The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-27

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, I lead adjacent to tn eshore of Iyou- keen Cove.
 The Alaska employees and others. of the Department of the Inter for have had their travelling ex-. 1 pense allowances reduced one dol- lar per day, with the admonition that travel should be kept to a minimum. The reduction is from even to six dollars and from six 60 five dollars. If they travel on the smaller sum they are not requir- ed to submit an itemized expense account, which is required when they choose the higher allowance. A similar order wes recently made by the Department of Justice.
 John Carmel wrote to the Dele gate from Tenakee Springs inquir- l ing whether he could lease a house that is part of the former radio station on Japonski Island, and whether a number of fishermen who wish to establish homes in 1 Alaska near the fishing grounds would be permitted to build homes on the station site. The matter was taken up with the Navy De- partment and Secretary Adams in letter to the Delegate says: You are informed that the Navy De- partment has given this subject matter due consideration and it nas reached the conclusion that the relinquishing of this property for the use of fishermen and permitt- ing the erection of homes thereon would not only establish an un- desirable precedent but such action would probably result in damage to existing structures and predu- dice the use of the property by the Navy Department or some other department of the Govern ment."
 Publisher William m Randolph Hearst, has extended an invitation to Delegate Wickersham as well as other Congressmen to be his guest on ten day trip to Canada, start ing from Washington on November IA. The purpose is to study the Canadian sales tax system. but MT. Hearst has emphasized the statement that no efforts will be made to impress the members for or against the tax, and that their acceptance for the journe ywill not be construed as any commitment on the question. The Delegates duties in Washington will prevent him from joining the party.
 The district engineers office at Juneau has prepared a report on the Petersburg harbor project, which was sent some time ago to the division office at San Fran cisco. Whether the recommendation is favorable will not be known until the report is received in Washington.
 Bishop P. T. Rowe writes that he expects to be in Washington about the 10th of December. Among other things he says: In regard7 to the fishing for King salmon 800 yards outside of the mouths of the Yukon river, and catch limited to 5O,O00, I have no ob- lection. My protest was made With- out knowledge of the limitations protested against any proposal to open the Yukon, or any other river. to commercial fishing. So I am not opposed to MT. OMalley's plan. What it was, evidently was not clear to me"
 The War Department division engineer at San Francisco has made an adverse report on the propo- sition to improve the Panama river, at or near it's confluence with the Yukon river He states that his opinion is based on the ground that the benefits to be expected from the proposed improvement would not be sufficient to warrant the expenditures required for con- struction and maintenance. An ap- peal from this conclusion may be made to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors at Washing ton.
 Ernest Walker Sawyer represent ing Secretary of the Interior Will bur. has returned to Washington for a few weeks. He feels much encouraged over the feeling created in San Francisco favorable to Alaska. The Chamber of Commerce has established an Alaska branch, similar to that in the Seattle Cham Der. and is already arranging for a bip excursion to Fairbanks next &$!s cALlFor