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ALASKA INTBKEftTS AT
TOS NATIONAL CAPITAL
I C-mtinued from P«gi l.)i
would be no-influx of outsiders from
the States in connection with any
such activities..
“May I reaffirm my statement to
Vou to the effect. that if after ons
season’s trial the; new regulation
proves detrimental, it will be re
scinded. Under no.-circumstances do
we want to work, a hardship on any
of the people of. Alaska; it. is our
earnest. purpose to be of assistance
'“whenever possible. I feel that real
benefits .can be made available to the
residents of the ■ Yukon, delta section
•by, the .proposed new. regulations for
very limited, commercial fishing in
waters outside the Yukon; this can
be done without;.detriment, to. the runs
of. salmon *or to any. person in the
Territory of Alaska.”
During the winter months and'un
til March 15th next a regular mail
service will leaye Seattle for South
'western Alaska ports every Tuesday
morning, through an arrangement
made by the Alaska Steamship Com
pany and the. Pacific Coast Steamship
Company. As a consequence the
weekly news letters will be mailed
out eyery Thursday, in order to catch
the steamer.on the following Tuesday.
The . Postoffice Department has com
sented to give an airmail service on
October 15 from airbanks to Fort
’ Yukon. .
Over * year ago A. Hughes, of An
chorage, lost his personal effects in a
fixe that destroyed a section house on
the Alaska Railroad. Although the
loss was several hundred dollars, the
law only allows recovery of flOG,
• which.Mri Hughes is about to receive.
A postoffice has been, established at
Kwiguk, about 25 miles northwest of
' Akulurak..on Norton' Sound, and it is
expected that, W. F. O'Connor will
soon be commissioned as postmaster.
Alaska chambers of commerce are
sending la resolutions to the Dele
gate asking him f-o-support the me
morial pawed fay the last Legislature
and> try., to. secure 50 per cent of the
* amount received fay the United States
from its share in the operations in
the, seal fisheries on the Pribilof
• Island, for the Territory. The Dele
gate is heartily in favor of trying to
secure this revenue for. the Territorial
treasury.
As the contractor for the clearing,
grubbing, etc. ^of the site of the new
Government Indian school building at
Shpemaker bay, near. Wrangell, had
b to turn the work over to his bonds
men there was a delay in the com
pletion of the work and the penalt;
imposed amounts to> $1,500. An ei
fort has been made to have this sur
remitted, which ia under considers
tion by the Comptroller General.
The Forestry Service at Juneau ha
advised the Delegate that it is inad
visable at the present time to pro
ject any funds for the construction o
the projected bridge across Gastinea
channel, between Juneau and Doug
las. It may be advisable to wait fo
the Alaska Juneau Mining Com pan
to make a decision regarding: thei
future development activities.
Commencing September 22 the Is
borers employed in completing cei
tain work around, the new federi
building at Juneau receive $4.25 pe
day..
An assistant postmaster generi
advises that a monthly service ha
been authorized to Sleitmute durin
the winter period of each, year, effect
ive November E.
Both the Department of Com mere
and the Department of the Interic
have furnished much information re
garding. the general output of chrc
mite its market price, peicentag
used in the United. States, etc. Th
Delegate is interested in having thi
ore produced and shipped from Kent
peninsula to the Eastern coast of th
United States, and is endeavoring t
get such facts as will encourag
Whitney & Lass to start, shippin
this ore from their large deposits o
the peninsula..
Some parties were desirous of es
tablishing homesteads on Lowell
Point, just south of Seward, an
which some time ago was embrace
within the confines of the U. S. Navi
Reservation, hut which it was b<
lieved had bee nrestored to entr;
The Delegate took the matte r up wit
the General Land Office and t'uids thi
on March 23, 1908, approximate]
3,350 acres of land, includin',' Lowe
Point on Resurrection Bay, were r«
served for the use of the -Navy D«
partment as a coaling stati .n. Be
| the records show that the land wa
never restored to the pub!, domaii
, and accordingly is not subject t
homestead entry..
Requests from Alaska have come t
the Delegate asking that he try t
secure legislation that will ielieve th
! prospector from performing annua
assessment work on silver locations
until the market for silver shoul
react.
The Chicago Federation of Labo
has passed a resolution culling upo
President Hoover to call a ;>eeial sea
eion of Congress to float a tun-billion
i Kev^ator Restores Water’s
Lost Element
f
I
rma newest miracle of modern science
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important thing in ltf« to health. W* cannot oan
to Eve* healthfully unless we live with some r? upset
the laws of nstnre. Life to bst cellules- bnikhay and ceUa«
This lost element of water to Eadio-artavhy,
beta creates cellular energy and’remoras **Siii«« potosam
Se AHntlmot Laos, the great English physician, says “Meat
directly traceable to bad drainage ia the body-—to
of clogging waste matter or petoeoe at iM
th» world has racogntoad the Take of
itoal eftssra now attribut the value ef the'
to the natural radioactivity of their water*.
} to eae of azure’s ways of dtoeolvi^ and ieL
hoalth-destroying poisons and baiidiag healthy
M to aimpeaaibla for everyone, atok or
ally, aad at reasonable eaat, the splendid hnnUfS ef
radio-active health sarto* ia tha home through this
TMB BBVSGATOE %ATER ME.
Order erne today from any of7 tha following sobmgeator
Flat; Tom DeVaae, Euby; Oliver
EssHiHahcrgsr, Opldr; Chris
‘ dollar prosperity, loan to meat the
r present unemployment emergency, by
* starting Government construction
1 work without delay, and has sent
copies of the reaefatfiMe -Dntsgphi
Wickersham and other members .ol
Congress.
} -
Among the visitors to Washiqgtor
- during the past week were Mr..an£
f Mrs. Earl lluat, who were married in
i the Iditarod about fifteen yeaxs ago
- but who are now located at Boo villa
r Texas. Mrs. Hunt is a daughter dl
t Charles E. Taylor, of Fairbanks, ami
r when quite a child accompanied hei
parents in the early days through the
rapids at Whitehorse and down t<
* Dawscn.
1 The forest service of the Depart
r ment of Agriculture has just an
nounced that funds totaling $1,240.
608 will be made available-to thirty
1 two States and Alaska, from tha.c*
i ceipts from the national forests ii
l the fiscal year 1931, t obe. used foi
* roads and schools. Of this sum Alas
ka wiilreceivef 12,931. In addition, .thi
service will spend $496,243 for na
e tional forest roads and trails,, and o‘
r this Alaska will receive $5,172.
Major Malcolm Elliott, president-oi
e the Alaska Road Commission, ha:
e come out to the States from his head
9 quarters at Juneau and is expected t<
* reach Washington very shortly. Hi
e will remain as long as necessary fo:
0 the purpose of defending estimate:
e for road construction in Alaska, fo:
E the fiscal year 1933.
u ■ - ■■■.. —
I ALASKA JUNEAU MINE
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
$ Production of the A task* Juneai
d mine to the end of August brake al
d former records of that famous prop
!. erty with n net yield of $1,127,400
r. according to press reports,
h The August output was $320,500
,t a gain of 8 per cent over August
y 1930, while the net surplus before de<
11 duction for depletion, depreciatior
- and taxes of the company was $144,
. 800, an advance of 43.8 per cent ovei
t the same month last year. The nel
s so far this year was about equal to
i, the net for the the best preceding
» calendar year, which was about $1,
j 100,000. Even if the next few months
! does not exceed the average made in
> the past three years, the net for the
> current year is considered certain to
s exceed $1,500,000 if operations for
1 the closing third of the year continue
;, at the rate set in the lint two-thirds.
1
i
Landlubber WhiHi{.
' While crossing- the Common* re
r cently an old lady noticed one of
1 those men who go around jabbing a
pointed stick into scraps of paper to
“j gather them up. Stopping betide
:; him, she said, kindly, “Don’t you find
“ that work very tiring?”
“Not so very, mum" he replied.
You see, l was born to it—my father
used to. harpoon whales.”—Boston
Transcript.
TABLE OP
TWEEN
ABE PEAT
Manana
Tavern Roadhouse
Knight’s
Nineteen-Mils
Diamond
Roosevelt
Trappers’ Cabin
Lons Star
Tslida
Slow Fork
East Pork
Berry's
Mg River
McGrath
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INTERESTING NOTES.
A Mr. Rainwater sells pure spring
water in Little Rock, Ark.
2More than 80 per cent of the world’s 1
; manganese ore comes from Russia,!
! India, the Gold Coast and Brazil. j
The first three month sof this year
. Russia exported more than a million
, pounds, of candy to the United States.
Gaeof the steepest railroads ia the
world has recently been completed in
the; famous Royal gorge in Southern
Colorado.
b "
j Approximately one-fifth of the pop
i uhtioaof the United States attends
the monies every day.
'! .Belgium is said to be the most
densely populated country in the
world, having nearly 8,000,000 resi
dents occupying an area of 11,752
' -square miles. I
Unprepared for Disaster.
SBte—The doctor says your illnesa
* is all. due to.drink and that you must1
not take a.drop more.
He—Yes. I didn’t know it was such j
’ a serious illness. I thought it would:
just mean anr. operation.
I
Playing to Luck.
Mrs. Reed (with newspaper—It
says here that a woman in Omaha
has. just cremated her third husband.
Miss Willing—Heighof Isn’t that
just the way? Some of us can’t get
one and other women have husbands
to -bum.—Boston Transcript.
j Farmer (torfriend): “I hear, Bert,
I that while-ye-were in the city ye took
i up this here golf. - How did yol like
it."
’ Bert: “Well,, it ain’t bad. It's a
bit harder than hoein’ turnips, and a
, bit easier than: diggjn’ potatoes."
!-.
Judge—Do you mean to say that'
rnch a physical wreck as your hus
>and gave you that black eye?
Plaintiff—Your honor, he wasn't a
Dhysical wreck until he gave me the
»Iack eye.
Father: “I greatly disapprove of
hat young Stimpson, and one partic
jlar reason is his lack of industry in
lis calling."
Daughter: “His calling? Why, he
•alls seven evenings in the week!”
“I told Tom that the average wo
man's clothes weigh only eight
>unces.”
“And what did he say?"
“He thought it was a shame that
they had to wear such heavy shoes.”
I
Pioneer
Shop
Blacksmith,
Machine and
all kinds of
Sheet Metal
Work
Safetys
Stoves
BQBKBT LOWR1E
Proprietor
I
Babeesch Moosehide Mitts and Bools
Fura Bough tjand Sold Clothing
All Kmd&.of Nice Fresh Groceries and Fruits
Canned Goods of All Kinds Beds and Beddiog
A. R. Ekfridge
McGrath
OJJoffi llril t'M'f-l T i -1, r».