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A RESOURCE GOING BEGGING
Reports on the commerce of Alaska show that a to
tal of $1,650,987 worth of petrolium products are import
ed annually. This is divided into 150,427 barrels of gaso
line, naptha and other light products, $886,735; 9,563 bar
rels of illuminating oil (kerosene), $79,154; 328,613 bar
rels of gas and fuel oil, $346,219; 16,713 barrels of lubri
cating oil, $338,880.
And who may say that lying at our doors may not be
a source whence this leakage of Alaskan dollars might
not be stopped?
Starting at a point seven miles out and extending
almost to Kenai lake is an immense fault in the landscape.
At various points along this fault gas seepages are in evi
dence, some of which are so strong that it is possible to
concentrate them and burn them in an ordinary jet.
Lying west of this fault is an uplifted sedimentary
formation of shales and sandstone, reared there by the
plutonic forces which uplifted the ancient sea bottom and
perched it high up in the plateaus surrounded in igneous
formatoin.
Under the impositions surrounding prospecting for
oil in Alaska, its oil fields in general, have not appeared
attractive to private capital. But here appears to offer a
field inviting to adventurous capital. An oil well brought
in at any point back on the plateau or terraced structure
would give its owner a commanding position in a prolific
market, protected by a tariff as represented in the cost of
transportation from the oil fields of the States.
How far this sedimentary structure runs- -toward
Cook Inlet no one knows. Suffice it to say that as yet no
mint has been found where coal appears, indicating new
er geological structure.
Where there is so much gas there must be a source.
As it does not come from coal it is reasonable to believe
that it comes from oil.
WENT BEYOND PROPER FUNCTIONS
That the Army board of engineers -went beyond its
proper functions ifi making agricultural overproduction
one of its reasons for advising Congress against the
Grand Coulee power development is a contention of Rep
resentative Ralph A. Horr, of the State of Washington, j
one of Alaska’s strongest advocates for development. _
He believes proof may be made that no substantial
competition with existing production will be added by the
Columbia River Basin project.
Beyond that, in his view, the economic policy is a
matter for Congress to determine, and engineers of the
Army are not to be taken as experts on crops. Land at j
present growing wheat, which does help to make up the
surplus of grain, he points out, would be turned by irri-;
gation into diversified farming and would sustain a large
population of consumers of the products and manufac-!
turers of the East.
Psychologists should invent a name for the complex
which makes politicians willing to spend half a million
dollars for a Senate seat that pays only $60,000 for a six
year term. J *
All cardinal points of the compass were represented
when four Omaha men sat down to luncheon the other
day. They were G. S. North, Fred A. East, F. L. South and
George F. West.
A man has three educations: That which he receives
from his parents, that which circumstances impose on
him, and lastly, that which he gives himself.
The powerful may own the earth, city, plain and sea,
but the mountains are the heritage of the oppressed.
Politicians now at home are building up fences they
will straddle in the April primary.
VICTIM LEAVES WITH j
. GOOD LISTING FQH THE j
SOUTHJMTPOflTS:
The SS Victoria, which arrived in
port Tuesday afternoon, departed
for the South and wayports this
morning, carrying a good listing of
passengers.
Passengers for Seattle were: Mr. !
and Mrs. V. H. Pierce, Mrs. Fred !
Hanson, Mrs. Lillian Root, Leo A.
Schlottfeldt, Rickey Forest, Jack
McPhee, August Bjerreniark, Miss
M. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Mc
Kenna, Leroy Mattson, Tom Bab
cock, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wright, '
Mrs. O. O. Krogh, S. T. Tansy, Wm. j
Barnett, N. J. Gaikema, Lillian Fer- j
ris, James Byrne, A. E. Peterson, ]
Win. A. Logeman, Mr. and Mrs. A. ;
C. Kinsley, Billy Kinsley, Mrs. E. L. J
Range, H. P. Shepard, R. A. Mes- ;
pelt, H. R. Miller, T. Kanek, H. L. ;
Schepens, Wm. McCamont, J. C.
Stabence, C. W. Quay.
For Juneau—Lydia Fohn-Hansen, j
Alma Grant, Ruby Davis, J. A. j
Gustafson, Edyth Gustafson.
For Ketchikan—Chas. R. Nelson.
For Cordova—John Coats. B. J. S
Single.
C. J. Todd, Valdez delegate to
the Territorial Democratic Conven
tion which convenes in Fairbanks j
on January 22, arrived in Seward l
on the SS Victoria Tuesday and de
parted on the train this morning j
for Fairbanks.
H. K. Gubser, of the U. S. Bio- !'
logical Survey, in charge of coop- j I
erative work between the Territory j
and the Biological Survey for the t
control of predatory animals in Al- j
aska, was an arrival in Seward on 1
the SS Victoria yesterday.
EXROUTE TO CONVENTION
Attorney A. J. Dimond of Valdez,
who was nominated at the recent j
divisional convention in Seward to ;
be that party’s standard bearer in
the Congressional delegateship. left:
on the morning’s train for Fair
banks to attend the Territorial
De nicer a 1 ic Convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl P. Messer, O:
Fairbanks, arrived from the States
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hangel, of j
Anchorage, were Seward arrivals
Tuesday, enroute to their Interior
home.
Attorney and Mrs. Harry F. Mor- j
ton, who arrived in Seward Tues- j
day on the SS Victoria, departed on j
the morning’s train for Anchorage,
their home. They have just re-;
turned from an extended trip to
the States which took them to
Washington and New York City.
W. F. Scott of Nome, Alaska, ar
rived in Seward yesterday from the j
States on the SS Victoria.*
Allene Sewell, of Fairbanks, was;
an arrival from the States on the :
SS Victoria. i
J. E. Wadman, of Anchorage, ar
rived from the States on the SS Vic- i
toria.
LEAVE FOR HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Williams, j
who were wedded recently in Sew- i
ard, left on today’s train for Fair- j
banks where they will make their j
future home. Mrs. Williams, nee j
Anne Irene Gould, has been con- j
nected with the Jesse Lee Home in
struction staff for a number of
years. Mr. Williams is with the
Fairbanks Exploration Company, j
Sam Tansy, member of the An
chorage jail staff, arrived in Sew
ard on Tuesday’s train and today,
left on the SS Victoria for the |
States. He is on a two month's j
vacation ‘and will probably go as
! far South as New Orleans before '
' returning to Alaska.
Frank Cooper, adorned with a
magnificent growth of sage, and,
| Harry West, well known trapper |
| near Bear Glacier, returned to town
i Tuesday.
LOOK WHO’S HERE!
BEBE DANIELS-RICARDO CORTEZ
In the Fascinating Drama—
“The Maltese Falcon”
THE THRILLING STORY OF THE HUNT FOR A STAT
UETTE OF A FALCON, FILLED WITH
JEWELS WORTH MILLIONS.
A DETECTIVE MYSTERY
In which a beautiful girl crook, an international gang of
thieves, and the rightful owners match wits to
gain possession of the bird. Laid in San
Francisco, it is staged perfectly
and will keep you
INTERESTED AND THRILLED TO THE LAST
With it There is a Two-Reel Comedy—
"20TH AMENDMENT"
A Comical View’ of the Times a Few’ Years Ahead
AND AN INTERESTING NEWS REEL
THE LITTLE THEATRE CLUB
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HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM JANUARY 39—FEBRUARY 1
THE CAST:
BOB BENNETT.
E. M. HALLSTON. .
BISHOP DORAN.
CLARENCE VAN DUSEN.
DICK DONNELLY.
GWEN HALLSTON.
MRS. HALLSTON.
ETHEL.
MABEL.. .. . . .
SABEL._
MARTHA .
.NORMAN NILSON
.E. L. SWEEK
LEONARD IIOPKINS
.QUENTIN SMITH
JOHN NELSON, JR.
.VIVIAN NILSON
... MRS. F. E. LESLIE
.EDITH KAEMMER
.CLARA SKINNER
.ANNIE HORTON
.DORIS SULLIVAN
ACT I—Brokerage office of Rallston, Donnelly and
Bennett in New York City.
ACT II—Parlor in Summer home of E. M. Rall
ston. Long Island.
ACT III—The same as Act II.
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