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"This is going to be a banner J
year for Alaska, with an unusually
heavy migration this spring,” said
William J. Porter of the Paulson- I
Porter Company. “Eighty years
ago, during a similarly prolonged
period of business depressions, the
land of gold an opportunity was
California. Today it is Alaska,
hch and poor are now flocking
lere to win gold for themselves, the
former by means of dredges and
large-scale hydraulic operations
and the latter by hand labor on
claims of their own locating.
“Since 1880 Alaska has yielded,
according to government statistics,
more than $400,000,000. an annual
average of about $8,000,000. Last
year’s output was $10,000,000 and
this year it will greatly exceed that
figure.
“Most of the gold now comes
from the Yukon region, centering
around Fairbanks, and the Sew
ard Peninsula region around Nome.
Dredges account for most of the
output from either district, al
though hydraulic operations con
tribute an important total while
primitive hand methods still yield
n impressively large volume in
e aggregate.
‘The U. S. Geological Sur
y in a recent bulletin, says that
though output between 1904 and
30 totaled $80,000,000 in the Fair
.nks region, an even greater
nount is likely to be recovered
rom the same area in the next 25
^ears by dredges and other mech
nical devices, reworking the same
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streams and others that could not
be worked by hand methods.
“The biggest producer in the
: Seward peninsula region is the
| Hammon Consolidated Goldfields
! at Nome, but the area from which
is expected the greatest propor
tionate increase in gold production
this year is the Kougarok, about 100
miles north and east £f Nome.
While the Kougarok is a shorter
river than the Iditarod, the Kusko
kwim or the mighty Yukon, it has
an unusually good production rec-j
ord. During the last 12 years with
only one dredge in operation, out
put is conservatively estimated at
$4,000,000, largely obtained by pri
mitive hand methods. The pay
streak along the Kougarok and one
of its tributaries, Henry creek, is |
consistent and continuous, with j
values over considerable areas run
ning as high as $9 to the cubic
yard.
“Like many another area in the
Seward peninsula region, the Kou
garok contains much virgin terri
tory that will today pay good wages
to willing and intelligent workers, i
Such men need only enough capi- j
tal to get them to the scene of op- |
erations early in the season with I
an adequate grub stake and tools, i
“I know of a Gonzaga student
who thought a year ago he might1
never be able to finish his course.'
He could get no job that would
help finance him for another term.
An old prospector offered to take
him in on a third lay. He tackled
it in desperation and came out
last fall with $3000 as his share.”
GOING TO STATES
A number of Bristol Bayites are
making connections with the SS.
Admiral Evans, now to the West
ward, for transportation to the
States. They are being flown ac
ross the Alaska Peninsula to Ko
diak where they board the vessel.
Seven such passengers were to be
taken from Warren, in the Bristol
Bay counrty. Monsen intended to
make two trips to ferry the seven
men acoss.
Martin Heath, an oldtimer of the
Fairbanks region, who resided in
an isolated spot in back of Graehl,
was taken to the Fairbanks hosp
ital recently, after having been
found lying helpless in his cabin.
He had suffered a paralytic stroke.1
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Mile 7 on Seward-Kenai
Highway—All the at
mosphere of Alaska
expressed in real
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PORTATION CO.
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Leaves Seward 20th
of each month
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j Rev. Wilferd C. Files was an ar
rival in Seward Thursday on the
liner Yukon and he is enroute to
Nenana where he will take up his
missionary duties. Rev. Files comes
from Solomons, Maryland.
IT THE HOTELS
VAN GILDER—F. E. Swartz, Jun
eau; Glenn Carrington, Seattle; H.
G. Abercrombie, Anchorage; Mrs.
D. W. Metzdorf and son, Anchor
age; G. T. Mumford and family,1
Anchorage; J. J. Chisholm, Anch
orage; J. L. Freeman; E. A. Gray,
Seattle; Capt. Ivan >L. Peterson,
Chickaloon; H. H. Brownell, Holly
wood; D. E. MacGregor, Hollywood;
O. F. Ohlson, Anchorage; James T.
Lavery, Fairbanks; Elsie H. Reeser,;
Fairbanks; Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Shurtleff; Maude L. Shurtleff; Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Feuling, St. Paul;
W. N. Cuddy, Valdez; Cecil H.
Clegg, Valdez; A. C. Dowling, Val
dez; B. Burroughs, Matanuska; and
Wilfred C. Files, So’omon-’s, Mary
land.
OVERLAND—V. Andnnian, H. W.
Edwards, Juneau; W. E. Austin,
Anchorage; Wm. Warrack; J. W.
Kline, Scranton, Pa.; A. Duane.
Flowers made to order for all
occasions. Sylvia’s.
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INCOMING LOCALS
The incoming local listing of pas
sengers, other than the Seattle list
ing published previously, included
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Fueling, Wm.
Hauck, E. J. Batton, Edwin Thomas
and H. W. Edwards, from Juneau,
and Cecil Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Barnett, Albert Traus, A. C.
Dowling, Judge Cecil Clegg, W. N
from Valdez.
Federal Judge Cecil Clegg, re
cently confirmed to be judge of the
Third Division, was an arrival in
Seward Thursday from Valdez.
Judge Clegg is enroute to Anchor
age for a brief visit.
Development of the Kempf pro
perty on the right limit of Craigie
Creek, in the Willow Creek district,
is to be undertaken immediately
under the direction of W. G. Smith, j
mining engineer, who is now in j
the hard rock belt. Considerable
mining equipment recently passed
through Seward for Smith and it
is understood a camp wil be esta
blished on Craigie Creek.
Large quantities of platinum are
used in the commercial manufac
ture of sulphuric acid.
SPECIAL ON TIKE REPAIR. IN
quire at Bob’s Garage.
Col. Otto F. Ohlson, general man
ager of the Alaska Railroad, arriv
ed in Seward Thursday'on his spec
ial car, having H. H. Brownell and
Don E. MacGregor, Hollywood cam
eramen, in their filming of various
scerycs along the railroad.
Capt. Ivan L- Peterson, who has
been conducting oil drilling opera
tions in the Chickaloon area dur
ing the last few years was an ar
rival in Seward on the train Thurs
day. Mr. Peterson is enroute to
San Francisco.
Round trip passengers on tthe
SS. Yukon, in port today, are Mary
A. Egan and Gertrude Reese.
CORRECTION
A correction Ls made with refer
ence to the Alaska Railroad train
service out of Seward on Friday.
The train leaves Seward every Fri
day at 9 a. m. and connects with
the gas car at Anchorage, making
no stops between Anchorage and
Fairbanks and arrives at Fairbanks
at 5 a. m. Saturday (not Sunday
as heretofore announced) carrying
passengers, express, mail and per
ishables.
Allen V. Kelly, oldtimer of the
Northland, returned to Alaska on
the SS. Yukon and is enroute to
Alatna, some 350 miles northwest
of Fairbanks. Mr. Kelly will pro
bably fly to that area.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. A, D. Haverstock
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
_ Seward General Hospital
E. P. Harwood
ATTORNEY AT LAW
_ Seward. Alaaka
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SEE
Curtis R. Morford
AGENT
Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts
Attorney-at-Law Notary Public j
Dr. A R. Roberts
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Donohue & Diraond
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
OFFICES
VALDEZ AND CORDOVA
PERSONAL ATTENTION
given all auto work done by
BOB'S GARAGE
AND REPAIR SHOP
BOE BUILDING
6th and Washington
ROBERT MANTHEY
Phone Mad. 144
“Let us end your motoring
troubles.”
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Makes monthly trips around all
Shumagin Islands and Herin
deen Bay and will land anyone
anywhere on either side of Al
aska Peninsula.
CAPT. RALPH GROSVOLD
Sand Point, Alaska.
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BETTER TIMES ARE COMING
Don’t be Discouraged!
Don't lose the will to win .... don’t join the pessimists who
see naught but disaster ahead-r
During a previous depression, the government had to is
sue paper “Clearing House Certificates” as a substitute for
money. Conditions were just as bad, only we have forgotten.
Prosperity has always followed bad times—this is one of the
laws of business cycles.
Now is the time to substitute the word “Reconstruction” for
“depression.”
Don’t be discouraged. Lend a hand to reestablish confidence.
America will see this through and emerge victorious.
Better times are coming!
We pay 4 per cent interest compounded semi
annually on all savings accounts.
Bank of Seward
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