ALASKA SCHOOLS
Schools were maintained in 31 dis
tricts outside of incorporated towns,
in the territory during the school year
1914-15, Seven new districts have
been organized during the year, mak
ing a total of 38 at the beginning of
the school year 1915-16. The organi
zation of a number of other districts
is pending, and owing to a lack of
funds three new districts already es
tablished will be without school facili
ties during the school year 1915-16
unless more funds can be secured ^
through Congress.
The 31 schools maintained during j
the year 1914-15 employed 40 teach
ers and had an enrollment of 961. The
cost of maintaining these schools was
$61,426.92. The average number of
pupils per school was 31, the average
cost of maintenance per school was
$1,981.51, and the average cost per
pupil was $63.92.
Besides the schools outside of in
corporated communities, graded
schools are maintained in 14 incorpor
ated towns of the territory. These
are also a number of high schools.
During the school year 1914-15 the 14
schools in the incorporated towns em
ployed 65 teachers and had an enroll
ment of 1,542, including high school
students. The average number of
pupils per school was 110; the aver
age cost of maintenance per school
was $7,586.14, and the average cost
per pupil was $68.87.
" The increase in the number of
school •districts outside of incorpor
ated towns is due, of course, to the
increase of population and is proof of
the statement that the population of
Alaska is now showing a substantial
gain.
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EAGLES, ATTENTION.
Important Eagles’ installation of of
ficers, Wednesday, January 12. Geo.
Dooley, Secretary.
ALASKA LIKELY AS
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MOVE
People who are familiar with con
ditions on the outside, particularly in
Washington and the coast citieR of
that state, are of the opinion that the;
coming spring will see a great migra-J
tion of saloon men to Alaska, The
reason is the closing of the saloons
of that state and of the state of Idaho,
it being stated that as early as last
summer many of the saloon men of the
city of Seattle were contemplating
coming to Alaska to engage in busi
ness as soon as their favorite means
sf obtaining a livelihood was taken
from them in Washington and Idaho.
It is understood that many of
ihose who contemplate the change
made fortunes here in the business
n early days. Therefore, when the
law tells them to move on, as it has
lone, it is the opinion of those who
<now that the saloon men will again
•ome to Alaska, the last frontier.
It is also stated that numbers of
he saloon men are planning to go
o other states and engage in busi
ness. Those who intend to come to
\laska have been watching develop
merits closely here In the matter ol
the railroad, most of them having
stated that they will settle somewhere
along the route If possible.
CORDOVA’S TAX LEVY IS
THE LOWEST
In the year 1915, from reports re
ceived from cities along the coast, il
appears that the assessment will be
at least a million dollars larger this
year, while the average levy will be
almost 1.75 per cent. Fairbanks, as
usual, kept its levy at 1.50 per cent,
but all other large towns in the terri
tory, including Juneau, Nome, Valdez,
Cordova, Seward and others raised to
two per cent.
A few of the smaller towns, such as
Tanana, Iditarod and Eagle did not
make any assessment or levy. While
some people in Fairbanks think that
the levy is too high, the councilmen
think they have done welt to keep it
at 1.50 per cent while other towns
have made raises.—Fairbanks Times.
You are in error, neighbor, so far as
the tax levy at Cordova Is concerned.
Last year it was six mills, and this
year it is only five mills, which is a
record that few towns in Alaska can
boast of. It might be also mentioned
that for two years there was no as
sessment or levy made here.
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Owing to the fact that the nationa
convention will be held next summer
j the political leaders of Alaska, He
i publican and Democratic, are begin
ning to muster their forces together
In the ranks of the Democrats there
appears to be some unrest among a
few, but those in power seem to have
the situation in hand. Their oppone
ents, the Republicans, seem split up
as much as ever during the past few
years, and In the attempt to collect
the party to Its former standing, there
is a strong rivalry for the leadership.
This is true in interior Alaska, and
according to statements made by lead
ing newspapers received from Sew
ard, Valdez and Juneau, appears to
be true on the coast.
Charles Herron, who Is chairman
of the Republican territorial commit
tee, according to the Valdez Prosper: -
tor, recently held a conference with
Valdez Republicans. He stated that
he had been in communication with
a number of the party in other parts
of the territory and they were in
favor of holding the convention at
Seward, during the latter part of
March or early part of April. The
Valdez Prospector also states that
Herron is desirous of eliminating
Delegate Wickersham and Shackle
ford from control of the party, be
lieving this the only way in which
the ranks of the party can be united,
in the past, this paper goes on, Her
ron lias been a staunch supporter of
Shackleford and he may continue to
i be unless the latter tries to saddle
\ Wickersham upon tHe party.
In Fairbanks there are many Re
j publicans w ho believe that Wicker
I sham should be taken back into the
party, provided he proclaims himsell
'a Republican. Others think that lie
| should be pledged to support w hat
i ever candidate the convention would
nominate; while still others think he
should be kept out, on the ground
that he would not abide by the vote
of the majority of the party unless
it was to his own advantage.
Some of tlie Fairbanks Republicans
who have fought the delegate in the
past, have openly declared themselves
as now being in favor of forgetting
the past and getting together, even
if they have to accept Wickersham
as the party leader. Between now
and the first of March the forces will
i be mobilized so that their true
strength will probably he known long
before the convention. — Fairbanks
Times.
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NEWS OF ALASKA TOWNS.
Mrs, Rose Johnson, who has a
homestead In the Matanuska valley,
believes that domesticated strawber
ries can be successfully raised for the
market there, and may decide to try
the experiment next summer.
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I Frank Waskey, writing to Iditarod
friends of the Marshal City camp on
the lower Yukon river, says that
ground yielding better than $6 to the
foot was discovered on No. 1 above
on Willow creek.
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The Ruby Record-Citizen reports
that a shaft has been bedrocked on
Novikaket river in gravel that will
yield $3.50 to the foot. Midnight
creek, in the same district, is also
responding to development work, good
pay having been struck by B. J. Bow
er while doing assessment work.
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A snowslide that swept down the
mountainside at terrific speed demol
ished the blacksmith shop and the
change house and dryroom of the
Alaska Gold Belt Mining Company on
the beach seven miles south of Ju
neau. No one was injured, the black
smith fortunately having Just left his
shop when the avalanche descended.
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The holdings of Duncan McCormick,
Fred Getchell, Odin A. Olson and J.
B. Palmer, which comprises practical
ly the whole of Albert creek, in the
Nelchlna district, have been taken
I over under lease and option by proml
I nent mining men. wintering at Seat
I tie. Under the terms of the deal,
which has been consummated recent
ly, the claim owners are to receive
*120,000, or *30,000 each.
MANY INSPECT PLANT.
The plant of the Lighthouse i'aclf-^
ing Company is now in operation and
attracts many people who are inter
ested in watching the employes can
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