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(By W. A. S.)
ALASKA INTERESTS AT
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In these hectic days of re
trenchment in the House of Con
gress the treatment of the Wai
Department appropriation bil
last week illustrates how th<
ruthless slashing is done. The bil
as finally passed and sent to tin.
Senate carries a grand total ir
appropriations of $392,775,237
This is a reduction of $52,997,99'
compared with the 1932 appro
priations, and less by $18,588,52o
then was recommended by the
Budget Bureau. To this depre
ciation Alaska contributed «ver
$450,000, in the appropriation
for the Alaska Road Commission,
which was $800,000 in 1932. For
1933 the Budget recommended
$650,310, but the appropriations
committee, reporting the bill cut
the figures to $354,310, which
was finally adopted by the House.
When the item was to be con
sidered Delegate Wickersham
moved to amend and increase
the appropriation to $650,31C
making a lengthy talk on behalf
of the necessity for the increas
ed sum. When the amendment
was put it was defeated by a
\ote of 25 ayes and 43 nays. Mr
McDuffie, of Alabama, Chairman
of the Economy Committee, then
sought to entirely eliminate the
appropriation for the Alaska
Road Commission. He moved as
an amendment the elimination
of the entire paragraph provid
ing for the appropriation. After
debate the amendment was de
feated by the close vote of 5‘J
ayes and 56 nays.
Delegate Wickersham had
printed in the Congressional Re
cord a lengthy statistical record
showing the trade value of Alas
ka to the United States and in
the debate figures from this
statement were frequently quot
ed by the several speakers and
which undoubtedly was a vital
force in the defeat of the a
mendment. However, the facts
did not convince Chairman Mc
Duffie, who, among other things,
declared: “The idea of maintain
ing 3,100 miles of highways in
Alaska for the use of less than
00,000 people is perfectly prepos
perous to me. * * No loss will
occur to the people of Alaska if
we strike this item out, and I
submit again that it should be
stricken from this bill.”
The House Joint Resolution
that provides for the suspension
of annual assessment work on
mining clairps held by location
in the United States and Alaska,
for the fiscal year ending July 1,
1932, passed the House on May
11. It was later considered by the
Senate Committee on Mines and
Mining and on May 16 it was de
cided by unanimous vote to fav
orably report the resolution. The
preponents of the measure feel
that it will become a law before
Congress adjourns, in which
event assessment work in Alaska
for one year will be suspended.
On May 19 two Alaska bills
were favorably decided on by the
House Committee on Public
Lands. One provides for the
conveyance by the United States
of the old court house lot in
Nome to the City of Nome, to be
used for street purposes. The
bill had the approval of the At
torney General. The other bill
grants a patent in fee to the
Yakutat and Southern Railway
for about 65 acres of land at
Yakutat upon the payment
therefor of $2.50 per acre and
the relinquishment of its grant
for terminal grounds on Monti
Bay. The bill had the approval of
tile Departments of Interior and
Agriculture. The Company agrees
to lease to the village of Yaku
tat the land occupied by its
power and light plant for ten
years, at a nominal rental of $5
per year.
* * *
On May 16th several Alaskans
v/ere among those who attended
the funeral in Washington of the
mother of Mrs. R. E. Robertson,
of Juneau, and Miss Margaret
Greene, of this city, with whom
her mother lived. Some years ago
Miss Greene resided at Juneau
and was libraian at the public
library.
Dr. Alex Hrdlicka, curator of
physical anthropology, National
Museum, left Washington for the
west some days ago and on May
18th sailed from Seattle on his
fifth trip to Alaska. He will go
directly to Kodiak, where he will
spend the summer excavating
ancient village sites. These pro
historic sites, he believes were
once inhabited by peoples who
migrated across the ice from
Asia and became the first human
beings to set foot in North
: America. From these peoples de
| scended the North American In
dian and Eskimo of later years,
fi is thought.
Dr. Hrdlicka will seek to con
firm evidence found last year of
a new art—a prehistoric culture
y/hich may link the two main
branches of migrators to North
America. These two branches,
both originating in Asia, enter
ed the continent by different
routes and became separated.
One, it is believed, came down
the West Coast of Alaska, while
the other crossed northern Ca
nada and then moved south
ward. As these migrators devel
oped, they diverged, and until
recently it has been thought
they never came together until
tney merged in the region which
is now the United States. Dr.
Hrdlicka believes, however, he
has discovered a culture which
; reveals a connecting link be
i tween the two branches. It is to
confirm this belief that he will
study in Alaska this summer.
Should further study of this
> culture reveal a definate con
| nection, Dr. Hrdlicka will have
| given to science a new clue in
the dark mystery of prehistoric
North America.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strong, of
Ketchikan, were entertained the
ether day with friends aboard
the ship commanded by Capr.
Colbert, whose wife is a sister of
Mrs. Mahone, who formerly re
sided at Ketchikan. The ship
was temporarily stationed at
Annapolis.
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The House bill that would
authorize the transfer of the
Alaska Road Commission from
the War Department to the In
terior Department had a hearing
before the Territories Committee
on May 19. The Alaska Territor
ial Chamber of Commerce had
submitted a brief stating a ma
jority of the member organiza
tions were opposed to the trans
fer, and at length setting forth
the reasons therefor. The Cham
bers voting against the transfer
were Fairbanks, Nome, Valdes,
Sitka, Petersburg, Douglas and
Juneau. Anchorage Chamber
voted to table the referendum,
while Wrangell Chamber voted
to take no action at the present
time. Cordova, Seward and Ket
chikan did not reply. Both De
partments concerned favored the
bill, which is now on the House
calendar. A similar bill intro
duced in the Senate was also
favorably reported and is now
cn the Senate calendar.
! * * *
The population of Alaska nov.
seems to.be quite well establish
ed but an evening paper the
other day answered an inquiry
as to the length of the coastline
of Alaska, in the following in
formation: “The coastline of the
mainland of Alaska is 6,542 miles
and that of the adjoining is
lands is 8,590 miles.”
* * *
The Delegate had nominated
Edward F. Stackpole, of Ketchi
kan, as principal for 1932 en
trance to the Annapolis Acad
emy, but his recent death pre
vented the necessary mental
examination. James W. McCaul
ey, of Fairbanks, was the first
alternate and he successfully
passed his examination at San
Francisco on April 20. Having
qualified mentally he will report
at the Naval Academy about the
middle of June for the regular
physical examination, and if
found qualified he will then im
mediately enter the Academy.
* *
The bill that would give the
Interior Department authority
to receive competitive bids for
coal needed by the Alaska Rail
road and to award contracts to
more then one operating com
pany at the lowest bid had a
hearing before the House Com
mittee on Territories on May 1?
The Department favored the bil1
in the belief that the presen
methods would eventually result
in monopoly, for if one compam .
continually receives all railroad
business competing mines must
inevitably close or remain un
developed. Moreover, if surviv
ing company’s mine works out
the railroad and local communi
ties would be left without a
source of supply of the certain
grade of coal now in demand
The bill would also prove a
stimulus to induce companies tc
develop coal for sources other
than for the railroad, which
would contribute to the develop
ment of the Territory. The Evan
Jones Coal Company opposed the
bill but it was indorsed by Bart
ley Howard for his company. The
Committee finally decided that
a sub-committee should be ap
pointed to further consider the
bill and make some changes in
it.
* * *
In the revenue and taxation
bill as it passed the House, there
was a provision that coal im
ported into the United States
end Alaska should be subject to
a tax of ten cents per 100 pounds
When the Senate considered this
bill on the night of May 20th
there was a persistent effort to
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