The Knik News
Published Every Saturday by The
Seward .Gateway Publishing Go. at
Knik, Alaska.
BERNARD M. STONE, President.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Per year $3.00
Ten cents the copy.
NEW CONDITIONS.
The building of the government
railway system will bring about a
radical change in business condi
tions. The Kniic arm country will
manifestly be the chief beneficiary
because the larger part of the big
appropriation will be expended in
construction work in this locality
or contiguous thereto. Now that
prelimi”' rv vor ha-, already be
gun, so to < or/it ions have begun to
evolve, and the process of evolu
tion will keep step with the railway
building and the development of
the country which will logically
folow transportation facilities.
'i ake, for instance, this little
p ;per. Since its initial publication,
it lias been all and more than
this settlement warranted, from
a business standpoint. It has been
operated at a loss since it began
publication. _ but under the cha,.g
mg conditions, a paper or tins size
will » ot long be tolerated. As
business expands and increases—as
expand and increase it will by
leaps and bounds—so to must this
paper grow and enlarge —or be left
far behind in tie race for business.
And w ’re going to have competi
tion, too. Before six months shall
elapse, there will be a li If dozen or
so newspapers at various points on
the Arm where settlements will
spring up with the rapid growth of
the proverbial mush.room. We’re
not any longer going to be “the
whole thing” i.i the newspaper
business in this locality.
And what applies to the News,
applies to all other business con
cerns, big or little, in the Knix arm
country. Competition will be
keen in all lines. But to offset the
competition will be an enormous in
crease in the volume of business.
So far as the News is concerned,
it hails with elation the new order
,>f things. We believe it means
increased prosperity for all of us.
We concede the right of any manor
firm to come among us and engage
in any legitimate business he or it
may desire. We who have lived
in these parts for many years gain
no special privilege because of this
fact. The new comer has as much
right as we who came before.
Hence, we should welcome the
strangers. Population is the cry
ing need of Alaska,
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Betties
received a very newsy letter, undei
date of March 23, from I). E.
Stubbs U. S. commissioner, Aniak,
KusKokwim, which reads, in part
as follows:
“We are ‘still up on the AniaK,
but I expect that we will move
down to Kohnakof just before the
break up and locate some .vhere o:
the main river.
“Meyer and Fisher are still o;
the A] iak, with Moran somewhere
in the hills. Some ten of the Ilea:
creek boys have gone to Flat to ge
work this summer, leaving abou
I ten on the creek. Some of the
boys will be shoveling in on Nev
York creek this summer.
“Walsh and McDonnell sunl
down, to water on your ledge
Walsh brought out several sample
to show me. The quartz seems t<
be changing in eharac er and look
| very good indeed. I believe the;
j plan further development, as it cer
j tainly is good enough o justify it
1 “There are two new boats run
ing to the Kusko ;wim this sprinj
land we eel hat will be quite a hel]
to the river. They also cut th<
freight rate from San Francisco o
Seattle to bethel, which helps some
del McCloud froze both feet 01
the ilolitna and part of both wer
cut o . .1 Flat.
‘ ‘ Mrir1 . frrx -r>
( feet from Lear to our place, but i:
getting along all right. 1-toss Love
,-Iace froze both big toes aucl part o
his feet front .Summit to Smeaton’s
e was mushing i:t leather shoes.
“George .-hamada, the l.iig Jap
was hunting and got a .22 bullet it
I the thigh. They too;< him to Fla'
and th report is, he is not doing
well. I examined him and fount
the bullet against the femur bone
and about half an inch from the
profunda femoris artery (that’s the
first chance 1 ever had working
that in anywhere) and advised liirr
to go on to Flat.
m. Fisher of Hear fell on the
ice and fractured a rib or two. A<
he continued hauling wood, he is
said to be in bad condition now.
“A school and postoffice have
been established here.
“A rumor is floating around that
rich pay has been found on the
Ar.iak, in a spot somewhere be
tween the ground held by John
Hennett and Ferry, and that the
old channel was found and pointed
out by members of the geological
survey last summer. It sounds ro
mantic, and there might possibly be
something to it, for an old channel
must have been there atone time.
The old channel has been located on
CrooKed and will be mined this
summer.
“Mrs George Fredericks died at
her home in Georgetown February
12 qf tuburculosis. She left four
children, the youngest born in No
vember. FredericKs and the child
ren have gone to relatives on
the Yukon.
‘ ‘There has been quite a bunch
of weddings along the river from
Georgetown down. I am going
down the river soon and the wed
ding bells will he merrily ringing
down that way, too.
“Parks, who owns a cinnabar
property above Georgetown, has
been shipping several hundred
of quicK to the dredge on Flat this
winter. In fact, he sold all he got
out at $i a pound
“We are expecting a breakup a
i month earlier than usual this spring.
' “The boys on Ophir are encour
1 aged with what they found this
winter and have found prospects on
two new streams near Ophir which
flow into the Kuskokwim.
“I received a letter from John
i Pakege who expected to get out
:j March 2‘ and he said he was going
;j to the Broad Pass country.’’
lj In an interview in a Juneau pa
per Jack Dalton expresses theopin
! ion that Ship creek will be an im
:j portant point. Dalton will enter
J the employ of the commission.
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Under the supervision of Con
j tractor Aniott, the Deep Sea Sal
“! mon Company is rushing its can
’s nery building at Goose bay.
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. vSuits, “Alfred Benjamin,” and
' “Hart, Shafner & Marks.’’ Qual
J ity first. Brown & Hawkins.
Bungalow for rent. Inquire at
p this office.
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Fresh Ranch. Eggs. Brown &
r Hawkins. “Quality first.”
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I )ENTISTRY
Dr. E. M. SPAULDING
Physician ahd Surgeon
Hospital Accommodation
Br. K. jfl. Kpuig
Physician and Surgeon
Knik Pharmacy
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