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NOME, ALASKA, FEB- 18, 1916
Asido from the certainty that they
themselves, will be compelled to pay
an Increased amount In taxation
knowledge that the citizens of prac
tically all other sections of Alas
ka are preparing to enter a vigorous
l.ootest against the plan of the de
partment of commerce to take awaj
the right of the territory to tax the
•salmon packing Industry should be
an Incentive to the people of Seward
peninsula to lend their aid to circum
venting a scheme which has as Its bas.
the desire of the fisheries to escape p
Just tax on the Immense wealth an
nually drawn from the waters of the
ten itory.
It is true that the matter of taxing
the fisheries is not one that Is vita,
to the interests of the people of thlt
section. In the last analysis It matter;
not a great deal to us whether the
fisheries are taxed or not. Whatever
additional taxes are Imposed need con
cern us but little for It Is a certainty
that, whether they are large or small,
they will not cause us to go Into
bankruptcy. It is really something
ti at need not worry us in the least,
w-hen It comes right down to facts
for wo are all able to pay a good bit
more than we do. But, that Is no*
exactly the way to look at the matter
The taxation of the fisheries admit
tedly affects us In a very small degree
but we must remember that It Is e
matter of considerable concern tc
other and Just as important section;
of Alaska as the remote one In which
we dwell. To the people of southeast
ern Alaska the matter of running the
teirltory Is one of vastly more 1m
pnr-ance than It Is to us for the reason
tk»t they are the ones who have to
bear the largest share of the burder
of supporting the territorial govern
«n-..H. They do not pay more In an
Indivdual sense than we do, of course
but collectively they pay practically
three fourths of all the territorial rev- -
enues Further, they pay them out of
a much smaller annual per capita
revenue than that enjoyed by the
majority of people In this section. The
working man, the clerk, the mechanic
or the laborer earn scarcely more than
half the salary of those engaged In the
same professions on Sew-ard penin
sula. Even the average business man
down there does not enjoy the Income
of those following commercial pursuits
in this district. Hence, to those peo
ple taxes are a matter of much deeper
concern than they are to us.
Neither high nor low are so favored
of fortune as are we and they cannot.'
therefore, view the prospect of paying;
out a few more shillings for taxes with
the supreme Indifference of the pie-1
thorlc pursed ones of this division. A
quarter more or less doesn't matter
much to us and we naturally do not
look upon the prospect of an Increase
or taxes with much alarm. But Its
diiTtrcnt with those people. They
haven't so much money to pay with
and the prospect of having to hand
out fill, more in the way of tajees
In e**et «f Ua» paoLdog —mhlno
ir.(' t’-tlr subsidized appendage, the
'ish.t'es bureau of the department of
commerce, succeeding in their design,
s naturally not an agreeable prospect.
To them it matters a great deal it
'he filching away of the fisheries taxes
adds to the territorial taxes. They are
ths ones who will have to make up the
deficit if the territorial revenues are
I not equal to the ooete of government.
They realize this and realize also that
the fisheries scheme le pretty nearly
certain to cause an Increase of terrl
torlal taxes in the event of its being
successful, so they are naturally mak
ing a lot of fuss about the matter.
Indeed they are proposing to put up
i most strenuous fight against what
they feel to be a rank injustice and
which also threatens to force upon
their own shoulders a taxation burden
which they can ill afford to bear. They
ire going to fight against the passage
if the hill placing the control of the
lsherles In the hands of those who
vill plunder the waters which rlghtful
y belong to the people of Alaska with
out paying back one cent for what
hey take away;first, because they are
rood red blooded Americans who hate
njustlce and, secondly because they
tnow that it will cost them something
extra in the event that they do not
fight. It Is to their credit that they
have enough spirit to stand out for
tr.elr rights In the face of this bureau
cratic attempt to deprive them of
what is plainly their due. Being true
souled Alaskans they are not intending
to stand by and see themselves im-.
posed upon by the fish pirates and;
their bureau henchmen without offer
ing a fight for their rights. we aro
possessed of the slightest quantity of
sporting blood we must admire the
iplrlt that will not stand for being held
up and If we realize our duty we will
go to their aid with every resource
at our command. We don’t care, of
course, whether we have to pay a bit
more taxes or not but, wo should
realize that, if we did care, the fight
those people are making would be our
fight no less than their own.
Not alone for this should we go to
their assistance. If for no other reason
we should lend our weight because It
Is Alaskans who are fighting: because
we wish to uphold the credit of the
J division In which we live *ki the eyes
|of the people of Alaska and because
we wish to save ourselves the odium
of being stamped as paltroons who re
mained silent when the rest of the
territory was fighting for Its rights.
ALASKA NOTES
There Is a great demand for anti
nony at the present time, and Alaska
ust to show what It can do to supply
he demands of the outside world In
.he way of raw material for manu
actures, announces five discoveries of
intlmony In the past month, nearly all
ocated at wide distances, vl*.: Nlzlna.
Shoups Bay, Port Wells. Fairbanks,
A'hltehorse.
Shipments of antimony from Fat
>anks district Alaska, has resulted
from the active demand for that mln
■ral the last year. It Is reported that
| .wo to three hundred tons of the ore
was shipped down the Yukon to St
Michael whlla the river was navigable,
■ ind that on one property on Wild Cat
creek at least several thousand tons
has been developed recently.
One of the strangest accidents re
! orded In this district, says the Daw
i -ion News of December 13 occurred |
when a monster meteorite fell on the
i Yukon telegraph line, near Nahlin
jouth of Atlin, and killed three doge
being driven by Lineman Andy John
jon, and stunning Johnson eo severely ■
hat he failed to regain consciousness
for hours. Johnson was traveling1
ibout fifty feet behind the Bled. The
neteorlte made a hole In the earth
fifty feet In diameter. The wire was
broken and appeared to have been
subjected to a terrific heat Johnson [
has apparently entirely recovered
The Mining and Engineering World
says: Plans for listing the Kennecott
copper shares on the New York Stock
Exchange are making progress. The
company has been In existence not
much over three months, and It Is
Dn.bable that returns for the first
quarter will have to be at hand before
application Is made to list the secur
ties. It Is also likely that a portion of
he report of Englnoer Henry Krumb,
who has been making investigation cf
Kennecott properties, will be incor j
porated In the listing application. Mr. j
Krumb's friends say he still adheres
to his statement that Kennecott Is a!
world beater, and that there is nothing !
else like It under development today
That the ore continues down to much
lower levels is confidently believed.
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The last of the cases of the United!
States vs. the Prospector will be heard
in Seattle this month when the list
of coal land cases will come before j
Andrew Christensen, chief of the field 1
division of Alaska. While to the ]
casual observer It might appear from1
the evidence that Uncle Sam was not
getting himself much by these trials, j
the tact that he almost Invariably de-;
cides In his own favor helps wonder
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fully to remove the feeling of fraud |
can be found on the part it the pros-1
pector. As a result of These trials
Uncle Sam is richer by w great many
million dollars.
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News from Ketchikan Includes the
statement that the Uranby Consoli- j
dated Company Is shipping ore to Its
smelting works at Amyox, B. C., from (
two to three properties on Prince of
Wales island. The output of the com
pany'a Mamie mine, near Hadley. U
said to be about 12,000 tons and from
the It-Dean property, near Kasaan,
more than 3,000 tons a month. On
dune 30, 1914, the company’s super
intendent of mines reported that there
was known to be in the Mamie mine
155,200 tons of ore that would aver
age 2.25 per cent, copper and 25 to
30 cent a ton In geld and silver; also
that with very little development work
done by the company, there was at
least 5,000 tons of ore at the It-Dean
that will run from 215 to 220 ston.
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Twenty five cents a letter Is what
Or. \V. F. Qreen of Tokotna thinks Is
a big price to pay for his mall, and
when the bill runs Into $30 mainly for
circular letters from officials In Juneau,
reminding him that since he Is a den
tist and a doctor he must pungle up
his license fees to swell the coffers of
the territory, he Is moved to protest.
Dr. Qreen sent in his license moneys
all right, and offered as explanation
for his apparent negligence In comply
ing with the law the following facta
Tuoted from his letter to Surveyor
Qeneral C. E. Davidson:
"You will see by my application that
t was received on August 2$ and I
im answering now because the first
-egular mall to leave Tokotna since
the last week In April will leave here
about November 6. Uncle Sam gave
I us no mall this summer.
Every letter or notice you sent me
cost me 26 cents each, to have them
packed over from the Ophlr postoffice
which has a monthly service, and all
second class matter cost me 25 cents
a pound. So you see I am a little hot
under the collar at your office because
of the bunch of printed matter sent
me. 1 have paid out over $10 for my
mall this summer because the depart
ment would not establish a mall route
of some forty miles from Ophlr to this
place.”
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19th.
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