El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-27

lieutenant commander. lie asked him
where he was going. and. upon mis- re-
! plving that he was bound for Seldovia.
/ wanted 10 know II he had yet secured
! . license The Japanese was dunn
I founded He replied that he did not
know A license was required by a for
eirner 10 travel on American vessels
Going 10 Alaska. and seemed greatly
5eIfeved when the governor explained
mat he meant license TO hunt for pig
--ane which was the only reason h.
could possibly think that any one
4vould care 10 visit SeldOvia at that
piled that he was making the trip
merely for the sea voyage and for
NV scientific friend became fairly
we'll acquainted with the Japanese
during the voyage. but not wei enough
TO ask personal questions. The Japa-
nese did not volunteer anything fur
Their as TO his business. but the
scientist says that he had camera
with him and made numerous photo
graphs everywhere He took snapshots
Of every bay and channel. and Kept a
matchbox. in which he iotted down
voluminous memoranda in japanese
Characters His notebook was evil
IDENTIFY precious. for il was fastened to
q steel chain, riveted TO a leather belt.
buckIed about his waist
Oil Fields Are Important.
Nv the recent Developments on the
battIefields Of Europe the oil fields Of
Alaska have become OF enormous i'm
portance. Gasoline is an absolute
necessity for modern warfare. 1t has
to be used in motor car transpOrJa-
ton and is employed not only for the
transportation Of men. but also Of am
munitiOn, food and other supplies 10
the battlefields. The advantages Of
supply points Of this fuel in the north
ern Pacific cannot be overestimated,
and the oil fields OF Alaska may be-
come OF great moment in the interna-
tional complications OF the future.
II is not generally known that petrO-
leum has been discovered In many
parts Of Alaska. In a paper given last
year before the American Institute Of
Mining Engineers Of New York. DR..
Alfred II. Brooks. who is at The head
of the geological survey of Alaska. de-
scribcd four localities. all on the Pa
cific seacoast where petroleum is
seeping forth from the earth There
are probably other deposits OF oil in
the interior. f de X LeffinEwell, who
for years has been exploring the north
coast. found a petroleum residue 800
miles north Of the Arctic circle, almost
on the coast Of the Arctic ocean, and
travellers speak Of other possible oil
territories.
The KatalIa Fields.
As TO the oil along the Pacific coast.
the Katslla fields are perhaps the best
known. They lie on Controller BAY
just below the Boring river coal fields.
and between that coal field and the
sea They are almost directly north
Of Kayak island. They cover belt IS
miles long 2:;5 f-c=.; so-- TO eight miles
in width as now defined by the seep-
ages and springs of natural gas They
we're lightning to drill there before the
government locked up the oil fields
and several claims had already been
-aken out
These claims the government could
lOl control and some work is now be-
nE done upon them. In all 26 different
holes have been drilled and in 10 OF
hese more or less oil has been struck.
some of the wells have been producing
rom 10 10 u barrels per day. but the
ieepeSt well has been put down only
500 feet and none has gone deep
.nouSh TO actually test the field.
A little further south along the coast