WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
By MABY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett. Alwkt'i Delegate to Conyrex
Freight Rate*
Delegate Bartlett ha.*- bwn in
tomied by the Federal Maritime
Board that the Alaska Steamship
Company and Coastwise Line
have filed amendments to their
freigh tariffs seeking a 20 percent
increase to freight rates now ap
plying in tin* Alaska trade
The rates were filed to become
, effective March 1 of this yeai
Amendments to Fisheries and
Game L»wt
Delegate* Bartlett introdui'ed
two bills in the House this week
seeking to amend the Alaska
Fisheries Act and thi Alaska
Game Law.
The legislation providing tor
amendment of the Alaska Fisn*
eries Act would plaee into effect
law enforcement procedures simi
lar to measures now operating in
enforcing the Alaska game laws.
The bill would eliminate court
action in acquiring title by the
government to fish or fishing
equipment when v i o 1 a ti o n s
against the Alaska Fisheries Act
are committed if the equipment
and/or fish are released volun
tarily. The bill further provides
that it would be unlawful for any
person knowlingly to possess or
* transport fish. At the present
time only the person catching tiie
fish in violation of the fisheries
law* is liable. The third provision
of the bill would designate any
employee of the Fish and Wild
life Service as a peace officer if
designated by the Secretary of
the Interior with the same pow
ers of arrest of persons and sei
zure of property for any violation
‘ of the fisheries law as have Uni
ted States Marshals or employees
of the Fish and Wildlife Service
designated to enforce the Alaska
Game Law.
The bill dropped in the hopper;
by Delegate Bartlett in connec
tion with the Alaska Game Law
has two purposes. The first
t would continue the ban against
the appointment of federal or ter
ritorial employees as members jf
the Alaska Game Commission
but adds the words “insofar as
practicable.” The law would con
tinue to require five years resi
dence in Alaska before appoint
ment with no more than one resi
dent of a judicial division serv
ing on the Commission at one
time. The second amendment
sought would make available 50
percent of the proceeds from the
sale of game licenses and pei*mits
to be used in maintaining an edu
cation program for wildlife con
servation in the Territory with
the remaining 50 percent to con
tinue to go to the Territory for
school purposes. At the present
time 50 percent of the proceeds
r« into the federal treasury. In
1051 the profit* amounted to »p
proximately $140,000, according
to information Riven Delegate
Bartlett, half <>f v. Inch went foi
'school purposes and the other
half into miscellaneous ii-eeip *
i t the federal government
For Senate Confirmation
President Truman this week
•i-nt the names of Harry E. Pratt
of Fairbanks. Sidney J. Thomp
son and James A von der Heyd*
of Nome to the Senate for con
firmation as United States Judg.’
for the Fourth Division. United
States Marshal for the First Divi
sion and United States Attorney
tor the Second Division- respec
tively. Judge Pratt has served as
Judge since Juiy of 1935 and is
being nominated for his fifth
Marshal Thompson has been
serving as United States Marshal
for a number of months through
a recess appointment made by the
President during the recent con
gressional adjournament
Anchorage Jail
An additional $84,000 for the
proposed new federal jail at An
1 chorage is expected to be re
quested from Congress in a sup
plemental appropriation, accord
ing to information given Delegate
Bartlett by Bureau of Prisons of
; ficials.
The Bureau of Prisons during
the last session of Congress sub
mitted a request for $950,000 to
replace the existing jail by the
construction of a modern 50-in
mate capacity jail on a site to be
furnished free by the city. How
ever. Congress appropriated $400,
000 with the stipulation that none
of the money was to be obligated
until revised plans had been sub
mitted to and approved by the
House and Senate Appropriations
Committees.
After a study of the matter the
Bureau ot Bosons aeciaea to to- i
cate the new building on the
grounds of the federal building,
thus eliminating a separate heat
ing system as the heating facili
ties of the federal building could
be utilized. In addition, it is un
derstood. the plans have been re
vised to reduce the capacity of
the proposed new jail from 50 to
43 inmates, with elimination of |
the planned basement except for ;'
i a small space for utilities ad
juncts. In working out revised
plans, the Bureau of Prisons has
estimated that an additional
$34,000 above the $400,000 appro
priated will be necessary as the
"minimum for which we can hope
to construct the first unit re
quired to meet present demands
at Anchorage.1’
Withholding Alaska Taxes
The Treasury Department has
*
FREEMAN Headbolt Engine Heater
It’s a tested and proven instrument. There are MORE THAN
HALF-A-MILLION NOW IN USE on cars, trucks and tractors.
Here’s what it does for you;
Plug-in connection
extends through
radiator grille. You
need not lift the
hood. You can con
nect it so that you
switch it on inside
your house.
HEATS WATER, and
by doing so heats the
film of oil between cyl
inder walls and pistons.
INSTANT START
ING. No battery
strain. Vital engine
parts are protected
against cold weather
damage. A simple,
permanent installa
tion. Leave it in the
year around.
Save time, save money, by getting yours today!
See your car dealer, garage, or service station.
Civil D«fen»0 Offers
Dver-All Plan
Completion of an over-all Civil
Defon*e plan for the Territory by
Col. James C Crockett. Tern tor
: lal director, has been announced
Governor Gruening and the Ci
vil Defense Council have stamped
their approval to the document
The plan will be ready for di>
tnbutu 11 to all local Civil Di
fenae directors in a few weeks
It will act as a guide and can be
vailed to suit local situations.
"It is only natural that Alaska,
a potential military target, should
have a strong, well knit Civil Di -
lense program". Cmekctt said
Universal throughout the Sta!
e. possessions and teentonc*. if
the warning and all clear signal:
The red alert is three minutes oi
fluctuating notes of horn or siren,
or three minutes of short blast
The white alert, or all clear, i
one steady minute blast followed
by two minutes of silence. Tin
ts repeated in sequence two more
j times for completion.
Alaska's Civil Defense Council
! consists of Gov. Ernest Gruen
ing, chairman; Col. Lars John
son. Adjutant General of the
Alaska National Guard; Frank
Metcalf. Territorial Police; Dr.
C. Earl Albrecht. Commissioner
of Health: Tom Dyer. Member -
at-Large; and. George "Tony”
Schwamm, Director of Aeronau
tics and Communications.
j informed the House Ways and
Means Committee and the Senate
' Finance Committee that it favors
legislative proposals before the
two committees authorizing the
withholding by the federal gov
ernment of state, territorial, and
| municipal income taxes from the
; salaries of federal employees in
j any political sub-division where
i the laws impose upon employers
generally the duty of withhold
ing taxes from the compensation
of employees.
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
By RICHARD BLUE
Seed Grower* to Meet
According to word received
tiom Irving Abbott, mtttiry n
the Association, The Alaska Cer
titied Seed Growers Association
memlter* are having their annual
meeting in Palmer the 8th and
9th ■ >i February
Two-temp Walk-in
What is it’’ A ualk-in refrigera
tor with a room foi chilling and
storing nit ats and other tarm pro
iucts (approximately 2;">0 cubic
feet) an! a low temperature
room t<-r freezing and storing
fruits vegetal*!'s and meats.
(,.j .'I- x • aleiy iuO eubie feet)
Win n can t be built? Inside
.mother building, or outside wi*h
addition of siding and roof.
What will materials cost? For
one locality at late 1950 prices. !
the cost was approximately $1,200,
divided about equally between ;
building materials and refrigera
. tion equipment.
What will it cost to run? In
j a surrounding temperature of I
70 degrees F. it will use approxi- !
mately 200 kilowatt-hours per j
month.
What will it do? The chill !
room will cool one beef or one i
large hog or 000 pounds of other
| produce at one time. The freezer ]
j l'ootn will freeze 100 pounds per |
day.
Descriptive leaflets available
at the Extension Office. Working
; drawings obtainable on request.
Rats and Mice
One of the best rat and mouse
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Our International replacement
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That’s because every replace
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I killer* ever developed jv no*
avails Me to (irmm It ha* bn-n
estimated that a rat u worth «
twenty dollar bill to the farmer,
that !*, the farmer would tx
twenty dollars ahead if the rat
would move off the farm Usual- i
ly once the rat has found a good;
source of food and shelter he pro- !
! ceeds to settle down and raise
numerous offsprng to help eat
all that nice gram stacked up in
I the barn. Warfarin is the name
J of this new poison, it thins the
blood and after a series of feed
ings causes internal bleeding and
death- the lut or mouse never!
knows v. hat makes hint feel
j low and will drag himself up to
another feed of warfarin with
Ins dying breath Warfarin can
be obtained as a concentrate to1
j be mixed with gram or as a pre
pared bait ready to set out Virgil
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has the materia] on order
Extension Conference Here
The Extension Service will
hold its annual conference in Pal
mer the first week in March Ex
periment Station personnel and
Extension Service specialists from
Outside will Ik* in attendance to
train and advise Extension
agents. Vet* instructors and
Home Demonstration Agent'
START RETURN TRIP
A note received bv the Valley
Frontiersman from Mr and Mrs
Cl>tle King, Sr. tolls of their
plans tn head north stopping at
their daughter's: home in North
, t i n California for a few weeks
■ and then back to the Valley
They have been vacationing in
Santa Barbara his wintei
Every Uoiiian knows
Good Appearance Comes
From Good Grooming
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*
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