THE MUKLUK TRAIL
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nota they will go to Weshingtoi* be
fore returnin'? to J&ineam.
Delegate Bimond’s voice will bel
heard in Alaska soon, although he |
be several tbanod’ miltos distant, at
thetime..
Through the splendid courtesy of
Radio Stations KGBD^ at Ketchikan,
and KFQD, at Anchorage; the Dele
gate will render an account of his
stewardship to date. In. identical 15*
minute tilts Me will give the high',
lights Of the last four months in..
Washington so far as- they have af
fected Alaska.
Trie elMdneaK transcription, was
made at the local sound studio yester-.
day afternoon, hit it was. uncertain;
whether the records would be ready
in time.tcucanneet with the ship lead
ing:. Seattle Friday.
Thursday the Delegate attended a.
meeting- of. the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration, at which maxi
mum and minimum pricea- &i> dairy
product* under the National Recovery
Act were discussed.
A minimum price ol $2.5ft pen-case
for evaporated milk for export to.
Alaska aad’a maximum, price of fS.60
per caae were- the figure* tentatively
proposed by evaporated milk com
ppnies.. The prices, quoted are intend
ed toftethe prevailing, ernes for Pm
cific Coast States^,and.freight charges
wilU Nave to Me. added to Alaska,
ppintn
Mr. Dimond withheld approval o»
protest until such time as he com
municated, with Governor.. Troy.
An AJaaka..gixt who has spent the
list two yean in Europe and who
now is in.-Washington-on a short visit
is. MisS'‘Jean..Btii>Bell,. daughter of Dr.
Charles E. Bunnell,, president of. the
Alaska Agricultural’ College and.
SchoolofMines..
r
Jean has been continuing her lan
guage studies in France and Ger
many.
While in Munich aha made her
home with Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund
Gaish Mr- Geist is a brother of Otto
William Geist, who is carrying on
I scientific work for the Alaska College
| on St. Lawrence Island.
Miss Bunnell has been back from
; Europe about a month and has been
in New York City most of the time
since her return..
A wedding the morning of June 20
in Washington of interest to Alaskans
brought Miss Madge Case and Hugh.
J. Wade, to the. altar.
Mias Case has been in Alaska on
S several occasions.. At Juneau she was
on the staff of. the Legislature during
a recent, session and at Fairbanks had
a positio nin. the law offices of Harry
E. Pratt.
Mr. and Mrs.. Wade will make their
home in Washington for the present.
Mr. Wade was formerly a special
investigator fro the Department of
Justice and visited Alaska, in. that ca
pacity.
Thousands ofi Government em
ployees in Washington and in the
field were dropped from the rolls last
night as part of the economy pro
gram.
Of all the bureaus and departments
affected,, the prohibition: bureau prob
ably lost the greatest percentage of
personnels
The Alaska unit of the bureau was
completely abolished, prohibition en
forcement being left to United States
marshals. Five prohibition officers in
the Territory are affected by the
order, it was announced from the
office of.Major A. V. Dairymple, pro
hibition director.
Valdez has bees added to the cities
at srbicb the fleet of destroyers to
visit Alaska in July and August will
< Rear Admiral J. K. Taussig, acting
Your Generous Patronage has enabled us
to, reduce Commissions on Fur Sales
to & Per Cent.
Quicker and Better Results
i
.
Continuous Sales, withi
an Active Market i
Send Tour Catches Eirljy
388 Central Ave., Highland
chief of naval operations ,has in
formed Delegate Dimond that the de
stroyers Zane and Wasmuth will visit
Valdez from July 30 to August 1.
REGULATIONS ON HIGHWAY
TRAFFIC IN ALL ALASKA
Attention is called by Road offi
cials to the following regulations
governing traffic on all' Alaska roads
and highways:
In accordance with the act of June
30, 1932 (47 Stat. 446), the following
regulations are promulgated for gov
erning traffic on all Alaska roads and
highways constructed wholly orr in
part from Federal funds by the Alas
ka Road Commission:
1. No wheeled vehicle shall have
a gross weight, including load, ex
ceeding 16,000 pounds, no single wheel
load shall exceed 6,000 pounds,, and
the maximum load per inch diameter
of pneumatic tire shall not .exceed 500
'pounds and per inch width' of. steel
tire shall not exceed 30pupnunds, ex
cept that any vehicle exceeding these
limits which has prioritq the issuance
of these regulations bteen in use on
the roads covered by these regula
tions. Such vehices may be operated
only by. special pprmi£*,which,'inay be
obtained upon application to the Com
mission, subject itorrevuoatioryishbuld
damage occur’tocthe roads ^as a result
of the operation of such vehicle.
2_: Thfe movingload on any bridge
shall not e be greater, than 20,OOOr
pounds for any conveyance having a.
length of not less .than 14 feet. Not
t© exceed two such'1 successive . ldaris;
shall be allowed oni anyysparnibsidge.
at once. I fconveyance is of crawler
type the bearing?:per square* inch, of
travel shhll not .exceed 10' pounds.
3. During the period offthamogm
the spring and afters pprioddiofiiconv
tinuous rain, the local limit's .specified
above raayybfe reduced, ffirr limited;
time by order of the., local sujasrin-?'
tendent to such am'extent as may be
necessary to protect thfe roads : front
damage.
4.4. No motor vehlce shall'be oper*
ated at a speed which may be consid
ered unsafe or iii..at reckless* or-care
less manner. . AfeyymQtor’ vehicle opj»
erated at a speed snchhthat it can nob'
be brought toatop, wit him the negth
of road visibld to,the operator at * ary>
time or .-any suchiwehicle not properly
equipped wsthl brakes, will bh considi
ered careless and. reckless operations
No .truck* the gross jload of wbichhex
ceeds 6,-OOOoppunds, .shall be-operated
at aj.sppedoexceeding 23’ milesper
hour. .
5.; Faildre to comply- with! the reg
ulations Jifereihnset forth' will’(subject
thit ownerr of. thfe motors vehicle to.
'liability for^any; damage , occasioned
thereby, and in the discretion; of the
.Alaska Rbad Commission the offender
jftiay be denied the ..privilege of using
Ijthe roads to which .these regulations
Bare applicable.
Are They Spoiled?
As Will Hays of motion' picture
fame hoarded the Leviathan a new.s
oy was yelling the news of another
prison mutiny.
“Maybe/’ said Mr. Hays, “we treat
ar prisoners too harshly. Maybe it’s
|the other way about.
.“A gentleman-farmer’s wife sized
up a tramp sympathetically one sum
mer day. and then ordered her cook'
to give him a chicken dinner. As he
was ending his chicken dinner with
'half a cherry pie the lad ysaid to him:
“‘You poor fellow, you look as if
you had d een better days.’
“4I have, ma’am/ said the tramps
‘Wunst 1 dwelt in marMe halls/
“ ‘Otfc, dear/ said the lady, ‘how did
you come to lose such a nice home?’
My term expired/ said the
tramp.”
Ignoramus.
Teacher—“I have went out. Why
Is that wrong, James”
James—“’Cos you ain’t went out
yet.”—Everybody’s Weekly (Shef
field).
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INTEREST INC NOTES
Londttn motorist® arc tiding offered
gasoline iirt&e form of bricks of solid
petrol, which give ,off gas for running
the engine without ever passing into!
liquid-, state.
Dairy specialists have developed a
dry-air sterilizing process for milk
cans, sad utensils, said to he better
than the steam method.
Practically all of Louisiana’s area
of 28,000,000 acres of land and water
is potential territory for oil and gas.
Forty per cent, or 320,000, of the
restaurants of the world are in the
I United States.
—
Boadcast speeches during the last
presidential campaign cost the motion
picture theaters $50,000,000 worth of
business, it is estimated.
TAKOTNA’S PIONEER SHOP
E. K. LOWRIE
Blacksmith, Machine and all kinds of Sheet
Metalwork. Stoves, Safetys, Tanks.
Etaillsb and Boilers and all kinds of Prospect
ing Equipment.
4 h. p. Gasoline Drills
AUTOMATIC HAND DRILLS
UgKt in night and Hercules in strength. Can be operated by one
■a%iJ0AMpaui% and* reach bedror lit shallow ground and
- got result*.
SOURDOUGH TRADING POST
JfkGRATir, ALASKA
Groceries Clothing
—--^asototkikg fr®sl a imssbue to as Afrcaon
Except a Few Musing Links
Cmm and Loek Tlungi Ow.
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