Cook Inlet Pioneer
and Knik News
Published by
Cook Inlet Publishing Co.
Anchorage, Alaska
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1915
The Day We Celebrate.
Anchorage is blessed with a
live, progressive set of business
men and residents generally.
This fact is amply demonstrated
by the enthusiasm with which
the people are entering into the
plans for the Fourth of July cel
ebration. Practically all the bus
iness houses have contributed
liberally—considering the times
—and the result will be that
we’re going to have a real good
time. Busy business men on the
various committees are devoting
their time and energy toward
making the occasion successful,
and when men of this stamp go
into a thing, failure is out of the
question.
As will be seen by the program
of events that are scheduled to
take place, published in another
column, there will be something
doing throughout the day, to de
tract our people from their usual
cares and worries that are inci
dent to everyday life. Of course,
we must forego the noisy fire
cracker, due to the danger of fire,
but this will in no wise lessen the
pleasures of the day.
Our good neighbor—Knik—is
going to join with us on the
Fourth, and we in turn should
return the compliment on the
Fifth, which is their day to cele
brate. The people there have
raised a handsome sum to be de
voted to prizes, etc., and are ac
tively preparing for the occasion.
The Knik people are noted for
their hospitality, which is ex
tended to the residents of An
chorage in a spirit of comity and
good feeling.
Outlook Is Encouraging
Now that large wholesale mer
chants, manufacturing concerns
and other enterprises which dc
things on a large scale have se
lected Anchorage as their head
quarters, it is well to take a look
at the situation and briefly an
alyze the reason why this point,
above others, should be the
choice. To those who are fa
miliar with the geography of this
part of Alaska, it is apparent
that the ocean port which is lo
cated nearest the Matanuskj
coalfields, the Willow creek gok
camp, the Cache creek region, th<
Broad Pass country, to say noth
ing of the agricultural and stock
raising lands of the Matanuska
and Susitna valleys, is the logi- j
cal place for the headquarters of
those concerns which seek the
vast present and prospective trade
of the sections enumerated. An-1
chorage is so situated that it en
joys this advantage. It is sim
ply a logical outcome of the per
iod of development inaugurated
by the building of the great gov
ernment railway system, which
started work at this point.
All of us are fairly familiar
with the Matanuska coalfields.
When these fields are opened and
the mining of coal is under way,
it is easy to predict a large de-,
mand for the products of the
wholesaler located here. The
Willow creek gold camp is fast
developing. Each successive year
points to greater possibilities for
that camp. Here is another mar
ket for the wholesaler. The
Cache creek country is a placer
camp. A dredger is to be in
stalled next year. This dredge
is but the forerunner of others
to follow. Thus another market1
becomes available. But perhaps
transcending all others in im
portance, save perhaps the coal
fields, is the great Broad Pass
gold district. That this district
will evolve into an important
gold camp now seems assured.
The development work now un
der way is so encouraging, ac-1
cording to authentic accounts
from there, that the future of
the district is no longer a matter
of doubt. A vast market for the
goods of the wholesaler will fol
low this camp’s development. In
brief, the reason why Anchorage
| is the chosen site of the whole
saler is because of it’s location.
It is the nearest ocean port to the
markets, present and prospective.
It now has water transportation.
; It will soon have rail transporta
! tion. The two combined serve
to make Anchorage an advanta
j geous site for the purpose in
■ view.
Gofd—Copper
For Sale—A high grade gold
property, ten miles from Valdez,
j with several hundred sacks of
| high grade ore on the dump.
This property adjoins a produc
ing mine and several veins of
high grade ore are exposed on
the surface of this ground. Also
four groups of copper properties
on Prince William Sound adjoin
ing navigable water. All of these
properties could be made produc
ers with a small amount of money
| and to a party who is able to open
same up or secure the capital to
do so, this is an opportunity to
make a quick fortune. For prices
and terms apply to S.A. Hemple,
Valdez, Alaska. x
HUGHES & PEDERSEN
i Freighting and Transfer Co.
112SiF“ Leave your order for your win
» I ter wood with us.
- KNIK - ANCHORAGE
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,
ERICH LUCAS,
SIDNEY B. CONGDON,
Vice President
Cashier
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
Quality—Rough and Dressed—Arrived on the
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