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£ ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE £
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DRILL MAKERS URGING
MODIFICATION OF LAW
The use of the diamond drill in
prospecting for oil in Alaska, though
not allowed under the bill passed
by Congress, is being taken up with
the Department of the Interior and
Congress, by the leading diamond
drill manufacturers in the country,
according to R. C. Hurley, who re
cently returned to Juneau from Se
attle.
“It costs about $40 a foot to drill
for oil,” Mr. Hurley said, “and en
gineers have estimated that it will
cost double that in Alaska. By us
ing a diamond drill which will sink
a hole two inches wide, for pros
pecting, the cost would be reduced
to less than a fourth. By using a
diamond drill, oil prospectors say,
they would be able to accomplish
mor« work in less time, and save
much needless expense.
“Provision for the use of the dia
mond drill in oil fields was not made
by the oil leasing bill, and the mat
ter is now being taken up with Con
gress by the Sullivan Machinery
company and the Longyear compa
ny, manufacturers of the drills.”
COAST PAPER COMPANY
LETS FIRST CONTRACT
The contract for the firet pulp
wood to be cut in Alaska was let
recently by the Alaska Pulp & Pa
per company to Sawyer & Reynolds,
loggers, operating near Killisnoo.
The company boats are now pre
pared to tow the booms to Speel
river for delivery to the pulp plant
there.
The wood to be U3ed is Alaska
spruce. The first boom should ar
rive at Speel river shortly, and this
will be followed by several more
until the pulp company has enough
on hand to start its plant and to
insure it a supply to run on over
the winter.
W. P. Lass, city manager and of
ficial of the company, said in Ju
neau recently: “We have let our
first contract for pulp wood and
deliveries of the wood in booms will
start soon. It will be Alaska spruce.
We are now ready to buy wood in
any quantities from the Alaskan
loggers, whether they are big opera
tors, hand logger’s, or beach comb
ers. We want the logs to make our
continued operations through the
winter certain.
“All the timber that we have
bought at Por.t Snettisham will be
logged for us by logging contrac
| tors for delivery at the pulp mill,
and we will use lots of it,” he con
cluded.
The agreement for the contract
! for the first of the Alaska pulp wood
was made at Juneau between offi
cials of the pulp company and Will
iam Selfrige, partner and manager
for Sawyer & Reynolds.
McKay & Kinkaid, loggers, now
have their logging outfit on the place
at Speel river and are engaged in
clearing the right of way for the
pipe line that is to furnish power
for the plant. They will also start
soon to haul the pipe up the hill.
FAIRBANKS MAN SAYS
JUNEAU IS BEST TOWN
“After visiting the principal towns
from Cordova to Ketchikan, I am
satisfied that Juneau is the best town
in Alaska from a substantial busi
ness standpoint,” said Dr. Kendrick
Pierce, of Fairbanks, who recently
visited the coast districts in search
of a location.
Dr. Pierce spent some time in
both Cordova and Ketchikan before
going to Juneau, investigating the
business possibilities in both places.
“To my mind,” he stated to a rep
resentative of the Juneau Empire,
“Juneau’s business is built on a per
manent basis. Its valued are solid
and settled.”
From the standpoint of living
costs, he stated that he had found
rents for houses very reasonable.
Modern conveniences, such as a
plentiful water supply, power and
light, are to be had on terms making
them available to everyone. He was
impressed with the outlook for fu
ture growth and development of new
resources which will add materially
to Juneau’s prosperity.
Dr. Pierce returned to Fairbanks
on a recent stage and may move to
Juneau with his family next spring
to locate permanently.
Having a few thousaud straw
berry plants more than I
need. I will sell them at $1
per doz; or $7 per 100. Two
year-old plants, 25c. each.
Positively no more sold
after September 15.
John Scharle, Fairbanks
More than eight inches of rain
recently fell at Ketchikan during a
24-hour period, the record for that:
town.
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Trappers Traders
SHIP TO
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A WORD TO YOU
At our Seattle office we have opened a buying department for
the benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations
desiring closer connections for buying and selling. The service
rendered is direct; we, at every step, exercise close supervision
over all transactions, thus assuring accurate and prompt atten
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We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship
right, to insure right—to attend to all matters as your personal
agent. Your enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and
most courteous attention.
WRITE US—there is no obligation. We are just the business
connection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the
buying of mining, cannery and fishing supplies, dry goods, gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco, drugs, rubber goods, furniture, house
hold sundries, electrical goods, gas engines—in fact, anything that
grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all
Alaskan products. Get in touch with us, giving full particulars,
and your goods Will be sold right.
DELEGATE TALKS
TD LOCAL VOTERS
Delegate George B. Grigsby, who
is making the rounds of the Ter
ritory in the interests of his cam
paign for re-election, was given a
spiendid reception at the Coliseum
theater on Saturday night, a large
number of voters' being on hand to
hear the delegate review his work
at Washington and discuss the issue?
of the campaign. The large audi
ence tilled the theater and Mr.
Grigsby was given respectful atten
tion throughout his discourse, which
lasted for more than two hours. The
delegate was introduced by Robert
Joseph Diven.
Mr. Grigsby gave a detailed ac
count of his work at the national
capital as representative of Alaska
in Congress. He had secured the
passage of a number of measures,
he said, and had initiated additional
legislation which he hoped to be able
to complete during the coming ses
sion of Congress.
He referred to the Alaska plank
in the Democratic platform, which
he had helped to frame, and to the
absence of an Alaska plank in the
Republican platform. He said the j
Republicans are pledged to conserva
tion, of which Alaskans have al- j
ready seen too much, and that Dan \
Sutherland, if elected, would be han
dicapped by the policies of his party.
The delegate asked for support on
the showing already made by him I
in Congress and on the program of j
future action outlined by him, un-!
hampered by restrictive policies.
Reference was made to the wage
scale of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, and the delegate assured j
his audience that he would do his |
utmost to secure an upward revision j
of the scale. He declared that the j
men working on the railroad should j
receive at least five dollars a day j
and board, and he promised to take ;
the matter up with those in charge j
of the enterprise, with a view to j
getting an increase. He said that j
he would take the matter up locally,
then with the head of the commis
sion at Anchorage, and finally, if ;
necessary, with the head of the in-!
terior department.
Five bills introduced by Delegate
Grigsby have been enacted into law.
Four of these were bonding bills,
including bond issues for Ketchikan, i
Wrangell, and Petersburg. The 80-1
rod strip repeal, which had been de- j
feated several times, was put thru j
by him. Two other bills—the ap
propriation bill for the Alaska rail
road and the Curry Development
Board measure—were offered to him
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Furs in
Nenana
Most Buyers.
Highest Prices.
Quickest Returns.
Why Risk
the Dangers of
Long Shipments
and Longe^ Delays
when you can
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market price in
Nenana as soon as
you part with your
catch?
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for introduction, but advised of the
greater favor they would receive by
being introduced by some member of
the party in power. Delegate Grigsby
recommended that both be intro
duced by Representative Curry of
California, chairman of the commit
tee on territories. The delegate was
accorded the privilege of making the
principal speech in favor of the rail
road measure, which passed without
opposition.
Delegate Grigsby, accompanied by
Representative William Burns and
j Road Commissioner R. E. Sheldon,
( made a trip to the end of steel ycs
| terday, returning to town last night,
i Tomorrow morning the delegate will
! take the regular train south, enroute
| to Anchorage by way of Broad Pass.
I Meetings will be held at Healy and
i other points along the line
The delegate is a guest at the
Southern during his stay in Nenanp.
Tennis Shoes fo- Boys, Men and
Women. Fowler & Morris.
HO CROSS FUNDS ARE
10 HEIPPAK FOR FlU
Pursuant to a call issued by the
chairman, Mrs. F. D. Browne, the
local branch of the Red Cross so
ciety met at the firehall last eve
j ning and voted to turn the sum of
#600 over to the treasurer of the
“flu” committee for use in helping
to wipe out the indebtedness con
tracted during the epidemic of last
spring. The meeting had been well
advertised, but there were only elev
en members of the branch present,
of whom six were women. All of
those present voted in favor of turn
ing the money over to the flu com
mittee.
The report of the treasurer, Carl
Schmidt, showed a balance of #645.
16 in the treasury, so that the gift
to the flu committee still leaves a
small working fund on hand.
There was considerable informal
discussion after the meeting, regard
ing the status of the local branch,
and it w'as explained by the chair
man that practically all of the an
nual memberships have lapsed,
through failure of the mother chap
ter, at Fairbanks, to renew the
memberships on the first of the year,
with funds in the Fairbanks treasury.
And the Fairbanks membership is
in bad standing for the same reason.
It appears that it was agreed
upon by those in charge of the chap
ter to renew all memberships with
funds already in the treasury, in
stead of making an annual member
ship drive last winter, as was done
elsewhere in the Territory. There
were ample funds on hand in the
treasury at Fairbanks for that pur
pose, a considerable part of the
money having come originally from
Xenana and other branches through
out the valley within the jurisdic
tion of the Fairbanks chapter. But,
for some reason, the memberships
were not renewed, with the result
.that all the branches and the mother
chapter are now somewhat in ar
rears.
It was explained that half of
every dollar membership collected in
Xenana in the past has been turned
over to the mother chapter at Fair
banks, in accordance with the rules
of the society governing chapters
and their branches. The payment is
similar to the per capita tax paid
by fraternal organizations into the
treasury of the mother lodge—a one
sided arrangement, with all the bene
fit in favor of the parent organ
ization.
When these points had been ex
plained, it was the opinion of those
present that steps should be taken
to reorganize on an independent
basis, so that all money collected
from memberships may be retained
in the local treasury. And it is
possible that some such action will
be taken in the near future.
In any event, it will be necessary
for the local branch to hold a gen
eral election before any further busi
ness can be transacted, for the rea
son that Treasurer Schmidt soon will
be the only officer left. Mrs. Browne
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plans to leave for the States within
the next few days, and has already
prepared her resignation, and Mrs.
Walter Gould, who is secretary of
the branch, also will be leaving' with
in a short time.
ANCHORAGE CAPITAL
TO OPEN COAL MINE
Secretary of the Interior Payne
has officially approved the applica
tion for the lease of Unit No. 2 to
the Evans Jones Coal company. The
property is located in the Matanus
ka coal fields and adjoins the Eska
mine. The company, with a capital
ization of $250,000, is in the course
of incorporation, with several An
chorage capitalists interested in the
movement. The company expects to
start development work at once. A
permanent camp will be established
immediately and it is expected that
the new company will be supplying
coal to Anchorage customers within
three or four months.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars aod Tobacco
S. T. Hinckley
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JEWELRY
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>z ^ Comfort, Economy and the
I Environment* of Home
Appeal to'You,
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Persons having accounts
against the estate af Sam
Derietich, deceased, are re
quested to present them im
mediately at the office of
the United States commis
sioner, at Nenana, Alaska.