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Takxitoa, Alaska, .October-.I. 1931',
l’L(|NEFRS WANT MLNJN<->
LAW «F 1912 TO STAN I>
(Anchorage T imes..}'
Placer mining regulations as they
ao jWstand in Alaska are satisfactory
to fnomhers of Anchorage iirloo, No,
15, Pioneers of Alaska, and auoy effort
that mal he made during the forth
coming session/ of Congress to make
any changes will he-vigorously op
posed. ;
The action of the tast-TerritoriaJ
Legislature in.going on record, as fav
oripg the repeal of the present Alas
ka jplacer mining law was-flisgussed
at a meeting of Anenorage Piopeers
several weeks ago, and at then, last
meeting the Igloo went on record as
opposing* any. change, their action
taking the form «£ the. following res
olution, copies of whiah are to he for
waifdfcd to Relegate-. James Wicker
sham andi to various other members
of poqgrass:
“Whereas, the.1 'Alaska . Territorial
Legislature, at its 1931 * session, has,
petitioned Congres to. approve the rer
peal , of the lawp regulating the loos*
tioij and the amount of annual labor
to {)«* performed oir ..placer claims in.
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A1 oka in our . four-passenger
cabin plane. Large baggage
compartment separate from the
cabin. Equipment: .for water
landings.
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WIRE:
i Komiri H. Rotnig;
AGENT
Anchorage, Alaska *
Alaska, passed by Congress August
12, 1912, and
“Whereas, this Igloo believes this
law to be a beneficial and a good law,
“Therefore, be it resolved by Igloo
No. 15v Pioneers of Alaska, at An
chorage, Alaska, that we oppose the
repeal of this law for the following
reasons:
“That, .except, as restricted by thiXi
law. jt ins possible for a fevy men
who, through . fortuitous ,, circum
stances, happen to l.'e.^rst, on the
ground when a new discovery is made,
to loeate, for , speculative purposes,
practically the entire. known,, gold
bearing area, however large. Under
I the old law this has occurred ip every
new placer camp in Alaska. .
“That by thus locating all the,
ground which is thought , to contain
gold in paying quantities, .these few
| men, not able ..to develop themselves,
i .make development dependent , on
| those who are willing, tp pay the price
I demanded for ‘pencil locations’* for
the privilege of prospecting. The
| result being that prospecting of new
ground is delayed till the. speculative
locations have expired.
“The chief argument -an favor-, of
this la wis that v, ill enable, the,
large operators ,of dow-grade.ground
—the dredges—to acquire the ground
i needed for extending these opera■»,
i tions.
| “We believe tjae argument is falla
| cious, for the reason that speculative
locations are not confined to any par
ticular class; of people,. and the law
of bargain an4 trade should not be
abrogated in favor of those who are
able to pay.
“Adopted by Igloo No. 15, Ffioneers
of Alaska, thi§ ISth day pf Septem
ber, 193k” -
FARM VALUES. DECLINE.
Fewer farms, were being , operated
I by owners and more.-by tenant?, in the
I United States 1 in ^930,’ according to
j an announcement made recently Jby
['the Bureau of the Census.
>■ Owner-opuraied..farms in 192P puifh
j bered 3,825,000. . comprising-, about
j 036,775,815 acres,. vhereaa .in '.<1939.
i they numbered3,$..: ..8}394<1 and > eom
1 prisedv|fil8w3.75<T(4)'acres; ^.decrease of
I approximately 350,696 farms, or 18,
• .'1994125 acres operated by owners in
1930, statistics show..
Tenant-operated farms in 1920
numbered 2,454,804, with an acreage
of 2644)79,543, whereas in 1930 they
numbered 2,664,365 and comprised an
acreage of 306,409,324, an increase of
209,561 in number and 41,429,781
acres. The value of all farm land
and buildings in 1930 was $47,879,
879,835,358, and in .1930 jt was $66,
316,002,602..
The size of the “average” farm in
creased from 148.2 acres in 1920 to
156.09 acres in £930, jt is disclosed,
i The total number of farms, in 1930
was 6,288,648, and .in 1920 was was
6,4484143, although the acreage of all
farms increased by-more .than > 30,j
000,000 acres.
WASHINGTON.—A postal, .deficit
of $150,000,000 for the current fiscal
year was forecast by Actings Post
master General Coleman., as ^jpoetal
savings mounted to a new-ivigU record
of approximately $4OO,00QI9QO.. He
said hard times the
postal revenue, but savings had dou
bled, indicating hast hoarded' capital
to some extent was responsible for
existing busine&s conditions.
FIRE INSURANCE
fou should carry a liberal amount of fire insurance,
for the sake of your credit and your peace of smind.
Needless &> say this insuaance should be of th&yery
highest quality.
That’fi the Kind Written By
Insurance Agency
Alaska Notes
Gathered From Territorial
Exchanges. .
The ftlongrolian and Chinese pheas
ants which recently were received
i from the- States .by.t the ;Auchprage
Rod and Gup Qiib fpr stocking local
areas, have been placed advantage- ,
ously and appear to be getting-along
Very nicely/ according to reports
which have .b.etpn received from, the
various places where the birds have
been -liberated, says ;itfre Anphprpge
Times. , The .^hypraent consisted of 20 •
Chinese* pheasants and. anyegual num
ber of MbfogoJiaiis,- ^nd, in adiytton.
splendid results w ere^ obtained in the .
■ hatching, experiments .conducted »t c
| the A1 Walters farjtn,*%pr the ;-JPajmef,
i district, earlier in ±lie Reason. ,.
L Some of the gro.wn-.pkeas^pts were
liberated at the . Helen . Vale home
stead gJ/ltJc*. ispeiMUidj ethers-, wxre
lurned over to Bud Whitney, the Gov.-,
i ernrpent experiment Ration at Mata-.
| nuska ^ssumecl jrespoijfcibditi": for,' oth
ers, andthe/remainder. are being
lpoked: after at the ^A. A.. Shonbeck
4*riS in tfee Pabnejr. disfcrift.
j ‘ The.rplapng. of the,birds in this
manner,was necessary to insure their
care during. the winter.. And,, i» the
meantime, hunters were warned not
to shoot;,any of .them. It is pointed.'
out that- cooperation on the part of
e’veryone will be needed to insure the
success of the experiment and the
• hope is expressed that, tjie birds will
| not be molested, m any way t)ll such
time as there has been a sufficent in- j
crease to permit limited shooting. |
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Jack Peers, memberof the Nenana
Igloo of Pioneers, who was employed,
as pumpman at Cantwell, died in his
sleep on the night of September-3. He
was fqund dead in his bed on the fol
‘ lowing, morning by Frank AJcGarvey,
section foreman, and indications were
tliat he had fallen asleep while read
ing and that death had claimed him I
while tie slept. /The book he had been
readingnwas still held in his hand
when he ,was.found die following
morning.
The .mystern .surrounding' the dis
appearance of \jictor A. prison,, who
dropped from yie^^after writing let
ters July 30 in v^uch^e. announced
; his intention tb end ijiiaH; life, was
! solved a few days agp. vjhah'his; body.
| was discovered in tke.tprdfth as. short
distance below Fairb^jOn.-That he
committed suicide l>y)jtalsing poison
was the view expressed^ before the.-,
coroner’s jury sby bPr.iaJ,. AY Suther-1
land,
Crison wa^57 years old ,o£ French
extraction. He had been' naturalized
at Anchorage two years ago...
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