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Bone, was a recent visitor in Wash
ington, where he attended the annual
» dinner of the Gridiron Club. He is
i connected with-the fied service of the
Federal -Trade. Commission.
Lpo E. Butt, > Jr:, whose home is in
Littie • Rock, Ar.k., but who usually
- spends his summers in Alaska, spent
. acouple of day sin Washington this
v week, and proudly boasts of his own
o ership of “Stikine,” an Indian bear
« dog that he received last month from
Wrangell.
. Application has been received by
i. the Delegate from a young man in
i Fairbanks who desired to enter a
t Government aviation school. The ex
e ecutive officer of the Air Corps prom
ises to give him an opportunity to
« qualify for entrance, when he reaches
. the age of 20.
Mildred M. Fisher was commis
sioned on Dec. 11 as postmistress of
Ruby, there being a vacancy in the
• office.
Delegate Wickersham has intro
■> duced a bill in Congress to empower
the town of Petersburg to issue bonds
to the amount of $100,000. The money
derived is for the improvement and
extension of the municipal electric
light and power plant, improvement
of the water and sewer system of the
town, and to retire $35,000 of out
standing bonds which bear 7 per cent
interest. A bill was also introduced
to allow the town of Juneau to use
the funds of a previous pond issue
for the purpose either of improving
the sewerage system or of construct
ing permanent streets in the town.
Amon gDelegate Wickersham’s vis
itors during the past week was “Es
kimo” Charlie Planinshak, who knew
the Judge when he presided over the
court in Nome in 1901. Charlie was
accompanied by his two small chil
dren, Inez, 8 years of age, and Tony,
but . The three, with their Eskimo
dogs, got into their canoe and fol
lowed the waters from Canada thru
'iS rivers until they reached the Ba
hama Islands. Now they are on their
way back to Hudson Bay, where
Charlie is going to start a reindeer
ranch.
Rev. C. E. Rice, of Juneau, who is
enjoying an extended vacation in the
States, made a pleasant call on the
Delegate the other day.
The Burea uof the Budget has rec
ommended an appropriation of $650,
000 for the Alaska Road Commission,
and it is understood that the House
will accept that designation. Dele
gate Wickersham hopes to have the
ty.
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I Fly in comfort t all points in
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Rofidr t H. Romig
’AGENT
Anchorage, Alaska
sum increased to $800,000 when the
bill reaches the Senate, through the
good graces of Senator Wesley Jones,
ol Washington State, who expresses
niseif as receptive to the needs of
Alaska and as chairman of the ap
ep^iations committee is in a posi
..un to render valuable aid to the Ter
ritory. The difficulty in getting the
ordinary appropriations through Con
gress this session can be understood
when the present deficit prompts the
President to urge the utmost econ
omy. And now Senator Pat Harri
son, of Mississippi, the Democratic
leader in the Senate, who has intro
duced a resolution calling upon the
appropriations committee to slash an
additional $300,000,000 off budget es
timates.
The unfortunate death of Edward
M. Stackpole, of Ketchikan, leaves a
vacancy in the designations from
Alaska to the Naval Academy at An
napolis. He has been named as prin- j
cipal and was preparing for his exam- j
ination at Seattle when he died sud- |
denly as the result of laryngitis. As i
a result, the three alternates will j
move forward in the selection of one
midshipman.
Two Alaskans recently crossed from i
Canada into the State of Washington
near the town of Oroville. They look- j
ed for a customs office at the border,
but found none and proceeded to Se
attle, where they were reported and
later fined $100. As they had no
“goods” of any kind in their car they
felt aggrieved and wrote to the Dele
gate to help them out. He took the
matter up with the Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury and succeeded
in having the penalty reduced to $10.
Occasionally the Delegate receives
compaint from Alaska of the ineffi
ciency or partisanship of a U. S. com
missioner, and asking for his re
moval. When the matter is taken up
with the Department of Justice the
reply is that nothing can be done
here and that complaint should be
made to the presiding judge of the
division concerned.
Bids will be opened on February 18
next for construction of the Federal 1
building at Fairbanks, as the specifi- j
6ations are now available to bidders J
in the States and are in the mails
going to the postmaster at Fairbanks,
to be available to Alaska bidders. It
is expected that it will be the latter
part of March beforet he contract is j
awarded, bond submitted and ap
proved, and preliminary activities
commenced, from which time the con
tractor wil have 480 days to complete ,
the work. Of the available appropri- ;
ation, it is expected that the building j
will cost $404,775, and the balance
of the $450,000 will be used for lock
boxes, furnishings, etc.
In the budget submitted to Con
gress by President Hoover there is no
reference to a building program for
the fiscal year commencing July 1,
1932. In a statement recently made
by J. Clawson Roop, director of the
Budget, it is announced that all pro
jects already specifically authorized
and appropriated for will be pushed
to completion. But o naccount of
the heavy Government deficit, which
will amount to two billion dollars at
the end of June next, and .the neces
sity of raising new taxes, it has been
determined by the Budget not to obli
gate the Government further during
the approaching fiscal year by re
questing new authorizations. If this
policy is carried out it will apply to!
the whole country, and would neces-!
sarily affect the early construction of'
the public buildings at Anchorage i
and Ketchikan.
However, various members of Con-!
gress, like Senator Janes, chairman;
of the appropriations committee. Sen- j
ator LaFollette, and Representative!
Swing, believe that Congress should!
assist the unemployment Situation by
providing jobs through appropriations j
for public works, which would largely |
mean public buildings. .Senator Jones
says: “I should think the $500,000,
iimi ,n appropriations for public works
woula be about the limit to which we
couid wuh certainty that the funds
would be economically and properly'
t;.\!, iiued.” Senator LaFollette fav
ors expending $650,(100,000 for Fe.d
exai public buildings, river, harbor
and floo dcontrol works, forest roads
and trails, etc. Representative Swing
f Ca-ifornia strongiy urges putting
hundreds of thousands of men to
work on a Federal program of expan
sion of internal improvements, includ
ing building programs. Should these
ideas prepail, and it Is more than pos-.
sible that they may, it is expected
that allocated buildings like those for
Anchorage and Ketchikan, would be
appropriated for, which in the Alaska
case would mean $400,000 for each
building.
Delegate Wickersham has prepared
and will introduce in Congress next
week a hill to authorize the Legisla
ture of Alaska to so extend its legis
lative power as to take over the sal-'
mon and other fisheries within Terri
torial waters and to control fishing
and canning therein; to have jurisdic
tion over all wild animals, including
all fur-bearing animals except the
fur scuils, and over al wid or game
birds therein. The Legislature would
have authority to pass laws for the
protection, conservation, control and
regulation of the taking of wild an
imals and birds in Alaska, and the do
mestication, possession, sale and
hunting of such animals and birds.
The. Legislature would not exercise
any control over fur seals, nor inter
fere in any way with the provisions
of the existing treaties between the
United States and foreign countries
for the protection of migratory birds
or other wild life. Nothing in the act
shall abrogate or curtail the powers
granted the. Legislature .to impose.
other and additional taxes or licenses,
nor limit or curtail any powers grant- j
ed to the Legislature by the Organic j
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In the matter of the homestead or
headquarters of Stephanius Sandberg
the register of the district land office
at Anchorage has decided that Mr.
Sandberg can not apply for a free
survey for a homestead, as he does
not show any cultivation as required
under the homestead laws, and that
in an application for a honiesite the
applicant is required to pay for the
survey in accordance with the regu
lations governing trade and manufac
turing sites. Attorney LeFevre, of
Juneau, has taken an appeal from this
decision to the General Land Office at
Washington, for the reasons that the
register erred in holding that to ob
tain a free survey for a homested or
headquarters applicant must show
cultivation, and because he erred in
holding that an applicant for a home
site is required to ,pa\ for the survey.
Johnny: “What is a philosopher,
father ?”
Father: “A man with a good con
stitution, position and hank account.”
He: “You’ve changed your mind.”
She: “Well, what's a mind for.?’’
In the Probate Court for the Bethel
Precinct, Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska.
NOTICE ^TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that all cred
itors having claims against the estate
of Andrew Johnson, deceased, are di
rected to present them, together with
the proper vouchers, to the under
signed, at Bethel, Alaska, within six
months from the date of this notice.
OSCAR SAMUEL.SON,
Administrator.
Dated at Bethel. Alaska, January 6,
1932.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02047 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 1962 situate on the!
left bank of Kuskokwim River about |
^4 mile S. W. from the town of Me-,
Grath. Alaska, in latitude 62° BT 32"
N., longitude 165° 37' W., whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1961 bears N. 43° 32' E.
16.84 chains, has been given by
Daniel Wiley Sprague, entryman, and
his witnesses, Richard Joseph Mc
Arthur and YVilliam Nicholas Stan
ton, all of McGrath, Alaska, and is in
the files of the local land office at
Fairbanks, Alaska. All persons hav
ing adverse claims against this entry
are required to file the same with the
Register of the United States Land
Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, within
the period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 1931.
Last publication, January 16, 1932.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
> United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02048 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 1963 situate on the
Takotna-Ophir road about 1 mile W.
from the town of Takotna, Alaska, in
latitude 63° 00' N., longitude 156° 05'
W,, whence U. S. L. M. No. 1963
bears £. -88° 17' E. 37.17 chains, has
been given by Gustav Anton Chris
tianson, entryman, and his witnesses,
John Griffin and Chris Petersen, all
i FOR SALE
Ophir
• Hoadhouse
.Gonspletely furnished. A
good- piece for man and
wife. 'Reasonable terms to
rigqbb party.
Write or wire to
1 Pi W. SARL60N,
' Ophir, Alaska.
of Takotna, Alaska, and » in u»c fcu~.
of the loca, office -at Fairbanks
Alaska. A! p rsons having adverse
claims against this entry are re
quired to file the same with the Beg
ister of the United States Land Office
at Fairbanks, Alaska, within the
period of publication or 39 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 193L
Last publication, January 16, 1932.
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Frank J. Guskey t
Notary Public J
Tskotna. Alaska
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