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CHITINA
OVERLAND
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CHITINA, ALASKA
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CAFE and BILLIARD ROOM
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SPACIOUS LOBBY —- STEAM HEATEB
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The Comfort Home of the Interior
T. W. CLONINGER . . A . .
Proprietor Chitina, Alsaka
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FIRST B/ OF CORDOVA
CAPITAL STOCK $26,000
4% on Time Deposits
Our Stockholder* Are ■
S. BLUM GEORGE C. HAZELET
M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
JAFET LINDEBERG ” , .
despository for territorial funds.
The Washington correspondence to
the Seattle Post Intelligencer con
tains the following account of the ex
cellent work being done at the capi
tal In behalf of Cordova by the Dele
gate from Alaska and two of our
townsmen:
Lower cable and telegraph tolls on
the Washlngton-Alaska military tele
gaph nnd cable system Is the subject
of a long conference Delegate Wicker
sham, George C. Hazelet and Donald
A. McKenzie, of Cordova, have had
with Secretary Garrison, of the war
department.
The delegation told the Secretary
of the high rates that now exist. They
pointed out that a cable rate of 24
cents a word between Cordova and
Seattle was unreasonable, and they
asked the secretary for a general re
duction.
The fact that the system had done
imineasureable good to the territory
was dwelt upon by the gentlemen
from Alaska, but they also made it
clear that Alaska is now on the eve
of its real development, and that rea
sonably cheap and efficient methods
of communication are an essential to
that development.
Secretary Garrison frankly said that
he had been trying to give away the
service to the postoflice department,
but he had not succeeded so far. He
told the gentlemen he was in sym
pathy with them in their effort to se
cure cheaper communication. He
then called upon the signal corps for
a full statement as to existing rates,
asking upon what basis the rates are
made and why, and details as to cost
and revenue. That reoprt will be
ready in a few days.
During the talk the secretary said
that, according to the information he
had, it would be necessary to go to
congress next year and ask for an ap
propriation of half a million dollars
to replace the existing cable.
Meanwhile another branch of the
government, the navy, is building up
an efficient wireless service to Alaska,
but unlike the army, it is not permit
ting it to engage directly in commer
cial business, the government having
delegated the commercial business to
the army establishment
In the past few years the navy wire
less has made remarkable advances.
It is the purpose of the department
ultimately to possess six giant plants,
divided between the two hemispheres,
to put a wireless belt around the
globe, and to supplement these sta
tions with a chain of wireless sta
tions on all American coasts. In this
way speedy communication with ves
sels of the navy everywhere in the
world can be secured. Arlington is
one of the "big six.”
“It will not be long,” said Secretary
Daniels, of the navy department, re
cently, "until Alaska will be as close
to the national capital, so far as com
munication is concerned, as Mary
land Is.”
A particularly valuable station of
the navy wireless system is that at
Whitshed, near Cordova, Alaska.
Frequently it has been called upon to
handle business for the army cable
and telegraph service when the cable
is out of commission, and that cable
has been interrupted six times since
last July. Naturally wireless is
cheaper than cable, but the navy
makes no profit on the business, as it
simply charges the army the actual
cost and the nrtny retains the profit
between that cost and the regular tollH
on commercial business.
Experiences of the war in Europe
have convinced the navy that costal
wireless stations should be set back
far enough from the sea coast to be
safe from shell fire in case of attack.
Hence it is arranging for a gradual
shift of its costal stations to better
protected spots.
In the new plans, for example, Ilel
lingham is set down as a highdy fa
vored spot for a large wireless sta
tion In Washington. Eventually a
station of wide radius will be built
there.
Naval officers last summer selected
a spot on the Copper River delta
fifteen miles from Cordova for a new
station to be erected there to sup
plement the Whitshed station. This
new location on the flats, while out of
range of any warship, hy reason of the
shoaling water, has a clear outlook on
the open sea. Further, facing the
gap In the mountains through which
the Copper river flows down from the
Interior, It is also adaptable for In
land communication. In June the
erection of a huge aerial wl,ll be begun
In this location, to be completed next
year. In the meantime new, and lar
ger equipment will be established this
year at Whitshed, and will be re
moved to the new plant next year.
It Is the purpose of the navy to have
an absolutely dependable wireless ser
vice to reach every part of the Alaska
coast, always In touch with the South
coast of United States. As anaval ofll
cers say that atmospheric conditions
for wireless transmission are very fa
vorable on the shores of the north
Pacific a service to and from the state
of Washington is less liable to Inter
ruption than the existing military ca
ble is altogether probable.
If, then, some arrangement could be
made with the government by which
the navy might engage in commercial
telegraphing by wireless and the ex
isting army monopoly broken, quick
service and low rates might result.
RULE
A memorial which asks for a full
territorial form of government for A1
aBka has been Introduced in the Sen
ate hy Senator Millard. It is ad
dressed to the President and the Con
gress of the United States.
The memorial represents:
“That the citizens of Alaska are
a law abiding people and fully capable
of adjusting their own affairs through
their representative body. Under the
Organic Act creating a Legislative
Assembly in the Territory of Alaska,
to confer legislative powers thereow
and for other purposes, we, the peo
ple of Alaska, did not have the power
to legislate through the above men
tioned enabling act that all other ter
ritorial people of the United States
have enjoyed.
“We therefore pray for the fuller
rights conferred upon the people of
other territories by the several acts
of congress pertaining thereto. In
other words, we most earnestly pray
that Congress amend the Alaska Ter
ritorial enabling act to the end, that
the people of Alaska, through their
representatives may have the power
to enact laws as fully as the people
of the territories of New Mexico, Arl
zone, Nevada. Montana and Oklaho
ma, and many other territories of the
United States have enjoyed, and that
of Porto Rico and the Philippines
have, of the outlying districts.
"The people of Alaska understood
that the President of the United
States is heartily in favor of grant
ing the request herein set forth."
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BIG LODE DEVELOPMENT I
AT JUNEAU MINES
It is interesting to draw attention
to the beginning of the new gold pro
duction at Juneau. The whole United
States has in recent years been pro
ducing about $90,000,000 of gold per
annum. A large proportion of this
has been derived from the smelting of
copper and lead ores, much of which
yield a little gold per ton of ore, but
a great deal in the aggregate. Of
gold ores pure and simple the United
States mines about 10,000,000 per an
num. The three companies that are
developing the great lode at Juneau
contemplates the mining and milling
of about 12,000,000 tons per annum,
which is expected to yield about $18,
000,000 in gold. Thus from this sin
gle group of mines will be extracted
more tons of ore than come from all
of the gold mineB of the United States
at present; and they will make an
output equivalent ty 20 per cent of
the entire present production of gold
in the United States. It may be five
years before this program Is realized,
but the stamps of the first 1500 ton
4unlt of the 0000-ton mill of the Alas
ka Gold Go. began dropping on Feb. 18.
SEEK TO REPEAL
OE ALASKA
Dan Driscoll of Fairbanks and A. O.
Shoup of Sitka, members in the House
of the First nnd Fourth Judicial divis
ions, respectively. Introduced a bill
each to repeal the mining laws In Al
aka. An emergency clause is attached
to the Driscoll bill.
Either one of these bills if passed
will leave the mining situation in Al
aska Just where it was before the flrst
territorial legislature convened. In
fact, the United States mining law will
apply without any territorial regula
tions to supplement them.
Following is the bill introduced by
Representative Shoup:
"An act to repeal Chapter 74 (S. B.
No. 11) entitled An Act to supplement
the mining laws of the United States
In their application to the territory of
Alaska; providing for the location and
possession of mining claims in Alaska
and repealing all acts and parts of acts
In conflict therewith to the extent of
such conflicts.
"Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the Territory of Alaska:
“Sec. 1. That certain act of the
Alaska legislature, entitled an act to
supplement the mining laws of the Un
ited States in their application for the
Territory of Alaska; providing for the
location and possession of mining
claims in Alaska and repealing all acts
and parts of acts in conflict therewith
to the extent of such conflicts; approv
ed April .70, 191,7, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. All laws, or parts of laws,
repealed, modified or amendod by said
act are hereby revived.
"Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
immediately upon its passage and ap
proval.”
The one from Representative Dris
coll:
“An act to repeal an act to supple
ment the mining laws of the United
States in their application to the Ter
ritory of Alaska; providing for the
location and possession of mining
claims in Alaska and repealing all acts
and parts of acts in conflict herewith
to the extent of such conflicts, approv
ed April 30, 1913.
"Be It enacted by the Legislature of '
the Territory of Alaska:
"Section 1. That certain act enact
ed by the legislature of the Territory
of Alaska and entitled an act to supple
ment the mining laws of the United
States in their application to the Ter
ritory of Alaska; providing for the lo
cation and possession of mining claims
in Alaska and repealing all acts and
parts of acts in conflict herewith to
the extent of such conflicts, known as
S. B. No. 11, and approved April 30,
1913, is hereby repealed.
"Section 11. An emergency is here
by declared to exist, therefore this act
shall be in force from and after its
passage and approval by the gov
ernor.”
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VALDEZ MINING MEN FILE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Articles of Incoruoratlon were filed
with the secretary of Alaska for the
Honey Boy Mining Company, of Val
dez.
The Incorporators are B F. Millard,
W. R. Millard, G. B. Brubaker, all of
Valdez, and the first board of direc
tors include the above three men with
H. B. Ingram and B. F. Millard.
The capital stock consists of one
million shares of one dollar each.
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