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160 Acres Deeded Land
For Sale.
On Farm Island, 30 acres under cultivation; 40 acres, hog
fenced. .All easy clearing. One span of horses, all necessary
machinery,some hogs; 5 acres n spuds; 2 houses, barns;
cellar which holds 1,000 sacks of spuds. Outside range for
sheep or cattle—PRICE $7,000, half cash, balance on easy
terms.
W. S. Binkley,
WRANGELL, ALASKA
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By Will A. Steel
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.Various, people living, alonj
!he Yukon River have writtci
ihe Delegate, asking that he ex
trt his influence with the Bu
reau of Fisheries to the end thai
fishing operations might b(
conducted along the moutl
of the river. After a very satis
factory conference with Com
missioner Henry O'Malley Iasi
week the Delegate received r
letter from Commissioner read
ing as follows:
“Confirming our conference o:
today regarding the opening o
the Yukon to a limited amoun'
of fishing: For a long while ]
.have been favorable to an open
ing of the legal area of 50(
yards off the mouth of the rivei
where gill net fishing can b(
conducted, but I feared that f
it were thrown open and the
salmon market became stabiliz
ed, operations might become s<
extensive as to be harmful t<
the river.
“After our discussion. I havi
arrived at the definite conclu
sion that fishing operations cai
be permitted on the basis of al
’owing 50,000 to 60,000 kin«
salmon to be taken. This, in nr
! judgment, will not encouragi
any large canneries to go int<
that field but will permit th<
local people to sell and shii
flieir product to the States.
“I shall, therefore, recommenc
to the Secretary of Comerce ir
the regulations that will be is
sued in December, 1931, that th<
river be opened to king salmor
fisl ing, limiting operations tc
kng salmon gill nets, and lim
iting the season to the time
when the bulk of king salmor
ai e running. The.-e ^ ill un
doubtedly be some chum salmor
caught but only a limited num
ber in my judgment an.5. wil
not interfede with the people
living along the river who de
pend on catching salmon to dn
or their own food and that o
their dogs. I hope that this ac
tion will bring about a smal
industry at the mouth of the
Yukon, conducted by local peo
pie. You may give this sucl
publicity as you desire.”
Miss Vera Kimball is a voune
lady who was born in Alask;
and who attended a conventioi
in Washington last week. Fo
four years she attended the Co
larnbia University and for th
past year has been holding :
Secretarial position in New Yori
City. She is arranging to returi
to Alaska this summer and visi
her mother and married siste
at Anchorage.
Major General George £
Gibbs, Chief Signal Officer o
he Army, has decided that th
petition from residents of Una
lakleet, asking for a radio sta
lion at that location, cannot b
favorably considered at tlii
ime. By reason of financia
imitations this new statioi
could only be established b
crutailment of service elsewhere
and the Major General say
+hat such a move would not b
in the best interests of the Ter
ritory.
The Postoffice Department i
considering the petition for th
re-establishment of a postoffic
at Tolovana, and the appoint
ment of Henry W. Martin a
posmaster.
JOSEPH O. RUDE,, M. D
[PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over People’s Drug Store
Office Phone 61
Home 66
Dr. A. B. Kearsley
Physician & Surgeon
Wrangell - - Alaska
|T. W. Benson M. D
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Office in
DAIRY BUILDING
PHONE 5 0
An effort is being made by
Ernest Walker Sawyer to inter
est Eastern capitalists in the
development of antimony in
Alaska. He submits reports to
show that there are large depos
it:. of high grade ores in the vi
cinity of the Alaska Railroad
and contiguous to the excellent
harbor at Seward.
It has been urged by the Trade
Commissioner of Vancouver
that free air transportation
should be furnished Canadian
prospectors to parts of Brjtish
Columbia, Yukon Territory and
Northwest Territories. By this
means many weeks time could
be saved during the opening of
the mining season. In connec
tion with the building of the
new British Columbia-Yukon
Alaska Highwaf it is orged that
air plane service over the pro
posed roote would do much to
help the development of various
mining sections. Incvreased
Hying via Hazelton. Dease Lake,
Teslin and Atlin to Fairbanks,
will also help to popularize the
projected Highway.
'I he Pacific Frosted Foods, Inc.
vjth unlimited capital, expects
to send two investigators to Al
aska this summer u determine
r iusfc how advantageously the
r | Birdseye quick freezing process
;! can be applied to the prepara
> tion of reindeer for shipping.
' i President Hoover has an
) nounced that on the current
public building program the list
i of projects covers a total of 758
i puddings, involving a total of
| $453,000,000. One of the pro
■ jects recently completed was at
Juneau, where the expenditure
• was $795,000. Another project
j now in the specification stage is
ij at Fairbanks, where the cost is
i: to be $450,000. Ketchikan is
• listed with $10,000 to secure a
i site. Ketchikan and Anchorage
■ will each expect to receive an
i| appropriation of $100,000 when
>, Congress meets. While construe
■ j tion work is going on all over
r the country and preliminary ar
■ rangements are making for
■ many other projects it may be
l stated that a recent inquiry at
i the Treasury Department elicit
■ ed the fact that the force in
1 the Snupervisor’s Office finds it
j difficult to keep up with its ex
l l pected. program. As a conse
quence tile specifications for tnc
I Fairbanks building are not yet
rj complete and it is stated will
■jnot be ready to offer bidders
5 j before the early part of June.
llThe new delay means that it
c j will be August before the suc
Meessful contractor is ready fo
II start work on the new building.
ill answer tu un ixiquuy wic
! Department of the Interior
'(states that 35,000 tourists visited
f Alaska last year ,a large per
5 centage of them only making
the Southeastern tour An ef
fort is being made to induce
more to include Cordova, Se
h ward, Anchorage, Mt McKinley
1 and Fairbanks in their itinerary
this year.
[ Nils Andreash Olsen, of Ketchi
l kan, has been advised that his
l homestead entry has been ap
_i proved for patenting.
The Alaska Railroad has been
_ furnishing Nenana with heat,
* light and water for some years
1 past, at a loss. The City was ad
^ vised some months ago that the
„ heat and light would be discon
tinued on May 15 and the water
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ranging to have a new plant in
stalled and to lease the govern
ment pole line and meters.
Secretary Wilbur, Ernest Walk
er Sawyer and other officials of
the Interior Department are
particularly interested in the de -
velopment of such coal veins in
the Matanuska field as will sup
ply government vessels, South
eastern Alaska and California,
with fuel that will be suitable to
their respective needs. One of
the important moves toward
this end is the securing of the
services of F. R. Wadleigh, a not
"d coal expert from Pennsylvan
ia; to spend the ensuing few
months in Alaska. He is now in
Washington conferring with of
ficials of the Interior Depart
ment, and with his wife will
leave next Saturday for the
West, expecting to sail north
from Seattle on the steamer
Alaska, May 30th. Mr. Wad
leigh will make a complete studj
ol the coal fields along the Alas
ka Railroad, to particurarly '
deteimine the faciities, oppor- ,
tinities, and possibilities of in
creasing the exports from Alas
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Divisional Notes
KETCHIKAN
R. H. Humber Ketchikan
chief of police pot an enlarge-j
mcnt of the heart last weeki
when he told a number of auto
mobile owners to “tear ’em up
and forget ’em.” ’Em being tags
put on cars parked on the
downtown streets overnight \
hindering street cleaning opera j
tions.
METLAKATLA
Motlakatla is humming with jj
activity. A group of men built I
a road from town to the powet I
plant at the head of the bay; I
another group tore down the,1
old sawmill and rebuilt it into
a small but modern affair and
new city hall. Those wishing to
stay, may remain at work all,
summer on the city hall which
another group is at work on the
it is hoped will be completed
this year.
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WRANGELL
Mrs. Olive Blanche McLaughlin
and John C. Johnson were mar
ried at St. Phillip’s Episcopal
Church on May 15th by Staff- |
Captain J. Acton. Rev. H. P.
Corser pronounced the blessing -
of the church. Following the t
ceremonies at the church a re- |
cepticn was tendered the bridal |
counle at the I. C. Bjorge home.
Mrs. Johnson has long been a
resident of Wrangell and for a
time also wa - a resident of
Petersburg. For the past several
years she has been running the
Book Nook Shop in Wrangell. |
Mr Johnson is chief engineer ai |
the Wrangell Cold Storage.
Miss Margaret McCormack, «j
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter jjj
McCormack will graduate at the
San Francisco College for Wo- -I
men June 1. “
Bishop Thomas Jenkins gave *
an interesting lecture here in
the interest of the Episcopal |
Church. He is assisting Bishop j
Rowe this year and travelling *:
through the Territory. j
Mayor Kirtland has issued a'.;
j proclamation urging all good *j
eitizens to revere the memory ♦!
of its departed dead.
A son was born to Mr. and J
Mrs. Thurston Orcutt. Mrs. j
Orcutt was formerly Esther j
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ANGOON
George Carpenter and Nick
Peters are here from Sitka buy
I big king salmon for Fred Sclirey
I and they are paying 8-5-3. The
! t atch last week was good.
Chief of Police Billy Jones
cook a bunch of trollers out
prospecting for salmon and got
caught in a storm. By staying
up all night pumping the ship
they kept afloat and only
luck kept them off the reefs.
The rudder was lost as was an
anchor but ererybody is happy
anyhow as they all get home.
Government surveyors are here
and stopping in the old school
house. They will work at Killis
noo and Kanalku Bay at the
coal mines.
The Mary Maloney of Tanakee
was in port with Mr. Tenneson
and G. M. Arnold of Chatham
with Mr. Gunnison aboard also.
The gentlemen came over to
confer with Angoon fishermen
about fish prices.
Eddie Johnson left with his
father Shorty Johnson on the
Vks III for Juneau. The U & I
; with Sam Johnson and the Mis
sion boat Lindsley, the Traveler
l and the Francis are at Juneau
j either for repairs or other
business.
Members of the Greek Ortho
dox Church are giving that
building a new shade of light
green. Much* intesest has been
shown by the people in beauti
fying the church and it is now
reported *that a priest will be
stationed here to have charge of
both the Angoon and Hoonah
Churches.
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about others.
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Episode 10 of ‘ The Indians are Coming”
Oxy-Acetylene Welding
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All work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
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Petersburg : : : Alaska
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