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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
It will lie encouraging news to Anchorage to know that
work preliminary to making further tests of the character oi
tlie material to be removed in making harbor improvements at j
this point is under way by the Engineering Commission, and
it is probable that before the snow flies sufficient data will be
available, so that actual construction may be begun early next
year. It is now generally accepted that in order to hasten the
development of the Matanuska coal fields, dockage facilities
must be built at Anchorage, the coal terminus. Prospective
coal operators must know how much it will cost to get the pro
duct on the market, before they can figure on mining coal with
any degree of success. Those informed in the matter declare
that coal from the Matanuska fields can be landed on colliers
at Anchorage, given proper facilities for loading, and taken
to Seattle cheaper than the product can be hauled from the
coal fields to Seward. And this is true.
A strong committee of the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce met in conference last evening lion. J. C. Cotton, repre
sentative of Secretary of the Interior Lane, and the whole sit
uation witli respect to harbor improvements here was gone
into very thoroughly. Mr. Cotton was an interested listener
to the arguments made in support of the necessity for early
construction of the harbor improvements and was given data
of a substantial and reliable nature with respect to the subject.
He will, upon his return to Washington,, present the matter to
Secretary of the Interior Lane.
DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE.
The proposed reduction in the cable tolls over the military
cable and land lines will be received with satisfaction by the
patrons of the telegraph office, and shows a disposition on the
part of those in authority to respond to the wishes of the peo
ple when advised of their needs and necesssities. The Anchor
age Chamber of Commerce, as well as other commercial bodies
in Alaska, has been putting forth an effort with this end in
view, and it is but another instance of the fact that it takes agi
tation and effort to get anything worth having from our gov
ernment. This is necessarily so. under our system of govern
ment, because the officials in authority naturally expect that
if the people are seeking anything, they will make a noise
about it that can be heard at the national capitol.
Now that the cable tolls are to be reduced, and without
much trouble to obtain the reduction, we should begin agita
tion for betterments in the telegraph and cable service. One
big improvement that occurs to us at this time is, that the tele
graph offices should be kept open for business during the -4 |
hours of the day. It very often occurs that patrons wish to
send important messages, only to find that the office is closed
for the day. By the time of opening the following morning,
The sender may change his mind, or something may come up
that renders the sending of the message unnecessary. It would
vastly aid patrons, and especially those concerned in business,
if a 24-hour service were inaugurated. Of course, three shifts
would be necessary to handle the office, but the increased bus
iness that would flow from the change would cover the cost
incident to the increased expenditure.
We have no complaint whatever to make with respect to
the local office here. The operator-in-charge is a very calla
ble, courteous man. But it would be a great convenience, es i
pecially when the telephone line is down so frequently, due to
the elements, if the office could remain open throughout the 24
hours of the day.
RIGHT MAN IN RIGHT PLACE.
Every time there is a vacancy in the cabinet, or on the
United States supreme court bench, or some high commission
or other is created, the dispatches discourage us by saying
that Secretary of the Interior Lane is to be appointed to the
vacancy or to sit on the commission. And now, it is officially
announced that he is to head the commission to settle the
trouble with Mexico. The reason for our gloom over the
prospect of removing Mr. Lane from the interior department,
is that he is Alaska’s firm friend and advocate; lie’s the right i
man in the right place, and we want him to remain there, j
However, Mr. Lane’s duties on the Mexican commission, while
postponing his trip to Alaska this year will not require him to
give u]i his cabinet position. Let us be grateful for that.
But Anchorage is keenly disappointed, nevertheless, that
the secretary is unable to visit this town this year. We people
here are proud of our community; we think we have done won
ders in the way of progress and development, in the brief span
of three hundred and sixty-five days. And we should have
liked to have shown the secretary what we have done.
And in re. Mr. Lane’s appointment as chairman of this
Mexican commission, the president has selected a man that in
spires confidence and that gives the hope that this Mexican
trouble will finally reach a conclusion, on a basis of equity to!
the countries concerned.
“Twelve carpenters wanted,” reads a sign posted in prom
inent places about town today. It is safe to say that Anchor
age gives more employment to mechanics of various kinds than
any other Alaskan town.
“The Store That Has What You Want—When You Want It."
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916.
Voi. 1. No. 27 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 4th anti D
WHEN YOU BUY, BUY RIGHT, and this means,
BUY Quality Merchandise
At reasonable Prices
With Efficient Service
AND YOU SHOULD KNOW
Which store gives tne greatest value.
THIS IS THE STORE
That is equipped with the best and most up-to-date stock
in Alaska.
The store where you are waited on promptly.
The' store where you are served with the most delicious
fountain drinks in town.
The store that has what you want when you want it.
Z. J. LOUSSAC’S DRUG STORE
4th and D Street
Agents and Distributors
Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pens.
Augustine & Kyer’s Chocolates.
\nsco Cameras
.ibby’s Cut Glass.
Imported Perfumes
Thermos Bottles
Stationery and Office Supplies
R. Service’s poems and
Rex Beach’s novels of Alaska Life.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
NATE WHITE, Captain.
Carrying U. S. Mail Between
Anchorage, Hope, Sunrise
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RESTAURANT
Under New Management
REGULAR MEALS.
SHORT ORDERS
Chop Suey and Noodles
to Order.
FIRST CLASS PASTRY
Next Door Fairbanks Clothing
Store.
Cor. 4th and D Streets.
Mt. McKinley is opposite Robarts’
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If you want an automobile, night or
day, telephone the Reo Service. Num
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Mt. McKinley is opposite Robarts’.
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Mt. McKinley is opposite Robarts’ 1
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SEWARD
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ECKMANN’S
Furniture Store
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TONIGHT, AUGUST 18
Mary Pickford
In the Celebrated Bomantie Comedy
“Such a Little Queen”
A Charming Play That Prings Kings and Queens to
the Level cf the Common Humanities.
In Five Reels of ’Motion Pictures.
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