THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO S MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager •
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MINING REVIV AL MAKES MORE
ROADS NECESSARY
The biggest thing to break in Alaska the last year
is the advent of the machinery era in mining.
Like an advance on a great war front, mechanical
mining equipment of every kind has been pouring into
Alaska. Thousands of tons have come into every min
ing area of the Territory . Ships have been loaded
with it and railroads and river steamers were busily
engaged in completing deliveries.
Caterpillars, tractors, drills, draglines, dredges, hy
draulics, hard-rock equipment—all kinds of machinery
are being used in tackling innumerable new projects
heretofore dormant.
With all this revival in mining, the opening of new
camps and revival of old, the miner is up against it in
many localities for road facilities.
The Alaskan road program has been sorely ham
pered by the lack of funds. It is time the powers awak
ened to full realization of the necessity of roads in order
to clear the way for further advance of the mining ma
chinery procession and to facilitate the operations of
those who have led the way in the new invasion.
The federal government will be a big beneficiary
from the new mining operations. The producers and
manufacturers in the States likewise will benefit. The
Territory as a whole shares immensely.
The needed thing right now is for the legislators
and those in administration and executive authority to
jar loose from conservatism which has restricted the
Alaska road building program, and give to the mining
communities of Alaska the roads which the new min
ing era demands—without which Alaska’s biggest par
ade will be blocked.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
FURS MAKING A COME-BACK
For the first time in many years, manufacturers are
competing actively in the fur buying market.
As an example of the general improvement, sales of
members of the American Fur Merchants Association
for the nine months ending last December 1st were es
timated at $30,065,000, in contrast with $21,163,000 in
the similar period last year.
The above association is only one of 21 grcups en
gaged in the industry and the bulk of their reports re
cord similar trends.
The fur business, which sent hardy traders into the
uncharted wilderness in early days, asks only a season
able, early and cold, winter to give the final shove to
the recovery march of the past year, and, judging from
reports from all over the Northland, this has been more
or less prevalent.
It cannot be denied, however, that the romantic pro
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cess of wrapping femininity in the soft skins of the fox.
muskrat, beaver and mink, is long and risky from the
first setting of traps to the final retail sale.
Women s flair for making the best of her figure, plus
fatter pocketbooks generally, is helping to lift the coun
try’s oldest industry from the slough of deflation^_
Income Tax Re
turns Must Be
Filed March 15
TACOMA, Jan. (Special) —
Approximately one hundred thou
sand federal income tax return
forms for the year 1936, which
must be filed on or before March
15, are being mailed to Individ,
ual taxpayers today, it was an
nounced by Thor W. Henricksen,
Acting Collector of Internal Rev
enue.
Except for a few minor chang.
es in the form, covering the re
i
porting of dividend payments in
come which is now subject to
normal tax rates, the forms are
similar to those used by taxpay.
ers who filed returns for the year
1935. The normal rate of tax of
four percent for individuals re
mains the same, as' do the sur
tax rates in the lower brackets.
The Revenue Act of 1936 now
in effect, however, covering 19.
36 incomes, has increased the
surtax rates in the upper brack
ets of income.
The filing of duplicate returns
on the green forms is again a re
quirement under the law and
each taxpayer is being furnished
such duplicate copy which must
be filed with the original on
March 15. This requirement be_
came effective in 1935 and is con
tinued under the present law.
Corporation income tax forms
are not, as yet, available for dis
tribution to taxpayers but will
be mailed immediately upon their
receipt from the government print
ing office. The new revenue act j
requires corporations to pay a
graduated rate of normal tax
ranging from eight to fifteen per
cent, replacing the former flat
rate of thirteen and three-quar_
ters per cent. All corporations
are also subject to the new ex
cess profits tax and the surtax i
on undistributed profits, the rat. \
es of which range from seven to
twenty two percent.
The statutory filing period for
all calendar year income tax re
turns begins on January 1 and
ends on March 15. Taxpayers are
privileged to file their returns
on 1936 incomes up to an includ
ing March 15 with the Collector
of Internal Revenue at Tacoma
or at any of the district offices
which are located at Seattle, Spo
kane, Bellingham, Everett, Yak.
ima, Aberdeen, Walla Walla and
Juneau, Alaska. The return and
the remittance covering the tax
due must be filed in the Collect
or's office not later than March
15 to escape the penalties for de
linquency.
As in previous years, single
persons who had net incomes of
$1,000 or more or gross incomes
of 55,000 or more and married
persons who had net incomes of
$2,500 or more or gross incomes
of $5,000 or more, must file fed.
eral income tax returns regard
less of tax liability. The law re
quires a51 partnerships and cor
porations, regardless of amount
of income, to file annual returns.
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QUESTION: How many Alaska people depend on the Canned
Salmon Industry for all or part of their incomef
ANSWER: The industry furnishes employment for over
11,000 local workers and fishermen. The canneries give
more jobs to Alaska workers during the fishing sea
son than any other industry does.
Cfecipz o£~tht CUee/t
SALMON COMBINATION GRILL
I lb. can salmon
Mashed potatoes
Melted butter
a large or 4 small bananas
8 grapefruit sections
Thoroughly chill salmon in can, drain
and slice into 4 even circles; place each
circle of salmon on a mound of mashed
potatoes. Place on a baking sheet. Pipe
potatoes around edge of each salmon
round and brush with melted butter. Sur
round mounds with fruit prepared as
follows: Cut bananas in half lengthwise.
Roll in flour that has been seasoned with
salt and pepper.Then roll floured bananas
in melted butter. Sprinkle grapefruit sec
tions with dash of salt and sugar. Place
baking sheet containing salmon mounds
and fruit under broiler (or in very hot
oven, 475* F.) and broil until delicately
brown. Remove from heat and arrange on
serving platter, putting salmon mounds
down the center, banana slices at both
ends,grapefruit sections along sides.Gar
nish with parsley. Serve with mixed sweet
pickles and hot rolls. Serves 4.
This recipe is typical of those appearing in the national
magazine advertising of the Canned Salmon Industry
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