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Washington News Letter
By Will A. Steel
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There have occurred during
the past three months throe
Judicial nominations and con
firmations for the Territory of
Alaska. The latest was the ap
pointment of Lester O. Gore, of
Ketchikan, as Judge for the
Nome division. He was confirmed
by the Senate on the night of
June 23, and will succeed Judge
J. G. Lomen, who has occupied
this place on the bench during
the past ten years. It is expect
ed that Judge Gore will sail from
Seattle north on the next trip of
the steamer Victoria, early in
July. Ellis Knutson has resigned
the Postmastership at Loring
and Ray Slasor has been recom-j
mended as his successor. A1
Welsh has also resigned as Post
master at Crooked Creek.
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At present the Post Office De
partment awards a contract for
a monthly mail service from May
1 to Sept. 1 from Seward to
Seldovia, Kodiak and around to
Unalaska and then up to Dilling
ham in Bristol Bay, while from|
Get. 1 to April 30 the monthly
route is between Seward and Un
alaska to Kinolski. Some of the
residents of the towns affected
write the Delegate that under
the present reading of the ad
vertisement asking for bids that
small and inadequate vessels are
often awarded contracts to the
detriment of service that would
otherwise be awarded certain
sections. They say that the peo
ple west of Kodiak rely solely on
the mail steamer to carry their
supplies and to carry them as
passengers, as it is the only re
gular connecting link they have
with the outside world. As a
consequence they want the Dele
gate to induce the Department
to insert in their bids a require
ment that the steamer should be
about 525 tons gross, 130 feet in
length, 27 foot beam and 700
horse power, able to carry in the
neighborhood of 200 tons freight
and 40 passengers.
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Delegate Wickersham has been
advised that some people in
Success
In Canning
Is a question of small details and a
perfect jar is as essential as the in
gredients and the method of pro
cedure.
Ball Jars are the scientific de
velopment of many years devoted
to experiments and practise. The
vast resources of the Ball institu
tion have been constantly devoted
to the perfecting of the Jars that
bear its name.
Fruits and vegetables for canning at mod
erate prices, in Ball “Perfect Seal” Jars
is an iusurance against depression We
can supply your every need.
The Sanitary Market
Southeastern Alaska are arrang
ing to establish a company to
engage in the operating of a
killing and packing plant to
properly take care of beef, mut
ton, pork, etc. They expect co
supply the meat market of Alas
ka and thus keep in the Terri
tory the million dollars that year
ly goes to the States for this
meat supply. It is expected that
when this enterprise is under
w'ay that it will prove a great
impetus to homesteaders, who
can raise cattle and feel assured
of a steady market for all their
product. ^
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Away up in the Arctic Ocean
it may be cold and bleak but the
spirit of enterprise and progress
is extant. This is evidenced from
a communication just received
from the growing village of Point
Lay, whose people send a peti
tion to the Delegate, asking for
the establishment of a post office
Their nearest office at present
is at Wainwright, 90 miles north.
The nearest southern office is at
Tigara, 180 miles distant.
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The Department of the Inter
ior has issued a manuscript re
port of the Suslota Pass district,
prepared by Fred H. Moffit. This
district includes that part of the
Alaska Range which lies between
Mentasta Pass and the Nebesna
River. It has been difficult of
access until recently and is
without established trails, altho
some prospecting and trapping
have been carried on within it.
The usual route ol approach is
the Copper River valley. This
part of the Alaska Range is
about 35 miles wide from the
lowlands of the Copper River on
the southwest to 'those of the
Tanana River on the northeast,
and its average elevation is low
er than that of any other part of
the range between it and Mount
McKinley. Prospecting at vari
ous places has shown the pre
sence of metallic mineralization
and has resulted in the staking
of both lode and placer claims.
One lode gold mine at White
Mountain, on the Nabesna River,
was brought into production in
1931 and gives promise of suc
cessful future. I
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Under the present law the
traveling expenses of the United
States Attorneys and assistants,
of Alaska and elsewhere, are
paid when approved by the Dis
trict Judges. On June 24th the
Senate passed a bill to authorize
the U. S. Marshals to pay these
accounts when verified under
oath by the U. S. Attorneys
themselves, on the assumption
that the Judges are not familiar
with the amounts paid out by
the Attorneys.
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President Hoover has trans
mitted to the Senate a recom
mendation upon the part of the
Bureau of the Budget that the
unexpended balance of $10,000
appropriated for the Commission
of Construction of Highways,
United States and Canada, for
the fiscal years 1931 and 1932 be
made available until June 30,
1933. Ernest Walker Sawyer, one
of the members of the Commis
sion, has been active in trying to
secure the continuance of this
appropriation, very little of
which has been expended. Di
rector Roop, in a communication
to Congress on June 22, sets
forth as follows: “The Act ap
proved May 15, 1930, authorized
the President to designate three
special commissioners to co-op
erate with representatives of the
Dominion of Canda in a study
regarding the construction of a
highway to connect the north
western part of the United
States with British Columbia,
\ukon Territory, and Alaska,
with a view to ascertaining
whether such* a highway is
feasible and economically prac
ticable, and also authorized an
appropriation of $10,000 for car
rying out the provisions of the
Act. “Pursuant thereto an sip
’propriation of $10,000 was madejs
for this purpose, for the fiscal t
years 1931 and 1932, by the se
cond deficiency act, fiscal year ^
11931. The members of the Ameri- ]
|can Commission met with the ]
j Canadian representatives for the «
first time in Victoria, British Co- j
lumbia, in October 1931. It was l
originally intended to call a se- ]
cond meeting *at Washington (
early in 1932, but this was found <
to be impracticable as it did not ]
afford sufficient time in which ]
to secure the necessary data. The ]
Department of State advises that ]
while the progress of the work in
general has been satisfactory,
the study will require at least
another year, and request^ that
fihe unexpended balance of the
current appropriation be con
tinued available until June 30,
1933. “This proposed provision
pertaining to an existing appro
priation is to meet a contingency
which has arisen since the
transmission of the Budget for
the fiscal year 1933, and its ap
proval is recommended.”
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Many hundreds of bills will
not get tihrough this session of
Congress, .but will be kept alive
, and will be in order when the
next session meets in December.,
| On the Private Calendar there j
|are 975 bills, with No. 470 having j
| been reached. Bills concerning
Alaska are on this calendar as
follows: No. 493, for the relief of j
C. H. Hoogendorn; No.. 812, to!
1 grant lands to the Yalkutat to j
I Southern Railway; No. 813, fcol
l convey land by the United States
rto the city of Nome; N. 864, forj
I the relief of Nellie Lamson. On!
| the consent calendar but 16 bills
[ precede No. 369, providing for
|the transfer of the duties of the
Alaska Roard Commission fronn
| the War Department to the De
partment of the Interior; while
| No. 370 is a bill to encourage the
mining of «oal adjacent to the
j Alaska Railroad. On the House
■calendar 15 bills precede No. 179,;
which is the Welch bill to re
jgulate the operation of floating
jcannerf.es in Alaska and which,
[even though it passed the House,
j could not likely pai’S the Senate j
| at this session. \
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Civil Service examine tion will
be held at Seattle for applicants
for the position of operator,,
grader eq uipment, in the Bu-!
reau of Public Roads, at salary
|of $1,500 to $2,100, for duty at,
I Cordova, Girdwood, Hope, Hyder,
Juneau, Kethikan, Moose Pass,
Petersburg, Seward a.nd !Wran
gell. Application must be on file
not later than July 27. '
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Philip S. Smith, the not ed
minerologist who is so high ty
regarded in all sections of Alas -
ka, has prepared some interest
ing notes from “Mineral Indus-j
try of Alaska in 1931,” which has*
just been issued by the U .S. ’
Geological Survey. He shows that
for the last year the mineral
product was $12,278,000, of which
amount $9,507,000 was gold, an
increase over the 1930 output of
$3,476,000. The placer gold was
[approximately the same both
j years. Hundreds of camps con
jtiibuted to the output, but those
jin the Yukon Basin contributed
the greatest amount, and those
in Seward Peninsula came next.
More than 77 per cent of the
total placer production of the
Territory was mined by dredges,
oi which 28 were active during
1931—13 in the camps in the Yu
kon Valley, 14 in Seward Penin
sula, and 1 in the Kuskokwim j
Valley.
Together these dredges pro- •
duced gold to the value of $3,- j
749,000. They are estimated to
have handled about 10,214,000
cubic yards of gravel, and the j
gold recovered was worth about
36.7 cents a cubic yard. No new
dredges were built during the
year, but five old dredges that
had been idle for some time were
reconstructed and again active
in 1931. Four‘dredges that were <
.ctive in 1930 were idle during
he year.
The output of copper in 1931
/as 22,614,000 pounds or nearly
0,000,000 pounds less than in
930, and its value was nearly
;2,637,000 less than in 1930.
tactically the whole of the
vlaska copper comes from two
nines operated by the Kenne
;ott Copper Corporation, both
>f which are in the Copper
^iver section. The ore from the j
properties in the Copper River |
'cgion is largely high-grade cop- j
Der sulphide and carbonate. All'
;he Alaska copper ore is shipped
.o the States for smelting.
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Here and There
In Alaska
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The stampede in the Cordova
district is said to have reached
pretty good proportions. The re
cent strike of low grade ore on
Goat Mountain is attracting
many men into the district.
The bodies of Pilot Andrew D.
Cruickshank and Mechanic
Horace Torrie were said to have
been found 60 miles north ot
Fort Rae. Their plane crashed
about a week ago.
Russel Smith and Frank Mat
ridge have organized a new bev
erage concern in Juneau which
is known as the Alaska Beverage
Supply Company.
Miss Ann Osborne, sister of
John Osborne is making her
home with her brother in Ju
neau. She ^recently returned from
Mooseheart which institution
she entered in ,1920.
C, D. Graft of Juneau is plan
ning ifco operate a -newsprint in
Skagway in the near future if
he can ,-secure local support.
Good luck:!
Capt. A. E. Lathrop, former
Republican national committee
man suffered leg injuries recent
ly while visiting his mine at
Suntrana. He is confined to the
hospital temporarily.
Karl Thiele, Secretary t q r
Alaska, and cannery operator
recently went to Wrangell tc
manage his properties there.
1 Cash Cble, Territorial Auditoi
I returned to Juneau after making
a’ business trip as far south a?
Ketchikan.
The City of Anf>&ortes, mai
boat operating Ketchikar
bumped into a huge $i:dal wav;
near Tree Point, enJatance
Portland Canal and before Capt
VJilliams could square the vesse
into the wave, she was throwi
ton beam ends. Williams wa
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thrown out the pilot house door
but hanging on to the pilot
house stool, the stool jammed in
the doorway. Engineroom flood
ed and deck cargo washed over
board. She evened up on keel
tut was hung up on the point
where she was grounded for
several hours.
Mike Murphy of Juneau dem
onstrated that he still carries a
potent punch—he was given de
cision over Eddie Dolan who had
the edge on Mike in a previous
canto.
Maxine Young, 4-months old
baby of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Young of Stewart, B. C., was
fatally burned as the result of
her two little brothers playing
with matches last week. The
little tads were 23 months and
V/2 years respectively. All efforts
to save the little one was futile
and the entire residence was
destroyed.
Most of the garrison at Fort
Chilkoot is off on a 100-miie
hike.
After twenty-seven years,
Henry Neilson, wheelwright at
Chilkoot Baracks went into re
tirement on the 1st of July.
Mayor F. R. Mitsch, recently
elected mayor of Ketchikan and
also associated with J. E. Berg in
buying halibut, has resigned his
position and indicated that he
plans to go the States.
The citizens of Juneau extend
to Commissioner of Fisheries
Henry O’Malley the glad hand.
That is about the only place he
Haines Camp A. N. S.
President, Mrs. D. Klanot
Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.j
Visiting members welcome
SAXMAN Camp. 16 A. N. S.
Pres. Mrs. Peter McKay
Sec. Mrs. Martha John
Meets every Monday 1 p. m.
Visiting Members Welcome
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Angoon Camp No. 7
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
Klukwan Camp No. 8
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets every Saturday
7:30 p. m.
Edward Warne, President
John Willard, Secretary
All Visitors are Welcome
Mrs. E. Barron
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