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Three of Delegate Wicker-1
sham’s bills passed the House on
April 26th. One authorizes the
town of Petersburg to issue
bonds in the sum of $100,000, for
the purpose of enlarging the
municipal light and power plant
and the improvement of the
water and sewer systems, and
for the further purpose of re
tiring or purchasing bonds here
tofore issued by the town and
which bear 7% interest. Another
bill proposes to allow Juneau to
use a former bond issue for
sewer purposes to be also used
for constructing permanent
streets. The third bill authorizes
the Secretary of War to make
an estimate of amount needed
for the proper maintenance of
the Government wharf at Ju
neau.
* * *
Some residents of Eagle City
have been anxious to have the
lands embraced in the Fort Eg
bert abandoned military reser
vation restored to the public do
main. The Delegate has taken
the matter up with the General
Land Office, with the result that
the buildings on the reservation,
formerly turned over to the
Alaska Road Commission, have
been appraised and are to be
offered for sale on June 15th.
After that is done it is expected
that the land will be restored to
entry.
* * *
The American Consul Genera)
at Hamburg has written the?
Delegate that a healing was to
have been given Miss Erna
Quandt the latter part of April,
on her application for an im
migration visa. The young lady
wishes to join her sister, Mis.
Max Behlke, and engage in
business with her at Fairbanks.
* * *
The Postmaster at Napamute,
Geo. W. Hoffman, recently d;ed
and his widow, Mrs. Agnes Hoff
man, has been appointed to the
official position.
* * *
Many old Alaskans will re
member Ronald M. Crawford,
who was born in Dawson in the
glittering days of 1899 and a few
years later went with his parents
to the new mining camp of
Fairbanks. As a young man he
entered Princeton University,
where his voice soon made him
famous. A scholarship in Fon
tainebleau, France, offered spe
cial opportunity for study under
noted artists, while a fellowship
in the Juilliard Graduate School
in New York gave him three
years of finishing vocal study
He is now located at Newark,
where he is the musical director
of the Newark Musical Founda
tion. Robert is now a noted bari
tone, and in company with his
Pianist, Harrison Potter, flew in
his own plane last week to
W ashington where his cousin,
Mrs. Bertha K. Mellett, had ar
ranged for a musical recital at
the home of Mrs. Catherine
Filene Dodd, which was largely
attended and greatly enjoyed.
It is nearly 16 years since the
talented musician left Fair
banks, and his longing for a visit
I Ggars and Tobaccos of all kinds
1 Pool and Billiard Tables
BRENNAN’S
to the 61d Scenes may cnimiri&te
this Fall in a trip tb the North
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lomen, who
have been in New York and
Washington for the past two
months, have started for Seattle,
expecting to make a stop at
Chicago, and to take a steamer
the early part of June for Nome.
* * *
Miss Bess E. O’Neill, who is
special disbursing agent for the
Bureau of Fisheries at Juneau,
lias returned west after spend
ing a season at the Washington
headquarters.
* * *
The Anchorage Radio Club,
Inc., has been granted permis
sion by the Federal Radio Com
mission to make changes in
equipment and increase power
from 100 to 250 watts. The Nakat
Packing Co. at Hidden Inlet has
been granted a point to point
telephone license. A. A. McCue,
at Kasaan, has been granted
license, point to point, telephone
and coastal harbor service, also
to communicate with Hidden In
let, Waterfall and Union Bay.
The Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor
poration has made application
to the Commission for con
struction permit for new trans
mitter for telephdne and tele
graph service at Chomley and at
Cape Chacon.
Osgood Field, of Lenox, Mass.,
was guest of honor the other
day of the Twentieth Century
Club, Washington. After the
banquet Mr. Field, who has
studied glaciers from Alaska to
Asia, showed motion pictures
and slides and talked on “Recent
advances and recessions in Alas
kan Glaciers.”
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The report of the Economy
Committee that has been con
sidered by the House during the
past week, if enacted into law.
will permit the agricultural ex
periment stations in Alaska to
be taken over by the Territory.
The clause pertaining thereto
is as follows: “Upon the applica
tion of any State or Territory,
the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized and directed tc
transfer to such State or Terri
tory, without cost, all right, title,
and interest of the United Stat
es in any agricultural experi
ment station located in such
State or Territory, together with
all personal property used in
connection therewith.”
* * *
A special campaign has been
initiated among Federal em
ployees at Washington to induce
them to spend their vacations
this summer in Alaska. The
campaign will be carried on
jointly by a steamship company
a northwestern transcontinen
tal railroad, and a Federal gov
ernment transportation agency
and while personal appeals will
be made to Government em
ployes, a wide advertising cam
paign is also planned to reach
16,000,000 citizens of all States
The Alaska railroad, which h
the Federal agency will make its
drive through the Department
of Interior offices, and there
have been indications that many
cf the Interior employes, who in
their daily work are familiar
with Alaska’s attractions, will
take the trip.
# * *
The United States Geological
Survey announces the publica
tion of a report entitled “A
geologic reconnaissance of the
Dennison Fork district, Alaska,”
by J. B. Martie, Jr. This district
includes an area of about 6700
square miles that forms the
southeastern part of the Yukon
Tanana province, of interior
; Alaska. The report describes the
; regional geography and geology
; and discusses the application of
; the geology to prospecting for
J metalliferous ores.
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i
\ A bill was introduced, in the
>; Senate by Senator Howell, of
^Nebraska, and in the House by
Representative1 Taylor, of Colo
rado, providing: for the transfer
of the duties authorized and au
thority conferred by law upon
the board of Road Commission -
ers in the Territory o fAlaska to
the Department of the Interior,
instead of as present by the War
Department. The bill authoriz
ing the transfer is approved by
the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Interior. The
latter, in writing his approval to
the Chairman of the House
Committee on Territories, says:
“I believe this action to be
advisable if we hope to succeed
in our efforts to place the Alas
ka Railroad on a self-sustaining
basis. Of equal importance is the
effective control whicn Congress
would have in considering the
budgets for the main transpor
tation systems in the Territory.
The railroad, river, and highway
systems would be under one
head and expenditures could be
properly correlated. The Secre -
tary of War is agreeable to this
action and I inclose a copy of
his letter to me of April 4. The
Richardson Highway was built
from Federal funds and parallels
the Alaska Railroad into the in
terior of Alaska. The rates on
the Railroad were increased
something more than a year ago
and since then competition has
developed by the establishment
cf trucking services over the
highway which already has re
duced the railroad revenue. It
is not proposed to fix excessive
tolls over the highway, but some
tolls are necessary to provide
proper regulation. No adminis
trative curtailment of the road
building program for Alaska is
expected to result from this
transfer. I recommend enact
ment of this legislation ” v
On May 5th the Senate Com- j
mittee on Commerce, without
having a public hearing decided
to favorably recommend the
Howell bill, which is now on the
calendar. The House Committee
on. Territories will have a public
hearing on the bill and consider
the protests that the Alaska
Territorial Chamber of Com
merce wires will be mailed on
the first outgoing steamer. Vari
ous individuals and organiza
tions have already wired pro
tests to the Delegate, against
transferring the road work ac
tivities to the Interior Depart
ment.
E. W. Allen, chairman of the
Alaska Committee of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, who has
been in Washington several days
is now in New York attending to
various legal matters. Mr. Allen
has made many trips to Alaska
and is vitally interested in the
welfare of the Territory and in
his new position with the Seattle
Chamber has many plans under
way to create a better feeling
and greater interest in Seattle
for Alaska.
* * *
A very interesting ceremonv.
:n which Alaskans participated,,
occured on the morning of May
8th. The American Legion Aux
iliary had a memorable Mother’s
Day tree-planting in honor of
the Mother of the Unknown
Soldier, at Arlington National
cemetery. Every State and Terri
tory was represented in the pre
sence of a young lady or girl
from the native heath, who had
procured some soil that was used
in the tree planting. Miss Mar
gaiet Carter, of Ketchikan, who
is attending the Major Webster
school in this city, did the hon
ors for Alaska and supplied some
dirt that was sent by her mother
from Ketchikan. Several other
Alaskans were present at the
dedication, which was presided
over by Assistant Secretary of
War Frederick H. Payne, while
the Fort Meyer band furnished
inspiring music for the occasion.
* * *
With a coal tax of ten cents
per 100 pounds it has been a
case in Congress of “in again,
out again.” When the Senate
Finance Committee on May 4th
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said “aye” to this excise tax it
provided exemption for coal
coming from a country which
imports more coal from the
United States than it exports to
this country. Alaska is anxious
to have this tax finally adopted
because it is felt that there!
would be a greater impetus in
the development of coal from our |
vast fields if the handicap of $2
per ton was placed on Canadian
coal sent into Alaska and the
Pacific coast states. The Finance
committee also adopted a cop
per tax of four cents a pound
with a proper compensatory
rate to be determined later.
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duced a bill that would give the
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President of the United States
the right to grant pardon in
any criminal proceeding in any
State or Territory, or possession
of the U. S., he questioned
V'hether he now has this power,
as was suggested by Senator
James Hamilton Lewis. The lat
ter cited the case of the convic
tion of one Stroud for murder
at Anchorage some fifteen years
ago. It will be remembered that
he was accused of murdering a
woman and throwing her body
in a well and then when a de
puty Marshal sought to arrest
him later he shot and killed tne
official. He was convicted of
murder and later the old mother
of the accused came to Wash
ington and made a plea for her
son’s life to President Wilson,
aided by Senator Lewis and
other members of Congress.
Finally the President commuted
the sentence of hanging to one
of life imprisonment. Senator
Lewis was of the opinion that
this act of the President indicat
ed his pardoning power and that
he had the right to review the
recent murder case in Hawaii
and to exercise the right to par
don the four convicted persona.
* * *
The people of Nome are of the
mind that it is imperative an
aviation landing field be establ
ished in the vicinity of Nome,
so as to give encouragement to
flyers to and from the Asiatic
East. As a consequence Delegate
Wickersham has introduced a
bill in Congress to authorize the
Alaska Road Commission to ex
pend $25,000 of the moneys ap
propriated and assigned for road
work in the Nome district to es
tablish a landing place to b?
200 feet wide and 4,400 feet long,
tc become the sole property of
the United States when con
structed. Assistant Secretary of
War, F. Trubee Davison is said
to be heartily in favor of the
project.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strong, of
Ketchikan, are enjoying a
couple of weeks around attrac
tive Washington and its en
virons, before starting for the
west. They have just returned
from a three months trip to
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