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Entered in the Anchorage Postofflee June 5, 1915, as second clao3 matter
under the Act of of March 3. 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 191(J.
SECRETARY LANE MAY VISIT ANCHORAGE.
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, under whose
department the Alaska railway project is being constructed,
will make a visit to Anchorage the latter part of August, ac
cording to information given out by Do Sweeney, assistant l
secretary of the interior, who is now on a vacation trip to his j
former home at Seattle.
It is to he hoped that the secretary will come to Alaska |
and see, with his own observing eyes, the splendid results that j
have been achieved by the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
charged witli the responsibility of constructing this big trans
portation scheme. We are certain that he will return to the
national capitol convinced that no mistake has been made in
inauguration of work on the railway project and more than
ever impressed with the benefits that will flow from this huge
development plan, which comprehends, to a large degree, the
opening of the latent resources of Alaska.
As our people well know, Secretary of the Interior Lane is
the most powerful and influential advocate of this railway
project. From the time he assumed his seat in President Wil
son’s cabinet, he has unceasingly devoted his energies toward
opening, under proper conditions, the undeveloped resources of
this territory, and advocated the government railway project
as the most important factor in this broad scheme of develop
ment.
Anchorage—which might properly be said to he the first
fruits of this big development plan—to a man extends a cordial
welcome to Secretary Lane, whom we honor as the right man
in the right place, and whom we laud as the chief mover in the
constructive policy that means the early opening to develop
ment of the resources of Alaska.
PASSING OF AN OLD SOURDOUGH.
The news comes of the passing of John Goodell, one of the
old sourdough residents of the southern coast .of Alaska.
Death came by his own hand at his home at Sitka. The manner
of his passing calls for a degree of charity on the part of the
old-time friends of this sturdy sourdough, because he was long
a sufferer from an incurable disease, had recently lost a federal
position which sufficed to give him a living, and too proud to
ask aid of friends or take refuge in the home for aged people
at Sitka and physically unable to earn a livlihod by manuel
labor, he elected to end it all.
John Goodell was a lawyer by profession. His gift of ora
tory was exceeded by few attorneys in the west. He started
to practice law in a little Oregon town, where his fame as a
pleader spread throughout the state. Iu the days of ’98, he
came to Alaska. In ’99, he opened a law office at Valdez, and
remained there for several years. He was then appointed Un
ited States commissioner with headquarters at Ivnik, where he
resided for many years, and was known and beloved by all the
old-timers of this district. John Goodell had his faults and
failings. None of us are immune in this respect, although
some of us may be too hypocritical to admit them. But John
Goodell had a big heart and a good-natured disposition that
won his friends that were numbered by his acquaintances. |
A few months prior to his demise, Goodell was deputy Un
ited States marshal at Sitka. Being a consistent republican in
politics, he was removed to make room for a democrat. He
had reached an advanced age, and bereft of a position that
gave him a living, it is probable that life for him had ceased
to have a sufficient attraction to longer wish to continue the
struggle for existence. While the manner of his death is re
grettable, in that it is naturally repugnant to the canons of
society, in view of all the circumstances the mantle of charity
may be spread over this old sourdough, whose end, from what
* ever cause, is deeply mourned in this part of Alaska, where
he so long was a well known figure.
The tourist trade, yearly becoming more important in Al
aska, is to be fostered and encouraged. Quite a few tourists
have visited Anchorage this season, and aside from the ma
terial value in the form of dollars they leave in our midst, their
visits, in some instances at least, will bb fruitful of more endur
ing results, as they will advertise the country and tell the story
of the possibilities of the remaining frontier of the United
States. We should extend the glad hand of fellowship to our
temporary visitors and make their visits as pleasant and con
genial as possible.
Kaolin, a substance that may be used as the base for the
manufacture of powder, has been found in a deposit within a
few miles of Anchorage, according to current rumor. There
is a vast amount of powder used in mining and other blasting
operations in Alaska, and a plant at Anchorage for the manu
facture of the high explosive would be a profitable venture,
assuming that kaolin is available for use.
Anchorage is taking on the airs of a city, with its score
of autos hustling about, transporting people here and there,
with a swell motion picture house to attend when the spirit
moves us, and vigorously contested base ball games to attract
us to the public park on Sundays and holidays.
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In round figures, property to the value of some $40,000
passed from the federal government to private individual buy
ers at the auction sales Saturday and Monday evenings. No
better evidence than this is wanted to show the faith of the
people in the future of Anchorage. And it is faith, when guid
ed by intelligent effort and enterprise, that makes for the up
building of a prosperous community.
Sectional maps of the Matanuska coal fields, which des
ignate the portions of that coal area that have been reserved
by the government, have been received in Anchorage, and are
useful to those persons who may wish to investigate the mat
ter of taking a lease on coal lands not covered by the govern
ment's reserve.
Kaiser At the Eastern Front.
BERLIN, July 25.—Kaiser Wilhelm has gone from thr
western to the eastern front, the greater war activities now
taking place in the latter zone.
Carl W. Bolte
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