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NOME. ALASKA, JUNE 21. 1915.
The announcement of Attorney
Joseph Cotton that the suit now pend
ing in the Washington courts over the
distribution of the funds agreed upon
upon as the purchase price of the Al
aska Northern, may be fatal to the
( government's plan of using the Sew
ard route an the terminus of the rail
road to interior Alaska, will he very
likely to cause no little misgiving to
some of our southeastern neighbors
who have been waiting with beautifle
patience for the prosperity which
Would necessartily follow Ihe realiza
tion of tlie plans of tlie administration.
To them it must seem that tlie gods
are conspiring to snatch away the gift
which fortunate circumstances had
placed in their way. Particularly to
the people of Seward, the intimation
that the government may h(> compell
ed to abandon the taking over of the
Alaska Northern as tlie terminus of
tlie railroad because of this unlooked
for contingency will he a sorry blow to
cherished anticipations of an immedi
ate prosperity when the president
should start the work of construction
Seward lias waited with anxious hope
during all the long months while the
railroad commission and Secretary
Lane made up their minds as to the
route to tic followed: has burbled with
joy over being the lucky choice and
has glowed with the fond belief that
everything, literally as well as figura
tively, was coming its way. Prosperity
was about to hoist her baner of golden
promise over the Seward environs and
take up an altogether welcome resi
dence in the long somnolent burg.
Everything did Indeed look fine and it
is no wonder that the Sewardites figur
ed that they were just about to hop
into the very lap of opulence. LSul now
along comes this detering development
to disturb the roseate dream and re
vive again those days of anxious wait
ing for fortune to smile. It's tough
luck all right and Seward has our
sympathy. Also we may add that we'
are very sorry to hear that this un
looked for development is apt to fur
ther hinder the project which means
so much to the territory generally.
There is little reason to doubt that the
railroad will ultimately lie built, if not
from Seward, from some other point,
hut the delay is none the less unwel
come for all that. There is every rea
son to believe that the final develop
ment of tlie road will be an immense
benefit to the whole country through
the easy access to the interior sections
thus afforded and which will result in
an industrial development that cannot
but he felt even in tiio.se districts
which are more or less remote from
the line. Settlers are bound to follow
in the path of the railroad and it is
by and thinugh the efforts of many
hands that Alaska will come into tlie'
fullness of her being.
Tlie new territorial revenue law
past'd by tlie last legislature, copies
of which have recently arrived in the
city, seems to he directed along tlie
lines suggested by Governor Strong
in his message to the legislative body,
that the burden of supporting the ter
ritorial government should lie made to
fall on thp productive sources best
able to bear the burden. The industries
receiving the greatest share of the leg
islative tt tent inn are the mining and
fishing industries, both of which draw
the greatest percentage of revenue
from tile resources of the territory.
Ships and shipping also come in for a
goodly share of interest, but this fea
ture of the measure seems hardly
likely to add a considerable quota to
the territorial revenues as the larger
vessels operating in Alaska waters are
exempt from the taxing proclivities of
the lawmakers and the burden of such
taxation will fall principally on the
smaller vessels operating in the coast
wise traffic What effect this will have
remains to he disclosed but, generally
speaking, it would seem to be a de
terrent to the upbuilding of an Alas
ka shipping. It is the opinion of sev
eral of the loial transportation men
that tile rate is a trifle high to be
productive of the best results to both
territory and the shipping men. The
largest portion of the income of the
territory will be derived from the min
ing which is by all odds the one in
dustry best abb- to bear the burden.
The one fault with the provision re
lating to this industry is, in our opin
ion. that the rate of taxation should
have been fixed on a stilling scale bas
ed on an increase in the production
liver and above the live thousand dol
lar net income exempted front tax. Be
ing the principal and also the most
remunerative industry in the territory
I it can well hear the burden of the
I heaviest t,.'cation and the larger the
] return the better will it be able to
!stand the increase of taxation under a
j sliding scale.
(From our Exchanges.)
Cordova has started in to clean out
the undesirable citizens.
Pete Erickson, a Cleary miner, fell
down a shaft at 7 below, and died from
Injuries received.
The new Tolovana placer camp is to
have wireless connection within a very
short time, as Falcon Jnslln has sent
his plant to that place. The plant has
been in Alaska foi a number of years,
having first been installed when the
Iditnrod was struck. Failing to pay
there it was started for Chisana, but
before being started up the Tana tut
river news was received of a discour
aging nature and the project was
dropped.
The ciiv of Fairbanks is in the midsl
of a big potlatch celebration to mark
the favorable legislation secured from
the congress just closed Fairbanks
feels that she will be selected as the
Interior terminal of the government
railroad, and the passage or the hill
creating the school of mines and agri
culture college in Fairbanks i3 also
cause for celebration.
I)r. G. M. Faulkner. American vice
consul at Dawson, received a telegram
from the state department at
Washington stating that the Dawson
office is to he closed, and the
seals, press record, books, stamps, sta
tioner.) and (lags to he shipped at once
to the American consul general at Van
couver. The furnishings of the Dawson
office are to he disposed of. Detailed
instructions as to the future represen
tation of the American government
here probably will he received before
long, and it is probable th.it all Daw
son business will ho handled through
the vice consul the same as that of
Whitehorse Dawson N’ews.
Some weeks ago a i*oport was sent
out from the Chisana district, in which
it was stated that Dry creek had been
found to contain a rich pay streak. The
news was sent to all parts of tiie terri
tory and now tin- report has come to
Cordova that the gulch was salted and
that no pay streak exists. The resi
dents of the Interior placer camp de
precate the sending out of false news,
claiming that they have a good camp
and that lying and salting will not aid
the men who are willing to expend
the claims and are willing to expen!
time and money on them.
l’.usiness men of Ketchikan, Alaska,
have recently applied to the head of
fices of the Grand Trunk railway com
pany for terminal rates at Ketchikan.
I;' this concession is made it practically
means the Grand Trunk system will
earri halibut from Ketchikan to any
point on the continent for the same
rate ( barged from Prince Rupert. If
the Grand Trunk system will grant
Ketchikan terminal rates and consider
ation is shown the fishermen in the
way of prices on ice and supplies, it is
possible a part of the halibut fleet will
make Ketchikan the home port.— Paci
fic Fisherman.
Cordova.—A mining deal which in
volves several hundred thousand dol
lnrs anil a large area of gold placer
ground in interior Alaska, has just
been consummated by John A. Hazclet,
who just returned from the oast, Whll*
in New York,Mr . Hazelet interested a
number < f capitalists In Alaska, and
succeeded In bonding to them not only
his own property, hut also all of the
claims on the Chtsana river, for which
he held options. The deal includes
ten miles of placer ground. In ad
dition to this the New Yorkers also
bonded three or four callms on Slate
creek known as the Swanson property.
A Cordova paper says: This after
noon there Is copper ore lying on the
wharf at Cordova to the value of over
half a million dollars. Twenty-five
cars had been brought from Kennecott
on Sunday and this afternoon 14 more
ears were received. With the exception
ol' one car from the Mother Lode Cop
per Mines Company the ore is from
Bonanza and Jumbo mines. It runs
about 6" per cent copper, making 1,360
pounds of copper in the 2,090 pounds
to the ton. The 39 cars average 60
tons to the ear, or a total of 1,960 tons.
As each ton lias a value of $270, at
19% cents per pound, the total value
of the entire shipment Is $626,600. As
the insurance on the copper ore only
allows ore shipped on any vessel to
reach the value of $250,000, It Is not
permissible for any steamer to carry
more than 1,000 tons. When the steam
er Alameda reaches Cordova tonight
from the westward she will take
aboard nearly 1,000 tons of the ore
now here and convey it to the Tacoma
smelter.
Chickens 50c per pounJ: also some
nice fryers. Eggs 75c per dozen. Geo.
Prosser, phone Black 5.
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