MANY COMMODITY
SHIPMENTS ARE
WORTH II,220,253
Slightly Under May, 1925—
Copper Shipments Show
Loss From Last Year
Alaskan products shipped to
the States last month were
valued at $1,220,253, according
to the monthly summary of
commerce just issued by J. C.
McBride, Collector of Customs.
The month’s outgoing ship
ments were $192,969 less than
those in May, 1925.
A decrease of $258,620 in
copper, which was the cause
of the drop from last year, was
partly made up by increased
fresh fish and canned salmon
shipments. Copper dropped
from $792,298 for May, 1925,
to $533,678 last month.
The commodities exported
and their values, .as shown by
Mr- McBride’s statement fol
low :
Animals .$ 3,600
Curios . 865
FISH:
.bresh and trozen (ex
cept shell-fish) :
Halibut . 91,629
Salmon . 63,923
All other . 2,701
Canned (except shell
fish) :
Salmon . 290,753
Cured or preserved ex
cept shell-fish) :
Cod . 2,932
Salmon . 31,062
Shell-fish:
Clams . 21,589
Crabs .. 2,585
Shrimps . 3,110
Furs and fur-skins.
Blue fox . 530
Silver fox . 200
All other . 17,196
Manufactured furs - 50
Ore, matte and regulus:
Copper . 533,678
Lead . 8,070
Palladuim . 32,904
Wood, timber, lumber .. 30,129
Total value ofproducts
of Alaska .$1,137,512
Products of the United
States returned . 80,828
Total value of foreign
products . 1,913
Total value of shipments
of merchandise .$1,220,253
DEEDS FOR THE INDIANS
On May 18 the Senate passed
a House bill that authorizes
the issuances of deeds to cer
tain Indians or Eskimos for
tracts set apart to them in sur
veys in town site in Alaska,
and to provide for the survey
and subdivision of such tracts
and of Indian or Eskimo towns
or villages.
This measure was advocated
by Delegate Sutherland and
had the approval of the Interi
or Department. The purpose
of the bill is to give title to
certain Alaska citizens who
are full-blooded Indians, or of
mixed blood, who have settled
in town and villages on land
to which they have no title.
There are plenty of instances
of this kind in towns like
Wrangell, where many Indians
live on property marked “In
dian Possessions” on the plats
Heretofore there has been
no provision whereby the In
terior Department could give
these people title to the lands
which they now occupy. This
bill seeks to cure that defect
and empowers * the Secretary
of the Treasury to give them
title to the lands they occupy.
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