Seward daily gateway., 1931-04-07

committees. William R. Wood is the chairman of the committee with Representatives Murphy and Hast ingS as members The other mem berS serve on committees as follows: Cotton, public lands, roads, irriga- tion and reclamation expenditures in executive department; Smith, public lands, civil service, chairman irrigation and reclamation; Leavitt, Indian affairs, public lands, immi- grafton and naturalization, irriga- tion and reclamation.
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 MT. Henry Scattergood, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, may leave Seattle about June 12. Horace N. Albright, director of national parks, expects to leave on the same date for Mount Mckinley. Kath- crime M. Cook of the bureau of edu- cation, studying special problems, will leave for Nome and interme- l diate points the latter part of April. Branson DeCue of East Orange, N. 1 J., is a lecturer and writer of inn pOrtance, who will sail from Van .couver May 26 and arrive at Fair banks June 12. Arthur H. Mer- ritt of Boston, Mass, will leave Se- attle about June 20 for Fairbanks and the interior. He is noted lec- turer on national parks, etc. t<%>
 The largest excursion of the year will be the Los Angeles party of 200, which sails from Seattle on June F, going as far as Anchorage, and some of them to Mckinley Park and Fairbanks. A goodly number of members of the California Sierra Club will form party to leave Seattle July 6, via the Canadian National, for Skagway and Atlin.
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 The COrdOva Chamber of Con- merce has written Delegate Wicker sham requesting that he serve that organization during the ensuing year before the Chamber of Com merce of the United States at Washington. They also sent him certificates as National Councillor and Delegate to the attend the an- nual meeting of the U. s. Chamber at Atlantic City April 28- May 1. A 1 similar request has been made by l Geo. D. Scofield, to act as his proxy ln representing the Northwestern | Alaska Chamber of Commerce of | Nome. Offer chambers affiliated 1 "ith the IT tional organization are HYder, KetChikan, Petersburg, Ju- i neau. Seward, Anchorage and Fair banks. It is expected that many of these organizations will want Judge WickerSham to represent l them at Washington before the Ma tonal Chamber of Commerce and at the Atlantic City meeting, which he will be very much pleased to do.
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 Various chambers in Alaska and i'll the Pacific coast cities have taken the matter up with the Ma tlonal chamber to secure an en- dorsenent at u e Atlantic City of the Pacific Yukon High way Jack Underwood of the Seat tie chamber, and Ernest Walker Sawyer have been on the ground here and quite persuasive in inter estlng officials of the chamber in 1 the project. In visit to the Ma i tlonal chamber Judge WickerSham i had avery satisfactory interview 1 with A. B. Barber, chief of trans portation, who urged him to attend the annual meeting and assist in the work for the desired endorse ment. The delegate promised that he would attend the meeting.
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 The committee having in charge the investigation of the reindeer situation in Alaska have completed their hearings and drafted their report of recommendations to the secretary of the interior. The re- p0rf t,ou,ovor 1r,iI1 oo< ho olo