WASHINGTON NEWS-LETTER
Bf MAMY LEE COUMCOL
lacretorr to K L. CM) Bartlett, AJaakaa Datafsto to Ca^rw
The Interior Deportment's Ac
tivities in Alaska during the 1952
fiscal year will be carried out
with funds totalling $52,079,070.
according to statistics gathered by
Delegate Bartlett
The figures became available
this week when final determina
tion* were made on allotments of
funds appropriated for the entire
Department.
The largest allotment is ear
marked under the heading of
"Territories and Island Posses
sions’’ which includes funds for
the Alaska Road Commission,
The Alaska Railroad, the Alaska
Public Works program, the Gov
ernor’s office and care and cus
tody of Alaska’s insane. The $32,
490,321 available under this head
ing is divided among the follow
ing: $20 million for road construc
tion, $2,900,000 for road mainten
ance, $7 million for public works,
$2 million for the reconstruction
and rehabilitation program for
The Alaska Railroad, $502,141 for
the care and custody of the insane
and $88,180 for the Governor’s of
fice.
Of the total $20 million for road
construction, $12,994,000 will go
t for continued construction on the
Eagle-40 Mile-Alaska Highway
road, surfacing of the Richardson
Highway, the Alaska Highway
and Tok Cutoff, the Richardson
Highway-Mt. McKinley Park road
and local farm and industrial
roads. Preparation of plans will
total $300,000 with reconstruction
of Tok Cutoff and improvement
of existing roads and bridges tak
ing $1,981,000. New construction
in the amount of $4,725,000 is
planned for reconstruction and
paving of a portion of the Sew
ard-Anchorage highway, for the
Naknek Airport-Naknek village
road, for the road from Kodiak
Naval Station and a start on the
proposed road to connect Cordova
with the Richardson Highway.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is
second with an allotment of It
268.473, while the third largest al
lotment within the Department
for Alaska will go to the Bureau
of Reclamation in the amount of
$6,004,400 The Indian Bureau
program includes $3,767,112 for
health service, $2,608,800 for edu
cational services $301,935 for wel
fare services. $17,706 for main
tenance of law and order. $408,
220 for Indian resources manage
ment, $745,000 for the Anchorage
hospital. $184,000 for other con
struction and $235,000 for general
administrative expenses.
The full sum requested in the
President’s budget for the Eklut
na hydroelectric project near Pal
mer has been made available in
the amount of $5,761,400 with the
remaining $243,000 for the Bu
reau of Reclamation going to
surveys and investigations.
The Geological Survey and the
Fish and Wildlife Service will
have $2,181,300 and $1,791,668, re
spectively. available for expendi
ture in the Territory until next
July 1.
A major sum of the funds for
the Geological Survey is ear
marked for an accelerated pro
gram of topographic surveys and
mapping in the amount of $1
266,000, with geologic and min
eral surveys and mapping total
ling $635,000. The remainder of
the funds for this agency will go1
for water resources investigations
in the amount of $236,000; classi
fication of lands, $20,000; super
vision of mining and oil and gas
leases, $2,300; and general ad
ministration, $22,000.
Administration of fish laws will
be carried out with $809,326 avail
able, with $247,879 on hand for
game law administration under
the Fish and Wildlife Service ac
tivities. The additional activities
under this heading making up the
total of $1,791,668 for the agency
are: control of predatory animals
and injurious rodents, $88,778;
Chitna Limousine Service
LEAVES PALMER FOR VALDEZ
10:4S a. m. each Monday (leaves Anchorage at f:15 a. m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. m. Tuesday
LEAVES PALMER FOR CHITINA
10:45 a. m. each Thursday (leaves Anchorage at 9:15 a. m.)
RETURNS TO PALMER AND ANCHORAGE
8:30 a. zn. Friday
ALL THROUGH ONE-DAY SERVICE—NO STOP OVERS
HOMESTYLE COOKING AWAY FROM HOME
HOME-MADE PIES
THE FRONTIER CAFE
MAURINE AND EVELYN
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RUGS AND LINOLEUMS
Prints or Plains
Imports or Domestics
Ask for Our Estimatos on Asphalt Tile
J C FLOOR COVERING
411 VMft Ave
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management of mammal and b.rd
rraervatK.ru.. $72 654, research oo
ft*h and fisheries. $177,270. re
aaarrh on bird* and mammal*.
$12,000 exploration development
and utilisation of fishery re
sources. $1 $4,047, construction of
fish and wildlife facilities. $127,.]
100 and regional office expenses,
$102,014.
Prior to this year, the costs of
operating the fur-seal industry on
the Pnbilof Islands came from
appropriated funds. However,
they now are derived from the
proceeds of the sealskin sales
with $1,027,121 earmarked for the
1$52 fiscal year activities.
The remaining agencies w»ll
have the following funds for their
operation in the Territory: Bu
reau of Land Management. $688,
165. Bureau of Mines. $377,040;
National Park Service, $268,509;
and the Alaska Field Committee,
$9,194.
LIBRARIANS NEEDED
Mrs. Earl F. Graves, president
of the Palmer Library Ass’n., an
nounced this week that two vol
unteers are needed for weekly
duty at the local library.
Anyone who would be able to
devote either Tuesday evenings
from 7 to 9 p.m., or Friday after
noons from 2 to 4 p.m. to library
service should get in touch with
Mrs. Graves by telephone at her
home.
LET US HANDLE YOUR
UPHOLSTERING NEEDS
USED FURNITURE BOUGHT
AND SOLD
G. A. KRISE
Butminl Palmar Drug
H#w Secretory for
U. S. Geological
Survey Headquarters
Mrs Hasel Davis was "learning
the ropes" at US Geological Sur
vey headquarters last wffk while
Mrs Arltne Day was still around
to explain the worlungs
Mrs. Day resigned her job st
the survey headquarters October
first, in plenty of time to brush *
up on her Spanish, anthropology.!
and geography before husband
Tom gets ready to use up some of
his accumulated leave on a long
planned trip to Mexico — and
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maybe even to Guatemala—nex
wtnter
lirx Davis is a relatively recen
addition to Palmer, althouch he
husband. Willard Davis, has bee:
a contractor on several Valle:
construction projects for mor
than a year. No newcomer to fed
eral civil service. Mrs. Davis' mos
recent tour of duty was with th<
Alaska National Guard hcadquar
ters in Anchorage.
Coffey Insures Everything!
Remember?
GOODRICH MACHINE WORKS
Welding and Machine Work
Located in the ARRC Shop Bldg,
behind Fair Grounds
Phone 20Y1 Palmer
When you feel like relaxing—
Drop in and try our fine foods,
Served the way you like them ! !
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VALLEY VISITORS WILL ALWA YS FIND A HEARTY WELCOME
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