NOME CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PETITIONS FOR PROSPECTORS HOME
The following is the text of the pe
tition of the Nome Chamber of Com
merce to the board of aged prospec
tors home commission asking the- es
tablishment of the projected home foi
aged prospectors in interior Alaska
and designating the reasons why the
home should be awarded to the Sec
ond division.
Owing to lack of space the commun
ication will be published in several
installments:
Board of aged prospectors home com
mission composed of J. F. A. Strong,
governor of Alaska; Charles E.
Davidson, secretary of Alaska:
James Wickersham, delegate to
-Congress:
Gentlemen: Whereas, the legisla
ture of the territory of Alaska, at t'.e
1913 session of said body, passed an
act en!lt'*.1 “An ac1 to create a
board of commissioners to provide for
a home for -aged prospectors in inte
rior Alaska,’’ approved April 10, lot;,
said act being Chapter 73 of the 1913
Session Laws of said territory, and
Whereas, said act provides an ap
propriation of $5,000.00 for the con
struction of a home to shelter not
less than 25 nor more than 75 aged
prospectors, and $1,000.00 for acquir
ing a site for a permanent home ot
the soldiers and prospectors home in
interior Alaska at one of the several
Hot Springs in the Second or Fourth
^divisions, the same to be selected by
said commission, and
Whereas, Geo. D. Schofield, of MoiTTT
Alaska, has offered to donate to the
territory of Alaska ten acres of pat
ented land at Krugnmepa Hot Springs
in the Second division as a site for
the permanent home of the soldi
and prospectors home provided for by
said act, of the value of $1,000.00,
thereby leaving available the sum of
$<1,000.00 for the construction of build
ings for said home, under said act.
and
Whereas, the said Geo. 1). Scho
field has communicated said offer of
donation to the undersigned Cham
ber of Commerce with full power b
present the same to said commission
and to take charge of all negotiation
with rel’erenence to said donation and
the securing of the location of said
permanent homo of the soldiers and
prospectors home in interior Alaska
at Krnzgumepa Hot Springs, in tb
Second judicial division of Alaska. ; j
provided by" said net.
Now, therefore, the undersigned
Chamber of Commerce hereby poli- ;
tions said commission to accept said |
donation and to locate the permanent j
site of the soldiers and prospectors i
home in interior Alaska at Kruz- j
game pa Hot Springs in the Second ]
division of said territory, and prooce ! j
with the construction of said home.
The undersigned Chamber of Com- !
meree presents to your honorable ;
body its reasons and argument for the ’
acceptance of said donation; the loca
tion of said permanent site, and the
construction of said tiome at Kruz
gamepa Hot Springs, us follows:
The Donation.
Kruzgamepa Hot Springs ranch
consists of 320 acres of patented land
on Kruzgamepa (or Pilgrim) river,
about 70 miles north of Nome, one
half of which is tillable land. The
ranch is bi-sected by Hot creek, a
highly mineralized stream of water,
and consists of a succession of hot
springs, the waters of which are not
ed for their curative powers, and par
ticularly for rheumatism and kindred
ailments. A copy of United States
government analysis of said waters
is hereto annexed, and mode a part
of this showing; likewise a copy of
the plat of said ranch.
The agricultural land is situate on
each side of Hot creek, and produces
all classes of garden truck, ordinar
ily grown in a north temperate cli
mate, the following produce having
boon grown on said ranch for many
years with success:
Potatoes, beets, turnips, rutabagos,
onions, cabbage, peas, pnrsn'ps, ca>-.
rols, caulilower, kale, rhubarb, hors
ruddi-sh, i tdi.-'h, celery, lettuce and
kindred moduce.
Beardless barley, Finish oats, clov
er and timothy have sucessfuliy been
matured, the i n ch produces its own
hay.
The improvements on the ranch
consist of i ho'rb hath house, bar a,
store, green house and dog kennels.
The bath house is divided into ladies
and gentlemen’s compartments, each
with its steam room, hot and cold wa
ter tanks, and dry room. Natural
temperature of water both winter and
summer, 160 F. Hot crock never
freezes.
The ranch contains the only tim
bered area in this section of Alaska.
Timber consists of cottonwood, alder,
extremely large willows, and other
growths, species unknown.. There is
sufficient timber along the streams for
firewood for many years use. and
available under the donation.
Kruzgamepa (or Pilgrim) river
heads in Salmon lake, and is a natur
al fish stream, the species of fish be
ing salmon, greyling, trout and white
fish. Nearby lakes abound with pick
era I.
( To be continued.)
Senator CHAS. A. SULZER will ad
dress the voters of the Second divis
ion at A. B. hail, Tuu-... . . /August
1, at 8:30 p. m. Gallery reserved for
Ladies and escorts.
Have you Rent your literature and
polttienl enrris to the outlying districts
yet. Now .'s tne time to do it while the
mall bonis are running. Tile Nugget
will rush your order mil immediately.
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Will call at Seward, Valdez, Cordova;
Steamer will also visit Columbia Glacier.
At Cordova steamer will remain long enough -
to allow excursionists time to make a special J
trip out over the railroad to rules Glacier, from
Cordova the Steamer will ieturn direct by the |
outside route to Seattle.
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