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New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

less for oil, coal, minerals, timber or anv
other item but crops, he sets about, that first
summer, improving the required one-sxteenth
of his Hundred and sixty"
To be ready for the winter he must clear
the land, build his house and get in his sup
plies. If he is provident and knows how, he
may manage to get good part of his winter
food off the country--a moose, sheep and game
birds for meat, wild berries for fruit, and he
may grow potatoes and other vegetables for
fresh food. But his supplies must be brought
in by pack--on his horses back or his own
There is probably no trail to his cabin; he is
perhaps fifteen miles from a town. where he
buys his staples at cost also made heavy by
expensive freight.
He settles down for the winter-and 1t is q
long one! From October to April he is snow
bound, with the thermometer dropping as low
as so degrees under zero Three-f -fourths Of
the day is night, and he is fifteen miles from
the nearest neighbor But being man Of re-
source, he weathers it, and the next summer
finds him farming his land. Thanks to
abundance of sunshine, moisture and good soil
and full ripening season which is his sum-
mer portion just south of the Arctic Circle, he
flarvests a 1ne crop--Tar more than he needs
for his own use. But this year he expects to
sell his produce 1t will pay for his clothing,
staples and seed for next year.
Putting his produce on pack horse, he
travels to the town--only to find himself too
late! The two other farmers of the sparsely
settled district have seen him before. From
them the town has stocked up what produce
it needs To his dismay the farmer finds him
xc'r til II Dar'set TO al rract'ca' pnr-
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Chief Object Is to
Locolize Administration

In answer to reiterated appeals Congress IS
considering measures for granting them
Several bills have been drawn to simplify the
involved and conflicting authority, invested IN
thirty eight different bureaus scattered among
the various departments Of government, by
which the development of Alaska is being frus-
trated To center and localize the admnis-
tration Of Alaskan affairs is the gist of all
these bills. Alaskans themselves appear not
to have particular choice as to the measures.
Removal of the restrictions upon the natural
resources of the territory and an efficient ad-
ministration on the spot, with authority to act
upon situations as they arise, are the points
with which the Alaskans are most concerned.
Whether out of all the confusion and msin-
formation there energies this time Just and
practicable policy remains to be seen. But the
settler insists that any course which aims as
the permanent welfare Of the territory TO tae
consequent benefit of the nation win nave tSs
take into account not the glowing and 1ans
tastic conceptions which romantic chroniclers,
have managed to convey, but the downright
facts which the Alaskan himself has always TO
face. Only thus will be possible the develop
naent of what is potentially great Industrial
commonwealth. j
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
EaAIaskas Case Against
AWriters of Romance

j: Among American possessions there Is no
other territory about which there prevails
the utter lack Of knowledge, or the fantastic
mscOncepton, that persistently fetters Alaska.
Romantic writer's have been largely re-
I2ponsibe for this; long-dstance theorizers
pave helped to perpetuate it. Portrayals Of
: the country, varying from descriptions of it
as great Eldorado strewn with riches await
/ Ing only to be swept up into the pockets of
| passing adventurers to accounts of it as q
| formidable region of ice and snow, are as
| absurd in fact they are extreme. The re-
suit is that what is in reality the 1.aton's last
l stand of undeveloped resources is being NAL
administered to the nations cost and the
serritorys economic neglect.
The situation in Alaska is one of acute local
'oncern. There are involved here questions
s'erging on that of the fundamental rights of
american citizens. In that respect the subject
also one of national concern. But to the
'naton at large it holds other elements Of
immediate interest. In the face of the in
rreasing responsibilities of the United States
sen the Pacific, the development of Alaska's
latent resources and energies is matter of
countrywide moment.
Any profitable consideration of means to
that end will have to be based upon facts
Ysnd perhaps no more accurate concise
information as to those facts can be gained
'tnan by brief resume of conditions as they
confront the Alaska pioneer to-day
Take for instance, that forerunner Of civil
Natlon, the prospector. Pack on back and
PICK in hand, for year or two or maybe
half dozen, he has been tramping the hills
looking for "colors" when one day, hundred
miles inland, fifty from any trail, he happens
upon "strke" of ore The ore runs, as far
las ne can gauge it, at least $50 to the ton
and in two to fve-foot ledge for hundreds
.ef feet. Wild with delight, he breaks out
some of the ore, puts it into his pack and
"mushes" hundred miles over the tundra
70 the nearest settlement. Here he gets an
ssssayers report. 1t confirms his Judgment
Ahe quartz averages at least $50 to the ton
q rnd which, in the extent to which it lies in
Tie ground, means riches.
The prospector begins to figure mining
ais strike" This, he remembers, is ore
aot dust, to be dug with a shovel and washed
ou1 IN pan-but crock" which must be
mned by machinery. Now mining machinery
eosts money. Also, that machinery, pur-
eaased, must be got to the mine, a distance
VI hundred and fifty miles in the interior,
whence freight can be transported only by
ug-team in winter, at a cost ranging from
20 cents to 81 pound-and mining machin-
cry is heavy
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Transportation Is the
Great Alaskan Problem

That, at rock bottom, Is the truth about
Alaska. 1t is truth which the settler himself
has learned by grievous experience and at dis
heartening cost. In the "vast isolation" Of this
virgin Wilderness" those magnificent dis
tances," the titanic sculpturings," which hold
for the fervid chronicler so much of romance
there lies for the individual pioneer the grim
and vivid reality Of the country's natural han
dcaps.
Yet of these the Alaska settler doesn't COM
plain. He is the sort of man who likes to
wreste for what he gets, and one has yet to
discover real Alaskan grumbling over the
physical hardships of the land. But there are
handcaps at which he does complain, for
added to the operations Of that ironic law by
which nature makes the very magnitude of
her gifts a measure of the difficulties Of win
ming them there have been imposed on the set
tier in Alaska conditions which nature, being
more or less imbued with justice, would never
inf1ict.
In 1910, In an excess Of zeal for the rights Of
the settler against predatory "interests," the
United States government precipitately with
drew from entry the COAL oil and timber lands
Of the territory.
Fundamentally the whole problem Of Alaska
is one Of transportation. Railroads by which
the prospector may take in his supplies the
miner ship out his Ores the oil operator get
his machinery and send out his product, the
merchant lay in his seasonable stocks, the farm
er transport his crops, all at freight rates
within the reach of practical operations-these
form the crying need of the territory. But
railroads can be neither built nor operated
without fuel. Thus in withdrawing from prac-
tical operation the coal, oil and timber
sources Of the territory the national govern
ment at one stroke threw into Alaskan devel-
opment wrench that has all but wrecked
the entire works. The tremendous resources
which, if developed, would enable Alaska to
produce within her own borders virtually
everything she consumes still lie virgin in the
ground Railroads would have made possible
the operation Of mines, the building Of smelt-
ers and refneries for ores, of mills and fac
tories for it's timber, canneries for it's agri-
cultural products-all the enterprises by which,
and only by which, the individual settler will
ever be able to share in the resources Of the
land have been frustrated. The influx Of a
stable population, which would have come with
these to provide market for the farmers
crops and the merchants wares, and the traffic
which wo,ld lave followed with tonnage for
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Hydraulic mining In Alaska. A
notion of the lDafer power available

poses he is bankrupt, his homestead an ele-
phant on his hands
Such, In general is the practical experience
OF the pioneer in Alaska Prospector, miner
merchant or farmer, as things are it is of little
profit to him that within the more than $4,000
square miles of territory in which he lives
there are riches calculable only in the billions
great mineral deposits as yet untouched vast
stands of timber for manufacturing purposes,
waters teeming with fish, lands with oil; that
embraced IN approximately 100000 square
miles-64 ,000,0 900 acres, or an area twice that
of the State Of New York--are agricultural
lands which produce foodstuffs of incredible
size and Incompatible quality; that flowing
through this land distributing medium
for its products, and navigable 1000 miles east
and west from its source to the sea, is the
great Yukon; that here, in word, prodigally
laid out, to all intents and purposes for the
uses of men, are the latent resources of great
commonwealth. 1t is Of little value to him.
So far as the prizes of the country are con-
cerned the settler is not in the game.
For, however it nsay bs figured, this Is a
game that cannot be played without chips
Whether it is the milling Of ore, mining Of
coal, drilling for oil, manufacture of wood
products, canning Of fish-it is all the same.
Machinery, transportation, labor supplies,
marketing--these are details of development
which call for money and lots Of it, They
demand the involved machinery of modern in
dustry. Nothing less will turn the trick; GER
tainly never the solitary settler working Ia
boriously with his handsl A gigantic jackpot,
this, it can be opened only by large antes; it
can be won only by the placing OF immense
stakes. Those that sit in at the table must
have the dust"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
Landing at Nome. The horbor is such
that no ships can come in


slckenlng realization comes to him the truth
that owing to the conditions under which he
must operate he viii! need considerably more
copper or gold than is bound up in a ton of
that ore to pay for its mining alone-not to
speak of profits! The prospector's "strke"
never sees him again
Suppose the pioneer Is an oil prospector. In
certain ..olrict having all the geoogical
qualifications for the presence of oil he puts
up his stakes and notices and APPLIES to the
government for prospectors license By the
terms of this license he has four years in
which to prove to a skeptical world that there
Is OIL IN that ground. In return for this priv
lege he agrees that within two years he will
set up g. rig and begin drilling; that within
three years he will drill not less than 500 feet
and within four years not less than 1000 feet,
unless before that time he has struck OIL
Now, as things in Alaska, the buying
and installing of rig and the drilling of the
hrst we'll for distance of 500 to 1000 feet
happen to involve little matter of cost
amounting to from $4,000 to 100000, sue
ceeding wells requiring from So 900 to $40. 900
apiece, with the chance always of striking
"dry" well. It is probable that this oil pros
pector never 100000 save in his dreams
If he has money sufficient to grubstake him
self while he is "lnushing" the tundra and
fighting the ubiquitous fly he is as we'll off as
the next one. However, he may know man
with 100000 and strong heart who is will
ing to back him. In which case the prospector,
being in luck, proceeds to business
Having first pledged himself to the govern
ment to follow reasonable methods of opera
tlon to prevent waste; having furnished a
$4,000 bond against injury to the geological
structure; having promised that his opera
tions will not interfere with any forestry, re-
clamation or water power rights already be-
spoken by the government, and having reim-
bursed any others who have any possible claim
on the land, he starts to drill. Still in luck, he
strikes OIL
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
the railroads. has been prevented. Thus, 10.

the ra1lroads, hAs beon prevented Thus, des
signed IN the laudable but III advised and badly
executed defense against predatory inter-
ests," the governments conservation policy to
secure for the settler the natural resources
of the country has succeeded only in taking
them from him
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

THE facts and argument of this article o,ere
Obtained during q recent Mree-n1ouths'
tour of the principal sections of Alaska, and
u'ere secured from prominent and old-hmae
residents of the territory, from government
reports and personal observation of conditions.
The article represents the consensus OF opinion
among all classes of people throughout the ter
r1tory. 1t is especially timely, in viezv of
President Harding's coming Alaskan tour.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26

drawn up, introduced and duly referred to
committee; in committee more hearings are
held; conflicting opinions are aired; politics
intervenes; and presently, for one reason or
another or all Of them, the discussion wanes,
The measures are pigeonholed, and the subject
is dropped, to be revived only at some future
time when repetition of the futile procedure
|sfs in order.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-26
By katherine Wi.sou

E ORE or less regularly, now and then,
Nh Congress comes around to consid-
l. Grafton of the perennial grievances
of Alaska. Hearings are held. bills
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
0ATMAN COMBINATION ENDEAV0R|NC
 TO OBTAIN BY DIAMOND DRILLING THE
 SAME RESULTS AS THE 0ATMAN UNITED

of any now in operation in the field, ard we feel sure that it will resl't in the bringing in of a potential pro- ducer.
 The Oatman Combination lies in tine territory bounded by the United American, Argo, Oatman Gold, Hart man Geld, and Tom Reed mines, and in one of the best mineralized parts of the big district, geologically speaking Ire surrounding territory has shown extensive production, especially the Tom Reed, the United Eastern now be- ing in the producing class, and the Oatman Gc!d having a showing of ore that should soon have it in the class with the larger mines of the district. It is gridironed with veins and the big rhyolite dikes traverse the region and parallels the strike of the veins. And it is the opinion that the rhyolites were the enriching rocks of the dis trict and therefore the contacts in this territory should make for the depo- sition of big veins of potential ores. And it was with this theory upper
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17
FORWARDING PROPAGANDA

In accord with the propaganda given out by Washington D. Vanderlip, there is said to have been discovered many rare minerals "among the 200 differ ent metals found in the mountains of the interior of the Kola Peninsula. q point of land jutting out into the Arc tic Ocean and the White Sea, north of Mumansk and Archangel. It will be remembered that little if any pros pecting has been done in that region on account of it's severe winters, the snow period lasting about nine months each year, and the greater part of tine territory being volcanic and rough, with exceptions of the river valleys, which are prolific of plant life dur
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

and their every effort will be bent to the carrying out of this important pro- ject.
 Judge Johns, who was one of the original incorporators of the company, is old in the mining game, having been successful in the Goldfield and other regions of Nevada. Associated with him are Billy Mahoney, who spent many years in underground work in Oatman. Senator Curtin was also an active worker in the Oatman mines and gained valuable information of vein structure while so engaged, and all can speak by the card on the feat ures carried by the successful prop critics. And they believe that they have in the Combination all the ear marks that go to make a mine in that section.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Arizona is a land pulsating with life and every man who comes to this country of broad acres, filled with mineral of every kind and description, feels the magnetic contact with this life-giving force. It will be well to state that while this state was fifth in land area, it ranked twelfth in value of mineral product in 1919, and six teenth in the number of persons en- gagged in the mining industries as wage earners. The state ranks 47th in population, which indicates the i'm portance of the mining industry, show ing, as it does, that there are employ ed in this one industry an immense number of our population.
 But it is gold mining that we are at present most concerned, because gold mining is now the principal industry of the county at large, and the Blue Ridge and Black ranges in particular. From the south end of the range at Warm Springs, to the north end at Boulder Canyon, the whole area is a vast network of mineralized veins.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

And among the many is the Combina tion, which lies up under the massive escarpment of basaltic lava to the east of the snug little mining camp of Oatman. Here may be seen the work of the Creator in His splendid creation of the intricate formations of the earth's crust and the fracturing neces- sary to pave the way to vein formation and the deposition of the vast mineral deposits that gridiron and girdle the big sphere.
 That the Oatman Combination has a mine within it's confines is the opinion of the mining man and geolo- gist, and even the lowly newspaper man coincides in this opinion. In the years just past shaft was sunk to a depth of $40 feet on this big proper ty ,and drifts carried off several hun dred feet from the 500 level, cutting some promising vein material. In the sinking of the shaft good sized vein was cut, but no systematic effort was made to further develop this exposure, although it was followed out a short distance. In the development carried on from the bottom of the shaft the work was not sufficient to reach the objective and this work is to be fur thered by diamond drilling, contracts with that object in view now being un- der way. This program of diamond drilling is to be the most extensive
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

most that Judge Johns, of Goldfield, Sheriff w. P. Mahoney and Senator James Curtin took over the Combina- tion ground and put on the first cam paign of development. They put in their own money as far as they could go and then called on their friends to help the financing. In this work of financing they met with ready re- sponse from the miners of the district and from the mining engineers and others who had knowledge of mining conditions throughout that section of the camp. This money was used to equip the mine with a big plant of machinery, heavy hoist, compressor and other necessary equipment being installed, with which the work was carried to the present level. The shaft was three compartment, we'll timbered and put in excellent shape to carry operations to an indefinite depth. The compressor can now be used to take care of the diamond drill ing campaign that is under way, with out the addition of further machinery, only the drills being necessary.
 Through the Combination property there are several of the important veins of the camp that can be reached into from the 800, as well as getting out into the vein cut in the sinking of the shaft at a higher level. The searching out of these veins and the
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

Great reefs of copper, totaling 240 miles and averaging more than foot in width, have been discovered in Nor occo recently, according to Paris re- ports. More than 2,000,000 pounds of ore are exposed, yielding from eight to 10 per cent copper, which means 25O,OOO tons of the ore without sink ing a single shaft.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-03-17

ing the few growing months. These valleys are deep in soil, and the noun tains have only been scaled in few places. The inhabitants know little or nothing of mining and the statement that ich mineral discoveries have been made there may be taken with a grain of sodium chloride.
Evening journal., 1922-01-26

The exhibit OF Oriental ohiets-
dart which the Francis NJ. Both
elho Company. OF Philadelphia. is
conducting this week in Freeman's
Art Gallery Rooms. i5i9-l52i Chest
nut street. Philadelphia, Is attracting
much attention.
Brocades. embrofderies and bronzes
are especially interesting features OF
the collection which includes. as
well many beautiful cloissone pieces
and a number OF finely carved arti-
cles Of the precious metals, ivory
and brass. The objects displayed
were personally selected by u. A.
Casal. a European connoisseur and
an authority on the art OF the Far
East.
Evening journal., 1922-01-26
PRINTING co. TO
REBUILD PROPERTY

omcials OF the Mercantile Print
ing Company announce that they
will rebuild the company warehouse
which was destroyed by sfire last
month. The new structure will be
constructed on the site OF the dc
stroycd building. Tenth and Wilson
streets
Tho new building will be used :or
varehols purposes Workmcn have
been engaged. for several veeks In
clearing away the wreckage OF the
burned building
Carlton r. BridEham. an Official
Of the New Castle Leather Company.
said today that the concern has
made no plans 10 replace lis prop
erty on Walnut street which was
destroyed by the same fire. The com
pany does not need the building at
present and any plan for recon
struction will be left TO future devel-
opments. the official explained.
Evening journal., 1922-01-26

we've managed to buy the small car
my husband needs in his business.
Il do not say we are having an
easy time. either OF us.
Il am as happy as any bride OF
millionaire. would have been
ashamed Of myself II I had refused
his proposal because ] would have 90
work in an Office for a few years
after my marriage. I do not pity
myself because / have to work.
My greatest JOY in life. so far. has
been this chance to help my hus-
band gain what he most wants.
degree in law"
often I have said a good deal to
the effect that a wife has enough 20
do in her home and ought rarely TO
undertake work outside Of Il. there
for II is only fair 10 print some OF
the exceptions.
Evening journal., 1922-01-26

husband may follow out his big am
bltion.
My husband was a student when
he enlisted. Between the date OF
his return from France and our
marriage. he underwent three opera
tions. did all In my power to help
him endure his suffering in hospitals.
and his tedious delays and disap-
pointments in the business world.
In consequence OF his sickness.
when we married ne had but $50
and / had $50! Certainly he was in
no way TO blame for his financial
condition. but he had periods OF de-
preston because he felt he had not
been fair to me when he asked me
10 marry as we did. on almost moth
ing.
1t was risk but kept on with
my Office work and added TO 1t the
care Of our coy home.
After hard day at the Office.
cook and wash and iron and clean
but as it is for his home. it is not
Idrudgery OF some OF my girl friends
consider all housework TO be.
".y husband leaves the house an
hour before ! do. but never let him
get his breakfast. although he could
he insists. Why. our day wouldn'i
start right unless we shared our jolly
breakfasts and told each other oui
plans for the time we are apart
My soldier-boy with a war record
I am proud OF. helps me wash the
dishes before ne goes 10 work. put
the apartment in order before I lock
[ the door behind me.
And we rush home at night and
cook the supper together. And af-
terward, four nights a week, my
husband goes of TO law school.
But my evenings never are lone
some. for then I do my general
housework. wash. iron. mend or
make myself a new hat.
We've been married year but
Evening journal., 1922-01-26

Oranges, Tangerines, Lemons and the
finest of Table Apples at exceptionally low
prices.
A special lot of Extra Fine India River
Oranges at 45c dozen.
Fine, Large Grape Fruit at 3 for Csc and
4 for Csc.