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KYAN SHOI'I. > KK -W1SK.M
When W A Kyan addressed the m« t.iu o: due Seward Chamber ot* ('on
mfite U*t Friday night, he attacked tl Kd * »i to* even daring to attack tl*
Alaskan Engineering Commission, nr.j r it> | er onul. ami indicated that l!
government, in> ot its branches, >r it." -fficei > sh iid b«* ieit alone, ptobab •
oeuig considered as to lofty tor connn. ordina:y moitals to mention, esp •
ially to criticise. Mr. K>an intimated u. none dare make any criticism.
• > a good thing that Mr. Kyan is on his ay bad to bureaucratic VYashingto
l>. (J., >o he canbccome lsed up’ . VYi n he arrives there he will find o>
from his chief, Sec ret a it of the Interim ranklin K. 1. me. that criticism ot M
I ane and his coal land leasing hi!! ie. !ted in a change of heart and spi:.
and Mr. lame, cn account of thu criticis 1. has made a complete switch and ht>
lecognized that there are “others who l »w a tiling *>r two. Mr. Kyan shoub
alfo remember that the ai^lane sorvu w is attacked, various wat branchc
attacked, anti all attacks resulted in <click changes. Mr. Ryan has been :•
Washington just long enough to b* im * ied with that d s * table bureaucrat'
.'pint that is fast being broken down t ough righeous criticism.
Hut Mr. Ryan, must perhaps be she n. and the iniiowmg win prove cop
i iuaively that heads of departments b w «i t: itic ism. although “investigator
and paid employee of the government t ‘ o:m-v' "* stti the Alarku
Engineering Commission consider thei * v»-^ rar ab >\ iia* ontinary citr'.e
although it is only by .uffeiaiue they a * permit*' t» v : alaries, dir
estimates and .* pend appropriations \\ ;t eck * 'nipt. »r.cy. I he article * -
.’’erred to above is as follows:
In a special dispatch to the Seattle .*<> t-iet I ip* i '» I* h* *avy - sp
nears an outline of the views of Secret; I..U- o :i • • d partnv’iU ol the into
iov relative to the coal and oil land bit! now befcongress and upon wh ti
the conferees of both houses recently a red *hen t **>U it under debate agu -
It i> as follows:—
Attempts to develope Alaska coal land i.n-i * a !ea ing system having prov
ed a failure under the la\> enacted in IM I. I- »r tl> * l u po- -, a system of boi:
outright .nales ami h»a>e- is now ibeut •* b adopt d. Secretary Lane, admi'
tint the failure of the leasing system. a> so recommended. Xeco. sarv !e-r’
laticn is attached to a genera! coal, oi! md ••a-' b.il wlii.-h, aft**r years ol <•’ *
fort, today reached a point of agivem* it that promises passag * before th
ession end-. March 4th.
In a letter to Scott Feme, chairman the hous» committee on public land
Secretary Lane make.- the request. Aft reciting the* a year ago he wrote *
Mr. Ferris uging that Alaska be left < it of th-* pending bill, inasmuch v
leasing law for that territory had net been properly to ted. Secretary l.ai
>*7%:
Present La* I’nsatisfactory.
"Since the chore letters were writt* i the*** ha been further opportunity
to learn whether the Alaska coal lea.dr.g hill is suitable to conditions in tie*
territory, and l have concluded that it not entirely so. There has been b”
little inquiry’ for these lands and only 1 united development.
*'Kour leases were granted under the present law and hut tyvo of those wen
able to finance the small operations thus far begun. After further study o'
the situation t hare come to the conch.' ion that the field yvould he more in
riling to coal operators if title were gr ntod in the states, especially sine
Alaska’* operations are so far away from ha ws of labor and supply.
‘‘I therefor** recommend that Alaska be placed on the . ame footing as the
states in the pending bill, and that operator in that field have the same choic*
bf lease and purchase as is accorded els whore. Otherwi e Alaska coal field
* ill remain in a disadvantageous position.
“in* territory of Alaska is nnu* inc'tided in th* oil provisions of the hill |
thus riving it the same law as the stat which will l>e an advantage in the i
administration of th* law, because the same rulings would apply to both sto'.e?
ahd territories 3nd will obviate the nee* sitv of a Iministering and construing |
two different laws on the same subject.
“f am, therefor*, of the opinion that not on’\ would it l»e in the interest of
the development of the Territory of Alaska coal lands to have the provis
ions of the pending bill made applicable to Alaska, but it would also be con
durive to the good administration of th' lau? ’*
Announcement was made a few days ago by the shinpmg hoard that three
former Japanese vessels, the Kuna.iiri. Rangoon and Myogisan. had been as
signed to the navy for use in carrying coal from the Atlantic to the Pacific
coast for the big fleet that is to*be on th* Pacific next summer.
The navy always refused to use stat* of Washington coal in its ships. It
WamtHins that the state’s soft coais an riot of sufficiently high standard f.o
the purpose. Merchant ships of all ration and other government ships of thi;
ration have used state of Washington coal nnd found it acceptable but not
♦he navy. Numerous tests have demonstrated that coal of the Matanuska field
i« Alaska does meet navy requirments. The nav> admits the fact. The extent
ami character of the coal areas in the Matanuska field have been known for
many years. But coal is not coming out of the Matanuska field.
Thus, with the world short of sea tonnage, shin -, have to be diverted from i
highly necessary purposes to earn’ coal from Virginia ports to the Pacific to !
supply the ships of the navy that are about to be sent to that coast.
Underdate of November 20 last. Delegate Wickersham of Alaska, applied
t» the commisiieaer af the general land office for information as to tho oper
FK i’E — BRUHN COMPANY
Packers & Proviaioners
iVin. liLLlS. Manager. SEWARD ALASKA
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(HAS. GOLDSTEIN & COMPANY
of Jm.oau, Alaska.
OFFER TO THE IRAITERS AND DBA LESS OF THE NORTH THE j
FOLLOWING PRICES FOR NO. I PRIME FURS:
Lynx, extra largo No.I . .. |M»K I® $82.50
Lynx, large No. 1 ...... ---------- 25.00 to 80.00 i
Lynx, sm ill ..-.—...... 15.50 to 20.00
Mink, dark roast skins ------ 5-dd i.o . 7.00
Mink, dark coast skins, small .....8.00 !• 5.00
Mink. fresh water ....-—6^0 t# 10.00
Land Oilor ..——•—12.00 to 15.00
Red Fox, No. I large 80.00 tn 85.00
Croat* Fox. according lo beauty . ..«....50.00 t* 100.00
Muskrats ..-................75 to l.$»0
Silver and Rlmh Foxes, as to color
Wolverine -_........_ 5.00 t# 12.00
W olves ........ .. 5.00 to 20.00
Ship us your Furs! As soon as received we will grade same and wire tur best
oft v. if out wiie . aiv not satisfactory we will return the furs and pay trans
port *.tion c'iiaig< s on same both vrayi».
References: Vny bank in Alaska. Dexter Horten National Rank. Seattle;
National Rink ol Tacoma, Wash.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
We operate the largest Fur Manufactory north of San Franciaco.
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WKATIIKU KtM’OKI
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Tin fr'IowUtjr - the weathf * r&- j
•.O't for t V 12\ Mot i .> ending at 7 a’- i
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ock i is mornirg:
Sew ard :W, clear, calm.
Anc’io: ag' 10 b law, dear, calm.
Chi* kaloon 11 below, dear, calm. !
Mat mu dia 2 below . dear calm.
Wasilla 0 b low, ch ar weal,
fnlkootn « 10 below, dear, calm.
\ccoidimr to the above there is u cold
wave appr »achinjr.
t’Altlt/.ta T 1)1’K TOMORROW
Steamer Admiial Furragut is due
.omsrrow afternoon according to a
vireless rv eived by Agent Wayne
Blue thi f< vnoon.
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THE KEY
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
CANDY
They Are Fresh
MEET ME AT
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. i n t;m! r the leasing law. Under date of January 6, seven weeks later.
!.. \Y;. k h.mi received a reply from the commissioner saying:
••Y<n* . e I vised a follows: (1) There are three coal land leases in force
Alaska this time; (2) three tiacts are either being mined or prospected
•;al*« the 1 a. •* : (•') one lease of 2.120 acres of land in the Bering river field;
v o f 1,400 and 1,440 acies in the Matanuska field, and none in the
vuuina fie 1 archeinn worked ur prospected; (4) names of lessees: Bering
:y«* fin’d, ihilcon Joslin, assigned to Bering River Coal Company, Now York
lui’ding S tt! \ Wash.; Matanusku field, Oliver La Duke and associates, and
,ar ' e hi , ho assigned to the Chickaloon Coal Company, Alaska building
tan than t «•, Cal. The first nainod lease wad made June 8, 1918, and em
,raving W »ri;: \os. IS. 1!). 20, 22, 2d and 24, of the Bering river field and othei
ea o o n nv.v-ut >«| as of 1\ bi nary 1, 1917, the first embiacing blocks Nos.
! and h t in second embracing blocks 10 and 11 in the Matanuska field.
“I l a.e no ♦ xtra copies of any of these leases, but you will find the form,
'hich "n ub'tanfally followed, printed in the inclosed circular, containing
->nl la id leasing a and regulation). I also inclose a circular regarding the
art o tin’ nr mi field which has baon surveyed and offered for lease. One
ppiuation of notice of the same.
:v pie nut information is Unit the La Duke et al leasees have mined some
«>ai. b t that mining i.> temporarily suspended. Their mine is distant a few
rlc.; thorn the government railroad, necessiating a haul by. wagon or sled
hch adds :o the cost of mining. The Ohickaloon Company has not progressed
• 'yond the prior ting stage in development under ita lease, although I am
told that co uiderablo money has boon expended by it in the work. The Bering
river lessee ;s eng ged, as I understand it, in prospective work preliminary
to opcn’ng up a mine on the land.”
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ODE TO “ KROXT KND " BROWN
"Front End” Brown was a good old soul.
He painted an engine and a load of coal.
He used all the paint we had by (•—
This ‘Fiont End* Brown and hi.; awkward sqtMuf.
He climbs in the cab and takes his stand
And tnon gives orders to his trusty band.
Say! You there! with the nimble feet,
Scrape the bnrnicles off the fireman's seat
Vr.d don't loaf around like there's nothing to do
\ud take four days to polish one screw.
Say Bill, you strip down to your shi:t,
And crawl under m ath in the greasy dirt,
Y t i always look so spick and span,
I want you to look like a full git>vro roan.
ftevl £o get some front end black.
And a-k Old Teddy if he’ll ever go back.
4ev there Tom! go get some red
And paint some hair on Greasy Bill’s head.
le says we will all have to work like H—
And he started out to paint *he hell.
■ ’ll show you fellows how to work by G—
For T am the leader of this awkward sc|uav«4.
Then came a shout from noisy Ed,
Who has a voice that would wake the dead. i
You can hear him yell to Mile 3 farm,
They should use his voice for the fire alarm.
Brown was proud of his trusty men
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When they finished scraping old No. 10.
But he says he bets they won’t he alivp
To see the finish of 285.
My last words before 1 crook,
'•I say there fellows don’t you want to bay a boat "
(Tomposed by one of th* Awkward fcfpiad.)
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Power Company
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The Seward News Company
GEORGE PHELPS
booksellers, Newsdealers and Stationers
THE
--1ADMIPAL LINE
S. S. Admiral Farragu t WILL ARRIVE Seward,
Feb., 24th; goes to Kodiak. Southbound the steanv
ei will be operated as a freighter.
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REGULAR SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE TO
CALIFORNIA.
The Company reserves the right to change the above
Schedule without notice.
ADMIRAL LINE BUILDING
Wayne Blue, Agent.• .Seward Alaska.
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A lA S \ A company **sfs
Sailing* from Seattle
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