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fburth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Monday, October 9, 1950
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VOTE TOMORROW
The general elections to be held throughout the
Territory tomorrow will determine the quality of gov
ernment Alaskans may expect and will indicate the
probable course of the Twentieth Alaska Legislature.
Tomorrow’s balloting climaxes a hard fought cam
paign, marked by a great deal of bitterness and mud
slinging on both sides. We hope that the mud has not
rendered the issues indistinct to the voter's eye.
Whatever your political faith—whatever candidates
you support — remember that your convictions are
meaningless unless.you express them at the polls.
Elections are frequently won or lost by small
margins and every vote is of vital importance. Your
vote will help you to secure the kind of government
you want. The vote you fail to cast may make possible
the defeat of the principles you endorse.
The polls will be open from eight a. m. until
eight p. m.
Be sure you vote;
THE PROPOSED WATER CODE
When the Fairbankes News - Miner last week
reported the existence of a proposed Water Code for
Alaska, the repercussions were immediate. They
were much more violent, we are informed, in Interior
Alaska than along the coast.
This is understandable. The proposed bill would
place all surface fresh water in the Territory (streams
and lakes) under the control of the Highway En
gineer.
Running water is particularly vital to the placer
mining industry of the Interior and the miners do not
relish having water apportioned to them by superin
tendents appointed by the Highway Engineer.
The full implicatons of the bill itself will require
study and investigation. What interests us at the
moment are the political repercussions caused by the
announcement of the bill's existence.
In Juneau, Governor Gruening told an Empire
reporter, “I am far from certain that such a bill is
now needed, and that, if it is needed now, the present
form is best.”
An explanation accompanying the bill says ‘ The
Departmental Field Committee (Interior Department)
and the Governor of Alaska requested the asssistance
of the Bureau of Reclamation in the preparation of a
comprehensive water law for the Territory with a
view to its possible submission by the Governor to the
Legislature for its consideration.”
Frank Metcalf, Territorial Highway Engineer, said
he had heard about the bill but had not seen it. It
was news to him, he said, that the Highway Engineer
was being considered as administrator.
A preliminary draft of the bill was furnished
Judge Hellenthal of Juneau, according to the explana
tion accompanying the bill. The explanation does
not, perhaps unfortunately, include Judge Hellenthal's
comments.
Up in Anchorage, Senator Victor C. Rivers, who
has had considerable to do with water surveys for
the Department of Health, made an interesting state
ment. The Anchorage Times reported that Senator
Rivers “branded as ‘wholly unfounded’ a report that
a plan was afoot to place all waters inside Alaska
under control of the Territorial Highway Engineer.”
A few comments have also been heard from men
interested in mining in the Interior of Alaska. We
regret that they are mainly in terms that are un
printable. ,
It seems extremely doubtful that Alaska needs
such legislation at the present time. When there is a
demand for this type of legislation, we believe our
legislators will be capable of discerning the need and
of caring for it without prodding from a bureau of
the Federal government.
the Washington
Merry-Go-Round
'Continued from Page One)
July 1, 1945, she received $332.72
monthly, of which she returned $150
each month ^t^BreJjjn.^ ^
" Her salary went up in 'July to
$359.16 a month (net after regular
income and withholding taxes) and
so did her kickbacks. From July
to December 31, Mrs. Soliday re-,
gularly returned $175 of her month- j
ly earnings to Brehm.
For the first six months of 1946 i
Mrs. Soliday kicked back $180 a ■
month out a $375.86 net salary.1
From June 30, 1946, until she lost
her job Jan. 31, 1948, her listed
salary was $442 a month. How
ever, during all this 19-month
period Mrs. Soliday kicked back
$240 a month to Brehm.
In other words, during the en
tire 37 months the lady was em
ployed, she was allowed to keep
only about half her earnings.
Since a Congressman's payroll
is financed by the taxpayers, it
•is a violation of public trust, as
well as the law, for him to re
quire kickbacks from office assis
tants. However, all Brehm ever
told Mrs. Soliday was that the
money she gave him was needed
by the GOP "committee” in Ohio
for "campaign” purposes.
Troubles Pile Up
The aged lady’s troubles really
began to pile up in late 1947.
While vacationing with a daughter
in Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Soliday
fell and broke her arm. However,
another kickback to Brehm was due
anl she hastened back to Wash
ington on Aug. 30, 1947, without
stopping for medical treatment.
The arm was X-rayed in Wash
ington and found to be broken,
but before ij could be set Mrs.
Soliday went to the oifice of the
House Sergeant-at-arms on August
31 to cash her pay check. Then she
went to a hospital, where she told
a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Hiser,
to get $240 from her (Mrs. Soli
flay's) pocketbook.
She then informed her daughter
to put the money in an envelope
also in the pocketbook.
The envelope, believe it or not,
bore Brehm's free mailing frank,
plus his return address in Washing
ton in Brehm's own handwriting.
In other words, Congressman
Brehm made sure that his office
clerk wouldn’t forget her monthly
kickback while she was on vacation.
Before Mrs. Soliday left, he gave
her an envelope which he had
addressed to himself in which to
return the money.
“Isn’t this a lot of cash to be
sending in a letter?” Mrs. Hisei
recalls asking her mother.
Up to this point—Aug. 31, 1947—
Mis. Hiser says that she didn’t
know about her mother's kick
backs, but learned about the pay
roll padding for the first time
when she put the $24U in the en
velope and mailed it to Brehm.
Last Kickback
A son, Ray Soliday, an Inter-!
state Commerce Commission offic
ial in Washington, personally de-.
livered the last kickback to Brehm :
after Mrs. Soliday, still ailing from
her accident and unable to meet
Brehm's efficiency standards, was
fired.
&oliday went to Brehm's Capitol
Hill office the first week in Feb
ruary, 1948, with the $240 in cash.
However, he urged the Congress
man to permit his mother to keep
the final payment "in view of the
circtfmifthWe^' (her being dis
charged' and the fact that she had
“no visible means of support."
However, Brehm refused, saying
that the "committee" (in Ohio)
expected the money and that he.
Brehm, could not go back on his
“arrangement” with the commit
tee.
“I don't care what the commit
tee thinks," retorted Soliday. “My
mother is entitled to this money
and she should be allowed to keep
it.” »
Finally, Brehm agreed to let Soli
day return $100 of the $240 to his
mother—a sort of kickback in re
verse—but hs pocketed the re
maining $140 for the "committee.”
Ray Soliday didn’t see Congress
man Brehm again until last July,
when he was summoned to Brehm’s |
apartment in the Methodist Build
ing and informed him that “Drew'
Pearscn is after a story about me.”
“If Drew Pearson or any of his
employees contact you—don't talk
to them,” instructed Brehm.
Washington Snapshots j
A servant discreetly pulling down |
the old-fashioned blinds in the!
parlor of Blair House, where the
Trumans live. . .George Marshall's!
quiet smile in place of Louey John
son’s broad grin at the Pentagon. .
. Secretary of State Dean Acheson’s
eloquent mustache emphasizing a
point. . .John Steelman’s long, lop
ing walk through the lobby of the
East Wing of the White House. . .
Tlie dazed look on the faces of
young government girls each time
handsome Stuart Symington strides
by. . .The worn carpet and sedate
atmosphere of the Connecticut Av
enue mansion which houses the Re
publican National Committee com
pared to the brassy modernism of
the Democrats down the street. . .
The smile of Sen. Margqret Chase
Smith of Maine—a contrast to
Bob Taft's persimmon grimace.
; MINING CONDITIONS
TOLD BY SAARELA
AFTER EXTENDEDTRIP
Leo H. Saarela, Commissioner of
Mines, has returned from the west
ward after an extended field trip
throughout the interior. Consider
able time was spent in the Healy
Coal Field, and in visiting mining
properties throughout the interior
including the Seward Peninsula.
In the Healy Coal Field a consid
erable amount of time was devoted
to the Healy River Coal Corpora
tion mine at Suntrana where a fire
in the underground workings was
sealed off. Attempts to open the
sealed area in the mine were made
in September, however, it was neces
sary to delay the work for cooler
weather and ending of the strike of
the miners which started on Sep
tember 14. This strike was settled
and work has resumed at the mine.
In general, however, the coal sup
ply for the interior is ample, and
coal stocks in the Healy Field can
take care of any contingencies.
The placer miners of the Fourth
Division had a poor season as it
was unusually warm and dry most
of the summer. The area was thus
deprived of sluicing water, and op
erations were curtailed to but a
few hours sluicing per day.
In the Seward Peninsula, mining
went on at a steady pace, and the
production there will probably be
more than that of last year. The
miners of the Seward Peninsula had
sluicing water, especially after the
rains in the month of August. Con
siderable placer tin production was
reported from the York district
near Cape Prince of Wales. The gold
| miners are clamoring for a free
market for their gold, Mr. Saarela
said, and if the mining industry is
to survive, som eadjustment must be
made. Most operators are moving
more yardage with fewer men than
at any previous time, and the feel
ing is general that if their product
could seek it’s own price level, the
industry could resume it’s proper
place in the economic life of the
interior.
11 FLY VIA PNA
Eleven persons went to the West
ward on Pacific Northern Airlines
yesterday. To Anchorage: Jean Co
man. Dr. R. Smithson, T. M. Casey,
Nadis and Linda Aga, Olin Swain,
Mr. and Mrs. John Gonnason, W. j
A. Bowden, E. R. Holden. To Cor- '
dova: E. J. White.
HOME CAFE—DOUGLAS
Closed Every Monday.
615-tf
October 9
Mrs. Oscar G. Olson
Mrs. Gertrude Naylor
George I. Jorgenson
Merritt Monagle
Robert W. Johnson
Marsha Erwin
Lloyd Hughes
Mary Aired
Mrs. Ned Zenger
Natalia Dapcevich
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m.—Juneau City Band
practice in grade school audi
torium.
At 7:45 p.m. — Civilian Defense
Council, City Council Chambers.
At 8 p.m. — Juneau-Douglas Girl
Scout Council, Lutheran church
parlors.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Post
meets in Dugout.
October 10
From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.—Territorial
Election.
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Chapeladies will meet
at home of Mrs. Clyde Hill.
At 8 p.m.—CDA meets. Parish Hall.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
night for adults at Teen Age Club.
October 11
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 1:30 p.m.—Juneau Garden Club
meets at home of Mrs. Ray Tay
lor, 416 West Ninth Street.
At 1:30 p.m.—WSCS meets at home
of Mrs. Arnold Larsen, 222 Sev
enth Street.
At 6:30 p.m.—Annual Fellowship
dinner, Northern Light Presby
terian church.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
October 12
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets, Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Senior Service Scouts
meet at home of Pat Boyd.
At 8 p.m.—Lutheran Ladies Aid,
Church social room.
October 13
At 11 a.m.—Pioneers Auxiliary food
sale at paint store of Vic Power.
At 8 p.m.—Scottish Rite 18th Degree
conferred in full form, Scottish
Rite Temple.
October 14
At 10 p.m.—Elks Annual Purple
Bubble Dance.
October 16
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.
Something Hew
For Women; Jewels
On Bare Skin
NEW YORK, Oct, 9—(^1—Ladies,
now it’s jewels fastened to the bare
skin.
The idea, announced today, in
volves the suction principle and the
use of an unidentified “harmless”
chemical.
The creater, Marianne Ostier,
says:
“The wearer may walk around at
ease for many, many hours, with
jewels as large as 2Vs inches in
diameter fastened to the skin, with
no danger of them falling^off.”
She added that the jewelry can
be removed at will—with no harm to
the skin—from the forehead, dim
ples, shoulder or bare arms.
WILDER TO SEATTLE
Glen Wilder, executive director
Alaska Housing Authority, leaves
Tuesday for Seattle where he will
discuss a 50-unit low income hous
ing project for West Juneau with
the Public Housing Administration.
Then he will take a 30-day vacation
before returning to Alaska.
SCHWINN olives AT MADSEN’S
! ——
i ACROSS
L Dust storn
7. Hastens
13. Laud
14. Armor for the
head
15. Behold
16. Instructive
exercises
18. Artificial
language
19. Within
21. Twitching
22. Ireland
24. Draw game
25. Writing tables
27. Night
preceding
28. Tallied
30. Meadows
32 Father of
Joshua
f/ lo I-a l.-t I
33. Black bird
34. Is sparing
37. Commands
40. Metal
41. Rise to the
feet
43. Animal doctor:
colloq.
44. Metal-bearing
rocks
4fi. Before
47. Russian river
48. Sun god
49. State in detail
52. Pronoun
53. Redactor
55. Lower
57. Postpones
6S. Worships
DOWN
1. Divides with
the grain
T
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle
2. Satiric
3. Mother
4. Greasy
6. Full of: suffix
T
I : '1
6. Built a nest
7. Corn stacks
8. Writing
implement
9. Other
10. Type measur#
11. Obtain
12. Rocks
17. Pet name for
a close
relative
20. Lionlike
23. Alleviate
25. Small
depressions
26. Turf
29. Score at
baseball
81. Conjunction
34. Placed in saf#
keeping
ot>. Harangue
36. Pilot?
37. Lake In New
York fiat*
38. Peruse and
amend
39. Common -
r wealths
42. Upp^r limb
40. Location
47. Mountain
wh.te V set
died
50. High pointed
hill
51. The letter 7,
54. On condition
that
56. Land measur#
| 20 YEARS AGO the empire
OCTOBER 9, 1930
In observance of Fire Prevention Week, officers of the Juneau Fire
Department were guests at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the
Arcade Cafe. Introduced by Chamber President E. M. Goddard were
Chief J. L. (Dolly) Gray; Assistant Chief O. E. Schmobel, and Foremen
E. Minard Mill and J. S. MacKinnon. Another guest was H. F. Morton,
president of the Anchorage Chamber
Doris Cahill celebrated her fourth birthday the day before, enter
taining a housefull of kiddies in the home of her parents at Douglas.
Halibut prices were close to the highest ones for the season, selling
for 12'a and 8'i cents a pound. All of that day’s catch, 25,900 pounds,
was bought for shippment fresh to Seattle. Among vessels unloading
were the Thelma, Capt Bernt Alstead; Mabel, Capt. Ole Jackson;
Harding, Capt. Martin Erstad; Dixon, Capt. Emil Samuelson; Tern,
Capt. Andrew Bernsdal; Addington, Capt. Ole Sevold. The previous
day, Capt. Olaf Winter, skipper of the halibut vessel Fremont, had
thought himself lucky in the auction when his 7,000-pound catch sold
to E. E. Engstrom at 12 and 8.
Charles R. Settlemeier, Keno Hill mine owner and operator, and
for many years editor of The Dawson News, was a visitor, bringing
news of interest. He said the Mayo district shipped 10,000 tons of ore,
including high-grade and mill concentrates during the 1930 season.
Stopping in Skagway, he was told by Oscar Selmer, barber, beautician
and city treasurer, that the "3 in 1” office had been entered and $12.50
taken from the cash register. A safe containing several hundred dollars
of municipal funds had been overlooked.
Weather: High, 48; low, 34; cloudy.
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J Daily Lessons in English L. cordon
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “After tramping through
the woods, a cold shower is refreshing.” It is better to say, “After one
tramps through the woods, a cold shower is refreshing.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Paprika. Preferred pronunciation is
with accent on FIRST syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Soulless; observe the two L's.
SYNONYMS: Easily, readily, smoothly.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary' by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
DISDAINFUL; scornful: contemptuous. "There was a disdainful re
serve in the woman’s manner.”
Q. If a host or hostess asks a guest what he would like to drink,
it it all right for the guest to reply, "Anything will do,’ ’or ask, “What
do you have?”
A. Neither one of these answers is correct. The guest should help
fully state his preference. Of course, a host can be helpful, too, by
stating in the first place what kinds of drinks he has available—unless
his stock happens to be unlimited.
Q. Isn't it poor form for a woman at her second marriage to have
three or four bridesmaids?
A. Yes, it is poor form. The second wedding should be a very
simple one.
Q. Is it all right for a woman to introduce her husband to a friend
of hers as "Mr. Johnson”?
A. It is preferable for the wife to say, “My husband," or merely,
“Bob.”
LOOK and LEARN i^c. GORDON
1. What American city is acknowledged as the world’s largest food
center?
2. What is a charade?
3.. Who was the famous infant hidden in the bulrushes?
4. What is an organ solo at the end of a service called?
5. From what language does the word “golf” come?
ANSWERS:
1. Chicago.
2. A guessing game in which each syllable of a word to be found is
represented by a tableau or by dramatic action.
3. Moses.
4. Postlude.
5. From the Dutch.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions ana temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage 31—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island 47—Ram
Barrow . 26—Cloudy
Bethel . 30—Clear
Cordova . 46—Rain
Dawson . 31—Cloudy
Edmonton . 40— Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 31—Cloudy
Haines . 44—Rain
Havre 51—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 45—Rain
Kodiak . 45—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 27—Clear
McGrath . 2C—Clear
Nome . 28—Clear
Northway . 33—Snow
Petersburg . 48—Cloudy
Portland . 44—Fog
Prince George . 35—Cloudy
Seattle.44—Partly Cloudy
Sitka . 50—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 34—Clear
Yakutat ... . 44—Rain
Child Is Ground to
Death, Truck Wheels
ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Oct. 9—
Wi—Truck driver Rober C. McFar
lane, 33, sobbed as he told police
he’d checked a thousand times to
make sure there was no one in
front of his ready-mix concrete
truck before starting up.
He thought he'd check again
Saturday as a group of children
playing in an alley moved away. So
he didn’t check further.
Ground to death beneath the
wheels of the heavy truck after he
started up was 22-month-old Carol
Ann Bokstrom. She had been sitting
in front of the parked wheels,
playing.
Police held McFarlene for inves
tigation.
REGULAR MEETING
Juneau Chapter No. 7, Order of
Eastern Star, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 8
i p.m. at Scottish Rite Temple. Spe
cial election and installation. Vis.
iting members welcome.
HENRIETTA POWER
626-3t Acting Secretary.
V. F. W.
Taku Fosl No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
GEORGE BROS.
Widest Selection of
LIQUORS
PHONE 399
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office to Case Lot Grocery
Phone 7M
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Bta
PHONE 138
Caster's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
B. W. COWLING
COMPANY
Podge Plymouth—Chrysler
DeSoto—Dodge Tracks
SHAFFER'S
SANITARY HEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
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MOUNT JUNEAU LOT*lit NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phene <M 13* So. Fraaklla
r. O. Box UM
"The Rexall Store"
Tour Sellable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Mnsic Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Piano*—Mo si cat Instrument*
and Supplies
..Plione 206 ..Second and Seward.
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Pain! Store
Pfcone 549 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th St.
PHONE 218—DAY or NIGHT
for BUYERS «r SODA POP
The Alaskan Hoiel
Newly Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 655
Thomas Hardware Co.
FAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
BOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“Onr Doorstep la Won by
Satisfied Customers'*
ford agency
(Authorized Dealers)
CREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnneaa Motor Co.
Foot of Main street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a Sally habit ash for It by —
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engines
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL 699
American Meat — Phone 38
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing M«a
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
Hi*h Quality Cabinet Week
fer Heme, Office er Eton