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use of this instrument at. the Point
Barrow stations because most of the
balloons would all in uninhabited ter
ritory, where it is unlikely, they would,
be recovered.
Regular airplane ascents are to be
made from, the Fairbanks station.
These will provide data up to four or
five miles. It is possible that some
ofwthem wil reach the stratosphere,
especially, during the winter,. when
this constant .temperature layer drops
close to the earth in the polar regions..
At all the selected polar year stations
observations wil be made at lleast
twice a day, of the principal meteor
ological elements, including tempera
ture, pressure, moisture, wind, sun-;
shine, cloudiness and., precipitation..!
The observations will he entered on j
special forms provided for the pur
pose and forwarded, to the Interna-1
tional Polar Year Commission.. The ■
worldwide cooperation will.make pos
sible the study in greater detail than j
ever before of the atmospheric circu-'
lation between the polar regions and■
lower, altitudes. This is perhaps the
most vital of all factors in the
weather of.the north temperate zone.
The Weather Bureau will also fur
nish the international commission
data concerning solar r adiation of.
the aurora borealis. Automatic, rec
ords of the .total solar radiation re
ceived will be taken at Washington;
Madison, Wisi; Lincoln, Neb.; Chi
cago. New. Yok City, Pittsburgh, Mi-!
ami, New Orleans; Twin Falls, .Idaho;;
Fresno and. La. Jolla, Calif.; Gaines-r
ville, Fla.; Fairbanks, Alaska. Reg
ular observations of . the aurora will
be made from stations at Point Bar
row, Nome, Fairbanks and Juneau,
and from stations along the northern
border of the United States.
Word comes to,the office of Dele-;
gqte . Wickers ham, fro mKetchikan
and other sections of the. Territory,.,
that the large amount of unemploy
ment in Alaska . will make it. neces
sary. this fall and winter for Governor
000,000 made available for disposi
tion by the. Reconstruction. Finance
Corporation to the various needy
States and Territories. If the re
sources of Alaska. are. inadequate, to -
meet its relief needs when the Gov
ernor is authorized, to borrow from
the Gorporation such amounts as
may be necessary, at a. rate of in
terest of. 3 per centum per annum.
The funds, borrowed shall be admin
istered by the. Governor, or under his
direction. The suggestion is made
that in buying1 needed supplies for the
unemployed and unfortunate that a
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AGENT
| Anchorage, Alaska
general price agreement be secured
from the retail grocers and that the
supplies be purchassd in the com
munities in which the yare to be dis
pensed.
The. Superintendent of the House
Offir; Building is arranging to have
all the room i in the building repaint
ed and renovated, having commenced
on.the first floor. This includes Room
167 of the Delegate from Alaska, who
will temporarily occupy Room 324,
through the courtesy of. Congressman
Ralph A. Horr, of Seattle,, who is now
in the West seeking a renomination.
Behind the great and growing use
of the air as a medium of transmit
ting radio signals and broadcasts
rests the activity of the staff of the
radio division of the Department of
Commerce, comprised of men who
handle a wide range of technical: de
tails and the administrative personnel
in which direction of the agency’s
work is centered. A review of activi
ties hy W. D. Terrell, head of the
division, reveals the importance of
the work done by Federal workers on
duty with the unit.. This review,
dealing largely with t he work done
by the division during the last vscal
year, furnishes an indication of the
continuing duties of the agency, both
in Washington and in the field.
Inspection of the radio installations
on ships are made to determine that
the apparatus is in good working
order and in. charge of competent op
erators. It has for its purpose, of
course, the protection of life and
property. The radio stations to be
inspected are situated in all parts of
the United States, Alaska, Hawaii
and Porto Rico. It is not possible
with the limited inspection force of
the radio division to inspect regu
larly the more than 26,000 licensed
radio transmitting stations.
The Delegate’s office has received
a letter fro mAlaska inquiring why
politics are injected hy some of the
partisans of the Territory in discuss
ing the appropriations made by Con
gress. An. instance is given in citing
that Hawaii received Federal high
way aid while Alaska failed to re
ceive a. slice of this fund, but it was
not explained that several years ago
Hawaii was included in the Federal
aid legislation, while Alaska contin
ued to receive her appropriations in
the old way. Major Elliott, president
of the Alaska. Road Commission, the
Agricultural Department and various
committee members of the Senate and
House friendly to Alaska went into
the subject and all decided that Alas
ka would receive larger appropria
tions under the present system, rather;
than to secure Federal highway aid
When Mr. McDuffie, chairman of the
economy committee of the House, de
clares that Alaska, with her small
population, is not entitled to any:raadi
appropriations, it may be understood
how difficult it is to induce the Demo
cratic majority in the House to agree
to ertend reasonable road appropria
tions for Alaska. When Chairman
McDuffie moved to eliminate the en
tire appropriation for 1933 the mot
tion was only defeated hy six votes.
Washington newspapers draw at
tention to the fact that the recent
discovery of gold in Alaska and.other
parts of the world is creating a. new
gold fever that should result in re
newed activity in mineral prospecting
and the opening up of many new
mines. As one paper states: “News
from Cordova, Alaska, now announces
the discovery erf a gold-bearing.ledge,
described as 'the biggest in. the: world.’
This ledge, in the Copper Sivex. Rail
road area, was uncovered,, it, is be
lieved, hy a change in thojeoarse of.
the stream. Nevada is excited over
the gold quartz discovery a*. Summit
Springs, 3D miles south of Haw
thorne, once a flourishing mining
»mp. Other strikes have been re
ported from time to time. Some of
them may have merit back of their
ilaims, and others may be purely pro
motional in character. While such
reports should not always be accept
ed at face value, yet here is good
reason to to waten developments.
That out of this thorough search of
Mother Earth’s rugged bosom there
should come worthwhile finds, per
haps bonanza locations, need surprise
no one."
Referring particularly to the mines
in Alaska, the Nashvilb Banner de
clares: “In the light of the history
of its purchase, it is especially inter
esting to see indications.from, time to
time that the real value of Alaska to
the United Stales is increasing as wc
learn more about, it. When. Secretary
Seward bought Alaska from Russia m
1867 for $7,200,000 h». gold there was.
a great oucry on the par. tof an in
dignant republic. The Territory was
popularly referred to as ‘Seward’s
Folly,” and people said there no ac
counting for the senseless extrava
gance in which, some.people would in
dulge, and so on. Kfecent geological
survey sin Alaska have emphasized
several facts about Alaska that make
the biting criticism of Secretary
Seward in days gone by all the more
amusing.”
An inquiry has come from Alaska
as to the number of patented mining
claims in the Territory and as to
whether there are not large areas of
patented ground owned by absentee
landlords, and which are held purely
for speculation, with no effort made
to develop them. It is difficult to as
certain the number of claims patented,
but the Department ofi he Interior is
now figuring out the'number of pat
ents that have been issued, with the
idea hat each patent will averag» be
tween two and three, claims, as the'
large majority are for one claim only.
But the Department states that after
a patent is issued it is almost im
possible. to determine into whose
hands-the claims finally reach.
Various sections of the Territory
have made inquiry of Delegate Wick
ersham as to the workings of the
Federal-loan bank act, with particular
inquiry as to whether Alaska, is to be
a heneficiary under, the act_ Section 3
provides^ “ft's soon as practicable'
the board shall divide the continental
United States, Porto Rico, the Virgin
Islands- and tha Territories of. Alaska
and Hawaii into not less than eight
nor more than twelve districts.. Such
districts shall be. apportioned, with
due regard to the custom lcmfw wf
due regard to the convenience and
customary course of business of the
insttutions- eligible to and likely o
subscribe for stack of a.Federal home
loan bank to be formed under this act,,
but no such district shall contain a
fractional, part of any State.’”
A clause under Section 2 provides
that: “An ‘amortized’ or ‘installment’
home loan mortgage shall, for the
purpose of this act, be a home mort
gage loan to be repaid or liquidated1
in not less than eight years by means
of regular weekly, monthly or quar
terly payments made idrectly in re
duction of the debt or upon stock or
shares pledged as collateral for the
repayment of such loan."
Because of a reduction in the busi
ness of the postoflices at Latouche
and Kodiak these two offices have
been reelgated from the third cass to
the fourth class.
Chauncey G. Walker, the postmas
ter at Long, has resigned his office
and has not succeeded in securing a
willing successor, as the compensa
tion is small and only ten persons are
served. In the event that the office
is discontinued the residents of the lo
cality would be served by the carrier
on. the star route from Ruby. The
Postoffice Department expends fl50,
000 per year for inland transportation
by star roues in Alaska.
The revenue act of 1932 provides
that no tax shall be imposed on any
article of native Indian handicraft
manufactured or. produced by Indians
on Indian reservations, or in Indian
schools, or by Indians under the juris
diction of the United Staes govern
ment. in Alaska.
Resourceful.
“Scrambled eggs,” orded a customer
in the new cafe.
“Milk toast,” murmured his com
panion, whowas not feeling well.
• “Scramble two and a graveyard
stew,” sang the waitress.
“Here,” corrected the second man,
“I want milk toast.”
“You'll get it,” replied the girl.;
'“That’s what they call milk toast i
here.”
The two customers held a confer- ■
ence and decided to “put one over” on
the waitress.
The first one wanted a glass of
milk, the second a cup of black coffee, j
When the waitress appeared with the
order one of the men gave this follow
ing order: “A bottle of lacteal fluid
for my friend, and a scuttle of Java
with no sea foam for me.”
“Chalk and a dipper of ink,” shout
ed the waitress without even a smile
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nenana _ 00
Tavern Roadhouse . 17%
Knight's Roadhouse _ 23% j
Nineteen-Mile RoadhouBe_68
Diamond Roadhouse._.76
Roosevelt _ 89 i
Lake Minchmnina_ 115 |
Trappers’ Gabip__ 132
Lone Star Roadhouse _ 160
Telida Roadhouse . 169%
Slow Fork Roadhouse_ 187
East Fork Roadhouse _) 206
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse. 227% j
Big River Roadhouse..241
McGrath . 263 i
Takotna ___ 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse _ 291 i
Sphir__ 300
cCafferty.. 806 1
Brown Creek shelter cabin_818
Fritz shelter oabin _ 3®
First Chance shelter cabin _ 846
Sohermeyer R. H__ 360
Iditarod_ 876
Flat _384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
Crooked Creek shelter cabin, 19
miles from Bonanza.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Notice is hereby given to F. W.
Carter, A. B. Ferguson, George C.
Friend, and E. Coke Hill, and their
heirs and assigns, that their portions
of the assessment work for the years
1924 to 1931, inclusive, done on the
Bonanza Association placer mining
claim, situated on Flat creek, tribu
tary of Otter creek, in the Otter Re
cording Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, must be paid
within ninety (90) days from date
hereof, or forfeit all right and title
to said placer mining claim.
PATRICK SAVAGE.
Dated Flat, Alaska, Jan. 16, 1932.
First publication, March 5, 1932.
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