larly, was introduced in the last
Congress but failed of considera
tion. It authorized the Secretary
cf the Treasury to erect a monu
ment and historical museum at
Seward as a memorial to Wil
liam H. Seward, for his distin
guished service in acquiring the
territory of Alaska from Russia.
On the assurance of considerable
support Delegate Wickersham
has again introduced the bill.
The suggestion has come from
Ketchikan that if there is to be
a restriction next year in the
time for shooting migatory birds
that the northern half of South
eastern Alaska should have the
month of October in which to da
their shooting and the other
one-half the month of Novem
ber. The question of altered sea
sons had previously been taken
up with Paul G. Redington,
Chief of the Bureau of Biologi
cal Survey, and he assured Dele
gv to Wickersham that before
another Executive order was is
sued on the subject the desires
of the sportsmen of Alaska
would be considered. At a meet
ing of the‘American Game As
sociation held in New York a
week ago and attended by 400
officials of various game organi
zations, it was urged that there
be a one-year closed season on
cluck shooting, as a means of
conserving the wild fowl. This
meeting was attended by C. A
Hayden, president of the Cana
dian Fish and Game Protective
Association, who stated that
while Canada breeds most of the
continent’s water fowl move
than 75 per cent of the birds
Pulled are shot in the United
States. He urged a conservation
program in which both countries
should share equally, and Me.
Redington, who was present, a
greed with him.
The Delegate had been re
quested by certain Alaskans to
endeavor to secure an “Executive
Order” prohibiting the employ
ment of married women in gov
1 ernment places where their hus
bands were holding office and
drawing salaries. The Depart
ment of Justice states that the
President had issued no such
order as affecting any part of
the United States and did not,
think that he would make an
exception of Alaska.
From letters received by Dele
gate Wickersham it appears
that some representative people
of Seattle have gotten the im
pression that there is to be fur
ther delay in awarding the con
t) act for the Federal building at
mum All
Fairbanks, for which $450,000
has been appropriated, *They say
that there is in contemplation a
change in the plans so as to
eliminate much of the ornate
finishings of the building, be
cause the cost of-transportation
of structural material is to high,
particularly over the Alaska
Railroad. A visit to the office of
the Supervising Architect again
brings out the fact that the
plans of the building were com
pleted and approved some
months ago and that the speci -
fications are practically ready to
submit to bidders, after adver
tising to be done in January.
The Washington Post editori
ally says: “The scenic marvels of
Alaska and the excellent fishing
and hunting attract more and
more tourists every year. World
travelers find new thrills amid
the rugged wonders of this pic
turesque northern country. Gov.
Oscar Breedman, president of
the Richardson Highway Trans
portation Company, and also
propritor.of hotels at Cordova
and Chitna, is a visitor in Wash
ington who is interested in Con
gressional proceedings.
Jack Feay, of Cordova, was an
arrival recently, having driven
here in an automobile from 3e J
Title. Me will spend a few days
in the Capital City.
Parks reports an increasing
number of pleasure craft in
Alaskan waters each summer
and every effort is being made
to encourage this travel. The
Alaskan road commission has'
1 prepared a ten-year program ofj
|highway improvements that will!
I give impetus to the tourists j
I traffic.”
The Interior Department has
, decided that the lease of Unit
| No. 2, in the Matanuska coal
I fields, will be allotted to the
highest and best bidder, after
due advertisement has been
made. This unit adjoins the coal
development that has been done
by the company of which Bart
ley Howard is President.
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SPOTTED CUBES EARN
STUDENTS COLLEGE COSTS
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j Dice-rolling has gene intelli
gentsia.
The employment office of
Northwestern University, in pub
licizing the methds of students
working their way through col
lege, cited:
‘‘One student uses two spotted
cubes, which when shaken and
tossed upon a flat surface causa
money to change hands.”
Another male earned his way
as a nursemaid.—Ex.
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COPPER MEN AWAIT
REPORT ON TARIFF
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Copper producers and con
gressmen from their states de
cided to postpone formulation of
definite plans for combating
foreign competition until after
a report is delivered to the Se
nate by the tariff commission.
There have been reports an
embargo might be sought a
gainst African copper under the
“forced labor” provision of the
tariff law. Senator Vandenberg
Michigan has asserted condi
tions of “serf labor” prevailed in
the African mines, with work
men receiving less than $10 a
month.
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COPPER GOES UP
BUYERS HOLD OFF
The quoted prices for domestic
shipment were purely nominal,
all ranged from 6 y2 to 6% cents
a pound, as against the low re
cord of 6% reached earlier in
the week. Offering of metal at
6*2 cents, however, was said in
the trade to be scarce.
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ACTUAL DANGERS IN
THE FILMING OF
“MOBY DICK”
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It is true that much of the
danger has been taken out or
the making of motion pictures
and that no reputable studio will
willingly risk the life of a star or
of an extra in the making of a
picture, but some stories cannot
be Aimed without taking chances
'end “Moby Dick,” the current!
! Warner Bros, feature at the j
i Coliseum Theatre, starring John,
Barrymore, is one of them,
j The very nature of the story, j
! based on the famous Herman
Melville novel of whaling days,
required that Barrymore be will -
ing to risk danger and discom -
fort in the Aiming. A dramatic
and spectacular sea story, deal
ing with a madman’s chase of a
great white whale, climaxed by
a hand encounter with the mon
ster, “Moby Dick,” demanded
that Barrymore take great
chances to make the sequences
realistic.
Although every possible safe
guard was put about the cast
md crew and the picture was
Anally completed without serious
accident to any one, there were
many anxious minutes during
its making.
At one time a particularly
large comber, breaking aerdss
Ihe whaling vessel, hit Barry
more with all its force and
washed him to the ship’s railing.
Impeded by his strapped-up leg,
the star succeeded in hanging to
the railing until the ship righted
itself and could be turned out of
the weather for a brief rest.
At another time the small boat
in which Barrymore and others
of his weird crew were following
n harpooned whale, shipped so
much water that it sank and the
cameras had to be stopped while
the players were rescued.
These items were invaluable
in obtaining the dramatic punch
of the picture, however, for no
more thrilling sequences were
ever filmed or recorded than the
sea and whaling scenes of “Moby
Dick.” The filming took up two
months. Lloyd Bacon directed.
This will be seen at the Coli
seum, Thursday and Friday.
“RIGHT TO LOVE”
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“The Right To Love,” starring
Ruth Chatterton, will be shown
at the Coliseum Theatre, Sun
day and Monday.
In “The Right to Love,” the
story, set in the farm lands oi
the Middle West, tells of a gin
whose secret love trysts engend
er a tragic sacrifice of happiness
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unity to give GKLETINGS and THANKS to the following List of Doners
i our Pioneer’s Christmas Drive a Success. “It is more blessed to give
so doing you have helped to bring Cheer to the Lonely Hearts of The Old
id develop a Frontier making opportunities for us who follow after.
Mr. and Mrs. PAUL OWENS
H. MILLER
The TRADING UNION
FRED NELSON
JOHNAS OLSEN
T. SWANSON
DR. R. SMITH
J. L. MACKECHNIE
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