ALASKA INTERESTS
IT THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL. WISH.
(By Will A. Steel)
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 29. —
^ James M. Pearl, of Fairbanks, was
a delegate to the Presbyterian
General Assembly, recently held
at Pittsburgh. Afterwards he came
to Washington to receive treat
ment for his eyes and last week
entered the U. S. Naval hospital,
to be transferred to Walter Reed
Hospital within a few days, when
opportunity presents. He is a
Spanish American war veteran.
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The Post Office Department re
ports a number of vacancies, ap
plication for reestablishing offices,
etc., in Alaska, upon which ac
tion will soon be taken. At Valdez
Geo. Warner resigned April 1st
to take a position as deputy mar
shal, and placed Mrs. Owen E.
Meals in charge of the office. As
this is a Presidential office a per
manent appointment will not be
made until Congress convenes, but
Mrs. Meals and Geo. W. Robbins
are candidates for Acting Post
master.
At Teller Postmaster Jack War
ren resigned and moved away,
leaving his assistant Loretta An
derson in charge. Both she and
Mrs. Edgar P. Tweet are candi
dates for Acting Postmaster.
At Chomley the postmaster, C.
E. Kiel, resigned and Andrew Wi
gen, the only applicant, will likely
be named to succeed him. Ray
A. Perry has resigned as Postmas
ter at Funter and Charles Otte
son and C. A. Withrow have been
suggested as available successors.
Owing to the death of Charles
E. Perelle there is a vacancy in
the office at Chichagoff, which is
being conducted by Lee Atkinson
as assistant Postmaster. He will
likely be appointed to the vacancy.
Frank Lyons, the Postmaster at
Nulato, recently died and the of
fice is being cared for by Mr. Rus
sel, who has been recommended
for Postmaster, as has Orval Jones,
who is endorsed by most of the
residents of that community. Post
master Thomas H. Payne has left
Taku Harbor and Cecil J. Cum
mings will likely succeed him as
Postmaster.
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Applications have been filed for
reestablishing the postoffice along
the Alaska Railroad at Palmer, with
J. W. Felton as Postmaster, and
at Lakeview, with Howard L. Long
as Postmaster. The residents of
Ugashik, south of Egegik and west
of Kanatak, petition for the reest
ablishment of a postoffice at Ug
ashik with Florence M. Hanson as
Postmaster.
Since the railroad ceased to op
erate from Fairbanks to Chatan
ika a new Chatanika has been
established a mile distant and
people there now wish a post of
fice, with Joe O’Connor as Post
master.
Offices are now wanted at Fer
ry, with Val Diebold as Postmaster,
at Chickaloon, with Ross Hecky as
Postmaster, and at Tolovana, with
Henry W. Martin as Postmaster.
Requests have been received by
the Postmaster General for a re
hearing in the case of W. T. Pin
kerton, suspended as Postmaster
at Fairbanks.
Matt Nieminen, Anchorage man
age manager for the Alaska Air
ways, Inc., was in the East last
week and truly said: “We fly a
day as far as a dog team can go
in a month, so Alaska is the ideal
country for airplanes.”
Mrs. Dan Sutherland and son
Donald will leave in a few days
for the White Mountains, New
Hampshire, where they will join
the former Delegate and spend
the summer months.
The Land Office has advised N.
Andreas Olsen, of Ketchikan, that
his homestead entry has been fa
vorably considered and a patent
issued.
The Washington Herald on Fri
day, published an illustration of
the diving bell that is now trying
to reach the sunken Steamship
Islander, and which went down in
Alaskan waters in 1901, with 78
passengers and $3,000,000 in gold.
Frank H. Waskey, now residing
at Dillingham., was Alaska’s first
delegate, serving from August 14,
1906 until March 3, 1907. He has
always retained an interest in the
doings of Congress and recently
made a request for the bound vol
umes of the Congressional Record
during the past 10 years. Nine full
sacks of these volumes were ship
ped to him the other day, and he
may have to enlarge his cabin to
care for them.
Oldtimers in the North will re
member Iginio Gaglione, who resid
ed in Alaska continuously for 16
years, from 1898 to 1914, and who
won fame and gold as the discov
erer of Vault Creek, in the Fair
banks district. He took out his
first papers in-Juneau in 1898 and
was made a citizen in Nome in
1901. In 1914 he returned to Italy
to visit his sick and aged parents,
and remained there until 1925,
when he returned to the United
States as a “temporary visitor,” as
he had sacrificed his American
citizenship by his residence of over
five years in the land of his
birth.
He has since been engaged in
business in Seattle, importing rare
statuary and manufacturing cera
mics, and is an active member of
the Chamber of Commerce. But
now the emigration officers say
he must return to Italy. He will
soon be given a hearing in Seat
tle and the result will be trans
mitted to the Secretary of Labor.
If it is decided that he be de
ported his friends are hoping that
his previous good life and splendid
character will be favorably consid
ered by the Secretary and result
in his remaining in Seattle.
Don’t miss the ‘Talkies!”
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CALL FOR BIDS FOR OPERATION
OF VESSEL ALONG COAST OF
COOK INLET, SEASONS OF 1931
AND 1932
Telegraphic or written bids or of
fers for subsidy provided by the
Tenth Alaska Legislature will be
* be recieved at the office of the gov
ernor of Alaska, Juneau, up to noon,
July 3, 1931, for the operation of a
vessel of American registry and
shown on U. S. Customs House re
cords to be not less than 60 fe^t
in length, not less than 40 tons
gross capacity with a passenger
carrying capacity of not less than
twenty-five (25) persons, and berth
accomodations for at least sixteen
(16) persons, and of a maximum
speed of not less than eight (8)
miles per hour; from Anchorage to
Seward, along the coast of Cook In
let, touching on each trip at Kenai,
Kasilof, Ninilchik, Homer, Seldovia,
Port Chatham and Seward and re
turning from Seward via Port Cha
* tham Iliamna, Snug Harbor, Sel
dovia, Kasilof, Kenai, and thence
to Anchorage and make regular
stated trips not less than once in
* fifteen days when navigation is
open in the above mentioned wa
ters, as a common carrier of freight
and passengers.
The law appropriates the sum of
seven thousand five hundred dul- j
lars < $7,500.00 > and provides that
not more than three thousand sev
en hundred and fifty dollars
* ($3,750.00) shall be expended during
any one year, and defines the open
season to be from May 1 to Nov
ember 1; the amount of the sub
sidy will be computed from the time
the successful bidder begins M.e1
service and pro-rated According to
trips. Bids must state proposal
for complete round trip, a net in- i
include a complete description of
boat.
Bidders will be required to accom
pany bids with a tariff of freight
> and passengei rates (which shall
be reasonable and subject to ap
proval by the Governor) and from
which there shall be no variation
if bid is accepted.
The contractor will be required,
at the close of the season, to make
^ a report, under oath, to accompany
his claim for subsidy, giving the
following information: (a). Tariff;
sheet of freight and passenger rates
for the route covered; (b) total
tonnage and total number of pas
sengers carried; (c) gross earnings
from passenger, freight and mail
service rendered, segregating the
same according to the three classes
here mentioned; (d) statement in
detail of all expenses incurred and
on what account; the names and
addresses of all persons employed,
and the gross earnings and gross
expenses of the route covered.
Contract will be entered into im
mediately upon the award to the
successful bidder, who must be pre
pared to furnish a bond acceptable
to the governor in an amount eqm 1 j
to 50% of the bid.
The right is reserved to reject
any and all bids.
GEO. A. PARKS, Governor.
June 16, 1931. J-26, 27,2£
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