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NOME, ALASKA. SATl RI)AV, MARCH, 29, 1919.
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GETTING
JUNEAU, March 2S-29—The b.ll
authorizing the Territory to engage j
in the shipping business was intro
duced in the House by Representative
Moon.
Senator John Ronan of the Third
Division is the father of a bill to
award all Alaskans who served in
the army or navy during the war a
medal commemorating their services
to the country.
Senator L. Hess introduced a bill
permitting the establishment of a
school district in the territory where
even eight or more pupils reside.
The Senate Finance Committee has!
recommended a bill for a uniform svs- i
■tem of auditing all Territorial Ac
counts and disbursements of the Ter
ritorial government.
The Senate as a Committee of the 1
whole last Thursday discussed Sena-j
tor Sutherland s bill to abolish the
Territorial Publicity Bureau, the
DAWSON', March 25,—What is
claimed to be a worlds record has
been established by the Canadian
Klondike Dredging Co who has oper
ated their dredges thruout the winter,
-excepting days when necessary re
pairs on their machinery had to be
made.
Operators in this district predict
that the spring gold clean up will be
increased fully one third over last
year.
A great influx of people is ex
pected here this summer as reports
received heres tate that all passenger
accomodations for the first trip of tho
Yukon river steamers had been sold
several months ago.
It is expected that much prospect
ing will be done this season, the camp
regaining some of its old boom time
prosperity.
DAWSON, March 25—Arrivals
from Mayo on the Stewart river are
bringing in highly enthusiastic re
ports about t\)e silver prospects which
have been discovered and are now be
ing developed on the Mayo river. De
velopment'work which has been done
has revealed some astonishing values
the ledges being richer and of greater
extent than at first reported.
Those who have examined the
ledges on which development is be
ing dona express themselves as hav
ing unbounded confidence n the per
manency of the discovery and the pre
diction is freely made that the new
camp will soon rival Dawson in its
palmiest days.
The favorable reports received hero
have induced many prospectors to
leave for the new camp and it is pre
dicted that other discoveries will be
made in the new camp.
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IMPORTANT BILLS
PASS LEGISLATURE
JUNEAU, March 25—The Terri
torial Legislature which has been in I
session for more than two weeks, is!
working rather slowly. The impres-|
#ion prevails here that not many bills ]
will be passed during the present ses
sion of the legislature.
The following four bills have been
passed in both houses.
One bill, extending the time for the
operation of the law for territorial
aid to schools located within the in
corporated llmtis of Alaskan munic
ipalities.
One malting a deficiency appro
priation for Alaskan old age pensions.
One bill, giving the governor au
thority to fight epidemics and one,
authorising Alaskan municipalities to
postpone municipal elections when
an epideoii? breaks rut.
The two last named measures are
designed to meet .emergencies, such
as the situation Skagway is confront
ed with at present, the Influenza hav
ing broken outh there last week.
The House has passed an anti-Bol
shevik measure introduced by repre
sentative G. Pennington of the Fourth
Division, making it unlawful to urge
.he destruction of the present form
of American government.
A bill is pending in the senate ta
make the office of Terrtorial Mining
Inspector elective instead of appoint
ive as at present.
An amendment of the present Al
aska eight hour law has been recom
mended for passage by the senate.
This amendment favors the present
eight hour in principle with time am
one half for overtime.
Several bills relating to fishing in
Alaskan waters and memorials urg
ing the Federal government to grant
rul’ Territorial government for Al
o V..* have bee'< submitted
Memorials scoring the Pinchot con
servation policies have also been in
troduced, while many bills are being
prepared for future introduction.
The hottest tight during the present
session followed the introduction by
E. J. White of the First Division, ofj
a resolution endorsing the League of'
Nations. F. Collins of the Fourth Di
vision, republican leader, headed the
opponents of the resolutiin, but was
unable to prevent its passage.
Janies Frawley is president of the
Senate, and T. M. Deed, secretary.
J. P. Daly, is chairman of the Com
mittee on Ways and Means and Scotty
Allan Chairman of the Committee on
Highways.
E. J. White of ihe First Division is
speaker of the House.
THERE IS NONE AS GOOD AS BEVO t
functions of which are to carry on a
publicity campaign for the develop
ment of the Territory. Senator
Sutherland bitterly attacked Governor
Riggs and the so called political ma
chine gang, charging that the Pub
licity Bureau was used for the fur
therance of political aims. Xo other
names are reported to ha.ve been
mentioned during the controversy.
Senators Britt and Ronan declared
that they knew nothing of any poli
tical machine except the one maintain
ed by Wickersham and his republican
supporters. They denied Senator
Sutherlands statements and declared
that he had failed to substantiate his
charges.
The Juneau Labor Union has sent
in a protest against the disestablish
ment of the Territorial Publicity Bu
reau giving it much credit for the
work accomplished in its campaign
o advertise tha resources of Alaska.
Represntative Britt has seijt a
memorial to the Legislature, s&P ’g
that Congress be petitioned to pa 3 a
law to prevent the exterminatie of
the whales in Alaskan waters Eritt
claims that unless the indiscriminate
slaughter of whales is stopped, the
herring fishing which is becor dug j
quite an industry in Alaska wi" be:
greatly interfered with, as the wl ales |
when feeding compel the herring to!
seek safety in shallow waters vhere]
they can easilj be caught by the fish-j
ermen .. White, if the whaled* are j
exterminated the herring bc,.ng able
to find feed anywheres in deep vixter,
the herring f*shing industry would
be ruined.
Pena tor W. 171 Britt'* mem or. ,1 foi
‘be establishment of a tin' Territorial
• m of govor tmont was favoiably
f ported in the senate.
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FOR INCOMPETENCE
WASHINGTON, March 26—It is
reported that Delegate Janies Wick
eraham in a letter to Secretary of the
Interior Franklin D. Lane, dated Jan
ight, scores the administration for
mismanagement of Alaskan affairs.
Delegate Wickersham in his letter
demands the withdrawal of Secretary
Lane from the management of the
Alaska Railroad, alleging that the
work so far carr ed out by the admin
istration has to a great extent been a
failure owing to the incompetence of
the officials in charge of the work and
the political partisanship shown in
the appontment of these officials.
He also charges gross waste and
misuse of the funds appropriated for
construction work. Owing to this un
reasonable railroad rates are being
charged and the settlement of the
JUNEAU, Maxell. 2G—Governor
Riggs sent a special message to the
territorial Legislature today urging
that the Territory enter the steam
boat business to prevent the complete
throttling of the commercial and min
ing activities of the people of Alaska
by the rapacious Steamship Compan
ies.
After reviewing the situation the
Alaska people are confronted with,
owing to the grasping disposition of
the transportation companies and
the losing fight which has for years
been waged by the people of Alaska
individually and collectively to induce
the steamship companies to treat the
Alaska people fairly. Governor Riggs
recommends that the Territorial gov
ernment be empowered to aquire and
place not o exceed four steamships on
the run between ports in Alaska and
the United States.
Governor Riggs' message is looked
favorably upon by the members of the
Territorial Legislature.
JUNEAU, March 26—Senator
Thomas Price of the Third Division
has introduced a bill making the plans
of Governor Riggs as outlined in his
special message to the Territorial
Legislature, effective.
Senator Price’s bill provides for
the establishment of a shipping board
consisting of the Governor, Attorney
General and one Shipping Commis
sioner, the latter to be appointed by
the governor.
This shipping commissioner shall
have had no less than ten years ex-]
perience in the shipping business and;
shall receive a salary of ten thousand
dollars per year.
The Bill provides that out vessel
must run to Nome, and other Bering
Sea ports, one to run to Southwest
ern Alaska ports but may call if
necessary at South eastern Alaska
ports.
Two steamers are to be put oil the
Southeastern Alaska run but may also
call at Southwestern Alaska ports.
The Territorial government is to
make all necessary arrangements to
charter vessels which have been built,
by the U. S. Emergency Fleet Corpor
ation.
It is freely predicted her that this
bill will pass and that little or no op
positon against it will manifest itself,
it least openly.
AMERICAN TROOPS
LONDON, March 29—General W.
[\ Richardson has been given com
mand of the American forces which
Stave been assembled here and arc
toon to leave for Archangel, Ru3sia.
Tite Allied Powers have decided
So dispatch a considerable army to
Archangel to act as reinforcements
mil support the Allied forces which
ire holding possession of Archangel
mil a considerable portion of the ter
ritory surrounding this important
port.
Reports received here lately have
confirmed the rumor that the Allied
forces have been hard pressed by the
Bolshevik forces and that reinforce
ments were needed to hold the Bolshe
siks in check. >
It is at present impossible to verify
he rumor that the Allies, as soon a3
| the American troops have been landed
i intend to assume the offensive.
General Richardson before enter
ing aceive service was President of
the Alaska Road Commission.
ARCHANGEL, March 29—The
first contingent of American soldiers
consisting of a unit of railroad and
! engineering troops arrived here today
| and were immediately aftef debarka
‘ tion dispatched to join the Allied
forces south of this city.
Other transports carrying Ameri
i can troops are expected to arrive
| here in the near future.
The American troops which are be
ing dispatched front England as fast
as transports can be provided for
them are being rushed forward to
strengthen the lines held by the Allies
to prevent the capture of Archangel.
KAROEYI ALIVE
BUDAPEST, llarch 28—Count
Karolyi, former head of the Hungar
ian government who had been report
ed to have been arrested and executed
by the Hungarian Bolsheviks is a!,ive
and well.
He is reported to have been living
on one of his estates during the last
political upheaval in Hungary and
was totally unaware of the report that,
he had been executed by the Jiolshe
i viks.
A XO X-INTOXICATIN' G IlItl.VK
THAT SATISFVS—BEVO
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newly opened territory adjacent to
the railroad delayed.
Wiekersham accuses Secretary
Lane of assisting the Guggenheim in
terests by the establishment of dis
criminatory rates and doing every
thing in his power to forward their
interests.
Wiekersham charges that elaborate
dwellings for officials and clerks have
been constructed costing front 4 to
10,000 dollars each, furnished with
brick fire places for which the ma
terial had to be packed in on horse
back at an enormous expense while
the workers engaged in construction
work, were living in hovels. Such
elaborate residences for the officials
had been erected in several localities
where not even a flagstation would be
established after the road has been
completed.
Wickersham cites other Instance*
of wilful extravagance and malman
agement.
\> AoIlIXCTON, March 2S—In an
other accusatory letter sent by Dele
gate Wickersham to the Secretary of
the Interior Franklin D. Lane charges
the latter with giving leases on Alas
ka coal lauds which gives the holders
a syndicate, a fifty year monopoly of
the Behring river and Katalla coal
fields.
Wickersham calls the Lane Alaska
coal leasing system a monumental
failure which will only tend to deprive
the Territory of reaping the benefits
rrom ot:e of its most valuable re
sources.