F«t*Wi»beJ 1898 Old«tt Daily ■» Akila
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER
L. 8» Keller, Publisher.
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EDITORIAL I
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"RICHARDSON HIGHWAY"
Wt-Sf oldtimers have been wont
to term the Valdez-Fairbanks road
tis oe»n officially- designate as
"Ricaardson Highway,': to honor
General "Wilds P. Richardson, long
a' the ho^d o£ federal road and
trail building in Alaska, but who is
now in active service 'a the United
States army.
If-is road has served' a most
use!ul purpose. It was employed w
tensively in gaining intrress to and
?sr»;:s from the great placer camp
3* Fairbanks, when it was in flow
er, as well as other interior min
:ig camps. For years, most of the
'unris appropriated by the national
ongrcss for road and trail work in
territory were devoted- to im
• rovements on this road, until even*
uailv it was possible to successfully
ise automobiles upon it.
But this road, useful in its time.
• ill soon pass into Practical disuse,
or the reason that the government
^il^ay line eow under construction
rom Anchorage to Fairbanks will
aopl^nt it. That stands to reason, j
>r very few persons indeed will
>n*ider passage over a wagon,
;ad, when a railroad is available
> cover the sam© distanec. Even
3w, there is a considerable tr^vf-1,
unoaratively speaking, from the
terlor via the Broad pass, to con*
*c* with the government railroad.
»ir Taikeetna. Hence, there will <
■ no further need> to employ road
mmsision funds on the "Richard
n Highway," although it naa_r be
mew hat difficult to convince the
esent commission of this fact.—
.chorage Times.
.K.V FIRST AXNUAL
BALL IS SUCCESS
Tie first annual ball given New '
iX% eve by Anchorage Lodge
31, B. P. O. E , in Robart s h-Ml
3 & complete success from »»r£ i
adooint.
Idou' one hundred and thirty coti;i
5 -were present and dancing oon- ■
led until 2 o'clock New Year's J
-nlng.
'uiich was served during the eve- j
? and a delicious luncheon was j
oared in adjoining rooms by the J
eshment committee. Th$ hail j
beautifully decorated for the [<
ision by the committee In charge.']
jjchorage Times. jl
TALKEETNA TCAXTS ITS
i
LOTS PUT OX fMARKET
Anchorage, Jan. 28. — Residents
of Talkeetna, a new town on the
government railroad, 126 miles nort
Of Anchorage, oy means of a peti
tion signed by fifty-two citizens and
-* se: of resolutions adopted by
the Talkeetna Commercial club,
have asked that the government
townsite lots there be placed on the
market. The 'ownsite of Talkeetna
was surveyed and platted lagt sum
mer by representatives of the United
States Land Office. The disposal of
♦ne lots, like the sa}* of lots in An
chorage, Wagila, Jiatanuska and? Ne
n»na, probably will be directed y
the land and industrial department
of the Alaakaa Engineering com
mission.
Residents of Talkeetna have erect
ed tentg and temporary wooden
structures on lots within the survey
ed townsita. 3o there might bg no
misunderstanding on the part of
occupants of gucb land, the commis
sion authorities posted notices that
the squatting o nlotsor the occu
pancy of them would give no prior
nor vested right in the Property.
The notices also state that the sale
of lots has not yet been authorized
by the United States land' office.
Talkeetna residents, in support of
their petition for an early s;<e of
the lots, represent that it is the
headquarters of miners and pros
pectors from the Cat-he cretdc. Iron
that to these districts supplies are
creek and Broad Pass districts and
shipped from Talkeetna rather than
fr^m Knik Susitna and' McDougall,
as formerly.
SAND I'OINT "WOMEN
RAISE $1,400 FOR THE
RED CROSS SOCIETY
Sand Point is a small settlement
in southeastern Alaska, located on
an island, opposite th^ Alaska pen
insula. But if it lacks as to size,
it Is not by any me<wis deficient in
patriotism. In a recent drive f°r
funds for the Red Cross work, the
noole women of that town donated
twenty native Dasketg which were
sold lor the handsome sum of
$1,<00, all of which "was given 'o
tiie Red Cross.
VL \SKAXS WILL FORM
SOCEE-1" IX PORTLAND
Portland, Tuesday. —Seventy-fivej
former residents of Alaska, at Pres
ent residing in Portland, attended a
get-together meeting at the Imperial
hotat recently. The Eoasetag wag held
with a view to organizing an Alas
kan society her© similar to the var
ious at^te societies atready la exist
ence. The gathering was called at
the suggestion of Mys. Eva. L.
Weatherred.
Committees were appointed to
handle the various matters of organ
ization. and a schedule of regular
meetings will be announced soon.
Headquarters of tft® society will be
at ?he Imperial hotel.
FIXED FOR ItOOTLEGGING
Sam Dupee, captain of the gchoon i
er Viking, wag recently arrested and
given a jury trial at Kodiak on a
charge of violating Alaska's dry law
Dup?e waa given a fine of 51,000
and costs, amounting in all to $1,
114, which was paid. The Viking
la owned by Andy- Grosvoid of,
San* Point. Dupi?e is a stepson of
0r03T0ld..
If the building, of the government j
railroad ia takea ou^t of the hands
of t*e Engineering Commission and
turned over to priv£ te contractors
there will be lltt« of the cream left !
for Alaskans. The Se«*UtIe contract" j
or has his foremen and) working;
torce, and yill in all nrobability
contract for all supplies and ma
teria' in Seattle, leading the Alas
kan towns stranded, high and dry.
The commission hag spent vast sums
but the most of it hau gone into the
ianm of local firms. The road may
be built quicker by pr ivate conrtact,
•"Uf it will not bemeflt Alaskans
nearly as much.—Valclez Miner.
Duncan MeDonald .was a recent
arrival at Nome from Candle. The
well kno i^n Candle ml iner haa had
fame thrust upon him in being the
brother of Fognorn .Mel Jonald. who
en listed- in the Canadian i army by
declaring himself twej lty years
younger fchan ne actoal] y was, ris
ing to the position of ma jor and re
ceiving decorations for gt illanry in
*ctio». Major McDonald has been
he suofject of more than one lauda
cry alrticle in the inea and
a the papers*.—Ei JM mt_.
lais lismni
SHIPS in K Ml
Anchorage, jan. 28. —Operation
i>i a Government steamship line be
«weeii the States and Alaska ports,
as a necessary adjunct to the Gov
ernment Railroad, and the entrust
ing to the Alaskan Engineering Con
mission of the expenditure of. Fed
eral funds for the construction of
wapon roads, and trails in the coun
try ueuetrated hy the Government
Kailroad' are Proposals advanced to
the National Administration by the
Ancrorage Chamber of Commerce.
Chambers of Commerce and Com
mercial Clubs in all other towns of
Alaska are asked by the Anchorage
Chamber to support its proposal
for the establishment of a Govern
in ;iL steamship line.
| The Government steamship is
urged as a remedy not only for the
infrequent water transportation fa
cilities now provldvd by the private
steamship companies but "Iso for
the slow transmission of mail, which
a» present is carried to and from
Alaska as freight.
When the mail contract ueiween
thr> Post Office Department and
(th£ steamship companies expired re
cently, 'he transportation companies
refused to renew it except at an in
crea$ In rate regarded as exorbi
tant by the l>epartment. As a con
sequence, the contract was not re
uew»d, an<i the mails, since the
! expiration of the old contract, have
b«en consigned as freight.
T«*«t of Resolutions J
The resolutions on this subject
adorted by the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce read as follows:
"Whereas, the handling of the
Unite* States mails by steamship
companies, by the same methods
used in handling consignments of
merchandise, is unnecessary, and
suggests methods of coercitn used
bv the companies to compel the
Government to accede to their de
mands, and!
"Whereas, the carrying of the
United States mail, in Alaska, by
freight, js unprecedented and with
ou» parallel in the history of the
country, and is unwarranted and'
wit) out excuse or justification;
"Therefore, Be It Resolved by
the Chamber of Commerce of An
choiagc, Alaska, in special meet
ing assembled, that,
"First: The Post Office Depart
ment oe respectfully urged to take
sue1' steps as will immediately rem
edv tUe present unendurable condi
tion.
Aid Askotl Of OtJier Towns
"Second": The various Chambere
of Commerce and commercial bodies
of tho town of Alaska are urged
to cooperate in a movement to se
cure oetter mail facilities.
"Third: The proper Government
aeencies be urged to place in opera
|t!on, at the earliest possible date, a
llu? of steamships to be operated by
the Government between the States
an-! Alaska ports, as a necessary ad
junct to the Government Railroad*,
and as a means of supplementing
and improving water transportation
conditions in the Territory."
The proposal that funds for the
construction, of wagon roads and'
tra'ls in the country penetrated by
the Government Railroad be expend*
e*. nv the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission ia based on the argument
tha* the railroad officials are in a
hei'er position than any other per
sons to know •what wagon Voads and
trails are needed' to develop business
for Ihe Government line. Resolu
tions on this subject were adopted
! by »he Anchorage Chamber of Com
, merce some months &go,a nd the of
ficers of the Chamber plan to bring
■ the request to 'he attention of the
oresent Congress. ,
' EXPRESS RATES » 1
i
MAY BE LOWERED
Anchorage, J»n. 28. — Express
I rates between Seward and Anchor'
1 age will b© studied with a view to
I lowering them by C. S. Qrid«r, of
[ Seattle, route agent of the American
Rrllway Express, as a result of rep
j resontations made by William Gerig,
engineer in charge of the Anoliorage
Division of the Government Rail
road.
| S'nce the close of navigation this
season at Anchorage express pack
! ages addressed to Anchorage have
j been brought from Seward over the
Government Railroad. For this ser
' vice the railroad has charged' the
j express company $2.40 per 100
pounds, or .024 per pound.
I tThe express company charges its
patrons 25 cents a pound, or $25
Der 100 pounds, for packages be*
twe n Seward and Anchroage. This
is «i>e same charge the express com
|»anv made for packages last win
t»- when it had to transport them
for considerable distances by dog
sled.
Mr. Gerig took up the matter of
the excessive charge with the Seat
tle office of the express company,
,and he was informed by cable that
Mr. Crider would come to Seward
and Anchorage to make an inves
tigation.
Keller Bros. »ure ice cream i»
1 the most delicious dessert you can
serve for your Sunday dinner. Phon
for a Quart brick for delivry to*
smorrow. It
$100 Reward, $100
The reader* of this paper will b#
pleastd to learn that there la at least
1 one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all Its eta;es and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine is taken Internally and
acls thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
i faces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, giving the
patient strength by bulidlnjj up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing It*
work. Tho proprietors have so much
faith In the curative powers of Hall's
Cutarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENKY ft CO.. Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, 75c.
—Advert i»*me«t
WHAT CANDY IS
"CANDY as a POOD has won— *" f .,1. |
T]n> Government buys it by the ton." a j, . •
Candy Is good food, pure and wholojome It is the universal food;
if a' oass ail languages; It dries the tears in the eyes of little chil
dren; and wreathes the faces of °id agf ia smiles. It is the unspok
en message from the lover to his sweeileart; one of the first tok
ens sent to the absent me; it brings jor to the home; it is the adr
vanc<j a,'ent of happinecs in every cliiue. It makes regular visits to
thf> iK>me, the church, the hospital, the prison, the battlefield and trench.
Its constant associates are love, joy, tif-uce, happiness, smiles and
laughter. Can as much be said of any other food?
IX THE UNITED STATES, THE S UGAP. CONSUMPTION PER CAPI
TA PER ANNUM IS 84 LBS.
Candy Manufacturers use 8 per cent or 6.72 lbs.
Other Manufacturers Use 17 o"rcent or 14.28 lbs.
Tab'e Usage _ 75 percent Or 63.00 lbs.
100 percent 84.00 lba
6.72 lbs. t>er capita Per annum— .29 oz. per capita per day.
14.28 los. per capita per a-nnum— .63 oz. per capita per day.
63.00 l*>s. per capita per annum—2.76 oz. oer capita per day .
S4 lo? per capita per annum—3.68 cz. per capita, per day.
20 per cent restriction In use of au-jar oy Confectioners is 20 percent
of .29 oz. .058 oz.
The saving accomplished by thig measurg, pjp capita oer day is repre
sented by about 1*17 oz.
At 1 oz. of sugar is about three teaspoonsful, th esaving per capita
per day can also be measured at about 1-5 of a tepasoonful.
Another way of putting it:1
6.72 lbs. at 7% cents (average price)—25c t>er annum, or lc per week;
1. g.. the public, by saving 1 o worth of 6Ugar per capita, per week
can keen every candy factory running, furnishing employment to at
t _ leas* one hundred thousand people
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