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TUESDAY. JANUARY 7, 11*10
ASSESSMENT WORK
Judge Thomas H Lyons, formerh
I’nited States district judge at June; u
says former Delegate James Wicker
sham is wrong when he says the res
olution passed by congress ahrogat
ing for 1!' 17 and 1D1S tin* requirement
that assessment work he done on uti
perfected mining claims does not up
ply to Alaska. A letter from Judg*
Hayden of Seward, who is manager of
a company holding claims on K**na
peninsula, says his company was
alarmed by the declaration of Judg*
Wickersham. and lie asked Judge Ly
oils for an opinion on th*1 subject. Hf
writ* s that Judge Lyons, after look
ing up the facts and the law. gave it
as bis opinion that there is no ques
tion that Alaska claim holders do not
have to do assessment work, and that
they m..; rest in absolute assurance
that tJieir rights will be safe if they
coii»jJ> with the requirements of the
resolution. Nenana News.
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THE GEOLOGIST VERSUS THE
MINING ENGINEER
All throughout the history of min
ing in Alaska th** government geolo
gist has played a very important part
V;• n> of the big di-enveries that hav*
been made resulted directly from fol
lowing th. advice oifered by govern
merit men There are many who
hav* he a loath to give th*1 technical
m* n th 1 Ii*. but th great majority
of tli" : tding mirit.' men bar! up
tin* records and credit such men as
Dr Alfred H Brooks with having
called the turn mi most of tin* camps
in th* interior of Alaska Such men
have become exceedingly popular
with the intelligent prospector, be
pause of the knowledge that they pos
• > and their willingness to pass on
th«• i. opinions to tiio. -» who an* work
ing to find the* minerals. The major
ity of the present-day miners and pros
pectors wish that there might be
more men of the same caliber placed
in Alaska, that more discoveries
might be made.
They would help to locate the pay
dirt, and in this way give invaluable
service to tin* prospectors. Hut after
the discoveries have been made the
mining ground becomes an all-impor
tant part of the game, and how many
have met with failure at this stage
because of tile excessive costs of their
mining venture. They have found
that mining in the best way that they
know, the costs of their operations
still far exceeded the value of the
products In this way the need of a
man who is well versed in the modern
and most efficient methods of mining
has been borne in upon them. The
geologist may have told them of the
formation, hut they also need tin- ad
vice of the expert in mining methods
before they are ready to carry on pay
ing operations. At this point the min
ing engineer would come in and would
prove his worth. Not only is he as j
well trained in practical field geology
as the regular member of the I’nited (
States Geological Survey, hut further, i
he is trained in the various methods j
of mining, the best ways of treating |
various kinds of ground, and conse
quently would be of much greater ma
terial aid to the prospector and would
be miner than is the plain geologist.
There is a field for both, but the min
ing engineer is eminently well fitted
for this particular country at this
The geologist usually works for
either universities or the government,
hut the great majority of the gradu ,
ales of the milling engineering schools I
| go to work for private corporations at
j salaries much in excess of those paid
j by the government or the universities.
This very fact demonstrates their
practical value in mining districts, hut
it shows that it would cost the gov
ernment more to send them here than
it would to send the geologist. If the
government can lie induced to send
expert mining engineers to Alaska,
with all the assistance that they may
need, the people of Alaska may well
j feel that one of the greatest possible
I aids has been rendered to the terri j
5 lory by the t’nited States government ;
And the hopeful part of it all is that
! there is every reason to think that j
'they will he sent, and in the not far I
distant future, too
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Not Even in Holland
We do not suppose that anywhere
in the wide world by this time next
year will there lie a turned-up mus
tache Grand Rapids Press.
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The Result
Dyer D Dr. Deum well up ill his
I profession? t
Ryt-r What lie doesn't know about
im;dicine would till a cemetery.
Judge
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Inexpensive Tonic
"What is the best appetizer you
j know of?" asked Smith.
"Tile absence of the price of a
meal." replied Jones. Knoxville Jour
nal and Tribune.
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If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier hoy report your
new address to the office.
Speakers’ Bureau of National Security
League Arouses People to Patriotism
By MRS. T. J. PRESTON, Formerly Mn. Grover Cleveland
The speakers’ bureau of the National Security !
■ league is not work of my choice, but, in assuming its j
duties as the successor of my husband, Doctor Preston,
who organized it two years ago, 1 am guided by the j
principle by which I believe we should all be actuated '■
in taking up work of this character. It seems to he for
the moment the thing for me to do.
It is with no little trepidation hut, owing to its
great importance, with great interest and enthusiasm
that I undertake this work. I am eager to maintain I
ami carry out the admirable organization which I find I
here, and to extend, as the exigencies of this crucial tune in the propa- j
gamin of patriotism demand, the opportunity to reach every (Mis.-ihle
listener and to increase the numbers of speakers whom we can send out 1
with the guaranty of the National Security league -speakers who, since
the bureau has been in existence for a considerable period of time, have 1
been thoroughly tried out, and who are all kept up to the propaganda of |
the hour in these swiftly changing times.
Our speakers form an ever-growing group of overseas soldiers, states- i
men, writers and hundreds of other effective speakers not so well known,
nil selected for ability to arouse audiences to patriotism. We are arrang
ing for local meetings and routing speakers all over the United States
as far as the Pacific coast.
We are equipped to furnish to every type of meeting, from the large
mass meeting to the small group, clubs, banquets, shops, stores, schools,
halls, churches, etc., and such open-air meetings as for one reason or
another arc not covered by the “flying squadron,” an organization brought
into the National Security league to look after out-of-door meetings, for
which it has a corps of especially trained speakers.
We are able to supply speakers in twenty different languages. Our
meetings number more than ten a day.
I shall give painstaking attention to the details of meetings, to the
qualifications of our speakers and to fitting the right man or woman to
the appropriate audience, and continue to employ the absolutely business
methods of routine which I find prevailing.
TOWN CLERK’S REPORT, DEC. 31, 1918
RECEIPTS
From Council 191718 . $ 8.4'U is
From t'nited States government licenses 4.'234.30
From rent I 3n nil j
From police eourt lines 217.00
From miscellaneous receipts 55.00
From municipal tax, 1918 15,1.38 50
DISBURSEMENTS
Foard of education . ...... ? 3,500.00
Light 1.400.85
Public huihling and Improvement 1,310.8:1
Election expenses 118.95
Cleaning and repairing streets 3,091.89
Expense ...:. . 991.75
Police department 2,280.70
Fire department 1.880.36
Public health and indigents 548.20
Publishing and printing , 254.25
City float 825.86
Assessment and collection taxes 230.00 j
$16,499.64 |
Cash in treasurer's hands 9,755.20
$26,254.84
NATHANAEL GREENE, Town Clerk
BILLS ORDERED PAID BY COUNCIL JAN. *6, 1919
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NATHANAEL GREENE. Town Clerk.
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