INTEREST IT THE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 14.
(By W.A.S.)—The Department of
Agriculture states that although
the protests have been quite num
erous from Alaska on the curtail
ing of the hunting season for
ducks and geese to the month of
September, no extension of time
will be made. This is in line with
the general policy of the Depart
ment, which has only made a few
changes in dates, but no change in
the 30 days allowance. The Depart
ment states that the adoption of
the short season amendment was
based on reports of investigations
carefully conducted on the princi
pal breeding grounds by experienced
observers of the government of the
United States and Canada. Also
that there has been a favorable re
action on the part of sportsmen,
who are lending their support to
the Department in conserving the
birds for the future.
Wilfred C. Stump, a student of
the University of Washington, but
a resident of Ketchikan, was in
Washington last week. He had re
turned from Toronto, where he at
tended a meeting of his college
fraternity, the Sigma Nu. After he
graduates next spring, the young
man expects to come to Washington
and take a two-year course in law.
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Skagway is anxious to secure a
breakwater at some suitable site
north of its long wharf, where pri
vate yachts and small craft might
be safely moored and thus escape
prevailing southerly winds. In or
der to secure this shelter the
Chamber of Commerce has com
municated with Delegate Wicker
sham, in the hope that he may in
duce Congress to provide for a sur
vey of the Skagway harbor, in the
next river and harbor improvemenl
bill.
Officials of the Postoffice Depart
ment give assurance that the new
contracts that have been awarded
in several instances to airplane j
companies are not airplane con- j
tracts, but provide for carrying the i
mail as under the system in prac- '
tice for many years past. Recently
the Delegate filed a petition for
the establishment of a mail route
between Nenana and Lake Minchu
mina, on the assumption that the
recently awarded contract would
not secure the desired service. But
the additional service has been re
fused after an investigation by the
Department. In a letter from W.
Irving Glover, second assistant
Postmaster General, he says:
“The report indicates that the
petitioners reside on the existing
winter route between Nenana and
Plat, over which weekly service is
provided. Under the contract the
carrier is required, in addition to
carrying the mail to the postoffices,
(including Lake Minchumina), to
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One of the returning enthusiastic
excursionists to Alaska wrote to a
Washington newspaper the other
day inquiring whether the Indians
in the States have totem poles. He
was informed that they have none
and that these objects were erected
solely by the Indians of the North j
Pacific coast.
The Interior Department is about
ready to circulate a new booklet
[giving general information regard
ing the Territory of Alaska. The
first edition of this work was pre
pared by Ernest Walker Sawyer in
November, 1929, and it has since
had a wide circulation. But the
edition was almost exhausted last
spring when Mr. Sawyer prepared
the copy for the new booklet, which
is now issued in the same form but
with a number of changes and ad
ditions. In a prologue, prepared by
Secretary of the Interior Ray Ly
man Wilbur, he says:
| “Ice, gold, opportunity — what
| does the name ‘Alaska' conjure up,
land what does that vast Territory
hold in the way of present and fu
ture promises? Vo the pioneer,
whether he is engaged only in
clearing his own little homestead
or is directing the destinies of a
large industrial enterprise, this
State in the making, holds prom
ise of either success or disappoint
ment, dependent upon his ability
to grasp and utilize its offerings.
For the fit who, through exper
ience or readiness for effort, are
willing to cope with and surmount
difficulties, this northern land
holds out an alluring invitation and
a welcome.
“Within its far-flung borders, Al
aska presents so wide a diversity
of physical features, climate, anc
industries as to appeal to almosl
every taste. Here, the densely for
ested mountainous areas of South
eastern Alaska, with its multitude
of deep-water fiords, challenges th<
enterprising to undertake the devel
opment of mines, fisheries, timbe:
resources, and water powers. There
in central Alaska, is a region o
broad alluvial valleys carved in ol<
| mountain-built mineralized rock
' and traversed by rivers which torn
the main avenues of travel, tha
invites settlement by home build
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We pay 4 per cent interest compound semi
annually on all savings accounts.
ers, agriculturists, miners and
trappers. Again, the fastnesses of
the Alaska range and other moun
tain groups possess magnificent!
scenery, wild animals, and mineral
deposits that beckon the miner,
hunter, traveler, or other lovers of
nature to revel in their bounty.
“But Alaska’s appeal does not
consist only in its undeveloped
resources. In it are homes with
equipment and charm comparable
to those in any similar commun
ities in the States, towns with all
the modern facilities to supply the
diverse requirements of people who
need and appreciate not only ma
terial but intellectual enjoyment
and industries that are pouring out
each year needed products worth
scores of millions of dollars. Even
in some of the remote parts of the
country existing means of comfort
able transportation by boat, rail
road, and airplane or of commun
ication by mail, telegraph, or radio
annihilate the desolateness of iso
|lation and bring the comforts of
civilization to the residents.
“It is to give accurate informa
tion regarding the varied aspects
of this outlying possession of ours
that the accompanying volume has
been prepared from the most au
thoritative sources available.”
Changes in the smaller postoffices
in Alaska are most frequent. The
latest wire indicates that Mrs. Lil
lian M. Dudley is leaving for the
States and resigns the office of
i postmistress at Mile Seven, the ra
! dio headquarters out from Cordova.
IVCrs. E. C. Gaynor has been recom
mended as her successor in charge
of the postoffice. The Department
authorized the establishment of a
postoffice at Goodnews Bay, on the
ocean side of the Kuskokwim, and
appointed Nelson H. Jones as post
master on April 24 last. But Mr,
Jones has failed to qualify and now
D. Bernard Bull has been recom
| mended for the office.
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DENIED RE-HEARING
CHICAGO, Sept., 29, (£>)—The
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals denied the petition for a j
re-hearing of the trial in which j
A1 Capone was convicted of eva- 1
sion of the income tax Capone,
younger brother of “Scarface” A1
Capone, was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary and
fined $10,000.
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Capt Pete Sather, with the MS
Rolph 111, did not come into port
yesterday afternoon as was ex
pected. It is thought, however,
that he may come in and tie up
at any time.
CHAMBER GUESTS
Fifteen teachers from the Jun
eau Public Schools were formally
welcomed at a recent meeting of
the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce and assured of that organi
zation’s loyal support and contin
uing interest in tfie school and its
work. They were introduced to
the Chamber by Superintendent
R. S. Raven, says the Empire.
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