BOSS RULE
WASHINGTON, August 10.—Dele
gate Wickersham today wired to Ed.
Russell, editor of the Juneau Dis
patch, repudiating the patronage
plank adopted by the republican ter
ritorial convention at Seward.
The delegate said that he would
not permit the republican bosses to
dictate to him; that he was an inde
pendent republican, and would not
barter the smallest right or power of
the people of Alaska nor his personal
rights to Murane, Irving and Shackle
ford.
Electric Light
System Assured
All doubts as to the electric light
ing system are set at rest by the an
nouncement that comes from official
sources, that work on the electric
light station will be begun about the
middle of next week, and that the
electric lights will be available some
time in October.
Brick for the boilers arrived on the
transport Crook and a generator will
reach here on an early steamer, insur- |
ing the completion of the work of in- |
stallation of the lighting and power
system at least a month earlier than 1
thought possible.
Patrons may now wire their houses, I
in the knowledge that the lighting1
system will be available.
Railroad Rumblings
L. W. Turner has a large crew of
men working in his new sawmill at
Mile 27 on the government railroad.
He is turning out a very good grade
of lumber from the cottonwood logs
in his vicinity.
The road continues to settle along
various marshy spots. Much of it has
already been resurfaced twice, and
several more resurfacings will be re
quired before it packs to a solid road
bed.
Fifty new men have been sent in to
extra gang 3. They are quickly be
coming accustomed to their new
work and the boss is well pleased with
them.
Mt. Knik, whose top is covered with
snow, has an elevation of 6,000 feet.
Seventy-five people went up on the
excursion to Moose creek today to see
the first train load of coal hauled by
the government railroad.
The second truss of the Thru Howe
Truss Bridge acros the Knik river is
just being completed. Three more of
these trusses, which are 121 feet long,
will be constructed.
Several gangs are at work at mile
23 resloping the cut to IV2 to 1.
Frank Johnson, who makes shingles
by water power at Peters creek, had
a stroke of hard luck day before yes
terday when part of his dam washed
out. He will be put to quite a lot of
work in repairing it.
It is expected that the two “coy
otes” near Mile 10V2 will be shot
Tuesday. This will be a very inter
esting sight, as tons of rock will be
blown into the river from the bank
overhead.
A number of piles washed out sev
eral days ago near the bridge oyer
the Eklutna river. They had just
been driven along the bank above the
bridge to form the basis for a wall
to keep the river from cutting into
the bank any farther.
James Wilkinson’s gang of 50 new
men have just commenced operations
on the other side of the Knik river.
Matanuska Landing, down on the
river, is rapidly giving way to Mata
nuska Junction, farther up, due to the
shipping of supplies by railroad rath
er than by water.
A big party of “station men” left
Matanuska Junction Saturday to do
some work on up the line. It is esti
mater that there are 700 men engaged
in this form of work between Mata
nuska Junction and the end of the
line.
Mr. McGill, who put in the Mata
nuska and Knik bridges, has nearly
finished a large amount of pile driv
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ing for a wing-wall at Mile 11 on the
Matanuska branch. He has a crew of
about ten men working for him who
are doing excellent work. As soon as
this wing-wall is completed, he will
put in another directly back of it. The
purpose of these walls is to turn the
current of the river away from the
banks to prevent it from washing out
the tracks. They are built several
hundred feet out in the river, making
an angle with it.
A large steam shovel is at work at
Mile 10% removing a lot of rock to
be used for riprapping the river walls.
FORMAL OPENING
OF COAL MINE AT
Hon. J. C. Cotton, attorney for the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
with offices in Washington, D. C., who
is visiting Anchorage in the capacity
of special representative of Secretary
of the Interior Lane; Chairman Edes,
Commissioner Mears, District Engi
neer Warren, Superintendent of Con
struction O’Reilly, Dr. E. S. Reedy,
head physician for the Commission,
Bishop P. T. Rowe and Mrs. Rowe,
and 75 residents of Anchorage, mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
and citizens generally, went on the
excursion under the auspices of the
Commission yesterday, the occasion
being the formal opening of the first
interior coal mine located at Moose
creek.
The trip was a revelation to local
citizens who went on the excursion,
as many of them had never before en
tered the fertile Matanuska valley,
and when they saw physical evidence
of the growing agricultural products
and vegetable crops in profusion,
their eyes were opened as to the pos
sibilities of the country.
Arriving at 1.30 o’clock p. m. at
the Moose creek station on the rail
way line, the excursionists enjoyed a
hearty luncheon served by the Com
mission. After luncheon the excur
sionists walked to the Doherty coal
mine, where the informal ceremonies
attending the loading of the first car
load of interior coal from the bunk
ers to the car were held. Miss Mar
tha White, who enjoys the distinction
of being the first white child bom in
the Cook inlet country, dumped the
first coal from the mine into the big
coal bin at the railroad, the crowd
cheering heartily in honor of the
event.
P. S. Hunt, official photographer
for the Commission, was on hand with
his motion picture machine and cam
era and took splendid views of the
features on the occasion.
The excursionists returned at 8
o’clock last evening, highly pleased
with the outing and more than ever
convinced that the big railway project
is a development scheme of the first
importance and that already the re
gion traversed by the railway shows
life and industry on every hand. The
opening of the Doherty coal mine
marks a distinct epoch in the history
of Alaska.
BANNER YEAR
IS PROMISED
NOME MINES
NOME, August 15.—The clean-up
on J. C. Brown’s famous discovery
claim on Little creek, which was
made Saturday, yielded two hundred
thousand dollars in gold. Machinery
has been installed and the old work
ings are being mined over again.
The Pioneer Mining company is
operating five hydraulic elevevators in
the vicinity of Little creek and huge
productions are being made by each
of the gold mining machines.
Mining is going on in full blast all
over the Nome district. There ;s
plenty of water this season and it
promises to be one of the most pros
perous in the history of the country.
The dredging outfits, or the major
ity of them, report fine success, and
there is demand for dredging ground.
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❖ SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR LANE ^
❖ PROMISES HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS AND ^
❖ DOCKING FACILITIES AT ANCHORAGE ^
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^ In support of its contention for harbor improve- ^
❖ merits and dockage facilities at Anchorage (Ship ^
^ creek), the Times publishes excerpts from a memoran- ^
^ dum for the press, issued by Secretary of the Interior ^
^ Lane, under dates of April 10, 1915, and June 22, 1915, ^
^ respectively, in part as follows: ^
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❖ “The First Work Will Be the Building of a ^
❖ Wharf At Ship Creek and the Dredging of a More ^
^ Adequate Channel.” ^
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❖ “The Railway Is to be Built With Its Present ^
^ Base At Ship Creek, On Cook Inlet, and From This ^
^ Point It Is Expected That the Matanuska Coal Will Be
^ Shipped During the Greater Portion of the Year. The ^
^ Grade From the Matanuska Field to Ship Creek Is ^
❖ Four-Tenths of One Per Cent. ^
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Development work on the Staman-R&wson copper proper
ty on Moose creek, in the Matanuska valley, reveals the pres
ence of a big ledge of sulphide ore of commercial importance
and that the big showing will evolve into a mine is now no
longer a matter of doubt. George Staman. one of the owners,
reached town today and says that while he has always had the
utmost faith in the property since the date of discovery, the de
velopment work which he has just completed removes all doubt
as to its value.
George Rawson, the partner of Staman, is a resident of
Anchorage. Both are old-timers in the country.
Great Strike in Willow Creek
Development work on property
)wned by Byron Bartholf and Charles
Bartholf, in the Willow creek gold
•.amp, has revealed what is considered
the biggest showing thus far located
n that district. The property was lo
cated last fall, but the only evidence
of the existence of a vein lay in the
large amount of rich float scatteerd
about. Some two weeks ago, the own
ers were digging around and struck
the vein in place. Subsequent devel
opment showed the vein, or that part
of it thus far exposed, to be from six
to ten feet in width. The lowest as
say of the several taken of the vein
matter, gave $60 to the ton in gold.
Other assays run all the way from
$60 to $500 per ton, while a picked
specimen ran $4,000 per ton. The big
strike^ adjoins the property of the In
dependence Mining company and is on
Fishhook creek.
The Bartholfs have made arrange
ments for the use of a stamp mill
owned by William Martin and will, in
the course of development, treat the
ore as taken out.
Byron Bartholf, his son and Kemp
located a 500-foot fraction adjoining
the discovery, and adjoining the frac
tion the Isaacs brothers located a
claim and by open cut work found the
same vein in place, containing the
same high values.
As the big strike was made op a
claim adjoining the Independence
company’s ground, Manager Robe of
Formal Opening
Of Coal Fields
An event of surpassing interest
and benefit to Anchorage, and the
whole of Alaska, for that matter, is
in progress today, in that the first
train load of coal from the Moose
creek mines, contiguous to the Mat
anuska coal fields, is being transport
ed cn the government railway system
to the coal terminal, which is at this
point.
In honor of this event, an epoch in
the history of this part of Alaska, the
Alaskan Engineering Commission is
running an excursion from the town
to the mine. In the party that went
out this morning were Chairman
Edes, Commissioner Mears, Attorney
Cotton, of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission and special representa
tive of Secretary of the Interior Lane,
Bishop P. T. Rowe and Mrs. Rowe,
Emil Hurja, special correspondent of
the Mining and Engineering World,
and other publications, members of
the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
and other private citizens.
The trainload to be run today is
the first from any of the coal fields
tapped by the government railroad
and will come from Dick Dougherty’s
mine on Moose creek, a distance of
about 52 miles from Anchorage. It
will be the first consignment of an
order from the government railroad
commission calling for 2,000 tons, to i
be delivered as soon as possible.
The bunkers, built on a spur a quar
ter of a mile from the main line, are
constructed entirely of logs and
measure 50 feet wide by 30 feet high.
From the top of the bunkers extends
a chute 100 feet up the hill side to the
end of the track leading from Doher
ty’s mine, a mile away. There is a
small down-grade from the mine,
making it possible to move the load
ed cars with very little effort. Mr.
Dougherty expects in the near future
to install a small locomotive to handle
them more efficiently.
It is also of interest that the Com
mission’s cars which will handle this
coal are a home product, having been
made from large flat cars into the lat
est model of the self-dumping type.
A lever at the end of each side al
lows the seven hanging doors to
swing free and the coal is forced out
by its own weight. The floor of the
car is in the form of an inverted “V,”
making it very easy to empty and
clean.
Mr. Dougherty is only running this
mine temporarily until the further
construction of the railroad will per
mit him to open up his extensive prop
erty on King river. A number of oth
er King river operators are making
preparations to open up their mines
which the advent of the railroad
makes possible.
In addition to viewing the initial
coal operations the party from An
chorage will have the opportunity to
see the largest “shoot” of the year,
fered the discoverers $500 in cash and
days’ wages if they would seek to find
the big vein on the company’s ground.
The offer was accepted, and in three
days' time the vein was located on the
Independence company’s ground, at a
point much lower down than the vein
on which the company is now mining.
Mabel Mine Is Producing.
The mill of the Mabel Mining com
pany, installed this spring, is treating
very high-grade ore, the production
running from $50 to $100 per hour.
The face of the drift in the Mabel
mine is three feet in width and the
ore is very rich.
The Isaacs boys, who this season
made a discovery on Reed creek, have
stripped the vein for a distance of
1,400 feet and it varies from 18 inches
to two feet in width. Assays taken
run from $16 to $390 per ton .
Eugene Bartholf has taken an op
tion on the Charles and Byron Barth
olf property on Reed creek, which ad
joins the Fern group, and will start
development within a few days.
Road Construction.*
The Alaska Road commission has a
force of 15 men, under the direction
of Superintendent Ross Kinney, com
pleting the road work between Mile
28 and Mile 32, on the wagon road
between Knik and the Willow creek
gold camp. The work is about finish
ed. When it is done, the crew will be
gin on a road leading from Mile 32
to the Mable mine and to the Talkeet
na mine.
when a whole hillside of earth and
rock will be blasted away. Mr. Hunt,
the Commission’s moving picture
man, will take pictures of these great
“features."
ANCIENT RUSSIAN CHURCH
RELICS GO TO JUNEAU
(Juneau Empire)
Relics of historic interest that date
back to more than a third of a cen
tury before the termination of the
Russian occupation of Alaska, were
brought from Sitka by Rev. A. P.
Kashervaroff when he returned last
Friday from the former capital of the
erritory, They consist of the crowns
worn by brides and grooms at church
marriage ceremonies of the Orthodox
Russian church and a cross worn by
an archimandrite of the chui’ch. An
archimandrite of the Russian church
is a priest ranking next to a bishop,
corresponds to an archdeacon of the
Episcopal church of the United
States.
The crowns of the bride and grooTn
are made of silver, gold and costly
satin, studded with hand-painted min
iatures of sacred Biblical characters—
the one for the groom containing a
miniature of Christ as a central piece,
They also contain settings of precious
stones. They have been worn by sev
eral generations of bridal couples ir
the cathedral at Sitka.
The cross is made of silver, sus
pended from a long gold neck chain
and is set for its full six inches oi
length with topazes andother precious
stones.
Church records establish the fad
that they have been in the cathedral
for at least 78 years, ar.cl how much
longer no one knows.
Father Kashevaroff brought the rel
ics to Juneau to have them repaired,
Later they will be returned to Sitka
where they will be kept in the cathe
dral.
CAPT. BARRINGTON IS
TO OPERATE BOATS ON
THE SKEENA RIVER
(Juneau Empire)
Capt. Sid Barrington, of the Side
Streams Navigaiton company, will
operate steamers on the Skeena river,
He arrived here on the Alameda wait
ing for his steamer the Hazel B. sec
ond, which reached here early this
morning. This boat is on a large
barge which is being towed by the
government tug Rosco to Prince Ru
pert. The river boat has been at
Anchorage but Capt. Barrington be
lieves he has a larger field for his op
erations on the Skeena.
Steamship Bear, which grounded
south of Eureka, Calif., June 14, with
210 passengers aboard, five of whom
were lost, has been pumped out and
her boilers and engines were found to
be in good condition. Steam is up in
one boiler.
Senator Henri Berrenger, returning
today to Paris, says that the technical
skill of Gen. Douglas Haig on the
Somme front is on anequality with
the. heroism of the British troops.
LABOR GAINS
IMPORTANT PIECE
OF LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, August 12.—Pas
sage of a workmen’s compensation act
for government employes, on lines
Suggested by the American Federa
tion of Labor, today was agreed on
by democratic and republican leaders.
For six years it has gone through
all the stages of congressional action
except final passage. Something al
ways stopped it there. This year the
federation demanded of both conven
tions the passage of the bill before
congress adjourned to take up the fall
campaign, on pain of the federation’s
doing a little campaigning itself.
The bill provides, in case of:
Death—Thirty-five per cent of wa
ges to widow or widower, until their
death or remarriage, with 10 per cent
additional for each dependent child.
Total disability — Two-thirds of
wages, in no case to be less than
$33.33 monthly.
Partial disability —Two-thirds of
the difference between wages earned
before and after injury. Refusal of a
partially disabled man to do what
work he can do makes him ineligible
to any payment.
Medical care for a reasonable time
after an injury is suffered in govern
ment service is provided; and in case
of death $100 for funeral expense is
allowed
Intoxication or wilful carelessness
on duty makes a federal employe in
eligible to benefits under the act.
FRANK H. WASKEY BOUND
“OUTSIDE” WITH GOLD
(Seattle Times)
Frank H. Waskey, Alaska’s first
delegate in congress, will return to
Seattle this fall after being "buried”
in the wilderness for several years,
and will bring with him several thou
sand dollars in raw gold. Waskey, in
a letter to J. C. Gaffney, formerly of
Nome, says he has made a new strike
at Marshall City, on the lower Yukon.
Waskey made a big fortune at
Nome, and spent a large part of it
at Washington endeavoring to get
congress to pass a territorial govern
ment law for Alaska. The balance of
his fortune was involved in the col
lapse of a big tunnel near Nome,
which had taken a large crew of men
two years to construct.
In his letter the former delegate
says he has ground-sluiced a large
tract and has sent to norae for men
to assist him in shoveling the pay
gravel into the boxes. He expresses
a hope that somebody will start an
up-to-date store on the lower Yukon,
as the circle of vision of the traders
indigenous to that section is bounded
by calico, tea and muskrats.
McDOUGAL.
The launch Hustler has been re
moved from the bar at Gold Hill and
is again at the dock here.
Prof. Herschel Parker, Joe Fulton
and Bob Matsen are in McDougal, re
turning from a prospecting trip into
the Kahlitna district.
Anderson and Price will make a
trip into the Kahlitna country on a
prospecting trip.
H. W. Nagley is in McDougal from
his store at Susitna and will make a
trip into the Cache creek district be
fore reutrning to his home.
Capt. J. Linderboom is suffering
from a stroke of paralysis and has
been taken to the government hotel in
Anchorage for treatment.
NEW LIGHTHOUSE BOAT
FOR THE SERVICE IN
ALASKA IS ALL READY
SEATTLE, August 14.—The new
lighthouse tender Rose for Alaska has
received her finishing touches in Se
attle and it is expected will start for
Alaska at the end of this week or by
the first of next. Last Saturday she
left the drydock on the East Water
way at Seattle where she had been for
final inspection. All supplies have
been taken aboard preparatory to
coming north. She was built especial
ly as a lighthouse tender for the
northern district at a total cost of
$87,950.
In her official trial spins held a
J week ago today in Elliott Bay, the
Rose came up to all expectations,
meeting the requirements of the
government’s specifications in all par
ticulars. She made the spins in com
mand of Capt. W. K. Curtis, master
of • the Anderson company’s lake
Washington steamboat Atlanta, with
Andrew Sandell and S. F. Ward, also
of the Anderson fleet, in charge of the
engine room.
The lighthouse bureau was repre
sented by J. S. O’Brien, superintend
ent of construction for the service,
and Robert Warwick, inspector of the
Washington-Oregon lighthouse dis
trict. Others aboard were Capt. John
L. Anderson, president of the Ander
son company, and Capt. H. C. Lord,
United States inspector of boilers.
The Rose ranks as one of the most
beautiful vessels ever turned out by
Seattle shipbuilders. Her interior is
fitted up in palatial style.
An aeroplane route will be started
next year between Valdez and Fair
banks, if the plans of Capt. George
Strixner materialize. Mr. Strixner is
one of the present mail contractors
and believes the aero route is perfect
ly feasible and would prove a paying
proposition.
“TOM” PATTERSON*
STATESMAN, LAWYER,
A JOURNALIST, DIES
DENVER, Col., July 24.—Former
U. S. Senator Thomas McDonald Pat
terson, statesman, lawyer and jour
nalist, died here last night, aged 76
years.
The dead statesman was regarded
as the foremost citizen of Colorado
before his death. He was bom in
Ireland in 1840, coming to the United *
States at the age of four years with
his parents, he was educated and
spent his earlier years in Indiana.
He located in Denver in the late ’60s,
and began the practices of law, quick
ly taking high rank at the bar. He
was elected delegate to congress from
Colorado territory, as a democrat, in
1874, and succeeded in securiiig the
admission of Colorado as a state, in
1876; was elected to congress in the ;
fall of that year, though the state <
went republican, costing the deciding <
electoral votes for Hayes against Til- 1
den. He was also one of the demo- i
cratic candidates for United States 1
senator at the first election, but was <
defeated. He was the democratic ]
nominee for governor in 1888, but ]
was again defeated. He was elected
United States senator as a democrat .
in 1899, and served one term, declin
ing to be a candidate for re-election. <
He was a law partner of present ]
United States Senator Charles S. i
Thomas, and accumulated an immense i
fortune. In 1890 he purchased the !
Denver Rocky Mountain News, mom- 1
ing newspaper, and the Denver Times,
evening newspaper, and conducted
both as editor and manager until
about two years ago, adding more
wealth to his millions. With the sale
of his daily newspapers he retired
from business of all kinds as he had
retired from politics ten years before.
He was rated as one of the ablest
mining lawyers and most convincing
orators of the west. As a young man
he was christened as the “Silver
Tongued Orator of the Rockies,” and
the name clung to him years. How
ever, he preferred its successor,
“Tom” Patterson, by which he was
known by old and young throughout
the later years of his life.
He was a man of simple tastes and
thoroughly detested life at the nation
al capital with its social obligations,
though he was a brilliant conversa
tionalist and popular socially.
Alaska’s Friend.
Senator Patterson visited Alaska in
1903 with a committee of United
States senators, which included Sena
tors Dillingham, of Vermont; Burn
ham, of New Hampshire; Nelson, of
Minnesota, and himself. The commis
sion visited all the principal points of
Alaska, making a trip along the coast,
down the Yukon river nad to Nome.
Hearings were held, and the testi
mony taken was printed with the re
port of the committee. Senator Pat
terson differed with the other mem
bers of the committee, and in a sep
arate report recommended territorial
self-government for Alaska.
While in Alaska Senator Patterson
told friends that he would retire from
all activities except those appertain
ing to his newspapers as soon as his
term of office as Senator expired, as
he hated public life and its social ob
ligations. He said that he preferred
newspaper work to anything that he
ever had engaged in.
Two New Boats for Alaska.
Libby, McNiel & Libby are asking
for bids from the shipbuilders on two
big motorships to be used in the can
nery trade. The boats will carry sal
mon from the canneries in Alaska
owned by this company, to Tuget
sound, and possibly on around
through the canal to the eastern mar-,
kets and to Liverpool. Definite infor
mation as to the boats has not been
issued, except that they will be 220
feet long, 40 feet beam. Bids for the
power plans have also been asked for,
and these, together with tenders on
the building of the boats, have been
forwarded by the Seattle office to the
headquarters at Chicago for final de
cision.
Edward Tegart, who has been em
ployed by Bill Hughes, freighting be
tween Knik and the Willow creek
mines for the past year, was thought
to be insane by his peculiar actions.
Harry Brown, the Knik marshal, ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday with
Tegart in custody. He was given a
hearing before Judge David this
morning and pronounced insane. He
will be sent to an asylum outside.
:rook arrives with 300 pas
SENGERS AND TWENTY-SEV
EN HUNDRED TONS
OF FREIGHT.
(From Saturday’s Daily.)
The transport Crook reached port
yesterday afternoon at 2:50 o’clock,
:oming direct from Seattle for An
:horage. Six days were consumed in
he voyage, which was uneventful,
lave for the foggy weather that pre
railed and that delayed the big ship.
Captain F. S. Randall is in command;
Slihu Brown is the quartermaster and
E. Waterhouse is the freight clerk.
The cargo was consigned to the
Vlaskan Engineering Commission at
Anchorage and consists of 500 tons
>f rails, 200 tons of forage, 80 tons of
jerishables of various kinds, 231 tons
>f heavy hardware, 36 tons of cloth
ng, 600 tons of provisions of all
cinds,*and 20 head of horses. In all,
;he cargo aggregates 2,700 tons.
The passenger list included the fol
owing first-class passengers: E. P.
Hedberg, Albert L. Norris, H. W.
Smith, Mrs. K. Alexander, Master
Selby Alexander, Master Lawlor Al
jxander, Mrs. F. C. Dimond and son,
Mrs.William F. Elliott and two daugh
ters, Mrs. E. Heaton, Mrs. W. E. Mar
ten, and Mrs. C. D. Pollack and
laughter.
Two hundred and sixty-nine rail
way laborers for the railway project
:ame from Seattle.
The Crook has been moored at a
San Francisco dock for the past four
years, up to the time of its present
trip. While en route from San Fran
cisco to Seattle, the Crook rammed
the Anyo Maru, a Japanese vessel,
damaging it to the extent of $15,000.
The Crook enjoys the distinction of
being the first twin-screw steamship
to cross the Atlantic ocean, operating
at that time under the name of the
Roumania. When the Spanish-Amer
ican war broke out, the Roumania was
purchased from the private owners by
the government and rechristened the
Crook, in honor of General Crook.
The Crook is capable of making 16
knots per hour, and carries a crew
of 126 members.
Discharging cargo here, the Crook
will return to Seattle and return with
another load for the Commission. The
big steamship was borrowed from the
war department by the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission, to be employed
in carrying freight to this port.
BUSINESS IS GOOD TO
WEST; LABOR SCARCE
(Juneau Empire)
J. F. Chamberlain, representative
of the Whiton Hardware company, re
turned from the westward on the Ad
miral Farragut. He reports that bus
iness is exceptionally good in all of
the westward towns and that a sud
den demand for labor has developed
there.
While at Valdez, Mr. Chamberlain
says there was a call for 12 hard rock
men and that they could not be found.
Also at Seward, 50 men were wanted
at once and not a single man could be
hired. Everyone at Anchorage is
working since the 2-ailroad appropria
tion passed and there is a steady de
mand for more men.
“Business is thriving at Anchor
age’,’ he said. “I counted 167 estab
lishments there where goods are sold
over a counter. That includes cigar
stands, and all lines of business ex
cept transfer, hotels, restaurants, pool
rooms and theatres.
COMMERCE OFFICIAL
IS COMING TO ALASKA
SEATTLE, August 15.—Otis B.
Kent, attorney for the interstate com
merce commission, with headquarters
at Washington, D. C., is in the city
and will leave for a trip to Alaska.
Mr. Kent denies that his trip will
have anything to do with professional
acts.
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^ PROF. GEORGESON IN REPORT COVERS ^
^ MATANUSKA VALLEY IN DETAIL AND ^
^ SHOWS MANY FINE ILLUSTRATIONS ^
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^ The annual booklet issued by Prof. C. C. George- ^
^ son, of the United States experimental stations in Alas- ^
^ ka, is at hand and it gives a great deal of important ^
^ information about Alaska for the benefit of prospect- ^
^ ive settlers. ^
^ The Matanuska section, tributary to the new gov- ^
1^ ernment railroad, is covered in detail and is illustrated ^
^ with some excellent farming scenes. ^
^ Prof. Georgeson says: ^
^ Undoubtedly, the Matanuska valley and the re- ^
^ gion tributary to the projected railway from Seward ^
^ to Fairbanks will be settled first by reason of the im- ^
^ proved transportation facilities. The region about ^
^ Fairbanks has already been settled by many home- ^
^ steaders who were attracted there by the local market ^
^ afforded for. their produce by the towns and mining ^
^ camps.” ^
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