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Washington News Lettei
By Will A. Steel
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Delegate Wickcrsham made a
valiant fight to secure an appro
priation for the Alaska Road
Commission in conformity with
the sum of $650,000 as recom
mended by the budget. But the
House was opposed to granting
any sum beyond sufficiency to
maintain the roads and trails
now in existence, and without
any thought for new projects.
However, the Delegate labored
with the Senate committee and
induced an increase of $140,000
in its recommendation, which
was granted by the Senate.
When the Army bill went to
conference the Seriate conferees
remained steadfast for the in
crease, which was accepted by
the House conferees and later
sustained by the House on the
presentation of a statement by
the managers of the bill, who
set forth: “On No. 77, relating to
Alaska roads and trails: Appro
priates $494,310, as proposed by
the Senate, instead of $354,310,
as proposed by the House, an
increase of $140,000. of which
$4,368 is owing to the redistri
bution of travel funds, previous
ly explained.” Although the
Alaska Ijtoad Commission has by
Statute been transferred from
the Army to the Interior De
partment, the amount appropri
ated for the Commission will oe !
expended by the Interior De-1
partment, which has taken over,
the operation and construction
of roads and trails in Alaska,
and will now have a sum suffi
cient to perform some new work.
H: $ *
“Polar Year,” a 12-monih
period for study of the Arctic j
and Antarctic, with 50 expedi
tions participating, sponsored by
most of the leading nations, will
begin August 1. An appropria
tion has been made by Congress
lor participation by the United
States, and a station will be,
erected at Fairbanks, which will
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be in charge of a young scientist,
a son of Representative Royal C.
Johnson, of South Dakota, who
is now on his way to interior
Alaska. Twenty-eight nations
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prices that meet the times. Fruits for
canning.
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. plan to take part in the program
under the auspices of the Inter
national Polar Year Commission
American members of the com
mission are Capt. N. H. Heck, of
the United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey, and Dr. John
Fleming, director of the depart
ment of terrestrial magnetism,
Carnegie Institution.
All expeditions will follow the
same program, use the same in
struments and at the conclusion
of the year, compare results.
They will study magnetic forces
and weather near the poles
which acffect the temperate
zone.
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Mildren Hanson, of Ketchikan,
was in Washington last week
soliciting subscriptions, largely
from members of Congress, for
various magazines in the effort
to win the $1,000 first prize of
fered by the Periodical Service
Cc. for the one having the larg
est number of points when the
contest ends on September first.
* * *
The post offices at Haines and
Bethel have been advanced from
the fourth to the third class. As
a consequence these offices will
become presidential appoint
ments. At present Mrs. Nellie
Berry is the postmaster at
Haines and Claude M. Link pre
sides over the office at Bethel.
* * *
The other day a resident of
Alaska who had come to Wash-,
ington with the soldier boys in- j
formed the Delegate’s office that I
if he could receive a letter in
dicating that he had been work- '
ing in Alaska that he could re- j
ceive transportation to Seattle I
and possibly from there to Alas- I
ka on a government boat. Of i
course he received the letter and j
the next morning a squad of!
soldiers was awaiting the open- j
ing of the Delegate’s office to
make request for similar letters,'
as they wanted to go Alaska. In
quiry brought out the fact that j
they were all from Illinois and I
he middle west and had never |
been to Alaska, so they had to j
be disappointed in not receiving)
letters that might have resulted
in their going to he far north
in search of work.
I Inquires have come from Alas
ka inquiring as to how the home
loan bank bill would apply to the
Territory. While the House bill
passed some days ago the Senate
: wrestled with various phases of
I the bill and an agreement on the
bill had not been reached until
j shortly before final adjourn-!
| ment of Congress, and copies of
|the perfected bill are not yet’
| available, but will be mailed to j
the newspapers of Alaska within
a few days.
* * *
The Manager of the Alaska
Railroad now has the authority
to purchase coal annually for
the railroad from two or more
companies operating adjacent
to the railroad, at such reason
able prices as may be fixed by
the Secretary of the Interior,
without asking for competing
bids. The bill to permit this ac
tion was passed by the House
without any particular objection
some days ago and when it went
to the Senate it was referred to
the Special Committee on In
vestigation of the Alaska Rail
road. It was favorably reported
; with an amendment stipulating
that the prices should not ex
ceed $3.15, $3.00 and $2.90 per
\ ton for the several grades. The
I 1 bill with amendment was passed
! without opposition on July 11.
land immediately went back to
I tilts House and Senator Howeli
soon learned that the amend
ment might not be accepted, s:
the moved in the Senate that the
request be made to have the toil]
returned to the Senate. This was
done and on July 15 Senator
Howell explained the situatior
and asked that the vote bj
which the amended bill hac
been adopted be reconsidered
iThis was accordingly done ant
the amendment was then re
jected and the bill as originally
received from the House wa
adopted and has been signed by
the President.
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About a month ago the Presi
dent affixed his signature to j
joint resolution suspending as
sessment work on mining claims
for the ear from July 1, 1931 tc
noon July 1, 1932. There was
very little opposition to this
measure but after it was passed
many mine operators claimed
that the assessment work had
already been performed for the
|fiscal year named and as a re
sult no benefit would accrue tn
! them by reason of the resolution,
jsome few complaints were re
ceived from Alaska, alleging that
|the resolution would prove a
j detriment because many miners
:v/ho were usually employed to do
the work for large claim holders
iv/ould be denied employment.
{Others wrote to the Delegate
{that if they were compelled to
jdo the required yearly assess
ment work that they would be
compelled to forfeit their claims.
But from mining states like
California, Arizona and Colorado
demands have come for the pas
sage of a resolution that would
suspend the annual assessment
work for the year ending July 1,
1933. As a consequence on July
12th Representative Eaton of
Colorado introduced a resolution
providing “That the provision of
section 2324 of the Revised Sta -1
tutes of the United States which
requires on each mining claim
located, and until a patent has;
been issued therefor, not less!
than $100 worth of labor to be
performed, or improvements ag
gregating such amount to be,
made each year, be, and the
same is hereby, suspended as to
all mining claims in the United
Spates, including Alaska, during |
the year beginning at 12 o’clock i
meridian July 1, 1932, and end
ing at 12 o’clock meridian July 1, l
1933.” The author of the resolu- 1
tion made no effort to secure its
passage at the session which has
just adjourned. He states, how-i
ever, that he has no doubt about i
its passage soon after the next j
session, in December. Any Alas-!
ka miners who oppose the reso-;
lution should write their pro -
tests to Hon. Joe L. Smith, I
chairman of the Committee on j
Mines and Mining.
* * *
The Department of Commerce
has issued a recent regulation
that slightly amends the salmon
fishery on the west coast of Eto -
lin Island, North Prince of Wales
Island district. A new regulation
also permits commercial fishing
for salmon in the waters of
Kamishak Bay and Chinik Inlet
to within 500 yards outside the
mouth of Chinik Creek from
July 9 to 6 p. m. on August 1.
In the Southeastern Alaska area
no trap is permitted to operate
in the season of 1932, on the west
coast of Admiralty Island, C7
degrees from 56 minutes 20
seconds north latitude to 59
minutes 15 seconds north.
* * *
That Senator Howell is not
the stumbling block to the grant
ing of appropriations to the
Alaska Railroad was made evi
dent in the Senate on July 15,
when Senator King, of Utah,
ended a criticism of the railroad
with the following statement:
“I give notice to the committee,
md to my able friend, (Senator
Howell), that I shall oppose any
further appropriation for the
Alaska Railroad, and I shall of
jfer a bill if no one else does, and
at the December session of the
| Congress, calling for the sale oi
this railroad.”
* # *
The total income tax received
from the state of Washington
; including Alaska, for the fisca
, 'year ending June 30, 1932, wa:
J $5,487,197. No separate figure:
r are given for Alaska.
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Alaskan gold production h
[ the first six months of this yea:
. amounted to $2,635,131, a sligh
- decrease from shipments for th.
; same period of , 1931, according t<
a radiogram received in th
commerce Department. Bead
mining at Nome, which produc
ed several million dollars wort!
of gold in the gold rush of 1898
is being revived, and althougl
no big pay has been reported
miners are said to be making
from $4 to $5 a day with hand
rockers.
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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE
THERE’S FIRE
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In all the realm of officialdom
we know of no branch which
usually serves to uphold the dig
nity of governmental service a.'
does the Federal judiciary. A
Federal judge has autocratic
powers, however, which in the
hands of a man who lacks the
balance of judicial temperament
leads inevitably to a despotic
and tyrannical attitude which
makes for anything but the
proper administration of justice.
Too many judges seem to forget
that the attorneys practicing
before them are also officers of
the court and sworn to uphold
the dignity of the law.
Personally we do not know
Judge Justin W. Harding, but
we do know personally and by
reputation William L. Paul.
Henry Roden and Simon Hellen
tnal—gentlemen all—an dall of
whom have been fined for being
in contempt of court by His
Honor Judge Justin W. Harding.
There is an old proverb to the
effect that where there is so
much smoke there must be some
fire and we, in common with
most other Alaskans, are begin
ning to believe that where there
is so much contempt there must
be some justification for con
tempt.
After fining all the lawyers
who presumed to stand on their
rights in the protection of their
clients the judge became em
broiled in a battle with the office
of the United. States Marshall,
claiming that the Chief Deputy
to Marshal White, also held him
in contempt. We don’t know.
Possibly he did. In any event
the record of Judge Harding
should assist in discouraging the
appointment of carpet-bagger
judges to the Federal bench in
Alaska when the territory has an
unusually brilliant galaxy of
lawyers of the home grown vari
t cty which would make much bet
j ter judicial material.—Alaska
) Weekly.
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1 TODAY’S BIBLE MESSAGE
By W. Goddard,
1 Vancouver, British Columbia
Hear ye, O, sash and door men,
1 thy business is all shot to hell
and great is thy depression. Yea,
thou are sorely pressed, for thy
sins are many and the foolish
ness of the virgins is as naught
to thine iniquities.
The waters of death encompass
thee, for hou hastt disobeyed the
teachings of the wise. Ye have
turned every one to his own way.
Thou hast forsaken the teach
ings of thy association and there
is no profit for you.
Yea, though thou sellest at
sixty-five off, thy profit is not
sure, but at seventy and five thou
art as a broken reed and there is
none to save you. Surelyq, surely,
jtoo much is enough, so why will
, ye die.
j Turn ye, turn ye, and keep
diligently the commandments of
thine association and its testo
monies, and its statutes which
thy executive hath commanded.
And thou shalt do that which is
right and good in the sight of
thy association that it may be
well with thee and that thou
Haines Camp A. N. S.
President, Mrs. D. Klanot
% Secretary, Mrs. D. Perrin
£ Meets every Saturday, 1 p. m.i
£ Visiting members welcome
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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, Fresident
Andrew J. Davis, Secretary
Angoon - Alaska
*t Klukwan Camp No. 8
? Alaska Native Brotherhood
t Meets every Saturday
t 7:30 p. m.
* Edward Warne, President
£ John Willard, Secretary
# All Visitors are Welcome
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