railway manager refutes
CLAIMS OF HIGH RATES
(The Valde* Miner)
Challenging a statement that high,
freight rates prevent shipment of
Matau-iska Valley products to Cordo
va. Co.- 0. F. Ohi .on, general mana
ger of the Alaska Railroad, in a
statement in the Anchorage Times
said he had advised Mrs. W. B. Phiim
proprietor of the Model Restaurant at
Cordova, that it would be cheaper to
nse valley products in her restaur
ant than import them from the
States.
While visiting in Anchorage re
cently, Mrs. Phinn stated that the
vegetables cost her more than those
shipped from the States, and her
statement was disputed hy the
manager, who evidently forgets that
Mrs. Phinn pays the freight, and
should be the judge.
Manager George Fawcett of the
Gilson Mercantjie Store in Valdez,
also mad • a like statem at, »;sying
that despite the excellent: quality of
Mr.tcxuska products, it cosi. too ranch
to get them here to try to sell them
in competition with those in the
States. Mr. Fawcett, also, should
know his onions, or at least what
they cast him.
Mrs. Phinn. like Mr. Fawcett, de
clared there would be a good market
for the produce if they could be ship
ped cheap r than those received from
the States.
Both say that -when freight rates
are lowered so that produce can be
shipped from the colony as cheaply
as from the States they were sure
everyone wou’d prefer them.
The reply from Col. Ohlson pub
lished in the Times pohrted out that
the freight rate from Palmer to
Cordova is 10 cents less per hundred
pounds ‘hr.n from Seattle to Cordova
on potatoes, onions, turnips and ruta
br-s?. He said in part:
“The'-e is in effect rt the present
time a rate of 65 cents per hundred
pounds, any quantity. Palmer to Cor
dc-a, on the following products,
wi'hout tops, shipped in sacks: po
tatoes, enters. turnips and rutabagas,
whereas the rate from Seattle to
C-"dova is 75 -ents per 100 pounds.
“The freight rate of 65 cents. Pal
mer to Cordova, also applies to beets,
cabbages, carrots and parsnips, but
Mi- rates on these items Seattle to
Ccrdova is cn a measurement basis,
15 eenl-Q re.r <•- b'c foot and comoari
- or if 'he *w: "r es :s not enttre’y
-*• < hTo sh —rnt* from S -attle
wi'I vamr, den ni vn on the kind of
e rtair.rr used, but I believe you will
dud the Primer to Cordova rate more
fa-c-afcle.’
Nothing was said regarding the
rate from Palmer to Valdez, but we
suppose the manager will add a $9.00
per ton toll, for fear a Valdez resi
dent might eat a mess of turnips and
drive over the Richardson Highway
to Fairbanks.
Dispel fur from the inside of ket
tles by placing inside a large piece of
soda or some strong amrronia. Fill
with water and bring to the boil and
keep boiling slowly for an hour.
Rinse and boil again twice with fresh
water each time.
Borax is a-useful thing to have in
a kitchen. Add a little to the wat r
when bo Ling out enamelled sauce
pans and it will help to cleanse them.
If added to the water tea towels and
dish towels are washed in, it will
help to keep than a nice color.
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KCSKO TIMES today.
SI CRM CAUSES S200.0M
DAMAGE AT NOME
NOME, Nov. 11 — Approximately
$200,CCO in property danage resulted
from the storm of Tuasday and Wed
nesday, but no lives were loat, a sur
vey finished today showed.
The entire cast end of tows and
-ill side of Front Street below
.he Lomen docks on Eering Sea were
dock'wiped out. The street was
i washed awry ar.d a dozen buildings
1 were tipped over backward. Many
~f them are now :n ths process of be
ing righted ~nd put back on new ’
foundations.
Fortunately tho storm subsided be
fore it wrecked the electric light
plant whievb wss tak'ng a severe
•-ndin- from the waves. The Lomen
jcks wers air-' ' her busi
, r.css house- further up the strret
were undermined but did not coDapse.
ITowover. their basemen* were flood*
a, rcsultirg in large stocks o* eare
-*cods being destroyed by sea water.
Tcday sc:nrs du d cat n; the rfter
ath cf he 'sastreas Ere ef two
years a o were rc-cna-ntd as rounds
o* hrr arlng :nd m-rbling rf trucks
rent tie c ir rrl.cn repairing ar.d
budding rot under way. All port
able pumps in the city were be'ng
rsrd in*o s rice to dry basements
rd several bu ket gangs were in ev
,'i <1 rer' r'I:ef will be needl'd 'n
the present d'saster, officials said, as
oroperty damage consisted mostly of
wrecked foundations and spoiled
stocks.
The greatest s:ngle domrip was
dene to the govr-nreut iet'Jes wh'ch
*ick cut 1/fO feet in'o tbs sea.
They ver? virtually wiped out. P’ans
sV-i^v nrd-m wry to construct
a seawall the onVre length cf Front
'■'•-ret parallel to the Bering Sea. It
is hoped it will be constructed by
—"t ver.r as the ,,'nn destroyed the
s’op'ng beach and the town is now
«*■ 'he merer of w-ves wh-'eh have
noting to break the:r fores. Anoth
er storm th:s year might be disas
trous. Individual rronerty owners
'r"ctod rriva'c buTchecd-. around
tho'r nrorerty -rd these brve a’l
w-oh“d out. The new nerwall wou’d
H-» a norrrsront replacement for
‘h?so bulkheads.
Ths opcimism that prevrilcd after
the ffre is in evidence again here as
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SPECIAL ROUND TRIP RATES
TO THE
BIG DANGE CELEBRATION
AT TAKOTNAJ.
Thursday, Nov. 25
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OF FIVE OR MORE PASSENGERS FROM
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the baa mess moo went about the1
work of repairing their property, j
making the most of materials at
hand.
Practically all business is back at
i ortrai except that there is a tem
porary off season boom due to the re
pair program under way.
New curtain materials should be
looked at from a distance as weil as
close to before you purchase it. A
pattern that looks perfectly charm
ing wh.n you are near it mry look
du.l and even d.r.gy when seen tr_ m
a distance.
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL AC
COUNT AND REPORT AND PE
TITION FCR DISCHARGE
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tf ry of Alaska, Fourth revision,
Mt. McKinley Precinct
In the Matter cf the Estate of F. C.
3. Spencer, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREEY GIVEN, that
J. J. Chisholm, the administrator of
the estate of F. C. H. Spencer, de
ceased, has this day filed in this
Court and matter h a Final Account.
Report and Petition for Discharge,
and that the Court has designated
Saturday, the 27th day of Novem
ber, 1937, at the hour of 2 o’clock in
the aftemo.an of said day as the time
end office of the U. S. Commissioner
end Ex-Offico Probate Judge for the
lit. McKinley Precinct, Fourth Divi
sion. Territory of Alaska, as the
place, when and where said report.
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account and petition will be heard;
and all persons interested in said es
tate are hereby required to file their
objections to the said report if any
they have, in writing, on or before!
i said day in the Court, and to appear I
at the time and place aforesaid an4;
present their objecions.
Dated at McGrath, Alaska this
' 25th day of September, 1937.
W. J. WIDMAN
Probate Judge
Date of First Publication, October 15,
1937.
Date or last Publication, November
5, 1937.
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