ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER '
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Charles E. Herron. Publisher.
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Entered In the Anchorage Postofflce June 5, 1915, as second class matter
under the Act ot of March 3. 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1010.
LIKELY TO CALL CARRANZA’S BLUFF.
An so Carranza again insists that the American troops must
not only withdraw from Mexico, but that any further move
ment made by them from their present lines will be considered
an overt act and be the signal for hostilities. He is afraid that
the honor of Mexico may be trenched upon; that honor that
skulks across the line and butchers American women and chil
dren, but makes no effort to punish the assassins.
But Carranza should go a little slow. The national political
conventions are over, and it would require only half as much
of an effort to cause a Democratic president and Congress to
' set a real invasion of Mexico in motion as it would have re
quired six months ago. Then, too, while the mills of “the gods
grind slowly, they grind exceedingly small,” and should that
invasion be set in motion Carranza knows that order and a
reign of law in Mexico would soon follow and his occupation
would be gone. It is the wrong year and the -wrong time in
this year to do much bluffing with the United States.
MEXICO IN A STATE OF WAR.
The expected has happened—the United States is plunged
in war with Mexico. But it was not brought about in the way
that most people thought it would. For the past year or two
ouj- government has at intervals threatened to intervene across
the border, but the Mexicans took the play away from us and
President Carranza issued an ultimatum that the United
States troops should be immediately withdrawn from Mexico
and any further movement of the lines would be considered
an overt act and the signal for hostilities.
President Wilson called the bluff by informing Carranza
that there was no intention of withdrawing our “boys in blue”
until his de facto government demonstrated its ability to
guard the border from bandits who continue to outrage Amer
ican soil and in order to back up the position taken the im
mediate mobilization of the national guard was ordered, sev
eral small warships also sent to Mexican waters and other
preparations made at Washington which indicated that Uncle
Sam really meant business.
According to our press dispatches the first clash came yes
terday, when an attempt was made to land marines at Mazat
lan from an American warship. This was resented by the
Mexicans and some shots were exchanged by the marines and
Carranzista soldiers. Later a proclamation was issued de
claring that the two countries are in a state of war and order
ing the Americans out of Mexico. If these first reports be
true, and we have no reason to doubt them, it is only a ques
tion of a very short time, before Uncle Sam’s troops will be
actively engaged in cleaning up the greasers and bandits who
have not only raped their own country but committed so many
acts of violence in Texas and New Mexico that there has long
been a loud and insistent demand that the United States com
pel the Mexicans to pay the penalty for their deeds and also
protect American citizens of any danger from these bandits.
Anchorage will be the scene of a session of the federal court
this week. As there are no very serious cases on the trial cal
endar the stay of the officials will not likely be as long as we
might wish, still we are always glad to have these representa
tives of the department of justice visit with us, in order that
they may know what a progressive and thriving city this is,
as well as one of the most orderly and law-abiding communi
ties in the territory.
ACCEPTING TEMPTING BUSINESS OFFER.
The many Anchorage friends of Manager W. T. Normile,
of the North Side Lumber Company, will regret to learn of his
departure from here, but rejoice in the fact that he is going
to another field only because it means a betterment in his
business connections which he cannot afford to overlook and
offers an opportunity such as comes to a man but once in a<
life-time. Mr. Normile has been one of Anchorage’s progres
sive and successful business men and he and his estimable
wife will be greatly missed from our, community, and in their
new place of abode they will carry with them the well wishes
of their friends, who are legion.
The stock and. good will of the North Side Lumber Company
has been purchased by George M. Campbell, who is a rustler
from the word go, and he will prove a worthy successor to his
departing friend and chum, Mr. Normile.
YOUNG MEN AND POLITICS.
In the souls of all American boys who have red blood in
their veins there is a dream of political preferment which is
to materialize into full- realization after a* while.
Some are modest and the expectation ranges between a jus
tice of the peace, an alderman, a mayor or chief of police, a
city or county attorney or a member of the legislature, while
others are early satisfied that some states will be vast losers
unless they are made governors, and now and then there is
one Who is convinced that the great republic is liable to totter
unstedaily upon its base if the people are so dull as not to see
that he is the only one who should be president.
But how few of them all take the trouble to prepare them
selves for the hoped-for promotion, either by studying the
principles of the different parties and what the government
stands for or by taking an active part in helping work the
machinery by which the government is carried on?
But if ours is to remain a government of the people,) is it
not (dear that it should be the concernment of all the people ?
The ambition for office is a laudable one, but it carries with it
an implied contract to be worthy of it and to fully understand
what ita requirements are. Hence all young men should Ufa
an active in elections and all voters should try to
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MINKS ARE FRODUOUtu WWJ.
The placer and quartz mines adjacent to Anchorage prom
ise to add materially to the gold output of the' territory this
season. In the Willow creek district the stamp mills an
grinding away and the first cleanup of $20,000 from the Alaska
Free Gold Mining Company’s property was brought to towi
yesterday. As the summer advances more gold bricks will
be crushed out of the ore that is being milled by this concern
and other operators in that section. From the Cache creek
district there will also be considerable dust taken out, while
scores of prospectors are scouring the hills in all directions
and are hopeful of being amply repaid for their efforts.
The weather man is certainly overlooking the fact that the
summer months are here and we are entitled to a little more
sunshine.
Among the municipal improvements Mayor Moore has in
view there is one which will be fully appreciated by the public,
and that is the placing of street signs on the main thorough
fares and cross-streets.
If Anchorage is to have good, clean baseball this season
there should certainly be a can tied to all the idle gossip and
disaffection among some of the players, the rattle of which
could be heard in all parts of Cook inlet.
The people of Anchorage are showing their appreciation
of the fact that The Daily Times is publishing the largest
newspaper in all of Alaska by extending to it the patronage
that its efforts deserve.
Now is the time of the yeai^vhen too much care cannot be
exercised in preventing forest fires from getting a start which
it might be difficult to control and result in considerable prop
erty damage.
Governor Strong was correct when he stated yesterday thal
a militia of at least a thousand men could be raised in Alaska
without any difficulty. There are enough patriotic citizens in
Anchorage to form a company, and the same is true of everj
other town in the territory.
Wednesday will be the longest day of the year, and as tlierf
will be continual daylight it would be a good idea to have a
ball game that evening. Fairbanks, Dawson and other north
em towns always hold athletic contests at that time, and win
not Anchorage?
Mistakes sometimes happen even in the best of regulated
newspapers. On Saturday the Daily Times, in reporting the
alleged death of Emperor Josef, of Austria, said his son had
been assassinated in Serbia, which had led to the present Eu
ropean war. It should have stated that it was his nephew.
Why not have a preparedness demonstration here on th<
Fourth of July, in connection with the celebration that is nov
being arranged for the day? Let us show our loyalty to th<
Stars and Stripes by some patriotic act that will leave a last
ing impression and make us all feel better for having per
formed a duty which we owe to our country.
The knocker is a most despicable character and seems t<
be indigenous to all countries and sections of countries. He
exists under all climatic conditions. Like bacilli of tubercu
losis knockers are universally present, but do but little harir
to the healthy and strong. Fortunately, Anchorage is not af
dieted with many people of this stripe ahd whenever thes<
microbes of calamity show they should be effectually stamped
out. ’ •
The phenomenal growth of the business of the Bank of An
chorage during its short existence of one month speaks vol
nmes for the thriftiness and prosperity of our people. Witl
a capital stock of $25,000, its individual deposits are $193,
452.23, and its resources $225,657.56. This is certainly a show
ing to be proud of, and reflects much credit upon the official!
and local directorate of the bank as well as the community ii
general.
The local Chamber of Commerce is demonstrating that it ii
a live body of business men, who are not going to leave any
thing undone to promote the best interests of the community
Besides lending its support to every public movement an effor
is also to be made to set forth the actual conditions and th<
advantages possessed in Anchorage as a place of abode
through the medium of an attractive pamphlet, which will con
tain much valuable information and illustrations.
MATANUSKA FARMERS TO SUPPLY
LOCAL MARKET WITH SPUD!
At a regular meeting of the cham
ber of commerce, held last night,
there was a large attendance of
members and much enthusiasm
shown in the proceedings. A com
mittee of three, F. F. Winchester, J.
M. Eakin and M. Neklason, repre
senting the. Matanuska Fanners’ as
sociation, met with the chamber to
try and arrange for a local market
for their produce. It is also desired
to have the commission plaoe a cold
storage car on the run between An
chorage and the end of the line, for
the transportation of vegetables to
this point during, the summer
months. . ^
The Matanuska farmers have
adopted the New York standard for
the grading of potatoes and will
thus he enabled to furnish the con
sumer with a better and more satis
factory grade of "spuds’* than it was
possible to market, under the old
system, last year. There are more
than 100 acres of land under cul
tivation in. the Matanuska valley at
the present time, and the fanners
a crop of 1,000 tons of pota
tbis summer. The committee
assured the chamber that M per
oent of tho crop Would be first-grade
potatoes and as fine an article as i
grown anywhere. There are two va
rieties—the Matanuska and Got
Coin. All of the produce from thi
valley will be properly stamped s
that if any “culls” dre found in i
shipment they will be duplicated b
the rancher.
It was generally agreed by th
merchants that if the supply of pots
toes raised in the interior ifas sul
flcient to supply the demand the
would make no shipments of pots
toes from the states to Anchorage
giving the local farmer the benefit o
their trade. Mr. Winchester state*
most of those who own f$rms in th
Matanuska valley are members o
the association and before the clos
of the summer it was/ expected t
have all of them enrolled. In orde
to lend every encouragement am
also to co-operate ^ith these loca
people in their laudJbie effort to til
the soil the ohamftr appointed i
committee of thrf. composed o
Messrs. Fowler, wj»dier and Shon
beck, to take up tfaff matter of trans
portation With thejatlroad commie
sion and to rendeifinj other assist
aace to the farmerlthat lies in thei
power. I:
NEW CHIEF LAND
Andrew ChrAtensen, chief of the
the newly created department' of
publicity and lands for the Alaskan
Engineering commission, arrived in
Anchorage last night and will re
main here for a wdBfc or ten days.
He has just returned from Washing
ton, where he spent several months
transacting business with the field
division of the general land office.
Mr. Christensen said that before
he left Washington his appointment
by the commission was approved by
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane and that the object In cre
ating the new development of the
natural resources tributary to the
government railroad, and to bring
about closer co-operation among
the merchants, miners and farmers.
He said*he hoped to induce a
larger farming development in the
country adjacent to the new rail
road. Such development, he de
clared, would supply the merchants
with foodstuffs which now have to
be shipped from the states. Obtain
ing and distributing accurate infor
mation concerning the resources of
that section will be one of the ob
jects of the new department.
Mr. Christensen is one of the best
known interior department officials
on the Pacific coast, having first
come from Washington, D. C., to
take charge of the United States
land office at San Francisco. He
succeeded Louis Glavis in charge of
the Portland office, and later was
assigned to Seattle, where he spent
more than five years before the
change of headquarters to Juneau.
WILL PROSPECT FOR QUARTZ
AT HEAD OF BIRD CREEK
Ole Hansen left flfis morning with
a pack horse and a complete outfit
to spend several weeks on Bird creek
prospecting for both placer and
quartz. Habsen drove a mail team
on the Seward trail last winter and
is familiar with the country in ad
dition to being a seasoned prospect
or. He spent last summer in the
Cache creek district but says the
condition of the roads in the Bird
creek vicinity are so much better
that he will follow his hunch and
prospect the head of Bird creek this
season.
„ ANOTHER NEW BUILDING
HAS BEEN CONTRACTED FOR
' Martin Scott, who bought Anclior
■ age property eirly in the game. is
. reaping the benefits of his judgment.
He recently sold the east half of lot
4, in block 44, to C. H. Rhodes and
J. A. Carmody, both of this city.
* Thqse gentlemen will start work on
a two-story frame building on the
- property at once, the lower story to
be occupied by a cigar and tobacco
company and the second story will
be divided into office rooms. The
' deal was closed by M. H. Lynch, of
the Anchorage Realty company, who
also sold the west half of this lot
to J. J. Hales, as announced in Sat
urday’s issue of The Daily Times.
% SCHOOL NOTES.
y The Nada club took a field trip
last Wednesday in lieu of the regu
lar weekly meeting of the club. The
' trip was short but very enjoyable.
5 The winners of the attendance re
1 ward for this week are the pupils of
Miss McCullagh’s room. This is the
first time any room has held the
record for two consecutive weeks.
5 The cantata to be given in con
■ nection with the eighth grade exer
. cise promises to be a very pretty af
^ fair. The practice on it has begun.
The names of those children com
peting for garden prizes will be pub
’ lished tomorrow.
The Parent-Teachers’ association
meets this week for the last time
" this year. Next Friday, June 23, is
the date.
PEERLESS FEATURE FILMS
^ DUE OX NORTHWESTERN
| The first of the new film service
contracted for by R. E. McDonald,
manager of the moving picture
3 house, with the Peerless Feature at
- tractions, will reach Anchorage on
i the steamer Northwestern direct
3 from Seattle. Mr. McDonald was
> fortunate in tying up this contract as
i this company is producing some of
Y the best film attractions in the coun
try and are very much sought afteT
s by the moving picture houses. .
The lovers of moving pictures
- may expect something distinctly out
Y of the ordinary and announcements
- of some of the special features will
, be published in the columns of The
f Daily Times upon their arrival.
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3 MINING GROUND IS STAKED
f IN NOOKA BAY DISTRICT
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J SEWARD, June 21.—Frank Skeen,
• who discovered placer gold in four
l creeks and a ledge of high grade ore
1 at Nooka bay, 80 miles southwest ol
1 Seward, will leave for his claims
i during the night. He said he want
I ed to examine other ground before
- there was any rush to that section.
Joe McGill came over from Bulu
• gea, where he is engaged in the fish
r ing industry. He is a guest at th«
White House. '
FOR NATURAL HISTORY
Harold F. McCracken, archaeolog
ical assistant at the Ohio State uni
versity, Columbus, is at McCarthy to
head an expedition which will at
tempt to scale Mount Logan, end
will cover the St. Elias range in
search of specimens for a natural
history department to be added to
the Ohio state museum.
Mr. McCracken will try. to get
Kodiak brown bear, mountain sheep,
mountain goat, caribou and moose
for groups in the new department, as
well as specimens of a number of
smaller species. He represents also
the Museum of Natural History of
New York. An attempt will be
made to establish the identity of the
blue glacier bear.
The scientist will leave McCarthy
with three white guides and five In
dians. He expects to be gone at
least a year and during his trip will
gather material for a book.
DOUGLAS SAYS ANCHORAGE
A GOOD TOWN TO TIE TO
If any further evidence was need
ed that Anchorage Is a good town to
tie to, it has been supplied In the
fact that Captain “Sid” Barrington,
of Seattle, has located there and is
building a new steamer for use on
short runs in the waters of that por
tion of Alaska. Captain Barrington
has been on the Yukon for eighteen
years and during that time he has
worked both for and against the old
line companies operating there and
has never failed to make good and
make money at the same time. He
is always ready to umpire a ball
game or referee a prize fight and
is just as ready to contract for hand
ling a thousand tons of freight. He
is a live one and Anchorage is to be
congratulated that he will make that
town his home port for a time.
Captain Barrington makes friends
everywhere and the fact that his
word is as good as his bond is his
principal asset.—Douglak News.
PROFUSION OF WILD FLOWERS
TO BE FOUND ON HILLS
The profusion of wild flowers dec
orating the high school room this
morning is the result of Miss Clark’s
trip to the Ekluta river Saturday,
where she went in company with Mr.
and Mrs. Kieth McCullough. The
party left Anchorage on the 7
o’clock observation train and return
ed the same evening. Miss Clark
was highly delighted with the trip
and sSys the hills are covered with a
profusion of luxuriant wild flowers
that is a reflation to any one un
familiar with the'* conditions. Mr.
McCullough made the trip on busi
ness connected With the forestry de
partment, more particularly, in re
gard to the sawmill that 4s being
placed by Mr. Turner, of the Bird
Creek Lumber company, on the Ek
lutna river.
CHAMBER WANTS EXHIBIT
OF OUR RESOURCES
Secretary Koch, of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce, has asked
The Daily Times to impress upon the
visiting farmer and miner that they
are at ail times welcome to make
the chamber their headquarters
while in the city. The chamber is
anxious to obtain all possible infor
mation in regard to these two im
portant industries and assets of this
country, as they are constantly in
receipt of inquiries pertaining to
both the agricultural and mining re
sources of this section. Moreover,
the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce is ever ready to assist in any
matter pertaining to the upbuilding
of this section and will further any
legitimate promotion proposition
that may come to its notice. It is
the intention of the chamber to col
lect an agricultural and mining ex
hibit and will be pleased if any one
having anything worthy of display
will send same to the chamber of
commerce building.
BAY VIEW APARTMENTS
SOON BE COMPLETED
The Bay View Apartment house
on L street between 6th and -6th av
enues, will be "ready for occupancy
by the first of Jtfly. C. M. Murphy,
contractor and builder, who owns
the property, has the happy faculty
of selecting favorable sites for his
apartments and this one is certainly
well named. There are six apart
ments in the Bay View Apartment
house, furnished for housekeeping
and fitted with all necessary conven
iences for comfort.
ALASKA.
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at Anchorage, Alaska, the terminus
of the $35,000,000 government rail
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homestead is staked
ON FOX ISLAND
SEWARD, Jim* aifrr-L. M. Olson,
a fox farmer for T. W, Hawkins, has
filed a homestead location notice on
160 acres of land on Fox island, at
the entrance to Resurrection bay.
This land is included In the presiden.
tlal withdrawal order No. 1 and there
1b some question as to its validity.
UARSItHS WILL
ERECT BUILDING
The Carstens Packing company
this morning started the construc
tion of a new building on Fourth
avenue, between C and D streets,
which when completed will be used
as a market. The building is to be
25 by 50 and J. Jv Hales says that he
intends to equip the market in such
a way that it will be strictly up-to
date in every respect, including glass
counters for all cut meats. A cold
storage plant will also be installed.
Guy Gardiner has the contract to
erect the building, the lumber for
which was purchased from George
Campbell, the new owner of the
North Side Lumber company.
In order to facilitate the delivery
of meat a horse and wagon arrived
on the Northwestern last night for
the Carstens company.
R. H. Hogg, representing the Pal
mer Perfume company, is registered
at the Crescent. *
TALKEETNA THE MECCA
FOR MANY PEOPLE
The river boat Hazel B. No. 2 left
the government dock late yesterday
afternoon for Talkeetna and inter
mediate river points, taking a big
cargo of freight and 30 passengers;
among them being three right of
way gangs who have secured con
tracts from the Alaskan Engineering
commission for work in the Talkeet
na district. Frank Mortimer, who
has charge of the city office of the
Barrington Navigation company on
C street just north of 4th avenue,
says the demands for passage to the
Talkeetna are increasing and that *
he has many inquiries daily in re
gard to this country.
MATANUSKA SPRINGS SURPRISE (
ON BASEBALL PANS
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman,
of Matanuska, says the outlook for a
winning baseball team at the Junc
tion, is extremely promising, as they
have a strong line-up of ball tossers.
Jimmie Hill has been elected captain
of the team and each evening after
the day’s work is done the big prac
tise is indulged in and the boys are
showing up fine. 'This aggregation
will be known as the Farmers’ team
and will be a strong contender for
the pennant in the local league. They
expect to come to Anchorage short
ly after the Fourth as soon as book
ings can be made.
FUNDS ROLUNG IN
FOR CELEBRATION
The Fourth of July committee is
actively at work and have succeeded
in already raising $600 to defray the
expenses of the celebration and their
labors are not yet completed. It is
believed that this fund will reach
$1,200, which will allow ample mon
ey for prizes and other expenses. Of
this latter amount it is expected that
the commission employes will sub
scribe from $400 to $500.
A special request is made that the
merchants and people generally will
decorate their buildings, thus show
ing the proper patriotic spirit. Ow
ing to the lack of flags and bunting
in Anchorage at the present time the
chamber of commerce has wired to
the states for a liberal supply, which
will be furnished those desiring
same.
The program of events has not as
yet been completed, but the com
mittee is working on it and will an-’
nounce the result of these labors
through the columns of The Daily
Times within the coming week.
EXCURSION' TO KNIK
ARRANGED FOR SUNDAY
0n Sunday next at noon an excur
sion will be run to Knik by the John
ston Ferry. Two boats, the .Chase,
Captain Knudsen, and the Buffalo,
Capt. Hogg, together with a barge,
have been chartered to handle the
crowd. The Anchorage band will be
aboard and furnish mdsic for the
trip, as well as a dance which will be
given at Knik. The excursionists
will remain over a tide, leaving Knik
at 2:30 o’clock Monday morning.
GOLFERS READY FOR
WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP
OAKLAND, Cal., June 20.—Many
of the west’s foremost golfing stars
are here to attend the championship
tournament at ’ Del Monte next
month and they are making their
headquarters at the Claremont
Cbuntry club.
MAN IS STRUCK BY
' A FALLING TREE
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
A man by the name of Green was
brought down from the Susitna river
day before yesterday for surgical .at
tention and is being cared for at the
government hospital. It seems that
Green was badly hurt by a falling
tree hitting him on the forehead;
Drs. Reedy and Beeson took eight
stitches in the woynd and he is rest
ing comfortably .at the present.