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...Passed a bill for the protection of Alaskan fisheries...
...Doheny. These reserves may well be envious of their younger brother, reserve No. 4, which is just about to be explored. Last week a telegram reached the Department of the Interior. It stated that Dr. Philip S. Smith of the Geological Survey had just left Nenana, on the Alaskan Railway, with a dozen men and 140 Eskimo dogs, going out into the unknown...
...Active John J. Tigert, Commissioner of Education, reported on his problems in Alaska. He reminded the country that his predecessors had introduced reindeer into Alaska and that reindeer dividends had been the chief source of support for Alaskan education. He reminded people that the problem of supplying education to sparse populations in so vast a territory was immense...
Repairs to the Shenandoah are due to be completed May 1. Secretary Denby gave orders for the advance guard to proceed to Alaskan waters and for the reconstruction of the fuel-oil-ship Patoka...
...expedition will include from four to six planes. The planes must have a gasoline capacity of 1500 miles. They are now being selected by Lieut. Erik H. Nelson, who was engineer officer on the recent Alaskan and Porto Rican flights. Two points are certain. They will be equipped with Liberty motors (still the most reliable aero engine built) and will be of American design. The joy of victory in Macready and Kelly's transcontinental flight was sadly marred by the thought that they flew in a Fokker plane...