The Nome nugget., 1947-07-21
In Agreement For Once
(The Alaska Weekly)

(The Alaska Weekly)
 WE HAVE NOTICED two editorials recently in Alas ka papers, both of which found than ordinarily interesting One in the Juneau Empire, giving Re- gonal Forester Frank Heintzean all the credit for the work he has done for the past 25 30 years in trying to promote pulp and paper industry in Alaska and the other in the Ketchkan Chronicle according the credit for the apparently successful to the Alas ka Development Board. Strangely enough agree with both of them:
 Said the Empire" in part
 Regional Forester B. Frank Heintzeman is coming close to accomplishing what he set out to do 25 30 years ago-bring the pulp and paper industry into Southeast Alaska. Time after time he has almost made the grade only to have new obstacle thrown in the path.
 According to yesterdays news from Washington, the only barrier the claims of Alaska Indians to the land involved An attempt to settle this problem is being made Congress now has before it proposed resolution which would clear the way for the signing of contracts with pulp investors this year The resolution proposes that receipts from the sale of the disputed land would be held in special fund until the question of land and timber rights settled by further legislation"
 Because of space limitation also quote but pOr- tion of the Chronicles able editorial
 Tt is time, The Chronicle believes to pat the Alaska Development Board the back for taking the initiative in going after paper industry at least one unit ot which seems we'll assured for the Thomas Bay area
 little year ago the board sensed that the time ripe to interest outside capital in producing news print in Alaska The nations newspapers crying for print but neither American Canadian mills willing and ready to answer the demand.
 The development board and Manager Henry Clark decided that the existing paper industry wasn't going to go out of it's way to come to Alaska with mills because the existing shortage bidding up the price and these mills enjoyed fine profit without putting out new capital against somewhat risky future So the de- velopment board took the bull by the horns and went after the newspaper publishers who lacked print but had plenty of money with which to build their own news print mills.
 The success of the Southland plant in Alabama has been known for time in newspaper row. That mill, started merely to southern publishers of steady supply though it lost money has paid almost from the start Recently when its officers decided to double capacity, banks in Alabama and Texas quickly supplied financial backing at reasonable rates, demonstrating that the paper industry had proved its stability So, con- cluded the Alaska Development Board and the news paper publishers of Il western states who were con- suited, the thing might work in Alaska"
 It begins to aak though may have pulp indus try in Alaska. For this fact which more to the Territory than any development in many years we have both the untrng and persistent efforts of Frank Heint zeman and the constructive work of the Alaska Devel opment Board to thank Frank Heintzleman has done job in this respect which should him the gratitude of every Alaskan and the Alaska Development Board if had only this job to its credit would have paid its way thousand fold.