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Wrangell - - Alaska
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Street Address_
now necessary to an appeal to
the United States Circuit Court
ol Appeals in San Francisco.
On Monday. Nov. 23, Thomas
M. Marquam, of Fairbanks, shot
and killed himself in a rooming:
house in New York City. He had
no valuables or letters to indi
cate his identity on his person
or among his effects , with the
exception of an automobile driv
er's license issued in Washing
ton in 1930, which gave his name
and address of a rooming house
where he was then living. The
body was taken in charge by un •
dertaker J. J. Keys, who used
the license card to learn where
he relatives of the deceased,
might he located. The Washing
ton landlady gave the names ( "J
Fairbanks friends who had
formerly written Mr. Marquam j
As a young lawyer Mr. Marquam
went from Portland, Oregon, to
Southeastern Alaska about thirty
five years ago. and for a number
of years past has been a resident
of Fairbanks, where he was
Mayor of the city when Presi
dent Harding and his party
visited that section in 1923. A!-,
ways an active politician he was
never a candidate for high office'
until 1926. when he ran as an in- s
dependent for Congress against
Dan Sutherland, who defeated
him with a majority of 3.315.
The deceased came to Washing
ton nearly four years ago, in
connection with his having fail- i
ed to comply with a law requir-j
ing that candidates file a state-j
ment cf election expenses, and]
never thereafter returned to
Alaska. He checked out of Wash
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ington Hotel the latter part of
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January last, with a request to
hold his mail, but none of his
friends or acquaintances in
Washington could ever get any
information from or about him
since that time and he never
wrote about his mail. He was
about 58 yeafs of age.
The Washington Star has been
asked which Territory was ad
mitted in the Union first, Hawaii
or Alaska. The answer was that
Hawaii was admitted in 1900
while Alaska assumed the status
of a Territory in 1912—when
Judge Wickerslfam was the Dele
gate.
Major General living J. Carr,
states that the Federal Govern
ment saved $234,011 last year by
using radio service of the army
Signal Corps to transmit mes
sages.
The geological survey an
nounced that the region tribu
tary to the Alaska railroad con
tains important reserves of gold,
lead, silver, and zinc, large de
posits cf sub-bituminous and bi
tuminous coal, ond possibilities
t^at there may be an anthracite
field of commercial importance.
Gold lode mining is being active
ly car • led on in a number of
camps, and several of these show
great promise of increased pro
duction from mines already op
erated and from other lodes so
far undeveloped, the survey
stated.
Herring fishing grounds a
round Admirality Island, south
east Alaska, have been deplet
ed to the point of commercial
Notice to Kiddies!
On the evening of December,
19th. between s iven and eight
o’clock at our store, we will
have a BIG SUPRISE! for
ALL YOU KIDDIE. S '
GIFTS FO
Towel Sets . . . 45c and Up
Silk Hose .... 68c and Up
Handkerchiefs at Afl Prices
GIFTS FOR
Silk Pajamas ... at $3.39
Hose at Every Price
Books at Special Price of 65c
Belt Sets ... at $1.25
Shirts.at .56c
Bow Ties .... at .50c
Neckties.From 49c
Shirts.$1.00 Up
Wool Hose as low as . . 40c
Chrstmas Tree Lights at .65c
He have a complete line of
every member of the family
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(extinction and other southeast
jcrn Alaskan waters are losing
- their abundance because of fish -
ing operations. Movement to new
waters has kept production a;
desired levels so far, but few
unexploited fishing grounds re
main, according to the Depart
ment of Commerce.
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Men who live along the Pacific
coast, and who at one time
might have been in seme section
of Alaska, do not hesitate to call
upon .the Delegate '‘O assist them
In advancing their claims a
gainst the government, be it for
pensions, labor performed. oi
what not. The latest renuest is
| from Seattle where the Collec
tor of Customs assumes respon
sibility for the wrongful sale of
a ewing machine that was ship
ped to Vancouver but says there
is no fund from which to draw
| to linu’date the obligation. As a
consequence the Delegate is re
quested to get a bill thru Con
gress to pay the $40 owing. But.
lest Senator Jones or Congress
man Horr might feel offended
the matter has been referred to
them.
Director Patton of the Coast
and Geodetic Survty has issued
Ms report for the last fiscal
year, and is of particular inter -
est to Alaskans because it tolls
of the work done in the North.
The party on the Explorer have
continued the work in Bchm
Canal, n orth of Ketchikan,
which is now nearly completed.
The party on the Discoverer
continued surveys along the
south coast of Kenai peninsula,
westward from Alitak Bay. The
surveys have also been extended
southwestward across the pas
sages between the Peninsula and
and Afognak Island. Several re
ported dangers to navigation
•have been cleared up in the
passage between Shuyak Island
and the Barren Islands. The
party on the snip Survey con
tinued .surveys along the west
coast of Kodiak Island and has
completed the survey of Alitak
Bay and tributaries. Surveys are
now being expended eastward
along the south coast of the Is
land toward Sitkalidak Strait.
Dr. W. C. Marvin. Chief of the
United States Weather Bureau,
recently attended a conference
of the International Meteoro
logical Organization in Locarno,
Switzerland. He states that at
this conference plans were de
veloped for intensive study of
weather conditions in the North
Polar regions during 1932, de
signed to provide comprehensive
information on air movements
and other meterorolcgical data
as a basis for improvement of
weather forecasting. The United
States already had provided ex
tra funds for studies in Alaska,
primarily with a view to devel
opment of airways, so increased
funds probably will not be asked.
Canada is to establish addition
al stations in the northern re
gions. Russia, Norway, Sweden,
Greenland and other northerly
nations are cooperating.
At the instance of the Ketchi
kan School Board and the
Chamber of Commerce, Delegate
Wickershom has succeeded in
having the Bureau of Indian
Affairs give assistance to the
needs of the Natives of Ketchi
kan. Dr. Ryan has written to Dr.
P. S. Fellowes, Director of the
Alaska Medical Service at Ju
r.eau asking for his recommend
ation regarding the necessity
for a nurse at Ketchikan, and
expressing the hope that the
Bureau will enter into contract
with the local hospital at Ket
chikan for the care of Native
cases. Assurance is given that
anything the Bureau can do
within available funds will be
done.
Two well known Army officials
who previously served in Alaska
■are now prominent in the ad
i ministration of the District ol
[ Columbia government. Major
| John C. Gotwals was for a short
time in 1920 President of the
Alaska Road Commission and
then for three years was En*
gineer Commissioner of the Dis
trict Government and also a
| member of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Major Douglas H. Gillette was
Engineer Officer of the Alaska
Road Commission from 1927 to
1930. For the past year he has
been assistant to Col. U. 3.1
Grant on the Arlington Memor
ial Bridge Commission.
Delegate Wickersham has en
deavored to secure the delivery
of parcel post mail to variou
interior post offices during the
winter season, first asking that
it be delivered at Livengood.
But the Department has not
found this possible, as the re -
striction of parcel pest matter
in winter, for all interior offices
not located on the Alaska Rail -
iroad has been in effect for a
m mtei of years and a limited.
. ;pi' p.iation does not permit
of a general extension of the
I service. In writing bn the sub
oct Assistant Postmaster Gen
jcral W. Irving Glover says: “The
‘matter has received careful
consideration and should the
postmasters be permitted to ac
cept parcel post for dispatch to
Livengood during the closed
season, (from about Oct. 1 to;
May 1), there would be a de-'
niand for the acceptance of such
i matters for dispatch to other re-,
stricted offices, and result in an
| increased cost that could not be
i sustained by the limited appro
priation alloted for mail service
in the Territory. Because of the
difficult transportation over the
winter routes in the interior of
Alaska the weights are neces
sarily limited, and the maximum
stated for each route is designed
jto take care of only the prefer
red classes of mail and certain
articles of merchandise of ur
gent necessity, when the weight
| limits will permit of their trans
. rortation.”
KETCHIKAN
Much interest has been shown
u: the Brotherhood by both na
| t’ves and whites in Ketchikan
and they were all anxious to
know the outcome of the con
\ent:on reports.
Annual elections are due to be
held th' week and at the sam-'
meeting it is planned to organ
ize an “A.N.B.” basketball team.
rrhe children of the Indian Bu
reau School here are preparing
0 program for the Christmas
entertainment.
While many cf the native
people here rc hard pressed ft •
ir,rny a^d therefore are not too
plentifully supplied with food,
clothing and fuel, still the pro
blem is being met in various
ways. So that there will not be
too much hardship. The need of
medical aid is very apparent at
this time and the report that the
Indian Department is going to
| give that aid is being received
very gladly.
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JUNEAU
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Frank P. Mercer, member of
the Executive Committee of the
Alaska Native Botherhood died
in the government hospital, Ju
neau December 10th. Frank had
been ill for a long time of pul
monary tuberculosis and there
was little hope of his recovery
altho he himself was optimistic
and expected to be able to help
direct the next convention in
Juneau.
Frank was one of the original
group of six which met in Ju
neau and organized the Alaska
Native Brotherhood and has al
ways been active in its affairs
since. Elected temporary chair
man at the charter meeting,
Frank was accorded membership
on the Executive Committee af
ter its organization. His friends
in the several towns will learn of
his death with regret.
The fishing boat Pelican, own
ed by Ernest Rogan and last
summer operated by Henry Moy
of Hoonah, was confiscated by
the federal customs. Ownership
was held by a non-citizen.
Kendall Williams of Hoonah
v/as sentenced to serve a four
1 months’ term in the Juneau jail
. for violation of the Alaska Bone
, Dry Law*
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