Afaska's F©sssl
Tree Staging
Slew Comeback
The Dawn Redwood that was a
native of Alaska some thirty <
forty millions years ago is making
a slow comeback, according to in
formation released by the Alaska
Forest Research Center in Juneau.
Only 15 of the 63 redwood;;
planted in Southeast Alaska in
June, 1943 are still living. How
ever, at least half of them would
still be alive if all had bren treated
exactly as Dawn Redwoods like to
he treated, said R. F. Taylor, for
ester in charge of the research cen
ter.
;‘Wc arc not yet sure of the best
methods of handling them,” he said.
In prehistoric day. ihe Dawn Red
wood, together with birchcc beeches,
oak; and chestnut", grew in tem
perate forests in Alaska, Green
land. Iceland, Spitzbergen, northern
Siberia and the Arctic islands north
cf North America. As the earth's
climate changed, lha tree migrated
south and eventually disappeared.
It was found in fossil;, but was
thought to be an ancestor to the
Coast Redwood now growing in
California. Recently a few trees,
identical in all respects to the fos
sil;, were discovered growing in an
isolated part of China.
Different Species
They were found to ire somewhat
different than the Coast Redwood
in that the Down Redwood; ra t
their leaves in winter. This ex
plained why it had been r; row in
with deciduous trees such as oak
and birch in a climate not suited
to the Coast Redwood. It hns
named Met." eauoia Qlyp'n.'-iro
boides.
Seed from the Dawn Rciv.ood
found in China were sen1 to the
University of California. Seedlings
sent te Alaska were germinated
from tills seed.
Seedlings Planted
The seedlings planted in 1949
were set out at Ketchikan, Peters
burg, Craig, Cordova, Anchorage
and Palmer. In Jun^, 1959, another
92 seedlings were sent to \ riour
coastal towns to the westward
where mail service is often slow.
Twenty-eight suffered various cas
ualties in transit or were too tired
on arrival to recover.
Of the remaining 64, just half
are still alive. Of 24 sent to : ix
places in the Aleutians, only Hu, e
on Kodiak survive. Best re :k
were obtained at Juneau and Mi.
Edgecumbc.
Most of these seedlings were
planted in good soil but given no
special protection. Other; were
mulched in winter or protected by
boxes or baskets. Some died with
protection, some pTdw well with
none. No conclusions can be
drawn so far as to the best method
of starting the trees.
In mast cases growth was bui
three or four inches a year, but
some grew a foot or more. Ail 10
that were planted at Mt. Ed ocumbe
in June, 1950 are alive and on the
average grew from six inches to
almost 24 inches. One tree "rev.
34 inches over the past two sim
mers.
The tests are being conducted by
the Alaska Forest Research Center
in cooperation with Prof. R. W.
Chaney of the Museum of Paleon
tologyti at the University of Cali
Predict Hot
IM Debate
In Congress
WASHINGTON. Oct. 20 -
Lawmakers today predicted hot de
bate in Congress next year ov\r ;
government commission's call 1 ;
Universal Military Trainin (UMT).
as long range jirotection in the
“mortal struggle with Soviet Com
munism.”
Tlie new National Security Tr; in
ing Commission's blueprin fc;
UMT envisions event:; 1 tr.ii* '
of 800.000 American youths annually
i at a cost which could run to more
j than $4,000,000,000 the first year
However, indications were that the
j first yenr cost would be a great deal
less than that.
The commission’s recommeudi
tion to Congress, made public last
night, were submitted under ter ;
of a 1951 law which extended the
draft and approved the brand
terms of UMT. That law, enacted
last June, requires further Con
gressional action to pul UMT into
effect.
The commission urged that the
! implementing legislation it recom
I mended be approved “without de
: lay” when Congress reconvenes
next January. It added, however,
i that uncertain world conditions —
; notably the situation in Korea —
make it impossible to forecast when
the proposed training program
could be started.
Rut a start at the earliest prac
ticable time is imperative, the
commission declared, because “the
clear prospect is that the present
generation must live in danger
for many years."
An enemy today can strike di
rectly at the United States by sea
,cr air, so "the American people
must be prepared, like their fore
j bears who pushed the frontier west
! ward, to meet a savage and deadly
attack at any moment.”
i The commission said “the return
j to frontier conditions demands a
frontier response” — to have every
physically and mentally able youth
18 year.; old trained for six months
in the “art of survival and self
defense.”
The group added that Congress’
! approval of the principle of UMT
| “reflects the reality that ail fr
society is engaged in mortal strug ;Ie
with Soviet Communism.”
SETTLERS FOR ISREAL
TEL AVIV — <m — Among the
! latest r.w arrivals in Israel who
1 want r. .lay here for good, are some
2C0 Jc„:. from Cochin on the Maia
1 bar eoi.st of southwest India.
The Cochin Jews speak Mila
yalarn but the more educated among
them have good knowledge of Eng
lish. Now they are learning Hebrew.
Another change: in Cochin they
were mostly town people. Here they
want to settle on the land. Come
| already have done so.
• EMPIRE WANT AUS PAY •
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fornia.
Here is a fossil come to life; a
I tree that grew million of years be
fore man appeared on earth. Prof.
Chaney collected the seed from the
! trees found in China.
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Mis. Kathleen Goodwill comforts ho? husband, Jeff, with a drink cf
water before he was taken to a hospital icr trcatm<>Rt for a bullrt
wound in his knee, rolicc said Mrs. Goodwill admitted shooting her
husband when he arrived home in Los Angeles from work four hours
late. Mrs. Goodwill, who said they were mari.'ed three months ago
in Portland, Ore., said, ‘‘I guess I shouldn’t he c.o jealous and emo
tional, but that’s the way f am.” Goodwill said he would not prose
rate, and no charges have been filed against the wife, iff) Wirepiioto. 1
Snin? 1,102 gf i waddle r.evo s a railroad crossing cn the outskirts c. .1 fiijd pv.s; , rd.'er -
loaded freai a frc: ;ht car. The Canadian gcr:e, shipped from P01; I’ are >!. . rd i.-;-. .. v,-'
gi.'.r the right-of-way through town and made the three-mile trip to farm without an;- n:
(?i tVirephoto.
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Alaska’s Second Division, which be
came second because of the order
of its creation but is third in area,
and which once was first but is
now fourth in population, has had
sonic rough knocks during the
year 1851.
On January 16 of this year, Roy
V. Peel, Director cf the Bureau of
the Census, announced that hence
forth, for the next ten years at
least, the Second Division will be
entitled to only three, in tcud of
four, members in the Territorial
House of Representatives.
A little later in the year the 162,
CCC-square-mile northwestern por
tion oi the Territory lost its Public
Land Ot!.:o when the Nome and
Fairbanks Land Districts were com
bined.
Then, in August, President Tru
man fired the Second Division's
District Attorney, Frank C. Bing
ham, on the grounds that Bingham
had deserted his post.
In September, District Judge Jo
seph W. Kehoe of the Second Divi
sion was promoted to the lower-pay
job of Secretary of Alaska and mov
ed to Juneau to replace Lew Wil
liams, in whom the President claim
ed to have detected incompetence.
Later in th'- same, month, the Se
cond Division lost its only attorney
when C. C. Tanner was drowned
while on a hunting trip.
For Several Years there has been
talk of handing the Second Divi
sion an even harder jolt by com
bining it with the Third and Fourth
Divisions. It now appears, however,
that nothing along that line is
likely to happen in the immediate
future.
A bill relating to the judiciary, ol
tire United States and its Territor
ies, now before Congress, provide;
five District judges for Alaska. Two
of them would be assigned to the
Third Division and one to each of
the other three divisions.
In actuality, the dwindling judi
cial business of the Second Division
could probably bo handled without
undue hardship by the courts of the
Third and Fourth Divisions. Tho
i;; howl from "the people of the
Second, if it were to be abolished,
would concern their loss of repre
sentation in the Legi lature.
The 11,320 civilians in the Second
Division now have lour Senators
,to represent them. Each of die other
divisions also has four Senators,
but as of the 1950 census there were
27,543 civilians in the First Divi
sion, 45,647 in the Third and 23,
226 in the Fourth.
For this reason of legislative re
presentation, it scorns unlikely that
■ny changes in the judicial divisions
will be made while Alaska remains
a .Territory. It will be ■ a question
however, that will almost certainly
generate seme heated a uments
when Alaska gets around to holding
its Constitutional Convention in
preparation for statehood.
Three Sourdoughs, stalwart pio
neer:; who have tramped the trails
of A1 ska since early gold rush
days and who are now domiciled
at the Alaska Pioneers’ Heme,
chanced to meat in front of one of
Sitka’s saloon : on a recent blust
ery clay. All three are a little hard
of hearing nowadays, and the fol
lowing conversation ensued:
Said the first: "It’s certainly a
windy day.”
"No,” caid the second. "It’s not
Wednesday, it’s Thursday.”
Said the third: “I’m thirsty, too.
Let's go inside.”
Hemlock Bark, of which Alaska
has an abundance, most of it still
tin. Myrtle Bsrry
v' ' ■' 1 ■
Mr.-,. Myrtle Bciry of Douglas
died at St. Ann’S Hospital Sunday
trim nine .
She cnrrr to Alaska in 1303 ind
had lived in Douglas for over 30
years. Mr:: Berry was l.ern in
Sweet Home, Ore., on Sept. 1375.
Her only known survivor is a ton,!
Frank' Rumbough, whose n.; ires; is
inknown.
The remains are at the Carter
Mortuary and funeral arrangements
are pending.
on the trees, has been placed on
i (he critical materials list by the
I National Fioduction Authority.
The NPA has classified hemlock
| bark, al >n,; with several other kinds
I of tree bark, as "vegetable tanning
1 material" and has issued a lengthy
set of regulations restricting their
|llse
The materials, including hemlock
j hark,.are now restricted to the fol
lowing uses:
The tanning of hides and skins or
other processing of leather.
The manufacture of, pharmaccut
i icals.
The manufacture of water treat
j ment products.
Use in the drilling of gas or oil
j wells or the making of any pro
| uuct which is suitable for use in
he drilling of gas or oil wells. j
it is believed trial' at present there
is no production of hemlock bark
in Alaska for any of these purposes. J
Furthermore, it is probably not ,ee- <
j onomically feasible for Alaska saw- |
, mills, which slice up the bark with
j the rest of the log, to recover the
! lark as a by-product. .
A present shortage oi vegetable
| (arming materials, however, points
I to a possible by-product of the im
! pending pulp mill or mills in south
i east Alaska. Much of the raw mat
s trial the pulp mills u.-,e will be
| hemlock, and such mills commonly
! de-bark the logs before grinding
j them up for pulp.
Don’t try to get married at sea
1 - the advice that Lois John.,on
and Carl Bartell are passing out.
They tried it.
Miss Johnson and Mr. Bartell left
hi tv October 1G on the southbound !
Princess Louise thinking they would ,
1 married at sea but the captain
:id, “Not far enough off shore." j
At Wrangell they tried to get'
tiv knot tied but learned there was
a little matter of a blood test and
! uce-day waiting period. Again
they attempted to commit matri-!
mony at Prince Rupert, B. C., but|
there they found a 13-day waiting i
period.
Desperately they wired Miss John- ’
son’s aunt in Seattle ,who obtained
a marriage license for them and had
it delivered aboard their train trav
elin , south from Vancouver.
Finally on Oct. 22 at 9 a.m. the
couple were married in Seattle and
returned to Junealt the next day
by air.
Mr. Bartell is with the CAA here
and Mrs. Bartell is an entertainer at
the Salmon Creek Country Club.
SUNDAY FIRE CALLS
Three fires occurred Sunday with
in a period of five hour,. The first
alarm at 7:30 a.m. was tar a mat
tress fire at the Messerschmidt
apartments on Second street with
little damage reported by firem ’.
The second alarm at 11:30 a.m
was for a rubbish lue at Sixth and
Kennedy'and no damage ienoriv.1.
An overheated stove at 010: Cold
Street called out the fire depart
ment at 12:30 p.m. with lirtle dam
age reported by firemen.
AT HOTEL JUNEAU
William S. Demswick and Fred
W. Beck of the Alaska Read Com
mission are stopping at the Hotel
Juneau.
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Off Season Tourisls
Are Seeing Alaska
When Janies Porter of Santa Rosa
Calif., i# called "Trade Jim", it
has meant just that.
For 35 years he has been In the
automobile business in California
where he has taken everything from
lots of 2,000 chickens to windmills
in on trades in order to make autc
sales.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter are on an
( xtended tour of Alaska and ■western
Canada. After spending the week
end in Juneau ihey left for Sitka
yesterday.
"We intend to see the country
and will lake six, years if necessary.'"
Fcrer said. "We arc now retired
from business and don’t have to be
anywhere at any time except where
. e y. Tit to be. Through British
Columbia and so far in Alaska, we
have met the most wonderful peo
ple.”
'ii Sitka the Porters plan to
i to Seward, Anchorage, Fair
banks and the Arctic taking movies
and gathering material for a book
While in Juneau they visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kchoc and Mr,
ani Mrs. Ken Albertson.
Gl. ICir.it HIGHWAY TO
!»:? CLOSED TUESDAY
Glacier Hi hway will be closed
' .'tween Dehart's store and Hickey's
H ue Tuesday from 8 n.m. to 4:30
; in. fer corrf ruction work, C. II.
Kei, ’■ the Kell-Peterman Con
ftnu-h.ia Go'., said today.
| Or. Steffens Talks
‘Jl Digaify of Mdi
M Um Meeting
Dr. William L. Steffens of Spring
field, Ohio, gave a short but In
spiring- talk on the dignity of man
.it a regular meeting of the Juneau
Liens Club at the Barnnof Hotel.
Doctor Steffens, the author of
'Letters to a Troubled Mind," dis
cussed the danger of cynicism de
veloping toward human nature. He
'.'it-, l cunr.::t p ipular novels,, the
> !n«ey R«>•;•,ort • t I he Kefauver
in .t ■- ’ ' i i ortraying the
waist in human nature.
"rf it i. pc. ible for human nature
to .-ink to gr;\,t depths," he declar
ed, "it is .us possible for it to rise
. :r:ai heights. We must believe
in the potential r.oTlne: in man.
"»Yc will never have true democracy
and freedom until we maintain the
dignity of mtui."
Leroy Davis reported that nine
* inch of pool quality dotting had
keen packed for shipment to Korea
and two more barrels remained to be
. necked. Don McMullin and Harold
I Schultz assisted Davis. They were
I given a vote of thanks.
The Rev. Fred McGinnis was in
charge of the program.
Visiting lions were Lea Richter
of Ketchikan and Emery Potts of
Anchorage. Clancey Foster of Fost
ers’ Transfer of Juneau was a guest.
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
TELEPHONE BATE HEARING
The Douglas City Council will
hold a special meeting this evening
at 8 o'clock to listen to a new rate
hearing to be presented by the Ju
nenu-Douglas Telephone Company.
HALLOWE’EN NEAR
I.ions Club members will hold
their regular meeting this evening
at the school gymnasium for a work
Party and the bagging of treats for
the children on Hallowe'en night.
Lions will go out trick or treating
themselves tomorrow, Tuesday, if not
enough treats are in stock for the
children this evening. Members will
meet at the school both Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings early to
wind up Inst minute preparations
and decorations and building of
booths etc.
W. 8. CHRISTIAN SERVICE
Mrs. Robert. Rings was in charge
of the program on Thursday eve
ning at the Womens Society of
Christian Service meeting. The
theme was based on the Week of
Prayer and Self Denial.
Plans were made for the forth
coming bazaar to be held on Sat.
November 3 from 2 to 5 p.m. in the
basement of the Douglas Methodist
Church.
Besides various types of fancy
work and aprons, there will be a tea
and a bake snle.
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