The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-06-08
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If you happen to own some land outside of an incorporated town n Alaska it might be well to start reading up on the land registration act passed by the last Legislature. The law provides that every owner of land must, on or before June 30. l946, next year file in the |. S land office for the district in which the land is situated sworn statement giving his name, address, description of the tract of land, it's acreage. use, character and other nertinent information. Failure 10 file statement brings a penalty of five dollars which becomes a lien against the land, and provisions are made for foreclosure proceedings. Point of the law is to get back into the public charge for future use and potentfal development land which for years has been lying dor mant because at some time it had bapn patented and the original owner had left the couHtry or died, the property passing on to heirs, often scattered all over the world. The new act proposes to establish land owenrship just who owns what. Situations have arisen where actual development was halted be- cause of inability to establish owa- ership to certain tracts Of land. The new law aims to determine h e ownership and if it cant be estaD- Ushed, to have through the penal ty system a legal recourse to re- vert the land to the Territory Copies of the act can be obtained by writing to the Territorial Aud ttor at Juneau, Alaska.
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 Time magazine commented in it's June 4 Alaska air express edition that President Truman's visit to the San Francisco conference would be followed with a visit to Olympia, Wash, to do a little fishing; all of which Time reported had caused buzz in the national capital that the Presidents Olympia visit might be a step on the way toward d meeting of the Big Three - Tru man. Stalin and Churchill = in Al aska It's caused no little buzz in Alaska, too but, as Time admits, l probably without foundation.
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 There's been considerable specu- lation about those rumblings com ing from down Ketchikan way, but, 1 according to a story in the Juneau Empire the facts are now about to be revealed, after an investigation by no less than eight people from | the Public Health department. Ae- cording to the Empire. Miss Lillian A. Gardiner, director of the public health nurse division. went to Ket- chikan where she has been parti- cipating in a survey of gastro-in- testinal disturbances which have been affecting the people of Ketch- ikan for the past several years" It is assumed, from the Empires story, that the situation was too much for Miss Gardiner to handle alone, for, says that newspaper: 'This survey is being completed under direction of Capt. A. J. Alter, P. A. Sanitary Engineer (R). He is being assisted by Mrs. Magnhild Bogue, Miss Grace Plum, Miss Dorothy Jackson, Mrs. Nancy Wetmore, Mrs. Patricia Mayor and Miss Genevieve Sheri- dan, nurse for the Office of Indian Affairs" Continues the Empire ac- count: Tt is hoped that this survey will bring to light the cause or causes of the local gastro-intestlnal disturbances" Now we know what s the matter with Ketchikan's senior Senator, Doc Walker. Bet it's some of that plagued gastro-intestinal disturbance"
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 Drew Pearson in his copyrighted column Washington Merry Co., Round" this week reported that Ben W. Thoron, Director of the Di- vision of Territories and Island Possessions in the Interior Depart ment, had submitted his resignd- tion to Interior Secretary Ickes There's been no official confirma- tion. This is the division which deals directly with Alaska and it's the same one Ernest Gruening headed up before he became Gov ernor of the Territory.
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 Alaskas Delegate to Congress