The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-29
ALL SPACE FOR ALASKA HAS
 BEEN TAKEN

SEATTLE, June 29 Especial to the Times) The largest locomotive blow ever shipped to Alaska is on Seattle s docks awaiting the arrival of a ship chartered by the Alaskan railroad con- mission to carry supplies for tho gov ernment railroad to Alaska. The snow ploy weighs 80,000 lbs.
 t Because of the extraordinary de- mands for space to Alaskan points from Seattle, the joint committee representing the various war veterans associations, have been unable to se- cure any sort of vessel for their pro- posed excursion to Victoria, July 4. All of the steamships of the Pacific Steamship Company, the Alaska Steamship Company, the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company and the Grand Trunk Pacific Steamship Com pany are practically booked to capa- city for every voyage until we'll into August. Never before in the history of traffic to Alaska has been the re- mand for accommodations so heavy as this year, say the traffic chiefs of the steamship lines. Not even in 1916, which was the banner year hitherto in Northern travel, was the advance booking so heavy as this year.
 Washington special says: Concen- tration and coordination of federal control in Alaska is the outstanding feature of a comprehensive report filed with Secretary of the Interior, John Barton Payne, by the inter-de- partmental committee representing the Interior, Agriculture and post office departments and the United States Shipping board.
 It is recommended that legislation creating an interdepartm board be enacted and that the board be given authority to administer the fed eral laws relating to public lands, leases, water powers, fisheries, tim Der, railroad construction and opera ton, and wagon road construction.
 In the way of legislation outside the bill creating the interdepartment- al board, the committee recommends an increase in the appropriation for the investigation of mineral resourc- es; notifications of the coal land leasing law, and a more liberal law to encourage the exploitation of pos sib1e oil resources in the Arctic re- gions.
 The committee also asks for an in tensive campaign for the development , of Alaskan pulp wood by laying be- fore the paper manufacturers and con- sumers the possibility of the immed- fate development of the industry.
 The indications are that the present season will see the largest tourist travel to Alaska ever known. The Spokane on her trip, Saturday car ried a capacity, load of Shriners. Thereafter every Admiral line ship in the southeastern Alaska routes will pull out from the Grand Trunk dock with crowds of tourists until the close of the summer season. Be- tween the middle of this month and the middle of Aupust inc vacca1c will carry more than 15OO pleasure seek CTS in eighteen sailings.
 Indian hunters off the coast of Washington have captured 400 seals this year as against $50 last year They use only spears and bows and arrows, the use of firearms being pro. Shibited
 The Western Rolling Mills Corpora tion, of Seattle, has purchased a site of 63 acres in the industrial district for the location of rolling mills and other steel manufacturing The com pany has opinions on ore deposits in the northern part of the state which contains hundreds of millions of tons Of ore. When the plant here and furnaces at the mines are completed the entire plant is to cost s15,0OO.. GOO