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Washington Newsletter
By Will A- Steel
The Ketchikan school boaru
and people generally of that
town are anxious that the In
iciian Bureau should establish a
|public health nurse in Ketchi
kan to care for the native chil
oren, and if necessary money
I can be set aside for that purpose
V, will likely be done. Recently
tne nurse was delegated to look
after the children at Wrangell
and Petersburg.
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Ernest Walker Sawyer hopes
10 induce a large number of
men of importance to visit
Alaska next summer. Among
those who intend to make the
trip are Hon. C. C. Moore. Com
missioner of the General Land
Gffice; Hon. John H. Edwards,
Assistant Secretary of the In
terior; Edward C. Finney, Soli
citor of the Department of In
terior; Alden B. Swift, Vice
President of Swift & Co., Chica
go; E. A. Cudahy or William
Driesing, Vice President, Cudahy
'Packing Co., Omaha, Neb.
The Delegate had taken up
with the Interior Department
ithe necessity for lower freight
i rates on coal and for adequate
jcoal loading facilities at Seward
lend later addressed a letter to
| Secretary Wilbur on the subject.
A reply received Nov. 17 indi
cates that the matter is being
given serious consideration and
will be further discussed after
the arrival in Washington of Col.
iChlson, general manager of the
Alaska Railroad, who is due here
early in December.
Alask.Ts fame and importance
| continues to advance in Wash
ington. In the windovf of a shop
I just opened near the stately
Treasury building is an attrac
tive sign containing ehese words:
i “Alaska Snow Flakc-Largest
Specie of Pop Corn.” An inquiry
directed to the lady attendant
eJicted the information that
“Alaska grow’s the largest and
I sweetest grain pop corn to be
found in the world.” Of course
there was no argument.
i
The head of the Forest Ser
vice of the Department of Agri
culture has notified the Delegate
that there is due the Territory
. ef Alaska, as its share of receipts
i from the National forests for the
fiscal year 1931, the sum of $12,
! 931.37. This sum is derived from
I the Tongass reserve in South
eastern Alaska amounting to
i $10,161.08, with its forest area of
; 10,545,106; and $2,770.29 from
the Chugach Reserve with its 4,
799,361 acres. The sums indicat
ed are 25% of the total amounts
received.
Frank Speljack, merchant of
iOphir, is very anxious to have)
his 22 year old nephew, Erwin I
!Dolonz, come over from Austria
to get an English education and
j then to help his uncle in his
I business affairs. He was under
impression that unless a special
! permit were secured the young j
;man could not enter this coun-i
try inside of ten years. He wrote '
| to the Delegate for assistance,
i which was gladly rendered, and
! it is expected that the young
man will be starting from Vienna
I within a few months.
| Arthur Johnson, general man
| ‘ ager of the Alaskan Airways,
| Inc., has been in New York and
| Washington for several days, at -
tending to business of his com
[ pany, but has left for Seattle
| and expects to take the steamer
s there on Nov. 24 for Fairbanks.
: Mr. Johnson has a couple of con
tracts with the government for
► carrying the mail in Interior
} Alaska, and while here made it
i clear that he expects to give just
I as good and better service than
under the old method of dog
team delivery. In some instances
he may deliver at central points
i and arrange for dog teams to
l deliver to intervening patrons,
jj He insists that “service” will be
jj the predominating thought in
jj carrying out his three year con
tracts.
Delegate Wickersham has* re
ceived a petition from 64 resi
dents of Deering asking for the
installation of wireless telephone
that would give direct communi
cation with the Signal Corps;
radio station at Candle or Kot
zebue. It is stated that when Col
Dlmstead was through Candle
last summer he said his depart
ment was ready and willing to
cooperate with feeder stations
such as these, and that they are
already equipped for voice com
munication. The Delegate will
take the matter up with Gen
eral Irving J. Carr, Chief Signal
Officer.
Complaint has been received
by the Delegate that one of the
northern mail carriers has omit
ted one or two prescribed trips
and that he further states that
he can omit any trip he cares to
providing he asks no pay for
them. The matter was taken up
with the Second Assistant Post
master General, whose state
ment may be interesting to all
mail carriers. He says: “Twice a
month service is authorized be
tween these two points, and the
carrier is not permitted to omit
any trips, except such as may be
impracticable because of severe
weather or difficult travel condi
tions. If all service required on
this route was not performed,
such action as may be necessary
will be taken to correct any ir- t
regularities, after investigation,
by our Supervisor, of the Alaska
service at Seattle.”
Although Ketchikan and An
chorage are included in the
Public building program of Con
gress and $400,000 has been
‘allocated” for each building in
the respective towns, there is
some danger that the money
tiecessary for the construction of |
these buildings may not be ap
propriated by the coming session
of Congress. An interdepart
mental committee makes the re
commendation for construction
appropriations and this comittee
consists of Perry K. Heath, Asst.
Secretary of the Treasury;
James A. Wetmore, Acting Sup
ervising Architect; Leo C. Mar
tin, Special Asst, to Asst. Secre
tary Heath; John W. Phillip,
Fourth Asst. Postmaster General.
Delegate Wickersham has urged,
the necessary appropriation and
early construction of the public
buildings at Anchorage and Ket
chikan before different members
of the committee, and in addi
tion on Nov. 5th addressed a
letter to the committee, saying
among other things: “There
long has been and there is now
a very decided need for these
public buildings at Anchorage
and Ketchikan. Public officials
have repeatedly set forth the
necessity for early construction
of these two buildings. The
Commercial bodies of Ketchikan
and Anchorage are urging that I
secure the necessary appropria
tion for construction, in order
that the great need for addi
tional facilities to properly
transact the government busi
ness at the towns named might
be satisfied, and also with the
strong hope that unemployed
labor might be given early em
ployment in projects that have
been favorably decided on.” This
letter has brought a response
from Asst. Secretary Heath, sa
follows:
“Dear Congressman:
Your letter dated November
hfth addressed to the Secretary
of the Joint Interdepartmental
Committee, requesting early and
favorable consideration by the
Committee of the Federal build
ing needs at Ketchikan and An
chorage, has been brought to my
attention. The Committee is now
preparing a list of projects to be
submitted to the next Congress,
but it is not possible at this
time to say definitely whether
either of these two places will be
included. However, your interest
in the need for additional faci
lities at the two above mention
ed places will be kept in mind
by the Committee in its consi
deration of projects to be includ
ed in the next list to be sent to
Congress.”
From telegrams and letters re- j
ceived by the Delegate it is
evident that various sections of
the Territory are very fearful
lest the Washington-Alaska Mili
tary Cable and Telegraph Sys- i
tern should be sold by the gov
ernment to some corporation.
Many may be interested in 1
knowing how this agitation
started. On Sept. 23, 1930, an
Interdepartmental Communica- 1
tions Committee was organized
with a personnel that included
representatives from the State, '
War, Navy, and Commerce de
partments and the chief en
gineer of the Federal Radio Com
mission. This committee submit
ted various reports, one of which
recommended the *sale of the
Alaska communication system
and such report was marked
approved by President Hoover
early in 1931. As a result the
r 'ifrfai'itive Commission of the
War Department drew up a bill
providing for the sale of the
system, which was introduced
in both Senate and House on
Peb. 18, 1931. These bills were
referred to the committee on
Military Affairs in the respec
tive branches of Congress, but
no hearings were had and no
report .was submitted, and when ,
Congress adjourned on March 4 1
the bills died.
The bill provided for the sale
of the system, in part or as a
whole, after due advertisement,
“to the highest responsible bid-1
der.” The latter term, the bill
prescribed, “shall mean any per
son, corporation, partnership, or
association who will agree to
maintain and operate a system
of communication by cable,
radio, telegraph and telephone
between the continental limits
of the United States and the
Territory of Alaska, so as to give
service which, in the judgement
of the Secretary of War, shall be
satisfactory to the people of the
United States, including the
Territory of Alaska, and who, in
the judgement of the Secretary i
of War, has the ability to per- !
form the contract of purchas
and to maintain the service de
sired and proposed to be main
tamed.”
Recent inquiry at the Wa
Department elicited the fact ;
that in preparing bills to b
submitted to the Secretary o!
War the Legislative Commission
included a bill identical with th
one presented last year for the
sale of the Alaska communicat
ing system. This particular bill
at this date, has not yet beer
endorsed by Secretary Hurley
Seeking to avert that actio:
Delegate Wickersharn on Nov. .!
addressed a plea to the Secre
tary, setting forth the present
value of the system and the gen
eral satisfaction it gwcv, and
(^pressing the hope that the bill
would not be introduced in the
coming Congress. A reply tc this
ietter has not yet been received
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SPANISH STAR ALMOST VET
Rosita Moreno, Spanish danc
er, singer and actress, made her
debut in an English talking pro -
duction, when Paramount began
recording of Hal G. Evarts’ novel,
“Spanish Acres.” She appears
opposite Richard Arlen in this
romance cf the West, which
comes to the Coliseum Theatre
Sunday and Monday, titled “The
Santa Fe Trail.”
Since being signed to a con
tract by Paramount, Miss Mor
eno has played the feminine lead
with Adolphe Menjou in “Amor
Audaz,” the Spanish talking pro
duction of “Slightly Scarlet.’
She also appeared in the Span
ish production of “Paramount
On Parade” and with Nino Mar
tini made a singing-dancing
short subject.
The Spanish actress has the
role of a Senorita whose father
owns a huge tract of New Mexi
can land known as Spanish
Acres. Others in the cast of this
adaptation of Evarts’ best-sell
ing novel, include Eugene Pall
ette, Mitzi Green and Junior
Durkin. The production will be
directed by Otto Brower and
Edwin H. Knopf, co-directors of
* The Light of Western Stars”
and “The Border Legion.”
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The man of mystery that millions know—William Powell as
Philo Vance in
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Another Western epic that you can’t afford to miss.
“The Santa Fe Trail”
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