Cook Inlet Pioneer
and Knik News
Published by
Cook Inlet Publishing Co.
Anchorage, Alaska
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SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1915
From Secretary Lane
The Secretary of the Interior.
Washington, D. C.,
June 23, 1915.
My Dear Mr. Shaw:
I have your note of June 5th,
with the first copy of the Cook
Inlet Pioneer. This is a real
achievement on your part and I
congratulate you heartily. It
serves to forcibly bring to my
attention the fact that Anchor
age is in truth on the map.
Cordially yours,
Franklin K. Lane.
Mr. L. F. Shaw,
Editor Cook Inlet Pioneer,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Public School Assured
The initiatory steps have been
taken with respect to the estab
lishment of a public school at
Anchorage, and it is now assured
that this fall will see the little
folks wending their way, books
in hand, to the seat of learning.
It is very gratifying that this
important matter should receive
such prompt attention. If we
are to retain the families, it is
our duty to provide schools for
the education of their children.
Given a first-class school here,
families now living where there
are no school facilities, will, in
many cases, remove here.
Following in the footsteps of
the schools, churches of various
denominations should be estab
lished; the various lodge orders
represented should have-social
clubs for the entertainment and
comfort of members, and some
enterprising individual should
erect a commodious hall for danc
ing purposes. These things are
essential to the moral welfare of
a community.
The best way to build up a
prosperous community is to pat
ronize home industries. We now
have a cement block manufac
turing concern, a brick yard, soda
manufacturing works, etc., and
a preference should be shown
these industries because they em
ploy local labor and keep the
money at home. So, too, with
local merchants and businessmen
generally. Why send outside to
mail order houses, when you can
buy just as good, reliable goods
here at home? Money sent out
goes never to return. Money
spent here finds its way in large
part into local channels of circu
lation. If the residents of An
chorage would adopt the policy, of
patronizing:, where possible, loc
al business houses and manufact
uring: concerns, we could build up
a payroll that would maintain a
prosperous community—the best
in Alaska, as a matter of fact.
Then, in buying here, you have
the advantage of seeing what you
get before paying for it, and you
have the pleasing knowledge that
you are assisting in the town’s
growth and well-being.
Anchorage is still the subject
of adverse criticism on the part
of jealous towns on the coast.
However, we’re getting* so big
and important now that we can
laugh and enjoy the vain efforts
of our small rivals. Anchorage
is Alaska’s most recent offspring
and bids fair to become the most
important member of the family.
It is encouraging to note that
many persons have taken lots in
the new townsite for the purpose
of building homes for themselves.
Lots for such purposes sold for
from $25 to $125, enabling almost
all who wished to get a plot of
ground for their homes. Anch
orage promises to be a city of
homes.
A gratifying thing about the sale
of lots in the government town
site is the fact that about every
fellow you meet who secured a
location is sure he has the best in
the whole townsite. This spirit
of contentment and satisfaction
is very desirable and commend
able. _
For a good meal—home cooking, go
to the Morrison house, when in Knik.
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When you wish to rest, go to
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