Taku Road, Airport !
Extension to be Put
Before Congressmen
A lively business session involv-j
ing discussions of the extension of!
the Juneau airport and construction 1
of the proposed Taku road took place
at a regular meeting of the Juneau '
Chamber of Commerce this noon at j
the Baranof Hotel.
An effort will be made to contact j
the subcommittee of the congres
sional armed forces committee due j
here Saturday, President Herbert S.
Rowland told the membership. The j
purpose will be to present the mili
tary importance of extending the J
airport and building the road.
Other matters' involved the re- j
classification of southeastern Alas
ka waters for shipping purposes, I
resolutions passed by the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce, and author- j
izing Susie Winn to represent the j
Chamber at a British Columbia ,
boards of trade meeting being held j
in Prince Rupert.
The aviation committee head- !
ed by Tom Dyer is preparing a
brief for presentation to the vis- :
Iting congressmen stressing the :
nerd for airport extension.
Jerry McKinley and Joseph Me- j
Lean will present a written state- i
ment regarding importance of the'
proposed road from a military stand-,
point.
At a road committee meeting at- ]
tended by Joseph Morgan, director i
of the Bureau of Reclamation here,
he declared a road from here to Pt.
Bishop, part of the Taku road,
would be of great value to the pro
posed Lake Dorothy hydroelectric
development, it was stated by Secre
tary F. O. Eastaugh.
The Anchorage Chamber sent the
Juneau Chamber six resolutions re
lating to southeastern Alaska prob
lems.
They were: (1) establishment
of ferry service from Prince Rup
ert; (2) endorsing repeal of the
Jones Act which restricts Canad
ian-Alaska commerce; (3) removal j
of tariff and trade restrictions '
between British Columbia and Al
aska; (4) reciprocal air service
between Prince Rupert and Ket
chikan; (5) reconsideration of the j
Canadian Pacific Railroad's ac- j
tion to suspend winter boat ser
vice; and (6) favoring construe- ;
tion of a highway from Juneau
to British Columbia.
Several members rose to urge all
possible efforts be made to achieve :
reclassification of southeastern Al- {
aska waters so that current U. S.
Coast Guard regulations can be
modified.
McKinley pointed out that Juneau j
was losing much sand and gravel j
business due to barge restrictions.
Norman Banfield. local attorney, |
suggested the possibility of getting ;
waivers to permit the Coast Guard ;
to relax regulations.
Curtis Shattuck. insurance man j
and chairman of the legislative
committee, said that resolution on
the matter sent to Delegate E. L.
Bartlett carefully referrrd to “tow
ed barges" and the use of “out
side markers in determining inside
waters.”
Joe Waddell of the Jnneau Plumb
ing and Heating Co., was introduced.
Guests were: Gordon Gray of the
Forest Service, Washington, D. C.;
Lt. Bob Brant of the Alaska High
way Patrol from Fairbanks; and
Dr. Fred Abbirs, Chipley, Fla. phys
ician.
Richardson Highway
Open to Truck Travel
Following Washouts
The Richardson Highway out of
Valdez was opened yesterday to
truck travel, George M. Tapley,
division engineer for the Alaska
Road Commission, said today.
Washouts, caused by heavy rains
closed the road at Mile 4 and Mile
9 earlier this week and Tapley said
later information from the area
satd water also covers the road at
Mile 16.
Trucks are being allowed to go
through on flag signal, Tapley
said, using an old route on the j
north side of the Lowe River. He
added that this route was too rough
and too deeply rutted for passen
ger . cars.
The latest flooding occurred at
Snow Slide Gulch and extends
about two miles to Keystone Can
yon. Tapley said the old road by
passes two bridges over the Lowe
river.
He added he had no informa- :
tion when the highway would be ;
reopened to normal travel.
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Mixed Goods
The engine driver (back to camera) and fireman try to explain
their jumbled wreckage to British police after their freight train
crashed through buffers in Lanarkshire and plunged oi'er an em
bankment into the street. The uinjured pair said that the engine
developed a skid and the brak'es failed to hold. i/Pl Wirephoto.
Son of Slain King
lakes Iordan i'hrone;
Promises Friendship
AMMAN, Jordan, Sept. 6.—OB—
King Tallal I today took the throne
of the Hashemite kingdom of Jor
don, succeeding his father, the late
King Abdullah.
The 40-year-old monarch took the
constitutional oath before Parlia
ment shortly after his return from
Switzerland, where he had under
gone a rest cure.
Crowds lined the streets of Amman
to greet the new king as he drove
from the airport. All government de
partments were closed. The black
flags of mourning which have been
flown since Abdullah’s assassination
July 20 were hauled down.
The elevation of King Talal raises
the question of Jordan’s future re
lations with Britain, which carved
the kingdom of Jordan from some
of the land it took over from Turkey
after World War I.
King Abdullah was Britain’s very
staunch ally in the middle east and
controlled the British-financed Arab
Legion commanded by Brig. John
Glubb Pasha.
Dispatches from the region have
called Talal anti-British, but in a
statement in Athens last night he
said he would continue “the same
old, friendly relations” his father
had with Britain.
TENNIS CLUB TO SPONSOR
JUNIOR DOUBLES TOURNEY
Dr. Ted Oberman, president of
the Juneau Tennis Club, announces
the last event of the season, a junior
boys and girls doubles tournament.
Girls and boys 17 and less are elig
ible. Girls are asked to contact
Betty Mantyla and the boys Elton
Engstrom. It is hoped the tourna
ment can get under way by this
week-end. There will be a picnic
given for all contestants and club
members Sept. 12 or in case of oaa i
weather the next day. Prizes for the j
tournament will be presented at that
time.
TO SCIENCE CONVENTION
John Dasso of Ketchikan was
through Juneau today on his way
to the second Alaska Science Con
ference at McKinley National
Park.
Daaso is in charge of the fisher
ies experimental laboratory in Ket
chikan.
Trade Association
Will Hear Talks on
Transportation
Transportation—water, air, high
way—and water power in Alaska
and adjacent regions in Canada
will be subjects of talks of Alas
ka delegates at a meeting of the
Pacific Northwest Trade Associa
tion in Missoula, Mont, this month, j
This was revealed today by B. j
Frank Heintzleman, regional for- I
ester of the U. S. Forest Service!
and regional vice president of the !
association.
Heintzleman said the meeting j
will be held Sept. 16 and 17 with I
the following representatives sched- |
uled to talk for Alaska:
I
Don Goodman, chairman of the
Alaska Development Board and
president of the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce; Herbert Row
land, president of the Juneau i
Chamber of Commerce; William!
Boardman, Ketchikan Chamber of ]
Commerce; Archie Shiels, presi
dent of the Pacific American Fish
eries in Petersburg and Glen Car- j
rington, representative of the
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce.
Heintzleman said one session of
the two-day meeting will be de
signated as an “Alaska session"
at which time Alaskans will be ■
given an opportunity to present'
transportation problems of mutual
concern between Alaska and Can
ada. Heintzleman will add water
power potentials to his discussion.
The association is made up of
Chambers of Commerce, large bus
iness houses and individuals of Al
aska, British Columbia, Yukon
Territory and the northwest states
for promotion and development of
industrial activities in those sec-;
tions. j
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Alaska Pulp Production
Will Lead Continent,
Michigan Expert Predicts
Alaska will be the main area for-t
production of pulp products on this j
continent—not only for large scale '
newsprint but also for high quality
papers that will compete in world
markets.
That was the prediction made here !
today by Prof. Dow V. Baxter of the
school of natural resources of the I
University of Michigan at Ann Ar- I
bor.
Professor Baxter has been mak
ing summer studies in Alaska since
1932 in connection with natural re*
sources, especially fungi causing
plant diseases. These studies he has
also conducted in Lapland, Labra
dor, and the northwest terirtories' of
Canada.
The professor and his assistant
Morrison Ismond left today for Ket
chikan where they will look over
future areas for pulp mill develop
ments and other wood industries, to
work alongside the coming Ward
Cove mill.
“As trees get older they, like peo
ple, are subject to various diseases,”
B. Frank Heintzleman, regional for
ester, said today.
“Southeastern Alaska has trees in
all stages of growth including older
mature timber in which decay if
active," he continued. "Dr. Baxter
will work at the site of the prospec
tive Ketchikan pulp mill to clean
out this old timber an make way
for vigorous young second growth.”
He said heavy cutting would be
concentrated on the older stands
to accomplish this objective.
Dr. Baxter, who has been acting
as advisor for the Forest Service
for many years, will be in the Ket
chikan area a week or 10 days,
Heintzleman said.
They are studying Alaska trees
from the standpoint of handling
and manufacture to produce high
quality products. They feel there
is a great future for Alaska spruce
timber.
The resources expert was president
of a forestry section of the Interna
tional Resources Congress last year
which was held in Stockholm, Swed
en. Enroute home he stopped in Ice
land where he saw “Alaska good will
ambassadors in the form of trees,” i
be said.
The trees were grown from seeds |
collected by Iceland Forester Haak
on Bjornsen who visited the Prince
William Sound area several years
ago.
"Everywhere I saw the fine hand
of the splendid cooperation of the j
U. S. Forest Service in the manner
of operations,” Baxter said! “The
seeds are planted in huge nurser
ies heated by natural hot springs.
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Later the young plants are trans
planted to various parts of the Is
land.
“The Alaska spruce are thriving,
when I saw them, I felt that Alaska
was contributing greatly to interna
tional good will and understanding.”
The professor pointed out that Al
aska's problem for the future of
pulp arvd wood industries is to know
in advance how to salvage old ma
ture timber and trees deteriorated
by fungi and plant diseases.
"Conservation does not only mean
wise use of resources, but also in
volves the saving from destruction
that which comes from activity of
organisms and other natural forces,”
the professor concluded.
Donald F. Gordon
Appointed Member
On Board of Health
Appointment of Donald F. Gor
don of Fairbanks to the Alaska
Board of Health as a represent
ative from the Fourth Division
was announced today by Gov. Er
nest Gruening.
Gordon succeeds George Pres
ton Sr., whose term had expired
and who did not desire reappoint
ment, the governor said.
Gordon’s term is for four years.
The appointment is subject to con
firmation by the next legislature.
Born in Fairbanks, the new ap
pointee was educated in Fairbanks
and Anchorage schools and at the
University of Washington, where
he majored in business adminis
tration.
He has had eight years of gov
ernment service: clerk in the pro
curement division of the Treasury
Department; purchasing agent
with the construction quartermas
ter and administrative assistant
with the U. S. Engineers.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank S. Gordon, well known res
idents of Alaska, and has been
associated with the family business
in Fairbanks for the past six
years.
Other members of the board
are Dr. Dwight W. Cramer of Ket
chikan, representing the first di
vision; Mrs. Katherine Kehoe of
Nome, member from the second
division; Dr. Asa T. Martin of An
chorage, third division and the
Rev. R. Rolland Armstrong of Ju
neau, member-at-large.
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CHILD HEALTH CLINIC
SET FOR TOMORROW
A regular well baby and child
lealth conference will be held to
norrow afternoon from 1 through
1:30 o’clock, Dr. C. C. Carter, city
icalth officer, announced today. The
inference will be held at the Ju
aeau health center on Second St.
VIothers in this area are invited to
jring their babies and young child
•en in for weighing and measuring
ind to discuss health problems, he
said. Special appointments can be
nade by telephoning 218.
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STUDENT SQUARE DANCE
WILL BE HELD IN
GRADE SCHOOL GYM
Because of the conflict with the
regularly scheduled Sourdocey
dance at the Parish Hall, the
square dance for the seventh,
eighth and nineth graders will be
held at the grade school gymna
isum. The time has not been
changed: Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. Will
and Lois Reedy will be on hand
as leaders.
SEATTLE, Sept. B—</B—Approxi
mately 88,000 furs, mostly from Al
aska, are listed for the Seattle Fur
Exchange auction which opens Sept.
13.
The bulk of the offering is 80,000
muskrats.
DAHLIA DISPLAYED HERE
A giant dahlia oiossom grown by
J. W. Leivers, clerk of the District
Court here, is on display in the
window of the Snap Shoppe on
Seward St. The crown blossom mea
sures exactly one foot in diameter.
It is an “azura” type. Leivers has
been growing dahlias here for many
years.
Gov. Ernest Gruening, chairman
of the Territorial Banking Board,
has called a meeting of that body
for Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. in his of
fice.
Members are Neil Moore, terri
torial auditor; Henry Roden, trea
surer; Keith Wildes, member-at
I large, and Harvey Brown, Sitka
banker.
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