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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 5. (By
W.A.S.) —Publisher William Ran- t
tlolph Hearst lias extended an invi- t
tation to Delegate Wickersham as
well as all other Congressmen to be j
his guest on a 10-day trip to Can
ada, starting from Washington on -
November 14. The purpose is to ]
study the Canadian sales tax sys- ,
tern, but Mr. Hearst has empha- j
sized the statement that no efforts •
will be made to impress the mem- ,
bers for or against the tax, and that (
their acceptance for the journey .
will not be construed as any com- ,
mitment on the question. The Del- •
egate’s duties in Washington will
prevent him from joining the party.
The District Engineer’s office at
Juneau has prepared a report on
the Petesburg harbor project,
which was sent some time ago to
the division office at San Francisco.
Whether the recomendation is fav
orable will not be known until the
report is received in Washington.
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Bishop P. T. Rowe writes that he
expects to be in Washington about
the 10th of December. Among other
things he says: “In regard to the
fishing for King salmon 500 yards
outside of the mouths of the Yukon
River, and a catch limited to 50,
000, I have no objection. My pro
test was made without knowledge
of the limitations. I protested ■
against any proposal to open the
Yukon, or any other river, to com
mercial fishing. So I am not op
posed to Mr. O’Malley’s plan. What
it was, evidently was not clear to
nae.”
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Ernest Walker Sawyer, represent
ing Secretary of the Interior Wil
bur, has returned to Washington
for a few weeks. He feels much en
couraged over the feeling created
in San Francisco favorable tp Al
aska. The Chamber of Commerce
has established an Alaska branch,
similar to that in the Seattle cham
ber, and is already arranging for a
big excursion to Fairbanks next
summer. Mr. Sawyer is particular
ly interested in the proposed Inter
national highway, being a member
of the American commission. He
states that a joint meeting of the
highway is entirely feasible from.
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,n engineering view point. The
lignment through Hazelton, Dease,
’eslin, Whitehorse and Dawson to
’airbanks is reported to be prac
icable. At a meeting of the joint
ommittee to be held in Washing
on in January the economic ad
antages of this highway and the
idvisability of early construction
vill be considered.
The distance by located line from
he peace arch at Blaine, Wash.,
o Fairbanks is 2,225 miles and 145
miles more to Seaettle. From
31aine to Hazelton is 815 miles,
L completed in 1929), Hazelton to
yukon boundary, 610 miles (vir
gin country), across Yukon to Al-1
iska boundary, 530 miles, Alaska
border to McCarty, 180 miles, from
VIcCarty to Fairbanks, 90 miles. The
mtire expenditure necessary to
construct a well graveled highway
X) the heart of Alaska is about $14
)00,000. It is considered that the
fukon section requires complete
•egrading for its total of 530 miles,
it an average cost of $7,500 per
mile, or $3,975,000 plus $600,000 for
Lhe bridges in that section. The
section from Hazelton to the Yukon
border is estimated to cost $13,000
per mile including bridges, totaling j
£7,930.000 for British Columbia. The
Alaska section is estimated at $10,
D00 per mile or a total of $1,800,
300.
The Hyder Chamber of Commerce
is particularly anxious that Con
gress should take favorable action
at the coming session to give pro
tection against the ravages of the
Salmon River, and also to give em
ployment to the 60 or more men
who are now in that town and out
of work*, largely because the low^
price of silver has resulted in clos
ing some of the mining properties.
The project has been examined by
Major Malcolm Elliott, district engi
neer, and his report was forwarded
on September 15 to the divisional
engineer at San Francisco. When
the report is forwarded to the
Washington office, and if it is fav
orable, the matter will at once be
taken up with the hope of having
the Budget, approve the necessary
appropriation so that it can be
included in the Rivers and Harbors
bill.
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Adverse weather conditions pre- |
vented the unloading of some 13
or 14 tons of gold-quartz ore from
the MS Rolph III yesterday and
the unloading was to take place to
day. The sea, however, was some
what choppy today again and it
may be that the unloading had to
be delayed again.
Capt. Sather proposes to have the
Alaska Railroad crane take the ore j
from the cargo hold of his vessel |
and land it on the wharf.
The ore is a consignment from
the Rosness mine at Nuka Bay and
will probably be shipped to Tacoma
smelters on the next boat.
Providing the ore could be un
loaded today Sather expected to
leave for Nuka Bay early tomorrow
morning.
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TRAINS ARRIVE TRAINS DEPART
Each Tuesday <6:30 p. m. Each Wednesday 7:30 a* m.
Fairbanks and way points.
Mixed train from Anchorage and intermediate points ar
rives each Sunday, p. m.
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not earlier than 10:00 a. m. each Wednesday.
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Weekly Schedules from Anchrage with U. S. Mail
For Information, rates, etc., see—
Elwyn Swetmann
SEWARD REPRESENTATIVE
KARL K. KATZ
Manager
ANCHORAGE BASE
STEAMSHIP STARR
CAPTAIN ARTHUR RYNING
NEXT SAILING OUT OF SEWARD
DECEMBER 5
SAN JAUN PISHING & PACKING
COMPANY
Chas. A. Jansen, Agent
Phone Madison 139 Seward, Alaska
TraveJ by the
Dollar Steam
ship Line from
Pacific Coast
ports to New
York via Pana
ma Canal.
Vessel
Leaves Arrives Leaves
Seattle Seward Seward
Evans .Nov. 24 Dec. 2 Dec. 5
Evans .Dec. 15 Dec. 23 Dec. 26
Evans .Jan. 5 Jan. 13 Jan. 16
Evans .Jan. 26 Feb. 3 Feb. 6
Evans .Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Feb. 27
Evans .Mar. 8 Mar. 16 Mar. 19
Steamer
NORTHWESTERN .Nov. 17
ALAMEDA .Dec- 1
NORTHWESTERN .Dec. 8
ALAMEDA .Dec- 22
NORTHWESTERN .Dec. 29
The freighter Oduna will sail from
Seattle on November 12 for Seward
j. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
Alaska Steamship Co
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