THE MUKLUK TRAIL
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bor projects, air fields and public
buildings.
"With organization of tbe public
works administration not yet fully
completed, it is impossible to tell just
what allotment will finally be made
for Alaska, but Mr. Dimond is keep
ing in close touch with the situation
and at every opportunit yis urging
Alaska’s claims. It is expected that
announcement of the first projects to
be undertakenf will be made within
the next couple of weeks.
According to information received
by Mr. Dimond from the Navy De
partment and transmitted by him to
the Associated Press, five destroyers
will sail north this summer. They
are the Decatur, Perry,, Trover, Was
muth and Zone.
The fleet wil arrive at Ketchikan
July 20 and depart July 22; arrive at
Wrangell July 22 and depart July 23;
arrive at Juaeau July 24 and depart
July 26; arrive at Skagway July 26
•depart July .28; arrive at Cordova
July 30 and depart August 1; arrive
at Seward .August 1 .and depart Au
gust 3.
Among hhe former Alaskans now
'living in Washington ar e Mr. and
Hire. .A. J. Zy volos ki and their five
•children.
.Mr. Zyvoloski, who was statios
agent for the Coppe rRiver & North
western Railroad at Chitina and ails*
worked for the Copper River at Cor
dova ,is now a civilian employee of
the War Department. The Zyvoloskis
have been in Washington for the past
two years.
Because of the decision to abandon
the naval radio station at .Mile 7, near
Cordova, the Postoffiee Department
authorized the closing of the post
office at that place.
Another postoffice to he closed if
f
the Sulzer office, in Southeastern
Alaska. Vivian Walters, the post
master, has resigned and business is
hel dinsufficient to warrant continu
ance of the office.
| Rolland W. Chase, for over six
j years a member of the Alaska Col
lege faculty, calle don Delegate Di
niond .a few days .ago. Mr. and Mrs.
■Chase and their child are now living
at Ithaca, N. Y., where he is taking
l ost-graduate work at Cornell Uni
versity. He was head of the depart
ment of civil engineering and mathe
jnaties at the .Alaska Cdllege and aflse
was registrar >of tih einstitotiem.
The American section «f the Inter
national Highwa yCommission, cre
ated under the Hoover administration,
is now a thing of the past. Its du
ties were recently terminated by or
j der of the President, an action whidh
I was expeeted following completion of
’ the report which is now being print
; ed. Members of the conanisaion' were
Major Malcolm Elliott, Ernest Walk
er Sawyer and Herbert H. Bice of
Detroit.
Upon recommendation of ithe .‘Sec
retary of the Sntenor JT&roEld W,
Ickes, Edward W. Griffin of Kodiak
has been given -a recess apr •' v -neat
as Secretary of Alaska by l :siitent
Roosevelt. Mr. Griffin bad the en
dorsement of file Democratic ’Uerri
toria lorganization, National Cermmit
teeman J. J. Connors, Governor Trey.,
and the Delegate.
There Is *o disposition <tm the part
of the Bureau of the Budget to order
a separate study of living doste in
Alaska, as suggested by Delegate Di
mond, so .that % oould ’beieonclufihieiy
proved that federal employees in the
Territory ace under greater ^expense,
the idea being that they should be
forced to accept sa proportionately
lesser pay reduction than l; h*se <in
the States.
Alvin Brown, -acting director Af
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Your Generous Patronage £bas cabled us
to reduce Gommisstonsfoa tEu&Sales
iso & Fer^fitat.
Quicker and Bettef7%es9iltB
Continuous Saic3,rtftf>
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SendtYour.Caleht&Eai^y
368 Central' Ave., Highlahd Park; Ill.
the Budget Bureau, has advised the
Delegate that “The amount of reduc
tion in compensation of -federal em
ployees is determined by .Sections 2.
and 3 of Title 11, of tihe act of March
30, .1933 ^Public No. 2). Under this .
provision of law, I do not ibdlieve that
any discretion rests with the Presi
dent to apply, any cost of living fig
ures except those which apply gen
erally 'in file PU,oiled tatesJ’
The sum of $600,000 was arppropri
ed for educational activities of the
Alaska division of the (Office of Indian I
Affairs for the fiscal year beginning J
July 1. Of that sum only $681,350
will lie irdteased J>y th eTreasurji, the
reduction representing the additional t
per -cent jpay reduction .made ef-1
fective by the economy act.
The appropriation for medical .work
was f£81 (008. (Of that amount $249,
870 will .be actually available, the re
duction being for the .same reason.
TREK IMG WITH REINDEBS
HERDS ACROSS ALASKA !
(Ne wYork Times.)
From the ice-docked .wilderness of
the Far -North .two remarkable epic
stories .have -come this spring of .hero
ism an dendurance on the part of
both .man .and .beast. The .animals
which took ,part in .these stirring
events '.were reindeer, those hardy,
courageous .beasts .whose defiance of
the cruellest elements of. nature has >
been the theme of story and song.
Equally courageous in meeting the
challenges of the desolated, iee-sw^pt
Norih were the map, {who acted as
shepherds for .the, reindeer herds.
The first of these puse-raising
stories comes fro -mSiheria, .where
.some of the..h>ost valorous men have
met disaster Some of the,, industrial
•towns of the. north were getting short
on-their foQ dsupplies and unless a
new supply Riejfccd through the ice
barriers, to,,reach the stricken com
munities the rjssidgnt^. would have
.beqn faced with.^naijy privations.
.Actingsunder orders from the So
viet government, hand of Iyepwk
shepherds undertook to .drive a .herd
of ..3)2 peindeer .from Ust-Tailma to
AltcfcwgfMi. -gkiegt, oevgr*. before at
tempted. ,vTfce, .d'.^nce of 620 mil^s
waa -negotiate,4 sueces sf ully—rwitho at
the. loss qf. a single animal. y
. .Even ,a,,morft,jpnhitjooe trek, ov^r
a, distance Of l,8Qtj, miles, has just
been completed in. the ,pan§dian .F^r
I4qrthM1 -The -;trgkvhegap in November,
.1329,, and., has . involved incredible
hardships for the I^app and-Eskimo
herders who,-accompanied -the 3,000
animals. About 700 of the reindeer
fell prey Lt# the clutching, unyielding
grasp of the Arctic elements. The
-remainder *.qf the large heed, "2,800 in
number, arrived successfully at the
present pasturing grounds at Blow
river. Next winter th eanimals will
cross the frozen delta' of the -Macken
zie to the reserve set apart for the
herd—an area of 5,000 square miles,
rich in reindeer moss and in other
natural advantages.
These animals promise to solve the
pressing food problem of the Eski
mosc. Formerly the Eskimos of the
Canadian North depended upon the
caribou for food and clothing; but
the supply has been largely depleted.
The government, therefore, decided to
domesticate the reindeer and thug
provide the Eskimo wards with a per
manent food supply.
During the long trek a chief source
of danger was the menacing bands of
wolves, which descended suddenly on
the reindeer dhving a bleak storm and
slaughtered eight or nine of the ani
mals at a time. The shepherds, work
ing on skiis, had to be constantly on
guard. The shepherd dogs helped
greatly in this work.
Often the men were separated from
the herd in the Arctic storms, and
sometimes thej) went for days with
out food, but none of them was lost.
“Stop playing ‘Falling Dew1!
“Why, pa?”
“It reminds me of the rent.”—Ev
erybody’s Weekly (London).
Rikfctnkt to Have Beacon Light.
Fur guidance in .aviation, -a beacon
tigbt.wiH tw placed on top of the fed
sral budding in Fairbaiike. The light,
stepped up .to high candle power by
thiraar reflection, nailheonsistiof stffln
ilard equipment rsuppliedhibyi the de
partment of < Commerce . for .,aerial
traffic in the United ^States. .The
Fairbanks beaconvwiU the .donated by
the Department of> Commerce, which
donates lht.im of’sufettltfehis without
KUrne»drtmig«w/iershtif> of .ttn-m
pense of installation and maintenance
will be defrayed 'by the eeitci
f Vwhh 'm Atonin'*
Tint el Manager (to se w#n*sM—fJ
tehall have to.ask.ynu. to .pay i»
vance. Your-Juggage .i« itoe-rfr—
emotional.
Guest—ElnwfetHMil7,
Manager—Yes,. «a,°jb .urvjvetL”—
waters iL;»r»4o*u
nmiMS PIONEER SHOP
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Blacksmith, Madhine and -all Mndfe*o£ \
wcdk, ^Stoves,;Saidtys. ’'3vaiiks.
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Drills and Boilers and aH kinds * of„ ProspeCt
. mg (Equipment
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*4 rh. p. ^aaolifie Dri&
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tlaght in 'weight and Hereulee in strength. Can beepertM we
reach MtcriicwclitWciritmaidaw)
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SOURDOUGH TRADING
MeGHATU. ALASKA
Groceries
Clothing
^ANYTHING PROM A NEEDLE TO AN ANCHOR
Oat and Loak Thing* Over.
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