THE
MUKLUK- |
TRAIL
(BY K. L. BARTLETT)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, —With
the opening of public hearings set
for Monday, there are still two
schools of thought with respect to
whether the salmon industry should
come under the master fisheries
code or under the canner's code.
Delegate Dimond has placed him
self on record as favoring the fish
eries code. He believes that is
logical to assume that he inter
ests of Alaska fisheries will be
better protected in that manner
than if only they were to be class
ed with an industry of which they :
would be only a minor part.
The public hearings will give
full and complete opportunity for
all sides to be heard on all mat
ters of controversy and further
more those Alaskans who have not
been able to come to Washington
and yet properly feel they are en
titled to make their opinion known
can do so after the recovery board
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for Alaska has begun to function.
Hugh J. Wade, deputy adminis
trator for the National Recovery
Administration, who will head the
Alaska board, has delayed his de
parture for the Territory in order
that he may attend the hearings
here and have intimate knowledge
of all the proceedings before he ;
goes north.
Governor Troy, who had hoped
to leave for home this week, has
... been delayed bv continued pressure
of official business. He noiv hop
es to leave Wednesday but is mak- ^
ng no definite plans. He has been
kept constantly busy on matters
pertaining to Alaska and has
found a fine spirit of helpfullnes*
and friendliness toward the Terr-1
itory on he part of the Secretary
of the Interior Ickes and other
.
high-ranking officials.
The twenty-first amendment to i
the Constitution, repeal'ng the J
• eighteenth amendment, will apply
to Alaska just as soon as Delegate
Dimond can rush a bill through
Congress repealing the bone dry
law and the Volstead act in Its
application to the Territory. The j
bone dry law was repealed by the j
Territorial legislature when it met
last spring, but a federal judge .
subsequently ruled that authority
to legislate on that subject resided
soley wl h Congress.
The bill which Delegate Dimond
has prepared for introduction in
Congress provides not only for re- j
peal of the bone dry law and the
Volstead act but gives the Terr-!
torial legislature full authority, to
pi escribe regulations and restric
tions under which intoxicating li
quors can be manufactured or sold.
The legislature is empowered to
delegate its au hority in that res
. _pe.ct to any board or commission
which it may create’and it is ex
pressly provided that the board of
liquor control created by the 1933
legislature shall retain all powers
conferred upon It by the act which
established it. Penalties are pre
scribed for those violating the rules
and regulations which may be de
cided upon by the board. The
maximqm penalty would be a year
in Jail or a fine of |500.
When Congress will act upon the
measure cannot be foretold with
any degree of certainty. Speaker
Rainey had promised to bring up
the D'strict of Columbia bill reg
ulating liquor and repealing the
Volstead act the second day of the
coming session. If that plan is
followed through the Delegate is
hopefull that action can be taken
on the Alaska bill at the same
time. Of course, the Senate would
then have to consider the bill and
from there it wMl go to the Presi
dent for approval.
Visitors in Washington for a
few days this week were Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil P. Robe, formerly of
Fairbanks. Mr. Robe was profesB
or of history and social sciences at
the Alaska College for several
years. He is now taking post-grad
uate work at Yale University.
There are enroute to broadcast
ing stations KFQD at Anchorage
and KGBU at Ketchikan electrical
transcription, discs on which are
recorded Delegate Dimond’s second
speech for delivery over the radio
since he assumed office.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. —Alex
ander M. (Sandy) Smith( colorful
Alaska pioneer, passed through
Washington en route to New York 1
and Bermuda. He plans to spend
several weeks at ihe island plea
sure resoft and will probably re
turn to Juneau, where he is dev- j
eloping a lode mine, in March.
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Delegate Dimond has withdrawn j
the name of Malcolm Radel as a
first alternate in nominations made j
for 'Annapolis. Edward Borgen of j
Ketchikan has been named as first :
alternate in his place and Theodore
N. Hunsbelt of Juneau is now sec- j
ond instead of third alternate. The j
Delegate has nominated Roy I. |
Jackson of Juneau as third alter
nate.
Knowledge of Alaska Is not al
ways what it should be, Mrs.. Di
mond discovered the other day
when she attempted to mail a
package to the Territory. The
postal clerk informed her he had
Instruction to take no mail for
Alaska after October 25 and it
was with the greatest reluctance
hat he finally accepted the pack
age.
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Scores of Alaskan power boat
and star route mail bids were open
ed this week.
While the amounts bid in all
cases have been assembled for com
parison. it was said at the post
office department that it will be
some time before contracts are re
garded. The bids must be care
fully examined to determ'ne if
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bidders have conformed with the
conditions laid down by the deparL
ment and a careful check has to
be made of contrasting bids where
alternate tenders were invited for
the same generals routes. This is
particularly true In instances
where av'ation concerns submitted
one general bid covering a long
route and those intending to use
other means of transportation af
forded proposals covering the same
route in several distinct sections.
It is hoped that by next week
more definite information will be
ohta'nablo.
Given the necessary money and
technical requirements, the Fair
banks district* could yield $80,000,
000 from gold lode deposits dur
ing the next 25 years, according to
nn estimate made by James M. Hill
in a newly issued Geological Sur
vey bulletin.
Geld recovered from placer 'de
posits in the Fairbanks region
from 1904 to 1930 was valued at
$80,000,000 and Mr. Hill sees
reason to believe that placer pro
duction for the succeeding 25 years
may be even greater.
The 20-year period beginning in
1910 saw lode output totalling
$2,000,000 and in envisioning rapid
acceleration of production from
that Mr. Hill undoubtedly looks
tor increasing emphasis on hard
rock properties in the interior.
Enjoying every minute of their
tr'p, Mr. and Mrs. George C.
Moody of Fairbanks put in a crowd
ed day at the capital this week.
They drove from New York City
with their son CBifford, who lived
in Fairbanks at one time, and his
family. Mr. Moody, who is fore
man of the Fairbanks Exploration
Company machine shop, was advis
ed to spend the winter outside for
the benefit of his health and finds
it was a wise prescription He and
Mrs. Moody will go to California
soon to visit their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Reed Har
ris, and expect to return home in
the spring.
Location Notices. Powers of At*
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sale at the Nugget Office.
“A SMILE"
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Front the Land of the
MIDNIGHT SUN
Nonto, Alaska.
—
Teacher: .“Now, Robert, what
are you doing, learning something.”
Robert: ‘“No,sir; I’m listening
to you.”
An old Negro was asked what
breed of chicken he considered tho
best. ‘‘All kinds has dere merits,”
h replied. “£>e white am de eas
iest To find, ^but de black am de
easiest to conceal.”
“I never worry about my fiance
paying attention to other women—
he’s crazy about me.”
“That may be so, my dear, but
he may have same intervals.”
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A countryman using a London
telephone box could not make him
self understood. The operator
kept telling him to shout louder.
"If I could shout any louder,”
he roared in exasperation, “I
wouldn’t be using your rotten old
machine at all.”
She was inclined to be nervous
when travelling, and she couldn’t
rest until she hud made a tour of
the corridors to hunt out exits in
case of fire. The first door she
opened, unfortunately, turned out
to' be that of a public bath, occup
ied by an elderly man.
“Oh, excuse meii!” the woman
stammered, flustered. “I’m look
ing for the fire escape.’’ Then she
ran for if. ' s
To her d smay, she hadn’t got
far along the corridor when she
heard a shout behind her and .look
ing around, saw the man, wearing
only a towel, running after her.
"Where’s the fire?” he shouted.
The minister met Macpherson
find asked hitu his opinion of
prohibi Ion.
“Well,’’ was bis reply, “I ken a
man who helt h’s wife for a glass
o’ whiskey.”
“Mercy me,” exclaimed the min
ister. “Fancy anyone falling so
low.”
"Aye," said Macpherson. "But
when I met him the other day he
said he wished hehad her back.,
again.”
“Was he sorry for his sin?” j
“No, he was thirsty!”
A visitor to a lunatic asylum was
approached by an inmate, who
bdfeged that his case might be laid
beforea magistrate and his release
obtained.
The visitor promised to take the
necessary steps immediately,
‘‘You won’t forget?” said the
lunat’c.
/‘Oh, no.”
“You’re Bure you won’t forget?
“Certainly not.”
As the visitor turned to go, he
received a kick that landed him in
a heap a few feet away.
“That,” said the lunatic, In
case you should forget.” '
Two business men were discuss
ing an addlt'on to the board of
directors.
“He has a handle on hla name,”
remarked one.
"Well,” returned the other, “he
ulways was a bit of a mug.”
Biggs, the manager of the res
taurant, was talking in undertones
to his head chef.
Afterwards he called all htawalt
resses into his private office.
"Girls,” he said, "I Wlht you alll
to look your best today. Add an
extra dab of powder to your cheeks
and take a little more care with
your hair.”
"Why, what's the matter?” asked
the head waitress. “Butter bad
again?”
“No,“ said the manager, “the
Ueef’s to’ufeh.”
The yoting naval officer was
showing the pretty flapper over the
ship.
“Awfully interesting.” she 9aid.
"And tell me, do you close the port
holes wheu the tide rises?”
A gentleman wishing to settle a
point or two on art approached
the information desk of a certain
public library,
“Where,” he asked, “shall I find
something on Correggio and his
‘Flight Into Egypt?”
“Everything about aviation in
room 121,” responded the clerk.
Sp'nster: “So the waiter says to
me, “How would you like your
rice?”
Friend: "Yes, dearie, go *on.”
Spinster: “So I says, wistfully,
'Thrown at me, big boy,’ ”
A well-known politician was chat
ting with a friend at a London
hotel when a stranger approached
him and said: “Can I see you for
a moment, Mr. Dash?”
“Certainly,” replied Mr. Dash,
rising.
The young man led him across
a long room and seemed to have
something very important to im
p(|rt to him. ArriVod in a corner,
the stranger whispered in Mr.
Dash’s ear: "I’m on the staff of an
evening paper, and I should like
you to tell me what you think
about the situation in Germany."
Mr. Dash looked puzzled at first;
• h’n he said: "Follow me.’’
i.e»<fing "he way,’ hf walked
through the r<adtng^room. down
3nne cteps into the . drawlug-.oom,
then through a long passage into
the dihing-room At last, drawing
his visitor into a corner he whis
pered:- "Sorry, but I really don’t
know anyth'ng about It.”
. ' XV, >•
It was the club’s annual fishing
contest, and two dozen fishermen
were taking part. One of them
had brought with him a stone jar
containing half a gallon of some
thing stronger than water.
The contest had been ln progress
for an hour whe the owner of the
jar remembered a friend at the
extreme end of the line of contest
ants. In a moment of generosity
he called a boy and told him to
take( the jar to Mr. Robinson, with
a request that he should "have a
pull.”
The boy departed and was ab
sent so long that the generous one
felt quite overcome with thirst
w'hen he at last reappeared. The
angler raised the jlar to his lips.
“Why, it’s empy!” he said, in
dismay. ■,
“Please, sir,’’ explained the boy,
j‘‘they was all Mr. Robinson when
11 asked.”
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