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H. G. STEEL
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1918.
SCHEDULE ENDANGERED.
Before construction work on the gov
ernment into the Alaskan coal field
is resumed this spring, the importan
question of the method to be used it
transporting supplies and laborer!
must be decided. East year the gov
ernment transport Crook and tw<
barges operating between Seattle anc
Anchorage performed all the transpcr
tation work for the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission.
The Crook, which is of about 3500
'ons capacity, was put into this service
by arrangement with the war depart
ment at a time when the government
had no demand for vessels. As a mat
ter of fact the Crook had been lying
idle for a number of years wheu she
was turned over to the Alaska Rail
road Commission.
Now, however, there Is an urgent
need for the Crook elsewhere. One of
'he pricipal tasks of the Shipping
Board is to see that every vessel in
the merchant service under the Ameri
can flag is carrying full cargoes, so
that as many as possible may be requi
sitioned by the government and put to
direct use on the Atlantic in the war
against Germany.
The government already has taken
over hundreds of privately owned ves-j
sels, and it is spending hundreds of;
millions of dollars in building ships'
.in order to provide sufficient tonnage
to transport men and supplies to Eu
rope. That the Crook can easily be
spared for this service is evident.
.During the season of railroad con
struction the steamships of the Alaska
Steamship Co. and the Pacific Steam
ship -Go. leave Seattle for Anchorage
ami, waypdft$ with* only partly filled
holds. Their heavy cargoes are on the
lYe?drn as they take on cop
per risk and mher products. They,
therefore, ai-e hi u position to meet!
every rkfjuirmeht of the Railroad Coni-'
mission’s transportation nfeeds. And1
they can do it at a jess cost to the1
, ' grazing and farming land remain I
’ be utilized: deposits of oil have n<
- been tapped or systematically pro
pected: scarcely any water power hn
J been harnessed for manufacturin'
> and on every hand and in every sc
* tion lie dormant vast riches which ta
j the imagination, awaiting pioneer cap
| tal and enterprise and remedial iegisl
i tion. A few years ago Alaska was r<
. mote and practically inaccessible, ii
> habited by a few roving prospectoi
• and trappers. No other frontier i
f Uncle Sam's domain has experience
( such rapid and permanent develo;
I ment. The old days of gambling quid
1 ly passed and the whole nation sat u
j and took notice when the territor
voted itself dry a year ago. Boys bor
' in Alaska are now serving their com
j try at the front, and Alaska has give
more liberally per population for ever
patriotic movement than any othe
American community.—Juneau Kn
j hire.
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THE WORLD DOTH MOVE.
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Launched in Seattle and Portlan
i during the month of January was
I total of near 75,000 tons of merchan
j ships. As a matter of historic con
parison. it is extremely interesting ti
know that this total is greater that
the total of all the ships engaged ii
the campaign of Marc Antony, Oc
tavius and Cleopatra, combined wit!
the world famous Spanish Armada, o
J the caravels which brought Oolunibu:
i and his friends to America, and of th»
1 Mayflower which landed the Pilgrin
‘ Fathers at Plymouth.
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ST. VALENTINE’S DAY
Memory’s Day.
St. Valentine’s is Memory day
For some of us who hold
A bit of satin put away
Engraved in tarnished gold
“From one who gives his heart to you
And vows forever to be true.”
V -«v .i*v
St. Valentine’s is Memory’s day;
We watch the rising sun,
With lips that vainly strive to pray
Their Lord, “Thy will he done.”
Love was so sweet, so brief its state,
And it is hard, so hard, to wait.
St. Valentine’s is Memory’s day,
Yet, like to that above.
Is blooming by an earthly way,
A long-remembered love.
And tender are the eyes that shine
Tear-gemmed, above a valentine.—Ex.
Work of Cupid.
The valentine habit is growing a
jit cobwebby. In these feverish times
if efficiency and speed if Romeo loves
l maid he grabs her by the shoulder,
timwq her into a deen-breathine buzz
INCREASE PDWER
; IF TERRITDR
: C0VERNMEN1
n _
il
>- The bill introduced in the house o
representatives on January 19 last b;
P, Delegate Sulzer of Alaska, entitle!
y,"A bill to provide the full terrtroila
11 form of government for Alaska,” pro
''(vides that the territory shall be en
n dowed “with such legislative power
y as have heretofore been given to ant
r exercised by the other territories o
1‘ the United States: Provided, Tha
congress may at any time divide saic
territory, change its boundaries, ere
ate one or more territories from the
area embraced therein, or enable al
1 j or any part thereof to erect a statt
i' government.”
tj Section 2 provides that the capital
- of the territory shall be maintained at
),Juneau.
i The duties of the governor, which
i are practically identical with those
•j now exercised by him, are prescribed
ijin Section 3. The duties of the secre
' | tary of the territory, likewise similar
ijto those under the present law, are
‘ dealt with in Section 4.
The powers and authority of thg
legislature are defined in Section 5.
The next legislature after the passage
of the act is to consist of the same
number of members as at present, but
beginning with the second legislature
to be chosen after the going into effect
of the act the senate shall consist of
fifteen members and the house or rep
resentatives of thirty members.
Twelve of said senators and twenty
four of said representatives are to be;
elected from legislative districts to be
be provided for, and three of said sen
ators and six of said' representatives I
shall be elected from the territory atj
large. The legislature is directed to i
divide the territory into1 twelve legis-j
lative districts of as nearby equal pop-|
ulation and contiguous territory as j
possible, and each district shah be I
entitled to elect one senator ani\*^o
representatives; under certain circum
stances the legislature may Lr-jiude
two or more legislative districts tti
one. In addition to other qualifica
tions, all members of the legislature
must have the qualifications of an elec
tor of the territory. The senate anti
house are to be the sole judges ef elec
tion returns and the qualifications of,
their members. The date of the elec
tion is changed, both for members of
government than can the Crook.
In removing the Crook, therefore;!
the government not only would obtain’
a good vessel for its vitally important
war needs, but it would be putting into
practice its policy of Hooverizing on
cargo space by filling the holds of the
north-bound vessels of the established
lines. These vessels have to go North
anyway to bring Alaska products and
to fulfill mail contracts, and it is nec
essary that they continue in the serv
ice.
It has been intimated that at least
one of the companies now operating
to Anchorage contemplates discontinu
ing this service if the Crook is put
back on the Alaskan run next spring.
It is understood that the company in
tends to operate its steamships no
longer up Cook Inlet because it feels
that the Anchorage business is not
sufficient to warrant the expense of
the long run to that port when all the
government supplies are being handled
by the Crook.
The curtailment of any regular
steamship service to Anchorage of
course would work a hardship on the
people of that community, especially
in view of the fact that the Crook is
operating only temporarily and is con
fining its activities to handling gov
eminent supplies.—Railway and Ma
vine News.
PRETTY GOOD INVESTMENT.
During the past 15 years, accordinj
A© totals figured from statistics pre
pared by the United States Custom:
Service, the total trade value of Alas
ha reached a total of $1,619,775,52(3
representing $1,044,533,845 for export
and $575,241,675 for imports. This i
a pretty good investment for the oi
iglnal price o#$7,200,000 paid Russi
by the United States government fo
Alaska. And remember this startlin
wealth has been produced by the ei
terprise of a white population of neve
more than 65,000, and, taking an ave
age for the 15 years, considerably les:
Of this great wealth mining, which fij
ures largely, is still in its infandy. Tb
extensive coal deposits have not bee
mined as yet beyond a few tons ft
local consumption. The forests hat
scarcely been touched. Vast areas <
wagon and breaks the road limit to the
local Grena Green. He doesn’t sit in
a little back room and blush to himself
as he puts her address to an envelope
containing a dainty lace-curtained por
trayal of Cupid shooting an arrow 1
into a little pink heart. The blus was
over his own effrontery and also over
the fact that Cupid had very little on
save his quiver and a bath towel.
But what used to be called modesty
is now listed as prudishness. The
I average maid of today doesn’t blink
at a flock of Cupids, Psyches, Venuses
j or Dianas. She can mingle on equal
! terms with the undressed parade at
| the seaside and she has her picture in
j the pink pages showing nothing much
I but her legs and teeth. She gossips
| about eugenics and birth control much
I as the girl or old did about Little
i Goldenlocks and the three bears. If a
I sweetheart should send her a little
box-couch effect made of lace paper,
.hearts and pink roses she would yawn
him off the premises.
So it is that the old-style valentine
is pretty much numbered with the,
slain. The very young, the very old,
the very modest and the quaintly ro-j
mantic, may-dndulge, but not your lat
ter day lovers. The day of St. Valen
tine may be remembered by gifts to
sweethearts, but they are more apt to
be silver cigarette cases or cocktail
sets rather than the filmy Cupids of
other days.—Los Angeles Times.
TO MO GOVERNMENT BY
- TESTING MINERALS FREE
»
s MISSOULA, Mont., Feb. 14—To as
i sist the government in its war-making
efforts by the discovery of new min
i eral deposits in this state the geology
r department of the University of Mon
? tana has offered to identify any min
l- erals sent to the university by people
r of this state.
•- Ore bearing tungsten, manganese,
i. mercury, antimony, platinum, oi
!- molybdenum, chomite mineral and de
e posits of sulpher or nitrate are es
n pecially desired, the department has
r announced, and large fields of mineral
e deposits in the state are still unex
>f plored.
l>
;he legislature ami for delegate in con
gress, to the first Tuesday in October,
ind the legislature is to convene on
;he second Monday in January, and re
main to session not longer than sixty
lays in any two years,, unless convened
in extraordinary session by the gov
ernor.
In subsequent sections of the bill the
powers of the legislature are defined
and the mode of election of its of
ficers and employes set forth, in all e£
which details the present enabling act
is followed with a few exceptions.
New Powers Granted
Section 12 provides that the legisla
tive power of the territory shall extend!
to all rightful subjects of legislation
not inconsistent with the constitution
and laws of the United States and gen
eral laws as applicable to the terri
tories, and which are not locally inap
plicable to the territories, and which
are not locally inapplicable; but no
law shall be passed interfering with
the primary disposal of the soil; no
tax shall be levied upon the property
of the United States; nor shall the
lands or other property of non-resi
dents be taxed higher than the lands
and other property of residents, noi
shall any discrimination be made in
taxing different kinds of property, but
all property subject to taxation shall
be taxed to proportion to Its value:
Provided, That nothing herein shal
be held to prohibit the levying anc
collecting license or special taxes it
the territory from persons, co-partner
ships, corporations or associations en
gaged in any business therein, or o
levying taxes on the production o:
gross or net incomes of persons, co
pertnerships, associations or corpora
tions engaged in mining, the fishin)
industry or other lines of business
The legislature shall not grant to an;
person, co-partnership, association o
corporation any special or exclusiv
privilege, immunity or franchise, no
shall It grant private charters or privi
leges, but It may by general act pei
mit persons to associate themselves tc
gether ae bodies corporate for mani
facturlng, mining, agricultural o
other Industrial pursuits, for the coi
duct of the business of Insurance, sa>
togs banks, banks of discount and d<
posit (but not of Issue), loan, trus
and guaranty assoefctttoris, for the--ton
atrnction of wagon* roads, vessels amt
irrigation ditches, oar other lawful busi
nesses; for the establishment and can
duct of cemeteries; colleges, seminar
ies, churches, libraries or any other
benevolent, eriarita&fe. fraternal or'
scientific association;;: nor shall the
legislature or any municipality inter
fere with or attempt in any wise to
limit the acts af< congress to prevent'
and punish gambling, and' ail gambling,
implements shali be seized' by a United1
States marshal or any off his deputies,
or any constable or poHce officers, and'
destroyed: Provided', That nothing*!
herein shall be held to limit the power!
of the leislatugr tf-onr passing laws for.
the more effectual! suppression of gam-.'
bling; nor shall' spirituous or intoxi
cating liquors Be manufactured or
sold except under such regulations and1
restrictions as congress shall provide;
Provided further, That nothing herein*
shall be held to* limit the power of:
the legislature from (Missing laws to*
submit to a vote- of the people- otf
Alaska the prohibition of the sale and?
manufacture of ihtoxieating liquor it*
the territory; nor shall any public
money be appropriated by the terri
tory or any county or municipal cor
poration therein for the support of any
sectarian, denominational or private
school, or any school not under the
exclusive control of the government;
nor shall the government of the terri
tory of Alaska, or any political or mu
■ nicipal corporation or subdivision of
the territory make any subscription to
I the capital stock of any incorporated
■ company, or in any manner tend its
• credit for the use thereof; that all au
- thorized indebtedness shall be paid In
* the order of its creation; no tax shall
be levied for territorial purposes in ex
r vess of 1 per centum upon the as
r sessed valuation of property therein
» in any one year; nor shall any incor
r porated town or municipality levy any
- tax for any purpose in excess of 2 per
- centum of the assessed valuation of
- property within the town in any one
. year, nor shall any oounty in any one
r year levy any tax for any purpose in
i- excess of 2 per centum of the as
- sessed valuation; And provided fur
i- ther, That the legislature may provide
t for the levying of additional territor
tel, municipal or county taxes Sy vote
of the people, to which case the pur
pose for which the money is desired
to be expended sfrall be stated in the
call for the election and expressed on
the ballot in such manner as to- make
the purpose clear to the electors.
Power Extended Over Fisheries
In additmn to the powers which the
territory has heretofore been author
ized to exercise, its tegislative power
shall extend' to and* over the fish and
fisheries of the territory of Alaska and
the waters thereof, and all wild’ ani
(mals and birds therein, and the-legis
lature may pass lwws for the protec
tion, conservation! and regulation
thereof and may control the domesti
cation of *n> wild animals aird birds
of the territory: And provided fur
ther. That the territorial legislature
shall not exercise any control; over th«
fur seals cut the Prfbiloc islands: And
provided fsrther, That nothing herein
shall be soeonstriaed as to prevent the
courts now existing or that may here
after be created iia said territory from
enforcing within their respective juris
dictions all laws passed by the legis
lature wtfthin the power conferred upon
it, the same as it such laws were
passed hy congress, nor to- prevent the
legislature passing lawn imposing ad
ditional duties not, inconsistent with
the present duties of their respective
offices upon the governor, marshals,
depu-y marshals, clerks of the district
courts, the United States commission
ers acting as justices of tne peace,
judges of probate courts, recorders and
eoroners, and providing the necessary
expenses of performing such duties,
and in the prosecution of all crimes
denounced by territorial laws the cost
shall be paid the same as now or may
hereafter be provided by act of con
gress providing for the prosecutions
of criminal offenses in said territory,
except that in prosecutions growing
out of any revenue law passed by the
legislature the costs shall be paid as in
civil actions, and the prosecutions
shall be in the name of the territory.
Federal Sanction Not Required
Section 16 provides that “all bills
passed by the legislature shall, in or
der to be valid, be approved by the
governor,” and no provision is made
for federal sanction of legislation. The
salaries of the territorial officers, in
cluding members of the legislature,
are to be paid by the federal govern
ment.
Authority is given to the legislature
to provide county form of government,
counties to be created whenever three
fiflhs of the qualified voters residing in
a certain area vote in favor of 3uch
action.
May Abolish Dlacriminatory Tames
Section 23 provides that the terri
torial legislature may remove all
license charges or taxes of nature or
kind whatsoever that have been levied
specially against the people or prop
erty of "Alaska, and that are not gen
erally applicable throughout the coun
try.
Another section provides that two
additional judges may be appointed,
one far the Hirst division aad one for
the TfUird division, and that the terri
torial1 legislature may create additional
probate, justice and other inferior
counts.
An additional delegate- in congress
also is provided for. Until otherwise
provided by the legislature, one dele
gate is to be elected #rom the First
and Third divisions and one from the
Second and Fourth divisions.
The enabling act of 1912 and all
other acts or parts of acts In conflict
with this act are repealed.
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“HAVE SOMETHING?”
“I’LL TAKE A STAMP.”
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 14.—“Let's
drop in somewhere and have some
thing on me?"
“All right, we’ll go across to the
bank there. I’ll take a thrift stamp.’*
“I’ll take the same.’
This may be typical of some conver
sations which may be heard in the fu
ture if a movement started recently
spreads. Already a number of men
have pledged themselves to stand by
this program.
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The Overland hotel, at Chitina.
which is conducted by Fred Handy,
has been thoroughly renovated and is
popular among the traveling public.
When In Chitina stop at the Overland.
Him if Alina
j
THE TIN CAN OR THE STOCKING WILL NOT PROTECT
YOUR SAVINGS IF YOU ALLOW OUR GOVERNMENT
1 TO LOSE.
™E w^™StSITY F0R PUTTING YOUR SHOULDER TO
IS REAL> IP YOU ARE A FRIEND DON’T
a iF Y0U ARE AN ENEMY BE FRIENDLY
anuhelp save what you have. BUY GOVERN
ISSUES AND PUT THE BALANCE IN CIR
CULATION BY DEPOSITING WITH
I Bank of Alaska
ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $105,500.00
“AN INSTITUTION OF STRENGTH AND CHARACTER
! If You
ARE LAID UP IN THE HOSPITAL
YOUR EARNING POWER
Stops
I Does your Insurance cover you? If not
Get a IN 1 P0LICY IN THE J- D- Hollenbeck
O A NORTHERN LIFE District Agent, Cordova