THE MUKLUK TRAIL.
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coat f living. So if the bill passes ,
in its present form, Mr. Luther C. i
Steward, the president , of the Na*
tionai Federation of Federal Em
plqy.s, and Delegate. Edmond will im
mediately direct the attention of the
President to the greatly increased
cost of living in the. Territory., of
Alaska, as.compared, to the cost of liv
ing in the United States. proper and!
in this, manner seek to- prevent any
reduction in nay of the Federal em- '
plpyes in Alaska* including, of course, I
tha.employes.of the Alaska. Railroad.
Under the new. ilam regulations
which. have. just, been . announced . by
tha Bureau of. Fisheries, the. open.;
seas-n for. the Cordova, clam beds
wilLextend from.August. 15 to July 1.]
The former regulations, announced
in. December, 1932,. opened, the season
from August 31 to July and closed
tha season durin gthe entire mouth
of •. March* Under the new regula- j
tioijs the limit on the regional pack
is placed at 30,000 cases, which, how
ever, may he taken any , time during
tha open season. This gives the local!
tanner an.. opportunity, to. can anv.i
payt of tiHt 30,000 cases, whereas in
the formre regulation there, were 27,
000 cases allotted to. the period be
tween April 1 and July. 1.
In addition, the Bering river area,
a red fish section which has been
ciosed for the past six years against
commercial fishing, is thrown open
th*s year on the 1st of . June. This is
for the. benefit.,of. the .fishing popua
tion.in the vicinity of Katalla.
Delegate Bimond. gave an illustrat- '
ed» lecture on “Alaska, the Land of j
Yesterday,, Today and. Tomorrow,”
last evening at the Dipylomatic Sun
day. Evening Salon at the Shoreham.
The Secretary of the. Interior, Har
old L. Ickes, was the guest of honor.
Senator Borah’s bill, introduced at
the last session , of Congress* provide
ng for the suspension of annual as
lessment work on. mining claims held
>y location in the United States and
Alaska, was- well advanced on the
Calendar when Congress adjourned,
t will doubtless be reintroduced at
;he extra session which convened
March 9, but the full attention of the
Congress will, be first occupied by, a |
solution of. the financial and banking j
imergencies..
The Delegate Has gone on record
is being opposed, to the continuance
>f Mr. O’Malley as Commissioner of
Fisheries. So far as is known to the
De.egate’s office, there are only two
?a,.didates for this position—William
L.. Paul, of Alaska, and Frank, T.
Be.i, secretary to. Senator Dill.
i he Delegate has made an effort to i
interview as many Senators and Coin- j
pressmen as possible and has found :
i strong disposition among, most of j
them to support the policy of the
Alaska Democratic organization,
‘Alaska for Alaskans”,, in regard to
political appointments- The Post- j
master General has declared himself;
genesally in favor of appointing local |
residents to postmaster ships.
Every possible effort, has been di
rected the. past, week towards secur
ing the immediate appointment of
John W. Troy as Governor of Alaska.
Although President; Roosevelt has
announced that no action will be
taken on appointments until the
pressing financial situation has been
relieven, indications point towarn the
appointment of. Mr. Troy in, the near
tuture.
The Delegate has- been in tele
graphic communication with all of
the banks in Alhska ronrerrning the
Territorial!, banking, situation. Al
though the situation in Alaska did
not call for a general moratorium, it
is obvious that it was. neeessary for
the President to inclhde all States
and Territories i nhis proclamation.
As President Roosevelt said in his
address last night, “The dosing of
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dition.”
Jhdge James Wickersham left for
the Pacific coast, where he will spend
some time before returning to Juneau
to reenter the practic of law. Before
leaving Washington he and Mrs.
Wickersham entertained a .number of
the visiting Alaskans and extended
many courtesies to the incoming Del
egate. Mr. Will A. Steele will re
man in Yfshington for some time,
before returning to Afaska. t
TELLS OF DEATH OF ALFRED, ’
BRULE, ESTEEMED OLDT1MEK
The following letter, pertaining to *
the death of Alfred Brule, well known
oldtimer of the Innoko- section, was
recently received by U. S. Commis
sioner Chris Bolgen at Ophir from
Will am H. Kenney, son-in-law of Mr.
Brule, who resides at Oakland, Calif.:
“Alfred Brule, father of Mrs. Wm.
H. Kenney, passed away Thursday:
evening, February 2, 1933, at the’
Oakland residence of his darughter.
“Mr. Brule had been in the best of'
health.up to the morning of January
25, when he got up as usual and came ,
down stairs and without any warning
he had a stroke which paralyzed his
right side and left him speechless.
“He had every care, and for a fwei
days it looked hopeful, but he gradu-:
ally grew weaker, and passed away
peacefully at 8:25 in the evening.
“Mr. Brule had a long and event-1!
ful life. Born on December 15, 1847, j
on a small farm in Quebec Province,'
Canada, he was one of eighteen chil-.
dren. At th eage of 14 he left home
and went to Michigan,, where he*
worked in the copper mines. Later
he went to work in thd lumber camps,
of Michigan and Arkansas. From
there he helped with crews that put
up the pole lines for the first tele
graph company between Chicago and
Salt Lake City, Utah.
“In his early 20s he came to Cali
fornia and drove, one of the first
horsecars in Oakland, where he
stayed for several years. On leaving
Oakland he went to the Tehachapi i
country, where eh took up land and
started in the stock-rasing business,
which he continued at different points,
in California up to the time he went i
to the Klondike in the gold rush of!
1898.
“For the next thirty years he lived
in the Northland, first at Dbwson,
then Fairbanks, Cripple, and Tolstoi,,
prospecting for the bright: metal
which seemed to elude him. He ran.
a roadhouse near Ophir, Alaska* for
twenty years.
“In August, 1928, he returnedl tc<
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To Steve Bailey, his heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in interest:
You are hereby notified that I,
Frank J. Guskey, the undersigned,
have been appointed administrator of
the estate of John Griffin, deceased.
And you, and each of you ,are here
by further notified that the said John
Griffin, deceased, through power of
attorney from you (Steve Bailey),
dated the 6th day of November, ex
pended for annual labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
for each of the years 1923, 1924, 1925*
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931
upon the following described placer
mining claim, to-wit: No. 4 Above
Discovery on Ganes creek, a tribu
tary of the Innoko river, in the In
noko Recording Precinct.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and ^yere
put upon said claim in compliance
therewith in order to hold the same j
for each said year and thereafter, all
of Mid work having been performed
by the aforesaid John Griffin.
And if within ninety (90) days |
after the publication of this nnotice
you, and each of you, do not con
tribute to the above-mentioned John
Griffin Estate your proportion of
said expenditures for each claim for
each said years, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the
said John Griffin Estate, according to
the provisions of Section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
FRANK J. GUSKEY,
} Administrator of F.state of
John Griffin, deceased.
Dated Takotna, Alaskk Dec. 24,
1932.
:Fir8L pub., Jan. 14 .
California and made his home with sti
his daughter, Mrs. Wm. H. Kenney, tw
He sp.nt his summers in St. Helena, cci
where he was. a. familiar sight as he isl
. .u,.e his wwy;\arnund town.. ye
“He is survived by his widow. Re- de
becca Ji. Brule, a.son, Elmo A. Brule, Hi
of Sacrameatoi* two daughters, Mrs. th
Wm. H. Kenney and Mrs. Joseph su
Thihaudeau. of Oakland, and a sister,
.ars. Henry Nielsen, of San Diego. th
“Funeral services were held at 3 ur
,j. m. Saturday, February 4. .from the cis
Trumaa Funeral .Parlors in Oakland, ai<
Calif., Rev. Francis. J. Van. Horn offi- mi
dating,, thence, to his final resting mi
place . at,. Mountain View Grema- ch
Lorium.” to
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ALASKA LEGISLATORS TO'
VISIT SITKA HOME;
* LAC—Twelve members, of the
..a Legislature—eight represent-*
. and four senators—constituting;
'a joint committee of. the law-making
bodies, will sail from Juneau Satur-j
day for the biennial inspection of . the1
Pioneer Home at Sitka.
The report of T. Kettleson, super-*
intendent of the Home, will set forth
that thirty applicants now await va- j
cancies in .the institution. .
Several of the legislators ace m-f
dined la reject the recommendations
made by Governor George A.. Parks
that erection, of an.addition.iQi> con •
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o yearn, in va«w of the econon
ndition. of., the country. These le
a tors favor beginning work tl
ar. The matter has not yet be.
ter mined, although the Pionee
mic Commission has recommend*
2 retention Sitka as the mo
itable place.
Eight new bills were introduced i
? Senate today- One of the meai
ss. which is sponsored by the jud
iry committee, wipes out the la’
ling prospectors. Another of th
lasures. introduced by Senator Noi
in Walker, Democrat of Ketchikar
anges the penalty for contributes
the delinquency of a minor from '■
sdemeanor to a felony.
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