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Takotna, Alaska. August 29, 1931.
./ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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iforfeited his right to a patent. The
Ifact that the caimant may- have been
every seriously ill much of the time
;and physical.y unable to reside on
.the homestead, unless he had been
•committed to an insane asylum, is not
•considered a valid excuse for lack of
^residence. V. hen illness has been the
.preventative cause for failure to se
cure patent, an opportunity is usually
rgiven for a: '..her filing by the same
jperson.
AWashington newspaper the other
•evening pub, ned a picture of the
‘“world’s lai c . t spoon.” It is a cere
anonial spoon chat has just been pre
sented to the National Museum by
-.the Haida tribe of Southeastern Alas
Jta, and form ly used by them “to
•dish out wh;u. oil to visiting digni
taries.” One of the officials here re
marked that :i must be the whale oil
ithat puts so n.uch pep into the many
.official parties who delight to make
•the journey through Alaska.
Letters continue to arrive at the
•office of the Delegate protesting
.against a new regulation that would
permit king salmon fishing at the
mouth of the Yukon river, and which
.Commissioner Henry O’Malley ex
pressed himself as favoring if there
-wa sa demand for it, which there does
mot seem to be.
The citizens of Sleitmute, 23 in
number, have sent a petition to the
Delegate explaining their need for a
■winter mail service and asking his as
sistance in secur this accommodation.
The genearl manager of the Alaska
Bailroad has satisfactorily explained
to the Secretary of the Interior his
order limiting employment to those
under 50 years of age, with selertive
employment of those over 50. It was
deemed necessary to formulate some
rules to govern the employment of
maintenance forces during the sum
mer months, as many old men had
come up from the States looking for
work. There have been approximate
ly 100 men over the ages of 50 and
60 employed since the order was is
sued. General Manager Ohlson states
that positive instructions have been
issued to the effect that aliens must
not be employed, and when it is dis
covered that some one got by through
misrepresentation, elimination imme-'
diately followed when the facts were
learned.
Since the postmaster at Valdez re
signed there have been two applicants
for the office, and now a third writes
that he is competent and desirous of
securing the place.
Alaskans generally will remember
that popular officerr, Major John C.
Gotwals, who served from April 1920
until March 192 as engineer officer i
for the Alaska Road Commission and
U. S. Engineer Department Although
his headquarters during that period
was at Juneau, hins official duties
took him all over the Territory and
he became a well known figure. From
Alaska he was transferred to St.'
Louis, where he was engaged in en-1
gineering work for six years. In July !
1920 the Major was given the position j
of Engineer Commissioner for the j
District of Columbia, being one of the j
three commissioners who are entrust-!
ed wdth the responsibility of manag- ;
ing the business affairs of the city of■
Washington. At present Major Got-1
wals is taking a much needed rest ■
and vacation from the duties that’
have proven quite thrying on the'
health of a man who lived much in j
the open in Alaska and thrived on the j
greqt outdoor life.
The residents of Rampart write!
that they are greatly disappointed!
because their petition “for rebuilding'
two bridges across Big Minook river, i
and the repair and extension of thej
Government road to meet the present!
Hot Springs highway at Eureka,” has i
not received more substantial atten- j
tion. The Alaska Road Commission
is building a small bridge at the
mouth of the Little Minook, but the
residents say this will be of little
! service to any of the other creeks, as
it is inaccessible to Hoosier, Hunter '
or Manook Junior. The request for
the building of a highway to Eureka
would first have to be reported by the
engineers as a new project and the
money then provided for it. It is '
hoped that this may be done next !
year.
The residents of Circle have been
put at their ease through assurance
from the Signal Corps Department
here that the “reported” contemplat
ed removel of the Signal Corps sta
tion from Circle to another town was
nothing more than a “rumor.”
Leo P. Bott, Jr., of Little Rock, Ar
kansas, is well known throughout
Alaska, having visited there upon
four different occasions. He is an en
i thusiast of the northern country, and
I recently was very much perturbed be
cause Ripley, the writer, in his “Be
lieve it or not” column, wrote that
j “The nearest country to tropical Ha
! waii is bleak Alaska.” This brought
■ forth a long letter from Bott to Rip
| ley taking exception to the term
bleak, and further declaring: “I can
state that generally speaking Alaska
is rich in vegetation, and the forests
in Southeast Alaska are as dense as
in the tropics. This is due to the
abundant rainfall, warmth from the
Japanese current, and long hours of
Geo. W. Albrecht
Manager
Chas. E. Taylor
Counsel
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FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
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sunlight. In summer it is pleasantly
warm, and in winter in portions of
Alaska it is no colder than in Wash
ington, D. C., Denver, Winnipeg and
other points. You would be amazed
at the vegetation, the enormous sized
vegetables that are grown, the beau-j
tiful colored flowers, the agricultural
opportunities, the friendliness of the
natives and true Alaskans, an dif.you
would travel there you would soon
there you would soon change your
thought of ‘bleak’ Alaska.” “Believe
it or not,” it is just such honest j
praise as this that is inducing thej
tourists of the United States to visit
Alaska every summer by the increas
ing thousands. •
DORBANDTS BACK TO ANCHOR
AGE FROM TRIP TO STATES
(Anchorage Times,)
Back from the States, where they
have traveled extensively since leav-,
ing Anchorage early in the.year, Mr.;
and Mrs. Frank Dorbandt returned to
Anchorage shortly before 6 o’clock
last evening aboard their new Pil
grim 71, having made the journey
from New York to this city in 43
hours’ flying time.
When Pilot Dorbandt set out for i
Alaska in his new ship he contem-!
plated locating in Southeastern Alas
ka, but upon arrival there he found
conditions so unfavorable for flying
that he decided to return direct to
Anchorage, preferring to play around
in this section of the Territory than
to attempt commercial flying where
weather conditions are not depend
able. Under th eterms of his agree
ment with the Pacific International,
Airways, Pilot Dorbandt cannot re- j
sume flying in this section of the
Territory until the expiration of a
year from the. date he disposed of his
interest in the company, but he and
Mrs. Dorbandt claim Anchorage as
their home and they would rather be
here than any other place they know.I
Upon arrival at Seattle early in the
season the Dorbandts purchased an '
automobile and started ont to go to!
places and see things, and they had
visited every city of importance in
the United States before they had
completed their wanderings. They
traveled a distance of about 19,000
miles over the nation’s highways and
airways, including the flying back to,
Alaska from Seattle.
The Pilgrim plane is a seven-place
monoplane, the very newest thing in
the flying line. It was purchased in
Nfew York and flown across the conti
nent and north to Alaska, performing
in a manner entirely satisfactory. It
is a beautiful craft and has attracted
much attention at Lake Spenard,
where it has been parked by its
owner.
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