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Nome, Alassa, under the Act of March 3, 1879
Nome, Alaska, December 20, 1915,
You cant call tlio report of Gov i
eruor Strong a piece of political |
work. Apparently the Governor |
lias no political fences to erect oi 1
repair, and hence no axes to grind, j
That’s an achievement in itself but
ho has also succeeded in opening |
new questions which even the ver
satile editors of Alaskan papers
have not even considered. That is
more of an achievement, fc the
Alaskan paper is nothing if not
versatile and discursively versa
tile.
In only one particular indeed can
Governor Strong be said to have
stepped upon the debateable bound
ary of Alaskan politics, and that is
the question as to the status of the
of the legislature and the desirabil
ity of affording it enlarged govern
ing powers as against statehood
which is the pet suggestion of Dele
gate Wickorsham.
Manifestly between the two
Strong's is the more practical sug
gestion; but that’s neither here nor
there.
Governor Strong is no conserva
tionist in the accepted meaning of
the term. Obviously what is known
as Pinchctism is to him as bad an
evil as it is to the Guggenheims,
and he urges opening up of the
coal lands, etc., witli a view of the
early development cf the Territory
Those r.re just as unpopular days
for the conservat'or, policy of Pin
ciiot no ever, nrd the hue and cry is
: (ill hoard to open up everything to
the dospoilerc.
it is just as well to recollect had the!
coal lands been thrown open free- ;
ly and ca 'lv as had the national re- |
sources in other western territories j
ind states, these would now be in i
the hands of a few privet . corpora
tions which would develop them cr
net just a,- they ::aw lit.
The limitations placed upon entry
of the Alaskan coal lands has
worked out to a highly beneficial re
al;. and in but few places can It
bo said that Alaska has been the
loser by reason of Pincbct’em. On
the contrary as long as the good re
mains undone by careful retention
from illegal entry and control Al
aska will profit by it greatly.
There’s a gnernl demand fot
throwing open tv -ryiin Al
aska. and the c i s in
the southeastern papers u pesially.
•’here is tendency to undo v.hat haJ
already been done in the way o£
conservation, and it will be too bad
if the rccommendatlcns of officials
as to tilt- opening of such conserved
national property, succeeded in
(blowing the rich resources cf the
country into the greedy maws that
long to engulf them.
As usual except as to the exist
ence of the natives, tit. report - is
not in any way concerned with the
Hecoud Division. Attention is again
centered upon railroad construction
and upon railroad activities while
the much more serely needed wagon
road and trail construction all over
Alaska finds little expression.
An interesting feature of the re
port is the manner iu which Alaska
is considered completely depedent
upon the federal government. No
thing is considered di* n latikl this
thing is left to local or territorial
initiative; Alaska has to appeal for
more money for schools, more
money fer this, that or the OLher
thing, while year by year and
month by month enormous wer.lth is
taken from the territory without in
any way contributing towards the
material needs of the dountry.
. Possibly that is to be overcome
by the urgent need of the Territory
its declared in the report, for an en
largement of the territorial legisla
tive powers, but certainly as long as
the industrial resources of the coun
try, and control thereof arc in the
hands of the federal government, no
improvement in conditions can bo
expected at the hands of the legis
lature.
The school law passed by tho
last legislature has been found de
fective by the courts; when the
elected representatives of the people
:>f Alaska cannot even legislate on
such a simple subject as that, it is
about time for them to admit that
they have really got no power.
What Alaska has at the present
time is a strictly limited form of
local government, with all the more
important branches removed from
their control. The wisdom of this
may be manifest to some, but it is
not right that the people should
perpetually fool themselves into the
belief that they are governing them
selves. They are doing no such
thing.
If we turn to the Development
Board suggestion of Secretary Lane
and consider for one moment the
the area of the activities of such an
administrative board, we easily di
cover the real authority.
Political power is a myth where
with there does not go industrial
control. The Territorial legislature
has practically no such industrial
control.
The mines, lands, means of trans
portation, fisheries—all those things
upon which is based the reason for
the existence in this latitude of a
population is taken from the legis
lature. The District Judge has in
finitely more power than has the
legislature in an administrative way,
while it is quite clear that the real
government is vested in depart
ments at Washington whoso fiat is
still the directing force in the con
trol of the territory.
The Industrial Worker is not sav
ing that the Territory would make
any sort of a better fist of the gov
erning job than do those Depart
ments. No matter how severely one
may criticize the Departments, it is
possible to do much worse than
they have done. There is no reason
to believe with the influence sc
groat of various interests over the
legislature, that better result?,
would be obtained by giving it amp
1 r powers. It might, but it is a
'.■r.taablo question.
As for taking the Wickersham
idea of statehood seriously, that is
frankly not possible. It is imposs
ible oven to think that Wickersham
has any such notion, but inasmuch
as he pulled off a fairly effective
joke in the form of the Home Rule
bill, and such fairly effective joke
proved mighty effective politics, he
will pull (.ft' another on the state
hood question without being a bti
the worse. He knows what he is
Joing, even if it be more than any
one else does.
The question of the opening up
and development of any new terri
tory is just a question that adjusts
itself to the immediate circum
stances of the country of which it ts
an adjunct. Naturally the opening
up i3 speeded or retarded by the
material resources which it possesses
[6r development, their accessibility,
their ease of operation and other
facts concerning them.
They are but little affected by le
gislation, although it is possibly true
that some delays resulted from the
prevention of syndicates controling
in bulk the coal lands of the differ
ent sections.
Beyond a doubt the real need of
l he country at this time is cheaper
transportation, but that is as muen
i marine as a land question, if not
more so. In fact a railroad built
from tidewater to the Yukon will
solve it not at all. The cheapest
railroad built cannot give as che*,’
rates as could a competitive system
of river boats, but the demand for
supplies is so slight in the interior
that small firms must give way to a
monopolized control which inflicts in
the way of rates all the traffic will
bear. The fact that development do
pends upon discovery and investiga
tion is seen completely In Juneau
There the lowest grade rock in the
world is being mined at a profit
None of the mining companies there
have been retarded by the lack ol
opening of the coal lands or the
turning over of the resources to the
Cunningham claimants in the Ber
ing river coal fields. There a low
rate for transportation has been ef
fectively developed nr<i the prices
prevailing in Juneau a.; compared
with other places not st favuraoiy
located should get the wise minds
of Alaskan editors turned to some
other reason for the backward con
ditions of their camp than the fail
ure to upon up the coal fields. It
will be many a day before Mata
nuska coal, good as it is, can com
pete with the powerful combinai
tions which are behind the develop
ment of B. C. coal, and certainly it
never will compete as industrial
fuel with California crude oil.
Moreover the situation as far as
this Peninsula is concerned is
wholly controlled by the shipping
companies. Behind their high rates
what reason stands may be due to
the limited extent of freight offer
ed; but none the less it is the crux
of the situation.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION.
NO. 0140.
In the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, December 2, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that
Charles McIntosh, of Nome, Alaska,
! as successor in interest of E. L.
West, who on the 30th day of
July, 1907, filed in this office Coat
Land Declaratory Statemont No. 4,
for the E. L. West Coal Claim, has
filed in this office his application to
purchase said land under the Act of
Congress, approved April 2 8th,
1904, amendatory to the Act of
June 6tli, 1900, extending the coal
land laws to the District of Alaska,
said coal claim being in the Noatak
Kobuk Recording Precinct, Alaska,
and designated as U. S. Survey No.
453, and more particularly de
scribed in the field notes and plat
now on file in this office, as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1, iden
tical with N. W. loc. cor. on face of
bluff on shore of the Arctic Ocean:
said corner being impracticable to
maintain because of danger from ice
and snow in winter, a witness
corner is established 10.08 chs.
south from same on line 1-4,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 1 bears S.
15 deg. 32 min. W. 9.96 chs;
thence east, var. 22 deg. 45 min.
E. 40 chs. to Cor. No. 2, identical
with N. E. loc. cor., a fir post 4 in.
sq. 4 ft. long, in earth and stone
mound, scribed E. L. W. Cor. 2,
on S. W. face; thence South, Var.
22 deg. 30 min. E. 40 chs. to Cor.
No. 3, identical with S. E. loc. cor.
a fir post 4 in. sq. 4 ft. long, in
earth mound, scribed Cor. 3, E. L
W. on N. W. face; thonco West, Var,
22 deg. 30 min. E. 40 chs. to Cor.
No. 4, identical with S. W. loc. dbr.
on line 1-2 Gertrude West Coal
Claim a sand stone 24x12x5 Inches
chiseled cross on top surface foi
true point, and Cor. 4 E. L. W.
on N. E. face, earth mound on N.
side of came; thence North, Var
22. deg.. 45. min.. E. 29.92 chs.
Witness Cor. to Cor. No. 1, a sand
stone 28x12x4 inches, 14 inches in
ground, cross chiseled on top for
true point and W. C. Cor. 1, E. L.
W. on N. face, with stone mound 30
inch base, 18 inches high along
side, 40 chs. to Cor. No. 1 and
place of beginning; containing an
area of 160 acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the land described, or de
siring to object for any reason for
the entry thereof by applicant,
should file their affidavits of pro
test in this office c.- or before six
months after the expiration of the
period of publication of this notice.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register U. S. Land Office.
Date of first publ., Dec. 4, 1915. .
Date cf last publ., Feb. 5, 1916.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT NO. 0284.
In the United States Land Office at
Nome, Alaska, October 23, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Frank
Dolan, a citizen of the United
States, over the age of 21 years,
whose post office address is Nome,
Alaska, has made application be
fore the United States Land Office
at Nome, Alaska, for a Unitecb
States Patent for the Kathleen
Placer C|aim in the Cape Nome
Mining District, Alaska, being Min
eral Survey No. 1157; said claim
being more particularly described
in the field notes and plat of the
j official survey thereof now on file
j in said Land Office at Nome, Alas
ka, as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identi
cal with N. E. Cor. of location,
with Cor. No. 2 Bur. No. 478, Bella
Fraction Placer and with Cor. No.
4 Sur. No. 418, No. 13 Dexter
Creek Placer, being a fir post 4
ins. sq. 2 ft. above ground, in
mound of earth, scribed 2 478 B
F, 4 418; 1, 1157 K. for Cor. No.
1 of this survey, whence U. S. Loc.
Mon. No. 4 bears N. 78 deg. 56 min
i 30 sec. E. 5467.50 ft. U. S. Geolog
ical Sur. Mon. on King Mt., bears
N. 26 deg. 29 min. E about 1.5
miles; thence S. 35 deg. 41 min.
W. (Var. 18 deg. 37 min. E.)
653.00 ft. to Cor. No. 2, a fir post
3.5 ft. long 4 ins. sq. set 21 ins. in
ground scribed 2 1157 K, with
.mound of earth 24 ins. base, 16
ins. high around same; thence S.
183 deg. 40 min. W. (Var. 19 deg.
[00 min. E) 788.00 ft. to Cor. No.
3, a schist stone 24x12x3 ins. set
12 ins. in the ground, chiseled 3
11157 K, with cross (x) cn top sur
face for true point, with mound
of earth 24 ins. base, 16 ins. high
north side of same; thence N.
0 deg. 33 min. W. (Var. 19 deg.
25 min. E) 558.30 ft. to Cor. No.
4, a schi3t stone 24x12x6
ins. set 12 Ins. in the
ground, chiseled 4 1157 K,
with crors (x) cut '.n tep fer true
point with mound of earth 24 ins.
base 16 ins. high, north side of
same; thence N. 87 deg 04 min.
E. (Var. 19 deg. 00 min. E)
■H-471.00 ft. to Cor No. 1, plrce of
beginning, containing an area of
11.88 4 acres.
Said claim is situated on unsur
veyed ground on the divide between
Grass Gulch and Specimen Gulch,
about 5.75 miles N. 13 deg. E. from
the town of Nome, in the Cape
Nome Recording Precinct, Alaska.
Is in Latitude 64 deg. 34 min. 45
sec. North and Longitude 165 deg.
21 min. 00 sec. West.
U. S. L. M. No. 4 to which said
claim is tied :s a limestone block,
about 4xG ft. 6 ft. high, chiselea
U. S. L. M, No.4 on top surface
i with mound of stone cn same. Is
| situated on the south or right bank
of Dexter Creek, about 140 ft. south
of same and about 1000 ft. Westerly
from mouth of Joe Gulch, in Lat.
64 deg. 3 5 min. N. and Lcng. 165
deg. 19 min. W. in Cape Ncme Re
cording Precinct, Alaska.
The original location notice of
said claim is recorded in Vol. 168
Page 2S2, records of said district.
The adjoining claims are, on the
North Summit Bench Placer, un
surveytd, cn the Ens*, South and
West, unsurveyed claims, claimants
unknown.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely said mining ground or any
part th reof, are hereby required to
file their adverse cl iims, according
to law, in said United States Land
Office at Nome, Alaska, within the
time prescribed by law.
G. A. ADAMS.
Register.
Date cf first publ., Oct. 25, 1915.
Date cf last publ., Dec. 26, 1915.
ORGANIZED LABOR.
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
Local Union 1789, Carpenter! and
oinem of America, meets every Fri
day at A1 Orland’a shop Front St.
Carpenter’s Headquarters, Feder
al Labor Hall.
Ht 8 p. m.
FEDERAL LABOR UNION.
No. 12631, American Federation
>f Labor, meets every Monday at
7:30 p. m. in the F. L. U. Hall.
A. DOOSE, Pres.
JENS OLSEN, Sec’y.-Treas.
WESTERN FEDERATION OF
MINERS.
Headquarters 606 Railroad Build
ng, Denver, Colorado.
■■HAS/ MOYER, ERNEST MILLS,
President. Sec.-Treas
LOCAL 240. W. F. M.
The regular meeting of the Nome
Mine Workers’ Union, Local No.
240. of the W. F. of M., is held
every Saturday evening at 8 p. m. at
Miner’s Hall. Office hours 1 p. m.
to 6 p. m., 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
JOHN A. WILSON, President
ANDREW BECK, Sec.-Treas
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