THE NEEDS OF
Honorable Charles A. Sulzer, de
legate to the national congre;s at
AVashington, from this territory,
delivered an extended address to
the House of Representatives, on
June 26th, regarding the needs of
Alaska for government aid in de
velopment.
A considerable portion of his ad
dress related directly to his city
and its needs a5 the probaDle gate
way to Siberia and as the actual
p, , gateway to Northwestern Alaska.
Theso remarks bearing upon the
question of n-arber improvements
here and at he mouth of the Yukon
are reprinted us follows:
“It is in regard to the develop-;
ment of these great resources it: j
Alaska that I especially appeal for;
the favorable consideration oi' two |
small items in this bill, an item of:
$ 105.000 for the creation of r. har-,
bor at Nome, and the other an item |
of $45,000 for the improvement of j
the mouth of the Yukon River.
$150,000 in all.
The Nome Harbor project is one
of exceptional merit. There is at
present no harbor of any sort for
any craft at Nome, and vessels are
forced to lie in an open roadstead
several miles from the beach. Dur
ing storms the nearest shelter is in
the lee of Sledge Island, 27 miles
distant.
Large vessels bringing passengers
ami freight for Nome and Seward
Peninsula anchor 2 miles offshore
and transfer their pa-aengers and
freight to lighters, which are towed
to the beach through the surf and
discharged. Some years ago there
was constructed a caisson and tower
about one-hale mile from tne beach
in 12 feet of water. From this
tower cables were extended to a
similar tower on shore and passeng
ers and freight were taken ashore
over this cableway. A year ago last
winter this Iram was completely
wrecked by a severe storm, ar.d the
need for some adequate facility at
Nome is now very great.
Nome Trade Imitortant.
Nome is the metropolis and dis
tributing point tor all of the coast
of Alaska frem the Kuskokwim to
Herchel Island, a distance cf 2,000
miles. Many gascline and sailing
vessels are engaged in the coastwise
Irade, making Nome their head
quarters and outfitting point. Num
erous vessels ply back a ad forth
between the Siberian ports, engaged
in developing a rapidly growing
trade. All of the e vessels are now
subjet t to great hardship by reason
of there being no harbor ot refuge
at Nome, and no way that the pas
sengers, mail, and freight involved,
in all the Bering Sea trade can be
handled except through the surf.
This project proposes to deepen
the basin at the mouth of Snake
iliver within the city of Nome, to
widen and deepen the channel
leading into the river from Bering
Sea and to protect this channel by
two jetties.
This will enable the lighters from
the large ve-sels to be taken with
in the harbor and discharged there
in safety, effecting a great saving in
cost of handling. It will give the
small gasoline and other vessels
comprising the "mosquito fleet” a
safe refuge and an ample harbor,
and greatly lessen the trials and
hard.hips of all those engaged in
the development of this far north
land. It will give a great impetus
to all lines of endeavor in that
section.
There was shipped to Nome last
year merchandise valued at $1,049,
245, for use in the town alone. The
shipments to the Bering Sea settle
ments, which are in a great part,
landed at Nome and distributed
from there in the small gasoline
csraft, totalled $4,105,000 for the
year. The reports of the collector
of customs at Alaska shows that the
Now Is The Time
TO BUY YOUR WINTER OUTFIT. LOOK OVER THESE
PRICES BEFORE GOING ELSEWHERE.
Mens No. 17 Meddlecott. per Garment.
Mens No. 7 Meddlecott, heaviest made, per Garment
Mens No. 15 Meddlecott, white, per Garment . . . .
Mens heavy blue Shirts and drawers, per Garment
Gillette Safety Razor Blade Stroppers.
Gillette Safety Razors.
Gem or Everready Safety Razors ..
Mens and Boys Jersey Sweaters.
Mens heavy German sox.
Heavy Sweaters, all sizes.1 • • • •
Ladies tan high tops Indian tan Shoes.
Ladie^ hose 3 pair for.
Fur Caps, unplucked Nutria.
.. .. $2.25
.. .. 2.50
. . . . 2.50
. . .. 2. >rt
.. .. 1.00
.. .. 4.50
. . . . 85c.
75c. to 3.50
. . . . 1 00
.. .. 1.00
.. .. 7.50
.. .. 1.00
.... 3 00
WE HAVE' A FULL STOCK OF RUBBERS, ARCTICS,
STOCKINGS, SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR.
"‘SURPRISE STORE
NOME’S ONLY CASH STORE
Bring Your Jug s
JUST OPENED
APPLE AND ORANGE
75 CENTS PER GALLON
Polet’s Stores
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torn age entered and cleared at
Nome was exceeded only by two
places In the Territory—Ketchikan
and Cordova.
Alaska Has Rare Metals.
$LAS Ko (oiaJio npen-.u d Aaun(u
Nome is one ol Alaska's most im
portant gold camps. The gold-bear
ing sands of the Nome district are
of enormous extent; they have been
thoroughly prospected and develop
ed and will continue to yield greater
and greater annual returns for gen
erations. It is conservatively esti
mated tiiat tlie gold production of
Seward Peninsula will eventually
total a billion dollars. Tin platin
um. hi muth, antimony, tungsten,
and other rare metals necessary and
vital in the manufacture of war mu
nitions and supplies are found in
tHo district. Tiie section ;o be bene
fitted by these improvements con
tains the only tin mines on the con
tinent. which, during a short space
of time have producer over half a
million dollars worth of metal and
which, with properly encouraged de
velopment, are .susceptible to a very
large expansion. And it 13 this
project lhat makes this particular
item essentially a war measure.
There is at this time we are putting
up, on this very day, in the Terri
tory of Alaska, 250,000,00 cans of
salmon, and if it is possible to get
additional tin it is hoped to make
that product at least 50,000,000
cans more. There is nothing of
moer importance in supporting our
armed forces and supporting our
own people of the allied countries
than an adequate food supply, which
must bo prepared and preserved in
tin.
Fur Trade Grow s.
Nome also ha,s a fur-trading in- j
dustry of large proportions. Some1
years ago a few reindeer were im
ported from Siberia into Alaska,
and to-day there are over 100,000
of them in the Territory. This in
dustry centers at Nome, and while
it is as yet in its infancy, it is.
surely deserved to develop into
enormous proportions and become
one ot the food supplies of the Na
tion. Already considerable rein
deer meat is being shipped to our
Pacific coast ports.
The coast ol Bering Sea :s a very
treacherous one. During the past
17 year,.; over 11,000,000 worth ol' .
shipping lias been lost in the vi'-in
tty of Nome and many lives have
been sacrificed. As the small craft;
have been destroyed, many have not j
bom replaced, owing to the hazard;
and risks involved, and this fact;
lias greatly ictarued the develop-1
ment of this most important sec
tion. The construction of thi- liar- i
bor will put new life and activity
into the exploitation of those new
fields.
These sturdy Alaskan pioneers
who have given the Nation over
a75,000,000 in gold from the tund
ra of Seward Peninsulav who have
opened up an area three times the
size cf the State of Massachusetts
and made it productive, deserve
, ome consideration at the hands of
this Congress. In their behalf I
appeal to you”.
STRIKE NOW OVER
IN CANADA
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OTTAWA, Out., Nov. 9.—The
Minister ot' Labor, the Hon. T. W.
Crothers, announces the award of
the majority of the Board of Concil
iation, which dealt with the strike
of the Great Northwestern Tele
graph Company’s employees. The
strike may now be considered over
but acting or. the advice of the
strike leaders, (he operators will
not return to work until every
striker has been assured of his or
her old position. This is expected
to bo done, and normal conditions
returned to not later than this after
noon.
Let as estimare on your Jon Worl
SOCIALIST BOHN
QUITS HIS PARTY
"NEW YORK, N. Y„ Nov. 9.—
Because he will not subscribe to the
opposition to the war expressed by
the majority in the Socialist Party
ol' New York, Pr. Frank Bohn, a
prominent Socialist, has joined the
number of these who have resigned
from the party rather than aid Ger
many by demanding eirly peace and
eortir.ued criticism of the Govern
ment’s war program.
Dr. Bohn, wkoee father was a
German who fled to America alter
the revolutionary troubles in Ger
many in 1848, is positive that even
a partial victory of German militar
ism would institute militarism and
: ii :
the servile state throughout the
world, and thus make an end of po
litical democracy and ot' the great
hope Socialists have of industrial
democracy in this generation. He
is "quite certain that after German
militarism crushed and the Ger
man people liberated from the
blindness and insanity of the pres
ene, a .way maw easily be found to
reunite all who hold to the prin
ciples we have, until now, advocat
ed together."
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BY DAY, WEEK OR MONTH.
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ORANGES
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BELL PEPPERS
CUCUMBERS
TOMATOES
CASABAS
CELERY
CABBAGE
CARROTS
PARSNIPS
Hot Spring Vegetables
Also Fresh Strawberries
Thorulf Lehmann
RELIABLE TAILOR KHOI\
Under New Jlamisenieut.
Front St., 3 doors west of Alaska
Bank.
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new patrons. We do the best
(LEA \1 N'G, DRESSING,
ALTERING & REPAIRING, j
First class workmanship.. Gent-j
lemens and Ladies Clothes.
WE CAN DO IT.
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