COUNCIL NEWS
By DON PERKINS
September 15
School opened on schedule Sept.
4 with 9 children enrolled. This
is the same number as last year.
There will probably be a decrease
later, as one family is contemplat
ing a move to White Mountain in
October. This family, the lone’s
have been life-long residents of
Council and will be missed by
all of us.
* * *
Ralph Lomen and the master
mechanic of Lomen Commercial
Co., were here for a short time
last week. They helped in the
cleanup of the dredge.
* * *
Salmon fishing was nothing |
compared to previous years. Per
haps the weather is to blame, j
Some nets are still yielding a few,
but a shortage of dry fish is pre
dicted for the coming winter.
I
Julius Tatpan purchased a boat
and motor from White Mountain,
but trouble arose while he was !
coming up the river with it, and
it was necessary for him to neck ■
the entire outfit up. A two-day !
operation.
* * *
There had been a mysterious
disappearance of drying salmon
from Dorothy Lee’s fish racks, but
the trouble was arrested when
Dorothy accosted three birds —
camp robbers, stripping the meat.
Her accuracy with a .22 rifle
proved fatal to the culprits.
* * *
Julia Nelson and children left
yesterday afternoon for a hike
over the hills to visit Lena Du
fresne, Council’s oldest resident,
who is trapping squirrels along
Mystery Creek. They will be back
before the week-end is up.
* * *
Barney Crosby, Heuston Alex
ander, and George Nelson of
Nome, have been out to raise a
bulldozer which was mired down
in a near-by creek. They went
.back over the Council road.
* S'! *
Like other places, Council has
experienced a shortage of blue
berries this year. Cranberries are
quite plentiful, however. Appar-1
First Division Judge
Target of Attorneys
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 15 — An
, attempt to oust Judge George
j Folta from his seat on the First
Division District Court bench was
apparently losing ground in An
chorage after 19 lawyers had gone
I on record in his favor.
Some lawyers started the move
to prevent the confirmation of
Judge Folta for another term.
They cited three incidents which
they claimed made him unsuit
able. They claimed he:
1. Was the main speaker at a
meeting of the Anchorage Re
publican Club.
2. Mishandled the trial of
Archie Brown, who was convicted
of mishandling funds of the terri
torial tax ofice.
3. Spoke publicly in opposition
to the provisions of the Bill of
Rights of the U.S. Constitution.
Local lawyers reported that
when it became known that cer
tain other lawyers, were sending
telegrams opposing the re-appoint
ment of Folta, the 19 lawyers
banded together in his support. J
i
ently late frosts were responsible
for this.
* * *
Council, once the scene of ex
tensive mining operations, and a
bustling, booming city of several
thousand people, is sinking to an
all-time low ebb. The once-famil
iar sight of large dredges and
numerous hydraulic outfits are no
longer present. The colorful old
sourdoughs that once frequented
the place are no longer with us.
Many came here in their early
youth to gain a fortune or to
seek adventure and are now gone.
Many others, like Fred Durocher,
recently deceased, stayed behind
when the trend was to move on
to a new strike, and became per
manent residents of Council. Fred
was our last old-timer. Others,
like Hans Larsen and Bill Brook
ings, come and go, but are not
continually with us. The diffi
culty of obtaining wood and the
lack of winter activity can no
longer hold them to dull, inactiv
ity of a wintering village. There
has been but one mining operation
in Council this year, the Alaska
Placer Company.
NOME ALASKA
Washington News - Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett
Delegate ih Congress fiom Alaska
STATEHOOD BILLS
“It is our expectation that the
statehood bills will be taken up
shortly after we reconvene, whe
ther it be in the fall or in Jan
uary,” declared Senator McFar
land of Arizona in speaking of the
Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills
this ’week on the floor of the
Senate.
The statement was made by the
Senate majority leader in re
sponse to a query from Senator
Magnuson of Washington. Senator
McFarland has set October 1 as
the goal for adjournment.
$5 Billion Construction i
Bill Goes To President
WASHINGTON, (/P)-—Congress
gave its final approval yesterday
to a $5,864,301,178 military con
struction program designed to
shore up this country’s defenses
against Russia.
House approval of a conference
agreement adjusting House-Senate
differences over a few items sent
the bill to President Truman.
The measure authorizes con
struction of hundreds of ^ir bases,
depots, training camps and other
military installations in this coun
try and abroad. Congress has yet
to appropriate the money to pay
for them.
Washington Governor
Decries Federal Influence
In State and Local Affairs
MISSOULA, Mont., (JP) — The
federal government’s influence in
state, county and local affairs was
criticized Monday night by Gov.
Arthur B. Langlie of Washington.
Langlie was a banquet speaker
at the semi-annual Pacific North
west Trade Association conference
here. The conference ended yes
terday with an Alaska panel and
reports from round-tables.
He told an audience of 200 the
federal government enters field
after field because the money for
needed services cannot be raised
locally.
i
■
is assured
♦ V
because of its high food value,
particularly in essential proteins, vitamins
\ and minerals, Alaska canned salmon is
important in the diet of Uncle Sam’s
^ fighting men.
The Alaska salmon industry is proud
(that the canned salmon sold to the
armed forces and to American house
wives meets high standards for
wholesomeness. To be certain of these
high requirements, the industry
supported Northwest Branch of the
National Canners Association carefully
inspects the Alaska salmon pack. Last
year, for example, more than 125,000
cans of salmon were inspected.
This ls Ihc only example in the nation of
v. major canning industry operating and
fma/ncbi* its own quality control program.
iiei % use historically the salmon has
beer the backbone of the Territory’s
economy, these rigid controls are
important to everyone in Alaska.
HEAR SAM HAYES, noted radio commentator •..
ever/ Sunday over your favorite Alaska station
se
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