. ENATORS ASK AIR MAIL
SERVICE FOR ALASKA
Cn their way to the States, after
concluding' their wor kof investigat
ng the Alaska Railroad, Senators
II w 11| Thomas and Kendrick wrote
a very strong letter to Postmaster
eneral Brown urging that the bene
fits of air mhi! be applied to the
Territory. The letter, a copy of
which was sent to Arthur W. John
son, general manager of the Alaska
Airways, at ’Fairbanks, reads os fol
lows:
’U. S...S. Perry, Sept. G, 1930.
Hon. ’Walter P. Brown, Postmaster
General, Washington, D. C.:
T Dear General Brown:
* Our committee, appointed under
£' Senate Resolution No. 298, to investi
gate the Alaska Railroad, has just
. returned Irom Interior Alaska, where
* ■ we have made a complete and de
tailed study of the economic condi
tions surrounding the Government
owned railroad.
* The prosecution of our investiga
tion involved, among other things,
- the ’ possibility of increasing the
T business .of the railroad in Alaska, as
wll as a study of other transporta
tion - facilities • in Alaska, both by
highway and by air.
Our committee was deeply im
pressed with the great distances ex
isting between populated towns and
villages and the almost complete iso
lation 'of many of them during cer
sons of the year. We were informed
by residents of vaious sections of the
1 Territory that after the freczeup oc
curs the regular arrival of the United
- States mails ^carried by dog teams,
wa -sin many -cases (even under the
most favorable conditions) delayed
for periods '‘of even two and three.
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predate this state of affairs is al
most intolerable, and the condition
. becomes even more intensified when
it exists in a country where there is
. not even .telegraph or radio com
munication.
We are, therefore, at the request
* of the citizens of Alaska (those liv
. ing. at, i-'oints enjoying reasonably
prompt, communication, insofar as
the mails are concerned, as well as
those living in very remote regions
, hundreds. of miles either from rail
road -or water facilities), writing to
urge ,your consideration of a plan
under which at least one or two
main lines may be subsidized in this
vast Territory to carry the U. S.
mail. . Those making this appeal were
not asking for the entire suspension
of the. existing dog-team mode of
carrying the mail, but they were ap
pealing most earnestly for the estab
lishment of air mail routes between
important rail points and far-away
sections like Nome, Wisemtn and a
number of other isolated sections. It
was suggested that the dog-team
method of transmission of the mail
could be and should be used on the
shorter, mail routes as at present.
You must appreciate, as our commit »
tee does, that the Territory of Alas
ka is almost totally without means of
transportation a we know them in
continental United States. Their fa
cilities respecting both railway and
highway are extremely limited and
are entirely inadequate to meet the
needs:, in. connection with the settle
ment of the Territory.
During our tour of investigation
and study the committee came in
contact with a well organized, first
class, privately owned air force now
erigaged. in carrying passengers with
apparent security from Fairbanks,
and Anchorage to remote interior i
points.
Such information as we were able j
to gather indicated rather definitely
that air mail service may be con
ducted under unusually favorable
conditions is' Alaska. It might be
mentioned here that these planes are
so equippe das to afford opportunity
to land in the numerous lakes and
rivers during the summer season and
in the winter their equipment, con
: listing of skiis,.enables them to land
in frozen territory. We were in
formed by those who understood th
situation thoroughly that winter is a
very favorable seaso nin Alaska for
airplane transportation, and particu
larly is this impressive when you
consider that this is the time of the
year in Alaska when the U. S. mails
are delayed the longest in transmis
sion.
It occurred to the committee that
the Territory of Alaska provides an
unusual opportunity for the Govern
ment through its activities to com
bine a vitally important service with
its declared policy of encouraging
and promoting aviation.
In this communication we are nec
essarily only able to touch incident
ally upon the important features of
this situation. ,
We are informed that the postal
contracts under the jurisdiction of
your department for a period of
three years are to be let on or about,
December C> of this year. The mem
bers of this committee will return to
Washington sometime between the
15th of November and the 1st of De
cember and we would consider it an
especial privilege to discuss with you
personally the air mail facilities of
the Territory of Alaska and the op
portunities afforded before these con
tracts are consummated.
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) R. B. HOWELL,
JOHN B. KENDRICK,
JOH NTHOMAS.
ORDER ANI) NOTICE OF GEN-1
ERAL ELECTION
To Be Held On
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1930
In the Office of the United States1
Commissioner at Ophir, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now on this day, pursuant to an
Act of Congress, approved May 7,
190G, entitled “An Act providing for
the Election of a Delegate to the
House of Representatives from the
Territory of Alaska,” and an Act of
Congres sapproved August 1912, |
entitled “An Act to Create a Legis
lative Assembly in the Territory of
Alaska, to Confer Legislative Power
Thereon, and for other purposes,” and
in conformity therewith
It is hereby ordered that for the
purpose of the general election to be
held November 4, 1930, all of the ter
ritory in the recording district known
as Innoko Recording District iff here
by established as one voting pre
cinct.
The said voting precinct is desig
nated, described and bounded as fol
lows: All of the territory embraced
within the boundary of said record
ing district, to be known as Innoko
Voting Precinct, with polling place at
Erickson’s Roadhouse, in the town of
Ophir, in said precinct.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
November 4, 1930, for the purpose of
electing the following officers, to-wit:
A Delegate to Congress;
A Treasurer for the Territory of
Al<isk& *
An Auditor for the Territory of
Alaska;
A Commissioner of Education for,
the Territory of Alaska;
A Highway Engineer for the Ter
ritory of Alaska; j
On Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of
Aaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District No. 4.
The election will be held in the
voting precinct above named and at
the polling place therein specified.
The said polling place will be open
between the hours of 8 o’clock a. m.
and 7 o’clock p. m. of said day..
Dated at Ophir, Alaska, October 3,
1930.
CHRISTIAN BOLGEN,
U. S. Commissioner for the
Innoko Recording Precinct,
Fourth Division, Territory
of Alaska.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF GEN
ERAL ELECTION
To Be Held On
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1930
In the Office of the United States
Commissioner at McGrath, Alas
ka, Fourth Judicial Division.
Now on this day, pursuant to an
Act of Congress, approved May 7,
1906, entitled “An Ant- providing for
the Election of a Delegate to the
House of Representatives from the
Territory of Alaska,” and a nAct of
Congress approved August 24, 1912,
entitled “An Act to Create a.Legis-^
atm- Assembly in the 'Territory .at’
Maska, to Confer Legislative Power
Thereon, and for other purposes,,”
ind in conformity therewith,
It is hereby ordered 'that, for the
purpose of the general election to be
leld November 4, 1980, all of the ter- j
ritory in the recording -district knowr
is Mt. McKinley Recording District,
outside of incorporated towns, is
hereby divided into voting precincts
in each of which a poling place is
hereby established.
The said voting precincts are desig
nated, described and bounded as fol
lows:
Voting Precinct No.,1, fro m iBig
River down stream to Swift river *.nd
all its.- tributaries, exiiept Takotna
river. Polling place atc'TJ. S. Com
missioner’s Office, in tha town of Mc-j
Grath.
Voting Precinct No. 2, the Takotna;
River from Nixon Fabrics to the hekd,
and all its tributaries._ Polling place
at Pioneer Hall, Takotna. j
Voting Precinct No. 3, from Bigj
River to the head of the Kuskokwim!
River, and all its tributaries. Polling;
place at BerryV .Store, Medfra.
Notice is hereby given that a gen
eral election will be held on Tuesday,
November 4, 1980, fo>- the purpose of
electing the following,officers, te-wit:
A Delegate to Congress;
A Treasurer for the Territory of
Alaska;
An Auditor for ithe Territory of
Alaska;
A Commissioner of Education for
the Territory of Alaska';
A Highway Engineer for the Terri
tory of Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the;
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the House of;
Representatives "of the Territory of;
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District No. 4.
The election will be held in the vot- j
ing precincts above named and at the
polling plares therein specified. The
said polling places will be open be
tween the hours of 8 o’clock a. m. and
7 o’clock p. m. of said day.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska, Oc
tober 3, 1930.
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
U. S. Commissioner for the Mt. Mc
Kinley Recording District, Fourth1
Division, Territory of Alaska.
TABLE OF DISTANCES BE
TWEEN NENANA AND FLAT
Miles
Nenana . 00
Tavern Roadhouse ..17*,6
Knight’s Roadhouse ..23Vi
Nineteen-Mile Roadhouse _58 ..
Diamond Roadhouse__76
Roosevelt . 89
Lake Minchumina . 115
Trappers’ Cabin . 132
Lone Star Roadhouse _ 156
Telida Roadhouse . 169 Vi
Slow,' Fork Roadhouse . 187
East Fork Roadhouse ..) 206 •
Berry’s Landing Roadhouse. 227 Vi
Big River Roadhouse__241
McGrath __ 263
Takotna _ 280
Bill Goss’ Roadhouse .. 291
Dphir . 300
McCafferty . 306
Brown Creek shelter cabin.. 318
Fritz shelter cabin . 333
First Chance shelter cabin_ 346
Schermeyer R.: H. 360
Iditarod . 876
Flat . 384
Bonanzza sheler cabin, 12 miles j
from Flat.
Crooked Creek -shelter cabin, 101
miles from Bonanza.
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*’ Gandidate /for Re-election bo the
Territorial 'Senate
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