* OUR INTERESTS AT
THE NATION’S CAPITAL
? Oie boundary of Mount McKinley Na
tional Park, and the other appropri
- ates $30,000 to defray the expense of
participation by the Government in
the Second Polar Year program from (
- August 193&.to August 1933. Most of
this money is to be expended in con
. nection with, the erection and main
i Cenance of a. station at Fairbanks.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
«> considering the appointment of a
t. chie fof Alaska divisions, with head
quarters at Juneau, which position
% l has been temporarily filled by Charles
\ W. Hawkesworth, who has been serv
L mg as acting chief since the resigna- j
i tion of Jonathan H. Wagner ,who was
a stationed at Seattle before the head
< quarters were moved to Juneau. Two
/ ■> of the appicants for the position will
1 be in Washington shortly to confer
\. with the Department. Both are very
* 1 high class men, and one has spent a
couple of years in Alaska doing re
•* search work.
Ernest Walker Sawler has received
v a letter from Governor Julius L.
Meier, of Oregon, stating that he was
taking up with-the Portland Chamber
of Commerce the possibility of ar
ranging for a caravan of writers and
newspaper men to drive to Hazelton,
British Columbia, and return, with a
view to giving publicity to the pro
. posed international highway to Fair
. banks, Alaska.
The Department of the Interior,
si through the Geological Survey, an
nounces the completion of a manu
script report on the Valdez Creek
v mining district, Alaska, by Clyde P.
Ross. This is one of the reports re
• suiting from the special study of min
, eral resources in the area tributary
to the Alaska Railroad that was car
ried on during the field season of
1931. The report contains topographic
and geologic maps of the Valdez
Creek district and vicinity. This dis
trict, which lies east of the upper Su
aitna river, is known principally for
its mines, which have been more or
i- less productive since 1903. Most of
'• the placer operations have been on a
rather small scale, and large quanti
ties of potential placer ground re
main untested. Much of this un
touched ground cannot be convenient
1 ly mined by small-scale plants such
; as are now in use. As the bench de
i posits that have been mined by hy
• draulic methods appear to have av
eraged over 60 cents a cubic yard in
5 . gold, testing of the less accessible
i ground seems warranted.
There are severa gold-bearing lodes
i near the placer workings, but these
1 have been pnly superficially prospect
- ed. One of the veins is as much as
1,000 feet long and several feet wide,
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but it does not appear to be of high
average grade. There is reason to
hope that small pockets of gold ore,
with tellurides, may exist in the dis
trict. Systematic search might result
.n finding such pockets, which would
give rich returns without the use of
much equpment. Just east of the
present confines of the Valdez Creek
district along Clearwater creek there
is evidence of widespread alteration
of limestone, schist, and other rocks,
with the deposition of some pyrite
and other metallic minerals. This
area has received almost no attention
from prospectors, and might repay
examination by one interested in the
discovery of metallic lodes.
The recent death of the great phil
anthropist George Eastman prompts
the Eastern newspapers to call atten
tion to the fact that two years ago,
at the age of 75, Eastman wen to
Alaska on his last big game hunting
trip and brought down two grizzlies,
a feat of which he was ver yproud.
Scarcely a day passes but inquries
are received at the office of Delegate
Wickersham as to the status of a
presumed bill that would create a
game sanctuary or bear reserve on
Admiralty Islands, Alaska. Many of
these inquiries come from Senators
and Representatives from New York,
Massachusetts, and the New England
States. No such bill has been intro
duced in Congress, but there is con
siderable propaganda contained in
various phases of literature that is
being circulated among those inter
ested in wild game life. Among the
organizations and individuals actively
interested in securing a brown bear
reserve in Alaska are the following:
From New York City—National As
sociation of Wild Life Conservation
ists, John W. Holworth, president;
American Bison Society, Edmund
Seymour, president; Camp Fire Club
of America, Albert Tilt, president;
Commission on Conservation of For
ests and Wild Life, Wm. B. Greeley,
chairman, A. S. Houghton, vice chair!
man, Wm. M. Beach, chairman of
sub-committee on Alaska, John B.
Burnham, Fred K. Vreeland; Amer
ican Forestry Association, George D.
Pratt, president; Boone and Crockett
Club; American Society of Mineral
ogists; New York Zoological Club.
Washington, D.C.—John C. Merriam,
president Carnegie Institution; C.
Hart Merriam, ex-chief Biological
Survey; American Game Protective
Association, Seth Gordon. Chicago—
S. B. Locke, conservation director,
National Headquarters. Boston—John
K. Howard. Burlingame, Calif,
Stewart Edward White. Urbana,
111.—Isaac Walton League of Amer
ica, Henry B. Ward, chairman.
Leo B. Wakefield, president of the
Pacific Herring Packers Association,
and who has himself operated in sal
mon canning and herring mild curing
in Alaska for many years past, was a
Washington visitor during the past
week. He came at the behest of his
association to confer with Commis
sioner of Fisheries Henry O’Malley,
to try to secure some changes in reg
ulations. Mr. Wakefied says that be
cause of the ow price of herring, oil
and meal, the herring men are uncer
tain whether they will operate in
Alaska this.season. From here he
went to Ne York to dispose of a car
load of herring for any price he
could get.
INTERESTING NOTES.
Blocks of wood shaped like human
heads have been introduced by a Ger
man for apprentices at the barber’s
trade to practice on.
Colorado contains 43 mountain
peaks which are more than 14,000 feet
above sea level.
hicagoSs new postoffice- will be
equipped with conveyor&el& that can
handle 1,200,000 letter*«arid hundreds
of tons of newspapersJhicMiarcel post
packages in an hour.
An alloy has beeru ne'vehjpecL ^for
spark plug electrodes Chat requires a
much lower voltage-tham caimnexcial
electrode wire and also resists corro
sion.
A photo-electric relay has bees de
signed for limiting the use of electric
lights in buildings to the ^actual.time
..hey are needed.
During the last fiscal .pear.-.-the
number of licensed amateur, rodiq. op
erators in the United States increased
nearly 4,000 to a grand total o£..22,
739
ORDER AND NOTICE OF XR
MARY ELECTION
To Be Held Ob
TUESDAY. AFRIL 28, 1932
In the Offiee of the United States’
Commissioner at Ophir, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Nov on this day pursuant to Char
ter 39, Session Laws of Alaska, ap
proved May 3, 1919, entitled “an Act
to provide for the holding of primary
elections in the Territory of Alaska,
to fix the manner and time of holding
the same, to prescribe the qualifica
tions of candidates to be nominated
at sucb elections, and to designate
the manner of filing- and authenticat
ing their candidacy, and for other
purposes,” and in conformity therer
with
It i» hereby ordered that for the
purpose of the primary election tu be
held on April 26, 1932, all of the ter
ritory in the recording district known
as the Innoko Recording District,-out
side of incorporated towns, Is hereby
established as one voting precinct, to
be known as the Ophir Voting Pre
cinct.
Said voting precinct is described
and bounded as follows: All the ter
ritory within the boundaries of said
, Innoko Recording Distrirt, with poll
ing place at Ophir Road House, in
the town of Ophir, therein.
Notice is hereby given that a pri
mary election will be held on Tues
day, April 26, 1932, for the purpose
of nominating candidates to the vari
ous political parties for the following
offices, to-wit:
A Delegate to Congress;
An Attorney General for the Terri
tory of Alaska;
An Auditor for the* Territory of
Alaska;
A Commissioner of Education for
the Territory of Alaska;
A Highway Engineer for the Terri
tory of Alaska;
One Territorial Senator (long
term);
One Territorial Senator (abort
term);
Four Members of the Housa - of
resentatives of the Territory <' of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road i
i District Number Four;
A Governor for the' Territory of j
Alaska;
And for the purpose of electing the j
following Officers, to-wit:
A National Committeeman for the
Democratic Party of the Territory of
Alaska;
A National Committeeman for the
Republican Party of the Territory of;
Alaska;
Six Delegates and Alternates to
the Democratic National Convention;
Two Delegates and Alternates to
the Republican National Convention.
The said election will be held in the
voting precinct above named and the
polling place therein specified. The
said polling place will be open be
tween the hours of 8 o’clock a. m. and
7 o’clock p. m. of Baid day.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, this 16th
day of March, 1932.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
U. S. Commissioner for the
Innoko Recording Precinct,
Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska. I
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the Probate Court for the Innoko
Precinct, Fourth Division, Terri
tory of Alaska.
In the matter of the Estate of
Thomas P. Bare, deceased.
Before Christian Bolgen, Commis
sioner, ex-officio Probate Judge, and
administrator of the estate of Thomas
P. Bare, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned Commissioner is acting as
administrator of the estate of Thomas
P. Bare, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to the cred
itors and all persons having claims
against the said deceased or his es
tate to exhibit them, with proper
vouchers, for approval, within sixty
days from the date of this notice, to
me, as administrator, at my office at
Opnir, Alaska, the same being the
place for the transaction of the busi
ness of the said estate in the Terri
tory of Alaska.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, February
16, 1932.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
Commissioner, and Administrator
for the Estate of Thomas P.'
Bare, deceased. I
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Notice Is hereby given to F. W.
Carter, A. B. Ferguson, George C.
Friend, and E. Coke Hill, and their
heirs and assigns, that their portions
of the assessment work for the years
1924 to 1991, inclusive, done on the
Bonanza Association placer mining
claim, situated on Flat creek, tribu
tary of Otter creek, in the Otter Re
cording Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, must be paid
within ninety (90) days from date
hereof, or forfeit all right and title
to said placer mining claim.
PATRICK SAVAGE.
1 Dated. Flat, Alaska. Jan. 16, 1932.
. First-publication, March 5, 1932.
1* the Probate Court for the Iiuioko
. i d’recinct, Fourth Division, Territory
a. ut Alaska.
to ih the matter of the Estate of John
E. Edwards, deceased.
Notice of Hearing of Fiaa) Account.
Notice he hereby given that the ad
ministrator of the above estate has
filed hfs.dinal report in the above
named. Beobate Court and that the
said report will be heard before the
said const at Ophir, Alaska, on Fri
day, tn» JKh day of June, 1932, at 2
o’clock- p.' m. of. said day, at which
TABLE OF DtSTANCRS BE
TWEEN. I»£N ANA AND FLAT
Nenana
Tavern Roadhouse
Knight’s Roadhouse
Nineteen-Mil#Roadhouse
Diamond Roadhouse_...
Roosevelt ___ 80;
Trappers’ Cabin ..1AB <
Lone Star Roadhouse_160
Telide Roadhouse_lOSrife
Slow. Fork Roadhouse_167.
East Fork Roadhencs. ) R04:
Berry’s Landing Buadheuee_28*7 H
Big River Roadhouse__261,
McGrath_m ‘
280*
Ophir_gQO *
McCafferty __806
Brown Creek shelter oabia_816 f
Fritz shelter cabin
First Chance sbelter'«abia _u.
Sahermeyer R. H...
Iditorod...
Fiat ...._..
Bonanzza nhelsr veabis, 12
from Flat.
876
884
Crooked Creek
miles from Bonanza
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time end place all parties intftwtec'
may appear and show cease, if any
they have, why *aid report should not
be approved and confirmed.
HENRY NICHOLSON,
Administrator.
First publication April 10.
la the Probate Ceart ter Otter Pre
ciact. Fourth Dirhha, Territory
of ii«.r«
la the matter at the Estate of
Edgar Ryder, deceased.
Wrtiro off Hfuiat df Roal Account.
Notice ie hereby given that the ad
ministrator oi the above estate twe
filed his final report in the Prohate
Court above named and that said re
port will be beard before the said
Probate Court lor Otter Precinct at
Flat, Alaska, on Wednesday, the 18th
day of May, 1932, at two o'clock p. m
of said day, at which time and place
all parties interested may appear and
show cause, if any they have, why
said report should not be approved
and confirmed.
HARRY DONNELLEY,
Administrator.
■First publication. Mar. 19, 1832.
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