Hit Me Again
Oratory is dying out, but there
are some old men of the by-gone
flag-wavingschool still left. Dur
ing the war, however, oratory
was common. With four-minute
speakers it was quite the thing.
And the good old stand-by
jokes are still going strong.
Chairmen often use that one
about the long-winded banquet
speaker in trying to cut short
persistent talkers:
“After the speaker had talked
so long that his audience could
no longer suppress their yawn3,
the toastmaster got impatient
with the garrulous one and rap
ped with the gavel to hint that
his time was up< By mistake he
hit a near-by bald-headed man!
who had stooped to pick up some
thing. The man fell unconscious.
Restoratives were applied.
“When the victim regained
consciousness he was asked, ‘Do
you feel better?’
“ ‘Hit me again,’ he begged. ‘I
can hear him yet.’ ”
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Tommy’s Ribs
The teacher of the class in
physiology put to Tommy this
question:
“How many ribs have you?”
“I don’t know, ma’am,” Said
Tommy, squirming at the very
thought. “I am so awful ticklish
I never could count ’em.”
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The Real Kind
An enthusiastic fisherman was
telling some friends about a pro-1
posed fishing trip to a lake in
Scotland.
“Are there any trout there?”
asked one friend.
“Tons!” i
“Will they ibte easily?”
“Will they? Why, they’ve ab
solutely vicious. A man has to
hide behind a tree to bait a
hook.”
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Washington NewsLettei
By Will A. Steel
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The Federal Radio Commis
sion has granted the Telephone
Bond and Share Co., of Ketchi
kan, an extension of completion
date from Aug. 18, 1932 to Aug
18,1933. The Commission has re
turned to the Juneau Broadcast
ing Co. construction permit for
new station on 1210 k.ck, because
of unsatisfactory equipment ac
cording to rules 139, 140,146, and
6.
* * *
Another unconfirmed and un
true report that has reached the
Delegate’s office from Alaska is
to the effect that the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway
is to close down in September
for the winter. By reason of the
curtailed shipment at the Ken
necott copper mines, and be
cause of the low price for the
ore, the railroad was closed
down last January 15, for three
months. It may be found neces
sary to suspend operations on
the railroad on December first
next for several months, but
there is no intention of earlier
inactivity, according to authori
tative sources.
* * *
The Department of Justice was
one of five departments of the
Government whose appropria
tions received an extra cut of
10 per cent, which means a cur
tailment of $881,000 for this
fiscal year. This condition has
brought an inquiry from Alaska
as to whether the report was
correct that each employe in the
department would have to take
an average furlough of about
60 days without pay. The Attor
ney General states that it is
hoped and expected that such
a drastic cut in salaries will be
avoided, as there “is a reason
able prospect of discharging our
duties during the present fiscal
year without impairing the ser
vice by application of the admin
istrative furlough.” He further
says that “we cannot relax in
the enforcement of the criminal
laws and malefactors must be
brought to justice.” While it
has been decreed that the Fed
eral judges in Alaska are sub
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,*jcct to 10 p6r cent reduction in
salary it is not expected that
officials will be effected.
But putting into effect various
possible economies, the Attorney
Geneal said, the department will
be able to transfer $450,000 to
‘ ether appropriations badly
needing money, thus leaving an
|apparent net deficit of $431,252.
'“With such a deficit,” he said, “if
the application of the adminis
| trative economies must be rigid
ly enforced. Careful and prudent
; administration upon the part of
the United States attorneys,
marshals and clerks of courts
will result in saving a consid
erable part of tihs sum from the
allotments for their traveling
and miscellaneous expenses, and
i it will be possible to avoid the
I remainder of the apparent de
ceit by not filling vacancies
when they arise, unless absolute
ly necessary, and by starting ail
new appointees at the minimum
of their respective grades.” Dis
trict attorneys were requested
to give special attention to the
savings produced by care in not
summoning witnesses until they
I are actually needed, and officials
(charged with the duty of select
ing and summoning jurymen
can effect savings, he said, by
care in avoiding the selection of
those inegible or subject to re
lease from jury service.
Various letters have been re
ceived at the office of Delegate
Wickersham commendatory of
his recent address before Con
gress on Alaska’s Trade Value to
the United States. One of many
similar ones is from P. H. Smeai
lie, manufacturer of paper box
boards, of Amsterdam, New York,
wTho says: “I have read with
much interest and pleasure your
very comprehensive report de
livered in Congress of matters
pertaining to one of our great
possessions—Alaska. I am glad
I to say that it confirms the opin
ion that I have always had—that
■cur northern territory is a very
valuable ASSET rather than a
.liability, and that it will con
tinue to be more valuable , as
l time goes on.”
The Second Assistant Post
master General has investigated
| certain ^ petitions and decided
(that the Department would not
.be justified in authorizing an
[additional mail service by air
| plane to the lower Yukon Valley,
I to succeed the existing dog-team
ing provided under contract on
two star routes between Holy
Cross and St. Michael, which
cover a four-year term from
July 1, 1930, to June 30, 1934.
* * *
E. B. Larson, missionary and
representative of the Swedish
Evangelical Mission at Unalak
leet, has written Delegate Wick
ersham invoking his aid to se
cure from the General Land
Office a patent for about 170
acres of land, which the Mission
has been occupying at Unalak
leet since the year 1887. A
rnurch, an orphanage, a school
and a hospital have l*een built
by the Mission with every pos
sible assistance given to en
courage the progres of the na
tives in their gardening and gen
eral material development. The
Delegate will endeavor to secure
the desire of the Mission, so that
those worthy people may con
tinue in security the worthy
work in which they have been
engaged for these many years
past.
* * *
The Delegate has been interest
ed in securing for some residents
of the Third division certain in
formation regarding mineral
patents in Alaska, with the re
sult that a letter has just been
received from Commissioner C.
C. Moore, of the General Land
Office, in which he states: “The
records of this office have been
examined and you are advised
I that 1250 patents have been is-^
! sued up to and including July
: 31, 1932 for mining claims in
r Alaska. This office is unable tj
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advise you of the number of
cJaims embraced in there pa
tents as this data is not com
piled and to do so would require
a considerable amount of work,
all of the time since your re
quest was received having been
required to obtain the number
of patents. However, fifty pa
tents of Alaskan mining claims
were examined and it was found
that an average of three claims
were embraced in each of these
patents and this figure will pro
bably apply to the entire num
ber which has been issued.”
The Department of the Inter
ior has made available some
statistical figures pertaining to
the Alaska Railroad that are in
teresting and illuminating, and
decidedly encouraging. While
this railroad now represents a
total expenditure by the Govern
ment of $69,500,000. it is notable
that its operating deficit has just
been reduced to the lowest point
in six ears. Expenses dropped in
1931 to $1,927,784 from $2,418,
549 in 1930 and represented a de
cline in the operating deficit of
$647,370. The operating deficit of
the railroad in 1930 was $1,237,
120, compared with $589,750 in
1931. It is expected that further
reductions shall have been made
by the end of the current fiscal
year. Although the expenditures
cn the Alaska Railroad by the
Federal Government may seem
large and the deficits at the end
of the year unfortunate, never
theless, the outlay represents a
bold investment by the Govern
ment which will be enhanced
many times in the future. The
construction o f hundreds o f
miles of railroad in Alaska
where people did not dwell has
been a pioneer eriteprise of
great magnitude.
Without transportation facili
ties, the Territory could not be
developed. At present there are
470 miles of railroad on the
main line, opening up a rich
hinterland. Since 1923 when the
tracklying was completed, much
additional work has been done
to place the roadbed and struc
tures in condition for economic
al operation. For this purpose
appropriations have been made
by Congress each year. Many
miles of track have been ballast
ed steel bridges or earthen fills
have been substituted for miles
of wooden bridges and trestles.
The saving in maintenance ex
penses, and a substantial in
crease in earnings have reduced
the operating loss from $1,813 -
000 in the fiscal year 1924 to
$589,750 in 1931. The total cost
to the Government, amounting
to $69,500,000, includes construc
tion of telegraph and telephone
lines, wharves, hospitals, town
sites, and dwellings for employes,
and the operating expenses in
excess of revenue. The railroad
serves as a gateway to the in
terior of Alaska and since its
completion and. improvement, it
is one of the greatest advertis
ing mediums to encourage set
tlement and establishment of
productive enterprises in the re
gions rich in mineral wealth.
The increase in tourist travel io
.Alaska in recent years is in part
| attributed to the improved trans
portation facilities. The ship
lines from Seattle with their
comodius accomodations have
brought thousands of visitors
who otherwise might not make
the pleasure trip. There are not
over 30 hours in the open sea
during the week’s voyage from
Seattle to Seward. It is mainly
a land protected voyage with
evechanging scenic views of
great beauty.
* * *
The Department of Commerce
has compiled some interesting
figures concerning the patents
granted by the Government dur
ing recent years, and in which
Alaska takes a part, even tho
there were but 3 patents granted
to her people in the fiscal year
ending June 30,1931, the number
during the past year not having
yet been segregated by division';
The States leading In the n*m •
jber of patents and designs dc
jnot always lead in the number
cf patents and designs in pro
portion to population. In 1931,
Connecticut with a total of 1.
|454 patents and designs, led all
States with one patent or de
is:gn granted in that year to each
11,105 American citizens living in
1
I the State. New Jersey was second
I with one patent or design to
every 1,234 citizens;Illinois was
third with one granted to each
!,496 persons; New York was
fourth with one .to each 1,507
j persons, and California was
fifth with one granted to each
1,571 persons.
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