NEWS OF
AMERICAN
LEGION
ORGANIZED LABOR AND
THE AMERICAN LEGION ,
A great many people still believe
The American Ijeqron Is a Kedorsi.1 or
ganization. residv at tfhr beck and call
quell strikes or any disturbances re
suming from labor troubles. They in
sist no believing tha* membership in
The American Ixyrion robs one of free
;m<l al»soI«te cttiaenfc«hip. and that a
labor unlion and a legion post cannot
dwell in harmony.
Nevir was there a greater indst-on.
coptiion of ideals! Never wsis a truer
explanation of affairs more needed!
The laboring nvrn from time irreme
mdnial has stood the raps and knocks
of the World and base borne the brunt
of every panic: every war. He feels
and not. without pnaoon, that every
one's hand is turned against him. His
vote has been wheedled from him and
It's infltienrc turned against him so
often that he views every new and
strange faction whit suspicion. He
looks askance at The American Le
gion. He sees this g|ren t. new organi
zation efTerv'eseing with power and he
doubts tihat iso great an influence can
be. friendly. Ho reasons *Tt is great:
He has singed his wings on the flaimes
of so many cleverly hidden corpora
tion fires that he is might' careful
with whom he afhltatos. He has raked
too many chestnuts frrtni the fire and
seen them dlissyipesiir down the maw of
greedy capitalists.
The relationship between The Amer
ican Legion and Labor Unions—What
Is it? Just this: "Ninety j>er cent of
the men 'omprising The American Le
gion are laborers and sorts of laborers
They have no nihn but to promote 1k<
. ter citizenship and t.o pneser\'e the
/ democracy for which they fought. Suf
fering in the rain and mud because of
shoddy garments and cheap material
foisted upon them did not tend to
create a favorable iy* esslo»■ of cap
italists interests n>n«vn& the men in the
out of the rain with their flimsy, leaky
inaineoats and in proper soldier fash
ion consign them and their profiteer
ing makers to the front line i.n Hell.
Coming home from the struggle they
find their people in the. process of be
ing systematically and carefully rob
bed by’ these same big interest^: who
placed the almighty dollar above love
of country: who grow rich and fat
while they .who were to form The
American Legion daily offered their
lives as saernJJices that such blood
sucking vermin might live. We are j
unalterably opposed to capitalists and ;
corporations: so are the labor union*
Raimuel Gompers. President of tlw*
1 operation of In,bor and godfather of
the -nun who work for a living, sup
Ivegion and looks upon them as the
staunchfcs-t of allies. In communities
everywhere we find legion members in
good standing with their local labor
unions, worthing with equal interest for
both and finding a gcKKl and harmon
ious «o-opera.tk>n between the two.
We. havjn set ourselves to destroy
tha,t very thing which now threatens
Organized Labor! Bolshevism and
Radicalism! We are against, them to
the last man and we consecrate our
selves to the task of wiping the slate
of these lTnoted Suites clean of them.
Bolshov.
ours. Ijiit there bo iw> question :is
hlis. Wo foster Ami-rira.ni.-4m and
in i
t the United States wo are with you
0 4i finish and a merging of our in
i'rests will h0 mutually beneficial iit
rriiiipring about the mail erbium wo are
eeMing to attain, that is. an American
buck-full <if red-blooded. onp-hun- i
1 rod i>or cent Amenicans and not a j
*utk y;urd for the accumulated scum |
H. 0. NEILSON I
UJjacent, Thomas A. Ross Jr. Post!
*o. 9 A merlonn Legion. *
MACKENZIE OIL DISTRICT
LOOKS GOOD TO MUSHER
That the oil indications in the Fort
Vonman district in the Mackenzie
liver «-ountry are Rood and that the'i*
vi-11 be a stampede in there next spring,
s the. opinion of J. T. Bums, com
nonl.v known as 'Kngineer” Bums,
vho arrived at Juneau recently direct
wm the far-northern region. He
nushed 1385 miles ovier the winter
rails from the Fort Norman district,
in<l a biff part of the trip was mad-'
Lfter Bums had fallen over a precipi '<»
ind broken a bone in his foot and in
jured his hip.
Upon arrival at Juneau. Burns in
’omud a representative, of the Rmpire
:hat he left Prince Rupert in June and
.truck the Liard River, which empties
into the Mackenzie. He. followed the
Liard to its confluence with the Mar
lon zie and thenrp to *hp Fort Nor
nilps. The country is also heavily*
nineralized and he found gold and
diver uuartz prospects that lie de.
dares are very rich. He also found
riacer diggings but said that it was
lot rich enough to work at the present
lirice of commodities in the district.
He met many oil locators in the dis
trict. and a number of prospec*ors.
including the far-famed Jap musher
uid stampeder. Wada. Tliey were all
i'cry enthusiastic over both oil and
Efold prospects The country fs sj
»ig it has hardly been touched as yet
md much of t has never been thoroly
ftoming out. Rurn-l fdlTAw^ ,m old
Indian ‘rail which brought him to Al
lin. from which point lie mushed to
dkagivay. He is going back in the
’l>ri ng. by way of Prince Rupert and
the water route, which he says is the
»nl.v feasible way to reach the district.
Bums, who is a mining engineer
b.v profession, is an oldtimer in the
North, having been in the country more
Lhan a scon- of years. He is a musher
of note and has taken in practically
every stampede since his arrival.
TO LOCATE IN SOUTH
T»r. J. M. Sloan, for the past twen- j
ly years a resident of Nome and other I
towns and lately of Seward, was a
recent passenger on the Northwestern
on bis way to California ‘o locate
there, says the Seward Gateway. He
was accompanied by his wife and
daughter.
If your friends flatter you. thst
doesn't mean anything because friends
are supposed to do that, but if your
enemies knock you that means you
amount to something or they wouldn’t
take the time to do it.
Where do all the speakers come
from who have great messages to de
liver to the community—and what he
roines of them and their messages.
ALASKA BUREAU
NEWS LETTER
.Seattle, Jan. —-Silver promises to
exceed gold production of the Yukon,
iccording to L. H. Titus, from the
Mayo section. who is in Seattle. • Titus
is among' the latest arrivals from the
interior c;un]\ bringing word that de-1
vt lopment work promises to open some
nf the largest silver ledges in the west.
"The Mayo creek conditions look;
better the farther developed," con tin
ued Mr. Titus. "Much work is being
done on Keno hill, sixty men are being
employed by the Keno Hill Limited
company .a subsidiary of the Cuggen
tveiin interests. About twen y ton of
ore are j°' t.iVen out daily and this
is being sacked and hauled down to
the river landing The working force
will be 'increased as the development
increases. F. It. Short, resident man
:iger of tiie company, says that from
a salmpie test of the ore it assayed ns
high as 200 ounces of silver to the ton.
There are at present about 300 men nt
Mayo camp and this number is bound
to be increased to many hundreds i-i
the spring. The mineral outlook in
this section is exceptionally good."
Tom Heckman, former superintend
end of the Pure Food cannery at Ket
chikan. has leased the Brown floating
cannery, and will spend the season
packing shrimp at Wrangell. Heck
man plans on packing the Wrangell
narrows shrimp in five-pound tins for
the restaurant trade. Heckman is
now in Seattle preparing for the com
ing season.
It is doubtful if any of <he small
shore plants at Ketchikan will can
salmon during the 1921 season, accord
ing to Senator J. It. Heckman. Sen
ator Heckman is financially interested
in the Ketdhikan plants, and has been
in Seattle and San Francisco confer
ring with fishing associates. Regard
ing operations in the Ketchikan dis
trict during the coming year. Senator
Heckman is optomistic.
Lloyd F. Kelson of Seattle has filed
on 2,560 acres of oil lands In the Cold
Bay district. .
A meeting was held at the Alaska
Bureau of the Chamber of Congo er^e
to discuss the future of the salt fish
industry in Alaska and a committee
was appointed to get data and facts
to present to Congness in an effort to
secure tariff protection needed. Wil
liam Calvert. Jr., chairman of the Al
aska Bureau presiding. It was po’.nt
ed out that during the war the herring
and salt fish industry in Alaska as
sumed large proportions and in 1918
it had been built up until eighty plants
were in operation. If given the proper
protection this industry promises to
be a growing and permanent one.
thereby giving a Asking population to
the territory and building up Alaska.
The speaker said the salt fish in
dustry could be expanded until it as
sumed great proportions and could be
comparable with the benefits of the
salmon industry to the territory. The
largest markets during the war period
were in New York and Boston. Pre
vious to the war foreign countries had
largely supplied these markets, but the
embargo on exports of fish threw these
imarkets open to the Alaska salt fish
men. With the removal of the em
bargo on exports from continental
Europe shippers in Holland. Norway.
Scotland and New Foundland have
sought to get back the New York and
Boston markets, and because of the
cheaper rates on fish from continental
Europe they (have, a decided advantage
over the Alaska herring men. whose 1
fish, however, is of superior quality to J
that secured in Europe. <
J. L. McPherson, Assistant to the (
President of the Chamber of Commerce <
and manager of the Alaska Bureau, (
looked into this situation in New York J
and Boston when cast and he told the |
committee of the need of proper safe- J
guarding this growing Alaska Indus. (
Ore running from $S0 to $60 a ton 1
has been found In the Kuskokwim dis- J
trict in Alaska, according to Livings- I
ton Wernicke, geologist and nnining en- (
gineer for the Treadwell Company, <
which is developing the project. He
arrived in Seattle on his way to San
Francisco to consult F. W. Brodley. (
president of the Treadweel interests. <
"The gold-copper prospects of the ]
Alaska Treadwell and allied com pan- <
ies are situated in the Nixon hills be- J
tween the Nixon Fork of the Takotna (
river and the Kuskokwim River about ]
thirty miles northeasterly, from. Mc_ <
The Kuslco Times is the name of a J
newspaper which has been started in <
McGrath in the Upper Kuskokwim by J
A. X. Grant, an old-time newspaper <
man in Alaska. :
The Seward Gateway has been pur- l
chased by H. G. Steel, editor and pub
lisher of the Cordova Times and H. D. I
Selby, editor and publisher of the Val- J
dex Miner. I
The City Council of Ketchikan has ]
voted $250.00 towards a shrimp can- 1
nery project under consideration at (
Wrangell for which a 120 foot scow |
with all equipment have been purchas- i
cd. The float will be located utSnakcs j
C. H. Mills, manager of mining j
property at Cedar Bay ne^.r Sitka i
states that extensive development J
work will be started next spring when I
a mill will be erected and ot ter mi. |
chiners installed More than 700 feet
of tunnel have been drivst*.
During the course of an address de
livered at a banquet in Jure_-.il recent- (
!y. Gov. Riggs announced that he 1* 1
working for the appointment of a <
hoard federal engineers to be stationed ]
at five different points in Alaska for i
the purpose of aiding in the develon- j
ment of the territory's mining re- l
sources. '
NO WIRELESS TO BE }]
GIVEN HAYCOCK NOW)'
Tt is improbable that there will be 1
any early action taken on the petition i
of the residents of Haycock, in the
Koyuk river country. Second Division,
for the establishment of a radio sta
tion by the Signal Corps, according to
a statement made by Gov. Thomas
■Riggs .recently and published in a
Southeastern Alaska Exchange. The
petition of the citizens of Haycock was
forwarded by Gov. Riggs to the War
Department some time ago.
A communication was received at
the Governor's office from the Chief
Signal Officer saying that the petition
wasl received too late for inclusion in
the estimates for the fiscal year be.
ginning July 1. 1921 but would be given
consideration and if found practicable
•|nd advisable would be included in the
estimates for the next fuscaJ year.
Haycoclc people will foe informed
by Gov. Riggs of his action in the mat
ter and the result.
The Nome Nugget delivered by car
jrier or mailed. Per Month $1.00
Notice is hereby given that the Poll
Books are now open for the registra
tion of all legally qualified voters of
the City of Nome, for the Munioipal
and School Board election to be held
April 5th, 1921.
E. GRIMM
. City Clerk.
SPECIAL
From now until March 10th we will sell at
OUTSIDE PRICES 0rder
IAILORED SUITS AND OVERCOATS for
Gentlemen. Get your order in while re
duction lasts. 10 TO 20% Off.
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SEATTLE—ALASKA BUILDING
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Your shipments are handled by expert graders and New York Market
Prices are paid on correct grading the day received. If desired, your
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proved by you. l*roviding that our valuation does not prove satis
factory, the Purs will be returned to you, transportation charges pre
paid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or Express Ship in a dry con
dition. Always enclose au itemized list of contents with name and
address. Also place duplicate list on the outside of package or bale.
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