Minimum Stumpage
Prices Set For Sale Of
Territorial Timber
The way was opened for the es
tablishment of the pulp and paper
industry in Alaska when President
Truman signed House Joint Reso
lution 205 authorizing the Secre
tary of Agriculture to make sales
of timber on any vacant, unappro
priated, and unpatented lands
within the exterior boundaries of
the Tongass National Forest. As a
question of aboriginal rights ex
ists, the resolution provides that
all receipts from the sale of timber
will be impounded in a special ac
count in the Treasury until owner
ship of the land and timber is ac
tually determined.
Mr. Burdick of the Regional
Foresters office at Juneau stated
that the Forest Service expects to
sell timber units and see pulp
mills established within the next1
few years in the vicinity of Ketch
ikan, Petersburg, Juneau, Sitka,
and possibly Wrangell. Stumpage
rates will be fair and equitable to
the public and to the operators.
One unit, adjacent to Peters
burg, has been advertised to be
sold by oral bids October 1, 1947,
in Washington, D. C. Minimum
stumpage prices which will be
considered in the sale of this tim
ber are: saw timber, $3 per thou
sand feet; piling up to 95 feet in
length, 1 cent, and piling over 95
feet in length, 1 Vi cents per linear
foot; pulpwood, 85 cents per 100
cubic feet.
All saw timber will be scaled as
such, regardles of its final disposi
tion; that is, if used for pulpwood
it will carry the sawlog stumpage
price. Pulpwood will be the other
wise unusable material down to a
top diameter of six inches. A cu
bic foot of wood of this class con
tains approximately 5.5 board feet,
and therefore the stumpage rate
on pulpwood per thousand feet
will be about $1.50.
The dominant considerations in
the administration of all timber
sales on the National Forests of
Alaska are the avoiding of injury
to other resource’s and the perpet
uation of the logging industry. The
removal of the present stagnant,
mature stands will allow a greatly
accelerated growth of the new|
crop. Research has shown that the
Tongass National Forest can be
operated as a sustained yield unit
on an 85 year rotation for cutting.
This rotation would produce pulpj
timber between 15 and 18 inches
in diameter at the stump and, on
the average sites, from 35,000 to
40,000 board feet per acre or
about 7,000 cubic feet.
Adequate plans are being made
Reeord.Catcli Of
Salmon In
Columbia River
ASTORIA, Ore. (/P)—Commer- ■
cial fishermen worked against a J
noon deadline yesterday as a surg
ing run of Chinook salmon moved
upstream resulting in the largest
one-day catch in six years.
Landings Monday exceeded any,
since 1941 with boats averaging
2.000 pounds each. The total for|
the 800-900 boats was estimated at;
more than a million pounds.
Canneries hired extra workers j
to process the catch, working
through the night.
Sports fishermen jammed the
river area Sunday and are expect-1
ed to flock again to the lower j
river towns at the end of the sum-1
mer commercial season at noon
yesterday. Commercial fishing
will not be resumed this season.
Commercial catches as high as
18.000 pounds were reported by
fishermen. Gillnetter Henry Kokko
said he started giving away the
salmon to other boatmen when his
craft became overloaded with
6,463 pounds of salmon.
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in cooperation with the Fish and1
Wildlife Service to avoid any dam
age to spawning grounds or the
contamination of streams or salt
water by the dumping of mill
wastes which might affect seafood
adversely. Constant studies will bef
made to determine any harmful j
effect on game, and care will be:
exercised in designating areas for
logging so that the aesthetic beauty
of our outstanding scenery will
not be destroyed.
The timber cut on the Tongass
Forest can approach one billion j
feet per year in perpetuity, and at
an average price of $2.00 per thou
sand feet would result in stumpage
payments of approximately two
million bollars. The Territory
under present laws, receives 25%
of all timber sale receipts for
schools and roads. Thus, with full
use of the timber stands, the Ter
ritory’s share could be $500,000 per
year of $1,000,000 per biennium.
However, until title to the lands
and timber is determined these
funds will not be available for
payment to the Territory. It is the
desire of the Forest Service that
these titles be determined by court
or legislative action at the earliest
possible time in order that stump
age payments may be divided be
tween the properly designated
owners. Every effort will be made
to secure this early adjudication.
Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
SS Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seward for Cordova,
Valdez, Juneau. Ketchikan and Seattle Aug. 28th.
SS. BARANOF scheduled to sail from Seattle for
Ketchikan, Juneau. Cordova, Valdez and Seward August 30th.
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SS BARANOF Scheduled to sail from Seward for
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle September 5th.
THE LAST SHIP OF THE 1947 SEASON FOR NORTON SOUND
IS SCHEDULED TO SAIL FROM SEATTLE SEPTEMBER 15th.
Reservations made through Anchorage, Fairbanks or Nome Agent
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WILBUR TWEETS IN TOWN
ON BUSINESS TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Tweet, who
have been honeymooning at Da
vidson’s Landing this summer are
in town for a few days for dental
work and business and plan to re
turn to Teller today.
POSITION OF BASE
LIBRARIAN
The position of Base Librarian
will be open at Nome Air Base on
21 September 1947. At present,
funds are available to fill this po
sition until 20 January 1948 at a
fixed salary of $249.38 per month,
<40 hour week*. Definite assurance
of hire after the above date can
not be given at this time, but ap
plication will be made to higher
headquarters for further allotment
of funds.
Applications for this position
must be submitted not later than
5 September 1947, addressed to
Commanding Officer, Nome Army
Air Base, Att: Capt. Stephenson,
stating fully the applicants quali-:
fications as pertains to the follow-j
ing:
a. Library experience (practic-j
al>. j
b. Library training at college
level.
c. Education (Schools, courses,
degrees).
d. Age: 20 to 40 years.
,e. Interest in this type of work.
f. Ability to select books and
advise patrons.
g. United States Citizen (re
quired).
h. Married or single.
The applicant selected for this
position will be notified on 10,
September 1947, and name will be
announced herein on 11 Septem
ber.
All residents of the Base and
Nome who are eligible and desire
to apply for this position are
urged to do so.
Publish Aug. 27, 29, Sept. 1, 3.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
We are happy to announce the
installation of a MODERN FOUN
TAIN to serve you with a FULL
LINE of ASSORTED LUSCIOUS
SUNDAES and ICE CREAM
SODAS. A trial will convince you.
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I Legionnaires Move
On New York City
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with a bison calf for Mayor Wil
liam O’Dwyer, who yesterday was
given a life membership in the
10 and 8, Legion fun organization.
The 40 and 8 will hold its pa
rade tomorrow night and ope of
its attractions will be Miss Pam
Camp, 20 and blonde, who will
compete as “Miss Arkansas” in
the Atlantic City beauty contest.
She was aboard the special train
on which the Arkansas delegation
arrived today.
The main Legion parade will be
Saturday.
The Legion’s national defense
committee was told by Rep. Harry
L. Towe (R.-N. J.) that “consider
able opposition” could be expect
ed for his bill in Congress to pro-;
vide a six-month basic training
period for all American youths.
Legless War Vet
Becomes Legislator
SAULT STE, MARIE, Mich. (/P)
Charles E. Potter, 34-year-old leg
less war veteran who won his first
political campaign by a big mar
gin, planned today to get an early
start on his duties as new Republi
can representative from Michi
gan’s 11th Congressional district.
He was elected yesterday over
Democrat Harold D. Beaton, 41,
also a former serviceman. Late re
turns gave Potter, a native of
Cheboygan, 12,652 votes from 230
of 289 precincts of the northern
Michigan area, compared to 5,624
for the former Mackinac county
' Egyptians Barred,
From U. N. After
Demonstrations
LAKE SUCCESS l£h—Secretary
General Trygve Lie said today
that two Egyptian demonstrators
who have been ejected twice from
the security council chamber were
barred henceforth from entering
the United Nations headquarters
and would be handed over to
Nassau county police if they
should slip in.
“If it happens again we will
have to give them to the police,”
Lie told a news conference.
Lie sai dthe U. N. still was with
out definite policing procedure,
pending the conclusion of pacts
with the United States govern
ment, but that the security guards
here would in effect invoke the
right of “citizen arrest” to hold
and hand over any disturbers to
local authorities.
Another high U. N. officials
said meanwhile that guards would
carefully check all gates here to
morrow when the council resumes
debate on Egypt’s charges against
Britain.
AHmed Kotb and Mustafa Mo
men, who describe themselves as
Egyptian nationalists, were thrown
out of the council chamber last
Friday and again yesterday. Last
night they announced their inten
tion of returning for the final
stages of the council discussions
on Egypt.
prosecutor from St. Ignace.
Potter will fill the seat left em
pty by the death of Rep. Fred A.
Bradley, also a Republican.
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