Pacific New* Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON, Recommendations
fot establishment of a clear cut policy
for the administration of national
parks and national forests are con
tained in the annual report of SeScre
tary of Agriculture Houston, submitted
to Congress recently. Secretary
Houston says that the parks and the
feests should be administered sep
tintely because of the essential dif
fcrence between them. He points out
ti nt large areas such ns the Yosemite
ard the Yellowstone should be per
manently maintained wholly for their
see* ic marvels without regard to t t
material side of the question. As to
national fo.i.-ts a different policy may
be pursued, says the Secretary, be
cause It is the program of the Oov
errm- .t to ?• 1’ timber off these res
ervations as it sees fit. The report
points out that the Grand Canyon of
Arizona is classed as a national forest
whereas it should be placed In the park
category.
The Secretary urges wise legislation
in handling the public domain situa
tion in the United States. He nays
that there is constant pressure In
Congress for the invasion of the great
national forests by private interests.
' i t • eu' • ing of Alaska’s great forests Is
annually advocated by certain inter
ests, the Secretary reports. He says
that once the Government has taken
over a national forest and spent mil
lions of dollars In putting it into shape
It would be unwise to open it up to
business interests for speculative pur
poses.
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GOVERNOR STRONG REPORTS
ALASKA NOT APPRECIATED
Pacific News Service. Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Alasku Is
neglected and unappreciated by the
people of the United States according
tc John F. A. Strong, Governor of
the Territory who has Just filed his
annual report with the Secretary of
the Interior. Governor Strong says
''.(.rtgress has not provided adequate
governmental machinery for Alaska
and consequently the Territory suffers.
Governor Strong points out that Alas
ka has returned more wealth to the
United Stat s than any other outlying
accession. He urges a constructive
it ilroad building program for the Tor
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li'ory and thinks steps should be
tuPen to open up the agricultural and j
mineral resources of Alaska. The fact
that Alaska has but 60,000 white peo- !
pic Is due to the fact that the Terri
toty is not understood and unappre
ciated, the Governor says. He com
pares the Territory with Scandinavia
I
ar.d says Its advantages are far su
p< rior to those of the Scandinavian
countries, which have a population of
10,000,000. The Governor urges gener
ous appropriations by Congress to
bring Alaska to a higher state of de
ve'opment and advocates a campaign
10 bring more settlers there.
NAVY TO GET OIL LANDS
IN COLORADO AND UTAH
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Pacific News Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, Secretary of the
Interior Lane has recommended to
President Wilson the withdrawal of
46.000 acres of land in Colorado and
66.000 acres in Utah for put poses of a
naval reserve . These lands, it is es
l.m'U.I, u II vield 600,000,000 barrels
of fuel.
T he areas recommended for with
drawal by the Secretary lie in s»mi
I arid regions so there would be slight
loss from the agricultural point of
view. Some of them are in the Green
River formation rich in the sort of
shale which in Scotland has been made
by destructive distillation to produce
vast quantities of oil. This shale also
1 wll! yeild 10 to 15 per cent of gasoline
1 and also ammonium sulphate, a valua
I bk- fertilizer.
1 Secretary Rane, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels and Attorney General
Gregory ell ' nvp uiged the President
and Congress to keep for the Govern-1
ment large areas of land In several
.jvestem and Pacific Coast states which
they declare, would make n valuable
oil storehouse for the future needs of
the United States Navy, which it Is
nedlcted will in a few years burn no
thing but oil as a fuel.
SMALL SCHOONERS ENGAGING IN
ATLANTIC LUMBER TRADE
Pacific Nawa Service, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON,—The use of small
sclooners In the North Atlantic carry
ing trade is one of the commercial in
novations brought about by the Euro- I
pcan war and the resultant great
shortage of tonage, American consuls
n Canada havo reported to the State
department.
Twelve small steamers and 65 sail
ing vessels, all lumber-laden, have
been dispatched to Europe during «he
fltst eight months of the currant year
by one New Brunswick firm. Nearly
all the 56 schooners were of about 200
reg'etered tons each, with a car-ying
capacity of not more than one-'enth
that of an ordinary lumber tramp.
Most of the little schooners are
D: nlsh-owned, and before the war
were regularly engaged In trade with
Dream Theater
TONIGHT
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1,000 FEET OF FUNNY CARTOONS
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THE CROOKS SWEETHEART
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THE MAN WITH THE HOE
TOMORROW NIQHT
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY
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Baltic ports They have reaped a rich ports being $102,20 per standard,
harvest in their trans-Atlantic ven- wi'oh Is approximately ten times
tuies, the freight rate for neutral "es- higher than the rate prevailing before
.vie from New Brunswick to European 1 the outbreak of the war.
ALASKA NOTES
The number of pupils enrolled In
the Cordova public school at the end
of October was 59.
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James Dempsey, an old timer of Ju
neau, held his first conversation over
a telephone recently In that city.
A rancher at Haines, Alaska, has
advertised in the Juneau papers for
cattle to raise on share. He says be
hus range and hay for 75 head of cat
tle und that they will pay big divi
dends.
A 12-pound cabbage raised by a
rancher named Dahl at Hpuhn Island
is on display in a Juneau grocery.
A cargo of 12,000 pounds of Alaskan
halibut brought eleven and three
fouiahs cents per pound a few days
ago in Seattle.
O-us Holmberg, manager for the A.
C. company at fcSannak, reports that
ms company has taken upwards of
1,200,000 codfish this season.
An auto with four occupants on
pit usure bent, turned turtle off a
tics tie near Kitchlkan recently and
Uic occupants had a narrow ouape
tram serious injury.
The Bird Creek Lumber Company,
operating near Anchorage, has receiv
ed a 60-horse power boiler which will
tic installed in the mill for additional
power for the plant.
C. E. Whitney has been appointed
"First Aid” man at Kern Creek, on
the government railroad. He formerly
held a similar position on the Alaska
Northern railroad during construction
days.
It Is reported that nearly 700 per
,uiij, most of whom hud been employ
a ou the government ruilwuy ul An
.i.uruge uiiU vicinity during the past
summer left on tne Cook for the
-suites on her recent voyage south.
C. W. Hawkesworth in charge of
I the Alaska Bureau of Education, is
I arranging for a big educational cele
bration to be held in tho near future.
Natives from the towns of Klawack,
Hydaburg and Metlakahtla will par
ticipate.
Twenty-three prisoners were served
nearly ihreo hundred meals in the Ju
neau Jail in tho month of October at '
a cost of twelve and seven tenths
cents per meal. It is presumed tur
key and cranberry sauce were omit
ted from the dally fare.
—
According to the Affidavit of Fred
1'utchin, accompanying returns made
to the District Court at Juneau, 22.
650,000 salmon fry were released from
the Fortman hatchery near Dorlng
by the Alaska Packers’ Association
for a period beginning July X, 1916,
and ending June 30, 1918. Releasing
this number of fry pay3 the federal
tax of 50,560 cases of salmon.
The Nome Howling Club'e alleys are
i ow open from noon to midnight.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are the lowest recorded
temperature* for this year and last
on the days tcaignated. The minus
sign before u number means below
zero.
U. 8. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
Jan. 1. —19 - *0
Jan. 2. —26 -28
Jan. 8 . —18 —28
Jan. 4. —17 - 84
Jan. i. —20 -40
Jan 6. —0 -40
Jan. 7. —17 -22
Jan 8 . 80 - ?0
Jan. 9. 22 -28
Ian. 10 . 19 -50
Jan. 11. 22 0
Jan. 12. SO 12
aJn. 13. 28 10
an. 14 . 12 —12
Jen. 15. .. 10 —10
Jan. 22 . 22 —12
Jan. 17 . 0 —10
Jen. 18. —12 -2
Jan. 19. —25 10
Jan. 20 . —22 —181
Janl 21 . —20 —50
Jab. 22 —18 -57
Jan. 28. —28 - 97
Jan. 24. —17 —15
Janl. 25. —6 -3C
Jan. 27. 12 -28
Jan. 29. 12 --19
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