BUILD INTERNATIONAL
HIT, AY WITH GAS TAX
Suggestion that the proposed high
way to Alaska might be financed by a
gas line tax has been made by War
rt n G. Magnuson. representative of
Washington’s First District in Con
gress.
£ ot-jsl cor.struct’on could be finan
ced by sor e srrt of joint Jean by the
United States and Canada, this am
curt to be ro t 1 through gas tax
receipts or sir.- 'ar toils, Manuson
polrt-'d out in a recent speech.
am reliab’y informed by an au
th rity on such matter®. I scey Mur
row. director of the Washington State
Highway Department. who :s familiar
*e:-h -he whole situation, that a reas
onable gasoline tax, based upon the
most conservative es*:mates of future
travel, would more -hen pay for the
cost of the road in approximately
re- en years.” Magnuson said.
“"he trr to Alaska bv automobi’e
w-'-M he th: most desirable of all
A” ?m.-«n vacation jaunts. It might
be r-oessary for the United States
ar,-* Canada—and it would be a fine
th:re if it could be seer mrli*hed this
way—to make the whole strip an in
ternational rark in order that they
both might better mutually partici
pate in the financing.”
Marauson retailed that the pro’ect
was studied bv a commission appoint
ed in 1930 and that its reccmmenda
t:ons ar? embodied in a b 11 which he
introduced this y-ar. The bill author
ises the president to appoint a com
m: sion -f five to cooperate with Can
a Pan representatives in a study for
the >■ y-v. location and eonr* ruction
of 'he highway and report within two
ytars.
“I have be^n rt’fahly informed that
the government at Ottawa is willing
ard r eady t receive such a commis
s:~n for nfgo':a+itn'.” he coot’nued.
“Th« prov:ncial house of pa”’lament
of British Colvnb:a is more than an
« to co-operate and have so re
fined on manv occasions. The citi
of Pacifi: Northwest, of the
r’v ♦'"* States, of British Co’um.bia
r-T*d 'f th<> entire Pae fic Coast will be
glad to aid.
“A sensible revival of the spirit,
coupled with the actual opcn:ng of
‘he frontiers is part of the answer
to our eeonem'c dilemma. Just where
are these frm-’er reef on?? Thev lie
ir the Pacific Northwest, in British
Columbia and in Alaska. Essential to
the deve’-jpm'n* of any r.ew territory
5c • ts->s of '"->'*o-<»ss and n'-ress—a
road. The r®cessi‘v is obvious. It
would give the United States greater
access to its own Alaska. It would
open up a great section of Canada to
us for trade.
“Further, in Washington. the Fed
eral Government is making great ex
penditures on the Grand Coulee dam.
Th;s state, located at the very door
of this new territory we speak about,
contains about two-fifths of all the po
tential water power in the North Am
erican eontment. C mplete develop
ment of the potentialities, such as
Grand Coulee, coupled with the ad
vancement of transmission facilities,
could furnish enough power and irri
gation, if irrigation is needed, for the
ultimate development of the whole
section.
“People would move in. The road
would abound with traffic of a new
economic empire.”
He compared this area with that of
the Middle West and raised the ques
tion cf where the people of the“dust
bowl” are to go.
“Finish the Grand Coulee project
with its resulting power and irriga
tion development, join up this district
and the Pacific Coast states with sim
ilar power projects in the far West
with a connecting road to rich Alaska,
and it is my prediction that the econ
omic growth of the Pacific Northwest
will be assured,” Manuson said. “All
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Magnuson pointed out that in 1930
Congress appropriated $50,000 to sur
vey the Pan-American Highway in
Central America and two years later
authorized use cf $15,000 from admin
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r..cat’s deficiency bill of 1934 carried
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CLING TO CELL BUOY
OR SEVENTEEN HOURS
JUNEAU. Ost. 26—Captain R. M.
7! caber of the mailboat Dart, told
jpon his arrival here today of the
rescue of three men from a be’l buoy
near Kake where the trio clung 17
hours in the high seas.
They are: Roy Skinner, 50; A1
R ach. 31; and Francis Roach, 16.
The men took off in a skiff when
' r pasboat engine broke r^own but
the skiff started to sink. They made
for the buoy and lashed the skiff,
hanging tenaciously to some of the
upper-works until the Dart was
sighted.
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'’I'P 'al where they are said to be
recovering from eupo'ure. i
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NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Innoko
Precinct, Fourth Judicial Division,
Territory of A’.a-'ka.
In the matter of the Estate of Bert
Goodpaster, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned. executor of the estate of
Bc-rt Goodpaster, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persona having
claims against, the said deceased, to
exhibit them, -with the necessary
vouchers, within six months of the
date of this nctice, to the said exec
utor, at h's place cf residence in the
Tewn of Takotr.a. Mt. McKinley Pre
cinct, Fourth Judicial Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
AXEL PETERSON
Executor of the Estate of
Bert Goodpaster, Deceased
First Publication October 15, 1937.
Last Publication, November 19,
1937.
SAVE EIGHT FROM
DEATH IN S. E. WATERS
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Oct. 26—
Capt- A. Han.~ on of the Western
Cruiser arrived here today and told
of rescuing a party of three men
and two women marooned seven days
on Ngel Island 200 miles north of
here in the Strait of Georgia.
The five were stranded when their
! 40-foot troller, Jewell, broke down m
a gale while they were en route from
Ketchikan to Seattle.
Captain Hanson said the five ek’d1
out a precarious existence by ration
ing their food supp’y on the boat and
digging clams on the beach. After it
was evident they were soon going to
1 e without food of any kind, the par
| *v decided to attempt the 30 mHes
| *o Alert Bay where there is a settle
ment and cannery.
Hanson said be was attracted to
he d’stressed vessel by a piece of
’-nvass the party had rigged up as a
toil. He vert ok the hoat and tewed
* into Alert Bay.
T.r- said ve was —hie to learn the
- e of the passengers but believed i
—ner is Capain Midland and the
- *i-j are Mrs. Berg of Nome and
- 17-yerr-o’d daughter. T^e others
■ re an 18-year-old boy and a young
Ketohncaii fisherman.
Captain Hansen said the boat was
in a very bad stretch of water and
said he believed it may have founder
ed if a storm had come up.
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NOW GROWING WARMER
CHICAGO,Oct. 26—The Evening
American said today the second
| Charles Ross ransom hill was found.
' It, was a $10 bill, the paper said, and
was a part of the $50,000 in currency
pa d the kidnapers.
The second note was turned over
to the federal agents hy Frank
Stremmel, an employe of the Associ
ation of American Railroads who said
he received it when he cashed a check
in Loop district department store.
The American also said Mrs. Clara
Ludwig, who a week ago turned in the
first ransom bill to the federal men,
received a letter threatening her ab
duction if she did not stay silent,
Charles Ross, retired Chicago
manufacturer, was spirited from his
automobile while driving near Chica
go during the last month.
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ROOSEVELT REAFFIRMS
HIS DESIRE FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Oct. 23—
President Roosevelt took Die occasion
offered through hit Armistice Day
proclamation which be issued today
to express to the United States his
wish to pursue the policy of peace.
“The international lawlessness and
! strife which bow threatens the inter -
I national security and even civilization'
'itself makes tri • particularly fitting
that oar desire for peace be expres
sed at this time,” he said.
He added that the world situation
also makes it appropriate that this
country adopt every practical means
to avoid war and work for the restor
ation of confidence and order amonp
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