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gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
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Takotna, Alaska, Sept. 17, 1932.
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Smeallic, manufacturer of paper box
boards, of Amsterdam, N. Y., who
says: “I have read with much inter
est and pleasure your very compre
hensive report delivered in Congress
of matters pertaining to one of our
great possessions—Alaska. I am glad
to say that t confirms the opinion
that I have always had—that our
northern Territory is a very valuable
asset rather than a liability, and that
it will continue to be more valuable
as tme goes on.”
The Second Assistant Postmaster |
General has nvestigated certain peti-1
tions and decided that the department
would not be justified in authorizing
an additional mail service by airplane
to the lower Yukon valley, to succeed
the existing dog team service. This
service is now being provided under
contract on two star routes between
Holy Cross and St. Michael, which
cover a four-year term from July 1,
1930, to June 30, 1934.
L. N. Larsson, missionary and rep
resentative of the Swedish Evangel
ical Mission at Unalakleet, has writ
ten Delegate Wickersham invoking
his aid to secure from the General
Land Office a patent for about 170
acres of land, which the Mission has
been occupying at Unalakleet since
the year 1887. A church, an orphan
age, a seboj and a hospital have been
built by the Mission with every pos
sible assistance given to encourage
the prograss of the natives in their
gardening and general material de
velopment. The Delegate will en
deavor to secure the desire of the
Mission, so that those worthy people
may continue n security the worthy
work in which they have been en
gaged for these many years past.
The Delegate has been interested
in securing for some residents of the
Third division certain formation re
garding mineral patents in Alaska,
with the result that a letter has just
been received from Commissioner C.
C. Moore, of tho General Land Office,
in which he states: “The records of
this office have been examined, and
you are advised that 1250 patents
have been issued up to and ncluding
Juliy 31, 1932 for mining claims in
Alaska. This office is unable to ad
vise you of the number of claims em
braced in these patents, as this data
s not compiled and to do so would re
quire a considerable amount of work,
all of the time since your request was
received having been required to ob
tain the number of patents. How
ever, fifty patents of Alaskan mining
claims were examined, and it was
found that an average of three claims
were embraced in each of these pat
ents and this figure will probably
apply to the entire number which has
been issued”
The Department of the Interior has
made available some statistical fig
ures pertaining to the Alaska Rail
road that are interesting and illumin
ative, and decidedly encouraging
While this railroad now represents a
total expenditure by the Government
of $69,500,000, i is notable that its
operatiny deficit has just been reduced
to the lowest point in six years. Ex
penses dropped in 1931 to $1,927,784
from $2,418,549 in 1930, and repre
sented a decline in the operating de
ficit of $647,370. The operating de
ficit of the railroad in 1930 was $1,
237,120, compared with $589,750 in
1931. It is expected that further re
ductions shall have been made by the
end of the current lscal year. A1
though the expenditures on the Alas
ka Railroad by the Federal Govern
ment may seem large and the deficits
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at the end of the year unfortunate,
nevertheless the outlay represents a
bold nvestment by the Government
which will be enhanced many times
in the future. The construction of
hundreds of miles of railroad in Alas
ka where people did not dwell has j
been a pioneer enterprise of great
magnitude.
Without transporting facilities the
Territory could not be developed. At :
present there are 470 miles of rail
road on the main line, opening up a
wide hiuterland. Since 1923, when
the tracklaying was completed, much
additional work has been done to
place the railroad and structures in
eondtion for economical operation.
For this purpose, appropriations have .
been made by Congress each year.
Many miles of track have been bal
lasted, steel bridges or earthen fills
have been substituted for miles of
wooden bridges and trestels. The
saving in maintenance expenses, and
a substantial increase in earnings,
nave reuuceu me operating loss irum
$1,813,000 in the fiscal year 1924 to
$589,750 in 1931. The total cost to
the Government, amounting to $69,
500,000, includes construction of tele
graph and telephone lines, wharves,
hospitals, townsites, and dwellings
for employes, and the operating ex
penses in excess of revenue. The rail
road serves as a gateway to the in
terior of Alaska, and since its com
pletion and improvement it is one of
the greatest advertising mediums to
encourage settlement and establish
ment of productive enterprises in the
regions rich in mineral wealth. The
increase in tourist travel to Alaska
in recent years is in part attributed
to the improved transportation facili
ties. The ship lines from Seattle,
with their commodious accommoda
tions, have brought thousands of
visitors who otherwise would not
make the pleasure trip. There are
no tover .30 hours in the open sea
during the week’s voyage from Se
attle to Seward. It a mainly a land
protected voyage, with ever-changing
scenic views of greta beutay.
The prposed Pacific Highway from
Blaine, Washington, to Fairbanks,
Alaska, opening up the interior of
Alaska to both Canadian and United
States commerce, will cost $14,300,
000. The highway will open up 370,
000,000 acres of land along ts 2,225
mile course.
Holding His Own.
Rector’s Daughter: “Prayers were
offered up for your husband last Sun
day, Mrs. Mudge. I hope he is bet
ter.”
Mrs. Mudge: “Well, I’ll say 'e don't
seem i$>ne the worse for 'em.”—Pass
ing Show.
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; Frank J. Guskej
| Notary Fufelie
! Takotna, Alaska
Anthony J. Dimond
Democratic Candidate for
For Delegate to Congress
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