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BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
PRESS OF ALASKA
Thirty-six couples were mar
ried in Anchorage during the
year 1924, the number of cere
monies ranging from one to six
a month, with every month
represented on the list.
At a special election held in
Cordova on January 10, it was
decided by a vote of tnree to
one to issue bonds to erect a
$50,000 school house.
The Coliseum Theatre, one of
the first buildings erected in
Nenana and also one of its
most imposing structures, was
practically destroyed by a rec
ent fire.
William Weitzel, lineman for
the Kennecott Copper Corpor
ation, recently fell from one of
the tram towers, leading to the
Jumbo mine, breaking one of
his legs.
Exchanges report that the
thermometer reached 24 below
at Anchorage one day last
month, the lowest temperature
of the present winter. The low
temperature previously record
at that point was 43 below in
1917.
Frank Bishopric, an oldtimer
of the Fairbanks section, has
announced his candidacy for
the U. S. Marshalship of the
Fourth Division, to succeed
Marshal Stevens, the present
incumbent.
FrankMizzi, a miner employ
ed by the Evan Jones Coal Co.
at Jonesville, had two ribs
fractured recently when a rock
fell from a pillar while he was
cutting a footing for a timber.
A report from Chatanika
states that ptarmigan have
taken possession of the camp,
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Alaska’s Perpetual
ASSET
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fP TO the present time the industrial development of Alaska has been entirely
through exploitation of natural resources. Much of the present development
and that in sight for the near future is development of a nature necessarily
exhausting the resource exploited. When a ton of ore is shipped to the smelter
that is one ton of ore taken directly from the natural wealth of the territory never to be
replaced. When a thousand feet of timber is cut, a generation must elapse before a tree
is grown; when an oil well is tapped it will eventually be drained. On the contrary, the
salmon fisheries of Alaska, with proper regulatory measures and intelligent effort on the
part of all concerned may easily be perpetuated.
A district is judged economically by its imports and exports and the economic value of a
given industry to a community may be gauged by its contribution to the export figures.
Without disparagement of any other of the great and rapidly growing industries of Alaska
we invite your consideration of the following figures on exports from Alaska taken from
the report of the U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce for 1923. These figures
are indicative of the position in Alaskan commerce occupied by the fisheries industry:
FISH and FISH PRODUCTS $35,829,422
Furs . 1,332,070
Copper . 13,347,740
Lead . 55,646
Wood Pulp . 113,655
Timber and Lumber.$ 191,763
Whale Oil . 217,753
Gypsum. 77,150
Gold Ore and Gold. Bullion. 5,930,896
Silver Ore and Silver Bullion... 630,778
During 1923 Alaska exported commodities to the value of $60,330,613.00 and the salmon
fisheries alone contributed $32,295,649.00 or 53.5% of the total. Of this amount but
27% or $8,719,825.23 was taken from the waters of Alaska and it should be remembered
that with proper regulations there need be no depletion of the territory’s natural wealth.
It is also worthy of consideration that a considerable proportion of the above figure, repre
senting the value of the fish in the annual pack, is labor cost, and that it is paid to
fishermen, many of whom are residents of Alaska.
An industry which pays 59% of the territory’s taxes, furnishes 53.5% of her exports,
employs at certain seasons of the year thousands of her people, and which can operate
without depletion of her natural wealth should have the genuine support of every loyal
Alaskan.
Salmon and Cannery should be Alaska's great perpetual asset.
The Canning Industry of Alaska
the old mining camp being
overrun wth the birds, great
flocks of them being frequent
ly seen on the streets.
Notwithstanding the fact that
he is 75 years of age, James
Fullerton, former mayor ot
Port Townsend, Wash., de
clares that he will stampede
to Alaska in the spring to start
a search for a lost gold mine
concerning which he claims to
have some fnside information.
A report from Nenana says
the Alaska Steamship Com
pany is working in connection
with the White Pass Route for
the handling of three tourist
during the coming summer,
from Seattle via Dawson and
Fairbanks. Two of the parties
will go in via Skagway and
jcome out via Seward and one
party will go in by way of
Seward and out via Skagway.
Preparations are now being
made by the Standard Oil
Company, drilling in the Cold
Bay field, to use the gas re
cently struck in their well for
fuel fojr further drilling. The
flow of water recently en
countered, has been cemented
out, and it is now predicted
that oil will be struck by the
first of March.
Captain Otteson, general
manager of the Alaska Dana
mine, on Funter Bay, in the
Juneau district, has succeeded
in interesting a group of Se
attleites in the mine. Arrange
ments have been made so that
development may be carried
on for a period of five years,
comprehending the expendi
ture of $10,000 a year.
Messages received recently
from Nenana, reported the
temperature to be 66 below
;zero at that place, while at
| Cache, a station between Ne
:nana and Fairbanks, the mer
!cury was reported down to 80
below zero. Reports from Daw
son at the same period said the
thermometer registered 90 be
low at that place. It is thought
that the latter report was in
corretet, as the lowest temper
ature previously recorded at
that point was but 72 below,
many years ago.
I The Brewster ground, located
■ in the vicinity of of Mile 35 on
the southern division of the
Alaska railroad, is said to be
[the richest prospect of the kind
in the Territory. The claim is
a coarse gold proposition, car
rying large size nuggets which
are found in a blue dyke
14 feet wide. Mr. Brewster is re
ported to have taken out con
siderable money during the
1 past three or four years by
panning during the summer
months.
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The Willow Creek Mines Co.,1
owners of the Gold Bullion,
i Lucky Shot and other valuable
! quartz properties in the Wil
llow Creek district, will install
ja small stamp mill next spring,
according to a recent an
nouncement. Power for the
mill will be supplied by a hy
dro-electric plant capable of
of developing not less than 150
j horsepower.
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At a recent meeting of the
! Cordova city council a resolut
ion was carried to give the res
idents of the town an oppor
tunity to purchase the issue of
! bonds, recently voted for
school purposes. It is believed
I the entire issue can be dispos
ed of in this manner.
Tho portion of Superinten
dent of Education for the nat
ives of Alaska has been abol
ished by the Secretary of the
Interior, and W. T. Lopp, who
has held the office for four
teen years has been let go from
the Bureau of Education.
The electric*light plant and
garage at Chilkoot Barracks
was recently destroyed by a
fire which is alleged to have
been started by an explosion
in the carburetor of a gas en
gine. A solder named Morton
was slightly injured in endeav
oring to quench the flames
and a number of government
and private cars, trucks and
motor cycles were destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $25,
000.
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Jos. B. Diamond has brought
an action against the Rawson
Coal Company and also the
Alaska Matanuska Coal Com
pany, operated by Bartley
Howard and the Jesson Broth
ers for a one-third interest in
the holding of the Rawson Co.
and a third interest in the 80 !
acres transfered by the Raw
3on Company to the Howard
fesson Co.
A fire occuring at Seldovia in
i building located between the
schoolhouse and the store of
Chambers and Colwell, caused
by an overheated stove. The
building was a total loss and
Sam Cramer, who occupied it,
1 iost all of his perso'hal effects.
! Active work on the part of the
'fire department and a brigade
j of snow shovelers saved the
I schoolhouse and the store from j
destruction. /
Under authority from the In
terior Department, Governor
Scott C. Bone has signed a
lease for five rooms in the
Goldstein Building, Juneau, |
for use as executive offices. ;
The old building which has
heretofore been used for this;
purpose, has been condemned i
as unsafe. A fire broke out j
there recently due to the set-;
tling of the buildng until it
practically, rested on the fur
nace.
Emmet R. Jordan, Alaska
pioneer and former United
States Marshal for the Second
Division, with headquarters at
[Nome, has been ill in a Seattle
| hospital for some time with the
strange malady known a3
sleeping sickness. His condit
ion was considered serious at
one time but he is now reported
greatly improved and expects
jto leave the hospital soon.
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The statistical report df the
Chugach National Forest for
the calendar year 1924, has
jbeen completed by the For
est Service office. During the
year, according to the report,
eighty-eight individual timber
sale permits were made, cover
ing approximately 4,000 board
feet of timber. There was cut
undeK^xisting timber sale con
tracts, 4^173,370 board feet of
timber. Tms includes saw tim
ber, piling,-railroad ties, cord
wood, and miscellaneous ma
terial. In addition to the timber
sold durng the year there was
!cut under free use permit, for
| which no stumpage was col
lected, 3,482,120 board feet of
timber. The bulk of this latter
was used by the Alaska Rail
road. Timber sales for the year
showed a substantial increase
over the 1923 figures.
I Another grim tragedy of the
iwilderness is revealed in re
ports from the Kuskokwim.
| Falling through the ice on the
Kuskokwim river into eight
.feet of water and finding him
self unable to save himself by
means of a pole shoved out to
him by a native trail compan
ion, Joe Kermand, widely
known in that section as Joe,
the Barber, nodded his head
to the native who was trying
to rescue him and sank to his
j death beneath the icy waters.
He was driving a dog team
when the accident happened.
The native was followng with
another team loaded with sup
plies. Kermand’s dogs became
entangled and he went for
ward to straighten them out,
when the ice gave way under
him and he dropped into the
water. The native went to his
aid with a pole but the ice
kept crumbling away under
the unfortunate man as he at
tempted to climb out. After a
futile struggle he seemed to
sense the uselessness of it and,
| with a nod to the native to
fj*and back from the treacher
ous ice, he sank back and van
ished. *
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