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Takotna, Alaska, September 13, 1930.
INVESTIGATING SENATORS
TELI. OF ALASKA R. R. AT
BANQUET TABLE, FAIRBANKS
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(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
Fairbanks citizens had an oppor
Sunii.y to meet the members of the
select Senate committee last night at
^ banquet which was given by the
Fairbanks Commercial Cub at the
JSdodel Cafe in honor of the distin
guished visitors.
Seventy persons, including sixteen
guests, were seated at the long ban
■quet table. The meal served as an
.excellent example of what Alaska
.can do i nthe way of raising its own
foodstuffs. Practically every article
.on the table was a local product.
After their strenuous labors in con
mectjon with the gathering of facts
which will make u ptheir report on
ithe Alaska Railroad, the members of
tine comnuuee unDem asi nigrn. ana
•in short after-dinner talks told the
^assemblage of their reactions to the
.trip. *
They were unanimous in expressing
ithe opinion that Alaska is bound to
iprogress and they promised to assist
.an daci^lerate that development in
<every practicable way.
Senator John B. Kendrick of Wy
oming said one way the members of
ithe committee could lend their assist
ance would be asking that air mail be
(extended to .the Territory and he as
sured those present that he would do
<everytHing possible along that line.
Dr. F. de la Vergne, mayor of Fair
Ibanks, acted as toastmaster. He first
introduced Dr. Charles E. Bunnell,
president of the Alaska Colege. Dr.
iBunnel recalled that he was in Val
adez 26 years ago when the first Sen
ate investigatin gcommittee came to
Alaska. Residents of the country
Ihave always been glad, be said, to
lhave members of Congress come te
.•see conditions here.
in pointing to the changes which
have occurred since then Dr. Bunnell
iremarked: “Only a rail from Valdez
ttt Fairbanks existed. , steamboat
service was rather indifferent, aids to
[navigation were rather few and con
ditio® were not indicative of home
building.
“Today the Territory is manifest
ing progress,” the speaker continued.
"Transportation facilities have come
«o it which I believe to be just and
right. Certainly there has been a
change sufficient to challenge atten
tion. Benefit to our further develop
ment has always resulted from who
canve for information. Progress
through the years has been worth
while and there is courage on our
part to continue.”
Dean Eniest N. Patty of the Alas
ka College njade a short talk of wel
come. Senators HQwell, Kendrick
and Thomas were presented with al
bums containing Alaska photographs
by Paul J. Rickert, president of the
Fairbanks Commercial Club.
First of the Senatorial committee
to speak was Chairman Robert B.
Howell of Nebraska. “We have been
greatly pleased and we greatly ap
preciate the cohrtesy extended dhr
ing our investigation,” he said. “1
want to assure you that we came with
the spirit you would want us to come
with.”
Senator Howell declared he has
long been anexponent of pubic own
ership. Through his efforts many of
the public utilities of Omaha became
municipally owned. Under municipal
ownership there rates for manufac
tured gas are the cheapest in the
United States. The ice plant cost
$750,000 and was paid for in seven
years.
“But no public utility, publicly
owned, can persist unless it is a suc
cess financially,” said Senator Howell.
“It will be wiped out. This has been
the history of the past and will be the
history of the future. We want to
devise ways and means not to aban
don your Alaska "Railroad, but to
save it.”
The Senator decared he realized
how the decline in the relative value
of gold had worked a hardship on this
country, but he said the corner has
been turned and the index number of
gold is coming down “because the
world is not keeping up in production
with the demand for it. Nearly every
nation in the world is on a gold
basis.”
rairoanKs, witn tremendous re
sources of gold.^ids a right to look
hopefully to the future, said Senator
Howell. “ think there can be no
question about the future of Alaska,
America's last great frontier.”
Mayor de la Vergne next intro
luced Senator John Thomas of Idaho.
‘I have been on the frontier all my
life, and while this is my first trip
here it is one of the most enjoyable
[ have ever taken,” said the Senator.
‘The airplane trip we took today was
the most wonderful from 3 scenic
standpoint I have ever made.”
Alaska’s resources, in the opinion
sf Senator Thomas, have been only
scratched. He spoke of the agricul
;ural products, saying: “Tonight,
vhen I sat at this table and con
sumed vegetables which were grown
Here I was certainly amazed. It
changes my entire viewpoint about
Alaska’s agriculture.
For the committee to come to
Alaska and intelligently “tel the gov
jrnment how to reduce the defict by
spending a couple of weeks here is, of
course, obviously impossible, but it
is the hope of the committee and Mr.
McManamy, the chairman of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, and
Admiral Coontz to be able to take
back constructive suggestion^," said
Senator Thomas.
He declared he feels sure the com
mittee has convinced the community
that it came “with $ne purpose in
Beef, whole or quarters. Veal and Chickns
Trimmed Ribs of Beef Whole Hogs
Pork Pork Shoulders Pork Loins
Pigs' Feet, jars or kitts Wieners
Bacon, Mild Cured, 60c Per Pound
$MEAT ENOUGH TO LAST UNTIL NEXT FALL.
daOUGH & BRINK ’S
mind—that of doing the thing whiel
is going to hel pthis great Territory
And you can rest assured the com
mittee will keep that purpose i
mnd.”
The committee’s visit to Alaska has
been on a purely business mission, il
was stated by Senator Kendrick, wht
was called on next by Mayor de Is
Vergne. “It is a business trip and
we are business men in the Unitec
States Senate. We are pioneers anc
Westerners and w eought to have at
least Western ideas ideas and ideal:
and we ought to have the closest sym
pathy with Western people. With thal
attitude in mind we are going to b«
prepared to say that during our lim
ited time we have succeeded, even il
to a small extent, in getting the facts
we should have in passing on this
important question.
“We came with open and unbiased
minds. But I should say if we arc
going to stay that way we should get
on our way quickly. It is one for all
and all fo rone. That is the way we
feel toward your Alaska. I can’t con
ceive of any failure of tremendous
development in this country. Tourist
hosts are bound to come here.
| “More and more as I prepare to
turn backward l find myself feeling
that 1 may wander back to these in
viting sights and scenes.
“I am much impressed with the
work of aviation as any other inci
dent which has been brought to the
attention of this committee of Sen
| ators. It is to prove of supreme im
portance in the deveopment of ths
new, new land.’’
Here Senator Kendrick paused to
i praise Pilot S. E. Robbins, with whom
he flew inside the Arctic Circle Mon
day, as “probably the best pilot in
the United States.”
Continuing, he said: “I am strong
for avaton, and already our commit
tee is willing and anxious to lend a
hand to those peepl people who are
pioneers in this industry which is
particularly adapted to the country.”
The air mail act ought to be ex
tended to Alaska, affirmed Senator
Senator Kendrick, and, speaking for
himself and, he said, he thought also
in behalf of other members of the
committee, he promised to do every
thing possible along this ine. "This
is a practical way we can be of aid
to you.”
The Senator pointed out that the
the mere fact tha tthe committee
members had visited the Territory
would give weight to their statements
when matters pertaining to Alaska
are brought up to the Senate.
Turning again to the Alaska Rail
road, -the Senator declared that
“There isn’t on this committee of
three business men from the United
States Senate a single destruetionist,
but we are business men in our ef
forts to solve this problem, and we
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i realize the road can’t be maintained
. under a contant deficit .without cast
• mg reflection on. the Territory.”
' | Those gathered at the banuet had
i the privilege of hearing a real Alas
1 ka oldtimer, Rear Admiral Robert E.
Coontz, talk. He came to the Terri
tory 43 years ago a? a young officer
of a gunboat. “Our job was to seize
sealing poachers on the Pribilofs and j
to put the civil government in
power.” The Admiral recollected that
■ there was still trouble with the In
dians in Southeastern Alaska in those
days and strong measures would
sometime* have to be taken against
them, **f have always believed in
Alaska and have paid taxes in it for
forty years,” he said ‘'"When I get
rich I am going jto spend three
months every year herd.”
In comparing old t with modern
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Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska
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