low. Knowing that one was some
where, somehow in the moun
tains, by the first conscious
draught of mountain air. Surely
in the mountains of Alaska,
once more safely in the moun
tains again. And that would be
good to know.
Let me stand on the hill above
Petersburg town, where the tide
is entering in, and hear the full
throated wild shouting of it,
let me gaze at the wild water
falls, and rapids threaded on
ouiet jade. Tire hour would be at
early morning in spring, when
every tree and fern are brightly
bent with their manifestation of
spring glory! And the long,
lrourless day would lie before.
For so it is with mountains, and
httle mountain towns.
So many urgencies that sum
mon us to somewhere, to a real
ness that is vague, to a vague
ness that is real. Such a bewild
ering, clamoring, insistent mul
jtiplicity of duties. And obliga
tions and needs. So many, many
imperatives. And all the while
the north wind is striding to
shcre, thunderolis; and all the
j while the south wind is blowing
over the valley, to which the
flocks come home; and all the
while the hill wand is in the
pines that crest the hills. Time
is in great haste, at spring! Be
cause we edge it on and fretfully.
But what is the nature of time?
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Washington Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
There are at present time two
Midshipmen at the Annapolis
Naval Academy, from Alaska,
applicants for the third place
having failed in the examina
ions last spring. Delegate Wick
ersham has just announced his1
appointments for next year, as
ollows: Principal, Edward F.
:;tackpole, of Ketchikan; First
alternate, James W. McCauley,
cf Fairbanks; Second Alternate,
Ralph Alonzo Holdiman, of An
chorage; Third Alternate, Earl
Logergren, of Juneau. They will
begiven a mental examination
on the third Wednesday in Feb
ruary or the third Wednesday in
\pril, as the applicant may elect,
to be held under the supervision
of the Civil Service Commission.
Tn Alaska these points are An
chorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and
Ketchikan. All candidates arc
required to be citizens of the
United States and must not be
less than IS years of age no-,
more than 20 years of age on
April 1 of the calendar year in
which he expects to enter the
Naval Academy. Each Delegate
or Congressman is permitted to
have two cadets in the United'
States Military Academy at West:
Point. As there are now two
Cadets from Alaska, and neither!
will graduate until the summer!
of 1934, no appointment can be
made until the end of 1933, in
preparation for examination the
following spring. Candidates j
must, at that date of admission
to the Academy, July 1st, be
between the ages of 17 and 22
years.
Nearly all the business inter
ests of Wrangell have signed a
petition to the Postmaster Gen
eral asking that the present
Postmaster. John W. Stedman be
continued in office. If the De
partment, decides to mako a
change B. Y. Grant is likely to
be appointed Postmaster.
At the request of the Seward
Chamber of Commerce the De
legate has taken up with the
Interior Department the in
creased rate on coal shipments.
Before the present increased
rate was made effective on
March 25. 1931, the freight rate
from Jonesville to Seward wTas
$2 per ton, and now is $4.50. It
is maintained that the advanced
tariff must necessarily have a
deterrent effect on the ship
ment of coal from the Mata
nuska mines to Seward, Cordova
and Southeastern Alaska. Most
of these ports are now supplied
with British Columbia coal, to
the extent of about 60.000 tons
per year. Another complaint is
because of the inadequate faci
lities available at Seward for the
handling of large quantities of
coal, the need of bunkers caus
ing a reduction in shipment and
consequent loss of revenue to
the Alaska Railroad.
Miss Ernestine Jesson from
l Seward writes to say that she
| has submitted to the Interior
‘Department the name of A-lak
shak for the new vessel to take
! t he place of the Boxer in the
| service of the Indian Bureau.
Secretary of the Interior Wil
bur has given the government’s
formal endorsement to an en
couragement of the Boy Scouts
of the United States to acquire
a knowledge of the Indian, his
‘tradition, his life and his ideals
so that the Scout program
might be extented and enriched
thereby. As a result of their skill
with pocket knives in carving,
three Scouts will enjoy a trip to
Alaska next summer. The In
terior Department, acting thru
the Alaska Railroad, and the
Alaska Steamship Co., and
Northern Pacific Railway, have
instituted a contest in carving
totem poles—the idea being “to
stimulate on the part of all
Scouts a knowledge of the In
dian, his tradition, his life and
his ideals, so that the Scout
program may be extended and
enriched thereby.”
In announcing the contest, the
Interior Department said, “<It Is
not only the int'ention to stimu
late the interest of Scouts in In
dian lore, but also to provide
recognition of the character
building and educational fea
tures of the Scout program by
developing every outstanding.
Scout's character, service and!
skill.”
The first prize will be a trip |
from the prize v/inners home I
city to interior Alaska and re-|
turn, including several days to |
be spent in Mount McKinley!
National Park. This trip will:
take about 19 days from Seattle.!
Second prize will be a cruise by I
steamship from Seattle to Se
ward, and return, occupying 10
days. A cruise from Seattle to
Skagway, and return, taking 10
days, will be third prize.
Ernest Walker Sawyer has
returned to the Pacific Coast
and will attend the first meeting
of the Alaska Committee of the
San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce on Nov. 18, which will be
followed by a reindeer steak
luncheon. Mr. Sawyer is partic
ularly interested in having the
San Francisco Chambc" definite
ly endorse and carry cut an an
nual excursion to Fairbanks, so
that they may fully realize the
tourist possibilities of the great
northland and the mining op
portunities of the Interior.
After spending fourteen years
in Nome and contiguous country
Stephan K. Biroschak was called
to Bridgeport nearly five years
ago because of the serious illness
of his mother, who later died
Then he got married and has a
ycung boy and later a brothei
was ill for a long time and died
Stephan was in Washington the
other day and says that he is
now making his arrangements
to return to Nome on the steam
er Victoria next Spring.
The Department of the In -
terior has given out the prelimi
nary report of the Geological
Survey cn mining activities of
the past summer in the Alaska
Railroad belt. In the last ap
propriation made by Congress
the sum of $250,000 was speci
fically set apart for this explora -
tion work, which has shown the
existence of valuable coal fields
and important reserves of pre
clous metals. The section of the
announcement summarizing
conclusions from the survey,
issued by the Department of the
Interior, follows:
As the result of intensive
studies last summer of the min
eral resources of the belt tribu
tary to the Alaska Railroad, the
Geological Survey announces
that that region contains im
portant reserves of gold, silver,
lead, and zinc, large deposits of
Gubbituminous and bituminous
coal and, possibilities that there
may be an anthracite field of
commercial importance. Gold
lode mining is being actively
carried on in a number of camps,
and several of these show great
promise of increased production
from mines already operated
and from other lodes so far un
developed.
The investigations in the rail
road belt, the preliminary re
sults of which are here an
nounced, were made under a
special appropriation to the
'Alaska Railroad for the purpose
jof determining the possibilities
of the several districts for furn
ishing tonnage from their min
eral resources to the railroad
over a period of years, and the
investigations were confined
solely to districts in which lode
deposits of coal were known to
exist. Nine separate projects
were organized under the gener
al direction of S. R. Capps, with
individual geologists assigned to
Fairbanks, Kantishna, Mount
Eilson (Copper Mountain), Val
dez Creek and the 'West Fork of
the Chulitna River, Willow
Creek, Girdwood, Moose Pass,
the anthracite field of the upper
Matanuska Valley, and a general
survey of the nonmetallic re
sources of the region other than
coal. In addition the Eva Creek
mine was examined, and other
metallic lodes were visited.
The scope of the field work
included a careful examination
of all accessible mines and pros -
pects; the construction of mine
maps where none were already
available; the detailed study of
geological structure as it affects
the distribution of ore bodies:
the determination of the mode
of occurrence of metallic miner
als in the lodes, with special at
tention to the presence or ab
sence of surface enrichment;
the sampling of ore bodies to
determine their size and value:
and the collection of all infor
mation that might help in pre
dicting the probable depth to
which ore might be expected to
extend. These studies required
the preparation of special topo
graphic maps in the Kantishna.
Mount Eilson, Girdwood and
Anthracite Ridge areas.
\
The people residing at Liven
good are seeking to have parcel 3
post mail delivered throughout
the winter months. The last
efiorts made was to have this
mail delivered during the win
ter months at Hot Springs, Tof
ly, Livengood and Rampart, but
•me Department decided that
the towns named could not coa
sMently be relieved from exist
ing restrictions affecting interi
or offices durng the winter
months.
At the recent meeting at
Fairbanks of the Alaska Game
Commission a lengthy petition
was presented from nearly ail
the residents of the Tanana
section asking, in view of the
existing depression and hard
times in the interior of Alaska
and particularly among the Na
tives, that the season be opened
on martin and beaver and not
limit the catch of trappers tc
any specified number, and t)
allow trappers to shoot beaver
with rifle. The Commission
opened the season on both
beaver and martin and each
trapper is allowed to trap 15
beaver and 10 martin. But now
complaint comes to the Delegate
that the trapping of beaver
thru the ice is impossible during
the months of January, Febru
ory and March, alfho the Na
fives know how to trap on lan 1
and are good shots with a rifle
The petitioners claim that the :
Commission makes such regula
tions that hardly any one can j
follow without breaking. The •
manner of sealing game is also :
objected to and the request is ;
made that the Biological Survey i
have seals issued direct to the i
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Wardens. The matter is being i
taken up with the proper off:
cials.
The Alaska Committee of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
has endorsed the action of the
Territorial Legislature in repeal
ing the existing law limiting
placer mining locations in Alas
ka, and requests the Delegate to
use his best efforts to hav?
Congress give its approval to
the action of the Legislature.
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Northern Breezes
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The Alaska-Juneau Gold
Mine, at Juneau now announces
a surplus of almost $1,500,000.
The net tax paid is small com
pared to the taxes paid by some
of the larger salmon corpora
tions. The mine pays on a net
gain over a certain amount,
wnile the caneries pay, profit
cr no profit.
Walter Cleghorn Eskimo box -1
er in the states still has a few
punches left in his bag of mits
according to recent report from
the states.
The new radio station at
Ketchikan has been completed
and the crew of operators moved
into their new quarters.
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Carl Hatland is tearing dowm
the old Petersburg Hotel build
ing, with a crew of men prepar
atory to constructing a new
building.
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Mrs. Fletcher, U. S. Indian
Bureau nurse at Klawock, and
Mrs. Metier, and Mrs. Gunder
son left Juneau on the Zapora
for their homes.
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