THE KUSKO TIMES
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agnst 29th, 1923, at the postoffioe at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1379.
Takotna, Alaska, Jane 13, 1931.
illlGHWAY ENGINEER UNABLE
TO CARRY OUT ROAD PLANS
(Anchorage Times.)
There are not any funds available
mow for starting on the Anchorage
Eklutna highway project, which was
•authorized by the late Legislature,
mnd the -outlook for next year is not
sanf too encouraging. This is the in
formation given to the Tunes today
Iby Wm, A. Hesse, Territorial high
way engineer, who arrived from Ju
meau yesterday and left for the In
terior this afternoon. He is going
•down the Yukon river to arrange for
ithe taking over of a telephone line
which has been operated under pro
test by the Alaska Road Commission.
Were it not for the Yukon river job,
-Mr. Hesse says, he would turn back
.from here, because of the unfavorable
treasury situation.
The Territorial treasury had a bad
■ tenough appearance when Mr. Hesse
:lefl Juneau, and since reaching the
irail belt he has been informed thal
•there will be need of a further cur
tailment of expenditure of $20,000 be
toause of shrinking revenues. That
lknocks out what little hope there
[previously was for limited highway
lbuilding.
There must be a cut somewhere
Mr. Hesse says, and postponement of
road work seems the easiest way oul
tof the difficulty. The revenue shrink
sage even threatens school appropria
tions.
This situation, it is stated, is the
result of the failure of the late Leg
islature to provide for additional
.sources of income. Almost whole de
pendence was placed on the fisheries
tax income, and that source of reve
nue is falling down to a greater ex
tent than was anticipated by the law
•makers, leaving Territorial institu
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Pacific
International
Airways
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«abia plsae. Large baggage
compartment separate from the
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landings.
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Robdrt H. Romig
AGENT
Anchorage, Alaska
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lions and public works in a precarh
ous position.
The situation is proving very cm
harassing to Mr. Hesse for the reasor
that there are no funds available
with which to carry on the w«r!: he
was elected to supervise. And ir
some localities there seems to he a
disposition to Marne him because
work authorized by the Legislatom
is not now being earried on.
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
(Continued front Page 1.)
the big City Auditorium at Atlantic
City, July 16 to August 26, at which
a number of ederal activities will be
represented. The Department of the
Interior has taken a liberal space,
which Mr. Sawyer says wil lbe devot
ed to Alaska. A unique exhibit will
be in charge of an official who is now
representing the Department at
France’s International Colonial Ex
position. As over a million people
attended the Fair last year at At
lantic City, it can be realized that it
i will presnt a splendid opportunity
! this season for bringing Alaska to
public attention. The various Cham
! bers of Commerce in the North
j should now be preparing their litera
ture,* to be sent the latter par of June
to the Department officials at the
FairF, for judicious distribution.
Interesting sessions of the genera]
congress of the International Cham
I her of Congress were held in Wash
i ington during last week. Alaska was
j represented b yDelegate Wickersham
T.he Bureau of the Census has an
nounced that the 59,278 population ol
Alaska comprises 35,764 males and
23,514 females. Of these, 28,640 are
white persons, 29,983 Indians, 278
Japanese, 164 Filipinos, 13 6negros,
and 17 of other races.
•Mayor Earl N. Ohmer of Peters
I burp has written the Delegate stab
; ing that many of the smaller boat
j men in his section are inquiring just
why the men on unregistered boats
are not entitled to the same medical
aid a.- is rendered the men working
on registered boats. The question
was Ltiken up with the Public Health
Service of the Treasury Department,
and Acting Surgeon General Talia
ferro Clark states that the law does
not provide for medical aid to th*
crew of unregistered vessels in th«
Alaska fishing service. The Act o!
March 3, 1875, authorizing the Public
Health Service to furnish medical
treatment for seamen of the Amer
1 ican Merchant Marine, defines the
term “seamen” to include any person
employed on board in the care, pre
servation or navigation, or in the ser
I vice on board of those engage ii
j! such care, preservation or dkviga
tion, of any registered, enrolled oi
licensed vessels of the United States
j The Surgeon General states that ii
i is for this reason that the service ii
without authority of law to provide
medical treatment for those person
employed on other than registerec
vessels.
Once a week a member of th<
Presidents Cabinet broadcasts ove
the radio the activities of his partic
ular department of government. Om
evening recently Secretary Hay Ly
man Wilbur gave a very interestini
talk on how the nation’s resource;
under the Department of the Interio:
were being developed. His talk car
ried an encouraging note for Alaski
when he said:
“The Territory of Alaska, is bij
enough and rich enough to deservi
the fullest possible development." It
resources will still be available*- fo:
our grandchildren even if used*tt> thi
utmost now. The Alaska Raftroai
wa san experiment designed tohel]
this thinly populated country to grow
It costs nearly a million dollars t
year to run it, but the goveramen
will justify itself in the future a
■ this empire. Our present problem ii
S?
to develop present industries which
can furnish traffic to help besr the
; burden of openin gthe country. We
have available a quarter milium dol
lars to make a study of the mineral
and other resources of the > region
near the railroad.”
The department commander of the
American Legion .at-KettMkan 7 is d?
the opinion that there ihould'be some
way of compelling' contractors '.mb*
have submitted successful bids on
government work to ,pay the .ruling
wages for road and .river arid harbor
! work. The iDelegate agrees 1 with
him, but cites the fact that when the
matter was before the last Congress
the effort to include all government
work under this 'proviso failed of
passage. As the bill'passed, and. was
approved If arch 8, <1831, lit* provides,
that “The rate of wages for all labor-;
ers and mechanics employed thy the'
contractor, or any RUb-coRttactor, on
the public building covered by this;
1 contract shall mot the iless ithan the
prevailing cate of usages for "weak of
!a similar mature in the city,c town,
! village, etc., in which the public
building is located.” i
BROKE TtSKIPS; LEAVES ' HIS
DUPES IN A SAD PLIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO.—Investors of
this iky, for the most jpart working
men and women who cannot afford to
lose their savings, are 'flooding the
police today with stories of their in
vestments given to Richard Coombs,
former Australian army officer, -who
has been engaged in the investment
brokerage business .here during the
last dozen years He disappeared sev
eral days ago, and it now develops
that he pocketed a .large .part of the
money given to kirn to invest. It is
i estimated that the losses sustained by
I his dupes twill approximate more than
8100,000.
A warrant has been issued charg
ing Coombs with swindling lira.
Catherine Boyle in the sum of 1750,
but she is only one of many of the
victims. John Ttimer, a gardener,
took poison in an effort to end-his.
life because Coombs got away-with
bis life savings. After having been
frustrated by the police in his suicide
attempt, he explained that-be: had
: given Coombs 825,000 for investment
j in real estate and that all of the
j money had disappeared with Coombs.
CLEVELAND DEATH
PUZZLING POLICE
CLEVELAND.—John N. Garfield.
39, grandson of the late president.
, died at his home near. hexe last, night
i under cireumstances..whieh the polioe
have been unable thus far to explain.
. In explaining the tragedy,' Sheriff ,
i Janies Maloney said -an..examinatiim
. disclosed a bullet, wound in GarfiehPs
• head and that the circumstances-sug
, gested that he had-shot himself, al
, though it has-not been determined
t whether it was an accident.or g case
> of suicide.
i Members of Garfield’s - family
I found him last night in a dying con
dition, with the gun near the body,
but his passing was not reported until
! today. He is survived by a widow,
’ four sons and a daughter. He was
■ associated with the Cornelius Com*
• P*ny, steamboat operators.
; Rhymer—Yon will note the first
i two verses of my poem are laid in a
r cemetery.
Editor—Yeah, that’s when 'the
l whole poem should be.
\ " Rolle—What is Bowen doing these
i days?
i ; . Polle—-Selling furniture.
' v Roe—Has be sold modi?
> Polle—Everything in his boose but
I one bedroom snite.
Two-Gun Mike—Gadioane Gus is
i gittin’ more perlite every day.
t Gatling Jake—Yeah, he even got
• up and gave bis seat to n lady in da
i (patrol wagon last night.
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