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Washington News Letter
By Will A. Steel
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When the Garner relief bill
was introduced in the House it
contained two appropriations
for building projects in Alaska—
Anchorage and Ketchikan, and
for a number of river and har
bor projects in Alaska. It also
contained appropriations for in
numerable projects in every
Congressional district in the
United States. As a result many
of the residents of the respective
towns entered their protests a
gainst these public buildings,
* claiming that the rented build
ings answered every purpose
with a great saving to the gov
ernment. This gave rise to the
charge of “pork” appropriation;
and when the bill went to the
Senate the various building and
river and harbors projects all
; over the United States were cut
I out and the revised bill was ac
cepted in conference by the
House, with practically no ob
jection. Thus Alaska was treat
ed like the state of New York
and all other states, with the
general understanding that the
Alaska items and all other mer
itorious items would be included
in the general public bunldings
and rivers and harbors bills and
passed at the December session
cf Congress. This explanation
seems necessary to set aright
some critics in Alaska who pre
tend to think that the Territory
was discriminated against,
which is an absolutely erroneous
thought.
The Telephone Bond and
Share Co., of Ketchikan, has
made application to the Federal
Radio Commission for modifica
tion of construction permit for
extension of completion date to
August 18, 1933. The station is
K7XD. Joseph T. Bauer, six
miles south of Chichagof, KWW,
has applied for a renewal of
point-to-point license for 178kc.,
150w., and also for renewal of
coastal telegraph license for
i frequency not to exceed 1.5kc.,
' 150w.
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| An inquirer asks of a Wash
Cut your meat and grocery
bills to the bone.
Buy where you can save
most—all the time.
Don't go on paying the same old prices! You
don’t have to if you shop here! You’ll find
everything for good meals at prices that do
not strain your pocketbook.
The Veribest for the most particular at all
times is our policy.
The Sanitary Market
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flngton evening newspaper, “Hov
wide is Bering Strait betweer
Alaska and Siberia? Does i
freeze over in the winter?” Th<
following reply was forthcom
ing: “It is about 35 miles wid'
end does freeze over in the win
ter.”
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Starting August first extensiv<
observations of the upper at
mosphere are being undertaket
by the Weather Bureau , as r
part of the program of the in
ternational Polar year . B;
means of kites, captive, pilo
and sounding ballons, and air
| piane ascensions it is planned t<
'obtain as complete a record a,
possible of temperature ant
wind conditions in the tropos
| phere and lower regions of th<
I stratosphere. This will forn
[part of a world wide record t<
jfce compiled during the year b?
I the co-operating nations. Thi
whole picture is expected t.<
prove of vital significance in fu
ture weather prediction. A spe
cial station is to be establishec
at Point Barrow, on the Arctit
; coast of Alaska. This is the fartj
lest north point under the A
nerican flag and one of the
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(northernmost permanent sta
tions to be set up by any of the
[nations engaged in the polai
(year project. C. J. McGregor
Weather Bureau meteorologist
now is on his way to Barrow tr
[set up this station. In addition
I pilot ballon observations are tc
,be made twice daily during the
(year at stations at Juneau, Fair
banks and Nome.
One of the best means for the
study of the stratosphere is the
sounding balloon, which ascend.';
i to enormous heights and then
drops freely, to be returned tc
the Weather Bureau by whoever
[happens to find it. It probably
will be impossible to make much
use of this instrument at the
Point Barrow stations because
most of the balloons would fall
in uninhabited territory where it
is unlikely they would be re
covered.
Regular airplane ascensions
are to be made from the Fair
banks station. These will provide
data up to four or five miles. It is
possible that some of them will
reach the stratosphere, especial
ly during the winter, when this
constant temperature layer
drops close to the earth in the
polar regions. At all the select
ed polar year stations observa
tions will be made at least twice
a day of the principal meteoro
logical elements, including pres
sure, temperature , moisture,
v/ind, sunshine, cloudiness and
precipitation. The observations
will be entered on special forms
provided for the purpose and
forwarded to the International
Polar Year Commission. The
world-wide co-operation will
make possible the study in
greater detail than ever before
j of the atmosperic circulation
i between the polar regions and
lower latitudes. This is perhaps
the most vital of all factors in
the weather of the Northern
Temperate Zone.
The Weather Bureau also will
: furnish the international com
: mission data concerning solar
: radiation of the aurora borealis.
Automatic records of the total
solar radiation received will be
taken at Washington, Madison,
Wis.; Lincoln, Nebr.; Chicago,
New York City, Pittsburgh; Mi
ami, New Orleans, Twin Falls.
Idaho; Fresno and La Jolla,
| Calif.; Gainsville, Fla., and Fair
| banks, Alaska. Regulr observa
It j tions of the aurora will be made
from stations at Point Barrow,
Nome, Fairbanks and Juneau
('and from stations along the
Northern border of the United
States.
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! Word comes to the office of
Delegate Wickersham, from Ket
chikan and other sections of the
Territory, that the large amount
of unemployed in Alaska will
jmake it necessary this fall and
j winter for Governor Parks to
>lseek a portion of U&e $300,000,*
r OOC made available for disposi
l tion by the Recontruction Fin
; ance Corporation to the various
; needy States and Territories. Ji
• the 1 resources of Alaska are in
; adequate to meet its relief needs
. when the Governor is author
ized to borrow from the Corpor
ation such amounts as may be
, necessary, at a rate of interest
cf 3 per centum per annum. The
{ funds borrowed shall be admin
. istered by the Governor or un
der his direction. The suggestion
T is made that in buying needed
. supplies for the unemployed and
unfortunate that a general price
, agreement be secured from the
? retail grocers and that the sup
[ plies be purchased in the com
munities in which they are tc
; be disposed.
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>! The Superintendent of the
7 House Office Building is arrang
i ing to have all the rooms in the
> building repainted and renovat
■ ed, having commenced on the
■ first floor, This includes room
I 167 of the Delegate from Alaska
! who will temporarily occupj
t room 324, through the courtesv
of Congressman Ralph A. Horr
! of Seattle, who is now in the
west seeking a renomination.
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Behind the great and growing
use of the air as a medium of
transmitting radio signals and
broadcasts rests the activity of
the staff of the Radio Division of
the Department of Commerce,
comprised of men who handle
a wide range of technical de
tails and the administrative
personnel in which direction of
the agency’s work is centered. A
review of activities by W. D.
Terrell, head of the division, re
veals the importance of the work
done by Federal workers on duty
with the unit. This review, deal
ing largely with work done by
tne division during the last fis
can year, furnishes an indica
tion of the continuing duties of
the agency, both in Washington
and in the field.
Inspection of the radio in
stallations on ships are made to
determine that the apparatus is
in good working order and in
charge of competent operators.
It has for its purpose, of course,
the protection of life and pro
perty. The radio stations to be
inspected are situated in all
parts of the United States, Alas
ka, Hawaii, and Porto Rico. It is
not possible with the limited in
spection force of the Radio Divi
sion to inspect regularly the
more than 26,000 licensed radic
transmitting stations.
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The Delegate’s office has re
ceived a letter from Alaska in
quiring why politics are inject
ed by some of the partisans oj
the Territory in discussing tin
appropriations made by Con
gress. An instance is given ir
citing that Hawaii received
Federal Highway aid while
Alaska failed to receive a slice
| of this fund, but it was not ex
plained that several years age
Hawaii was included in the Fed
eral aid legislation, while Alaskc
continued to receive her appro
priations in the old way. Majo]
j Elliott, President of the Alasks
Road Commission, the Agricul
tural Department and variou:
committee members of the Se
nate and House friendly t<
Alaska went into the; subjec
and all decided that Alask;
would receive larger appropria
tions under the present system
rather than to secure Federa
Highway Aid. When Mr. Me
Duffie, Chairman of the Econ
omy Committee of the House
declares that Alaska, with he
small population is not entitlec
to any road appropriations i
may be understood how difficul
it is to induce the Democrats
imajority in the House to agrei
to extend reasonable road ap
propriations for Alaska. Whey
Chairman McDuffie moved t<
eliminate the entire appropria
tion for 1933 the motion wa
only Mealed by six votes.
Washington newspapers draw
attention to the fact that the
recent discovery of gold in
Alaska and other parts of the
world is creating a new gold
fever that should result in re
newed activity in mineral pros
pecting and the opening up of
many new mines. As one paper
states: “News from Cordova,
Alaska, now announces the dis
covery of a gold-bearing ledge,
described as the ‘biggest in the
world.’ This ledge, in the Cop
per River Railroad area, was un
covered, it is believed, by a
change in the course of the
stream. Nevada is excited over
the gold quartz discovery ai
Summit Springs, thirty miles
south of Hawthorne, once a.
flourishing mining camp. Other
strikes have been reported from
time to time. Some of them may
have merited beck of their
claims, and others may be pure
ly promotional in character.
While such reports should not
always be accepted at face value
j yet there is good reason to
Jwatch developments. That out
(of this through search of Moth
er Earth’s rugged bosom there
should come worthwhile finds,
perhaps bonanza locations need
surprise no one.”
Referring particularly to the
mines in Alaska, the Nashville
jBanner declares: “In the light
of the the history of its pur
chase, it is especially interesting
tc see indications from time to
time that the real value of
Alaska to the United States is
increasing as we learn more
! about it. When Secretary Seward
! bought Alaska from Russia m
1367 for $7,200,000 in gold there
was a great outcry on the part
of an indignant public. The ter
ritory was popularly referred to
as ‘Seward’s Folly,’ and people
said there was no accounting
for the senseless extravagance
in which public officials would
indulge, and so on. Recent geo
logical surveys in Alaska have
emphasized several facts about
Alaska that make the biting
critism of Secretary Seward in
days gone by all the more amus
ing.”
An inquiry has come from
Alaska as to the number of
* patented mining claims in the
Territory and as to whether
there are not large areas of pat
ented ground owned by absen
tee landlords, and which are
held purely for speculation with
no effort made to develop them.
It is difficult to ascertain the
number of claims patented but
the Department of the Interior
is now figuring out the number
of patents that have been is
sued, with the idea that each
patent will average between two
arrd three claims, as the large
majority are for one claim only.
But the Department states that
after a patent is issued it is al
most impossible to determine
into whose hands the claims
finally reach.
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763 CHICAGO DOORS IN YEAR
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The padlock makers are wear
ing prosperity smiles.
More places were padlocked
for liquor law violations in the
Chicago area for the fiscal year
e:-ided June 30 than for anv
ether year since prohibition
went into effect.
Permanent injunctions issued
totaled 765, an increase of 55 per
cent over the previous year, and
locked the doors of almost $6,
000,000 worth of property.
The heaviest activity occur
red in the past three months of
the fiscal period with June lead
ing the list in number of pad
locks snapped on.
S Haines Camp A. N. S. s!
£ President, Mrs. D. Klanot Z;
S Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin t\
j* Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.5|
5 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
I Regular Meeting, Monday
Visiting Brothers Welcome
Jimmie George, President
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
Klukwan Camp No. 8
Alaska Native Brotherhood
Meets every Saturday
7:30 p. m.
Edward Warne, President
John Willard, Secretary
All Visitors are Welcome
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