ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
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COOK INLET PUBLISHING CO.
Anchorage, Alaska.
CHAS. E. HERRON, Publisher. H. (i. STEEL, 'Editor.
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Entered in the Anchorage Postotfice June 5, 1915, as second class matter
under the Act of of March 3. 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—Janies Wickersham
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916.
ANCHORAGE, THE MAGIC CITY.
The center of activity in the construction of the govern
ment railroad is at Anchorage, and a regular daily train ser
vice is maintained between this city and Matanuska Junction.
From the latter place the work of tracklaying is now in pro
stress to Chiekaloou, which station is located in the heart ol
the Matanuska coal fields. In fact the road is practically com
pleted to Moose creek, fifty miles from here, where the Doherty
mine has 1,000 tons of coal awaiting shipment' to Anchorage.
Bealizing that the people of the states would be interested
in knowing what progress the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion is making in the construction of Uncle Sam’s $35,000,000
railroad and about the conditions at Anchorage, the terminal,
as well as the mineral resources of this section of the country
the Daily Times inserted' advertisements in a number of the
leading publications of the United States telling the public
that the information could be gleaned by subscribing tor this
paper. ,
Under the caption of “A Desciple of Ananias,” the Sew
ard Post takes exception to our method of disseminating the
news. Here is what our neighbor says:
“Our sympathy is extended to any sucker who may fall
for the advertisement, for anyone who will start off by telling
a lie could not be depended upon to furnish very accurate in
formation aliout the rest of Alaska. The advertising of An
chorage as the terminal does not make it such and in the final
analysis will do the Cook Inlet metropolis more harm than
good.’’
Without desiring to enter into a controversy with our dis
appointed neighbor as to which town is the terminal of the
railroad it is only necessary to state that practically all of the
construction is being conducted from Anchorage, and there
are at the present time nearly 3,000 employed by the Commis
sion, while from the Seward end of the line there are compara
tively few men on the pay roll. Anchorage is also ;the dis
tributing point for all the material u^ed in the building of
the road to the coal fields. In fact four separate districts for
general construction work have been established, all gf which
report to the head office at Anchorage, These are the Termin
al district at Anchorage, the Matanuska district trom Mata
nuska Junction to Chickaloon, the Talkeetna district from "VY il
low creek to Talkeetna and the Turnagain Arm district from
Anchorage southeast to a'connection with the Alaska Northern
at Kern creek. All supplies and equipment for these con
struction districts are handled through this city, and now that
the work is well under way to the coal fields Superintendent
O’Reilly’s slogan is “On to Fairbanks.”
There are fourteen station crews and 400 men working on
the grading of the main line from Anchorage to the Tanana
valley. In view of the fact that Anchorage, which sprung into
existence about a year ago is the most populous city of the
Southern Alaska coast, and is still growing, the reading public
can judge for itself whether or not it is the logical point from
which the real railroad news should emanate, regardless of
the protest from Seward.
NAUTICAL CHARTS BADLY NEEDED.
Of the greatest value to the mariners and shipowners are
the nautical charts regularly issued by the U. S. Coast & Ge
odetic Survey. Every navigator of a small or large vessel lni
found it necessary to have these charts. It is a matter of keen
regret therefore that the appropriation covering their publica
tion has been exhausted and congress has seen fit to disregard
the need of additional money for continuance of the service.
As everyone is aware, the price of paper, ink and other mater
ial has gone up and without any fault being attached to the
survey management, the appropriation was not sufficient to
carry on the work and now unless an emergency appropriation
is made and congress provides some permanent means for pro
perly publishing the charts, considerable delay and annoy
ance will result and the excellent work being done by the sur
vey will be considerably hampered.
In making the recent arrangements with tlie Associated
Press the Daily Times made one more advance towards perfec
tion, and is endeavoring to give this city absolutely the best
newspaper in Alaska. It is not our fault if the telephone* line
is down between here and Seward tlig better part of the time,
nor are we to blame for the frequent breaks in the cable.
Running a newspaper of the size of the Daily Times under
such disadvantages is not all rosy and we have many things
to contend with that the reading public* little dream of but
which must be met a- they arise.
One of the advantages of Alaska as a location for avia
tion schools is the fact that nowhere else can a man who soars
into the air get such views of such a wonderful scenery.
America may be unprepared, but if the'same spirit of
preparedness exists in the states as does in Alaska, there is no
cause for alarm.
“The Store That Has WIiAt You Want,—When You Want It.”
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
JULY 21 st
Vol 1. No. 6. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 4th and I>
It is to your advantage to do your
drug and sundry buying from us. We
carry the best of everything in our
drug store at the most reasonable
prices. A lady told us yesterday that
we charged her less for filling her pre
scription than a drugstore in Seattle
and she wondered how we could do
it. The reason is obvious. We want
her and your permanent patronage.
By buying in large quantities for
two drug stores we save considerable
and we all benefit thereby.
“Good enough” is not good enough
for the man who would make his
mark.
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The Importance of Drug Plant Culti- |
vation in the United States.
The present European conflict has
done much toward awakening the
spirit of initiative on the part of
Americans, not only in investigating
an economic means for the manufac
ture of dyestuffs and various chemi
cals previously alone carried on by
the Germans, but also in stimulating
research along the important line of
drug cultivation. More than one-half
of our most important crude drugs,
and their products come from foreign
sources. Before the war these were
in regular commerce, and efforts at
cultivation, mostly experimental,
were confined to the U. S. department
of agriculture, a few interested teach
ers and several pharmaceutical hou
ses like H. K. Mulford & Co., Parke
Davis & Co., and Squibb. Now that
importation of drug plants has practi
cally ceased, their cultivation in this
country is necessary.
(To be continued in a few days.')
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My Partner in Crime.
Even as I write this, and always as
I write, I hold in my hand my most
willing servant and loyal friend. You
may say he is not much in appearance
to justify such a eulogy. You might
also add disparagingly that “he is on
ly a fountain pen, after all,” and in
the exact meaning of the words you
are right. My most willing servant
and loyal friend .is only a fountain
pen. As he is such a downright hon
est chap to the last drop of ink in
his vulcanite body, I have never
known him to claim to be more than a
fountain pen throughout his long
working life. Also, and this is quite
as important, I have never known him
to act as if he were anything less
than a fountain pen. Like all good
unassuming craftsmen, he is content
with his place in the scheme of
things. He does not claim to be a
printing press or a typewriter. He
just calls himself a Waterman’s Ideal
Fountain Pen, and in this capacity he
has served me in such a way that
makes me believe he is the best foun
tain pen on earth. (You will find his
equal in Loussac’s Drug Store.)
The “Ansco” camera is used by all
discriminating and expert photogra
phers as well as by thousands of am
ateurs throughout the country. The
pictures taken by an “Ansco” tell
their own story. If you drop in to
see us we will gladly show you sam
ples of pictures.taken by the different
Ansco cameras. Also we will present
you with a copy of their catalogue
for 1916.
It Will Surely Please Them.
To be remembered—you have to re
member.
International peace will re
nations strive to bring it about
Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton, past
tist church, told congregation
\yorld peace conld be obtained
of morals had been reached •,
rights” had been established.
“You cannot have peace b
have the same standards of rig
their people,” he asserted. ”B
derstauding with the British an
rights akin, England and Arber
than 100 years. America fohgh
no mutual moral understanding
“The history of nations is
in man has always yearned for
The attention'of tire Dajy r
Anchorage citizens in regam tc
i pea red in the Seward Post uu<
! from C. M. Huff, of this city. I
; any comment on this article in
tide conditions at Anchorage.
Mr. Huff, representing the Y
; is located in Anchorage, and i
while it is quite natural that he
i the temporary dock facilities i
faith is pinned to Anchorage ar
| Tory to, or anything that might
| for this city.
main an idle, dream so long as
through the agency of war, the
or of the Madison Avenue Bap
yesterday. He insisted that
mly when the highest standard
md an “international code of
etween two nations unless both
it and justice, backed up by all
ecause of our mutual moral un
1 our standards of international
ca have been at peace for more
t with Spniu because there was
the history of war, but the best,
peace.”—New York Tribune.
[*imes has been called byseveral
a purported interview that ap
ler date of July (5th as coming
t really isn’t necessary to make
which reference is made to the
utual Life Insurance company,
s anything but a knocker and
should make some comment on
t is a self evident fact that his
d he would say nothing deroga
be construed other than a boost
Nation That Will Not Prepare to Defend
Itself Does Not Deserve to Survive
By Rev. WILLIAM T. MANNING, Reclor Protestant Episcopal
Church, New York City
CHRISTIANITY does not teach that the chief aim of life is to escape
pain and suffering and to have a comfortable ^ime. Peace is, in
deed, a great and blessed thing to be inexpressibly prized and pre
served by every right and proper means.
BUT RIGHT AND TRUTH AND JUSTICE ARE FAR GREATER THINGS
THAN PEACE, AND THEY ARE THE ONLY FOUNDATIONS UPON
WHICH TRUE PEACE CAN REST.
Christianity teaches that when the choice comes between peace and
these higher things peace must always be sacrificed, and, coupled with
this false and sentimental teaching about peace, there is an unworthy
and really shameful disposition to decry and belittle patriotism.
Patriotism is tire spirit that is ready and willing and glad if need be
to Suffer and die in defense of home and fatherland, and the man who
has no such spirit, whatever else he may be, is not a typical Christian,
and he is certainly not a typical man.
The nation that will not make proper preparation and provision for
its own defense and for the protection of its homes, the nation that will
not stind with its whole might for right against wrong, for good against
evil, FOR FREEDOM AGAINST OPPRESSION, DOES NOT DE
SERVE TO SURVIVE. AND IS NOT LIKELY LONG TO SUR
VIVE.
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