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WILSON & MARSHALL
Election November 7,1916
For Delegate to Congress Front Alaska
CHAS. A. SULZER
For Attorney General
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
For Senator, Third Division
JOHN RONAN
For Representatives, Third Division
THOS. H. HOLLAND
CHAS. McCALLUM
THOS. C. PRICE
FRANK. B. CANNON
For Road Commissioner, Third Division
JAMES E. WILSON
y
For Attorney General
of Alaska
GEORGE [.GRIGSBY
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ELECTION NOVEMBER 7
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(/NOTICE OF ADVERTISING OUT
AND DECLARING FORFEITURE
OF INTEREST IN QUARTZ MIN
ING CLAIMS FOR FAILURE TO
PAY ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.
T# J. A. Bell, L V. Ray and M. J. Con
roy; you and each ol you, your heirs
executor* and administrator*, are
hereby notified, that, 1, J. B. Slater,
one of the owner* in the following
(described Quartz Gold Mining Claims
1 situate in the Moose Pass Mining Dis
trict, Kenai Recording District, Third
Division of the Territory of Alaska
! and more particularly described as
follow*, to-wit:—Independence Quartz
Mining Claim, May Flower Quartz
Mining Claim, Blue Rock Quartz
Mining Claim, Fresno Quartz Mining
Claim, Mammoth Quartz Mining
Claim, Meadow Lark Quartz Mining
Claim and Arctic Circle Quartz Min
ing Claim, you above named being in
terested in the above descibt*! Q laru
Mining Claim* and each of them;
That 1 have perform id and caused
to have performed on smd claims and
and every one of them, und
have paid for the outuc, the annual us
sessment work f.>r the year li-L>, last
past, amounting to the sum of one
hundred dollars per claim, making the
total amount of said annual assess
ment work on said claims the sum of
seven hundred dollar* all of which 1
have paid, that theie i* now’ due and
owing to me from you, part of said
l assessment work thereof; which said
amount became due and payable to me
I on the first day of January, 1916.
You and each of you and each of
your heirs, executor* and administrat
or* are hereby notified to pay to me
| your share of said assessment work
i on or before Ninety Days after the
I first publication of this notice, to-wit:
—Ninety day* after the first day of
August, 1916 and in case you fail or
refuse so to do, your and each of your
interest in above described Mining
Claim* and each of them will be und
is hereby declared forfeited to me. and
your interests and the whole thereof
will be then and there terminated.
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 1st day of
August, 1916.
J. B. SLATER.
First publication August 1, 1916.
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RAILROAD WORK
HEREJASTED
INTERVIEW IN PORTLAND TELE
GRAM IS ROUGH ON
R. R. OFFICIALS.
Last month, on September 22 to be
exact, the Portland Telegram has an
interview with a man named Kksman
I which is a terrible roast on the man
ner in which the government railroad
is being constructed. The Telegram
! gives the interview much prominence
i and a very conspicuous heading. It
i has the handset head: “Conditions
Rotten on Alaska Road.” Underneath
| comes a deck head saying: “Northern
Job Made Dumping Ground and In
efficiency is Rampant.” When pub
lished in a great paper like the Tele
gram the story is bound to have a tre
mendous circulation and, whatever
jour opinions here might be, the re
, production of the interview will cut
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SERIAL NO. 02706
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. Juneau.
Alaska. July 26, 1916.
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD
ENTRY 11Y ASSIGNEE.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ENTER.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
NORTH ALASKA SALMON COMPANY, a
I corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of California, and whose
post office address is 110 Market Street, San
Francisco, California, as assignee ol Joseph
t R. Harrigan, administrator of the Estate ol
Kyhran Horan, deceased, being entitled to the
benefits of section 2306 of the Revised Statutes
of tue United States and amendments thereto,
has applied to make entry of that certain
tract of land situated on the East side ot
Kvichak Bay near Cape Suworof. about 3
1 miles above the mouth of Nahnek River, in the
District of Alaska, in Latitude 68 deg. 46 min.
16 sec. North, and Longitude 167 deg. 16 mm.
1 00 sec. West, and described as U. S. Survey
No. 9i6, and more particularly as follows, to
wit:
Beginning at Corner No. 1 of said survey,
whence U. S. L. M. No. 915 bears S. 9 deg. 39
; min. W. 46.81 chs. distant, and witness corn
j er to said corner No. 1 bears East 1.68 chs.
j distant, and from which witness corner Cai«
Suworof bears S. 12 deg. 68 min. W. */j miles
distant, thence from said Corner No. 1 East
Var. 21 deg. SO min. E. 20.83 chs to corner
No. 2 from which witness corner to suid
, Corner No. 2 bears north 38 Iks distant :
1 hence North 14.26 chs. to corner No. 3, from
which witness corner to corner No. 3 bears
South 3.53 chs. distant: thence West 7.86 chs.
to cornsr No. 4 M. C., whence witness corn
er to said Corner No. 4 bears East 1.45 chs.
distant; thence by meanders from true corner
No. 4 M. C. along the line of mean high
water on Kvlchak Bay.
S. 34 deg. 66 min. W. 1.90 chs.:
S. 56 deg. 66 min. W. 9.80 chs.;
S. 21 deg. 14 min. W. 3.60 chs.;
S. 32 deg. 21 min. W. 4.67 chs. to Corner
No. 1 M. 0., the place of beginning, contain
ing 21.93 acres.
As Additional to Homestead Entry No. 14 16
: made August 26. by Kyhran Horan, at Ionia.
I Michigan Land Office, for the S. fci of SE l »
, of Sec. 30. Township 18 North, Range 10
West, containing 80 acres.
Any and all persons claiming adversely said
tract of land, or any portion thereof, are
hereby notified that unless their adverse claims
t re filed during the period of publication and
posting, or within 30 days thereafter, they
will be barred by virtue of the statute and the
leguiatlons thereunder.
It is hereby ordered that this notice be
published for the statutory period of 60 days
In the SEWARD GATEWAY, a nswapaper of
' i;eueral circulation printed at Seward, Alaska,
published nearest the land applied for.
C. B. WALKER.
| Register.
First publication August 4, 1916.
Last publication
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! no ice. It has been reproduced in
other Alaska papers.
The following is the interview:
“Inefficiency and red tape predom
inate in the construction of the gov
ernment railroad in Alasku, and huge
sums of the people’s money are be
ing squandered, charges August Eks
man, former furniture dealer at Stay
ton, Marion county. Mr. Eksman,
who is a Democrat and precinct com
mittee man for his party at Stayton,
designates the system of handling the
Alaska railroad as ‘rotten.’
“ ‘It is a political holdup from start
to finish,’ he asserts. ‘There is so
much red tape that nothing is ac
complished. It is the most amazing
exhibition of inefficiency that I have
ever seen. There were on the payroll
when I was there this summer 2500
men and fully one-half were over
seers, bosses, clerks, and office men.
“ ‘There is some station work but
no contract work. Although 2500 men
were on the summer payroll only 14
miles of steel were laid. The bosses
are so numerous that they get in each j
other’s way. A piece of work done to- ^
day under the direction of one man
may be and frequently is done over
tomorrow by order of some one a 1 it- ‘
tie higher in authority.
“ ‘No one seems to care. Everyone
takes the position that ‘I should wor
ry, Uncle Sam pays the bill.’ At the
present rate the building, of the 400
miles of road will take 20 years and
cost billions of dollars. And the worst
part of it is there is absolutely no
sense in it, because it should not be a
difficult or expensive piece of road to
build, barring the one item of trans
portation of all material and equip
ment from the states.’”
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NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS BY
CITY COUNCIL FOR GRADING
PART OF FIFTH AVENUE.
Rids are called for. for the grading i
of Fifth avenue, in the town of Sew-1
ard, Alaska, between the North mar
gin of Adams Street and the South
margin of Jefferson Street, said grad
ing to be done in accordance with the
established grade of said street, under
the supervision of the city engineer,
owners of abutting lots shall have the
right to as much surplus dirt, dump
ed on adjoining lots as they may re
quire, without extra charge, except
that the leveling of said dirt shall be
done by the owner of the lot request
ing the dirt dumped thereon. Said
work to be complete within thirty
days after contract as awarded, a
bond as provided by ordinance will be
required. All bids must be filed with
the Municipal Clerk on or before eight
o’clock P. M., Sitka time, October 9th,
l D16.
By order of the common council.
0. H. POEHLMANN,
10-3—Gt. Municipal Clerk.
NOTICE OF CALL FOR BIDS TO
CONSTRUCT SIDEWALK
BY ORDER OF THE COMMON
COUNCIL of the town of Seward,
bids are hereby called for, for the
construction of a sidewalk, ten feet
in width ,of lumber, on the east side
of Fifth avenue, in the town of Sew
ard, Alaska, between the south mar
gin of Adams Street and the north
margin of Railroad Avenue, or to con
nect with the sidewalk in front of the
A. R. Hall; contractor to furnish all
material and labor; said work to be
done according to the plans and .speci
fications promulgated by the City En
gineer. All bids must be filed with
the municipal clerk on or before the
hour of eight o'clock P. M., Sitka
time, Monday, October 9th. 1916.
By order of the common count il.
0. H. POEHLMANN,
10-3_6t. Municipal Clerk.
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Statement ot Col, W. P. RICHARDSON, Pres. Alaska Road Commission
VALDEZ, Alaska, Sept. 18, 11)16.
In-as-much as Delegate Wickersham has been industriously circulating
throughout Aluska for the past two or three months certain small pamphlets,
notably a hearing before the Military Committee of the House and a so
I called speech, concerning the appropriation of $500,000 for road work during
the current fiscal year, and concerning the past estimates and expenditures
of the Road Commission, I consider it necessary and proper to make the fol
lowing statement in order that the people of Alaska may know the farts in
the case. , , „ . . . ~
In a letter dated August 28, 1015, written by me to the hairbanks Com
mercial Club and made public last fall in the “Seward Gateway,” 1 stated
that 1 did not consider it necessary to send him (Delegate Wickersham) a
copy of that letter, and "that his natural procedure would be to again take
advantage of some committee hearing or ‘extension’ of remarks, etc.'
This has happened. He appeared before the Military Committee of the
House, during its last session, on the pretense of giving support to the esti
mate of the Secretary of War of $500,000 for military and post roads, etc.,
in Alaska, when the estimate had already had the approval of the President,
and the Delegate was afraid it would pass. He is a member of that Com
mittee and there was no occasion for his having such a hearing except to try
and use it to mislead somebody. He could and should have given his aid in
another way if he really wanted to support the estimate.
As it was, he couldn't resist the temptation to misrepresent the facts and
attack the Commissioner’s work: for example, he makes the statement that
“they can put the gravel over the road in the winter time better than they
can in the summer.” This absurd statement caused only merriment among
certain old timers in the Territory who know something about winter condi
tions and something about road building.
The Delegate’s intention probably was to intimate that I ought to remain in
Alaska during the winter, digging fruitlessly in the frozen j?ravel, or spoil
ing at great cost the surface of the snow roads, while he could pursue hi.->
foolish attack upon me unhindered in the City of Washington.
In the tabulated statement of expenditures by the Road Commission, as
given by the Delegate in his hearing before the Committee he includes
moneys appropriated and disbursed before the Road Commission came into
existence, 1D00 and 11)04. Such a misrepresentation of facts needs no com
: ment. . .
Also, he states that they, the Road Commission, expend under a
certain particular statement “more for salaries and other purposes than they
do for the construction of the road.” 4he salaries of the .Members ot tL• ■
i Board are paid out of funds for the pay of the Army, and no other salaries
are paid whatsoever except to persons working on the road or keeping the
necessary accounts in the office. His statement is false.
I repeat: the prediction has been fulfilled. He not only appeared be
fore a committee, but has indulged in an “extension” of remarks. The
Congressional Record of June 26th shows that when the Alaska road item
was up for discussion the Delegate had no word to say until alter the item
had been adopted and then he asked consent to "extend” his remarks, which
now appear throughout the Territory in the form of a so-called speech. He
never delivered any such speech. There is a limit, of course, to what Mem
bers of Congress will stand for on the floor of the House, hut there seem
little restraint upon this “extension of remarks’’ business. However, it some
times has its good side.
On the front page of the so-called speech the Delegate .-ets up a straw
man to knock down, in the form of a letter from Mr. Hay to Mr. Kahn. It
is easy to understand now the Delegate, with his well-known propensities,
could procure such a letter; but as a matter of fact nobody ever accused him
of making “objection deposition to the Committee against the appropria
tion, either by letter or by statemnt. He is too astute for that. It wouM
become public and known throughout Alaska. He purses other methods. My
information is also that he never attends the meetings of this Committee un
! less for some special purpose, and has always ignored the appropriations for
| road work.
On this front page he also states that:
“♦ * * * neither the Delegate from Alaska nor any other
Congressman can procure an appropriation for any sum whatever for
carrying on the work of the Alaska Board of Road Commissioners
by any bill introduced by him, unless he can procure the Secretary
of War and Col. Richardson to approve the amount asked for by a
formal estimate under the law. r *
This may be true of the Delegate from Alaska, but if it is he has made
it so himself. He has no standing and perhaps is afraid it may be found oir
in Alaska. It is not true of other Congressmen. The statement, further
more, is contradicted by himself, top of page 0, where he says:
“In four instances shown in the above table, it (the Road ( om
mission), has received more than Col. Richardson estimated for.”
The first appropriation ever made for the work, fiscal year 11)07, wa>
procured without any formal estimate, and there have been several increases
in tire amount appropriated since without a formal estimate, notably for tin*
dike at Valdez, but the increases were not procured by the Delegate. The
Delegate, nevertheless, claims that he procured the appropriation of $500.
000, which must mee.i that he coerced the Secretary of War or frightened
somebody. The fact is that the Delegate endeavered to entrap the President
of the Road Commission into submitting a foolish estimate, based upon
I false arguments, of $200,000 for the completion of the Ruby-Long Creek
road. Failing in that, he is merely trying now, as he has in cases of other
legislation, to step in and grab some credit for himself which he is not en
titled to. He doesn’t even know how it happened and has but a vague idea
on the subject. If he did know, 1 presume he would charge me again, as
he has in the past, with lobbying for increased aopropriat/jns for road work
in Alaska, as though that were a crime. If the Delegate can’t get any
money for roads in Alaska, as he says, except on an estimate approved by
the Secretary of War, then what good is he, and why does he claim to have
gotten $500,000?
The greater part of this so-called speech is taken up with quotation.-,
and references to the law of estimates which have little bearing upon the
case, except to show the Delegate's weakness. It is put out merely to mislead
and confuse people. The assertion that the Alaska Board of Road t ommL
sionors has always received all it asked for is not true. I he untruthful nos.-'
of this statement was proven in correspondence given out last year. The
records quoted by the Delegate from the book of estimates have nothing to
do with .the recommendations and estimates submitted by our Board, until
those estimates have been approved by the Secretary oi War and the Prcsi
dent and forwarded to the Treasury Department. The estimates of the Board
have not always received this approval.
I take the following extracts, which are pertinent, from the letter of the
Secretary of War and interim, transmitting the supplemental estimate of
$500,000, dated March 2, 1010:
“It is, of course, known that the Board of Road Commissioners
has never been authorized by any specific enactment of law to sub
mit estimates for road work in Alaska, unless it is held that the ori
ginal act of January 27, 1005, which brought the Board into exist
ence and imposed certain duties upon it without providing sufficient
funds to carry out those duties properly, indirectly conferred such
authority.
“This view seems to have been practically accepted by Congress,
limited appropriations having been made from year to year, begin
ning with the fiscal year 1907, for ‘Military and Post Hoads in Al
aska and supplementing the work under the ‘Alaska Fund.’
“A special report was submitted on November 25, 1913, accom
panied by an additional estimate of $750,000, as a step towards* a
comprehensive system of roads for the Territory. I his amount be
ing considered in excess of what should be carried on the Army Ap
propriation Bill, and the Board having no other channel through
which to seek the appropriation, no result was obtained.
The Department has now modified its view somewhat, apparently, and
the Secretary further stated in this same letter:
“Considering the original law organizing the work under direc
tion of the Secretary of War, with the subsequent action of Con
gress in appropriating certain amounts from year to year through
the military committees upon estimated approved by the Secretary
of War, it would appear to be the manifest purpose of Congress
that the work should follow that course.
“In this view of the matter, the President of the Board recom
mended that the Board be authorized to submit at appropriate times,
‘subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and chargeable to
civil works under the War Department, such estimates as arc neces
sary in the judgment of the Board for a proper prosecution and
maintenance of the work; and in furtherance thereof, that an addi
tional estimate be now submitted to enable the work to be carried
forward during the coming year.’ ”
This recommendation was approved and a supplemental estimate of
$500,000 was submitted by me, and being approved by the President, was
sent to the Secretary of the Treasury for transmission to Congress.
If the Delegate were in fact interested in procuring or in aiding to pro
cure funds for the work under the Road Commission it might be pertinent
to ask why and under what presentation of fact or argument he succeeded
in getting reported out of the Committee on Territories his bill 4648, em
powering the Alaska legislature to repeal the law establishing the Road
Commission, and why, under cover of a memorial of the said Legislature—
which merely asked for authority to modify the laws relating to taxes, etc.,
and to have control of the Alaska Fund,—he attempted to put through this
additional provision.
No member of the Road Commission, I may say here, and no person in
the War Department, was in any way whatsoever responsible for passage of
the original law creating the Road Commission, and no one in the War De
partment will, in my opinion, make an effort now to have the law continued,
if it is considered undersirable or objectionable to the people of Alaska, but
so long as the responsibility is upon the Department, every effort will be
made by the officers in charge of the work to get substantial results; and
every thoughtful person acquainted with the present conditions in Alaska
and interested in a proper development of the Territory knows that some
form of Federal aid, which means Federal direction, is necessary to get such
results. .
It may not be amiss to remind those, who may be sufficiently interested
to read the foregoing comments, that the Army has simply been doing in
Alaska what it did in the earlier frontier days in the West,—only_more,—
in the construction of telegraph and cable lines, and wagon roads and trails;
that this is a vast and difficult work and has been carried on with energy and
efficiency, as far as available funds would permit or could be procured
through the War Department, and with an intelligent understanding—I do not
hesitate to assert,—of the needs and conditions to be dealt with, and without
any expectation of reward or benefit, either from the War Department or
from the people of Alaska; but the Members of our Board are entitled to
reasonably decent treatment from the man who pretends to represent Alaska,
instead of being continually slandered and misrepresented as has been the
case for several years past.
If the Delegate choose to make denial of the above statement I cf.n only
leave the matter to be judged upon the record here quoted against him, and
upon his past utterances. . W. P. RICHARDSON.