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Takotna, Alaska .January 4, 1929.
ALASKA RAILROAD PLANS'
ANNOUNCER,* RIG: PROJECTS- j
PLANNED, .SAYS MANAGER
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(Fairbanks News-Miner.!
Speeding up of Alaska’s industries
with special r eference to govern,
mental projects will be this countries
response to President Hoove’s pro
gram for continued prosperity..,
Such is the.gsit of a.long and im
portant wire sent, tcy the Fairbanks .
Chamber of Commece today by Gen
eral Manager O. E. Qhlson of the
Alaska .Rairoad iroov: Washington. .
For its p.art, the government is
gqing to keep^ in close touch with da,
velopmentoi. the.Territory by, having
•i hi^rii official resident hae rwho will
acceledte the. progress of industry
whenever and wherever ■ possible.
This* officer ‘wii! be Ernest Walker
Sawyer, executive assistant to Secre
tary of th elnterigr Wilbur ,who since
hf» trip throu^)| the Territory last
summer has kept iu .close contact
with the:country and done everything
pqpsible to broadcast its possibilities.
Although be does not speiifically
sayuso, it As .believed that Colonel
Oklson’s decision .not to suspend ser
vice on the Chatanika branch of the
railroad :is in tine, with his announced
pc^icy of keeping, the whees of indus
try turning at..the. highest possible
speed.
Other important announcements- in
Cdlonel Ohlson’s message, inclule an.
assurance that a large Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce party will
tour Alaska next summer and that a
new steamboat.has .been ordered for
Yukon river .service,. .
Colonel Ohlson’s wire is printed,
hefre:
Kegardingr tmn service-, on;..1the
Chatanika branch please advise creek
residents that jf they, will. M^ronize
the railroad ..instead of nigh way
trucks. w» wiH continue train service
on that- branch. .
"The, Alaska..- .Railroad appropriat
tidn-request of $1,000,000 for the.fis.
caj ..year, 1931 was favorably passed;
unop. by. .the, appropriations commit?
tetfcc.
"Then President’s policy of earlier
nitiatioon of- authorized construction,
indhrepajr work under present appro
priations and expansion of. activities
as: a* amtaihutionvto the allayment. ol
unemployment, will bjj the direction,
of; Secretary Wilhur be. extended to
Alaska as far asis practicable..
“We will also make any other con
tributions to the cause which may.
later become possible, and I have ac
cordingly ordered the vigorous execu
tion of repair work to all motive
pojwer machines and rolling stock up
to . the capacity of the plant, in addi
tion to the constrlution of four new
steel underframe cabooses and four
refrigerator cars in the Anchorage
shops, and also the dismantling of the
Sutton coal washing plant, from
which will be obtained timber for re
pairs to tunnels and snowsheds and
Dfiession of the latter, which work
williemploy a *force of about 50 extra
men for some time.
■“The purchase of a locomotive, a
ditcher, and one large stern-wheel
steamer for use on the Yukon river,
and one rotary snow plow is also un
der way. Also equipment for a solid
steel passenger train for next sum
mer's tourist travel will be purchased.
“Secretary Wilbur has also ap
proved the appointment of Ernest
W alker Sawyer, former executive as
sistant to the Secretay of the In
teiqr, as specia epesentative, with
headquarters at Anchorage.
“He will assist in the development
of industry in the Territory, particu
larly that adjacent to the Alaska
j Kaiiroad, and I feel certain that very
| good results wil be obtained through
the service of Mr. Sawyer.
| “The excursion of the Los Angdes
i Chamber of Commerce to the. interior
! of Alaska in June of next summer is
! assured. .Not less than 200. members
1 and others will come and.>;ou will all
l ef joy meeting this live and efficient
organization.” .
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I DRY AGENTS ABE WARNED
TO KEEP WITHIN LAW
W ASHiNGTON-r-L^etures on the
“proper, and lawful” methods of pro
hibition enforcement, have been given
to agents . in every ..section of the
tioa of tne..country, Secretary Mellon
.. 'formed Congress, and all agents
now. have specific instructions regard
ing the. .rights of citizens under the
.institution....
The ^Secretary did not mention
controovers.es which have stirred
Congress over the use o£ firearms by
enforcement.officers, but he said that .
lecturers and instructors had empha
sized the “proper method of securing
search warrants and of executing
them, and the teiljmque of mating
investigations of the larger and more
important cases.
‘ The operations of the Treasury
Department in the enforcement of
prohibition are becoming more stable
arm effective.' he said. “The
activity and co-operation, of the sev
eral bureaus engaged in these opera-.
tiqns are making the- business of vio
lating prohibition laws, more efficient
and Hazardous.
During the fiscal year 1929, the. rer.
port sa.u, prohibition agents had ar
rested &fi,878 persons, seized anomo
biles valued at $2,8i9;(U3„. and .89
boats valued at $200,845.
The prohibition bureau, it con
tinued, was fast being placed unuer
civil service and it was expected that
within a short time all appointments...
u fager.ts wc^tuld be linear civn ser
The Secretary said, the policy of
limiting industrial alcohol production
to the actual requirements of . the
nation, advocated last. January, had
l* roved successful, with the result
i.hat diversion of the alcohol for boot
leg purposes had “practically
ceased-”
He noted, however, a substantial 1
' increase in the amount of industrial ‘
alcohol prooduced, which he attrih- L
uted to the development of new
fields of use.
I There were 5,1^3 convictions for j
laws during the year- cmfwy mfwyw j
violation of. the federal nar. otic ,aws
during, the- year, and 83,789 ounces of
narcotic drugs wereseized or pur
chased as evidence. .
STK BOXER ARRIVES AT SE
! A.TTLE.WTFB STRANGE CARGO
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SEAT After lighting thru
storms from. Eoint Barow ond thru
Bristol Bay south to Ketcnikan, the
Bureau of Education supply ship*
Boxer is unloading one o, tthe
strangest cargoes ever landed here.
The cargo is composed; of the skel
etons of six prehistoric men who'
lived on the Arctic rim of Alaska,
ancient implementts of warfare, 10
jive White Emperor geese, rarest of
ther species, 55. tons of tin mined by
natives and 600 reindeer carcasses, j
The skeletons are being sent, .to, the
University of Pennsylvania, and- the
Keese to the Museum of*Kansas City.
Hardships were exper'ienceod. on
Little Diomede island in Bering
straits because of the. early appear
ance of Arctic ice on August 22, Dr.
C. A. Thompson of the Bureau of
Education saict Captain Whitlam,
master of the Boxer, said the vooy
age wa>. one of the stormiest he ever
experienced on a trip to Point Bar
row.
CONDEMNED BANDIT TRIES
TO BRIBE ESCAPE FROM JAIL
LAMAR, Colo. — Ralph Fleag e,
condemned leader of the Lamar bank
robber gang, was removed from the
Denver county jai: to the ;ail here
after a bribery pioot for his escape
had been discovered by Sheriff E. Al
berman.
The sheriff said Fleagle had, writ
ten a note to inmates of the DenveE.
coi i ly jaiL ottering 810,000. cash: to
effect his escape and provide a, hid
ing place for him in Denver, . The
money, Aiberman said, was, to be paid
when the escape was accomplished.
20 PERSONS INJURED*! ’
CHICAGO BOMBING
CHICAGO.—The one. hundred: and
foui’th bomb of the year and one of
the most powerful ever planted in
Chicago exploded last night, blastin
a four-story building and injuring 20.
persons, one seriously. Firemen es
timated the damage might reach $50,
000. Police are unable to determine
a twhom the bomb was directed, or
for' what reason.
ALASKA COLLEGE OFFERS'
MINING SHORT COURSE
For the prospector the Alaska Col
lege offers the .mining short, course.
This practical „ course embraces
such .work as: „
Laboratory experiments in ore con
centration.
Amalgamation and cyanidation of
gold ores.
f the best equipment for
i .1...
and blowpipe deter
■:known minerals,
g for gold and silver.
, „ij, geology applied to
prospe-t.ng.
Choosing the most efficient efuip
ment for the.smaii mine.
Shop work in the repair and main
tenance of gas engines.
There are no educational require
ments. Total cost of the course is
about $25.1 Room and board at the
College dormitory, $55 per month.
The second course, of 10 weeks be
gins January 27. 1»30.
For uoripitory reservations or ad
ditional information write Charles E..
Dunned, pesident of.the.College.
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FASHIONABLE CITIZEN TURNS
OUT TO BE A BANK ROBBER
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, -Police thru
out the Midd.e West are seeking
Frederick Dane ar a murderer and
bank robber, while acquaintances and
neighbors in the fashionable Lake
shore drive, where three months ago
he purchased a luxurious home here
are digesting a Dr. Jekyl and .Mr.
Hyde story.
Dane got into a t ght p ace Sa.tur
■ iay n.gn. and showed, h & true seif
after a minoor traffic.acc dent... He.
shoot and fatally ^wounded Charles.
Skeiiy, 30, motorcycle patrolman,
rather than go to police headuarters
tor uestioning, then forced three per- -
sons to aid him to escape after
wrecking his own car .n an attempt
ed getaway.
x o..ce found garage bills in the car
which. identified the driver as Dane, ,
raided the bak.shore mansion., and ; ,
found $319,000 m secu.it.es stolen ,
November 7 in a holdup of the
rarmers <Ji JVleichants bank of Jef
ferson, Wis. two machine guns,, a.,
.sawea-ott shotgun, two high-powered
1 ties, bags of shells anu cans of tear
bombs were also discovered.
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