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McGHATH, ALASKA. S2PT. 27. 1922
Boundary Costs United
States $800.00 a Mile
•■One hundred and twelve years ago
a commission was authorized to survey
the boundary between the United
States and Canada.” said Representa
tive Johnson, in Congress, recently.
‘‘Today we are told that if we appro
priate 849,000 for the work it will be
completed within three years, and we
are told in addition to that that if we
do not continue this large annual ap
propriation goodness knows when it
will ever be completed. Some twelve
nr fifteen years;ago the commission was
stimulated on the plea that it was
goipg to become more active and was
going to complete the work, within a
3hort time. But twelve or iifteen years
have passed, and yet we do not see the
end of it. Just bear in mind, please,
that this commission has been in exist
ence 112 years. It was authorized in
1810. There has been spont on this
work more than $3,250,000, and yet the
enu is not in sirnt. ror the surveying
of it every mile has cost more than
$800. Where can you find a body of
surveyors that cannot go into any field
and survey a mile or any number of
miles for less than $800 a mile?”
Representative Stafford remarked
that the surveyors ‘‘must be retracing
'■.heir steps.”
“I do not think some of them have
done more than draw salaries,” assert
ed 'Mr. .Johnson.
“They might be retracing their steps
and going over it again,” persisted Mr.
Stafford.
“No, that would be too much like
.vork,” Mr. Johnson replied.
‘‘Are they not perambulating along
the line to see if it is still there?” sug
gested Representative Walsh.
‘‘I do not think that they are even
perambulating,” said Mr. Johnson.
‘‘That would require at least some ef
fort.”
Delegate Asks for
Money From Seals
Washington.—All of the proceeds re
ceived by the United Slates from sales
of any kind of furs from the Pribilof
slands is sought for Alaska in a mea
sure introduced in the House of Depre
sentatives by Delegate Dan Sutherland,
ceoently. The measure goes much fur
ther than any previous attempt or sug
gestion for getting a share of the fur
sealing industry’s receipts for the Ter
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LAWYERS
Iditarod, Alaska,
and at
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Practice in all Courts.
rltory. The measure, in full, follows:
“That the Treasurer of the United
States is authorized and is hereby in
structed to turn into the treasury of
the Territory of Alaska all moneys re
ceived from the sale of fur seals or
other furs from the Pribilof islands;
Provided, that said moneys shall be
appropriated by the Legislature of the
Territory .of Alaska for the mainte
nance of schools and colleges or for the
maintenance of the Alaska Historical
Library and Museum at Juneau, and
for no other purpose.”
Commenting on the proposal, Gov
ernor. Rone said be was satisfied that
Secretary Hoover, of the Department
of Commerce, would lend his approval
to giving Alaska a share of the net
revenue derived from the fur seal in
dustry. The matter has been brought
to the attention of Washington pllicials
several times and has been recommend- j
ed by Governor Rone and big prede-.
cessor, former Governor Thomas liiggs.
The Juneau Commercial Club several!
months ago passed a resolution asking
for 50 per cent of the revenues for the i
Territory.
Lonely Death of Koy
ukuk Trader’s Wife
According to news brought to Ne
nana by t ho steamer Teddy H., says j
the Nenana News, Mrs. Jim Hunting- j
ton, wife of the well known trader at
the Hog river trading post, died sud-;
denly of heart failure during the ab
sence of her husband, recently. Her
only companions, at the time death oc
curred, were three small children.
Mrs. Huntington was apparently in
good health when the Teddy H. called
at the lonely post on the trip up the
Koyukuk river to Hetties. Five days
later, when the steamer was returning
to iNeDatia, another slop was maoe at
the post, but only the children were in
sight when the boat pulled up at the
bank of the river. On going into the
store and dwelling, officers of the
steamer found the body of the woman
on the kitchen floor, where she had ap
parently fallen dead.
The husband had gone to Nulato to
get two other children, who had been
attending school at Holy Cross.
The members of the crew of the
Teddy H. buried Mrs. Huntington and
then took the children on board the
boat. Huntington and the two other
children were rnet about twenty miles
below Hog river and the sad occur
rence reported to them. He proceeded
to the post with all of the children.
To Alaska’s Credit.
Anchorage Times.
Judge James Wickersham took occa
sion at the Chamber of Commerce ban
quet for Assistant Secretary of Com
merce Huston to point ost that while
beads of departments and others were
discussing the matter of appropriations
of money for Alaska that tijey should
place the sum of $57,0o0,000 for con
structing the Alaska railroad and the
money being expended id othnr lines
against the fact that Alaska had con
tributed to the wealth of the nation a
sum equivalent to one billion dollars.
Judge Wicksrsham stated some of the
amounts as follows: Seal industry,
John W. Dunn
Of. Ruby
Candidate for Territorial
Senator
(For the Long Term)
$100,000,000; fisheries, $300,000,000;
mining $300,000,000; general trade, I
$400,000,000; these figures-being ap
proximate. i
Judge Wickersham said there never i
was a time when the general public of >
he United States was so interested in
\laska and that we can now build with
he assurance of permanency and with .
i roseate outlook.
LOUIS GORMAN
Big River,
General Supplies Fresh From the
Outside
Furs Bought and Sold1
Larson Roadhouse
(Formerly The McLean, Tacetna.)
Best, of Home Cooked Meals. Prompt Attention
New Dog Houses Under Construction.
Mrs. Frank Larson - Proprietor
Geo. W. Hoffman
Pioneer Trader of the Kuskokwim Valiev
Napamute, Alaska
New Goods Have Arrived
One of the best stocks ever brought into the
Kuskokwim Valley. Yes, the prices are right
ALASKA RIVERS NAVIGATION
COMPANY
Operating Light Draught Steamers
On the Kuskokwim.
Capt. Wallace Langley, Manager^.