The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1916-04-10

equal period. He also urged that
constant effort be maintained to
secure an increase OF the weight
limit.
President Polet then introduc-
cd Mayor-elect Blake who voiced
the needs for good roads. Mr..
Blake said that the roads commit
tee had done considerable work
and had also memorialized con-
gress and petitioned the Alaska
road commission for an increase
of the allotment of funds for the
work of road and trail construc-
ton in this section. A large por-
ton of his address was taken up
by reading the petition addressed
to the road commission setting
forth the needs of roads and trails
and advocating the construction
OF new roads to several localities
and also the construction of a
trunk line road TO Candle. He
said that roads were vitality neces-
sary to the proper development of
the territory and asserted that
the opening of the coal beds OF
the district was as vital a. matter
as any and was as much depend
ant on the opening up of roads as
was the gold areas; that, indeed,
the opening of the one was neces-
sary to the development OF the
other. After showing some of the
results of the present lack of road
communication as represented in
the costs of commodities in sew
eral OF the more remote sections
the speaker concluded very able
statement by remarking that it is
the intention of the roads COM
mittee to ask congress for prop
er proportion of the road funds for
this district.
After stating that no new coun-
try ever showed its values at the
start and that the greatest devel--
opment comes with the creation
OF new industries, President Polet
Mr.. R Lomen as the
spokesman of NEW Industries"
Mr.. Lomen handled his subject in
very able and lucid manner,
stating that there were numerous
possibilities for the development
Of new industries. Among them
were coal mining, fisheries and
the reindeer industry. These were
enough, he said to insure the pros
perity of this district. He then
gave short resume of the REIN
deer industry, stating that there
were over fifty seven thousand of
the animals in the country at the
time of the last census, IoI4. Un-
til recently the entire product had
been consumed by the local mar
ket, but now the time has arrived
that there is surplus for expor~
tation owing to the natural in
crease in the herds. This indus
try should be encouraged as pre-,
senting one of the greatest posi-
bilities for the future. Mr. Lo-
men then took up the coal devel-
opment question and said that the
solution thereof was probably at
our door He called attention to
the geological survey bulletin com
piled by Mr.. Collier showing that
the coal fields of the Northwestern
section of Alaska are far larger
than suspected and contain both
high and low grade coal. He. said
that about 100 tons of the Cape
Lisburne coal had been placed or
the Nome market in the early
days but was not exactly satisfac.
tory owing to being from the sur.
face and far from representing the
true quality. Analysis by !, the
Mass College of Technology dis
closed that the product was les.
than fen nor cant ;rfor;0r <r 81
best coal in caloric qualities. Ir
taking up the fishing industry Mr.
] omen said that the value of the
fisheries products of the territory
were almost one half Of the vaIu,
of the gold production. The wa
tiers adjacent to Seward peninsu.
la are alive with fish at certain
seasons of the year and the pros.