MOST
POPULAR
GIN
— — — IN ALASKA
If a gin sells well in a few places, for a few
weeks, it’s generally good gin. But when ANY gin
leads ALL others for MONTHS in the ENTIRE
Territory, then you have found the ultimate gin—
OLD MR. BOSTON DRY GIN. For such is its
proud, enviable record.
Give the credit to the gin itself. Here’s no
mere juniper-gin. Oh no! Crystal-clear Old Mr.
Boston Dry Gin is a happy, successful blend of six
teen world wide ingredients. It’s a versatile,
friendly gin, and mixes deliciously with bitters,
vermouth, lime or lemon, soda or ginger ale. It
r lifts a cocktail or fizz or rickey to a veritable work
of art. Or you can drink it deliciously straight,
for it’s as smooth as old brandy. It’s suave, and
with a delightful, quietly-interesting flavor.
Ask for, and insist on, Old Mr. Boston Dry
Gin.—
OLD MR. BOSTON
DRY GIN
For Sale At
BON MARCHE
STORES
At 85 Cents Per Pint
And $1.55 Per Four-fifths Quart
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Washington, D. C., Jan. 12, 1B35
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop of Cordo
va, Anchorage, Healy, Fairbanks
and generally of Alaska, and Edw.
F. Medley, an attorney now residing
in Seattle, Wash., who lived at Cor
dova, Alaska, for many years, spent
several days in Washington recent
ly. Mr. Medley is on his way to
visit relatives in Massachusetts. Mr.
Lathrop leaves to return to the Pa
cific Coast today.
The Delegate has been much con
cerned to secure surveys of rivers
and harbors improvements required
at Haines, Bethel, Juneau, Metla
katla, Homer and other places. Or
dinarily such improvements can be
made only pursuant to provisions of
a general Rivers and Harbors bill
passed by Congress. In the past the
House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors has refused to consider or
report out a Resolution calling for
the survey of individual harbor pro
jects. Under the National Industrial
Recovery Act it is how possible to
have surveys made upon the request
of the Federal Administrator of
Public Works. The Delegate sought
to have the Alaska projects examin
ed under this authority and made
application to Major General E.M.
Markham, chief of engineers of the
U. S. Army. General Markham has
replied to this application stating
that the Administration of Public
Works has such a large number of
projects already before it for con
sideration that it does not desire to
authorize the investigation of addi
tional Rivers and Harbors projects
at the present time, and that, in the
opinion of General Markham, there
is very little chance for the prelim
inary examinations desired in Alas
ka unless authorized by Congress in
the usual manner While the policy
of the Administration with respect
to rivers and harbors is not definite
ly known, many members of Con
gress believe that when the bill
carrying an appropriation for em
ployment relief is passed a certain
amount will be earmarked for riv
ers and harbors projects.
■’ On January 4th the Delegate ap
peared before the President’s Avia
tion Commission to make a showing
as to the requirements of Alaska for
the construction and improvement
of air fields and for air navigational
facilities such as weather stations,
radio, lights, etc. The members of
the Commission appeared to be very
much interested in the subject and
asked many questions about Alaska
and about air transport in the Terri
tory. Col. J. Carrol Cone, of the
Bureau of Aeronautics, Department
of Commerce, is one of the technical
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advisers of the Commission and he
has a broad knowledge of conditions
in Alaska and has expressed his de
sire to help in the development of
air navigation in the Territory in
every proper manner. Secretary
Roper also is disposed to help.
James E. Van Zandt, Commander
in-Chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, called at the Delegate's office
a few days ago. He had recently
visited Admiral Coontz, who is now
ill and confined to a hospital in
Washington. Admiral Coontz, before
his retirement, spent a long period
of service in Alaska and has always
had a special affection for the Terri
tory. 1 Mr. Van Zandt says that the
Admiral always insisted that they
would make a trip to the Territory
together and they still hope that up
on the Admiral’s recovery it may be
done.
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At the suggestion of Dr. Ernest
Gruening, Director of the Division
of Territories and Island Possessions
the Delegate has recently prepared
and submitted a program for air de
velopment and construction of air
fields in Alaska. This program has
been made up after consulting the
Alaska Road Commission officials,
the Bureau of Aeronautics,the Army
Air Corps and many others. It calls
for an integrated system of routes
touching practically all points of Al
aska and would require an expendi
ture of approximately $1,500,000.00.
It is planned to construct Class A
fields, or to improve the present
fields in order to make them Class
A fields, at the following places:
Ketchikan, Juneau, Boundary, Tana
-cross, Fairbanks, Tanana, Nulato.
Koyuk, Nome, Nenana, r McGrath,
Flat, Bethel, South Fork, Sqw'entna,
Anchorage, Seward, Copper Center,
Valdez and Cordova, and auxiliary
fields at many other places to serve
all the requirements of air travel
and commerce. A route has been
planned from Ketchikan to Juneau
and thence along the coast of the
Gulf of Alaska to Cordova and Val
dez with auxiliary fields at five
places between Juneau and Cordo
va. The existence of these fields
would make this route much more
attractive than it is at present with
no land field existing between Cor
dova and Juneau.
Monday January 14th, a meeting
is to be held of the Inter-Departmen
tal Committee of which Dr. Ernest
Gruening is chairman, to consider
all Alaska matters and particularly
for establishing a colony or settle
ment of from 100 to 200 families at
some place in Alaska,—the families
to be taken principally from the
drouth stricken regions of the west
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RADIO EQUIPPED PLANES
Office 1st Ave. and Stedman
NOME, ALASKA.
NOME MACHINE SHOP
W. L. SLACK AND SON, PROPRIETORS
Our Aim—Satisfied Customers
BOILER, MARINE, TRACTOR, ACETLYNE AND
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MATERIAL STOCKED: SHAFTING, STEEL, BRONZE,
BUSHING, BABBITT, ACCESSORIES,
Prompt Attention to Local and Out of Town Work
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and northwest. At the present time
there is every indication that such
a settlement will be established.
The general thought at present is
that Matanuska Valley may be chos
en as the site for the initial settle-,
ment though the region about Horn-!
er and Tanana Valley near Fair-;
banks have also been carefully con-!
sidered. The location of a settle
ment in the Matanuska Valley will
be accompanied by the prompt com-1
pletion of the Anchorage-Matanuska
road. ,
Among the welcome visitors to the
Delegate was Charles Shepard, son
of Mr and Mrs Thomas R. Shepard,
who formerly resided for many
years at Nome and later at Valdez.
Judge Shepard was a keen lawyer
and during his residence in Alaska
took part in much important litiga
tion. Later he moved to Washing-'
ton, D. C., and died there. Mrs Shep
ard now lives in Seattle Charles; !
the youngest son, is a patent lawyer
residing in Rochester, N Y.
Col. Glen E. Edgerton of the U.S.
Army, formerly attached to the Al
aska Road Commission, now has an
office in the War Department at I
Washington and is in charge of im
portant engineering work
The Kennecott Copper Corpora
tion is advertising a “copper house.”
In this type of residence the roof
will be copper, the siding copper
and all the piping also made of cop
per. Insulation is obtained by glass
fiber. In the extent that plaster is
used, as in most Residence construc
tion, it is said that nothing would
be burnablei in the house except the
floors and even the floors might be
made of some non-burnable mater
ial. It is claimed by the promoters
of this type of construction that an
ordinary residence can be complet
ed at not more than 70 percent of
the cost of the usual frame construc
tion. Additional good qualities
about the “copper house” are that
it will last a couple of hundred
years at least, needs no paint and
that if the owner wishes to tear it
down he can get at least $500.00 at
present prices for the copper in the
building. It is planned that the
frame of such building will be made
of steel. One of this type of houses
is now under construction near Ar
lington and another and larger one,
is to be built in Washington.
NOME LIQUOR STORE
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RANIER BEER 15 CENTS BOTTLE
ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF
CIGARS & TOBACCOS
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
DEPENDABLE— —REGULAR
RELIABLE— —SERVICE
By Plane, by Train, by Alaska Steamship Com
pany, from Nome to Seattle, is the Fastest, Most
Comfortable, Better Serviced, way for you to go.
Fast, Commodious, steel Passenger Vessels on
Regular Scheduled Sailings, Seward to Seattle.
S. S. NORTHWESTERN.FEBRUARY 9
S. S. VICTORIA.FEB. 18
S. S. NORTHWESTERN.MARCH 1
S. S. VICTORIA.MARCH 11
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The Boat Train leaves Fairbanks for Seward for
each scheduled sailing of Alaska Steamship Co.
4 ships the day before departure from Seward for
Seattle.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Jas. P. Daly, Agent.
General Agents for The Pacific Steamship Lines
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