NATIONAL PARK EXTENSION
Delegate Wickersham’s bill to
extend the boundaries of the
Mount McKinley National Park
has been approved by the Sec
retary of the Interior. The Dele
gate added an amendment to
protect locations already made
within the added area and after
a few corrections in description,
the bill was approved by the
Committee o n Public Lands.
Under the bill the east side ex
tension from Windy Creek north
brings the park boundary to the
right-of-way of the Alaska Rail
road and takes in a few isolated
tracts lying east of the railroad
and the west bank of the Nana
na river, the latter being a na
tural boundary line for the park.
The Park Service already main
tains roads and trails within
this area and a new hotel will
later be erected near the rail
road. The proposed extension to
the northwest will bring Wonder
Lake into the Park, and thus
accord another hotel-lodge de
velopment and a finer view of
Mount McKinley than any now
had in the park. With the open
ing of this region it would be a
comparatively simple matter for
the Territory to connect up with
the Kantishna district, making
that region accessible.
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PORK BARREL
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Some proponents of a rivers
and harbors bill, who advocate
the appropriation of up to $100,
000,000 for that purpose, are
hopeful that later on in the
session the matter will be fav-,
orably acted on. If it should be
there is reason to believe that
some of Alaska’s meritorious
habor projects would be pro
vided for. Likewise if an appro
priation is made for the con
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! struction of public buildings!
that have already been allocated
Anchorage and Ketchikan might
be favorably considered.
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MEDAL FOR BRADLEY
Word has been received here'
that Frederick W. Bradley, presi- j
dent of the Alaska-Juneau Goldi
Mining Co. and the Bunker Hill
& Sullivan Mining Co., was
honored in New York. He receiv
ed the William Lawrence Saund
ers Gold Me'dal from the Ameri
can Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, for suc
cess in mining gold profitably
from ore containing less than
one dollars worth a ton. For
many years the value of the ore
at the Juneau mine was less
than sixty cents per ton in gold
value, with nearly twelve thou
sand tons handled daily. By
opening up new ore bodies the
value has increased to over
ninety cents per ton.
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INTERIOR MAIL SERVICE
Some residents of Eagle have
requested the Delegate to secuie
them a direct air mail service
from Fairbanks, but Assistant
Postmaster General Glover stat
es that the Department would
not be justified in authorizing
additional service by airplane.
Service is now provided for Eagle
under contract by a route be
tween Fairbanks and Circle and
from Circle to Eagle. Other re
sidents in the Yukon country
protest the use of air planes in
carrying the mail, and the De
partment promises more effi
cient service by dog team de
livery to intermediate points.
ORDERED TO ALASKA
Capt. and Mrs. John Boedeker,
who are now stationed at Staten
Island, New York, called upon
Alaska friends now in Washing
ton. The Captain a few years
ago was commander of the
Coast Guard Cutter Unalga, with
headquarters at Juneau. On
March first the Boedekers will
leave for San Francisco, and on
April 15th the Captain will ^ail
for Alaska on the Cutter Tahoe,
in command of the Bering Sea
patrol.
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TRAILS AND ROADS
For a long time past there has
been a desire upon the part of
Alaskans that provision be made
for the construction of trails as
well as roads in the National
Forests of the Territory. Hereto
fore the annual average appro
priation for forest roads has
been about half a million dol
lars, altho this sum has been re -
duced in the budget for next
year to $350,000. In many in
stances the construction o f
trails is necessary before the
building of roads, as trails are
the first line of travel. In order
that the bureau may expend
such sums as may seem advis
able for trails Delegate Wicker
sham has introduced H. R. 9069,
a bill to allow the appropriation
to be expended for either trails
or roads. Secretary of Agricul
ture Hyde has been consulted
about this measure and he re
commends it in the following
expression: “Such a change
would be in the interest of both
efficiency and economy. It would
result in furnishing low-cost
transportation to pioneer re
gions where the uncertainty of
future needs do not seem as yet
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to justify a road. Frequently a
trail in Alaska will be all that is
ever needed. In such cases the
saving between trail costs and
road costs will be very substan -
tial.”
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FORMERLY OF SITKA
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J. H. Hoeppel will be remem
bered as connected with the
Signal Corps in Sitka and other
Alaska towns. He is at present
spending a few days in Wash
ington, in the interests of A
merican Legion Post 385, Los
Angeles, in which city he now
resides.
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PENSION BILL
“A bill to protect labor in its
old age,” and appropriating!
therefor the sum of $10,000,000,
7” introduced in Congress by
Representative William P. Con
nery, Jr., of Massachusetts. In
the original bill provision was
only made for the states, the
territories being advertently
emitted. However, when Dele
gate Wickersham brought thej
omission to the attention of j
Representative Connery h e
promised to have the bill amend
ed so as to have Alaska included
as a territory. This was done
and the amended bill, H. R. 8765,
was approved by the Committee
on Labor Feb. 5, and favorably
recommended for'passage. It is
now on the House calendar and
an effort is making by interest
ed organizations throughout the1
United States—and Alaska
should take similar action—to
impress Congress with the ne -
cessity for this relief measure.
If it passes the Government
would provide to the States or
Territories one-third of the sum
paid to residents sixty-five years
old or over when the payment is
not in excess of $1 per day.
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The Interior Department gives
assurance that the coal bunker
at Seward will be constructed
tl is spring. General Manager
Ohlson, of the Alaska Railroad,
made a trip to Tallahassee,
Florida, to examine a modern
construction which is suitable to
Alaska, and is now preparing
plans for a similar bunker at
Seward.
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LECTURE ON ALASKA
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The other evening R. Harvey
Sargent, topographic engineer
of the Alaskan branch of the
Geological Survey, and who has
made 22 visits to Alaska, gave
an illustrated lecture in Wash
ington on “Alaska.” Among the
interesting features were mo
tion pictures of a recent aerial
survey in which Mr. Sargent
participated.
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TERRITORIAL SUPREME
COURT
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The bill of Delegate Wicker
sham to establish a Supreme
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, will likely require amend
ment before it can be passed.
The Comittee on Judiciary re
ferred the bill to the Depart
ment of Justice for considera
tion. After suggesting a few min
or amendments Attorney Gen
eral Mitchell wrote: “While it
might appear upon further study
that this proposal is desirable
and should eventually be enact
ed, it is not absolutely essential
at this time, and in view of the
present financial situation I re -
commend against its enact
ment.” In other words the De
partment is cutting to the bone
ev'erv possible expenditure any
new suggestion that would carry
an additional sum of money. It
is expected that the bill would
be approved if it carried no ad
ditional expense. This could be
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done by eliminating the appoint
ment of an additional Judge to
serve as Chief Justice, and con
fining the court to the four dis
trict judges, one of whom would
act as Chief Justice and to be
designated by the Attorney Gen
eral. Instead of a special Clerk
of the court one of the district
clerks could serve in the new
capacity.
Delegate Wickersham has in
troduced the amended bill to
provide for such a court without
additional cost.
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SIX FOR ROOSEVELT
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Alaska gained some distinc
tion in the Associated Press an
nouncement that the only dele
gates elected to the Democratic
National Convention were 6 from
Alaska, and they were instructed
for Roosevelt for President.
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ALASKANS IN WASHINGTON
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Among the visitors to Wash
ington are Capt. Hibbard, now of
San Francisco, but who was a
notable character in Interior
Alaska during the early days;
P. C. Harris, of Seattle, one of
the big cannery operators in
Alaska; A. H. Bradford, president
of the Associated Fishermen of
Alaska, accompanied by his
bride; S. Chase, Jr., president,
and C. F. Johnson, assistant,
International Packing Company.
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NO OPPOSITION TO JONES
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It is said that the reappoint
ment of Charles D. Jones as U
S. Marshall of the Nome Divi
sion, is meeting with com
paratively little opposition and
he will likely soon be confirmed
by the Senate. The appointment
cf Judges for the Nome and
Fairbanks divisions are soon ex
pected.
A. B. D. LAW BUMP BUMPS
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The next hearing on the bill to
repeal the Alaska Bone Dry Law
will be held by the Committee on
Territories on Feb. 16. with indi
cations that the bill in its pre
sent form will not be favorably
reported. Some of the members
of the committee are inclined to
favor amendments to the bill
but not its repeal.
RADIO LICENSES
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The Federal Radio Commis
sion has granted A. A. McOue
permission to change location
from Boca de Quadra to Kasaan.
Licenses have been granted to
the Bristol Bay Packing Co at
Kvichak and to the Alaska1
Salmon Co. at Nushagak. Thei
Radio-marine Corporation of j
America has been granted au- j
thority to operate aboard the
Santa Ana 60 days. The Alaska1
Packers Association ask per
mission to change transmitter
at Chignik. The Nakat Packing
Corp. wants renewal of licensee
at Waterfall. Bristol Bay, Hiddon
Inlet and Union Bay, and the j
Alaska Pacific Salmon Corp. ask
renewal at Ketchikan and Funl
er Bay.
CONSOLIDATION OF
DIVISIONS
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Nome is very pronounced in itc
protest against the passage of
the bill that would consolidate
the Second and Fourth judicial
iivisions. The Delegate has re
reived protests from the North
western Alaska Chamber o f
Commerce, City of Nome, Igloo
Mo. 1 Pioneers of Alaska, Nome
Republican Club, Nome Bar As
sociation, Bering Native Broth
el hood, Camp 9 Arctic Brother
aood, District Attorney Sullivan.
Marshal Jones, Rev. Baldwin
3upt. Methodist Mission.
PRIBILOF FOXES
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With a small part of the sea
son still remaining, the take of
:ox pelts from the colony of the
rribilof Islands, Alaska, already
ras been the largest in 40 years, j
md discloses the success of su- !
rervisory work by the Bureau of
’isheries, according to informa- ;
ion made available at the De
artment of Commerce. The ]
ake so far this season has been
,426 pelts, 511 more than the
otal for all last season. The j
following additional information
was supplied:
The take from St. Paul Island
included 239 blue and 25 white
foxes. That from St. George Is
land was 1,112 blue foxes. The
pelts taken from animals of the
Si. George colony are hand
picked by Government employes
so that the breeding stock will
not be dissipated.
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Records showing that from
1842 until 1860, when the Islands
were held by Russia, the aver
age annual take was 1,829, which
dropped to 1,240 in the years
between 1871 and 1890. Since
1890, there have been but four
seasons when the take was more
than 1,000 pelts.
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“AS YOU WERE!”
The buxom woman was stand
ing in the street car, holding to
a strap. The lawyer was seated,
reading. The car swung and she
stepped on his foot.
“Madam,” he barked, “will you
please get off my foot?”
“Put your foot where it be
longs!” she replied sternly.
“Don’t tempt m madam!
Don't tempt me!” he snir d.
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Found His Little Boss
A little love, a little hate
And that was life;
A little hanging on the gate
And then a wife.
—Florida Times-Union.
Mary’s Lamb Again
Teacher: “Mary, why doesn’t
the lamb follow you to school
nowadays?”
Mary: “What, at fifty miles an
hour?”
A Fast Worker
“Every time I kiss you, ic
makes me a better man.”
“Well, you don’t have to try to
get to heaven in one night.”
Careless Auntie
Suspicious Husband: “W \o
called this afternoon?”
His Better Half: “Only Aum
Sophie.”
Suspicious Husband: “Weil,
she left her pipe.”
Ami How!
She: “I spent my vacation up
in the mountains.”
He: “Really! Did you have .1
jguide?”
She: “Well, only my consci
ence.”
Modern Version
Mary had a little lamb,
Given by a friend to keep.
It followed her around until
It died from loss of sleep.
Such Is Fame
Teacher—“Who was George
Washington?”
Pupil—“He’s the guy whose
wife makes candy.”
To the Flappers
Blessings on thee, little dame,
Baieback girl with knees the
same
With thy rolled-down silken
hose
And thy short, transparent
clothes;
With thy red lips, reddened
more,
Smeared with lipstick from the
store;
With thy make-up on thy face,
And thy bobbed hair’s jaunty
grace,
From my heart I give thee joy,
Glad that I was born a boy.
Not Fit to Print
“I think she works for a print
ing company.”
“Sort of bold-faced type, eh? ’
Ad Writers Note
Some day a magazine editor :s
going to achieve lasting fame by
publishing stories as interesting
as the advertisements.—Life.
NO FOOLING
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Said the successful lawyer:
“When I was an infant, my
good folks were undecided what
I d become when I grew up, and
they struck a plan. They gave
l ie an apple, a prayer book and
a dollar bill, representing farm
ing, the clergy and banking, to
tee which one I’d take to. I aw
the apple, read the prayer book
E nd put the dollar bill in my
pocket. They decided I was a
born politician.”
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Barber Nelson is now located
it Hudson’s old stand.