Leases In Alaska
Congress Passes Bill To
Increase Size of Coal
WASHINGTON, iff)—'The Sen
ate Friday yielded to the House
and- passed a bill to increase the
size of public coal land leases in
Alaska to 10,240 acres.
The? measure, as originally
passed by the Senate, would have
authorized leases up to 20,000
acres, compared to the present
limit of 2(500 acres.
A Senate - House conference
committee agreed to the figure in
the House bill. Sen. Gruening
then quickly obtained the Sen
ate’s approval without objection.
As soon as the House gives its
approval to the conference agree
ment, the bill will go to the White
House.
Runs For Help With A Poisonous
Water Moccasin Biting Him
OWASSO, Okla., (41 — A 27
year-old farm laborer ran a quar
ter of a mile Sunday with a water
moccasin biting into his leg.
Jesse Cripen said the poisonous
snake struck him while he was
fishing at a farm pond. Unable
to get it loose, he ran to the home
of relatives who pulled it off.
He was reported in good con
dition at a Tulsa hospital.
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More Than 700 Expected
To Register at U. of A.
More than 700 students are ex
pected for the fall semester at the
University of Alaska, according to
Mrs. Laura Jones, registrar.
Registration for 417 new stu
dents will be on Sept. 10 and reg
istration for some 300 students
who attended the University last
year will be on Sept. 11. Mrs.
Jones said.
At this time in 1958, 279 stu
dents had been accepted and, in
1957, 205 students were enrolled
at this date, Mrs. Jones added.
The added enrollment indicates
the growing stature of the Uni
versity of Alaska and the broad
ening fields of studies it is offer
ing to Alaskans and other stu
dents.
Of the 417 new students, 253
are from Alaska, 154 are from
other states, and 10 are from
other countries. 248 will enter as
freshmen, 81 will enter other un
dergraduate classes, 42 will regis
ter as graduate students, 7 will
be special students and 39 are
scheduled to register in other
specialized ways. 311 are men and
106 are women. Of the men, 162
of the freshmen are non-veterans
and 14 are veterans of military
service.
Classes will begin Sept. 16 and
the last day for late rgistration is
Sept. 30, Mrs. Jones stated.
SATURDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Chicago 2, Cleveland 0
Boston 4, Baltimore 1
New York 9, Washington 5
Detroit 9, Kansas City 3
National League
Pittsburgh 11, Philadelphia 1
Milwaukee 11, Chicago 4
St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 3
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 3, Phoenix 2
Vancouver 11, Spokane 6
Salt Lake City 11, San Diego 4
Seattle 4, Portland 0
A son was born last Saturday
at the hospital to Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Davis.
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Migrating Australian
Mutton Birds Skirt
California’s Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, OP)—Streams
of migrating Australian Mutton
Birds have been noted here, skirt
ing the continent’s western rim
northward.
Dr. Robert T. Orr of the Cali
fornia Academy of Sciences said
the Motton Bird or Shearwater
annual migration usually occurs
far to the west of California’s
shoreline, as the birds fly their
20,000-mile journey from Aus
tralia, New Zealand and the
Bounty Islands toward the Arctic
Circle.
In recent weeks reports have
come from a number of coastal
points about the skytrains of
graceful birds skimming low over
the sea or riding updrafts in
gentle arcs. Cause of hte flight
chagne is not known, Orr said.
The Shearwater, distant kin of
the fabled Albatross, got its
nickname in 1890 when a Royal
Marine officers stationed at the
Norfolk Island penal colony wrote
of eating birds that tasted like
mutton.
The bird can live over the sea
for many months, Orr said. Scien
tists at Duke University recently
discovered it has a unique nasal
gland which can remove salt from
the water it drinks.
CAP MEETING TUESDAY
There will be a meeting Tues
day evening at 8 o’clock at the
FAA Rec Hall of the Civil Air
Patrol. All pilots who are inter
ested in flying the new CAP
aircraft are urged to attend.
There will be discussion con
cerning the requirement on co-op
aircraft regulations.
Muskox Herd On Nunivak
Island Grows To 206
JUNEAU, (Jt—The nation’s only
wild* muskox herd, which roams
remote Nunivak Island in Bering
Sea off Alaska’s western coast,
has increased to 206 animals.
The muskox population Was de
termined by a survey of the herd
made July 1 by the Bureau of
Sports Fish and Wildlife of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The new muskox census show
ed a net increase of 25 animals
in the last year. The 1958 count
disclosed 181 animals, including
32 calves.
This year’s increase apparently
brought the Alaska herd to near
ly the number of muskox in Can
ada, where several Hundred of
the animals still roam in arctic
regions. Recent Canadian reports
hvae indicated a decline in musk
ox there because of heavy attacks
by wolves.
Mr. & Mrs. John Woodiel Return
Mr. and Mrs. John Woodiel,
grade school teachers, who have
been traveling and visiting their
families for the summer, returned
today to prepare for the opening
of school.
Harbor Dredging Funds
Vetoed by President
At Charmber meeting today it
was announced that the funds for
dredging Nome haVbor amounting
to. $53,000 were in the bill recent
ly vetoed by ‘President Eisen
hower. The Chamber was noti
fied by Sen. Ernest Gruening who
said he would do everything he
could to see that it is included in
another bill.
The labor reform bills before
Congress were reviewed and the
Chamber moved to wire Sens.
Gruening and Bartlett of the sup
port of the Chamber to the Land
rum-Griffin bill. Both of the Al
aska senators had voted against
another reform bill earlier in the
session.
Guests were Claude Masset,
representing France’s largest daily
newspaper, the France Soir, Jo
Hanne Zerbey-Martz, represent
ing the Pottsville Republican of
Pottsville, Penn., and Neil Heit
man of Fairbanks.
Since next Monday is Labor
Day, the Chamber will hold its
regular meeting on Tuesday.
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