- - THE CHILKOOT FOST - -
Chilkoot Barracks, Haines, Alaska,,__
Published Weekly without expense to the U. S. Government. __
Vol* 5-- March 13th. ,1925. --- .No.11.
50^ Quarterly. $2.00 Yearly.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Department of the Interior announces release of 1,568,640
acres which have been under consideration as the site for the Glacie.
Bay National Monument, will.he opened fo$ homestead entry for 91
days commencing April 30th. The area includes nearly 20,000'acres
on Strawberry Peninsularwhich have been surveyed for potential ag
ricultural value. The remainder is unsurveyed. The 91 days hornet
stead entry is understood tc apply to former veterans of the wars
and after that date, entry may be mage by any person.
A merger of the interests of the Bank of Anchorage with the Bank
of Alaska is announced by Charles E.Brown and E&A.Rasmussen, pres
idents, respectively, this week.
Tne divers and Harbors bill, containing an appropnduiua xux
expenditure of $500,000 for the dredging of Wrangell Narrows, has
been passed by Congress and signed by President Coolidge, according
to advices received by Colonel James G. Steese, District Engineer oi
the Board of Pi vers and Harbors.
President Coolidge signed the legislative appropriation bill
increasing the salaries of Congressmen, Cabinet members and the
Vice President in his room at the Capitol where he had gone to
take his oath of office. He also signed the Haval omnibus bill
providing modernization and new cruisers and gun boats and signed
the second deficiency bill which the Senate had passed.
Women ’ s proverbial talkativeness received a setback, when Mrs.
Mae E.lTolan, of San Francisco, only woman in the 6£th Congress,
terminated her two year’s service, without making a speech on the
floor of the House of Representatives,
Everett Sanders, whose tern; as representative from Indiana, ex
pired at noon, March 4th, took his oath of office immediately as
new secretary to President Coolidge.
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Debate on the actions of vice-presiienu -t-'awes
last Thursday after the Senate met. Considerable indigna-tion had
been expressed and Senator Henry E. Ashurst of Arizona and others
had given a statement criticising the Vice-President for what was
characterized as his "discourtesy'1 in swearing in the new. Senators
in a group instead of in blocks of four and for faling to shake
hands with the new Senators. After two groups of four Senators
each had been sworn in, Vice-president .Dawes cried, "Bring 'em all
on". The Vice-President did not take time to shake hands with the
last twenty four senators to be sworn in at once, but turned to
his desk, and announce 1 that the inauguration of President Coolidg
was about to occur, when "bang", went the gavel and the Senate was
adjourned.
The position of Surveyor General has been abolished and that
branch of the Land Office Service has been dropped from the Depart
merit of'the Interior and twelve such offices, including that of
Surveyor General of Alaska, will cease to exist after June 30th. ,
according to telegraphic advices received by Surveyor General Karl
Thiele. How this will effect the office of Secretary of Alaska
which is combined by Federal statute with the office of Surveyor
General is unknown. Reasons of economy are said to be the cause of
the discontinuance of this particular bureau.
A baby boy was born last Wednesday, Larch 4th. , to Representative
and Mrs.John E.Elliot of Nome, and was duly christened Calvin
Coo.lidge by the members of the Alaska Legislature.