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VOLUME 36 NO. 42. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Bills Aim to Promote Mining in Alaska
May Appropriate $57,000 Assist Miners, Prospectors
2 BILL S INTRODUCED
AIMED TO PROMOTE
MINING IN ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Feb. 20 — Two bills aimed to promote min
ing in Alaska, were introduced in the senate by the Mining
Committee, yesterday.
One would create a Department of Mines with a Com
missioner appointed by the Governor, with a salary of fit -
ty-two hundred dollars annually. The bill would set up an
appropriation of fifty-seven thousand dollars to continue the
survey of mineral resources and assist miners and pros
pectors.
The other bill would place with the new department
all duties now handled by the Territorial Director and Fed
eral Inspector of the Bureau of Mines and the Geological
Survey.
Representative Walker of the First Division introduced
a substitute relief bill asking an appropriation of thirty thou
sand dollars for relief, and that all incorporated cities and
towns contribute fifty percent toward the relief in their own
communities, the proposal being in line with the request of
the federal relief administrator in the territory.
The burden of pensions occupied the House yesterday
which held that an amendment to a pension bill of the exist
ing statute changing the provisions of the allowance, and
that such allowances not be granted until the person has
been a resident of the territory for twenty years.
A plan was announced to draft an omnibus bill in
cluding all proposed road work, with the hope of obtaining
federal funds for projects, as relief undertakings.
Gold Discovered
By Russian Trad
er In Year 1832
Gold was first discovered in the
Territory of Alaska in 1832 or many
years before the Carmack discovery
at Klondike, Y. T. This territory
was then a Russian possession and
the discovery was made on the An
auk River a tributary of the Kusko
kwim.
The Anauk River was discovered
by a Russian trader, Simensen Lu
keen in 1832 at which time he built
a fort called Lukeen Fort, on the
Kuskokwim about twenty-five or
more miles from the mouth of the
Anauk.
It was partially destroyed by na
tives in 1841 and rebuilt by Kalrno
koff, a Russian trader and afterward
called KalmokofT Redoubt. The
walls of the old redoubt are still
standing or were several years ago
when Duke Stubbs visited it. The
old lettered sign over the huge post
ern gate was also intact.
In 1831 the headquarters of the
Russian American Fur Company
transported from there to Lukeen’s
Fort by way of the Nushagak Riv
er Tikchi Lake and River down the
Anauk to the Kuskokwim and then
ce 25 miles to the redoubt.
In 1837 the yearly supplies were
(ent in by way of the mouth of the
Kuskokwim and the old way was
abandoned as a summer route and
used only for the purpose of send
ing out mail in the winter by means
of dog teams.
It was the only winter route the
Russians ever used from any point
on the Yukon to the outside (Sit
ka) and was abandoned for that pur
pose after they left the country.
It was on one of these trips in
1832 that the Russians discovered
gold on the Anauk, and it is today
known as the Yellow River of the
Russians. It is not known whether
they ever attempted mining on a
large scale, but it is the first record
of gold being found in this country.
—Exchange.
27 Women In
Africa Buried
By A Cave-In
(By The Associated Press)
FORT HALL, Africa Feb. — 27
women of the Kikuzu tribe were en
tombed by a cave-in recently near
Fort Hall. They suffered their fatal
accident while digging clay to use in
the manufacture of cooking pots.
Miss Phoebe West, former teach
er at Dutch Harbor, and previously
at Kashega, is taking a course at
the Alaska College at Fairbanks.
Mining Men Are
Looking Forward
Big Developments
(By The Associated Press)
DENV)R, Feb. 20 — Mining men
believe that the money which ha
been withheld, will begin pouring in
to gold and silver property develup
ments, following the gold decision,
upholding the government’s right
to abrogate gold clauses in contracts
resulting in the devaluation of the
dollar. Some interpret the decision
as a guarantee that the gold price
will remain at thirty-five dollars an
ounce or go higher.
An adverse decision would have
dropped the price to the level be
fore President Roosevelt began his
price fixing program.
Jesse F. McDonald of Leadville,
President of the Colorado Metal
Mining Association said he feels that
the decision will “remove the un
certainty that existed and stabilize
the gold price.”
House Terr. Com.
Authorize Seward
To Issue Bonds
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20 — The
House Territories Committee ap
proved the Dimond Bill authorizing
Seward, Alaska to issue bonds for
one hundred and eighteen thousand
dollars, for the construction of an
electric light plant. Mayor Carlos
Brownell explained the plans.
Alaskan Trader
Dies At Yakima
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb, 19 — Barney Si
mon, aged fifty-nine a former pion
eer of Fairbanks and Iditarod. a mer
chant and trader died at Yakima,
where he has operated a furniture
store for the past twelve years. He
was a native of Russia and came
here from England thirty-five years
ago, thence proceeding north. He
is survived by a widow and two dau
ghters Muriel and Rosalind.
NOTICE
A program in celebration of Wash
ington's Birthday, will be given by
the Bering Native Brotherhood and
Sisterhood on February 22, 1935 at
the gymnasium of the Native SchooL
Doors open at 7:30. Program starts
at 8 o’clock.
Admission adults 50 cents, child
ren 10 cents.
Ransom Note
Asks $30,000 For
Boy's Release
(By The Associated Press)
SALEM, ORE., Feb. 20 —Reports
are current in St. Paul, a commun
ity just north of here, that Jimmy
Lee, father of Louis Lee aged nine
teen who has been missing since
Sunday, received a ransom note de
manding fifty thousand dollars, and
that the money be placed in a desig
nated building in Centralia, Wash
ington to effect the boy’s release.
The note was mailed from Salem.
Officials said that they were not in
clined to view the threat very ser
iously, especially in view of the fact
that the father was not wealthy.
Laura Ingalls To
Attempt to Better
Amelias Record
(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 — Laura
Ingalls, nationally known aviatrix.
announced today that she would try.
in six weeks, to better Amelia Ear
hart's 17-hour trans-continental flight
record.
She has a new, two hundred ami
twenty-five mile an hour plane,
equipped with air brakes, automat
ic pilot, and a radio compass winch
allows for wind drift.
Witch Butchers
Slash Month-Old
Baby W itli Knife
(By The Associated Press’!
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.. Feb. 20
The butcher knife slashing of a
month old baby spurred authentic
to re-open their campaign against
“witch butchers,” and “hex spells"
in this Dutch country.
The victim of the latest pow-wow
was little James Leroy Fritz, who
is given a small chance for life, af
ter his forehead had been slashed
by his “hexed" older brother, after
a spell had been invoked.
SHRINE BALL
Members of Anvil Lodge, their
wives or lady friend—members of
the Eastern Star and their escorts—
all visiting Masons and visiting
Eastern Stars are cordially invited
to attend the Shrine Ball at the Ne
vada Hall. 9:30 P. M , Saturday,
February 23rd.
PROPOSE PAYMENT
BONUS WITH NEW
TREASURY NOTES
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 — Six different attempts to
modify the work relief bill are under way in the Senate.
Five of them are expected to be turned back by administra
tion forces. They are not so sure about the amendment to
require that relief works be paid prevailing wages.
Other attacks propose the payment of the bonus with
new treasury notes to be retired in 1945; to finance the pro
gram with greenbacks; a silver inflation amendment; an
other is to slash two billions from the bill and LaFollette
wants to introduce a provision to raise it to ten billion doll
ars by increasing work funds by five billions. The latter
five are all expected to lie defeated.
The provision pertaining to the payment of existing
scale of wages prevailing in each section, bears the most
consideration and has been favorably commented on by se\»
eral of the Senators.
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ft. 1. GIVENS
IS NEW SECY.
Dr. Willard F. Givens, for the past
seven yean Superintendent of tiie
Oakland. California. Schools, has
been selected to succeed J. W. Crab
tree as Seertary of the National Ed
ucation Association.
Mr Givens is a native Iloosier, and
received his early education in Indi
ana. His later professional prepar
ation was made in New York at Un
ion Theological Seminary and Col
umbia University
In 1921. after notable war service
that included the directorshp of
educational work at the Army and
Navy Post in Hawaii, Mr. Givens
was elected to a school principalship
in Oakland. Later he returned to
Hawaii, where he held for three
years the position of Superintendent
of Instruction for all the islands.
In 1025 he was again in Oakland
as Assistant Superintendent of
schools. Two years later he took
the position of Superintendent of
School offered him by the city of
San Diego. After one year at San
Diego lie returned to Oakland as
City Superintendent, which position
he held until his appointment to the
Secretaryship of the National Edu
cation Association.—Alaska School
Bulletin.
NOTICE
The Poll Book is now open in the
office of the City Clerk for the Reg
istration of Voters at the annual
City Election to me held April 2.
11135.
M. J. Walsh.
City Clerk
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Grand Igloo Of
Pioneers Alaska
Elect Officers
(Bv The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Feb 20 — The Grand
Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska c los
ed its session last night electing T.
J. McCloskey of Anchorage as Grand
President, C. W. Carter of Juneau,
Noah Howell of Ketchikan as vice
presidents: R H. Shepard of Juneau
Secretary; John Reck of Juneau was
re-elected treasurer; Mrs. H P, Han
sen of Ketchikan chaplain.
II P. Hansen of Ketchikan. Mrs.
J C. Spikett of Juneau, and Rev. C.
E. Rice of Juneua were elected as
trustees. H. H. Henning of Ketchi
kan was elected to be Sergeant-at
arms.
FORDS VIEW
“As long as we regard money as
the chief commodity of commerce—
as long as we grow wheat and build
houses and manufacture goods in
order to buy dollars!—work will be
hampered. A dollar is like a post
age stamp that moves a letter from
sender to receiver; the function of
the dollar is to move goods from
man to man. Value is in the letter,
not the stamp; value is in goods, not
in the dollar. If postage stamps
prevented letters from moving, we'd
soon revise our postal system. When
dollars retard exchange of goods
and restrict employment, should not
our money engineers adopt the same
course ? That is our view'.—Henry
Ford. ,
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