lUSKA 6URHU
NEWS IfTIER
Seattle. Moiv than tt.OOO reindeer
carcasses will l*e available for ship
ment to American markets through
Seattle next year. breaking; all previous;
records in tills new Alaskan industry,
according to lumennc^neiit of Car] .1.
Ixunen. secretary-treasurer of I-omen
and Company of Nome, who is now
in this city preparatory to an Eastern
trip to organize distributing agencies
for reindeer meat Ixuntm and Com
pany with herds of 35,000 reindeer,
could only ship 1.000 carcasses this j
‘•We have just completed two co’.d
storage plants at Kgowik and Clolovln.
near N'olin*. which, with our two other
plants will afTort cokl storage facili
ties for approximately 15,000 carcasses
every year. In the near future it is
proposal to establish a c hain of these
plants «m the AJalskan coast to butcher
end freeze reindeer meat, with a spec
ial refrigerator steamer of enlarged ,
capacity t ran sporting this moat to Se
attle for distribution. If we can get j
the transportation, 6.000 carcasses will
he shipped in 1921."
The early freczeup on the Yukon,
together with low stages of water and
heavy floating ice, cost the White Pass
and Yukon 11000,000, according to Bert
Wheeler, general manager of the rail
road. who returned to Seattle head
quarters after spending the. summer
season nbrth. The company lost two
river ste-«n«rs and wore forced to place
others in temporary winter quarters
miles from the overhauling shops at
Whitehorse. The Mayo district, ac
cording to Wheeler, promises to revive
the interior. He believes the Mayo
section, provided winter developmen*
work proves the opinion of experts, (
will tx-come the greatest irrrinng camp i
in the West. The Mayo district has;
tremendous possibilities for silver and
lead. Already tfome of the larges*
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SPECIAL
From now until March 10th we will sell at
OUTSIDE PRICES Made to Order
I AILORGD SUITS AND OVERCOATS for
Gentlemen. Get your order in while re
duction lasts. |0 TO 20% Off.
Nome Tailoring Co.
Opposite Nugget Office.
Nome, Alaska
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Dealer in Raw Furs
shipment?
for highest
rig the day re
e in order thi
s paid for Raw Furs,
nd New York Market
c*d. If desired, your
tr prices may be ap
jur valuation does not prove satis -
aetory, the Furs will be returned to you. transportation charges pre
iaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or Express. Ship in a dry con
ation- Always enclose an itemized list of contents with name and
iddress. Also place duplicate list on the outside of package or bale.
Ul payments are made by check on the Seattle National Rank, or in
ny other manner desired. Special instructions, if any, to accompany
hipment.
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CHAS. CAVEY, Prop.
mining corporation* in America have
development crown working then; and
all during the winter this work will
be carried on.
It is announced that the HoonaJi
Gamh'.or Bay ar.d Excmwdon inlet
plants of the l^aciflc-American Fisher
ies will remain idle during ‘he 1921
season, thereby cutting the pack of
light grades of salmon in the Juneau
district about a quarter of a million
cases. Officials of the 1*. A. F. com
pany declare it will not bo profitxib’e
to p:tck light grades of fish at the Al
aska canneries next season on account
of the heavy run expected on Puget
Pound.
Oolonel, W. B. fJreeley, chief of the
United States forest service, who has
Just returned from an inspection of
timber and water power on the Ton.
gass national forest, declare a that the
national forests of Alaska contain re
sources sufficient to produce 1,500,000
tons of paper annually in perpetuity
and that a huge paper industry in the
territory is a cenfcUnty of the future.
Already a sale of 100,000.000 feet of
pulp timber hits been made and a sec
ond sale of 1.500.000.000 feet which
will supply a large paper plant for
more, than thirty years, is now being
arranged.
Bert Dwyer of Montana, has been
appointed by the Department of the
Interior, federal mining inspector of
Alaska .with headquarters at Fair
banks. the isite of the mining experL
The Alaska Liberty Oil Company
has been organize I to hike over the
oil Land holdings of l>r. Mass, Messrs.
Henderson. Kelson. Butler and Nemo,
in the Cold Bay section of Alaska.
Frederick Freeman Evans, president,
Dwior Mass, vice, president and Will
the company with headquarters in this
The total population of Alaska is
nouncement, reoently made by Super
intendent W. T. Ix>pp. Alaska DivL j
sion. U. S. Bureau of Education. The
report divides the population as fol
lows: Whites. 29.210; natives. 25.508.
J. w. Marr. partner of Kmil Davis
in the Comfrion wealth group of lode
claims at Hyder. was in Seattle last
week to consult with other officials of
the Commonwealth Minins and Explo
ration company regarding development
work which will start in the spring1.
Last fall the surface showing in this
group wits carefuly sampled, showing
exceptional returns in silver and gold.
It is planned to drive a tunnel about
200 feet to tap the ore hotly at it depth !
of approximately 500 feet. The main
ore body as shown on the surface • «
vary wide, .and it is believed it will
show values at this depth for more
than 200 feet wide.
H. L. Faulkner, acting as attorney
for the Alaska Consolidated Oil Fields,
filed application in tho local U. S.
Land Office for 12 claims i.n the Katal
lu district. The Alaska Consolidated
Oil Field*; incorporated under the
laws of the state of Washington, has
Ft capital stock of 91.500,000.
Milo Kelly and Leopold Davis, both ,
Well-known Alaskans, h:ive made ap
plication for a ten year lease on 22,000
acres of government timber land about
ten miles from! Anchorage for timher
amd mailufjtcturing purposes. It Js
proposed by Kelly and Davis to enect a (
sawmill this year and to cut the white
birch which abounds in the north.
The mill will cost approximately |25,- 1
000 and will have a capicity of about
3.000.000 feet a year. Later a furni
ture factory will be erected to supply
the Alaskan market.
There is every indication of a heavy
travel north in the spring to be fol
lowed by the heaviest tourist travel in
history. Although there will be few
cannery crews moved north the Alas
kans tv turning north will far exceed
the ennners' help usually token north.
Hundreds of Alaskans determine to re
turn north in the spring.
With six men aboard, the power
schooner Olga, of the Seattle-Arctic
fleet is three weeks overdue on a voy
age from Unalaaka to this port and
fear is now expressed that the vessel
may have gone down with all hands
In one of the great stoitm that have
lashed the North Pacific this winter.
She should have arrived In Seattle be
fore ChrlidiiiMis. The Seattle district
headquarter* of the United States
Coast Guard Service has ordered the
tug Snohdmrtsh. now exploring the
Qulf of Alaska for trace of the miss
ing power schooner Joseph Pulitzer,
to search also for tbe Olga. The Olgn
railed from Nome at *he end of October
md sailed from Fnalakket December
5. tShe should have made the voyage
lo Seattle in about fifteen days.
Ira YOU • •ubaaribgr Mr. Rgarfar f
FRIDAY
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COMMUNISTS AGAIN
ACTIVE IN BERLIN
Merlin, Mch. 25—A general strike
was ordered here today by the Com
munist executives to become effective
Skit unlay. This workers wer urged hi
the strike order to arm themselves
to "fight to the end.” Seizure of fac
tories by workers and sabotage on
every liand was also urged.
DEBS CONFERS WITH
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Washington. Mch. 24—Eugene V.
Del»s came here today alone to confer
with Attorney General Daugherty re
garding the investigation of his case
asked fan by President Harding.
At the conclusion of the conference i
Debs returned to the Atlanta peniten
tiary alone.
ITALIAN BOMGISTS KILL
TWENTY PLAYGOERS
l^ondon, Mch. 24—A Times dispatch
today says twenty persons were killed
in a bomb explosion occuring in the
Diana Theatre in Milan. Italy, last
COMMUNIST DISORDERS IN
PRUSSIAN SAXONY
Berlin. Mch. 24—tinea* property
damage and the loss of a score of lives
marked recent Communist disorders in
various cities and towns in Prussian
Saxony, according to information ro_
Bloody Rioting In Hamburg
Hamburg. Germany. Mch. 24—Fif
teen civilians and one police officer
were killed and six persons were in
jured in severe rioting developing here
yesterdn y afternoon.
PRACTICES IN SHOOTING
GALLERY TO SHOOT SELF
Seattle. Mch. 22—Afii-r taking sev
eral pracV.ce shots in a local shooting
fev.Hery this afternoon, Guy W. Ras
mussen remarked: "I guess I will now
shoot myself.” He did so and died a
suicide a short thao later.
ONE DAY TRANSCONTINENTAL
FLIGHT ON
Jacksonville. Fla. Mch. 25—Lieu
tenant W. D. Coney, an army flyer,
liopped off here at 1:40 this morning
flop flight to San Diego, California.
Coney Injured Near Monroe L. A.
Monroe, Li. Mch, 25—Lieut. Coney,
engaged in an effort to fly to S:tn
Diego in one day, fell near here this
norning, sustaining severe injuries, in
ducting a dislocated spine, from the ef
:ects of which he may die.
ORDINAL O’CONNOR
SUCCEED8 GIBBONS
Boston, Mch. 25—With Cardinal
llhhons dead. Cardinal W. H. O’Con
nor, archibishop of Boston, becomes
he head of the Catholic church in this
‘ountry.
IAPS WORRIED OVER
U. S. FLEET PROPOSAL
Tokio, Jannp, Mch. 25—Reports in
licating a possible Intention to con
icntrate the entire American naval
ieet in the Pacific is causing disquiet
id e in Japanese official circles.
“The concentration of the 4m©1*l
lan fleet In the Pacific, if true, is of
rrave diplomatic, import,” the Japanese
Diet was told today by the Navy Mln
MICARAGUA SEEKING TO QUIT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
San Salvador. Mch. 14—Nicaragua
ms begun negotiations to resign from,
nemibership Jn the League of Nations,
iccordlng to a dispatch -eceived here
oday from Manugua.
The dispatch says the effort to with,
lraw from the League Is being
>ecause the expense attached to mem
mrahip la considered excessive.
EX SENATOR'S SON KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Salinas. Col. Mob. 24—Bert Nixc-n.
ton of former United States senator
Wxon of Nevada, was killed here to*
lay In an auto accident.
3REEKS ATTACKING TURKS
IN ASIA MINOR
Athens, Greece. Mch. 24—A new
Jreek offensive has been launched on
i wide front In Asia Minor, according
o official advices reaching the War
The Greek army is reported advanc
ing against the Turkish forces all
long the Mae.
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