* OUR INTERESTS AT
THE NATION’S CAPITAL
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r ment Senator Howell said: “The rea
. son why I make this request is -that
..the select committed appointed by the
Senate- to invstigat the Alaska Rail
. road came- to the conclusio nthat it
- was wise to transfer the trails in
- Alaska from the War Department to
v the Interior Department. It present
i .ed the -matter to the War Depart
i- ment, the Interior Department, and
tithe President, and the three agreed
Uihat this transfer~should.be made. We
are anxioiuu-t©. have.it made,- because
-.- the travel for the •-coming summer
i- will soon begin ”
Three ;of Delegate Wiokersham’s
>’. hills that-have passed the House have
been favorably .reported; by Senator
-■ Bingham as chair-mano* -the .commit
•< .tee on Territories- and the bills are
r now on-.the«Senate;xa4endar,'With ithe
expectation that they, will pass before
f. Congress, adjourns. ifiPhesd* hills con
t; cern bond issues in, the towns of Ju
i neau and Patefcsburg and provide that
t.the War Department shal submit es
i timates -to- Congress- for ..the main
tenance-of. the Government wharf, .at
- .Juneau.
Dr. Paul W. Gar dan, who was re
*. cently.. appointed .by the Department
i.xd the Interior to be Director.of Edu
-xation for Alaska, is now at his head
«... quarters in Juneau. Under the direc
- tion of the Commissioner of Indian
- Affairs he will have the supervision
*•„ surf responsibility for initiating and
■ directing the educational work for
v the natives of Alaska,, which includes
' 106 schools, 6 district superintendents
. and 219 teachers. Dr, Gordon has
’ had a liberal education, having at
tended Earlham -College, Richmond,
Ind.; University of Paris, Paris,
France; Columbia University. The
broad educational work that he has
done in Japan and Fisk University,
... as well as his service on the staff of
l. the Institute...for Government Re
w search on a particular study of law
■ > and order among the Pueblos, of New
. Mesico, qualify him for. the . special
requirementts of the work in Alaska.
A correspondent in ■ one of ■ the
’. Washington newspapers declares that
‘ “Something must he done t osave the
. hears of Alaska before it is too late ”
.. He further adds -that “The grizzly
bears in Alaska are threatened with
. extermination. There are a few thou
. sand grizzly bears left) on the islands
< of Admiralty, •• Baranof, Chichagof,
and Kodiak, but what is needed to
1: protect them is a bear sanctuary.”
The nomination of Judge Cecil H.
v. Clegg to the judgeship in the Third
_ Alaaifa division was referred to — a
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subcommittee consisting of Senators
Herbert and Dill. It is contemplated
that Judges Clegg and Hill will make
their exchange of divisions on July 1.
Delegate Wickersham has been in
tensely interested in trying to secure
an adequate appropriation for the
Alaska Road Commission. Failing to
ha«p the House appropriations com
mittee recommend the budget esti
mate of $650,000, lie sought through
an offered amendment to have the
House increase the recommendation
of $354,310 to the budget figure, but
| was unsuccessful in this. Then^the
| chairman of . the House economy com
mittee sought to have the entire ap
propriation cut from the army bill,
but through the Delegate’s efforts
this amendment was defeated, but Jby
the close vote .of 56 to 51. The bill
then went to the Senate and the Dele
gate continued his efforts with the
appropriations committee, with the
resutLthat when the bill was reported
back ;to the Senate it contained . an
amendment increasing the appropria
tion to. the Alaska Road Commission
from $354,310 to $494,310. When the
bill passed.the Senate on the night of
June 9.dhe increase of $140,000 was
adopted. The bill is now before the
conferees .of both houses and their
final agreement, will indicate the sum
the Commission is to receive for the
next fiscal year, beginning July 1,
1932. The Senate increased the ap
propriation for the Washington
Alaska Military Cable and Teegraph
System from the House gure of $151,
280 to . $161,285, and . that also is in
conference.
The J?epa*tment of Commerce re
cently received information from the
Territorial Chamber of Commerce
which it is broadcasting in its news
publications. It. is stated ■ that navi
gation and commerce on the interior
rivers of Alaska have resumed full
operation recently, and the placing
of a new steamer on the Stickine
river permitted, alarge number of
prospectors to leave Wrangell for
Telegraph creek mining district,
while operations on. the Taku river
have increased the number of.pros
pectors- proceeding to the .interior
mining districts. At Juneau a. large
Eastern company is assembling min
ing equipment to proceed to the
Liard mining, district, in. the Yukon
district, and will use five large, air
planes to transport men and equip
ment. iThe United. States Geological
Survey has begun core drilling.of the
anthracite ridge in Matanuska coal
fields, and wij continue extensive ex
aminations during the present sea
son. The Icing salmon run has been
reported as excellent, but there is
little activity on account , of low
prices.
On June 10..the House considered,
the bill to create Federal home loan
hanks, Which provides that continen
tal 1'l'ifeed States and the Territories
<of Alaska and Hawaii shall be. .divided
into'12 districts by the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board. These banks are
function as a-reserve agency whereby
building and loan an dcther institu
tions can raise funds on their sea
soned home mortgaged loans. A mo
tion was made t^> strike out o£ the
bill, which has been advocated by
President Hoover, the words “and; the
•Territories of Alaska and Hawaii.”
Delegates Wickersham and Houston,
.as well ..as .others, spoke against the
amendment, which was finally voted
down. Delegated Wickersham said?
: “Alaska is the one commonweath un
dertthe American flagijthat has no
debt. - We have had no. failure of
hank's in AJaska. We are irithe best
financial condition of any -part.of the
Uni(e&. States. We wantj however, to
continue to .develop and build up that
Territory. 11 have listerted to the
speeches in favor oflithis bill today
in theffcope it would pass* and that we
in Alaska would get the benefit of it.
I hope you will not strike out these
Territories, but wil let us have an op
.portunity.to bttild.tbcm^ua^nd make
them what they are now—great as
sets of the United States.”
The Congressional Record of June
7 contains the following, of interest
to Alaskans: “Mr. Hebert, from the
committee on the judiciary, reported
favorably the nomination of Cecil H.
Clegg, of Alaska, to be district judge.
District of Alaska, Division No. 3, to
sucoeed E. Coke Hill, appointed dis
trict judge, District of Alaska, Divi
sion No. 4. The Vice President—The
repot wil be placed, on the executive
calendar.”
At the first succeeding executive
session, .hel don the evening of June
10, -the nominat ion. of . Judge Clegg
was confirmed by the Senate; It. is
contemplated that Judges Clggg -and
Hill will make.-their exchange, of divi
sions . on July 1. “
Ernest Walker Sawyer, whose par
ticular interest and.effort as an offi
cial of the Department of thei Interior
is directed toward the betterment and
development of Alaska, has returned
from the Pacific coast and has taken
up with Secretary Wilbur various
matters that would tend to. the ad
vancement of the northern Territory,
and which are being given . careful
study.
The Delegate has been .informed
that tha Department. of Agriculture
is now giving serious thought to, the
preparation of. regulations for the
open season on migratory birds for
1932. It is expected, that soon after
July 1 the Secretary will announce
the conclusions reached. Assurance
is given that the desires of Alaska on
this, act are being carefully consid
ered,- with the probability that two
different periods will.-be fixed for the
shooting of birds, to conform with
the different time, of flight in North
ern and. Southern Alaska. Senator
Walcott’s special committee on the
conservation of wild life resources
has recommended to the Secretary, of
Agriculture and to the Biological Sur
vey . that the open season be either'. 45
or 60 days, between October 1 and
January 15; the exact date for each
State to be determined by. the Biologi
cal Survey., after- consultation with
the game officials of each State. Last
year but 30 days’ shooting was. -al
lowed.
APPOINTMENT OF ADMIN IS- <
TRATOR !
To all persons to -whom these pres
ents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that it appearing to W.
T. Vanderpool, United States Com
missioner for the Mount McKinley
Precinct, Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska, that A. R. Eldridge.han
died intestate, leaving at the time of
his death property, -in this precinct,
and 1, aforesaid commissioner, have
this day duly appointed Winnifred
White administrator of the aforesaid
estate of A. R. Eldridge, deceased.
This therefore authorizes the said
Winnifred White to administer the
estate of A. R. Eldridge, deceased,
according to law.
In testimony Whereof I have here
unto subscribed roy name and affixed
the seal of this court this the 23rd
day of May, 1932.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
United States Commissioner
and ex-Offico Probate Judge.
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINIS
TRATOR.
To all persons to whom these pres
ents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that it appearing to W,
T. Vanderpool, United States Com
missioner, Mount McKinley Precinct,
Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska,
that John D. Griffin has died intes
tate, leaving, atj the time of his death
property in this precinct, and 1,
aforesaid Commissioner, have this
day duly appointed Frank i. Gnskey
Administrator of aforesaid estate of
John D. Griffin, deceased. This,
therefore, authorizes the said Frank
J. Guakey to administer the estate of
John D. Griffin, deceased, according
to law.
In testimony whereof I have:here
unto subscribed roy name and affixed
the seal of this court this 28th day
of May, A. D. 1932.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
United States Commissioner
.and WaOfficq. Probata.Jpdg«.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice Ls hereby given that I, the
undersigned, Winnifred White, of Mc
Grath, Alaska, have this day been
appointed administrator for the es
tate of A. R. Eldridge, deceased All
parties having claims against the
aforesaid estate must present them
to the undersigned, properly signed,
with the vouchers attached, within
six months of the date of this no
tice.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, this
23rd day of May, A. D. 1932.
WINNIFRED WHITE,
Administrator for the
aforesaid estate.
In the Probate Court for the Naps
hute Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that all cred
itors having claims against the estate
of George W. Hoffman, deceased, are
required to present them, together
with the proper vouchers, to the un
dersigned, at Napamute, Alaska,
within six months from the date of
.this notice.
toney McDonald,
Administrator.
Dated at Napamute, Alaska, May
( 14, 1932. '_
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
‘ TWEEN. MEN ANA AND'PLAT
j -Miles
! Nenana ..00
i Tavern Roadhouse.. 17%
Knight’s Roadhouse . 23%
| Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse_68 _
; Diamond Roadhouse_76
j Roosevelt _ 89
Lake Miachumine_115
: Trappers’ Cabin _ >122
i Lone Star Roadhouse _ 150
Telida Roadhouse _ 169%
Slow jFork Roadhouse _ 187
East Fork Roadhouse _.) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse_ 227%
Big River Roaonouse_241
McGrath_ 268
Yakotna . 280
Bill Goss' Roadhouse _291
Ophir_ 300
McCafferty .806
Brown Creek shelter.cabin__ 818
Fritz shelter oabin _L -838
First Cfaance shelter cabin __ 846
Soherme'yer R; H._u 860 £
I ditar od___ 8ft *>
Flat _ 864
Bonanzza sheler ,‘C*bi:v 12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked. Creek shelter . oabin, IS
miles from Bonanza.
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NOTICK OF EOttPKm/lUE.
Notice is hereby giv* to F.TV
Carter, A. B. Ferguson, George C
Friend, and E. Coke Hill, and th«t»
heirs and assigns, that their portion?
of the assessment "work for the year?
1924 to 1921, inclusive, done on the
Bonanza Association placer mining
claim, situatad on Flat creek, tribu
tary of Otter creek, in the Otter Be
cording Precinct, Fourth Dinsioa
| Territory of Alaska, must he paid!
within ninety (90) days -from oatt
hereof, or forfeit all right arvd title
to said placer mining claim.
PATRICK SAVAGE.
'Dated Flatr Alaska. Jan. Hi, L'VCi.
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