Seward daily gateway., 1932-07-14
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Henry O'Malley, Commissioner of the Bureau of Fisheries, will start for the e Pacific coast about the middle of June and sailed north from Seattle July first to spend the summer looking after official duties in Alaska.
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 The effort of the Delegate to se- cure grazing lease for certain un- surveyed lands in Interior Alaska, has brought forth statement from the Commissioner of the Gen. eral Land Office that the land en- braced in this particular applica- tion was located on the natural migration route of wild caribou in that part of the Territory, which ]! is also their natural grazing gound It seems that the regula- tions under the Act of March 4, 1927, provide that leases will not be granted for areas which en- brace the natural grazing grounds or routes of migration of wild an- imals such as caribou.
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 On June 10 the House consider ed the bill to create Federal home loan banks, which provides that continental United States and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii shall be divided into 12 districts by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. These banks are to func- tion as a reserve agency whereby building and loan and other insti- tutions can raise funds on their seasoned home mortgage loans. A motion was made to strike out of the bill, which has been advocated by President Hoover, the words "and the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii" Delegate Wickersham and Houston, as well as others, spoke against the amendment, which was finally voted down. Dele gate Wickersham said: Alaska is the one commonwealth under the American flag that has no debt. We have had no failure of banks ln Alaska. We are in the best finan- cial condition of any part of the United States We want, however, to continue to develop and build up that Territory. I have listened to the speeches in favor of this bill today in the hope it would pass and that we in Alaska could get the benefit of it. I hope you will not strike out these Territories, but will let us have an opportunity to build them up and make them what they are noW-great assets of the United States"
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 In an effort to strengthen the reindeer organization on the Se- ward peninsula the Interior De- partment recently secured the ser vices of Glenn G. Briggs, of Chi cago, as reindeer superintendent, to report to General Superinten- dent Ben Mozee, at N o m e. MT. Briggs sailed north from Seattle on the steamer Victoria, June Z. He is an experienced man who took a course at the University of Iowa in animal husbandry, and has been employed by Armour SS Co.,, for the past six years.
 The Delegate has been informed that the Department of Agriculture is now giving serious thought to the preparation of regulations for the open season on Migratory birds for 1882. It is expected that soon after July first the Secretary will an- nounce the conclusions reached. Assurance is given that the desires of Alaska on this subject are being carefully considered, with the pro- bability that two different periods will be fixed for the shooting of birds, to conform with the diff ferent time of flight in Northern and Southern Alaska. Senator Wal cott's Special Committee on the Conservation of Wild Life Resources has recommended to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the biologic- al Survey that the open season be either 45 or 60 days between Oct. 1, and January 15, bag limit 15 the exact date for each state l to be determined by the Biological Survey after consulting with the game officials of each state. Last year but 30 days shooting was al- lowed.