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Prospectors
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The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
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resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
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In response to a senate resolution
:>f March 8, 1920, requesting in
formation as to the development of
raffle and the settlement of the
•ountry traversed by the Govern
nent railroad in Alaska, Acting
Secretary of the Interior Alexander
r. Vogelsang, in a letter addressed
o the president of the senate, dated
ilarch 12, 1920, at Washington, D.
?., said:
“Sir: I am in receipt of senate
'esolution 329, directing the secre
ary of the interior to advise—
“First. What steps have been tak
■n or are being taken to develop
md settle the country traversed by
ind tributary to the Government
ailroad being constructed in Alas
ka?
“Second. What steps have been
aken or are being taken to develop
raffle for such railroad when built?
“Third. Has any organization
>een created charged with the duty
'f settling this country and devel
iping traffic for the road; if not,
vhy has such organization not been
ormed ?
“In reply, I have the honor to re
'ort as follows:
“1. Under the direction of this
lepartment over 1.000,000 acres of
ijrricultural lands in the Territory
>f Alaska have been surveyed to the
>nd that they may be available to
■ntry and patent under the public
and laws, particularly the home
dead laws as applicable to Alaska.
^ considerable part of this surveyed
erritory is within country traversed
>y or tributary to the Government
ailroad now being- constructed in
Uaska. Under the coal land leas
ng law enacted October 20, 1011
38 Stats., 741), coal lands in the
lering River, Cook Inlet, Matanus
:a, and Nenana coal fields have
leen divided into leasing blocks or
inits and offered for lease. The two
ields last named are tributary to
he Government railroad in Alaska.
Jnder the authority contained in
he Alaska Railroad act of March
2, 1914 (38 Stats., 305), town
ites have been established upon
(liblic lands along the line of the
lovernment railroad and lots for
msiness and residential uses dis
msed of through the Land and In
lustrial department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission under the
upervision of ithis department. Such
idvice and assistance in finding msr
:ets has been given to farmers !o
ated in the territory tributary to
he railroad as could be given with
ut the expenditure of money there
or.
“2. Other than as stated in the
ast paragraph no direct steps have
>een or are being taken to develop
raffle for the railroad.
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“3. No organization has been
created charged with the duty of
settling the country and developing
•traffic for the railroad for the rea
son that this department does not
deem itself authorized to expend
money appropriated by Congress un
!der the act of March 12, 1914, and
:acts supplementary thereto, for pur
! poses other than those described in.
the law, the principal purpose of
I which is the construction and oper
ation of the railroad and of tele
graph and telephone lines. Careful
; consideration of the law fails to
disclose authority to expend money
: appropriated thereunder for such
purposes as publication of litera
ture for the advice and information
of settlers or for spending money
for aiding settlers to locate them- '
selves on the land or acquire stock
and equipment or for the construc
tion of roads or trails connecting
tributary districts and settlements
with the railroad.
“I am firmly convinced that some
such work as is implied in resolu
tion 329 should be authorized in
| order that Alaska may be devel
oped and that the Government rail
road may be supplied with traffic.
Unless some such steps are taken, it
may well happen that the railroad
will be a losing proposition and that
the Territory will remain in a com
paratively undeveloped condition. In .
this connection I enclose a copy of
'letter addressed by former Secre
tary Lane to Hon. Wesley L. Jones,
; United States Senate. February 28.
' 1920.
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Cordially yours,
“Alexander T. Vogelsang,
“Acting Secretary.” '
Former Secretary Lane’s Letter.
“February 28, 1920.
“My Dear Senator: You know
how deeply interested I have been
during my term of office as secre
tary of the interior in the develop- ]
ment of Alaska, and you are fa- i
miliar with the recommendations !
which I have made from time to ;
time with that end in view.
“Mr. J. L. McPherson, of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, j
has recently submitted to me a re- i
port covering the development of
traffic for the Alaskan Government
railroad, in which he strikingly sets t
for the need of necessary aid and
encouragement in the creation of
local industries and a growing pop
ulation that will furnish traffic for
the railroad. His report contains!
the following summarized recom
mendations:
“Natural resources opened to de
velopment.
“National affairs in Alaska ad
ministered by a board with office in
Alaska.
j “Sale of live stock to settlers. ;
“The federal farm loan act ex
pended to Alaska and modified to
meet Alaskan conditions. To pro
vide for loans to settlers for the
purchase of farm equipment and for
improvements, and for loans to as
sociations of farmers for the erec
i
tion of creameries, dehydrating
plants, storage, and other facilities.
“Construction of roads and trails
connecting tributary mining dis
tricts and settlements with the rail
road. :
“Reindeer industry open to devel
opment by white population in re
gians tributary to the railroad, its
topography and climatic conditions,
resources, and opportunities for set
tlement.
“The Government railroad in Al- i
aska will be a success only to the
extent in which local industries are
created in the region tributary to
the railroad and the country peo
I
pled. If the railroad were privately ’
owned, all possible aid and encour- j
agement would be extended to such .
ends in the building up of traffic.
Constructed and owned by the Gov-!
emment in order to rationally de- J
velop t Alaska, there is infinitely
greater reason for such constructive j
work. I
“The Alaskan Engineering Com
mission should be now empowered i
to do those things that will aid in j
the creation of local industries and ^
the peopling of the country tribu- j i
tary to the railroad. Such measures ’ i
of aid should also be extended i
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can Alaska progress and traffic be
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"On the eve of my retirement i
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“Cordially yours,
“Franklin K. Lane.”
“Hon. Wesley L. Jones,
“United States Senate.
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I NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS I
1 According to a recently issued Court Order by §
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| 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 and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within =
| easy reach of their mining activities. |
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. f
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. |
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