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NOTICE OF DELINQUENT SCHOOL TAXES.
Nenana School District.
Lot.
George Tanaka . 2
W. H. Gilcher . 5
Ben. Simson . 11
Emma Duke ..1 to 3
Duke Estate ..6 to 12
Lipman Simson . 12
Archie Myre and Ralph Johnson 3
Duke Estate .13 to 19
M. V. Tyler .East Vfe 7
W. H. Gilcher .
W. H. Gilcher .15 &
Hairy Warren .
Harry G. Huston .13 &
Henry R. Tull .
Alex Gooch .
Alex Black .East Ye
Chas. Johns .
Stanley S. Rowell .
Z. J. Edwards .
Edwin Sutherland .
Sylvester Howell .14 &
Wm. R. Sherwin .
Henry R. Tull .
Mike O’Mally .
Alex Hamilton .
Andrew Harkeom .
Frank Zachow .
Chas. L. Baker ..
Harry Davis .
William Shajatovich .
Bert E. Holifield .1 &
Alex Hanoff .
Alex McMillan and Archie Myre..
Sylvester Howell .1 &
Addie L. Van Orsdel.
Joseph C. Van Orsdel.
Frank Tondro .
Elizabeth G. Seguin .
James H. Lavin .
John Ketooroky .
Geo. S. Martin .
A. W. Heimburger .21 &
Teddy Gleason ...
Sylvester Howell .
James McMahon .
S. Ono and G. K. Nakahashi.
John Dickie and A. E. Pittock....
Grace L. Perusse .
Wm. Belcher .
Ed McConnell .
Mrs. Jeanne M. Lowery .
Anne P. Caskey .
Eli B. Gray .
Joseph C. Van Orsdel .
Elizabeth G. Seguin .
Leonard A. White .
Nick Cvietovich .
Axel W. Johnson .
Matilda Jacobi .
John Ketooroky .8 &
Carl B. Harrsen .
Christina Broderson .
Geo. Hanoff .
Norvin E. Smith .
Chas. Sheridan .
Joe Perusich .
James Bovaird .
Austin Oars .
Frank Sawdy and Frank Edelman
Clara Holmes .
Hannibal C. Berriman .
Fred J. Howard .10 to
Nels P. Anderson .7 &
Nico Tioveane .
Andv Olson .
W. A. Coghill .
Geo. Raich ...
Dave Blanchfield .
Dave Patterson .9 &
Chas. Leckie .
M. V. Tyler .
Morton P. Revsbech .
C. E. St. Clair .East Ys
Benj. N. Oie .
R. Ahearn and Nels Stol.
Robert Mitchell .
Mrs. Ella Peterson .
Fred O. Carlson .
Wm. Thomas .
Mrs. Ella Peterson .
Leonard A. White .
Mrs. Mary Delaney .
Fred J. Howard .1 to
Michael Salvas .
Morton P. Revsbech .
10
16
9
14
16
2
3
4
5
6
11
15
8
9
8
2
11
17
24
0
5
2
2
3
2
4
5
.8
11
12
19
20
22
~6
10
8
1
6
7
9
12
13
2
3
5
7
10
16
1
2
9
4
11
4
5
10
11
13
14
15
5
18
8
7
13
3
1
3
10
8
11
9
2
o
6
10
13
3
8
10
12
8
3
10
IS
Blk.
1
1
1
2
1918
1919
4
5
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
9
10
10
10
10
11
11
12
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
18
18
19
20
20
20
20
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
30
32
33
33
34
38
38
38
41
41
45
46
54
54
54
54
55
55
55
55
56
57
57
57
3.30
$
1.79
1.10
i.io
1.93
8.25
1.76
2.47
1.65
1.65
.27
2.47
.55
.42
5.92
.55
.69
8.52
20.80
3.30
2.20
35.20
7.15
1.79
2.20
1.37
1.65
1.10
1.10
1.10
4.27
3.85
1.52
2.20
2.20
1.93
2.20
3.17
3.57
3.85
13.75
18.15
10.72
3.57
10.45
2.47
1.37
4.40
1.24
1.57
4.12
1.37
1.10
.27
8.80
2.47
1.65
1.65
1.65
.42
.27
1.10
2.62
.69
1.92
7.02
.42
.27
5.91
.55
.69
.82
.27
1920
? 7.70
10.56
3.41
2.77
14.30
1.32
11.88
4.84
9.79
2.42
4.25
.55
.88
.77
7.26
3.96
3.30
4.73
6.60
1.21
1.21
2.09
10.89
7.48
.55
2.86
2.75
.44
.99
.99
1.10
1.54
1.10
.77
.99
1.98
.66
.66
.66
.66
.22
.11
.11
.11
.11
.44
1.10
.33
1.43
5.06
1.87
4.84
.22
.11
3.41
.55
.22
.22
.77
.33
.33
.44
1.98
.33
.88
.33
.11
.11
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES.
O. J. Anderson . ...
M. Bedoff .
Dave Blanchfield ..
John Bernard .
Harry Cloes .
Sam Geroff .
W. H. Gilcher .
A. W. Heimburger
R. Ahearn .
Gdo. Hobar .
A. G. Hanaeff .
Chris Jensen .
John Ketooroky ..
Raman Lekoff .
Walter Love .
Ed Miller .
Frank McGibney ..
A. St 'J. McAuley
John McCabe .
A. E. Pittock .
Milo Saulich ..
V. Simunovich .
Mike SarofT .
M. V. Tyler .
Geo. Tanaka .
James Trainor .
Harry Warren .
J. R. Walle .
1918 1919
$ ...... $ .
_ 2.20
3.30
3.30
4.95
. 2.20
3.85 .
10.45
1.65
3.30
3.30
9.90
1920
$ .88
8^80
8.80
.88
15.40
11.44
1.76
.88
.88
2.20
1.32
.88
6.60
.88
1.32
2.86
4.18
.88
3.30
If the above assessments are not paid on or before July 15, 1920
interest will be charged at the rate of twelve per cent per annum.
Section 4, Chapter 5, H. B. 35: All taxes levied and assessed by
the Board of School Directors under this Act shall be a lien upon the
property assessed and such lien shall be prior and paramount to all
other liens and encumbrances, and may be foreclosed by an appropri-.
ate action in any court of competent jurisdiction. The owner of prop
erty assessed shall be personally liable for the amount of taxes assessed
against 3uch property and such taxes, together with penalties and in
terest, may be collected after the same become due, in a personal ac
tion brought in the name of the School District against such owner in
any court of competent jurisdiction.
CARL SCHMIDT, Assessor, School Board.
( (fS.
Report of the Alaska
Advisory Committee
APPOINTED BY HON. JOHN BARTON PAYNE, SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR, APRIL 22, 1920. SUBMITTED JUNE
11, 1920.
[ I (Continued from Yesterday.)
i
Timber Resources.
I
The best timber in Alaska, chief
, ly composed of Sitka spruce and
hemlock, is in the Tongass National ■
forest in Southeastern Alaska and;
| in the ’Chugach National forest in j
the Prince William Sound reg'on. '
These two forests embrace 20,000.-;
j 000 acres, approximately f. re per:
;cent of the total area of Alaska.
Between these two forests lie abo.it1
two million acres of timber of sim
ilar character. In the Interior there
j is approximately between fifty and
!seventy-five million acres of spruce,
birch, and cottonwood. This is
j chiefly valuable for local use.
| The national forests are estimat
ed by the forest service to include
seventy-seven billion feet (BM) of
| timber suitable for lumber and pulp.
|The annual production of timber is
■relatively small, but the proportion!
i of timber cut from the national
■ forests, as compared with lumber
imported, is steadily increasing. In
1906 the lumber shipped into Alas
ka composed 86 percent, as com
pared with 14 percent cut from na
tional forests. In 1919 the propor
tion was exactly reversed, 86 per
cent being produced locally and 11
percent imported, chiefly Douglas fir
for heavy construction purposes.
Alaska Sitka spruce is now being
exported as far as the Atlantic coast
for specialized use, and the birch
will also in all probability find an
| export market.
Reindeer.
I
Between 1892 and 1902 the Gov-1
jernment imported 1,280 reindeer j
jinto Alaska for the use of the Alas-!
ika natives. The natural increase .
j from the original stock has resulted
iin a herd numbering nearly 200,000,!
besides which about 100,000 have
been killed for food and skins. Of ,
these about 69 percent belongs to;
i the natives, 5 percent to the mis- (
sions, 23 percent to Laplanders and ,
other whites, and 3 percent are still:
'in Government ownership. (
i There is a company at Nome ,
which engages in raising reindeer (
I for the market. Their herd now in- ,
| eludes nearly 20,000 animals, and
| they have three cold storage plants ■
I in operation and two more in con-',
struction. Shipments of reindeer ,
meat are limited to cold storage
capacity of steamers running to ,
Nome, and were 99,000 pounds in ;
1918, and 37,000 pounds in 1919. ‘j
There are extensive reindeer pas- ,
tures in inland Alaska and on the .
shores of Bering sea and the Arctic (
ocean. It is estimated that these:
pastures should support a total of ,
nine million to ten million animals. : (
The reindeer range tributary to ,
Broad pass, and hence to the Gov
ernment railroad, should be capable
of supporting some 600,000 animals.
This, if utilized, will give tonnage
to the railroad and would furnish
a new source of meat and leather
from a region which has no value
for other purposes.
Furs. |.
Since 1867 Alaska has produced j.
furs to the value of about $90,400, ;
000, of which about $53,000,000 j
represents the value of the seal-!
skins. The value of the Alaska i
furs has increased from $761,729 in!
1913 to $2,288,170 in 1918. Of1
these amounts, $66,095 in 1913 and
$924,570 in 1918 represent the j
value of the fur seals killed by the!
Government on Pribilof islands.
I
The raising of foxes and other
'I
fur-bearing animals is on the in- ■
crease in Alaska, and promises to j
become a more important industry, j
The evidence in hand indicates that
Alaska will continue to yield a valu
able annual fur product. The fur
seals promise to be a large source!
of annual revenue to the Govern-:
ment.
FINDINGS AND RECOMEND
ATIONS.
Alaska is served by three ocean
transportation systems; the Alaska
Steamship company and the Pacific
Steamship company being American
lines, and the Canadian Pacific be
ing a Canadian company. The Alas
ka Steamship company serves ail
main sections of the Territory, the
Pacific Steamship company all sec
tions excepting the Bering Sea or
Nome route, and the Canadian Pa
cific company only Southeastern
Alaska or inside passage ports.
The freight and passenger rates
of the American companies show a
general increase since 1914. Wheth
er these rate increases have been
justified was not inquired into by
the committee, as such inquiry, ne
cessitating an expert examination of
the company's operating costs and
property valuations, could not be
undertaken in the brief time al
lowed for the committee’s investiga
tions. • The committee therefore at
tempted only to ascertain whether
the Territory could develop under
existing rates.
It was the opinion of practically
every person appearing before the
committee that money could not be
attracted to Alaska, industries de
pendent upon transportation by reg
ular lines started, or general devel
opment go forward freely under ex-.
isting rates, and this was the con
clusion reached by the committee.
Having reached this conclusion, the
committee sought to determine the
elements in the transportation situ
ation, controlling efficiency and cost
if service, to ascertain whether an
equal or better service might be
lecured at a lower cost, and if so,
vhether freight rates might not be ;
■educed accordingly.
The following were the outstand
ng transportation elements thus de
veloped:
I
I
1. No material benefits now ac- ;
•rue from maintaining two Ameri
can lines. There is no competition.
2. The Alaska freight and pass
;nger traffic load has two high peaks,
spring and fall, requiring an excess
equipment in order to insure suffi- <
■ient elasticity to meet them.
3. The total freight carried year-!
v by the American lines is approxi
nately half the total cargo space,
■evealing the extent of the econom
c loss occasioned by the traffic !
leaks.
i
4. The service is at times very
rregular, due to the nature of the '
raffic handled and lack of co-ordin
ition of sailings between the two
companies.
5. Regular, and the best possible |
ervice to all districts of Alaska,
cannot be given by existing com
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By Margaret Mayo.
THE GREATEST FARCE COMEDY OF A GENERATION.
INTRODUCING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SCREEN THE
MOST BRILLIANT COMEDIENNE OF THE
AMERICAN STAGE.
MUSIC—VIOLIN AND PIANO.
General Admission 50 cents Reserved Seats 75c
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN. 25c
NO WAR TAX
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.
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CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind.
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
|>anies under their present methods
and burdens of operation.
6. The postoffice department is
lot functioning, and cannot func
tion, to meet the needs of Alaska
rnder the existing organization of
transportation facilities.
7. The combined control of land
and water transportation facilities
precludes the most efficient supervi
sion and regulation of either, and
:he further alliance with mining and
■melting interests produces a psycho
logical situation injurious to Alaskan
leveiopment and consequently to
traffic expansion.
8. Canadian competition to South
eastern Alaska is a serious factor
in the development of an adequate
American service. Southeastern Al
aska traffic should help support the
entire Alaska transportation system,
rhe portion of that traffic going to
:he Canadian line cripples to that
extent a comprehensive transporta
don scheme for the entire Territory.
The committee is unanimous in
ihe conclusion that the two indo
aendent steamship lines as at pres
ent organized, cannot solve the
xansportation problem of Alaska.
It therefore recommends:
1. That an effort be made to con
solidate, under proper safeguards,
:xisting American lines into, or sub
stitute therefor, one purely ocean
xansportation company, as the
quickest and surest method to re
luce existing ocean freight rate3
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Na»b,
Secretary. President.
and to meet other transportation
necessities.
2. That the Shipping board be
requested to at once begin an in
quiry into all elements entering into
the reasonableness of present ocean
freight rates, to the end that the
committee's first recommendation
failing, some measure of relief may,
if possible, be secured by an equita
ble reduction in rates.
3. That in case it should develop
that the shipping bill recently pass
'd does not adequately protect Am
:rican coastwise lines from Canadi
an competitors, such protection bi
■secured by further legislation.
4. That the postoffice department
be requested to assist in every man*
ner permitted by existing law, or
by additional legislation, in Drovid
ing an adequate transportation serv
ice for Alaska, which shall permit of
the reasonable development of the
Territory.
(To Be Continued.)
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[ Miners and Prospectors! 1
[ NOTICE OF CfUNOE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS [
| 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- g
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. §
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be 1
5 enabled by this change to do their recording and §
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within I
easy reach of their mining activities. I
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. 1
J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. §
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