The Nome nugget., 1923-09-08
DELEGATE SUTHERLAND
 PAYS NOME VISIT

|
 returning 10 the States on this trir
 of the steamer Victoria. In an in
 terview with Mir. Sutherland the
 Delegate made known the foIlowine
 facts:
 The visit of the Presidential par. ty to Alaska aroused more interest
 than any other event that has ever
 occurred to Alaska, and will with
 out doubt result in an ultimate
 good to the Territory. The late ! President Warren G. Harding in his
 speech at Seattle after returning
 from Alaska said: "It was up to 1 Alaska to work out her own Sles- tiny" and Delegate Sutherland said l he agrees with the late President O.
 that issue.
 Delegate Sutherland said. while both the Presidential and Congress
 sional party agreed upon liberal i policy toward Alaska, on other ] questions there were various opin- 1 ions formed which are conflicting.
 As to the consolidation of Govern
 ment Bureaus, Delegate Sutherland stated that he did not think this
 move would add to the prosperity of
 the Territory.
 Delegate Sutherland's policy to- ward the fishing industry is to hold that industry open to the public. he does not believe that any corpora ton should have an option on this industry. and it is to that end that Delegate Sutherland is working. Delegate Sutherland made an ex- tended visit along the coast of Southwestern Alaska and going as
 far as Bristol Bay points stopped off at Kanatak which is the base of the | oil drilling operations. and sized up l the situation. He met many old timers at that point who are filled with optimism over the prospects. A general spirit of confidence in drill results prevails at kanatak ] | The formation so far has been un-
 usually hard, but this is believed to be capping of igneous origin cov- ering the shale which is common to the country. The Standard Oil i Company seems to have met with | some adverse conditions and conse- quently have not made the same
 headway in drilling as has been .made by the Associated Co. The population of Kanatak is
 largely old timers and the old at mosphere of optimism that marked the placer camps of early days is | to be noted everywhere. especially
 where groups of gold prospectors gather
 The Coast and Geodetic Survey
 vessels are surveying the Coast of Shelikof Strait and to the westward. Extensive preparations for big
 seasons work have been made and as the large survey ships are pro- vided with powerful launches and a crew for three shifts per day we may look for complete charts of this heretofore unchartered region with ir a year. Although we have had ir the past general charts of this section the waters have not been sounded and navigators have avoid cd rpa ha ;pIa tvh; tains reefs and shoals. With the completion of the Geodetic Survey
 we may look for many additional aids to navigation which are great ly needed in these western waters.
 It is to be hoped that congress will take liberal attitude in it's appro-
 priations for lighthouses and bouys l in country where general trade expansions is certainty.
 | MT. Sutherland stated that there
 seems to be some difficulty in the
 financial department of the sulpnu,
 E.'ning company at Akutan Island
 and thus a temporary suspension of
 operations. An overhead tram from
 ,idewater to the top of the noun
 tain where the sulphur deposit oc- 1 CUTS has been completed and it is
 hoped that shipping of the product
 will commence soon. An individual
 who was in the employ of the Com
 pany told MT. Sutherland that while l
 fence with the company he mantain- 1 ed that there is no question regard
 ing the extent of the sulphur de-
 posit. He fixes the amount in sight
 at one million tons.
 The fox raising business seems to
 be in prosperous condition, and
 altho some disappointment was ex-
 pressed at London prices this year | for 1,Iuo fn~ ro1fo fhava na 1~nL