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I'oms Ml'MXK SHO.Mifc «AII
Henry Ford -says that the only thin* he could do at Muscle Shoals
that he couldn't do elsewhere would be to make fertilizer for the farmer,
and he claims that this is the only reason why his proposal has been
opposed by the War Department and in Congress. If he has any success
with -such political propaganda it will be because the farmers and others
of the country do not know what ha* be.eni brought out in the various
hearings upon Abe matter from the time the offer was submitted to ’he
• end of the last Congress.
In rthose hearings it developed that the Ford offer gave no guarantee
-whatever that k** would continuously produce fertilizers. In fact, he
himseff said that ;he would mak<e no agreement to continue the production
Of fertilisers or to invest a certain definite sum of money in the pr.-dne
tion. He frankly euid that he would stop, if he could not produce it
profitably. Yet all the political fuss that has been made over Ford’s
offer is merely because of the fact that it carried this delusive bait of
•che;tp fertilizer production jfor the farmer.
The history of like whole matter shows that Ford offered $5,000,000
for ai. unfinished plant on which the Government at the .close of the war
had spent about $103.,000i0«0 and which could have been scrapped to
yield $16,000^000. The Ions in scrapping would be heavy, of course,
because much money had gone into a dam and into other works that
would yield nothing by such a proceu*. But the Ford offer did not
mean thotf the Government would get $5,000,000 and be at no further
rexpense. :Under the proposal the Government would have to proceed
.•to finish certain works at an estimated expense of $50.o<»o.000. Mr.
•Ford would then lease them for 100 years to-a company that he controlled
at an annual rental of 4 per cent of the cost of completion. He would
also pay the Government $55*000 annually for Government maintenance
of dams, gates and locks the Ford company owned and on its part the
Government was to insure him not only against floods but all deprecia
tion during the term of the lease. He would also make a payment of
$46,746 a year to amortize the cost of completion.
The Ford offer did not contemplate payment of any interest on
money necessary to complete the dams until they were completed, and
Senator Norris in his report against the Ladd measure to accept the offer
stated that MMr. Ford is actually paying as rental, not 4 per rent interest |
as it appears from a first examination of his proposal, but -.lit per cent.
This means that under the Ford offer this corporation (the Ford corpora
tion) is getting money from the Government at 2.79 per cent on 100
years* time.” it was further estimated and has been clearly proven
that, if the Ford offer were accepted, he could at once sell off over $5,000.
000 worth of the property and have two nitrate plants and the aco quarry,
together with all buildings and lands on which they were situated—in
fact, all he wanted—free of all cost.
steam plant, with transmission lines which the Government developed on ;
land belonging to the Alabama Power Company merely to get power until ,
the dams were completed and on which the power company had an option I
under the* contract. The validity of the contract has been sustained i
and the company has recently exercised its option, paying the Government !
$3,472,437, which is within a million and a half of what Ford offered for i
the whole Muscle Shoals development. It is because of this sale that i
Ford now complains that his offer to make fertilizers for the farmers is •
being set aside. If he could have sold the Gorpa-s plant himself and a
little more, he could have had the main thing tor nothing, provided the >
Government would put up $00,000,000 more on which a Ford company I
would pay 2.73 per cent interest with a 100 years' amortization. But he j
w uldn't guarantee to make fertilizers for tb»* farmers unless it paid. If j
Ford wants to run for President on his Muscle Shoals offer he is likely j
to have some bad encounters with t e evidence flow before Congress. j
Springfield Union.
HKAGWAY IS SOW \KWSPAPKHU*NS.
Skagway is now
appeared for the last
at ion being given as
ithout a new-paper, th** tri-weekly Alaskan having
me, lack of sufficient support to Justify its continu
e cause for ■-itsponsion.
The Skagway Daily Alaskan ^
January of 189S. It continued to ;
when it owner, the late Dr. L. S. K
it continu»-d to be until now when
a- started by George W. DeSuccn In
ppear as a daily until a few years ago.
‘Her. changed it to a tri-weekly which
t suspended entirely.
The first paper published in Skagway was the News, which was
founded by the late M. L. Sherpy in 0. tober of 1S97 and which continued
until sometime in 1002. when it was sold and the plant taken away from
Skagway but not be fare’its founder had made a good thing out of it.
About the same time the Daily Alaskan started the late Oscar W. Dunbar
began the publication of the Daily Budget which ran for three or four
years and was succeeded by the Daily Guide which was owned and edited
by O. M. Kinney. The Guide retired from business in 1904 or 1905.
About 190S another paper was launched n Skagway under the name of
the Interloper. It had, as might he . xp*. wd from its name, a brief but
rather meteroic career, and after a few months it passed away—from
Skagway, the plant being moved to Juneau by A. It. O’Brien, lately of
Marshfield. Oregon, but now of Ukiab. California.
For the past dozen years or more the Alaskan has had the Skagway
field entirely to itself and Dr. Keller showed commendable enterprise
in keeping it going as a daily for man\ years after Skagway ceased to he
a dally paper town—from a standpoint of support.—Exchange.
irVWK’KNT SlTtTll WITH <H Il.TY.
It is roach *easier to create an opinion in the minds of the public
sometimes than jrt is to dislodge it Ths fact has been strkingly llus
trated time and again by efforts to disabuse the public mind outside
about Alaska being mostly an ice ch* st. The same influences of misguided
publicity are now working to create in th*- minds of people ignorant of
conditions that canneries in Alaska are unsanitary because of the Valdez
jury report aimed at a few canneries in that district. l'ufortnnatel\ the
rare exception is being accepted a* the general rule, to the injury of an
industry which represents millions <f dollars and which utilizes the most
sanitary and up-to-date methods kn.mn for canning and preparing a whole
some and low priced food.
It is the duty of the grand jury, of course, to inquire into conditions
and to condemn practices injurious to public health and morals. How
ev*-r, in every such case -respondbitit> for unsanitary methods should he
planed exactly where it belongs. Companies resorting to the practices
complained of should be mentioned, and if possible brought to account.
The charges should be specific and certain, so that fhe guilty might be
punished, arid the innocent not made to suffer. Grand Juries in Alaska
have autocratic power and for that reason should be all the more careful
in making official reports affecting any industry in Alaska.—Cordova
Daily Timet.
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The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad men.
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No man should so act as to take advantage of another’s folly
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ITEMS
V. R. Hunt, a recent visitor in He
alth, is a former resident of Nome,
having gone there in 1907. lie is
now located permanently in Beeville,
Texas, where he ha* the Ford auto
mobile agency and secretary of the
Rotary Club
Frank it Weisting. pioneer Seat
tle attorney, is something of a sour
dough himself. He knows what it
is to mush over Alaskan trails by
dog team in winter time, having
made several strenuous trips, par
ticularly in the Kuskokwim country.
Alaska has no finer friend than Mr.
Wiesting. He is not only an Alas
kan booster, but ha« concerned cap
ita! in likely placer ground in the
lower Kuskokwim country, upon
which ii is expected that a dredge
v-ill be placed m the near future.
Charles Carlson, who went to Daw
son in 1897 and came out over tho
winter trail in 1 898. with the first
horse that ever came out of the
great gold camp, went to Nome in
1905 and stayed with that big camp
until a few years ago. Mr. Carlson
1 vos in Seattle, his home being at
6501 Francisco avenue.
L. W. Storm, mining engineer, who
, used to have his headquarters in
1 Valdez several years ago. when the
mining boom was on there, now has
! his offices in the Alaska Building.
! Paul Heath, old-timer of the Cook
! Inlet ami Susitna valley country.
1 where he was concerned in placer
| properties on Gold creek, is now lo
j rated in Chicago. Mr. Heath has
won fame and fortune by inventing
i a co-ntrivance that eflectually tests
! the butter fat in milk. He has
j branch offices in San Francisco, Los
! Angeles, and other big cities. Mr.
! Heath has a hobby. He has about
thirty paintings from the hand of
Sidney Lawrence, the noted artist,
who now lives at Anchorage. Alaska.
Patrice. Daniel. Richard and Wil
liam Lynch, composing flu- well
known and successful diamond drill
ing firm known all over Alaska, are
row located in Seattle, with offices
in the Pioneer Block. Fred Lynch,
p son of Daniel Lynch, is now taking
voice culture in Los Angeles. He
sings m radio programs and in the
great cathedral in the southern
city. He has a fine tenor robusto
L. (' Mates, old-time resident of
Seward and the Kenai Peninsula,
plans mi locating in Oi'egon, having
decided »» quit the Northland. He
where h* can prospect a bit and b
in touch with the game Iif*- of that
Thu Alaska Yukon Club, of Cal
ifornia. with headquarters in Los
Angeles s a live organization, with
a strong membership among the old
time AI:i-Ict us now residing in that
part of the country. The names of
the officers will be remembered by 1
old sourdoughs of the Northland,
(’apt. H L. Suydam is president; P.
R. Hitchu first vice-president; J<*s
ChiM.-fx ml vice-president: Pr
lessor W H. Van Valen third vie
president; T. C. Van Kpps treasure
and It It. Zehner secretary. The A
aska Yukon club is a member of tl
Federation of State Societies.
Hon. I*. ('. McCormick. retir<
merchant of Wrangell. oldtime su
cessful business man of that fine o
town. i« enroute. w *h his family, f
San Francisco, where the childr*
will b>- placed in school. Mr. M
Cormiek has been mayor of Wra
pel! several times and served In tl
Alaska legislative assembly. H
San Franr.Kco address is 1301 Lea
Mrs. Raima Sawyer, formerly
Nome is now a resident of Seattl
her home being at IS West Merc
street. Mrs. Sawyer is the widow
Col. L. L. Sawyer, who for mat
years was a member of th*- scho
board in the early days of Nome.
Don S. Itae. well known as a mi
it. g man formerly of the Willo
creek gold camp, is now living
Great Falls, Montana. Mr. Rae
in failing health. be;np a victim
tuberculosis, he writes friends.
Inquiry ha.s been made of the .*
aska Weekly for the whereabouts
Torn Madden, who formerly lived
Nome and was in the employ of tl
Pacific Cold Storage Company. An
one knowinp Mr. Madden’s addre*
will confer a favor by notifyinp th
office, which inturn will forward
to the party making the inquiry.
The published statement that P.
. r Vacbon. th«* oldtime Alaskan, h:
passed away, proved t(» have be
en 11rely erroneous. It was a br
fher John Vacbon—who died.
George Harris, former well-knov
mining man of the Fairbanks d
triot. where he was an operator «
f.»oldstream, is now living in Seatt
at 102Ms Harrison Street. He is
brother of Martin Harrais. who w
formerly prominent in the polities
the Territory, being a candidate f
Delegate to Congress.
S. W. Taggart and Everett Clai
two oldtime Alaskans, are now rj
! idents of Seattle where they ov
and operate th•* Red Top Taxie:
Company. Mr. Clark was f--r twe
ty years connected with Alask;
transportation companies, much
the time in Alaska ports. Mr. Ta
gart went to Dawson in 1898 at
came optside in 1902. He th<
travrled throughout the N’orthlai
I for Swift & Company, until 190
when In: took up residence in Fai
banks, remaining there until 190
In that year he went to Nome to -
sume the management of the Pacif
, Cold Storage Company He roinai
I ed in this capacity until 191'.. win
he came to Seattle to reside. M
' Taggart was one of the best kn<-w
men in th<- entire Northland.
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