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Entered as second-class matter Au
gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotnn, Alaska, September 19, 393L
CONGRESSMEN URGE .GEN
EROUS AID FOR ALASKA
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
True to their word while here in
Fairbanks, our distinguished guests,
tthe visaing congressmen, are loud in
itheir praise of the Territory, .and
'.while in Juneau on their return trip
ito the States said ,the Federal ’Gov
lernment, through its legislative and
;administrative branches, should be
•eager .to encourage every effort di
rected toward development activities.
Congressman Frank Murphy said:
“Th Fedeal Government should rec
itify the mistake at has made in the
1 policy of administering the Alaska
•Railroad. Lower rates should be re
stored. Service adequate in every
• particular should be maintained.
“The physical condition of the
• transport system should not be al
1 lowed to deteriorate; it should be im
i proved. Neither Congress nor the
Interior Department should worry or
• quibble about .an operating deficit.
' i’he nation can .afford to meet this
c omparatively small deficit in the in
ttvrest of the Territory, for ultimately
. Alaska will repay many fold.
“Northern treasure vaults have en
riched the nation with great wealth.
' The Territory merits geneous .consid
» eration.
“The many and ;varied resources of
> Alaska are marvelous. .Time and
i money will .be needed to develop
t them.”
Congressman William R.. Eaton re
. marked: “Removal of existing re
• strictions on : location • Of mining
• claims in Alaska seems likfely to rel
. suit from the visit of the Congress
ional delegation, to Alaska.
“If the proper sort of bill is pre
• pared by Alaskans, and introduced'in
t Congress to wipe out the restrictions
; and extend to the Territory the gen
< eral mining laws of the United States
: it probably will receive favorable con
sideration from the public land coin
1, mittee.
-Representative Eaton also said:
‘ “Alaskans should not delay in mak
i.ing their\ wants known to Congress.
- Mow is the time to ask for appropria
1 tions. ' The. committee compiles the
• budget along in September and Ocfo
1 her and has it printed by December.
Another thing I wish to tell Alaskans,
; and that is not to take advice too lit
orally. When told to pray for what
they want, they must understand that
what is really meant is that they
should pray for the strength to go
out and Ret what they want.”
In speaking of the Alaska Railroad,
the study of which was one of the
principal purposes of the Congress
ional party’s visit north, Congress
man Eaton said:
“The physical condition of the sys
tem seems to be good. It can give ef
ficient service. I have not had oppor
tunity to make a thorough study of
the rate structure. However, I know
that high rates will decrease business
and that moderate rates will increase
business. My opinion i that the Alas
ka Railroad rates should be adjusted.”
Congressman Addison T. Smith re
marked :
“Every Congressman and Senator
should come to Alaska. Federal law
makers should make themselves ac
quainted with this great Territory
and then they would be more capable
and more -willing to cooperate in its
development.
“The annual deficit of the Alaska
Railroad makes some of the federal
lawmakers nervous, but I do not think
that the system should be disposed
of or its service curtailed to the detri
ment of the development of the .coun
try.
“The crying need of Alaska is air
mail. To wait three or four days for
letters from the States is archaic in
view of late aerial development, and
this terrible fault should be remedied
by the Federal Government at once-'
'"Establishment of an air mail ser
vice in the North will help business
not only in this Territory .but also in
theStates.
“I believe Congress should be more
generous than it ,has been in dealipg
with Alaska’s .requirements.”
UNRELIABLE prohibition pro
paganda.
'(Juneau Empire.)
The Union Signal, labeled “Official
Organ of the National Women’s
Chris Temperance Union, contains
the following in its June 27th edition:
“Attempts,of Wets to Repeal Alas
ka’s Dry Law Meets Defeat.
“An attempt during the recent
session of the Alaska Legislature
to repeal the so-called Bone Dry
.Law resulted in strengthening
rather than weakening the act,”
says the Christian Science Monitor.
An amendment whieh was passed
unanimously in both houses em
powered the United States commis
sioner’s court to try, convict and
pronounce sentence upon ail found
guilty of violating the law.
The repeal measure was carried
unanimously in the House, but was
blocked in the Senate because those
interested in prohibition and law
enforcement had sufficient time to
rally their forces, and so strong
was the pressure brought to bear
upon the Legislature that it pro
ceeded, . not to repeal the dry law,
but to strengthen it.
Which illustrates the lack of relia
bility behind much of the propaganda
that makes the rounds of the. daily
press. The fact is that the Alaska
Senate passed the. Alaska JBoneDry
repeal, law by a unanimous vote. It
went up to the Senate from the
House, which it had passed by an
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overwhelming majority. It was signed
by Governor George A. Parks, and
only requires affirmation by Congress
to become the law of the land.
About the only important fact in
the Union Signal item is the declara
tion that those interested 'in >prdhibi
tion “had sufficient time to rally their
forces.” They were rallied and failed
to get a sngle vote against the repeal
measure.
It might be well to add that the
Bone Dry repeal measure was not
sprung as a surprise. It had been dis
cussed by the people for several
years and sentiment for it is indis
putably overwhelming.
HOOVER DECLARES NEW
WORK IS TAKING FORM
WASHINGTON.—According to an
nouncement made at the White House
yesterday, it is the expectation of
President Hoover that the Federal
building program, which is gaining
momentum steadily, will be well un
der way by the middle of winter, with
the probability that there will be jabs
for 100*000 workers, directly and indi
rectly, by the 1st of January.
The Government is spending half a
billion dollars for the construction of
new buildings, and the projects are
being started just as fast as they can
be approved. I
ST- LAWRENCE WATERWAY
IS .ONE :STEP NEARER
WASHINGTON.—rEngineers have'
worked out plans for,the development
of the St. Lawrence waterway, call
ing for two dams in ,the international
section. With the, dam system as as
basis for agreement it is said by high
authority that the United States is
ready to proceed immediately with
negotiations with Canada to push for-.
ward the project. Americans and
Canadians formerly disagreed on the
question of one or two dams. Financ
ing the project is the most important
remaining subject for diplomatic ne
gotiation.
‘I hear that when Jones was in the
hospital he had to have two nurses
day . and night.**
“Yes, his wife wouldn’t trust him'
alyone with just one.”—Colorado.
Medicine.
Fair One (at a dance): "You’re'
from the Far North, aren’t yon?” j
He: "Why, no. What nmde yon i
think that3” j
She: “Yen dance like yon
snowshoes on.”
Wife: ■“John, is it true that money!
talks?”
Husband: “That’s what they say,
my dear.”
“Well, I wish you’d leave a little1
here during the day. I get so lonely.”:
McGrath
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