State Conducting Hearings
On Regulations Affecting
Mining Rights
The state of Alaska is at the
present time conducting hearings
on regulations affecting state
mining rights which began in
Ketchikan last Monday. A meet
ing was held in Juneau Nov. 8;
in Fairbanks today, in Nome on
Wednesday, and will conclude at
Anchorage on Friday.
Under provisions of the State
hood Act the State in 1959 began
selecting lands from the Federal
domain, and to date has applied
for over 5,000,000 acres which in
cludes some potentially valuable
mineral lands. Minerals prior to
statehood were generally owned
by the Federal government and
mineral claims were subject to
Federal regulation. Federal regu
lations will continue on the fed
erally owned lands.
The proposed state regulations
provide for hardrock and placer
mineral claims and mining leases.
The mining leases will be used
where there are two or more
potential uses of the land in ques
tion. The leases serve as a means
of achieving the multiple-use ob
jective set forth in Alaska’s State
Constitution.
me Division oi Danas wnicn is
conducting the hearing in coop
eration with the State’s Division
of Mines and Minerals urges oral
and written comment toy all mem
bers of the industry and the
general public in Alaska.
Past experience has shown that
public hearings are of tremendous
value in preparing regulations
for the disposal and utilization of
Alaska’s natural resources. Mr.
Phil R. Holdswctrth, Commis
sioner of the Department of Nat
ural Resources, urges careful
study and participation by those
groups and individuals that have
valuable and excellent experience
in this critical field.
Judge Gilbert Returns Today
Judge H. Gilbert arrived this
morning and is scheduled to re
main for about a week to handle
some cases pending in Superior
Court. He will then return to An
chorage to continue his assistance
to the 3rd District Court.
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NEWS ABOUT
ALASKANS
IN THE SOUTH
Slim Rydeen, formerly Clerk of
the Court here and who makes
his home on Vashon Island with
his wife, reported in a letter to
Carrie McLain on several former
residents in a letter to Carrie
McLain on several former resi
residents.
Miss “Kullie” Cuihlman, a
nurse at the Maynard-McDougal
Hospital in the 1930’s, is with the
hospital at American Lake, but
makes her home in Tacoma with
her brother.
The Rydeens visited with Dr.
Thomas Morcom and wife at
Wesley Garden at Des Moines,
Wash., where they have retired.
The doctor is on the staff, how
ever, of the retirement home.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Umden,
formerly with Lomen’s at Teller,
are retired at Gig Harbor, where
they have built a new home by
themselves, including a bomb
shelter.
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a 150-foot shorefront and both
Dewey and Nancy are reported
in good health.
The Rydeens were guests at
Seaview which is near Ilwaco,
Wash., at a bi-annual Alaskan get
together for a big silver salmon
feed. Enroute they visited Roy
Bassett at Shelton and Jessie Leh
man at Montesano.
Slim attended two Alaskan
funerals recently, that of Ross
Kinney, formerly with the Alaska
Road Commission here, and that
of John Teasak, early day mer
chant.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wallace have
sold their beautiful trailer court
and are on a long vacation in the
sunny south.
Mr. Vincent Widney, formerly
a pastor here with the Methodist
Church, is now a landscape gar
dener in Bellevue, Wash., where
he makes his home. Both children
are married.
Mrs. Rattenberg, of Nome and
Candle, reported that her son is
now a Lieutenant Commander in
the Navy stationed in Japan.
Elizabeth Timmer, formerly a
teacher here, with her husband,
live in Lynden, Wash., and have
six children.
Henry Rydeen, nephew of Slim
Rydeen, and Jack Stewart were
recently guests of Victor Paige,
who headed ACS here, at a Rus
sian dinner given at the Moscow
restaurant at Haughton, where
they talked over old times in
Alaska.
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HOT LUNCH PROGRAM
STARTS TOMORROW
The School Hot Lunch Pro- ^
gram starts tomorrow for an ex
tended period of five months
Children may buy their tickets
each day or they can pay up to
a month in advance. Meals are 40
cents and will be catered by the
North Star Grill.
A varied and nutritious menu
has been planned. The first hot
lunch will be:
Pig in a blanket with cheese
sauce, green beans, corn, and
blackberry pie. Bread and butter
and milk will be served with each
lunch.
Margie Bell and
Morgan Aukongak
Married Friday
Margie Bell, daughter of Mrs.
Lydia Bell, was married last
Friday evening at the Covenant
Church to Morgan Aukongak,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sigfried
Aukongak, by Rev. R. Amund
sen.
The bride, who wore a tradi
tional white gown and shoulder
length veil, carried a white bible
and was given in marriage by her
brother.
Attendants were Lorena Mogg,
in a ballerina length dusty rose
gown and the best man was
Charles Fagerstrom.
Singing for the ceremony was
Howard Nelson who sang “O
Perfect Love” and organ music
was by Irma Johnson.
A reception was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Red
daway and the couple left for
Golovin, the home of the groom,
for a short honeymoon. The bride
is a telephone operator here, and
the groom is employed at radio
station KICY.
St. Lawrence Fish
Indicate Former
Land Bridge
VANCOUVER, B.C., Wt—A Uni
versity of British Columbia pro
fessor says he believes he has
found additional evidence that
there once was a land bridge
between Alaska and Russia.
Dr. Casimer C. Lindsey, cura
tor of the Museum of Fish at the
University, said in an interview
Friday he collected three species
of fish on St. Lawrence Island, 40
miles off the Siberian coast, that
could have only been found there
if a land bridge existed.
“It would seem the only way
they could have got on the island
was during the last ice age when
the ocean sank and the land
bridge was exposed.”
He said he found the fish on
the lakes and rivers of the island
and said a large shelf, now 200
feet beneath the surface of the
sea could have been exposed after
the ice age.
Dr. Lindsey visited the island
this summer as part of a project
to determine the distribution of
fresh water fish in North Am
erica.
“Species of plants and birds
had been collected on St. Law
rence Island which are the same
as those in both Siberia and Al
aska,” he said. “But no one col
lected fish there before.”
The species found were the
Alaskan black fish, slimy sculpin
and grayling. The last two do not
occur in salt water.
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