RAILROAD WILL
EMPLOY 400 MEN
THIS SUM JER
Col. O. F. Ohlson. general manager
of the Alaska Railroad, announced
last Friday that he has been defin
itely assured at Washington, D. C..
that $24150,000 will be available for
the rehabilitation of the railroad
during the next four years.
Work under a comprehensive pro
gram will be started this summer
and 400 men will be employe! along
the rail belt, Colonel Ohlson said.
The weather and the date the money
becomes available will determine
when the program will be inaugur
ated.
Raise In Rates Imperative
Colonel Ohlson also announced
that he was advised at Washington
that the operating revenues of the
line must cover operating expendi
tures. For this reason a raise in
rates is made imperative.
The four-year program will have
far-reaching effects in improving the
railroad and its service, the manager
pointed out.
One of the ma.ior items in the list
«f expenditures to be made from the
42,250.000 is the replacement of
wooden bridges and trestles with
•steel spans. The largest project of
this kind is the Knit River Bridge.
Other items in the program are
tthe ballasting of the road bed, pur
•chase of a new locomotive, new box
•cars, rehabilitation of section houses.
Will Construct New Hotel
The railroad will also construct a
mew hotel at the entrance to McKin
ley Fork. The hotel will provide mod
ern and comfortable accommoda
tions for tourists.
Relative tc freight rates. Colonel
Ohlson said the cost of materials,
labor and all other items are in
■cr?a. ing in leaps and bounds. In ad
rim. the railroad must meet as an
n -rating expense a new item of
C *0 annually in the provisions
f r an.ital leaves for railroad em
rl ryes.
Because of the requirement that
the operating revenues pay for the
operation of the line, freight rates
a 5t be boosted to provide further
f-'es. Experts are at work in
a- aide revising the tariffs. The rate
boost will have no connection with
the improvement program.
It is expected that the freight
rare on general cargo will be about
10 per cent and on mining machin- ,
ry and supplies about 20 per cent.:
'~-e;~rr. rates for the transportation
will probably be increased
-f ents a ton.
EFSLAND REPORTS
OX ESKI M O CONDITION'S
Covering 1485 mik-s by airplane
'and 88 miles by doeteam in addition
ho steamer and train trips, Mrs. Mar
tha B. Refsland, elementary super
visor of education in the Office of
Indian Affairs, returned to Juneau
recently after an absence of nearly
three months, according to the Ju
neau Alaska Press.
Fi n the newest government
^school at Nunipitchuk, to one of the
^oldest at Bethel, Mrs. Refsland made
’her tour of inspection and reports
that the Eskimos are happy and
«ccntt nted.
Eskimo children seem to enjoy
their school work and.are eager to
j’eara, Mrs. Refsland said. In many
of the villages visited, Quithlook,
Tundra, Akiachack. Nunipitchuk, Ak
iak, Tuliksak. Kalskag, and Sleit
mute, the Eskimos are never reach
ed by the white settler (except in a
few rare cases where there is a white
teacher) and they are NOT asking
for relief, Mrs. Refsland said. The
statives are self-sufficient, living by
raising reindeer and fishing.
Only where the natives have subsis
ted on the white man’s food is there
Tooth decay, the educator said. Where
sugar, candy or other white man's
Hood is eaten, tooth decay is great,
she added.
BRANCH POOL HALL
FLAT, ALASKA.
HOT LUNCHES
Served Anytime
BEER
WINES
CANDIES
CARD TABLES
BARBER SHOP
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS
“Where Sociability Reigns”
I ANDREW MTS CO VICE
HARRY WILSON
HIGH FREIGHT RATES
HOLDING BACK ALASKA
"Alaska has been held back by the
i excessive freight rates and inferior
ity '.if goods shipped for consumption
there,” declared Dr. Peter Guldbrand
1 sen, author, traveler and lecturer,
when addressing the City Commons
Club of Berkeley, recently on the
subject, "Alaska, Our Forty-ninth
! State?”
Mr. Gulbrandsen made an exten
sive visit through Alaska last year.
“The Alaskan people consume more
imported goods per capita than any
other group in the United States. The
attitude of American shippers that
anything is good enough for Alas
kans has resulted in the shipment of
fourth grade commodities at exces
sive prices, to which are added three
monopolistic freight rates. This
makes the cost of living in Alaska
much higher than in the United
States.
"The Alaska people are more in
terested in the development of their
own community than in Outside af
fairs. If authoritative information
on Alaska could be brought to the
attention of American capital, a
profitable source of investment would
be discovered. The Alaskans would
welcome an invasion of population
and capital. The experiment at Mats |
anuska has proven the possibilities
to be derived from the soil of Alas-;
kii. The surface is still unscratched. ” j
"People outside of Alaska have lit
tle or no information regarding con
ditions in Alaska,” said Gulbrandsen.
"Alaska has produced in excess of
$400,000,t00 in gold, and fishing in- j
dustry produces 30 to 40 mOIit.n dol
lars a year. Notwithstanding that
fact. Alaska is generally considered
relatively unimportant. In size it
is larger than any seven middle wes
tern states. It is longer than from
the* Atlantic coast to the Pacific
Even the natives of Alaska do not
know the extent of the resources to
be found in the vast unexplored re
gions.
“In scenic beauty. Alaska far sur
passes anything to be found in Eu
rope, or elsewhere m North Amer
ica. Similarity of climate and con
tour to the Scandinavian countries
has attracted many Scandinavians,
who have been instrumental in
building up the industries of Alaska.
They have built communities which
it would be well worth the time of
every American to visit, and profit
able to American capital to invest in.
THIS IS A HOT ONE!
Recent arrivals state that it is'
true that one Hou # member of the
Legislature origirated a bill, but
when it came up i <r vote, he forgot
it was his own brain-child a«e. voted
against it?
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A. H. TWITCHELL
Proprietor
NOBILITY
True worth is in being, not seeming.
In doing each day that, goes by,
Sane little good—-But in dreaming
Of great things to do by and by.
For whatever men say in then- ;
blindness
And in spite of the fancies
of youth
There's nothing so kingly as
kindness
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get, haj; our mete as we
measure— ,
We cannot do wrong and feel
right,
Nor cam we give pain and gain
ideas ure.
For justice avenges each slight.
The air for the wing of the sparrow.
The hush for the rohin and wren.
But always the path that is narrow
And Irtighi, for the children
of mea
We cannot mat bargains for blisses,1
Xor catch them like fishes in
. nets;
And sometimes- the thing our life
misses
Helps more than the thing which!
it gets.
For good lieth not in -pursuing
Or gaining of great or of small
But just in the do ng, and doing
As we would be. done by, is alL
—Exchange.
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OPHIR NEWS ARTICLES
BY CHRISTIAN BOLGEN
iSpeciai Correspondent)
SoCerx 1*3 inf at tajwry—
Tom Glazrr, driving Erv Bird’s
'*at,w met with a painful accident
on Tuesday. A chain got caught in
the track nf the “cat” pressing down
on his thigh inflicting a painful
bruise. Fortunately wo homes were
broken and he will probable he about
again an a few days.
Preparing install New Diesels—
John Repo of the Genes Creek
Dredging Company spent Sunday in
town and returned U (lanes Monday
morning. The company has already
about ten mew working dismantling
the old steam rig on the dredge
and getting ready to install the new
diesel engines
Making Homes In t Iphir—
' Mr. and Mrs. George Kartumen
and their little daughter have mowed
into town lately, and are nicely in
stalled in theRoethl isberger cabin.
Mr. and Mrs. Amulf Hjelde are also
moving into town from Gares Creek
and will be living'in one of Eric
Hard’s cabins. Hjelde has' spent most
of the past winter prospecting on
Carter Gulch, a tributary of Gases
Creek. Hjelde will be building him
self a borne in town and already has
the logy haufedairi..
Bring In First load Of Logs—
The invincible Joe Oates came in
Monday night after a twe day trip
■with his —teat” and a emt of men
from Takotna. Or Tuesday morning
his "cat'’ and ,Enc .Hard's “cat”
started for Washington Creek and
returned, late Tuesdav night with the
first load of logs for L’otila & Hard.
A crew of 1# ■jen -a^e employed in
the work.
Hard Trip With Boiler—
Bill Senatikas on Monday returned
to Qphir aStei hag)ne .made a trip
with dogteam freighting a boiler to
his ground on upper Eldorado Creek
in the Folger camp. Bili says he had
a hard trip, .•and what he says about
the condition of the trail is not fit
•for publication in a nice paper like
yours. He 'Says that Sid Paulson
nas four or five men employed get
ting ready for the open-, ut work on
hi* Colorado Creek-ground.
MOVING ALONG
A steamship company wired the
captain of one of its ships: “Move
heaven and earth and get here Fri
day.”
The captain's reply next day:
“Raised -hell, and will gct.bthere
Thursday.”
BRING US YOUR TROUBLES
5
Kinds
Sheet Metal Work
STOVES, SAFETYS, TANKS
A
Drills and Boilers and All Kinds. 61
Prospecting Equipment
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