Experts Say Alaska Oil Law Is Bad
Applications for leasing permits
covering a total of 25,355 acres of
land in various oil fields in Central
and Western Alaska coast districts
were received at the United States
land office at Juneau recently, indi
cating steadily increasing activity in
coast oil circles.
Katalla leads in the number of
applicants filing with six, while Cold
Bay is second in number of appli
cations, but leads in acreage. The
total acreage in -Katalla is 9,210,
while Cold Bay, with five applica
tions, is represented by 12,800
acres. Two claims for which leas
ing permits are sought are located
along the Copper River & North
western railroad near Cordova.
Those filing are: Oscar D. Knud
sen, in the Katalla field; Jute R.
Olson, 80 acres in the Katalla field;
W. R. Hillery, 1,280 acres in the
Yakataga field; Wayne Blue, of Sew
ard, 2,560 acres in the Cold Ba.v
field; Patrick Thornton, 2,560 acres
in the Katalla field; Ernest Miller,
850 acres in the Katalla field near
the mouth of Martin river; Charles
W. Isaacs, 2,560 acres in the Cold
Bay field; D. J. Curtin, 1,400 acres
in the Katalla field; Stephen D. Mc
Leod, 2,560 acres in the Cold Bay
field; Austin E. Lathrop, 2,560
acres in the Cold Bay field; Harry
U. Bollinger, 783 acres near Cor
dova and 1,280 acres near Alganic
station; T. J. Finnegan and J. J.
Finnegan, 2,560 acres each in East
field, near Cold Bay.
Field Near Seward.
That geological agents sent to
the Westward have become attract
ed by the formations in the vicinity
near Seward is among the latest de
velopments in the oil rush, accord
ing to information received at Ju
neau. It is stated that during the
past few weeks representatives of
several large companies have been
quietly investigating oil possibilities
around the Gateway City.
May Recommend Drilling.
Dr. F. Frank, said to be repre
senting one large oil concern, spent
several days in Seward on his re
turn from Cold Bay, enroute to
San Francisco, his headquarters. Dr.
Frank stated while in Seward that
he would just as soon recommend
drilling in that section as at Cold
Bay. He stated there was oil in
Alaska, as has been proved by the
Katalla oil fields, and it is only a
question of where it is and how
much. Dr. Frank was greatly im
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IT was a scientific expedition composed of three
white men and rive Indians.
They tramped clear across Labrador,rive months of
that heart-breaking going through rough country
that simply means death to footwear.
One man wore Goodrich “Hi-Press” and the rest
wore- other makes.
And before the traverse was completed every sol
itary boot and shoe had worn out except Goodrich!
The chief of the party (who wore the Goodrich) sent
the shoes into us as proof. You should see them—
the corrugations on the sole are not all worn off.
There is no doubt of the superior wearing quality
of Goodrich Rubber Boots and Shoes. J t has been
proven time and again.
Fishermen, laborers, hunters, miners all agree that
the footwear with the Red Line ’Round the Top
stands supreme for comfort and all around service.
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Goodrich
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pressed with the gas flow at Mile 8.
This gas has been analyzed by Seat
tle chemists, but the report given to
local men has not as yet been made
public.
Drilling Expensive.
Perhaps the most thorough inves
tigation of the district has just been
completed by A. F. Forbes, repre
senting an oil company of Califor
nia. Mr. Forbes during the past
few weeks has been quietly investi
gating from Mile 23 south to Res
urrection.
He said he had taken the word
of nobody, had mixed with nobody,
but had investigated. Indications
are good in the district for oil, ac
cording to Mr. Forbes, but the gla
cier formation and broken ground
will make drilling hard and expen
sive. Mr. Forbes took many sam
ples of the gas from Mile 8, also
from Lake Kenai. These samples
will be taken to a Calibornia labora
tory for a test.
Should Change Law.
“The land in Resurrection valley
is full of boulders, I believe,” said
Mr. Forbes, “and drilling is hard as
a result; also it is expensive. There
are many seepages of oil, but wheth
er this indicates oil in the depths
can only be ascertained by drilling.
Your leasing bill is not conducive
to capital, as little protection is af
forded the man who does the drill
ing. As sales, etc., must be con
curred in by the Department of the
Interior. Alaskans should work to
have a better leasing law, then capi
tal will come and prospect for oil,
as oil is the crying need of the
country just now, and oil must be
had. I do not care to make a defi
nite statement regarding my inves
tigations in the section, as that re
port goes first to those I am repre
senting.”
Dr. Frank, in conversation he had
while in Seward with friends, also
took the same view as Mr. Forbes
regarding the oil land leasing bill.
Changes must be made before capi
tal or even those of moderate means
will take much of a chance in drill
ing, owing to the bars surrounding
development and subsequent sale of
land, provided oil is found.
DAN SUTHERLAND
NOT REPUBLICAN
It is unfortunate that the Repub
lican party in Alaska when it mar
shalled its forces and prevented the
Wickites from capturing its organ
ization in the recent primary elec
tion did not also nominate a Re
publican for delegate to Congress.
It elected a regular Republican and
substantial citizen national commit
teeman, and it elected the same
j character of Republicans to repre
sent it at the national convention.
If a regular Republican of the char
acter, ability and standing of John
C. McBride or George C. Hazelet
had filed for the Republican nomina
tion for delegate to Congress, he
would have been nominated. As it
is, because he was the only man to
file, the man who is making the race
for delegate to Congress in the
name of the Republican party, is
one who never supported a regular ]
Republican for Congress in his life
time. He opposed the Republican ,
ticket in 1908, 1910 and 1912, and
in 1914 and 1916, when the Repub-:
licans refused to nominate any one,
he supported Judge Wickersham, as ’
he had done against the Republicans
in previous campaigns. Dan Suther- j
land is not a Republican, because'
he has always opposed the Repub- j
lican party in Alaska. He is a
Wickite purely and simply. He has '
served in election after election as
one of the Wickersham campaign'
managers in opposition to the Re- 1
publican candidates. He has been
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always and under all circumstances
Wickersham’s man Friday. He has'
declared time after time that Wick-:
ersham is “the greatest man west of :
the Misissippi river.” If he should j
be elected to Congress, he would not
represent the Republicans of Alaska. |
We would take orders from Wick-;
ersham. He would be in Congress.
as Wickersham’s proxy. He is Wick
ersham’s candidate.
Dan Sutherland is a candidate for;
delegate to Congress now because
Wiekersham was afraid to run him
self. More than a year ago, Wick
I ersham knew his sun had set. He
| knew that when he refused to accept
| the challenge of Delegate Grigsby to
| permit the people of Alaska to set
| tie the election contest rather than
I to depend upon his belief that he
could wire-pull a judgment from a
Republican Congress. -(Of course,
his belief was slander on the Re
, publicans in Congress who have re
fused to play Wickite politics.)
Knowing that he stood no chance
again to be elected to office by Alas
kans, Wiekersham, still longing for
power at Washington, induced his
man Friday to become a candidate
for the Republican nomination—-and
no Republican tiled for the nomina
tion to run against' him.—Empire.
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Jim Dzukoff, who is interested in
a grading contract ir. the canyon,
returned to Nenana today from Fair
banks, where he made a brief visit.
i Albert Lundborg, who recently
completed a large grading contract
on the Happy-Fairbanks line, ar
rived in Nenana today, enroute to
! the States.
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i G. M. Printz was a returning pass
1 enger on todays gascar from Fair
banks.
Neither Nenana nor Fairbanks has
been advised of the movements of
the Black Wolf squadron since the
; planes left Whitehorse.
Dr. Phil S. Smith, of the geologi
: cal survey, is among the recent ar
rivals in Fairbanks.
Roadmaster W. L. Packer, who
; went to Fairbanks yesterday, was at'
! Chatanika today, and probably will
I be home tomorrow.
, Mrs. Thelin and Mrs. Sweatz, own
ers of the Healy laundry, at the
■ end of steel, returned to Nenana
; tod^y from a visit in Fairbanks.
! J. R. Fowle came down from Fair
banks today on a business visit.
Mrs. Katherine Reynolds was a re
: turning passenger on the steamer
Yukon, having made the trip up
river from Xanana.
i The largest mail shipment received
in Nenana this summer, with the
exception of the accumulation at
the opening of the season, arrived
on the steamer Yukon this morning.
The shipment consisted of one sack
of letters and 55 sacks of second
class matter and postal post.
J. C. Van Orsdel, head of the Mt.
McKinley Gold Placers, arrived from
the States last night to direct the
work of the company in the Kan
tishna this winter. Mr. Van Ors
del brought another large shipment
of hydraulic equipment with him,
the cargo being discharged at Tolo- i
vana, from which point it will be j
taken up the Kantishna river by the i
steamer Carl White. Mrs. Van Ors- j
del met her husband at Tolovana j
with a launch, on which he com
pleted his trip, arriving here about
midnight.
KOYUKUK VERY QUIET;
RIVERS AT LOW LEVEL
Jack Flower, former member of
the local store force of the Northern
Commercial company, who spent the
past winter in the Koyukuk as agent
of the company at Betties, returned
to Nenana today on the steamer
Yukon, accompanied by Mrs. Flower,
and will again be attached to the
local store.
Mr. Flower says that it is not the
intention of the company to close
the Betties store. The two stores
will continue to be operated, but
with a reduction in forces. The
Betties store is now in charge of
Tommy White, who was formerly
bookkeeper at Wiseman.
Conditions in the Koyukuk are
very quiet, Mr. Flower says, owing
to the departure of many oldtimersi
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I from that district. And the outlook I
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Mr. Flower also reports that the
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time, much lower than is usual at
this season of the year. Scarcity of
water makes navigation very diffi
cult on the Koyukuk.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Flower are en- j
joying particularly good health and '
they are very much pleased to be i
back in Nenana.
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J. R. Eakin, of the United States
geological survey, who was in charge
of the Government’s work this sum
mer in the Broad Pass district, re
cently returned to the States to pre
pare his report on the work done.
The party was considerably ham
pered by unfavorable weather condi
tions, but succeeded in making topo
graphical maps of the region of
Cantwell creek, Bull river and the
west fork of the Chulitna.
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