VISIONS FINE FUTURE
ON FAR ALASKA PENINSULA
As head of three business estab
lishments, the town theater, owner
•f a fox-raising’ enterprise, breeder
of caracal sheep on Hog island, com*
mander of the American Legion Post,,
president of the Democratic club, R.
B. Patterson, of Unalaska, ought to’
find his time pretty well occupied,
says the Seward Gateway.
But he is going to raise muskrats
in his spare time and is advertising
in The Gateway about them.
Pine country for muskrats, said
■‘Pat.” who is going to increase his
sheep holdings and is sending to dif-’
ftrert ports of the country for trees
to be planted at Unalaska.
He had Norway maples well on the
way, but one of his goats (he is also
in the goat business) chewed off the
bark, killed the tree, so now h« has
to start over again.
As e'm tree is also ffotrrishing. Re*
tuin'rg on the SS Starr, he is going
to pick up some young spruce, roots
end all, and transplant them.
The Unalaska Democratic club is
rr -e than a political organization.
VI. :re are 64 members and civic im
rovfcir.°nts and betterments take up
a Pi of the club’s time.
Community dinners, meetings' and
dm"es are sandwiched in.
There is no doubt in Mr. Patter"
■n’s mind but that a naval station,
r ; ybe two, will be established prac
tualy at Unalaska. Naval vessels
are going to be stationed in that area
this winter.
Mr. Patterson said that Uhalaska
was second Alaska port in ~ tonnage
hr.rborage this year and in other
years ranked first. Next year h£ ex
pects it to be right on top. He un
derstands the site has already been
p:cked for naval airbase.
Unalaska is proud of its hospital,
with its fine working staff under Dr.
leslie White. The school, too, in
■‘barge of Supt. Chester Kirrm, with
Mrs. Kimm and Jessica Jorgenson,
ter 'hers. Is something to boast about
Everybody now has eyes on- Fred
Johnstone, veteran prospector and
miner, who is promoting a zinc min
in'- enterprise to be in operation In
two years. The ore runs 5T per cent
zinc with other values, gold/silver
and based metals, has assayed $87
a ton.
The channel leading into Uhalaska
is being relieved of obstructing reef
by blasting; ships will be able to
owing into the dock ay easily as at
Butch Harbor, twin port.
It is also reported that the radio
station will be enlarged.
Just now Unalaskans are backing
to a man the Dimond bill, designed
to keep Japanese fishermen away
from Bristol Bay.
DELEGATE HAS NEW
BILL FOR FISH CONTROL
WASHINGTON—Delegate Dimond
announced recently he has revised
his Alaska salmon fishing bill and
would re-introduce it on the first day
of the special session of congress “in
the hope of getting -action before the
Japanese take all of our fish.”
He said his bill would give the
president authority - to extend ' the
United States jurisdiction to any
area off the coast where it is deemed
necessary to control' foreign opexa
The delegate said he was confident
of obtaining hearings on"the meas
ure “unless the committee got word
from the president to leave it alone.""
“From the way the president has
Seen talking lately about the Japan
ese. I don’t think hd will interfere,”
Dimond added.
He also said that as far as he was
able to determine- the state depart
ment had made little progress to
ward settling the Bristol Bay contro
versy.
HOUSEHOLD * HINTS
Winter squash may be baked, boil-'
ed or steamed." Steaming is the bdst
method, as it leaves the squash drier.
To save time in- making custards,
scald the milk before adding the egg.
This will cut tbS baking time almost
in half.
GAME HEADS “CRACK
DOWS’ ON SMUGGLING
JUNEAU—First step in smashing
a fur smuggling business which has
been taking about $9,000 in illegal
fur out of Alaska annually is an-,
' nounced by the Alaska Game Com
mission and the Biological Survey. |
| Furs valued in thousands of dollars
have been confiscated in San Fran
’ cisco where it is charged they had
been- taken by smugglers, and simi
lar seizures have been made in Ne
vada and Idaho, another outlet for
illegal skins out of the Territory.
One conviction already has been ob
tained in Alaska and it is reported
that further prosecutions will result
j in the States.
One beaver skin coat and a quan
tity of beaver skins have just beer,
received bjr the Game Commission
from Saw Francisco where the smug
gling leak was actually plopped.
They wili be sold later at auction.
Frank Dufresne, executive officer of
the commission, explained that the
furs have been smuggled out of Alas'
ka aboard fishing and other craft
and taken direct to San Francisco.
There nonunion “sweat-shop” estab
lishments took over the furs and
made them into garments, using wo
men and children as employes and
paying starvation wages. These gar*
menis were then thrown on the mar
ket through “fences” as legitimate
goods commanding often the same
prices as legal goods.
Working in co-operation with
state and federal officials and legiti
mate fur dealers both here and with
the union shops in San Francisco,
the game commission was able to run
several of the smuggled shipments
down and confiscate the goods.
Through the smuggling ring, bea
ver skins worth $15 in the legal
' trade were being sold Outside for $4
apiece, the officials said.
Many of the furs taken in seizures
reported from Idaho and Nevada, or
iginated in Alaska, Dufresne said,
and has been routed by smugglers
| through that syndicate.
FRANCE WARNS U. S.
NEW PACT DANGEROUS
PARIS—Diplomatic circles today
, reported that France plans to
1 strengthen its friendship with Eng
land and the U. S. because of the
anti-communism pact signed recently
by Italy, Germany and Japan.
The pact could “cover almost ev
erything," a foreign spokesman said.
He added tht France may follow a
“wait and see” policy before signing
the pact.
“We cannot tel! how strong the
pact is until we see it operate,” the
spokesman said.
Some diplomatic quarters held that
France planned to point out to the
United States the danger of the
agreement through the possibility of
splitting the nations of North and
South America if anti-commdnist na
tions seek the co-operation of Latin
American nations.
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ELECTRICAL SERVICE IS
PLANNED FOR COLONISTS
PALMER—There would be enough
users in the Valley to warrant the
establirhment of electrical service.
George Sund, who has been making
a survey of the valley, said. The data
j collected will be presented to the
Rural Electrification Administration
by Dr. H. M. Colvin.
Mr. Sund, appearing before the
i Colony Council, estimated the cost of
electrical service to Valley users
would be $40 a year, and that the ob
ligation of the installation could be
paid off in 20 years. There is a very j
favorable site for a plant near the
hanging rock in the Little Sasitna
canyon, from where electric power |
could be transmitted up to the mines j
and to all residents of the Valley, he
said.
Dr. Colvin explained to the council!
members that the electric project isi
not a venture of the Alaska Rural Re-:
habitation Corporation, bat that i*-l
would be controlled by a co-opera
tive association of the consumers.
The users would not be required to
mortgage their homes or undertake
personal iisks.
They would be the owners of the
power plant and would obtain the
benefit of profits from its operation. •
General Manager Leo B. Jacobs
stated that the corporation manage
ment favors the project, inasmuch
as it believes that electricity would
be a great help to the farmers in
providing light for their homes,
chicken houses and other buildings
during the winter, and power for
some of their machinery.
The plan is receiving hearty ap
proval from the entire Valley and it
is hoped that construction work will
be started early in the spring.
This project will mean the employ
ment of a number of men and will
materially help to build up the com
munity. • It will also enhance the pos- ]
sibility of increased permanent ad
vancement and it will invite the es
tablishment jtf a larger stable rural
and civic community.
Chopped t uts on cake or in ice
cream sauces add nutriment as ■well
as daintiness to the desserts.
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