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April 10, 1915 – A total of $2,831,517 has been expended within the past ten years by the Alaska road commissioners in the building and upkeep of roads in the territory. Of this amount, $1,500,000 was appropriated direct from the public treasury by congress, and the balance of $1,331,517 was from the Alaska fund, which is derived from business and trade licenses outside of incorporated towns. April 12, 1940 – At Wednesday's Chamber of Commerce meeting a letter from Forester J. M. Wyckoff, in regard to the construction of a peat plant here, said...
Oregon State University Bret A. Martinsen was named to the Scholastic Honor Roll Winter term at Oregon State University....
April 3, 1915 – Seventy-five members of congress are to come to the Pacific coast during the spring and summer, according to a Washington press dispatch. They will, so it is stated, all visit San Francisco, and the majority of them intend to come north to the Sound. Now if a big party of these Statesmen could be persuaded to devote a few weeks to an Alaska trip, they would hereafter be in position to legislate more intelligently for the Northland than has been customary in the past, with their information as to conditions and needs of the t...
March 27, 1915 – At an adjourned meeting of the council held Tuesday evening, Councilmen Johnson and Brennan reported on the matter of a road to Scow Bay, they having appeared before the legislative committee on appropriations in Juneau last week for the purpose of urging that this improvement be incorporated in a proposed measure to use a portion of the funds derived from the forest reserve for the building of roads in this division. If it is found that this money may be used for road purposes, the committee assured Messrs. Johnson and Brennan... Full story
