Many examples of failure due
to cautious hesitation could be
cited, but the whole story is told
in the anecdote of the Georgia
cracker wl>o sat, barefooted, on
the steps of his tumble-down
shack, smoking a corn-cob pipe.
A stranger stopped for a drink of
water. Wishing to be agreeable,
he said:
Stranger—How is your cotton
coming on?
Cracker—Ain’t got none.
Stranger—Didn’t you plant any?
Cracker—Nope, ’fraid o’ boll
weevils.
Stranger—Well, how is your
corn?
Cracker—Didn’t plant none,
'fraid there wa’n’ goin’ to be no
rain.
Stranger ^abashed but cheer
ful*—Well, how are your pota
toes?
Cracker—Ain’t got none, ’fraid
o’ potato bugs.
Stranger—Really! What did you
plant?
Cracker—Nothin’ I jes’ played
I safe.
SAY! It’s Time To Get
Those Winter Clothes Ready and the
Summer Ones Cleaned for Storage!
Just Phone MAIN 113
and the job is done
MODERN CLEANERS
PAUL MANDEVILLE
'‘Modem Cleaning Is Clothes Insurance”
o, No, Mr. Abercrombie, that isn’t what we mean
by 'Make Yourself at Home’ on a Clipper”
When our stewardesses welcome you aboard for a Clipper
trip, they want you to really relax the Pan American way. Just
lean back in your lounge seat and enjoy your trip. Meals
or snacks, magazines or a pillow—practically anything
your mood calls for is yours for the asking. Ask Pan American
for help in planning your next trip. It’s quicker by Clipper.
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Plans For Alaska
Pulp Production
Announced
Plans are well advanced for sul
phite pulp and newsprint paper
production in Alaska “at the earli
est possible moment” by two con
cerns which contemplate invest
ments of about $25,000,000 each,
it was announced this week by
George Sundborg, General Man
ager of the Alaska Development
Board, on his return to the Terri
tory from conferences with man
agement groups in the states.
In addition to the two concens
whose plans are virtually com
plete, at least three others are
showing definite interest in com
ing to Alaska, he said.
Together with Col. Henry Clark,
whom he has succeeded as Devel
opment Board executive, Sund
borg spent five weeks calling on
Alaska industrial prospects in
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Washington, New
York, Boston and Chicago. Every
where a keen interest in Alaska
and its opportunities was evi- j
denced, Sundborg said.
The recent increase in the ceil-i
ing price of newsprint to $85 a ton ,
has caused the industry to look
more closely at the possibilities of:
Alaska, he reported. A decision is
expected shortly from the two j
groups fcrhose plans are farthest i
advanced. It would require at
least two years for a mill to get
into production from the begin
ning of construction.
Sundborg said the Alaska De
velopment Board is working
closely with the potential pulp;
manufacturers and assisting them;
in working out satisfactory con-!
tract arrangements with the U. S.
Forest Service, in acquiring sites,
obtaining data on power and pro
cess water, enlisting the interest
of publishers who will be custom
ers for the finished product, seek
ing a solution to the transportation
problem, and numerous related
matters.
Competition from a proposed
Canadian pulp and paper devel
opment on the west coast of Van
couver Island is worrying Alaska
prospects at the present time, he
said. The Canadian government
will, in effect, subsidize a mill
there by offering power from the
Campbell River at considerably
below the cost at which such pow
er could be developed by private
capital. To offset this, potential
Alaska manufacturers are seeking
concessions from the Forest Serv
ice as to cutting practices over the
period their large initial invest-!
ment in mills will be amortized.
Sundborg discussed this matter in
Washington with Lyle Watts,
Chief of the Forest Service, and
with Secretary of the Interior, J.
A. Krug, who has pledged his as
sistance in obtaining contract pro
; visions which would insure early
; pulp and paper development in
I Alaska.
Krug nad Sundborg were inter
viewed by NBC commentator, Sel
den Menefee, on a program broad
cast October 21 over 30 radio sta
tions in the States. Alaska’s oppor
tunities were featured and the pro
grams of Interior Department and
Alaska Development Board dis
cussed.
Tn addition to the pulp and pa
per developments, progress was
reported by Sundborg on his re
turn to Juneau on “twenty or
thirty” other Alaska development
matters ranging from beach pro
tection at Nome and tourist lodge
investment along the Alaska High
Rail Routes Follow
Army Surveys
OMAHA, Nebr. — Passengers
whisked smoothly by streamliner
over the mountains to the Pacific
Coast travel on easy-grade routes
surveyed through the unexplored
nearly 100 years ago by the U. S.
Army Engineers. They laid out
five lines in the 1850’s, and no
better ones have been found. Four
are followed today by the major
way to a proposed flour and feed
mill at Anchorage and a creosot
ing plant at Wrangell. He plans to
further these developments during
a trip which he will make through
out the Territory shortly.
I transcontinental lines—Santa Fe,
Union Pacific, Northern Pacific
and Southern Pacific—and local
lines follow sections of the fifth
route.
Wigwagging Grows Up
The first men to use flags to
send messages from ship to ship
were Army Signal Corpsmen,
aboard Federal warships at the
battle of Mobile Bay in 1862. To
day wigwaging is still good—ask
any Boy Scout—but the modern
Signal Corps goes in for more sci
entific equipment—walkie-talkies,
for example, and precision radios
that stand up under the most ex
acting conditions.
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
Phone Main 94
ERIC NELSON
ALASKA TELEPHONE &
TELEGRAPH CO.
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE SERVICE
Just unloaded plenty of - - -
FRESH beef
44 VEAL
44 PORK
44 LAMB
44 REINDEER
44 POULTRY
44 FRUITS
44 VEGETABLES
44 EGGS
Prices lower than Outside
■ - - also - - -
A large stock of
Fancy and Staple Groceries
Northern Commercial
Company
Phone Main 133 Free Delivery