TE'Baa stafii zsteiates usicr. • kiliioitc
cr JUFT
An cstinnxcl stand of conrarcial timber
in Alaska has been estimated by the Unitdd
states Forest Service calculations at 78
billion board feet in the Tonnars forost
and 6 and ono-quartor billions in tho Chu
rch 'forest. 1 .
The tro forests are said to have 12,000
miles of shore line and VE rcr cent of the
ti’bor is estimated to bo within two and
ono-half miles cf tidewater.
Average volume per acre of the r.c char.tabl
stand is giver, at about 26,000 board feet.
The tree species, with the relative im
portance of each in the total stand arc:
r'cstorn hemlock, 73 pc.; cent* Sitka •
spruce, 21 oercont; eastern red cedar, 3
per cent and Alaska cedar, 3 oercont.
The amount of cedar in tic Chugach for
est is said to be negligible.
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HCHER A'TAITS lil^T'AY
Ralph Courtney, long tino resident of Al
aska, bclicvos that Honor on the Konai Ron
insula is much more do:ondent on natural
resources than most Alaska towns. He says
its'chicf apneal-lies Itl its good clinato
and food possibilities rather than on spo
cific industries. Its main payrolls conti?
to be the CAA and the Alaska Rca'd Comiss
ion rith nanyrosidonts literally living
off the land.
Seafood is abundant. During hunting seaso
fmiller can moose and homesteaders gror
al 1 thb potatoes, root crops', cabbage ar.d
X orties they need. One man is growing ap»
pies experimentally and two trc:r have
borne-fruit, though the an lor were under
developed.
Seme coal is being mined by the Hemer Coal •
Cerporotion headed by Evan Jones. They
.are-getting a good grade of bituninou$-poaJ '!
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"lien highway cijnicctior.e rith Seward latd / j
Anchorage are na^o, Honor will boon, many
residents bclidve.' » ,»• ■" .
rs- ■" '
kith stock farming ^installation of cold1,
storage plants ani irorblieusps, ’ the ape a is
totter'equipped to support year round
living. ' .' \
""OLVSS & CCY0T30 AT3 pPIgCfED
The Fish Sr. "ildlifo Service l ave started ■
an experiment in poisonir.3 wolves and
coyotos on Kenai Pondnsula with a base .
camp at Skilalc Lake. * .
The non method dmplpys the use of a piano ■
and hfis boon very successful in the States.N
Foesot coats and :shecp arc not attracted
to the bait used.
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i BERNICE ANDREWS
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ALASKA
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L'R. F. R. SIMS
DEnTIST
ALASKA
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haircuts
SHAM RODS
MASSAGES
FRSRK HELLER
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33TS 2nd aid 4th TUESDAYS at 8:00
VISITING MT<V<BEI<5 WELCOME
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PER 1L A' r ENTS
Cold rravos or
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bOU RASMUSSEN
PEARL OJHiTE LPunoRy
Take ,a little time off for h
that fishine trip and (
leave your laundry r:ith us«Vi r-.
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LIQUOR STORE
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j DON PARKS-JAl MAR KEIU TUL A
>no?.fc io.l ■'.» ~ J3tt» Ot
jrty than.a standing omy. If ve retrench
;he rages'of the schoolmaster, wo must
raise those of the recruiting sergeant
. —Edward Everett
3 nation can be destroyed'while it pos- .
3 s a good hone life, —-J, G. Holland
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