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NOME. ALA8KA, JAN. 24, 1918.
A recent issue ol the Fairbanks
t uues contains Umt is purported to
n a in s uispatch which states that
the territorial delegate has introduc
• u a ... ui curigress asking tor state
..u'jti .ui Alaska. s\ mie no news ol'
.ms portentious happening has been
i eteived here, as far as we are aware,
me statement is published in a re
name journal and may therefore be
el edited as either the truth or some
urious piece uf misinformation for
whose iaca oi authenticity the paper
. an hardly be charged. The publica
tion also comments on at some length,
editorially, which seems to add still
lurther to Its credibility. if the state
ment Is true, it Is one that merits the
attention of every citizen of the terri
tory. Although the last legislature
look cognisance of the need for a
change In the present system of fed
■lai control by submitting to congress
memorials asking for enlarged powers
of government, the matter of statehood
nas been looked upon by the people of
the territory as something In nature
of a Jest. Aside from that political
coterie of the First division, of which
the Juneau Dispatch Is seemingly the
mouthpiece, few have accepted the
statehood matter as other than a
probability of the future too remote to
have more than a slight bearing on the
present. And, we have a very distinct
recollection that the delegate himself
was exceedingly wrothy with the “full
territorial form of government” sup
porters on his return from the last
ongreaslonal session, contending that
they already had the essentials of a
full territorial form ■ of government,
further admonishing them that It were
best to let well enough alone. All of
which Indicates that the delegate at
that time looked upon a form of gov
ernment approximately statehood as
something either of no Importance at
the present time or as something too
remote for present consideration. Tet,
if the Fairbanks report be true, we
find him offering a bill which asks for
powers transcending those asked by
the legislature, with which he found
so much fault less than ton months
ago.
During that Interval the papers of
the First division have kept up an
unceasing howl for statehood, ham
mering away at the subject with a
• Igor worthy of a more exalted cause.
The agitation has found no response In
any other section of the territory, so
far as can be • seen. In fact no one
.nitside of the First division seems to
care a hang about statehood. let, ac
cording to the Fairbanks story, the
delegate suddenly, and without con
sulting anyone, unloss It be the First
division, horn wileders, Introduces a
bill calling for statehood. Frankly,
we don't understand the mess and It
seems very much as If there is a “nig
ger In the woodpile,” somewhere. If
the Fairbanks report is true, It looks
very much as If some one Is trying to
put one over on the people of the ter
ritory, at least those outside of the
First division. Who told Delegate
Wioksrsham that the people of Alas
rta wanted statehood, anyway? Waa It
; .hose industrious whoopers of the First
division, or who? it Is a mortal cer- i
minty that the balance of the terri
tory was not consulted In the matter.
And why does the delegate, when
.scared)' dry from the sweat of haying
ulanor John Troy of the Juneau Um
pire tor the constant cry of his paper
tor a full leiritorutl foim of govern
ment, suddenly turn and offer a hill
.st ing for statehood without so much
as by your leave to the people of
.he territory outside of the First di
vision ( This statehood matter Is a
great big, vital one that should be
given the rudest consideration by the
people of the territory before making
up their minds whether they want
statehood or not. It is all very well
.or the people of the southeastern sec
.ion to talk statehood to their heart's
content. Talk, to use the trite phrase,
costs nothing, but the (question Is not
one lor snap judgment. Uue account
must be taken uf Just wiial statehood
means before the matter Is decided,
doubtless we all want that privilege
of handling our own affairs In our own
way which is a prerogative of state
governmeut, but if such privilege uf
government were conferred upon us
.omorrow would we be able to ade
quately support the establishment ne
I cessary to its maintenance without
• orcing upon our small population a
ueavler burden tnan they could bear.
vV e cheerfully aciquiese In the assertion
hat If we had full control of the re
sources of the territory we could de
.ive a substantial revenue therefrom
through the medium of taxation but,
would that revenue mean an increase
.11 the tax burdens we already bear
and would the ultimate of Just taxa
tion be sufficient to run the govern
ment—to pay the salaries of a great
number of necessary officials from the
governor down to me laborer on the
road, for which the slate would have
.o provide the muuey for repairs and
.inprov ements.
Mould there be enough to maintain
| the necessary Judicial system with Its
fat salaries and crowds of court of
| rtcials and the schools, me roads, and
the hundred and one other expensive
things that would be thrust upon the
territory, the expense of which are
now largely borne by the federal gov
ernment'.' It may be poaslble to do
so but we naven't heard of any one, so
far, with a proper understanding of
the matter who had the tenuity to say
that we could without increasing the
.ax burden of the people to an insuf
ferable extent. The First division pa
pers may wrangle and Jar over the
matter of the benefits to be derived
through sweeping out the federal of
fice holders, which really seems to be
the largest matter that Is sticking In
their craw, and to holler that Alaska
should have statehood, but that does
! not solve the problem that Interests
the minds of the people of the other
sections of the country In connect.on
with statehood. What they want is
some one to show them where the
money Is to come from before they
make up their minds that statehood
is a thing to be desired.
Regarding the alleged action of the
delegate, it is submitted that if he
has Introduced a bill asking for state
hood for the territory he is displaying
a most reprehensible disregard for the
wishes of the whole people In not ask
ing them If they want statehood or
not. It is not at all likely that the
alleged bill will pass In any event, so*
we have little reason to do any wor
rying on that score, but even at that
! it w'ould be better if the delegate di
rected his efforts to something In the
legislative line more in keeping with
the needs of the territory and the de
sires of the people. If he assisted In
securing an increase In the road ap
propriations, for Instance, he would be
doing something that would please his
constituents far more than offering
statehood bills which .at the best,
represent the wishes and desires of,
only a portion of the people.
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A five thousand pound •shipment of
mall was started down the Yukon river
for Fairbanks lata in the season and
was frozen in at Circle City. Tt U
parcel post and second class mall and
the contractor between Circle and
Fairbanks will be required to carry the
full weight of his contract each trip
until the big shipment has all been
cleaned up.
The steamer Humboldt has complet
ed her 500th trip to Southeastern Al
aska. She has been on the run since
1S97. Capt. E. G. Baughman, master
at the present time, has held the posi
tion as chief officer for the past ten
years, while the pioneer master tof
the ship was the late Captain Bonnl
tield, who was also a stockholder In the
company.
The Fairbanks Igloo, Pioneers of Al
aska, who are anxious to secure the
si e for the home, has reported that
Chena Hot Springs are ideal for the
purposes but that the site Is invol' eo
i litigation. George Wilson, whose
case wag decided against him by the
Juneau land office, has appealed the
case to the secretary of the Interior
for a ruling.
Two members of the crew of the
halibut schooner Cmmaney were
drowned the other day off Cape St.
I'iias, Is the word brought to Cordova
oy Walter Werner, who returned from
a trip to Katalla on the launch Pros
pector. The men were fishing In a
dory when it upset and both were
urowned and the boast lost. It was
.mposslble to learn the names of the
c fortunatea
Reports from the Bonanax copper
mine at Kenuecott are that rock as
saying TO per cent copper is being
taken out dally In great leads. The
ore Is ttiai which slid down the moun
tain side about a year ago, leaving the
pure copper exposed. The slide has
yielded ten times the amount of pure
copper that underground development
.as produced, it is said. It is esti
mated that it costs the Guggenheitns
about & cents per pound to mine and
ship its capper ore from Kennecott.—
Alaska Citizen.
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The mining Industry which has re
cently developed in the district sur
rounding Wrangell has caused a re
vival of business which is welcomed
by the residents of the town, who
have waited long for It. The Stikine
Mining Company, a new concern com
posed of Wrangell and Seattle capital
ists, has purchased the McKinnon
w harf and will rebuild the structure.
The new dock will have a two hundred
foot front and the approach to the
dock will be six hundred feet long, and
will permit of any vessel coming In to
land at the wharf. It Is the Intention
of the company to operate Its own
fleet of river steamers on the Stikine
| to handle the ores.
_
Frank Manley, one of the big min
ing operators In the Iditarod, took a
horse Into the country twelve years
ago. The horse was a faithful animal
and never has shirked, but did his
part with the fellows, and even put a
little extra strength into the collar
when It had seemed necessary. Yes
terday this pioneer Alaskan horse ar
rived on the Victoria and was met on
the pier by Manley who saw that he
was escorted safely to a stable, where,
after he recovers from the effects of
the rough sea voyages, he will be tak
en to a farm to rest and kick up his
heels in knee-high grass for the bal
ance of his days.—Exchange.
Surveyor W. H. Thorn, who has
spent the summer surveying the Neo
ana coal fields states that during the
summer nine hundred square miles of
coal lands in the Nenana district were
surveyed and that the work has only
commanetd. He believes that two more
years will be required to complete the
work as the coal area Is very exten
sive. Mr. Thorn declares that he has
never seen such high grade lignite
coal as the Nenana district contains
and believes with Dr. Brooks that the
coal field extends from the Matanus
ka coal fields to the Tanana valley,
and Is encouraging the scheme to drill
for It at Fairbanks. He has expressed
the bejfef that the Nenana coal fields
will yield the cheapest fuel In America,
owing to the enormous thickness of the
deposits and the character of country
rock which would require but little
timbering in mining.
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