Development
Board Receives
Many Inquiries
Nationwide interest in Alaska is
not diminishing, but continues to
increase, it is indicated by the rec
ord of inquiries received by the
Alaska Delevopment Board. A
summary just released by the
Board shows that general letters
of inquiry received by it concern
ing the Territory and its oppor
^ tunities numbered more in 1946
than in 1945. The totals were 1,217
in 1945, and 1,386 in 1946. These
were in addition to correspondence
with the more substantial pros
pects who account for the greater
part of the Board’s business.
Of the general inquiries, 364
were respect to homesteading and
farming; 163 on small business op
portunities; 151 on transportation
topics; 141 on miscellaneous em
ployment; 72 on tourist lodge pos
sibilities; 69 on fur farming and
trapping; 38 on fisheries oppor
tunities; 32 on the forest products
field; 20 on mining, and the rest
spread over a wide range of mis
cellaneous subjects.
The Alaska Development Board’s
announcement said that particular
pains are taken to give a helpful
and individual reply to every in
Lumber Company
Established At '
Wrangell
Permanent establishment of the
Alaska Asiatic Lumber company
plant at Wrangell, and its expan
sion to a capacity capable of deliv
ering twenty-five million feet of
lumber for army use in Alaska
within the next eighteen months
was announced this week by the
Alaska Development Board which
has been instrumental in getting
the operation underway in the
Territory.
Under the terms of army-ap
proved contract signed by Fred V.
Wagner, owner of the plant, and
Birch, Johnson and Lytle, army
contractors, the Wrangell plant
will be enlarged to include four
dry kilns, a complete power unit
with a capacity of delivering
quiry, and that no “bureaucratic”
letters go out from the office.
“We have proceeded on the the
ory that Alaska wishes to encour
age worthwhile development of all
kinds, and that those contemplat
ing an enterprise in the Territory
deserve every assistance we can
give them,” George Sundborg,
General Manager of the Board,
said.
DON’T!
Delay having those Clothes
Cleaned. Phone Main 113 and let
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us pick them up.
For prompt cleaning and delivery
MODERN CLEANERS
PAUL A. MANDEVILLE
“Modem Cleaning Is Clothes Insurance”
You are invited to attend a
PUBLIC DANCE
at the
High School Gym
Saturday, February 8
Admission: Gents $1.00, Ladies 50c
BASKET-BALL GAME at 8:00 P.M.
NOME HI vs. VETS
DANCING at 9:00 P.M.
This Dance is being given to raise funds
to send our High School Basket Ball Team
to the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous Inter
Alaska Basket Ball Tournament.
COME OUT AND SUPPORT
THE HOME TOWN TEAM
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twelve hundred horse power by
steam and fifteen hundred by elec
tricity; installation of three new j
planers, two for green lumber and
one for dry and a variety of new
equipment in the mill itself ana
for Owen Brothers, loggers who
supply the plant. Work of expan
sion was started this week and by
May 1 is expected to be in full op
eration. The plant will work on a
24-hour basis to bring production
up to contract terms. When com
pleted the enterprise will represent
an investment of $750,000 and will
have a payroll of upwards of one
hundred persons.
Finished lumber from the plant
will be taken by vessels across the
Gulf of Alaska to the head of the
Alaska Railroad from where it
will be delivered to various army
installations.
“This is an excellent example of
how the Development Board can
be of great help in bringing cap-!
ital and industrial payroll to the
Territory,” said George Sundborg,
General Manager of the Board.
“We need more such enterprises in
Alaska and the Board is working
toward that end. There are several
other industrial enterprises con
! templated for the Territory to
which the Board is giving its at
tention at this time and which can
, be of basic value in developing the
! economy of Alaska.”
Statehood Club
Organized In
Juneau
J
I With the aim of convincing Con
> gress to grant Alaska statehood
' following favorable expression of
| the people of the Territory at the
' last October election, the first club
of a Territorial wide statehood or
j ganization was formed in Juneau
I recently, to be known as the Jun
I eau Statehood club,
i Effort will be made to form sim
ilar clubs throughout the Terri
tory, patterned after the statehood
organization formed prior to the
(referendum vote to prepare a
study on the advantages and dis
; advantages of statehood.
| Cash Cole, former Territorial
auditor and strong statehood advo
cate, was elected president of the
club. Other officers are William A.
Holzheimer, former federal judge
I in the Second Division and former
| district attorney in the First Divi
sion, Chris Hennings, former Ter
ritorial Representative and Mrs.
Betty McCormick prominent state
| hood advocate vice presidents,
Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann former
head of OPA in Alaska secretary
treasurer.
The plan is to have representa
! tives from other clubs in the Ter
| ritory gather in Juneau for a Ter
1 ritorial wide convention of state
hood people during the legislative
session in session during February
and March. In view of the state
hood referendum vote 9,624 for
I statehood and 6,822 against. The
legislature will be asked to make
an appropriation to carry the fight
to the floor of Congress,
i It was brought out at the meet
ing that the Hawaiian legislature
appropriated one hundred thou
sand dollars to get statehood for
the Territory. Hawaii has estab
lished a statehood lobby in Wash
ington and is pounding on the
Congressional door for admission
to the Union of States.
Alaska it was pointed out at the
Juneau meeting must carry its
fight for statehood to Congress
with equal vigor if actual state
hood is to be achieved. A proposed |
bill to be presented the legislature
is now in process of being drafted.
The Kitchen Is For Gaiety
NEW YORK—Happier cooking hours in a kitchen made a gay and
delightful 8pot to visit for family and friends, are possible through
smart new wall paper designs. New streamlined kitchens bring a
yearning to cook to even the rankest of amateurs. Shown above is
Macy’s idea of making a kitchen look bright and new by redecorating
with one of the year’s most attractive wall paper designs. Just re
leased are plaids and polka dots, stripes and novelties. Some feature
the Dutch motif so popular in many kitchens. Others concentrate on
small replicas of potted plants ao.l trailing leaves.
WALLACE TAXI
NOME, ALASKA Phone RED r5
Now for the first time ^
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Special 21-day excursion
with stop-overs
... on sale through April 1, 1947
Yes, on Pan American’s brand-new travel plan, you can
now fly by Clipper to nearly all major Alaskan cities at
bargain prices. At least 25% lower than regular round
trip fares. You can take 21 days for the round trip, includ
ing stop-overs... for business, for visiting and sight-seeing.
Tickets at these bargain fares will be sold up to mid
night, April 1, 1947.. .for excursion travel to be completed
by April 20. For help in planning your winter excursion
by Flying Clipper, get in touch with Pan American.
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