THE MUKLUK TRAIL
(Continued from Page 1)
But if anything appears definite at
this time, it is that the five-day week,
six-hour day bill will not pass, or if
it. does it will be. so greatly altered
.as .to be almost unrecognizable in its
present form. So great is the isk,
however, of making any kind of a
prediction that it is altogether within
tha realms of possibility that by the
time this is* read this is read the
measure will, have been, enacted into
saw.
The talk around the Capitol for the
last several days has been that the
bill is going to be shelved. It is sug
gested that as a substitute legislation
will be offered, whereby trade associa
tions would regulate their own indus
tries, with the Federal G.ovenment
keeping close watch over the whole
situation. It is problematical whether
anything of that character will be of
fered during the special session..
Recent developments have indicate
ed a desire not to press the five-day
week bilL Hearings, lrst scheduled
to last, a, full three weeks, were .sud
denly cut short and ended. Friday
after witnesses had heen head over a
period of eight days.
Alfred Sloan, Jr., president of Gen
eral Motors. Corporation, was the last
of the important winesses. He voiced
opposition to the legislation in its.
present form.
Secretary of Labor Pekins was &
strong supporter, and urged that a
minimum wage provision be- added.
The American Federation of Labor
could not go along with , her on that.
As passed by. the. Senate the bilL
provided that foreign importations
would, not have to. be produced by
labor conforming to the. five-day week
and six-hour day,.. Representative
William Connery, Jr., of Massachu
setts introduced the House hill and it
would make necessay compliance with,
the measure by foreign nations ship
ping their goods to the United States,
Delegate Dimond could not. testify
because of his illness. H edid, how
ever, file a written statement urging
that Alaska be exempted from the
bill on the ground that its Application
there would be nothing short of ruin
ous. Every major industry in the
Territory, he pointed out, would have
to curtail opeations, perhaps almost
. to the vanishing point. Those depend
ent upon the fisheries and gold min
ing for their livelihood, comprising
by far the majority, of Alaskans gain
fully employed, would have their in
comes drastically curtailed or per
haps even cut off altogether. The re
sult would be that the Territoy would
be depopulated. Isolated mining
camps where there oftentimes is no
surplus.of labor would have to let the
precious water flow past them un
used if they were to comply strictly
with the provisions of the law. The
Delegate pointed out that if foreign
products were imported withont labor
restrictions similar to those in the
.United States, Alaska coal mines, al
ready handicapped by Bitish. Colum
, bia in competition, might stand in.
: danger of losing, the local markets
which they have now. He also noted
. what the effect of all this would, be
, on the Territorial treasury.
Charles H. Flory, Alaska commis
sioner for the Department .of Agri
culture, started homeward last Fri
i day. He intended to meet Mrs. Floy
I in Portland and they will proceed to
their home in Juneau at an early
. date. Mr. Flory was about the most
. pleased man in the country as he
started west. He. had been Outside
five months, and announces that is
. altogether too long. He was quite ill
in Portland right after coming out,
but has fully recovered his health,
. now. Mr. Flory wa simpressed into
work at the Depatmen tof Agricul
ture here in connection with the
President’s forestry conservation pro
gram. A plan was worked out for
Alaska which, if approved, would give
work to a considerable numhe of men.
It still awaits final approval. B. F.
Y»ur Gtoerous Patronage has ena
to reduce Commissions on Fur S
to 3 Per Cent
Quicker and Better Resu
Continuous Sales, with
an Active Market
Send Tour Catch** «»■.
Alaska
368 Central Ave- Highland Park, Iir.
Heintzlemann, assistant regional for
ester, has also been detailed to for
estry conservation work, and will not
get away from Washington for Ju
neau until June or Juily..
Delegate Dimond continues to make .
exceedingly rapid progress toward
recovery following his recent opera
tion for removal of his appendix. So.
far as he was concerned, he felt ready
to go home about four days after the
operation, but the doctor did not ap
prove. It is probable he will go home
today;. and rest there for a few more
days days before resuming his official
duties.
seven Arasican projects are inciun
ed in the rivers and harbors bill in
troduced in the House last week.
It is recommended that Congress
appropriate $102,000 for the impove
ment of Petersburg harbor, subject
to a contribution of $8,000 being,
made by local interests. Suitable ap
proaches with, a depth of 24 feet
would be provided to the existing
wharves; a small boat basin 11 feet!
deep between the Trading Union
wharf and Citizens wharf to a line \
substantially followin gthe present
mean lower low water line; and a.
short channel 40 feet .wide and 8 feet
to the south side of the Forestry Ser-,
vice float. Annual maintenance is
estimated by the Chief of Army En
gineers at.. $1,200..., . j
Contingent upon, .assurance- from i
local interests .that a. contract has
been entered into for the construe-j
tion of a cold storage plant, the bill,
calls for the expenditure, of $77,000
to provide a channel 22 feet deep and.
20Q feet wide at.Kydjak. Five hun
dred dollars would be required . for >.
maintenance annually. .
Six hundred dollars would be.. set
aside annually to .clear snags hazard- .
ous to navigation .on the Stikine river.
A recommendation is made .that
$5,000 be set aside for clearing the
channel at the head of the Egegik
river.
Congress is asked to appropriate,
for Wrangell Narrows $142,000, with
$2,000 fo maintenance the first y.ear .
and.. $500 annually for five. years
thereafter, to provide for .a channel.
24 feet deep at mean lower low water
and .275. feet, wide at Shoal No. 1, the
easing of curves at Shoals a Nos. 5,
6, 7 and 12, the removal .of a rock,
pinnacle opposite; Anchor Point, and .
five small rock pinnacles in the tow
ing channel..
The bill provides $77,000. for dig i
ging a channel 6 feet deep and 60
feet wide at .Dry Pass. .
Finally, an.appropriation of $56,000
is asked for further improvement at
WrangeU harbor.. . A dredged basin
about 400 feet by 600 feet would he
provided at the south end of tl^ har
bor, with a depth of 10 feet below,
mean lower low., water...
“Arctic Village" is the literary sen
sation .of the .day. Written by Robert
Marshall as a result of a 15 months.’
stay in the Koyukuk, it is hailed, by
i^ritics as an. outstanding contribution
to the sociological literature of Amer
ica.. ..Of. course everyone in the Koy
ukuk knows the. author, and many,
ither Alaskans will remember him.
forester by training, he first went
the Arctic to study tree growth
ind returned to study people. Hi*
ond trip to Wiafcman was made in
1930, and he remained there until the-.
fjalL of 1931, weaving what promise*
tjb be a best seller out of his observa
tions of . the small group of residents
of that isolated camp. His book is
entirely sympathetic and he describes
the Koyukukers as the happiest peo
ple he has ever known. Marshall
in the U. S. Forest Service and then
took his Ph. D. degree in plant physi
ology at John Hopkins. He has pre
viously written for scientific publica
tions, but this is. his first popular
work.
“How did you break your leg?”
“I threw a cigaret in a manhole
and stamped on it.”—Everybody’*
Weakly (London).
USUAL BOUNTIES TO BE
PAID BY TERRITORY
The Territory of Alaska will con
tinue the same bounties for the kill
ing of woivu-s, coyotes,, eagles, hair
seals and predatory destroyers of
salmon for the next two years as it
did the last two years, according to
a statement recently made to the An
i borage Times by Senator Robert S.
Bragaw. The Senator says:
“Some hunters and trappers have
r
Lm. h.-.cu the false impression that
there will be no bonnties paid for
the next two yeas. But the Legisla
tive which has just closed made pro
v auu for paying the same bounty
per capita on the destroyers of game
as was paid the last two years.
“The Territory voted this session
the following sums for paying boun
ties: For wolves and coyotes, $25,
000; for eagles, $7,500; for hair seal,
$25,000; for destroyers of salmon,
$15,000.
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