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Entered as eecona-ciass matter Au
gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
3March 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, May 23, 193L
SAYS BUSINESS OF TERRI
TORY IS NOT CARRIED ON
IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER
Following- is a report submitted to
tthe Territorial Legislature ujst prior
tto its adjournment by the special
joint committee appointed to investi
gate the various Territorial offices.
'The members of the committee were:
ISenator Hess, chairman; Senators
Bragaw, Lomen and Benjamin; Rep
resenatives Murray, Winn, Hellricb
.land Donnelley:
“Our system for the conduct of the
Ibusiness of the Territory has been
ibuilt up in a haphazard way. When
■ (ever a seeming need has arisen a new
.office was created to meet the need
;and the officer given certain specific
powers and duties. But there has
(been at no time an effort at correla
tion, and there are many instances in
■which the business of the Territory
•can not be carried on in an efficient
^manner if the several officers observe
the strict letter of the law which cre
ated their offices.
“There has been and still is a con
isiderable amount of friction between
ithe different offices of the Territory,
-.much of which, in the opinion of your
(Committee, is directly traceable to the
personality of the severa lofficias anc
tto their attitude toward the problems
.that confront them. There appears
ito be lttle effort to compromise theii
•differences.
“The looseness with which the laws
•creating the several offices were
•drawn is the primary cause of the
whole difficulty. These laws should
ibe clarified and made specific ir
jnany places and changes made ir
ithe min others.
“Your committee has had severa
ibills drawn which are intended t(
i
Pacific
International
Airways
Fly in comfort t- oil points In
A1 oka in oar four-passenger
cabin plane. Large baggage
compartment separate from the
abb. Equipment for water
landings.
9ig’ -seeing trip-, any that.
$5.00 pe. parser. „jr.
Par Hstn to A!rli Points
WIRE
Robdrt H. Romig
AGENT
Anchorage, Alaska
correct some of the ills that came to
its attention. These bills will be in
troduced in the Senate and we recom
mend them to your favorable consid
eration and for passage.
“Your committee realizes that the
time that could be devoted to the
matter referred to it was entirely too
short and that much still remains to
be done. Differences and difficulties
will continue to arise and your com
mittee recommends that a permanent
standing joint committee for corela
tion of public offices be appointed at
the beginning of the 1933 session of
the Legislature, whose duty it shall
be to examine into the conduct of all
Territorial office and to recommend
legislation to correct any conbici n
the laws relating to the duties of the
several offices.”
ALASKAN INTERESTS AT
THE NATION’S CAPITAL
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for the White Mountains in New
I Hampshire, where he will remain un
til early fall. He will be joined by
Mrs. Sutherland and son Donald after
school closes early in June. Later in
| the year Dan expects to make a trip
to Alaska.
Insuiry is coming in as to when the
| Geological Survey will receive bids
for diamond core drilling in the Mata
nuska coal fields. It may be a few
months later, as considerable surface
woi-k will first be done.
Residents of Douglas are complain
ing of tht dilapidated and unsafe con
dition of ihe present building used
! for the native school, and advocate
the purchase of a suggested and con
; veniently arranged building, that can
be purchased and properly fitted up
| for about >3,01)0.
The residents of Snag Point are
live wires and have organized a wel
fare comm tee of five members, with
Adolf Osterhaus as chairman. They
are partici arly interested in roads,
aviation fie ds, airplane mail servile,
cooperative fishing plant.
The city of Nome would like to
widen a street on which a part of the
old courthouse stands. This structure
i was built in the early days, but was
abandoned for court purposes when
the present courthouse was completed
in 1908. In October, 1913, the build
ing was turned over to the Secretary
of the Interior and has been used for
a native school. The Indian Bureau
is putting up a new structure and the
old court house has been vacated and
j abandoned. The Delegate has sought
to have the property turned over to
the city of Nome. Both the Interior
| and Department of Justice are per
, fectly willing that this should be
done, but the hitch is whether it can
be delivered without an act of Con
gress. Assistant Attorney General
Sisson inclines to the opinion that It
would not be advisable for Nome to
build the street through this tract
without first securing title to the
land in a legal way, lest complica
ti ms might result later.
At the annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, held last week at Atlantic
City, what was regardeda as a strony
endorsement of the British Columbia
Yukon-Alaska Highway was reported
by the resolutions committee and
unanimously adopted by the meetinf.
Those members present who were es
pecially active in securing the en
dorsement of the project were: Ivan
Gardner, of the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce; Herbert H. Rice, of the
National Automobile Association;
Jack Underwood, of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce; Eric A. John
son, of Spokane; Sylvester Weaver,
of Los Angeles; Ernest Walker Sew
yer, of the Interior Department;
Judge Wickersham, Delegate to Con
gress from Alaska. The resolution
adopted is as follows:
“Substantial progress is recorded
in the development of an -interna
tional highway south Irons the United •
States, which has been endorsed in
principal by the National Chamber.
More recently definite Steps have
been been taken looking .to the exten
sion of the highway northward to
Alaska, and commissioners df the
United States and Canada are now
maping a preliminary study of the
proposal. The Chamber urges early .
completion of the necessary engineer- i
ing and economic studies and fafor- ;
able consideration of the results
thereof.” i
Robert Douglas, adventurous junior
of Georgetown College, who spent his
16th birthday as a Boy Scout hunting
lions in the heart .of Africa, left
Washington today for Alaska. He is
one of three young student explorers
who are to join Father Bernard Hub-r
bard, the “Glacier Priest,” in his
latest Alaska exploit to Chignic.
From thence they will trek some 50
miles into the interior, to the famous
“Valley of 10,000 Smokes.” They will
remain there :all summer, studying
the geology of the crater and its
neighboring Mount Veniamrnoff, ex
ploring and hunting Godiak bears
with a camera.
The Bureau cfif Fisheries, under the
Department of 'Commerce, has just
issued the official figures on the fish
eries of Alaska few the year 1930.
During that season 5,032,326 cases, or
241,551,648 pounds, of salmon were
packed, with .a value of $29,664,898.
The by-products, fertilizer and oil,
from the various varieties of fish, ag
gregated in value $2,063,527. The sal
mon canned in the different divisions
were as follows: Southeast Alaska,
2,977,386 cases, with value Of $15,
174,234; Central Alaska, 1,618,545 {
cases, valued at $9,624,234; Western
Alaska, 436,495 iases, valued at $4,- j
896,530. The total number of persons |
engaged in fishing numbered 27,568.
Vessels and boats fishing and trans
porting, scows, etc., 7,395. The total
value of fish products prepared for
mamet was .$37,679,049. That includ
ed salmon, herring, halibut, cod,
trout, sablefish, smelt, flounder, rock
fish, lingcod, clam, shrimp, crab,
whale. The value to fishermen of the
611,285,108 pounds caught was $12,
285,313, not including the 355 whales
caught in Alaska waters, with a
weight of 9,416,475 pounds, valued at.
$470,265.
The young man rushed excitedly
into the office of the managing di
rector of the great motor works.
“Look here,” he exclaimed, “i sit
true that year firm has built a ear in
seven minutes thirty-five seconds?” .
“Yes,” replied the managing di
ector, puffing at his fat cigar, “we
have, and we’re proud of it.”
“Fm not,” said the young man, bit
terly . “I’ve got that car.”—Tit-Bits.
Pioneer
Shop _
Blacksmith,
Machine and
all kinds of
Sheet Metal
Work
Safetys
Stoves
KOBKKT LOWftlB
Takotna Fool Hall
Jmsh Fraiu Candies
Sdi'tBimk
Tobaccos K Cigars •< Cigarets
Apples "Oranges
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Best of Meals and Rooms
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GOOD DOG HOUSES
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