THE
MUKLUK
TRAIL
(BY E. L. BARTLETT)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 3 — Com
missioner of Fisheries Frank T.
Bell has issued supplemental reg
ulations decreasing the overall
length of floating traps in south
eastern Alaska from 100b feet to
900 feed.
This he has done expressly at
the request of Delegate Dimond,
who opposed; vigorously from the
start the chakge which would have
brought about a 100-foat increase
in trap loads. While Commission
er Bell was not altogether of the
same mind as the Delegate in this
paPtcular instance, nevertheless he
has aecpted Mr. Dimond's views on
the subject and is going to carry
cut the latter^s recommendations.
*s, -
John VS. Smith, a resident of
the Nome district for more than
3 0 years, has returned to Indiana
where lie is making his home this
winter, following a visit to Wash
ington.
Mr. Dimond is lending his act
ive support to a bill introduced In
•the House by Chairman Bland of
the House Committee on Merchant
Marine, Radio and Fisheries which
has for its objective extension “to
the sea-food industry all benefits,
privileges, a'ds, loans or other ad
vantages provided in laws enacted
by Congress for the "relief of per
sons engaged in the agricultural
industry.” Passage of this legis
lation would enable the fish'ng inpj,
dustry to obtain financial assist
anct under wthe provisions of the
Federal Farfli Loan Act, the Fed
eral Intermediate Credit Bank Act
the AgrlcuKtunpJ., Marketing Act.
the Perishable Agricultural Com
modities Act, t.he Argicultural Ad
justment Act, the National Indust.
Tial Recovery Aot and the Farm
Credit Acf of 1933.
Two bills and a resolution have
been introduced in Congress dur
ng the past few days by Delegate
OlntndT1 The ' resolution directs
the Secretary of War to cause a
survey to be made of Haines har
bor, the ultimate goal being con
struction of a,breakwater here.
One of the bills, if approved,
will give all employees of the Ala
ska Ha 1 road who are citizens Of
the United Staees and who have
been employed by the Alaska Rail
road continuously for a least one
year prior to approval of the bill,
' civil service retirement privelegeu.
The other bill would amend the
act for the protecton of Alaska
fisheries by .eliminating the dras
tic seizure provisions now in eff
ect. It provides tha't no boat, net
or seine belongng to a resident
„ of Alaska shall be summarily
seized and held for forfeiture un
til after the arrest, trial and con
viction of the owner or operator.
The arresting officer would be re
quired to make an inventory of
the se/|ted article and a state
ment of the manner he alleges it
was used in violation of the law.
The statement would be sworn to
and forwarded to the clerk of the
district court and in case of the
conviction of the owner or operat
or the list would serve as a lien.
The House Committe on Public
Buildings has voted to report fav
orably two of the Delegate’s bills.
One provides for transfer to the
Territory of Alaska of land at
Sitka title to which is now held
by the federal government. This
would give the Territory clear
title upon which the new Pioneer’s
Home will he built, a requisite
deemed essential before construc
tion starts.
The second bill transfers to the
city of Nome land occupied by the
old courthouse. Nome desires to
use the tract for street purposes.
Tha no further area will be open
ed to seine boats exceed ng 50 feet
in length is the definite assurance
given to Delegate Dimond by Com
missioner of Fisheries Frank T.
Bell.
In the recently issued 193 4 reg
ulations the Bureau of Fisheries
did not place any limitation upon
the size of some seine boats, op
erating west of Th n Point on the
Alaska Peninsula, Thin , Point be
ing slightly northwest of Deer Is
land.
I .
i This led to the* fear that other
|Alaska areas might be opened to
i the big seine craft from Puget
Sound and other Pac fie Coadt
I waters, thus providing competition
! against which Alaska seiners
could not well compete.
However, ‘Commissioner Bell
states that such fears have no
basis n fact and that he does not
contemplate any action , which
will further enlarge the field of
operation for fishermen from the
States.
In the opinion of the general
counsel of the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation the Banking
Act of 1933 does not permit the
adm'ssion of Alaska Banks—ex
cept upon one condition. That
condition is that they must be
come members of the Federal Re
serve System. Any Alaska bank,
should it so desire, may become a
member of the Federal Reserve
after its appl cation has been ap
proved by the Federal Reserve
Board. Once a member of the
System, the bank would automat
ically be qualified for inclusion in
the Federal Deposit Insurance
Cqrporation.
WALES
(Special Nugget Correspon Jeare i
„ Feb. 1?,
> me Nugget
N< me, Aliskri
' I
This month ! >\s of *»• its "ere
shot and caught in nets. Seven
polar bears were killed including
•the ones previously killed. We
are hoping to kill more before
spring. The first part of this
nipnih a large white dog arrived!
here from somewhere. It mtfst
have strayed from one of the oth
er villages. One of the boy’s
c night him and put a chain on
him-. —--- ~ --.d
On the seventh of this month ;
a bay boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Amedlootuk. The
mail carr'ed arrived here the 8th.
He was storm bound at Lost Ri- :
ver for twij days coni ng up from
Teller. He and Louis Tungwen
uk left for Shisniaref the ninth.
Our missionary, Miss Bannon tau
ght the choir new songs. We are
expecting the choir to give a con
cert in the near future. Every
body is well so far. Drift wood
used for fire wood is getting pretty
scarce up here. The men had to
get their wood about twelve miles
from here. The trail “ between
here and Tin City is pretty bad.
A good many sleds were dam
aged going through the trail.
Harold Amasuk with h's racing
team made a flying trip up to his
trap line and brought home two
foxes. Walter Atuk and McKen
na Tootyona were up the coast
to ldfok over their trap lines and
brought home a small young pol
ar bear. They said that their
dogs chased the bear a whole
day before they got close enough
to shoot It. They Anally got it.
jl>avid Jokenna had a narow es
cape from a cold watery grave
just recently. He was out hunt
ing on the moving Ice when he
aliped in the water up to the
waist. * He finally pulled himself
up on the solid ice. It must
have been a close shave as he was
all alone. Cary Magonna was
down here from his trap line camp
at Mitletavik. He reported that
ther are no foxes except that they
were getting a lot of flounders. I
hope we wil be able to send more
news next time.
Robert Mayo
It was a wise bird who said a
man is not poor because he has
nothing, but because he does no
thing.
Kotzebue
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
v <■, Feb. 14
Nome Nugget: '•
A democratic meeting whs held
last Sunday a>t "Paul’s Place,’’
Republicans as well as Democrats
attended the meeting. ,
After a short address by Ernest
Krlnby in which Mr. Krlnby out
lined the platform and policy of
the Democrats! a general discus
sion followed, a motion was made
and seconded that Kotzebue should
have an organization for the good
of the people.
Another inepting will be held
next Friday; Ft^b. 1(5 for the elec
tion of officers. Everyone was
well satisfied as it is the first at
tempt ever made to put Kotzebue
on the map.
R. . Schaeffer died last Thurs
day, Feb. 8, at the U. S. Oov't
hospital where he had been sick
for some time of cancer. Mr.
Schaeffer is one of the old timers
who came to Alaska in ’98 during
the gold rush. He is survived by
his wife Lucy, and the children,
Irene, John, Bprtha and Hattie.
Funeral services were held in the
Oatholc Church where many at
tended. Everyone will miss Mr.
Schaeffer and his garden.
Dick Hogendom front Deering
arrived here with his sen Mike
who eante over for an operation
Mr. Hogendom reports that every
one is well n Deeriiig but that
he catch of fur isn’t so good.
George Broom, Capt. John Back
land’s trader at Wainwright ar
rived here from? up North for med
ical attention. Broom says that
fur isn't plentiful up there this
year. He expects to go bark as
soon as possible.
Mss Alma CarDoji the fie’d
nurse came back after a long to ir
if health inspection cf the out
lying districts. Every one was
gird to see her back again.
Many natives from different '
villages are here for medical at
M'titi' n, and that\ means that Dr.
R. E. Smith and Mrs. Gallagher,
the nurse, have their hands full.
Mrs, Hugo Eekhardt was our
visitor for the past week. ...Mrs.
Eekhardt has not been very'ivpll
lately hut is much better after
seeing the doctor.
Mrs. Frank Knapp and daugh
ter are also here. Mrs. Knapp
says everything is going well with
their fox farm.
Glenn Brggs, Auckland Unit
Manager, has been here on a busi
ness trip.
Father Gabriel Menager, < pastor
af jhe Nome Catholic Chnreh was
enjoyed by everyone during his
visit with his brother Father Fran
cis Menager who is our pastor
here. Fathers Menager enter
tained the peopje with their
beautiful singing. . A party at
the social hall was given in honor
iKat’hcfr GabrieJ Menager in
which many people were present.
We all hope the weather stays
unfavorable for the lanes so^tthai
Father Gabrial Menager can stay,
here another week.
Feb. 16, a democratic club
meeting was held again at the
public hall at Pauls Place for the
purpose of electing officers. The
results and selections made by
unanimous vote placed W. C.
Todhunter as chairman, Fred D
Patterson as secretary and Charles
Maxwell as vice president.
Plot Ben Easley and Frank
Whaley and mechanic Harry Nel
son arived here from Pt. Hope.
Everyone was glad to see Frank
Whaley back as it was a long
time since he was here.
Angellnte Davidovics
One of the latest kidnapping in
volves the carrying-off ofa young
rian who had Inherited a “quarter
(f a million or so. We arc in
ti' Med to the Scripture for tae
rtory of some bad’men who said.
This is the heir. Come, let ns
kill him. and the 'nheritance shall
1 o ours, and they took him and
k lied him and cast him out of the
vineyard." Taking* slice off th?
heir Is not a new racket. So far
ts devising fundamentally novel
forms of evil are concerned, the
twentieth century has made ikw
contributions. Yve are just a litti-j
more open and a 1 >t!e more eff
ective in playing old tricks.
Dccring
—
(Special Nugget Correspondence)
Deerlng, /eb.
Editor, Nome Nugget, f -
Nome, Alaska. , 1
H. L. Stull and wife, who re
side on their mining claim on the
Imnachuck river, leftx this morn
ing for Fairbanks with Pilot Pol
lock. They will connect with the
southbound train for Seward in
the morning, continuing their trip
to the outs'de on business mat
i ters.
Noel Weln was in Selawik to
day on his way to Shungnak.
Mike Hogtvndorn, suffered an
acute attack of appendicitis last
week and was taken to Kotzebue j
for medical aid; the trip was
made by dog team ns weather con
d'tions made it impossible to get
a plane to Deering.
Whitey” Schenck passed this
way yesterday -enroute to Old
Glory to help Paddy Watt, who
Is propecting up there this winter.
Adolf Escholtz was over on the
creek yesterday gathered up min
ing equipment for continued pros
pecting in the Kougarok.
Dick Escholtz has alreayd mov
ed boiler and equipment up Ariz
ona creek where he intends to
start prospecting as soon as wea
ther permits.
Now, that the trapping season is
over, he trappers are busy pull
ing their traps. Th's has not been
a very successful year for fox in
this vicinity.
The weather has moderated con
siderably during the past week; 1
the mercury rising from 46 be
low to 10 above in a few days.
Snow is falling today. And here,
folks, is some interesting news!
Fred Ayer is sinking a hole on
the Utica claim this winter, ass
isted by Ann Ayer on the wind
lass. —What a chance Fred is
taking.
- Well, folks, this is all for this
time. Best regards to all.
ABn Sullivan Ayer >
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