UNPOPULAR LAW!
PENSIONS I
The revised territorial pension law,
conceived and put into operation by
the last legislature, hah had the effect
of cutting down the pension roll of
the territory to a very considerable
extent, many of the old-timers who
received territorial assistance under
the old law having refused to con
tinue to accept pensions under the
new conditions imposed. The new
law provides that all pensioners shall
deed their property to the territory,
the object of the objectionable -provi- j
sion being to eliminate imposters from j
the pension roll.
As a matter of fact, and many mem- j
hers of the legislature are now willing
to admit it, the provision excludes
many worthy old-timers entitled to
pensions, and who object to deeding
away property which some day may
make them independently rich. Nearly
every old-timer owns more or less
mining ground of unproved value, and
the majority of them are reluctant to
part with it, confident that some day
they will locate the pay or be able to
dispose of the ground to advantage.
They need the pension money, but
they prefer to do without it rather
than surrender claims upon which
they have expended years of labor in
assessment work and prospecting.
Some idea of the effect the law is
having may be gathered from a state
ment issued by Commissioner Reed
Heilig of Fairbanks. He reports that
the pension checks received by him
for the January quarter numbered only
eleven, just half as many as were is
sued for distribution in the Fairbanks
district before the new law was
passed. And it is reasonable to as
sume that similar conditions prevail
in other sections of the territory.
Senator Dan Sutherland explained
the situation when he was in Nenana
recently, and expressed the belief that
the next legislature would eliminate
the objectionable provision from the
law.
MONTHLY REPORT
Of City Clerk for Jahuary, 1920
Balance on hand last report..$18,518.89
Received for rent of city
hall .. 70.00
Total .$18,588.89
Expenditures—
Fire department .$ 432.50
Police department . 181.00
Cleaning and repairs to
streets and sidewalks. 133.40
Public health . 25.00
Expense . 110.00
Publishing and printing. 57.15
Lights . 177.95
Total .$ 1,117.00
Leaving a balance on hand
Feb. 1, 1920.‘17,471.89
Bills Ordered Paid
At a regular meeting of the com
mon council of the town of Cordova,
held at the town hall Monday evening,
February 2, 1920, the following bills
were ordered paid:
Jack Rice .$ 2.50
Thomas Alton . 6.00
William Tiernan . 85.00
J. L. Braxton . 3.50
H. C. Leheman . 3.00
William Hesse . 53.40
Charles Cerney . 16.00
Ed Lee . 22.00
Frank Hines . 2.00
K. G. Robinson . 60.00
F. H. Foster ..'.. 50.00
Dr. W. H. Chase . 25.00
Fred Frederickson . 25.00
Harry Nettleton . 200.00
George Stewart.:. 175.00
Empress Theater . 23.00
Alaska Transfer Company. 35.00
Alaska Public Utilities. 275.15
Tom Cloninger .. 6.70
Cordova Daily Times ...\. 7.00
K. G. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk.
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