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ALASKA> ONE BEST BET
Additional evidence of the value of Colonel Jas. Gor
don Steese to Alaska both as the administrator of a vast
and intricate system of activities and as a sincere friend
of the people was revealed yesterday evening at the ad
journed session of the City council when he detailed
what had been done to bring to a successful conclusion
the matter of improving Lowell creek and the construc
tion of a breakwater for Seward.
Colonel Steese has the happy faculty of taking ev
eryone into his confidence when asked to consider a mat
ter, whether that matter is his immediate concern or
having to do with general subjects affecting the Territo
ry as a whole or a distinctive portion of it.
In dealing with the matters in hand, Colonel Steese
perform the labors of an executive entrusted with great!
responsibilities, and at the same time serves as a Dele
gate to Congress, working in harmony and sympathy
with the elected delegate and giving through these altru
istic labors the benefit of his great learning and broad
knowledge of national and Territorial affairs.
The only trouble is that Colonel Steese is too restrict
ed in his powers. They should be enlarged to give him
supervision over all Alaskan matters wherein the Fed-'
eral government is interested, including the direction of
bureau activities wherever they have a bearing upon de
velopment of Alaska.
The service already rendered has proved him equal
to any responsibility placed upon him and indefatigable
in his labors to accomplish a great end. that of bringing
to the people of the Territory every reasonable desire
insofar as his efforts may prevail.
We believe we voice the sentiment of every person
in Seward when we say that they are deeply appreci
ative of these services and agree with the Gateway that |
he is Alaska’s one best bet.
PROGRESS THAT COUNTS
The announcement that Frank Short has optioned a
large area of placer ground in the Hope-Sunrise district
and is preparing to sample it scientifically with a view
to the ultimate installation of a dredge will be received
with interest by those who are famaliar with these famous
placer fields. There are those who possess data to war
rant the statement that the placers of the district being
explored are as rich as anything Fairbanks has produced,
it only needing such an enterprise as a dredge to make the
gravels disgorge their stores of gold.
Mr. Short has had extensive experience in gold dredg
ing, being for several years connected with the Berry in
terests, big operators in the Circle district, and who owe ;
their large fortune to Alaskan placers.
In addition to the capital he is representing in the 1
present instance, he also has the command of the interests
with which he has so long been connected, and the initial
venture will be followed by others if the ground will stand
up. Such enterprises will have a signal effect upon imme
diate and future development as well as upon Seward, the j
supply base. Hence Mr. Short is entitled to every encour
agement and assistance in his undertaking.
The girl who went out motor riding with the English
Lord wasn’t as black as she was painted.
An Anchorage man volunteered the information the
other day that Seward looked dead. However that may
be, as yet no one has sent in a complaint about any stench
arising from the corpse.
The best method for disposing of the Wickersham in
junction is to sentence him to administer that prospectors’
transportation bill. If he lives through it, he will have
to catch a boat which sailed an hour or two before he
started for the dock.
B. OF. P. R. WORK IN
THIS REGION LATE
ENGINEER INGRAP.1 OUTLINES
I
COMING SEASON’S ACTIVITIES
!N DISTRICT
R. G. i:'.;-"'in. engineer !n charge,
o ' the wort: for this season on the (
various ro.iec:-- o' the Bureau of ■
PuhL ■ Roads in this diet act, has
been in s»»v:av;! for several weeks
a-itir. ; thing'- i" -endiness to begin
operations. j
I t unfortunately the backward
spring hm greatly delayed the start
ing of the work, but it i- hoped, with
a continuance of the p esent favora
ble wen! her, to make uu for lost
time. i
Part of ‘be necessary equipment '
has already gone forward and three
more trucks went out on this'morn
ing's freight train. Engineer Ingram
leaves tomorrow morn in u nd hopes
to be able to get thi•: ••qu'pmcnt
through to the gravel pit Mile 29
on the Moose Pass Highway,
and the surfacing of this entire .sec- ^
tion. which was reconstructed last
ear. The road from Hope to Sun
rise is also to be surfaced for its
entire length. Later in the season
it is intended to replace the badges
on Mile 2. on the Kenai Lake road,
with standard structures.
This is in addition to a large
amount of maintainan?e work, which
. ill be carried on simultaneously -
>n the various completed roads in
this district, as follows: In the Hope
District; on the Railroad-Sunrise
and Hope-Palmer Creek sections; on
the Girdwood-Crow Creek road; on
the Quartz Creek-Russian River road
and on the Seward-Kenai Lake road.
Mr. Ingram has already made a
trip, on foot, to the camp at Sunnse,
and found very encouraging indica
tions that this season would witness
substantial developments on the var
ious mining and agricultural pro
spects along the route of the High
way. When this season’s work on
the roads is completed, the opportun
ity *'or development will be still
further advanced.
[[ESI NOTICE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
U. S. GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
ANCHORAGE. ALASKA. JANUARY
25, 1927.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION (REGIS
TER) REPUBLICATION.
Notice is hereby given that Henry
A.. Murphy, of Uyak, Alaska, who on
May 8, 1923, made homestead entry _
No. 05932, for lots 5, 6, 7, E 1-2 SW 1-4,
Section 31, T. 33 S. R. 27 W. S. M„
lied notice of intention to make final
hree-year proof, to establish claim to
and above described, before U. S.
L.and Office, Seattle, Washington, and
aefore W. H. Rager, Anchorage, Alas
ra, on the 16th day of July, 1923.
Entry amended by letter of General
Land Office, “C” ACE dated January
5. 1927, to read as follows: NW 1-4
MW 1-4, Section 5, NE 1-4 NEI 1-4, Sec
ion 6, T. 34, S. R. 27 W„ SE 1-4 SE 1-4,
M 1-2 SE 1-4, NE 1-4 SW 1-4, lots 4, 5,
and 6, Section 31, T 33 S. R. 27 W.
3. M., containing 318.46 acres.
Claimant named as witnesses Wil
liam J. Riegel of Vanstone Hotel, Se
attle, Wash.; Jean Reigel of Vanstone
Hotel, Seattle, Wash.; Gladys D. Lew
is Anchorage, Alaska; H. S. Abbert,
Kodiak, Alaska.
' J. LINDLEY GREEN,
Register
First publication May 18, 1927.
Last publication June 22, 1927.
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