ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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ing: of the puesent interference in
* getting good recepttion over their
radios because of the inadequacy of
the Signal Corps transmission line,
, and asking that, efforts be made to
secure the creation of a proposed
wireless station about nine miles from
Juneau. In. taking the matter up with
the War Department it was found
that there is- no. appropriation avail
able for the erection of the new sta
tion and. not likely to be from the
present session of Congress. How
ever, a larger transmission plant will
-11# sent the Juneau station, which it
is expected will obviate all inter
ference.
In thh new budget there is no ap
propriation for the maintenance of
the two agricultural experiment sta
tions in Alaska, and the matter has
i been taken up by the Delegate with
the appsopriations. sub-committee, in
the hope of securing an approopria
tion so that these stations may con
tinue their effective work. It is the
jtfan of the department to close the
experimental stations in Alaska,
Guam and the Virgin Islands about
July 1, 1932, and thus save $126,470.
Representative Welsh, of Califor
nia, has inroduced at bill to prevent
the operation of floating canneries in
.Alaska waters. Protests against this
hill have been received from Alaska
and Seattle, and operators from the
latter city wish to come to. Washing
ton to be heard when the fisheries
committee has a hearing on this bill.
A similar bill was introduced in the
last Congress and was favorably re
ported by committee.
Secretary of War Hurley has trans
mitted to the House a favorable re
port from the chief of engineers on
preliminary examination and survey
of Wrangell harbor. It recommends
the dredging of the harhor to make
a. basin 400 by 600 feet, where small
vessels may lie, and to cost approxi
mately $46,000k
Carl Lomen, president of the Lo
me n Reindeer Corporation, accompa
nied by Mrs. Lomen, spent the week
in Washington. Coming from Cali
fornia they enjoyed the holiday sea
son with relatives in Minnesota,
where Judge J. G. Lomen and wife, of
Nome, are spending a few weeks.
His many friends in all sections of
Alaska will he pleased to learn that
Charles Peck Sisson, Assistant Attor
ney General of the United States, has
just been appointed instructor in
criminal procedure at National Uni
versity, Washington, where he will
deliver lectures on Thursday and Sat
urdag evenings. General Sisson has
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Anchorage, Alssho
made two lengthy visits to Alaska,
where he has a large acquaintance
and many friends. As his position in
the Department of Justice is admin
istrative, he has much to do with the
selection of judicial officials for Alas
ka, and expects soon to discuss this
subject with Deegate Wickersham.
The House committee on territo
ries, of which Delegate Wickersham
is a member, has held its first meet
ing. A hearing was given to II. R.
j bill No. 500, introduced by the Dele
; gate to authorize the construction of
a coal bunker as a part of the Alaska
! Railroad act at Seward, and to ap
j propriate the money therefor. The
( purpose of the bill was briefly dis
cussed and at the suggestion of the
Delegate it was referred for report to
the Secretary of the Interior. The bill
will be called up again on January 12
for further consideration.
Delegate Wickersham has received
a wire from the Alaska Territorial
Chamber of Commerce stating that a
referendum submitted to the Chamber
members by wire had received the
strong approval of Ketchikan, Nome,
Fairbanks, Petersburg, Anchorage,
Juneau, Sitka , Wrangell, Skagway
and Seward chambers This referen
dum is designated as No. 4 and peti
tions President Hoover, Congressional
heads and Cabinet officers, through
Delegate Wickersham, “to adopt as a
national policy, that since Alaska is a
vast territory mostly owned by the
Federal Government and has great
undeveloped resources, altho sparsely
settled and without authority or
means for raising additional funds
for development as in the past, must
be continued; that proposed policy of
retrenchment of federal activities will
result in retarding development to the
lasting detriment of Alaska and na
tional interests; referendum protests
present railroad rates, selling cable
system, cutting road appropriations
and proposed elimination of appropri
ation for agricultural experiment sta
tions. The unemployment situation
demands the same federal considera
tion it is getting in the States, where
activities have been increased.” The
message further says that “Alaskans
are much alarmed over the reported
curtailment of various Territorial ap-'
propriations. This Chamber and I
member organizations urge you to
press before the President and De
partments the sentiments herein ex
pressed.”
In answer, the Delegate replied
that he was greatly pleased to re
ceive the expressed sentiment of so
many of the Alaska chambers, which
would be properly presented to the
interested departments as well as
Congressional committees, in the ef
fort to secure consideration and fav
orable action for Alaska.
| The value of the copper produced
from Alaska in 1931 is estimated to
have been $1,712,000. This marks a
deerease in value of more than S2,
500,000 from the corresponding value
in 1930. Nearly $1,000,000 of this de
crease in value may be attributed di
rectly to the lower average price of
j copper in 1931 than in 1930. The low
! price not only had its direct effect in
j the value of the output, but it also
‘ acted to restrict operations, so that
the quantity produced fell off by an
amount estimated as in excess of 12,
000,000 pounds. The average selling
price of copper during the year, as
compared by the Bureau of Mines,
was 8.2 cents, against 13 cents in
1930. In 1931, as in former years,
practically all the copper came from
two mines near Kennecott, in the Cop
1 per River region. The mine on La
touche island, which had long been;
one of the large producers of copper
but which was closed down in Novem
ber, 1930, remained idle -throughout j
1931, and the woTk of dismantling
the surface plant was in;pnjgress. |
The value of the silver ^production
in 1931 was only $99,000, as against
$157,300 in .the previous year. Two
thirds of the silver came from the
copper ore, and with the reduction of
.hat output and silver averaging but
29 ents an ounce, the decline of the
tv ta. value can be understood. Sil
. ei-b.aring lead ores are but little
worked, because of their low value.
Other minerals, like lead, tin, plati
num, petroleum, etc., amounted in.
.aiue to $290,000.
The 108,000 tons of coal produced
,n 1931 amounted in value to $567,000
As usual, practically all of the output
came from the Matanuska and Healy
River fields. The principal producing
mines were those of the Evan Jones
Coal Company and the Alaska Mata
nuska Coal Company, in the Mata
nuska field, and the Suntrana mine of
the Healy River Coal Corporation, in,
the Healy River field. No notable!
new developments were reported to ■
have been made at the Suntrana mine
and its output was considerably more
than the total from all the other coal
mines in the Territory. Although no
coal mining work was in progress
during the year in the Bering River
field, east of Cordova, a prospecting
permit was issued, and plans are said
to be under way with the object of |
reviving search for deposits suscepti- j
ble of profitable development.
Delegate James Wickersham ha*
sent his formal* declaration of candi
dacy for renomination in the Repub
lican primary on Tuesday, April 25,
as Delegate to Congress, accompanied
by the legal fee of $40, to the Terri
torial auditor. Filings of all party
candidates must be made on or before
the first Tuesday in February, the 2d.,
The general election will be held on j
Tuesday, November 8, the same date
when elections are held throughout
the States.
Over 10,000 bills have been intro
duced in the new Congress, of which :
number Delegate Wickersham pre-|
sented 28, with a few more to come.
It can well be understood that consid- |
erabie time must elapse before many !
of these bills can be given a hearing
before the various committees to
which they may have been referred,
and of course the bills referring to
Alaska must take their natural cousse
before final action can be taken.
Owing to the death of Andrew J.
Griffin, postmaster at Richardson, the
people of that locality seek the ap
pointment of Fred Wilkins, proprietor
of the store there, as the new post
master.
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Lecturer “Alow me- before I close
to repeat the words of the immortal
Webster—’’
aimer Podsnap: “Lan’ sakes, Ma
ria, let’s get out o’ here. He's agoin’
to start in on the dictionary.”
“Sometimes you have to hit a man
to make him keep quiet, so that you
can save him from drowning.”
“Yes, and the time to do it is when
he first begins to rock the boat."
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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 1
of Andrew Johnson, deceased, are di- j
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 SAMUELSON,
Administrator.
Dated at Bethel, Alaska, January C,
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 fer the land embraced in i
U. S. Survey No. 1902 situate on the
left bank of Kuskokwim River about
% mile S. W. from the town of Mc
Grath, Alaska, ip latitude 62* 67’ 32“
N., longitude 165* 37’ W., whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1961 bear# N. 43° 32' E.
16.84 chains, has been given by
Daniel Wiley Sprague, entryman, and
his witnesses, Richard Joseph Mc
Arthur and William Nicholas Stan
ton, all of McGrath, Alaska, and is in
the files of the local land office at
Fairbanks, Alaska. All persons ha -
ing adverse claims against this entry'
ara 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 S. 88? IT" E. 37.17 chains, has
been given by Gustav Anton Christ
tianson, entryman, and his witnesses,
John Griffin and Chris Petersen, all
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good place for man and
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P. W. CARLSON,
Opbir , Alaska.
of Takotna, Alaska, and is in the files
of me local land office at Fairbanks,
Alaska. All persons haring adverse
claims against this entry are re
quired to file the same with the Reg
ister of the United States Land Offlro
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, 19£1.
Last publication, January 1G, 1932.
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