WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
BY J. J. ECKI.ES
sftrtlarj- to the Delegate
H. R. 662?. the bTl which weal
authorize the Post Office Deparynei
to increase the mileage of the exi?
ing air-mail system by 3.000 mile
passed the House June 2. When ti
bill was under consideration on t!
floor of the House, Delegate Dimor
entered the debate on the measure t
“once mere call the attention of tr
Members of the H use to the need f<
a real extension of air-ma.l servic
in the Territory of Alaska’
Showing the need for addition!
airplane delivery of mail in the Tei
rr.ory because of distances and ge
graphical conditions encountered ;
many area.-, which, together with it
lack of other economical mean
transportation. make the use of ah
planes in some sections the only prat
tical transportation that may be use
the Delegate then pointed out th
benefits derived by the Ttrritor
through existing deliveries of mail b
air now made in Alaska—which, i
the case of Fairbanks to Nome set
vice now only takes three and one
half hours where it was formerly 2
days.
In acknowledging the addition!
air-mail service authorized for thi
year, he urged further extension o
the service in the following words
"Tlit Committee on Appropri
ations has approved, and Con
gress has passed the bill which
gives us for the first time true
air mail in the Territory of Al
aska. It is labeled as the Foreign
'Service, because it passes through
the Dominion ©f Canada. The
route lies from Juneau, Alaska,
on the south, to White Horse in
the Yukon Territory. Canada,
thence northwesterly to Fair
banks, Alaska. Here is a service
which without air mail can -<nly
be covered in the space of about
six days, whereas by the use of
air mail, it takes approximately
six hours. The service should be
infinitely expanded in the Terri
tory of Alaska to take in all
parts of the country, -.to *>*ciude
Koine, which lies on the shores
of the Bering Sea: McGrath, on
the upper Kuskokwim; Flat, near
the Idrtarod River; Bethel cm the
lower Kuskokwim; and Goodnews
Bay, on the Bering Sea Coast,
where recently a valuable plati
num strike was made.
“The service should alsol.be ex
tended to the cities of the south
ern coast of Alaska. Cordova.
Valdez. Seward, and Anchorage,
and to Bristol Bay.”
In the debate at this time, tlx
Delegate placed additional ground
work for his plan to have air-mai
service inaugurated from the Cni
ted States to Juneau, via Ketchikan
Wrangell, and Petersburg, and thei
connecting with the Juneau-Fair
barks route already authorized. Sup
porting thi? plan he showed that oi
the basis of business done by the U»
ited States in Alaska, the Terri tor;
jnstifie.- the establishment of such <
route as much as the business doix
in South America and in >he Orien
justify the services provided to thes<
countries served by these routes. Del
egate Dimond emphasized that hi
rejuest was not sectional in charac
ter when he said in closing:
“What, 1 am now urging is not
based upon an; more or less sel
fish concern for the people of the
Territory, whom I nave the hon
or to represent’ here, but upon at
least equal concern for the wel
fare of the many millions of
people who reside in the main
body of the l*n:tec States, and
for whom the prompt and ade
quate development of the resourc
es of Alaska offer an opportunity
not to be found elsewhere in the
world.”
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Following the reading of the Pres
ident's plan for a properly developer
scheme of planned use of naticna
resources, sent to Congress on Jurs
3. bills were introduced in the Sen
ate by Senator Norris of Nebraska
and in the House :©y Representativ
Mansfield of Texas. The program ad
vocated by the President and whic’
would be put into operation throng!
d the enactment of either one of these
t bills will ‘develop, integrate, and co-!
- ordinate plans, projects, and actrvi
u ties" for or incidental to the promo
? tion of navigation, the control and
e prevention of floods, the reclamation
dof public lands, to aid and protect
o1 commerce, to strengthen the national
e dt f;nse, and to stabilize employment
r and relieve unemployment.
e It appears certain that the opera
tion f the Territorial Planning
il Council, recently authorized by the
- Legislature of Alaska, will be ir. an
i- excellent position to have its plans
n svnrhrcnized with the work of re
e g nal planning boards or agencies'to
f be created by the proposed Federal
- iegisiat. n so that its ■ plans -max be
- incorporated in the recommendations ,
d of the regie nal planning boards
e which will be submitted annually to
y the President or such national plan
i- ning council or board as the Presi
n dent may designate.
There appears to be little if an>
- doubt but that the suggested legisla
i tion will be enacted into law.
1 Two executive orders with respect j
s to Alaska were signed by the Presi
f A*-m on May 29. One of these with- i
craws and reserves a tract of land
identified as United States Survey ,
>. o. 1946 at Unalaska for use by the i
j Indian Service Hospital there. This
land is set aside for eventual use for :
construction of quarters for the hos
pital staff. Funds have not been pro
vided in the 1938 appropriation bill
for this construction so the building .
will not be undertaken this year*How- ;
ever, the ground will be available
when the necessary funds are pro
vided for erection of the staff quar
ters. Provision of outside accommo
dations for the staff will make addi
tional room needed in the hospital
available.
The other order enlarges the area
of the Tongass National Forest in
southeastern Alaska by :■>,«Ou acres.
This area is returned from what is
generally known as the "Juneau Elim
ination," located approximately in
latitude 5c 15' N'.. Longitude 134
27’ W.
An unfavorable report has been
made by Acting Secretary of the In- <
tenor Charles West on the bill intro- i
duced in the House to authorize the
Legislature of Alaska to alter, amend,
or repeal certain laws of Alaska im
posing taxes for carrying on business
and trade.
BLACK RAPIDS GLACIER
IS IN HIGH GEAR
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FAIRBANKS. June 21—The Black
, Rapids glacier was reported by arri
i vals here today to have moved down
■ to tfce edge of the Big Delta River.
- less than a mile from the roadhouse
t operated by Colonel Revelle.
Pilot Harold Gillam flew over the
' glacier and reported three lakes had
i formed on the icy surface and that
• one of them is large enough to land
t a seaplane on.
! He said he believe?) if the lakes
- should break through the ice they
> would cause a bad flood.
Pilot E. E. Parmenter said the
glacier moved 400 feet in two days <
and on one occasion jumped 200 feet
in an hoar, according to markers '
placed along the edge of the ice.
The temperature was 91 in the ?
shade yeste-day, the same record- |
breaking weather that, occurred on »,
June 10. The two days were the hot
test in 18 years.
ETHEL DC PONT AND YOUNG
ROOSEVELT WILL WED JUNE 30
WILMINGTON, Del., June IS—
It »ill be an all-wh te wedding when
Ethel Dupont and Franklin Roosevelt ?
- Jr. say “yes” on June 30.
i Liiys and peonies will be the only {
1 decorations at the church and home,
s A’yse Hunneman, 20. who war to
- have been one of the bridesmaids,
, died in Philadelphia yesterday. She
; was hurt in a fall from a horse a
- month ago.
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MEDFRA, ALASKA
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A Dragline or Hydraulicing
Proposition on Yankee Creek
About seven miles long, ex
tending from No, 1 below dis
covery down to the mouth of the
creek.
Pay is located -all along for
a distance of about five miles
from the upper end is all pros
pected and cross-cut.
The average depth of the
ground is from seven to 20 feet.
The top is all black muck, that
can be scraped freely. No rock
bigger than one's fist.
The ground will go from 25
cents to $1.00 per square foot
of bedrock.
Ditch on the ground, three
miles long, together with water
rights. Ground is pretty well
cleared. There is also a drain,
three miles long. Also a water
right on Ready P»ullion creek, .
from which water can be brought
to Yankee creek with a ditch less
than a mile long (4^900 feet),
with a pressure or fall of 120
feet, being. 1600 feet to the work
from the ditch.
After doing away with
muck there will be from four to
six feet of dirt to. handle.
Only about SlldJOOhas liee.r
taken out.
Prospecting work during
the past winter has resulted ir
finding values-that run up to
$1.00 per square foot of bed
rock.
I will either sell the ground
or give a lease on it. If the
prospect is satisfactory to the
buyer, a cash payment will be
expected.
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For Further Information, Terms, Etc., CaH
on Ground or Write or Telegraph Me.
ED NOLLE™
TAKOTNA, ALASKA