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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, I905.
TONS OF GOI.D.
In tliese days of great riches
people have got so used to speaking
of money in big sums that the term
"a million dollars” fails to impart
a fair understanding of the magni
tude of that much gold. How
many people realize, for instance,
that it would take pretty hard work
for a man mushing hi* own sled to
haul a million dollars in golddust
from Glen gulch, say, to Rampart
in two months? But it is a fact.
Give a man all the dust he could
bring in, by individual effort, from
Ouail creek fr< m now until the
snow disappears, and he would
still be barred from “good society”
in the east on account of his j>ov
erty.
The $in.ooo,oo<) in gold pro
duced in Alaska in 1904 amounts,
in round numbers, to 42,858 pounds
avoirdupois, or 21 tons 858 pounds.
Since 1897 Yukon teiritory has
produced al out $100,000,000. That
statement, made in that wav. does
not take one’s breath away, for
individual outsiders are credited
with more money than that nowa
days. Hut when the treasure of
the Klondike is set down a* ap
proximately 214 *'4 tons it makes a
pretty lair showing.
The golddust is pul down at a
valuation of j' i cents a grain, or
$i*> an ounce, troy If any one
wtshe- a more exact calculation
they have onlv to remember that
1 pound avoirdupois contains 7,000
grains, while a pound troy con
tain* 3.7*0 grains.
Troy weight i» only used tor
k..M, silver and jewels Keen mail
matter is weighed by avoirdupois.
NELSON ROAD BILL.
From tlie Fairbanks News.
The Nelson bill that, because of
the meager capital news that had
filtered its way into Fairbanks con
siderably puzzled the people here
when Mr. Heilig, clerk of the dis
trict court, wired from Eagle the
simple statement that it had passed,
is fully explained in a recent Wash
ington special sent the Seattle Post
Intelligencer by Walter E. Clark, a
j well-known Washington corre
spondent.
Wagon road construction on a
large scale in Alaska, the special
reads, is assured. The house today
passed the bill, which ivas put
through the senate at the last ses
sion, providing foi "the construe*
; tion and maintenance of wagon
| roads, the establishing and main
tenance of schools, and the care and
j support of insane persons in the
district of Aiaska.’’
The important feature, of course,
is the provision for roads. The
bill was drawn by Senator Nelson
last winter, and after it passed the
senate was sent to the house and
referred to the committee on terri
tories of that body. The committee
made a favorable report, with un
important amendments.
Representative Cushman called
tie bill tip today, and it was passed |
after the briefest discussion.
The president is in hearty sym
pathy with the objects of the meas
ure. and he will sign it within a
tew days'. The bill will make avail
able at least $70,000 every year for
the construction of roads alone.
According to its terms, 70 per
cent, of the lit ense moneys collected
will l>e expended in the construc
tion of roads, 25 per cent in the
maintenance of schools, and 5 per
cent, in the care of insane persons.
The total collections of license
moneys in the fiscal year of 1903.
outside the incorporated towns, was
$102,094. The money for toad
buildirg is to lie disbursed under
the direction of a commission espe
ciallv appointed for the purpose,
and the war department will have
supervision.
The road commission will have
large powers. The bill says the
commission shall have "the power
upon t'leir own motion to locate,
lay out, construct and maintain
wagon roads and pack trails wher
ever they, in their judgment, may
deem the -amt- to he advisable and
necessary.”
This means road I lidding on a
considerable scale in Alaska, for the
funds available for the purpose will
t>e replenished year bv war from
revenues from the district
While It must lie admitted the
lull as its tlrawrliucks, the prepw •
•ler nice of its beneficial provisions
N. V. HENDRICKS
ESTABLISHED 1904
Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
We Buy and Ship for you, Only on Commission
Call on our Agent or write to us
over these is pronounced. The ex
ception so far found is of local ap
plication, in respoct to the commis
sion.
It is provided that a certain per
centage of the gross license fees
outside of towns be devoted to the
construction of roads. The power
to employ this fund and direct its
expenditure is vested in a commis
sion that will act upon petition. It
is argued that this may be the
cause of inter sectional disputes in
Alaska, as the revenues will never
be great enough to satisfy all the
demands for highways in the terri
tory. Then it is contended the
coast districts will get the first call,
being so located that their inhab
itants can more quickly get the ear
of the national government, and
better know how to obtain what
they desire on account of being in
closer touch with the operations of
the government.
Valdez now has a proposal pend
ing to build a road to Eagle and
the interior, the cost of which has
been estimated at far above a mil
lion dollars. If the money required
for the building of this was obtained
solelo by the collection of license
lees the entire fund for many years
would be eaten up.
The srhool and insane provisions
meet general approval, particularly
the last named. Heretofore there
has l>een no appropriation made tor
insane people. Last fall a man in
this place became so helplessly in
sane that the authorities imprisoned
him for safe keeping. After several
months' confinement he was liber
ated, as there was no provision for
the support of such prisoners.
Ax.» now it is announced that
Congressman Lacey hasexjierienced
another change ot heart and will
opjiose and protably defeat—the
proposition of creating a fourth ju
dicial division for Alaska. It seems
that the president and congress are
a good way apart in their ideas
regarding Alaska: for, so far as we
have heard, tew of the measures
Mr Roosevelt recommended lor the
territory are likely to tie passed
I'aik hvsks now has a cbamlarr
of commerce with Capt Donald H
f»lM.>n president Dr W 41. Cassels
vtce president, John K. Ihllow sec
retarv and C.eo Butler treasurer
C. If. GIBBONS. M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office Hours: i to 3 p. m. and when not other
wise engaged.
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GKORGK A. HALIHRVKY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart. Alaska
•I. LINULKV GRKKN,
Lawyer.
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OFFICE OF
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HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER, ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
KIKST-CI.ASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Heeter’s Pack Train
Loaves for Glen Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
To and Prom All
the Creeks.
Good Teams
Good Service
I That tellow up the river who
''•tuck a chamber mug 011 his head
and claimed to l>e the King of Scot
land was little fa.thtr out of the
way than sotne of ns fellows who
procure a shirttail full of type and
as newspaper men think we are
running the I’nited States The
hallucination, in each case, is con
fined to the patient.
Jr nr. it OrWNisojc, the papers
say. has roa«le • favorable impres
sion on the l>ar, the press and the
people in the Fust division, where
he has entered upon the duties ot
hi- office