THE MUKLUK TRAIL
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appointed a. special committee to
week., in. behalf ol the Pacific Yukon
Highway.. Members of the committee
we. ftoio. ulL . rt., of the State of
W a&biugtou.
After quite a prolonged^ stay in
V ashrn^ ten, ^.uward iierg, member
ol .the Alaska. Railroad, forces in
Anchorage,, has. continued on the New
York.. He .estimates he will have
have, traveled another 16^000 miles
before he returns to Anchorage in
December
Se'Citnr Peter Norheck., of South
Dakota, wao...was in Alaska a couple
of’years ago, writeSjLelegate Dimtmd
that ha is very much .in fayor of the
Pacific Yukon Highway,. Senator
Norheck believes the highway will
ultimately he extended to. Point. Bar
W.W.
The fisheries industry set. Thurs-.
day for the first time, in the audi
torium of the National Museum, to
consider a master code under the Na
tional Recovery Administration.
Opinion is st.ll split as to the ne
cessity for such, a, code
Some packers,, especially the larger
, mes, would rather he placed under
the National Canners’ Association
code- The smaller packers are almost
a unit in believing that a separate
code for fisheries should be drawn, to
he followed. by~ other codes for. the
several classes, such as salmon, hal
ibut, herring, etc
This was a meeting, of the industry:
snroper, hut .representatives of labor
were allowed to sit in. Unfortunately,
west coast labor was very poorly rep
resented, and Alaska labor not at all
while fishermen on the Atlantic coast
had sizeahle delegations present.
Delegate Bimond attended the
meeting from the start to the finish,
to. protect, the interests of Alaska..
Concerned by the fact that 10,000
Alaskans vitally dependent upon the|
fishing industry had no voice... at the
hearing, he asked the official in
charge if any effort had been made to
notify fishermen in Alaska of the
meeting, and was told that fishing
associations located in Seattle aad
San Francisco containing the word
“A.!,"ska'’ had.been notified.but no at
tempt had been made to reach fisher
men actually, and continuously resi
dent in. the Territory.
That.admission, drew from the Del
egate a spirited protest. He said that
eh ea.ssociat.ons .in San Francisco and
Seattle were not truly representative
of Alaska, fishermen and the latter
shoo a have had opportunity to be
.present.. He said further that even
if .hey had been notified, the cost of
c:oi ng to Washington would have
precluded more than a< few., from at
-teadng and in v.ew of the import
ance of the Alaska fisheries and the
number of persons making living
therefrom, hearings should, have been
held in Alaska.
In support of his. contention the
Delegate offeredi.the following amend
ment, to the proposed code:
“‘Provided, that the provisions of
this code shall apply to the Territory
of Alaska onlyuppn the orde of the
President, and with such modifica
tions, if any, as the President may
deem just .and equitable .after a hear
ing before theAdministratar or a
Deputy Administrator, at which hear
ing those residents of Alaska who
are employed in the fishing indostry
have a fair opportunity to be beard.”
The presiding official ruled the
amendment was out of order on the
ground that the. meeting was one in
which the only participants entitled
to take part in the proceedings were
associations engaged in the industry,
and that the Delegate, having no di
rect proxy to represent either packer
or fisherman, was there somewhat in
the status of a guest. However, Del
egate Dimond believes his point was
well taken and he will continue to
urge that the code be not applied to
Alaska, until Alaska fishermen have
a chance to b e heard.
From New York—or any other
Eastern city—to Nome in three days.
Such a trip will be easily passible
next summer, according to Nick Nick
Bez, president of the Peril Straitts
Woking Company and also president
of the Alaska Soutthern Airways, op
erating between Southeastern Alaska
points.
In Washington to attend the hear
ings on the fisheries code, Mr. Bez |
tells ho wit will be easily, possible to'
be in Nome on the third day after j
leaving New York, traveling oniyl
over established commercial air lines.'
Let us say a person Nomeward
bound steps into a plane Monday
morning at New York. In 24 hours,
or slightly less, he will have arrived'
in Seattle. Incidentally, he need do
no more night*traveling to complete
his trip on schedule. From Seattle i
he flies to Juneau, a trip of about;
nine hours. Tuesday night he re
mains in Juneau, and bright and
early Wednesday morning he is og
for Fairbanks. With the fast planes
which will be in service, it should not
take more than six hours for that leg
of the flight and then he can continue
directly to Nome, arriving there>
Wednesday evening..
This will be made possible, Mr. Bez
says, when Alaska Southern Airways
inaugurates a regular service next
May between Seattle and Juneau and
other Southeastern cities. It is un
derstood that similar services will
also be provided between Juneau and
Fairbanks, and, of course, several
several lines operate from Fairbanks
to Nome.
John H. Dunn, formerly clerk of
the First' Division District Court, vis
ited in Washington this week.
Mss Florence L. Kolb, clerk of the
General Land Office at Anchorage,
expects to reach Washington October
. She is now visiting in Maine and
Boston during the. course of a vaca
tion trip.
Tired of this “here business,” but.
determined to continue drawing at
tention to the International Highway,
“Slim” Williams plans to remain at.
Chicago until the Century of. Progress-.
Expedition is ended, he advises Dele
gate Dimond by letter.
Then he will start for Washington
by dog team, using his novel sled
mounted! on wheels by. which , he trav
eled during the early summer from
Southern Canada to Chicago.
Slim esctimates it will take him
about a month to make the trip here..
He hopes to have an interview with
President Roosevelt and, tell the
Chief Executive all about the high
way.
It will be a year, next month since
Slim started from Copper Center on.
his momentous journey
Miss Grace Clarke was. married in
Los Angplea. recently to Wendell M
Bishop,' the ceremony taking place in
the Church of the Good Shepherd, in
Beverly Hills. Mrs. Bishop is well
known in Alaska. She fi.-st to the
Territory as a teacher in the Fair
banks school. Later she was a mem
ber of the Alaska College faculty and
secretary to Captain A. E. Lathi op.
Since removing, to Los Angeles she
has been secretary to Louis B. Mayer
of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film
studios. Mr. Bishop is a publicity ex
pert r.r.d former newspaper man. The
bridesmaid was Miss Mildred Clarke,
sister of the bride and also a former
resident of Alaska.
Harmless.
“You are reading a travel book.
Preparing for a holiday?”
“No. I’m on holiday now. I sit
here and dream of travel.”
“But you are reading the book
backwards.”
“Yes. I’m on. the return journey.”
—Tit-Bts.
Unjust.
The Boss—Frankly, Herhert, I am
more hurt than anything. Didn’t it
occur to yo uto stop and ask your
self, Is it fair to expect that gentle
man who employs me to raise my
salary and also pay the American
debt?—Humorist (London.)
Before T. M_ Garland, United States
Commissioner and ex-officio Pro
bate .Judge,, Otter Precinct, Fourth
Division, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of Jo
seph Neville, deceased.
To All Persons to whom these j
presents shall come, greeting:
Know Ye that it appearing to T.
M. Garland, United States Commis-j
si oner for the aforesaid precinct, that!
T. M. Garland, the former adminis-1
trator of aforesaid estate, has re-|
signed, and I find it necessary to ap- I
point another administrator, the saiJ
Joseph Neville leaving at the time of
his death property in this precinct,
and that said Commissioner has duly
appointed Harry Donnelley adminis
trator for the estate of Joseph Ne
ville, deceased.
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed my offi
cial seal this the 3rd day of Septem
ber, 1933.
(Seal) T. M. GARLAND,
Commissioner and exOfficio
Probate Judge.
First pub. Sept 30; last Oct 28 (36)
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