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Entered a# .second-class matter
Ar i*st 29th, 1923, at.the postoffice
at r. Takotna, Alaska, wnder the Act
of, March 3rd, 18W.
Tukotna, Alaska, February 23, 1935.
REAL AID TO MINING.
(Juneau Empire..)
Mlnm^ one. of Alaska’s largest
industries and on .which, has been
bi lit in the popular mind its tradi
ti. n of romance and riches, seems
destined to be given added impetus
th ough, the action of the Legislature
in asking Congress not to suspend
fv . ther mining claim assessments.!
Hundreds, probably, thousands*, of
claims have been lying idle for‘.years
i. -oughout the.. Territory with-, no
w rk whatever done, on them. With
tl advance in the price of .gold
sc. res more were staked out during
tl. past summer.
It is only logical that Alaska
should protect and seek development
of it great natural gift. Here in the
cr eks and mountains lie untold
wealth, the surface of which has
scarcely been, scratched and through
development Alaska can take its place
in the sun as perhaps the greatest
mineral producing country on earth.
he Territorial lawmakers have
started right in looking immediately
to the welfare of this, great industry.
Assessment work on these . unpat
ented claims will revive mining. It
will give employment to many men,
otherwise unemployed, especially in
instances where the. claim owners
prefer to hire their assessment work
done. It may even reveal another
bonanza, but I’egardless* of that ro
mantic. touch, it will tend £o rehab
ilitate an industry orr which * this
Territory became a mineral emipre.
As Gov. Troy so aptly said: “Our
greatesfc Jiope for immediate improve
ment in ... Alaska, is through the
development, of. gold and silver
mining.” .
GOVERNOR TROY ON MINING.
In his report for the fiscal yetflr
endfetgoftma. 30, 1984, Governor John
W. Troy said, “Continued growth of
Alaska depends largely, upon .vigor
ous development of mining;—particu
larly gold-. mining.l„,J3uch development
would cause expansion of population
and increase all phaae&s.: of Jarman
activity. Title to nearly all the? min
eral lands in Alaska-. is- in ^be: Federal
government. The Federal! govern
ment should aesistJn the development
of< thiSr-dand, andn .to that end, I
urge -sufficient? appropriations for
thd United .States Geological Survey
and Bureau? of Mines .to do this work
and to permit theirc cooperation with
the Territory, and the office of the
Territorial mining organization.
“The increase in gold valuation
svll foster gold mining development
->ut u system of quick examinations
' cjk'w nrt.vMa Aiiseoveri.es would
stimulate prospecting and contribute
to mining development. The area
and resources of Alaska would pro
vide, if developed,.relief f*>r*the over
population of , congested-' centers
throughout the country. Peo >’e
brought to Alaska to prospect for
gold and finding employment 1
public works would furnish popula
ion that would make markets for
agricultural products, timber and
other resources of the territory.’*.
—Alaska Weekly.
GOLD AIN’T EVERYTHING
Ya’ cain’t git water from a well,
when onct that well runs dry, j
Nor happiness where smiles don’t J
dwell, no matter how ya’ try, |
There’s nothing brings a feller down j
like envy, spite, and gloom,
Fer happiness lurks not in frown; j
fer there it finds no room.
Tha cesteo’ ■ Smiles is very cheap, an* J
bip rewards they brings, .
They comfort you when you’re a-sleep,;
an’ spread as if on wings,
So cast aside that frown ma’ frieml
Replace it with a smile,
Your gloomy thoughts will quickly
end, then life wil be worth while.
An’ if good fortune comes to you, and
of hard luck ya’ learn
Think of the other feller too, an! do
him a good turn,
Don’t be a grouch, it doesn’t pay,
don’t let your heart grow cold,
A smiling face through the day, is
worth much more than gold.
An’ when your soul has left this
eai-th, tha memory will be dear,
Yer feller men will praise yer worth
fer having spread good cheer,
They might relate about your gold,
an wish they’d hed yer pile,
But oft at gatherings would be told,
a Lout yer cheerful smile.
By TOM WIEDEMANN,
(P.oet. of.’98)
REINDEER TREK HALTED 100
MILES FROM DESTINATION.
EDMONTON, Canada.—Three thou
sand reindeer, which in 1930 started
a trek . from Kotzebue district in
Northwest Alaska for Shingle Points
100 miles east of the Mackenzie
River near the Arctic shore of Yukon
Territory, Canada, appear to be
blocked oa the west bank of the Mac
kenzie. For the herd to travel the
remaining 100 miles to its goal may
lake another year.
Major R. Walter Hale.. Canadian
postoffice official and Capt. alter
Gilbert, Canadian Airways pilot, re
turned to. Edmonton recently from a
flight to the. mouth of the Mackenr
zie. River: , country. They report
windswept ice floes in the mouth of
the Mackenzie have prevented the
.deer from crossing it and that un
less conditions improve next month
the crossing attempt will be delayed
until next year, when, the herd will
be driven across solid ice.
The deer are being driven by Lap
land herders. The animals, it is
planned, will be. the foundation of
herds to suppjy food and clothing
to Canadian Eskimoes;—
JUNEAGMKAN. VICTOR I NL
$100,000 LAWSUIT.
JUNEAU, Feb. 16.—A jury of the
federal court sitting here returned
verdict awarding. W. D. Gross
$58,436 for alleged losses and expen
ses against the Electrical Research
Products Incorporated, when the
sound equipment of his theatres in
Juneau and Ketchikan wore replev
ined. Gross asked approximately |
$100,000. The trial consumed everal
weeks in the federal court.
Reports Having*
Seen Brown Bear
St. Lawrence Is.
The following is an article taken
from the November, 1934, issue of
the “Journal of Mammalogy.”
According to reports of natives
of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, and
to all written records, only polar
bears have been seen on the island
in the past. On August 9t. 1933,
Roland Snodgrass, member of the
Alaska-College Bering Sea .Expedi
tion, and his two native guides i*e
pori having seen a brown bear near
Cape Bunnell, (West Cane), St.
Lawrence Island. The following
excerpts from Mr. Snodgrass’ not.
book describes the circumstances:
“We had—followed the high cliff
from Boxers. Bay to Cape Bunnell,
where the cliff is broken by a valley
known by the Eskimoes as Kongkok.
The sides were very steep, and the
aneroid showed slightly over 1,500
feet as we started to descend. About
200 feet below the rim, Akeya call
ed my attention to bunch of brown
moss about 50 yards away. I handed
h;m the glasses, remarking that it
looked like brown bear cubs. He
returned then with the announcement
that it was a brown bear. He added
that it was the first he had ever
seen and that summer bears were
very dangerous. Our firearms con
sisted of a .22 calibre rifle and a
.do revolver. Despite the inadequacy
■ f the guns, I decided to attempt
V'l’ lllP Ponr f*<8 tllnl'O unonmU r>..
great risk involved. A... strong wh.d
-j blowing up the slope. The
bear was asleep at the foot of
y steep, narrow ridge of rock
which seemed to offer a safe posi
tion.
“i told the guides my plan. We
started back up the cliff, intending
to cross the ridge and come down
over .the bear. When I turned an i
started across, the boys kept on
eiimbng, taking with them incident
ally, the rifle upon which I lelied
x i' accurate shooting. The wind
made further communication impos
sible so I let them go on. I came
down the ridge to a position as close
i as possible to the bear, and took tw)
pictures with the Leica camera. Tim
built in range finder showed fifty
five feet. Then I shot aiming for
the neck, it was a miss and the
wind prevented the noise from wak
ing the animal. The second shot
hit the body. The gun failed to fire
the next three times :I 'pulled the
trigger and the bear started away.
I shot ten times as he ran, possibly
hitting him in the left shoulder.
“The color was light brown. Judg
ing from other bears, I should guess
its weight to be in the neighborhood
of a thousand: pounds. I do not know
the sex, and cannot guess the age.”
During the winter, polar bears are
numerous on the island, coming and
going with the ice. It is not un
usual for polar bears to be strande 1
cue ice receues rionriwara in
the spring, and to live over the sum
mer months among the snow-bank.
(Aneegulgit) in the interior. This
suggests the probability that h
bear was carried from' Siberia, whi ■ .
is only 37 miles away at Cape Cliilc
t^kalr, by ’the icernduYrng the whiter
ojr early’ spring.—Otto William Geisr,
Alasxa Agricultural College and
School of Mines, College, Alaska.
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