J. R. Ummel Of
The Alaska R. R.
Repl ies Ballaine
(Continued From Page One!
point from Nome to Point
Barrow.
He said the cost was
about the same as coal ship
ped from the states. Going
further he declared that
southeastern Alaska had
purchased coal from Alas
ka, the states and British
Columbia, finding the costs
to be about the same.
Referring to Ballaine’s
charges that all of the 430
settlers who went to Mat
anuska in 1916 and 1917,
had gone broke, Ummel
said that nearly two thirds
of them were still in Alas
ka—“They had little when
they started. They were
farmers, but most of them
are good Alaska residents
today.”_
Has Been Doing Work At Big Hurr
ah Quartz Mine This Winter
Oscar Margraf is a caller
in town from the Solomon
river section, where he is
in charge of the Big Hurrah
quartz mine, getting it in
shape for operations next
summer after the opening
of navigation, when it is
expected new equipment
will be added to the mill
and a number of men add
ed to the pay roll. The op
ening up of this mine,
which was idle for many
years, will put new interest
and activity in the Solo
mon section and add consid
erable to the annual output
each year. It is also plan
ned, according to reports,
they plan to operate the
quartz mine continuous
ly the year around. The
success of its operations
are assured because of its
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battle
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well known values. Even
the waste dump of former
years will pay handsome
returns according to recent
assays from samples of
drillings .which were sent
outside. This all means
more business for Nome
and will give labor an add
ed attraction.
V'ederait'd $Ttt.nSi
.. Norman McCay, Pastor. .
11 A. M. Sunday School.
7;40 P. M. Evening wor
ship.
Message: “The Devotion
al Study of the Bible.”
Judge L. L. Fawcett, of
the Supreme Court of New
York, says: “More than
4,000 of the 8,000 prisoners
sentenced by me were un
der the age of twenty-one
years, and only three were
members of the Sunday
School at the time of com
mitting their crimes.”
Catholic Church
St. Joseph’s Church
Sunday services.
8 and 10 t.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Are you taking advantage
of six men 'is paid in ad
vance . uosudption ?
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transportation of supplies
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will, if enacted, provide for
an increased annual appro
priation for agriculture ex
perimet stations and" will
provide for further develop
ment of agricultural exten
sion work in the Territory
Ike P. Taylor, Chief En
gineer of the Alaska Road
Commission, is still in Wash
ington where he has been
engaged for the past two
weeks in developing a suit
able program for the Com
mission for 1936. It is be
lieved that this will have j
particular reference to the
proposed $2,900,000 air
port and airways program
which will come before the
Inter-Departmental Co m
mittea next week.
C. Chester Carlson, re
presentative of the Prince!
William Sound Fishermen's,
Union, who testified in fav
or of the abolition of fish
traps in Alaska before the
Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries ex-1
pects to leave Washington
about January 27. return
ing to his home in Cordova.
January 22. A bill was
introduced in the House by
Delegate Dimond to auth
orize a survey of Lowell
Creek, Alaska to determine
what, if any modifiction
should be made in the exist
ing project for the control
of its floods.
Anton Simsonson and
Acim Strand, representa
tives o the Alaska Trollers’
Association, who testified
before the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fish
eries pointing out the need
of conservation of herring i
in southeastern Alaska, in
order to protect both the
herring industry and the
king salmon industry, have
left Washington enroute to
their homes in Ketchikan.
Mrs. Emile Mehline of
Juneau, Alaska, called on j
the Delegate last week. She j
is visiting her uncle, Louis
Ludwig, who is an archi
tectural sculptor.
Delegate Dimond has
made arrangements to be
heard by the House Com
mittee on Appropriations
when the item on forest
roads and trails in the De
partment of Agriculture
appropriation bill is taken
up, which will probably be
next week.
When he was discussing
the subject, the Delegate
said that this si an excep
tionally important item to
Alaska and necessry in or
der to keep the program of
forest roads and trails un
der way. An official of the
Forest Service informed
him that $513,746 had been
expended in Alaska during
the 1935 fiscal year, and
$482,794 had been expend
ed between July 1 and Dec
ember 31 on this work dur
ing the present fiscal year, j
It is estimated that an ex
penditure of $667,873 will
be required during the fis
I cal year ending June 30,
1937, to maintain the pro
gram as outlined.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
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1934-1935 Schedule
Sailing Dates From Seattle Northbound And Sail
ing dates from Seward Southbound.
Alaska
Victoria
Northwestern
Alaska
Victoria
Alaska
Yukon
Leave
Seattle
Feb. 8
Feb. 15
Feb. 22
Feb. 29
Mar. 7
Mar. 14
Mar. 21
Leave
Seward
Feb. 15
Feb. 23
Mar. 2
Mar. 7
Mar. 15
Mar. 20
Mar. 27
General Agents Pacific Steamship Lines.
JAMES P. DALY, Agent, Nome.