THE MUKLUK TRAIL
(Continued from Page I)
with respect to the exportation of
gold.
The ruling is that ores, concen
trates, precipitates, and unretorted
ama grms may be exported, thus al
lowing <3ie exporters to command the
prevaiLng -world price for the pre
cious metal. That price in the Lon
don market is no ^approximately $30
an ounce, as against $20.67 for :an
•ounce of pure gold in the United
States.
I he ruling is not now in wr.tten
form and it is extremely 'difficult to
teli just how fiir it .goes. If defini
tions of ores, concentrates, etc., are
those usualy employed in mining
terminology, a fees gold market in
effect has -been declared, but in con
versations with Treasury officials the
Hnpression was gained that restricted
•definition of terms would be applied.
This impression was heightened by
reiteration of the statement that gold
recovered from milling processes
Would not be eligible for export.
Delegate Dimond is endeavoring to
secure a written opinion relative to
the ruling and if it 1*60011168 apparent
that the bars now raised against ship
ment of gold to foreign countries
have been lowered the news will be
wired to Alaska.
In this connection it may be said!
that the Delegate has submitted a
brief to the Secretary of the Treasury
urging creation of a free market for
gold.
Delegate Dimond returned to his
•ffice this week from Gloversville, N.
Y„ Where he was called by the seri
ous illness of m brother, John L. Di
amond. The latter was stricken sud
denly with pneumonia and passed
away a few days later.
In what relation does Alaska now
stand wit hrespect to the public
works section of the Industrial Re
covery Act? Many Alaskans are
doubtless asking themselves that
ques question after the confusion of
recent "weeks when one set of figures
after another had appeared before
them. For their benefit a resume ef
the entire situation is given here:
1. There has been allotted to the
Alaska Road Commission $1,000,000
for roads and $96,000 for airfields.
2. There has been allotted to the
Office of Indian Affairs $60,000 for
construction of school buildings.
3. An allotment of $350,000 has
been made for forest roads and trails
in Alaska.
4. Under the Public Works Ad
m nistration the sum of $150,000 will
be expended upon the road system in
Mt. McKinley Park. This is $100,000
less than the sum proposed by the
National Park Service, the decrease
: representing a general pruning down
j oi park expenditures throughout the
| country.
I 5. The Alaska Railroad is receiv
I ing $210,008 for .a new roundhouse at
I Curry and for r.ght-of-way mainten
[ ance and .improvements.
I 6. Nine thousand dollars is set
aside for use by the Bureau of Fish
eries in repairing buildings on the
Pribilof Islands and reconditioning a,
number of weirs.
I 7. For the Lighthouse Service
j there is provided the sum of $86,000.
j The above represent the projects
; already approved.
There axe. in addition, many others
being urged before the Public Works
Administration by Delegate Diroond.
Among these may be mentioned
the Geological Survey’s proposed .al
lotment of $150,000, various rivers
and harbors projects and public
buildings, particularly in Ketchikan
and Anchorage.
The Delegate is also holding many
conference swith various officials with
respeect to a $315,000 program ad
vanced by Dro. Paul W. Gordon, di
rector in Alaska for the ^Office of In
dian Agairs.
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This program is designed to pro
vide roads, water systems, sanitary
an do tiler works in .or near Indian
villages.
.Mr. Dimond has had several talks
about this -with John Collier, Com
missioner of Indian Affairs, the re
sult being that the latter has ap
proved the progra min toto and . sent
it to Harold L. Ickes, the Public
Works Administrator, with a strong
recommendation that it be carried
out.
if this is idane, the plan is to em
ploy Indians whenever possible, so
that they may receive as large a pro
portion of the expended funds as pos
sible. Mr. Collier, Dr. Gordon and
Delegate Dimond find themselves in
complete agreement on that point.
Works would bp scarried nut in In
dian village sail over the Territory.
It may be mentioned in passing that
$35,000 has already .been made avail
able for a road at Hoonah, the sur
vey for which has already been rruxjle
by the Bureau of Public Roads. "
There are 8 Tseparate projects In
the program, ranging from Point
Barrow in the north to Alaska’s
southern boundary. An Indian popu
lation inf 14,053 persons -would derive
direct and immediate benefit.
■In a lengthy letter, which was the
medium for formal presentation of
the program to Commissioner Collier,
Delegate Dimond said in part:
“■“l. .All of these projects are fpr
the welfare of the native population
of Alaska, covering .both the Indians
.and the Eskimos, but not including'
the white population. The jpast win
ter was a terribel .one for them, and
the next cwinter unfortunately gjves
promise of being almost equally se
vere, by reason of .the general econ
omic depression affecting adyerselv
the fishing industry, upon y*hich most
of these people depend, as well as all
other industries. The jiublip wprks
heretofore allotted-fon Alaska will do
a vast amount of good generally in
the Territory, but that benefit will
help principally the white .population,
and only to a minor extent the native
people of Alaska. While, op the other'
hand, .the projects, covered ip the. en
closed list will be,done ip the native
villages, aipjfc, settlements, and practi
cally. all of it can be done by thema
tives^.thenjselves;' . . .
U2. As a historical .matter, the. na
tives o.f Alaska have been sadly neg
lected jp the past. While I realize
ja<n4 admire the really excellent work
that bps been . done, and is being done
by fA?..Qffice pf Education, apd by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, for the
Alaska Indians, it is nevertheless true
.that these.- native people have not re
ceived one»half, perhaps not one
third, of the aid from the Federal
Treasury that they would have re
ceived had they been members of
one, .or some, pf the tribes of Indians
in the United States. ....
ii inese projects are unaertaKen,
as I hope they will be, may I then
.make a few further suggestions?
“a. Care should be taken to . em
ploy the natives so far as possible in
doing this work. This will probably
mean that the work cannot be done
by contract, but must be carried out
under the direct supervision of the
Government by day labor, and ma
terials produced in Alaska, such as
lumber, should be used as far as prac
ticable and consistent with econom
ical construction. In this connection
it may be well to call to your atten
tion the really excellent work that
has been done by the natives of Met
lakatla, particularly in their town
hall. This was designed, and all of
the work was done, by the natives
themselves, and the building would
be a <jredit to any community, native
or white. Unfortunately, the natives
have had little opportunity for doing
modern construction work in Alaska.
The fact that so many of them are
able to build excellent, well-designed
and seaworthy boats is an indication
of their real talent.”
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Before the Hon. Ronald Mormon.
United States Commissioner and
ex-officio Prohate Judge, Mount Mc
Kinley Precinct, Fourth Division.
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of.A. R. j
Eldridge, deceased—ss.
To All Persons to Whom The.-e
Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
Know ye that it appearing to Ron
ald Morrison, U. ,S. Commissioner for
the aforesaid precinct, that A. R. El
dridge has died intestate, ar.d that
v» iiin.ired White, the former admin
istrator of aforesaid estate, has re
signed, and I find it.necessary .to.ap
point another administrator^“th' v:
A. R. Eldridge leaving at the ti” i
; his death property in this pre
and that said Commissioner par
j appointed A. II. Twitchell ad. • •
■ trator for the Estate of A. R.
dridge,., according to law.
In testimony whereof I* have h»
| unto set my hand and affixed my < Y
cial seal this the 19th day of JSf
1933.
(Seal) RONALD MORRISON
.United States Commission
and ex-officio Probate Ji
1st pub July 29; last Aug. 26. I
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