NoFunds Available
For Airbase ibis
Year At Fairbanks
WASHINGTON. D C.—The house
deiected an attempt by Delegate Di
li r,d of Alaska to have JO
au»i< j to *416,000.'. 00 army appropri
ate - lib f r the purpose of f lad
ing construction or. a mil tary air
ha-- will not be started this year.
The ' pposition that led ; the de
feat >i Delegate D.mend's request for
fit r -• to liep.n vrr ri ■_n the air base
tame from. Rep. John F P ■elrwe ler
of Caiif raia. a rnemb.: i the appro
priations committee. He sa d that al
though there is no doubt of th- need
o' . n a'r'.i re in A'-shfa. h. bel vved
i. i.-.re 'mportant to r.-nc- tra-e on
th-.- n . 1 .•••. ai 1 a - c "it T.i >ma
for ahich the coirmitjtee allowed
$62r'.tKK! to -tart the work.
Ptro->nd iierr.andtd that r rgress be
gin its i oposed fortification of the
Territory as an integral pert of the
w-.-*ern lire of deftn.-e of the United
States.
Stating that the air base is a step
in the right direction, the delegat?
jv. tiid at that the Terri try of Al
fa- La is without any form of defense
an . that "it could be taken by an en
emy over night.
“It :s nr. linger possibl to defend
a r'a by sitting on it wi h mtr and
guns.” he c. ntinmd. ‘hut r. nt of de
fense must be established at least a
hundreds, arri better, th v-nr-’s of
miles in advan The western 1 ne of
d:f -of is so longer on the =h- -es of
Washington. Oneg n and California,
but is now halfway out in the Pa
cific.”
Cit’nr that the army bi’l provides
but ?fs5.COfi for the init is.' w rk on
the Tacoma air base. Delegate Di
rn'-nd said:
"It is time something more is done
in respect to th- establishment and
construction of air stations and de
pots authorized :n the VCR ox Act of
1935.” This is the act wfci-.-h r-r'vides
th Alaskan base is to bo built, there,
strategic p,;nts. Tacoma >s the only
base .fiktally picked so far although
near Fairbanks bus been ’aker. by
the petting aside f 960 acres of land
the delegate and others to mean That
Pointing to the extreme desirable
th-: Alaskan base • = to be built there,
location of Alaska. Dimond reminded
the house that the Soviets realize
that a rcroereial airline between
Europe and the United States lies
through A’arica and that therefore
m "itary route lies over the same
course.
TERRITORY GETS FIVE TIMES
MORE THAN SHE RETURNED
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Alaska got
more than five times as much from
cai year 1936 as it paid into the
the fiscal government during the fis
treasury during that year, acording
to a tabulation presented to the
House of Representative? by Con
gressman Lamneck. of Ohio.
Payments to the federal treasury
fj om all sources during the year, to
taled $443,790.44. according to Lam
neck's tab’e. In the same period, the
government poured back into Alaska,
in PWA and WPA grants, farm and
home loans, direct relief, road funds
and in other wavs the sum .f $2,629.
493.7b.
A similar situation exists in more
than half the States. Lamneck told
the house, States which paid the gov
ernment more than they got were
California. Delaware, C medical.
Florida. Illinois. Kentucky, Louisiana.
Maryland. Massachusetts. Mich: van,
Missouri. New Jersey. New York,
North Carolina. Ohio, Oklahoma.
Pennsylvania. Rhode Island, Virginia.
Texas and Wisconsin.
This situation, Lamneck said, “meant
certain disaster.” He declared the
federal government collected alto
gether r little over four billion dol
lars in 1936, and spent nearly nine
billion. This year, he insisted, the sit
uation will be worse unless congress
“quits spending more money than we
are now receiving, or increases taxes
to the amount we spend.”
STAYING IN' TAKOTXA UNTIL
FLOOD DANGER PASSES
Miss Jeanne Keith from McGrath,
has been residing in Takotna for the
last two v eeks unbeknown to the
Wandering Reporter. She slipped in
during the night and on account of
the mud, has been staying close to
the cabin. Miss Keith plans on re
mairhig in Takotna until the flood
danger is over in her home town cf
McGrath.
Frank J. Guskey
NOTARY PUBLIC
Takotna, Alaska.
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| SCHOOL NOTES j
ONE MORE DAI OF SCHOOL
left:
Chr- Colors—
We hare earned so many Stars
this year that we have used up all of
our y i!-w chalk and have hat to use
pink this week.
Almost Missed Holiday—
W'e aimot misled cut on our half
day h ' day. The ice went out just
in time.
Sp: nsr Hath Come—
?pr; ng hath e rne. Freddie and
Henry have tak< r. to bicycling.
PI a t .Motto On Placards—
The upper evades made some very
prtrty pia ards this week bearing the
motto, "Just start in to sing, as you
tackle the thins- that cannot be done,
ana you’ll do it."
Ambitious Pupils—
We were ambitious las* Friday af
ternoon so climbed the hill north of
the school h use instead of g.ing for
a hike.
W ill Start On Examinations—
Freddie will he writing examina
tion? next Monday and Tuesday. AD
of us are wishing you the very best
f success Fr.ddie. We want you to
pass but we are g :ng t • miss you
next year.
I'ndc-cided Where To Hold Picnic—
We don’t knew yet just where and
how we are going to have our picnic
but we are expecting to have it next
Wednesday and we a:e already sav
ing our appetites for the ice cream
and cake.
in-a g'nations Run Riot—
We let our imaginations run riot
this week and took some trips
‘abroad.’ Henry visited Hawaii—and
would like no go again.
The following story was written
by Henry Miller:
HOW 1 EARNED AND SPENT
MONEY
Last fall I got a job cutting fifty
cords cf word. I hauled it in for the
j akotna school. After I finished all
the wood. I went down to McGrath
and got a job working on the Lang
ley. I worked all summer as engin
eer till fall. After freeze-up I asked
for a job from the P.A.A. and got
■t. My job was wanning up the plane
and doing mechanical work. I work
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ANDREW MISCOVICH
CHARLES YOST
Old 1904 Statement
Shows Relative Fur
Prices In That Day
While £ in?: thr ugh his did pa
pers thf othi r day, C. A. Fowler came
a, r oss an old statement, dated Nov
el-her 11, IS34 from J. L. Pronty’s
Sons, c remission m rchants in Raw
Furs, New York City, addressed to
Fowler & Iwitcbell, who had large
trsd.ng interests in the Kuskokwm.
The old statement is interesting be
cause it shews the current prices paid
for raw furs at that time. The fol
lowing are some of the prices paid
to trapprs in this area:
Otter, one large dark, 14.00. Bea
ver. extra sn.aii, $3.00; Red Fox
small, pale $5 00; Marten, large light
$4.5.; Cross Fox, tale, $4.53; Mink
large, ?>.70; White Fox, small $5.00;
White Rabbits, estra large, .75; Lynx
medium size, $6.00.
ed for two y'-ars.
When I add d up my money, my
eyes glisten d for i had $4,601.
Aft r 1 left the PA.A. I got a
job working for the Road Commis
sion where I w rk“d for three years.
After all the hard labor I thought
j I’d make a trip down to Hawaii. I
. took a p’ane and went drwn to Bethel
and went out on the W. M. Topper.
After a week on the ocean, we reach
ed Seattle. I got off from the Tup
per and went to a larger ocean liner.
It took us two weeks to go to Hawaii,
j We reached it in the morning of
I June 3. I got off and lingered around
! town. In a few days later I found
] myself in a music school. They asked
me what Tc like to learn. “I replied
"I’d iike to learn to play on ar. Ha
waiian guitar.” After I learned all
he pieces. I paid the teacher $300.
I got or an ocean liner and went
down to Hobart, the capital of Aus
tralia. From there I went into fhe
jungles. I saw a band of monkeys
and savages. Some of the savages
threw spears at me hut I ducked from
them.
I didn’t stay in there very long be
cause it was dangerous unless you
get aaoruainted with fhe savages. I
went beck to Hobart and took the
sain-: ship and went to the Hawaiian
Islands. We stayed there a few days
: r.-d left for San Francisco. From
there I went to Seattle. 1 stayed there
a few days and started back to Es
kimo Land, Takotna. We reached
Bethel July 9, 1936. From Bethel
T got a plane to take me to Takotna.
When I reached Takotna, it looked
like a little Indian village.
Cany a time when all alone I have
great joy playing my Hawaiian gui
tar.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Sunday May 23
"Two Brothers Ms>o Up.’’
Genesis 31:3, 13, IT. IS; 32: 3-2S;
33a-17.
Memory Verse: “Arm be ye Lind
one to another, tej.de rbeared, for
giving one another.” Ephes. 432.
We hope to train from this lesson a
realization that the spirit of forgive
ness is well pleasing to God. and a
greater inspiration to show this spirit
m our relationship to each 'Other.
Officer—“What are you doing, here
at this hour 7”
Motorist—“I forgot my key to the
house and I’m waiting for my daugh
ter to come heme and let me in.”
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U. S. NAVIGATORS FIGHT
STORM IN ALEUTIAN IS
ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP
PENNSYLVANIA—The storm swept
Aleutians in the Berirc Sea, the
weather factory of the Pacific, were
left behind today by at. independent
detachment of the United States fleet
which headed southward to join the
main portion of the battle force.
The detachment was sent far north
to give the officers and men exper
ience in difficult navigation and ac
cord ing to a wireless message from
Scar Admiral Walter N
charge of the detachment to Admiral
Hepburn, commander in chief of the
Pacific fleet, the test is all that could
be desired.
The units will join the mam fleet
and all will engage in six weeks cf
intensive sea maneuvers
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