska have the opportunity to say with ballots just how they feel with respect to his New Deal Maine, clear across the country, votes September 10. The entire country will watch the returns from these two points for indication of the drift of the Roosevelt tide. It is true, of course, have no contest in the Congressional election. Delegate Di- mond is unopposed for reelection That however, does not minimize the issue that has been clearly drawn by the Republican national organization and the local G. O. P. The party's strategists have, wisely unwisey, selected the New Deal as the major, if not the sole campaign issue. What Pres- dent Roosevelt has termed Square Deal" Ma tional G. O. P. Chairman Fletcher has dubbed a menace to the Nation and local Republicans have in turn reduced that to 'rottennes sand bum man. agement now going on in Washington"
 The Democrats of Territory have strongly endorsed the Presidents program and it's candidates are in sympathy with the Presidents objectves and approte of his methods of attainment. They have confidence in his judgment and leadership.
 It may be said of course that President Roose- welt is not advancing the New Deal a vehicle to draw partisan support That is true. He went out of his way to publicly praise Senator LaFoette in Wisconsin the other day. But he did it because the Wisconsin liberal has given the New Deal unswerving support in Congress. That is the major test, rather than the party label And that test ought to be applied here well in the States
 Do Alaskans believe with the Republican organi- sations candidates that the New Deal is nothing but "rottenness and bum management in Washing ton? If so, if the great emergency relief and recovery program of the Roosevelt Administration which has extended into every part of Alaska is rotten and evil the way to denounce is to vote for the G. O. P. candidates who assailing it. If they do not entertain any such sentiments, if they fee that we have been benefited by the New Dea and that under MT. Roosevelts leadership are moving ahead to more abundant life" as tht President has often said then they should vote fol the Democratic Party's candidates who are pledged to support MT. Roosevelt in. every possible way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
GOOD RADIANCE.

The Administration has sent Under Secretary of State to Moscow to arrange for the deportation of undesirable Russian aliens. They have been sitting into this country and of late have come to the attention of the authorities because of their activities in labor troubles
 The United States has no passport arrangement with Russia, therefore it requires diplomatic action to rid the country of these unwelcome visitors. Probably most of these alien agitators in the country for no good purpose Their one idea is to stir up unrest. It is noticeable fact that prac- ticaly of the recent labor troubles originated locally-most of them begun by strangers who had their residence elsewhere; for example, Harry Bridges, San Francisco strike leader, is Aus tralian. It is also widely known that this is but of many such instances.
 That labor is benefited by the activities of these foreign agitators is far from the truth The effort to call general strike in San Francisco hurt union labor's cause. Nor do the agitators have labor's interests in mind in their efforts Their purpose is to destroy the government and up its stead form of Communistc experiment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage. Alaska
 May T, 1884.
 Notice is hereby given that AL bert Forsythe, entryman, has made final proof of his homestead entry, Anchorage 07627, under the act Of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 854) to- gether with his witnesses Walter Anderson and James Edwin Sparks all of Juneau, Alaska, for a tract of land embraced in U. s. Survey No. 2080 located on the left bank of the Mendenhall River, adjacent to Survey No. 1799, latitude 58o 23' 50" N. Longitude 1340 34 w. and it is now in the files or the U. s. Ian Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the period of publication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued. GEO. J. LOVE,
 Register. First publication, July 18, 1884.
 Last publication, Sept. 12, 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
Drama in the Air.
(NeW York Times.)

Three army officers in balloon ten miles high, facing apparently imminent death yet calmly dis cussing a rent in their gasbag by radio with head quarters in Washington while millions listen in to what is obviously fight for lfe-never was there drama like this It not luck but experience, cooness and above al the rarest kind of skill that brought these advenurers down in safety In select ing Major Kepner and Captains Anderson and Stevens to the National Geographic Societys stratosphere balloon the Army Air Force demon straed not only the soundness of it's judgment but the quality of it's officers. What might have been Ia tragedy comparable with the which marked the end of the record breaking ascent made by the Soviet baloonsts last January will stand as an exciting attempt to wrest new knowledge from the upper air.
 Never before so lavishly equipped an expedi- ticn sent aloft. The gondola was floating lab oratory in which observations made by auto- matic instrument reading cameras Cosmc rays were measured samples of air were collected, the color of the sky was gauged, temperatures and pressures were noted wind veloctes were determined photo graphs of the terrain below made as a test lof the accuracy of barometers. It is matter for deep regret that all these instruments, but one, were destroyed in the crash
 All voyagers into the stratosphere protest that breaking is far from their minds Yet to deny that the attaining of unprecedented heights plays Ia part in the program of ascent is to deny the very scientific purpose strongly emphasized. Es- pecially is this true of the venture happily ended The largest balloon constructed was designed not only to carry an unusually heavy
 freight of instruments, but to float up to possible fifteen miles For still to be established, ia height of only about ten miles was attained.
 What led these to seal themselves in a metal sphere and rise to region where bird can live? Curiosity-the same curiosity that urged Columbus to sail toward the setting sun. Huyghens to pump air out of vessel Franklin to fathom the mytesry of lightning, Faraday to spend long years in electrical experimenting the Curies to crush ton of pitchblende for the sake of pinch of radum, and Morgan and his school to study
 100000 fruit flies in the hope of finding out why
 we are like our parents and yet little different.
 They all brothers-these explorers of earth and sky, of the ship and the laboratory As Kepner
 Anderson and Stevens have proved the satisfaction
 of scientific curiosity still calls for the physical
 courage and the fiber that associate with true
 argonauts
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
AIR MAIL INVESTIGATION.

No announcement for long time has been of % much interest. and of importance, to Alaskans than that just made from Washington of survey of Alaska with respect to the feasibility of establishing air mail route between Puget Sound and the Territory The study it was of ficially said, will be made by MT. Harllee Branch Second Assistant Postmaster General who will sail from Seattle in about 10 days for the north.
 The movement for air mail between here and Seattle was launched by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce several years ago. It was the first to recognize the need for it and the benefits to be derived from such service It received the support of all other similar organizations and from many other sources Delegate Dimond has been keenly alive to the situation and probably has done more work than any other individual to induce the Post
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
Summer Paradise.
Anchorage Times.)


 Read the reports of hundreds dying and thou sands coapsing daily in the States from scorching heat and rejoice you in Alaska.
 When such reports are scanned Alaskans have every to be grateful they are in the finest summer cline on earth. While the mid continent has sweltered under temperatures high 112 in the shade Anchorage has had no warmer day this season than "A above zero Fahrenheit in the shade That is only growing temperature, and most of the summer the maximum daily temperatures are not above the sixties.
 Soft breezes like the mild Savannahs of the south are waited here from the warm air currents that accompany the Japan current-but they are delightfully."- refreshing. For months flowers bloom crops flourish and Alaska enjoys season of bloom and vernal condition like that of Eden yet does not lsuffer from the heat Visitors come rejoicing they have escaped the great bake oven of the central continent. As time goes millions will learn of the superior summer here and great migration annually will take place among all who negotiate the trip to spend the summers in Alaska.
 Time will great tourist travel set this way by arpane well ship. Climate is the greatest lasting and nexhaustible asset Alaska has It will be capitalized in time and return millions of dollars annually to this Territory All who rise beauty of the Alaskan summers will never cease tc cherish them. Everyone who knows of them should preach the gospel of the superior Alaska summer and cast far and wide the story of the Alaska summer paradise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Office Department to make investigation. It is highly gratifying that about to get action.
 Mir Branchs time in Alaska is limited The Associated Press reports he will be in the Territory only week going the proposed route, which embraces Juneau Fairbanks and Nome by plane Due to the brevity of his stay, it behooves those interested, public officials, Chambers of Commerce individual business men and industralists, the air plane companies and others to assemble all of the data available on the subject. It must be ready for MT. Branch when he gets here. Facts that will bear the closest scrutiny the only things wanted And there enough such facts to support our request for the establishment of the route.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the United States Commissions ser's Court for Juneau Precinct Division Number One, Territory
 of Alaska. In Probate.
 In the Matter of the Estate oi
 KARL KLENKE, Deceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on August 8, 1894, the under signed was appointed administrator sot the estate of KARL KLENKE, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are required to pr e nt them, with the proper vouchers, and verified as required by law, to said administrator, at the office of his attorney, to wit, at the office of HOWARD D. STABLER, Attorney y-at-Law, in the Shattuck Building. at Juneau, AL aska, within six months from the date of this notice, to wit, within six months from August 8, 1884.
 ADRIAN V. ROFF, ' @ Administrator. First publication, Aug. g, 1894. Last publication, Sept. 5. 1884
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
NOTICE OF DISAPPOINTMENT
 OF OPENING OF BIDS

The time within which the City of Skagway will receive bids on the construction of the new water distribution system has been ex- tended to August 27, 1894, at 2 o'clock pm, and bids previously called for will be received at the office of the City Clerk at Skag- way, Alaska, until August 27, 1884, at ? o'clock pm, at which hour they will be opened.
 City of Skagway, Alaska,
 By L. E. REYNOLDSON,
 City Clerk First publication, Aug. 13, 1884. Last publication, Aug. 25, 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

GENERAL LAND OFFICE
 District Land Office
 Anchorage, Alaska
 July 16, 1884.
 Notice is hereby given that John Burwash, entryman, has made fina, proof on his homestead entry, An chorage 07929, together with his witnesses Lewis Lund and Lockie McKinnon, for a tract of land em- braeed in U. s. Survey No 2137 located along the Glacier Highway within Survey No. 2121 in latitude 580' 21' g" N. longitude 134' 21' w. containing 226 acres, and it is now in the files of the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the period of pub lication final certificate will be is- sued and final proof accepted.
 GEO. J. LOVE, i Register first publication. Aug. l. 1884. Last publication, Sept. 26, 1884.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
20 YEARS AGO
 From The Empire
AUGUST Is. 1914.

Charles E. Bunnell, Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress, left for his home at Valdez on the Alameda after a preliminary cam paign trip over Southeast Alaska. He was received with enthusiasm at a meeting held in Juneau under the auspices of the Juneau Demo- cratic Club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15
Anchorage. A Alaska. June 6, 1884.

June 6, 1884.
 Notice IS nerepy gwen that Byron E. Benson, entryman, has made final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage 07317 for a tract of land located along the Glacier Highway about 16 miles from the Town of Juneau, Alaska, longitude 134 35' w. Latitude 5S' 23' 50" N embaced in U. $. Survey No. 209l, together with his witnesses Clenna F. McNutt and Mons And erson all of Juneau, Alaska, and it is now in the files of the U. S.. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the 'ocal land office at Anchorage, AL lska, within the period of publica- tion or thirty days thereafter said final proof will be accepted and final certificate issued.
 s. GEO. J. LOVE,
 Register First publication, June 27, 1884. Last publication. August p. 1924.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Rubber money is said to be the newest fad back East Rubber checks have been known here for so long that any sort of rubber paper would be novelty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

With California police the lookout for Baby Face" Nelson, Public Enemy No. l, maybe they'll get him before he's able to disguise himself behind growth of whiskers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

There was to be a mass meeting in the City Hall council chambers for the purpose of electing dele gates to a non-partisan convention called by the Mayors of different towns of Southeast Alaska to nom-
 mate candidates for the Alaska Legislature.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

When anyone goes to listen to a political speech in weather such as we've been having it's question whether he is motivated by loyalty or hopes of a job.-(Oho State Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Nudists argue that they think only pure and beautiful thoughts Inasmuch neither a humble bee nor hornet we shall have to accept the statement-CToledo Bade)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Mahatma Gandhi is of the best publicity getters" the world knows. Anytime he finds himself neglected in the press he pulls another hunger strike.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

If Alaska ever does have a real strike, we wont call out our National Guard. The entire force removed from the Territory several years ago and left us without any militia of any kind
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

sports writer says there 300 kinds of games played with balls Shucks, there's more than that many kinds played with golf balls CLOS Angeles Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

One compensation for Admiral Byrds being lost is the possibility that radio programs will be better fo- while. Georgetown, Ky, Newso
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Sven finders Hedin, explorer, has spent 49 years in travels through Tibet, Mongolia and Turkestan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Floors of the new reinforced con- crete Messerschmidt building on Second Street were given a thor ough test the previous afternoon by c. w. Winsted, architect. The test consisted of piling 35,341 pounds of dead weight on panel 10 feet 6 inches by 21 feet. Arch itect Winsted said the span would easily bear at least 800 pounds per square foot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Gowey Shepard arrived in Ju- neau from the Kensington mine where he had been employed for some time, and was to leave for the South on the Admiral Samp- son to matriculate at Leland Stan- for University. He had se- cured his high school education at Juneau and Seattle, graduating from Queen Anne High School in the latter city in 1913. Since his graduation he had been employed by the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company at their Kensington prop erty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-08-15

Weather for the previous day was cloudy with rain. The max imum temperature was 56 degrees and the minimum was 48. Precipi tation was 32 inches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-10

There was recently some talk in Massa-
chusetts about a concerted drive to clean
up the Connecticut river. Just the other
day we read that pollution of this stream
was not half so bad as in some other
streams of the state. That's probably
true, but it doesn't change the fact one
bit that in New England the Connecticut
river is badly polluted and vigorous meas"
llres must be taken to restore 1T to lts
pristine beauty and clarity. The point
just brought to light in the Bay State was
that the state department of health could
not very well go to the Legislature and
support bills to end Connecticut river
pollution since the public health wasn't in
danger.
Here's the naive way in which the case
was presented by special dispatch to
the Springfield Republican from Boston.
The only damage caused by mineral pol
luton (wastes from factories and mills)
in the Connecticut river is to fish life.
Therefore it falls within the jurisdiction
Of the state department of conservation
to war on those who pollute the stream
and kill off the native fish or drive them
to other waters. Even bathing in the
stream is countenanced as a result OF
tests made in various parts of the river.
They showed that the bacteria count is not
alarming except near sewer outlets.
We don't suppose, though, any Massa-
chusetts community would care to pump
water out of the Connecticut river for do
nestle purposes, would it? That's
prospect which may face future genera
lions. We're rapidly exhausting our
sources of potable water. Cities and
towns are forced today to go many miles
to impound water in storage reservoirs.
Even the metropolitan district of Boston
has drawn on tributaries of the Connec-
ticut, the Swift and Ware rivers, for
water supply intended to take care OF the
~growing population of the next twenty or
thirty years. If the state isn't going to
demand that every agency possible get
behind this movement to end stream pol
luton, then it will never succeed in this
nation.
We're woefully behind the times in this
respect. We pride ourselves on our stage
of civilization. We point to the latest in
mechanical efficiency in our daily lives.
Yet we stand by idly and watch our riv-
ers and ponds, natural resources, become
mere nauseous holes and Dogs. That's
not quite in keeping with other advances
made by the states. We've got to tackle
this problem of stream pollution from
every angle - public health, property de-
struction, loss of water life We feel very
strongly on this subject, always have, in
fact. When anybody says the Connectl-
cut river isn't badly polluted, we are
amazed. True, there may be other rivers
or ponds or lakes in worse condition, but
the fact remains the Connecticut is our
main New England river and deserves
primary attention from all the states
through which it passes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-10
We're Getting Ready

While it isn't in anticipation of the
Connecticut tercentenary which is being
observed in 1884 State Forester Austin
f. Halves has announced a statewide
survey of places of scenic and historical
interest. They will be appropriately
marked and where necessary restored.
The work will start very shortly under
the direction of Edgar l.. Heermance, who
so successfully has managed the con-
struction of series of trails in this state
under the auspices of the Connecticut
Park and Forest Association. Labor is to
be supplied by the CWA.
The idea behind the survey is to bring
to the attention of thousands of Connec-
ticut residents, as well as the countless
tourists who pass through our state annu-
ally. the hundreds of interesting spots
that are known to only scant few. Every
locality boasts an old mill, an old colonial
house, natural beauty spot or something
of this nature. Yet how many people
know where those places are or visit
them? The number would be increased
MANIFOLD if they were brought to the at
tention of the public. That will be the
prime motive behind the survey - to
bring to light the buried reminders of our
past and our hidden gems of nature.
For years High Rock below Naugatuck
has been an outstanding example of Con-
necticut scenery. 1t was visited by only
few people. Perhaps this was due to it's
inaccessibility. But certainly it was also
due to the fact that save within radius
of. say ten miles it wasn't known. Today
il is a state forest and visited by thous-
ands during the warm months of the year.
That's merely one place. There are doz-
ems more like it. There are houses and
spots intimately linked with our historic
cal advancement down through the ages.
Recognition of them has long been denied.
Now 1t is assured.
Incidentally these facts will be brought
to the attention OF all through guide
book as we'll as q composite map Further
more the facts ascertained will be used TO
guide the State Planning Board In Its
recommendation TO various state depart
ments, such as the highway department.
state board OF fish and game state board
Of forests and parks These recommended
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-10
Light And Power Rates

Consumers everywhere will be inter-
ested in the rates for electric current
established for Tupelo, Miss, by the Ten
nessee Valley, Authority controlling
Muscle Shoals and its connected power
projects. The city pays the wholesale
rates of mills per kilowatt hour for the
first 100000 hours, 3 mills for the next
100000, 25 mills for the next 100000 and
2 mills per kilowatt hour for all over
100000. The rates to be paid by resi-
dents for household use are 3 cents per
kilowatt hour for the first so hours, 2
cents for the next $50 hours, l cent for
the next 200 and A mills for all over AGO.
The commercial rate runs from cents
for the first $50 kilowatt hours down to
8 mills for all over 1000 hours. The in
dustrial rate runs from cent for the
first 10000 kilowatt hours down to 2.5
mills for all over 100000 hours.
These rates, particularly the domestic
rates, will arouse envy in the hearts of
most Americans. Electricity has probably
never been so cheap as this, except to con-
sumers near some of the western irriga-
ton projects, where a by-product Of
power almost had to be given away. Pri-
vate power companies will naturally re-
sent such low rates and criticise them as
unfair competition. They have less to
say, however, since the insult exposures
showed how much tribute high finance
has often levied on power consumers. The
government rates may not be fair-may
have to be revised upward. But they
make good mark for private enterprise
to shoot at.