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THE MUKLUK TRAIL
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< claims in the United States, includ
ing Alaska, during the year begin
ning at 12 o’clock meridian July 1,
1932, and ending at 12 o’cook meri
, dian July 1, 19331
This-amendment'was .added by the
^committee on mines and mining:
“Provided, That the provisions of
this Act shall not apply in the case
of any claimant not entitled. to ex
■ emption from the payment of a fed
ora: income tax for the taxable year
1932: provided, further, That every
claimant of any such mining claim,
in orde to obtain- the benefits of this
.. Act, shall file, or cause to be filed,
in the office where the location notice
or certificate is recorded, on or before
12 o’clock meridian, July 1, 1933, a.
notice of his desire to hold such
mining claim under this -Act, which !
-notice shall state -that .the .claimant, I
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. or claimants,, were entitled to ex
-. emption from .the payment of a fed
eral income, tax for the taxable year
1932.”
The-appointment of Prank T. Bell
_ as United States Commissioner of
Fisheries x was .confirmed Friday by
.. the -Senate. . Mr. Bell, .who has been
secretary .to-Senator C. G. Dill of;
Washington, succeeds Henry O’Mai
- . ley.. He entered upon his duties Sat- ;
urday. His confirmation came quick
ly after his . appointment iby Presi
-. .dene Roosevelt.
Thomas Jefferson, postal inspector'
whose duties frequently take him .to
Alaska,, was a visitor at the Deegate’s
office during the past week. He .is in
Washington for .a short stay -on offi
« cia business.
ColoneDO. F. OKI son, general, man
- ager of the Alaska Railroad, is now
. in the .Capital ‘.City conferring with
Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes.
•'.Colonel 'Ohlson announced that
Harold W. Shdll sof Chicago has suc
ceeded George C. Dickens as general
f
freight and passenger agent of the
railroad in charge of the Chicago of
fice. Mr. Shell .will accompany
Colonel;Ohlson .nocth so .as to famil
iarize himself .with Alaska conditions,
and. will then return to. Chicago to
take charge of the office there.
Mr. -Dickens is to .have charge of
the .Alaska exhibit at. the World’s
Fair in Chicago.
Indications are .now that the . spe
cial session of Congress. will not end
until sometime .after the middle of
June. Much emergency legislation
remains to be .enacted. .Administra
tion measures only, are being consid
ered, which i means thatother legisla
tion must wait over until the Decem
ber session.
Delegate Dimond is .endeavoring, -to
secure the .appointment of a House
committee to travel to Alaska this
summer and make, a thorough study
of th .fisheries .and Indian problems.
Data secured by .the»committee, .<*he
believes, would go a long way in in
suring sympatheti ceonsideration by
Congress.
With .reference to postmasterships,
Delegate Dimond.-was told tby First
Assistant. Postmaster General Joseph
C. O’Mahoney that in his opinion the
President will probably make no. per
manent appointments until the reg
ular session of .Congress convenes in
December. With thousands .of ap
pointments coming -up, it is. not likely
he will have time to consider them
now. In. some cases .acting postmas
ters will be named.
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley announced in New York. Saturday
that pastmasters throughout . the
country whose terms have..-not -.al
ready expired and .who are perform
ing efficient and. loyal, service.'are. to
be permitted to complete the terms
to which theywere appointed.
The Postmaster General issued, this
statement:
“The first thing I. want to -say
about the ' postmasterships situation
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368 Central Ave., Highland Park, 111.
is very simple. # No incumbent .whose
term has.not .yet expired and who has
been renderinj^ftpyal .and efficient ser
vice Jto the Government, need have
the slightest featf iof remoyal. It .will
be Hie .policy the -Postoffice De
partment to . allow every efficient
postmaster: to fill.otit his term.
"Those -postmaster,? whose,. terms
have expired,, however, may naturally
expect, their succes^or^ ;to t$ appoint
ed just as soon a5. the Department
! finds it .possible in: tbgk goncluct of
g oad'ib t» si ness.' to 4ft *0
“There have been rfpmwvusti re
ports in Ihe j prsq.v;,attributing to me
and to the Administration, an. inten
tion to ‘abandon civil wgvice - exam
inations in the selection of eligible
candidates. ..There..has never,. beer)
the-slightest basis for these reports.
‘if .may add th^t the Department
has no intent ion of qbandpr.ing ; .the
historic custom of inviting the advice
of members of Congress with respect
to the qauificatinns and.-fitness of eli
gible.-applicants ip the various Con
gressional sdistriets'.”
A V>hill to authorize the entry of
fur-farming, homesteads op fcbenpublie
lands of . Alaska, opjginaljy introduced
in the House hy. Judge Wickersham
but not acted upon, was reintroduced
April 13 by Delegate Dimcrtd. iThe
hill reads:
“Be it epcahtd by the Senate;* and
House of Representatives of the
United . Sfat&s of Amgricq .in 'Con
gress assembled, That. any person
quali&ed tft. entera hopre^tehd on the
public lands of the .United States who
has hekt gtlpase with .the. Government
for fur farming on the .-mainland .of
Alaska .01; cm .the islands,.within the
territorial ■ waters .thereof, and who
has .rosid^d upon, the . same . as such
lessee for at least two years, shall .be
permitted -to, enter^arrd..acquire .-pat
ents. qqt tp axceed^lGO acres of such
land, tp .embrace ..his improvements,
as fur farming homestead, -by mak
ing .proof: of his compliance-with such
leq.se. and residence on said -land for
at. .least three j years -Had , paying
therefor the -sum. qf,4t2AQ d¥r acre
fop isaid,,Jand;t'.t^e Sesrqtary of the
Interior ;is putbo^Aed .jtft-.mahe pules
and regulations ta.caiyy .put the prd
-yisions.. of iSiis .Act.'’
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A wire iram me ftaj£paniy-:& cn,y
/couneil requested Delegate Difnond
to appeal tp the ..Reconstruction. Hi
nance Corporation in 1|he..huBe; th^t
4he corporation would (purchase .fSlf,
OPQ ''♦forth «f ^fee-Jf^S QPO *bond. .iaspe
which Fairbanks proposes to use jto
bqjld :a school tot replaqe the, one Ue
jitroyod’ hy .fire early in the mornihg
. o^JKeeeraberi^. The matter was im
njediately takBn.up' with JR. Fx C. offi
cinlSj but it .wa . slearned tha the
terips of the Jt. F.sC. act prohibit the
■organijation foam making loans of
apy character -on public projects
where the money to pay for them
comes from taxation.
•.However, Senator Wagner, of New
.York, .has introduced .a bill, .which is
now in committee, .providing that
municipal projects shall not have to
,be. self-liquidatinig in order to obtain
R. F. C. funds. -Officials of the R.-F.
C. .were of the opinion that if this
legislation passes the Fairbanks pro
ject might properly come within its
scope. This will probably not-be. of
much assistance where the need is
for early start of construction.
Employes of the Alaska Road Com
mission who were improperly placed
on the civil service register and who
.have encountered delays in securing
refunds of the amounts they had paid
in towards pensions, are now receiv
ing their checks. Several letters were
written to the Delegate urging, him
to expedite the matter. The facts
.were placed before the civil service
commission and the Interior depart
ment, with the result that it was
promised the checks would be sent
out in time to connect .with the April
29 steamship.
A caller at the Delegate’s office
during the past week was Colonel W.
Jj, ,gtevenson, who ia,.thoroughly an
titled, $$qpall himself a sourdough.
Col. Stey§nson. now managing direc
tor ofytfce fCgnadian Exploration Syn
dic ate,, mining concern, was
first qp. ^jkipka iin 1881 as a me.mber
of .the, .tjydcegraphic and Geodetic
Survey qn the old survey ship Mc
Arthur. ,Later, in the days of the
gold rush, he returned north and was
in the porcupine river country, the
Iditarod, Portage Bay and many
other .sections. He resided for some j
time at Skagway. Col. Stevenson
left Alaska in 1916. He and his wjfe j
were in Washington briefly en route:
ta England, to which country he
makes several trips a.year.
James .H. Fehse, .assistant chief
clerk of the Railway Mail Service,
and George Marchand, chief of the
sertrioe.for Southwestern and Interior
Alaska,/have been in .the cijjy confer
ring with Postoffice Department offi
cials relative to Alaska mail .e<ui- '
racts. A number of star route con
tracts will expire before long and ’
new bids will he called tfor. ’
KFQD, Anchorage \radio broaBcast
station, has filed an application with
the Federal Radio (Commission for
permission to change frequency from
! 1230 to 850 kilocycles.
Husband—You can't'use the car to
day. The breaks are out of order.
Wife—-H-onsects^h I wan to go out.
The horn still works.—?Sie .und Er
‘(Zofingen'L j
N^TKJE OF iFOKFB IXlfitE.
To Steve 'Bailey, his 'heirs, executors,
assigns ;aa4 successors in:Interest:
You are hereby notified that I,
Frank J. Guskey, the undersigned,
have <been appointed administrator of
the estate of John Griffin, deceased.
And you, and each of you are here
by further notified that the said John
Griffin, deceased, through power of
attorney from v--i (Steve Bailey),
dated the S'.h d*y, of November, ex
pended for aaa_*i labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
for each of the years 1923, 1924, 192S,
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1981
upon the following described placer
ninfeMfc •'to*w!t: No.
Discovery/ Ganea creek, a tribe
'Asy^ofi life Inndko river. In the l»
i ok a1 S^odrd Inr Precinct.
Tkat*aJi;o? said work.and intf>rov»
meats were required by law and were
put upgm ju&id claim la compliance
herewith in-order .to bold tbe same
for each sajd.y.ear. aad thereafter, aH
if said worfchhavipg been performed
jy the aforae&idi John Griffin.
And if within ninety (AQ; day*
after the publication of this notice
you, . and aaeh «f .yon, do :*st con
tribute to the above-mentioned John
Griffin Estate your proportion of
mid expenditures for each claim far
sacb said years, yonr -inteneet la 6aid
;laim will become the property of the
mid John Griffin Estate, aeeordis# te
the provisions of Section '£324 Ra
nged Statutes of the United States.
FBAJtfK 3. GUSKflY,
Administrator at Estate of
John 'Griffin, deceased.
Dated Takotna, Alatkl .Dec. 24,
1932.
First pub., Jan. 14
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