ALASKA’S
DELEGATE
Was Active From Start
in Getting Action on ;
Rainy Pass Route.
''The following letter from Delegate
Sutherland to the Second Assistant
Postmaster General should be of par
ticular interest to everyone in this sec
tion, as it shows that he took early ac
tion toward securing an efficient mail
service for the people of this portion of
the Interior, his efforts finally result
ing in the restoration of the Raiuy
Pass mail route:
Washington, June 8, 1921.
Hon. E. H. Shaughnessy,
Second Assistant Postmaster General,
Washington. D. C.
My Dear Sir—
In conversation with Mr. Corridon
today I discussed the subject of mail
service between the Government rail
road at Wasilla and the town of Me
■ Grath on the Kuskokwim, and inas
much as l am firmly convinced that
the Postoffice Department should give
direct service to that interior town
that is located in the center of recent
mining development and now contains
a large and rapidly growing popula
tion.' I-desire to submit a few facts to
_ you (that ere based upon'tce report of
-the chief mail clerk in Alaska which
Mr. Corridon has called to my atten
t tion.
The figures-set forth by the chief
• mail clerk show that the mail, after
leaving the railroad at Nenana, travels
; at the rate of 29 or 30 miles per day,
: for ’he sets .forth that it requires 16
days to transport the mail from Nenana
to McGrath by horse and dog team,
and as the distance is approximately
-? 460 miles, the rate of travel is about 29
miles per day. It is safe to assume
that two days will be occupied in trans
porting the mail from Wasilla by rail
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road to Nenana, and consequently it,
requires 18 days for transportation of
>mai! from Waaiila to McGrath by the
preseca route-add - the route approved
of by the chief mail clerk for the com
ing winter.
The distance from Wasilla to Mc
Grath. the chief clerk states, is ap
proximately 220 miles, and travel wig at
the rate of 30 miles per day, it would
only require 7£ days to transport the
mail by this direct route through
Rainy Pass, thus saving 10* days in
transit.
I herewith tabulate the above state
ment:
Wasila to NenaaE, 2 days
Nenana to McGrath via Yukon l<j days
Total time occupied Wasilla to
McGrath 18 da vs
Total time occupied Wasilla to
McGrath via Rainy Pass Todays
Time saved Rainy Pass route 10* days
From this table, bassd on the figures
of your chief clerk, it ean be readily
seen that in a spirit of economy it is
proposed to delay the mail service to
McGrath just lOf days, which, I sub
mit to you, is not wise economy if ade
quate mail service is desirable
The McGrath section of the Kusko
kwim valley is the most thriving min
ing section of Interior Alaska today,
and every indication points to a large
increase of population, and in order
that industry may be stimulated and
business men may have an opportunity
•iu correspond with the States, I believe
you should favorably consider . giving
these people an adequate mail-service.
Considerable stress has been laid on
the fact that the people of Iditarod and
McGrath and other Iaterior poiDts de
sire to have this trail through Rainy
Pass kept open during the winter sea
son, and I submit to you in connection
with that thatltne travel over the trail
in winter by Interior residents would
aid the mail service as much as the
mail service would aid them.
^Secretary Fall has expressed a will
iugness to co-operate by furnishing
wire that has been discarded by the
Alaska Engineering Commission, for
the establishment of a telephone line
Notice of Forfeiture,
To Henry Johnson, Thomas Burns, j
Victor Crisson, William Marklin,
Leroy Tozier, John Clark, Georgej
Wesch, their heirs, executors and j
assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that I, the undersigned, your
co-owner, have expended in labor and
improvements the sum of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the
years 1918, 1919 and 1920 upon your in -
terests in the Spot Association, situ
ated on Ganes creek, in the Innoko re
cording precinct, Territory of Alaska,
in order to hold said claim nnder the
provisions of Section. 2324 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendments thereto, concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, being:
the amount r$c uired to bold, said , min
ing claim for the period Coding Deoem
her 31,v..l920. -
Anddf.within-ninety days after the
publication of this notice you fail or
refuse to contribute your- proportion of;
said expenditures, as-well as the-cost of
' recording the same, and the costs of
this advertisement, your interests in ,
said claim will become the property of
the undersigned, your co-owner, who
has,made the required expenditures
under the terms of said section of the
Revised-Statutes of the United States.
C. L. Baker,
Co-Owner.
Date of-first publication, July 13, 1921.
Date of final publication, Oct. 19, 1921.
through the Rainv Pass section of the
trail, and if that is done it will be a
reat aid to the mail service.
A glance at the map of Alaska will
show you that the present mail route
>from Wasilla to McGrath covers about
three-fourths of the circumference of a
circle, while the direct route by wav of
Rainy l ass would represent •about-one
quarterof the circumference of a circle.
I hope you may see your way dear
to let a contract for carrying the mail
through this section.
Sincerely yours,
Dan Sutherland,
Delegate from Alaska.
—
Anchorage Bank Held Up.
The Bank of Anchorage was. held up
by a lone bandit recently and- relieved
of €2,500, according to a recent/report
from there. The two employes of the
bank who were on duty at the time of
the robbery, a youug ladv and one of
the men clerks, were backed into the
v-aaiu by the bandit and the door closed
upon them and locked. The bandit
then leisurely helped himself to all the
cash in sight on the counters and made
his escape. Both of the Anchorage
marshals were out of town at the time
of the robbery.
Dietz Pardoned.
Madison.—Gov. Blaine has granted a
complete pardon to John P. Dietz,
known as the “defender of Cameron
dam,” on the tenth anniversary of his
imprisonment for life for the murder of
Oscar Harp, a deputy shap*1". Diets
held ofT. a .sfcepiSPs possa for months,
attracting nation wide attention.
PROFESSIONAL
W. F. Green—
31. D.„f Dv D. S
Office: McGrath, Aaa.
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to Meet Your Friends.
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