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CORDOVA CHAMBER PROTESTS
AGAINST TERRITORIAL LINE
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce recently forwarded resolutions
to the president of the territorial
senate and the speaker of the house
at Juneau, protesting against any
legislation which will result in in
creased expenditures, because of
business conditions in the territory.
The chamber states that increased
taxation ensuing from such legisla
tion would be extremely harmful,
and believes that a policy of re
trenchment would be of more im
portance to the welfare of our peo
ple.
It is believed that the increased
expenditures upon which the Cor
| dova chamber enters its protest an
the proposal to appropriate fiv
: million dollars to start a steamshij
j line, and the appointment of :
Si 0.000 shipping board. — Valde
Miner.
What has bee me of the old-fash
; ioned man who pulled his pant
out of the tops of his boots wh”
he wanted to dress up.
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SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
j T. B. Watson, representing the
Pacific Steamship company, believes
the territory of Alaska would make
a grave mistake if it entered the
transportation business. He says it
' would eventually drive out all com
( ! petition, and result to the disad
vantage of the territory.
‘; “Our company is not taking any
| notice of the steamship agitation,”
1 declared the transportation man, ir
, an interview at Juneau recently,
! i “nor will it enter any protest, as
jit feels very certain that, should
the proposed plan be carried out,
i the people of Alaska are in for a
I big disappointment. Private eor
, porations are not going to enter
i into competition with the govern
5 ment. and it is a sure thing that
t: when the government enters into
the business of operating ves
sels, it will mean the gradual with
„ i drawal and elimination of independ
' ■ ent sendee.
I “Our company lost $272,479 or
all of its Alaska business last year
and does not expect to make an>
this year, notwithstanding the some
what increased rates. We have
made a great many attempts tc
charter government vessels, but have
invariably found that it would mear
a heavy loss, as it is an impossi
bility for anyone to come out ever
on any Alaska business at the char
ter rates now in effect; so if th<
territory goes into the steamshi]
business with chartered boats i
should be prepared to lose a goo:
many hard dollars on each one o
] the vessels it operates,
i “If the Alaska government shouh
j operate a boat on the Xome run. i
I w-ould mean that our company woulc
have to withdraw the Senator, a:
(she is profitably engaged in othe:
trade, and unless we could get al
of the business at the increase!
rates, the ship would lose money
The same applies to both the South
'western and Southeastern routes, a
I there is only a limited business tc
handle; so if the territory operate
vessels on these routes, it woulc
leave us free to withdraw' our ship
to engage in a more profitable trade
I | “We have been hanging on tc
t these Alaska routes and providin;
- the best service possible, with tlv
^ i hope that the future would rewarc
us for so doing.
“It is, of course, useless for ou
j company to oppose the propose!
legislation, as we would be mos
certainly accused of missatements
j profiteering and sundry civil crimes
j although, as a matter of fact, w.
are playing an honest steamshit
game, with every desire to hel;
build up Alaska and its industries
' realizing that it is only by helpins
; to build up the country that wc
may expect any reward.
' “Our cards are all on the table
]There is nothing to cover up oi
(Conceal. If the people of Alaskt
wish to freeze out the legitimate
transportation companies now doinj
business in Alaskan waters, ther
the companies will seek new field:
and other routes.”
Genuine Buhach at Fowler &
Morris.
The territorial legilsature whicl
; convened at Juneau on March f
i and was adjourned May 2, is com
posed of 24 members, of whon
eight are in the senate and 16 it
the house. While not a man o:
them was born in the territory
none of them has been in Alaskt
less than 15 years, and many o:
them from 20 to 30 years, the av
erage being about 20 years.—Yal
dez Miner.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler S
Morris.
There were less than 40 vote:
cast at the late Cordova election
the result of having only one ticke:
in the field.
DANCING ACADEMY
SOCIAL DANCE
Sat. May 17
UNION HALL
Mrs. Belle Campbell - Director
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NEW MODEM
IS OED FRIEND
i Rev. S. Hall Young, D. D. is
Yukon Presbytery's delegate to the
'general assembly of the Presby
terian church now in session in St.
Louis, and it was the hope of the
Yukon Presbytery that he would
be honored with the moderatorship
\ this year.
An Alaskan has never been
, elected to that position, which is
a position without emolument of
| any sort and at the same time a
1 position carrying the highest honor
any court of the Presbyterian
church can bestow. Alaska will
not fail of receiving wholesome
publicity, however, for Doctor
Young is to lecture before one of
the largest audiences that can be
seated in any auditorium in St.
Louis, and Alaska is to be his
theme, and he has one of the best
lanterns ir. the country and a
1 series of slides that cannot be
j excelled.
John Willis Baer, the layman
who has been elected moderator,
has for many years been president
I of Occidental College, a Presby
terian college near Pasadena. Presi
dent Baer is a master hand in a
presiding officer's chair. He won
his spurs in the early days of
Christian Endeavor activities and
'in the Y. M. C. A. work. Later he
. became a member of the Presby
terian Mission board, where he dis
i tinguished himself anew as a busi
: ness manager; from that position he
was called to the presidency of
' Occidental College.
: It was Dr. Diven’s pleasure to
know Mr. Baer intimately, some
: years ago, and since the Yukon
Presbtery has been disappointed
; in the assembly's failure to elect
• Dr. Young to serve as moderator
[ for the year 1919, he says it will
be a matter of great satisfaction
] to see such a man as Baer chosen
• ^ instead.
1 i It is said that Prince Rupert is
• j soon to have another boom. Th“
' cause is the activity in shipbuilding
’ i and drydock circles there.
EXPLORER FAVORS
SUBMARINES FOR
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SAN FRANCISCO.—In the way
of modern methods of transporta
tion as a means of reaching the
north pole, the submarine comes
first in the estimation of Vilhjal
mur Stefansson,., the Arctic explor
er. Next comes the dirigible bal
loon. and finally the airplane.
“The submarine appears to me
to be a perfectly practicable way
of reaching the pole, as well as a
comfortable way, for one could car
ry all the necessary comfort,” said
Mr. Stefansson on his recent visit
here, while discussing Arctic ex
ploration with friends. “I seldom
have seen a stretch of ice extend
ing more than thirty miles without
coming to open water. Under the
circumstances, there never would be
any difficulty in the matter of get
ting to the surface. Also the navi
gator would be assured of calm
water when he came up in these
ice-hemmed bits of water.
“The submarine already has been
used for getting to ice-bound ports
by passing under the ice. They
may be provided with wheels so as
to go along the channel bottom.
A large submarine will weigh only
about 600 pounds on the wheels
when submerged in this manner.
In constructing an under-ice sub
marine the periscope and much of
the above-deck construction would
be done away with, and in place
of it would be a deck coming to
a ridge similar to a roof, which
would cut through thin ice when
coming to the surface. Ocean ice
is mushy and I have seen a whale
come up through a thickness of six
or seven inches of ice.”
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| Miners and Prospectors! j
f NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS |
According to a recently issued Court Order by §
I Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- =
5 cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording aud trans- |
= act other business at Nenana. which is within easy 5
= reach of their mining activities. |
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB.
R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph,
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