t ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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i Government took part in this pro
gram, establishing stations at Point
. Earrow, Alaska, and Fort Conger,
Ellesmere Island. The program to be
, carried out this year contemplates
* establishing 45 stations in the Arctic
region and 5 in the Antarctic, with
> nearly thirty stations participating.
It is expected that the United States
■v. will occupy a station in Alaska near
i Fairbanks, and also the station on
^ Ellesmere Island. Senator Fess has
.ntrodueed a bill in Congress for an
. appropriation of $110,000, to insure
k participation, and this has the in
. dorsement of President Hoover and
» Secretary of State Stimson. This
i money wil be expended for magnetic
i work at Fairbanks as follows In
. struments and equipment, $8,000;
buildings, $5,800; travel and trans
portation, $1,010; personnel, $12,190;
compilation and publication, $3,000.
The Los Angeles Chamber of Com
merce is giving evidence of its prac
tical interest in Alaska by writing
. and urging members in Congress
from California to lend assistance to
defeat the bill submitted by the De
partment of Justice to combine the
Second or Nome judicial division
with the Fourth or Fairbanks division
and thus do away with one set of im
portant officials. Some of these mem
bers have indicated to the Delegate
that they will assist him in defeating
the bill, on the ground that there
would be practically little economy as
a result of the consolidation and it
would tend to disoragnize the present
satisfactory arrangement of the
• courts in Alaska.
The people of Kalskag want a post
office established at that location,
which is near the Kuskokwim river
between Bethel and Sleitmute, and
they also want George Morgan ap
pointed postmaster. He has conduct
ed a trading post for the past twelve
years, but has been a resident of
Alaska since 1897.
About thirty residents of Grantley
Harbor have sent a petition to the
Delegate asking the Government to
improve the hai'bor and build suitable
roads into the interior of Seward Pe
ninsula, so that transportation costs
might be reduced.
Major Ellitt, district engineer for
Alaska, made a report favoring the
requested harbor improvements, at
Petersburg through the proper
dredging, so that the passenger
steamers and smaller craft couid tie
up at the docks during all tides. This
report went to Lieut. Col. Robins, di
vision engineer at San Francisco, who
has forwarded it with his approval to
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the chief of engineers at Washing
ton. On Jan. 18 it will be considered
by the Board of Engineers and if ap
proved will likely be accepted by the
War Department and submitted for
inclusion in the next rivers and har
bors bill.
Radio is again beginning to inter
est Alaskan interests, according to
reports received here by the Federal
Radio Commission. The Alaska Radio
and Service Company, of Ketchikan,
has been authorized to remain off the
air for remainder of license period,
pending action on application to in
stall new equipment. The Ilyder Ra
dio & Tel .Co., Hyder, has been
granted a license, coastal and point
to-point service. P. E. Harris & Co.
want renewal of icenses at Hawk In
et and False Pass. The Radiomarine
Corporation of America want permis
sion to transfer licenses to the Pacific
American Fisheries at the following
locations: King Cove, Zacher Bay,
katan, Warren, Daly, Pillar Bay, An
nette Island, Lazy Bay, Port Molier.
The House committee on territories
iias agreed on favorable reports con
cerning- two of Delegate Wicker
sham's bills. One provides for the
issuing of $100,000 in bonds by the
municipality of Petersburg for the
necessary improvements to the elec
tric light and power plant, water sys
tem and the retirement of $35,000 in
outstanding bonds. The other author
izes the Secretary of War to make
improvements to the government
dock at Juneau.
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Hugh W. Terhune, executive officer ;
of the Alaska Game Commission, and
lepresentative of the Biological Sur
vey at Juneau, is now in Washington
consulting with department heads
concerning matters in which his office
is interested.
In answer to some complaints that |
certain sections of Alaska were not i
accurately reported in the recent een
sus enumerations Director Stewart j
iooked into the particular complaints 1
and found some of the names record
ed that were supposed to be missing.
Among other things, the director says j
in a recent letter: “The Bureau of!
the Census makes every effort to take
a complete and accurate census, and
we are satisfied that the supervisor
of Alaska did everything in his power i
to have every indicidual in the Terri-;
eory enumerated at the census of
1930. It often happens that persons
who claim they were not interviewed ,
by the enumerator are included in the •
census, because the information con
cernin gthem was obtained from a ■
person other than themselves.”
The Postmaster General in his an-1
nual report states that’on June 30, j
1931, mails were carried in Alaska
under authorizations of the Depart-;
ment of 08 star routes, covering a !
distance of 11,784 miles. The appro
priation for the service for the year,
was $176,000. The estimated expend
itures were $144,280. The Postmas
ter General says: “Due to the limit
ed transportation facilities and the
climatic conditions in Alaska, the cost
of mail transportation is high, and it
is believed that an unproved service
at no greater cost could h.e secured by
the use of airplanes for the carriage
of all classes of mails over certain
routes. A draft of legislation which
will authoi'ize the Postmaster General
to contract for air mail .service in
Alaska has been prepared and its en
actment is recommended ”
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
CLASH AT GENEVA PARLEY j
GENEVA. — Great .Britain and,
France clashed at the disarmament j
conference toda yrv.er two theories t
for the abolition war. Sir John!
Simon, British spokesman, presented <
a plan which includes..the.barreling off
submarines, gas anA ..chemicals, and \
he criticised the Pretfejt. proposal to i
invest the league with poliep powers, j
He denied that peace could be ob
tained by preparing for-war, declar
(ng that the French theory is dis
proved by history.
In reply, Andrew Tardieu, French
war minister, insisted that until the
league of nations is armed in accord
ance with the French plan for the
establishment of international police
there will not be any assurance of
lasting peace. He declared further
hat there is no reason for Simon’s
ippaicnt suspicion that France s sug
gestion is “merely a maneuver ”
Entering the Hed Cross drug storv
at Fairbanks one evening recently,
when Frank M. Dunham, owner of
the store, was alone, an unmasked
robber held up Mr. Dunham and es
caped with a valuable diamond stick
pin and diamond ring and $40 in cur
rency, according to the Fairbanks
News-Miner. Tbe robber entered the
store and walked briskly towards the
counter and then, observing a cue
toiner who had previously been hid
den from his sight, left without say
ng a word. Mr. Dunham’s curiosity
was aroused, not only by his actions
then but by the fact that he had seen
the man passing the store severa*
times previously. He thought la th
ing more about it, however, and wait
ed on the customer and another .ivh<
entered shortly afterwards. It .wav
about ten minutes ater, when .Mr
Dunham was alone, that the robber
made bis second appearance «.H»
walked to the same position as before
and as soon as Mr. Dunham started
lo pass throuh a narrow passagewa'
separating the store counter on which
the cash register is placed and a
main showcase, the robber thrust an
automatic pistol at his stomach and
said simply, “Money.” He didn’t wait
for money, however. Observing the
ring, he reached out his left hand and'
tried to pull the ring off, but suc
ceeded onl yin scratching Mr. Dun
ham’s knuckle. He forced the drug
gist to remove the ring and then Lhi
stick pin. Trapped in the aislewav
so that he could offer no resistance
Mr. Dunham saw that the man who
confronted him was not in a humor
ous mood and insisted on action. He
made Mr. Dunham produce all the
money he had on his person, amount
ing to $4U, but curiously enough,
made no effort to reach the cash
drawer, which contained a large sum
Pocketing the bills, the robber stall
ed to back out. Just peeving up First
avenue, he warned: “Now-, not a
word. If you do, I’ll get you." Vv hen
he was out of sight Mr. Dunham
rushed to the telephone and spread
the alarm, and within five minutes
officers had started a search Al
though Mr. Dunham was able to give
an excellent description of the man,
efforts of federal and city officials to
apprehend him has vc been without
results.
Bessie had a new dime to invest in
an ice cream soda.
“Why don’t you give your dime to
the missions?” asked the minister
who was calling.
“I thought about that,” said Bessie,
“but I think I’ll buy the ice cream
soda and let the druggist give it to
the missions.”
In the Probate Court for the Bethel
Precinct, Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given that all cred
itors having claims against the estate
of Andrew' Johnson. deceased, are di
rected to present them, together with
the proper vouchers, to the under
signed, at Bethel, Alaska, within six
months from the date of this notice.
OSCAR SA.MUELSON,
Administrator.
Dated at Bethel, Alaska. January C,
1932.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
I'nited States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02047 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 1902 situate on the
left bank of Kuskokwim River about
*4 mile S. W. from the town of Mc
CLcath. Alaska, in latitude--62*..67' 32"
N., longitude 155“ 37' W., whence U.
S. L. M. No. 1961 bears N. 43" 32' E.
16.84 chains, has been given by
Daniel Wiley Sprague, entryman, and
his witnesses, Richard Joseph Mc
Arthur and VVilliam Nicholas Stan
ton, all of McGrath, Alaska, and is in
the files of the local land office at
Fairbanks, Alaska. All persons ha -
iag adverse claims against this entry
are required to file the same with the
Register of the United States Land
Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, within
the period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 1931.
Last publication, January 16, 1932.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice .is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02048 for the land embraced in
TJ. S. -Survey No. 1963 situate on the
Takotna-Ophir road about 1 mile W.
from the town of Takotna, Alaska, in
latitude 6£° 00 N„ longitude 156° 06'
W., whence U. S. L. M. No. 1963
bears S. £8“ 17' E. 37.17 chains, has
■been given by Gustav Anton Chris
tianson,, entryman, and his witnesses,
John Griffin and Chris Petersen, all
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• Completely furnished. A
• good place for man and
wife. Reasonable terms to
rig-qht party.
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P. W. CARLSON,
Ophir, Alaska.
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of Takotna, Alaska, ant! is ir tha'4Bt»
of u,e local land office -at Fairbanks,
Alaska. All persons having adverse
claims against this entry are re
quired to file the same with the Reg
ister of the United State# Lend Office
at Fairbanks. Alaska, within the
(.••nod of publication or 80 days
thereafter ir they will be barred by
the provision of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register.
First publication, November 14, 1951
Last publication, January 16, 1932.
Frank J. Guskey
Notary Public
Takotna, Alaska
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