ALASKA INTBBE8TS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
(Continued from Page 1.)
3 The following June the party will
reach Dutch Harbor from Japan, and
then go to Seward, to take a short
trip over the railroad to Anchorage,
uni, returning, depart for Cordova,
„ vt;a, Juneau, Wrange.i, Ketchikan
a;i.i Seattle. Mr. Sawyer has also
..etc received word from the San
L. antisco Chamber of Commerce that
her trade excursion to Alaska this
aiimnaei would be limited to 120 per
u a, and it is expected that practi
• -juUy every local firm interested in
.he development of trade relations
uei-woen San Francisco and Alaska
wili be represented. The party will!
uepart on July 28 and return to thej
Qa.it'ornia city on August 20 Leav
ing Seattle, the party will travel on
a steamer of the Alaska Steamship
Company to Ketchikan, Wrangell, Ju
«, ..eau, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
At the matter city they wiil board the
Alaska Railroad for an eight-day trip
through the Interior, with stops at
Anchorage, Curry, Mt. McKiniey Na
tional Park and Fairbanks. From
there they wiil proceed by automo
bile over the Richardson Highway to
Ghitina, with a side trip over the
Copper River & Northwestern Rail
way to the Kennecott copper mines,
and return by rail to Cordova, where
the steamer Will again be boarded for
the Outside.
Delegate Wickersham is sending to
a-1 the Masonic lodges in Alaska pic
tures of George Washington in Ma
sonic regalia. To all the libraries in
the Territory he is sending a chart
reproduced in colors, of flags used
during the American Revolution, un
der the title of “Flags of American
Liberty.”
C. F. Johnson, having graduated
from Annapolis under appointment
from Hon. Guinn Williams, of Texas,!
later resigned and was offered a posi-1
tion with the International Packngj
Company with operations in Alaska,
which he still holds. He is now in j
Washington to represent his company
in opposition to tohe Welsh flsheries
bill, which will have a hearing before
the House fisheries committee on
February 11. The president of the
same company, S. Chase, jr., and A.
H. Bradford, president of the Associ
ated Fishermen of Alaska, accompa-1
nied by his bride, will also reach
Washington in a few days to attend
the hearing.
Petitioners from Haines want a
bridge constructed across the Klehini
river, at Fish Point, and about 27
miles west from Haines on the gov
ernment built road. They declare the
bridge is necessary in order to get
mining and food supplies into the dis
Pacific
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tricts known as the Big and Little
Salmon, Nugget creek, Hermann
creek, Porcupine, Glacier creek, Sun
shine Hiil, Nugget creek fur farm,
a; d various homesteads along the
K1 him and the Chilkat rivers.
As the postmaster of Hydaburg
was unfortunate enough to get into
financial difficulties there is a vacancy
n the office, and Rev. Samuel G.
Davis has been recommended for ap
, ointment as postmaster.
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The fishermen residents of Cordova
and vicinity, to the number of 110,
hava sent in a petition asking that
the rcguation be changed that re
stricts the amount of fishing gear
carried by boats less than 23 feet in
length. The men complain that many
of them have not the large boats now
required to carry the increased
amount of gear.
Iginio Gaglione has resided in Ju
eau, Nome, Fairbanks and other In
ner towns, but some years ago a
m..y cLulh required his return to
: ta y, whei e he overstayed a five-year
cave. He returned to Seattle as a
visitor and has there engaged in busi
ness. But he is regarded as an alien,
and last fall was cited for deporta
tion and was given until February 1,
1932, to voluntarily depart for his na
tive country. He could not close up
his business in time to depart, so
made application for a longer stay,
which has been allowed him by the
Commissioner General of Immigra
tion. The time has now been fixed
for departure as April 1, 1932, and
that is the limit, so Delegate Wicker
sham, who has interested himself in
this case, has been informed.
Alaska was brought to the front on
the night of February 2, when Sen
ator James Hamilton Lewis, in the
National Radio Forum, forecast a
Russo-Japanese union directed at the
United States. He said: “Let it be
expected that soon America will con
front a union of Japan and Russia.
This will confront the United States
with a defiance, and at such hour we
will be fortunate if under the guise
of some alleged offense by the United
States Russia will not be incited by
influences to seize Alaska, her former
possession, now disilosed as rich in
all resources. At the same time as
this invasion Japan will move to take
the Philippines for all their uses.
Such a combined movement would di
vide American defenses thousands of
miles apart.”
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With the close of filings on Feb. 2
in the Alaska primary contests the
general prediction was fulfilled that
there would be no opposition to the
rdnomination on the Republican ticket
of Judge Wickersham for Delegate to
Congress. He is thus left free to
exert his best efforts to secure Alaska
legislation before Congress, without
anxiety as to who the Republican
nominee would be in the November
contest.
Assistant Postmaster General Glo
ver assures the Delegate that an in
vestigation of the mail service be
tween Eagle and Circle shows it to
be now satisfactory, as the contractor
is using both aircraft and dog teams,
the latter supplying intermediate
points.
Contractor Frank H. Kline, of An
chorage, has adjusted his difficulties
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and received a check from the gen
eral accounting office in Washington
in the sum of 93,566.
Some of the United States^commis
sioners in Alaska complain.ahout the
dilatoriness in getting a settlement of
their accounts from the office .of the
Comptroller General.
Mistress: “The main thing.here is
honesty. The last maid stole , the sil
ver spoons.”
New Maid: “You needn't fear any
thing from me, ma’am. Fm on pro- (
bation for stealing at my last last
place.”
GRAND JURY ASKS THAT A
FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR BE
SENT TO THE KUSKOKWIM
An excerpt from the report of the
grand jury recently submitted to
Judge Cecil H. Clegg at Fairbanks,
reads as*follows:
“We, the grand jury for the gen
eral February 1932 term of this
court, duly convened on the -5th day
of February, 1932, respectfully sub
mit to your Honor the following re
port:
“We have investigated all matters
brought to our attention and have
made reports from time to t.me on
such charges as the testimony before
us seemed to justify.
“In the course of our deliberations
we have examined eleven criminal
charges.
“We have returned to the court
eight indictments endorsed ‘A True
Bill”
“We have returned to the court
three indictments endorsed ‘Not a
True Bill/
“We have made two original inves
tigations in which we did not find
sufficient evidence to justify the re
quest for an indictment, and respect
fully request that a Federal investi
gator be sent to Bethel, Akiak, Mc
Grath and Takotna Alaska.
“We have made one original inves
tigation resulting in a written recom
mendation that the person investigat
ed be withdrawn from the Fairbanks
district.
“We have examined fifty-two wit
nesses during the course of our inves
tigation."
FAMOUS PREMIER MINE
A BIG DIVIDEND PAYER
The famous Premier mine, which
is located about 12 miles from Hyder,
in the Portland Canal district, just
inside the Canadian boundary, has
produced $52,000,000 during .the
twelve and a haf years it has been
operating. D. L. Pitt, who opened
up the property and who has been in
charge of operations since that -time,
was a visitor in Ketchikan. recently
and gave a generaLreview, of. Premier
activities. The mine is operated ..by
the Premier Gold Mining .Company,
Ltd., which is controlled.by the Amer
ican Smelting & Refining ..Cotnpany.
In 12 years the mine .has paid $16,
000,000.
It is capitalized, at $5,000,000, with
stock at $1 per share par value. The
$16,000,000 paid in dividends.tells-the
story of the big. returns made on the
original investment. ..The investment
at the present time is valued, at ap
proximately $2,000,000. In spite of
the reduction in the price of silver
the mine’s dividends, Mr. Pitt says,
have been paid at the rate of 12 cents
a year per share for the last few
years.
At the present time there is nor
mal winter force of about 300 men
employed. They are mining some 800
ton sof ore per day. Of this, a total
of 500 tons are concentrated through
the mill operated by the company on
the ground, and about 300 tons are
shipped crude to the smelters at Ta
coma and Anyox. For the mill about
50 tons of concentrates per day are
secured.
The ore yields about 70 per cent of
its values in gold and 30 per cent in
silver.
The ore and concentrates for ship
ment to the smelters are transported
over an aerial tramway a distance of
11 1-2 miles to tidewater.
Mr. Pitt believes the snowfall in
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 vouehera, to the under
signed, at Bethel, Alaska, within six
months from the date of this notice.
OSCAR SAMUELSON,
Administrator.
Dated at Bethel, Alaska, January 6,
1832.
the vicin.ty of Hyder this year almost
holds the recoid. There has been 28
fe„:t of snowfall so far this winter,
ar.d before the winter is over they
look for about 20 feet more. Recent
y it snowed for five days steadily,
pi.ing up six feet more, and after a
crief rest, as soon as the surface
.oads were cleared,, snowed another
70 inches In two days and a half.
S.n.e the ore is mined underground
.xu the tramway over which it is
. runspcrted is high enough to clear
c.eiythlng, there was no serious in
-e.ruption to mining.
C n November 10 permission was
g.-antcu Staff Sergeant Stanley R.
Morgan,. at Point Barrow, to make a
o-rney over the snow by a Ford au
• ...obile purchased by him for the
t urpose, and equipped with skiis and
rqe-.al heat.ng apparatus, to Flax
?.,o.n Island in connection with the
United States commissioner’s duties.
Severe weather conditions caused de
lay in Sergeant Morgan’s return until
November 22. In the meantime Mrs.
Morgan, becamipg . alarmed over his
faiiure to return, started a searching
party by dog team. From brief re
ports received, it. appears that Ser
CompUt nished. A
good place man and
wife, Rtar nabterras to
rigqbt per.
W»te or wire to
FOR SALE
Roadhouse
P. W CARLSON,
OphiT, Alaska.
journey, most of which was made in
darkness, and while he was storm
bound at Flaxman Island during a 40
mile gale, yet he suffered no injury.
He reports that many detours were
neressary; wide cracks and crush ice
were encountered, and it required
four days to make the trip from Flax
man Island to Point Barrow. It is
claimed that his automobile was the
first to appear in that section of
Alaska, where it caused great excite
ment among the superstitious natives
who, upon seeing the headlights, scut
tled into their igloos, believing the
devil was after them. Mountain
sheep, caribou, bear, and lake trout
four feet long, were seen.
Since the beginning of the automo
bile industry in the United States
there have been about 650 different
“makes” of cars put on the market.
Pioneer
Shop
Blacksmith,
Machine and ]
_ all kinds of
Sheet Metal
Work
Safetys
Stoves
ROBERT LOWR1E
Proprietor
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