ASSESSMENT WORK
BILL NEAR PASSAGE
The Senate public lands com
mittee has favorably reported to
the -Senate Delegate Bartlett’s bill
which seeks suspension of assess
ment, work on mining claims, but
an amendment recommended by
the committee, if approved by the;
Senate, will necessitate a confer- \
ence between the two Houses.
The measure as passed by the
HousP, ■ restricts the suspension to
Alaska, -but the Senate committee
in reporting the bill with an
amendment embracing mining in
the continental United States as I
well stated that “There are con
trolling reasons why assessment
work should be suspended in the!
United States and in the Territory
of Alaska for an additional year
. . . the requirement as to per
formance of this work had been
generally suspended throughout
the United States since early in
the war, and it is the opinion of
the committee that labor costs,
machinery costa, and all other
costs associated with mining have
advanced jnatqrially. and that the
suspension, of assessment work for
another year is justified.”
At the present time, until Dele
gate Bartlett’s measure becomes
law, assessment work must be
performed in the period between
July 1, 1947 and July 1, 1948.
Search For Bottle;
Century Old
VICTORIA, B. C., (iP)—Adven
ture a la Robert Louis Stevenson
was knocking at Victoria’s door
yesterday as historians prepared
to search for a buried bottle con
taining documents left on Van
couver Island a century and a half
ago by the Spanish explorer Man
uel Quimper.
It was disclosed Wednesday that
Cecil French, local historian, hid
found a Papal cross carved in an
ancient tree on the shore of Thei
bay of Esquimault, four miles
southeast of Victoria.
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Quimper cruised the Juan de
Fuca straits in 1790 and in his
diary told of burying the docu
ments and marking the spot by |
carving a Papal cross in a pine:
tree. French followed Quimper’s |
ancient charts in locating the tree, j
SHADY CHARACTER
PHILADELPHIA, (sP)—A horse
pulling a mail wagon on a north-!
bound one-way street refused to
go any way but southbound. The
result was a traffic jam and a
curious crowd—but nobody knew
the cause until a farmer in the
crowd stepped out and observed
that the sun was hitting the street.
“That horse is afraid of his sha
dow, that’s all,” he commented.
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CHURCHES
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Sunday Mass—7:30 and 3:45 a.m.
At Base—10:10 a.m.
Weekday Mass—7:30 a.m.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastor - H. R. Amundsen
Deaconess - Dorothy M. Russell
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
8:45 p.m. Young People’s Sing.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
dren’s Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
Murlin W. Day. Minister
Sunday
Church School, 10 a.m.
Evening Worship, 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday—
Choir rehearsal, 8 p.m.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Capener
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! Sunday—
Sunday School.10:30 a.m.
Evening service.7:45 p.m.
Tuesday—
Bible Study.7:45 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Corner of Third and Division
Rev. Lewis I. Hudgins, Pastor
“The only time some people call
upon God is when they feel the
devil is getting the best of them.”
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School Classas.
11:00 a.m. Morning Message.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and spe
cial music.
8:00 p.m. Evening Message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody and
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelisation Society
Geo. H. Loveless, Pastor
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Thursday:
3:30 p.m. “Vit-Em-In Childrens’
Bible Club.”
Friday:
7:30 p.m. ‘‘Graphic Bible Study
Course” of God’s Plan of the
Ages, using large dispensa
tional wall chart.
You are invited—Everyone is
welcome.
GETS APPOINTMENT
TO ANNAPOLIS
A son of an Alaskan who served
with distinction in World War II
will follow his father’s footsteps
in the navy.
Thomas H. Tonseth III, son of
Captain Thomas H. Tonseth, U.S.
navy, has been nominated by
Delegate Bartlett for appointment
to the Naval Academy at Annapo
lis. His father, who commanded
fighting ships throughout much of
the Pacific war, lived at Fair
banks from 1907 to 1921. Young
Tonseth’s uncle, E. A. Tonseth,
is city clerk and magistrate at
Fairbanks now, and an aunt, Mrs.
Amante Hanson, also lives there.
Utilities Purchase
| Ruled Illegal
OLYMPIA, OP)—'The state su
preme court has ruled illegal one
, of the biggest business deals ever
contemplated in the northwest—
j the proposed purchase of the Pu
i get Sound Power and Light com
i party by the Skagit County Pub
! lie Utility District for $135,000,000.
As the court announced its 5 to
4 decision yesterday a court feud
boiled over, with Chief Justice
Joseph A. Mallery issuing a state
ment criticizing Justice William J.
Millard for an alleged eleventh
hour reversal of opinion and as
! serted dilatory tactics.
Justice Millard retorted with a
statement of his own declaring the
“tentative opinions and votes of
all judges were a matter of the
private records of the court and
that only the matured opinion of
a justice heretofore has been con
sidered a public record.”
The chief justice called a news
conference to release his state
ment, which was signed also by
Justices Clyde G. Jeffers, John S.
Robinson, Don G. Abel and Wil
liam J. Steinert. The latter was
one of the four who signed the
majority opinion written by Jus
t tice Matthew W. Hill, the others
being Millard and George B. Simp
son. A separate opinion, concurr
j ing with the majority, was writ
ten by Justice E. W.' Schwellen
bach.
The decision reversed a Skagit
county superior court ruling.
The majority opinion referred
to a previous court case to declare
j a .public utility district may not
Brazil Invites
Truman For Visit
WASHINGTON, {/P)—President
Truman today received an offi
cial Invitation to visit Brazil and
the White House said he hopes to
be able to go.
The invitation was extended by
Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Mar
tins who told reporters upon leav
ing the executive ' mansion that'
I Mr. Truman had accepted and
hopes to make the trip “as soon
as possible.”
Martins said the invitation came
from President Eurico Caspar
Dutra and that Mr. Truman ac
cepted it with the remark that he
was very pleased tc^go to Brazil.
But White House aides, checked
| for further details, gave reporters
| a different version. They said:
| “The President told the ambas
sador he was happy to receive the
invitation and hoped he would be
able to come.”
i. Waitress—May I help you with
your soup, Sir?
Frank—How do you mean, help
me? I don’t need any help.
Waitress—Oh, I beg your par
I don. From the sounds you were
i making I thought you probably
wanted to be be dragged ashore.
purchase vast properties outside
its own borders, but only those
i outside its borders which were in
j cidental to serving its inhabitants,
i The Skagit PUD proposed to issue
J bonds to finance the purchase of
! properties in 18 counties. It had
been selected as negotiating agent
by PUD’s in the area.
LEWIS CAB CO.
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Arriving on First Boat
Pipe Fittings, Sinks, Basins, Kitchen Fixtures,
Mixing Faucets, Valves, Towel Bars, Paper Hold
ers, Unit Heaters, Oil-Fired Water Heaters,
Pressure Systems, Soap Dishes
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(New Location—One Block North of Hospital
on Third Ave.) '