er over the lowering cf railroad
rates on the government-owned
railroad and was assured that
steps would be taken for a gen
eral reduction all along the line.
Secretary Wilbur acknowledged
the high rates was an error in
judgement and had seriously
curtailed revenues. He said that
trucks and airplanes had made
heavy inroads upon the rail
road’s receipts.
Mr. Rasmuscn was avowedly
open in his desire to receive the
nomination for Republican Na -
tional Committeeman and said
that from now on his candidacy
would be in the open, and every
effort made to get before the
voters.
He was also much interested
in the candidacy of Mr. Albert
White for delegate to the Na
tional convention and believes
that if Mr. White is elected a
strong Hoover man v/ill go to
the convention. Mr. White was
not objectionable to the ad
ministration and has many
warm friends among the Sena
tors and Representatives.
Jn regard to the International
Highway Mr. Rasmus on so id that
much interest was manifest in
the project and that there was
little doubt but that work would
be started on the project in the
near future. Canada is favorable
and as scon as the route can be
selected and a survey of the
cost made a bill will be introduc
ed before Congress for the ap
propriation necessary for con
struction.
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EIGHTH ANNUAL GAME
SESSION IN JUNEAIT
OPENED NOVEMBER 23
The Eighth Annual Meeting of
the Alaska Game Commission
was to convene in Juneau on
November 23, it was announced
in the Juneau Empire by H. W.
Terhuna, executive secretary.
The meeting this year was to be
short, as much of the work it
usually does was taken care of
at a special meeting held in
Fairbanks last September.
At the meeting, the Commis
sion was to elect a chairman to
succeed Dr. W. H. 'Chase, Cor
dova, who was not reappointed
when his term expired last sum
mer. He was succeeded by Andy
Simons, of Seward.
W. H. Selfridge, Ketchikan,
representative for the First Div
ision, acted as chairman. It wss
expected he will be chosen per
manently. Irving Me Reed, Fair
banks, is senior member of the
Commission, but his other duties
keep him in the field most of
the summer, making it almost
impossible for him to perform
tlie duties of the chairman.
Mr. Selfridge was elected per
manent chairman of the Com
mission.
ALASKA NOT INCLUDED
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The United States Forest Ser
vice announced just now from
Washington it had completed a
survey of timber cutting opera
tions of the country. The annual
cut, it determined, is four times
as great as the rate at which
trees are being planted.
This, undoubtedly, does not
held good for Alaska. Here the
annual timber growth from na
tural seeding is many times the
rate cut. The Territory is the
victim of an entirely different
kind of waste. Its mature trees,
after having attained full
growth, are rotting and falling
to the ground, literally blocking
great areas with windfallen and
rotten debris which results in
checking orderly growth of re
placements and a consequent
deterioration in the second
growth timber. In no other sec
tion of the United States can
such utter lack of real conserva
tion be found in privately-own
ed or Government timber hold
mgs.— Juneau Empire.
Les Majeste
If the above editorial were
published by the Brotherhood
publications, we naturally sup
pose that we would have heaped
upon us the venom of the Forest
Service. But it was printed by
the Juneau Empire, champion
of the Forest Service and other
bureaus. Possibly this is an open
ing gun, for political expediency,
in the next political campaign.
And when the offices have been
filled, watch reversal of this “in
dependent” newsprint.
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FISHERIES CONFERENCE
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To attend the annual confer
ence of the Alaska unit of the
United States Bureau of Fish
eries with Commissioner Henry
O’Malley, Capt. M. J. Connor,
Assistant Agent, and Warden
Harry A. Pryde, left Juneau re
cently for Seattle. The purpose
o* the conference is to review
records for the season just closed
and to discuss existing condition
and work out such new regula
tions as are considered necessary
for the next season, reports the
Juneau Empire.
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MRS. LOWE WEDS
HEAD OF CANNERY
Mrs. Margaret Lowe, promi
nent business woman of the
Bristol bay district, where she
owns and operates a number of
trading posts, and A. H. Brad
ford, president of the .Associated
Alaska Fisheries, were united to
marriage at San Francisco Nov.
18, according to a telegram re
ceived from Mr. Bradford by Ray
C. Larson, of the Anchorage
Lumber Sz Construction company
who is associated with the Brad
ford enterprise in Bristol bay.
Mr. Bradford has been in the
states since the close of the fish
ing season in the Bristol bay
district, where the company