THE WICKEBSHAM BILL FOR
ROflOS, BRIDGES Hi TRAILS
la the liouso of representatives
on Dfceniber 17, 191-*, Delegate Jas.
Wickershain introduced the follow
.g bill, which was referred to the
• 'otiutittee ou territories and order
■ .1 to bo printed. Included in it is
■ $25,000 appropriation asked for
_■ Skaftway to Summit wagon roac:]
LULL.—To provide for further
•::st ruction and maintenance of
::iill;.iry and post roads, bridges and
■ iIs in Alaska, and for other pur
'OSt*S. I
IV it enacted by the senate and
>u<e of representatives of the l*n
• 1 States of America in congress
• serabled, That there be, and is
hereby, appropriated, out of any
Money in the United States, treasury
iOt otherwise appropriated, for the
• instruction and maintenance of
iiitary post roads, bridges and
s;!s in the territory- of Alaska, to
• - expended under the direction of
' ,e board of road commissioners de
■ri'.W in section 29 of an act eu
' let!, "An Act to provide for the
•nstruction and maintenance of
'ids, the establishment and main
line of schools, and the care and
• pport of insane persons in the
•strict of Alaska, and for other
irposes." approved January 27,
■05, and to be expended con
mable to the provisions of said
. and the amendments thereof !n
s :.ct contained, the sum of $750,
to remain available until the
>se of the fiscal year ending June
', 191?: Provided, that the said
>.:rd of road commissioners, out
; :e said appropriation, shall con
uct a permanent bridge across
e Chen a river where the present
lltary and post road Teaches the
lie, and connecting the said
ui from the north end of Cus'u
•t str°«t, Fairbanks, Alaska, with
said road on the opposie bank,
cost not exceeding $25,000; the
i board shall construct a per-!
vi. i bridge across the Snake
;• ::t Nome. Alaska, in place of;
...i destroyed by storm, to con-j
.! thy military and ;>ost roads,
a cost not exceeding $25,000;
.*• the said board shall complete
••• military and post road from Ru
Alaska, known as the Ruby-.
L-jiir creek road, route 38, at a cost
not exceeding $25,000; said board
'I complete the military and post
-oad from Hope, Alaska, via Sunrise
to its intersection with the Alaska
Central Railway, route 12, at a
■ "St not exceeding $25,000; said
' c-ard shall construct a military and
-t read from Skagway, Alaska, to
the international boundary line
along the survey made by or under
Us authority in lk>14, at a cost,
not exceeding ?2o,0(>0; said board
ahaL construct permanent bride
across the tide flats and shallows of
Gastineau channel from the most
available point about opposite the
mouth of Gold creek at Juneau, Al
aska, so as to connect the Juneau
Kag'e river military and post road
with the Douglas Gastineau chan
nel road, route 40, at a cost not
to exceed $25,000: Provided furthe.y
That all work iu the actual con- j
atruction, repair, and maintenance j
ot roads, bridges and trails done I
or performed under the provisions j
of this act, or any former act to
which this is ameudatorv or sup- i
olemental shall be done by contract, i
the contract for the work shall be |
let by the said board of road com- I
miss'oners to the lowest responsible i
bidder, after due notice-, under rules
»nd regulations to bs prescribed by
the secretary of war"; the board
may reject any bid if they deem the
same unreasonably high or if they
find there is a combination among J
the bidders; a good and sufficient
bond for the performance ot' the con |
tract shall be required; And pro
vided further. That nothing herein
shall be held to limit the board in
surveying and engineering work nec
tssary to locate, construct and
maintain roads, trails and bridges >
constructed under this and former I
acts as fully as they have hereto- I
fore done such work under snid
laws.
S°c 2. That on ar.d after July!
I, 1016, all moneys derived from
a .id collection for liquor licenses, i
occupation or trade licenses outside
of Incorporated towns in the terri-,
tory of Alaska shall be deposited '
iu the treasury of the territory of !
Alaska, to be wholly devoted to the '
purposes hereinafter stated in sai 1:
territory: One-half of said fund !
shall be devoted to the establish- I
meat and maintenance of public j
schools in said territory; ten perl
centum of said fund, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, sitall
be expended for the relief of per
sons in Alaska who are indigent and
Incapacitated through nor age, old
age, sickness or accident; and that
all the residua of sn!d fund shall
he devoted to the construction and
maintenance of wagon roads, bridges
and trails in said territory; that
the territory of Alaska is hereby |
authorized to expend the said funds '
'or tii6 uses designated herein by
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ARE HELPING IK
RESCUE WORK
Rome, Jan. 19—The survivors of
the Italian earthquake are now join
iug in the work of rescue.
The property loss In the zone of
disaster is estimated at $t>o,000,
000.
A deplorable feature of the catas
trophe that has just developed is
that the country is overrun with
wolves, which have become so bold
us to viciously attack relief trains
near Avenzzano,
SEMI MONTHLY MEETING OF
SKAGWAY TOWN lOlNtlL
The Skagway towu council held
its ipgular meeting last night with j
a full board present
After roll call and the read-1
ing ci the minutes of a previous |
mee'iug the monthly report of the
Skagway public school board was
read. It included statement oi."
last month's expenditures and a re
quest for an appropiir.tion of $025
for the present month. The former .
was approved and the latter grant- I
ed.
Councilman Selmer oi the health |
and police committee reported that
Ernest Young was ftiil in the W. P.
hospital at the expense of the |
town.
Councilman Hillerv of the water
works committee reported the in- j
stallation of water service in the I
flutfeid place in the lower end of I
town.
The following claims against the !
town were allowed and ordered
paid:
\V. W Tate $ "-50
W. Spcer 2.50
I*. E. Hudson . 3.25
ilertn.in Olson 6.50
W. T. Myrlck 3.00
i\ M.-Xichol 11.00
A. J. Dannerline . . . . . . ■ 2.50
Ilurd Pond Co 15.00
Daily Alaskan .. . . . . . . 7.50
lCelkr Pros -50
The question of sending an invita-,
lion to President Wocdrow Wilson |
to visit Skagway during his con- j
tem plated western trip in March was
brought up by Mayor Kennedy and
a resolution was introduced and un- '
anlmously adopted approving the
suggestion.
Adjourned.
general laws passed by the legisla
ture, and the said territory is au
thorized vo exercise legislative con
trol over the expendituri of all li
cense funds collected both within
and without incorporated towns in
said territory; and in so far as
the provisions of this act confliot
with the provisions oi any prior act
of congress the prior act is hereby
modM'icd or repealed.
RELIEF SHIP WASHINGTON
WILL SHIFT TO SEATTLE '
The Belgian relief Ship Washing
ton, which is loading in Tacoma, is
expected to shift to Seattle to com
plete ner Puge Sound cargo on Wed
nesday. From there she. will pro
ceed to Portland, viiero she will
complete her cargo for the European
continent.—Seattle P.-I.
TODAY'S WAR
DISPATCHES
FORCING WAY WESTWARD
Loudon, Jan. II)—The Russians
iu-c now reported to bo forcing
their way westward with the in
tention of invading Transylvania
ami thus securing an easy road in
to other portions of Hungary.
many frozen to death
London, Jan. 19—The Turkish
aimy is reported to he in full ie
treat toward Erzeruni, Turkey in
Asia, sill! the Russians in close
pursuit. The weather is e.vtrcnic
ly cold ami the Russians have con a
across l.incty Turkish soldiers who
had frozen to dentil on the retreat.
FIGHT SrTlBBORX BATTLE
St. Petersburg, Jan. if—In a
stubborn MMJc that has Ihx'u going
oil for (tie [ as( two days between
the RrwhJis and lurks near Jani
kioi, Turkey iu Asia, tlie latter
have been severely defeated.
IS QllF.T IN FRANCE
Paris, Jan. 10—Everyt1 h:g is
reported to be <iiiiet iu the vicinity
of Hoissons.
SUPREME CODS!
DENIES REVIEW
Washington, D. C., Jan. 19—
After a two years' fight the United
Slates supreme court today denied a
writ of review in the cases of Bul
lock and Houston, the Alaska coal
land conspirators, and they must
now serve their sentences of one
year's confinement each in the fed
eral jail at Tacoma, Wash.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 19—Ad
vices have been received from Mexi
co Ci.'v giving as a reason for the
ousting of Provisional President
Guiterrez by the Mexican national
convention that he had been dis- j
covered iu a plot to betray General ]
Villa to his enemies with the un
derstanding that Guiterrez would
afterward join with Generals Obre
gou rud Agullar.
THE S. S. CITY OF SEATTLE
MAKES A GREAT RUN
The City of Seattle did some
great running on this present voy
age, making the round trip to Skag
way, including stops at way ports,
in three daj and four hours, arriving
hero about eleven this morning.
—Ketchikan Miner.
SWEET
CIDER
We have just tapped another barrel
and it is exceptionally good. Price
50c per Gallon
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM
A GLAGIERVILLE HOMESTEADER
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR
OVERHAULING NORTHWESTERN
The Alaska Steamship company
has awarded the contract for tin
terrations to the steamship Nori'.r •
western to tho Seattle Construcion
& Dry Dock Co. The vessel is now
at the local plant, where the work
is being pushed so that she will
be in readiness to re-enter the
spring trade in Alaska. Chief among
the alterations is the conversion of
the vessel from coal to oil as fuel.
The Dahl oil burning system will
be installed, which will have the
' ffect of somewhat speeding the ves
sel up and creating some additional
cargo space. While undergoing this
work the awning deck will be ex
tended from the fining saloon for
ward, upon both sides, which will
give a covered deck promenade sim
ilar to the Alameda and Mariposa.
The interior of the steamship will
te refurnished and painted, making
here accomodations equal in all re
spects to the Mariposa and Alameda.
These three vessels will alternate
on the Southwestern Alaska run via
the inside passage, on the same
general arrangement as last season.
--Railway and Marine News.
CITIZENS KNOW NEEDS
OF STATE UNIVERSITY'
Seattle, Jan. 19—The needs of
the University of Washington, as
well n? the university's service to
! the state in both material and edu
j cational lines, are well known to the
i people of the state, according to
j President Landes, who has visited a
number of' cities and spoken to
many gatherings of alumni and
business men during the holiday re
cess.
Meetings held to effect organiza
tion among the alumni and to ac
I quaint the people with the present
condition and aims of the university
were addressed by several other
members of the faculty, and were,
tho president says, successful in
every Instance.
"There is no doubt," he said af
ter a trip to Spokane, "but that
the university has a host 01' friends
east of the mountains. Wherever I
went the needs of the ur.iveisity are
kno\*n and there is little doubt but
that the campaign of education has
done a great deal of good. The
business men of the state seem to
hold the university in high esteem.
There is no lack of friends in our
fight for new buildings."
J. J. F. Ward, formerly of the
Tortlaud House, Skagway, but now
holding down a homestead claim
near Glacier Point, Chilcat] valley,
where he and his wife went with
their Household goods a few weeks
.u a recent letter to friends In
this place writes interesting as fol
lows:
"The weather here has been fine
up to date, no fro&t to speak of,
and George Rumple and I have been
working out in the open every day
in our shirt sleeves, except when
it was raining or on Sundays. We
have been working on our houses,
and have finished Victor Bran
quart's cabin up In good shape. He
lias been living in it now for over
a month. We have nearly com
pleted George Rumple's fine large
vabin, and have put some improve
ments on mine, besides getting
our fire wood, which we have lots
of here, caring for the launch Alert
and imny other little things, eo
we have been kept pretty busy,
"We took a walk up to Willie
Aud^ison's ranch on Sunday last. He
is building another fine large barn
for his hay and cattle, the one he
has at present being too small. Wil
lie's ranch is the next south of us.
lie has three horses and some
cows and calves, I don'it Just know
how many.
"Antone DeGrani, who Is located
just 3 few miles south of Ander
son, has on his ranch fifteen head
of stock, which number he intends
to double in the spring.
I "Harry Cowger's horses, and Joe
Currie's horses and cattle ar$ all
in fine shape. Joe has two pigs
and nine or ten head of cattle, one
cow Hving milk, so we can get
milk whenever we want it, as Joe
is just about a mile north of lis.
"All tire cattle hav» been running
ou* and getting a good part of -thelr
feed on the meadows up to date.
"Our chickens are doing fine.
Some* of them are laying, and we get
fresh eggs every day. They forrage
around in the woods, and on the
meadow, and by so doing get about
half their feed, which is quite an
item "
Arthus Wilson, who went to Haines
s-everal days ago to get a small
boat and bring it back to Skagway,
and who for a short time was
thought by his friends to have bean
lost in the canal, returned yester
day afternoon from a wood camp a
lew miles to the south of here,
where he had been stopping since
loavir:^ Haines.
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