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a in Chitina ranging in price from $50
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laaka. Trustee and Agent.
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AND POWER
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60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
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i 01 FOREIGN
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WASHINGTON. I»ec. IS. — In view
•: of the peculiar opportunities afforded
:• at the present time for the develop
:• ment of American trade In other
i countries, a referendum has Just been
•i sent out by the Chamber of Com
j: merce of the United States. It was
' announced last night, which gives the
, members of the national organization
an opportunity to endorse a report
of Its department of commerce com
mittee. This recommends an In
crease In congressional appropriations
for the general broadening and Im
proving of the government’s foreign
commercial service. These questions
are being submitted to the various
commercial bodies throughout the
country — nearly 700 affiliated or
ganizations, representing every state,
the territorial possessions and the
principal American chambers of com
merce abroad.
increased Appropriations Needed
Everywhere.
’ In considering increases that in its
opinion should be made for the con
sular service — under the depart
ment of state — and the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce —
under the department of commerce—
the committee, of which A. W. Shaw,
of Chicago, Is chairman, makes many
1 specific suggestions. The commit
tee’s report says that although In
creased appropriations were made in
1914 for the foreign and field service,
i when the work of the commercial at
taches of the department of com
merce was begun, no Increases in
appropriation was made for "clear
ing" this Information, and the cleri
i cal force at Washington was cur
tailed instead of Increased. “The re
■ suit has been over-work, delay and
a failure to take full advantage of
the new opportunities provided for
In the Increased appropriations."
Needs of the Consular Service.
In the opinion of the chamber’s
committee, the most pressing needs
of the consular service, of which Wil
bur J. Carr is the director, are:
1. Americanization.
2. Adequate clerical assistance.
3. Promotion of certain consular
agencies to the rank of consulates.
4. The establishment of new con
sulates.
5. Adequate inspection of the ser
vice.
The report gives a list of the cities
in which the United States govern
ment maintains consular agencies,
i . . .... . .
wru*r« III till: cumIII mm3 n uifimuii
' there should be consulates. It recom
mends the establishment ol consul
ates In fifteen new cities, and urges
more adequate provision for Inspect
ors and more frequent Inspection.
Finally, a fuller publication of statis
tics of Internal commerce relative to
the movements of trade is urged. The
committee recommends the resump
tion of the publication of such statis
tics, initiated several years ago and
suspended, owing to the failure ol
• Congress to continue the appropria
tion.
Expert Study of Banking and Tariffs,
The committee recommends the in
vestigation in foreign countries, par
ticularly of investment possibilities
and of railroad rates and other means
of inland transportation. It recom
! mends also expert study of banking
and tariffs. In this field it also urges
an appropriation for the collection
and exploitation of samples, the ap
Dointment of geographical experts at
Washington, who shall inform busi
ness men regarding climate, living
conditions and similar information in
addition to data strictly commercial;
the distribution of American litera
ture abroad, and a radical change in
the attitude of the government to
ward the traveling and living ex
penses of its consuls, commercial
agents and commercial attaches.
Higher Consular Salaries.
A list of salaries paid to lower
grado consula at posts where the
cost of living is very high shows
some startling things. In cities
where the United ^tates is one ol
the strongest competitors of Great
_ Britain and Germany for the world't
markets the following figures of sal
ary show how handicapped the Am
erican consul is:
Britain Ger. U S,,
Vladivostok .. ..$4000 $5783 $350<
Kosaria. 4866 350t
Tunis (and house) 4379 6093 2601
I’etrograd. 6469 8161 350<
Bat urn. 3893 4392 25W
With regard to salaries of commer
cial attaches and consuls, the com
mittee’s recommendation is:
"The salary should be commensur
ate with the importance of the po
i
f
altlon. and a special fund provided
or some other method adopted, fo
adjusting the difference In living ex
penses among officers of the Unite*
States of equal rank, to meet case
In which living expenses are mater
tally In excees of the average.”
Not Enough for Latin America.
Special consideration Is given to th<
bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce, of which Dr. Edward Prat'
Is the chief, In the committee’s re
port to the matter of promotion ol
commerce In Latin America. Dtirlnt
the present year a congressional ap
proprlatlon of $60,000 Is available for
this purpose. Next year the nmount
will be $75,000. It Is generally be
lieved that with the close of the Eu
ropean war we may be able to hold
against European competitors a
goodly proportion of the markets foi
American products which we have
now gained In Latin American coun
tries. The committee believes that
the appropriation of $76,000 for 191C
Should be Increased.
RAILROAD COMMISSION IS
OUT OF FUNDS
The appropriation for railroad con
structlon Is now what the Eskimos
call peluk, and the Gateway today re
ceived information that the employes
of the commission at Anchorage have
been reduced to what might be called
the operating staff. Reductions in
the force, both there and here have
been going pn for some time, and at
least one or two of the clerical force
in the Seward offices were tempor
arily laid off In the past few days. It
is feared that other reductions may
be found necessary unless an emer
gency appropriation is put through
Mr. Weir, the engineer in charge
stated today that he knows no more
about an emergency appropriation
than any of the rest of us, but he
knew Mr. Edes was due in Washing
ton this week, and from this remark
it was gathered that he believed the
arrival of the chairman of the com
mission will be awaited at the nn
tional capital before anything can be
done, although Mr. Weir did not say
so in so many words.
However, from other sources it is
learned that the funds in the posses
sion of the commission now can hard
ly be called more than a few colors
In the bottom of the pan.—Seward
Gateway.
ADVISES MINERS DEVELOP
ALASKA'S QUARTZ MINES
Dr. Alfred Brooks Is advising nl
quartz miners in the Fairbanks dis
trict to keep up the assessment wort
on their claims and not to let then
go back to the government. He be
lleves the quartz possibilities of thf
Fairbanks district will have been un
derestlmated by the miners, and says
that as soon as cheaper fuel is avail
able the mines will flourish.
Regarding the antimony mining
Dr. Brooks said that neither he noi
anyone else in the country had pak
a great deal of attention to it here
tofore, as the demand for the ore wa.‘
not great, but now the industry is in
teresting many people. At the pres
ent time it is being mined in a nutn
ber of places in the United States
but there are only a few places when
the ore is as free from lead as it i:
in the Fatrbanks district, and for tha
reason it is particularly valuable.
Just what the antimony lndustrj
will amount to after the close of tin
war. the geologist is not willing t<
hazard a guess, as he thinks it wil
depend upon the attitude of the worli
powers toward disarmament. If th<
nations now engaged in the mightj
Btraiggle In Europe wear themselve:
out. with neither winning a decisive
victory, it is probable, he> thinks, tha
there will be a demand for antimonj
which will be used to replenish the
ammunition stores. The whole in
dustry Is so uncertain, however, tha
Dr. Brooks does not know what ad
vice to give the people contemplatint
entering the business.
The one thing the geologist feeli
certain of, however, Is that the quart;
industry of the interior will amoun
to a good deal after cheaper fuel h
landed.
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F. A. HEGG, agent Columbii
Graphophones and Records.
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One-fourth off on fancy china a
the Blum, O’Neill Co.
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One-fourth off on all cut glass a
i the Blum, O'Neill Co.
-to;
i All the music of all the world
. Columbia Records. E. A. Hegt
Agent.
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New assortment of Christma
■ Ccarda and letters, at Hegg’s.
FORMER CORDOVA WOMAN NOW1
FREIGHTING ON TRAIL.
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I Mrs. Rose Johnson, formerly of
Valdez, and so far as known the only
woman freighter in Alaska, arrived '
from Matanuska Junction last night ‘
and left this morning over the trail
! with her dog team, and a full load
of freight for homo. She has a road !
I
house at the Junction.
Mrs. Johnson was accompanied by
her young son, whom she says is "no
good on the trail, being too light for
sled work." The woman herself is
not much larger than the boy, but
there is no discounting her ability In
handling a sled.
No sooner had she arrived in town
Inst night than she commenced to so
ll< it freight, and had no difficulty In I
securing enough consignments to fill *
her sled. Most of the load, however, <
Is her own, consisting of late maga
zines, for which she will receive
double and triple price at Mntanuska
Junction.
Mr; Johnson's reputation as a dog
nusher Is well known in Vnldez, (
where Home yearn hark she freighted 4
all of the machinery and equipment '
for a one stamp mill over one of the J
glacier trails to the mineral belt J
west of town.—Seward Post. J
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Located at Alaskan hotel, not Cordova ♦
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One-fourth off on fancy china at I
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
John W. Nickell, bis heirs and as
signs and to all whom it may concern: •'
You are hereby notified that we
have expended, during the years 191.3
and 1914, the sum of Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00) lawful money of the
United States in labor and improve
merits upon the East Fork Association
placer mining claim, located on the
East Fork of Young Creek in Chitina
Mining and Recording Precinct, Ter- 3
ritory of Alaska, all of which is of
record in the records of the said Chi
tiua Recording Precinct at Chitina,
Alaska. This labor and improvement :•
was done und performed on said placer :•
mining claim under the provisions of tj
Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statues of the f.
United States concerning annual labor :•
on Mining Claims, being the aggre- :■
gate amount of labor required for the
two years upon said claim.
And unless within ninety days after
the commencement of the publication
of this notice, you contribute twenty
five dollars ($25.00) as your propor- i
tional part of the expenditure on said
East Fork Association placer mining
claim, your interests in said claim be
ing an undivided one-eighth, then all
your right, title and interest in said
claim will become the property of your •
co-owners, the undersigned, who have •
made such expenditure as the .aw re
quires.
Dated at McCarthy, Alaska, this 8th
day of September, 1915. •
PETER S. ERICHSEN
t’lUSU £,1UU13IMM
W. E. CATHCART
FLOYD SMITH
J. F. CLARKIN
ED. BASSETT
AL. CHURCH_
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Ambrose Bell and Norman Merc
hant, their heirs and assigns and to .
all whom it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I have
expended, during the years 1911, 1912,
1913 and 1914, the sum of four thous
and dollars ($4,000) lawful money of
the United States in labor and im
provements upon the Peerless, Lin
, coin, Mammoth, Clara Bell, (Jravina,
Badger, Hawkeye and Pearl claims,
and the Isabella and the Humdinger
1 claims, in the Chitna Mining and Re
cording Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
all of which is of record in the records
of the said Chitina Recording Precinct
at Chitina, Alaska, that the above
i Bell and Merchant have had an undi
vided half-interest with me in these
’ claims, and owe me the sum of $2,000.
This labor and improvement was
done and performed on said placer
mining claims under the provisions of
Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States concerning annual
labor on Mining Claims, being the ag
gregate amount of labor required for
the four years upon said claims.
And unless within ninety days after
the commencement of the publication
of this notice, you contribute two thou
sand dollars ($2,000) as your propor
ional part of the expenditure on said
placer mining claims, your interests .
in said claims being an undivided one
half, then ull your right, title and in
terest in said claims will become the *
property of your co-owner, the under- i
signed, who has made such expendl- 1
ture as the law requires. ]
Dated at Chitina, Alaska, Sept. 20, 4
1915. . MATT LARSON. 1
Date of First Publication Sept. 24,1915 4
Date of Last Publication. Dec. 24, 1915 j
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