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ALASKA'S MINES.
fhe Important feature about the
report or the federal bureau of
on Alaska Is the great de
re oomeut recorded in lode min
ing 'he permanent phase of the
minia* industry in contradistinction
to pUcer mining, which is general
ly; ephemeral. There is record
ed among the improvements for the
vear the completion of one 500
ton copper plant, one unit of the
great 10,000-ton milling plant for
ore carrying gold values, and sev
eral Bmall mills and cyanide plants.
Of the 8,000 men now engaged in
m'ni'if hi Alaska, 35 per cent are
workug placer properties, while
55 oer cent are now engaged in
hard-reek mining. Tbc» remaining
10 o^r cent are working in quarries
ur on dredges eugaged in placer
mining.
Thjs opening and development of I
hard-rock mines in Alaska means |
the establishment ot a great and
permanent industry, one which will
he !u operation generations from
low. I'lacer mines are worked
ouv within a relatively brief peri
od. Tt-i ODening of new placer dis
trict means a great rush, the
building of a boom mining camp;
fortune for the few and wages for
a portion of the others. Then the
m'.nes aTe worked out, the camp
droas back and sometimes goes
entirely out of existence.
I.odr mining means permanence;
steady work at fair wages for a
constantly increasing army of men;
solid little cities, with homes and
all of the surroundings of a sub
stantial manufacturing city. The
future of Alaska is largely to be
^ase.l upon the development of lode
propertt s; the great mills and
smelters which are beingj established
an* which are bound to expand to
enormous proportions.
A'rska has passed through its
first period of mining development.
It is entering upon its real, im
portant and permanent expansion
wita the opening and the develop
ment of its great lode mines, only
a verv few of which are yet among
the producing properties, where
there will in time be thousands.
GOVERNOR STRONG'S REPORT
Governor Strong's annual report
to congress shows a healthy condi
tion in Alaska. He shows that
the value of all shipments between
Alaska and the United States and
other countries for 1915 is $70,
11?,916, as against $61,076,692 for
the orevious year, an increase of
over $9,000,000. For instance, he
•ays:
"Shipments of domestic mer
chandise from the United States
to Alaska, showed a decrease of
|5?5,4S2 from the previous fiscal
year, while shipments of domsetic
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him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations mud* by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the food and mu
cous surfaces of tht> system. Testimonials
tent tree. Price VS cents per bottle. Sold
by all Drugffisis.
Tak* Ball's Family Pills for constipation.
merchnndiso from Alaska to the
United States Increased $4,321,035,
anj shipments of domestic gold and
silver Increased .1.3,172,154; ship
ments of foreign gold and silver
Increased $928,588; and the value
of fish shipments of all kinds
showed an increase of $4,023,411.
There was also an increase in cop
per Toduction of $1,305,693 over
the previous year.
'Th« volume of business for the
present calendar year will show
a larpc increase over the calendar
year 1914. In almost every line
of industry the shipments of mer
chandise from the United Stat®
to Alaska have been larger than
ever befor.e This is due principally
the increased mining activity in
tne vicinity of Juneau and else
where on the southeastern coast
lu southwestern Alaska, or the
third judicial division, there is al
so increased commercial activity,
t'ue to the increased production of
ores in the Copper River districts.
Th<*re is considerable activity in
the Cook Inlet country, due to a
large influx of people to that sec
tion and the building of the gov
ernment railroad and trade and
commerce, therefore, in that sec
tion shows a substantial advance.
The volume of business of Seward
pCi-insuli and northwestern Alaska
shows little change as compared
with last year, and the total mer
chandise tonnage of interior Al
aska, including Idltarod, Fairbanks
an-I Yukon River points, is about
thb same as in 1914."
It is Interesting to note that of
the total value of $20,792,609 for
(JoTestic merchandise Bhipped from
the United States to Alaska, one
item w.as coal, valued at $255,
810, whilst Alaska excels in coal,
and another item was $712,199 for
lumber, whilst Alaskas is covered
with forests. In addition was re
oe'ved "foreign coal" to the value
of $141,480.
'1 hf fisheries lead in products
shipped from Alaska with a total
iif $18,375,053; gold and silver
shipments totaled $15,612,272, and
fOfper ore alone $5,182,004. Tin
r<prtseuted a value of $71,400. The
total value of all exports reached
' the sum of $45,836,995.
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INSURANCE
REALTY
COLLECTIONS
G-EN'L AGENT
NOTARY Public
in office
4th Avenue. Skagway
The governor dwells upon the
agricultural possibilities of Alaska
."or supporting a permanent popula
tion anil estimates that tho popu
lation h:is increased 5,000 over the
es'imate contained in his previous
report. He places tho white inhabi
tants now at 44,000. He says:
"Tne population of a country
should be judged by its character,
and not by mere numbers. Effi
ciency 'a the criterion of its worth,
aud In this respect Alaska has
be^n fortunate. Among the white
population Illiteracy is at a mini
mum, although among its people
many nationalities are represented.
Its peoole are self-respecting and
law-abiding, and although a fron
tier country, their moral and ln
tellecttin' status is of a hlglt order."
London, Dec. 31 — Sir George
l'aish, one of the best known Eng
lish authorities on financial af
fairs, made a statement today in
rapport of the government's plan
f >r mobilization of American se
curities. He predicted a trade bal
an.ce In IS 16 of more than two
billion dollars, and probably $2,
500,000,000 iu favor of the United
States.
"The plan is to enable the Brit
ish people to purchase and pay for
ths great quantities of American
goods and produce they will need
to buy in the next twelve months,"
said Sir George. "Further, it is
for the purpose of providing' the al
ii^ of Great Britain with the sums
tnpy need for goods purchased in
the United States.
' In tha past year goods bought
from the United States havp been
paid fc-r largely in gold and still
more largely in securities as well as
by the credit of $500,000,000 which
th» American bankers and investors
so generously provided France and
Great Britain a short time ago.
"Practically speaking Great Brit
ain has to provide all the money
needed to settle the American fa- i
vorr.ble trade balance. For 1915 the
excess over exports will probably
roach $1,750,000,000.
"In 1916 tho balance in favoT of
the states, in view of tho great
quantities of goo-ls already ordered
mw not be far short of $2,500,000,
00.
"W»h such a prospect it was es
sential that Groat Britain should
mobilize her American securities
and make necessary preparations
for payment of so great a sum.
"The amount of money that is
likely to accumulate in the States
is Jikely to be so great in absorb
ing any securities which British
and French Investors may desire to
sell, but thero will probably be a
big surplus for investment in Brit
ish, French or other government
loans and in other foreign securi
ties.
"In other words, the United
by reason of its vast ex
ports, will enjoy a greater income
than It ever had hitherto."
FRENCH TREAT CAPTURED
CIT1KS AS CITIZENS
New York, Jan 4—Gouvernour
Morris relates iu the -New York Am
erican that German villages which
hayo been captured by the French
are vastly different from German
captured French villages; the form
er arc- almost intact, except where
the Germans have lobbed in a few
shells to ferret out French occupy
ing detachments. The French have
bui't fine roads ~.ud cleaned up en
tire villages, even to the graveyards,
where they have buried many of
their own dead. He describes a
typical French officer—a. middle
aged man, but physically and men
tal, v very active, good, humored
and a comrade with his Alpine chas
ours, to whom he gave "tobacco and
told Jokes^
DYEWOODS EMBARGO
ACT OP RETALIATION
Washington, Jan. 3—The depart
ment of commerce" has been in
formal that the British embargo on
exportation of dyowoods from Ja
maica and British Honduras large
ly wae in retaliation against Am
erican manufacturers who are al
leged to have increased prices to
Eritish and Canadian buyers of
logwood extract.
In announcing today the release
ot 4,700 tons of dyewood awaiting
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Liberal sample ol each nulled (rm, with 33-d. book.
.Address i • CuUcui*," Oeet-UK, •Boston.
shipment In Jamaica, the depratmeni
quoted the British. ioredjn office aa
stating tlie action waa conditional
on resumption of extract exporta
tion in roasonable quantities to
Canada. The foreign offJcfl <jharg«
tfcnt in some instance® American
manufacturers not only Increased
their price®, bu* repudiated con
tracts made with British purcha®
era. .
'the United States imports annual
ly about 20,000 tons of dyew<*>ds.
Two-thirds of this comea from Ja
maica and British Honduras and the
remainder from Haiti.
A small quantity, of Zenith. Oil oa>
a clean soft cloth wfll clean and
renew the furniture or any Tarn
ished surface moat aatlafo/ctoflly,
and will not injur® in least any
surface. 10c, 25c 60c, bottlee. Kel
ler Bros. Sole Skagway agonttf.-'J1
H« L'ndersto«4..Hi«, ProfMtloiy^ ,
Tlie professor of "Jurisprudence In a
western university was-lectnrlng to a
hundred embryo lawyer*. .Be asiced
whether every ouo in America conld
own property. One f*}lpw, £ns werfcd,
"No; n criminal can't o^n property.?
But the professor said: "Suppoee a
man owns a ranch, gets Into trouble
with his neighbor, assault) him and Is
put into the penitentiary. Does be a till
own the ranch . ..t,, , ,3
Tbo class was unaiilmoaa that he
did. . - t
"If he did not eontlnoe to own lt»"
went on the professor, "what would
become of it?" t
That was supposed to settle the dis
cussion, but one boy called out, i*Tb«
lawyer would get It!" .
There was a hearty laugh, of oooroe,
nnd the professof,fldd«}fl:,k,,,
"We learn two thing? from that apt
remark—be a lawyer, and don't b»#
criminal."—Youth's Companion. r;
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»&1 Order of
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Wednesday night of e&ch Boath at
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brothers cordially ix-rltei to attend.
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Arctic Brotherhood.—;
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ond and fourth. Tues
day evening at 8:00 p.
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ly welcome. J. M. Roller, Y, Arc
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