NEWSY LETTER
FROM PEERING
Pursuant to a request that the out
lying districts have their interests
represented and brought before the
public, we are in receipt of the fol
lowing interesting letter from Deer
Deering. Alaska. Jan. 1st. 1!>22
The Christmas festivities are now
a thing of the past, but memories of
them will linger with many of us for
quite a while. The holiday season
brought quite a number of visitors
to Deering from the creeks. All
coming with the intention of enjoy
ing themselves, and they were not
disappointed. Owing to sickness
among children the usual school en
tertainment had to he abandoned,
but a Christmas tree was provided
for those that were well and at the
distribution of presents all seemed
to be greatly delighted, as they were
with the dance and picture show
which followed.
The next day. Christmas, ail the
creek visitors were entertained right
royally by the Deering folk who did
everything possible to insure an en
joyable time for everyone, and al
though in the past we enjoyed our
Christmas’ in a more boisterous fas-'
hion, all appreciated the quiet select
songs, recitations, and humorous
stories that were a feature of this
one. It would be a hard task to
mention all the good things that
were a feature of this one. It would
also be some task to mention all the
good things that were provided, so
among the memories.
On the -6th there was a dog race
t for a purse of $30.00) to the Rapids
Road House and return. 15% miles.
This was won by Stanley Foster, at
a 12 mile an hour clip in 1 hour and
1!* min. Jack Douglas second, and
Harry Carmen third.
Dancing and movies in the evening
made the time pass all too quickly.
The boys on the creeks are still
talking of the good time provided
for them by Mr. and Mrs. Hoogen
dorn, Mr. and Mrs. Pasterm, Miss
Stewart. Gus Johnson. Boris Magids.
(’has. Oguda. Tom Case. John Pet
rich and Harry Roberts.
Among the visitors were Mr. and
Mrs. Swanson. Henry Coffin. Walter
German and Jud Chidester all from
the Kugruk River. They report
everybody in that section to be busy
prospecting and although no big
strike has been announced to date
no one is discouraged, and with the
number prospecting, there should be
some pay uncovered in the near fu
Cal. Calume and Frank Henry
have sunk quite a few holes to bed
rock and have found encouraging
prospects on the Polar Bear.
George Wallin is working the
Ivugruk coal mine, and is supplying
prospectors and miners, both on the
IMMRTANT CHANGES.
INCOME-TAX LAW
TREASURY I)EI*.\ RTMENT
INTERNAL IIEVKM’K SKRYH K
OFFICE OF THE <OLLECTOR,
TACOM A, WASH.
Tacoma, December. 12. 1921
TO THE EDITOR NOME NUGGET:
The following statement is issued j
by Collector of Internal Revenue
Burns Poe. for the District of Wash-1
“Enactment of new revenue legis-1
lation has brought to the offices of
Collectors of Internal Revenue a
flood of inquiries regarding various
provisions. The Revenue Act of
1921 became effective November 23,
1921. “unless otherwise provided
“To avoid error in the preparation
of their returns and later difficulties
with the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
taxpayers are advised to carefully
note the changes and when they be
come effective.
“The excess profits tax is repealed
as of January 1. 1922. The rates
for 1921 are unchanged.
“The surtax rates for the calen
dar year 1921 are unchanged, and
range from 1 per cent on the amount
of net income between $5,000 and
$6,000 to 65 per cent on the amount
of net income in excess of $1,000,000
For the calendar year 1922 the sur
tax rates range from 1 per cent cn
the amount of net income between
$6,000 and $10,000 to 50 per cent
on the amount by which the net
income exceeds $200,000.
“The exemption allowed for a de
pendent is increased from $200 to
$400. Married persons living with
husband or wife and heads of fam
ilies are allowed a personal exemp
tion of $2,500 ^instead of $2,000)
unless the net income is in excess of
$5,000. in which case the personal
exemption is only $2,000. The act
provides that in no case shall the
reduction of the personal exemption
from $2,500 to $2,000 operate to
increase the tax which would be
payable if the exemption were $2,500
by more than the amount of the net
income in exoess of $5,000. This
is to overcome the disparity in the
case of two taxpayers, one of whom
is just within the lower $2,000 ex
emption and the other just within
the higher $2,500 exemption.
“Single persons, and married per
*-ons not living with husband or wife,
are allowed an exemption of $1,000.
Non-resident aliens are allowed a
single personal exemption of $1,000.
Persons having gross incomes for
1921 of $5,000 or over are required
to make a return, regardless of the
amount of net income.
“Provision is made for the repeal
as of Jan. 1. 1922, of the tax on
-stockholders of a personal service
corporation as such. After that
date such corporations are to he tax
“The income tax on corporations
for the calendar year 1922 and
thereafter is increased from 10 to
12% per cent. The $2,000 exemp
tion hereafter allowed corporations
is to be granted only to those cor
porations whose net income is $25.
000 or less.
“Many persons are under the Im
pression that the taxes on ice cream,
soft drinks, etc., monthly returns
of which are required, have been
repealed with the enactment of the
new act. These taxes remain in
force until the end of the calendar
year 1921.
“No change is made in the tax on
admissions, except that after Janu
ary 1, 1922 there will be no tax
where admission is 10 cents or less.
Effective January 1. 1922 the follow
ing taxes are also abolished; on
musical instruments, sporting goods,
chewing gum, portable electric fans,
thermos bottles, fur articles, pleas
ure boats and pleasure canoes (un
less sold for more than $100), toilet
articles, medicines and numerous
articles of apparel.
“On and after January 1, 1922
the tax on various works of art is
reduced from 10 per cent to 5 per
cent, the tax on candy from 5 per
cent to 3 per cent and the tax on
carpets, rugs, trunks, valises, purses,
fans, etc., from 10 per cent of sales
price in excess of specified amounts
to 6 per cent of sales price in ex
cess of specified amounts.
'The tax on parcel post packages
is eliminated effective January 1.
“The new act provides that no tax
payer shall be subjected to unnec
cessary examinations or investiga
tions, and only one inspection of his
books or accounts shall be made for
each taxable year unless the taxpay
er requests otherwise, or the Com
missioner notifies the taxpayer in
writing that an additional inspection
is necessary.
“The period for filing returns on
the calendar year basis is from Jan
uary 1 to March 15, 1922. This
year, as last, the tax may be paid in
full at the time of filing the return
or in four equal installments, due
on or before March 15, June 15th,
September 15 and December 15.
“Copies of the revenue act may
be had by application to the office
of Collector of Internal Revenue,
Tacoma, Washington.”
4 cts a day will bring the Weekly
Nugget to your home.
Kugruk and Inmachuk.
A. V. Cordnvaria. who unfortu-i
ately missed the last Victoria left
Deering a few days before Christmas,
starting hV long trip overland by
dog team, for the big Outside.
The following are wintering on the
Inmachuk: Have Chace. who has
two strings to his bow, is trapping
and prospecting. We know he is
making good use of the former by
John DeBuhr and Frank Fellows
are doing considerable prospecting,
in an endeavor to pick up the channel
under the lava on the right limit op
posit the Ilomestake .
Frank Knapp and Harry Bourn
with the aid of John Grant have
reached bedrock in several holes,
and it is their intention to do quite
a little drifting in same.
| Richard Escholt has been prospect*
| ing the Black Diamond Bench, -and.
[with his brother Adolph (who has
I just returned from a prospecting trip
on the Kugruk) expects to start
hoisting pay immediately.
The Cordovado Company have
several men John Hyer, John Soder
holm and Gabriel Lynn l doing the
annual work on their various hold
Emil Pasteris of the Cordovado
Company, with his wife have been
staying in Deering for some time
past but expect to return to the up
river camp some time in January.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roust, we
regret to say have both been serious
ly ill during the last two weeks both
being the victims of a painful throat
trouble, a sickness which seems to
prevail in this district at the present
time quite a few cases being report
Up until the time of his illness
Mr. Roust in company with J. II.
Johnston and R. Gillis was busily
engaged in drilling the benches own
ed by them, with the result that they
expect to start mining operations in
Frank Aquina is having his usual
success in trapping:.
('has. Nicol is doing some pros
pecting on his Cunningham Creek
Frank Knapp has been kept busy
so far hauling supplies to the var
ious outfits on the creeks.
Uncle Ike Johnson is also busy
prospecting.
Procure your Oil Prospecting
blanks at the Nugget Office. New
est ;ind up-to-date forms.
NEW GAME LAWS
DEFINE PENALTIES
Copies of the recently passed game
laws received at this office are aa
follows:
District One includes the Aleutian
Islands, Alaska Peninsnla and neigh
boring islands, and Southeastern Al
aska, mainland and islands from Ya
kutat Bay to Dixon Entrance. I
District 2 includes the mainland
and islands from Yakutat Bay, Gclf
of Alaska. Iliarana Lake, and Bristol
Bay northward to the headwaters of
the streams flowing into the Arctic
ocean north o fthe sixty eighth par
allel of north latitude.
District 3 includes the region
drained by the streams entering the
Arctic Ocean north of the sixty-eigh
th parallel of north latitude.
Unprime Pelts—No land fur-bear
ing animal shall be killed when its
pelt is unprime.
Open Seasons—The black, glacier
and cinnamon bear, wolf, wolverine,
squirrel, marmot, carying hare (rab
bit) and Arctic hare may be killed
at any time.
The following fur bearing animals
may be killed in the specified dis
tricts during the following open sea
Districtl—Muskrat, December 16
to April 30. both dates inclusive.
Beaver. December 1 to March 31,
both dates inclusive.
Marten, November 16 to March 31,
both dates inclusive.
Mink, otter (land) and weasel,
December 16 to March 31,both dates
inclusive.
Fox and lynx, December 1 to Feb
ruary 28. both dates inclusive.
District 2—Muskrat, December 1
to May 31, both dates inclusive.
Beaver, Marten, mink, otter and
weasel. November 16 to March 31,
both dates inclusive.
Fox and lynx, December 1 te
March 15, both dates inclusive.
Artificial Lights and Shooting—
The killing of any of the following
land fur bearing animals, viz. white
Jim Jeffries
Pancho Villa
Jack Johnson
FAIRBANKS
and
Jess Willard
They Never Come Back.
CAN THE
ARMY AND NAVY
its a ? ? ?
March 11th Will Tell
at Big Eagle Hall
fox, blue fox, red fox. mink, marten,
weasel, otter, (land), muskrat, and
beaver by use of a jack or pit lamp
or any other artificial light, or by
shooting with either a rifle, shotgun
er pistol is-prohibited at all times. |
Traps—The killing of any land
fur bearing animal at any time by
means of the trap or device known
as klips or by means of any steel
bear trap or any other trap with jaws
having a spread exceeding ei0ht in
ches is prohibited.
Dogs—The use of dogs for pursu
ing or killing any land fur bearing
animal for which a close season is
prescribed for any period is prohibi
Poison—The killing of any land
fur bearing animal by means of
strychnine or poison is prohibited at
all times.
Seizures—All skins of land fur
bearing animals killed in violation
of these regulations found in the
possession of any person in Alaska
shall be served by wardens and other
officers designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture or other officers au
thorized by law and such wardens
and other officers shall hold said
skins for such disposition as shall
be ordered by the court having juris
diction of a suit for condemi ation
and forfeiture thereof.
Shipments of fur from Alaska
whether shipped as personal baggage
or otherwise will be subject to ex
amination by proper authorities and
may be detained if the shipment was
made In violation of these regula
Shipments of Furs—Shipments of
furs consigned to points outside of
Alaska which may be made at any
time, should be reported on appro
priate blanks which will be supplied
for that purpose.
On and after September 1, 1921,
all regulations for the protection of
land fur bearing animals in Alaska
made and published under authority
of the Alaska fur law prior to the
regulations hereby made and pub
lished shall be and are hereby re
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ALL TOGKTHER NO W-P IT L L !
Spit on your hands, get a good hold on the Seward Peninsula
bonds of affiliation, and pull ’em up closer. A chain may be
only as strong as its weakest link. BUT WITHOUT A CHAIN.
THERE IS NO STRENGTH AT ALL.. .Even a ptarmigan and
a timber wolf know there is power in E Pluribus Unum.
For a long time the different localities of this District have
been backsliding into little hermit villages; there has been a
fi%btfui lack of co-ordination. We have pulled at Congres
sional influence from every point on the compass, with the re
sult that we haven’t gotten anywhere. We have been like
some dog teams we all know of: "Geeing” and "Hawing”
when the command was Straight Ahead.
The NUGGET wants a weekly news letter from every settle
ment in the District. It wants to print your activities, social
and otherwise, and it wants the feelings and expressions of
your community on the big issues confronting us all. It
wants your support by subscription. A larger paper meanB a
better paper. Buy it; read it, and send us your suggestions
as to how to better it. We would like to be a perfect mirror
of the Peninsula's thoughts and desires. This will require
teamwork. ^
Just laying back there in your cabin, grumbling and growl
ing to yourself wont help any. Clear, constructive criticism,
though, when given the light of day may ascomplish wonders.
Get together. Appoint someone in your community as cor
respondent and let the World know you haven’t hibernated for
the winter. We might suggest that your local school teach
ers be interested in writing up your activities, and we will
make substantial remuneration for their literary labors.
Interest is what we want. The country is interested in us.
Let’s show them we are interested in ourselves.
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