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70 L, IX NO. 23
TAKUTNA ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE 15. 1929.
PRICE 25 CENTS
Republicans
In Jubilee
'TTH. ANNIVERSARY OF GO O. P
IS-OBSERVED IN ITS ORIG
INAL HOME..
RIPON, June .8.,—The same build
ing which sheltered leaders of the Re
publican movement 75 years ago is
the center of a.diamond jubilee com
memorating the Republican party.
The birth city, bulged with a visit?
ing list of 20,000 people, who were
guided about the city and were shown
the tiny white school house where
Alvin Bovay called the meeting on
March 20, 1854-.
Secretary of War Good made the
principal address, declaring that
through Republican leadership the
country had reached its present state
of prosperity, contentment, and well
being, He said: “A party born of
the people, which has brushed aside
pettiness of partisanship, selfishness
and personal ambitions, will continue
to advance the human welfare so
that the comforts and joys of Amer
ican life will become the common en?
I jovment of all.”
Governors, Senators, Congressmen
and other leaders of the nation sent
messages.
HUNDREDS OF ALASKANS
ARE AFFECTED BY CHANGE
IN NATURALIZATION LAW
More than one hundred persons re
siding in Alaska who have beenmn
abie to obtain final naturalization pa
pers because the.|?- is no record of
their admission for permanent resi
dence at the port through which they
claimed to have entered the United
States can no wfaecome citizens under
a,law passed by Congress at the last
session. This was pointed out by W.
Gi Strench, district director of immi
gration at Ketchikan.
“Provision has been made for legal
izing such entriesi if admission, oc
curred prior to June .3, 1921, if the
alien has resided in the United States
continuously since such entry; if he
is a person of good moralcharacter,
and if he. is not subject to deporta
tion,” said Mr. Strench?.
“The procedure for accomplishing
the legalization of these entries at
this time is an examination -similar
to the one which the applicant should
have undergone at the time he came
into the cojmtry.”'
In Alaska the matter of arranging
Cor the legalization, of these entries
is under the jurisdiction of the dis
trict director of immigration at Ket
chikan, who has indicated that those
interested should communicate with
him i|<l make request for registra
tion blank forms. During July or Au
gust an inspector of the United
States immigration service will visit
various parts soon to-conduct the ex
aminations.
It is pointed, out that from the
entry records to be made under this
new law certificates of arrival will be
preparerj^and filed in the appropriate
district court, after which the matter
of naturalization can he proceeded
with.
The Gibbs dredge, Games creekr
started up last Friday.
H. C. Walliik left a ecu pie of days
ago for a short visit at McGrath.
Bert Goodpaster,. feeling none too
well, was a Monday arrival ..from the
A... R. C,. camp
NEW HUNTING AND TRAP
PING REGULATIONS ISSUED
BYALASKA GAME COMMISSION
Thousands of copies of the Alaska
I Game Commission’s new Game Law
1 Circular No. 6 are being mailed to all
i persons who hold any form of license
^ required under the provisions of the
i Alaska game law, during the past
license year.
Revised regulations appearing in
this circular were published on April
2, and will become effective July 1,
| 1929;
To accommodate those residents of
the Territory lying north of the Arc
tic Circle who must necessarily de
pend entirely upon game for their
meat supply, the close season on cari
bou has been removed. The removal
of this close season does not, how
ever, acect the bag limit, which re
mains at five animals that each per
son is permitted to kill.
The number of caribou a non-resi
dent is permitted to kill on the Alas
ka peninsula has been reduced from
two to one.
Responsive to an appeal from resi
dents of the Kodiak-Afognaks island
group for permission to protect their
grazing livestock, the present regula
tions permitting the killing of the
large brown and grizzly bear when
' such animal is about to attack or mo
lest persons or property, have been
’ liberalized to permit a resident of
Kodiak, Afognak, Raspberry, Spruce
: and Sitkalidak, engaged in agricul
tural pursuits, to kill a bear at any
time or place such animal is consid
ered a menace, to. persons, livestock or
property. The former provision per
mitting the killing of such a bear
when found within one-half mile of a
' residence of human habitation has
i been changed to read one mile, and.
applies to the whole of the Territory.
Under their clasification as game an
imals, the skins of large brown and
grizzly bears, as well as trophies of
other game animals,, are- not permit
ted tc<be sold;
The propagation of fur-bearing an
imals in captivity is encouraged by
i allowing live animals captured during
: open season to be retained alive dur
l ing the close season, under a permit
' issued through the Alaska Game
Commission.
To further protect the diminishing
’ supplies of mink in Southeastern
Alaska, the trapping of this animal
! in fur district 1, east of longitude 138
; degrees, has been restricted to the
month of January.
In an attempt to correct a similar
condition found to exist on the Kenai
peninsula, where mink have become
i very scare in many sections, the sea
son has been closed entirely for next
I year.
j The close season on mink in fur
‘ district 3 is continued for another
j year.
The former separate district com
prising the drainage of the Tanana
! river within fur district 2, where a.
■ different season was provided for the
taking of muskrats, has been abol
ished.
Complying with many requests
from residents of the. Alaska penin
sula, and as the result, of investigar.
tions of the wardens,, the open season
for the taking of fox has been
changed to open on December 1 and
will close on January. 31, as hereto
fore.
The former separate' district com
1 prising the Seward peninsula within
fur district 2, where ?at different seat
son was provided for the taking of
fox, has been abolished/.
As announced by the Commission!!
late last year, the bearer season has
been closed' throughout the Territory
for an indelnite period'to permit de
pleted areas to become restocked. The
Babe Ruth
Out of Game
i
WEAKENED HE.*'KT MAY KEEP
KEEP HIM OUT OF LINEUP
REMAINDER OF SEASON..
—
NEW YORK. .Tu.n* 10.—The Even
ing World said that an overtaxed and
weakened heart would keep Babe
Ruth from the Yankee lineup for a
month, and perhaps for the remainder
of the season. Ruth is described as
“a pretty sick man.”
A stubborn lung congestion is tax
ing his strength. lie is fretting un
der physicians’ ordets that he must
avoid ab excitement. He is not al
lowed to drive his automobile and is
refused permission to attend baseball
games.
The doctor has been visiting him
two and three times nightly. The ex
act nature of the illness is still un
known. Newspaper men visitors are
refused admission to Ruth’s apart
ment mainly because of excitement..
Mrs. Ruth, a bride of two months,
is in constant attendance and does her
part to see that Ruth obeys orders. It
has bee nalmost a week since Ruth
appeared in the Yankee lineup. On
Saturday he slammed out a .homer in
the tenth, anl on Monday announced
that he would be unable to play be
cause of a heavy cold.
NARROW ESCAPE FOR FIVE
WHEN EXPLOSION BILGE GAS
WRECKS A CANNERY TENDER
CORDOVA, June 9.—The cannery
tender Valvadere of the New Eng
land Fish Company was entirely de
stroyed with a load of salmon last
night when bilge gas exploded, throw
ing the pilot house 200 feet into the
air.
Boston is listed as the home port of
the vessel. It had a gross tonnage of
10 and was 40 feet long. The crew
of five escaped uninjured. They left
the boat five minutes before the ex
plosion to have dinner with friends
on a nearby tender.
close season on marten has been con
tinued throughout the Territory.
To provide a probationary or train
ing period for persons desiring to be
come registered guides, the Commis
sion’s regulation “B” has been
changed to provide for an assistant,
or limited guide license, for persons
who do not haye the reuired field ex
perience but are otherwise qualified
for a. full registered guide license.
Each successive hunting season
witnesses an increased number of
non-resident hunters visiting the Ter
ritory. who demand thoroughly com
petent guides, and it is the desire of
the Commission to license, as regis
tered guides, only such persons as
are. found to be fully qualified.
Persons who do not receive a copy
of the new game law circular through
the., mail may secure one from the
licensing officer of the Commission, a
game. warden, or by applying to the
headquarters of the Commission at
Juneau.
Captain J. II. McLean left Monday
for a. visit at the Gibbs dredge, Ganes
creek, going out with Charlie Nichols
and Axel Peterson, operators of the
caterpillar.
Superintendent Carl Lottsfeldt of
the A. R. C., accompanied by Mrs.
Lottsfeldt, returned here Sunday
from an official' visit to Medfra and
McGrath.
I
CANNING OF SALMON ON
YUKON NOT TO BE PERMIT
TED, SAYS FISHERIES HEAD
Under the present Alaska fisheries
law, fishing in the Yukon river for
the commercial canning of salmon is
not possible, and the Bureau of Fish
eries cannot authorize such opera
tion, it was pointed out by Commis
sioner Henry O’Malley in a communi
cation recently received by Karl
Thiele, says the Juneau Empire. The
letter acknowledges receipt of Senate
Joint Memorial No. 7, passed by the
recent Alaska Legislature, asking
that commercial canning of salmon
be permitted to residents in the Yu
kon river area.
A similar measure was passed in
! 1927 fey the Legislature and at that
! time the commissioner drew attention
; to the law regarding the matter.
In his recent communication Mr.
O’Malley requotes the la was follows:
“Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful
to fish for, take or kill any salmon of
any species or by any means except
by hand rod, spear, or gaff in any of
the creeks, streams or rivers of Alas
ka; or within 500 yards of the mouth
of any such creek, stream or river
over which the United States has jur
isdicn, excepting the Karlik and Uga
shik rivers: Provided, that nothing
contained herein shall prevent the
taking of fish for local food require
ments or for use as dog feed.”
The authority /given the Secretary
of Commerce, the Commissioner add
ed, specifically is limited and does not
include the right to allow fishing in
any creek, stream, river or other
bodies of water in which fishing is
prohibited by the sjsttjfior
of the fisheies law. ‘‘It is therefore
clear that the Secretary of Commerce
has no authority to permit fishine in
the Yukon'river except for local food
requirements and for use as dog
feed,” he said.
Continuing, Mr. O’Malley’s letter
said:
“Furthermore, it will be recalled
that for a number of years past, and
particularly during the time that a
salmon cannery was in operation near
the mouth of the Yukon river, active
propaganda was carried on in behalf
of the native and white residents of
the Yukon valley to stop all commer
cial fishing in order to provide for
local needs for human food and dog
feed, it was then brought out that
the run of salmon in the Yukon river
Was not large in comparison with the
size of the river, and, considering the
great extent of the spawning area, it
was also shown that there was a
great variation from year to year in
the size of the runs.
“Therefore, even if it were possible
to modify the restrictions now in ef
fect, the Bueau would not feel that it
could recommend the taking of any
such action as required by the me
morial.*
GIANT PITCHER HURLS HIS
WAY TO HALL OF FAME
HEW YORK.—Carl Hubbell, left
handed hurler of the Giant staff, en
tered the baseball hall of fame by
pitching a no-run, no-hit game at the
Polo grounds yesterday against the
Pittsburg Pirates, winning 11 to 0.
Hubbell’s performance was the first
no-hit game in the major leagues
since August 1,1916, when Ted Lyons
of the White Sox let down the Boston
Red Sox without a safe hit.
Arriving here during the past few
days wee Messrs. Fowler, Twitchell
and Tim Twitchell, from their rein
deer headquarters, for a brief visit
hee.
The Flume dredge at Yankee creek
is reported to have commenced opera
tions at 9 a. in. ^Saturday la^t.
Fairbanks
Aerial Base
WILL BE USED BY GRAF ZED
PELIN IN ARCTIC EXPLORA
TION, SAYS OFFICIAL.
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j PORTLAND, June 12.—Ernest
i Walker Sawyer, executive assistant
; of the Interior Department, arrived
last i|ght from San Francisco on his
way to Alaska. He will sail Sunday,
making Fairbanks his headquarters
and flying to various Alaska cities.
Mr. Sawyer freely discussed the
outstanding problems confronting the
Interior Department, and specifically
mentioned the expiration of Governor
! Park's term and the gubernatorial ap
j pointment which must be made. He
j said the Graf Zeppelin will operate
i from Fairbanks on its voyage of ex
1 ploration in the North Pole region.
Supplies must be taken north on the
Alaska Railroad, operated by the In
terior Department.
He said: “Air traffic from Siberia
and the Far East will develop Fair
banks, Decause Fairbanks is on a
short route from the Pacific North
west to the Orient.”
He mentioned the fact that rein
deer farming has increased from
2,000 head to 350,000. Also that in
the past year sixty new airplane
landing fields have been established
in Alaska. He said the Interior De
partment bad .taken, an interest in
both. r
Mr. Sawyer will be the guest of
Governor Parks on July 4, and in
tends visiting Circle, Fort Yukon and
Tanana on the trip.
BOOTLEGGER SHOT TO
DEATH; WIFE ARRESTED
RIVERSIDE, Calif., June 11.—
James Mustol, reported to be a
wealthy liquor runner, was shot to
death in his home by his wife, who
refused to agree to Mustol’s quitting
bootlegging to enter narcotic smug
gling operations between Riverside
and the Mexican border.
Officers who arrested the woman
said she struggled with her husband
for possession of a gun when he re
turned from operating a still all
night and told her he had decided to
quit bootlegging and had joined nar
cotic runners.
“I wanted him to go straight and
I iive like other men,” she said, “but
! he just wouldn’t. Our little children
knew how he made his money.
“I’ve never been happy with him
in the liquor business. I was happier
taking in washings and ironings like
when we were first married.”
AKUTAN ERUPTION RE
PORT DECLARED FALSE
That the telegraphic report of a vi
olent volcanic, disturbance on Akutan
Island, during which the top of a
mountain was said to have been
blown off, has no foundation in fact,
according to information received at
Anchorage.
Worried by tre account of the erup
tion, since her aunt, Mrs. Katherine
Kane, is in charge of the school
there, Mrs. Henry Emard of Anchor
age sent a message of inquiry to the
westward, and the reply from Miss
Kane said the residents of Akutan
had not heard about any eruption
there and were not aware of a dis
tui elsewhere in the region.
O’Halloran left a couple of
days ago for a Brief visit -at Jfc
Grath.