OUR INTERESTS AT
THE NATION’S CAPITAL
(Continued from Page 1.)
W. Gordon, director. for education in
Alaska, David JE.. Thomas, Alaska di
,'i.,un of the indian Bureau, Dr. F. S..
I e.lows, medical director for Alaska,
and owners. ihe- Biological Survey,, in
the Agricultural Department, nas
ha., ,tearing before a subcommittee .
on the Buuget.that, seeas to somewhat
teiiuee the appropriation of toe cur
ie. c year, and any further cut would
nan.per the work in Alaska.
it nicks as though Aiaska was not.
to-receive any henefit from the.tariff
.v. c.iits per hundred pounds on
coa. ,„ipooeu by the revenue act of
e-caily ail the coal shipped
into. rr.asKa is from the Canadian
Banes in the viciiuty of Victoria. It
has uecn explainer by Commissioner
oi C ustoms Eio that a provision of
toe ac„ states that the tax on coai
sna.i not be imposed if uuring the
preceding calendar year the export
of eoa, irom the United States to the
wu.iuy mini which such article is
impQttd has been greater in quqatity
that the imports into the United
Seales from such country. Thus un
der the act the duty, will not have to
he paid on shipments from Canada,
and, therefore, shipments from Ger
many and ureat Britain must be ex
empt under terms of most-favored
nation .treaties, existing between, the
United States and those countries
O November 26 funeral services,
were helo in Washington at St. aul’s
Catholic church for Mrs. Ellen L..
Cait-r, wMow of the late Senator
Thomas H. Carter of Montana. . Mrs.
Carter nad been a resident of Wash
s.ni.nce 1S88, and leaves two sons
who reside here. She had made fre
qquent visits to Alaska to see her
brother, James L.. Galen, of Cordova..
li. was after her r ecent visit to the
North that she had a fall while in
Seattle and broke her hip, later pneu
monia settinng in, from which she
died...
The successor to the late II. S. Sen*
ator Wesley L. Jones, who will sit in
the short session of Congress, is Maj.
E. S. Grammer, Seattle, lumberman
and Republican. He is familiar with
Northland, as he at one time had
charge, of construction of the Chil*
koot Pass Aerial Tramway in Alaska.
Another member of Congress, who
will serve in the lower House after
March 4, who is also familiar with
Alaska, is John Henry Hoeppql, of
Arcadia, Calif. He spent several
years in Alaska as a member of the
U. S. Signnal Corps..
An inquiry as to who are the Gov
ernors of certain of Uncle Sam’s pos
sessions, with salaries received, is
answered as follows: Alaska, George
A. Parks, $10,000; Hawaii, Lawrence
M. Judd, $10,000; Philippine Islands,
Theodore . Roosevelt, Jr., $18,000;
Puerto Rico, James H. Beveryl, $10,
000,I
The other day about 2,000 salmon
and brook trout were born., in the
aquarium at the Department of* Com
merce. . Commissioner O’Malley says
that the wholesale hatching caught,
the aquarium, officials off guard he- j
cause the eggst had been shipped here !
from Alaska, and the . Northwestern j
States with the understanding that
they could bo placed on exhibition for
a period of 120 days before hatching
The hatchery was set up about four
weeks agp, and the first baby was ex
pac-cd uvouiit^ the middle of January.
However, dates evidently were mixed,
at the shipping points, and one morn
ing salmon and trout eggs were
bursting right and left in the water
shed tanks and baby fish began
sctambLng aiound on the bottom.
The fish will he left in the tanks
until th-y have consumed their indi
vidual food sac and then will be
tiansferred into a larger tank where
they may be fed properly. About OH
per cent of the eggs have been hatch
«u, and officials estimated that about
2o par cent of the wholyesale hatch
w.-L jve. to see adult age. They will
oe Kept on exhibition at the aquarium
.n an effort to sho wthe general pub
lic the various stages of fish life.
The Treasury. Department has not
yet taken any action as to who shall
do the .architect work on the Ketchi
kan npublic bui.ding. Under the
Emergency Relief and Construction
Act of 1932 several hundred buildings
are to he constructed at a cost of
Airiety million dol.ars. All the towns
where a building is to be constructed
are urging the necessity of early ac
tion to give employment to the needy
who are out of work and who could
be utilized in some capacity on a
building project. The office of the
Supervising Architect has not the ca
pacity to look after all the buildings
selected and immediately prepare
pians and specifications for them all.
f or that reason there are many per
sonal applications to do this work,
and there are several firms seeking
the Ketchikan building. But it has
been made clear that the employment
of an architect from Alaska is not
prohable, asit is desired to have such
an oificial who would be in close, touch
with the Washington office, available
for frequent consultation. If a pri
vate firm is selected it will likely be
a well known firm from Pittsburgh.
Otherwise the work will be performed
by the office of the Supervising Ar
chitect and it is expected that a de
cision will be reached within a very
few days. The Delegate’s office was
informed yesterday that Anchorage
is still under consideration, in con
nection with the selection of towns
wherein to expend the five million
dollars of the fund still, available,
i he one great objection is the report
continually coming from Alaska that
the Territory has not been seriously
affected by the great depression,
while there are scores of towns seek
ing a building where there are hun
dreds and thousands of idle men
walking the streets, and who must
have early relief of some kind.
The other evening in a.museum au
ditorium Dr. Ales Hrdlicka,. curator'
of physical anthropology of the
United States National Museum, car
ried his large audience on a tour back
2,000 years, when , the ancients first
started migrating to America by way
of Alaska. His lecture was accom
panied by many . illustV-Wve photo
graphs thrown on a screen, which
were taken last summer, showing act
ual digging and finds . on Kodiak
Island. They consisted of peculiarly
shaped skulls, skeletons, housing fa
cilities, utensils anil- fighting ma
terials. Similar specimens have been
SO UHDOUGH TRADING POST
MeGRATH, ALASKA
Groceries
Clothing
ANSTOPttfi ’FROMr A NEEDLE TO AN- ATftAOR.::
Except a Few Missing Links.
Ame- and Look Things Over.
w. t.vuderpool
prop.
uncovered each summer during the
past seven years that the speaker has
worked on these islands.
HOOVER ENDORSES MANU
FACTURERS’ SALES TAX
WASHINGTON—Recommendations
for a blanket mannufacturers’ sales
tax covering virtually everything but
food and an additional 11 per cent
pay cut for Federal employes ware ,
:aid before a waiting Congress by,
President Hoover in one of his finnai
messages to that body.
ihe message did not. touch on nt her
prohibition question.
lie annnounced that a separate
message would be delivered on war
debts.
ne asserted that three separate
; fforts will be necessary for the coun
try:
1. Balancing the budget.
2. Completion of reorganization,
of the Nation’s banking system.
3. Wholehearte dcooperation with
other nations in the economic field.
As for the present state of the
Union, the President said: “The acute
phases of the crisis have obviously
passed. The freedom from industrial
conflict has been greater than hith
erto knokn.”
“lu addition to a manufacturers’
sales tax at a “uniform but unspeci
fied rate” here are some of the other
proposals for obtaining the balanced
budget which Hoover termed neces
sary :
“Widespread reorganization of the
Federal Government with . effective
orders to be submitted within a rew
days for regrouping and consolidat
ing more than 50 Federal depart
ments and agencies. .
“Reductions in approporiations .un
der those for the present fiscal year.”
Whittling down of public works ex
penditures from $8717,000,000 to
Elimination of certain unnamed
$442,000,000. j
payments to veterans arising from,
“ill considered legislation.”
Secretary of the Treasury. Mills’ re
port recommended that a 2.25 per
cent general manufacturers’ levy be
adopted, saying that, the present spe
cific excise taxes adopted at the last
session have failed to produce the ex
pected revenue.
Mills predicted, that the present,
! fiscal year would end next June with
a defiiit of $1,146,000, and the next;
| year at the presennt pace the deficit
would be $.‘507,000,001), exclusive of
' debt retirement.
! FORMER OLDTIMER WINS
damage suit at Seattle!
—— j
Elizabeth Marsh, better known as
“Shannon,” still has plenty of her;
Irish spupk left, and a jury in Su-:
perior Judge Fred G. Remann's court,
j cout on Tuesday of this week returned ;
a verdict for a judgment of $1,000 to
her as defendant and counter-claim-:
and in a suit brought by the Bratrud;
Mortgage & Realty Corporation for
money which they alleged was due on
the contract. The house was discred- 1
ited hy the jury because of the un-;
wolesome and unbearable odors ema
nating therefrom.. The house was
leaky of roof and generally diapi-,
dated, hut was taken in on a trade for
some of her Puyallup property. The ,
condition of the roof and other items
of unrepair could not be tolerated and >
put into condition, according to Mrs.
Marsh’s contention, and the odors
which filled the house could not be ;
spotted as to source and were so un-;
pleasant that it made her home un-'
liveahle. In nher counter suit she
sought through her attorney, A. O.
Burmeister, the return of her Puyal
lup property or a judgment of $1,175.
—Alaska Weekly.
On the Alert.
“Is the editor in?”
“No. He is in Africa hunting.
Lions.”
“But I saw him through the win-i
daw as I passed.”
“Yes, but he saw you first.”—Buen
■Humor (Madrid).
SI 0.75 Top Price for Beaver, Seattle
SEATTLE.—Alaska beaver sold for
$8.38, with top p rices bringing $10.7!>
at the last Seattle Fur Auction sale,
M. chael Dederrer, assistant manager,
reported.
There was an active demand for
mink and red fox, but the supply was
aiu.. Other prices were
Silver Fox, $24.20 to $77.,
Marten, $7.96..
Blue fox, $13.48, with, best Arctic
blues bringing $28.
Muskrats, 25 cents..
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To .Steve Bailey, his heirs, executors,
assigns and successors in interest:
You are hereby notified that I,
Frank J. Guskey, the undersigned,
have been appointed administrator of
the estate of John Griffin, deceased.
And you, and each of you ,are here
by further notified that the said John
Griffin, deceased, through power of
attorney from you (Steve Bailey),
dated the 6th day of November, ex-!
pended for annual labor and improve
ments the sum of one hundred dollars
for each of the years 1923, 1924, 1925,
1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1931 |
upon the following described placer
mining claim, to-wit: No. 4 Above |
Discovery on Ganes creek, a tribu- j
tary of the Innoko river, in. the In- j
noko Recording Precinct.
That all of said work and improve
ments were required by law and were
put upon said claim in compliance'
therewith in order to hold the same ]
for each said year and thereafter, all
of said work having been performed j
by the aforesaid John Griffin.
And if within ninety (90) days!
after the publication of this nnotico j
you, and each of you, do not com'
tribute to the above-mentioned John
Griffin Estate your proportion of
said expenditures for each claim for
each said years, your interest in said.
claim will become the property of the
said John Griffin Estate, according to •
the provisions of Section 2324 Re- ■
vised Statutes of the United States.
FRANK.J. GUSKEY,
Administrator of Estate of
John Griffin, deceased.
Dated Takotna, Alaska, Dec. 24.
1932.
First publication, Dec. 24, 1932.
r
In the Probate Court for Otter Pre
cinct, Fourth Division. Territory of
Alaska, before Hon. D. E. Browne,
Commissioner and ex-officio Pro
bate Judge.
In the matter of the Estate of
Joseph Neville, deceased. Probate
No. 61.
All persons having claims against
the Estate of Joseph Neville, de
ceased, are hereby required to pre
sent the same, under oath, to the
undersigned, administrator de bonis
non of the said estate, at his office
at Flat, Alaska, or at the office of
the Probate Judge at Flat, Alaska,
on or before six months from the
posting of this notice.
Dated, Flat, Alaska, November 14,
tD32.
T. M. GARLAND,
Administrator de bonis non
Estate of Joseph Neville,
deceased.
1st pub. Nov. 26
Blacksmith,
Machineland
all kindsrof
Sheet Metal
Work
Notice to Creditors.
Pioneer
Shop —
Stoves
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