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THE PORTLAND
O. M. JACKSON ALF EKELAND
AN APPRECIATION.
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Mrs. Jack Stewart, of Fairbanks
.whose husband died recently. ha
asked The News to thank the peoplt
of Xenana for their very generoui
.assistance, a very substantial sun
| of money, contributed by Xenana
ites, having reached her on Thank?
giving Day. She also desires tc
] acknowledge the receipt of SI 5
■which was sent to the upper towr
last week from Xenana.
Dog Harness and Shoe Findings
Fowler Sc Morris.
j In mentioning those who assistec
;in making the Catholic entertain
Iment a success. The News inad
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jvertently omitted the names of Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Johnson, who. with
iProf. Berggren, played the "High
jland Fling” for Mrs. Helium's aaDce
specialty.
Woodbury's Facial Soap and other
standa-d toilet soaps. Fowler A
Morris.
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Mrs. A. L. Dickinson, of the Tolo
vana district, who is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. M. V. Tyler, was at
home yesterday afternoon to a num
( her of her lady friends, and a very
i pleasant afternoon is reported.
Horlick's Malted Milk. Fowler 4c
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MRS. CLAUSEN
PROPRIETRESS.
HOWELL ASSERTS
MEN ARE NEEDED
10 OPEN ALASKA
The great trouble with Interior i
Alaska at the present time, in the j
opinion of Sylvester Howell, pioneer j
mining man, who came down from j
Fairbanks yesterday, is a shortage!
of prospectors. There is practically j
| no prospecting going on in the coun- I
(try a: the present time, Mr. Howell i
! informed a representative of The
(News at the Southern last night.
| “And without prospectors," he con
tinued, “you cannot hope to un
)cover new paystreaks."
Mr. Howell believes that there is
ia lot of good ground left in the
j Interior—many streams that will
some day become big producers. But
jthe important thing is to find the
igold, which requires the presence
of many prospectors in the various
i districts.
i "Of course, we cannot blame the
1 oldtimers much for quitting the'
hills," Mr. Howell continued, “in
‘view of the present purchasing p-ow-'
jer of gold. Paystreaks cannot be ;
'opened up nowadays as cheaply as
: they could be a few years ago.
'Only the best ground, in fact, can’
be worked under present condi
tions. unless it happens to be
i hydraulic proposition; so there U
really not much incentive for a man
to locate a claim, if he has to work
lit by the old methods.”
Costs entering into the opera
Ition of gold mines must be material
ly reduced, Mr. Howe!! believes, or
added value must be given to the
igold mined. It is his opinion that
jthe Government will be forced, soon
.er or later, to provide the relief
ineeessary to revive the industry,
.which is suffering acutely elsewhere,
ks well as in Alaska. It is coming
ito a showdown.
The worst feature of the situa
tion, however, is the fact that so
many of the oldtimers are getting
'out of the country—pioneers whc
have had a hand in all the bi<
‘strikes made during the past twent]
years or more. They are leaving
because gold has lost its former pur
chasing power, and once gone fron
the country, it will not be an eas;
task to get them back. The failure
of the Government to take cogniz
ante of conditions in Alaska wil
prove costly to the Territory—ha
.proved costly already, in fact.
Mr. Howell believes that there i
much ground throughout the Interio
that will be turned into producin;
areas when mining conditions ar<
improved. He believes there will b<
a revival ,but he does not see hov
; it can come until costs or gob
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The Kantishna country looks good
to Mr. Howell. He predicts that
there will be much activity in that
direction, from the Kantishna to the
mountain range beyond. The Gov
ernment railroad, he says, will help
a lot to open up that part of the
Interior, and he looks for the de
velopment now in progress to at
tract additional capital, which will
result in large-scale operations in
the big quartz belt, which carries a
great variety of minerals, some of
them of such value as to be attrac
tive in spite of high operating costs
and remoteness from transportation
Mr. Howell is one of the few
fortunate operators of the Interior
not handicapped seriously by high
costs. He has a hydraulic proposi
tion in the Hot Springs district
which he can work at small cost
during the open season. And when
the water stops running in the fall,
be can take things easy until the
work starts again in the spring,
rhere is no fuel to worry about,
labor bills are small, and the water
is unaffected by fluctuating markets.
He has been too long in Alaska,
however, not to feei an interest in
the country generally, and it is a
matter of keen regret to him that
conditions are such at present as
to discourage placer prospecting and
development. He would much pre
fer to see the hills and streams
thickly covered with gold hunters,
as they were in the days when an
ounce of the yellow metal had real
purchasing value.
Mr. Howell is putting in his time
this winter in prospecting on Ester
and Cripple creeks, in the Fairbanks
district, with a drill. He spent
tome time, during the fall, on Steele
creek. but found the ground rather
ow grade, with the values unevenly
listri bated.
The Keene drill, which was in
operation for some time on Gold
Till, has been moved to Goldstream
>y W alter Fisher, where he is pre
oaring to do some prospecting near
he mouth of Nugget. He expects
o begin sinking within the next few
iays.
Mr. Howell may return to Fair
janks tomorrow night on the excur
sion train, if he can finish his busi
less by that time. Othenvise he
will leave on the regular train on
Friday.
Mrs. Xels Petersen and daughter.
Miss Pearl, will be among the ex
cursionists arriving in N'enana this
ifternoon. They' will be the guests
if Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burns
during their brief stay here.
A. M. SMITH
FUR BUYER
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