■* ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL. CAPITAL
(Continued from Pago 1.)
now held.. The entire collection of
more than 3,000 specimens will fill
gaps in. the Museum’s present collec
tion and will furnish material for
new and important study.
Mr. Chambers’ discoveries include
a wide variety of. harpoon heads of
. ivory and bone; spear throwers,
wedges* ivory picks* toys, ornaments,
drills* arrow, points,, and knives;
w wooden bowls and. dishes; whalebone
armor;, and clay pottery. The most
important. phase of the collection is
the great variety of harpoon heads.
‘ Hundreds of them were found, some
of. which were hitherto undiscovered
types. They are for the most part
of ivory, taken from walrus tusks.
These specimens represent every
stage of Eskimo, culture* and are of
* great value as diagnostic material. It
is through, study of harpoon heads,
heads, as typical examples of Eskimo
workmanship in various stages, that
are found most important clues lead
ing: to. new knowledge of the race,,
both ancient and. modern.
On the recent expedition there were
no human bones found. Last year*
however*. Mr. Collins discovered an
old house containing twelve skeletons.
Most of the human bones disintegrate
- after about a year, due to the Eskimo
tradition of surface burial on the side
of a hill where the corpses are not
all protected from beasts or. the
weather.
The office of Indian Affairs an-t
nounces that in the Alaska division
there are 24 Oemployes in the teach
ing1 service, that includes 5 district
superintendents, 214 teachers and 21
miscellaneous employes. Physicians,
dentists and and nurses number 52,.
with-21 who are on the medical boat,
practical nurses, janitors,, etc. In. ad
dition. there are about one hundred
carpenters and laborers employed on
construction, work irrespective of
private contract work, making a
total of 41 3employed. There are 99
day schools in operation, including 5
newly established schools at Copper
Center, Kalshak, Newhalen, Point
Lay, and Tanana Crossing. There are
3 .Industrial schools in operation, at
Eklutna, Kamakamak, and White
Mountain, with another new building
at Shoemaker Bay, near Wrangell.
Day schools not yet opened but estab
lished are at Attn, Cheechingamute
and. Ekwak. There is one orphanage
and school for the blind. There are.
sis; hospitals, including 2 newly open
ed at Mountain Village and Kotzebue,
with 2 building at Chitina and Yaku
tsk. Thera ■ are 20 medical centers
where nurses or part?time physi
cians are stationed, with an itinerant
medical boat on the Yukon river dur
ing the summer months.
In the appsopriations for 1931-32,
the following new buildings, with
costs, were allowed: Akiak, $8,000;
Alka, $5,000; Attu, $5,000; Beaver,
$7,000; Belkofski, $500; Bethel, $8,
000; Cheechingamute, $8,000; Eklut
na, $23,000; Ekwak, $5,000; Hoonah,
$20,000; Uiamna, $5,000; Kalshak,
$7,000; Kokrines, $7,000; Kulukak,
$250; Noatak, $7,000; Perryville, $2,
000;Point Lay, $7,000;; Quithlook,
$4,000; Savoonga, $4,000; Shageluk,
$7,000; Tanana Crossing, $4,000;
Ugashik, $250; Wainwright, $1,000;
Nome, $10,000; Shungnak, $10,000.
Two stately Alaska totem poles,
intricately carved and brilliantly col
ored, are today flanking the door of
Secretary of Interior Wilbur. The
poles were carved by John Wallace,
Hydaburg Indian, and set up in the
Capital to promote popular interest
in Indian arts and craft of the many
people under the jurisdiction of the
Interior Department, and also to cre
ate interest in Alaska.
It may be interesting to Alaskans
to know that the Government tests
made of salmon oils prepared from
the waste and from canned salmon
has shown that salmon oil from some
sources is twice as potent in vitamin
D and equal in vitamin A to a good
grade of cod liver oiL The oils that
showed this potency were obtained
from the salmon waste which had
been handled in sue ha way as to
preserve the maximum vitamin po
tency. These findings are o fimport
anca to both the producer o foils and
to the consumer. At the present time
less than one-third of the salmon
waste is being utilized as a by-pro
duct of the. salmon industry.
Congressman L. W. Douglas, of
Arizona, has been instrumental in
securing a hearing before the Federal
Tariff Commission, on Oct. 28, with
respect to a tariff on copper. He has
asked Delegate Wiekersham to attend
the hearing in Washington and to
render whatever assistance may be
possible. As the Territory of Alaska
is particularly interested in securing
a reasonable price for the copper
metal, in order to stimulate its pro-!
duction and give a larger number of
miners employment in the North. The
Delegate is anxious to do everything
possible to stabilize the copper indus
try. When the price of the metal
was up to 16 and 18 cents per pound
the Kennecatt Copper Corporation
shipped out nearly $1,000,000 worth
of copper per month over its 196
miles of railroad to Cordova, for
steaemr shipment to the Tacoma
smelter, but with the price cut in half
the production has been curtailed and
the monthly shipment nets less than
w
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Sus<Arbuthnot Lane, the great English physician, says “Most
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Far centuries the world has recognised the vaffee of health
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$200,000, with one of the auxiliary
mines at Latouche closed down en
tirely.
When E. W. Griffin, of Kodiak, wai
in Washington earlier in. the montl
he expressed a strong hope that s
geological survey be made of Kbdial
Island, believing that valuable min
eral deposits would be located. Tin
Delegate has taken the matter u{
with the Director of the Geologica
Snrvey, who gives assurance that thi
matter will be discussed on his retun
to Washington in a fed yas, witl
Philip S. Smith, chief Alaskan geolo
gist. It is desired to have the worl
started early next season—
GAEFIELD TELLS ABOUT
PLANS TO SELL CABLI
Charles D. Garfield, manager 01
the Alaska department of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, in a receni
letter received at Juneau, speaks a:
follows concerning the contemplate*
plan of the Hoover administration tc
dispose of all the Government’s com
muni cation interests in the Territory
to private interests:
“I have come to the definite con
elusion,” Mr. Garfield states, “thai
the people of the Territory wouk
much prefer the continued handling
of the system by the Government. ]
am satisfied that if the system is sold
private ownership would only tak<
over those stations which furnish th<
maximum receipts or show a profit
This would mean the elimination ol
the nonproductive, or a provisioi
for wireless telephonic communica
tion with the major stations, sucl
as were arranged for by the Iasi
Legislature in taking care of the sit
uation at Marshall. This would re
sult in placing a heavy obligation
upon the Territory for installation
and maintenance, with no requisite
return therefor. It is doubtful, also,
if the present rates and efficient ser
vice would be maintained.
“The communication service is the
only Federal activity in Alaska that
is on a paying basis, and with relief
from the financial load of the cable
ship, it will likely pay a profit above
the entire cost, including the hand
ling of Government messages.
“It is believed that the bill pre
pared by the War Department, upon
th erequest of the President, for the
sale of the system will again be pre
sented to Congress this winter, and
if the Territory is unfavorable to
such legislation a line of action
should be prepared now for bringing
its objections to the atention of the
administration. Any effort that is
put forth in this direction will be
supported gladly and pursued vigor
ously by this department.”
The Garfield letter was written to
the Juneau chamber for the purpose
of obtaining the views of that organ
ization and of other organizations
throughout the Territory.
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TABLE OF DISTANCES BE*
TWEEN NBNANA AND FLAT
Nenana
Tavern Roadhouse_
Knight's Roadhouse_
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse
Diamond Roadhouse_
Roosevelt
Miles
.. 00
- 17%
. 28%
68 _
_ 76
Lake Minohumiaa
Trappers' Cabin
Lone Star Roadhouse
Tellda Roadhouse_
Slow Fork Roadhouse
East Fork Roadhouse_)
Berry's Landing Roadhouse_
Big River Roadhouse_
McGrath___
Takotna
Bill Goss' Readhov
Ophir
116
182
160
160%
187
206
227%
Ml
268
280
291
McGafferty
Brown Creek skelter cabin
Prita shelter cabin
206
218
First Chance shelter cabin
Schermeyer R. H. _
[ditared_
Mat __
846
260
276
224
12 ntSas
Qceoked Greek shelter eahin, 12
OLDTIMER THINKS FUR FARM
ING HAS FUTURE PROMISE
(Anchorage Times.)
The future of the fur farming in
1 dustry looks good to Vic Blodgett,
1 owner of the Meadowbrook fur farm
■ at Pittman. He is convinced that the
' industry will emerge from the pres
- ent unfavorable situation more
strongly established than ever, and it
is his advice to fur farmers not to be
L‘ discouraged by present market condi
1 i.ons and the discrimination in some
u quarters about pen-raised pelts.
There will always be a market for
good furs, this oldtimer believes, and
as. soon as general economic condi
tions get back to normal there will
b& a restoration of prices which will
enable fur farmers to operate at a
fair profit. It is now a case of being
able to carry on until market condi
tions improve and those who survive
will find themselves well repaid for
their confidence and persevering ef
fort.
It.is the opinion of Mr. Blodgett
that fur farmers have themselves to
blame for the discrimination against
pen. raised pelts. His contention is
that pen raised mink can be made to
grow as. good fur as those in the wild
and it is up to the fur farmers, he
warns, to demonstrate that this can
be done. The time will come, he is
sure, when pen raised mink will com
mand a higher price than the wild
fur.
It is pointed out by Mr. Blodgett
that one of the common mistakes
made by inexperienced mink farmers
is providing their animals with too
comfortable winter quarters. Warm
houses, he argues, do not produce the
kind of fur that sells best on the mar
ket. At the Meadowbrook farm the
animals are not given any more pro
tection against the elemnts than they
would have in their wild state. They
nest in the open pens and thus nature
is compelled to provide them with the
1 heavy fur needed to keep them warm.
Clean pens and proper food keep
them healthy and the animals soon
1 learn that the wire netting surround
ing them affords a protection against
their natural enemies, making for
contentment and good growth. The
cold weather gives them the kind of
fur demanded by particular buyers.
The time will come, Mr. Blodgett
believes, when Alaska pen raised
mink will command top prices, but it
will take time and care to overcome
the objections which have developed
lately because of the marketing of
pelts of inferior quality.
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