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I Washington Newsletter
\ By Will A. Steel
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^ j Major Elliott writes, the Dele
\1 {rate that the Alaska Road Cqi»
!1 mission will. spend several hund
red dollars this summer on re
\ pairs to bridge and necessary
I maintenance on the existing
Homer road. The Major also
writes that it will not be pos-)
sible to undertake this summer
the building of a road or trail
from Kuskokwim to Illiamna
I Lake.
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T. A. Peterson, of Teller, is
seeking to impress the govern
ment engineers with the im
portance of improving Grantley
Harbor, alleging 'many advant
ages which would accrue to the
commerce of Seward Peninsula.
In considering the matter Major
General Lytle Brown, Chief of
j Engineers, suggests that noth
| ing can be done at present be
cause no survey has ever been
! authorized of Grantly Harbor
He says that consideration of
the question of improvement
may be inaugurated by securing
the inclusion of an appropriate
em in the next river and har
; bor bill calling for an examina
; l ion of and survey of the local
| ity, to detemine whether im
; pvovement at government ex
| pense appears to be warranted.
Two well known characters
in the early days of Dawson and
Fah’banks are now residents of
’ Washington. They are Dr. W.
jo. Cassels in the Division of
i Appeals, Veterans Bureau, and
Fred McFarland, manager for
the Regal Shoe Company. They
are always interested in any
visitor from the north and have
many happy recollections of
early experiences.
The Chamber cf Commerce of
Cordova is very desirous of hav
ing their harbor improved so as
to create a shelter for small
boats. This matter has been
agitated for several years and in
the River and Harbor Act ap
proved Jan. 21, 1927, provision
was made for the preliminary
examination and survey of Cor
dova harbor. The District En
I gineer made an examination
and recommended the removal
| of part #f Spike Island shoal
’ to a depth of 20 feet, and the
; provision of a harbor for small
■ °raft south of the City dock and
, approach, at an estimated cost
[ o* $104,000, with $10,000 annual
\ ly for maintenance. The ques
< Le:on then went to the Board of
’ Engineers for Rivers' and Har
bors, at Washington, who re
v.’ewed the report and decided
■hut while the construction of
a safe harbor for small boats
would be a great convenience
yet the benefits derived would
not be sufficient to justify the
United States in contributing to
the cost of the improvement.
This report was submitted to
Major General Lytle Brown,
Chief of Engineers, who added
his endorsement to it and on
Nov. 25, 1929, submitted the re
port to the Secretary of War for
transmission to Congress. The
j aid of the Delegate is now sought
to have the Board of Engineers
! take a more favorable view of
JOSEPH O. RUDE,, M. D
IPHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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Office Phone 61
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Physician & Surgeon
Wrangell -
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the necessity for this harbor
improvement.
The Biological Survey gives
out the information that Alas
ka’s transplanted buffalo are in
excellent condition on the Jar
vis Creek flats southeast of Fair
banks. A herd of 23 buffalo
were transferred in 1928 from a
bison range in Montana. Not
withstanding some fatal accid
ents the herd now numbers 29.
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There is possibly more talk of
Alaska in Washington than in
and other city in the country.
A street here is called Alaska
Avenue, and the Alaska Cafe
does a large business on Penn
sylvania Avenue.
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The first large exodus of gov
ernment parties for Alaska has
started from Washington and
will sail north from Seattle on
May 30. These to do partic
ularly with exploration and de
velopment projects.
E. W. Griffin, president o'
the Kodiak Chamber of Com
merce, has filed an appeal from
the findings of the District En
gineer, who reports adversely on
he project to make a survey
and further examination of
Kodiak harbor. The Delegate if
informed that the Board of En
gineers for Rivers and Harbor?
will hold a hearing on this ap
neal at their meeting in Wash
ington on June 1, if the matter
f an be reached then, otherwise
it will be held a month later,
and the latter is more likely
as the appeal was only filed a
few days ago and many other
cases precede it.
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The Federal Radio Commis
sion has recently grated appli
cations for service (other than
broadcasting), in Alaska, as fol
1 ws:
KHV. Northwestern Fisheries
Co., Uyak, granted license coast
al and point to point service.
KNP. Columbia River Pack
er s Asson, Chignik, granted
license as above.
KMP. Libby, McNeill & Lib
by, Libbyville, granted renewal
of license.
KPD. P. E. Harris & Co.,
Hawk Inlet, and KJL, Unimak
Island, False Pass, granted re
newal of license to Oct. 15, 1931,
in both instances.
New. Alaskan Airways, Inc.,
granted 7 new licenses, for com
munication with any Alaskan
ttctl/lUIi.
KEA. Adam William Lipke,
Seldovia, granted construction
permit for new transmitter.
KSC. Chilkat Oil Co., Katel
!a, granted C. P for new trans
mitter.
Applications other than
broadcasting have recently been
received for Alaska service as
fallows:
International Packing C o.
Sand Point, new construction
permit, point to point.
Alaska Pacific Salmon Corp.,
Funter Bay, Drier Bay, Ketch
ikan, renewal of licenses.
KSJ. Pacific Coast Cenemt
Co., Dali Island, license covering
construction permit, point to
pmnt and coastal service.
KHC. Alaska Packers Asson.,
Chignik, asme as above.
KLP. Radiomarine Corpv of
America, Uganik, renewal o f
d cense.
KON. Nakat Packing Corp.,
Union Bay, renewal of license
-:LW. Alaska Pacific Salmon
Corp., Port Althrop, Kake, Rose
in1*, t, renewal of licenses.
KUU. R. R. Farish, Steam
boat Bay, renewal of license.
KHA. Alaska Packers Asson ,
Kodiak Island, Larson Bay,
license covering construction
permit.
KFQD. Anchorage Radio Club
Inc., permit to install new trans
mitter.
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David Adler, of Fairbanks, was
in Washington last week and
has gone to New York to visit
his people. After a residwence
of nine years in Alaska he came
out as a member of the Nation -
nl Executive Comittee of the
American Legion, to attend the
annual meeting at Indianapolis
the middle of May. He was the
only representative from the
north and from all accounts
talked and preached Alaska to
such an extent that the Nation
al officers will soon be arrang
ing a nexcursion party to visit
their brether in the Territory
and enjoy the great charm of
the northland. Mr. Adler was
designated by the convention to
take up with Secretary Wilbur
the matter of Child Welfare and
was very pleasantly received by
that official. He also had an
interesting visit on Friday to
the White House and the Ex
icutive offices thanks to Secre
tary Lawrence Ritchie. j
Leo P. Botts, Jr., of Little
Rock, Ark., has been in Alaska
several times and is an enthusi
ast on the northland, having
induced many tourists to enjoy
the incomparable delights of
ihis scenic excursion. Evidence
3f his activity are apparent in
Washington, with the result
several steamer reservations i
have already been made.
An interesting and elaborately
illustrated booklet has just been
published by the Government
printing office, describing an
Anthropological Survey in Alas
ka by Dr. Alex Hrdlicka, of the
Smithsonian Institution. The
Doctor is on his way to Interior
Alaska for another season’s ex
ploration.
Stephen R. Capps, who has
been representing the U. S. Geo
logical Survey in Alaska for the
past decade, will go West in a
few days and sail north from
Seattle on May 30, in charge of
five parties of expert men who
will do the exploration under
the recent special designation
and appropriation by Congress,
in an effort to increase the ton
nage of the Alaska Railroad.
Most of the labor in connection
with this work will be secured
in Alaska.
D. R. Adams, who was a form
er employee of the Alaska Rail
road for nine years and a resi
writes from Bolivia requesting
a copy of the Howell Senate Re
port on the Alaska Railroad
He says, “The progress of this
rt ilroad is of gieat interest to
me. The longer I remain in
South America the stronger be
comes the attraction of- that
Northern country, wherein re
side the finest people it has ev
er been my good fortune to num
ber among my friends.” Mr.
Adams is now connected with
the Bolivian International Min
ing Corporation at Huanuni.
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Divisional iNOies
JUNEAU
Harlan H, Gubser, in charge
r;f the predatory animal survey,
arrived on the steamer Yukon.
Painters have been touching
up the woodwork on the Scottish
Rite Temple the past few days.
The large room in the B. M.
Behrends Bank Building has
been remodeled and converted
into two fine store rooms.
B. F. Heintzleman, assistant
regional forester is on his way
to Ketchikan to examine some
water power projects.
Miss Marion Dicky left on one
of the last boat? and will later
ioin the force of the Fairbanks
News Miner.
William A. Hesse, Territorial
Higway Engineer, left last week
f; v Seward on an inspection
trip.
Mrs. A. Markoe, wife of the
weHknown photographer of Ju
neau, left for a visit in Victoria,
B. C. She plans to go on to
California later.
A party composed of Mr. John
Troy, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Petrich
H. R. Whitfield; Mr. and Mrs
Jerry Goss and Mr. and Mrs
Cash Cole and their two sons
Jim and Tom, left on Mr. Cole’s
launch, the Jazz, for Skagway
to attend the Memorial Day
celebration at Whitehorse.
Mrs. Justin Harding left on
the steamer Alaska to attend
the graduation exercises at St.
Mary’s Academy in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Harding will return with
her daughter the latter part of
June.
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WRANGELL
H. D. Campbell, deputy U. S.
Marshal, who has been outside
with a number of prisoners Re
turned to his home on the
steamer Yukon
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IDRAGGED ON COWCATCHER j
ACROSS TRESTLE1
Elias McWhorter was rescu
ed by a trainman at Clarksburg
West Virginia after dangling
!fr^m the cowcatcher while the
locomotive of a passenger train
ciossed a high trestle. Mc
Whorter, a farmer, G5 years old,
failed to hear - the approach of,
the train whichcrashed into his
farm wagon and killed his two
horses. Ho was tossed into the
air by the crash and landed on
the cowcatcher where his cloth
ing became fastened in some
manner and there he hung until
the train could be brought to a
■t at the other end of the
restle. He suffered broken legs
nd some bruises.
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