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HERE AND THERE : .
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Mr. and !!rs. Einc V.lrtanen spfint tha Fourti
In Valdez. They left Pnlrr.er on Saturday
returning late on July 4th.
Mr. and l*rs. Harold Stephan visited at
the hoae of Mr. -anc. Mrs. Carl ••ils'n while
they were In Fairbanks this last week end
Donnie Irwin has returned from Callage and
will spand the suanar with his parents In !
the Valley.
I0UUTH3. FLEE ASSOCIATION and protect
yourself against a big less. _
BUSINESS SHOWS -,-BIG
INCREASE IN NINE YEARS
Preliminary flgures' rjcleasod this week by
the Bureau of the Census rover 1 consider
able increases in dollar volume of trade
and employment in iJask' for the nlne
year period between 1S39 and 1948.
The report, which v/ill be supplemented in
several months by the final figures,shows
that in 1948 retail sales in the Territory
increased by 307 percent over the 1939
sales figure of ;23 nil11 on* and the 1948
snies totalling 593,700,000. Wholesale
sales volume showed a 256 percent increase
for the sane period. In 1939 wholesale
sales volume was found to b^ 19 million
with the 1948 figure set at 332 million.
Service trades in Alaska reported 1948
receipts ever 30 percent hirher than in
1939, or 34 l/‘ million as compared with
32,100,000. Hotel receipts Jumped from
21 million In 1939 to 33,400,000 In 1948.
Receipts for amusement businesses increased
exactly 1 million over the 1939 figure cf
400,000.
In the employment field, 3,387 paid em
ployees fj the workweek which ended
nearest November 15, 1948, were recorded
for retail trade establishments as com
pared' with 1,499.’ for- .the same week nine
years previously.
M’JVE TO hliOiF C T bALD
EAGUS
The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee has voted to send legislation
providing fc r the protection el' the bold
eagle in Alaska to the House with its
approval.
The bill, sponsore'" by Congressman Angel 1
of Oregon, seeks to aaenc’. a law passed in
1910 which node it unlawful, except in
Alaska, to take, possess, sell, purchase
or transport bald eagles dead or alive
subject to a fine of not less than ,'500
: or Imprisonment fcr a period not more than
six months long.
The measure extending the 10-yecr-cld law
to •Alaska received strong support from
birr’ hn^' i ldliffe conservation groups
thrcughout- the cbuntry.
.Bounties'on eagles in Alaska have been in
effect, except fcr short periods, sincff
’.1917 when the first "odunty was placed in
1517 at 50 cents a bird. This bounty was
increased to gl by the 1923 legislature,
and the brunty was repealed in 1915, being
restored at p2 an eagle by the 1949 legis
lature.
OUT OF TOWN
Mr. and Mrs. Art Thompson and Mr. and Mrs.
Cclliscn spent the Fourth at Circle,Alaska.
The Ivan Brantons have returned from a
week of fishing at Kenal.