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VOL. V. NO 39
TOKOTNA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1925.
PRICE 25 CENTS
WOULD TEAR
UP RAILROAD
California l Representa
tive Tells Cool id ge
About Alaska
WashingtouJoV. lD.-e^Tne aban-j
. donment. of the 'Government ailroad
of Alaska and the construction of a
highway over the'right-of-way was
recommended' to'President Coolidge
today by Representative-Free.
“The railroad offers no. prospects,’’
Free said,“, of profitable ooperation.
If the tracks were torn up and a!
highway ovew.which motor trucks
• could operate in sufficient numbers
vto meet thersafinfactory transporta
tion needs of the Interior could be
constructed at a relatively low cost,”
he said.
Free. advisedlfcthfi President' thaT
the new fisheries law is working in a
satisfactory manner. He expressed
the opinion, however, that the •gov
ernment' was*'following a wise polity
with regard to roads, reforestation
and gold produotion. New methods
of valuing timber lands, fn his opin
ion, would result in cutting over-ripe
timber and would hring1 about a1 sen-'
sible reforestation oolicy. He sug- j
posted that expenditure of funds lor
road construction should' ba placed
under one agency, abolishing the duel
system of road control-'between tie
\\ ar 1 epartment and the Good Roads
Fureau. He. said the government
should stimulate dredging lor gold by
giv’ng companies interested in such
enterprises land bases’ for their
dredges.
ADVOCATES
STATEHOOD
Sulzer Says; People of |
Alaska Entitled Gov
ern Themselves.
Seattle, Nov. Vi.—William Sulzer,
former governor <vf New York, who
is now visiting in this city, said this
morning:
‘T shall he in Washington, D. C.,
“I shall be in Washington, 1). C.,
much this winter, and shall give con
siderable time to Alaskan matters be
fore congress and the departments.
The troouble with Alaska is too much
bureaucracy in the national capital.
The remedy is for Washington, D. C.,
to get out of Alaska. The solution is
statehood for Alaska, that is let the
people govern themselves instead of
being governed by thirty-nine fou
reaus, each out of harmony with the
others and each in dense ignorance
concerning Alaska. The people of
Alaska are. just as much entitled • to
govern themselves as were the people
of Montana, New Mexico and Arizona
were when' they were admitted to
statehood.
“Instead of the. Alaska Railroad
being scrapped or given away,. Con
gress will appropriate money to ex
tend it to open up the Interior of
Alaska. To .make it not only self
supporting but a profitable invest
ment it must go-beyond the Yukon to
get oil and coal in the "Arctic. This
alone will make the railroad pay.’’
Mr. Sulzer has prepared a bill for
submission to Congress providing for
the extension of the Alaska Railroad
along, the Tines mentioned.
Will TMs Section Have
Summer'Wir Mail Service
Will TokOtna, McGrath,;Ophir and
this Interior section be given an air
plane mail service during- tnt.• coming
season ?
The : answer to this, question all
seems to hinge upon whether owners
of airplanes make bids dor service
satisfactory to the Postoffice Depart
ment.
Delegate Sutherland,, "for many
months, endeavored to get the Post
office Department to ask bids' for an
air service between many Alaskan
points. That*-his •insistence has been
rewarded is shown by the fact that
the Department states, in asking for
bids, under the heading “Star Routes
in Alaska,” that “Service'on any of
these routes may be performed' by
airplane if desired by contractor.”
The advertisement, in part, and the
routes affected by this action, read as
follows:
Postoffice Department, Washington,
D. C., July 25, 1925-^Proposals will
be received at the office of the Second
Assistant Postmaster General, Post
office Department, until 4:30 p. m.
of December 8i T925, for carrying the
mails of the "United' States on the
routes and by the'schedules of de^
partures and' arrivals .herein specified
in the JTerritoroy of Alaska, froom
July 1,1926, tb Jurte 30, 1930.
The award of contract under this
advertisement ^rilb bt’announted as
early as practicable, but the depart
ment reserve* the right1 to- accept a
propoosal submitted under it at any
time within 60 days from the date
of the expiration of this advertise
ment.
;-Y8094.
From Ophir to Holy Cross', 550
miles and back, four round trips dur
ing the season of navigation each
year, from about May 24 to about
steamboats or'"other power’ boats,
/October 131, in safe and suitable
and by a'schedule satisfactory to the
department,.tripe t& be mads about a
month apart*connectiono with
mails arriving at Ophir and Holy
Cross, and the carrier to leave Holy
Cross on the last trip each season
not earlier than September 15.
Bond required with bid, $500. (Bids
to state rate for the period of each
year.
Note—If this bid be let ,no award
will be made of serivce on routes
Nos. 78000, 78004, and 78102.
Star Routes in Alaska.
Service on any of these routes may
be performed by airplane if desired
by contractor.
78101.
From Nertana (or Fairbauks if de
sired by contractor), by Tolstoi to.
Flat, 286 miles and back, once a week
and as much oftener as may be nec
essary to carry all mail offered, from
■May 1 to October 29 each year,- by a
schedule satisfactory to the depart
ment. Bond required with bid, $2,000.
Bids'to sate rate for the period of
each year.
Note—If this route be let, no award
will be made of service on routes
78090, 78094, and 78101
78102
From Nenana (or Fairbanks If de
sired.' hy contractor), by Tokotna to
Flat, 286 miles, and back, once a
week and as much oftener as may be
necessary to carry all mail offered,
from May 1 to October 29 each year,
by a schedule satisfactory to the de
1 artment.
ifiond required with bid, $2,000.
(Bids to state rate for the period of
each year.)
Note—If this route be let, no award
will be made of service on routes Nos.
78094> 78095,-and 78101.
78140.
-From Ophir, by Tokotna, to Mc
Grath, 80 miles and back,four round
trips during the season of navigation
each year, by a schedule satisfactory
to the department (trips to be made
about a month apart) in connection
with mail boats at Ophir and Mc
Grath, and not exceeding 600 .pounds
a sinugle trip each way between To
kotira and Ophir.
Bond required with bid, $500. (Bids
to. sate rate fur the period of each
year.
81743.
From Ruby, by Long and Boorman
to Ophir, 152 miles and back, twice
a month, from about November 1 to
April 30 each year (12 round trips),
bya schedule satisfactory to the de
partment of not exceeding seven
days’ running time each way, carrier
to leave Ruby on the first trip aftere
arrival of the first winter mail from
Tanana, carrying not to. exceed 600
pounds of mail a siugle trip each
way; Tolstoi (n. o.) to be supplied
once a month from Ophir from De-.
cemlier to April each year.
Bond required with bid, $1,000. Bids
to state rate for the period of each
year.
78150.
From Flat (or Iditarod), by Port*
.age Village (n. o.),. Napamute and
Akiak, to Bethel, 253 miles 'and
back, twice a month from Movember
16 to April 30 each year (11 round
trips), by a schedule satisfactory to
the department of not to exceed ■ 15
days’ running time each way, carry
ing not to exceed 400 pounds of. mail
a single trip ea<(h way.
Bond required With' bid-; $1,200.
(Bids to sate rate for thei period of
each.year.)
SHENANDOAH
AFTERMATH
Mitchell Court Martial
Now Under Way at
Washington.
Washington, NoV. 12.—Called to
substantiate Colonel Mitchell’s charge
that improper attempts had been
made to influence her testimony be
fore the .Shenandoah -board of in
quiry, . Mrs. Zachary Landsdowne,
widow of the dirigible commander,
testified in the Mitchell court martial
today that Captain Paul Foley, judge
advocate of the naval board, had
sent her a letter which was “an in
sult” to the memory of'her husband.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Befort the
next session of the Mitchell court
nrartial is held the Shenandoah naval
court inquiry will investigate itself
the incidents to which Mrs. Margaret
Ross Landsdowne testified before the
Mitchell court as constituting an at
tempt to influence her testimony in
the Shenandoah inquiry.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Captain
Paul .Foley was relieved at his own
request today by Secretary of Navy
Wilbur as judge advocate of the
court inquiry.
Oppose Educational
Recommendations of
Washington Governor
Seattle, Nov. 13.—President of the
Washington State College Cheney,
the State Normal School at Ellens
burg, the Normal Schoo and the
Washington Parent Teachers’ Asso
ciation, in statements today, took is
sue with Governor Hartley on educa
tional recommendations in his mes
sage to the State Legislature. They
particularly opposed the proposal
that boards of regents of higher edu
cational institutions be abolished
and a non-salaried lay board of nine
members be substituted to serve all
the five schools affected.
Charles Kimball, superintendent of
the Flume Dredge Company, left on
Tuesday for McGrath, where with
Billy Schneirla, at last reports, they
are awaiting the arrival of the Fair
banks airplane. Mr. Kimball will
spend the winter in Sdn Francisco,
while Mr. Schneirla will go direct to
his home, in Michigan.
WILL PAY
WAR DEBT
Funding Agreement for
Settlement of. U. S.
- Loans to Italy
Washington, Nov. 12.—Under the
funding agreement reached here to
day for the settlement of the Italian
war debt, the Italians having agreed
to a total dabt of $1,042,000,000. Pay
ment will.be at the rate of $f>J#0G/'t;0
■per year foor the first five yearx, in
creasing thereafter each year. The
iitot&t, $2,042,000,000, represents loans
made to Italy and interest to date at
4 1-2 per cent.
Lone Mountain Road
/ house Is Locked Up
Ruby, Oct. 2.—Please notify the
.public .that the place known as the
Lone. Mountain -Roadhouse, between
Cripple and Poorman, is closed and
that there will ne no-more accommo
dations there, as I have locked the
house up tend. wil> not be there.
J. A. Robinson.
Painleve’s Plan for
French Restoration
Pans, Nov. 13j*—Premier Pain
leve’s plan for the restoration of the
French treasury, 'submitted to the
.('.handier of Deputies today, calls for
a levy of 15- pec cent on real estate,
i both improved and unimproved, .pay
able over a period Tot, tourtren years,
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PORTLAND
MYSTERY
■One Woman Dying-and!
Second Suicides by
fj Drowning.
Portland, Nov. l.'i.—Mrs. f.Ioyd
Corliss, wife of a member of the
coast guard rum chaser service, is
dying in the general •hospital from
wounds inflicted during the night by*
Mrs. Laila Jorgenson, wife of another
member of the coast guard service,
who was visiting at her home for the
night. Mrs. Jorgenson-later eimurtit
ted suicide by jumping into the bay1.
The police believe Mrs.-Jorgenson
suffered a mental collapse, and re
count that she- recently .paid |35 tax
icab fare to come -hem from -Heuttle.
She appeared at Mrs. Corliss’ home
late last, evening and asked permis
sion to spend the night with her,
and Mrs. Corliss allowed her to tshare
her own iied.
Violent Illness of 9
Ohio State U Girls
v After Eating Candy
Columbus, O., Nov. 13.—A chemical
analysis .will1 be made today in the
State Board of Health laboratories of
samples of -the candy eaten by nine
Ohio State . University girls, which
caused violent illness to all at them,
with nearly* fatal Tesults to four. The
students .became ill Wednesday night
while attending a party given to one
of their number; Miss Helen McDer
mott, of Sfcockpdrt, Ohio, at the home
of her sister here.
Ross Kinney, Emil Anderson and
Ed Knudsen were Friday departures
from McGrath over the trail, headed
for the Outside.
TAKESHIS
OWN LIFE
Mark T. M«Graw, Se
. attle, Quits by Gas
v Jet Route.
Seattle,; Nov. -13.—Deputy Countj
Auditor Mark T. -McGraw, son of tht
late John McGraw, governor ©f thi
state, was found dead in his hom<
here today, taken his life by turnin*
on the gas jet in his room. A'.noti
addressed to his sister, Mrs. Fm
Baxter, gave no clue to his reasoi
for taking his life. It merely gavi
the name of the bank where his wil
would he found and asked that Mrs
Baxter take care of his two children
With his father, McGraw eperater
two years in the Rampart district, ii
Alaska.
Disapproves Methods
of Raising Funds for
the Wilson Memorial
Washington, Nov. 12.—The Wood
row Wilson Memorial Association, or
ganized here recently by a smal
group of government employes am
others to raise funds for a Woodrov
Wilson Memorial University, has en
countered the withdrawal of Secre
tary of Navy Wilbur as honorarj
vice-president and the open disap
proval of its method of organizatioi
by a yormer member of the Cabine
under the war Ib-esident and als<
Mrs. Wilson.
68 LIVES
ABE TAKEN
British Submarine Ml
Found at Bottom,
Off Devonshire.
Plymouth, Eng., Nov. 12.—Th<
submarine Ml was found today on th<
bed of the sea, twelve miles south
west of Star Point, Devonshire. There
is littl* chance of rthe crew of sixty
eight being alive.
■ London; Nov. 14.—“The Admiralty
deeply-regrets .that they no longei
hold out any hope that the crew oi
the Ml atili survive,” the government
announced today.
George Bernard Shaw
Receives an Invitation
to a Non-Party Dinner
London, Novi 12.—George Bernard
Shaw, invited by T. P. O’Connor tc
attend a non-party dinner Novembei
20 in honor of Foreign Secretarj
Chamberlain, has made a character
istic reply. A postal card received
by Connor reads:
“No. Really the dinner should be
to me. It was I who proposed a local
pact in 1913 and again on New
Year’s day, 1914, when it might have
prevented war. What use is it now
when all the mischief is done? How
ever, it is greatly to Mr. Chamber
lain’s credit that fie is only twelve
years behind me, instead of fifty.”
Paris, Nov. 13.—In ah endeavor to
prevent the government from taking
any part of her small fortune under
the provision proposed: by the capita /
levy of Premier Painleve, Mme. Marie’
Girard today swaltdwed sleeping pet'
son, and probably will die,
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