Seward daily gateway., 1932-05-11
ALASKA ITEMS OF INTEREST Al THE
 NAT|ON'S CAPITOL

Letters have been received from Seward recommending the appoint ment of Charles Sheldon as Post master at Seward, whose present commission expires on May 12. It is expected that his nomination will soon be sent to the Senate.
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 Superintendent w. Leslie YaW is desirous that the Sheldon Jackson School be privileged to take over the management of the agriculture station at Sitka, now that it has been practically abandoned by the Department of Agriculture. The matter has been taken up with the proper official, by the Delegate, and Dr. Alberts and Chas. H. Flory have been directed to have a survey made of the situation regarding the dis poSal of the Sitka and MatanuSka stations.
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 Delegate Wickersham has intro duced bill, with the approval of the Interior Department and the operating coal companies, that will encourage the mining of coal and insure the operation of more than one mine. The bill reads as follows: That in order to prevent monoply and to insure the contin- uance of two or more companies operating coal mines in the Terr- itory of Alaska adjacent to the Alaska Railroad, the General Man ager of the Alaska Railroad, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby authorized to purchase coal for the railroad from one or more operating com panies submitting competitive bids at the rate fixed in the lowest com petitive bid or at such reasonable price or prices as may be fixed and determined by said officials"
 
 The Alaska Pacific Salmon Corp oration has made application to the Federal Radio Commission for construction permit for new trans nitter for telephone and telegraph service at Chomley and at Cape ChacOn.
 In 8 letter from the Interior in quiry is made as to whether or not private citizen may fly the U. $. flag from pole at his home other than on 8 holiday. The War De- partment states that there is no regulation against the flying of the flag.
 Protests have been received from Ketchikan against the passage of compulsory Sunday observance bill that would compel the barbers in the District of Columbia to ob- serve Sunday. It is contended that if this bill were to become a law it would establish a dangerous pre- cedent for passing more stringent Sunday Blue Law legislation. But it does not seem probable that the bill will pass this Congress. * * <
 B. F. Heintzleman, assistant re- gional forester, who has been in the East a couple of months past, has been delayed in departing for his headquarters at Juneau by the I recent death of his father in Cum berland County, Pa. E. F. Stewart, supervising mining engineer, will return from short trip to New York soon and expects to leave for Juneau few days later.
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 Delegate Wickersham has re- ceived copy of a petition sent by the residents of Kenai, Tyonek, kuSllOf, Nlnllchlk, Homer and Sel- dovia, praying that a moose and sheep sanctuary be established within the land area between the south shore of Kenai River and of Skilak Lake, and the north shore of Kusilof River and Tustamena Lake, and between the east shore of Cook Inlet and the glacier on the west slope of Kenai mountain. The residents in the towns referred to want an open season at all times l on brown and black bear and all other predatory animals in the proposed sanctuary. The petition CTS also protest against a game | L. &0