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Entered as second-class matter Febru
ary 1, 1922, at the Post Office at
MeGrath, Alaska, under the
Act of March 3, 1879.
MCGRATH, ALASKA. AUG. 12, 1922
WINTER MAIL
SERVICE
Proposals Are Request
ed From 3 Points
to Flat.
Mrs. Clough, local postmaster, in
yesterday’s mail, received from the
office of chief clerk of the railway mail
service at Seward, under date of June
22, the following:
“Proposals are requested untii 6 p.
m. August 22, 1922, for the perform
ance of the following winter mail ser
vice:
“From Nancy (n. o.), by Susitna, Mc
Grath, Tacotna, Ophir and Iditarod, to
Flat, Alaska, 319 miles and back, one
round trip a week, from Nov. 1, 1922,
to March 31, 1923, by a schedule satis
factory to the department, of not to ex
ceed twenty-five days’ running time
each way; weight of mail not to exceed
eight hundred pounds per single trip
each way.
“From Healy Fork, by McGrath,
Tacotna, Ophir and Iditarod, to Flat,
250 miles and back, one round trip a
week, from November 1, 1922, to March
31, 1923, by a schedule satisfactory to
the department, of not to exceed 25
d ays’ running time each way; weight
of maii not to exceed 800 pounds per
single trip each way.
“From Kobi (n. o.), by McGrath, Ta
cotna, Ophir and Iditarod, to Flat, 250
miles and back, one round trip a week,
from November 1, 1922, to March 31,
1923, by a schedule 'satisfactory to the
d epartment, ©f not to exceed 25 days’
running time each way; weight of mail
not to exceed 800 pounds per single
trip each way.
“But one of these contracts will be
let.
“Nancy [Mile 181] and Kobi [Mile
387] are points not postoffices on the
Government railroad, and the con
tractor on this Flat route will be re
quired to arrange for the delivery and
receipt of mails to and from trains.
■“No bond will be required of the suc
cessful bidder, but a satisfactory guar
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antee will be required from a responsi
ble party, vouching; for the good faith
and ability of the bidder. Sueh guar
antee should accompany each proposal.
“Bids on this service should be made
by stating the price per round trip.
“Proposals should be made to the
Chief Clerk, Bailway Mail Service, at
Seward, Alaska, and snould reach that
oflice prior to tt p. m. August 22, 1922.
“Alvah Eames,
“Chief Clerk R. M. S.,
Seward, Alaska.”
Seattle Alaska Letter.
Publicity Department, Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce.
Seattle.—Shipments from Seattle to
Alaska in April were valued at more
than $3,000,000, as compared with
$1,900,000 for the same month last year.
Alaskan products to the value of
$1,169,729 were shipped to the United
States during April. Shipments to
Canada were valued at $30,784, all in
fish.
One hundred and fifteen salmon can
neries are planning operations in
Alaska this season, an increase of more
than thirty over last year. Two crab
canneries and three clam canneries
will also operate in the Territory.
Twenty-cne oil leasing and prospect j
ing permits have been granted by the
Department of the Interior, covering
seven different Alaska districts, with
a total of 53,760 acres.
Sherman Rogers, a contributing ed
itor to the Outlook and the Saturday
Evening Post, sailed for Alaska early
in June, his mission being to make a
first-hand investigation of the present
government policy towards Alaska.
Rogers, who rose from a lumber camp
to his present post, told Seattle friends
that President Harding is much per
plexed by the conflicting reports he
gets from Alaskans themselves.
Frank Waterhouse, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, told newspaper
men assembled here today that during
his administration the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce and its Alaska Bu
reau will work for Alaska “along lines
desired by Alaskans, who ought to
know what they want and are entitled
to.” Charles T). Garfield, of Juneau,
named the new head of the Bure ,u,
has arrived here to take up his duties,
and President Waterhouse said he
wants 'Alaskans to know that they
should find out what they want, what
is best for the Territory, and then ask
Seattle to help. “It is not our business
to do something for Alaska without
asking them whether they like it or
notrt’ he said. “Seattle is Alaska’s
best frienn and we intend to prove it.”
Permits have been granted for three
power projects in Alaska, one to de
velop 10,000 horsepower on Aorons
creek, near {Wrangell, to operate,, a
pulp mill, and another on .Kenai river,
38 miles from Seward, to develop 15,000
horsepower for a pulp and paper mill.
3T During his shoot stay in Seattle Dele
gate Sutherland [outlined bis plan for
Congressional action for this session.
The principal matter^broached by Mr.
Sutherland was the proposed Alaska
development bill, calling for the ap
propriation of 85,000,000 for the pur
pose of gouernmental exploration of
natural resources, such as minerals
and oil, with a view to creating indus
try calculated to supply traffic for the
Alaska railroad. Last year the Interior
Department received $15,000,000 in roy
alties from oil, and in some cases a -
royalty of as much as 30 per cent was
paid in. For that reason the statement
ffiat'monopolies would be created is
lot tenable.
Seattle men have organized a com
pany to operate two fox farms in the
rerritory.
Alaska tonnage north-bound for the
irst quarter was about two-thirds
leavier than for the same period last
year, and there has been an increaeewf.
1S> per cent in domestic tonnage,; 32 per
cent in foreign imports and 62 percent'
in foreign exports at Seattle.
The expedition of Government offi
cials, under the leadership of Assistant
Secretary Huston, now visiting the
North, will study Alaska’s administra
tive problems. The Government’s mo
nopoly of the fur seal business in Ber
ing Sea, the administration of .the Fed
eral fish laws in the Territory,-and
particularly the state of the salmon in
dustry, are the specific objects which
take the coast guard cutter Mojave to
Bering Sea and Western Alaska.
The American fur sealing, plants in
the Fribilof group will be visited, and
id addition the Commander islands, on
the eastern side of Bering Sea, eon-:
taining the Russian fur 9eal rookeries,
and Robben islands, owned by Japan,
the breeding ground of another smftll
herd, will be inspected by the party on
the Mojavo. Ward T. Bowers, of tne
Bureau of Fisheries, will make an ex
animation of the fur seal conditions
with a view of protecting the interests
of *tbe Government. There are sup
posedly 180,000 seals on the Comman
ddr islands, with 600,000 on the Japan
ese islands.
Radio sots are being installed at
lighthouses along the Alaskan coast,,
enabling the most isolated sections to
receive world news daily and to own*
municate with neighboring stations/bj
radio telephone.
i Judge Robert W. Jennings, pioneer
'of the*First division and formerly judge
of the'United States district court at
Juneau, and. Johu L. McGinn, for many
years attorney at Fairbanks and Nome,
have formed a law partnership, with
offices in the Crocker building, Saa
Francisco.
For a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
1 Durant’s Cafe J
Flat City
Dr. W. f. Green
McGrath, Alaska
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valiev
Napamute, Alaska
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.