ALASKA ITEMS OF
INTEBEST IT THE
NATION'S CAPITOL
William J. Shepard has been re
appointed postmaster at Cordova.
The nomination of Ernest I. Am
undsen as postmaster at Anchor
age has been confirmed by the
Senate.
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The sudden death on April 1 of
Representative Albert H. Vestal, of
Indiana, removes from the halls of
Congress another good friend of
Alaska. During his term of 15 years
Tie has always stood ready to aid
those measures that tended to the
advancement of the Territory. He
was a relative of . S. Marshal Lynn
Smith of Fairbanks.
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Very handsome folders have been
received in Washington giving de
tails and itinerary of the proposed
excursion to Alaska under the aus
pices of the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce. Sailing will be made
from Seattle on July 30, aboard the
SS Yukon, returning to that city
on August 18. The party will go
by water to Cordova, where they
will entrain on the Copper River
& Northwestern Railway on to
Chitina, after viewing the wonder
ful Miles and Childs Glaciers. An
automobile ride 317 miles long over
the Richardson Highway will land
the party at Fairbanks, returning
over the government owned Alaska
Railroad, via Mount McKinley, to
Anchorage and Seward, where the
steamer will again be boarded for
the south and Seattle.
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The bill of the Delegate to au
Lhorize the entry of fur-farming
homesteads on the public lands of
Alaska is not favored by the Com
missioner of the General Land Of
fice and as a consequence is not
favored for passage by the Secre
tary of the Interior. The commis
sioner states that he is of the opin
ion that it would not be advisable
to combine certain features of the
homestead laws with those of the
fur farm leasing law, as contem
plated by the bill. He adds that
under the Act of Congress ap
proved July 3. 1926, islands with an
area of as much as 30 square miles
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may be leased for fur farming and
should this bill be enacted into law
he is of the opinion that in many
instances an entryman thereunder
would secure control over and use
of an entire island without making
any payment therefor except the
160 acres or less embraced in his
fur farming homestead.
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Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
announced recently that he had
designated Charles R. Trowbridge
and Howard M. Gillman, both of
whom have long been associated
with the problems of the public do
main. to soon go to Alaska to assist
the local officials in the actual ap
plication of a carefully worked out
plan for reindeer management.
They will be followed soon by an
expert in range management who
will remain permanently in Alaska.
At present there is a Reindeer
Council that has drafted range
rules, the members being the Gov
ernor of Alaska, the chief of the
Alaska Division of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, the Superintendent
of Reindeer in Alaska, a represen
tative chosen by the Eskimo, and
a representative of the Lomen in
tertsts, large reindeer owners.
Definite plans for the ensuing
summer have been drawn and are
to be put into efect. Certain of
the ranges as, for instance, that
around Teller and Buckland in the
Seward Peninsula, are to be evac
uated by white owners and left en
itrely to the natives. Unit man
agers are to be appointed for given
districts and assisted in their du
ties. Complete round-ups are to
be made of certain areas where na
tive deer are largely unbranded
and the ownership of those deer
determined. Prescribed areas are
to be listed under the direction of
the Land Office for the grazing of
certain herds in accordance with
field investigations that have al
ready been made. Courses of train
ing are to be set up for native
herders and for herd managers.
Natives herds are to be protected
as completely as is possible. The
government representatives are to
meet with the Reindeer Council
for consideration of revision and
perfection of range rules and other
problems. Study of general admin
istration, the distribution of sup
plies and deer, and marketing
problems, will be made. The skill
of these combined agencies will be
brought to bear on directing the
organization of this important in
dustry in such a way that it may
function competently.
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Now that there is such general
and pronounced interest in the de
velopment of reindeer in Alaska
and the establishment of a market
for this product, it is interesting
to note what Dr. Sheldon Jackson
thought of the prospective devel
opment of this industry nearly 30
years ago. As General Agent of
Education in Alaska, the Doctor in
1903 submitted to Congress his re
port on the Introduction of Do
mestic Reindeer into Alaska, and
among other statements made were
the following:
“While the original purpose in
the introduction of domestic rein
deer into Alaska was to assist in
the civilization of the natives and
to help them to a better and more
certain method of gaining a live
lihood, yet the reindeer will prove
equally important to the whites
who may seek homes or engage in
business in subarctic Alaska. With
the increase of domestic reindeer
in Alaska, it will become possible
for white men to own large herds,
but the men that will do the herd
ing and teaming will always be Es
kimos and Laplanders. Thus, the
Eskimo, trained as herder or team
ster, will prove valuable to the
white man, and the white man In
turn, as director and employer,
will be valuable to the native. Al
ready the reindeer have given evi
dence of some of the ways in which
they will prove an important fac
tor in the development of the
great north region.”
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THE MOOSE PASS ROAD
Autos are operating from Moose
Pass station to Mile 9 but from that
point on to Sunrise, from one and
one-half to two feet of snow covers
the road. Between Sunrise and
Hope the highway is practically
bare. A Bureau of Public Roads
tractor was to plough through the
entire distance today (Friday) and
the road should be open about the
first week in May.
S. Clark Bassett, manager of the
Alaskan Airways at Anchorage, re
turned on the SS Alaska from
Olympia, Wash
Woodbury Abbey, well known Al
aska mining engineer, was among
those arriving on the SS Alaska
from Hopewell, N. J.
Deputy U. S. Marshal James A.
Hagan of Chatanika returned to
the city today from the States
where he recently took a batch of
prisoners.
Flowers made to order for all oc
casions. SYLVIA’S.
NOTICE TO LIBRARY PATRONS
Owing to the large amount of
work cataloging the library, we will
be forced to keep it closed until
Saturday, April 30.
LIBRARY BOARD.
It is said that the Alaska Rail
road will have seven work crews
out this season. Last summer only
four were employed.
Capt. Axel Olsen, of the MS Ruth
C, arrived at Anchorage Wednes
day from Seward.
MASONIC NOTICE
There will be a special commun
ication of Seward Lodge No. 219 at
8 o’clock tonight. Work in Second
Degree.
NEW ANCHORAGE HOMES
Ray C. Larson of Anchorage,
candidate for Representative to
the Alaska Legislature on the Re
publican ticket, is reported to have
begun construction on a $10,000
home for his family. R. C- Louder
milch is likewise said to have start
ed work on an $8,000 home.
S. M. Fisher, of the United States
Cartridge Company, arrived in the
city on the SS Alaska.
Ketchikan’s third “talkie” the
atre will soon be a reality.
Ptarmigan are so plentiful la
Moose Pass this year that one has
difficulty in having a good night’s
sleep. Especially so in the morn
ings when hundreds gather around
cabins and serenade dwellers.
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