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From letters received by Delegate i
Wickersham it appears that some
representative people of Seattle
have gotten the impression that
there Is to be further delay in
awarding the contract for the Fed
eral building at Fairbanks, for
which $450,000 has been appro
priated. They say that there is in
contemplation a change in the
plans so as to eliminate much of
the ornate furnishings of the build
ing, because the cost of transports- (
tion of structural material Is too
high, particularly over the Alaska
Railroad. A visit to the office of
the Supervising Architect again
brings out the fact that the plans
of the building were completed and
approved some months ago and
that the specifications are practi
cally ready to submit to bidders,
after advertising to be done in Jan
uary.
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The Delegate will ,mail to all
newspapers in the Territory print
ed copies of all general bills he in
troduces in Congress. A number of
bills that have been introduced are
among a total of over 5,000 present
ed during the first week of the
session, few of which have been
printed.
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Senator Frazier, chairman of the
committee on Indian Affairs, and
Delegate James Wickersham in the
House, have introduced a bill sim
ilar to the one that was presented
last session but was never report
ed from Committee. It “Author
izes the Thlinget and Haida Indians
of Alaska to bring suit in the U.
S. court of claims, and conferring
jurisdiction upon said court to
hear*, examine, adjudicate and en
ter judgment upon any and all
claims which said Indians may
have, or claim to have, against the
United States.” When this bill
passes it will give the two tribes
of Indians, residing in Southeast
ern Alaska, the right to have a
hearing on what claims they may
have against the United States for
[lands or other tribal, community
; or individual property rights, taken
■ from, them by the United States
[without compensation therefor, at
! the time of the purchase of Alaska
! from Russia. The aim of the bill
is not to recover any property
rights but simply to compensate
| the Indians in money for the value
I of such rights as the Court of
[ Claims may decide they are enti
tled to. In a number of instances
j the Indians of various States have
i been given the right to sue the gov
ernment and in most instances they
have received money judgments.
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j The annual report of the Secre
tary of War shows that during the
fiscal year 1031 the Washington
Alaska Military Cable and Tele
graph System handled traffic as
follows: Commercial traffic, “this
line,” $289,431.43; “other lines,”
$44,584.51; government business,
$399,628; total, $673,643.94 — less
other line payments, $44,584.51—
making net credits, $629,059.43. This
is a net credit of $6,956.91 over the
previous year. It is further stated
that for the past year the Alaska
system has been intensively en
gaged on the project to replace
the Alaska cable by radio circuits.
The new land transmitter building
in Seattle was completed, the ex
isting apparatus installed and ev
erything placed in readiness for
installation of transmitters to be
delivered in August, 1931. The new
transmitter building at Anchorage
and the temporary remote receiv
ing building at Ketchikan were
j completed. *
Ontario gold mines produced
221,076 ounces of bullion.
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