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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. 30,1022
New Town Springing
Up in Cold Bay Fields
Valdez Miner.
According to present indications,
Kanatak will no doubt be the gateway
to the Cold Bay oil fields. Mr Vance,
advance man for the Associated Oil
Company of California, appears very
favorably impressed with the road
leading from Kanatak to the Dome on
Pearl creek, where the first work will
be done. Mr. Vance was formerly in
the mining and prospecting game in
the Prince William Sound country and
was later with the Alaska Fmad Com
mission, and is well known throughout
this section of the country.
Kanatak is a native village with a
population of about fiO Indians. They
are all of the Greek orthodox religion, '
and have a beautiful little church lo
cated in the center of the village. 1
Kanatak creek is the dividing line be- :
tween the native village and the white i
settlement, the latter being a perfect
Hat which extends to the foothills and
is intersected by small streams’of clear, i
sparkling water from the springs in i
the mountains which tower majestically
in the background, as if to hide what i
may be the greatest oil fields in the i
world.
Kanatak is situated at the head of
Portage bay, and the harbor offers
excellent shelter for boats of all sizes
from any winds from the northeast,
north, northwest, west and southwest. ,
A long reef extends almost two-thirds
across the [bay, aDd this breaks the
heavy swell which comes occasionally
with southeast winds.
The perfect oil domes of Salmon and
Bear creeks can be seen within one
half hour's walk from Kanatak, and
the end of the anticlines terminate by
the sea right at the settlement.
Many new buildings have been erect
ed at the new camp, and at this time
Kanatak can boast of two stores which
carry almost everything the stampeder
needs, and two restaurants where meals
are ready day and night. There is also
a bunkhouse in connection with one of
the restaurants where the stampeder
can rest. i
Frank O’Shea and T. TvJ. Sheehan,
both of Anchorage, returned from a
trip to the field, where they took some i
excellent photographs of the oil seep- .
ages, anticlines, domes, etc., and also ■
fixed the corner stakes on their claim,
PROFESSIONAL
Albrecht and Taylor ,
•eo. W. Albrecht,'Iditarod, Alaska '
Chas. E. Taylor, Seattle. Wash. '
Practice in all the Courts. J
Seattle Law Office: L. C. Smith lildp
Elliott 1642. i
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which is known as the Keystone Oil
Company’s claim. In spoakine about
the trip they said they had taken sev
eral bottles of the surface oil out with
them, and that they had been walking
in real, live crude oil over their shoe
pac tops This statement has been
made by nearly every man who has en
tered this field. Pure crude oil residue,
acres in extent, is used for fuel in the
camp stoves, and the whole country ap
pears to be one larpe, natural reser
voir.
If Alaska Should Be Divided.
Juneau Kmpfre.
If Alaska is going to be cut in two,
the development of the Territory
seems to .suggest that the proper line
of division should be that which separ
ates the country naturally tributary to
the Alaska Railroad on the one hand
and the Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad and the coast end of the
Richardson highway on the other
hand. Lines of trade and coromuniea
tion in Alaska lead toward the Outside.
There is more travel and traffic be
tween Cordova and Prinoe William
Sound and Southeastern] Alaska than
between those places and the country
that lies west of them. With the
Alaska Railway in operation that will
apply further. The Copper river coun
try will he in closer communication
and acquaintance with Southeastern
Alaska than with Tansna and Yukon
valleys, and the line of communication
between that portion of the Yukon val
ley in the vicinity of Eagie and Forty
mile district lead up stream and to
Southeastern Alaska, rather than to
the Alaskan Railroad.
Therefore, if Alaska -should be di
vided it should be along the lines sug
gested. We could have East Alaska
ind West Alaska. East Alaska could
start with three or four counties—with
;ountj’-<epjjyi, at. Ketchikan, Juneau,
Hordova, and perhaps Eagle. Later,
is the coimtry developed, more Conn
ies could be added.
If Alaska is to be divided, such a di
vision as that outlined here would give
)ach of the Territories sufficient area
md natural resources for a State, and
vhen a Territory is created it is with
,be idea of eventually erecting it into
i State. There is no State west of the
Missouri river with as small an area as
las Southeastern Alaska alone.
Prosperity.
“Well,” said Mr. Dooley, “they do
;ay the docthors be votin’ on the quis
/ion ‘Is liquor nicissary in the prac
tise of midicine?’ ”
“Necessary oder useful is something
)lse again,” said Abe Potash. “The
word ‘necessary,’ y’ understand, Doo
ley, means v’ got to have ii, but ‘useful’
-neans—”
“It manes,’’ said Dooley, interrupt
ing, “that it comes in domn handy at
;he times when we wuz used to havin’
t and New Year’s eve is one o’ thim
dmes. Y’ retnimber New Year’s eve
n the old days—bells ringin’, horns
flowin’, whistles screechin’, all the
hotels filled with people drownin’ their
worries about the Christmas bills in
he depths of intoxication, an’ a won
lerful headache New Year’s mornin’.
\h! thim were the days, Potash!”
“ ‘Bills ringin’ is right,” said Pol
ish. “Rosie kin ring in more bills on
(anuary 1 than I could pay by March
50 with ninety days’ discount. But I
was reading in the papers that the doc
,ors are voting some necessary and
some not necessary, Dooley. How do
son explain it?”
“Thanks be to Hivin, Potash, I don’t
lave to explain it. Afther all it i9 a
ree country an’ one can have his own
minion even if he can’t have iv’rything
lse he wants. A Happy New Year to
re. Potash, an’ hilp yerself to a glass
if ginger ale and a cigar.”
“Gott sei dank,” said Potash, “I do
lot suffer necessarily with general do
hility. Take a sip from this haJf-4iint
which Dr. Rozenweig just wrote fojr>
cnc, and may it bring you a prosperous
New Year, Dooley.”
‘•Prosperous or not, Potash;”, said
Dooley,” here’s lookin’ at ye.' -’Twill
look prosperous in a few .•minines-”-?
American Medical Journal.
How to Save the Family ’
“Fire destroyed another beautiful
Saiina home. Happeued-wbila -husband’
was away, caused from soot in the
chimney. Why take the chance, think
of your wife and babies at houie. Have
them inspected, repaired and cleaned.’*
Adv. in Salina (Kas.) Journal.
.Elijah Johnson, sage of a-small Ala
bama town, was trying to make clear
in the mind of a friend, just - what con
stitutes oratory.
“It’s je6t like -die,”-, he elucidated.
“F,f -you says black am white, dat’s
foolish. But ef you says black am
Dr. W. f. Green
McG rath, .Alaska
white,, and bellers like a, bull ajno.
pounds de table with bote yo’1istes.es.
dat am oratory!”—American Legion
Weekly.
Far a Nice Lunch
or First-Class Meal
Call At
Durant’s Cafe
Flat City
. John W. Dunn
Of Ilubv
Candidate for Territorial
Senator
i [(For the Long Term)
Geo. W. Hoffman
Piomsex Trader of the Kuskokwim Wallej
Napamirte, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best, stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are righ t
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