ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
AM) COOK IN LET PIONEER
COOK INLET PUBLISHING CO.
Anchorage, Alaska.
CH AS. E. HERRON, Publisher.
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Entered in the Anchorage Postottice June 5, 1913, as second clast mer.ter
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. WLDN!- St»AY, JULY 26, 1916.
LITTLE CONSIDERATION IS SHOWN.
The Times is of the unqualified opinion that the Alaska
Steamship company, operating steamers to Alaskan ports,
should show more appreciation and consideration tor the
wishes of especially the tourists that visit this country.
Tourists come to Alaska to see the beauty and grandeur of the
scenery, as well as the various towns and settlements along
the traveled route.
From the standpoint of a tourist and sight-seer. Anchor
age is easily the most interesting town in Alaska, because it
is the chief base of the government railway construction, a
project that intelligent, observing people, such as most tour
ists are, wish to see. As to Anchorage itself, it is a government
town, rather a new departure in governmental policy, and
this fact naturally arouses the interest of thinking people who
may wish to observe, first hand, how a government town is
conducted and regulated. The Times believes that tourists,
many of whom are lured to make the trip because of the gov
ernment's activities here, should at least be given a reasona
ble time ashore in which to take a look at the sights and make
a brief study of the situation.
Just recently, two distinguished visitors made the round
trip on one of the Alaska Steamship company’s steamers, and
wished particularly to size up the situation with respect to the
government railway. Acting on information they received on
board the boat, to the effect that the vessel would remain hei^
but two hours, they hurried ashore and had time to make only
a cursory examination, in order to return in time for the sched
uled sailing. Returning to the steamer, they remained aboard
eleven hours before the vessel departed. In other words, elev
en hours more could have been passed ashore, during which
time a very comprehensive study of the railway project could
have been made and all points of interest could have been
visited.
Some of the tourists that did not leave the ship at all, be
cause of the lack of time as given by the time of scheduled
sailing, might have had a very interesting time ashore, as well
as getting a little rest from a lengthy sea voyage. •
A proper regard for the interests of tourists suggests that
they be correctly informed as to the actual time of departure,
so that they may govern themselves accordingly when ashore,
eliminating the nervous strain incident to a constant listening
for the whistle of a steamer as a signal of departure. Because
of the activities'at this point, some little time should be allow
ed tourists here.
OBEY THE FIRE REGULATIONS.
It should not be necessary to call the public’s attention
to article 13 of the city tire regulations. These regulations
were published in the Daily Times at the time they were draft-1
ed and on several occasions this particular a icicle has been j
referred to in the columns of this paper. Further, the city
administration has issued these regulations to the people and
there is no cause for further infringement, especially in regard
to article 13.
Carelessness is one thing, ignorance is another; the care
less and the ignorant often work together and the combination
is always a detriment to the community. The law is plain in
respect to ignorance and says there is no excuse and the care
less should be and moreover will be punished.
It isn’t the intention of the city administration to work a
hardship on any one and the policy of the administration ha
ever been co-operation but at the same time it does not intend
that the people should deliberately disregard its edicts and
rules and regulations governing the policy under which the
city of Anchorage is so successfully managed.
Fires are always dangerous and while every precaution
has been taken to avoid fires and an efficient fire department
organized with adequate fire fighting equipment for ordinary
fires, they are not in a position to cope with such a fire that
might arise from the carelessness of some citizen in starting a
fire in an innocent little brush pile.
The fire department has been repeatedly called out to
fight brush fires and only recently the fire in the south part of
town at one time looked serious but fortunately was gotten
under control. Within the past ten days the watchman has
been notified and has responded to several calls on account of
brush fires.
Mayor Watts, with the interest of the city and property
owner in mind, says that in the future any infringement of
the fire regulations will be severely dealt with; the offender
punished to the full extent of the law and that every effort will
be made to enforce the regulations and possibly save this city
from a disastrous fire.
At this time of the year with the brush and prevalent moss
particularly inflammable every precaution to avoid' fires
should be taken and to further the policy of the city adminis
tration and at the same time possibly save some innocent of
fender from punishment and again remind the careless and
ignorant The Daily Times publishes Article 13 of the city fire
regulations as follows:
13. Accumulations of Inflammable Rubbish, Burning
Brush, Etc.
Moss and other inflammable rubbish must be
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struction of any building or structure, or a sufficient
fire guard must be trenched around same as will pre
vent the spreading of moss fifes. Permission must be
obtained from the townsite manager before burning
brush on any lot, street or alley. All buildings and
parts of buildings must be kept free from undue ac
cumulations of inflammable waste materials.
ALASKA GOAL LAND LEASES.
The new Alaska coal land lease bears evidence of an in
tention in the department -of the interior to at least accord
a measure of the same liberal treatment of Alaska as is ac
corded other parts of the United States, comments the Alaska
and Northwest Mining .Journal. The desire of Mr. Pinchot
that the great wealth of Alaska should be preserved for gen
erations yet unborn, to the detriment of the pioneers of Alas
ka, seems to have long ago given place to a practical endeav
or to determine what the exact resources are and to frame
laws based on this information that would at the same time be
attractive to capital and yield a reasonable revenue to the fed
eral government, which is now engaged in opening the coun
try by means of the railway project.
The department of the interior has drawn a leasing regu
lation for the operation: bv private individuals, of coal lands
in the Matanuska and Bering river fields, that is admitted by
eminent authority to be fair and workable, and which is, in
fact, similar to the leasing system effective in West Virginia,
where coal has been mined successfully for years past.
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