A NORTHERN NOTEBOOK
By BOB BE ARMOXD
(Fourteen of a Series)
During a lull in the proceedings
of the 20th Legislature last week
we called on Neil Moore, the third
man to hold the office of Auditor
of Alaska.
We found Moore, a man of med
ium height wearing a gray, double
breasted suit, a white shirt and a
red tie. at his desk studying long
columns of figures on yeil'W work
sheets. He was, he said, putting the
finishing touches to the annual re
port of his office.
After making some pencil nota
tions Moore told us that this will
be the most comprehensive report |
ever put out by a Territorial Aud
itor and will include a break-down
of expenditures of the various de
partments to show amounts spent i
for salaries, travel, office expense I
and so forth.
Appointed To Office
Mcore was appointed Auditor on
December 15, 1950, following the
death of Frank A. Boyle who had
held the office since April 1, 1933.
Prior to Boyle's election, the Auditor
was Cash Cole who was picked \0
the 1929 Legislature and took office
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Date—
May 2, 1929, when the office was
created. »
The present Auditor, who will be
39 years old sometime between the
end of February and the first ot
March although he will not have
a birthday this year, was born at
Mason City, Iowa, February 29,
1912.
Soon after tfc end c* W,"'.d War
I the family morel to Fa'rnvllle,
Washington, where Nell vent to
grade school. I" • rn* c to High
School at North Be 1 a: at the
: ame time worked i .its tmber
grader in a sawmill, continuin'; with
the same job at Sn holr sh after
graduation and pla'i. g Kim t: top on
the local bn ebtll t ,..i n Ihc side.
Cams Ncrth In I'~6
In the spring of 1936 Moore head
ed for Alaska with the promise of
a job at Ketchikan, In the First
City, however, he art the late Judge
Holzhrimer, a neat baseball fan
who was on the covuut f.: a short
stop for t'-is Tunewu league and
who p?: ;u'deJ Moore to come on to
the capita'.
He went to rerk rs a lumber
pradei- at the o:j Juneau Lumber
Mills but a: er o yr r h.c d-opped
bath baseball and the s \ a 1 and
went to week as ' m ’'■her at the1
Alaska Juneau min;. A.te: attend-!
ing night schorl in Juneau and!
studying typing and shorthand,
Neil moved from the min to the
dock office and finally to the mill
office, remaining there until Sep
tember, 1939, when Auditor Frank
Boyle offered him a job a,s clerk. j
Meanwhile on June 30, 1930 Moore i
married Miss Rita Lynch who was
in Alaska for a visit with her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Berg,
who had a mink ranch near Tena
kee.
Four Children in Family
There are four children in the
Mcore family—Michael, the oldest,
who was adopted when he was a
month old and who will be six years
in March; Tommy, five years old
on February 4; Deloris, who was
three last October, and Earl who
will be two in July.
Mr. and Mrs. Mocre built, and are
building, the five-bedroom house—
every bit of it, including the plumb
ing and wiring—where they now live
on Fritz Cove road north of Ju
neau. They estimate the house is
about 90 percent completed.
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Plumbing ® Heating
Oil Burners
Telephone Blue 737 Nighls-Red 730
HARBI PLUMBING & HEATING CO.
12th and E Street
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Studies Accounting
Soon after he started work it
the Auditor’s Office, Neil began an
accounting course by mail and wher
he is not doing finishing work ox
his house -or riding his hobbies of
furniture making, sketching and
painting, playing the piano or fish
ing, he continues his studies and
hopes to take his CPA examination
in another year or so.
Although Neil does some fishing
and landed a 12-pound salmon dur
ing the Derby last year, it was Mrs.
Moore who hit the jackpot in the
big Juneau Salmon Derby.
Her ticket number was drawn as
winner of a trip for two to the
Rose Bowl and they left for the
south in mid-December. It was his
first trip out since he came to Al
aska in 1936 and Mrs. Moore had
made only one brief trip since their
marriage.
Man of Many Jons
The Territorial Auditor, who is
also Insurance Commissioner and
a member of the Banking Board,
Board of Administration, Board of
Budget, Liquor Control Board and
Industrial Board, and his staff of
four ocupy three rooms on the third
floor of the Federal Building.
The rooms are not overly large
and they are packed with filing
cases and storage cabinets con
taining vouchers, corporation and
insurance records and other paper:
for which the Auditor is responsible
If the business of the Auditor’s
office continues its present rate of
increase the available space may
completely overflow before quarters
ior it are completed in the new
Territorial Building.
Business Booms
In the 1945-46 biennium the Audi
tor’s office wrote approximately 70,
000 checks totaling about nine mil
lion dollars. During the 1949-50 bi
ennium this increased to 120,001
checks amounting to around 525
500,000.
Receipts of the office from all
sources, including corporation taxe:
and the like, amounted to $217,00C
back in 1945-46. In 1949-50 these re
ceipts came to $410,000.
The Territorial Income Tax pu
a lot of extra work on the f.heck
writing department of the Auditor':
office. which is handled by Mrs
Margaret Dawes. All refund check:
are written there and since the ta>
went into effect there have beer
around 17,000 of them, totaling
about $100,000.
Checks Vouchers
Mrs. Helen Cassel is the deputy
Auditor, a job Neil Moore held from
July 1, 1943. until he was appoint
ed in December. Her main job i:
to examine the vouchers lor errors
to determine whether they comply
with the appropriation or contrac
against which they are drawn and
to enter them In large journals and
file them in binder cases.
Overcharges for per diem or mile
age or for expenses not covered
by the terms of a contract are of
ten discovered and are rejected
The payee has the right of appeal tc
a special board which sometime;
reverses the decision of the Auditor
Bubble Gum
Now and then a voucher come
through that is for purely persona
expenditures, as for example om
from the National Guard for cig
Another Reason Why
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We, too, could make a beer without lagenng
... but not Budweiser. Lager beer is beer that
goes through a long second fermentation,
which really ages it. In that process, Mother
Nature also enriches it with bubbling, natural
carbonation. It’s the costliest brewing process
known... and it creates the exquisite bouquet
and distinctive taste of Budweiser.
Budweisen
LAGER BEER
5JX7 There's nothing like it. . . absolutely nothing
ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. . . . ST. LOUIS
’ arettes and bubble gum In the
j amount of $2.95. It was disallowed
! and no appeal has been made,
j Mrs. Nell Canoles is in charge
I of corporation business in the of
fice and Mrs. Lorraine Bayer is
chief clerk in charge of the insur
ance division.
As the result of nearly 12 years'
experience in the office. Moore has
a number of ideas for improving
the functions of his office and the
accounting practices of the territory
and he will present these ideas to
the Legislature at some time during
the session .
And at sometime during the ses
sion, probably near its end, the
House and Senate will meet to
gether to elect an Auditor to serve
until April 1, 1953.
Neil Moore's name will be submit
ted along with perhaps half a
dozen others and the election will
be interesting to watch. It will re
quire 21 votes for election and al
though Moore is a Democrat he is
expected to receive the support of
only a few of the Democrats in the
Legislature.
When we asked him about his
chances, he said he had no idea
and confessed that he has always
had more interest in the duties of
the office than he has had in poli
tics.
We put the matter up to one of
the Republicans, a realistic man of
considerable political experience.
“Who will we elect? Why, Neil
Moore, I expect. We know he has
had the experience to handle it and
if we put in someone else and
things went wrong, it would te on
our necks. We'd never hear the last
of it from the voters. If they want
to elect someone else next election,
j Lhen it won't be on cur shoulders.”
•
Sarah Linehan is
Lovely Bride of
Charles H. Lupro
The marriage of Miss Sarah Jane
Linehan daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Lester Linehan of Juneau and Mr
Charles Harrison Lupro, son of
Mrs. Edward E. Lupro, Sr„ of St.
Mary’s, Pennsylvania, was solemn
zed at a wedding ceremony yester
day afternoon at 2 o’clock in the
Catholic Church of the Nativity.
The Rev. Robert Whelan, S.J., read
the marriage vows.
The wedding was attended by the j
members of the family and close
friends of the bridal couple.
The bride entered the church on j
the arm of her father who gave her :
n marriage. The Les Hugenots wed
ling march was played on the or
gan by Mrs. Lillian Uggen. Preced
ng the ceremony Mrs. Uggen played
he Ave Maria and the music of
Tust a Song at Twilight.
For her wedding the lovely bride
wore a suit of wine shade with a
white hat and gloves. Her corsage
was of white gardenias.
Her bridesmaid was Miss Mar
garet Atkinson and she wore a suit
if navy blue with a pink hat and
gloves. Her corsage was of pink
roses.
Mr. Edward E. Lupro, Jr., brother
of the bridegroom, was the best
nan.
Immediately following the cere
nony the bridal couple and Rev
Whelan visited the bride’s grand
nother, Mrs. Charles W. Carter
who is a patient at St. Ann’s hos
pital.
They then returned to the bride’.1
pome where a reception w'as held by
her parents. The many friends of
he couple and their families called
luring the afternoon hours.
The lace covered, beautifully ap
pointed bride’s table was centered
with a tiered wedding cake and
white tapers.
Assisting Mrs. Linehan to receive
the guests and presiding at the cof
fee table were Mrs. A. A. Kiefer
I nn(j Mrs. Cliff Tisdale, aunt of the
bride.
Mrs. Myrtle Wilson cut the wed
1 ding cake after the traditional first
cut was made by the bridal couple.
Master Ted Tisdale, young cousin
of the bride, presided at the guest
! book. *
! The bride was born and reared
| in Juneau and is a member of a
; pioneer Alaska family. She attended
i the Juneau public schools. For the
past several months she had been
a member of the clerical staff in
I the Vital Statistics Division of the
| Alaska Department of Health.
Mr. Lupro has been in Juneau
the past two and one half years.
He is associated with his brother in
the Capitol Typewriter company.
Mr. and Mrs. Lupro will make
their home in Juneau and are re
siding at the home of the bride’s
grandfather, Mr. Charles W. Car
ter on Glacier Highway for the
next several weeks while he is in
the States.
HOUSE VOTES
AGAINST CUT,
FEDERAL TAX
(By Bob DeArmond)
Fourteen members of the House
of Representatives this morning vot
ed against asking Congress to cut
income taxes paid by Alaskans 20
percent.
Specifically, they voted to indet
initely postpone Rep. Canright's
memorial asking for the cut.
The motion to indefinitely post
pone was made by Rep. Kay
who later voted against his ov/n
motion.
When making the motion, Rep.
Kay answered a question put by
Rep. Miscovich, “What effect would
a decrease in Federal incomes paid
by Alaskans have upon our Alaska
income tax?” .
Said Rep. Kay: “It would reduce
Alaska income tax revenues by one
fifth and might throw our budget
entirely off.”
Kay said the Alaska income tax
is expected to bring $7,COO,COO into
the treasury during the coming
biennium. A decrease of a million
and a half dollars, he felt, would
be a serious matter.
Should* Shoulder Burden
Rep. Doris Barnes said she feels
that if Alaska is going to achieve
statehood, the popple must shoulde;
all of their tax burdens.
Rep. Conright, supporting hi*:
memorial, said a bill is now before
Congress to exempt from the income
tax the 25 percent differential al
lowed Federal employees in Alaska.
This, he said, would amount to a
discrimination against other Ala sk
ins and the memorial was designed
to prevent such discrimination.
Besides, he added, the Federal
government is raising income tax
rates and the Alaska revenues would
probably not suffer.
Pay More Now
Rep. McCutcheon argued that
since the cost of living in Alaska
is 25 percent higher than in the
States, Alaskans automatically pay
a higher income tax than stateside
residents.
A new memorial introduced this
morning by Rep. Conright asks
Congress to grant the Territory au
thority to bond itself for an amount
up to nine million dollars fer the
construction of schools and the
purchase of school books and equip
ment.
The memorial also asks that
Congress adopt a measure to pro
vide matching funds for moneys ex
pended by the Territory in the
school construction program.
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I’HONE Red 372 -Douglas 364
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GENERAL CONTRACTORS
New Building — Remodeling — Cabinet Work
Safe Electrical Pipe Thawing and Welding
Cabin §till
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ALL KENTUCKY STRAIGHT
BOURBON WHISKEY
W-A-N-T A-D-S
_FOR SALE
PHONES G7S and 207
NEW listings In Juneau.
1 BEDROOM house in Waynor
Tract available Peb. 15. Full
basement and furnace. Unfurn
ished except for stove and refrig
erator.
SMALL duplex on 10th near Doug
las Bridge—furnished—good in
come.
LOTS'—Two on Gold Belt with
view—one on South Franklin.
HURPHY & MURPHY
REALTORS — ACCOUNTANTS
Phone 676 over First Nattona' Lank
REAL ESTATE ANYWHERE!
Many NEW LISTINGS coming in
every day. More listings always
welcome. Try us for fast action.
CITY PROPERTY
HIGHLANDS home, three berdooms,
almost new, furnished or unfur
nished.
APARTMENT building, close-in, 8
units, good condition, full.
STORE-APARTMENT bldg., down
town, full occupancy.
LEVEL bldg, lot, Indian Village.
SUBURBAN PROPERTY
WATERFRONT, 3 bedroom home,
near city limits, unfurn., $7,030.00. j
HIGHWAY home, fully furnished,
2 bedrooms, basmt, view, near
airport, $7,500 bargain.
SUMMER cabin, price reduced to
$1,300 for quick sale; must be
moved to your own lot at approx
imate cost of $1C0.
PERFECT country location, next
to store, beach. 3 acres land,
partly finished house with cone,
bsmt. worth $30,000 when finished
Price $12,600.
BOAT SHOP, small home, gardens,
beach, 5 acres, beautiful settting,
near Dupont, only $6,300.
LOG CABIN, 155 acres pat. land
near Glacier. $5250.
LOTS and acreage of all sizes from
50 foot frontage to 30 acres rang
ing in price from $800 to $7875—
Auk Bay, Fritz Cove, Auk Lake
and Lemon Creek areas.
GOING OUTSIDE?
We have an excellent choice of
homes and lots in Seattle.
Sob DrLixman-Phone 891
Fritz Cove Rd. or 123 Front 9t.
The forests of the United States
include more than 800 different
kinds of trees.
The total population of the United
States in 1790 was 3,929,214.
A traffic death occurs about every
16 minutes in the United States.
The National Geographic Society
says the atmosphere is so thin in
Tibet’s uplands that rocks get
scorching hot in the sun while
nearby shaded areas are freezing
cold.
DON’T FEED HIM LEFT
OVERS... No man en
joys being served the re
mains of a bridge party
menu, which seldom in
.eludes hearty he-man food.
LEGAL NOTICE
“Notice is hereby given that the
collector of customs for this district
has issued an order dated February
1, 1951, authorizing the name of thf
gas screw ELSIE M, official number
243G05, owned by Donald R. Herne,
of which Juneau, Alaska, is the
home port, to be changed to WATER
BABY.
JAMES J. CONNORS,
Collector of Customs,
Juneau, Alaska.
First Publication: Feb. 1, 1951.
Last Publication: Feb. 5, 1951.
Rrlrigeration Service
Radio Repairs
Guaranteed Work
Reasonable Prices
Days 987—Nites Red 858
Arctic Refrigeration
FOB SALE
NEW LISTING IN JUNEAU
DUPLEX on Star Hill—NO STEPS
1 bedroom each apartment. Fur
nished.
$4000. Very livable loo cabin on a
very fine lot.
BELLE'S CAFE—Juneau’s best
restmu-ant-Make inquiries—Box
2324.
William Winn-Phone 234
Office in Gastlrean Motel
FOR SALE
DAVENPORT-bed. Call Black 63"o.
726-3t
LARGE sunflame oil heater with
five gallon tank and carbureter j
—$65.00, also large baby buggy. I
Howard Hayes, Douglas. 732-6t
LOOK into our new cheap housing
offer. For information regarding
the rock-bottom prices on inex
pensive housing, garages, combin
ed garages and shops, air raid
shelters, etc. Phone Green 398
between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. or
write Box 2215, Juneau. 722-0t
5 ROOM furnished house— 719 5th
Phone Elbe 019. 721-tf
FURNISHINGS for 2 bedroom ap
artment—includes overstuffed set,
6’- cu. ft. Kelvinator refriger
ator, Hot Point automatic el
ectric range, speed Queen washing
machine, rugs, chairs, dishes,
radio, etc. Apt. available to right
party. Will sell all or by piece.
Phone Red 447. 717-tf
WILL rent, or leese 19 room bldg,
for office use, or sell it. Cal’ Col
onial Hotel, 127. 704-2S
121 GRAY Marine gas engine—5 to
1 red. Front er.d power takeoff.
Keel condenser used one season
$1000.00. 940 West 10th S't. Green
805, Box 762. 695-tf j
COMPLETE furnishings for a bed- ;
sitting room, solid maple like new.;
Blue 950. 677-tf
P WANTED
SELL DRESSES FROM NEW
YORK. $4.33 up. Fifth Ave.. N. Y.,
firm desires women to sell new
dresses, suits, lingeries, hosiery.
Seen “'Vogue, Mademoiselle.”
Good commissions. Write for a
sample book. Modern Manner, 260
JP Fifth Ave., New York.
WANTED
HOUSE work. Laundry by hour.
Phone Red 583. 726-6t;
STEEL army folding cot. Call 143.,
723-tf I
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FOR SALE
New or Equal to New
Ansco flash clipper camera .. $17.00 j
S40A Hallcrafter . 55.00 !
Ri hp Briggs Strat.tr,r. motor $30.00 !
Library table refinished in
ebony . 25.00
Majestic radio-phono-wire re
corder combination . 70.0G
Second Hand, Excellent
0mm Luger pistol _ 40.00
22 belt action with scope . 25.00
Child’s roller skates . .. 2.00
8 ft. skiis . 12.00
Ironite iror.er . $90.06:
Chairs and rocking chairs.
LOST—One second hand dog in ex- ;
cellent condition—droop-eared—
bownish-black—answers to the
name of Timmy. He was a recent
gift to us; we’d surely like him
back. If you find him, please
call us.
OUDS and ENDS
Next to Gla-ier Cab—Call 829.
Open 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
t-- - ' 1
SPECIAL
1947 Studebaker
% ton pickup .$ 875.00
1948 Mercury
4-door sedan . 1,050.00
1837 Plymouth
4-door sedan . 595.00
1940 Buick
4-door sedan . 600.00
1941 Dodge
Vi ton pickup — 525.00
1947 International
% ton panel. 800.00
B.W.Cowling Co.
115 Front Street
Phone 57
F08SALE
FOR YOU IN ALASKA
REAL ESTATE WILL BE BEST
INVESTMENT FOR THE NEXT
TEN YEARS— PETER WOOD
NEW LISTING—3 apts, rent $105,
S93 and $75. Eeautifully appoint
ed, newly decorated, view, close
to Fed. Bldg. Furnished. Owner
will finance. 6%. $S,G90 down, will
pay itself off in 8 years. Two
large 2-bedrooni apts, one 1-bed.
NEW LISTING—Site for large apt.
and exclusive store bldg, on Cal
houn near Fed. Bldg. A good
investment e\en if held as is.
FOR RENT—Furn. house for small
family. Star Hill. $50 month.
FOR RENT—Furn. house Glacier
Kwy. Sell for $1500 down, $50 plus
6% monthly. Or rent $50. Thaw
ar.ct repair plumbing, apply rent
or purchase price. 1 mi. airport.
FOR SALE—Glacier Hwy home,
2 bedrooms, 18x21 livingroom,
dining room, modern kitchen, full
concrete basement, new auto
matic oil furnace. One acre,
beautiful view. 4 mi. from center
of Juneau. $12,000.
FOR SALE—Jaeobs-Buchanan Ma
chine Shop and 8 yr. lease. At
entrance Small Boat Harbor, Ma
chine and stock inventory $15,000,
Sacrifice for $8,000 to go mining,
Sale includes big contract now
in shop.
FOR SALE—A large Jimmy Larson
built home with fireplace, large
livingroom, 3 bedrooms, full base
ment with toilet and tile shower,
fruit room, sun porch, two-car
garage. 9th St.
FOR SALE—A new home for large
family or income. Two fire
places. Beautiful landscape. View.
Near Gov’s Manse.
FOR SALE—Best business cor
ner opportunity in Juneau. Has
house and apartment, space for
good-sized store across street
from new school site. $17,000.
$5,000 will handle, bal 6%.
NEW TASTING—$6,000 duplex furn,
2 2-bd apts. Income $1320 net
yearly. Close in.
NEW LISTING—$2,100 1-bd furn
close in. No steps.
NEW LISTING—$2,500 duplex, up
stairs unfin. New roof, 2 lbd
apts. Close in.
NEW LISTING—$14,000 apt. bldg.
4 units. Net $170 monthly. $7500
down. Close in.
$25,000 3 houses, new bsrnt,, 9 acres
pat., good harbor, perfect lodge
site, Fritz Cove Road. Owner fin
ance for 6% ict.
PETER WOOD
Real Estate
IV. 3 Klein Bide. Tel. Oil
MISCELLANEOUS
THE THRIFTY man will do his
fill work as Inexpensively as pos
sible. Take advantage of cur
Winter prices and improve the
appearance and resale value of
your property. Write Box 2215,
Juneau. 722-6t
THE BAHA’I FAITH is the one
Universal Religion raised above
historic differences of race, class,
and creed. For information, write
Baha’i Faith. Box 1837, Anchor
age, Alaska.
CHILD CARE at SCHOEPPE’3
FRITZ COVE HOME. Phone 021
Ring 5—days only. 675-31
HOPE’S
WE buy sell and trade. 214 2nd
Street. Phone 908. 639-tJ
MAKE MONEY
EARN to $100 and more per month
addressing envelopes in spare
t-me at home. Send $1.00 for in
formation and instructions to
King Co., Dept. 20, 681 Market
St., San Francisco, Calif. Money
back guarantee. 643-291
USES CAES
1936 DODGE coupe—new tires a;|
new springs, $350. Phone Black
340 after 5 p.m. 703-tf
L936 Chev truck, 1V4 ton stake
heater and spot light, $300. Good
condition—Inquire Baroumes apts.
4a FORD cab chassis, ’46 Dodge
panel. Phone 707, Foster’s Trans
fer. 648-ff
1947 Hudson 6, 4-door, in good con
dition. See Jimmie at Bubble
Room. 679-tf
F0H BENI
SLEEPING ROOM or room and
board close in. Call Black 1011
after 5. 725-tf
RENT-A-SAW-SERVICE. One-man
chain saw, new Titan, $20.00 day.
Skil-Saw $5.00 day. Cal! 911
ITEAMWEATED Rooms, weekly or
Monthly. Colonial Rooms cftl
VURLITZER SplrJt piano for rent
Ande: an t“e.no Shoo Ph. i*i.
SITUATION WANTED
WOMAN wltn exceptional exper
ience in newspaper work and
merchandising, at present employ
ed in Spokane, wants work In
Alaska. Apply Empire. 693-tf