From The
Nations Capitol
(The Weekly Newsletter from the
Office of Senator Ernest Grueningi
By GEORGE SUNDBORG
Administrative Assistant
Senator Gruening, who holds a
medical degree, has been informed
by Congressional historians that
he is the first M.D. to serve in
the U. S. Senate in 20 years. Dr.
Royal S. Copeland, senator from
New York who served in the 68th
to 75th Congresses, was the last
doctor in the Senate.
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Municipal officials in Alaska
have been invited by Senator
Gruening to transmit to him their
thoughts about the need in Alas
ka for S. 722, a bill which would
provide grants to help localities
relieve conditions of substantial
and persistent unemployment in
economically depressed areas. The
senator will testify on the bill, of
which he is a co-sponsor, before
the Senate Banking and Curren
cy Committee during the week of
February 23. S. 722 is similar to
the area redevelopment bill which
last year passed the Senate but
was not acted upon in the House.
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An Alaska cedar will be brought
down from the 49t.h State to be
planted in Arbor Day ceremonies
at Harpswell, Maine. It has been
arranged by the U. S. Forest Serv
ice at the request of Senators
Gruening and Margaret Chase
Smith of Maine.
MARITIME ASSOC. PUBLISHES
1958 LONGSHORE EARNINGS
SAN FRANCISCO, UP> — The
Pacific Maritime Association said
Wednesday that West Coast long
shoremen earned $102,708,510 in
1958.
Contributions totaling $20,651,
180 also were paid by employers
towards welfare, pension and va
cation benefits for longshoremen
and seagoing personnel, said PMA
President J. Paul St. Sure.
"4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
At The Nugget
NOTICE OF HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Common Council of the
City of Nome, Alaska, has at its
special meeting of January 29,
1959, fixed the time and place for
a hearing upon the proposed pow
er rate changes of the Nome Light
and Power Utilities.
Such time and place are as
follows:
Tuesday, February 24, 1959.
Council Chambers, Nome City
Ilall, 9 p.m., or as soon thereafter
as the matter may be propertly
heard.
All persons wishing to be heard
may appear at the time and place
aforesaid.
Publish Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, 1959.
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Mines Bureau Issues
Detailed Report On
Lost River Tin Mine
Operation of the Lost River tin
mine and mill on Alaska’s Seward
Peninsula, about 85 miles north
west of Nome, is described in a
Bureau of Mines report released
recently by the Department of the
Interior.
The Lost River area is site of
the largest known domestic lode
tin deposit, discovered in 1903 and
developed intermittently over the
years. However, no ore was pro
duced until after the United States
Tin Corp. began operations in
1951.
From 1951 until its closing in
| 1955, the mill treated 51,000 tons
1 Of ore averaging 1.13 per cent tin
and produced 687 tons of concen
trate, averaging 52 per cent tin.
Tungsten minerals also present in
the ore were not recovered be
j cause of the lack of necessary
milling equipment.
! In commenting on the operations
at Lost River, the bureau report
states:
“Production did not result un
til government funds were made
available by the Defense Produc
tion Act of 1950. Under this Act
and the stimulus of the Korean
War, government capital was used
for purchasing and operating the
mine and plant. Rehabilitation was
begun May 15, 1951; all opera
tions ceased in October, 1955, when
government support was with
drawn.
“A Defense Minerals Explora
tion Administration project, under
which the government financed 90
! per cent of the cost, was con
ducted during the operating per
iod. This resulted in several im
portant contributions toward
clearer understanding of the na
ture and extent of the Lost River
deposit; some additional reserves
were indicated.”
In addition to presenting details
of mining and milling methods at
Lost River, the report tells of the
problems of transportation, hous
ing, permafrost, and water supply
in this isolated area only 70 miles
below the Arctic Circle.
A copy of Information Circular
7871, “Lode-Tin Mining at Lost
River, Seward Peninsula, Alaska,”
can be obtained from the Bureau
of Mines, Publications-Distribu
tion Section, 4800 Forbes Ave.,
Pittsburgh 13, Pa. It should be
identified by number and title.
i Overhauling of U. S. Small
Boat Regulations Provides
Uniform Code for States
Recreational boaters will oper
ate this spring under the first
major measure affecting them in
18 years and the first overhauling
of the nation’s small boat registra
tion system since 1918, according
to Don Hungerford of the Nome
Hardware Company, P. O. Box
850, Nome.
Known as the Federal Boating
Act of 1958, the new law is pri
marily designed to provide a state
operated system of pleasure boat
numbering and tp provide for a
uniform system of accident report
ing investigations.
An important point of the new
law, Hungerford explained, is that
Congress went on record as favor
ing uniform boating regulations
throughout the nation.
“Most pleasure boaters, soonfer
or later, cruise to places out of
their home waters. With many
states having different and even
conflicting regulations, the impor
tance of having uniform laws is
obvious,” Hungerford said.
The federal law says that all
inboard pleasure craft with more
than 10 horsepower will be num
bered if the craft is to operate on
federal waters. Each state is urged
to set up its own regulatory sys
tem thus retaining the administra
tion of the law. If the individual
state does not act by April 1, 1960,
:he federal law becomes effective
in the state and the Ccrast Guard
will collect the fees and assign
the numbers.
According to Hungerford the
new federal act came after some
three years of Congressional study
and was supported by all major
boating organizations as well as
the small boat industry.
“Since this new law is so im
portant to every boater, the com
plete text should be studied care
fully,” Hungerford, Johnson Mo
tors dealer here, recommended.
“All state legislatures have re
ceived copies of a model state law.
Boatmen should contact their state
representatives and give them
their ideas on what should be
done.”
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AVA Ups Prediction For
1959 Tourist Expenditures
The Alaska Visitors Association
announced the complete figures
for 1958 visitor volume and ex
penditure last week.
The previous figures of 87,000
visitors with an expenditure of
$48,415,500 was an estimate up to
and including October 15. Now
that complete statistics are avail
able, R. A. “Dutch” Derr, Man
aging Director of AVA, announces
the following:
Visitors to Alaska, 1958 total —
98,317; Air—48,951; Auto—42,094;
Ship—6,712; Private transporta
tion — plane, ship — 560.
Average stay in Alaska — 15.9
days.
Average daily expenditure —
$35.00.
Total 1958 visitor expenditure
— $54,713,410.50.
It is worthy of note that Mr.
Derr, in his Activity Report to the
AVA members in January, 1958,
stated: “I have set our goal of
tourist money spent in the Terri
tory for 1958 at $56,000,000.
The new estimate for 1959 must
be re-evaluated upwards from the
previous 104,000, with an expendi
ture of $72,000,000. The Alaska
Visitors Association now predicts
that the year 1950 will see 114,000
visitors, spending $75,000,000.
YOUNGSTER CAUSES BRIDGE
ACCIDENT IN PLAY
SAN MATEO, Calif., WV-Mark
Busch, only 19 months old, play
fully threw a blanket over his
mother’s head as she was driving
on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
approach.
Temporarily blinded, Mrs. Pau
line Busch swerved the car to the
right — and tore loose eight large
fence posts. She, Mark and Lorie,
just 6 months old, all escaped
without injury.
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Fairbanks to Nome (via Kotzebue)
Each Monday, Wednesday & Friday — Fit. 311
Leave Fairbanks 9:00 a.m. Arrive Hughes
Leave Hughes Arrive Kotzebue 10:35 a.m.
Leave Kotzebue 11:15 a.m. Arrive Nome 12:25 p.m.
Nome to Fairbanks (Direct)
Each Monday, Wednesday & Friday — Fit. 312
Leave Nome 1:25 p.m. Arrive Galena
Leave Galena Arrive Tanana
Leave Tanana Arrive Fairbanks 5:25 p.m.
Fairbanks to Nome (Direct)
Each Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday — Fit. 311
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Leave Tanana Arrive Galena
Leave Galena Arrive Nome 11:00 a.m.
Nome to Fairbanks (via Kotzebue)
Each Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday — Fit. 312
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