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WHAT IS THE ALASKA DEVELOP
MENT BOARD?
When the dem<K*ratic administra
tion promised to create a system for
the government of Alaska the impres
sion was given out that this would
take the shape of a board or commit
tee empowered to administer the af
fairs of Alaska, having responsibility
only to the chief executive of the na
tion. In other words, the board was to
be composed of Alaskans with the
power obtaining to the federal govern
ment represented by a chairman, who
in turn would make recommendations
to Washington, that would in a per- j
funrt- rv way receive the final stamp
of approval by the executive— a sort
of governor-general.
In the absence of information as to
the powers of the committee named
to serve interim, (as recommended by i
the Brooks committee last summer) it
would appear that a number of whose
complexions may be termed wholly
Alaskan— George L. Parks and Gov
l
tinoi Riggs.
It was also given out by high au- j
thority last summer that this boaid
wo iH have its sittings and perform
its functions on the ground and not in j
Washington; that by this method we j
would escape the red tape necessary j
to securing Alaskan needs.
. .Reading the interdepartmental re
port, paragraph 1, page 7 the only
light shell upon the situation is con
tained in these words*
“1. The passage of an act provid
ing for an Alaskan development board,
located in Alaska, and authorized to
administer the federal laws relating to
public lands, leases, water power, fish
eries, timber, railroad » const ruction
and operation, and wagon road con
struction.
“2. That the Alaska development
board should not take over the purely
investigative work in Alaska forming
a part of the activities of the large
federal scientific organizations.
“Pending the congressional author
ization for an Alaskan development
hoard and as a temporary exponent,
the committee further recommends: i
* “l; That an interdepartmental
committee be organized to be compos
., i
ed of representatives of all govern-.
ment departments concerned in Alas-«
ka affairs. Also that the governor of
Alaska be made an ex-offico member
of this committee.
“2. That an additional assistant;
secretar)* of the interior department!
be appointed, who shall be chairman of ■
the committee and shall devote all his ;
time to Alaska affairs.
"6. That the cnairman ot the;
committee shall spend a large pait of'
his time in Alaska and thus by person
al contact become intimately acquaint
ed with Alaska conditions.”
♦
This last paragraph appears to be
the joker. If the first paragraph is ;
considered as the essence of the re
coapnendations then the last para- j
graph is superfluous, unless it was1
intended to create a perfunctory as- j
sistant sectary of the interior who!
would in turn be referred to the secre- ,
tary. of the interior, and in-the event11
of congressional action being required,
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in turn placed before congress.
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But under the present vague ex
pedient, it would appear that another
• hedge "of red tape has been created, |
thus defeating the very objectB that
Alaska has been hoping would accrue
—elimination of red tape and the mul
tiple commissions, boards, bureaus,
etc.
If the recommendations of the
board are to run the gauntlet of an
additional department, then througn
the secretary of the interior on to the
president for executive approval, it
is safe to assume that only the grand
children of present Alaskans may hope
ior action. It will hardly come in our
day.
Now that every one else in the na
tion has ha^ an opportunity to experi
ment with the government of Alaska,
the task might be submitted to Alas
kans. Heaven knows they could noi
make a bigger muss of it than has
been made in times past.
( Alaska Daily Capital )
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(Jeorge Calvvell journeyed as far as
Mile 76 this morning.
The S. S. Victoria is due to arrive
in Cordova at noon today. She should
tie up at the dock some time tomor
row.
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PERT PARAGRAPTHS OF SENSE
AND NONSENSE FOREIGN AND
LOCAL, CAUGHT ON THE
FLY BY “THE HUMAN
TOOTHPICK ”
Yesterday we elected a man named
Haslene to be Representative on the
Republican ticket from Nenana. The
party who gave us the information
got his wires crossed. ‘Twas H. H.
Ross of Fairbanks who is a Represent
ative elect. We apoligize to him-for
making the error and at the same time
we want to mention the fact that two
< thcr Representatives ar/» in Seward.
0 le of ’em is a fellow named Ketth'
>on from Brook and the other is Near
ling from Fairbanks. Three Repre-;
sentatives, all of ’em Republicans j
bound for Juneau to help put Alaska
on the map where she belongs. We’re
wishing ’em all the best of luck and a
Merry Cftristmas and a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
Classified readers printed in the
Gateway cost our regular advertisers |
extra . They pay for them at the re-,
gular rate. When' you discover one of
these reader ads., scattered.through-1
out the news columns, read it carefully 1
and remember the things it mentions,
because these specials mean that those
advertising are offering you a real
chance to get something worth while j
at a special price. Keep your eye peel
ed for these little readers and wiien
you see one read it then investigate.
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Today, according to the calender
and all statistics is supposed to be the
shortest day in the year. According to
the number of Christmas jobs we have
on hand it promises to be one of the
longest for' the Gateway staff. But
short or long we are confident that it
still has the usual number of hours
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and minutes as are found in all thi
other days of the year. The shortest
< ay \\ .*.!!> means the day with the
liorte.it n imber of hours of real day
light. *Ve never know when it really
gets dark because the 40 watt lamps
are always burning in the basement.
Brother Thompson, who manages,
prints and circulates one of the best
news sheets in the Territory announc
es to his subscribers and the public at
large in his issue of Dec. 3 that the
Fairbanks paper will be a tri-weekly
from that date. We have often wond
ered how friend Thompson manages
to gather together and print the wide
variety of worth while reading which
we always find in his paper. We have
come to the conclusion that he works
overtime and has discovered how to do
about forty hours work in the average
twenty four. We predict a busy sea
son next year for Editor Thompson
and feel certain before many moons
have passed that he will be printing a
daily for one of the livest and up-to
the-minute towns in Alaska. The tide
is turning and by this time next year
Alaska will have come into her own.
It froze just a wee little bit last
night. Just enough to make a fellow
watch his steps when he is navigating
along the sidewalks. Hardly slippery
enough for creepers but slick enough
to make you nervous. Watch your
step.
The use of lard in cooking
again proved old-fashioned
and expensive
ANIMAL fat soaks up in the food
L when you cook with it. This is not
only wasteful, but it makes the food
greasy and indigestible.
4
Mazola, the Great American Cooking
Oil, is used so hot it cpoks the outside
of the food quickly. Hence it doesn’t
soak into the food—to anything near the
extent of lard.
This fact was again demonstrated
when Mrs. A. Louise Andrea, famous ex
pert in modem cookery, fried 25$j lbs.
of fish steaks in 2 lbs, of Mazola. The
same amount of lard fried only 1614 lbs.
The nsh steaks were cut to an average
thickness of one inch. *
During the same series of experi
ments—which can be duplicated by any
one interested—Mrs. Andrea fried 24H
lbs, of potatoes in 2 lbs, of Mazola,
while the same amount of lard cooked
onTy 7 lbs. 14 oz. of potatoes.
Also, of doughnuts, Mrs. Andrea fried
208 in 2 lbs, of Mazola, while 2 lbs, of
lard fried only 138 doughnuts.
No wonder Mazola is acclaimed by
more than seven million housewives, and
that it is found universally, in the best
hotels, clubs and dining cars of leading
railroads.
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