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i-ccorw-ria** matter An
ifr*t 1923, at the poutoffice at
Yskotna^ A leak*, under the Act of
Jhartrh&'iaZV.
iakol**, Masks, March 1, IM.'i
l>l MON I) EXPRESSES HIMSELF
AS TQ ALASKA’S INTERESTS
LecLaring-hr* present tour of the
Territory i* uot for the purpose of
■nuking speeches but with the view of
getting the views of others, I>elegate
elect Anthony J. Dimorid told the
Chamber of Commerce today he-,
would welcome suggestion* from it
and, promised to do everything in his
power a* [telegate to Congress . to
earijy out it* requests, reports the
Juneau Empire.
“L woa'[,promise to get you all
you want, prohpidy no one could do _
that. Rut I shall make the effort and
do osy best, unless, of course, there
should be grave reasons why I can
not,” he declared.
He said he fully recognized that the
Chambers of Commerce of the Terri
tory are the “authentic voice" of the
business element of the Territory.
They are activated by ‘‘intelligent
selfishness, with [be emphasis on in
telligent. 1 want you to tell me what
you want done, and if it is within my
power and except for grave personal.
reasons, which 1 do not expect fo j
happen. I shall gql it foy you,” he
said,
He refereed , briefly to hi* recent i
eisitpto other section)}, commenting
on cpinditUMig existing and proposed
plan*, for improvement. I nthe olwer
Kuskokwim driver, he said, residents :
ought to lie permitted to do commer-1
cial fishing, for the purpose of can
ning king salmon. If they were per
mitted to do limited fishing, the finan
cial, returns would relieve the situa
tion. materially.
He advocated extending commercial
S*h:ny, now permitted at the mouth
jf th* Yukon river, to a* fat up
stream as Andreafsky, adding he be
lieved this could be done by regula
tion without the net-e<;*ity of making
'■ift ainetidmerjl to the Alaska fc ln-ricr
Law. H esaid he hoped to be abe to
actum jdbh this.
i^^re fa- addressed tjje Chamber it
had adopted a resolution condemning
th eat-', ion df the Interior Department*
in purcharinis recently 75/tftf-ti** for
the Ala.-ka itailrpaa in Wasbingtosp*
instead ol buying them from -he <ujt
ters already located along the line of
the rairoad. He praised tbrt action
highly and declared that while ir
might be impossible to have .thus at \
le prescinded, he believed it would be
the.last such purchase.
“1 find it difficult to understnnd how
anyone, - even in Washington, could
uphold this kind of business,”-he as
serted. “The-plainest kind of econom
ic* in the world would induce the rail
road to give the business to those who
are its customers and who give it pat
ronage rather than to someone wholly
unable Ui give it any traffic.”
He pointed out that the .Copper,
liiver &. Northwestern Raiir. atk be
tween Kennecott and Cordova apr.^&l
iy purchases all its tie requirements
from local cut teg*. E‘r-,t because it
recognizes its r*spors»bdi*j. to give
employment to local t&QTi and busi
ness to those fro ,m/-hum it in turn
derive* business; and, *ecorid, because
the ties thems-Jveji are better than i
those that. can ht....bought in the
States.
Disagrees With Wickers ham-.
Quoting an expression of opinion
from the present Delegate, Judge
James Wickersham,jto the effect that
Alaska now without any law relat
in gto the location of placer mining
claims, the Delegate-elect said he was
forced to disagree, and declared in his
opinion the so-called Wickersham act
»f August, 1 'jit, it still in effect and
uught to be repealed.
“1 have discussed the subject wher
ever I have gone on my recent trip as :
well as during ttye campaign. I have
not found anyjthese any substantial
disagreement with that position, and j
1 did find almost,, everywhere pro
nounced sentiment, fyr its repeal,” .
He attributes much of the decline
in placer mining So-.-that la>v. Before
1912, he pointed out,. Alaska’s mineral
production was expanding under the
statutes then in (prep. After 1912,
when the Wicketahgm act limiting the
number of claimpppagible to be locat
ed went into effect, .the d^clinne set
in, and with the ggcgpttion. of such
operations as the. Alaska Juneau and
the Fairbanks Exploration, Company,
it has been, continuing.
Unique Games I’ursuit
Mr. Dimoml described to the cham
SOURDOUGH TRADING POST
M'cORATII, ALASKA
I
Groceries
Clothing,
ANYTHING FROM A NEEDLE TO AN ANCHOR
Except a Few Missing Links
j Come and Look Things Over.
f. T, VANDERPOOL
PROP.
fm INSURANCE
(Yoa sbqijld carry a libera] amount of fire insurance
for the gake.pf your credit and your peace of mind,
[Needless to gay .this insurance should be of. the very
highest quality.
That’ll the Kind Written Bp
aska Insurance Agency
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
of Knako Tinea.
her the method used by native trap
pers of the lower Kuskokwim in tak
ing fur animals.. Ninety per cent of
the foxes takec. he declared, are shot
und not trapped*. The native trapper,
taking a light. Jed and a scanty,
amount of rtt'ifjpftrails the fox
across cou't^.,.-fpUowing the tracks
with eXrep*’ idpaT diligence. When
tight ovei takes him. . he 'curls up,
turns his- bao t© the wind and goes
to sleep, tfher; it is light enough he
arises-and re to me? h:g*<railirig~uiifil ■
ha jump* the- fox, when he shoots.
“They virtually run down, the foxes,”
he Said.
' .Mining industry Active
T he tniihr.g industry of/the North
irti distr.cis is active, he told v the
chamber. The production of the Nona#
area this season was approximately
SI,5(K>,000. • Fiat produced another
N50,(K<0, and the Fairbanks Explora
tion* Company had a good year in the
Fairbanks district.—
Near Whitefish Lake, in the Kusko
kvim, prospectors have-been attraited
by soccassful dredging operations that
apparently have repealed some good
placer ground In the Fairbanks area,
lode deposits are being-more persist
ently explored. CaptainkA. E. Lath
rop, coal mine operator and leading
business, man, recently acquired con
trol of several properties and will un- *
lertake development on an extensive
scale.
WHY PEOPLE SMILE.
Velvet Paw •
Edna—Jack is so original. He says!
things to me that nobody else would :
dream of saying.
May—What's he beta up to now;—
asking you to marry him?—Hummel
(Hamburg).
Quite a Letdown
Postman—What’s up with the ouT
postmistress ?
Assistant—She scalded the hand off
herself steamin’ open a letter and.
then she discovered it was addressed
to her.—Opinion (Dublin).
Willing, to Trade Places
The scene wa sa menagerie at the
animal fair. The lady tamer, was
demonsttratin gher control by allow
ing the lion to take a lump of sugar
from her lips. The audience was.
spellbound until a sailor broke > the
silence.
“That’seasy. I could do that.” ..
“Qh, could you?” came the sharp
retort.
“Just as well as the lion,” said the
tar, as he walked away.—Transcript
(Boston),.
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:\miortune <
Smith—You day your wife threw
a teapot at you. Did it hit you ? ,
Brown—Unfortunately, no.
Smith—Why or earth, '“unfortun
ately?”
Brown—Well,, instea dof. hitting me
it hit the cat. The cat clawed the
curtains down. The curtains fell in
the fire and caught alight. In ten
minutes the whole place was. ablaze,
and we’ve heen sleeping in a tent in
the garden ever since.—Globe (To
ronto),. ’
Strategy)
“I have to tell Mrs. Smith that.her
favorite dog has been run over’*,---.
“Break, it, to her gently,”
“Yes, I think I will tell her jhuat it
is her husband, and then work up to
the dog.”—Vart Hem. (Stockholm).
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