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MCGRATH, ALASKA. JAN. 17. 1922
Seattle Alaska Letter.
Publicity Department, Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce.
Seattle, Dec. 12,—Major J. C. Got
wals, chief engineer of the Alaska
Road Commission, who is in Seattle on
business, is fcL.uusiastic in the belief
that the future of Alaska is to be
bright, following a rebound from the
war-time depression. With the re
opening of old roads with winter work
on new roads now in progress, with
fishing and mining oq the increase,
with harbor improvement and bridge
building under way, and with overland
trails opening the way to remote min
ing claims, Alaska has made a spec
tacular start on the path that lead
back to industrial prosperity aDd trade
revival. Next spring will see the open
ing of the great valley of the Kusko- i
kwim. Considerable work is now in i
pros l ess, accorutng to uoi. uotwais,
and this is expected to add materially
to the scope of the Commission’s activ
ities this year. Col. Gotwala looks with
satisfaction upon the work of the Road
Commission the past year, which has
been of great benefit to several sec
tions. The great railway bridge at
Nenana will be completed this winter.
It is the desire of the Commission to
push its extensive construction pro
gram to the limit.
Four different kinds of fish from
Alaskan waters were on exhibition at
the Arctic Club on Saturday as part of
the club’s annual celebration of Alaska
day. A fish dinner was served at b:30
to Alaskans ayd boosters who attended
the open house in the afternoon. After
dinner Gov. Bone addressed the assem
blage by radio, extending greetings.
McGrath
Pool Room
and
Cigar Store
For Sale
Mrs.E.P. Werner
Proprietor
IJ© said bright days are coming fir
Alaska. The present year shows nn
industrial business improvement of 50
per cent, and the new year will ecliise
that record. “Unclose Sam is going to
deal fairly and squarely with Alaska.
Take ray word for that. Watch him
and see. Meanwhile lei’s all help him
by pulling together. Juneau is in im
mediate touch with Seattle by radio.”
Charles Garfield, -of the Chat.ber’s
Alaska department, spoke on Alaska
fisheries, and motioo pictures showed
fishing in Alaskan waters.
Nearly 25,000 tourists were trans
ported this years to Alaskan poinis by
the Pacific Steamship Company, the
Alaska Steamship Company and the.
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line, ac-;
cording to estimates compiled by Hugh
Mackenzie, general passenger agent of.
the first namek company.
Plans for making Seattle the great
fur market of the country have been,
completed by the organization of a Fur
Sales Exchange, comprised of leading
bankers and businessmen, wiih ample !
capital to carry on the business on a i
large scale. This organization is to
work to bring to this city at least a
million and a half dollars’ worth of
furs that have hitherto found a market
it St. Louis and other Eastern cities.
Fifty-nina men interested in fox
farming recently met aod formed a
permanent organization .for mutual
benefit, at Petersburg.
It is reported that a contract has
been let for making a railway-grade up
he Salmon river yalley to thr intsr
national boundary. The rights of the
E’ortland Lanai railroad and the Ter
minal Company have been secured and
work will proceed along tho line of
crevious surveys.
Resolutions calling upon the Bureau:
>f Fisheries to establish a yaarlv closed
>eriod on salmon fishing during the
•uns and enforce measures required to
suriail waste in the herring:packing
ndustry, were passed last week, by the
[’erritorial Fish Commission in'Juneau. I
.’he commission has prepared a budget
nd outlined a definite policy for sub
nission to the Territorial Legislature
iext SDrinp’.
Want Lid Loosened
Over at Fairbanks
A pubiic meeting was hsld in the
ouncil chamber at Fairbanks, recent
y, for the purpose of discussing the
ction taken by the federal authorities
n putting the iid on all forms of gam
•liner, and to take some action to brfog
bout less strict enforcement of the
aw, says tbe Nenana News. Mayor
to? Ferguson a-ted as eh; rman of the
□eeting and there were sr.^ny citizens
n attendance, the majority of them in
uvor of an open town, some opposed,
nd some attracted to tbe meeting by
die curiosity. It ".as pointed out that
here are no recreations in town now
ar visiting miners, and, after coosider
ble discussion, a telegram was forma
tted, but not authorized to be sent.
)au Callahan suggested that tbe bet
er plan would be to circulate a peti
ion, requesting a more liberal policy,
attorney John A. Clark also discussed
he situation. Rev. Fred G. Schere
bjected to the general attitude of the
neeting, which seemed to imply that
11 the miners of the town were at
racted to town for the sole purpose of
;ambling. The meeting finally ad
ourned sine die, without having taken
my action.
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor
LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
Jo L. C. Smith Bldg., Seattle, Watb
Practice inwall Courts*
Explorer Amundsen
Wintering at Nome
Nome,—Cape. Iioald Amundsen ar
rived here from Wainwright on De
cember 16, having; left his winser camp
with & dog team on November IP. ’ He
will return lb Wainwright in the early
spring.
Amundsen plant, to take off in his
airplane early in May for his 'flight
over the pole. He will launch his
plane from the snow or ice in Wain
wright inlet.
The explorer came to Nome to get in
touch with civilization nod to communt*
cate with the Outside. He has lost,
some weight since leaving here last
summer, but is in perfect health and
eager for his novel adventure, which
will be the first of ihe kind to be un
dertaken in the Arctic.
A radio message says the polar
steamer Maud is wintering 300 miles
northeast of Wrangell island, in an un
charted part of the Arctic, which Am
undseo declares is an ideal place to
start the long drift over the polar
ocean, The explorer is of the opinion
■now that the undertaking will consume
four years, instead of five.
Big River j>
t;
Genera! Supplies Fresh From the \
Outside I
Furs Bought and Sold f
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacotna.)
Bast of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses Under Construction
Mrs. Frank !Larson - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valley
Napamute, Alaska
GORMAN
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are right
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager.
Arrange to Spend the Night at the
Big River Roadhouse
Best possible meals. Private rooms.
New dog "kennels, and the best of lower Tiver fish "
for dog feed.
Proprietor j