4 ALASKA INTERESTS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
iContinued from Page I.)
ing general information regarding
the Territory of Alaska. The first
edition of this work was prepared by
Ernest Walker Sawyer in November,
* 1929, and it has since bad a wide cir
culation. But the edition was almost
exhausted last spring when Mr. Saw
yer prepared the copy for the new
booklet, which is now issued in the
same form but with a number of
changes and additions. In a prologue
prepared by Secretary of the Interior
Kay Lyman Wilbur, he says:
“Ice, gold, opportunity—that does
' the name ‘Alaska’ conjure up. and
what does that vast Territory hold in
the way of present and future prom
ises? To the pioneer, whether he is
eneraced only in clearing his own lit
tie. homestead or is directing the des
' tinies of a large industrial enterprise,
this State in the making holds prom
ise of either success or disappoint
ment, dependent upon his ability to
grasp and utilize its offerings. For
the fit who, through experience or
readiness for effort, are willing to
cope with and surmount difficulties,
this northern land holds out an allur- i
iny invitation and a welcome.
“Within its far-fluny bordres Alas
ka presents so wide a diversity of
• physical features, climate, and indus
tries as to appeal to almost every
taste. Here, the densely forested
, mountainous areas of Southeastern
Alaska, with its multitude of deep
water fjords, chalienye the enterpris
ing to undertake the development of
mines, fisheries, timber resources, and
water power. There, in Central
Alaska, is a region of broad alluvial
valleys carved in old mountain-built
mineralized rocks and traversed by
rivers whichform the main avenues
of travel, that invite settlement by
home-builders, agriculturists, miners,
and trappers.
“Again, the fastnesses of the Alas
ka range and other mountain groups
possess magnificent scenery, wild an
imals, and mineral deposits that
beckon the. miner, hunter, traveler, or
other lovers of nature to revel in
their bounty.
“But Alaska’s appeal does not con
sist onl yin its undeveloped resources.
In it are homes with equipment and!
charm comparable to those in any1
similar communities in the States,
towns with all. the modern facilities
to supply the diverse requirements of
people who need and appreciate not
only material bit intellectual enjoy- ■
ment and industries that are pouring
out eanh year needed products worth
scores of millions of dollars. Even
in some of the remote parts of the
country existing means of comfort
able transportation by boat, railroad,]
and airplane, or of communication by
mail, telegraph, or radio annihilate
the desolateness of isolation and
bring the comforts of civilization to
the ersidents.
“It is to give accurate information
regarding the varied aspects of this
outlying possession of ours that the
accompanying volume has been pre
pared from the most authoritative
sources available.”
Wilfred C. Stump, a student of the
University of Washington, but a res
ident of Ketchikan, was in Washing
ton last week. He had returned from
Toronto, where he attended a meet
ing of his college fraternity, the
Signa Nu. After he graduates next
spring, the young man expects to
come to Washington and take a two
years’ course in the law.
Former Delegate Dan Sutherland,
accompanied by Mrs. Sutherland and
son Donald, returned on Septemoer
11 from their summer sojourn in the
White Mountains of New Hampshire.
It is the aim of Mrs. Sutherland to
remain in Washington during the en
suing year while the son is finishing
his high school course. Dan has not
yet formed his plans for the winter.
Changes in the smaller postoffices
in Alaska are most frequent. The
latest wire indicates that Mrs. Li.lian
M. Dudley is leaving for the States
and resigns the office of postmistress
at Mile Seven, the radio headquarters
out from Cordova. Mrs. E. C. Gay
nor has been recommended as her
successor in charge of the postoffice.
The Department authorized the es
tablishment of a postoffice at Good
News Bay, on the ocean side of .lie
Kuskokwim, and appointed Nelson H.
Jones as postmaster on April 2-t ,t,
but Mr. Jones has failed to qua ■ y,
and now D. Bernard Bull has be. n
recommended for the office.
Senator Lynn J. Frazier is now in
Washington and indicates that the
Senate subcommittee on Indian af
fairs will start on their trip of inves
tigation to the Western States ab >ut
October 1. Chairman Frazier holds
out some hope that the commit-os
may sail from Seattle for Southeast
ern Alaska about the middle of Oc
tober, to look into the affairs of Lite
Indians of that section.
Assistant Attorney General Chal ies
P. Sisson is one of the most enthusi
astic boosters that Alaska has in the
National Capital, as a result of 'wo 1
trips to the Northland. Referring to ,
his recent pilgrimmage to Alaska, ;
General Sisson says:
“Last year I visited the coast of
Alaska as far west as Seward, end '
the Interior east from Fairbanks to
Nome, and north to Fort Yukon, .his I
year, in company with the Comtnis
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! visited the coast towns and went.
nto Bering: Sea through Unimak
Pass, northeast through Bering Sea
;o the head of Bristol Bay, leaving
-here by plane for Seward.
“Despite the lack of forcstation,
the Alaska Peninsula is remarkably
Scenic. The high volcanic mountains
with their snow and lava and green
mast of low growth present pictures
never to be forgotten. In Bristol Bay
;he fishing industry in its concentrat
ed extent is amazing. Twenty-eight
tanneries in this section with their
smokestacks reminded me very much
if Gary, Indiana, or sort of an Arctic
Pittsburg; and the hundreds of gill
net boats, each with two men aboard
and no motive power but sails and oc
ivart fisherman, looked to me very
tsasionally the brawn of some sta!-j
much like my conception of what the |
Sea of Galilee must have been two
thousand years ago.
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L^ion were with cannery men and the!
personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries.!
Without exception, I found them to!
have high mutual respect for each
other—men of character and stand-1
ing in the business world dealing on:
an understanding basis with intelli-l
gent government officials.
“On the trip back to the States,,
when the steamer stopped at Seward, j
Valdez, Cordova, Juneau and Ketchi
kan, it seemed almost like an old
home week to greet the many friends;
I had the privilege of making last \
year. For me, at least, Alaska is
still the finest vacation land under*
our flag, and the home of some of our
finest citizens.”
Objection has been made by the
owner of the movie theater at Haines
that the War Department theater at
Chilkoot Barracks maintains a lower
price of admission and interferes with
the attendance at the commercial
movie. The matter has been investi
gated by the Adjutant General, and
he reports that the Barracks movie is
operated on night of the week when
no shows are held at Haines, and that
the Barracks movie is primarily for
the entertainment of officers and en
listed men, their families, and civilian
employes residing on the military
reservation. The admission of other
civilians is a matter of accommoda
tion to them, but is neither sought
nor encouraged.
I 1
ALASKA’S LARGEST I*L
The fifteen largest cities
rerritory are:
luneau .....
Ketchikan __
Anchorage _
Fairbanks ...._
Petersburg .._L_.
Mome _
Sitka __
Cordova ___
Vrangel! __ __
Seward --
Douglas _ _
iioonah ....
Vfetlakatla __
/aldez .. .
Skagway__
ACES,
in the
4,043
.... 3,796
2,227
.... 2,101
.... 1,252
... 1,213
... 1,056
... 980
948
835
. 539
... 514
... 466
... 442
... 492
CABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
... 00
_ 17%
Zenana ..
Cavern Roadhouse
{.night's Roadhouse ___ 28%
68 ..
,. 76
. 80
116
132
156
160%
187
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse ....
Diamond Roadhouse ...
Roosevelt_
!*ake Minohumina...
rrappers’ Cabin ...
jone Star Roadhouse ..
Celida Roadhouse...
Slow Fork Roadhouse_
Cast Fork Roadhouse ._.) 206
Barry’s Landing Roadhouse_ 227%
Big River Roadhouse..241
dcGrath__ 268
Cakotna __280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse _291
)phir-300
OcGafferty ..306
Irown Creek shelter cabin_318
i'ritz shelter eabin_338
i’irst Chance shelter cabin _ 346
ichermeyer R. H__ 360
ditarod ......376
flat_____384
tonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles
from Flat.
Irooked Creek shelter sabin, 19
miles from Bonanza.
ALASKA MOUNTAIN PEAKS.
Peak— Feet above sea
Alverstone . 14,500
Anderson . 10,770
August .-. 14,070
Bear ..<— 10,850
Bertha . 10,182 j
Big Mountain . 10,992 ■
Blackburn . 10,140
Bona . 16,420
Castle Peak . 10,514
Cook . 13,700 j
Crillon . 12,727
Deborah . 12,540
Drum . 12,002
Fairweather . 15,300
Florence . 11,010
Foraker.. 17,000
George .. 10,000
Goode .-. 10,600
Haydon Peak . 11,920
Hayes . 13,740
Hess . 12,030 I
Hubbard ...-. 10,950
The Hump . 12,r00
Hunter -...-. 14,960
Huxley .-. 12,560
Hiamna . 10,020
Jarvis . 12,230
Kates Needle . 19,002
*Katmai . 7,000 !
La Perouse . 10,750
Lituya ...t. 11,750
Lodge . 10,530
Logan (Can.) . 19,850
McKinley . 20,300
Natazhat . 13,440
Quincy Adams . 15,560
Regal'. 13,400
*Redoubt . 10,200
Riggs .. 11,783
f
Frank J. Guskey
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I
Takotna, Alaska !
Root . 12,860
Russell . 11,600
Sanford . 16,206
Marcus Baker .. . 13,250
St. Elias . 18,008
Seattle . 10,070
JSpurr . 11,050
Sulezr . 10,920
Tittmann . 11,000
Vancouver . 15,700
Watson . 12,495
* Wrangell . 14,005
Banetti . 12,980
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