THE
MUKLUK
TRAIL
(BY H. U BARTLETT)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30 —With
the Second session of the 73rd Con
gress starting next Wednesday,
Delegate Dimond la completing-Ahe.
draft of the bills which he will
offer daring the early days of the
session.
Last spring, it will be remember
ed, Congress confined its activ
ities almost entirely to adminis
tration measures. During the
coming months, however, it is an
ticipated that legislation of a more
general nature will be considered
Th's will give opportunity during
the second session but also those
which were introduced early In the
year.
II a bill prepared by Mr. Dimond
receives favorable consideration,
Alaska will .have a representative
in the United States Senate as well
as in the House of Representatives.
It is the Delegate’s thought that
the prestige of the Territory would
be enhanced and solution of its
legislative problems made much
easier, if it had an elected official
in the upper house.
Such an official would be elect
ed for a term of six years and
would have the privileges of the
floor of the Senate, but would not
be entitled to a vote, correspond
ing in that respect to the Delegate.
The bill also includes the Terr
itory of Hawaii and Delegate Lin
coln L. McCandless is one of its
enthusiastic supporters.
Delegate Dlmond and Slim Will
iams spoke from a local station of
the National Broadcasting Company
the day following Slim's arrival in
Washington, concluding a 5,700
m'le trip by dog team from Copper
Center. The Delegate questioned
Slim about the trip, and within
the next few days letters arrived
from many parts of the East in
which the writers said they had
heard the broadcast and asked for
information about Alaska. Slim
is camped n a park »in the down
town section and expects to be
here for another three weeks at
least. Mrs. Roosevelt has asked
him to take her grandchildren,
Sitle and Buzsie, for a ride.
Ever since be has been in Wash
ington, Delegate Dimond has en
deavored to hasten action on the
rivers and harbors and flood con
trol projects In the Territory which
have been approved by the army
engineers. Several Alaska Items
were contained in the rivers and
hnrborB bill before Congress, but
that hill was shelved when the Pub
lic Works Admlnstration was cre
ated.
Orally and by letter, following
set-up of tbe PWA, on many occa
sions, the Delegate haa urged these
projects as public works of worthy
character and auggested that allott
ments be made for them. However,
the adminlatration haa moved very
slowly in approving any rlvsra
and harbors for flood control work
and this was forcibly illustrated
when Harold L. Iekss, admlnstrat
or of the PW1A, informed the Dele
gate that the "problem . ... Is
one on which this Administration
has not reached a definite deci
sion.” To date, the only sizeable
piojects approved are those pro
viding for flood control that when
and if a more liberal attitude is
adopted with respect to this class
of work, Alaska will share pro
portionately with other sections of
the country.
INCOME TAX RETURNS
Instructions have just been re
ceived by John C. Bowen, collect
or of Internal Revenue for the dis
trict of Washington and Alaska,
covering the release of Income tax
forms for the calendar year 1933.
Under these instructions, the
19S3 blanks are made available
lor distribution on January 2, 1934.
Forms will be mailed as rapid
ly as possible to all individuals,
corporations, partnerships and
Bduciaries who filed return* (or
1932. Those who did not file a
return (or 1932 will receive no
blank and should, therefore, re
quest the Collector to send them
one if they are liable to file.
Every individual is required to
Ble a 1933 return if his or her net
Income was $1,000.90 or more or
the gross income $6,000.00 or
more, regardless of the ne_; in
rime, except in the case of a. hus
band and wife residing together
during the year. A^ husband and
wife residing together during the
yenr must file a return if the com
bined net income was $2,500.00 or
more or the combined gross income
3." McO.OO or more, i;': ipectlve o*
T
the combined net income.
Every corporation is required to
file a return, regardless of whe
ther or not any business was trans
acted by it.
Information returns covering the
payment of salaries, wages, com
miss'ons, rents, royalties, etc.,
must be filed on or before Feb
ruary 16, 1934, with the Sorting
Section of the office of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue at
Washington, D. C. Forms (or
th s purpose are availible for im
mediate distribution upon receipt
of a request therefor, which re
quest should be addressed to this
office, as should all requests tor
income tax blanks.
GOVERNMENT AID TO
PROSPECTOR8 FAVORED
BY LOCAL PIONEERS
Resolutions in favor of the gov
ernment outfitting qualified pros
pectors acquainted with local con
ditions on a partnership basis suit
able for the sale of the govern
ment's interest and transfer of
title to those who will engage in
actual mining were adop ed by the
Anchorage Igloo of the"' Pioneers
of Alaska at their meeting Fri
day night. The resolutions are as
follows:
Resolution
WHEREAS, u recent internation
al peace conference “held in Lon
don, England, has made gold the
monetary medium of exchange be
tween nations; and
WHEREAS, gold is demanded by
the peoples of the world as being
the most reliable and dependable
foundation for the monetary sy
stems of nations, whether they
are on or off the gold standard;
and
WHEREAS, the United States
has become a bidder and competi
tor in the markets of the world
with the other nations for gold, at
greatly advanced prices; and
WHEREAS, the credit structur
es pryamided upon the insecure
foundations, which a limited sup-*
Ply of gold has Imposed upon the
nations of the world, have proven
too top-heavy to withstand a fin
ancial shock, such as has been ex
perienced within the last few
years; and
WHEREAS, the monetary sy
stems of nations have toppled in
to the dust as a result of an in
sufficient basis of actual value to
support them, in a time of doubt
and uncertainty as to the secur
ity of these systems, and left the
people wlthont the means of carry
ing on ordinary business trans
actions; and
WHifSRBAiS, a national currency
which 0uctuatea in purchasing
power from year to year, is a
menace to our civilisation and a
challenge to our intelligence; and
is accepted as an invitation by
malefactors of great wealth to
speculate in the property of the
people—their money; and
WHEREAS, the expanding bur*
den placed upon the medium of
exchange,—money, by the increas
ing demands of our industrial llfa
requires that that medium be firm
ly grounded, either upon the act
ual values, or upon the guarantee
of the people themselves, that is
the national government, and not
upon the doubtful guarantees of
private interests, through issues of
credit; and
WHEREAS, the United 8tates
owns countless miles of unexplor
ed mineral lands in Alaska, and
many miles of partially explored
mineral lands in the states which
are already known to be potential
ly gold-producing, and which only
need further exploration to be
come productive of the precious
metals:
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
by Igloo No. 16, pioneers of Alaska
at Anchorage, Alaska, that: The
moBt logical and feasible way for
the United 8tatea to aeoure an ad
equate supply of gold, or of gold
and silver as monetary metals, at
home, is to directly engage in the
development of its mineral lands
by outfitting of qualified, prospect
ors, acquainted with local condi
tions , on a partnership basis, un
der suitable provision for the sale
of the government's interest, and
the transfer of title to those who
will engage i& actual mining; and
Be It Further Resolved that this
resolution be transmitted to the
twenty-eight subordinate^ igloos,
throughout the territory for en
dorsement, and presented to the
Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska,
at its annual convention to be held
in Anchorage, Alaska, March 20,
1934.
Adopted by Igloo No. 16, Pio
neers of Alaska, at its regular ses-.
bIoq in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday
Dec. 1, 1933.
WASHINGTON
OiRRRANT
COMMENT
Monaco la the smallest country
in the world, and has the dimen
s ong of a good sized ranch, its
area being approximately 400 acres.
Its principal source of income is a
well-organized gambling joint a
Monte Carlo. It has come Into
public notice once more because it
is getting ready to sue on bonds
of the state of Mississippi that have
been hr .default for about a cen
tury. Travellers In Monaco will
have to furnish information as to
whether or not there are any oxen
there, but figuratively speaking, it
seems that It depends on whose ox
8 being gored, so far as the pay
ment of debts Is concerned. One
thing is certain. If the United
.States stared to sue on outstand
ing Europen debts, the lawyers
would, hot need the N R A or any
thing else to put their business on
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a sound and paying footing, and
perhaps the whole land would pros
per if the United States were to
follow the example of Monaco.
Washington just now Is annoyed
by the starling, a bird of the saw
ed off crow type, whose chief short
coming Is that it persists in roost
ing in large numbers in places
where It I not wanted. The star
ling simply has followed the "on
to Washington" urge of the office
seeker. The etarling undoubtedly
Will be driven awsy by modern
methods and will depart disap
pointed. The office seeker should
bake due notice and prepare him
self for the worst. Not even a
change of administration can make
room for everyone.
In the latest turmoil in Cuba, a
mob cleans out the establishment
of a newspaper said to favor Am
ericans. The"N R A should es
tablish a code to set a limit on the
production of Latin-American
troubles for the United States.
*
An auto company has secured an
order for about a dosen expensive
cars from Russia, the first order
of that sort to be received in sev
eral years. It may be that, des
pite Sovietism, Russia is slowly
finding its way back to normal,
age-old condition in which the
rich are accustomed to ride in
their chaises, etc. Of Course no
Soviet officials would think of rais
ing himself In that way above the
proletar’at. *
The safety glass market is re
ported to be in good condition, and
the time may arrive when it will
be perfectly secure for those who
live in glass house to throw stones.
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Rough play is blamed for a mark
ed increase in accidental injuries
la the. army. Tie day may come
when it. will be said of a croquet
tournament that the marines have
arrived and have the s!tuath>n in
hand. '
Those who scoff at the funny
page In a newspaper should note
that One ot the eklef grounds of1
prominence mafttiontt in connec
tion with the passing of a judge
of high standing 1a that he was
the father of a well-known comic
artist.
The new administration in New
York proposed to clean up slum
conditions. A good deal remains
to be done along that line in the,
city mentioned, as well as else
where. Yet it cannot be denied
that some progress has been made
since the old days in England, when
the hours for throwing garbage in
to the street were fixed by law, so
that a man with a clean shirt could
walk about in safety, during a part
of the day at least.
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