THE KUSKO TIMES
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Kusko Times, McGrath, Alaska.
■McGrath, alaska, jury is, 1921
MEANS MUCH
FOR ALASKA
Big Corporation Will
Erect a Number of
Pulp Paper Mills.
Portland, July 11.—The sale
«of one hundred million feet of
ispruce, hemlock and cedar from
the Tong-ass national forest re
servation on Shrimp bay, to the
Alaskan American Paper Cor
poration, of New York, as an
nounced by Government For
ester Ames, is a great stride
towards the rapid and substan
tial development of the resources
of Alaska, and particularly the
pulp industry. The corporation
will erect pulp paper mills in
the near future.
Incompatibility.
Seattle.—Seattle:s mayor today re
moved from office three women mem
bers of the city library board because
•of their disapproval of everything pro
posed by the male members of the
board. _
Tom .Tamper, who went to Tacotna -a,
'few days aga, left the hitter place al
most immediately for iditarod.
Max Simel
The Pioneer Trader
Furs Bought and
Sold
| Miners’, Prospectors’
and Trappers’
Supplies
| Steamer Service On the Inoka
) Ttiver.
! Ask the People of Ophir about us.
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- STATION
Fairview, Innoko River
Alaska Shipping Board
Was a Costly Luxury
Vaidez Miner.
To 1919 the Territorial Legislature
appropriated $300;000 to be used by the
Territory to engage “in maritime and
river commerce” and for other inc: i
dental expenses. Following the appro
priation the Shipping Board entered
the transportation business by paying
Maurice D. Leehey, a Seattle attorney.
$8,150 for his services as counsel, which
was further augmented by a bill from
Mr. Leehey of $5,545.38 for “rent, sup
plies and clerk hire,” and of $2,205.01
for travel and subsistence. Also a bill
of $70.84 for having a copy of the hear
ing printed for dissemination among
the protestants for inexpensive trans
portation. Mr. Semmes was “traffic
adviser” for this board, and be was
also a high-priced experiment, as it
cost $8,166.66 for his servioes and
$1,358.66 for keeping him on the job.
One would imagine that Nir. Leehey
could have traveled around the world
and subsisted on goose livers and hum
mingbirds’ tongues for $2,205.01, but
being from Seattle his tastes were
rather higher than those of the average
Alaskan, who is willing to subsist on
beans while his counsel piles up the
bills. Mr Semmes also appeared to be
somewhat of a bon vivant, as $1,358.66
was required to feed him and pay his
traveling expenses. The duties of the
counsel appear to have been light,
judging by his bill of $5,545.38 for clerk
hire and rent of the Smith building for
the few months the board was intact.
M. H. Sides, a Juneau man, prepared a
statei^pnt for the counsel who was too
busy tox>btain facts for himself, as to
vessels.and tonnage, which cost $15, a
mere bagatelle, as it were, and prob
ably the most valuable services ren
dered by the Board, at any time. The
counsel for the Board also retained
other counsel as counsel for counsel for
the Board, at an expense to the Terri
tory of $190.20. The attorneys also ap
pear to have worked under the union
scale for counsel, as their services were
remarkably cheap compared with those
of the Seattle attorneys.
Governor Riggs, who traveled with
the Board, oppears to have suffered
from dyspepsia, as his bill was only
$36.50 for subsistence, against$3,663.67
for his companions, showing that as an
Alaskan he could not digest the rich
food placed before the Seattleites.
Before the Board disbanded it spent
$26,402.80 Territorial money, and saved
the Territory several hundred thousand
dollars by keepmg the steamship lines
worried over possible competition. The
rates were not lowered, but the good
accomplished will long remain an ex
ample for other legislators to follow.
Delegate .Dan Sutherland has been
assigned to five important committees,
which is more than any other member
of the Territorial delegation has ever
been assigned to. These are the public
lands, Indian atfair& post offices and
post roads, and miniDg.
Washington.—Wirffield Erwin has
made application for the establishment
of the First National Bank of Anchor
age, with a capital of $50,000.
Washington.—An attempt to remove
the restriction against the sale of
liquor on American -vessels has been
started in the House-by ^Representative
Edmonds.
Rough and Dressed Lum
her of All Kinds
IHNOKO LUMBER CO.
Why Carry Your Outfit a Long Distance? I
We Can Supply Everything You Need.
Fresh Stock Just Arrived. Prices That Will Satisfy You
GEO. HOFFMAN - NAPAMUTE
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim
PIONEER POOL ROOM
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’MeGrdtlfs Popular Resotl
Dave E. Clough - - Prop.
Who Said Freighting
That’s our business and that’s where we shine;
in other words where satisfactory service is al
ways given. Freighting between all points—
_Mc.Grath, Tacotna, Ophir, Iditarod, Cripple,
< even.as.far as. Ruby.
- W. H. Jones - Freighter
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, |Managec.
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