The Seattle Times says: Falco
Joslln, president of the Tanana Mlne<
railroad, and one of the Alaska’s bes
boosters, Is of the opinion that th
coal In the Bering river fields can b'
used for smelting ores without firs'
converting the fuel into coke. Thlr
coal, he says, burns to a white heat
and becomes so hot that It will me!'
a stove If the draft Is left open.
Joslln spent a port'on of the pas'
summer In going over the country
contiguous to ICatalla. Ho describe
It as one of the richest sections of the
north, and yet the people there are
the most discouraged.
"There Is no doubt as to the min
eral value of this country," he said
"both as to coal and to oil. The coal
makes the hottest fire I ever saw. 11
burns white. Some oil drillers left
a twelve Inch steel bit In an open Are
while they went to lunch. When they
returned the piece of solid steel had
melted. Coal that will melt steel will
smelt copper ore.
"They are pumping three wells and
making 15,000 gallons of gasoline a
nonth, while about 30,000 gallons o'"
erosen* and other Illuminating oils
re allowed to go to waste, becauae
he have no means of conserving It
'he plant Is a small two-by-four af
air that cost about 32,000. The para
ne and lubricating oi’s around th
lant is a foot thick on the ground
'he little plant manufactures all the
•asollne used In that part of the
ountry. There is only one man and
i boy drilling. They are without
roney to buy proper equipment, but
re getting nlong ns best they can.
"1 never saw a sadder sight In my
I'fe than the former camp of the so
et.lled English Coal Company. The
company put up fine, comfortable
buildings, built miles and miles of
’rails and roads, but the whole thing
Is deserted and going to wreck nnd
ruin. Ten or twelve miles of railroad
track has become two strecks of rust.
"All of this waste was wrought by
the withdrawal of the coal lands and
the fight put up by the conservation
l»ts against the grunting of patent*.
’There are still a few people at Katal
'a--hanging on In the hope that the
, Ireams of riches which they once saw ,
'n the magnificent resources around
i them will come true. But they are
oretty badly discouraged and In the
meantime officials of the genera! land J
office are going through the travestv
of ‘adjudicating* the Alaska coal
claims. The conservationists caused \
the confiscation of those claims years
ago, but the officials are still going
through the mummery of trying the
cases."
Joslln says that despite the handi
caps placed In the way of develop
ment by the government, Alaska la j
prospering as a whole, but there are
a few places like Katalla, where the
people have become broken hearted i
and discouraged while waiting for ac
tion.
Mining and Dredging Edition* ef Hit
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BISHOP ROWE ON
THE ALASKA TRADE
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"There Is no reason why Portland ,
should not get a good share of th>
Alaskan trade. The people of Alask.
look with favor on the possibility o
gaining commercial Intercourse wltl
Portland. I am expressing no pro
Judices. I am stating the feeling o
the Alaskan commercial men." Thesi
three potent assetrlons came from thi
1 lips of tR. Rev. P. T. Rowe, for thi
past 20 years bishop of Alaska, head
of 21 Tpiscopal missions in the north
land, and who bears the distinction o'
being more familiar with Alaskan af
f ury than any other man in the mos
northerly province of the United
States. The bishop of Alaska Is Ip
Port'nnd, accompanied by his wife
They have Just returned from a trip
to the San Francisco exposition.
“I heard It stated in a meeting of
the Seatele Chamber of Commerce re
cently,” continued Blshoy Rowe, "tha'
there pased through Seattle every
year from Alaskan ports eommercla'
products aggregating in value be
tween $50,000,000 and $60,000,000. Ol
this amount the fisheries alone suppb
shipments valued at $25,000,000. This
figure is bound to increase, as Alaska
Is Just beginning to develop.
Country Is “Awakening-”
"I have watched the growth of Al
aska for twenty years and I have
discovered that It Is Just beginning to
justify the hopes that 1 have enter
ained for it for many years. The
juiluing of the government rahwa>
.as started to open up the immense
eirltoiy of the southwestern section
-rich in possibilities, both Industrie,
did agricultural. The mines in the
egion of Juneau are Just beginning
i marvelous development, and the
jntire country is awakening to its
.ossibllltles.
“It lias been estimated by managers
>Z the three largest mining properties
n the Juneau section—Treadwell, Ju
icu and Alaska Gastlneau—that they
■vill crush enough ore In coming years
.o send the United States $50,000,000
.vorth of gold annually. That figure
is based on the engineers' estimates.
“Due to the promise of prosperity
in the Juneau section the city has in"
creased from a town of 2,500 inhabl- i
.ants to more than 10,000.
"The building of the government
railroad has produced the town of
Ship creek, or Anchorage, Its more
modern name. When the railroad was
lirst conceived there were but a few
hundred persons in the town, and now
Anchorage Is a thriving city of 6,000 -
inhabitants, with plenty of substan
tial resouces—lumber, fish, agricultural
products, etc.—to insure a steady and
i A
permanent growth."
Long Trip* Taken.
Bishop Rowe Is stamped with th<
spirit of the north country. For 29
years he has battled with tho north
ern winters, prosecuting the work he
loves and has been so successful with
Every winter he starts out with dog
learns to make the round of his mis
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slon stations. Two thousand miles
by dog team every winter for twenty
winters is part of the traveling he has
done In the Interest of the Episcopal
church.
Last summer he completed a 9.000
mile trip over the entire Alaskan
country, going as far north as Point
Borrow, working among the whetls.
Indians and Eskimos. He even went
to the Siberian coast.
Bishop Rowe claims 8eattle as his
United States home, although he has
headquarters In Sitka. The supplies
for the missions are purchased every
year and sent to Alaska from Seattle
Bishop Rowe will celebrate the
ttventleth anniversary of his consecra
tion to the bishopric at the Trinity
chapel this morning at 10 o'clock. Thr
clergy of Portland and frlenlds, espo
dally residents of Alaska who are
in Portland are Invited to attend.
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Three cabinet departments have
asked for appropriations In connec
tion with telegraphic and wireless
communications In Alaska, and two of
them asked for full control of a part
or all of such communications.
Hi stmaster General A. S. Burleson
asked for an appropriation of $300,000
for the postoffice department to op
erate the cable, telegraph and wireless
system In Alaska. Accompanying this
request Is submitted drafts for legis
lation which would permit him to take
over the whole system on July 1 next.
The proposed legislation authorizes
the postofflce department to borrow
such men as may be neded for the
operation of the system from the
United States army signal corps.
On the other hand, the war depart
ment has asked for $60,000 for repairs
antf betterments to the Washlngton
Alaska cable and telegraph system, In
addition to estimates for Its operation
as heretofore. It Is stipulated in the
army request that $10,000 of the $50,000
asked for may be used In Installing
wireless plants where needed.
In conflict with the last request the
rivy department asks that It be su
P-,me In the wireless field In Alaska
Postmaster General Burleson's rec
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that his department be given full
control over the telegraph systems of
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
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HOW TO WIN IN WAR.
The theory entertained In England,
that the way to beat the Germans Is
to wear them down by slow attrition,
is no unanimously received In Russia
“We must beat the enemy," saya a
writer In the Novoe Vremya, "by be
1 ing stronger than he Is, not by wait
ing for him to get weak.”
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tUECHIKO REPORTER
FILES FOR "BOLL"
The following clipping from the
Seward Oateway, reprinted from the
Las ARngelea Examiner, shows the
gullibility of the chechako reporter
By the way, $200,000 per day would
make the output of Idltarod a pretty
nifty sum. Here’a the Interview Inj
part:
“An aernal goldconveylng service,
the first In the history of aviation, to
be used solely for hurrying gold from
«■ :« mile* In the Interior of Alaska to
the coast In one day, Instead of slx
>eer days as required by the dogs on
tl. trails, la shortly to be established
wliha Glenn Martin seaplane aa the
n-rrler, according to Aviator Leon
Flchardson of Nome, Alaska, who haa
just arrived In Los Angeles.
“Mr. Richardson cams here from
Alaska three days ago. Since then
he has been experimenting with Mr
Martin's machines.
•• T have selected a seaplane pro
duced by Mr. Martin which can eaeilv
carry two passengers and 1,000 pounds
| of gold,' said the aviator yesterday at
the Lankershlm. where he Is stopping
|'t shall drive It myself daily from Sew
ard to Idltarod. straight across two
great mountain ranges, the 'coast' and
the V.ltskan,'
“ ‘I shall never carry lees than $200,
C00 on a trip. The Interest saved by
ray short cut will make my venture
well worth while.”
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