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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-28
TAKU TRAVELLERS SATURDAY
 SQIARE DANCE GROUP

The Taku Travellers Square Dance Group will travel again this Satur- day evening in the Douglas School Gymnasium. William B. Cuthbert is in charge of the evenings program which includes numbers to be danced at the coming Spring Festi- val. This dance program is for all persons of the Community and is a means of providing good re- creation as well as meeting your fellow townspeople. Practice calling begins at 7:30 with the dance scheduled for o'clock
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WEEKLY WELL BABY HEALTH CONFERENCE.
 SET FOR TOMORROW

The weekly Well Baby and Child Health Conference will be held as scheduled at the Juneau Public Health Center, 318 Main Street, Thursday afternoon, from p. m. to 3:30 p. m.
 Mothers are invited to bring their babies and preschool children in to have them checked and to dis cuss any problems in child care with the Public Health Nurse.
 For further information and ap- pointments the mothers may phone 218.
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ROBERT SECRIST JR.
 HAS BIRTHDAY DINNER

Robert Secrist, Jr was the hon. ored guest at a birthday dinner given for him Sunday by his par ents at their home on the Thane Trail. The young man celebrated his sixteenth birthday yesterday.
 Guests invited for the dinner were Belinda Clark, Dale Hiller- man and Gene Barber.
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KIR(HH0FER TO LEAVE
 JUNEAU AFTER 47 YEARS


 E. J. Kirchofer, resident of Juneau for AT years, and 24 years of that time with the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, accompanied by Mrs. Kirchofer. is leaving for the south on the Baranof next Sunday They will eventually go to Newberg, Oregon, to the home of their son Curtis R. Kirchofer
 Kirchofer is one of two of the original charter members of the Loyal Order of Moose now living. He has wide circle of friends who will regret his leaving but wish him a long life in his new sur roundings.
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WIFE OF COACH ARRIVES

Mrs. Robert Isaac arrived on the Baranof to join her husband, who is coach and teacher in the Douglsa Public Schools. The couple have residence in the S'chlegel home on Fifth Street.
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BOY FOR DIETZ FAMILY

MT. and Mrs. Ed Dietz are the parents of baby boy born on Monday evening, February 26, at 10:40 o'clock in St. Anne's Hospital in Juneau.
 The young son weighed 6 pounds and 8 ounces at birth and at home will join two sisters and brother Patricia, 6; Lucinda, 5, and Charles, ?.
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APPENDECTOMY

Dale Henkins, 7-year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Clancy Henkins, en- tered St. Anne's Hospital Monday and underwent a appendectomy operation. He is reported as doing very we'll
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F. D. MEETING

A special meeting of the Douglas Volunteer Fire Department will be held tomorrow night, March l, in the Fire Hall, at which all mem bers are requested to be present.
 There will be business in relation to taking on the job of rebuilding the cannery buildlings-and a course in Red Cross First Aid. Meet ing starts at 8 o'clock.
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SNOW FALLS IN
 SAN FRAN(ISC0

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28.-LR- Snow sifted down over many parts of San Francisco today.
 The higher elevations, such as Twin Peaks, were whitened, and slush formed on the streets.
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KIWANIS HOLDS
 INFORMAL MEET

At an informal roundtahle pro- gram at the Juneau Kiwanis Club today, each member gave a bit of information on his background and how he happened to come to Alaska. Ed Hinke was in charge of the program.
 Guests were James Nolan and Frank Heintzleman.
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REMUNERATION SHOTS

Children in the Douglas Public Schools are receiving immunizaztion shots this week under the direction of the Public Health Department.
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SWEETBRIER LEAVES

The U. s. Coast Guard cutter Sweetbrier left this morning for her regular station at Ketchikan and was to do aids to navigation work enroute, co headquarters says.
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STORY HOUR THURSDAY

Edna Lomen announces that the usual story hour will be held to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock In the Juneau Public Library.
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TAXES DUE

The second half-year Juneau h. dependent School District taxes will be delinquent after today, City Clerk c. L. Popejoy said today.
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nRoBABLY YOU'VE never thought of
 yourself as a maker of history.
 But you are. And here is how you, as a citizen of the United States, are
 creating the greatest success in all history. ! { Remember back in 1o41 when the Defense Bonds you were buying sud. denly had to become War Bonds? How you and your neighbors pitched in to buy them in ever-increasing numbers, to back our fighting men and to help achieve the victory of World War II? After VI Day, when those bonds
 became Savings Bonds, you continued to buy them because you had learned how regular saving could build secu- rity and contentment for yourself and those you love. :. The face of the land has undergone some dramatic changes in those years since VI Day. Now the landscape is dotted with new homes that Savings Bonds built. Thousands upon thou- ! sands of new automobiles travel the highways-Savings Bonds cars, bought with the product of individual thrift. On the farms, Bond-purchased equip. Esxsssss1ae.aalsa.. sssss a.al ae.aalsa..sssaaaAA-...~-sa---.s1. a..sss "A
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IS HOME

Mrs. Stephen Ford returned home from St. Anne's Hospital this morn ing where she has been confined for several days for rest and care
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Ernest Mynar of Seattle is re- gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
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to build new $l0,O00 mortgage-free home for euery family in San Francisco and Sacramento-and Salt Lake City-and Denver-and Kansas City, and St. Louis-and Indianapolis-and Cincinnati-and Pittsburgh-and New York City-and the whole state of Texas! f And every week, everywhere in Amer. ica, new millions of dollars are added to the total-as crisp new Savings Bonds are typed up with your name on them.
 Kind of a king-size success story, isn't it! Your success story because you and tlre millions of your neighbors are living it right now. Your own faith in America-your own desire for the warmth of family security and in. dependence-have made the story of United States Savings Bonds the thrift miracle of all time.
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BETA SIGMA PHI Spring Formal March 10 at the Baranof Gold Room. 738-3t
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BONDING TERRITORY
 I5DEBATED

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SENATOR'S OkAY
 } MEMORIALS
 IN QUIET DAY

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ment has helped produce bumper crops and prosperous years. Everywhere in America, mans urge to get into busi- ness for himself has become bright reality. So has the ambition of loving parents to send their children through college. Time and time again, Savings Bonds have made those dreams and many others come true.
 You KNOW they'ue come true, be- cause it's happened to you or to some Of your 0s0n friends.
 And this is only the beginning of the story. Even after accomplishing so much, millions of American families still enjoy the financial security of owning more than fifty billion dollars fifty thousand million dollars in Savings Bonds. More than at the peak of wartime Bond holdings!
 How much money is that? It's enough
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Trea DeDaent ank.
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YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED YOU
 AND YOUR FRIENDS AND kE,eHsoRs
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-10-05

the IRRIGATION charge. Not only that,
but the per acre charges are computed
by the officials of the district ana mana
ed to the County Treasurer FOR col
lection in the form of taxes. III they are
not paid the County takes over the
land by tax deed The Supreme Court Oh
Montana has held that when this is
done. all liens against the land are
wiped off the books on the theory that
holders of liens should pay the taxes
themselves and take tax deed II they
want to protect their equity
When a tract of land is taken over
by the County, then the balance of the
land in the district is still responsible
for the entire obligation. AS more drop
out, the obligation of the remaining
acreage increases until they all quit.
In a number of instances in Montana,
the entire irrigation district has been
taken over by the county.
One outstanding instance of this is
the Franklin Irrigation District. 1T was
created for the purpose of promoting
the Dead Mans Basin Project. 1t con-
tanned $4,000 acres and was bonded
for $4,000 to pay for the survey of
the project. 1t was never built and
owners of the poorer land quit paying
assessments. More dropped out and
finally all had to quit The County took |
over the entire $4,000 acres and later
sold it all for around so GENTS per
acre. OF course, the LAND owners lost
their land and the bond holders lost |
their money.
If the cost of the Maras project is
divided equally among all the 144,S9S
acres in the district, it will be at the
rate of $500 per acre. l wonder how
the owners of more non-irrigable than
lrrigable land will like that. An in
teresting side light is that there are
III recorded land owners in the dis
riet and the average cost per land own
er is $123,200. Again l would like to
state that every statement l have made
so far is a verifable fact and not my
opinion or guesswork.
Continued Next Week.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-10-05

ect is $66,OOO,O0O, of which $27,000,00C
| is the estimated cost of the dam. OF the
storage capacity of the dam, 2S.6q
Will be for flood control, and that per-
centage of the cost of the dam is slight
ly less than $S,000,000. The balance of
the cost of the dam, and of course, all
of the distribution system is charge
able to irrigation. Therefore s million
dollars subtracted from sixty-six mill
lion leaves $5S,000,000 chargeable to IL
rigation.
Practically all the figures I have
quoted so far are from official records
and from figures released by the Blu
reau of Reclamation and are verifiable
| facts. Let us proceed with their analy-
sis.
am only an engineer and not an
attorney, but / was at one time
thoroughly familiar with every phase
of the Montana Irrigation District law.
Recent amendments though may have
changed it somewhat, and if 1 am in err
ror occasionally in quoting it, 1 am
willing to stand corrected.
According to the regulations of the
Bureau of Reclamation, as soon as the
officials of the irrigation district pass
q resolution indicating intention to re-
pay the Government for the coSt\of the
work on the project could
begin Since they have started work, it
may be presumed that such a resolu-
ton has been passed. Such a resolution,
however, is not binding on the district
until an ironclad contract for the pur
chase of water has been authorized
by more than 500 of the land owners
representing more than 500 of the land.
Without that, the Government may |
have a completed project on their
hands with nobody to buy the water |
If onry the 63,9S1 acres whose |
owners signed the petition for the |
creation of the district, sign contracts |
for the purchase of water, the cost will |
b 1907 per acre. If the whole $4,000 |
acres of irrigable land are held re-
sponsible for the cost, it will be 1925
Der acre. However, under the Irrigation
District law, all obligations of the
district are the equal responsibility of
very acre of land that will not be bene-
'eason for the hearing on petition for
,reation of a district, to give the land
,wner an opportunity to have excluded,
very acre of land that will not bene-
tilted by irrigation. If only 19 acres for
Instance in legal subdivision will be
enefitted, then the other 81 acres
hOuld be excluded. Therefore, under
he present set up, every one of the Ca
80 acres of non-irrigable acres in the 5
istrict will be held equally responsible
18th the irrigable for the payment of {
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-10-05
Engineer Comments On
Marias Controversy
BY E. j. PARKINSON. CIR

BY e. j. PARKINSON. Great Falls
The recent article in the Sat Even
ing Post (Aug. %, 1951), entitled THE
! Big Water Gyp in Montana" seems to
have aroused considerable adverse COM
ment in papers around the state, The
Peoples Voice included. 1 would like
to get some of the figures straight.
In the Marias Project according to
the Bureau of Reclamation, a total of
$4,000 acres could be irrigated. Under
the regulations of the Bureau there
had to be an Irrigation District created
under the laws of the State of Mon
tana before construction could be
started.
A petition was filed in the District
Court of Chouteau County requesting
the creation of district including the
above acreage, and the date for a hear
ing was set. A number of the land
owners were opposed to being included
in the district, and appeared at the
hearing to present their objections.
They employed attorneys at consider
able expense and after many weeks of
litigation. some of them but not all,
were successful in having their lands
excluded. The acreage of the lands ex-
cluded was $1,000 of the original 127,-
600 acres.
on June 18th, 1850, the Court signed |
an order creating the district reduced |
- HtHS ~ OAAAs oV,VVV dC4SS VI lIIlSdD<t
land. An additional acreage of 64,S9S |
acres of non-irrigable land was also
included in the District. Both of these
figures are important, as 1 will at
Tempt to show later.
OF the $4,000 acres of irrigabIe land,
he owners of 16,019 acres were OPP
posed to being included in the Dis
rict, but were included in spite of
heir objection. Petitioners for inclusion
re the owners of 63,9S1 acres of ir-
igable land, almost exactly. 500 of
he proposed original 1877, 900 acres.
No part of. the Marfas project of
curse is chargeable to navigation or
over. The estimated cost of the prof.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-10-05

methods of making new weapons should
be rigidly censored. The location and
number of units of the Infantry Air
Planes, Navy, should never be made
public.
But common sense, well within per-
! feet loyalty and military prudence, die
tates that there are some things about
| the progress of a major war that should
be frankly told in a democracy to en-
able the electorate to choose what
course to follow, and to change leaders
| if dissatisfied
The tempo of modern war has grown
faster and faster due to rapid transit
and more deadly weapons Perhaps
more can take place in one year of
present day war than in four years
of the civil War 1S61-1S65. Certainly
three times as much money has been
spent by Washington on war since we
began the Police Action" in Korea as
the Civil War cost the Union.
Our Military Chieftains are great and
gallant at conducting war But is
their counsel the best about starting
war or about making pace? The
founders of our Constitution thought
that they were not 1t provided that the
Congress shall declare war. The SEN
ate shall make treaties (of pace, and
otherwise.)
our Senators and other Congress
men are supposed to do the will of
their constituents. This will cannot be
sensbly formed without knowledge
the reading of truthful news. On May
"a, 1851 tn Press was putting out sup
posedly official figures that American
casualties were about $4,000. on that
day, General Omar Bradley testified
that this was only battle casualties
that the true figure was above 100000
think that a poor lad who dies of
malaria or dysentery or freezing in
a swamp is just as surely a casualty
as one who is shot.
The American people We're being
'humbugged" about the casualty list
on May cath. The list is now three
weeks behind. 1t is given as about So
100 In this three weeks from such
news as leaks out, our men have en-
iured the worst phase of fighting since
hey landed in Korea. Today's list is
above $500, the largest single list
yet. II seems, 10 me- behind the paper
curtain that this week the Communists
gained superiority in the Air. q have
o read between the lines / cannot
rust what is in the lines, since Brad
ey's evidence)
For about 30 days. negotiations for
cease fire" have been going on at
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Drunk P eople Are Ill,
Says Butte Reader
By MARGARET briggs. Butte

When will our police departments
learn that drunk person is sick
person? Maybe I'm an old Softie, but
[ think the protection of the law should
cover all helpless persons, and this must
include the all too common drunk, who,
by reason of his own weakness, aided
and abbetted Ooh, how enthusiastically
by our money made, ad-crazy, system
of society, is temporarily in need of
help-let his punishment await his re-
turn to sobriety.
If, as common humanity would die
tate every person found in a helpless
condition were given immediate medi-
cal examination and care, the authori-
ties would avoid such mistake as
occurred recently in Miles City, where
seriously injured man was tossed
careleSsly in the clink on Wednesday,
died on Friday. And four young kids,
victims of God knows what environ
ment to make them criminals at Is in
stead of happy o-lueky high school
students, face a murder charge. They
will probably be punished, but will the
law so much as reprimand the police
who treated this man in such a caIlous.
inhuman manner?
Now l think drunkenness is a ter
rible thing, causing untold misery and
sorrow and often leading to serious
crime, but l would not recommend the |
death penalty off-hand The law recog- |
HIZSS uH6Hldl lHcapaclly que TO insanity, |
temporary or otherwise. 1t is time we
place temporary incapacity due to ex-
cess alcoholism in the same category
and treat the victim accordingly. Then
if the profit were taken out of the
liquor business, we might be able to
cope with the problem. However, the
same could be said of the munitions
business-it seems the American peo-
pie are not ready for anything so dras-
tic as curtailing profits in any field,
no matter how tragic the aftermath.
Ingersou states in one of his es-
says that 5000 years ago when our
British ancestors were dressed in skins
and living in caves, the enlightened
Chinese were building hospitals for the
insane. Reading of such incidents as
his Miles City case, and considering
he shocking casualty lists belatedly
out of Korea, we are COM c
'elled TO conclude that we still have Z
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-10-05
Unfair Secrecy :. J..

By LOWNDES MAURY, Butte
The American people are not child
rem to be fooled with Santa Claus
stories by our rulers.
OF course, there are many things in
the prosecution of war that should be
kept secret from the public. The stra-
tegic movements of infantry battle
ships, air planes, if disclosed to the
public would come to the knowledge
of the enemy and give aid to him. The
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-10-05
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

few thousand years to go before we
reach pane of enlightenment that
Will persuade us to care for the help
less and lock up the insane merchants
of death who are making a mockery
of our christian" civilization.
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20 YEARS AGO fTE TIT EMPIRE
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wanted to be President, Truman told George Alien that he would be much more at home in the Democratic Party than with the Republicans. In that event, the President indi- cated that he would not have to run openly, but could be summon ed' to the Presidency. In fact, Tru- man even hinted that he might like to make the nominating speech himself.
 The President then suggested that George Allen fly to Paris and have a heart o-heart talk with Eisen- hover. Allen in turn suggested that MT. Truman write friendly note in his own handwriting, summar- izing his views.
 George Allen delivered the note in Paris, and when he returned, reported at the White House that Eisenhower would not quit the North Atlantic Pact in the near fu- ture to run for President; but that since the NATO job would be com- pleted by next spring, he would have plenty of time to decide whether he was interested in politics.
 In any event, Eisenhower defin- itely promised to talk to Truman before he did anything.
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COP candidate, in which case he would be Asorely tempted. Truman $ first choice to be Democratic nom- inee long has been Chief Justice Vinson, a man with a wealth of executive experience. l. While Tru- man and friends were convinced Ike would not run in 1948, a group of Democratic leaders, led by Jack Arvey of Chicago, were equally con- vinced he would. Arvey kept assur- ing Jimmy Roosevelt, Senator Tyd- ings and others that he had the Word,' but no one ever knew where he got the word. The word, how ever, came from Morton Downey, who parlayed When Irish Eyes are Shining" into close friendship with Democratic leaders and a di- rectorship in General Aniline and Film. Morton, who golfed frequently with Eisenhower, at the Westchester Country Club, gave the word" to Arvey at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago where Morton was singing. And that was the thread on which the great Eisenhower boom of 1948 hung
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WRESTLING AT THE DUKE

As Congressman Harley Staggers of West Virginia was being intro- duced to Princess Elizabeth, he imp ishly remarked:
 Your Highness, I am curious about one thing. understand that some of our American girls have been whistling at your handsome husband. What do you think about that?"
 Philip, standing at his wife's side, pricked up his ears.
 What was that you said?" he in- quired
 Congressman Staggers repeated the question, Elizabeth and Philip looked at each other, then Burst out : laughing.
 "Oh, that happens all the time. wherever we go," the Princess re- piled, with an admiring glance at the Duke.
 The Duke then asked Staggers where he was from and what his job was Informed that he was a Congressman, Philip declared: "Oh, you're one of these statesmen?"
 Not exactly grinned the West Virginian, who is A years old. I'm not old enough to be statesman. I'm just public servant for my constituents"
 Note-After his first meeting with Elizabeth, President Truman told friend: The thing that impresses and delights me most about her is that she doesn't act like royalty is supposed to act. She's one of the most wholesome and winsome little girls I've ever met"