The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-02-17

sued from the White House which
nullifies the order of March Is,
1911, withdrawing mineral and hot
springs in Alaska from entry and
restoring the land surrounding the
springs to the domain of the Ma
tional Forestry department The
new order Will have the effect CT
making the lands subject to entry
under the homestead laws. Follow
ing is the order:
Under authority of the Act Of
Congress entitled AN Act to auth
orize the president of the United
States to make Withdrawals of pub
lie lands in certain cases." approved
June rs, 1910 (36 Stat. SAD as
amended by the Act of Congress of
August "a, 1912 (37 Stat, 1919, it
is hereby ordered that the Executive
Order dated March 2S, 1911, with
drawing "all tracts of public lands
in the District of Alaska upon which
hot springs, or other springs, the
waters of which possess curative
medicinal properties, are located, to
the extent of 100 acres surrounding
each spring, in rectangular form
with side and end lines equidistant,
as near as may be, from such
spring or group of springs" be re-
voked SO far as it applies to lands
within national forests.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
The White House, Jan. "a, 1914.
The mines on Douglas Island
known locally as the Treadwell
mines, but listed in the Mining
Journal as the Alaska Treadwell,
Alaska Mexican and Alaska United.
paid big dividends during the year
1913.
The Alaska Treadwell, which is
capitalized at 100000, paid divi-
dends of $1,000,000 in 1918. MAX
ing total dividends of $13,7S5. 5000
to date.
The Alaska Mexican, capitalized
at 100000, paid dividends of
$4,000 for the year, making a
total dividends of sS,273,3s1 paid
to date.
The Alaska United, which oper-
ates the Ready Bullion and 700
mines, is forging ahead as a divi-
dend payer as it is capitalized at
$901, 200 and paid $414,460 divi-
dends in 1913, and total of
$1,576,75O to date.
In his annual report as president
of the Alaska Road Commission
Colonel w. P. Richardson makes the
following proposed distribution of
the S7,25O,000 which he asks
Congress for expenditure of wagon
road system in Alaska:
Maintenance of the pres
onL ROADS 9I, AoV,VoU
Completion of projects
already undertaken and
their maintenance. 100000
Projects approved but
not begun 1850, 900
Projects not yet impor-
tant but which will
develop as other roads
are built 1900, 900
Total 81, $50 900
Speaking of the proposed Alaska
railroad, Col. Richardson says It
will be useless unless wagon roads
are provided as feeders. He says;
Our board specifically disavows
any intent to set forth views in
opposition or Encouragement to
railroad construction in the terri
tory under proper limitations, but
after several years of careful obser-
walton and study of the land trans
portation conditions and of the
natural inducements to develop and
to settlement which exist, is con-
WINGED that no rapid or general de-
velopment will follow the construc-
ton of trunk lines or railroad UNI
less preceded or accompanied by the
construction of numerous wagon
roads and trails as feeders, and
even then the development will be
slow" s
John L. Steele, who is in Seattle
attending the hearing of the coal
cases there says he is still in the
field as available material for dele
gate to congress. Mr.. Steel has
some valuable oil holdings in Okla
homa. He says the indications
there are no better than found
around Katalla, but the operators
have not had the Pinchot blight
applied to them.