8ERING COAL TO
KATALLA, June 17.—With the
arrival here, of George W. Nelson,
contractor for the construction of
the Alaska anthracite railroad, the
boards from the windows of the
houses that have been empty for
years are being taken down, roofs
are being repaired, machinery that
has be.en rusting away through the
storms of a decade is being gathered
up, and the three-foot growth of
alder that has sprung up between
the tracks of the two streaks of rust
that used to be the Katalla Com
pany's railroad are being cut down.
The Alaskan Petroleum & Coal
Company is getting ready to make
its first shipment of coal from one
of the only two coal claims in the
whole district that were allowed to
go to patent.
Nelson has established a camp at
Goose City, and already has crews
at work cutting ties and removing
the. scrub that has grown over the
right-of-way that was cleared ready
for the graders ten years ago. The
terminal of the line will be at Goose
City, which, although only a few
weeks old, already has a number of
new buildings. Other camps have
been established all along the line.
The railroad was rinanced by Seattle
and Northwest capital.
Two claims in this held will be
opened this year. Besides the an
thracite from the Alaska Petroleum
A- Coal Company’s ground, bitumin
ous fuel will be available from the
McDonald claim, which has been
leased by William H. Dugdale, of
this city. Dugdale has had a small
force of men at work clearing away
the ruined machinery and debris,
and expects to begin to mine coal
by July 1. The people of Katalla
are anxiously awaiting this event, as
whey never have become reconciled
to paying $23 a ton for coal brought
from British Columbia, when the
McDonald mine lies just thirteen
miles pp the. valley.
The McDonald mine is the second
of the two coal entries to which a
patent has been granted. In 1907
T. P. McDonald proceeded to develop
the claim, expending $150,000 in
equipping and improving the prop
erty. Later, with the two other
claimants adjoining him, final proof
was made, the purchase price paid
to the government and the receipt
received therefor.
McDonald sold about 1,500 tons
of coal from the development work
and in 1908 made a contract to sup
ply the Katalla company, then oper
ating in the vicinity, with about
2,000 tons a month. The same year,
at the request of the navy depart
ment, McDonald furnished thirty
tons of coal to the battleship Ne
braska for a test.
The engineer's report, dated May
3, 1908, shows tnat the coal was
tested in competition with the Poca
hontas coal, two sets of boilers being
used. Within a given lmgth of
time only 15.2 tons of McDonald coal
was used as compared with 18.7 tons
of the Eastern coal.
McDonald was just about to sign
up a contract with the navy for a
supply of 1,000 tons of his coal at
$6 a ton delivered on the. navy col
liers on Controller Bay when he was
served with orders from the general
land office to cease mining coal at
once.
He was charged with fraud, but
after a leisurely investigation by the
government field agents this charge
was removed in 1911. Further in
vestigation followed, and it was only
last year that McDonald was granted
a patent for the Seattle coal claim—
the one on which he had done the
work. The two others are still as
they were ten years ago.
During these years of investiga
tion the McDonald plant has been
lying idle and is now practically a
total loss.
Singer Sewing Machines sold on
easy terms. C. B. Wark, manufac
facturer’s agent. 6-13tf
They who go to The Sydney Laur
ence Co. expect, and receive, the
most that has ever been obtained in
developing and printing.
MAKE THE 4TII OP .JULY
COMPLETE.
By visiting Robarts’ Billiard and
Bowling Parlors, Post office oppo
site. «-28tf
Whitney’s Ranch, the big dinners,
the wild flowers and the fishing. Ask
the Reo Service. Herman L. Gentsch.
6-27-6t.
We have for sale at a very low
price one five-drawer, drophead sew
ing machine. C. B. Wark, Manfgs.
Agent. 6-24tf
GOOD BALL TEAMS
MAKE MANAGERS
Without First Glass Players
Any Leader Is Rank Failure.
PILOTS HAVE HARO ROAD.
Whan Their Clubs Are Winning They
Receive Nothing but Praise, but
When Teams Are Losing They Are
Targets For Criticism.
Critics and fans usually blame the
manager for the failure of a team. At
times these charges are well founded,
| but there are times when It Is the
fault of the tenm that it Is not higher
In the race. On the other hand, there
are managers who get a lot of boost
ing as the result of their teams' ability
l.ee Fohl, for instance, was unknown
[ to major league baseball a year ago, I
never having been identified with a
major league team in anything but a
Photo by American Press Association.
MANAGER PAT HORAN OP PHILUE8.
minor position. Yet he has made good
as the manager of the Cleveland In
dians. Just where that team will fin
ish Is not known, but It appears a cinch
that wherever It goes Fohl will get
nothing but praise for the showing.
Bill Donovan of the New York Amer- ;
leans is not getting the credit he de
serves, for, though his team is badly |
crippled, he is criticised as not being
capable. Donovan is as capable as
any of his rivals, and, although the
breaks have been against him, be has |
kept his team up.
Clark Griffith, who was scored by
Washington fans last year because the
Senators were down in the race, is a ;
popular idol in the capital just now in
asmuch as he has put his men in the
running.
The sudden Improvement in the Ath
letics has prompted the general belief
that Connie Mack's ability to recon- j
struct his team is bearing fruit. But I
the poor playing of the Tigers, Browns i
and White Sox, actually caused by
weak pitching, is blamed on their re
spective managers.
As long as the Brooklyns are in the
first division in the National league
race Uncle Wilbert Robinson will re
ceive unstinted praise for his leader
ship. But if the Robins fall their
manager is sure to receive some of the
blame. Pat Moran has been pronounc
ed one of the greatest managers in the
profession, but what would the Phil
lies accomplish without the valuable
services of Alexander? Stallings Is an
other capable manager, but the Braves,
minus Bill James, may not win this
year's pennant. When the Giants were
at the tail end of the procession Mc
Grow was a target for criticism from
persons who blamed the little man
ager for not securing first class pitch
ers. But since the Giants have a good
chance to win the Hag, praise for Mc
Grow can be heard on all sides. Tinker
will be roundly scored if the Cubs
finish below the halfway mark, while
the Cincinnati club may replace Her
zog with a new leader if the Reds do
not finish better than fourth. Huggins,
who was an idol while the Cardinals
were high in the race, is slowly losing
favor in St. Louis, and it Is a foregone
conclusion that Jimmy Callahan will
not manage the Pirates next year un
less there Is a phenomenal brace.
No matter how capable a manager
may be. he cannot produce a winning
team without good playing material.
Wisdom and decision alone will not
suffice for a ball team. There must
be playing strength in abundance be
fore pennants can be won, and while,
of course, the manager has much to
do with keeping a team fighting hard
and directing its course during a cam
paign, he enn accomplish Iitt"' if po
tential strength is lacking.
To Build Fifteen Playground*.
Philadelphia will provide fifteen ad
ditional playground sites, which will
cost $2,000,000 to equip.
POSTAL SAVINGS
LIMIT IS RAISED
Following the. president's approval
of the act of Congress increasing the
limit of deposits in postal savings
banks, the postotHce department has
dispatched to all postmasters
throughout the country a notifica
tion of the change. It is regarded as
particularly opportune, as this is the j
one hundredth anniversary year of j
the establishment of savings banks
in the United States. The letter to
postmasters follows:
’ Larger postal savings deposits
will now be accepted at the pos>
office. This is made possible by an
Important amendment tot he postal
savings act just approved by Presi
dent Wilson. A postal savings de
positor may now have an accounr
amounting to $1,000, upon which in
terest will be paid. Formerly $500
was the maximum amount a de
positor could have to his credit.
“This enlargement of postal sav
ings facilities will be very gratify
ing to thousands of depositors who
have already reached the old $500
limit and are anxious to intrust
more of their savings tothe govern
ment. Another feature of the amend
ment that will avoid further embar
rassment to the public and to postal
officials is the doing away with the
limit on the amount that could be
accepted from a depositor monthly.
Under the old law only $100 could
be deposited in any calendar month.
The amendment abolishes this re
striction.
"While the postal savings system
has already proved a signal success,
as is shown by the fact that more
than 500,000 depositors have over
$80,000,000 standing to their credit,
still it ha sfallen short of meeting
the full demands of the public be
cause of the restrictions which have
now been eliminated. Postmaster
General Burleson and Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Dockery
Dockery have been tireless in their
efforts to secure a modification of
the limitations and the new legisla
tion is particularly gratifying to
them.”
HIGHER WAGES ASKED
FOR HAWAIIAN LABOR
HONOLULU, Hawaii.—Flans now
being worked out by a committee of
the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Asso
ciation are expected to result in an
increase in the pay of all laborers on
the. plantations in the territory. In
this connection the planters’ associa
tion has given out the following
statement:
“The matter of raising wages com
mensurate with the increase in the
price being received by the planters
for their sugar Is not a simple one.
Some of the laborers are working
for straight wages, some for wages
with a bonus, some on contracts and
some as planters selling their cane
to the mills, and whatever increase
may be decided upon must come
equitably to all. Various conditions
prevail on the various islands, which
must be taken carefully into con
sideration.”
Only recently a section of the Jap
anese press of Honolulu advocated
the formation of a union among the
Japanese plantation laborers to be
used as a medium through which to
engineer a movement for higher
wages.
DANCE
Saturday night. Robarts’ hall.
Three piece orchestra. 6-28td
They who go to The Sydney Laur
ence Co. expect, and receive, the
most that has ever been obtained in
developing and printing. 6-26tf
Read the Daily Times and be an
Anchorage booster.
MAKE THE 4TH OF JULY
COMPLETE.
By visiting Robarts’ Billiard and
Bowling Parlors. Post office oppo
site. 6-28t!
THE MODEL, 4TH, E AND F STS.
Power boat offices at The Model
for Knik and Matanuska, Kern
creek, Hope and way points.
C. F. PETERSON, Agent.
ALASKA.
The land of opportunity. Gov
ernment building $35,000,000 rail
road; placer and gold quartz, copper
and other minerals abound. Rich In
agricultural resources. Anchorage
Daily Times, Anchorage, Alaska, $1
per month, keeps you posted. Week
ly Times, $3 per year; $1.50 for six
months; in advance.
Boys! Try the Tacoma Cafe.
6-15tf.
I Bl Marche
Opp. Postoffice
Our Big 1-2 Price Slaughtering Sale of
Men’s Suits
Commences tomorrow. You better hurry*
if you want to get a Suit at less than out
side Retail Prices. We are cutting prices
in 1-2.
MEN S SUITS, Fancy Tweeds,
the Latest Cut and Style, $20 values,
Sale Price $10.
Men’s Suits, Hand Tailored, $30 values,
Sale Price $15.
Men’s Dress Trousers, $5.00 values
Sale Price $2.50.
Men’s Working Pants, $3.00 values
Sale Price $ 1.50*
Special Sale on Turkish Towels. 50 dozen
Towels, large sizes, 2 for 25c.
Boy’s Suits
The Latest Styles at Outside Prices.
Men s and Boy s Hats at Outside Prices.
The BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
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