have fifty or even a hundred thou
sand each year.
2nd. That the port of Skagway
be internationalized along the same
lines a3 the port of Fiume.
3rd. That the town of Skagway and
surrounding locality be leased to
some large company like the C. P.
R. on conditions that they build a
hotel here and exploit the natural
scenic beauty of the country by
making it a tourist mecca like Banff
or Lake Louise.
In a speech delivered in Seattle
he is quoted as saying that the U.
S. Government was treating Alaska
like a step child, that he deplored
the deserted and dilapidated ap
pearance that Skagway presented to
the tourist.
Originally Skagway had four
wharves of which now only one is
in use the others being allowed to
fail into natural decay and now pre
sent a very bad appearance.
He also spoke of the number of
old and ‘empty houses which the
town allow to be left standing but
which are falling in ruins and con
stitute serious Are menace.
Small wonder that the tourist flnd3
Skagway a most undesirable place
to spend the time between boats.
GOOD THINGS IN NOME NUGGET
Tom Gaffney of Nome and mem
ber of the House was the corres
pondent of the Nome Nugget.
Some of his stuff was good.
Under Gaffney’3 leadership, the
Tramway Bill waa defeated altho
Sundquist tried to save it by pro
posing amendments desired toy Col
Steese. He failed because Gaffney
thought he could “bull” his way
through.
After that occurred, Sundquist
rewrote the bill according to the
form approved by Col. Steese. Then
with the support of his; friends the
bill was passed in record time.
However Reporter Gaffney wired
the Nugget:
“House gossip is unanimous in
declaring that Representatives Lo
man, Gaffney and Rydeen of the
Second Division (Notice that Sund
quist’s name is omitted although
he was the author of the bill) had
action which was initial and vig
orous, working for the life of the
Tramway Bill which was inspired by
the noblest motives.”
The parenthesis are ours. Real
ly some of the above is good.
“Had action which was initial and
vigorous” and also this, “inspired
by the noblest motives.”
REPRINT FROM NOME NUGGET
The following article is a tele
graphic report of legislative “do
ings” by the Honorable Thomas
Gaffney, from the “Nome” Division.
NOME GETS EVERYTHING
IT ASKED FOR AND THEN
SOME FROM LEGIST.AURE
From Telegrams received by the
Nugget, and also by the Chamber
of Commerce, from the legislators
at Juneau, Nome and Seward Pen
insula is receiving everything asked
for and a whole lot more. We are
pleased to state that one of the big
gest proJect3, the Nome-Candle
Tramway Bill, which was defeated
last Saturday, has been re-intro
duced by Representative Sundquist
of Candle, and has passed both
Houses, and is now in the hands of
the Governor for signature. In thi3
connection it is only proper to stat°
that the Nome Chamber of Com
merc, and many people of Nome and
Candle sent wires to Sundquist re
questing him to move for a recon
sideration of the bill or introduce
some measure which would insure
the appropriation for the tramway.
In tomorrow’s Weekly Nugget
numerous telegrams received yes
terday and today will be printed and
the public can read for itself of all
the good things in store for the
Second Division. The Chamber of
Commerce officials have been very
active in trying to obtain needed
legislation, and have worked most
agreeably with our delegation
throughout the entire session.
The following telegram has been
received from Ralph Lomen, which
is self-explanatory, and Is repro
duced for its news value:
Juneau, May 5, 1927
N. W. Chamber of Commerce,
Nome, Alaska. ^
Please report tramway bill re in
troduced and has passed both
Houses. Many thanks for your wire.
The telephone subsidy has been re
enacted. The tax on furs holds.
The Territorial Tonnage Tax is re
pealed effective 1928. The Road
appropriation was increased by two
hundred thousand dollars. The Ap
propriation for shelter cabins was
doubled. A special airplane sub
sidy passed both Houses providing
that two mails in May each year
may be handled bteween Seward
Peninsula to the Railroad belt.
RALPH LOMEN,
Representative.
SEVEN TRACTS EXCLUDED FOR
INDIAN TOWNS
Towiisfte . Eliminations . Made . Hy
President for S. E. Alaska Villages
Under an executive order recent
lv signed by President Coolidge,
seven tracts of land adjoining as
many Indian villages in Southeast
ern Alaska have been eliminated
from Tongass National Forest, it
was announced recently by the local
Forest Service headquarters. The
tracts were eliminated and set aside
for townsite purposes by the order.
Villages affected are: Angoon
Hoonah, Hydaburg, Kake, Kasaap,
Klawock, and Yakutat.
The Angoon elimination compris
es 52.58 acres; Hoonah, 158.04;
Hydaburg, 189 acres; Kake 94.36
acres; Kasaan, 44.69 acres; Kla
wock, 195 acres; Yakutat, 458.54
acres.
Subject to valid existing rights,
the lands excluded from the nation
al forestry by the ordei; are reserved
to be disposed of for townsite pur
poses as provided by Section 11, of
the Act of March 3, 1891, and the
Act of May 25, 1986.
Atartlie la THU FISHERMAN.