BID ON TIMBER
UNIT SOUTH OF
HERE SUBMITTED
San Francisco Firm Makes
Formal Offer for Two
Billion Feet Timber.
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means of transportation tentatively
arranged for. The groundwork Tor
actual development has been care- j
fully provided. It was stated.
Starts Next Year.
Actual development work will
start about the first of next year
and the first six months of 1924
•will see the expenditure of at least |
<260,000 In preliminary construc
tion, according to Mr. Dougherty.
This work will include driving of a
tunnel, at the power site, 14,250
feet long In three adits, the tunnel
to be six be nine feet; construction
of docks and wharfage activities, er
ection of a sawmill to get out neces
sary lumber or company buildings,
and general preparatory work
The development of the water
power will be carried out first. It:
is planned to develop the site to its
full capacity of 30,000 horsepower.
This work will he done by Thebo.
Starr and Anderton, a prominent
San Francisco engineering firm.
Development Continuous.
The development program will be
continuous and follow generally the
line on which similar plants have
been erected. The first equipment
Will be a ground-pulp mill having
a daily capacity of 200 toils. This
will he followed by a sulphite mill
of 76 or 80 tons daily capacity and
then the first unit of the pape*
mill, to whtfh additional units will
be made until the 300-lon capacity
la reached.
No exact schedule cun be given
a new for the completion of any of
'the. various stages of development,
raid Mr.. Dougherty, but he added
that it was expected that the big
plant will be completed within 27
to 30 months from the time that
construction la initiated the first of
next year.
This is well within the time limits
established in the contract covering
the project which provides:
. "That the purchaser shall estab
Itrh in Alaska not later than April
l, 1926, a pulp-manufacturing plant
cr plants with a daily capacity of
not less than 100 tonB, which dully
capacity shall be increased, not later
than April 1, 1930, to a total of at
least 200 tons. Failure of t/he pur
chaser to make the first installation
by the date first above specified
(hall render tbls agreement subject
to cancellation In the discretion of
the Forester; and failure to Increase
the daily capacity of the plant or
plants by the second date above
specified will render this agreement
aubject to such a reduction in area
and volume of timber as will, 4n the
Judgment of the Forester, be com
mensurate with the manufacturing
capacity established.”
Will Build Up Town.
The completed plant will furnish
employment from 1.000 to 1,200
men, said Mr. Dougherty. The nec
essary housing facilities, clubhouses,
gynnsintns and other places of ac
1 comtnodatlon and recreation will be
provided at the plant site and in
cluded in, the general development
program. As far as possible ull
local labor will be employed. The
Size of the constru<i|lou force, which!
will not.be extensive at the begin-1
tiing, will be increased as the pro-]
giam develops.
The plant site is said to be very]
edvantagoous with ample room for
all necessary expansion and having
a good deep-water, abelterd harbor
that will accommodate large vessels.
It is located on the mainland bor
dering Frederick Sound about 90
miles eouth of Juneau just off the
steamer route between here and Fet
ersburg isoiith. Engineering ex
perts have reported the waterpowet
site as being capable fo very econ
omic development and It Is regarded
as one of the most attractive pro
jects In Alaska of its size.
The timber unit is divided into
two tracts. One of those located on
the east shore of Frederick Sound,
on the mainland, and on the south
shore of Thomas Bay contains 43,
000 acres of laud having approxi
mately 74,000,000 cubic feet of pulp
timber, Sitka spruce, hemolck and
other species. No. 2 tract has 300,
000 acres lying on the north por
tions of Kupeanof and Kulu islands
between Cape Uendel and I’oint
Kingsmill and comprises about 280,
000,000 cubic feet of timber.
The advertised minimum rates
named by the Forest Service for
the timber on the unit are: sixty
cents per 100 cubic feet for Sitka
spruce, Alaska and western red
cedar and 30 cents for all other
varieties.
30-Year Contract Offered.
The contract offered and for which
the bid wa> tendered has a life ex
tending over a period of 30 years.
The prices named hold good for five
years and after that time are sub
ject to revision by the Forest Serv
ice under certain conditions.
"The policy of the Forest Service
aa • outlined in its contract is ac
ceptable to us," declared Mr.
Dougherty. "If it had been adopted
H or 20 yeara sooner, the paper
gihnufecturtag Industry would not
poer be facing a serious situation."
■ Mr, Dougherty will leave Juneau
tonight on the steamer Alaska for
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COLONEL GREEN IS FAIRY PRINCE TO HIS WARD.
Pretty Ruth Dawren-ce, orphan
daughter ot' Armory Lawrence, not
(il M issachusytts jurist, who was
the faithful truatee of the estate
of the late Mrs. Hetty Green, is
now having the time of her life
enjoying everything that money can
buy. thunks to Colonel and Mrs.
K. II, It. Gr/i n, chief heirs to Hetty
Green’s millions Site is now stay
ing til South Dartmouth, Mass.,
whcr ■ Colt tit I Green’s palatial es
tate i local 4. Colonel Green, wlto
h one of the greatest amateur
ladlo f. 11 fn America, war to imprersed with the nightly ratiio con -erts
£?ut'k E.K-1S- <3 w&rt -
broadcasted li o had
amplifiers elected on his estate and urged all neighbors to attend. Tie noise became so great
wuf niueli < -niplaint, and Colonel Green had to stop his nightly concerts.
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Wrangell. There In: will pick u;> r.
San Francisco ph' tograpUcr and rn
a email b.iat caver the district up t)
and including the Thomas Hay unit,
taking pietuus of me country thaw
ing the timber ic.aiuico:; and indus
tries to be u cd by the company In
connection with its development
program.
Capital Is Diversified.
Capital for financing the project,
he r.aid. Is diversified, coming from
hath each.: n and western sections of
the country. A party of 15 or 20
potions interested in the undertak
ing will arrive In Alaska in about
six week:- on a chartered boat for an
examtn ition of the district.
The bid < f the San FranciEco firm
was the only one received on the
piojtct. There were several other
inquiries concerning it. according to
Mr. Klory but no actual bid other
than that made by Hutton, McNear
and Dougherty was submitted. This
is also the first bid that has been
offered on any large timber unit in
Alaska. Two others were advertised,
the Shrimp Bay unit and the West
Admiralty Island unit, hut no formal
tender was submitted on either, al
though it Is known that Interested
parties are still working to interest
capital in both.
SECOND ORDER
FROM AUSTRALIA
AT LOCAL MILLS
Similar Cargo to First Be
Shipped in September by
Juneau Lumber Mills.
A second and similar cargo of
spruce lumber, to that now being
loaded on the five masted barkentlne
Phyllis Comyn of San Francisco, and
measuring 1,700.0(10 feet, has been
ordered from the Juneau Lumber
Mills and will be shipped from here
some time in September, according
to Roy Rutherford, manager. A bar
kentlne the size of the Phvllts Comyn
will come north to Juneau for the
cargo, and Is scheduled to arrive here
about the middle of September. The
work of cutting the lumber for the
present shipment has been complet
ed and cutting for the second ship
tnent is now under way, Mr. Ruther
ford said.
The cargo being shipped on tht
j Phyllis Comyn will be entirely load
ed on the ship by the end of this
• week and the harkcntine will leavr
| port for the ocean probably Saturday
i next. The tug boat Daniel Ken
of the Washington Tug & Barg
Company of Seattle Is now enrout
to Juneau to tow the Phyllis Comyn
from here through Chatham Straits
to the open ocean, where it will set
sail for the three months' voyage
'o Australia.
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I FOR THIS PORT
SEATTLE. Aug. I.—Steamer Queen
sailed for Southeastern Alaskan ports
it 9 o’clock this morning with 228
I passengers aboard, the following for
Juneau: William R. Garater and
wife, Arthur N. Means, Miss Hilda
Aalto, T. L. Allen, wife and baby
Mrs. H. Bernan, Grover P. Davis,
H. L. Arnold, M. B. Sides, Mrs.
Alice Sides and two steerage
Steamer Admiral Watson sails at
9 o’clock tomorrow morning. She
will have about 150 passengers. C.
V Ricketts has already booked for
Juneau.
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FIRE MEETING POSTPONED
The regular meeting of the Juneau
Fire Department tomorrow night has
been postponed until the following
night on account of the baseball
game.
INVESTIGATE REPORTS
OF ILLEGAL FISHING
i Lester (>. Gore, assistant lT. S.
| Distric t Attorney, and E. M. Hall,
assistant U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Agent In Alaska, left this morning
i on the fisheries boat Widgeon, (’apt.
Earl Hunter, for the vicinities of
Killisnoo and Chatham Straits, to
investigate reports of illegal fishing
in that district, according to ad
vice given by U. S. Attorney A. G.
i Shoup today. They expect to spend
i four or five days on the trip, return
. ing to Juneau.
INDIAN WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Susie Bean, Indian woman,
about 60 years of age. died at 7
o'clock last evening at her homo on
i Willoughby Avenue., from the* effects
.of cancer. She is survived tiy seven
children. The body is at the C.
W. Young Undertaking Parlors. No
arrangements have been made as yet
j for the funeral.
ALASKA DUE MIDNIGHT
Steamer Alaska Is due to arrive
in Juneau not before midnight to
night from the westward, southbound,
! and will be in port two or three
hours according to ndvlces received
at the local Alaska Steamship Com
pany office.
MINING MEN HERE
TO INSPECT PROPERTY
W. A. Castleton, president of the
Hirst-Chlehagoff Gold. Mining Com
pany and G. T. Jackson, formerly
general manager of the Alaska Gas
tineau Mining Company, arrived in
Juneau on the Alameda and left early
this morning on the mine tender
Isis for the Hirst-Chichagof mine, on
I an Inspection trip of that property.
Mr. Castleton maintains headquarters
! at Seattle, has not been north since
j last summer. Mr. Jackson was here
about two weeks ago, looking over
1 mining properties In this vicinity.
REPRESENTATIVES OF
LOCAL STORE RETURNING
Grover P. Davis, T. L. Allen and
I M. L. Arnold, heads of the grocery,
j drygoods and shoe departments, re
I spec-lively, of Goldstein’s Emporium,
| are aboard tile steamer Queen for
! Juneau. They have spent the past
| two weeks in Seattle1 where they
ittonded the Pacific Northwest Mcr
bants Convention, July 23-29.
Mr. Allen Is accompanied hy Mrs.
Allen and their little daughter. Mrs.
Arnold, who accompanied her hus
hand south is remaining in the states
on a visit.
MISSION WORKERS HERE
Miss Janet W. Miller of New
York City and Mr. and Mrs. M.
Swete, arrived In Juneau on the
steamer Alameda from the south and
i will engage In missionary work in
the Presbyterian missions in this
j district. Miss Miller will go to Haines
| where she will he a nurse at Haines
| Home, the Presbytorlan Mission at
’I that place, and Mr, and Mrs. Swete
will go to Sitka to engage In wort
I at the Sheldon Jarkson school al
that place.
H. B. Carbra.v. representative foi
the Seattle Hardware Company -*rr
' rived here today on the Estebeth
, from Haines.
HENDERSON IS
MYSTERY SHIP
IN COLLISION
I Naval Transport Is Big Craft]
| Which Struck Barken- J
tine Last Saturday.
SEATTLE. August 1. — It is
learned that the transport Hender
son was the mysterious steamer
' which early Saturday struck the
live masted barkentine Monterey ini
the Straits of Juan de Fuca disap-1
pearing in the fog immediately
after.
Captain Buchanan reported to Ad-(
tniral Hoogerwirff, of the Bremerton!
Navy Yard but details were not i
[made public until today when thej
Navy Investigation Board visited the:
Monterey at Port Angeles to take;
depositions.
The Henderson suffered slight
damage while the barkentine’s low
was dented and bulkwarks torn
away and davits and bowsprit
smashed.
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CRISIS PASSED
IN ILLNESS OF
PRES. HARDING
Chief Executive Slept Normal
Last Night and Was Re
freshed Today.
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this morning bulletin. In still hold
ing favorably.”
Bulletin Late Yesterday,
President Harding bus passed the
crisis ind is on tbe road to recov
ery. Dr. Charles E. Sawyer. the
Prendent'a physician told tile Asso
ciated Press.
Dr Sawyer said: ”1 feel that the
c-rislB is over and that the President
is well on >lit- road to recovery.”
The bulletin issued by President
Harding's live physicians at 4
o'clock yesterday afternon said he
had maintained ground and gained
since Monday night and taken nour
ishment t egularly. His tempera
ture w.-is 100. pulse 102, respira
tion Is and regular.
MBS HARDING OPTIMISTIC.
SAW FitANCISCO. August 1.—Mrs.
Harding is so optimistic regarding
■ he President’s health that she plans
resumption of the White House st
ela! activities dropped on account
of her ili.iecs last autumn. This is
according to Mrs. Anna M. Godfrey,
of San Francisco, an old friend.
MASONIC CEREMONY.
SAN FKANCISCO, August 1.— !
President Harding has designated
George B. Christian, Jr., his private
secretary, as his personal ropreaen-j
tatlve on the occasion of the Ma
sonic ceremony in the Hollywood
Bowl in Iaib Angeles tomorrow.
Christian leaves here tonight and:
will read the President's remarks!
it the ceremony.
COOLIDGES VIEWS.
PLYMOUTH, Vermont, August 1.
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| Vice-President Coolldge, in a
I statement here, said:
“It i>. evident the President has
I worn himself down very much in
| i lie service of the American people,
[lie has never spared himself.''
JEFFERSON IN FROM
SOUTH; 109 TOURISTS
Steamer Jefferson, Capt. Jock Liv
ingston. arrived here at 7 o'clock
last night from the South and left
about midnight for Skagway and
cannery ports. The ship had freight
and mail for the channel towns.
The Jefferson has 10ft round trip
passengers.
Two passengers were aboard for
Juneau. The ship will put In at
the Auk Bay cannery and the I,it
inkoff Cove plant with supplies and
to take on fish.
Passengers arriving here were:
Mrs. L. Reinke, Mrs. I,. It. Cornelius.
Iver Anderson, engineer with Seims
& Carlson, road contractors, left on
the Alameda for Seward to inspect
the load work being clone by his
firm in that district.
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TURNER LAKE TRAIL
IS NOW COMPLETED
The Forest Service toot trail,
leading from the beat h to Turner
I^ake on Taku Inlet, a distance of
about three-fourths of a mile, has
been completed and the crew brought
to Juneau. The trail makes an easy
access to one of the best known
trout fishing grounds in this vicin
ity. It has been constructed with
a 15 per cent, grade to the summit
and 18 per cent, grade from there
to the lake. Construction work was
started July 12 last, with a crew of
five men, under supervision of Jack
Phipps.
The crew is leaving Juneau today
for Hoonah to spend several days
doing maintenance work on the
Hoonah trail.
BABY GIRL BORN
A baby daughter was born to
Mrs. Johnson, wife of Harold John
son of Hoonah. at 7 o’clock Tuesday
morning at St. Ann Hospital. The
little miss weighed seven and one
half pounds at the time of her birth.
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