The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-23
MANY PEOPLE ARE HEADED
 FOR ALASKA

hAA4 ALGA, ApIu 70 (Op6Cl1I to the Daily Times).-Alaska business from this port has started with a rush. Re- gently four big steamships and two hrst-class sailing ships cleared for Alaska points the same day, loaded with cannery crews and supplies. The four steamships were dispatched by the Alaska Steamship Company, three Of them having large passenger lists in addition to freight. The Alameda went out on its regular schedule; the victoria on special trip to canneries yin the vicinity of Unimak pass; the Redondo bound for cannery points along Prince William sound; the freighter Latouche bound for ports westward of Seward. The sailing ships were the bark Guy c. Cess and ship St. Paul of the Northwestern Fisher ies Company fleet, the former for Chig- nix and the latter for Kenai Both ships were loaded with canneery SUD- plies and with a fair list of passen- gers, cannery hands. The ship Charles E. Moody is expected to sail for the Northwestern Fisheries Com pany in a few days with cannerey SUD- plies and hands
 Because of the insistence of the union of deep-sea fishermen upon de- mands for increased pay, the Pacific Coast Goldfish Company announces the indefinite tying up at the docks of. Shree of their fishing schooners. The Pacific Coast company positively re- vfused to accede to the demands of the fishermen and will tie up their en- tire feet
 May the Alaskan engineering com mission will let contracts for building the largest steel bridge in the far North, over Hurrican gulch, 284 miles from Seward and ITO miles from An chorage. The contracts will be let in this city, and work is expected to be- gin without delay, The structure will be 1000 feet long
 Special dispatches from Washington assert that the outlook for favorable Alaska legislation at this session of congress is pessimistic. A few minor bills will be passed and there is hope for favorable departmental action in making the resources of the territory available. The territorial shipping bill will not be touched until next session. The bill upon which fundamentally the fate of Alaska rests-which abolishes m absentee landlordism and the bureau cratic form of government-wiI1 not she brought before the committee This bill, introduced by Chairman Curry of the territories committee, provides for the abolition of the various Wash ington bureaus and the creation of commission of three members, resi- dent in Alaska, with power to act Chairman New of the senate commit tee believes it will be taken up the first thing at the December session.
 The sundry civil bill will include provision that birch timber may be exported from Alaska. Outside of couple of bills providing that munici- palities of Alaska may issue bonds, introduced by Delegate Grigsby, only three constructive Alaskan measures will be enacted. These are bill that will tend to break the cast-iron mo. nopoly held by the forestry bureau on 8 Alaska's timber, an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the opening of coal mines under the direction of the navy, and, perhaps, a small appropriation to be Used in devising a scheme for the de- veIopment of traffic for the Alaska fed eral railroads.
 Among the leading features of the mining congress held in this city was an exhibit of ores and precious metals from the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Gold ores from $120 a ton to rock carrying as high as $500 were shown Among the delegates, 1,500 in number, were some of the leading mining men of the na- ton, who were appealed to to fight for legislation which will free the North ern territory of the restrictive legis- lation which is now holding back the proper development of the unrivaled resources of the as yet almost undeve1- oped country. In the exhibit were gold ores from the Treadwe1l, Chichagoff, A Gastineau, Port Wells, Willow Creek and Fairbanks districts; copper from the famous Kennecott, Latouche, FL I@mar Russian Brown and nthar noted