New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1922-04-05
.LOOTERS AT WORK
In ALASKA LANDS.
FALL IS BIG BIZ
BEST BET WHEN THEY
WANT SOMETHING.
CABINET OFFICERS HAND in
GLOVE WITH EXPLORERS
OF RESOURCES.

Baked in his scheme to get con-
troll of Alaska's resources through con
gressional action, Secretary Of the
Interior Fall has made sudden flank
movement and has secured from Sec
rotary Of the Navy DENLY an offer Of
full control Of the naval coal lands in
the erritory, to be leased by Fall to
private interests. e
The logical bidders for such lease
are the Gugge ifIss, who dominate
the metal mining industry Of Alaska,
and who made the desperate attempt
at the Cunningham coal claims with
the aid Of former Secretary Balinger
in Taft's day. Fall recently expressed
his deep sympathy with Ballinger and
the Guggenheims in that affair.
DENLY With Fall.
Fall says frankly that he is opposed
on principle to the operation Of any
coal mines, by the government. Sec
rotary DENLY, who recently turned O.
yer to Fall the administration Of naval
oil reserve No l, in California
transfer which led directly to lease
Of % wells on the reserve to the Do
heney interests and to the United
Midway Oil company is in full ac-
cord with Fall on this point. He has
sent to Fall a memorandum prepared
by naval officers at his request, ask
ing that the interior department take
over and administer the Chicakloon
and adjacent coal fields which have
been developed for the navy. In the
same breath with his denial that he has
reached a decision as to whether he
will accept this offer, Fall says that the
lease should be given to private com
pany capable Of maintaining develop
ment and production Of at least ESQ
tons daily.
The navy has invested some ST.
100000 in these government Goa
mines in the Chickaloon and Matan-
uska fields, tapped byia branch of the
\ government railroads. It has Install
ed a coal Washery Of modern type, anG
| has blocked out hundreds Of thousands
Of tons Of high grade coal and has ex.
/ ported with diamond drill almost :
billion tons more. This coal is, 95 PEI
| cent as good in heat value as Pocahon
, tas coal, which is delivered at Pacifi,
coast terminals at about s13 per ton
How They Do Il. 5
| Fall says that the question Of develop
J ment Of this rich deposit Of coal de
ponds upon the cost Of water trans
portation to the states. AS the Gug
genheims control the water transpor
tation, and as they charge as much 70
J 2. ton Of freight for the 1000 mile
from Seward to Seattle as IS charge,
I on an 8,0OO-mile run from the coas
/ to England, the interest which is in
Z position to make the winning bid Of
/ this coal lease is, Of course, the Gug
t genheim interest. 3ss Ell. 3
4 Guggenheims Want Pulpwood.
) Discussing the. value Of coal devel
]. opment in assuring sufficient freigh
I TO Justify more steamship traffic t
+ Alaska, Fall points out that the pulp
t wood resources Of the territory cal
+ then be developed with special advan
! tage, The Guggenheims, curiousl.
5 enough, are trying to lay their hand
d on. the pulnWOod also. sl II
/ Secretary Fall is indignant at th
1 suggestion that his deal with Denb.
II for the leasing Of oil in the naval .re
t serves to the Doheny| interests has
sinister look. He says, with som
warmth, that DENLY had advertise,
! Continued on page Al II.