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NOME, ALASKA, SEPT. 30, 1915.
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i i*c announcement tlml tUeie is «
prospect Unit uu hydro-electric powei
piu.nl HU) become u. development ol
die near tuture is one that will be
fleeted with satisfaction by all wilt I
are identified with Seward peninsula'
and its development in view of the
luct tliui ul least one of the most im
portant industries of the section
dredging, is absolutely dependent on
the development of cheaper power than
can be furnished under present condl
Kiiiii. From present indications th«
whole future of the dredging industry
hinges upon this development. Then
ire doxens, if not hundreds, of squart
miles mf proven gold bearing ground
in the territory which are entirely in
accessible to the dredge for the one and
only reason that power cannot be pro
vided at a sufficiently low cost. In
many cases this ground contains" ex
cellent values~and could be profitably
.,'orked If the high costs of power pro
duction could be lowered by even a
small percentage. One of the most
decided indications of this is contained
in the statement of a leading dredge
man that the Deisel engine has enabled
Hie profitable working of ground which
could not have been touched three
\ oars ago under the older methods ol
power development.
Each improvement along the line ol
power production lias resulted In stil
further increasing the working radlu:
of the dredge and at the present time
a number of the machines are working
ground containing twenty and ever
twenty-five per cent lower values than
could possibly be handled In previous
years. The establishment of an hydro
dectric plant means nothing less thar
that the present power costs can bt
reduced In a still greater degree, there
\v making accessible ground contain
ing even lower values than Is being
worked at the present time and It ulsr
means that the dredges which are a
present scarcely more than clearing
expenses will be enabled to make u
profit for their owners, working on the
..no ground. This means nothing
less than that the whole country will
ici’ciM' a great benelit. More and lovv
rade ground will tie opened up, new 1
uredges will be installed and practicul
every branch of the mining indus
try will receive an added impetus
A aids from lbs possibility of un in -
creased etlectiveness in the dredging
industry, the establishment of a puwei
plant seents to otter a solution of the
primary problem of the territory, trans
portation. The development of sufil
eient power through this medium
means that electric transportation
■ine* would be run to every section m
the territory at a far less cost than ,
is possible by steam uaclioh methods
Wot only will the initial costs of opera
tion. as compared to steam lines, be
gieatly reduced but the cost of In
stallation unu road construction wil.
also be brought below the present ex- ^
ttsslve figures thereby enabling the
running of traction lines to sections
otherwise Initcesslble. It can alsi
oe confidently expected that cheat
electric power will oe a great benefit
in other lines of industry. Quarts mild
could b« run ut a far less cost than U
possible at present and thus enablt '
the reduction of lower grade ores;
hoists could be run cheaper and ttu
i ciittive cost of all line* of Industry
ifduiring mechanical power greatly
reduced. The establishment of a water
...veil plant means nothing less than
initial power coBt will be lowered from
fifteen to fully fifty per cent. ThU
fact has been long since demonstrated
in various sections of the world
through the establishment of electric
pants of this character, hence there
Is no reuson to believe but that thf
same results will be obtained here.
WAR LOSSES.
.uuucni nuiujg luxes such lulls u
uuinaai lives luai uacli succceamg uay
CT..es us new perspective in ils Ueulh
uo.iiing pusslbiiliies, lu itic uuge mass
•i.h ui men uuU guns and lu the ex
,i -min uie ui money.
i.eceui tureiul estimules place Uu
number ui soldiers engaged in Uie
snuggle ai 21, <i 0,000, Hie must slu
peuuuus massing oi iruups lu Iht
■ ** o history, and lu these iurces ui
aoHtructUm ale lu he added 2,103 wa
nnps and their clews. The dully cusi
.<• all Uie war natlous is $32,250,000, ol
iti the rule ui $15,420,000,000 a year
Germany is under a daily expense ui
$s,2f>0,ooo, Great lirilain pays out aboui
ne same amount, und France $8,500,
000. The lotul cost of llie war to daii
nas been approximately $10,000,000,
QOO.
The grand total of casualties on al
sides is 8,770,800, and of this numbei
2.228,300 were killed 4,337,510 weri
wounded and 1,705,00 were taken pris
oners.
Another year of war should swel.
Europe’s death list to 4,000,000. What
a will mean In loss of productive
energy Is keenly realized even now, ir
e countries involved. Added to this
will be further losses by emigration
when peace shall come. Europe's con
structive energy will he handicapped
for at least twenty years.
Victory, under the oppressive toll ol
oankruptcy in men and money, will not
bs worth the cost. England’s great
financial resources are the bulwark oi
he allied forces, and Qerraariy, though
possessing smaller resources, has hus
banded them by living within Itself
providing its own war supplies ant I
mining Its capital at home.
Europe’s first exhaustion will he '
financial. Perhaps, when this stage it
reached, it will take time to computt
its greater losses In manhood.—Ex.
| NEW RIVER DISCOVERED.
(Ruby Record Citizen.)
That a hitherto unknown river ol
considerable proportions was found on
his late trip southward from the Tan
ana Is the strange news brought by Tt
M. Eakln, of the geological survey
The river Is not Indicated on any map;
neither has It been spoken of by any
if the people supposed to he most con
versant with the general outline of the
region through which it flows. Its
outlet is in the Tatiana at an unde
tei mined point abote (or east) of tbi
mouth of liie Cusna, and if is notably
huger than the lust named stream.
<11. Cahiii left me Xanana a few
nines above me mouth of ihu Cosuu
mo iJln of June, uub gradually worked
lit* way oath, over successive leiiave;
ol sut anu sand until ue reactled a
.vi>«4U<lsuiv delation. iuS triiaaeo
■dS^Clll UWUIUIUI ui coflfueu tu
kfiwrtwuu a»a ki*w «uifu, auu kitum sU\
titwtfWi** uuiuelua* ttuujin*, tVUiUi vikui.
■ iumu uiiu^iii£ tii wruer iu i.»
*%.«» it* Uito e»*vnuiuaviu uuu Ui* nvei
ui t'wabi was locuteu. i loin u tiigii
\sk oUllHOi.) *l» kbMiau piailiij ULU
ili»cU lot a ioiifc vva> Uueli Up UiiU UuWJJ
tueum. x-ruiu inuicauwn* Uw muuiu
tvoutu be anout ten miles auove thi
bogna, mo ugh me location of its out
tei is conjectural, for its eourse coulu
lot ue discerned after ft entered ibt
lowlands bordering the Tanana. ft
nay turn easterly und flow Some dis
unite parallel with but contrary U 1
the Tanana; or it may be a "blind
rlter—that is, it may lose itself It !
lakes and sloughs and have no flxet
and concentrated outflow Into the Xan
ana. Several persons suggested to Mr
lea km that the new stream be desig
nated mi the map as the River of Doubt
in honor of Colonel Roosevelt’s eele
inated Brazilian discovery.
The object of the trip was to securt
both topographic und geologic data
and the results In both branches of thi
work were very gratifying. After get
ting out of the silt terraces high ridges
with exposed rock formation weri
found und conditions were favorable
for geological investigation. The party
touched the watershed of the nortl
folk of Kuskokwlm and reached thi
Nowltnu above the canyon. Two weeks
more time would have been spent In
that country, only the conditions ol
the horses would not udmlt of it.
ALASKA
NOTES
Telephone communication hus been
established between deward and An
chorage.
The touilh annual horticultural aim
egncui'u»al lair was held at dkugwu>
to duiiirday, September It.
’1 ne Weekly Pioneer, published a
Anchorage, announces its intention ot
entering the dally Held within a month
A government hospital for the care
of the natives is to be completed in Ju
neau within the next three months.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co.
is making a bid for Alaska business,
with rates 25 per cent lower than the
government cable.
A report from Seldovia states that
owing to the scarcity of fish, none ol
the canneries in that vicinity have put
up more than half of their usual packs
The fare to Anchorage from Sewarc,
has been reduced by the steamship
companies from twenty to fifteen dol
lurs to seventeen and twelve dollars.
The tax roll for 1915 of the town of
Ketchikan shows a total assessed valu
ation of property of $1,172,750, an In
crease of about 100 per cent in the last
six years.
As the resutl of colliding with a drlfi
pile at a point on the Tatiana rivet
about fifteen miles below Chena, tin
steamer Marathon, her barge, and a
cargo valued at about $2,000 are p '
total loss.
From ,i Valdez paper: Judge F. M
Brown has concluded the Bristol bay
term of court and the Judge and othei
officials are now en route to Unga
where a term of court will bo held or
August 10. The court is expected back
Our Smaller
sized dredges
with buckets
from iy2 foot
capacity to 5
• foot capacity,
lead all others.
We design,
build, Install |
and operate for
a period of 30 i
days.
Dredges de
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built to suit ,
conditions
under which
they are to ;
operate
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drills capable
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holes 50 feet
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in Valdez between the 19th and 21st
At the Naknek term one Japanese was
found guilty of manslaughter and giv
en one year in the Valdez jail. I’etei
Semonosky, who was convicted of sell
ing hooz.e, drew six months in the Un
aluska jail. Sakar Judies, who shot am
killed a. man at N’uknek, was liberated
by the Jury which found that Judas
[had Juris the killing in defense of hla
mother, whu was being assaulted
The merchants of Fairbanks havt
raised $5,000 for the construction of a
road to the Tolovana district. The
money has been turned over to the
AJaska road commission, as It Is real
ized here by the buslnese men that the
commission is better able to do the
work than the merchants themselves
The work of the commission In the In
terior has secured the commendation
:md support of the miners and pros
sectors benefited. The work will star
re* Wednesday and the route from
<dries has been selected. The Tolovana
camp Is showing up well and considera
ble gold will be taken out this year. Or
ihe Patterson claim $16,000 has beer
taken out with a small outfit. Discov
ery, the new town in the Tolovana. Is
growing rapidly.—News Miner.
H. II. Conway, a student at the Uni
entity of California, Is registered at
the Stevens on bis way south for tin
opening of college work after a threr
months’ camping trip at Kenai lake
Alaska, says the Seattle P.-l. Mr. Con
way, with his brother, Dick Conway
and Weston Kobinson, both graduates
>f the University of California, wen
north last spring and have put Is thi
summer roughing it. The two others
will remain north until anow flies thh
winter. In order to take a hand li
northern winter sports. "I regret tin
necessity that compelled me to leave,’
said Mr. Conway. “I had to he south
in time to register or T would still bf
in Alaska. Heretofore I have spen
my summer vacations at watering
pieces and summer resorts and trier
Alaska as an experiment. There Is no
place like It. and I am going back
next spring as soon as I hear my last
lecture for the year."
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