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Attorney-at-Law
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Petersburg .... Alaska
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P.O. Box 1627 - Juneau, Alaska
Washington News Lette\
By Will A. Steel
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Among the major nomination
which remained in Senatoria
committee when Congress ad
journed, and in which Alaska i
chrectly interested, is that o
Judge Kenneth Macintosh, o
Seattle, to membership in th<
United States Court of Appeals
ninth curcuit, to succeed the lati
Judge Frank H. Rudkin.' Thi
nomination has been held up fo
five months. The ninth circui
includes the states of Washing
ton, Oregon, California, Nevada
Arizona, Idaho, Montana and th<
territories of Alaska and Hawaii
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In the allotment of $42,315,39:
for river and harbor improve
ments throughout the country
under provisions of the Arm?
appropriation Act, $16,500 b
named for improvement o:
Nome harbor. There is still ar
unalloted balance of $17,684,608
to be allotted later when bids
for contemplated work shall have
been received.
The Federal Radio Commis
sion has granted the application
of the Alaska Radio & Service
Co. Lnc., of Ketchikan, to install
new equipment and move the
station locally. The hours of
operation have been changed to
the following: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
5 to 7 p.m.; 10 p.m. to 3a.m.
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Representative Robert L. Bac
on, of New York, has compiled
and had printed in the Con
gressional Record tables show
ing the collection of Federal
taxes from states and territories
for the fiscal year 1931, and the
amounts received by states as
subsidies. It shows that with a
population of 123, 202, 660 the
total internal revenue collec
tions were $2,428,228,754 and the
total income taxes $1,860,040,497.
The total direct Federal aid to
States was $219,162,574 and de
ducting this sum leaves the to
| tal amount of revenue paid by
the states to be $2,209,066,180.
Alaska’s total internal revenue
collections amounted to $135,475,
composed almost entirely of in
Cut your meat and grocery
bills to the bone.
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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.
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The Veribest for the most particular at all
times is our policy.
The Sanitary Market
Jcome tax collections, which a
mounted to $133,967. After de
ducting our direct Federal ai
of $89,357, it leaves a balanc
paid by the Territory of $46,1 V
on the basis of a population o
59,278. Hawaii’s total interna
* revenue collections were $4,816,
* 475 with direct Federal aid o
1 $864,121, ^ leaving net revenu
‘ paid by the Territory of $3,952,
354, on a basis of 368,336 popula
’ tion.
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A Congressman had suggests
to the Department of the Inter
ior that it might be a matter o
great economy if the Alask;
[ Railroad were closed down fron
November 1 to March 16. Th
idea was not favored by Secre
tary Wilbur, but he took it u]
J with General Manager Ohlson
and he also reported adverse);
•’ on the proposition, so it is ex
pccted to operate the railroad a
’ usual.
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Although Congress did no
’ make appropriations for th<
maintenance of agricultural ex
periment stations in Alaska
.Guam and the Virgin Islands
jit did appropriate $30,000 fo]
salaries, wages and other ex
penses connected with the cart
of the properties in the locali
ties mentioned, until they are
transferred or sold. For the en
forcement of the provisions ol
the Alaska game law the sum of
$7 03,566 was appropriated. For
(investigations, experiments, de
monstrations, and cooperation
in connection with the produc
tion and utilization of fur-bear
ing animals raised for meat and
fur, in the United States and
j Alaska, $62,455 was appropriat
ed. A further sum of $102,500
was designated for biological
j investigations and for investiga
tions experiments and demon
jstrations in the establishment,
improvement and increase of the
reindeer industry and of musk
jcxen and mountain sheep in
Alaska. For the employment of
forest supervisors, rangers,
guards, maintenance of nurs
eries, etc., in the administration
of national forest regions, Alas
ka, the sum of $133,284 was ap
1 propriated.
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The Board of Road Commis
jsioners of Alaska, now operated
under the Department of the In
terior, will have $494,310 to ex
pend during the current fiscal
| year. For betterments, opera
: tion and maintenance, the
j Washington - Alaska Military
j Cable and Telegraph System,
operated by the Secretary of
War, will have $161,285 available.
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For every expenditure re
jquisite for and incident to the
i authorized work of the Alaska
Railroad $450,000 has been ap
propriated, in addition to all a
mounts received by the railroad
ouring the fiscal year 1933, but
$200,000 of such fund shall be a
vailable only for such capital ex
penditures as are chargeable to
capital account.
I For the care and custody of
persons legally adjudged insane
in Alaska the sum of $156,000
has been provided. The Sanitar
ium Company, of Portland, Ore.,
or any other contracting institu
tion is not to receive more than
$564 per capita for annum for
the care and maintenance of
these insane Alaska patients
during the present fiscal year.
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Continuation of the investiga
tion of the mineral resources oi
'Alaska has been provided for in
an appropriation of $60,000.
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There will be a large supply ol
seal skins available to manufac
turers of women’s high-grade
coast next year from the Pribiloi
Island herd, according to re
ports received in the Alaska Di
vision of the Bureau of Fish
eries covering June sealing op
erations. The report stated that
110,000 skins were taken before
I July L On the basis of this re
- port, the Bureau of Fisheries
- estimates that between 50.00C
i and 60,000 skins will be taken
e from the herd this year, as it is
t, in July that the larger propor
f tion is taken. The Pribilof Is
1 lands seal herd, under the con
- trol and protection of the Bu
f reau of Fisheries, is yielding a
e larger “harvest” year by year.
- This is said to be the result or
- scientific taking of skins so that
the brood stock will not be dim
inished. Last year, the take was
i about 50,000 skins. During the
. period in which the Bureau of
f Fisheries has had supervisory
x powers over the taking of skins,
^ the herd has increased from a
? bout 125,000 to fully 1,127,000.
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On the afternoon of July 22,
President Hoover signed the
home loan bank bill* which ap
plies to Alaska as well as the
s j states. The bill will not come
•from the printers for a day or
two yet, but when it does it will
immediately be mailed to all
the newspapers in the Territory.
The purpose of the bill is to es
tablish a series of discount
banks for home mortgages, per
forming a function for home
owners somewhat similar to that
performed in the commercial
field by the Federal Reserve
Banks through their discount
facilities. There are to be 8 to 12
such banks established in diff
erent parts of the country with
a total capital of $125,000,000 to
be initially subscribed by the Re
construction Finance Corpora
tion. Building and loan associa
tions, savings banks, insurance
companies, etc., are to be eligible
for membership in this system.
Member institutions are requir
ed to subscribe for stock of the
home loan banks and to absorb
gradually the capital and they:
may borrow from the banks up
on their notes to be secured by.
the collateral of sound home
mortgages. The home loan banks,
are in turn to obtain the re- j
sources required by them1
through the issue of debentures
and notes. These notes have j
back of them the obligation of j
the members, the mortgages l
pledged as securties of such ob- j
ligations and the capital of the
home loan bank themselves. The
debentures and notes thus have
a trible securty.
LIBRARY NEWS
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We are all interested in the
progress of the Petersburg Pub
lic library. We all believe a good
public library belongs to the ne
cessary institutions of a civilized
community.
This is a good time to buy
your library membership card if
you do not already own one, and
remember, your card is good for
one year from date of purchase.
Special provisions are made
for those^who are out fishing as
they may keep borrowed books
four weeks. The librarian will re- j
new the books loaned at the end |
of the two weeks. This also ap- j
plies to out of town people liv
ing in the vicinity of Petersburg,
for whom the four week loan will
prove a great convenience. To
serve many and serve them well
is the aim of the Petersburg
Public Library.
The following list shows the
more popular books withdrawn:
1. “The Day of the Brown
Norde.”—Richard Tooker.
2. “The Cossack”—Leo Tolsti.
3. “The Awakening of Helena
Ritchie”—Margaret Deland
4. “The Deepening Stream”—
Dorothy Canfield.
5. “Cappy Ricks Relives”—
Peter B. Kyne.
6. “Trail of ’98”—Robest Service
7. “The Voice of the Lobster”—
Raber J. Casey
8. “The Case of Sergeant Gri
sha”—Arnold Zweig
9. “The Music Master”—Charles
Klein.
10. “May Fair”—Michael Arlen.
11. “Roughhewn” —Dorothy
Canfield.
12. “The Perrennial Bachelor”
—Amie Parrish.,
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13. “Mamba’s Daughters”—Des
Boise Weyward
14. “Arrowsmith” —Sinclair
Lewis
15. “Babbit”—
16. “Moby Dick”—Norman Mil
ville.
17. “Plain Tales from the Hills”
—Rudyard Kipling
18. ‘The Carolinian”—Rafael
Sabatini
19. “The Iron Horse”—Edwin
G. Hill.
20. “Miss Lulu Bett”—Zona Gale
PRIZE CONTEST
For School Children
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You have noticed the Contest
Announcement bills—A Box of
fine Chocolates, worth $1.35 each,
FREE to every school student
| sending a patient to Dr. J. W.
EDMUNDS, up to Tuesday, Au
gust 16th inclusive.
Dr- J. W. EDMUNDS
Seattle Eye Specialist
is NOW at the ARCTIC Hotel.
Scores of Petersburg patients
have been pleased with the high
character of Dr. Edmunds’ scien
tific work, and this is his sixth
annual trip. You should use this
opportunity to have your Eyes
scientifically examined for spec
tacles, which correct muscular
eye troubles, crossed eyes, nerv
ousness, headaches, and many
reflex physical ills.
Dr. Edmunds’ perfected sys
tem of examining Eyes does not
require the use of “drops” or
medicine or a mydriatic to par
alize the eyeballs, and he con
demns such practice, but he tests
the eyes in a perfectly normal
state, using the most modern
methods.
One’s eyes should be re-exam
ined at least every two years, or
more frequently, if glasses do
not give perfect satisfaction.
At the Arctic Hotel, Room 1 until
Tuesday August 16 inclusive.
Phone for Appointment. Dr.
Edmunds will be busy! COME
EARLY!
Can test day-time or evenings
equally well. Consultation and
examination FREE! adv.
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Seven million tons of water
fell on Peiping in eighty minutes
during a terrific downpour
which flooded the streets knee
deep and paralyzed the city’s
powr supply. Hundreds of mud
huts in the poorer districts were
washed away.
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BONUS NOT BE AN ISSUE
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Byron Price, political writer,
recently declared that it is not
believed that the bonus agiga
tion will bulk large in the next
campaign as an issue. That
where the American Legion is
numbered into the millions, the
Bonus Army is numbered in
thousands. During the recent
Bonus Expeditionary demonstra
tion in Washington, the Legion
stood by without giving any as
sistance moral or otherwise. Na
tional Commander Stevens in
fact declared that it was “beer
not bread” that the soldiers
wanted.
Since that time membership
in the American Legion took a
drop of amazing proportions. It
is not believed that the organi
zation will take the matter up as
an issue at its convention.
1 The Khaki Shirts, are organiz
ing in the several states and in
tend to make considerable of an
issue of the bonus subject.
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The late William Wrigley Jr ,
who made millions through ad
vertising, was once asked why
he did not stop advertising after
he had built up the world’s larg
est chewing gum business.
,“Did you ever hear of trainmen
taking off the locomotive after
they had got the train moving?”
asked Wrigley.
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Haines Camp A. N. 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
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, Angoon Camp No. 7
i 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
Meets every Saturday
7:30 p. m.
Edward Warne, President
John Willard, Secretary
All Visitors are Welcome
PIANOS FOR SALE OR RENT
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Exper* Piano Tun ng and Repairing
Band Instruments, - Musical Merchandise
ANDERSON MUSIC SHOPPE — JUNEAU, ALASKA
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FISHERMENS SUPPLIES
Sitka — “Your Satisfaction Is Our Success” — Alaska
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.
The CasH Bazaar.
Opposite The Alaskan Hotel
Juneau* - Alaska