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NEWS-LETTER
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and accuracy considered essential
for areas of only moderate devel
opment in the United States, ac
cording to the Survey report. “It
is the duty of the Alaskan Branch
to provide the basic information
necessary for the continuation, ex
pansion and greater diversifica
tion of Alaska’s mineral industry.’’
The operations of the Alaskan
Fire Control Service under the
jurisdiction of the General Land
Office expanded during the year
to include management and dis
posal of the timber on the public
lands. There were fewer fires in
the timber range in 1945 than for
the previous six years. There were
57 fires with a total burned area
of 2,535 acres, of which 624 acres
were on private land. 13 fires
broke out which were inaccessible
to the Alaskan Fire Control Serv- |
ice, which burned over an estim-!
ated 110,200 acres.
The report of the General Land
Office stated that 365 million
acres remain in federal ownership
in Alaska, 230 million acres of
which are vacant, unappropriated
and unreserved. 363 million acres
were still unsurveyed as of June
30, 1945.
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New homesteads in Alaska in
1945 totalled 117 as compared to
94 in 1944 and 79 in 1943.
The fur-seal industry on the
Pribiloffs has returned nearly j
$20,000,000 as net proceeds to the j
Treasury'since Alaska’s purchase I
from the Russians in 1867. The to-j
tal value of this industry is placed j
at $100,000,000. The herd has been
restored to 3,000,000 animals from |
a low of about 130,000 in 1910.
A total of 107 million pounds of
herring was produced in 1944 as
compared to 84 million in 1943 and
38 million in 1942, according to
figures contained in the Fish and
Wildlife Service report.
The National Park Service re
port stated that the “bighorn
sheep-wolf relationships” problem
was continuing in Mount McKin-!
ley National Park.
No new highways were built by!
Nome Directory
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and Third
Thursday each month
DONALD J. LYLE, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
NOME LODGE
A-5
Meets Every Friday
S. DAVID MAZEN. N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN, Secy.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Mein 40
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
the Alaska Road Commission in
1945. However, 2,700 miles of
highway. 1.250 miles of sled roads
and 4,000 miles of trails wrere re
constructed and maintained.
“The fiscal year 1945 was a very
successful one for the Matanuska
Valley Farm Colony,” stated the
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions in reporting that the
Matanuska Valley Farmers Coop
erative Association produce in
1944 amounted to $1,235,016.92.
The Alaska Railroad had a gross
operating revenue in 1945 of $8,
603,546.36 as compared with $11,
289,637.46 in 1944, a reduction of
23.7 percent. Its net income
amounted to $1,936,840.79 as com
pared with $5,242,924.45 in 1944,
a reduction of 63 per cent. The
railroad hauled 549,248 tons of
freight and carried 88,998 passen
gers in 1945. Passenger miles to
talled 9,275,913.
AGRICULTURE BUDGET
The President’s budget for the
fiscal year 1947 contains $110,000
for agricultural research in Alas
ka and $55,255.77 as federal-grant
funds for the Agricultural Experi
ment Station under the Office of
Experiment Stations.
STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII
Following closely behind the
President’s message to Congress
urging “that the Congress prompt
ly accede to the wishes of the peo
ple of Hawaii that the Territory
be admitted to statehood in our
Union,” a subcommittee of the
House Territories Committee has
recommended that the full com
mittee give immediate considera
tion to legislation to admit Hawaii
to statehood.
The subcommittee’s report was
presented to the full committee
immediately following its return
from a trip to Hawaii where full
hearings were held on the govern
mental status of the Territory.
The recommendation was based on
the subcommittee’s findings that
the peonle of Hawaii have “dem
onstrated beyond question not
only their loyalty and patriotism
but also their desire to assume the
responsibility of statehood,” that
Hawaii plays a large part in the
international position of the
United States in this area, that
Congress has indicated, through a
series of acts and committee re
ports, to the people of the Terri
: tory that Hawaii would be admit
i ted into the Union when qualified,
1 and that it is the subcommittee’s
belief that Hawaii “now meets the
necessary requirements for state
hood.”
The long-awaited report of the
i Territories Committee following
its trip through Alaska last sum
mer is now being printed. It is ex
pected the committee will recom
mend that definite declaration of
Alaska’s status as regards state
hood should await the referendum
of the people of Alaska on this
question at the general election to
be held in October. This would be
largely the view held by the Pres
ident when he stated in his budget
message to Congress that “Con
gress promptly accede to the wish
es of Hawaii that the Territory be
admitted to statehood in our i
Union, and that similar action be i
taken with respect to Alaska as
soon as it is certain that this is
the desire of the people of that
great Territory.”
VISITORS
Anthony Karnes of Juneau
called on Delegate Bartlett while
in Washington on official business.
Mr. Karnes is Alaska Representa
tive for the Veterans’ Administra
tion.
James Robbins of Candle was a
recent visitor in Delegate Bart
lett’s office during a trip to the
Capital.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Flakne have
arrived in Washington. Mr. Flak
ne will be Chief of the Alaska sec
tion, Division of Territories and
Island Possessions in the Depart
ment of the Interior. Both the
Flaknes served in the armed forces
during the war. Mr. Flakne was
Director of the Employment Serv
ice in Alaska prior to his army
service and made their home in
Juneau. He has recovered from
his recent automobile accident in
Seattle.
Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, Presi
dent of the University of Alaska,
is in Washington and has been a
visitor in the Delegate’s office.
Captain and Mrs. John H. Di
mond have arrived in Washington
following their recent marriage in
Anchorage. Mrs. Dimond is the
former Bobbie Dooley of Cordova,
Juneau and Anchorage, and Cap
tain Dimond is the son of Judge
and Mrs. Anthony .1. Dimond.
Milt Odom, prominent business
man of Anchorage, is a Washing
ton visitor and has called on Dele
gate Bartlett.
CLEVER CA T__ “Stinky"
eight-months-old cat belonging:
to Stanley Kaminski of New
Britain, Conn., twists the radio
volume control to get a tone
more to his liking. His master
says Stinky learned the trick as
a kitten.
Help, Police!
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111.— </P) -
Raymond Cardella suffered a bit
ter humiliation soon after his ap
pointment as police chief in sub
urban Alcoa. He parked his official
car here while shopping and re
turned to find — someone hadl
stolen not only the car’s red tall
light, but the siren to boot.
OH, DIANA Hewing To The Breadline
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