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1 hats the ability to perform the con
w tract of purchase and to - maintain
i the service desired'!and proposed to
It bar maintained.”
Recent* inquisty at tbcnWar Depart
;. meat elicited the fact that in prepar
; i. ing bihlsUo-he* submitted to the Secre
' it. • tary of i War the legislative commis
t a rion ittcluded^a hill identical with the
one presented last year for the sale
' of thd -Alaska communications sys
I to teAh This particular bill, at this date,
has not yet been endorsed by Secre
<. .tary Hurley. Seeking to avert that
v action, Delegate Wickersham on Nov.
^ 2 2 addressed a plea to the Secretary,
s setting forth the present value of the
sfej system and the general satisfaction
it gives, and expressing the hope that
'< the hill would not be introduced in
the coming Congress. A reply to this
> letter has not yet been received.
i. The Delegate has taken up with
the Interior Department the neces
r sity for lower freight rates on coal
and for adequate coal loading facili
h\. ties at Seward, and later addressed a
letter to Secretary Wilbur on the sub
ject. A reply received Nov. 17 indi
serious consideration and will be fur
ther discussed after the arrival in
Washington of Colonel Ohlson, gen
, eral manager of the Alaska Railroad,
who is due here early in December.
Alaska’s fame and importance con
tinues to advance in Washington. In
the window of a shop just opened
near the stately Treasury Building is
an attractive sign containing these
words: “Alaska Snow Flake—Larg
est Specie of Pop Corn.” An inquiry
• directed to the lady attendant elicited
th einformation that “Alaska grows
the largest and sweetest grain pop
corn to be found in the world.” Of
' course there was no argument.
Delegate Wickersham has received
a petition from 64 residents of Deer
ing asking for the installation of a
wireless telephone that would give
direct communication with the Signal
1 Corps radio station at Candle or Kot
zebue. It is stated that when Colonel
Olmstead was through Candle last
summer he said his department was
ready and willing to cooperate with
the feeder stations such as these and
that they are alread yequipped for
voice communication. The Delegate
will take the matter up with General
Irving J. Carr, chief signal officer.
Complaint has been received by the
Delegate that one of the Northern
tmafl carriers has omitted one or two
prescribed trips and that he further,
states that he can omit any trip he '
cares to providing he asks no pay for;
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tehm. The matter was' taken up with
the Second Ass is tan t Postmaster
General, whose statement may be in*
tcresting to all mail carriers. He
says: "Twice amonth service is au
thorized between these two points,
and the carrie ris not permitted to
omit any trips, exoept such as may
be impracticable because of severe
weather or difficult travel conditions.
If all service required on this route
was not performed such action as
may be necessary will be taken to
correct any irregularities, after in
vestigation by our supervisor of the
Alaska service at Seattle.'’
Although Ketchikan and Anchorage
are included in the public building
program of Congress and $400,00 has
been “allocated” for such building in
the respective towns, there is some
danger that the money necessary for
the construction of these buildings
may not be appropriated by the com
ing session of Congress. An interde
partmental committee makes the rec
ommendation for construction appro
priations, and this committee consists
of Perry K. Heath, Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury, James A. Wet
more, Acting Supervising Architect;
Leo C. Martin, special assistant to
Assistant Secretary Heath; John W.
Philip, Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General. Delegate Wickersham has
urged the necessary appropriation
and early construction of the public
buildings at Anchorage and Ketchi
kan before different members of the
commttee, and in addition on Nov 5
addressed a letter to the committee,
saying among other things: “There
long has been and there is now a very
decided need for these public buil-d
ings at Anchorage and Ketchikan.
Public officials have repeatedly set
forth the necessity for early construc
tion of these two buildings. The com
mercial bodies of Ketchikan and An
chorage are urging that I secure the
necessary appropriation for construc
tion, in order that the great need for
additional facilities to properly trans
act the government business at the
towns named might be satisfied, and
also wtih the strong hope that un
employment at the towns named
might be satisfied, and also with the
strong hope that unemployed labor
might be given early employment in
projects that have been favorably de
cided on.” This letter has brought a j
response from Assistant Secretary
Heath, as follows:
“Dear Congressman: Your letter
dated Nov. 5 addressed to the Secre
tary of the Joint Interdepartmental
Committee, requesting early and fav
orable consideration by the commit
tee of the federal building needs at
Ketchikan and Anchorage, has been
brought to my attention. The com
mittee is now preparing a list of pro
jects to be submitted to the next
Congress, but it is not possible at this
time to say definitely whether either
of these two places will be included.
However, your interest in the need
for additional facilities at the above;
mentioned places will be kept in mind I
by the committee in its consideration
of projects to be included in the next
list to be sent to Congress.”
Arthur Johnson, general manager
of the Alaska Airways, Inc., has been
in New York and Washington £or
several days, attending to business of
his company, hut has left for Seattle
and expects to take the steamer there
on Nov. 24 for Fairbanks. Me. John- j
son has a couple of contracts- with the;
government for carrying the m*tl in
Interior Alaska, and while here made
it clear that he expecta to give just
as good and better service than, under
the old method of dog-team, delivery.
In some instance she may deliver at
central points and arrange for dog
teams to deliver to intervening pa
trons. He insists that “servjcjc" will
be the predominating du&gbt; iD cap.
rying out his three-ysc- extracts.
The Ketchikan* schodiSahoard' land
people generally of tKnfc tnwn are
knxious that the Indian. Bureau
ihould. establish a. public, health,.nurse j
in Ketchikan <to care for the native
children, and if the necessary dnonpy
can be set aside for that purpose it
will likely be done. Recently one
nurse was delegated to look after the
children at Wrangell and Petersburg.
Ernest Walker Sawyer hoped to in
duce a large number of merv. ot- im
portance to visit Alaska next surr>
rr.er. Among those who intend '-.-to
make the trip are Hon. Chartac C.
Moore, Commia?i«ner of the General
Land Office; Hon. John -H. Edwards,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior;
Edward C. Finney. .Solicitor of the.
Department of Interior; Alden .B"
Swift, vice president of Swift & Co.,
Chicago; E. A. -Cudahy or Williaurt
Driesing, vice president of the .Cud
ahy Packing Company, Chicago.
DO YOU KNOW A'N Y HXF THESE?
Inquiries have been -received con
cerning the following -persons sup
posed to be in Alaska:
Francis J. Maloney — Discharged
from the United .States Army .No
vember 12, 1922, and gave bis future
residence as Minto Roadhouse, Minto,
Alaska. He is 5 feet 8 inches .tall;
weighs 148 pounds.; brown hair, blue
eyes; no tatte marks; clean shaven;
was born in Delaware, May 27, 1900.
Leopold e Asuncion—Left Philip
pine Islands during June, 0930, and
was supposed to have come .to Alaska.
John O'Hara—Information is de
sired conoerning relatives or friends
of John O’Hara, who was reported to
have died en route from Skagway to
Dawson in May. 1898. (O’Hara was.a
part owner in the steamer Fisher
Maid, which was sunk sometime dur
ing the year 1893.
Anyone having any information
about the above persons, please com
municate with the Governor’s- Office,
Juneau, Alaska.
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DOCTOR SAYS CRnOKRR
CONTAIN* AFULLMEAJ
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COLUMBUS, iQ.—.The Test pocket
pantry may replace the kitchenette.
Miss Lavaughn -Dennison, a student
at Ohio State University,'has devel
oped a cracker which Dr. John F. Ly
man, of the Department of Agricul^
tural chemistry, says contain? the
staple elements of human diet. It i»
made of wheat andaoilk. .One would;
make a meal for a yirJ office worker/
he says, while a laborer might need
two or three.
“Pa, you must get me a car Xo go
round in.”
"Wouldn’t a.nice street dress dolor
the present, myl dear?”
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States LaadOSc*
Fairbanks, Alaska,
September 17, 1981.
Notice is hereby given that final
proof testimony fa homestead entry
No. 02047 for the land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. IMS situate on the
left bank of Kuskokwim River about
44 mile S. W. from the town of Mc
Grath, Alaska, in latitude 62" b7* 82“
N., longitude US* 37' W., whence O.
S. L. M. No. 1931 bean N. 43* 32* E.
13.84 chans, has been given by
Daniel Wiley Sprague, entryman, and
his witnesses, Richard Joseph Me*
.Arthur and WHTuua Nicholas Stan*
ton, all of McGrath, Alaska, and is in
the files af the local land office: at
Pair banks, Alaska. All persons ha**
.tag adverse claims against this entry
are required to file the same with the
Register of the United States Land
Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, within
the period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they will be barred by
the provisions of the statutes.
ROBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-officio Register.
'First publication, November 14, 1931.
. Iatet publication, January 16, 1932.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
* United States Ladd Office
Fairbanks, Alaska,
'September 17, 3931.
Notice is hereby given thst final j
proof testimony in homestead entry i
•No. 02048 for tbs land embraced in
U, S. Survey No. 1963 situate on the
Taketnx-Ophir road about 1 mile W.
from, the town of Tatotna, AIaska,-in
latitude 63* OO’.-N., Jtmgitude 166* 06*
W., whence 3. L. li. No. 1963
bears •«. 88“ IT EJ 33.17 chains, has
been given py Gustav. Anton Chris
tianson, entryman, and his witnesses,
JohnOriffin and Chrie Petersen, all
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qoirod to file the saaaa'jntir the -Hog*
is ter of the United States .Land Office
at Fakhanks, si««Vn within tha
period of publication or 30 days
thereafter or they win bo barred by
the provisions of the sUtateo.
BOBT. W. TAYLOR,
Ex-oAcio “ *
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First pohHaetiear November 14, 1961,
Last poblieation, January 10, 1032.
Frank J. Guskey 1
Notary Public
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