U. S. Chamber Urged to Boost Alaska Highway
A resolution seeking the sup
port of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States for
the Pacific-Yukon Highway was
passed by the Chamber of Com
merce of Juneau by a unan
imou3 vote. It declares that
such a route would be of incal
culable benefit to both the
United States and Canada, and
states that the Juneau Chamber
has repeatedly placed itself on
record as endorsing the proposed
Yukon-Pacific Highway to con
nect the Northwestern part of
the United States with British
Columbia, Yukon Territory and
Alaska
The text of the document,
which has been forwarded to the
secretary of the national cham
ber to be used at the national
convention in Atlantic City,
further declares “That this pro
ject has been formally approved
by the legislature of the terri
tory of Alaska, and by every
chamber of commerce in Alaska;
also by the Seattle American
Automobile As sociation, t h
American Road Builders As?
ciation and many other civi„
automobile, roa and other or
ganizations in the United Stat 3
and Canada.
“That the United States con
gress has taken cognizance of
the proposed highway, and that
a special comm’ssion has been
appointed by the president of
the United States to study the
project in co-operation with a
similar commission appointed
by Canadian authority.
Benefits Are Great
“That such highway extend
ing from Seattle, Wash., to
Fairbanks, Alaska, through the
great frontiers of Canada and
the United States will be of in
<calulable benefit in that it wil*
give both these countries ad
diticnal opportunities to de
velop their great mineral, agri
cultural and other resources;
it will provide a tourist
highway over which thousands
may travel through a wonder
land of scenic beauty unsur
passed; will promote trade and
good will between adjacent
friendly nations, and will bring
about such incrfased commerce
between Alaska and continental
United States that the United
States will reap rich returns for
its share of the investment.
“That such highway is an
economic necessity, in that Al
aska’s resources can never be
fully developed without it.
“Wherefore, your petitioner
respectfully and earnestly urges
that the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States do endorse
and recommend the following
action in behalf of this project;
(1) Co-operative action be
tween the United States, Can
ada and the states and pro
vinces and territories directly
concerned, to secure thorough
consideration and study of the
benefits to be derived from such
highway, and the cost of con
structing the same; (2) Ap
propriations to cover the cost
of surveying, locating and con
structing the United States and
Alaska sections of the most ad
vantageous route for the pro
posed highway that may be
feasible and economically pract
icable.
“Your petitioner further urges
that the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States give every
aid to the United States and
Canadian commissions appoint
ed by their respective govern
ments to study the project, and
that it use its influence to the
end that the utmost publicity
be given the proposed highway.”
Canada to Name
Road Delegates
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Ernest Walker Sawyer, admin
istrative assistant to Secretary
Wilbur of the Interior Depart
ment, and member of the inter
national commission on survey
''f the proposed Alaska-Yukon
Highway, lecently advised Sen
ator McNary of Oregon, that ap
pointment of the Canadian
members is expected daily after
which a meeting will be arrang
ed in the City of Washington
to fix definitely the plans for the
survey.
The American members were
named by President Hoover last
winter—Ernest Walker Sawyer
H. H. Rice, assistant to the Pres
ident of General Motors Cor
poration of Detroit, chairman
and Major Malcolm Elliot, pres
ident of the Alaska Road Com
mission.
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LIFE FOR A PINT
TERM IMPOSED
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Kansas City, Kan.,—The first
life for a pint sentence was pas
sed here when F P. (Foot and a
Half) Butler was sentenced to
spend the remainder of his
natural life in the Kansas state
penitentiary on a charge of
possession of a pint of whisky.
While the charge against But
ler was possession of liquor, he
specifically was sentenced un
der the habitual offender act of
the state whi ch provides a
mandatory sentence of life im
prisonment on fourth convic
tion, '