The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-02-08

a time in the Territory. For sev- eral years past the Muries have been living at Jackson Hole, Wyo- ming, where MT. Nitric is connect ed with the Survey.
 If readers of Alaska newspapers see more news concerning the Ter ritory from this city, the credit is due H. 0. Hunter, staff writer for the Associated Press. MT. Hun ter, who came here from the Assoc lated Press staff at Seattle, covers capital news for the Pacific North west and Alaska and, judging from | the way he is handling the Alaska l news, is going most competent l job of it. l MT. and Mrs. Harvey K. Carlisle, of Fairbanks, who are touring the States on vacation trip, reached Washington yesterday MT. Carlisle is special agent for the office of investigations, department of In- terior. He and Mrs. Carlisle will remain here several days before continuing their journey.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Shonbeck of Anchorage have gone on to New York City, but expect to pass through Washington again next week enroute south.
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 U. M. (Bert) Dickey, whose as sociation with Alaska has dated back to the early days, was a re- cent caller. MT. Dickey was one of the owners of the old Dominion Commercial Company, which was one of the big mercantile concerns of Fairbanks in the heyday of that company He is still largely in terested in the Northern Commer- cial Go. and in Alaska fisheries, and in addition is connected with dairy interests in the state of 
 Washington.
 Vilhjalmur Steiansson, Famous Arctic explorer, and Delegate Di- mond had long talk about Alaska a, few days back MT. Stefansson, who now makes his home in New York City, maintains keen inter- est in the Territory and is always ready to ally himself with every move for it's development.
 Two members of the House in addition to the Delegate are en- titled to call themselves sourdoughs They are Representative John H. Hoeppel of California and Repre- sentative Finley Hamilton of Ken lucky. The former was once with the Signal Corps and at one time was stationed at Sitka. His secre- taky, Ike Blade, also served with the Signal Corps in Alaska. Repre- sentative Finley Hamilton of Ken lucky was in Nome in the days of the gold rush.
 Preparing to serve his last year on the Navy boxing team, Midship- man Henry l.. Miller of Alaska, was stricken shortly after the Christmas holidays with influenza phichs turned into bronchial pneu- monia He is rapidly recovering now in the naval academy hospital at Annapolis but his doctor las told him he must not box again this year. Henry, a veteran of the An- napolis squad, was expected to make a strong bid this year for the intercollegiate title in his weight class. sn ii v<.s et
 The sunny shores of Cuba do not have any appeal for Lieutenant Thomas H. Tonseth, Alaskan grad uate of the naval academy As signed to duty in Washington early last summer, he took up residence here with Mrs Tonseth and their small son. But with the outbreak of trouble in Cuba he was placed on active duty and has been there ever since. Unless the recent rec ognition of the new Cuban gov rnment changes the picture, Lieu tenant Tonseth will remain on duty there until next June.
 Scarcely a week passes that some onetime Alaskan who now lives in