ALASKA BUREAU
NEWS LETTER
Seattle. July- A deal involving
$200,000,000 for the development of
the Matanuska coal fields in Alaska,
as well as trackage rights on the
government railroad from the coal
fields to tide water at Seward, is said
to have been presented to Secretary
of the Interior Fall by James Wick
ersham, representing American.
French and Belgium capital, and it
is reported Secretary Fall is favor
able to the project, and that Judge
Wickersham will be in Seattle in a
few days with French and Belgium
coal mining experts going north in
connection with pie project. It i®
stated that John Hays Hammond,
noted American mining expert. Is
among thase interested in the $200.
tidO.OOO corporation. It will be re
membered that John Hays Hammond
stated in a public interview last
March that if the Harding adminis
tration would favor Alaska Investors
that enormous sums could be raised
to open the territorial resources. In
support of the gigantic deal comes
word from Washington that Senator
Cummins has a bill allowing the
shipping hoard to operate vessels in
Alaska. This is taken as an indica
tion that in securing a world market
for the Matanuska coal the company
expects co-operation from the U. S.
Shipping Board.
A Washington special says: Com
pletion of a deal for the salp of the
Forest Service to the Alaska Ameri
can Paper Corporation of 1.000.000
cords of pulp wood on the Tongas®
National Forest, marks the initiation
of a new industry in Alaska, which
will be continued for at least 32
years and possibly longer. The con
tract calls for the cutting of timber
to begin not later than October 1.
1023. allowing the promotors two
years for organization and construc
tion of the plant, which will cost
approximately $4,000,000. The
proposition is said to be well financed
and is backed by Chicago and New
York capitalists who already are in
terested in the paper manufacturing
business. The tfibber sold is situat
C(l along r!»** coast-'* shore of Bohn
Canal, about 32 miles from Ketchi
kan The contract price was fixed
at 60c a hundred feet (cubic) f«>r
spruce and cedar and 3t-c for a'l t
other woods. The sale covered
4.->,000 acres and extends for 55
miles along the coast Twenty per
.•eat of the forest is spruce. 66 per
c nl hemlock and 14 per cent Alas
kan and Western red cedar. A con
ditional award has been made by the
Forest Service to the company, pend
ing approval by the federal power
commission, if its application for a
hydro-electric power license. The
timhe rsale covers an initial period
of 32 years or until lb53. the price
of the stumpage to be redetermined
and fixed by the federal government
in 10'_v and every five years there
after The contract also requires
the establishment of a pulp mill of
not less than 25 tons capacity by
October 1. 1926. A yearly cut of
2.000.000 to 3,000.000 is contem
plated. The Forest Service is ne
gotiating for the sale of another
block of timber containing 335.000.- -
0(T(i cubic feet, sufficient, to keep a
I 100 ton mill running for 50 years.
[This timber is situated on the west
[shore of Admiralty Island near Ju
| neau . Its development will require
an investment of at least $6,000,000,
Authorization of $300,000 for aids
to navigation in Alaskan waters has
! been favorably reported in a bill by
j the House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce, according to
! information just received by the Al
aska Rureau of the Chamber of Com
merce. This appropriation will in
dude $175,000 for the erection of a
light at Cape Spencer, an improve
ment which has long been urged.
With a big shipment of gold ore
from the mines of the Alaska Tread
well (Sold Mining Company in the
Kuskokwim River district and ten
passengers from Rethel. the motor
ship Ozino arrived in Seattle from
!i|he North. Recause of the! llness
of Mrs. A. S Stour, a passenger,
ibe Ozmo put. into laalask*. where
the patient was landed and placed
in the car© of a physician. The
gold ore came from Berry Landing.
20 miles from McGrath which is lo
cated 500 miles up the Kuskokwim
River from Bethel.
Lange and Ramated are making
a pack of mild cured salmon at Cape
Fanshaw. where none of the can
neries operated this season. A ship
ment of eight tierces was sent south
about the end of May.
Superintendent C. E. Ahues of the
Libby McNeill and Libby cannery at
Taku. reported a fair run of King
Salmon during June, and had firty
five tierces of mild cored salmon
packed up to June 20
The National Independent Fisher
ies Company has been mild curing
King Salmon at Its station at Juneau.
Since early in May.
Shipments of Alaska products
from the territory during June to
talled $1,078,436. according to the
monthly report just issued by the
r. S. Collector of Customs at Ju
neau. The figures for June show a
decrease of approximately $500 over
the preceding month
Two gold strikes, one on Lisianski
strait and the other on Yakobu Is
land. are reported to have been made
recently by natives. Both strikes are
in the same district as the Rainbow'
and Apex groups, which were bond
ed to the Chicagof Mining Company,
and to the El Nido group, now being
developed.
New and uptodate legal forme for
Proof of Annual Assessment Work
al-o Oil Location blanks. Deed blanks
for general use, Special and General
Power of Attorney forme. Placer and
Quartz Location forms now on sale
at Nugget Office Price 15 cents each
FEDERATED CHURCH SERVICES
Sunday School . 11 A. M
Breaching Service. 8 P M
You are cordially invited to attend
The Church with a Welcome.
RICHARD DECKER. Pastor.
DRAMA IN AAROIR
Act I—Their eyes met.
ActII—Their lips met.
j Act 111 Their fist% met .
i Act IV—Their lawyers met.
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It is with the keenest of pleasure
that we herewith offer to our male
j readers who are partial to the fair
! sex an opportunity to make the ac
quaintance (long distance) with two
sprightly misses of far away Idaho
who are seeking correspondents of
the opposite sex In the Northland
In a letter to the Nugget received
bv the last mail they present them
selves as follows.
Shoshone. Idaho.
July 21. 1921.
Editor of the Nome Paper.
Nome. Alaska.
Dear Sir:
Here is a hit of news for your pa
We are two good looking young
girls. We recently moved from Sa!t
Lake t6 this small town and we are
lonesome We are both eighteen
years of age and would like to cor
respond with two nice looking fel
lows of your city. They must be
between the ages of nineteen and
twenty-four.
Jackie is five feet three inches tall
while V. V. is five feet two and one
half inches tall. Jackie is a bru
net e and V. V. is a golden blonde.
Expecting quick returns, we r •
V V. RICHARDS
JACKIE *ROAHESTER
Address us Hox 512. Shoshone.
CiOV’T TO LEAVE THOUSAND
TROOPS IN W VIRGINIA
Chat lestown. W. Va. Sept 8 —
A thousand federal soldiers will be
left in West Virginia when the con
tingents ordered to withdraw have
left The recalled troops are on
their way out of the state at present.
Student (at the station)—What!
A dollar and a half for an upper. I
paid only a dollar last year.
Ticket Agent—I know, but you see
there has been an increase in the
berth rate since then.
How do you li'rfce the Weekly Nuff
get? If it suits you. pass it on or
mail it to somebody who might be
come Interested in this part of Alaska.
The mineral Is here but It takes
men and capital to get it out. In
terest your best friends by subscrib
ing to the paper for them. We will
mall It anvwhere for SI .on ner month
harbor construction m
NEARLY COMPLETED
The last pile on the w'St Jetty of
Snake River Harbor was dr'ven yes
terday afternoon and the timber con
struction work will soon be finished.
When this is done and the channel
dredged, the harbor will be ready
for business.
Prospects for the completion of
the dredge work are not *; »,ht, how
ever. owing to the rejection of the
bids for dredging so far presented,
on the score of excessive cost. Jast
what will be done regarding th®
dredging end of the project ia not
clear and there la a strong proba
bility that the channel will not be
opened before next summer. Th®
work on the west jetty has been ac
complished in excellent time, despite
the frequent stormy weather, and
but for the delay in dredging th®
channel the harbor would be open
and ready for service several weeks
earlier than anticipated.
She Sits and Sews While the Washer Goes
This machine will do the family washing
for 25 cents. Why use old, hard
labor methods when you can
do it better and at less expense
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