Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-03

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE GREAT
NORTHWEST.

Estimates place the value Of the Alas
kan gold weld of 1907 at from $25, 000, 900
to $4,000, 900. If these figures are
reached Alaska will in all probability
rank first In the list of gold-producing
States and Territories.
Homegrown potatoes have been serv.
ed at the restaurants and boarding
houses of Rampant, one degree south Of
the Arctic circle.
According to the Seattle Trade Regis
ter, the total salmon pack Of the Pacific
coast for 1905 was 3,805,31 cases, of
which 2,209,555 cases we're put up In
Alaska, an increase for that Territory
of 31S, 1888 cases over 1905.
Fossil invertebrates have been found
in the Yukon Valley which do not exist
In any other part of the American CONT
nent, but which do exist in Siberia, an
additional proof that the two continents
were once connected.
In Alaska, at the head of White River,
and at the head of Copper River, above
Fairbanks, there are gravel deposits con-
tanning native copper in large nuggets,
the latter comprising some huge masses,
says the Engineering and Mining Journal.
OF the S85, 900, 900 shipments of mer-
chandise to Alaska last year all but
81, OOO,O worth went forward from
Puget Sound, mostly from Seattle.
Copper is king in Valdez (Alaska) and
is talked of more around hotels and all
public resorts than the court term, the
dropping of the lid on gambling, or
travel on the trail. Prince William
Sound copper is stirring up most of the
fuss, says the Seward Gateway.
Nome reports the discovery of an i'm
mense body of falkland ore at the head
of Dry Creek. 1t is estimated that the
gold in sight represents $4,000,000. The
lode is pronounced by members of the
geological survey party at Nome to be
richer than the famous Homestake mine
of the Black Hills.
Reports from the various denomina-
tons which are supporting churches In
Alaska show substantial growth in the
number of church buildings in the Ter
ritory, and also in the number of men,
bers added, says the Nome News.
Outside of the schools in towns Alaska
has IS public schools, As teachers and
2257 pupils, costing S56,211 yearly.
The town of Fairbanks has three
banks, carrying deposits aggregating
50, 100000.
The census of 1900 gives Alaska 63
factories, with $4,000, 400 capital; 2263
wage earners (only one female), $685.
700 yearly wages, and $4,25O,S94 factory
products.
Since its purchase for s7,2OO,OOO Alas
ka has sent us $10,0OO,O00 federal
revenue, $4,000, 900 in furs, 500, 900, 600
in fish and s12O, ZOO, 900 in gold.
Alaska has so post Offices, and mails
are delivered regularly north OF the
Arctic circle. Mails leave the Pacific
coast daily for Alaska.
81 think the magnetic black sand OF
Alaska will prove of more value than the
California sand" says Fred <. Wright,
of the United States Geological Survey.
The Alaska sands are rich In platinum
and gold.
Our shipments to Alaska consist OF
agricultural implements, animals, books,
breadstuffs, candles, cars, carriages,
cement, chemicals, coal (sof), cake,
cocoa, coffee, cotton goods, eartheuware,
eggs, fibres, fish, furs, glass, gnnpowder,
glue, hay, honey, India rubber goods,
Instruments, iron and steel goods, jewel,
~, leather, malt, matches, musical in,
struments. naval stores, oils, paints, pa
per, perfumery, plated ware, provisions,
quicksilver, rice, seeds, silks, soaps,
sugar, candy, tin, tobacco, toys, trunks,
varnish, vegetables, vinegar, wood manu-
features and zinc. The per capita &c.,
600 population) consumption of these
goods is s247.lS, against s7S.l6 pei
capita of 1884, 900 population for Hawaii
and S2017 per capita for Porto Rico,
population 953, 1000.