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There are persistent rumors that
. when the Republican National Com
mittee meets in Washington on De
cember 1 4and 15 that Senator Si
meon L. Fess will retire, as chairman
. of the committee. He is not expect
ed under any circumstances to re>r
main as chairman longer than next
June, after the Republican national
convention. Among those who are
being urged, as Chairman Fess’ suc
cessor is Charles D. Hillis, member,
of the committee from New York.
Although not a candidate for the po
sition, many of the bright politicians
in. the party believe that Mr. Hillis
should be drafted for more active
service.. Delegate Wickersham is
‘ among the number who have strong
ly, urged the selection of Mr. Hillis,
who has many admirers in the North
, and under whose leadership party
loyalty and activity would be greatly,
strengthened.
From various sections of Alaska
come requests that the Delegate seek
.o have the Federal Highway Act ap
plied to the Territory. Due consider
ation! is being given the subject, but.
as yet no commercial body has given
expression on the desire for a change
in the method of road building in
Alaska.
The report of Godemor George A.~
Parks of Alaska has been sent to the
printer by the Interior Department,
but will not be released for publica
tion, until..about the time it is^ sub
mitted to Congress, although it may
be sent to newspapers previous to
that time.
The rash at the office of the Super
vising Architect continues, but assur
ance is now given that bids for- the
construction of the.- Federal court
house at Fairbanks,, to cost $450,000,
will be advertised in January..
During the fishing season in Bristol
Bay the fishermen residing in that
section are given employment and
arrangements are made to bring
enough other men from the Outside
to supply the demand. As a result,
men going fro mAfognak, Kodiak and
other sections in the spring find it
difficult to get employment, although
some years they do. Last year about :
one hundred men from around Kodiak1
Island were put to work and their <'
representative has written the Dele-1
gate asking that arrangements be'
made so that they can be assured of i
work in Bristol Bay next season. As I
the cannerymen who operate in hat j :
section meet at Seattle on Novem
ber 14, to make their arrangements
for next season, and which will be at- '
tended by Commissioner O'Malley, I
the Alaska fisherme nhave been ad- 1
vised to get word to as many as pos- 1
sible and be able some definite assur- ’
ance to the cannerymen that they will
supply a certain number of compe- 1
tent fishermen for next season-'
Inquirers through the newspapers i
of (Washington nearly always get ac- ■ \
curate replies to their queries about i
Alaska. One. writer wanted to know 1
how many dentists there are in Alas- t
ka and dm the United States proper. 1
He was. informed that there are 16 in 1
Alaska, an# 54,721 in the United
States. Another wanted to know how
many people live in Valdez. His an
swer wars.! “.Shout 500.- Valdez is
the most northerly port in Alaska
which is open-daring the winter. It
is also on the' great interior stage
route.” Still another inquirer wanted
to know how the mail is sent to Alas
ka, and he was given the following
information: “All mails for Alaska
are dispatched from Seattle, Wash
ington. During the winter season
(from about October 1 to May 1), on
account of the difficulty of transport
ation to remote sections, the dispatch
of mails for Alaska, except for offices
on the southern coast and those lo
cated along the railroads, and adja
cent thereto, is limited. Valuable
parcels can be taken by express to
Nome and other points at all times
of the year via airplane • from Fair
banks, Anchorage or Seward.”
Until the spring of 1929 Oie clerks
of the court for the four divisions of
Alaska received one-half of the nat
uralization fees of $5, hut a ruling of
the Comptroller General on April 29;
t929, was to the effect that the
clerks were not entitled to retain for
their own use any part of the natural
ization fees, which they have not
since received. Recently, at the sug
gestion of one of the clerks, the mat
ter was referred to the Department
of Justice, with the reply from As
sistant Attorney General C. P. Sisson
that “Under the law the decisions of
the Comptroller Genend of the
United States, in matters of this
character, are binding upon all
branches of the service." He also
gives other reasons why the clerks
are not entitled to this fee.
The possibility of the Government
doin ganything to delay the establish
ment of paper and pulp mills at Ju
neau, Ketchikan, and possibly other
points, is not regarded as even a re
mote possibility. It is expected that
with the return of business readjust
ment the different parties who inves
tigated the projects at great expense
will be ready to complete their ar
rangements and start actuaL con
structionAs the forests in Alaska are
ripe for cutting and considerable cost
is involved in deterioration due to de
lay, the Forest Service officials feel
that unnecessary postponement would
he detrimental.
DRV AGENT USING INFORMER
TO AID IN LIQUQR RAIDS
^Anchorage- Times.)
Through the aid of an informer
who sign shimself as William Hogan,
it has been, possible for Prohibition
Agent Spalding to apprehend a num
ler of violators of the drw law lately
ind there is seen in this new method
if procedure the possibility of drying
ip the community as it was never !
tried up before. In fact, the opinion :
s expressed, there is scarcely a limit
m which the operations of the in
'ormer may be carried, even private
lomes being exposed to invasion
should the agent desire to use his
illy in launching a drive against
lome brewing and private stoeks of
lard liquor for home consumption.
All that is needed to obtain a war
■ant to search a home is an affidavit.
>f sale and should a raid based on
such an affidavit be productive of re-!
suits, the possessor of : lie liquor thus ■
i>und might have n hare time getting
>ut of court without a line. The ar
gument is advanced that anyone who.
vill hire out as an informer might
lot have any scruples against mak
ng a false affidavit.
The informer who styles himself
Villiam Hogan has been used on five
■cuamuus recently to oduuh searcn ]
warrants, and four of the searches ]
esulted in the finding of liquor. It!
iras with his help that Agent Spauld- !
ng obtained a warrant to search the j
2d Holt premises,, where a consider- i
■ble quantity of liquor is alleged to-j
iave been found. Holt was sentenced
y U. Si Commissioner Thomas C..|
’rice to serve three months in ail j
nd to pay a fine of $50. He. He has !
ppealed and it is understood that he j
nil base his defense on> the- claim
hat the search warrant was obtained,
n a false affidavit of sale.
Palcolo, a Filipino residing- in- the i
outh end of town,, entered) a; plea
f guilty when he was caught with
quor by the same process and. he I
ns sentenced to three, months and;
300. Pete Stacey, another victim of •
le informer, drew a similte- sentence,, i
nd a fourth search, productive of a ■
nail quantity of beer in a private- (
ome, caused a fine .of $20 to be im
posed on an elderly woman. ■ A fift?
search was without result, notwith
Standing the fact that, the informei
wore that he had bought liquor ir
..he place.
The discovery of a highly mineral
ized gold quartz, hearing area on. Liy.
ngstone creek, near the headwaters
. .h.' Big Samon r. ,er, a tributary
ui the Yukon, n> drawing stampeders
.rora all parts of the Yukon and nu
merous sections of Aiaska, including
Juneau and Skagway. The reporter
discovery was made by Tom Koloff, ;
practical miner, who lias been scout
ing around Southern Yukon durinf
the last four years, backed by A
Johnson and A. Puckett of White
horse. He ran an open-cut high uj
on the mountain above Livingstom
creek and obtained samples whicl
assayed froqi a trace to $70 a ton ir
gold. These assays were made by R
R. Ramsay, mining engineer and ge
oiog:st, who is said to be backed bj
Eastern interests. It is reported thal
among those who have their eyes or
the district are Livingstone Werneckr
of the Treadwell Yukon Company ol
Mayo, Frank Manley, Charles Craw
ford of Seattle, and H. C. Tuttle ol
Tacoma. It is claimed that mon
than one million dollars’ worth ol
placer gold was obtained from Liv
ingstone creek during early-day min
ing and the assumption is that th<
gold was washed down from thr
mountains now being explored.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOB
United States Land Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1931.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony in homestead entry
No. 02046 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 1961 situate on the
right bank of Kuskokwim river about
1 mile southeasterly from the town
of McGrath, Alaska, in latitude 62°
57' 40" N.. longitude 155° 37' W.,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1961 bears S.
87“ 14' W. 27.67 chains, has been
given by William T. Vanderpool, en
tryman, and his witnesses, Richard
Joseph McArthur and Charles Ed
ward Smith, all of McGrath, Alaska,
and is in the files of the local land
office at Fairbanks, Alaska. All per
sons having 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 publica
tion 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- @2047 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 1962 situate on the
left bank of Kuskokwim River about
V* mile S. W. from the town of Mc
Grath,, Alaska, in latitude 62° 57’ 32"
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND PLAT
Nenana
Tavern Roadhouse ...
Knight’s Roadhouse
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse
Diamond Roadhouse_
Roosevelt
Miles
.... 00
.... 1714
~ 2814
.. 58 _
.... 76
._ 89
.. 116
.. 132
.. 156
- 16914
.. 187
) 206
Lake Minchumina_
Trappers’ Cabin _
Lone Star Roadhouse
Telida Roadhouse_
Slow Fork Roadhouse
East Fork Roadhouse ....
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse_ 22714
Big River Roadhouse_241
McGrath_263
Fakotaa_280
Bill Goes' Roadhouse_291
3phir --300
McCafferty .. ... 306
fcSrvwn Creek shelter cabin . 318
Pritz shelter cabin _
first Chance shelter cabin
Sehersseyer R. H.
ditared _.
338
846
360
876
884
miles
Honan zza ahekr cabin, 12
from Flat.
Trooked Creek shelter cabin. 19
miles from Bonanza
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N., longitude 155” 37' W., whence U.
. S. L. M. No. 1061 bears N. 43’ 32' E.
. 16.84 chains, has been given by
Daniel Wiley Sprague, entryman, and
1 his witnesses, Richard Joseph Mc
Arthur and William Nicholas Stan
ton, all of McGrath, Alaska, and is in
the flies of the local land office at
Fairbanks, Alaska. All persons hav
ing. adverse claims against this entry
are required to file the same with the
Register, of the United States Land
Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, with.,
the period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the prov.sions 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
U. S. Survey No*. 1963 situate on the
Takotna-Ophir road about 1 mile W.
from the town of Takatna, Alaska, in
latitude 63? 00' N*, longitude 166° 05’
W., whence U. S. L. M* No. 1963
bears S. 88” 17.' E. 37.17 chains, has
been given by Gustav Anton Chris
tianson, entryman, and his witnesses,
John Griffin, and Chris Petersen, all
EQRl sale
Roadhouse
Completely furnished. A
good place for man and
wife. Reasonable terms to
rigqht party.
Write or wire to
P. W. CARLSON,.
Ophir, Alaskai
of Takotna, Alaska, and is in the fika
of the 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 States Land Office
at Fairbanks, Alaska, within the
period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
h provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register,
publication, November 14, 1931.
publication, January 16, 1932.
J Frank J. Guskey j
Notary Publie j
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