No Suspension of
Assessment Work
WASHINGTON. May 19 UP) —
The Senate served notice on the
west and prospectors that Con
gress will refuse legislation sus
pending the annual assessment
work requirement on mining
claims held on location in the
United States and Alaska.
By a unanimous vote they ag
reed to postpone action indefinite
}y on the bill of Senator Murray
proposing the suspension of the
$100 work requirement for the
fiscal year ending June 30.
Senator Hayden told the Sen
ate that the legislation had no
chance of being enacted and mov
cd for a postponement “so that
claim hellders may be put on no
tice now they can expect no re
lief.” He said not only certain
Senators were prepared to resist
its passage but the House Com
mittee on Mines and Mining and
President Roosevelt were oppos
ed to the continuance of the mor
atorium.
Full Text of
Alaska’s New
Staking Law
Numerous inquiries have been
made of late respecting the exact
provisions of the new law, en
acted by the recent sesson of the
■jW’-itor'a! Legislature, govern
ing the size of association claims
and use of the power of attorney
an locating placer claims. The
new act, known as chapter 77 in
the session laws, becomes effect
ive June 9, or 90 days after it
was approved by the governor.
Any stagings before that date are
governed by the old law.
I
The new law, to apply on and ;
j after June 9, is brief. The full!
; text of the act follows:
CHAPTER 77
AN ACT
IH. B. 621
To amend Sections 3 and 5 of
Chapter 76, Session Laws of Al
aska, 1935, relating to placer min
, ing claims.
Be it enacted by the Legislature
of the Territory of Alaska.
Section 1. That Section 3 of
Chapter 76 of the Session Laws
of Alaska 1935 is hereby amend
ed to read as follows:
“Section 3. Association Claims,
j No association placer mining
| claim shall be located in excess
j of forty acres, and have a great
er length than twenty-six hun
dred and forty feet (2640 feet).”
; Section 2. Section 5 of Chapter
76 of the Session Laws of Alaska
| 1935 is hereby amended to read
i as follows:
“Section 5. Location by Agent
or Attorney. No person shall lo
cate any placer mining claim in
Alaska as agent or attorney for
I another unless he is duly author
I ized thereto by a power of attor
ney in writing, duly acknowledg
ed and executed within four
years prior to the date of loca
t'on, and recorded in the office of
the Recorded of the Record ng
D.s'rict in which the claim is lo
cated. No person shall act as at
torney in fact for more than two
nr roipals in any one recording
d strict; if the attorney in fact
has two powers of attorney he
may locate one claim under each
and no more, and if he have one
power of attorney, he may locate
two claims thereunder and no
more during any one calendar
m nth in the same recording dis
trict.”
Approved March 9, 1939.
FOR SALE
Child's Crib, Radio. Dishes.
Coleman Gas Plate, 5 ft. Skiis.
Water Pump, etc.
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Thomas C. Ncibaur, Idaho World
War veteran who returned his
congress'onal medal of honor tc
the wav department in protest
against his WFA job netting him
S4 a month, is shown in his uni
form after he started work as a
capitol policeman in Boise with
a salary of §125 a month.
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THANKS TO SOUVENIR HUNTERS, the gravestone (center) of Jesse James be*
tween those of his mother and stepfather in Kearney, Mo., has been chipped down.
KLANSMENM"\RtT flN ME MORIAL DA Y PARADE ' '
Robed and hooded members of the Kn Klux Klan marched throu gh Atlanta, Ga„ streets during
the Memorial Day parade there in tribute to veterans of the sou them Confederacy. The march
ers (above), wore regalia similar to that of the original Ku Klux Klan founded during the stormy
reconstruction days just after the war between the States.
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Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
' J
The regular no n-day lunch
1 eon of the N. W. Alaska Chamber
| of Commerce was held Tuesday
at the North Pole Bakery with
Director H. G. Miller presiding
as chairman.
Minutes of the previous meet
ing read and approved, and no
communications being received,
Wm. F. Barber, agent for the
Pacific Alaska Airways at Nome
was requested to give a brief
talk on the Unemployment Com
pensati n Commission, which he
also represents here.
^ Mr. Barber, gave a detailed out
line of the system employed in
| the registration of unemployed
’ persons, and benfits which un
employed receive. He already has
quite a number registered and
others are receiving weekly com
I .sensation from the Territory.
Following Mr. Barber's illum
inative talk, Chairman Miller
called for comments on an article
written by him and which ap
peared in these columns last
week.
Mr. Ralph Lomen asked num
erous questions as to any con
structive program or plan which
Mr. Miller might have in mind,
and discussed the general econ
omic condition in Nome, until the
time for adjournment was in or
der. No action was taken by the
: chamber and no definite program
established for the lowering of
the cost of living in Nome.
ANNOUNCEMENT
List of furnishings for home
for sale between now and July
1st:
Large ehest with live drawers,
cream color.
Double day-bed without mat
tress.
Hoosier Kitchen cabinet.
Kitchen tables with 4 chairs to
match.
Two hard-wood rocking chairs.
One large velour upholstered
seat chair.
One Grafonola with records.
One new ail-metal wringer for
! clothes.
One wash copper boiler.
One wash tub
Cooking utensils and dishes.
Bread mixing pan. 2 dish pans.
One aluminum cake griddle.
Two new Colman gas lamps
with 24 mantels and 6 extra gen
erators.
Camp chair. Ironing board on
folding stand.
One gasoline iron
3 special sad irons.
One hand operated portable
sewing machine.
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125 I) STREET
Council Holds
Busy Session
When Mayor Fred Kuban call
ed the regular meeting cf the
i City Council to order Monday
night at the city hall, the follow
' ing councilmen answered pres
; ent: Jack Hurley, William Kel
' sey, Leonard Krohlow, George
Madsen and Lyle Nevin. The on
ly one being absent was Coun
cilman Edward Anderson, who
was unavoidably otherwise en
gaged.
City Clerk M. J. Walsh started
to read the minutes of the pre
vious meeting w'hen a motion
was made and seconded and pass
ed dispensing with the reading of
same.
Communications were read
from the Seattle National Bank
regarding certain payments on
city bonds, which upon motion
duly made were ordered paid.
The annual report of the North
ern Light and Power Co. which
was submitted to the council by
the company officials showing a
detailed account of the business
done, including receipts and ex
penses. The report was ordered
placed on file.
Several communications were
read from Garnet Martin and
Delegate Dimond in reference to
I hurrying up action in obtaining
and equipping the buildings at
White Mountain as an institu
j tion for the care and treatment
; of tuberculosis patients for this
1 section of Alaska.
Mr. Martin being present the
j mayor called on him for a few
'•emarks in reference to the
above subject matter. He explain
I ed that he had introduced a reso
lution at Juneau memorializing
Congress to take action in mak
, ing of White Mountain, a tuber
auloss institution and etc., and
| requested that the city council,
i the chamber of commerce atid
other organizations write or tele
graph the Delegate backing up
this movement to get an insti
tution started right away, in
stead of waiting several years
for the bureau heads to get
around to it at their pleasure.
At the conclusion of his re
marks, the council went on re
I cord as favoring the movement
: and instructed a letter be sent
the delegate in reference there! .
Chairman Lyle Nevin of the
Police and Jaiil committee brot
up the matter of complaints con
cerning children and others us
ing the sidewalks for bicycling.
He believed a notice should be
printed in the local paper call
in.' attention to the ordinance
f irbidding the use of the side
walks for bicycles and that the
Chief of Police would be inform
ed to see that the law is enforc
ed by stopping the practice.
The street committee stated
| that a “cat" had been used in
cutting down drifts on streets
and that the drifts had been on'
! thru from the Lomen Commer
cial Company office to the Stand
ard Oil warehouses. Drains had
been opened and conditions wer*;
I improving daily.
Councilman Kelsey reported
that a sketch of plans for the
addition to the public school was
about ready and would be pre
sented to the council for approv
al soon.
Bills against the city which
had received the okey of the fin
ance committee were ordered
paid.
The schorl board’s budget for
the next school year was read
and turned over to the finance
committee for action.
The local band was granted
permission to use the city hall
once a week for practice.
Council then adjourned.
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Southern Paper festival at Sr.
vannah April 16-19 when t'.o
south honors its new inrlust ».
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FROM CANAL ZONE
where he is the governor. Brig.
Gen. Clarence S. Ridley (above)
came to Quincy, Mass., where
his wife christened the newly
launched S.S. Cristobal.
•IF IT ISN’T TWINS it'll be an accident,” says Mrs. Lydia Fifleld, 41, East Thompson,
Conn., as she plans for new arrival (s). She’s had 15 children, 12 of whom were twins. All but three
are living. Left to right, back row: Claire, 11; Della, 11; Margaret, 12; Harriet, 9; Helen, 9. Front row:
Elizabeth. 6: Harry, 6: Franklin, 21 months; Eleanor, 21 months; Charlotte, 8; Paul, 4; David, 4. Mrs.
Fifield, who’s holding her two youngest, says she expects to enter a maternity hospital sometime in
^ July, and she has a pretty good hunch that the babies w ill be twins.
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