RULING MADE ON GOLD
TAX IN THE TERRITORY
An interpretation of tie recently
enartedTerritorial gold tax provi
sion. as touching payments due from
lessors End lessees of gold producing
properties, has been giver, by James
S. Truitt, attorney genera] for Alas
ka. The interpretation is given in i
letter to Luther Hess of Fairbanks
■who wrote to the attorney genera:
for his opinion in the matter. Thai
part of the attorney general’s lettei
bearing directly on tie question ai
issue follows:
“Your letter addressed to Mr. Os
car, Territorial Treasurer, has beer
referred to this office for an opinioi
or an expression of our views in re
gard to a reasonable construction tc
be placed on. or an interpretation of
Chapter 20. Session Laws of Alaska
1937, referred to in the last para
graph of your letter.
“In order to interpret and con
strue Chapter 20, Session Laws ol
Alaska. 1937. it becomes necessary t:
divide- the one, and. only one. sec
tion of the Act materia] to the ques
tion presented in your letter, into
part graphs.
“Paragraph 1, of said Section 1
males it obligatory on all miners, as
~ f.ned in said Act. to pay a license
to engage in the business of mining
and
“P: ragraph 2 thereof defines ti:
word “mining.’’ to include the ex
tra:, ion of all valuable metals, ores,
minerals, asbe-tos, gypsum, coal,
marketable earth or stone, or any
of :h=m. mined, rs above referred tc
except grid, platinum, palladium,
osmium, irridium and any ether r.e
tal r mineral belonging to the p’at
inum or palladium group, ar.d
“?r.-rgr3~h 4 relates to certain ex
cr E-l -*-d the miner of other
*r cos —an gold. Hence
. must look to paregr' ph 5 for
ol answer to your question. It goes
“."o'oet saying that under the pro
ms ;n- o: said paragraph 5. :he ies
' or or the grantor of a mine on a
royalty basis, is as much of a miner
as the man. men or corporation ac
tually epe-ating a mine. Hence.
“It s o e opinion of this office
the* he Chapter must be equitably
( .atrted, and that the les ee oper
ator of a mine on a royal y basis,
under the provisions of pa: -graph f
of said Section 1. m ust f.rsct pay hi
lessor his contract royalties, and
second, deduct his exemptions not ex
ceeding the sum of SlO.dOO. and ray
to the Territory the sum of three
per cent c-n all balances. Hi? retun
must shew total amount mined dur
ing the year, the name and address
TI
j of his lessor. or conditional grantor,
and the location of mitre <r min’s
operated during the year, and, fur
ther, the lessor or the grantor must
likewise make his return and pay his
license taxes on the total sum re
ceived by him as such royalty on
each mine leased by him without any
exemptions whatsoever.”
The clause in the Act as dealt with
in the goregoing opinion, reads as
follows.
Gold. Platinum, Palladium. Osmi
um. Irridmm and any Other Metal or
Mineral Belonging U> the Platinum
or Palladium Group. The license tax
on all gold, platinum, osmium, irri
dium and any other metal or mineral
belonging to the platinum or palla
dium group produced in any m:ne or
mines in the Territory of Alaska,
shall be 3 per cent upon the cash
value of the gross production in ex
cess of Ten Thousand Dollars <$10,
000).
By “gross production” is meant
th*. ‘o't: cash value of all the prod
uct? taken from any mine or mines.
HENRY WAECHTER PAYS
VISIT TO FAIRBANKS
Henry Waechter. one of the own
ers -f Yaechter Brothers Market in
Fairbanks, arrived in Fairbanks re-.
cer',y on his first visit in the Inter
k, ;n 27 years.
Many old friends who knew him
in the early days—at Dawson. Nome,
Iditarod. Ruby. Nenana. St, Michael,
Xanana, and Hot Strings—called on
him at the Fairbanks market.
It was Mr. Waechter and his
brother Okie A. Waechter. his friends
recalled, who built a sawdust road
from their market in this camp to
the slaughterhouse they used ho op
era t? or, Noyes slough.
Mr. Waechter first came North in
went to D*ws:r ir "96 Nome
r. IDO? , arrived in Fairbanks on the
-- ourth of July. 1904. and left Alas
ka in 1910. His home is now at his
farm in the Yakima (Wash.) valley.
Accompanied by Mrs. Waechter
this trip, he visited Palmer and Wil
low Creek, where he is interested in
the_ mining business.
mere are now two Waechter Bros.
Meat Markets in Alaska, one here
and one at Seward.
Mr. 'Waechter also is interested in
the reindeer industry at St. Michael.
Okie A. Waechter passed away in
the fall of 1935.
Wharaver you may be located,
send in whatever news you may
h*v« and help us to produce a real
newsy newspaper. Send some today.
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PIONEER OF 1894 RETURNB
TO FAIRBANKS FOR VISIT
John J. Gallagher, one of the ear
liest pioneers of the Klondike, Circle
and other camps, was in Fairbanks
recently on a tour of Alaska, juat 43
year* from the time be first came to
Alaska, according to the Fairbanks
News-Miner. Mr. Gallagher has He
ed in die Philippines die last 37
years. He left Manila 30 days ago
and nlans to tour all parts of Alaska
and Yukon by plane and other means
of travel.
The Manila Bulletin of June 39
contains an article by Bessie Hack
ed. staff writer, referring to Mr.
Grlitgber as follows:
‘‘Practically every oldtimer ont :
here talks about the places be will ,
ro. the things he will see, and the
Id haunts he will revisit—some day.
But John J. Gallagher, who has lived
in Zamboanga f or the past 37 years,
is an exception. His dream is coming
true.
"It begins today when he embarks
or the 55 President McKinley to re
visit Alaska, upon whose frozen ex
r.srses he first set foot 43 years ago.
"Mr. Gallagher, who is well-known
throughout the Philippines, arrived
here ;'r. 1900 and. after a brief min
is: ■ career in Zamboanga, decided to
• er into the contracting business,
with which be has been connected
ever since.
‘Mr. Gai'agber's three chDdren—
George and Fred, who are with Ben
guet Consolidated in Baguio, and
Mrs. Harry Horton of Manila are as
thrilled as their father that be is go
ing to see once more the places they
have heard about all tbeir lives.
“AH John Gallagher’s old friends
too. are familiar with bis stories of
the “old days” in Alaska—even the
tales of worst hard, which are told
with the narrator's characteristic
Irish humor.
“T.y are you so anxious to go
back to Alaska anyway?” a listener
asked after hearing one of Mr. Gal
lagher's best stories.
Because that's my college,” Mr.
Gallagher answered as though that
were reason enough. "That’s where
I was graduated.” And Mr. Gal
lagher launched into a narrative of
just how much old Alaska demanded
of those who enrolled in her school
of hard knocks. The raining courses,
due to weather conditions, were hard- j
er than any offered by the modern
“laboratories” in the Philippines.”
“I hope ” said one wife to another,
“that you never nag your husband ?”
“Only when he is beating thecar
nets.” said the second one. “When
he is thoroughly irritated, he makes
a much better job of it”
Remembv the Advirttaus
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a. a twitchell
Proprietor
The teacher vas telling- his class
shout the conquests of Alexander the
Great.
“When Alexander bad asaqaered
India.’* be said, a hat do think
be did? Do you think be yrare a
great feast to celebrate bis mmajrtt?
No; be sat down and eept'
The children seemed a littk ^■ap
pointed at this childish exhfcrtaon on
the part of the hero, -so the teaferr
continued: “Now why do j*m Jfridh
Alexander wept ?*
Up west a little band.
“Well, Tummy?" said the teacher.
“Please, sir,* said Tommy, hesi
tatingly, “perhaps be didst kaow
know the way back.’
DR. Komi; WEDS AGAIN
Old folks- cn-ned back the pairs?
oi time and became young again re
cently wbe® t»ey staged a noisy
ehaiiftri in front of the Empress
"Theater far Dr. and Mr. J. H. Rom
ig, bride nd groom, according t*s
the Aaebcrage Times. Tin cans were
beaten to shreds as the blushing
bride ami groom crossed the street
with the “board of directors" after
a dinner in their honor a Richmond's.
'Members of the board and their
wives presented Dr. and Mrs. Romig
■with -a beautiful vane as a wedding
preseet More than 20 couples at
tended. Tfee dinner was arranged by
‘Mrs. Thomas C. Price and- Mrs. Rob
ert S. Bragaw.
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