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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
KILLISN00 CANNERY
 BURNED LAST NIGHT

A caretakers house and can nery building at Killisnoo were destroyed by fire last night accord ing to a report received by U. S. Coast Guard headquarters here to- day. The sole occupant, Oscar Pet erson, escaped unharmed. It was believed that a defective chimney was the cause of the blaze.
 The first report received at CG headquarters was that a forest fire was raging about a mile and a half south of Angoon and was threatening the village. The cutter Storis left at midnight with port able pumps and hose and with H. M. Stratton of the Forest Service aboard.
 Killisnoo Island is separated from Admiralty Island by 300-toot channel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
DEATH C0MES TO
 PIONEER SON OF
 jUNEAU'S FOUNDER

W. John Harris, one Of the two sons of Richard T. Harris, whose discovery of gold here, with Joe Juneau in 1880. resalte; in the founding of the towr, died at o'clock this morning at. St. Ann's hospital
 John Harris, wellknow min Juneau as 2 licensed gu,de and..a com- saercial artist, was born har4 March 2a 4s9i.. and has li5ed hera most Of his life except for the time he was attending school in the states. lie is survived by his wife, Mar garst Hudnut Harris. 10 children and II grandchildren: His. brother, Richard T. Harris, last of the orig inal pioneer Harris family. lives aere and is 6 wenknown carpenter and secretary of the painters union. Ee has been the politician of the family and active in union and Ter ritorial politics.
 The Harris children and their families are MT. and Mrs. Dickie Harris, who live in Juneau and have two children; AIr, and Mrs. Fred B Harris and three children of Juneau; Mir. and Mrs. Larry Cleve- land and five children, of Bremen ton Mrs. Cleveland is the former Martha Harris and arrived here Tuesday by Pan American to be with her father.
 Mir. and Mrs. David Tanner Ser nice Harris) and three children, of Juneau; Johnnie Harris, iJr., Jun sau;- Mrs. Dean Jensen, the former Sophie Harris, Bremerton; Mildred and Robert Harris, both in school in Juneau.
 Another grandchld is Harvey Mitchell Frazier, son of Margaret Harris Frazier who died October 31, 1946, on her grandfather's birth day anniversary. Young Harvey lives with his grandmother at the family home on Telephone Hill.
 Another son was Robert s. Harris who died in Juneau in May, 1884.
 John Harris had been i'll for over two months and had returned to Juneau only week ago from the hospital at Mt. Edgecumbe. He entered St. Ann's hospital the day after his return from Sitka and has been seriously i'll since that time.
 Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
RED GROSS CIVIL
 DEFENSE PROGRAM 10 BE INTENSIFIED

At the certificate presentation ceremonies Monday evening for those finishing the cantesn services and home nursing courses spon- sored by the local Red Cross chap ter under the civil defense program R. E. Robertson, civil defense dir ector, spoke on the role taken by the graduates in the civil defense program.
 There were approximately 20 graduating in the canteen servl- ces and approximately 60 in the home nursing course.
 Under the present world situa- tion, the Red Cross no longer con- siders war an actuality but is on wartime basis with it's gray lady and rehabilitation programs. All Alaska Chapters are urged by na- tional headquarters not to let down in their efforts.
 New classes in home nursing, first aid and nurses aids can be started at any time there is sufficient en- rollment, said Mrs. Kenneth Clem, executive secretary of the Juneau Red Cross chapter.
 Enrollees may call Mrs. Fred Henning, home nursing chairman, Henry Leege, Red Cross first aid instructor, and Mrs. Tom Dyer, nurses aid chairman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
74 CARRIED ON AlASKh COASTAL
 TUESDAY TRIpS
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A total of 7a passengers travelled on Alaska Coastal Airlines flights Tuesday with Il on interport. 70 departing and g arriving.
 Departing for SitLa: Rex Utter, E. Martinson, Billy Howard, Wal ter Henan, Clarence Afoy. R. Davis, Dr. Albrecht, H. Hamilton, E. Tauk, Glare Meyers and infant; Lee Meyers, Lorraine Singer, Lee Hall, Nelda Hall.
 For Skagway: Mrs. Hansen, Cary Hansen, H. Dent, zalmain Gross; for Haines: Lee Connors, II. Por- ter, Carl Hawksn, M. Jenkins, H. Ellingen, w. Graves; for Hawk Inlet: P. c. Turner, Anna Jackson, James Manning, Mrs. Al. Horton; for Excursion Inlet: Mrs. Taylor, James Taylor.
 For Petersburg; John Wanberg; for Ketchikan: John E, .Weisgerber, Jsmes Klein; sfor Wfangell: G. II. Smith; for Gustavus: Bob Logan, Carl Schlichtig, for Pelican: Brooks Hanford,. K Raatikainen, J. Gil mad
 Arriving from Hoonah: Mrs. J. Pratt; from Pelican: Bob Parker, w. Kirkness; from Ketchikan: B. Miller, Ron Mayo; from Peters burg: Inga Anderson, Mr. Speer.
 From Hainss; Lee Connors, H. Porter, Al Lycn; from Skagway: Mrs. William Miller, Mrs. c. F. Abramb; from Sitka: c. Griffin, K. Ubbelohde, W. Hellan, D. Os- borne, MT. and Mrs. Scott, E. Olson, Edna Teng, E. Norton; from Kim sham: Ken Kadow; from Fish Bay. W. Westfall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
FISHERMEN ASKED TO TURN IN HALIBUT TAGS, INFORMATION

When the halibut season opens May 1, there will be 1890 tagged halibut that will be worth an ex- tra dollar to the fishermen who catch them. These fish were tagged last February and March in the Icy Straits vicinity by biologists of the International Fisheries Com mission.
 It is expected that large num- Ter of these tagged fish will be caught, Richard J. Myhre, FEC bi- ologist believes. The information gathered from the turned-in tags is highly important in making changes in fishing regulations.
 A reward of $1 is offered by the Commission for the return of each tag together with information as to recovery date, location and depth and overall length of the fish. An additional dollar is offered when representative of the Commission is able to examine the fish so that additional information can be ob- tained. It is hoped that men for this purpose can be stationed at both Juneau and Pelican.
 However. if such, arrangements cannot be made, the tags and in- formation can be turned in to the fish buyers or any government of- ficial, who will then forward them to the Commission office at Se- attle. It Is important that the find CTS name, address, and the name of the boat be sent in with the tag so that the reward and information ds to migration and growth of the fish can be mailed to him.
 The 1890 fish tagged in Icy Straits brings the total number of fish tagged in the past year to 6,028. This is the largest number of halibut ever tagged in a single year by the Commission.
 Plans are already underway for another tagging expedition to be- gin next July in the vicinity of Ko- diak Island and finishing off Cape Fairweather in the fall, Myhre has indicated.
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tually prohibitive except as gov ernment project, built in the hope that industries would appear to ut

tually prohibitive except as gov ernment project, built in the hope that industries would appear to ut ilize- that vast amount of power
 Does the Reclamation Service, then, have it's head so far in the clouds and is it so busy shooting at the moon that it is stamping out an industrial development that may be small compared with the roten- tial of the area but is much larger than anything Alaska now has?
 It is a question that cannot answer, but it is one that will bear looking into.
 There is, of course, another stumbling block in the way of this whole Taiya development plopos- ition, and one that has received little attention in the press.
 This is the fact that almost all of the water that it is proposed to use in developing the power be- longs to Canada. The water is on the Canadian side of the divide and forms lakes and streams that presently flow into the Yukon River.
 To use this water for an Amer ican power project it will be ne- cessary to get the consent of the Canadian government. This would require a treaty, and treaties of that nature, with both government and corporate interests involved, are notoriously slow of adoption.
 Canada may, quite understand ably, see no reason why the indus trial development should not take place at Whitehorse or Atlin. Or, since a deep-water port may be requisite for an aluminium plant in this area, at her presently un- used strip of territory at the head of Glacier Bay.
 Her own Aluminium Company of Canada is presently building new plant on the British Columbia coast and may be willing to build others.
 And even should Canada consent to the use of her Yukon water power for an American plant, it is not unlikely that she would seek some concessions.
 This concession, for example, might be abolishment of the pres ent American tariff on aluminium, matter of two cents a pound. And if this tariff were abolished, could American plants, no matter where they are located. compete with the Canadian product?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
27 IN; 27 OUT VIA
 PAN AMER;CAN TUES.

Twenty-seven flew in via Pan American yesterday and 27 flew out with 8 flying through en route to Fairbanks.
 From Seattle. Joe O'Rourke, N. Hallinler, s. Raynor, Fannie Phil lips, G. Halferty, Nelda and Lee Hall, Lee and Clair Myers. Magnus Likness, flames Aadlund, D. Farley, Dorothy Novatney, Robert Jones, Margaret Flaherty, Andrea Hope. M. Campbell, Billie Caslep, Pan Cleveland, MT. and Mrs. P. J. Gil- more, W. H. Hamilton, Ed Jack. Sig Olsen, Ernie Rothwell, Charles Ro- man.
 From Annette: 2. r. Morgan.
 To Seattle: c. R. Livercaji. Frank Pelky, Don Miller, o. E. Christen- sen, R. Becker, M Anderson, M Kann, Gertrude Wetzell, Dr. VII liam Whitehead Dorothy White head, Juanita Jones, Mrs. L. " Richards, Wilbur Irving.
 To Ketchikan: Comdr. R. Yates and Archie, Mary, Ruth and Archie Jr. Demmert.
 To Fairbanks: M. Bir: :or, Mrs Walt and Donna Sim, Emma Black w. Sepray, Norman Halanger, Joe ORourke.
 To Whitehorse; Bii1y Smith and c. A. Clyne.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
NO PRIVATE LIFE FOR SALMON NOW

Even a fish won't have a private life anymore if the fishermen keep cooperating with the Alaska Department of Fisheries in solv- ing the mystery of where the sal- mon go when they go to sea.
 The results of last years king salmon tagging operations in South east Alaska by the ADF showed that there was a decided southward migration of these fish as shown by the tags and information turned in by the fishermen, c. L. Ander- son, director of the Alaska Depart ment of Fisheries, said today.
 There is some indication to be- lieve that the kings from Copper River and Cook Inlet migrate northward from Yakutat, but we won't know until sufficient tags and information have been turned into establish pattern,' Ander- son explained.
 The kings tagged last year now will have been in the ocean for a year, and our biologists are anxious to get information on the tagged fish that show up in the Copper River and Cook Inlet areas" An derson went on. We need to know the measurements of the tagged fish from tip of nose to fork of tail, and a patch of scales from celow the dorsal fin.
 of course the usual information of where the fish is caught, when, and with what type of gear, the name and address of the fisher men, together with the tag, will enable us to write to the fisher man and tell him the history of that salmon and how much it has grown in the year and how far it is from the place where it was tagged" he concluded.
 In the program for the coming year, troll salmon tagging will be continued and expanded to include seine-caught fish in limited areas.
 Biologists Robert Parker and Walt Kirkness have been making reports at fishermen's meetings re- garding the findings on tags turned in to date, and have received en- thusiastic promises oi continued cooperation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
GOA MAKES PLANS
 FOR BIG BREAkFA5T

At the meeting of the Catholic Daughters of America Tuesday night plans were completed for the annual National Breakfast ev- ent to be held May at 9.3O am. in the Parish Hall after the 8:30 Mass. The occasion is in observance of the National Communion Sum- day observed throughout the na- ton on this date. Any members from other Courts are cordially in- vited.
 More attractive items were added to the mounting collection for the hamper that is to be awarded at party in the Parish Hall on May 29 and chairman, Katherine Shaw reported satisfactory progress on preparation for the event.
 One of the projects of the week ly sewing meetings was displayed and admired and work distributed This week the evening sewing meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Vernon Joyer tonight. in- stead of Thursday in order not to conflict with the card party.
 See the 25 h. P. Johnson at War
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
EARL BRIGHT DUE

Earl Bright, supervisor of ves- sells for the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service in Seattle, will be in Ju- neau this week end. He will arrive in time to meet the Dennis Vim and Brant, FWS boats, which will nave arrived from Seattle.
 The Dennis Vim, skippered by Pop" Dell. will proceed to the westward, Bristol Bay and then pack to Kodiak where it will work turing the summer season.
 The Brant, skippered by Jim Collins, will be stationed at Jun eau permanently.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25

Hwachon Reservoir were stopped in their tracks.
 Fight from Hills
 And on the Eastern battlefront, a LIN tank column rolled northward into the town of Inje. Korean Reds who had captured the city aband- oned it, choosing to fight instead from nearby hills. AP Correspond ent Stan Carter said the Allies ap- peared to have stabilized their line below the town.
 Leap -FrOgging Advance
 GIs said they were fighting a new kind of Chinese soldiers = big strapping fellows. But, like their predecessors. they attacked with complete disregard of JUN planes, artillery and rifle fire
 The LIN command was completely confident the offensive would be smashed But Korean civilians in great swarms retreated southward in their third flight ahead of Red invasion.
 War Debate Continues
 In Washington, the debate over Far Eastern policy continued. Dem ocrats questioned a statement by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's spokes- man yesterday that It. Gen. Mat thew B. Ridgway had urged use of Chinese Nationalist troops in bat tie.
 Hot argument over the conflict ing views of President Truman and Macarthur on how to fight the Kor- can war hit new peak in Congress
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
TWO INITIATED BETA SIGMA PHI
 TUES. MEETING

Mrs Evelyn Beason and Mrs. Ruby Swanson were given the pledge initiation of Delta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, Tuesday night at the home of Jean Marsh, president. The ritual was read by Freeda Bechtold, and she was assisted by Teresa Fenster and Beatrice Browne. Both pledges were rushed last fall but were unable to take the initia- tion at the same time as the other rushees.
 Later in the evening the newly elected executive board of which Teresa Fenster is president, had it's first meeting to name standing com mittees for the coming year. Names of committee chairmen. and mem bers, will be announced at the next regular meeting to be held May l in the Gold Room of the Baranof hotel at 7:30 pm.
 Members of Delta and xxi Delta Chapters are reminded of the an- nual Founders Day banquet to be held Monday evening, April 30, in the Gold Room, when the Ritual of Jewels initiation will be conducted and new officers will be installed. Reservations should be made as soon as possible by calling either Black 520 or Hluc 335.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
ODD FELLOWS ARE TO
 OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY

The Odd Fellows are to celebrate their l32nd anniversary May with dinner at 6:30 in the Odd Eel lows hall. The Aurora Encampment invites all Odd Fellows in good standing to attend the dinner.
 Reservations may be placed with James Larsen at the Jorgensen Motors or J. Peter Christensen at the Gastineau Grocery before April 30.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
TO KOSCIUSKO ISLAND
 FOR TIMBER SURVEY

John Weisgerber, forester and timber manager for the U. s. For est Service, left Tuesday for Ket- chikan to join Ivan Jones, who is in charge of timber. management for the southern division. accord ing to Ava Blackerby, forest su- pervisor in the Juneau office.
 Weisberger and Jones are going to Kosciuscko Island to make study of timber preparatory for its sale
 This area, Blackerby said. is one of the largest remaining stands of timber having high percentage of spruce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
Tni-ty-ninth in a Series
TAIYA PROJECT


 A news dispatch from Wenatchee, Washington, says that Aluminium Company of America, better known IS Alcoa. has options on property near there as a site of proposed aluminium plant.
 It will, the dispatch says, be a S60,000,O0 development.
 Whether this is the same devel- opment that had been contempla- ted at or near Skagway is not known, but is seems likely that it But Wenatchee, according to the news story, is by no means assured that the plant will be built there. Louisiana is also making bid for it and is offering electric power, generated from natural gas, at three mills a kilowatt-hour.
 Meanwhile, the Rev G. Edgar Gallant told the Juneau Chamber of Commerce recently that the Taiya aluminium project lis ap- parently not too dead"
 Just how dead too dead" is do not know, but it appears that Father Gallant, who had just re- turned from Washington, still has hope.
 During his discussion of the pro- feet, Fr. Gallant made what may be a very significant observation. There seems to be some difference of opinion, he said on whether the aluminium company or the U. 5. Government would develop the power
 We wonder whether that differ ence of opinion is not one of the reasons why the aluminium plant will be built at Weriatchee or in Louisiana or some other place in- stead of at Skagway.
 It is understood that the con- templated plant would require about 180,0O0 kilowatts of electric power, which would total up to around a billion and half kilo- watt-hours a year.
 Alcoa, it is believed, was and perhaps is willing to put in the aluminium plant at Skagway, to- gether with the power plant to TUT it. But the so-called Taiya power project has a vastly greater DO. tentiaI.
 The Reclamation Service, .; branch of the Department of tn Interior, which has been nosint around the Taiya area for som' time, has two tentative develop ment plans. One of them would produce three and a half billior kilowatt-h hours of electric power { year: the other would produce near ly nine billion kilowatt- hours.
 Total development would provid, power for several aluminium plants chemical plants, atomic energ. plants or other industrial plants But Alcoa's own power develop, ment plans, on a much smallel scale, would be handicap to thi total development.
 The Reclamation Service appear to be insisting upon total devel opment. The cost would, of course be so great that it would be vir,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
EMBLEM CLUB 10
 MEET TOMORROW

The Juneau Emblem Club will meet in the Elks auditorium Thurs day, April 26 at 8 pm. A short business meeting followed by the initiation of four candidates. The entertainment committee ha Elanned several interesting events for the social hour, Dorothy Stearns Roff's dancing class will present several specialties. It is urged that all members be present and take a white elephant"
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
SMORGASBORD

The Douglas Lions Club will hold their Charter Night banquet this Saturday evening, April 20 in the Douglas School gymnasium, with Mikes Place catering. The menu will be a smorgasbord ala Mikes" and the evenings enter tainment will include music by the Niemi Brothers. With the Douglas Club sponsored by the Juneau group, a large turnout of Chan nel Lions is expected, said chair man Thomas Cashen, and tickets should be purchased by this even- ing, if possible. The affair will be- gin at o'clock. probably ending between 9 and 9:30 o'clock accord- ing to the committee in charge of arrangements. l
 Ava Blackerby of Juneau has been selected as Postmaster for the evening.
 All Lions and their guests are most cordially invited to attend, this Charter Night presentation of the Douglas Lions Club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25

The first Canadian National Park Banff, was established with 2,564 square miles in 1885.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
SCHOOL PLAY

A play will be given by the Soph- omore class, entitled The AWk- ward Pause, a sequel to Just Ducky" which was given last year. This will be presented in the Douglas School gym on May 4.
 WSC SERVICE
 The Womens Society of Christian Service will meet Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Frank Mc1l- hardy. All ladies of the community are invited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
CUB PACK MEETING

A Cub Pack meeting of Pack BIO was held Monday evening at the home of Cubmaster Malcolm Har- dy, where plans were made for a Pack meeting for Friday, April 27 in the Douglas Community Meth odist Church. The theme for this month has been airplanes, and each den has had an opportunity of visiting hangars, planes and equipment of Alaska Coastal Air lines, Pan American Airways and Pacific Northern Airlines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25
THREE GO TO SITKA
 FISHERMEN'S FESTIVAL

c. L. Anderson, director of the Alaska Department of Fisheries, and biologists Robert Parker and Walt Kirkness left today for Sitka to at tend the annual Fishermen's Festi- val there. Parker and Kirkness wil talk at a fisherman's meeting and tell of the results of the research program carried on last year. They will also discuss the plans for the coming biennium. Q W a,
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o. E. Christensen of the Valle- Sommers Construction Co. of Seat tie, is stopping at the Baranof hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-25

Wheat is being grown on about one per cent of the earth's land surface. t,
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Valley frontiersman., 1951-07-06
REA ALASKA OFFICE MEN NOT IN AIRLINES CRASH

Friends and business associates who may have feared for the safety of Donald T. Lowery and Earl J. Smith, REA engineer and field representative, respectively, may rest at ease.
 According to a telegram re- ceived by Miss Edna Wehking, secretary of the REA office here, neither of the men was on the United Airlines plane which crashed near Fort Collins, Colo, Friday, June 29,
 Knowledge that the men would be proceeding east after June 25-29 conference in Salt Lake City precipitated initial fears which became more intense with a radio announcement that six REA officials were aboard the plane.
 Three of the six REA victims were top ranking officials from the head office in Washington. They were, George w. Haggard, Assistant Administrator of REA; Arthur w. Gerth, Chief, Applica- tions and Loans Division; l. Thos. McKillip, Chief, Management Di- vision.
 McKillop was to have addressed meeting in Anchorage next month.