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Senator Gaustad the newly elected
member of the Alaska Legilature from
Fairbanks, has prepared an outline of
a proposed new law that provides for
the construction of roads in Alaska
under the direction of road supervis
ors, who are to be elected by votes of
the people. He has sent copies of his
outline to other newly elected mem
bers of the legislature and has asked
them for their opinion.
The law suggested by Mr. Gaus
tad provides for the improvement
of the road in each district from money
that can be collected for road taxes,
and from such funds as the govern
ment may direct to be used for such
purpose. It is his plan to ask con
gress to turn over to the local road
funds all licenses collected outside of
ineorporaed towns and cities, and also
to request congress to pass a law al
lowing miners to pay their assess
ment dues on mining claims Into road
fund, provided they prefer to have the
money spent that way.
The outline of the proposed law
to be passed by the legislature, as
prepared by Mr. Gaustad, is as fol
lows:
Road tax shall be four dollars per
annum, payable at the office of the
road supervisor or to him personally
on or before the first day of June
each year; shall become delinquent
on the first day of July, when a
penalty of five per cent will be added,!
and if not paid within 15 days from j
that date, said delinquent taxpayer
shall be liable to arrest, with fine or |
imprisonment. All moneys derived
from this tax shall be used for the con
struction and maintenance of public
highways and trails within the district
where same are collected and shall be
so expended by the supervisor.
“All corportations, co-partnerships
or individuals employing labor shall
be required to file with the supervisor
before the tenth day of June each
year a list of all persons liable to pay
road tax, who were in their or his
I employ on the first day of June next
preceding, and if they neglect or re
fuse to comply with this provision they
shall be liable to a substantial fine.
Such employers shall be authorized to
retain fro mthe wages of their employ
j ees the sum due for road tax, and turn
the same over to the supervisor, tak
j ing his receipt therefor.
“The construction of new roads
I shall be contracted by competitive
| bids, under supervision of road sup
; ervisor.
“It shall be the duty of the super
visor to locate and survey (where
necessary) all new highways and
trails, keep main roads in repair, col
lect road tax and prosecute delin
quents, let contracts and accept work
when completed, purchase supplies,
keep accurate accounts of aft receipts
and expenditures, employ and dis^
charge men and have general super
vision over all work done in connec-i
Mor. with the construction and main
tenance of public highways and trails.
"The salary of the road supervisor
shall be $10 per day and actual travel
ing expenses (except board nnd lodg
ing) while engaged In the discharge of
the duties of his office.
"The boundaries of the road districts
shall be substantially the same as of
the present recording precincts.
"The road supervisor shall be elect
ed semi-annually at the general terri
torial election.
"The road supervisor may design
nate place in each locality where road
tax may be paid and shall have power
to appoint deputies with authority to
coleect and receipt for such tax.”
The foregoing, it is explained by
Mr. Gaustad, is simply an outline,
from which he hopes to have a legis
lative bill properly drawn, with such
changes as may be agreed upon by
members of the legislature. It is his
intention to hnve the road supervis
ors independent of the Alaska Road
commission, whose duties may be
limited to the construction of the main
military roads.
Mr. Gaustad is planning, also, to
introduce a bill in the legislature that
will provide for revoking of the min
ing law passed by the last session of
the legislature. The terrieorial min
ing law, as passed, ho thinks, is con
fusing nnd detrimental to the best In
terests of the mining industry of the
Territory.
There are some minor changes plan
ned by Mr. Gaustad to the old law
One of there is to re-establish the rigid
of men owning continuous claims to
do all their assessment work on one of
the claims, instend of scattering It
over all of them.
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Marked reductions in staple gn>
ceries—Gall nnd got our prices
O’N’eill & Slater Co.
SUBSCRIPTION BOXES TO
BE TAKEN UP SATURDAY
On Saturday next the commute hav
ing charge the fund for the relief of
the suffering women and children of
Belgium will take up the subscription
boxes left in the various places about
town. A number of citizens have also
made donations direct to Treasurer
Brock and when Cordova’s offering iB
sent to the American lied Cross Socie
ty it will be a very creditable show
ing.
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HAULING ORE FOR
SHIPMENT TO SMELTER
J. B. Parks, superintendent of the
Mother Lode mine, came down from
McCarthy on Sunday's train. A num
ber of teams are at present employed
in hauling ore from the mine to the
railroad and a big shipment will short
ly be made to the smelter.
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Month In and Month out you’ll bo
money ahead if you use our groceries.
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RESOLVED—That beginning on Jan. 1st J will buy
% my Groceries at Blum & Co’s, thereby :j:j
I procuring the highest quality food jS
products for less money than else
where.
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All films that show you somethin”
you have never seen are educational.
You can’t help but learn by watch
ing them.
PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29
THE DILEMA, A Riograph Drama.
RETURN OF JACK BELLEW, A Vitigraph Drama.
HIS FATHER’S HOUSE, A Biograph Drama.
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FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA j
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
, DESPOSITORY FOR TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
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