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Takutna, AfasK*. iApril 11,1931.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AT RE
GENT GRAND IGLOO SESSION
The twenty-third session of the
Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,
held at Juneau last month, was
brought to a elose,with a largely, at
ifcirte*Hb*rarttcfe Speakers were intro*,
duced by H. B. LeFevre, toastmaster,
and included Governor George A.
Parks, Mayor Thomas B. Judson,
Past Grand President Cal M. Brosius,
Grand Secretary George J. Love, A.
J. Dimond, Alfred Lomen, H. H. Mc
McCutcheon, A. Nerland, H. S. Burgh,
Fred Johnston, John W. Dunn, R. W.
Sundquist, Mrs. C. H. Phillips and
Mrs. Mary Edna Gibbs.
The twenty-third annual session,
which commenced on February 25,
was one, of the most successful ’ever
held in point of business transacted
and entertainment of delegates. The
outstanding achievement of the ses
sion was the change made in the con
st itntahit« and by-laws to provide for
the^l^susncq of charters to Log Cabin
jrgSfptedbtops. This is to provide for
young people of either sex, born in
the,Alaska or Yukon Territory, of
white, parents, since December SI,
1905, and'therefore ineligible to mem
bership' xnr the Pioneers. The Grand
Grand Igloo will issue Log Cabin
charters to groups of 25 or more
young people making application..
Protests against the employment
of pon-residents of Alaska in federal
and territorial projects, especially
road construction, and against any
increase in rates on the Alaska Rail
road were the subjects of resolutions
adopted by the session. Other adopt
ed resolutions include one urging the
Governor and Territorial Legslature
and
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to revse the present probate, code so
aa to lessen the cost of administering
small estates, and one asking that, a
home for indigent Alaskan men and
women be, constructed at .Anchorage
with, the Territorial funds now. avail
able.. . *
Percy G. ■Chhtles .of Ketchikan..waa
elected grqnd president of the Grand
[ Igloo for the coming year. -Other.offi
cers are: Cal M. Brosjus ot Reward,
nast grand president;-, George. Mc
Querrie of Fairbanks, gpandfirst. vice
president; T. W. Hawkins, .of Seward,
grand second, .vce president; George
J. Love,.. Valdez, grand secretary;
John Reck, Juneau, grand treasurer;
JOr. Wiiliam II. Chase, Cordova, grand
| historian; Rev. C. E. Rice, Juneau,
grand- chaplain; J. H. Groves, Fair
banks, grand. sergeant-at-arms; John
1 W. Dunn of Ruby, W. H, Palmer of
; Valdez, Herman L. Gentsch of Fair
banks, John T. Spickett of Juneau,
1 and S. H. Burgh of Nome, grand
| trustees.
Tha 1 coccii
mill oi
1 Fairbanks, convening on March 22.
“Perhaps the resolution of greatest
! interest at this time to Alaskans,
which was passed at the meeting, wa$
the resolution urging, the .. employ
ment of lbcal labor for all the con
templated federal and territorial pro
jects,” P. Vi. Charles, newly elected
grand president of the organization,
declared in an interview given to the
press following his return to his Ket
chikan' headquarters.
“The Pioneers protested . against
the importation of alien labor as
being wrong in principle and opposed
to the well-being and prosperity of
the people,” Cnarles explained. “They
moved that the federal and territorial
officials be urg d. to employ only, resi
dents of Aiasa«. pndl when awarding
contract?, to persons or firms in the
| States to make such provision as will
insure the employment of Alaskans
.abor wherever possible.”
Senator A. J. Dimond of Valdez,
who attended the session of the
Washington State Legislature at
Olympia at which a delegation of Ca
nadian officials, headed by Premier S.
F. Tolmie was present, said that the
international highway was the one
big objective of the present govern
ment of British Columbia. He de
clared that it was of the greatest in
terest to the Pioneers and every per
son in Alaska to use every effort to
bring it about.
There was considerable discussion
in regard to building a home for indi
gent men and women at Anchorage,
the delegates from the north main
taining that Sitka was not a central
location. There was a strong senti
ment in favor of using the $160,000
building fund now on hand and erect
ing a unit at Anchorage, to be used
to care for the overflow from the Pio
neers Home at Sitka. This could be
gradually increased to care for them
all.
Governor George A..Parks was of
the opinion that it would be better to
wait two years until the present fund
-was increased to $270,000.
W.-D. Gross was given a vote of
thanks for his egorts in providing
Christmas cheer for the old sour
doughs at the Pioneers Home in Sit
ka. This year he collected $2,000,
which gave each of the men $20, with
a small balance left over.
The town srepresented at the con
vention were Nome, Ruby, Cordova,!
Fairbanks, Seward, Valdez, ArfchorH
age, Ketchikan and Juneau.. There'
were 38 delegates present and 67
votes cast, part o£ them by jjrqjue.
Hoax—You can see how the cost
of living has gone up. Parley, who
married his nurse, lost three ribs in
a powder explosion.
J°ax—I don’t see what that proves.
Hoax—Well, you knew, Adam lost
only one to get his wos>sn.
Mrs. Pearson—Youtr husband seems
to be a man of rare gifts.
Mrs, MacTige—He is. He hasn’t
given me one since we were married.
cA\S DISAPPEARANCE OF
Fl'i&BEAKERS IS PERIODIC
Thi -view that fur in. the interior
has- been.‘trapped off and that it wiil
' be a long. period of time before trap
' ping will! again be profitable is not
supported by observations made over
‘a long period of years by Robert
nloom, Fairbanks merchant, who is
closely connected with the fur indus
try, says the. Fairbanks News-Miner
Disappearance of fur-bearers from
the section is a periodic happening,
he says, and the experience of the
past shows they wifi return again.
Conditions similar to .the present oc
curred in 1312 and .191(1 and fronr
1920 to -922, he points out.. The lean
period generally lasts about two
years, Mr. Bloom observed.
Migrations are paused almost alto
gether by lack of food for the fur
bearers, he said. Last year the period
, of depression set in and the fur catch
was very light, an.d this winter’s
catch, he remarked, wifi be only about
40 per cent of last, year’s.
Next year Mr. Bloom looks for a
considerable improvement- Rabbits
are coming back, :it is said, and this
will bring in the fox and the lynx.
Lirds began to come back about two
iears ago, and marten have been
thicker since then.
There are a considerable number
of trappers in the hills yet, but . they
lHVe catching practically nothing.
1 Marten seems to be more plentiful
uian other fur, with fox and lynx al
most totally, absent, w
Vv IIAT EX-DOUGHEOY3 MAY, V
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WASHINGTON.:—Each holder of
an.; adjujsted certificate may borrow
up-.to 50 percent qf the value of his
certificateJ.„jpipus any loans: thereon
he has .already received.
Loan? bear an interest rat$ not to
exceed 4 1-2, per cent.
The average, yaljje of each- certifi
cate is ?l,01Q-i..,.The maximum, value
s 11,500, the Jpipjmum $125; .
if as many as .60 per cent of the
holders of .certificates. take adyan.
-age of the loan^priv.ilege^ it i® esti
mated that |700rf0p,000 wifctbe paid
out.
“Archibald is a great comfort to
me.”
“I don’t how -you can say that,
hy, he’s the most tjresQme chump
ever met.”
“That’s just the ■ point,. Every time
eok at him II feel that.,1 -could
-lount to a whole lot lesg.”
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