Cook Inlet Pioneer
and Knik News
Published by
Cook Inlet Publishing Co.
Anchorage, Alaska
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1915
It will soon be moving day.
Residents of Anchorage who
visited Knik to attend the cel
ebration on the Fifth, are loud in
their praises of the hospitality of
that town.
An assistant district attorney
and a deputy clerk of the court
are among the immediate re
quirements in the matter of pub
lic officials for Anchorage.
The Pioneer suggests that a big
part of the funds derived by
the sale of lots in the new
townsite be devoted to making
improvements. Then we’ll have
some town over there.
The All-Alaska Review, pub
lished at Seward, is to be com
mended for giving the neighbor
ing town of Anchorage very fair
and courteous treatment in its
last number. A panoramic view
of Anchorage is given, accom
panied by a writeup of the town.
The first requisite thing to do
in the new townsite is to get a
water supply. The residents can
hardly be expected to walk a
couple of blocks to the creek for
water. If the government plans
on installing a system, no time
should be lost. If public utilities
are to be supplied by private cap
ital, then the fact should be
known.
The committees in active charge
of the Fourth of July celebration
at Anchorage are to be highly
complimented for the success of
the day. It was a real, good old
Fourth of July celebration and
everybody had a fine time. The
moneys raised by private sub
scription for the purpose were
expended to the best advantage
and a strict account kept of
every item of expenditure.
Anchorage will be honored this
year by visits from our good gov
ernor, Hon. J. F., A. Strong—the
best executive Alaska ever had;
U. S. Senator Geo. E. Chamber
lain of Oregon, one of the firm
est friends of Alaska in the upper
house of congress, and U. S. Sen
ator Wesley L. Jones of Wash
ington. Each of these prominent
gentlemen should receive a royal
welcome at the hands of An
chorage.
If the parents of Anchorage
wish a public school for the ben
efit of their children, the least
they can do is to take the trouble
to send the names of their child
ren of school age to this office.
There are now over twenty child
ren of school age here—a suffi
cient number to call for the in
stallation of a territorial school.
But we must take the initiative
and inform the governor, who is
ex-officio superintendent of terri
torial schools, of our require
ments, and there is no doubt
whatever but that our wishes
will be complied with. If we fail
to ask for it, then we deserve no
school and we’ll get none.
There are more “special cor
respondents” in this bloomin’
town than people employed in
any other single vocation, if one
may judge by the newspapers,
both in Alaska and on the out
side. One can scarcely pick up a
paper without seeing Anchorage
news from a “special correspond
ent. ” As a matter of fact, the
newspapers cull the subject mat
ter from the columns of the Pio
neer and credit it to their “spec
ial correspondent,” in Anchor
age. The Juneau Empire and
the Seward Gateway are excep
tions to this rule and alwTays give
due credit to the Pioneer for ar
ticles taken from it. This con
sideration is appreciated.
Anchorage is the most “knock
ed” town in all Alaska. But we
can afford to be generous and
laugh at the abuse heaped upon
us. We’re very largely on the
map of Alaska noW- and it begins
to look as if we were going to
retain our place in the sun, to
use a figure of speech. We’re
young in years in days, rather
but we occupy the center of
the stage, so far as Alaska is
concerned. Keep your eyes on
Anchorage!
Hans Walby, former Nomeite,
is now in the contracting and
building business here.
When you wish to rest, go to
the Pioneer hotel, Knik. Frank
Cannon, proprietor. x
Choice Confections
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks
Ice Cream
Etc., Etc.. Etc.
Jc#' Fire Works for the 4th
KNIK, - - ALASKA
ANCHORAGE PRODUCECO.
GREEN FRUITS
GREEN GROCERIES
POULTRY BUTTER EGGS
Near Pioneer Office.
The Harriman National Bank of Alaska
AT SEWARD
OFFICERS:
New York
JOSEPH W. HARRIMAN, President
JOHN A. NOBLE, Vice President
HENRY B. WESSELMAN, Vice President
Seward
GASTON HARDY, Vice President
ERICH LUCAS, Cashier
SIDNEY B. CONGDON, ’ Assistant Cashier
MERRILL A. MARTIN, Assayer
Former Assayer U. S. Mint, San Francisco
Gold Dust and Bullion Bought and Assayed
CORRESPONDENT
Harriman National Bank
NEW YORK
150,000 Ft. of LUMBER
Washington Fir—A good assortment of No. 1
Quaiity—Rough and Dressed—Arrived on the
....Steamer Admiral Watson....
FOR THE
Anchorage
...Lumber Yard...
DOORS and BUILDING
WINDOWS. CEMENT. MATERIAL.
Let Us Figure on Your Building Material
Anchorage
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H. J. Emard, Manager