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SPRING AUGURIES
Now that spring fever is almost upon Alaskans, it
would be well to briefly review conditions from the
spring of a year ago, and auguries of the forthcoming
spring.
It is claimed by many the barometer of business
fell due to the momentary depression occasioned by the
visit last summer of the special Senate investigating
committee.
While business volume has not yet returned to the
level of some months ago, yet there is a gradual up- j
ward movement. Indicative of a steady, substantal
growrth. With it is coming a greater interest in civic im
provement, and there is no lack of courage or pessi
mism born of this condition. On the whole, the arrival
of spring heralds much that business may look forward
to rather than retrogressions. What has been accom- j
plished is permanent and enduring, and is not the re
sult of sporadic fluctuations which leave an aftermath
of deflation.
THE GOOSE THAT IS LAYING GOLDEN EGGS
Delegate-elect Wickersham expressed the Alaska
situation very clearly, in Seattle yesterday, when he said
the railroad slash of $500,000 would “kill the goose that I
laid the golden egg.” That the billions already taken out
of the Alaskan wilderness by a few thousand pioneers, ■
are but a ‘trickle to the great stream which will flow into j
the United States” providing development is unimpeded.
May he ever defend Alaska as vigorously as this.
We doubt if there is another Alaskan who knows !
Alaska’s statistics as thoroughly as Judge Wickersham,!
unless it is Seward’s own, John E. Ballaine. A reten
tive memory is a marvelous gift; facts, statistics at one’s
fingertips, is an argument which cannot be denied.
SELLING ALASKA’S COMMUNICATIONS
While we are not so sure Delegate-elect Wicker- j
sham is correct when he said in Seattle yesterday, sale
of Alaska’s cable and telegraph system would mean a
raise in rates and create hardships to isolated commu
nities, he may be right. We can see many advantages
through private interests operating the system as
against the present.
But in the meantime, Alaskans must not lose sight j
of the fact the Army has rendered signal service thru- j
out the Territory for many years and it would be with 1
much reluctance pioneers would see the rank and file
of the Signal Corps depart for good because the cooper
ation of the Army with Alaskans has been a great fac
tor ?n the development of this Territory.
We would like to see the Alaska Railroad operated
by private interests but what we would like and what
we get, is a horse of another color.
Scarcity of fur jumps up the market price, judging
from yesterday’s fur sale at Tacoma, so even though
from all portions of Alaska come reports of poor catch
es, yet perhaps the increased price will offset some of
season’s losses.
Before condemning a writer's work because it is
not original, think how much worse it would be if it
were.
Politicians, however, so^r the wind and expect to
reap votes.
Health note: Don’t try to stop a fight between hus
band and wife.
If Socrates had practiced a while with modern
booze Alaska spruce and hemlock would have acted as
a soothing potion.
ROUGH GAGE GAME
GOES TO THE ARMY
It was too bad Francis Groth
was not on hand last night to
handle the Army and High
school basketball game, for both
teams were going great guns and
only required an arbiter to call
them close. As it was the towel
was thrown in the ring shortly
after the start of the third quar
ter. the game being forfeited to
the Army by the High school.
It was the only thing to do be
cause in another moment or so
someone would have kissed the
floor from a smack on the but
ton.
For the spectators, it was a
fine game to watch; lots of ac
tion, spillings, tumbles and
clenched fists, but not so good
from the players* standpoint
The score stood 21 to 14 when
the deal was called off.
The girls game ended with an
overwhelming victory for the
City girls wrho expect to leave
for Anchorage tomorrow. The
makeshift lineup of the High
school team, including “Miss”
Arne Tollbom, went down to de
feat 20 to 3. The combination of
Elsa MacAuley and Maude Larsson
was too much for the the school
gals, the sisters making all points.
Vivian Nilson tossed in the sol
itary field goal for her mates
the other point being made by
Clara Skinner, a converted foul.
Rev. E. Reisner, of the Seward
Community church, returned on
the SS Starr today from his reg
ular monthly visit to Seldovia
where services were held.
URGE PREPARATION
WASHINGTON, Feb., 26, <7P)—
While Secretary of State Stim
son has urged upon American
ambassadors the need for ade
quate preparation for the general
disarmament conference in 1932
America is waiting for more
definite steps to be taken by the
council for the League of Nations
in May before definite plans are
made.
EXAMINE BANK ACCOUNT
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27. (/P)
Unable to find a clue to the dis
appearance of Edna May Cooper,
actress and aviatrix, police planned
to examine her bank account on tire
theory that she might have left her
home on her own volition. She was
reported missing yesterday.
Frank Cooper entered the Sew
ard General Hospital today for
an examination. Mr. Cooper is
the well known fox rancher at
Ninilchick and arrived on the
SS Starr from Seldovia.
LEGAL NOTICE
U. S. Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, December 13th. 1930.
Notice of Application for Patent,
Serial No. 06659.
Notice is hereby given that C.
D. Whitney, Palous, Washington,
R. F. D. No. 1 has made final
proof on his Homestead entry,
serial No. 06659, together” with
his witnesses, Wm. E. Baumann,
Afognak, Alaska and W. T. White,
Matanuska, Alaska, for the land
embraced in H. E. Survey No. 1736
containing 139.673 acres, situated
on west shore of Kizhuyak Bay
about three fourths mile south
west from N. end of Peregrebeni
Point on Kodiak Island, Alaska,
and is now in the files of the U.
S. « Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
If no protest is filed in the
said U. S. Land Office at Anch
orage, Alaska, during the period
of publication or within thirty days
thereafter, said final proof will
be accepted and final certificate
will issue.
J. Lindley Green,
Register.
Date of first publication Feb
ruary 16, 1931.
Date of last publication April
13, 1931.
Feb. 16, 23, 30, Apr. 6, 13, 1931.
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