The Seward gateway., 1921-03-26
THE SEATTLE LETTER

the beach where they were left by the receding tide. This is great spawn ing place for the herring and each wear natives from the beach towns have for years gathered the eggs and Ldried them for food.
 Alaska offers mining opportunities to an unlimited degree and the coun- try owes it to the territory to present these opportunities in national way, said John T. Burns, of Chicago, sec : retary of the American Mining Con- gress at a meeting of the executive committee of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. MT. Burns asked the bureau to in- sure display of mining exhibit at the twenty-fourth annual convention of the American Mining congress and : the National Exposition of Mines and Mining Convention to convene in Port ; Chicago and said an exception would . be made in the case of Alaska and the territory be allowed to make display , of it fishing and agricultural re- sources
 The Peoria (Illinois) Chamber of Commerce has announced that at it's annual dinner in that city in the near future, Alaska reindeer meat will be the feature of the menu.
 A Washington special says; "Co- operation of the various departm of government, was the subject mat ter of discussion at the first meeting 6 of President Harding's cabinet, and in this fact there lies the hope that after all, the 22 different bureaus n which have some measue of contro , of Alaskan affairs may be brought Q under fewer heads"
 In response to an invitation from Governor Riggs and Maurice D. Lee ', hey, Secretary of the Interior Fal M said he is arranging plans to visl 7 Alaska during the coming summer.
 One thousand men will be wanted for construction work on the govern o ment railroad in Alaska next month ' according to William Gerig, assistan II 1 of who a1. ' rived here a few days ago from An chorage on busineess and pleasur = trip to the states. While some O these-comparatively few-may b. recruited from Southeastern Alask' as a result of unexpected dullnes Il next season is the fishing industry r the great majority will be obtaine' u in Seattle. At present, the combines J. operation and construction force dl C the railroad totals 2,300 practicall = all of the increase of 1000 will be t d the construction department.
 A mill with concentration and flo tation process machinery will be con
 s1ructed on the Specht and Kirsch
 baum mining property at Kasaan thi
 spring, according to the announcemer
 of Mr. H. Kirschbaum.
 'sSkookum Jim" Mason's gold, at uuired when he helped discover tn
 Klondike was not, after his death, much benefit to his son-in-law, al
 cording ito the testimony of the la' sour-dough's daughter Daisy Maso
 who has been granted in the Superit
 Court divorce from Harry Code Ebbert a sawyer. Ebbert did not col
 test the case
 The report of the census shows tn
 the number. of reindeer and foxes ! Alaska has,. increased "a pidly. |, 1910 there were s22,107 reindeer vs : ued at s525 ,OOO but in 1920, the her
 had increased to 92,933 deer, valu
 at S2 2sS, ,562. In 19a0 there were 1
 foxes on the farms in Alaska and Ia year the colonies had membership
 1,1SO valued at $219,358.
 Sessions of the third Information
 Mining Convention to convene To .- land, Oregon, will result in rater benefit to the mining idustly of : West, and particularly of Alaska
 w. Elmer, consulting engineer
 Portland told thee weekly luncheon
 the members council of the Cham'
 of Commerce. Elmer is secretary
 the mining convention to be held
 April to g. In his address Ein
 gave a digest of important matt
 to be considered by the conventl One of the chief matters for cons