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Washington News Notes
(By W. A. S.)
The bill introduced by the
delegate to provide for competi
tive bidding in furnishing coal
to the Alaska Railroad and the
awarding of contracts to two or
more operating companies, a;;
the lowest bid submitted, was
considered by the House Com
mittee on Territories and a sub
committee appointed to draw up
a substitute bill. This was done,
the bill approved by Committee
and introduced under H. R. 12
281 by Representative Driver, as
follows:
“Be it enacted, etc., that in or
der to prevent monopoly and to
insure the continuance of two or
more operating coal mines in the
Territory of Alaska adjacent to
the Alaska Railroad, the general
manager of the Alaska Railroad,
with the approval of the Secre
tary of the Interior is hereby
authorized to purchase coal an
nually for the railroad from two
or more operating companies in
that area at such reasonable
price or prices, not to exceed
£3.15 per ton for top grade, $3.00 j
per ton for second grade and
$2.90 per ton for third grade, as
may be Axed and determined by
the said Secretary.”
* * *
In the Army appropriation bill
that has been before the House
the past two weeks the Commit
tee report on the sum necessary
lor the Alaska Road Commission
was retained. Delegate Wicker
sham sought to have the sun; in
creased to $650,000 but was un
successful. Chairman McDuffie
of the Economy Committee
sought to have the sum of $354,
S10 entirely stricken from the
bill. But in this he was unsuc
cessful, and the probabilities are
that this smaller sum will prevail
when the bill finally passes the
Senate and becomes a law. Those
Alaskans who are interested In
the House controversy on this
subject may find some inferest
ing reading in the Congressional
Record of May 17, pages 1085P
ei; May 18, pages 10954-59; and
May 19, pages 10975-77. A very
interesting, complete and auth
entic statement of Alaska’s trade
relations with the United States
from the time of the purchase
of the Territory in 1869 to 1931,
inclusive, was submitted by the
Delegate and appears in the
Congressional Record of May 18.
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Ernest Walker Sawyer, who
has been on the Pacific coast for
several weeks past, reports to the
Interior Department that vari
ous excursions to the North have
been arranged for the present
season. One is the Los Angeles
excursion to the interior of Alas
ka, which is being advertised in
three large display windows o*
Bullock’s department store in
L. A. Mrs. Sydney Laurence has
kindly loaned a very fine picture
of Mt. McKinley for one of the
windows. The other two windows
contain some totem poles, color
ed photographs of the Kenne
cott copper mines and the Mil
lion Dollar bridge on the C. R. &
N. W. Railway crossing the Cop
per River in full sight of the
Miles and Childs glaciers. The
Washington Good Roads Associ
ation is now seeking to organize
an International Caravan to
leave Seattle June 27 and spend
five days in the lower Fraser
valley and in the vicinity of
Vancouver. This project has the'
approval of Premier Tolmie and
other officials of the British
Columbia government. Governor
James Rolph and the Auto Club
of Southern California have
been invited to participate and
meet the officials of Washington.
Oregon and British Columbia.
* * *
Some parties in California
have wired the Delegate that
they have acquired Unit No. 2,
in the Matanuska coal fields and
that they have sent an engineer
north to make a final examina
tion of the property before de
ciding just what work is neces
sary in order to get coal out to
supply the coastal markets.
The revenue bill that has been
under consideration by the Se
nate contains three schedules,
approved by both House and Se
nate, which is of particular in
terest to Alaska. One Schedule
imposes a tax of four cents per
pound on copper imported into
the United States; another pro
vides that imported coal shall
carry a tax of ten cents per 100
pounds; another imposes a tax
of $3.00 per thousand on import
ed lumber.
* * *
Prohibition enforcement work
during the current fiscal year
will cost each person in America
0.9 cents, as the total cost of en
forcement work will be $11,069,
500, according to information
available at the Bureau of Pro
hibition. The per capita cost of
enforcement in Alaska, where
$26,555 is expended on a basis of
58,758 population at an average
of 45 cents. The next highest is
in Nevada where $32,915 is ex -
pended for 90,981 people, or an
average of 36 cents. The lowest
costs are in Puerto Rico, where
$52, 194 is spent for 1,543,913
people, an average of 3.4 cents,
and in Ohio where $250,859 is
expended for 6,639,837 people at
a per capita of 3.7 cents. The
largest amount ,$1,610,419, is ex
pended in New York with a pop
ulation of 12,619,503 and a per
capita of 12.6 cents.
* * *
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
has decided to dispose with the
the office of Chief of Alaska
division, with headquarters at
Juneau. Instead the duties
that position will be performed
by the present Medical Director,
Dr. Fellowes, and the appoint
ment of Dr. Carl W. Gordon, of
Indiana, as Director of Educa
tion for Alaska. The latter will
sail from Seattle early in June
for his headquarters at Juneau,
although he, as well as Dr. Fel
lowes, will travel considerably
around the territory in the ef
fort to build up the two depart
ments referred to. At present
Charles W. Hawkesworth is the
Acting Chief of the Alaska Divi
sion and he is expected to con
tinue in the Indian Service as
District Superintendent of
Schools, to be assigned to one of
the districts. Prior to his present
appointment he was Superin
tendent of the Southeastern dis
trict, with headquarters at Ju
neau.
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On May 27th President Hoover
sent two documents to the Se
nate, of concern to Alaska. One
was the withdrawal of the nomi
nation of John Rustgard, of Ju
neau, to be Judge of the Second
division of Alaska. The other
was the nomination of Lester O.
Gore, of Ketchikan, to be Judge
of the Second (Nome), division
of Alaska, to succeed G. J. Lo
men, whose term expired Feb.
Id, 1930.
On May 24th the nomination
of Charles A. Sheldon, as Post
master at Seward was sent to
the Senate. This is a reappoint
ment, with no objection to, con
firmation.
Lyman S. Brewster, of Bernie,
Montana, has been engaged by
the Department of the Interior
to go to Seward Peninsula for
the coming season to assist in
the reorganization plans adopt
ed for the care and expansion of
the reindeer industry. Two other
experienced men were sent north
several weeks ago to also partici
pate in this work.
* * *
The Interior Department has
received word that the new
motorship North Star, which has
just been built at a cost of $400,
000 for the Alaska Division of the
Bureau of Education, would sail
May 30th from Seattle on her
first trip to Alaska. The vessel
has accomodations for 38 pas
sengers, a crew of twenty and
quarters for twenty Alaska na
tives. This new supply ship will
first go to Wrangell, Juneau and
Seward. At the latter port she
will take aboard 1,000 tons of
Matanuska coal for delivery on
Bristol Bay. Then she will go to
the Kuskokwim river, Bering
Sea and return to Seattle. She
will again leave Seattle on Aug.
1 for Point Barrow in the Arctic,
making various stops. enroute.
She is expected back in Seattle
Dec. 10, bringing 2,000 reindeer
carcasses loaded at Point Bar
row, Kivilina, Point Hope, Kot
zebue and St. Lawrence Island.
* * *
Judge John Barton Payne re -
ported to President Hoover the
other day that already 23,000,000
bushels of flour of the 40,000,000
bushels turned over to the Red
Cross by the Federal Farm Board
for distribution to the needy
throughout the country h a«
been given away. Distribution of
this flour has been made in
every state and in Alaska.
* * *
The present Superintendent of
Railway Mail Service, at Seattle,
with jurisdiction over Alaska, U
about to retire. Some of the
Alaska postmasters are sending
in recommendations requesting
the appointment of J. H. Fehse,
as successor to this office. He has
been an assistant and is parti
cularly familiar with Alaska
conditions, having frequently
traveled through the North.
* * *
The Postoffice Department has
furnished the Delegate with the
following information with re
ference to Alaska, that has de
veloped between June 1, 1931,
and April 30, 1932: Post offices
established and name changed,
Baldwin, Fanshaw, Galena, Fer
ry, Gakona, Goodnews Bay.
Kwigug, Lakeview, Lawing, Old
Harbor, Saint Timothys, Selawik,
Tolovana, Warton. Cape Fan
shaw was changed to Fanshaw
and McCord was changed to Old
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ALASKA CAFE
COLISEUM
Last Time To-night
Elissa Landi
“Always Goodbye”
Remember Elissa Landi in “Body
end Soul,” Now you see her in I
another great picture with an |
all star cast including Lewis
Stone and John Garrick.
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Saturday - Sunday - Monday
Another BIG THREE DAY Run
Richard Barthelmess
“Finger Prints”
See this great newspaper story
written by the Author of the
“Dawn Patrol” and “Little Cea
ser.” Based on a notorious case
o* gang rule which recently
startled the country.. The cast
includes—■
Fay Wray - Clark Gables
Regis Toomey
Also—“Adventures in Africa.”
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Tuesday & Wednesday
“Three Girls Lost”
A GREAT COMEDY
Loretta Young - John Wayne
Thursday and Friday
“A Holy Terror”
George O’Brien - Sally Eilers
A Romance of the great out
doors—Thrills in an airplane—
Together with mystery and
Comedy.—A good picture.
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COMING SOON— /
EDDIE DOWLING IN—
“Honeymoon Lane”
Remember Eddie Dowling in the
“Rainbow Man” the first talking
picture ever shown in Petersburg!
See him again in “Honeymoon j
Lane” A picture for the whole
family.—DON’T MISS IT.
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President, Judson L Brown „j.
!|! Secretary, Joseph Jackson
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Haines Camp A. Nt S. £
President, Mrs. D. Klanot
Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.{
Visiting members welcome
SAXMAN Camp. 16 A. N. S.
Pres. Mrs. Peter McKay
Sec. Mrs. Martha John
Meets every Monday 1 p. m.
Visiting Members Welcome
Angoon Camp No. 7
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
Klukwan Camp No. 8
Alaska Native Brotherhood }
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Meets every Saturday <
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Edward Warne, President
John Willard, Secretary j
All Visitors are Welcome
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CAMP 13
Alaska Native Sisterhood
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Mondays, 2: o’clock g
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Pres. Susie Abraham $
Sec. Helen Bremner g
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Alaska Native Brotherhood \
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% Jack Ellis, President
Yakutat, Alaska
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You Are Invited.
The' Largest Department Store in Juneau
invites out of town visitors to visit their big
store and examine the quality and style of
our large stocks of up-to-date merchandise,
to compare prices as you would at the home
store, without being urged or feeling in any
way obliged to purchase.
You will enjoy your visit here and
we will be pleased to have you call.
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The Cash Bazaar.
Opposite The Alaskan Hotel
Juneau* * Alaska