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Haines Camp A. N. S.
£ President, Mrs. D. Klanot
* Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
£ Haines Camp A. N. B. $
j* President, Judson L Brown *t*
*:* Secretary, Joseph Jackson X
Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.
Visiting members welcome
Meets every Monday X
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PIANOS FOR SALE OR RENT
Expert Piano Tun ng and Repairing
Band Instruments, - Husical Merchandise
ANDERSON MUSIC SHOPPE — JUNEAU, ALASKA
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When in Sitka meet your friends at the
VILLAGE CAFE
Bakery in Connection
Sully Taxi Day and Night
II. S. Sully Proprietor
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Complete Drug and Gift Stock
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Alaska
1 Home Restaurant
‘We Specialize in Home Cooked Meals”
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Alaska Curios - Ivory - Furs
Home of Indian Art
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Sitka’s Leading Restaurant
J. R. Johnson Proprietor
“If Its Good To Eat We Have It”
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“House of Pictures”
Largest display of Views and Post Cards in Alaska
Camera’s - Films - Photographic Supplies
Sitka - Alaska
“The Land of Scenic Beauty”
Announcement:
Ernest Kirberger announces that he will be in the market
again for fresh caught furs, legally taken and sincerely
advises trappers to bring their collections in as fast as they
are obtained. It is better to deal with the man who has
H given fair and square results.
| Ernest Kirberger - - Kake
Harbor Store
‘Where Your $ Has More Cents”
General Merchandise -
- Fishermen’s Supplies
E. W. Harris, Proprietor
Sitka - - Alaska
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kokwim, Copper River, Cook In
let-Susitina, Northwestern Alas
ka, and Southeastern Alaska,
The largest producer in the Yu -
kon region was the Fairbanks
'Exploration Co., and the largest
one in the Seward Peninsula
region was the Hammon Con
solidated Gold Fields at Nome.
I The bulk of the lode gold con
tinued to come from South
eastern Alaska, especially from
the properties of the Alaska Ju -
neau Gold Mining Co. in the
Juneau district.
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COPPER PRODUCTION
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The value of the copper pro -
duced from Alaska in 1931 is
estimated to have been $1,712, •
000. This marks a decrease in
value of more than $2,500,000
from the corresponding value in
1930. Nearly $1,000,000 of this
decrease in value may be attri
buted directly to the lower a
\erage price of copper in 1931
than in 1930. The low price not
only had its direct effect in the
value of the output but it also
acted to restrict operations, so
that the quantity produced fell
eft by an amount estimated as
in excess of 12,000,000 pounds.
The average selling price of
copper during the year, as com
puted by the Bureau of Mines,
was 8.3 cents against 13 cents in
1930. In 1931, as in former years,
practically all the copper came
from two mines near Kennecott,
in the Copper River region. The
mine on Latouche Island, which
had long been one of the large
producers of copper but which
was closed down in November,
1930, remained idle throughout
1931, and the work of dismant
ling the surface plant was in
progress.
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SILVER PRODUCTION
The value of the silver pro
duction in 1931 was only $99,000,
its against $157,300 in the pre
vious year. Two-thirds of the
silver comes from the copper
^re, and with the reduction of
that output and silver averag
ng but 29 cents an ounce, the
iccline of the total value can
:se understood. Silver-bearing
ead ores are but little worked,
because of their low value. Other
minerals, like lead, tin, plati*
lum, petroleum, marble, lime
stone ,etc., amounted in value
;o $290,000.
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ALASKA COAL
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The 108,000 tons of coal pro
duced in 1931 amounted in value
:o $567,000. As usual, practically
ill of the output came from the
Uatanuska and Healy River
fields. The principal producing
mines were those of the Evans
Jones Coal Co., and the Alaska
Matanuska Coal Co., in the Ma •
Lanuska field, and the Suntrana
mine of the Healy River Coal
Corp., in the Healy River field.
No notable new developments
were reported to have been
mode at the Suntrana mine,
and its output was considerably
more than the total from all the
other coal mines in the Terri
tory. Altho no productive coal
mining work was in progress
during the year in the Bering
River field, east of Cordova, a
prospecting permit was issued,
and plans are said to be under
way with the object of reviving
search for deposits susceptible
cf profitable development.
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GIRDS LOINS FOR BATTLE
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Delegate James Wickersham
has sent his formal declaration
of candidacy for renomination
in the Republican primary on
Tuesday, April 26th, as Delegate
to Congress party candidates
must be made on or before the
first Tuesday in February, the
second. The general election will
be held on Tuesday, Nov. 8th
the same date when elections
ere held thruout the States.
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LAWS! LAWS! LAWSIE!
Over 10,000 bills have been in
troduced in the new Congress,
of which number Delegate
Wickersham presented 28, with
a few more to come. It can well
be understood that considerable
time must elapse before many
of these bills can be given £
hearing before the various com
mittees to which they hav:
been referred, and of course tilt
bills referring to Alaska mus1
take their natural course before
final action can be taken.
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RICHARDSON POSTMASTER
Owing to the death of An
drew J. Griffin, postmaster at
Richardson, the people of that
locality seek the appointment of
Fred Wilkins, proprietor of the
store there, as the new post
master.
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ALASKA COAL
A constitutent from Nenana
writes the Delegate that coal
shipped 120 miles from Healy to
Fairbanks only costs 18 cents
more than the residents of Ne
nana are required to pay, when
they are only half the distance
away and pay $1 per ton. He
also complains of the cost of
freight on 3250 pounds of gro
ceries amounting to $230 in Se
attle, while the freight was $119.
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SEWARD COAL BUNKERS
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The House Committee o n
Territories, of which Delegate
Wickersham is a member held its
first meeting on Jan. 5th. A
hearing was given to H. R. bill
No. 500, introduced by the Dele
gate to authorize the construc
tion of a coal bunker as a part
■f the Alaska Railroad at Se
ward, and to appropriate the
money therefor. The purpose of
bill was briefly discussed and at
the suggestion of the Delegate
it was referred for report to the
Secretary of the Interior. The
bill will be called up again on
Jan. 12th for further considera
tion.
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DREDGE WRANGELL HARBOR
Secretary of War Hurley has
transmitted to the House a fa
vorable report from the Chief of
Engineers on preliminary ex
amination and survey of Wran
gell harbor. It recommends the
dredging of the harbor to make
a basin 400 by 600 feet, where
small vessels may lie, and to
cost approximately $46,000.
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LOMEN FENCING D. C.
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Carl Lomen, president of the
Lomen Reindeer Corporation,
accompanied by Mrs. Lomen.
spent the week in Washington.
Coming from California they
enjoyed the holiday season whh
relatives in Minnesota, where
Judge J. G. Lomen and wife, of
Nome, are spending a few weeks
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C. OF C. REFERENDUMS
Delegate Wickersham on Jan.
3 received a wire from the
Alaska Territorial Chamber cf
Commerce, stating that a re
ferendum submitted to the
Chamber members by wire had
received the strong approval of
Ketchikan, Nome, Fairbanks,
Petersburg, Anchorage, Juneau,
Sitka, Wrangell, Skagway and
Seward Chambers. This refer
endum is designated as number
4 and petitions President Hoov
ei, Congressional heads and Ca
binet officers, through Delegare
Wickersham, “To adopt as a
national policy, that since Alas
ka is a vast territory mostly
owned by the Federal govern
ment and has great undevelop
ed resources, altho sparsely set
tled and without authority or
means for raising additional
funds for development, federal
aid without curtailment as in
the past, must be continued;
that proposed policy of re
trenchment of Federal activities
will result in detarding develop
ment to the lasting determent
of Alaska and national interests;
referendum protests present
Railroad rates, selling cable sys
tem, cutting road appropria
tions and proposed eliminatioii
cf appropriation for agricultura
experiment stations. The un
employment situation demand;
the same Federal consideratior
it is getting in the states, wher*
activities have been increased.’
Jj The message further says thai
“Alaskans are much alarmec
over the reported curtailment ol
various Territorial appropria
tons This Change’* a^d mem
ber organizations urge you t<
press before the Pres dent anc
Departments the sentimen
herein expresses.- Jp. answei
the Delegate replied that he wa;
greatly pleased in receiving thf
expressed sentiment of so manj
of the Alaska Chambers, whicl:
would be properly presented it
the interested Departments at
well as Congressional commit
tees, in the effort to secure
considerate and favorable ac
tion for Alaska.
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WRANGELL
Mr. Bidwell made the triangle,
Sitka-Juneau run on the North
land last week.
The Lazy Five took on the
Saxman A. N. B. team and
swamped them to the tune or
61-21. Not till the last quarter
did the visitors show any sign
of team work or life. The trip
they made being too strenuous
tor good ball playing.
The Wrangell Packing Com
pany and the Diamond K. Pack -
ing Company and the Columbia
River Packers’ Association at
Lake Bay will operate their can
neries this summer. Good news
when it is known that most of
the other canneries operated by
the large companies will remain
idle this year. The Wrangell
Packing Company, William Hale
and Frank Barnes, owners, drop
ped something like $150,000 in
expenditures here last year. Us -
ing only local help and not op
erating any traps.
N. Lester Troast, Architect for
the U. S. Indian Bureau and dis
trict superintendent, returned
from a trip to New Jersey where
he visited with his relatives. He
left Mrs. Troast and family in
the East.
Charles Moore who spent sev
eral weeks in the states returned
looking like he had had some
of the old moss scraped off.
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KLAWOCK
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George Demmert was reelect
ed president of the A. N. B. in
spite of the fact that he recent
ly declared that he was not a
candidate for re-election having
already served five years in that
office. George Vandall was e* set -
ed vice president; Dave W Pe
lairovich, secretary; Benjamin
Snook, cor. secretary; Sam
Thomas, financial secretary.
Council, John Skan, J. S. John
son, J. K. Williams; sgt-at-arms,
James M. Johnson.
The Saxman A. N. B. basket
ball team which was here a few
days ago played the “Hot Shots”
and the “Black Cats.” The visi
tors lost to the Hot Shots by a
score of 46 to 12. In spite of all
the scratching the Black Cats
lost by the score of 34 to 29. The
Black Cats range in age from
fourteen to fifteen years.
The K. A. C., gave a farewell
party to the Saxman boys in the
town hall. Fine program, re
freshments not so rusty, dance
snappy with hot and peppy
music furnished by the A. N. B.
orchestra with Dave Peratrovich
as its leader. Visitors left feel
ing fine.
Plans are being developed for
construction of a new A .N. B.
hall.
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SAXMAN
Election of officers in the A.
N. S. puts in office this year:
Mrs. Peter McKay, president;
Mrs. Cora Williams, vice presi
dent; Mrs. Charles T. Johnson,
treasurer; Mrs. Martha Johnson,
lec. secretary; Mrs. Cora Wil
liams, cor. secretary; Mrs. Mae
Denny, financial secretary; Mrs.
Anna Shields, sgt-at-arms.
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SITKA
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Johnson McLean, for more
than 30 years a trapper in the
Chichagoff vicinity, was report
ed lost last week. Tjvo boats
with some fifteen men left Sitks
immediately on receipt of the
report to look for McLean. Hit
; boat had been found floating
i bottom side up in Salt Lake
near Chichagoff. This make;
1 the fourth disappearance in thai
; district with no accounting foi
I the cause of disappearance
Foul play Is feared.
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SATURDAY ONLY
Bargain Day - - - Bargain Day
‘TWO SHOWS FOR ONE ADMISSION”
BIG DOUBLE PROGRAM
CLIVE BROOK and EVELYN BRENT in
“SLIGHTLY SCARLET”
The principals in this thriller arc the two smoothest crooks
in the world. But neither knows who the other is—and
they’re in love. So be prepared for surprises.
and—EDMOND LOWE in “DON’T BET ON WOMEN ”—Don’t
fail to see this big program—Both pictures are good and
there will be the usual short subjects.
DON'T BET ON WOMEN”
SUNDAY and MONDAY
ANOTHER GREAT COMEDY SPECIAL—JACK OAKIE IN
“SEA LEGS,,
Another Picture you can’t afford to miss.
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‘GIRLS DEMAND EXCITEMENT
A sparkling Comedy of college life with an all star east of
the screens best youth.
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THURSDAY and FRIDAY
“Big Money”
With EDDIE QUILLAN - ROBERT ARMSTRONG and
JAMES GLEASON
RIOTOUS SATIRE on rapid-fire, wise-cracking gangsters,
played by a trio of star comedians who can put over comedy
like nobody’s business—DON’T MISS IT.
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Pool and Billiard Tables
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