Show Were We're for It D Dr Jones BecaUSE Because the thousands of tons of fuel fuel coal coal and oil which oil which are are u uLd used ed anto an an- annually to lually by government vessels in Alaskan Alaskan waters must be purchased ased troi tro from l lC C c e private concerns at large figures while if the government owned its own supply base this same same fuel could be furnished from government bins and Tanks brought there fr from m government owned mines and oil wells on gov gov- gov lS k rn vessels and colliers colliers Dr E E. Lester Jones superintendent of the 1 i coast and g geodetic c detic survey in his annual report recently made public recommends recommends recommends mends that Uncle Sam purchase the abandoned village and home of the de de- 1 North American Commercial company at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands and make a government owned and operated s supply station of it He says ays i 4 j S A A serious problem confronts the government in reference to a supply e ase in western Alaska for coal oil and other ship supplies f s At the present time is s the headquarters of the he guard coast coast guard V. V c and acts as a supply base for government vessels but the arS'S ar ar- S'S k is not ideal first bec because use the harbor is a poor one second J Jr r ff this place the federal government has paid many thousands of dollars tt toa ja private company for coal transported from Australia Canada andS and S United States besides incurring other expenses in payment of S. S Y us s. s pr privileges received it being necessary for government vessels W at a private wharf and to accept courtesies in connection there there- S. S 1 placing them more or les less under obligation to a private t and third there is a very poor fresh water supply at at tV u n j l rT f n i points out that the department of commerce would be gf greatly atly be belief f ted by y having a permanent government owned stati station n at Dutch Har Har- bor Jones S to The government would immedi immediately telY feel the beneficial results of S t th thi purchase There are thousands of tons of fuel fuei used by all the theS S vessels in that section which at present are are purchased from private concerns at large figures while if the tho government owned its t own own supply base this same sae fuel could be furnished from government bins byis and tanks brought there from government owned mines and oil S S Y wells ells on government vessels and colliers In this way the cost of the theS S purchase of this thus property would soon b be realized in the saving on these S. S supplies It is s earnestly hoped that the t coming congress will act 7 favorably on on this this recommendation t t Vo hope so sQ too doctor a hurry and those thos government oil oft olat ts up get mines and government S Y t ts at work ork and maybe Uncle Sam will have some left over after supply- supply own ships to sell to the people of Alaska and the states at actual cost cos |