The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1949-10-28
THROUGH
THE SENTINEL
PERTSCOPE

subcommittee OF the mouse mef-
chant Marine and Fisheries Com
mittee, headed by Congressman
Victor Wiekersham of Oklahoma.
will be in Wrangell November 6.
weather permitting. for 6 hearing
on fish traps and to gather infOr-
nation on shipping problems.
The committee is gathering is
gathering data with a view of pos
sible action by the Congress for
the elimination of fish traps from
Alaska waters and it is requested
by the committee that all persons
interested be on hand to present
their views both as to fish traps
and to ship service. In the party
with Chairman Wickerhsam are
Representative Thor C. Tollefson
of Washington, Representative
John J. Allen Jr. of California.
Alaska Delegate E. L. Bartlett,
John NJ. Drewry. committee coun-
sci; Howard Baltic, ex-Wrangell
merchant, now assistant chief of
the fisheries division of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlire Service, and Joe
Flakne. chief of the Alaska Branch,
Division of Territories and Island
Possessions, Interior Department.
The committee arrived In the
Territory this week, flying into
Anchorage. Hearings will be held
at major points in the Westward
and Interior, the group arriving in
the Southeast November 3 for a
hearing in Juneau November 4.
Schedule calls for hearing at Sitka
November 5, Petersburg and Wran-
CELL the following day. November
6, and Ketchikan and Metlakatla
November and before return
to Seattle where a final hearing
will be held on the 10th.
II you have a fishwheel handy
the popular bend in the river %
erect it at the present moment is
about 20 miles southeast of Fort
Yukon on the Yukon River below
Circle.
Last week. according TO the
dope. Clifton Carroll of that dis
tict went down to dismantle his
wheel tor the winter and found
gold nuggets the size of peas on
the axle of his wheel. Careful Car
roll let his family in on it and
they staked claims along the river
but when he took the nuggets into
Circle for assay the word got out
and the stampede was on. This
week prospectors by the dozens
were flying into the district to
stake claims in 15-degree below
zero weather. Report is that a tent
city extending some eight miles
along the river has sprung up as
the gold seekers try to get in on
the ground floor.
The boys really making the
money are the bush pilots flying
out OF Fairbanks and Fort Yukon,
at $50 the throw out of Fairbanks
and $40 out of Fort Yukon. The
planes are making several round
trips daily Meanwhile, territorial
mining officials are making a fair
ly thorough investigation in an eff
fort to determine whether it really
10 something, or merely another
bubble that has to be prieked.
Planners along the stream were
reported getting colors but wheth-
er there is gold of commercial
quantity remains a question. In the
meantime, it looked like a dandy
exciting winter just below the
Arctic Circle as the old song ha;
IL, those squaws along the Yukon
are good enough for me-"
Alaska homesteaders will get &
break under the amended Bank.
head-Jones Tenant act approved By
Congress in its closing hours before
adjournment last week. Previously
the law made loans available Il
farmers through the Farmers HON,
Administration OF the Department
of Agriculture but homesteader
were barred prior to obtaining
title. The act now is broadened Il
allow entrymen to obtain loans al
though they haven't proven W
Ceiling for loan purposes is $12.
600 with up to 40 years to pa,
at per cent interest The farmer