ALASKA BUREAU
NEWS LETTER
Seattle, July 20—A Washington
special says: Three bills, embodying
separate and distinct plans for the
government of Alaska, now are be
fore the house committees on terri
tories. Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall is the latest to send
a tentative measure to the commit
tee He proposes to vest in his o vn
department all the functions pre
taining to the care, development and
use of the natural resources of Al
aska and construction work for the
benefit of the territory where the
major portions of such functions is
already fixed hv law He is willing
that the functions of a scientific or
technical nature remain in the de
partment of agriculture, commerce
or other departments charged with
the administration of such matters.
Marking an important step in
government effort to conserve north
ern fisheries, announcement tha: a
series of hearings would be held in
Seattle next fall to consider the ad
visability of restricting fishing on? -
ations within 500 yds of the mouth
of Alaska streams was made by
Henry O’Malley, chief of the Alaska
Division of the United States bureau
of fisheries. Seattle headquarters
The first hearings will he held in
Seattle on November 1". and 17. this
hearing to cover the territory in
Southeastern Alaska, from Tape
Spencer east, a distance of perhaps
500 miles taking in all the principal
streams in the southeastern section
of the territory. Present federal
regulations permit fishing with mov
able gear 200 yards off the mouth of
rivers, but it is planned to increase
this distance up to 500 yards. Hear
ings on this subject will also be held
at Juneau on October 10.
Further confirmation of the rich
gold strike reported in the vicinity
or Girdwood, has been received from
Senator Price of Anchorage, who
states that samples assayed show
gold running up to $10.1 per ton.
He described the main ledge as trace
able for about 1,500 f**et with ledges
varying from six inches to seventy
live feet in width. About seventy
live men are reported in the field at
this time.
That sufficient development work
has been done to warrant production
of high grade ore in the Keno Hill
section of the Mayo district for sev
eral years, but that nothing has ve*
been uncovered to sustain produt
tion of a large tonnage for a long
period of years, is the statement just
made by James O. Greenan. engin
eer in charge of the Yukon Gold Cor
poration operations at Mayo, who
has just returned to the states from
the Yukon. The town of Mayo is
reported to have a population of ap
proxiinately 400 people this au»n
The taking of 30,000 fur seal
skins on the Pribilof Islands during
the calendar year 1921 has been
authorized in instructions recently
received from Washington by repre
sentatives of the U. S. Bureau of
Fisheries on St Paul and St George
Islands.
F. A. Malcolm, who operates a
shell fish cannery at Petersburg, an
nounces plans for the operation of a
I shirmp cannery at Juneau. Plans
'are being pushed for the opening of
I the new plant this summer.
Dr Alfred II. Brooks, geologist
in charge of the Alaska Division of
the United States Geological Survey
is in this city on his way to Alaska
to make his annual investigation
visit. Points on Dr. Brooks itin
erary are Prince William Sound, the
Matanuska Coal Felds, and the Kan
tishna mining district. The latter,
northwest of Mt. McKinley. Is un
dergoing both placer and lode devel
opment: it yields gold and silver.
With a shipment of gold ore from
the mines of the Alaska Treadwell
Gold Mining Comnany in the Kusko
kwim River district and passengers
from Bethel, the raotorship Ozmo.
Captain John Worth, of the Northern
Commercial Co., has arrived in Se
attle. The Ozmo is expected to sail
from Seattle for Bethel with freight
and passengers. She will have a
full cargo of miscellaneous ship
ments and mining supplies.
• Occupation statistics for the terri
tory. just compiled by the census bu
reau taken from the census returns
of If*20 show that there were 26,797
persons engaged in agricultural,
forestry and animal husbanry; 5.285
or 19.7 per cent engaged In extrac
tion of minerals; 4.338 or 16.2 per
I cent in manufacturing and mechan
| ical industries; 2,393 or S.9 per
j cent in transportation; 1,390 or 5.2
I per cent in trade; 1,324 or 4.9 per
j cent in public service; 1.078 or 4
percent in professional service;
j 5,053 or 18.9 per cent in domestic
and personal service and 648 or 2.4
j per cent *in clerical occupations.
Fanned by high winds, the $300.
000 Libby McNeill and Libby salmon
cannery at Kenai. which was one of
the largest in Alaska, was destroyed
by fire July 21. according to advices
received in Seattle. The first news
of the destruction of the cannery
was received in a wireless dispatch
from Capt. Charles Glasscocl master
of the Pacific Steamship Company's
liner Admiral Watson. Captain
Classcock said that 125 cannerymen
composing the crew of the cannery,
are aboard his vessel bound for s
tie. The Admiral Watson also has
10,000 cases of canned salmon which
was saved from the flames.
With two timber sales already ef
I fected—one involving two billion
feet and the other more than a mil
lion cords—the pulp and paper de
velopment of Alaska will soon be in
augurated on a large scale by the
construction of two big pulp mills
and paper plants, in addition to a
vast hydro-electric development.
This was the assurance given by F
A. Sherman of Washington, D. C .
associate forester, to local Supervisor
W. B Welgle recently Sherman
is now on hir way to Warhi igt *n
headqinnrtra after an er • ve sur
vey of /.la.kas timber A •
■ W. G. Stoesses proposes to go to
Alaska and take, during the next
three months, a series of motion
pictures educationals that will be of
advertising value to the territory, in
entertaining and for public exhfbi
tlon. The purpose of the film is to
visualize Alaska’s industry, climate,
scenery and potentialities In a true
manner. Showing these pictures
vill correct the false Impression he!-!
generally In this country about A1
a ska. always pictured as a land of
eternal ice ?nd snow.
PROOFS OF LABOR BLANKS
ON SALE AT NUGGET OFFICE
GOVERNOR HONK RECLINES
INVITATION TO SPEAK
AT MINING CONGRESS
An invitation to be one of the
speakers at the International Mining
Exposition at Chicago in October has
been declined by Governor Bone, ac
cording tovthe Juneau Empire. He
had been asked to make an address
on the Territory and its opportuni
ties. The Governor said that it will
be impossible for him to be absent
from Alaska at that time. He will
probably go to Washington about the
first of next year to aid in formulat
ing a new Alaskan policy to be
adopted by th«> administration and
prior to that time will gather data
and information to be used in con
nection with that work. It is ex
pected by that time that legislation
for the co-ordination of Alaska bu
reauus will have been considered by
Congress and probably passed .
WANTED—A RIB
Oh. unknown man. whose rib I am.
Why don’t you come for me?
A lonely, homesick rib I am.
That would with others be;
Oh. I want to wed—
There, now. ‘tis said;
I want my man to come at once
And claim his rib.
Some men have thought
That I was theirs.
But only for a bit—
Somehow we didn't fit.
There's just one place.
The only space.
I'll fit—I will not fib.
I want that man to come at once
And claim his rib.
Oh. don’t you sometimes feel a lack.
A new rib needed there!
It's I. Do come and get me '
Before I have gray hair;
Come get me, dear.
For T am homesick here.
I want—I will not fib—
i I want my man to come at once
And claim his rib.
STEESE MAKING SURVEY
ALASKA 1*0RT FACILITIES
As District Engineer for Alaska.
Colonel James G. Steese has been
Instructed by the Board of Engin
eers. River and Harbor Work.' to
submit a report covering all the port
facilities in Alaska, according to an
announcement made by him today,
says the Juneau Empire. This work
is now in progress of being done, he
stated, f
A full report on Nome. Seward
and Anchorage, on which data has
been accumulated, is being prepared.
Partial data has been secured on the
facilities at Cordova and others is
being gathered. Colonel Steese has
also been allotted funds to cover sur
veys at both Juneau and Ketchikan
and these will be made as soon as
possible
Delegate Dan A. Sutherland has
also requested Colonel Steese to
make up for him an informal repotr
on wharfage facilities at Hyder. As
no funds are available and there is
no authority for such a survey, the
matter will be handled informally, it
Colonel Steese has received in
structions to submit a report on the
protection -of the town of Seward
from flood damage due to overflows
from Lowell Creek. This matter is
covered by Senate Joint Memorial
No. 7 passed by the last Territorial
Legislature.
There! s no authority for doing the
work nor for making a formal re
port to Congess. said Colonel Steese.
but Delegate Sutheland will use the
information requested for introduc
tion of a bill in Congress. In antici
pation of the formel instructions Just
received during his recent visit to
Seward. Colonel Steese conferred
with Senator E. E. Chamberlain,
the Mayor and City Council of Sew
ard on the matter.
This work he said cannot be han
dled by the Rivers and Harbors dis
trict as the stream is not navigable.
The work, if authorized, will prob
ably l»e bandied as was teh Valdez
dyke in the latter instance, an ap
propriation for that work was in
cluded In the road appropriation and
the actual work was carried out un
der the direction of the Alaska Road
Confmlasion as the nearest function
ing body in the Territory.
C. S. Keifer. junior engineer. En
gineer Department at Large, has
been I ratisferred to the Alaska dis
trict. Rivers and Harbors, according
to an announcement made by Colonel
Steese. Mr. Kelfer has been con
nected with the big government pow
er project at Mussel Shoals in Ala
bama prior to coming to Alaska.
He arrived in Juneau oh one of the
last vessels from the south. He was
sent to Wrangell on the Jefferson
to complete the survey of the Wran
gell Narrows improvement project
and to collect data for the final im
port on that matter which will be
submitted to the Board of Engineers
by Colonel Steese this fall.
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES CHANGE
PIONEER HOME MANAGEMENT
Governor Scott C. Bone Is ex
pected to announce shortly the ap
pointment of a new superintendent
for the Pioneer Home at Sitka, ac
cording to the Juneau Empire. In
a statement to that journal the gov
ernor said there are a number of
applicants for the position and all
of thettn have been considered. No
intimation was given as to the prob
able appointee.
A Countryman was inscribing the
name of a highly respected, recently
departed deacon on a tombstone.
The stone rested on an empty beer
barrel in his shop.
A friend of the late worthy called
in to see how the sculptor was pro
ceeding with the work, and objected
to his friend’s tombstone resting on
a beer barrel, remarking: "Do you
know, John, that my dear departed
friend never drank a drop of beer
in his life?"
“Well," replied John. "I bet he
would give something for a pint
MUELLER TO C ONTINUE
BUSINESS DURING WINTER
A. J. Mueller has announced that
it Is his intention to remain in Nome
next winter and will keep his well
known jewelry establishment open
the year around. Mr. Mueller
wishes to inform his patrons and the
general public that he has no inten
tion of going to the Outside and will
be ready at all times to give the pub
li< th>; most up to date service in
jewelrv supplies of all kinds. IT*
will be pleased to take care of ail
orders from the outlying sections
and wii! give them his most careful
attention. Thanking the public for
A. J. MUELLER,
Nome’s leading jeweler.
New Salted Herring
5c each
The Fish is of the
finest Quality.
Cured and packed
by John Winther
at Golovin Bay.
m MI HOODS
and Notions arrived on
the Str. Ketchikan
On this Victoria we will receive
a big Shipment of the Famous
PATRICK S TOP SHIRTS,
SWEATERS, AND MACKINAWS
DIRECT FROM DULUTH
They will be on Display in a few Days
Wait for their arrival.
THORULF LEHMANN