MORE ON
GOODNEWS- BAY*
acquiring more. rround, either- by
purchase pr location or -both, antil
today there are a number ot eery
sizable propositions gett.ng- int* pro
duction.
Bear Creek Dredge Makes Money
“The N. Y1 A. C. Pndfihg Com*
pany which has been >p«raung on
Bear Creek, a tributary of the Taiik—
sak, wi'h two dredges, are now
planning on t.ddmg-a third dredge to»
their fleet. The Crowdy's have pnae*
tica'ly finished their aground cn. B<mr
Creek and wiH move th-tr equipment
over cn the Tuliksak lley also bate*
option? or O-h'r Cteeh, a good look
j ing and carefully prospected creek
* that empties into Fish Lake, and
heads out of the .same dome as Bear
Creek. Ophir Is a big creek, 22 miles
long and not of glacial ^origin.
The Aniak District wai discovered;
in 1911 and .n this section there were
a number of creeks with demonstrat
ed pay clirt on them. Marvnl, Grip- ■
pie, Dome, L^co, Porcupine. Fisher
and Eagle Creeks are miy a few-of ',
the goodlooking streams i nr this dis
trict. On the Luther Hess ground,
on Marvel Dahl and \Yilson_ have
been Operating a hydraulic phjttt
with very satisfactory results.
“On Canyon Cr.-ek. Ande
Brothers and Herman Oman are
mining and taking out good pay
while in tne same district on Fork
Creek, emptying into the Quishluk a
modern plaeer drill , has. been show
ing up gcwd values. Some very high
grade free milling quart* has been
found in his section as weil.as rear
the head of one of the placer creeks.
New Find on Togiak'
“On the Tcgiak, w hich empties im j
to' Togiak Bay opposite Goodnews’
3av there: has-. been :a recent strike 1
vwifch is causing- quite, a . stampede •
from Bethel and in fact all of the |
surrounding country. Some natives I
laie this fall, 1 brought!: some good
looking coarse gold into Bet Pel, ana
issocr. as the news leaked out, the
rush was on.
“Goodr.tws Bav fiatarsdly is the
gtjeat platinum center of Alaska.
Since the strange white matal was
first fonnd m paying quantities aj
few years ago, tnece has been" »j
steady rush into that, district and allT
of- the operators have done well. Th* j
increase in the price' of ' platinum
during the past year has been a
great boost to" mining tn this imme
diate section. DavicF Strandberg on
Clara Creek has been taking out good
money, and has pieitv of iproven .
ground to work on for years to eoane.
New Dredge For Saimaa
“Oistwi Brothers on .Platinum and
Squirrel Creeks are taking out. good
money, and after . carefully drilling
-T*.'Salmon, have decided to install aj
big dredge there during thiff coming
summer. It is also rumored that
Dave Strandberg has thken an op
tion on the Aiken ground on Candle
Cre.k and will start a drag line
working there early next spring.
“Further up the Kuskokwim, at
Park. W. E. Dunkieiis still, working
on development on his quicksilver
shewing and is apparently satisfied
»ith result V.
"Th^re ts a Jot of. action around
Good news Bay* and this.past summer
Brevik. Harv.Jdsan ami Wicks trom
i'r.ade a nciJind of platinum- neat’
the beaciuline. i understand that on
Felder and iGate ground on Waters
Moose, Walter. Jbhnscntof.California
if -dvtlfmir’mridipULnnins:- on installing
a dredge ai som as he. has proved
the.; ground.
Lots of Ground 'Located '
Toe.country ha« bean staked for
nriles and miles, and it is almost usc
■'®s f°r a prospector to gc. nr thire.
unlsssitie sag a_placer: drillr', ors at
least a .goraltfiBr.p, as it is irnposs,
b.e to get t*r better k without one .or
the. other. However, with, modern
eq apmenii.it i* arr easy country to
prospect and one tkhtPmiiK. pas the
prospector w«lL
Lamnnp r lens for-f'Iaaes-.
Bsthe:.. the heal of navigafcidur-'on
the. Ktiskokwirr. is the biggest. Ifttle
mining aoo .in. Alaska: without.*,
land-ng field for planes. Last- sum
mer tiere-was more than oW.tons of
supplies and equipment flown'out of
Bethel, and hot a field .U’liere a plane ■
could land safefy. The freight and
passenger.planes coroe down on bars..
ir_ swamps, and in fact in aayr place
.hey can possibly make.a landing.
This year*: the.est“aaaer - Tupper
made three trips: : loaded to the
guards every , time and. next year.
niess another steamer is added tei
the ran, they. Aid have to make at
least four trips to supply^-tharrapid -
lv growing country;- but what we
need more than anything eL<A» is a
prffper-iucding field. I have seen as
many as 11. cnrooceecial .planes drop
.n on Bethel in one day—and every
landing made, .they too* a. chance.!
hat we need is a dependable land
ing field—we won’t get a road for*
years, but ther country needs, and. its
output deserves, a landing field.’*
MANY BILLS ARE
INTRODUCED IN
LEGISLATURE
Rep. Nell Soott introduced a resol
ution in the House providing for the
listing by. the.Territorial .Auditor of
all patented mineral claims -and can
nery, trading and manufacturing
sites so that excise taxes may be
levied against such properties.
Senator O. D. Cochran submitted
to the Senate a'memorial urging Con
gess to. extend the Fedeat Highway
Act to A iaska.
Rep. John Lichtenberg sponsored a
bill prohibiting the issuance of n
Territorial -warrant to any person in
the employ of. the Territorw not a
citizen* of .the United States.,
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The aitae tax bill introduced by 1
Sen. M. E. Brunelle. was considered |
by the Senate. An am*-ndmeat was
adopted which would raise the license
tax on incomes from mines other
than gold and piatinum mines ore a
graduated scale from 2“ 1-2 per cent
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000. The levy on the income from
gold and pjariimm mines was left in
the bill as originally drafted, .namely,
3' per cent on gross production, the j
tax to start , on production of $10.-!
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A. bill introduced by Rep. Dan
Kennedy asking for a road from
Fatter to Copper Center was ap
prwrad by the Striate.
The'hill introduced by Rep.. E. D.
ObtTfey, asking for a road in th*» Hom
er diso-xt. was adopted by the House
Four road memorials were apprrr.
td b> the Senate, tmr-ely:
Extension of the road from Anch
orage to Spenard Lake.
Extension of. the Federal Highway1
Act.
The road irem Mineral Creek to ;
the Cliff mine, near Valdes.
A rord in the Fish Creek area.
Whether Alaska should have E
quor stores conducted by the Ter
ritory rather, than by private indi
viduals, ia a question that may be
put up to the. voters- at the next
general election. A bill giving the
citizens a right to vote on the ques
tion was passed by the Legislature.
The memorial asking the federal
government to abolish tolls on the
Richardson Highway was adopted, by
the Senate..
The Hons? deter* ed the ir«n:re[
urging the Alaska Game Commission
to experiment with a method for pci - i
soning wolves and coyotes..
The House adopted the Memorial ■
urging Congressional action against
the encroachment of Japanese fisher
men. close to Alaska waters .
The air bill introduced before the
Legislature provides that every air
craft must have a government license
and that the pilot be licensed. These
licenses must be displayed, and te
subject to inspection by any perm.
An Alaska Aeronautics Commission
would be created with general pow
ers U> make rules and regularises,
and the commission would have id,
thority to appoint a director of
aeronautics, who would have super
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vision over the location and main
tenance of airfields and navigation
facilities.
The Senate passed a bill providing
for the offer of a reward of $100
for information leading to the con
viction of persons breaking into
caches and buildings outside of in
corporated towns. The bill will be
come effective immediately or. the
signing of it bv Gov. John W. Troy.
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are not suited to each other.
He—Tell me the truth, you love
another ?
She—Well, yes.
He—Tell me his name, I must know.
She (pleased)—You want to soli
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“Dave is the sort of fellow you
don’t meet every day.”
“Don’t I know? He owes me $10.
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