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WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23. (By j
W.A.S.)—During the winter months |
and until March 15 next, a regular j
mail service will leave Seattle for i
Southwestern Alaska ports every j
Tuesday morning, through an ar- j
rangement made by the Alaska i
Steamship Company and the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company. As
a consequence the Washington
weekly news letters will be mailed
out every Thursday, in order to
catch the steamer on the following.
Tuesday.
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The Post-office Department has
consented to give an airmail serv- J
ice on October 15 from Fairbanks j
to Fort Yukon. !
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Over a year ago A. Hughes, of
Anchorage, lost his personal effects
in a fire that destroyed a section
house on the Alaska Railroad. Al
though the loss was several hun
dred dollars the law only allows
recovery of $100, which Mi*. Hughes
is about to receive.
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A postoffice has been established i
at Kwiguk, about 25 miles north
west of Akulurak on Norton Sound,
and it is expected that W. F. O’Con
ner will soon be commissioned as
postmaster.
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Alaska Chambers of Commerce
are sending in resolutions to the
Delegate asking him to support the
memorial passed by the last Legis
lature and try to secure 50 per cent
of the amount received by the
United States from its share in the
operations in the seal fisheries on
: the Pribilof Islands, for the Ter
ritory. The Delegate is heartily in
favor of trying to secure this rev
; enue for the Territorial teasury.
The Forestry Service at Juneau
has advised the Delegate that it
is inadvisable at the present time
to project any funds for the con
struction of the projected bridge
across Gastineau Channel, between
Juneau and Douglas. It may be
advisable to wait for the Alaska
Juneau Mining Company to make
a decision regarding their future
development activities.
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Commencing September 22 the
laborers employed in completing
certain work around the new Fed
eral building at Juneau receive
$4.25 per day.
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The Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral advises that a monthly service
had been authorized to Sleitmute
during the winter period of each
year, effective November 1.
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Both the Department of Com
merce and the Department of the
Interior have furnished much in
formation regarding the general
i output of chromite, its market
* price, percentage used in the Unit
I ed States, etc. The Delegate is in- !
terested in having this ore pro
duced and shipped from Kenai
Peninsula to the Eastern coast of
the United States, and is endeav
oring to get such facts as will en
courage Whitney & Lass to start
shipping this ore from their large
deposits on the peninsula.
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Some days ago Delegate Wicker
sham had a conference with Henry
O’Malley, Commissioner of Fish
eries, on the proposed regulation
that would permit limited commer
cial fishing in waters outside of the
Yukon river. The Delegate sub
mitted many letters and petitions
that he had received on the sub
ject from residents of Alaska in the
area affected. At the conclusion
of the discussion the Commission
er expressed the opinion that he
would recommend to the Secretary
of Commerce that the regulation be
made, effective January 1,1932, and
if it should develop that after the
first season that it was proving
harmful to the residents of the
Yukon river the regulation would
be revoked. Later other petitions
were received which did not tend
to change the Commissioner’s view
point, and which brought forth a
letter under date of October 5, in
which, among other things Com
misioner O’Malley said:
“I feel that the many petitions
addressed to you indicate clearly
a preponderance of sentiment
residents of the Yukon region fav
orable to limited commercial fish
ing in waters outside the Yukon.
The petition from Ruby advocates
that the Yukon river be opened to
commercial fishing from its mouth
to the Canadian boundary and that
a limit be placed on the exportable
pack of any person, corporation or
association. In this connection, let
me say, the White law of June 6,
1924, does not give the Secretary
of Commerce authority to open
the Yukon river to commercial
fishing for export purposes. It is
only waters 500 yards outside each
mouth of the Yukon that can be
opened for such commercial activ
ities.
“In the petitions on the letter- \
heads marked ‘Nenana’ it is asked j
that the government prohibit the (
establishment of a cannery or can
neries at or within the mouth of the
Yukon. It is obvious that those re
sponsible for the signing of these
petitions have been laboring under
a misapprehension that a salmon ;
cannery or canneries would be es- j
tablished in the Yukon delta reg
ion. In this connection I want to
say that nothing of the sort has
been contemplated or is likely to
occur by reason of the proposed
new regulation.
“The exceedingly limited amount
of commercial fishing in waters
outside the Yukon, which would be
allowed, would not justify the es
tablishment of any salmon can
nery. The cost of bringing a can
nery into this region would be pro
hibitive. The total catch of 50,000
! king salmon would be divided
| among all persons engaged in com
mercial fishing in these waters.
“The only thing contemplated by
the proposed new regulation is that
mildcuring or salting operations
will be conducted by local resi
dents of the lower Yukon region.
The work would be done by the
local residents, who are in an im
poverished condition and need
economic relief. There would be
no influx of outsiders from the
States in connection with any such
activities.
“May I reaffirm my statement to j
you to the effect that if after one '
season’s trial the new regulation I
proves detrimental, it will be re- j
scinded. Under no circumstances
do we want to work a hardship on
any of the people of Alaska; it is
our earnest purpose to be of as
sistance whenever possible. I feel
that real benefits can be made
available to the residents of the!
Yukon delta section by the pro-!
posed new regulation for very lim
ited commercial fishing in waters
outside the Yukon; this can lie done
without detriment to the runs of
salmon or to any person in the
Territory of Alaska."
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