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: in charge of the Juneau Native
; Presbyterian Church work.
Ha.'nes DeWitte who has been
Presbyterian Lay-worker in Kake
has charge of similar work in
Klukwan.
Capt. O. H. Wood of the Valky
rie has been chartering his ves-;
sel to the Bureau of Fisheries as
herring patrol boat. With the
: herring mostly depleted the Bu
; reau is making an effort to see
: that the trcllers do not use more
; than 10 fathoms of gill net, nor
: fish on weekly closed periods.
The valiant effort of the Bureau
: to save the trollers from the
herring is not appreciated.
; WRANGELL
William A. Hesse, . Territorial
Highway Engineer, was a visitor
; here looking after Territorial in
l terests on various constructions.
\ Mrs. David Lewis, wife of Da
l vid Lewis, died in the General
s Hospital after being sick of can
l cer for a long time. She is sur
\ vived by her husband, David
k Lewis and six children.
! j Instructions from the school
> board this year advises that ev
i ery pupil must show a certificate J
. of vaccination; buy their own
books; and the Junior and Seni
cr classes and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd
and 4th grades will not start un
til completion of the new build
ing.
The gillnetters have stopped
operations for the year as there
is no market for their cohoes.
Joe Williams’ body was brought
here from Juneau for burial.
Death due to inflammation of
the brain. In his prime, Joe was
a mit siinger*to be reckoned
with in the North.
Phillip Hooker, sen of Billy
Hooker, is pronounced as an un
curable tubercular, in the Ju
hospital.
The personal property of the
Wrangell Lumber & Power Co.,
was sold at public auction and
purchased by the Bank of Alas
ka. The real property will be
put up for sale shortly. In the
personal property, purchased by
the Bank of Alaska, was the
new diesel power plant.
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Washington Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
Delegate Wickersham is inter-?•
ested in establishng a new air*,
mail route between the United',
States and Asia, which seems'
perfectly feasible since the Lind-! (
berghs and Post and Gatty blaz-:.
ed the trails in their recent sue-j <
cessful flights. A bill for the es-;(
tablishing of such a route to join*,
the two continents by air mail (
will likely be introduced by the',
Delegate in the next Congress, j;
with the expectation of having '
tnese celebrated fliers appear be
fore Congressional committees ,
to outline their experiences in ,
Asiatic flying. A recent issue of ‘
one of the Washington after- .
noon newspapers in referring to (
the proposed effort of the Dele- ,
gate to have a new air mall ser - ,
vice established, quoted him at ,
some length, and among other j
things said:
“The air route is not as haz
ardous as many believe; certain- ,
ly it is not as hazardous as a
fight across the North Atlantic
Ocean. The great circle route
from Europe to Asia cuts right
through Alaska. It is easy to
reach Alaska, and flying already
is firmly and safely established
there.
“If Bering Strait is crossed at
; Wales, northwest of Nome, there
; is an ocean flight of but 56 miles
on the entire aerial journey to
Asia and Europe. There are
several routes through Asia.
, While Lindbergh could ha/e
flown entirely above land, he
hopped from Nome to Cape Na
varin, and then skirted the Si
berian Coast.
“A direct route, which involved
much ocean flying, also was tak
en by Post and Gatty. In Asia
the route could follow the Siber
ian Railroad into northern and
central Europe, or it might cut
through the Kuerile Islands to
Japan.”
Miss Lorene Nelson is a very
tractive young lady school
teacher who has taught a couple
. of terms in the state of North
i
Dakota, but who has enjoyed
the summer with her parents in
Washington. She has received
jn appointment from the Indian
Bureau to teach at Hydaburg
?.nd will sail from Seattle on the
steamer Yukon, August 29, for
Ketchikan.
A vacancy has been caused in
the postoffice at Circle Springs
oecause of some discrepancy in
the postal funds, resulting in the
appointment of M. Henry Greep
is Acting Postmaster, with the
probability that he will receive
:he permanent appointment.
The research division of the
Bureau of Fisheries :s delving
into many problems which arise
concerning the manufacture,
storage and distribution of froz
en fishery products. All of
which has particular interest to
Alaska, where the fisheries con
tinue as the leading industry. I:
is expected that soon the Divi
sion will issue a report on find
ings which will undoubtedly
lead the way to improved meth
ods for storing frozen fish in
cold storage warehouses, and al
*o aboard fishing vessels. Bio
chemical studies of the Bureau
in cooperation with the Bureau
sf Chemistry and Soils, on fish
and oil, produced by improved
manufacturing processes have
;hown shown these products as
deal for animal feeding. A fur
her experiment is being con
flicted to demonstrate the feas
bility of using highly refined
‘fish flour” for human consump
tion. Deterioration of nets has
'esulted in a study of preserva
;ive treatments which consider
ibly lower the annual cost in
replacements of these nets in the
J. S. and Alaska to the amount
?f $5,000,000 annually.
The General Manager of the
Alaska Railroad, in writing to
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
m the activities of the railroad,
imong other things says: “It
•eems that the merchants at
Fairbanks and other points
made heavy shipments, antici
pating the increase in rates,
vhich resulted in less traffic for
he following months until the
urplus had been consumed. The
nonth of July, 1931, however,
hows' an increase in freight re
venue of $20,000, or 29% over
’uly, 1930. The passenger re
-enue for the months of May,
rune and July was about the,
ame as the preceding year. The
ates appear to have affected lo
:al more than tourist travel, al
ho tourists are fewer this year.
Some passengers formerly trav
eling by railroad are now using
tirplanes, bus lines and private
ars, between Fairbanks and the
'oast, and some perishable
reight is moving by truck from
Valdez to Fairbanks.
The people of Ophir have been
-cry anxious to have a Territori
.1 school established at that lo
:ation and urged the Delegate
o take the matter up with the
Commissioner of Education Prof
V. K. Keller. The latter writes
hat arrangements have been
ompleted to open a school at
)phir in September, for an 8
nonths terms.
The fact that John Barrymore
las been making an extensive
our through Alaska has been
irought vividly before the East
irn reading public through pub
lished photos of incidents con
lected writh his trip. A Wash
ngton newspaper the other dar
published a large picture of the
stage and screen star standing
reside a giant Kodiak bear
vhich he brought down on one
>f his hunting trips in Alaska
Now that Chairman Scott
-eavitt, of Montana, and othe;
nembers of the House Commit
;ee on Indian Affairs, visited
\laska during the present sum
ner, Delegate Wickersham har
sought to induce Chairman Lym
r. Frazier and other member1
>f the Senate Committee on In
iian Affairs to extend their pro
rosed visit to some of the West
;r states as far as Idaho, the
atter part of September, so as
:o confer with the Natives of
Southeastern Alaska as far
iorth as Juneau. There is still
lope that this may be accomp
lished, altho there is some doubt
about it, as a recent letter re
ceived ifrom Senator Frazier,
now in North Dakota, says:
“I appreciate your interest in
the Indians of AlasKa and as
sure you that I will be glad to do
anything I can to help. I doubt
whether it will be possible for
the Sub-Committee to make the
trip as far North as Juneau this
fall. I trust, however, that some
legislation will be enacted by
the next session to help your
Indians.”
Coi. Harrington and his fam
ily are seeking to socage some
adjoining land on the Spit,
near Homer, so as to take care
of a number of horses and also
grow hay.
Fur farmers along the Alaska
Railroad are protesting against
Freight Circular No. 45, issued in
1926, which prohibits the ship
ment by freight of live valuable
fur-bearing animals. If shipped
they must be sent by express, at
an enormous cost, which makes
shipment prohibitive. It is
claimed that no other railroad
in the country makes such a
rule and one trader writes:
“When a rancher is prevented
from selling breeding stock and
exchanging breeders with other
ranchers, he is deprived of con
siderable part of his revenues
and a means of building up his
herd of foxes. Already 18 fur
farmers have closed their pens
and moved, starting again else
where, and this winter more will
move.
Representative Ernest Willard
Gibson,’ of Vermont,Chairman of
the House Committee on Terri
tories, returned the other day
from a four-months trip abroad.
He was net able to get to Alaska
but did visit Hawaii. Guam, the
Phillippines, Hong Kong, China
and Japan. He was particularly
interested in the work done in
those countries over which the
United States has jurisdiction,
and says:
“Hawaii has made more prog
ress in material prosperity in the
development of governmental
activities and facilities during
the past 30 years than any oth
er part of the Nation. Here too,
the native Hawaiian and the ci
tizens of alien extraction are
thoroughly loyal. The Legisla
ture has passed a concurrent re
solution asking for statehood.
The Committee on Territories
of the House will give the pro
ponents an opportunity to be
heard if a bill providing for ad
mission as a State is introduced.
L am convinced that supervision
of the administration of all ter
ritorial and insular possessions
should be consolidated in one
executive department. At the
present time, the supervision is
scattered through various offic
es, the administration hindered
by bureaucracy, red tape multi
plied. A consolidated bill will
be introduced at the next ses
sion.”
The people of various sections
of Interior Alaska continue to
be agitated over the fear that
the two or three Airplane Com-!
panies which have received
mail contracts will slight those
residents who live along the va
rious trails. The Department!
insists that all contracts have
been made as heretofore and
call for rural mail delivery, and
that it is up to the contractors
to see that the usual service is
furnished. Fearing that they are
to be neglected people living
along the trail between Nenana
and Lake Minchumina have sent
in a petition asking for a bi
monthly mail service over the
trail.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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Office Phone 61
Home 66
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