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Entered in the Anchorage Postotlice June 5, 1915, as second class matter
under the Act of of March 3. 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1916.
UNCLE SAM'S TOWNSITES.
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The people are showing their confidence in the railway pro
ject by the avidity with which lots in the government town
sites along the railway line are taken by them. \\ Idle com
plete information is not available with respect to the latest
townsite opened—Nenana, on the Tanaua river—sufficient is
known to justify the assertion that a huge success attended
the sale, in that one hundred and thirty-three lots brought in
an aggregate of over one hundred thousand dollars. Indeed,
the Nenana lots brought better average prices than the An
chorage lots, and the sale here was considered a mighty tine
success.
We are not advised what representations were made by
the superintendent of sale at the Nenana town-ite, but there
must be some potent reasons why the people—especially the
business men of Fairbanks—acquired business locations there,
and in due course the reason* will be revealed. At first glance,
it looks as if Nenana had been selected as the interior termin
us of the railway line. There are reasons why this should be
done, in that the townsite is located on the Tanaua river, be
low Fairbanks, and river boats may reach that point at all
times during the open season. At low water, river steamers
cannot reach Fairbanks.
The impression prevails here that Nenana townsite is at
the Nenana coal fields. rl his is not so. I he coal fields are
some distance away.
The Nenana townsite opening at least shows that l nele
Sam proposes to make some money out of hi> town lots, and
we suppose that he has a perfect right so to do. We should
like to see a portion of the money derived from the sale of lots
devoted to improvements in the town, but it would require an
act of congress to bring about this result.
So far a> Anchorage i> concerned, the people who pur
chased lots have no reason to complain. Property has shown
a substantial increase and some who bought desirable locations
have sold to other parties at handsome profits. \\ hat Anchor
age desire- above all things now, is harbor improvements,
which comprehend the dredging of a channel and the erection
of coal bunkers, etc. \\ e are creditably informed that work on
this important improvement will begin next season. It is
with confidence that we await the glad day when this work
shall be begun. There are many property owners delaying
building operations on this account. But let the harbor work
progress, and Anchorage will move forward at a surprising
rate. Confidence in the future will be shown by many sub
stantial investments.
“Seward, the town that is jealous of Anchorage." is the
only comment that a traveler had to make with respect to the
Resurrection bay community. He had something nice to say
of other coast towns visited, but the outstanding impression
he gained of Seward was its open hostility toward the coal
terminus. Nature alone cannot make a town, however beauti
ful that location may be. It take> a united, progressive citi
zenship to move a community along the pathway of progress.
To a marked degree, Anchorage has a live, wide awake citi
zenship, who do things right off the reel. Nature has done
considerable for us, but we are not relying on nature alone.
We realize that we’ve got to boost and pull together to bring
about the best results. That’s what we’re doing.
The time is fast approaching, if it is not already here, when a
new judicial division should he created, with the seat of gov
ernment at Anchorage. The Cook inlet country is now the
most populous part of the Third division of Alaska. Anchor
age is the most populous community in this division. We ven
ture that there will be more court business in this immediate
section than from any other given section. We believe that
the district judge would have been fully justified in calling a
grand and petit jury term of court here, instead of the civil
tenn just about ended. But if we are not to have a grand and
petit jury term of court at Anchorage, it is up to us to make a
fight for another judicial division, with Anchorage as the court
headquarters.
The many Alaskan friends of B. Frank Watson, long time
general agent in Alaskan ports for the Admiral Line, wi'l re
joice in the fact that he has won a deserved promotion, but
are nevertheless reluctant to lose his genial countenance among
us. But we still have Fred Tracy, general agent for the Alaska
Steamship company, who is another steamship man that on
joys wide popularity and makes many friends for his company.
Both of these steamship agents are “good fellows” in the true
sense of the word.
The administration has done another flip flop. Approval
of a $3,000,000 loan to China contrasts strikingly with the
grandstand rejection by the president of a project for Ameri
can participation in a Chinese loan early in his tenure of office.
Expediency is a word that undoubtedly sounds better to Mr.
Wilson now than it did three years ago. Maybe if the Huerta
case were up now history might be written differently.—Cor
dova Times.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 15*10.
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