PRESERVATION OF
GRAZING LAND
URGED, REPORT
OVER FOURTEEN THOUSAND FI
NAL ENTRIES APPROVED FOR
PATENT LAST YEAR.
WASHINGTON, D. Dec. 14. (IP)
—Preservation of the grazing re
sources of the public domain thru
legislation authorizing the granting
of grazing permits by the govern
ment, was urged tin the annual report
of William Spry, Commissioner of
General Land Office,' made public
today by Secretary Work.
The Commissioner also proposed
the repeal of the stock-raising home
stead act, amendment of the gener
al homestead law to permit delay
an establishment of residence while
land is being prepared for cultivation,
and increase in the area which may
be sold at public auction as isolated
tracts.
An acreage of public land totalling
3,611,092 was entered during the year
Iby homesteaders and 14,267 final en
tries of all kinds were approved for
patent.
Receipts of the federal government
from bonuses, royalties, and rentals
under the law providing for leases
Of mineral rights on the public do
main aggregated $8,278,708.
EXPANSION OF WORK
IN ALASKA IS URGED
BUREAU. OF ED. HEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 14. (JP)
—Enlargement of the research facil
ities of the Bureau of Education is
highly essential if a sound educa
tional method and policy is to be
formulated .John J. Tigert, commis
sioner of education, declared in his
animal report made public last night.
He asserted that those responsible
for school administration in the Unit
ed States “are in great need of as
sistance in certain important fields,”
and that “no other agency can ren
der such impartial and satisfactory
assistance in the discovery of the
necessary facts as a Federal agency
in education, such as the bureau.”
“At the present time,” he said,
“adequate provision is direly needed
for study in 'the fields of curriculum
organization, school finance, buildings
and construction, teacher training,
and secondary education.”
Expansion of the Bureau’s work in
Alaska also was urged on the ground
that its service there at present is
available to less than half the native
population. The need for extended
medical assistance there was declared
to be “peculiarly great.”
PENSION ROLLS
SHOW DECREASE
SAYS REPORT
FEW CIVIL WAR VETERANS WILL
BE DRAWING PENSIONS IN
1950, SAYS COMM’R.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (/P)—'The
government’s pension rolls showed
a decrease last year of 13,002, Secre
tary Work was informed in the annu
al report made public tonight by Win
field Scott, Commissioner of Pen
sions. A total of 12,537 was enrolled
as pensioners, on June 30 last. The
loss during the year was the result
of the death o,f 46,646 pensioners
which was largely offset iby the addi
tions of 33,644 to the rolls.
Although the war of 1812 was brot
to a close 110 years ago, the names
of 21 widows of soldiers who served
in -that war w*ere on the pension lists
at the close of the year.
The total payments for pensions
decreased from $229,994,777 in 1924
to $217,150,612.
The commissioner estimated that a
few of the soldiers who served in
the Civil war would still be drawing
their pensions in 1950, basing his es
timate on the fact that one Revolu
tionary War soldier lived 86 years
after the close of the ■war, and one
survivor of the War of 1812 lived
90 years after the close of that com
flict.
THE WEATHER REPORT.
At Nenana, yesterday’s weather re
port showed the Interior town reg
istered the coldest along the rail
road belt, 30 degrees below zero be
ing recorded. At Healy the barome
ter settled ito 24 below; Anchorage
20 below and at Moose Pass, 12 be
low.
Last night a blanket of snow fell
between Seward and Grand View av
eraging from one and one-half feet
in Seward to six to eight feet at
Grand View. And it was shill snow
ing according to latest, reports.
Smokers’ sets and fine merschaum
pipes with genuine amber stems—
$8 and up—Alaska Shop. tf.
Crosby Keene, general manager of
the Fairbanks Exploration Company
and assistant to Norman Stines, was
a Seward arrival Saturday, en route
to the States. Mr. Crosby is an old
resident of the Interior and an en
gineer of considerable promise. He
will visit his folks at Seattle and
later go East to Boston headquarters
of the “big company.”
Coll (McDougal, bureau of public
roads foreman leaves tomorrow for
Moose Pass.
Boys’ Winter Caps, Urbach’s. 323
Ladies’ hand tooled leather purses
and bags—Alaska Shop. ' tf.
Show Cards,
Posters,
Movie Slides,
Cartoons,
Advertising,
Publicity.
E. F. JESSEN,
SEWARD, ALASKA
CHRIS’ PLACE
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and Candies
CARD TABLES
Phone Madison 54
CHRIST LARSEN, Prop.
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
CHOP SUET, NOODLES,
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
Alaska Airship Co.
SEWARD OFFICE
Box 1488 - - Seward, Alaska
GENERAL CONDITIONS
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
ARE SATISFACTORY
INCREASED TOURIST TRAFFIC
NOTED; RECOGNITIONS OF
ISLAND BORN SOUGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12. (JP)
—'Prompt and unquestioned recogni
tion of American citizens born in
the Hawaiia islands •when they are
traveling to any other part of 'the Uni
ted States, was urged in the annual
report otf W. R. Farrington, Governor
of Hawaii, made public today by Sec
retary Work.
This issue was brought about, the
report declared by the refusal of im
migration officials at Hawaiian ports
to accept birth certificates issued
under territorial authority. The ter
ritorial legislature ihas authorized a
commission to come 'to this country
to call attention to the situation in
an effort to obtain relief.
The report said that conditions gen
erally in the islands were satisfactory,
and that business with the mainland
amounted to $176,240,691, during the
last fiscal year. Exports to foreign ~
countries were valued at $1,504,546
and imports $9,657,129.
Activities of the Hawaiian Homes
Commission were described as being
so satisfactory n settling lands by
American citizens of Hawaiian an
cestry that an extension of its work
to additional areas is believed jus
tified.
Governor Farrington described the
increased number of tourists visiting
the island as creating a new indus.
try whch was looked upo with inter*
est in the islands.
NILE PARKERS
VS. CABLEMEN
PLAY TONIGHT
CLASH OF THE GIANTS WILL
TAKE PLACE TONITE BE
GINNING AT EIGHT
With a patched lineup the boys
I from Harry Hoben’s front yard, Nile
Park, will face the enemy wire-tap
pers of the Cable office tonight, which
are two teams leading the Seward
indoor baseball league meeting at 8
p. m. in the first game of this week’s
schedule. Incidentally, the game will
be the first official meeting of the
two strong lineups. However, weak
ened the Nile Parks may appear thru
the absence of Tom Dyer, their pitch
ing ace, But Dyer, Tom’s little
brother will be on hand to save the
family’s pitching reputation.
As there are only seven men regu
; larly assigned to berths on the
Giants’ nine, owing to lack of “eligi- ,
I ble” material, Shelihorn and proba
! bly S wetmann will be asked to fill j
; out the team for tonight’s game. j
If the Cable office men again wield '
' their bats in the lusty fashion they j
1 demonstrated Thursday night against!
the Bankers, they are going to ,be a
tough crowd to stand up to. Nor do
they lack anything in the way of
shining ability in the field. McNally,
when a fly ball headed his way, is a
regular sewer; and Charley Sheldon
is a stone wall so far as getting
ground balls thru his territory is con
cerned. In the person of Robison,
the wrdre tappers have about the
“sweetest” firstbaseman in the league.
“Robby” is right there wTith the big
stick, and at his position in the in
field his work is faultless. He has
yet to fumble a batted ball or drop
a throw from any of his mates. The
game tonite will be ’well worth wit
nessing.
Umpires Badger and Mel Holben
will officiate. Eight o’clock is the
starting time.
NILE PARKS Pos. CABLE OF.
Hopkins c McLaughlin
i Jessen lb >Robison
! Painter 2b Sheldon
! Edwin 3b Tinkler
: Shellhorn Is Guest
I Swetmann rs Protzman
Pauls t'n’r rf Bowley
Moehring If McNally
I. Dyer p. Snyder
Jim Morgan, foreman of the Alas
ka Railroad round house at Anohor
hge, was a business visitor in town
over Saturday night and Sunday. Mr.
Morgan returns to the Inlet shops^ to
morrow.
Weather Strips at Graef’s.
tf.
Over Six Hundred Left
Fairbanks for States
Home /ties—thecall off kin tugging
at hearts—the glare of the nocturnal
embellishments, and the blasts of mu
sic, both sentimental and jazz; rest
less feet, and the lure of distant green
fields; these are the outstanding rea
sons why the Fall and Winter exo
dus of residents from the Fairbanks
district alone, number thus far about
600, hundreds of others from other
portions of the railroad, including a
number from Seward, have been pack
ing the southbound steamers for the
past two months. Soon the holiday
season wait be over and the north
bound trek -will be on.
Seward arrivals Saturday stated
there were yet many coming out from
the lower river country—the more re
mote districts of the vast interior.
It was thought the last of the out
bound operators and mining men
would make eonnection with yester
day’s train but evidently they are de
layed on the trail.
Ladies Shupaks, Urbach’s. 323
Dr. H. Hedger, one of the early-day
dentists of the Territory, was an in
coming arrival Saturday from Fair
banks .where he has conducted of
fices for a long period. Dr. Hedger
has mafie many trips about tl^e Inte
rior country attending 'to his large
dental practice which embraces an
area of thousands of square miles. He
plans returning North in February.
--
George 'Colwell, road master in
charge of the Southern division of the
Alaska Railroad, spent ithe week end
in 'Seward.
Large assortment of fine box sta
tionary—Alaska Shop. tf
MOORE & BEAULIEU
Gore Bldg. Adams 145
WALL PAPER PAPER-HANG
ING, and PAINTING
TINTING
C.M.B.
CAL M. BROSIUS
Builders’ Supplies
When things Look
BLACK Phone the
Seward Steam Laundry
Telephone Main 148
HOTEL ANCHORAGE
F, I. REED, Proprietor
Rooms with Bath. Sample Rooms in Connection
Strictly Modern
Steam Heat
Prices Reasonable
Good Service
HOT AND COLD WATER IN EVERY ROOM
Bus meets all trains and boats
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA
irir*Tonriririnonrw
Piping and Fittings for
Power Plant Construction
5000 feet 2 1-2 double extra strong steel pipe, in random
lengths, 12 to 30 feet each; each length fitted with
square machined, four-bolt flanges. One end of run
grooved, opposite end and outlet tongued with steel
machined bolts, hexigon heads and nuts.
3000 feet 1 1-2 double extra strong steel pipe in lengths
12 to 30 feet each; each length fitted with square ma
chined four bolt flanges. One end of run groved, op
posite end and outlet tongued, with steel machined
bolts, hexagon heads and nuts.
500 assorted 1 1-2 and 2 1-2 steel four bolt flanges, elbows,
tees, crosses, return bends, divided return bends, re
ducing companion flanges, flange unions, globe and
angle valves, etc.
The piping and fittings are in first class condition, ready
for immediate delivery F. O. B. mail steamer Starr,
at Portlock, Port Chatham, Alaska.
Our price will be based up Walworth Manufacturing Com
pany’s factory catalog price F. O. B. Boston, Mass.,
thereby allowing the purchaser the cost of the freight
from the Aatlantic Coast to Alaska.
Will sell all or part of above piping and fittings and fur
nish list of quantity of different sizes on hand, upon
. request.
Alaska Consolidated Fisheries, Inc.
PORTLOCK, ALASKA
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