attributes the present arrange
ments that will take possibly a
party of 200 under the auspice-?
of the same Chamber, the Sier
ra Club excursion of San Fran
cLsco, the Portland Chamber of
Commerce party, of whom about
100 are already booked, the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce
party, and a special crowd that
lie Admiral Line is arranging to
take direct fiom Los Angeles bv
steamer to Alaska.
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The Secretary of Interior Wil
bur has announced his approval
of the report of the Committee
that investigated the reindeer
conditions in Alaska. This Com
mittee was composed of Senator
i-Iendick, Representative Leavitt
end Assistant Attorney General
Sisson. The Secretary also
stated that he was in full ac
cord with the recommendations
made in a supplemental report
by Ernest Walker Sawyer, and
the new Reindeer Council was
requested to put them into ef
fect as early as possible.
Tlie Committee recommends
the establishment in Alaska of
a Reindeer Council of five mem
bers, with authority to admin
ister the industry. The Council
is to be constituted as follows:
The Governor of Alaska, (Geo.
A. Parks); Chief of the Alaska
Division of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, (Chas. W. Hawksworth);
the Superintenndent of Rein
deer in Alaska, (B. A. MozeeV
a representative chosen by and
from the Eskimo reindeer own -
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Lomen interests.
The Reindeer council is auth
orized to establish range rules,
with the hope of bringing order
out of the present chaos. A fur
ther great need cf the situation
; is to aid in the marketing of
1 reindeer products. and the
Council will have the authority
to set such prices for deer as it
considers equitable, but the Es
kimo owner himself can accept
jor reject the price. The Council
(will appoint a Reindeer Supe1
; intendent to be paid by the gov
jernment, for each of the five
I important districts. These Su
I perintendents will have author
ity to actually administer the
range and the future of the in
dustry will largely depend on
them.
A great round-up of the rein
deer throughout the Seward
Peninsula will be held at the
earliest possible date, at which
time the ownership of all mav
ericks will he determined and
marked to their proper owners.
The Lomen reindeer will he
withdrawn from the districts of
Teller and West Buckland River,
where considerable conflict of
interests might arise.
Mr. Sawyer’s recommenda
tions, which Secretary Wilbur
has directed should be put into
[ effect, include the 'suggestion
j that for the first meeting the
! Eskimos have two members of
the Council, each with one-half
vote, to be ciected by the Na
1 tlves and to come from the Te ti
er and Bucrland districts, and
j that their travelling expenses
' should be arranged for. Also
! that each district should be or
ganized to cooperate with the
Herd Manager in planning the
! round-ups, drives to the slaught
er pens and in other activities.
Further, that each native man
woman and child of the district
should have a minimum of ten
female deer which can be cred
j ited from mavericks at the first
' round-up. Also, that where
j there are no conflicts as to
I .ange claims the leases should
he issued as soon as possible.
I and where questions of equity
lore involved great care and dili
gence should be exercised to ob
tain a fair and equitable solu
tion.
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Charles B. Ferguson, formerly
of Craig, Alaska, and who serv
ed two terms in the Legislature,
was in Washington last week
and visited many friends. He
came east to settle the estate of
a brother-in-law at Atlantic
City. At present he is making
his home at Kent, Washington
but expects to go to Wrangell
this summer.
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William J. Frame, who has re
sided at Valdez, Cordova anJ
Fairbanks, spent a few days in
the city last week, expecting
soon to return to Alaska.
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Many inquiries are received a'
the office of the Delegate, as
well as by other Congressmen
from men and women who wish
to And employment in Alaska
Miners, farmers, woodsmen and
schoolteachers predominate.
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Delegate Wickersham has re
ceived many letters from all sec
l ions of the Interior Alaska ask
ing for his assistance in securing
improvements in present roadc
or new projects. The matter
has been taken up with Major
Malcolm Elliott, President of the
Alaska Road Commission, who
sends to the Delegate, amone
other information, the follow
ing:
It is believed by this commis
sion that the area around Ram
part can best be served by the
road from Rampart rather than
from Hot Springs For this rea
son it is contemplated that all
possible work will be done to
improve this road south from
Rampart, including the bridge
situation over the Big Minook.
But these demands on us for the
adoption of new projects are far
greater than we can comply with
within available funds and pre
clude the possibility of adopting
the Eureka-Rampart project at
this time.'
For your information I give
below a list of the most import
ant projects which we now have
under way. The allotments tc
each have been pared down tc
the utmost and cannot be re
duced further without forcing
ohe abandonment of one or
more of these projects. The
projects referred to are:
Chi toehine-Nabesna. This
road project intended to reach
the very important mining sec
tion around Nabesna which now
has no transportation whatso
ever except trail and where
there is every prospect of open
ing up quartz property whicn
will give year-round employ •
ment.
j Olnes-Livengood. This project
'has finally been adopted after
pressure by local interests tor
many years. It is one of inter
est to the entire Fairbanks area
In addition to opening up the
Livengood mining area, it will
'obviate the present futile ex
penditure on the maintenance oi
the Tolovana Tram.
Iliamna. This short project
provides access to the Iliamna
Lake-Lake Clark region, cutting
:;T about a thousand miles of
,ea travel that is necessary for
access to this country from Bris
tol Bay.
Dillingham-Snag Point.. This
;s a short project adopted re
cently after pressure for many
years,, supported by the Dele
gate. in favor of relief for thii
community.
Willow Creek-Willow Station.
This project connects the Wh
ew Creek Mines with the Alas
ka Railroad at Willow Station.
The importance of it is conceded
by everyone who has investigat
ed it. The entire delegation in
the present legislature agree
that this is probably the most
important road project for the
welfare of the Third Division
It will serve to open up proper
ties where year-round employ
ment in quartz mines may be
expected.
In addition to the foregoing
new construction projects it is
desired to improve the Fair
umks-Circle Highway, especial
ly in the section paralleling the
Chatanika River where serious
interruptions to traffic occured
last year to such an extent as to
deter investment of capital in
transportation operations be
tween Circle and Fairbanks.
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H. C. Gauss, or Washington
representing Fertol Co., is very
much interested in Alaska peat,
and is now awaiting a shipment
from the Agricultural College
of a product that is found in
large quantities near Fairbanks
and which shows, by analysis, a
i quality in excess of the foreign
peat that is so generally used in
the United States. Ernest Walk
, r Sawyer has suggested tne
mixing of reindeer tankage from
slaughter houses with Alaskan
peat, which would give a very
valuable product at a price of
about four cents a pound retail.
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Dr. W. Carson Ryan, Jr., Di
rector of Education of the In-|
|dian Service, expects to visit
I Juneau early in the summer tc
confer with Charles W. Hawkes
worth, Acting Chief, on varioii'
matters pertaining to the Native
j schools of Alaska.
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I Divisional Notes
JUNEAU
I
Mrs. KashaverofT, wife of
Father KashaverofT, died list
week after on illness of many
months. Pier health gradually
failed and death was not un
expected. She is survived by
her husband, Father Kasha ver
off, Curator of the Ttrritori .1
Museum and several daught rs.
The many friends of the family
in all of the towns of the D>vi
sion extent their heart-felt
sympathy to the bereaved fam
fly
SITKA
There has been considerable
change made in the City Coun
cil since election. Mayor Schrey
deefated William Hanlon by 77
votes and the new council is
comprised of Charles Wartmao,
William Cook, Ed Harris and
Vern Saylor.
Ed Harris was laid up with
the flu and was unable to cam
paign but he was elected any
way and is again about his du
ties. During the excitement
and celebra^on of the election,
ine Standard Oil Company’s
dock caught fire. Sitka was
the luckiest town in Alaska, fo:
had the fire started a bit later,
‘I would have just left a heap of
charred sticks where the town
stands.
The Presbytery and C. E. con
vention closed on the night of
the 14th. The last formal meet
ing was held during the ban
quet tendered by the A. N. B.
and A. N. S.
Delegates attended as follows:
Klukwan, 1; Haines, 1; Hoonah,
1; Juneau 10: Angoon 19; Pe
tersburg 7; Kake. none; Kla-j
wock, none; Craig, none; Wran
gell, 1; Hydaburg. 1; Ketchikan,
1; Metlakatla, 2. Other friends
visiting Sitka and convention
numbered about 50 The whoie
town enjoyed the convention
and the only regret was that
more friends and visitors did
not come.
KETCHIKAN
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Bob Pawsey, for many years
stevedor boss on the Ketchikan
, docks, died in the General Hos
pital last Sunday of chronie
heart disease He is survived by
his widow and seven children.
Bob was long a boss on the
[cocks and his famliar face will
(be missed by many.
Mrs. Ralph Bontrager, wife oi
the operator in the Coliseum
Theatre, died following a brief
illness in the hospital. She is stir
vived by her husband and a 14
months old baby.
Norman L. rreeman, member
of the International Fisheries
I Commission was in town on of
ficial business.
H. H. Waller of the firm cf
Hubbell and Waller went to Kla
wock by airplane to inspect con
templated road work in that dis
trict.
Donald McDonald, father of
.he International Highway pro
ject, was a visitor in port whil*
cnroute to the Interior country.
J. E. Bevg bought 125,000
pounds of halibut in one day for
the United Pacific Fisheries.
Dr. F. M. McKenzie, former'/
cf Petersburg this week gave h s
oew yacht a trial spin in Ket
chikan harbor. The craft was
duilt by Cliff Arness also a for
mer citizen of Petersburg. The
new vessel is 26 feet over-all and
-'s powered with a 100 h.p. Hall
Scott motor and is said to trav
el at a pace of 25 knots an
hour.
At the P. T. A. convention in
Ketchikan was elected president,
Mrs. Harold Smith, Juneau
Mrs. J. A. Talbot, Ketchikan,
vice presidert and Mrs. Wallis
George, Juneau, Secretary-Trea
surer.
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CRAIG
The Virgina IV brought in a
load of lumber which will be us
- d in constructing the new hos
nital which has been planned.
Andy Barnard suffering from
a leg broken at Ham Cove, while
working for Sawyer-Rcynolds
Logging Co., was taken to Ket
chikan in an airplane. He re
ceived first aid at the hands of
Mrs. Fletcher government nurse
at Klawock.
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KLAWOCK
Mayor Frank Peratrovitch left
for Seattle to bring up a cannery
tender. He was due to start on
his return trip on the 20th of
this month
“Doc” Johnson is planning on
shining up his trolling boat and
fe,oing after the royal kings.
The “scarlet fever epidemi ’ ’
which struck this town was a
lot of hooie. You might ask.
‘ What’s in a name,” but come to (
Klawock during one of the^
‘scarlet fever” epidemics and
you’ll find a lot of names and e
lot in names.
R. J. Peratrovitch, Jr., left
for Seattle to make arrange
ments to procure sound equip
ment for the Peratrovitch the
atre in the West Coast metro
polis. Bob, is a junior in the
University of Washington and
plans to return to complete hi*'
course in business administra
tion.
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PLANE IDENTIFIED
Wreckage of a large plane
found at Anchor Point, Cook In
let is said by Pilot Frank Dor
bandt to be from a larger plane
than that in which Russel Mer
ril was lost last year. Much con-i
lecturing is being done as to'
where the wreckage came from
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