The Nome daily nugget., 1913-02-25
ALASKA
 NOTES

Fairbanks.-At meeting held last week, at which was present Senator elect Henry Roden. Representative Dan Driscoll, J. J. Mulalley and E. B. Collins. an outline of the business up- on which these men expect to act was drawn up. Embraced in the articles were the following:
 Tax on foreign corporations.
 Amendment to the road law.
 Amendment to the banking laws.
 Amendment to the corporation act for the incorporation of companies.
 Amendment to the mining laws, with regard to recording and what shall constitute annual assessment work on mining claims.
 Care of indents.
 Amendment to the election laws.
 Tax on transient traders.
 Small debt court.
 Amendment to the criminal code regarding notaries.
 AOi p1DSAIlB GuCChS WIIeI drawer has no funds in bank.
 Appointment for mining inspector for each division.
 Revision of the Alaska code.
 Creation of the office of public in- struction, defining who shall be teach CTS.
 Seattle, Nov. 22-Prominent Alaska democrats who have been in Seattle recently have served notice on the democrats of the entire United States that they must not permit their ann bitions to stray toward holding politi- cal office in Alaska.
 It is pointed out that the democratic party at its national convention went on record for Alaskan self-government and Alaskans for Alaskan offices. Seat tie democrats are calling attention to the fact that what the Baltimore con- VentiOn platform really says is. that the party favors that actual residents or previous residents of Alaska should be eligible. Alaskans will agree to this. but they want it understood that the residence must have been extreme ly recent to count.
 Dawson-"Friborn Man ei vike vll. thi verden hore frie til."
 Such Is the happy motto of the Daw- son Sons of the North, which stood  which last night attended the third annual grand ball and banquet of the society. The Scandinavian people never spent a merrier night in all t' c Northland. Eagle hall was crowded with the members of the order and their wives and sweethearts and T number of invited guests from outsi le the order.
 At a meeting of the Fairbanks Com mercial Club in the office of Secretary E. H. Mack. an appeal was sent to Governor Clark asking that he pro- vide some means for filling the v:- cancy caused by the resignation of J. ~' ~NNAOAASyb WhO ACSl6uCu OI dCCOuHt of in-health. Acting with the club is the city council. represented at the meeting by Mayor Driscoll, who also appended his signature to the telc- gram.
 Valdez, Jan. 26.-Charles Rua, one of the owners of the Ellamar mire, was drowned rear the Valdez fyn-cows and his partner Matt Linquist las been found on the beach a rav'rg maniac.
 Seattle, Feb. 6.-Freight rates from this place to oints on the Yuk riv- CT are to be greatly reduced.
 Announcement is made here that the Northern Nav,:au,r Company. the leading transportation concern of Alaska. will during the coming sum mer season cut through freight rates to Ruby. Panama, Fairbanks, Dawson or other points either on or tributary to the Yukon. fully 25 per cent. The announcement Is received with much satisfaction by mercantile con- cerns and others. as we'll as many pri. vate shippers who do business in the North.