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Entered as seconn-ciass matter Au
gust 28th, 1923, at the poatoffice at
Tokoinn, Alaska, under the Act o?
ilar?h 3, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, February 26, 1926.
DEPARTMENTS BILL FOR
GOVERNING OF A1.ANKA
The department reorganisation bill,
for the simplification of federal ac
tivities in Alaska, the enactment of
which by Congress was completed by
the National House, of 'Representa
tives recently, follows: closely the
lines suggested by Governor George
A. Parks The bill authorizes the
Spnrptarips of thp DpnArfmnrit. of Acr
riculture, Commerce and Interior to
appoine resident representatives hav
ing' complete} jurisdiction over depart
mental activities in Alaska.
The bill :was introduced originally
at the request .of Governor Parks and
carries .out one of the major recom
mendations, spade by him in his first
annual report in 1925. He renewed
that jevonxnendatidn. in his latest
annual report,
It was the Governor's belief, ac
.-..rdings to the Juneau Empire, that a
< rg’e .-measure. ot consolidation and
co-operation could be brought about
tii rough such a law which embraces
the three ! departments must con
cerned with the administration' of
public resources in the Territory.
The object »£ the measure is to elim
inatee duplication of authority- and
work, make possible the primary ad
ministration of puhlic resources on
the ground by giving administrative
powers'to resident officials, and, to
make such administration possible
with.,the , east possible interdepart
mental' friction..?.
The measure was regarded in Con
gress as an jyliqinistration measure,
and was sponsored in the Senate by
Senator Willis nnd in the House by
Representative Curry, both chairmen
of the-committee on-, territories in
their respective houses.
The thill ss originally introduced
provided for the .designation by each
of the departments affected, of one of
its employes as ex-officio commis
sioner for Alaska, who shall main
tain an office in Juneau; for delegat
ing to such commissioner general
charge of any or all matters in
Alaska under the jurisdiction of such
departments “or any bureau, .v-or
agency thereof, to the extent, in the
manner, and subject to such super
vision and control as .the secretary
may deem proper and. expedient; for
placing under the. control of such
commissioners “employes of the de
partments affected by this act who
are stationed in Alaska,” and with
any additional force which may be
detailed by the Secretary of Interior,
Agriculture or Commerce from the
personnel of his departments”; for
I transfer of official records and docu
ments now held in the three depart
1 meats in Washington to Alaska and
! transfer of existing appropriations
which may be deemed necessary to
carry the law into effect. .
Section 5 of the original measure
apparently gives the President power
to extend the scope of the act to
other. departments. It provides:
“That the President of the United
States may, by order in writing,
should he deem it conducive to eco
nomical and effective administration,,
and with the concurrence of the sec
retaries of the respective depart
ments involved, place under the su
pervision and direction of one of the
three ex-officio commissioners pro
vided for in Section 1 hereof, and
subject to the provisions of Section 2
| of this act, any governmental activity
relating to Alaska provided for hy
law, and to transfer to the officer.so
selected, the necessary personal rec
ords, or transcripts of records,. pi;opr
erty (including office arid field equip
ment), and unexpended. balances of
I appropriations..
The sixth and concluding section of.
the measure may pavg the way for
consolidation of all law enforcement,
agencies in the Territory, another .of
the Governor’s major recommenda
tions during the past two years.
It provides: “That the Secretary,
of the Interior be,, and he is hereby
directed to make an. examination as
to the feasibility and propriety of
consolidating into a single force .the
poilce and law enforcement agencies
of the federal government in. Alaska,
arid to report at .the next session of
Congress his conclusions, with refer
ence thereto . and the facts, upon
which they areJ>ased, together with a
statement of .the . cost of such cv?n?
solidation as compared with the pres
ent expenditures for law enforcement
in that Territory.-”
Fox Ramsey, av former residentjftf'
the Nome district, and ^ part owner
of the Nome, electric Jightplant*. dipd
recently in South Africa, according
to word received at Nome.
Fresh Fruits ,
Fresh Groceries, Just Arrived ,’
Up-toDate Line of Clothing
New Suits '
From $5.50 to $45 Per Stitt
A SOURDOUGH’S LAMENT. .
Ob. take. me back to that country, .
Back, where the malamute howls
On a winter’s night when the moon
shines bright j
And the timber wolves yelp and:
yowl.. |
Take me back to that country .
Where the mountain peaks reach
to the sky, f
Where the mushers mush and never
rush
And the sourdough never dies.. .
Take me hack to them mountains, .
And that little log cabin home,
Where the gold is found for. miles
around,
Where I lived so long alonp.
„ i
Give me my pick and gold-pan*
And let me be on my way,
With my old pack sack strapped on
my back,
Filled with bacon, and beans for
my lay.
Oh, why did I eye* leave there -
To pome to this land of strife,
Where the . people whine most all the
time..
Of > the hardship^ endured, in. this
life? .
i want to ga back to that freedom,.
Yea, back to that good old time;
I want, to know a sourdough- .
And clasp.his hand in mine.
But I’m going on another journey,
To a; land they say is fair;
So I’ll bid you adieu, dear old com
rades §o true,
And hope l shall meet you there.
FLORENCE K. PPHILLIPS.
WHEN. JACK';MUTCHEER
WON FAIRBANKS DERBY
Following Ms winning of first
place . in the Fairbanks Derby race,
Jack;. AJutchler related the story of
his trip .over the, trail as follows, ac
cording to the Fairbanks News
Miner: .
“By .the time I arrived at tChata
nika, e dog was looking. about, all
in, t... the picked up going up- the
lyll .ta the .summik-and. I thought, she
wou:d ta all right. I stopped shvgntl
times on the road down to Fox to
give he pr chance to, rest, but when
at>out twelve miles from town.I saw
that it was only making unnecessary
delay, and I tpok her out of the
string and put her in the sleigh*. I
didn’t tie her very securely and? when
I was, crossing the glacier she juniped
out. . I thought if she could do that
she ceud.run some more, so I put her
in the string again. It was no use,
and half 4 mile farther, on I had*.in
take the dog out and tie her securely;
J
in the sled. Four, miles from town
another dog .was placed in the sleigh.
This 1&0 pounds of dead weight cut
down my time considerably.
“Tha seven dogs that finished were
in fair shape when they crossed the
line and could have gone farther if
necessary.
“The trail between Olnes and
Chatanika was especially bad, as I
had to break trail through from six
inches to a foot of snow that had.
drifted in the narrow trench. I
turned my elad dog loose while going
through this stretch and put him in
again at Chatanika.. The . trail was
cut up badly around Dome creek.
“At no time did I sight any of the
teams behind me. On reaching the
top of the summit I stopped and
looked down the hill, but.couldn’t see
any of the other teams.
“Stickman gained ,on me about five
minutes by the time.he reached Chat-,,
anika, but when I; ehrflfdktft dfox that
I had made the time, hack going up.
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the hill I didn’t believe it would ba
possible for him to gain on me Again.
“The course is about . the right
length, but isn’t a good route for rac
ing now, due. to the fact that;-going
to Chgtanika the trail is not.,., wall
broken, and' coming from Chatanika
there,is too much gravel on theosoad
to get the best time out of the dogs. .
“There was a big crowd gathered
at Chatanika to watch us. la. fact, ,
there were groups of peope all along
the course, .more people than. I
thought lived, on the creeks.” „
Mrs. Julia Phinn,, an aged early ,•
resident of the Interior, passed away. *
recentiy at Fairbanks Thrombosis ,
of the. leg, induced by, weak heart ac
tion, was the cause 6f death, which
came with a final .illness of only, a
few days.
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