sidence by game wardens with
out search warrants being issued,
and directing attention to recent
decisions in the Appellate Court
of San Francisco declaring such
search to be unconsitiutional.
20. Two political resolutions
directing a committee of three
of the Executive officers to look
into the fitness of political can
didates for elective office, na
tional committeemen and dele
gates to national conventions
was passed. As originally intro
duced the resolutions asked en
dorsement cf the candidates o*
the Republican party. They were
passed amended to make the in
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Price, Juneau; Louis F. Paul.
Petersburg and Frank Johnson
of Kake were appointed as such
a committee.
A resolution presented from
Juneau asking for land, and
water reservations and other
special privileges was tabled in
definitely as it was opposed to
the platform of the organization
v/hich only asks equal privilege
with other citizens.
A petition from Klukwan was
endorsed asking the Road Com -
mission to make certain needed
; repairs at Mile Post Nineteen.
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Washington Newsletter
By Will A. Steel
The district engineer’s office
at Juneau has prepared a report
on the Petersburg harbor pro
ject, which was sent some time
ago to the division office at San
Francisco. Whether the recom
mendation is favorable will not
be known until the report is re
ceived in Washington.
The Geological Survey has
just issued a pamphlet giving a
favorable report of B. D. Stewart
supervising engineer, of the gyp
sum deposits on Chichagoff Is-1
land. A recent deposit has been
discovered east of the mine on
Gypsum creek and underlies an
elevated bench land adjacent to
the shore of Iyouksen Cove.
The Alaska emnloyees and
others of the Department of the
Interior have had their travel
ing expense allowances reduced
one dollar per day, with the ad
monition that travel should be
kept to a minimum. The reduc
tion of from seven to six dollars
and from six to five dollars. If
they travel on the smaller sum
they are not required to submir
[an itemized expense account,
which is required when they
choose the higher allowance. A
similar order was recently made
by the Department of Justice.
Bishop P. T. Rowe writes that
he expects to be in Washington
about the 10th of December.
Among other things he says: In
regard to the fishing for King
salmon 500 yards outside of the
mouths of the Yukon river, and
a catch limited to 50,000, I have
no objection. My protest was
made without knowledge of the
limitations. I protested against
any proposal to open the Yukon
or any other river, to commer
cial fishing. So I am not opposed
to Mr. O’Malley’s plan. What it
was, evidently was not clear to
me.
Publisher William Randolph
Hearst, has extended an invita
tion to Delegate Wickersham as
well as all other Congressmen to
be his guest on a ten day trip to
Canada, startmg from Washing
ton on November 14. The purpose
is to study the Canadian sales
tax system, but Mr. Hearst has
emphasized the statement that
no efforts will be made to im
press the members for or against
the tax, and that their accept
ance for the journey will not be
construed as any commitment on
the question. The Delegate’s
duties in Washington will pre
vent him from joining the party.
The War Department division
engineer at San Francisco has
made an adverse report on the
proposition to improve the Ta
nana river, at or near its con
fluence with the Yukon river. He
states that his opinion is based
on the ground that the benefits
to be expected from the propos
ed improvement would not be
sufficient to warrant the expen
ditures required for construc
tion and maintenance. An appeal
from this conclusion may be
made to the Board of Engineers
for Rivers and Harbors at Wash
ington.
The Hyder Chamber of Com
merce is particularly anxious
that Congress should take fav
orable action at the coming ses
sion to give protection against
the ravages of the Salmon river,
and also to give employment to
the sixty or more who are now
in that town and out of work,
largely because the low price of
silver has resulted in closing
some of the mining properties
The project has been examined
by Major Malcom Elliott district
engineer, and his report was
forwarded on Sept. 15th to the
1 divisional engineer at San Fran
! cisco. When the report is for
warded to the Washington office,
and if it is favorable, the matter
iwill at once be taken up with
the hope of having the Budget
approve the necessary appropri
ation so that it can be included
in the Rivers and Harbors bill. 1
Among the visitors who called
at the office of the Delegate the
past week were Judge and Mrs,
A. J. Adams, of Cordova. They
leisurely drove from the Pacific
ccast and after another week or
two in this section they will
drive thru the south and return
to Seattle via California, before
taking the steamer for Alaska.
Bartley Howard is here from An
chorage and has business before
the Interior Department with
regard to the operation of coal
in the Matanuska field. Jim L.
Fosard, who was for years ma
nager of the copper property at
Latouche, was in Washington a
couple of days on his way to New
Grleans. It is eight years since he
left Alaska, spending consider
able time in Arizona and more
lately in Detroit. At present he
is located in New York being
connected with a bond house.
John Carmel wrote to the De
legate from Tenakee Springs
inquiring whether he could lease
a house that is part of the form -
er radio station on Japonski Is
land, and whether a number of
fishermen who wish to establish
homes in Alaska near the fishing
grounds would be permitted to
build homes on the station site.
The matter was taken up with
the Navy Department and Sec
retary Adams in a letter to the
Delegate says: “You are inform
ed that the Navy Department
has given this subject matter
due consideration and it has
reached the conclusion that the
relinquishing of this property
for the use of fishermen and
permitting the erection of homes
thereon would not only establish
an undesirable precedent but
such action would probably re
sult in damage to existing struc
tures and prejudice the use of
the property by the Navy De
partment or some other depart
ment of the Governement.”
Ernest Walker Sawyer
Highway Enthusiast
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Ernest Walker Sawyer, repre
senting Secretary of the Interior
Wilbur, has returned to Wash
ington for a few weeks He feels
much encouraged over the feel
ing created in San Francisco
favorable to Alaska. The Cham
ber of Commerce has established
an Alaska branch, similar to
that in the Seattle Chamber, and
is already arranging for a big
excursion to Fairbanks next
summer. Mr. Sawyer is particu
larly interested in the proposed
International highway, being a
member of the American com -
mission. He states that a joint
meeting of the conference was
recently held at Victoria, at
v/hich time it was decided that
the Highway is entirely feasible
fiom an engineering view point.
The alignment through Hazel -
ton, Dease, Teslin, Whitehorse
and Dawson to Fairbanks is re
ported to be practicable. At a
meeting of the joint committee
to be held in Washington in
January the economic advan
tages of this Highway and the
advisability of early construc
tion will be considered.
The distance by located line
from the Peace Arch at Blaine,
Washington, to Fairbanks is
2225 miles and 145 miles more to
Seattle. From Blaine to Hazel
ton is 815 miles, (complete in
1929), Hazelton to Yukon boun
dary 610 miles, (virgin country),
across Yukon to Alaska boundary
530 miles, Alaska border to Mc
Carty 180 miles, from McCarty
to Fairbanks 90 miles. The entire
expenditure necessary to con
struct a well graveled highway
to the heart of Alaska is about
$14,000,000. It is considered that
the Yukon section requires com
plete regrading for its total of
530 miles, at an average cost of
$7,500 per mile, or $3,975,000 plus
$600,000 for the bridges in that
section. The section from Hazel
ton to the Yukon border is es
timated to cost 13,000 per mile
including bridges, totaling $7,
930,000 for British Columbia.
The Alaska section is estimated
at $10,000 per mile or a total of
$1,800,000.
Asks Department Keep
Operate Alaska Cable
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The report that the War De
partment intends to have a bill
introduced in the forthcoming
Congress authorizing the sale to
the highest bidder, of the Wash -
ington-Alaska Military Cable
and Telegraph System, prompt
ed Delegate Wickersham to se
cure definite information on the
subject. He learned that the Le
gislative committee of the Wat
Department, as is customary,
prepared a number of bills to be
first submitted to the Secretary
of War. This committee has pre
pared its report and has included
the same bill that was introduc
ed in the last Congress, providing
for the sale of the cable system.
This report has not yet been
submitted to Secretary Hurley,
and of course has not yet receiv
ed his endorsement. In the hope
that this may be prevented the
Delegate has written the Secre
tary a lengthy letter, explaining
why the sale should not be made,
and ending with the latter para
graphs :
“I am writing you Mr. Secre
tary, upon behalf of the people
of Alaska, to urge the advisabili
ty and necessity of the Govern
ment retaining the operation of
this System, which is now satis
factory and highly desirable.
The introduction in the coming
Congress, of a bill to authorize
the sale of this system would be
a sad blow to the interests of
Alaska. And we place our faith in
your friendliness to discourage
this attempt to sell or transfer.
From a monetary standpoint we
understand that the System is
not a tax on the government,
when the free business of the
various Departments and Bu
reaus is taken into considera
tion, and when part of the ex
pense of the repair ship Dell
wood is nroperly charged to
other activities.
“Personally I feel very in
tensely on this subject, fearing
that a change in ownership
would reduce the splendid ser
vice that we now have and result
in an increase of the present
satisfactory tariff. If a bill for
the sale of the System were not
again introduced in Congress
there would be general satisfac -
tion and rejoicing in Alaska.
May we not ask that you give
serious consideration to the
matter before deciding a ques
tion that is of such vital concern
to a struggling Territory.”
MAY REVOLUTIONIZE
RUBBER INDUSTRY
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For several years the making j
of synthetic rubber has been n j
possibility and many chemists'
know how to do it. In fact, rub
ber was made in Germany to
some extent during the war. In
all the earlier experiments, how
ever, the product has been of
poor quality and the substitute
was practically as expensive as
the genuine. Now the Dupont
Company has perfected a newj
process which is causing some-j
thing of a stir in the scientificj
world. Heretofore, expensive ma- j
terials have been required, but]
this new rubber is made from
coal, lime, salt, and water. The
coal and lime are used to make
the well known acetylene gas
used for illumination and in
blow torches for welding. Then
by successive steps through' a
secret process an acceptable
commercial rubber is produced
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John Gellatly, who chose to
live in reduced circumstances in
order that he might give to the
Smithsonian Institution an art
collection which he had spent
more than half his life in as
sembling and which was valued
at $5,000,000, is dead. His widow
claims she must borrow money
to defray funeral expenses. Con
gress accepted Gellatly’s gift in
1929, and his actress wife, whom
he married that same year, in
stituted a legal battle which has
continued through the years. She
will try to persuade Congress to
give back the collection.
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