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The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
The steamer Shusana, which left
Fairbanks at six o’clock last eve
ning for the Kantishna, heavily
laden with supplies for the Aitken
outfit and others, reached Nenana
this afernoon, shortly after three.
The boat tied up at the N. C. dock,
where additional supplies will be
taken on board.
After a brief stop here, the Shu
sana will resume the voyage to
Roosevelt, in the Kantishna district,
where the cargo will be discharged.
The boat will then return to the
mouth of the Tolovana river for
another load.
Battle*hip O-Cedar Mop*, $1.50.
Fowler & Morii.
Special Agent Carlisle, of the gen
eral land office, with headquarters
at Fairbanks, started up the Tan
ana river from Gibbon yesterday,
and should reach Nenana on Mon
day or Tuesday. He is enroute
home from a tour of inspection
along the Yukon.
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WORK AT HYDER
BY GOVERNMENT
WILLAID CAMP
With the Government finding a
means for financing a dock for
Hyder, so that the big steamers
can land there, and with both the
Canadians and Alaskans now run
ning a race to see which side of
the boundary is to get the greater
share of the prospective trade which
is expected to flow from the Port
land Canal district, the town of
Hyder, the newest born of Alaska
towns, is making a noise like a real
live one, says a recent article in the
Juneau Empire.
Thus far, from all appearances,
the Canadians have a long lead
over the Alaskans for the trade of
the district. It must be remembered
that the Portland canal shares hon
ors with both the Canadian and
American governments, but the
Canadians have done more develop
ment on their side of the channel,
having had less governmental re
strictions to contend with in the
way of investment of private capi
tal, and their efforts have caused
attention finally to be drawn to the
possibilities of the American side,
or, rather, their initiative has forced
attention to the American side,
where 'Alaskans years ago sought
out and tried to awake the world
to the possibilities of Portland canal;
but capital, for the most part, was
shy, in the face of government red
tape restrictions, and the original
holders of prospects, in many in
stances, could not hold on.
Regarding the building of a dock
there, the following from the Ketch
ikan Chronicle tells the story:
The last obstacle in the way of
the immediate construction of a gov
ernment dock at Hvder was removed
this mo:..:::g when a telegram came
to the local U. S. forestry office,
authorizing the use of the funds
appropriated for the Hyder road to
te used also in the construction of
the dock.
Lack of landing facilities at Hy
der has been the biggest impedi
ment in the way of growth and de
velopment of that country, and the
problem as to wether the road mon
ey could be used for the dock was
the key to the situation. Word
came this morning to J. N. Wyckoff,
special fiscal agent for the forestry
service, that if the dock connected
with the government road, it might
be considered part of it.
Fred Cotter, engineer for the Al
aska Road commission, proceeds to
Taku tonight on the Taku II to be
gin the laying out of the road. He
expects to be there until early in
September, when Major W. H.
Waugh, president of the commis
sion, will return from the Interior,
where he is looking over other pro
jects. Major Waugh will complete
arrangements for the dock at that
time.
With the word that the dock is
to be considered part of the road
project, Mr. Cotter expects that
the immediate survey of the site
will be included in his work, al
though no definite orders have yet
been received from Major Waugh.
That the dock will be built as
soon as is feasible, is the opinion
of all officials connected with the
road work, and as the grade for
the road must be established before
the dock can be put in, the survey
of the road must necessarily come
first. Mr. Cotter expects that this
1 work will be finished by the time
; Major Waugh arrives, in order that
I no time may be lost in putting in
the dock.
Although Major Waugh has given
no definite location information,
i Governor Riggs, on his return from
Hyder recently, outlined the most
feasible plan to Mr. Cotter. This
calls for a dock approximately a
quarter of a mile in length, extend
ing from the government road over
the tideflats, where a 20-foot tide
rises.
While no definite information is
i obtainable, it is said that'the work
will require the driving of approxi
mately a thousand piles, so that the
total cost may be expected to be
between $20,000 and $30,000.
With the construction of the new
] dock, it will be possible to land
'freight at Hyder with little cost,
■compared to present prices, and it
|will mean that ore may be shipped
iout from the mines to the smelters
; in much larger quantities than at
1 present.
The construction of the dock will
.
| also make it possible to land big
(boats at Hyder, and will open the
I way for the people of Ketchikan to
j boost for a mail service on a boat
■ large enough to carry passengers,
freight, and mail in good shape.
Business that is now going from
Prince Rupert through Stewart and
Hyder may be diverted to Ketchi
kan. if such a boat service is se
cured. Officials have given their
word to work for such a mail serv
ice, and the matter will be taken
up at once with the department.
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Additional evidence of the harm
being done Interior Alaska by the
cannery operations at the mouth of
| the Yukon river is contained in a
| notice appearing elsewhere in the
| columns of The News, relative to
I the increased cost of boarding dogs.
•Where it was profitable in past sea
sons to board dogs during the sum
jmer at a monthly rate of $4, the
j scarcity of salmon this summer has
! resulted in almost doubling the cost.
In a statement made to a repre
sentative of The News this week,
i Xels Stol, well-known oldtimer, who
j conducts a dog "farm" a short dis
tance below Nenana, he stated that
I he has not been able to catch
i enough fish during the entire sea
json to provide feed for a single
(week for the dogs in his charge.
jHe has about seventy' dogs at his
;place, and in order to keep them
! alive he has been compelled to buy
! large quantities of flour, tallow, and
(other supplies on the local market,
Iwhich has almost doubled the cost
(of feeding. At $7 a month, he fig
jures that there will be nothing left
| for his time, after he has paid for
his feed.
In addition to supplies purchased
i during the summer, Stol ha? used
considerably more than a thousand
(pounds of dried fish which was put
up by him last year.
Stol has served notice on those
j having dogs at his "farm” that it
[will be impossible for him to con
jtinue boarding at the old rate. He
has lost money all summer, he says,
j and has reached the point where he
must either quit or get more money
;for feeding.
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Road Foreman F. C. Irons, who
returned to Fairbanks several days
ago from the Tolovana country,
where he was engaged for a num
ber of weeks in road repair work
for the Alaska Road commission,
left the upper town on the train
! this morning for Chatanika, from
j which point he will go over the
j Chatanika-Circle trail, making such
! repairs as may be needed to put
; the road in shape for winter traf
fic. He will take two or three men
along with him from the creek town
and may be out the remainder of
the season, depending upon the
amount of work required.
When Mr. Irons was in Nenana.
enroute from the Tolovana, he in
formed a representative of The
News that something in excess of
$2,000 had been expended by the
jfederal commission, in the Tolovana,
in addition to the work done by the
territorial commission, under the di
rection of Territorial Road Commis
sion Robert E. Sheldon. The work
done by the federal outfit consisted
of making repairs, one of the jobs
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consisting of the reconstruction of
a large bridge which had been prao
tically demolished by a heavy drill.
Mr. Irons did not expend all the
funds at his disposal, several hun
dred dollars remaining after he had
completed the needed work, for use
next season. But, notwithstanding
the fact that he had money left. 4
Mr. Irons says road work is very
costly in the Tolovana, owing to
the high prices prevailing there.
Provisions he found abnormally
high and he was compelled to pay
his men 50 cents a day more than
is allowed by the road commission
in other sections. The men refused
ot work for $4.50 a day and board.
NOTICE.
Anyone wanting to record ground
or desiring information about the
Kantisha, C. Herbert Wilson, Kan- ^
tishna Commissioner, at Dr. J. R.
Bowen’s office. k-10
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