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Entered as second-class matter Au
gust 29th, 1923, at the postoffice at
Tokotna, Alaska, under the Act of
March it, 1879.
Takotna, Alaska, .ilarch 8. 1930,
JBAYS CHICAGO IS BOOSTING
RAILROAD LINE TO ALAKA
Visualizing » city that yv.ll be. the
metropolis cu,' (the continent with a
t population of 30,000,000 in the not
■ 3far distant future, Chicago has joined
with Montreal in boosting for a vast
<overlapd transportation plan which-]
includes a railway from the Atlantic
*to Chicago via the Ottawa river and
railway from Chicago to Alaska
■with a terminal on Bering Sea, ac
cording to P. A. O'Farrell, noted pub
licist, who declares in a recent article
iin Mining Truth that Chicago and
.Montreal financiers and empire bui.d
«ers are to combine for the construc
• ttion of suh a great rai and water way.
" Outlining the railway proposal, Mr.
O’Farrei says in part:
"It is some 1,500 miles by rail from
• ^Chicago to. Peace river, add at every
.station 'along th^ entire route grain,
• «a»eva£ots and- cattle tell their own
* ssrory, From Ah^teace river to the
'Valley of the *ukon over the projects
«d rojite is 600 miles, and another
5800 miles of rail construction will
link Bering Sea with Chicago.
“In the ages to come Alaska will!
Supply more beef and foodstuffs for
4he people of the United States than
'Texas, California,- Oregon and Wash
ington combined; - more fish, more
poultry, mofe butter, eggs, game and
fca'com Alaska is greater in area and
jhas more agricultural land pasture
Jands than the four great states just
mentioned. Had Russia sold Alaska
io Japan in 1867 for f10,000,000, that
jgreat realm would now have a popu
jation of something like twenty mil-j
iion Orientals. Alaska has everything
that China and Japan lack—god, sil
ver, copper, lead, zinc, forests, hydro-;
electric energy, wheat lands, fish—as
well as ample room and scope for a |
population ef 120,000,000.
"Russia, however, sold Alaska to!
. • the United States for $7,200,000, and i
At the end of seventy years only 31,- j
000 white people have settled in the
JTfeat territory. There are a billion;
people on the other side of Bering'
. Sea trying to eke out an existence
Sxom worn-QUt and semi-barren lands,
and they are multiplying faster than
the white people. Japan’s population
is increasing at the rate of a million
year. There will soon be more
Japanese on the earth than Amer
icans, and, like the Chinese, theyj
must migrate from Asia or else stag- j
Date or die. If the United States, will
not colonize arid develop Alaska and
gridiroi nit with railroads, Orientals
will possess it as certainly as night
follows day. i
“A strategic emporium oi com-'
merce built at the confluence of the
Pacific and Bering Sea would domi
nate the Pacific more securely than
Singapore. That strategic city would
he 6nly 2,000 miles from Chicago, it
would be nearer Chicago than Los
Angeles or Seattle to New rork. No
blueprint is necessary to illustrate
the- enormous commercial benefits
which would flow from a railway
from Bering Sea to Chicago. That
pnttway would lead to unparalleled.
developments in the Mackenzie val
ley, in the Yukon and in Alaska. It
would tap the richest grain fields,
Toft-sts, fisheries and mineral re
sources ot North America. The able
men of Chicago see all this and they
have their hearts set on getting this
railway built. More than half this
railway is already built, for the Ca
nadian National has lines in opera-!
lion from Duluth and Port Arthur to'
the Peace. Another 1400 miles will!
bring the rails to Bering Sea.
“Chicago and Montreal financiers
are to combine for the construction
of this seaway from the Atlantic to
Chicago and for the construction of
the railway to Bering Sea.t There is'
room and scope in Alaska for sixty
million vvnite people, and there is,
amp e spu^e and golden opportuniy
-n the Canadian W est for double the
J present population of the United;
f States. * - » The ccnsummatior1
of these vast comprehensive develop
i merits will cause the migration and
I settlement of tens >f millions of Eng
lish-speaking people in the Canadian
prairies, the Yukon and Alaska. it
is the realization of these visions of
Chicagoans that will give to the great
city of Lake Michigan a population
of liu,uuu,uo0 and make her supreme
in the bus.ness and commerce of the
world," I
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STATEMENT DY CHAIRMAN OF
ALASKA GAME COMMISSION
In connection with the recent con
troversy over the question as to
whether the ban on beaver should be
! ~ft;d, Dr. \V. H. Chase, chairman of
the Alaska Game Commission; issued
the following statement:
“411 answer to the complaint of
trappers that their catch is not up to
normal i must advise that the num
ber of trappers in the field is increas
ing each year. Many of those enter
ing the industry are overlapping es
tablished trap, lines, but I beiieve
that when the season catch for the
Territory is checked it wiil be found
that as many fur-bearers have been
taken as in the last fiscal year.
“It would be impossible for the
Commission to change a regulation
without first giving a 90-day notice,
this is a requirement of the act cre
ating the Commission, and it would
require an act of Congress to make
changes to become elective within 90
days after a new regulation had been
promulgated.
“In making regulations covering
the tak'.ng of fur and game animals,
the Commission has compiled a great
amount of statistical information, a
large proportion of which has been
the result of personal contact with
the trappers themselves. We are »n
possessio nof much reliable informa
tion ana solicit and appreciate all
such information. In making the
regulations the Territory as a whole
is considered and an earnest ecort is
made to serve the best interests of
the residentts of the Territory as a
whole. j
“By putting into effect regulations
that prohibit the taking of fur-bear
ers when the skins are not prime has
brought the average of Alaska furs
up to a standard comparable with the
best Siberian furs. The price of
Alaska furs has more than doubled
in the past six years as a result of
the improved quality.. ;
“In some districts certain fur bear-!
ers are becoming alarmingly scarce.
The Commission has found it neces
sary to close some areas so that the
stock may be able to re-establish the
normal supply of the past. i
“The Commission has at all times
endeavored to protect the resident
fur raisers and dealers. At this time
we have a regulation prohibiting non
residents from taking any fur-bear
ers from the - public domain of the
Territory for shipping Outside to es
tablish fur farms, thus endeavoring
to help the resident fur raiser build
up a market for his surplus breeding
stock. This may be sold ss domestic
stock to be shipped Outside.
“The resident fur raiser may also
»
acfuire an unlimited number of Ihrc
animals during the open season,
through trapping himself or through
purchase fro mother trappers, and .at
the close of the season he is permit
ted to keep these animals in his pos
session by making application to the
Commission stating the kind
number in his possession .at the close
| of the trapping season. This without
' cast.
“The beaver situation presents
I many senous problems. It has, been
given much study and consideration
by the Commission. As fast as added
funds become available so that we
may increase the field personnel
' changes will undoubtedly be brought
about whereby the Taking of these
. valuable fur-bearers may be permit
ted in' a manner that will not only
protect but insure .the future supply.
“in conclusion I .would repeat that
the Game Commission is desirous of
obtaining all .possible inform a touui
pertaining to The wild life of the Ter
ritory. JLet us know your com plants
that they aup ihe investigated and
remedied. Facts that come to your
personal observation nr knowledge
are of great value to the Commis
sion.”
UOAHD APPROVES COOK’S
PETITION .FOB PAROLE
LEAVEN WORTH, Kansas. —The
Times says a parole was recom
mended for Dr. Cook, who .is.serving'
a sentence of 14 years ana V moin,u».
,n the federal prison here for using *
me mails to defraud.
Members of the parole board .re
fused to confirm the report, but it is
known thatt no opposition was of- .
fered y Cook’s release.
Cooks excellent prison record,,
coupled with his apparent failing:
health, was favorable to .his parole.
A recent edition of the Timberman
says the Alaska Historical Totemj
society has been formed in Ketchi
kan to perpetuate the lore jf Alaska I
ii.a "restoring the natives their'
birthright in the manufacture, sale I
and exploitation of their products.”1
Herbert Knox, manager of the so
ciety, writes to .the Timberman as
x.iiows:
"Much interest is being di$p-aycd
and many inquiries received relative
to totems of various sites .and
heights, most of which are to be used
by enthusiasts as donations to golf
links, city parks or limiter uses.
Every totem supplied .by The society
is mine fromAlaska red cedar, the
work oe.ng done exclusively by Alas
ka nausea. Each totem .produced has (
a number carvel thereon and'is reg
istered in the records On society,
each with a carsespondinglf sited •
town, its characteristics; thrinsmenf
the Alaska ttdwhcr l .-8eeie$y.
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Fwshffcuks j
Candies I
Tobaccos J
Pipes
Cigarettes ;
Soft Drinks
Cigarette Holder? .
L~__ -
Ifrank lange?
I Pr»pri««
to ten mxr be hid .f. o. b.l Ketchikan,
or. il dUatcrf<..-will'bedelivered to its
destination* erected in reinforced con
crete i foundation, and. an . elaborate
and inpreware ceremonial unveiling
participated ,inby ten full-blood na
tive -ihaartrnun. tutored through gov-.
enuneatsccncks, together w, a na
tive autos .whose subject i susuqlly a
meugge of . gratitude from his tribe
to the- ituericmq, popple for .deliver
ancelXraoa. ttasaan invaders to Amer
apm stiauu|jp;iMk4 .protection.”
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