WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
BY \ J. ECKLES
«. 'cret, tt to the Delegate
JULY 10. |
The benefits of the Social Security ;
Act inarched into Alaska this week
to the tune of nearly $30.0u0 in fed
eral funds to be expended for old-age
a-sistance among residents of the
Tenitory.
The exact amount was 829,137.50,
which was the initial grant made to ;
the Territory as announced by the •
Social Security Board in Washington
on July 6.
This allotment will be available for
aid in providing for aged persons un
der the provisions of the Social Se
curity Act and the Pubiie Welfare
Act of Alaska daring the rr.on'cs of
July, August, and September, and is
expected to furnish aid to abou 700
clbible beneficiaries during this per
iod.
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A favorable department report was
mate to the House Committee on,
Tublic Lands July 3 by Acting Sec-;
retary of the Interior Charles West
on the bill to validate settlement
cla ms established on sections 16 _n ;
36 in the area withdrawn from set
tlement in the Matan nska Valley.
ihe Delegate introduced .his bill t
authorize the Territory to designate
other lands in lieu of the land in sec
tions numbered 16 and 36 n the area|
reserved for the use of the Matan-j
uska Colony, to which it s entitled}
through the provisions of the Act of j
February 28. 1891. which reserves!
these numbered sections in each'
township in Alaska for the support
of the schools. This will ais a Tord,
rei *ri to those settlers in the Matan-i
nska Valley who located on these
lands reserved itr schoth otter the
Territorial rights had attached t tr.e:
land.
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Commercial telephone service be-,
tween G.vernment and telephone*
company officials in Washington and ;
Tt rim-ria! officials in Juneau, is but
the first connection, in the opinion of j
Dec r.te Dimond. in a served; that
w. eventually permit telephone con
versation between all of the larger
cities in The Territtry as well as with
1 •oiuts in the States having telephone
servi- «\ As funds are made available
for the nec.ssary transmitting and ■
re eving equipment, the Delegate tv-,
pects td see additional installations;
nu de to augment the existing mes-1
sage service provided by the Alaska
Communications System.
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Favorable reports were ordered on j
July 9 by the H use Committee on j
Territories n two of the Delegate’s;
b';1 . One of these was the bill to i
provide fra referendum in the Ter
ritury to determine the advisability
of establishing a one-bonse legisla-j
ture. The other was the bill author
izing the transfer f the canceled (
check with which payment was made 1
to Russia for the purchase of Alaska 1
t. the Territorial Museum.
Although the work relief appropri
ation bill carrying funds not nly for
work relief but also for the Public
Works Administration projects, was.
parsed and approved some days ago.
up*’*; the end of the week no allot
ments had actually been made for
any Alaska public works pr jects. A
t r.siderable number of -u-h projects
including Skagway municipal im
provements, Juneau library. Anchor
age paving. Seward gymnasium.
Douglas school building, Skagway
school bu'ldmg. Fairbanks municipal
improvmeents. Territorial school
buildings. Sitka sewer system. Uni
versity of Alaska dormitory, and pos
sibly one other, have b^^n heretofore
approved by the examining divisions
of the PV A, and most if not all of
them are eigible for allotments un
der the appropriation bill recently
< nacted. Nor have allotments been
: adt for other projects in the U'nited
States, for it is understood that all
such projects are be ng held up
awaiting the formulation of some
plan which will work fairly and
equitably for all parts of the country.
The appropriation made will not take
rare of ah approved projects and
therefore a large number of them
must be omitted. It is expected that
within the next two weeks the plan
will be agreed up' n and allotments
ade. In view of the language of
the bill, it so .-ms almost certain that
a grant will be made to aid in the
construction of a public school build
ng for the town of Douglas since
:.e rmcr school building at Doug
la was destroyed by fire last win
ter.
ESKIMO LIFE PICTURED
BY TED LAMBERT
Native life in the lower ivuskokwim,
most primitive and unsp iled regi n
n Alaska, is pictured ir. -35 oils by
Ted R. Lambert, who has just re
turned to Fairbanks from a year5*
painting at Bethel, save a recent is
sue f the Fambanks News-Miner.
Mr. Lambert—trapper, dog mush
er. miner and painter in Alaska for
12 years—left Fairbanks in June.
1986. accompanied by Eustace Paul
Zeigler. in a small boat.
They went d >wn the Chtna. Tan
ana. and Yukon, stopping at sour
dough and native camps, drawing
sketches, painting or just loafing, to
note the local color.
Hospitable residents of the com
munities along the river provided
quarters and working room for the
artists on their trip. Mr. Lambert
-aid that he was especially grateful
to Mr. and Mrs. Wolferd Files of
Tanana. to Father McElrr.ee! of Nu
!ato. to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chap
man of Anvik. to Father Prange of
Holy Cross, to Chris Bet?oh of Rus
sian Mission, to Carl I. Carlson of
Akiak. u> Robert Gierke of Bethel,
and to many thers. for their hos
pitality.
From Russian Mission they por
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taped across to the KusKorwm. mas- g
ing the portage in six days. Then1 v
they floated on down the Kuskolrwim p
River to Bethel, where Mr. Lambert.1
established headquarters for the win
ter, and Mr. Zeigler soon left for;
the Outside to work up the material
he had fathered on the trip.
Mr. Lambert lived with the native
Eskimo people, pained their confi-:
dtnee. painted pictures of their danc
es. their family life, and their modes
of livelihood.
While at Bethel. Mr. Lambert em
ployed an Eskimo lad, “Gukilonook.” tl
who could speak a little English, as h
nterpreter. . k
Gukilnook (Willie for short) ac- h
companied the artist on his return C
' ip to Fairbanks and is now with it
him at his residence. a
Willie and Mr. Lambert made the p
trip to Russian Mission in their riv- r
er boat, brought the boat up the riv- b
er to Xenana on the steamer Xe- A
nana. and came in on their own boat v
from Xenana to Fairbanks. p
Zeipler, as the result of his _
■ n the down river trip, is now m
rar.k'r.e member west of the Missis
sippi of the American Artists Pro
fessional League. This honorary
r ward was made to him for an oil of
two native youths sitting on the bank
f 've Yukon and gazing across the
river. 1
IRVING REED NAMED TO
ET DATA FOR MINERS
Appointment of Irving McK. Reed
as an associate mining engineer and
ex-omcio inspector of mines for the
Territory, has been announced by
Be: D. Suwart, Territorial Commis
sioner of Mines.
Mr. Reed’s duties are three-fold:
First—to get data on mining now
inviiWLiHja
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jmg on, numner ol men employed,
ages, methods, water supply, trans
jrtation and cost*.
Second—to obtain information on
teh good creek in Alaska so that
iis information can be given to pros
ectors who need to know what work
is already been done, and to know
hat creeks are the most promising.
Three—to get data for capital in
■stnrent in mining properties, these
ita to be supplied U> Alaskans as
ell as to business men Outside.
An experienced mining engineer in
re Fairbanks district, .Mr. Reed also
is had 23 years of mining exper
nce on the Seward Peninsula, and
is served on the Territorial Mines
ummission on the platinum and gold
i the Goodnews Bay district in 1931_
id he drew up the first map of the
a tin urn sections of that district Hi*
-connaissance work there included
>th geologic and topographic studies,
n arduous three months of field
ork is planned by Mr. Reed. He will
a up the Koyukuk Hirer to map and
report uie geological iormauons ui
the Wild River, tributary ft the north
fork of the Koyukuk. He will make
detail maps of other sections of the
upper Koyukuk country, then in Aug
ust, he will go down the Kobuk River
to map creeks on which mining is
being done. From the Kobuk, he will
go to the Seward Peninsula to gather
data on gold, tin platinum and coal
mining operations.
This fall he will return to his office
in Fairbanks to work up the notes
he has gathered so that his informa
tion may be.published for prospectors
or mining companies. Recently Mr
Reed made a trip to the Valdez and
Chestochina districts.
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or cold?”
Tommy: “Heat.”
Teacher: “How do you knew?”
Tommy: “Because anybody could
catch cold.”
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