, ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
i Continued from Pa*© 1.)
* Detroit.. At present he is located in
New York, being connected with a
bond house.
The Geological Survye has just is
* sued a pamphlet giving a favorable
report, by B. D. Stewart, supervising
engineer, of the gypsum deposits on
Ohicagof. Island. A recent deposit
* has. been discovered east, of the mine
on Gypsum creek, and underlies an
elevated bench land adjacent to. the
A the shore of Iyoukeen Cove.
The Alaska .employes and others of
the Department of the Interior have
* had their traveling expense allow
ances reduced one dollar per day,
with the admonition that travel
should he kept tp a mniimum. The
reductionis from seven to six dollars
and from six to. five dollars.. If they
(• travel on the smaller sum they are
not required to submit an itemized
expense account, which is required
t when they choose the higher allow
' anc. A similar ordr was recently
made by te Department of Justice.
John Garmel wrote to the Delegate
from Tenakee Springs inquiring:
whether he could lease a house, that
is part of the former radio station on
Japonski Island, and whether a num
- her of fishermen who wish to estab
lish homes, in Alaska near the fishing
grounds would be permitted to build
homes on the station site. The mat
ter was taken up with the Navy De
partment. and Secretary Adams, in a
letter to the Delegate, says: “You
are inform edthat the Navy Depart
ment has given this subject matter
due consideration and it has reached
the conclusion that the relinquishing.
nf this nrniwrtv for the use of fisher
• men1. *nd permitting, the erection of.
homes thereon would not only estab
lish an undesirable preredent but
sulh adtion would probably result in
damage to existing structures and
prejudice the use of the property by
the Navy Department ok some other
department of. the Government.’”
Publisher William Randolph Hearst
has extended an invitation to Dele
gate Wickersham, as well as all other
Cflhgressmen, to be his guest on a
ten-day trip to Canada, starting from
Washington on November 14. The
purpose ia to study the Canadian
. sales tax system, but Mr. Hearst has
emphasized the statement that no ef
forts will be made to impress the
measure for or against the tax, and
that their acceptance for the journey
will not he construed as any commit
ment on the question.. The Delegate’s
duties in Washington will prevent
him. from, joining the party.
- The district, engineer’s office at Ju
neau has prepared a report on the
Petersburg harbor project,, which was
. sent some time ago to the division
office at San Francisco. Whether the
recommendation is favorable will not
be known until the report is received
in Washington.
Bishop P. T. Rowe writes that he
expects to be in Washington about
the 10th of December. Among other
' things he says: “In regard to the!
fishing fop king salmon 500 yards out
side of the: mouths of the Yukon and
a catch.: limited to 50,000, I have no
objection,* Ky protest was made
without, Jknpwtedge of the limitations.
■* I protested^against any proposal to
open th^i«TldhiRj or any other river,
to commergiai/fishing. So I am not
opposed to; J|£t.- OMalley’s plan. What
• It was, evidently, was not clear to
me.”
The War Department division en
gineer at San:‘Francisco has made an
advene report on the proposition to
improve the Xanana river, at or near
its confluence with the Yukon river.
He sflftes that his opinion is based on
the ground that the benefits to be
expected from the proposed improve
ment would not be sufficient to war
rant the expenditure required for ion
struction and maintenance. An ap
peal from this' conclusion may b<
made to the Board. of Engineers fa
Rivers and Harbors at Washington.
Ernest Walker Sarwyer, represent
senting Secretary of the Ihterio:
Wilbur, has returned to- Washingtoi
for a few weeks. He feels much en
couraged over the feeling created ii
San Francisco favorable to Alaska
The Chamber of Commerce there Ha:
established an Alaska branch, simila
to that in the Seattle Chamber, am
is already arranging for a big excur
sion to Fairbanks next summer. Mi
Sawyer is particularly interested ii
the proposed International Highway
being a member of the Americai
commission. He states that a join
meeting of the ronfeence was recent
ly held at Victoria, at which time i
was decided that the highway is en
tirely feasible from an engineerinj
viewpoint. The alignment througl
Hazelton, Dease, Teslin, Whitehors
and Dawson to Fairbanks is reportei
to be practicable. At a meeting o
the joint committee to be held ii
Washington in January the economi
advantages of this highwya and th
advisabilit yof early construction wil
be considered!.
The distance by located line fror
the peace arc hat Blaine, Wash;, t
Fairbanks is 2225 miles, and 14
miles more to Seattle. From Blain
to Hazelton is 715 miles (complete*
in 1929), Hazelton to Yukon bound
ary 610 miles (virgin country), acros
Yukon to Alaska boundary 530 mile:
Alaska border to McCarty 180 mile:
from McCarty to Fairbanks 90 mile:
The entir eexpenditure necessary t
construct a. well-graveled highway t
the heart of Alaska is about $14
000,000. It is considered that th
Yukon section requires complete re
grading for its total of 530 miles, a
an average cost of $7,500 per mile, o
$;vjis?,uuu, plus $tiou,uuu for th
bridges in that section. The sectio
from Hazelton to the Yukon horde
is estimated to cost $13,000 per mil*
including bridges, totaling $7,930,00
for British Columbia. The Alask
section is estimated at $10,000 pe
mile, or a total of $1,800,000.
The Hyder Chamber of Commerc
is particularly anxious that Con
grese should take favorable action a
the coming session to give protectioi
against the ravages of the Salmoi
river, and also to give employment ti
the sirt yor more men who are nov
in that town and out of work, largel;
because the low price of silver ha;
resulted in closing mast el the min
ing properties. The project has beei
examined by Major Malcolm. Elliott
district engineer, and his report wa
forwarded on September 15 to* thi
divisional engineer at San Francisco
When the report is forwarded to- thi
Washington office, and if it is favor
able, the matter willl at once bi
taken up, with the hope of havinj
the Budget approve the necessary ap
propriation so that it can be include*
in the rivers and harbors bill.
DECISION OF JUDGE CLEGG
IN THE JOE OATES CASI
(Continued from. Page 2i)
its endeavor to fill up the. gap in tK<
evidence caused by the absence o
such record. This was at duty tha
rested with attorneys and‘not by th<
Court.
In deciding this case, F: will appl:
the rules laid down, ini the. following
short excerpts front adjudicated case:
hereafter noted:
Under a writ of habeas corpus th<
inquiry is addressed not to. errors bu)
to the question whether tha- proceed
ings and the judgment , renderet
therein are, for any reason^ nullities
and unless it is affirmatively shnwz
that the judgment or sentence, undei
which the petitioner is acmfined, is
void, he is not entitled tbo hia dis
charge.”’ United States vs. Prafgeon
153 U. S. 48, 62, 38 L..EDd 631.
“The only ground^on which thjp
- courts <n? any court, without some
- special statute authorizing it, will
- give relief on habeas corpus to a
s prisoner under conviction and. seu.
■ tence of another court is the want of
jurisdiction in such court over the
person or the cause, or some other
' matter rendering its proceedings
void." Ex parte Siebold,. I00. If. S.
1 371, 375, 25 L. Ed. 717.
■ “An imprisonment under a judg.
1 ment cannot be unlawful, unless that
- judgment be an absolute nullity.’* In
s re Coy, 127 U. S. 731, 737, 52 L. Ed.
: 274.
The inquiry then is: Is the judg
' ment and commitment valid or void ?
- If valid, the petition should Be- dte
c nied'. If void, it should be- sustained.
*• €hir statute prescribing the man- i
1 ner of drawing jurors is contained in.
; Chapter 106 of the Session Laws of.
■ Alaska, 1981, page 173, Sections. 6;
and 7 of which read as follows:
“Section R. In the trial of all oases
■ held by United States commissioners
1 as ex-officio justices if the peace, the
! jurors shall be publicly drawn from a
* box containing at the time of each.
^ drawing the names of at least four
1 fifths of all persons, residents of
- such commissioners district, who vol- l
! ed in such district at the last precede
* ing general Territorial election, the
records and returns of which are
1 then available to the commissioner,
y and who, so far os known to the com
y missioner, are still residents of such
i district and qualified by law for jury
* service. For the drawing of any jury
* the names of such persons shall be so
5 ( (Continued on Page 4.)
’r DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR:
5! United States Land Office
°: Fairbanks, Alaska, i
-I September 17, 1931: |
g! Notice Is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02046 for the land embraced in
1 U. S. Survey No. 1961 situate on the
r right bank of Kuskokwim river about
e 1 mile southeasterly from the town«
of McGrath, Alaska, in latitude 62°
n 5T 4CT N, longitude 155° 37' W.,i
r whence U. S. L. M. No. 1961 bears SJ;
, 87* 14' W. 27.67 chains, has been
3 given by William T. Vanderpool, en
tryman, and his witnesses, Richard
1 Joseph McArthur and Charles Ed
c' ward Smith, all of McGrath, Alaska,
and is in the files of the local land
office at Fairbanks, Alaska. All per
y sons having adverse claims against
this entry are required to file the
same with the Register of the United
States Land Office at Fairbanks,
Alaska, within the period of publica
tion or 30 days thereafter or they
will be barred by the provisions of.
the statutes. I
| ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
i Ex-officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 1931.
, Last publication, January 16, 1932. |
v.i
| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
" - I
51 United States Land Office
'] Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
, i Notice is hereby given that final j
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02047 for the land embraced in j
■ U. S. Survey No. 1962 situate on the
r left bank of Kuskokwim River about
. i Vi mile S. W. from the town of Me-1
, Grath, Alaska, in latitude 62 ’ 57' 32"!
' TABLE OP DISTANCES HE
TWBM NGN ANA AND FLAT
Nenaaa
Tavern
Knight's EcwHwiw
. Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse
I Diamond Roadhouse_
! Roosevelt ___
; Lake Minchaauaa
i Trappers' Cabin ....
| Lone Star Roadhouse
! Telido
Slow Fork Roadhouse_
East Fork Roadhouse_>
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse_
Big River Roadhouse_
McGrath__
Takotna
BUI Goad' ITi mill tins s __
Onhir___
MeCafferty_
Brown Creek shelter cabin_
Frits shelter cabin_
First Chance shelter cabin_
R. H._
cabin, 1£ a
Croat Plat.
Ckookad Greek shelter cable.
19
N., longitude IBS” 37' W., whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1961 bears N. 43" 32’ E.
16.84 chains, has been given by
Daniel Wiley Sprague, entryman, and i
his witnesses, Richard Joseph Me- i
Arthur and William Nicholas Stan
ton, all of McGrath, Alaska, and is in i
the files of the local land office at
Fairbanks, Alaska. All persons hav- 1
ing adverse claims against this entry 1
are required to file the same with the
Register of the United States Land
Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, within 1
the period of publication or 30 days I
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR, . •
Ex-officio Register. ‘
First publication, November 14, 1931. I
Last publication, January 16, 1932.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska, i |
September 17, 1931. ;
Notice is hereby given that final •
proof testimony in homestead entry
Nb; 02048 for the land embraced in
U. S..Survey No. 1963 situate on the
Takotna-Ophir road about 1 mile W.
from the town of Takotna, Alaska, in
latitude .63” 00' N., longitude 166° 05'
W., whence U. S. L. M. No. 1963
bears S. 88* 17' E. 37.17 chains, has
been given by Gustav Anton Chris
tianson, entryman, and his witnesses,
John. Griffin, and Chris Petersen, all
FOR SALE
Qpiiir
Roadhouse
Completely furnished. A
good place for man and
wife. Reasonable terras to
rigqht party.
Write or wire te
P. W. CARLSON,
Ophir, Alaska.
>f Takotna, Alaska, and is in the flies
>f the local land office at Fairbanks,
Alaska. All persons having adverse
;laima against this entry are re
luired to file the same with the Reg
ster of the United States Land Office
it Fairbanks, Alaska, within the
period of publication or 30 days
hereafter or they will be barred by
he provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register,
■'irst publication, November 14, 1931.
..ast publication, January 16, 1932.
[ Frank J. Guskey j
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j Takotna, Alaska |
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Blacksmith,
Machine and
all kinds of
Sheet Metal
Work
Safetys
Stoves
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