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GEO. S MAYNARD. Editor
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OPENING OF DREDGING
SEASON SIGNAL
EVENT
Right on the dot with the
traditional date for the ad
vent of spring, the Fair
banks Exploration Depart
ment of the United States
Smelting, Refining & Min
ing Company opened its
1936 dredging operations in
the Fairbanks area yester
day (Friday, March 20), by
setting one of its big gold
ships digging. Four more
dredges will be going with
in a few days, states the
Fairbanks News-Miner in a
recent editorial, which con
tinues as follows:
Splendid enterprise this
and of great significance to
Fairbanks, connecting traf
fic lines and thousands near
and far who benefit be
cause of these operations.
More significant still is the
fact these operations will
continue for many years—
and the gold fields of the
area rather than being di
minished are being enlarg
ed through the introduc
tion of new modes of opera
tion which make hitherto
unprofitable ground profit
able. Engineering ingenu
ity and careful study'of pro
blems which confronted
the operators in the begin
ning have opened the way.
Great credit is due to the
men who undaunt i n g 1 y
have buckled to the task &
have seen their efforts
crowned with success.
Simultaneous with the
opening of the dredging
season here comes the open
ing of the season also in
other areas tributary to
Fairbanks. News going out
to the world of the continu
ed and expanding placer
operations throughout the
Tanana, Yukon, Kusko
kwim. Koyukuk, Nome and
other great placer fields of
Alaska has a quickening &
heartening effect in busi
ness circles and in the eyes
of millions.
Locally, men will disap
pear from the towns to en
gage in the mining activi
ties in many fields. It may
make the towns seem quiet
to a degree but the know
ing person realizes the pro
ducers are at work and the
golden harvest which
means the most substantial
thing to interior Alaska is
now being gleaned and be
fore long the returns will
be flowing into every line
of trade—a veritable life
stream.
Consoling and comforting
facts are these to Alaskans
and especially when they
reflect that the gleaning of
the golden crop will contin
ue for many years and that
from year to year nature
discloses more and more of
her hidden treasure to
those who tirelessly seek
and labor.
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Tacoma, March 4(special)
—Another proof of the im
proved economic condition
of the citizens of the State
of Washington and the Ter
ritory of Alaska, as shown
by their increased earnings
during 1935 as against 1934
is being recorded daily by
the 1935 income tax collec
tions which are being re
ceived with returns filed
Alex McK. Vierhus, Collee
tor of Internal Revenue,
stated today.
Collections for January,
1936. were seventy-one per
cent over January 1935, &
for February, 1936, sixty
five per cent over February
1935, or a gross gain for
the first two months of ap
proximately sixty-seven
per cent.
Collections of current in
come tax for the first two
months total $667,475.42, a
gain of$269,258.43 over the
collections for the first two
months of 1935. The Col
lector believes this increase
is even more notable for
the reason that the income
tax collections for the year
I
1935 were approximately
sixty percent over the year
1934.
It is interesting to note
that the greater part of the
increase for the first two
monhs of this year has
been on 1040A income tax
returns which are filed by
the small salary and wage
earning class. The records
so far indicate a substantial
gain, however, for all clas
ses of taxpayers
City W ater Barred
To Relief Workers
By Mayor Nepple
fBy The Associated Press)
Montesano, March 25th—
Mayor Edward Nepple told
federal relief workers that
“it is the duty of the feder
al, state and county govern
ments to provide relief—
not the city.”
His assertion was made
during an inquiry into the
city’s shutting off water to
persons who failed to pay
water bills.
“These agencies furnish
food and they must know it
is no good without water,”
he said. “We cannot raise
rates on paying water users
to provide for the person
who does not pay.”_
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