HIGHWAY PLAN BOOSTED
IN SEATTLE
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Cheered by prospects of gain
ing congressional cooperation in
the Columbia River development
program, to cost about $175,000,
000, advocates of three equally
glamorous projects are receiving
more substantial consideration
in the Northwest.
One of these projects is a tun
nel through the Cascades to
link interior with coastal Wash
ington.
The second is the Alaska-Yu
kon Pacific highway to Fair
banks with eventual extension
to Nome and Bering Strait and
the third is passenger and
freight air service connecting the
twro continents.
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Now is the time for the col
onization department of the
Alaska Railroad to bring immi -
grants North from the depressed
areas in the States. The majori
ty of us came to Alaska broke
and are still broke.—Seward
Gateway.
Editor’s note.—Many are going
out worse than broke.
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SHORT COURSE WILL
TRAIN PROSPECTORS
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Gold often occur?: intimately
locked up in sulphides such as
pyrite, arsenopyrite and chal
copyrite. This finely divided gold
does not show up in the gold pan
unless the sample is taken from
an outcrop that has been suffi
ciently decomposed to free the
locked gold. The fire assay is the
only reliable method for testing
base gold ores.
Often the upper oxidized por
tions of a vein are free milling
while base ores occur as deeper
portions of the vein are mined.
Mills designed for straight
amalgamation will fail if base
ores are encountered.
This is one of the many inter
csting subjects which will be
discussed and illustrated with
type specimens during the Min
ing short course which opened
November 28 at the Alaska
College.—News Miner.
mcdern village is taking
FORM ON RESERVATION
There is rising from the forest
of the Tyonek reservation, on
tlie west shore of Cook Inlet, a
model village, where the natives
of that region will make their
future homes and where the
business of the reservation will
be carried on. The work of sur
veying the village is well under
way, under the capable direc
tion of Simeon Chickalushen,
streets are being cleared and
homes erected; by spring most
of the residents of the old vil
lage, more than two miles south
of the new location, will have
moved and it is expected that
another winter will find a new
school building in use in the
new settlement.
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enterprising natives was brought
to Anchorage recently by Frank
Smith, who makes his home near
the reservation and who was
called upon by the natives to as
sist them in setting up their
sawmill so that they might ciF
lumber for their new buildings
ond timbers for various purposes.
The mill is operated by a Ford
son tractor and the trees which
are being removed from the
streets and lots are being utiliz
ed at the mill.
It is expected that the occupa
tion of the hew _ townsites will
result in improving the health
of the villagers. In the past
there has been much illness be
cause of the unfavorable condi -
tions resulting from a poorly
selected towns!te^ subject to oc
casional overflow. The new
homes will be on high ground
and they are being constructed
with a view to providing the oc
cupants with the real comforts
of home. The villagers are taking
pride in their home building and
the new Tyonek will be a credit
to the community.—Anchorage
Times.
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WRITES FEWER IN FAR
NORTH
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There are fewer white resi *
dents of Alaska in proportion to
members of the colored races
now than there were in 1920, ac
cording to the 1930 federal cen
sus for the northern territory,
made public recently.
Perusal of the 1910 figures in
dicates the proportionate de
crease has continued for the
past 20 years. In 1930 the popul
ation of Alaska was 59,278; In
1920 it wTas 55,036, and in 1910 it
was 64,356. In 1930 the percent
age of whites was 48.3. In 1920 it
was 50.07, and in 1910 it was 56.6.
Indians are chief rivals of
whites in numbers. They are
steadily increasing their popula
tion. Indian percentage was 50 -
06 in 1930; 48.3 in 1920, and but
39.4 in 1910.
Indian population has increas
ed about 11 per cent of the total
in 20 years, while the white pop
ulation has decreased about 8 per
cent.
It is interesting: to note that in
1310 there were 500 white men
in Alaska to every 100 white wo
men, while in 1930 there were
228 white men to each 100 white
women.
The Indian proportion of men
to women remained unchanged,
105 men to every 100 women.
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The best way to avenge thy
self is not to become, like the
wrongdoer.—Marcus Arelius.
* * *
A normal man is one who
thinks he would look better 'if
the barber cut his hair differ
ently.