THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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OFFICE OF A J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J ECKLES)
Continued from Yesterday)
Representative Magnuson fur
ther suggested that Section 2 of
the bill, which would wipe out
the penalties incurred in the past
should be stricken from the bill
leaving it to the Department of
Justice to handle the question of
penalties in such manner as it
deemed proper. The testimony
disclosed that the several steam
ship companies, under the theory
of the Government, had already
incurred penalties amounting to
many millions of dollars.
The bill is in harmony with an
other bill—a truly home rule
measure—introduced at the last
session, and again at this session
by the Deiegate. designed to give
the Territorial Legislature author
ity to alter, amend, or repeal all
or any part of the tax provisions
contained in Section 17b of the
Compiled Laws of Alaska impos
ing license taxes upon business
and trade. The repeal of the pro
visions of the Act imposing taxes
upon ships and shipping and up
on freight and passenger trans
portation iines. with the inclusion
in such repeal of the amendment
proposed by the Delegate would
leave the way open to the Terri
torial Legislature to impose surh
taxes as mtght be deemed proper
on shipping and transp nation.
The. repeal bill evidently is
widely supported in Alaska since
more than forty telegrams, letters
and resolutions have been receiv
ed by the Delegate urging enact
ment of the measure, some of
them specifying that to the Alas
ka Legislature should be left the
decision as to taxes to be impos
ed on the shipping business, and
no letter, telegram or resolution
opposing passage of the repeal
bill has been received.
Calling attention to the need of
this country to take an immed
iate and definite stand to halt the
foreign invasion of American
fisheries in Alaska, Delegate Di- !
mond spoke on the floor of the
House on May 20.
Summarizing the life history of
the salmon from its origin in the
streams and lakes until its return
to these inland waters to spawn
and die at the end of its life cycle,
the Delegate pointed out the pro
perty right the United States has
in this branch of the fishery now
threatened by Japanese floating
canneries operating off the Alas
ka coast. He showed how gro
undless in international law was
the contention of the Japanese
that they or any other nation
have a right to fish in these wat
ers by merely staying outside of
the three-mile limit. Arguing
against the possibility of treating
•with the Japanese or in any way
sharing the Alaska fisheries with
them, he said, “If we are going
to share the Alaska fisheries with
the Japanese, will we not event
ually have to share them with
the British and the French and
the Italians and the Norwegians
and the Swedes and the Russi
ans'.’ * * * It is impossible to
make treaties with the whole
world and if we attempt to share
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the Alaska fisheries with all of
the nations of the earth, then we
had better admit at once that we
have not the fortitude to protect
ourselves and call the whole
world in to share in what we
have.”
He urged the need of exercising
"the right and authority of the
United States to prevent fishing
by aliens in the Bering Sea where
such fishing interferes with the
entry of Alaska salmon into Al
aska rivers; this jurisdiction to
bo exercised through the passage
and enforcement of an Act of
Congress similar in scope to the
anti-smuggling Act,” which was
passed by Congress in 1935, de
signed principally to prevent the
smuggling of alcohol and intoxi
cating liquor into the United Sta
tes. The Act authorizes the Pre
sident. upon sufficient proof that
an attempt is being made to vio
late the revenue laws of the Un
ited States through smuggling, to
declare a customs-enforcement
area on the high seas without any
limitation as to distance from the
shore. Within such customs-en
forcement area the Government
is authorized to seize and hold
for forfeiture vessels which are
engaged in attempt at smuggling.
A similar law for the protection
of the salmon fisheries of Alaska
would enable the Government to
protect the salmon an indefinite
distance from shore when on their
way to the rivers of Alaska to
spawn, since they are truly Alas
ka salmon.
In closing he said. “This ques
tion does not affect Alaska only—
it affects the entire Nation—and
it involves not only the immedi
ate welfare of some thousands of
our citizens but it involves a vit
ally important question of na
tional policy.’’
Favorable report was voted by
the House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors May 22 on the gen
eral river and harbor bill of 1937.
To carry out all projects in the
bill will require appropriation of
more than 31 million dollars.
The bill which imbraces nine har
bor projects in Alaska with a
view to their improvement, in
cludes Grantley Harbor at Teller,
and the mouth of Sinuk River,
26 miles west of Nome.
In acknowledging the request
of the House Committee on Indi
an Affairs for a report on H. R.
1504, the bill introduced by Dele
gate Dimond to provide old-age
pensions for Indians of the Unit
ed States. Acting Secretary of the
Interior Charles West recently
advised the Chairman of the
House Committee on Indian Af
fairs, Hon. Will Rogers of Okla
homa, that the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs has been conferr
ing with representatives of the
Social Security Board, w'hich is
considering the submission to
Congress of an amendment to the
S-rial Security Act including a
provision relating to pensions for
eligible Indians.
In view of this anticipated ac
tion the Acting Secretary suggest
ed that the Committee take no
action on the Dimond bill pend
ing receipt and consideration of
the legislation to be presented by
the Social Security Board.
Favorable report was made on
the bill to promote air navigation
in the Territory of .Alaska and
between continental United Sta
tes and the Territory, introduced
in the Senate by Senator Schwel
!e ibach of Washington. The biU
is a companion bill to one intro
duced in the House by Delegate
Dimond. The report, however,
states that the bill is not approv
ed by the Bureau of the Budget.
In reporting on the bill Secretary
of War Woodring made the fol
lowing statement:
•There is at present a danger
ous luck of proper landing fields
and of adequate aids to air navi
gation in the Territory of Alaska.
These deficiencies are not only
detrimental to the development
of commercial air activity but
would restrict the scope of mili
tary air operations in an emerg
ency. This proposed legislation
would promulgate a program for
the progressive remedy of the ex
isting situation which would be
in the interest of national defense
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NOTICE OK APPLICATION FOR
UNITED STATES PATENT
Min. Sur. No. 188ft
Min. Appl. No. 0926
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE, Nome, Territory of A1
aska.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
tihat R. W. SILVER, whose post
office address is Nome, Alaska
has made application for a pat -
ent for 1454.5 linear feet on th**
Shamrock No. One lode and for
1500 linear feet on tihe Goode
lode, each bearing gold and sil
ver. the same being as to the
Shamrock No. One lode N. 44 deg
48 mini. W. 63.5 ft. and S. 44 deg
48 min. E. 1391 ft. from the dis
covery cut thereon, and a furth
er discovery of said Sham rod. -
No. One lode being a cut the
east end of which bears S. H
deg. 40 min. E., 255 ft. from the
west end of the lode line from
which Cor. No. 1 of the Shamrock
4o. One lode claim bears S. 36 deg
48 min. E , 300 ft.; and the Goode
lode being N. 36 deg. 47 min. W.
25 ft., and S. 36 deg. 47 min. E
1475 ft. from the discovery cut
thereon. A particular description
of the Shamrock No. One lode
claim being as follows;
Begnning at Cor. No. 1, a fir
post 43 in. long, 4 ins. sq., 2 ft
in ground, in mound of earth and
stone 1 ft high, 30 in. base, and
marked SH-1-1-1838, from which
U. S. L. M. No. 324 bears S. 41
deg. 25 min. W„ 774.7 ft., ani
from which Cor. No. 1 Sur. No
324 Southern Cross lode bears
N. 2 deg. 35 min. E., 204.5 ft ,
magnetic declination 19 deg. H
min. E.; Thence N. 36 deg. 48 min
E.. 600 ft. to Cor. No. 2, magne'
ic declination 19 deg. 15 min
E.; Thence S. 44 deg. 48 min
E.. 1454.5 ft. to Cor. No. 3, mag
inetdc declination 19 deg. 15 mir
E.: Thence S. 36 deg. 48 min. W
600 ft. to Cor. No. 4, magnetic
declination 19 deg. 15 min. E.
Thence N. 44 deg. 48 min. W.,
1454.5 ft. to Cor. No. 1, and place
of beginning, containing 19.819
acres. Area in conflict With Good.*
lode of this survey 3.493 acres
and in conflict with Sur. No. 3&t
| Southern Cross lode 3.36 acres
Net area of Shamrock No. Or,<i
lode 12.966 acres.
.‘vnu a particular description of
the Goode lode being as follows
Beginning at - Cor. No. 1, which
'is identical with Cor. No. 1 Sur
No. 324 Hot Air lode, a fir posr
4 in. sq., 48 in. above ground, jr
an earth mound 1 ft. high, 4 ft.
base, and previousy marked
324-No. 1. and now marked aiteo
GO-1-1888, from which U. S. L
M. No. 324 bears S. 46 deg. 01
min. W.. 389.4 ft., magnetic de
clination 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Then
ce N. 36 deg. 48 min. E., 599.2
ft. to Cor. No. 2, magnetic declin
ation 19 deg. 00 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 47 min. E., 1500 ft
to Cor. No. 3, magnetic declina
tion 19 deg. 30 min. E.; Thence
S. 36 deg. 48 min. W., 599,2 ft.
to Cor. No. 4. magnetic declina
tion 19 deg. 45 min. E.; Thence
N. 36 deg. 47 min. W., 1500 ft
to Cor. No. 1, and place of be
ginning, containing 19.792 acres
net area, the conflict of 3.493 ac
res with the Shamrock No. One
lode claim, same survey, being
shown above and deduction made
therefor from the Shamrock No.
One lode claim. Total net area of
the Shamrock No. One and Goode
lode daims being 32.758 acres.
Said 2 claims aTe located m
Trilby hill between Solomon Riv
er and Trilby Creek, in the Cape
Nome Mining and Recording dist
rict and precinct, Second Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska; the no
tices of locations being recorded
with the Recorder for the said
district and precinct for the
Shamrock No. One lode claim in
Vol. 214, page 106, and for the
Goode lode claim In VofL 214,
page 107.
Adjoining claims are on the
North, Sun. No. 324 Southern
Cross lode; on the East, Sham
rock 2 lode and Goode 1 lode,
unsurveyed; on the West, Sur.
No. 324 Southern Cross lode and
Sur. No. 324 Hot Air lode; other
adjoining claims unknown.
U. S. L. M. No. 324 to which
these daims are tied is a slate
block on said Trilby hill, In lati
tude and longitude as taken from
the U. S. G. S. map of the Solo
mon Quadrangle, of 64 deg. 39
min. Vi N., 164 deg. 16 min. % W.
ALMER RYDEEN Register
1st Publication Fri., April 16,193T
Last Pub. Monday June 28, 1937.