Municipal Work
Now in Progress
Municipal improvements this
spring have been confined chiefly ti
the completion of unfinished work
from last fall and winter in connec
tion with sidewalks, street improve
ment and water works. Imme
diately following the spring break
up; some seven or eight blocks ol
temporary sidewalks were laid it
the city on the particularly mud'dj
streets to accommodate the publh
until permanent sidewalk? could b<
laid.
As soon as the ground thawe<
sufficiently to permit, work on tin
permanent sidewalks was started
and about eight blocks of thes<
have been completed to date.
Owing to the location of the nev
commercial freight terminal at thi
foot of E street, it was necessary ti
prepare Christensen road to receive
the heavy traffic from this terminal
Considerable work was done 01
this road in crowning, guttering an<
otherwise putting it in first clas:
condition. The steep grade at tin
lower end was reduced, making tin
maximum grade of the road R V> pei
cent. Some work was also done oi
the C street grade in widening, re
surfacing and repairing the en
trance of this thoroughfare to th<
city.
Upon the arrival of the lire tight
ing equipment from Seward, when
it had been delayed during the win
ter months, a permanent tire sta
tion was erected on the nmnicipa
block, and another station erectec
on the corner of 4th and I street
The present tire equipment consist
ing of two hose carts, 1,300 fee
of 2%-inch fire hose and" a CO-gal
Ion chemical cart should be ample
to cope with any fire that may visii
the city. The appearance and trav
eling condition of 4th street ha:
been considerably improved b:
crowning and guttering for the ful
length of the business district am
is now- in shape for both heavy traf
tic and speed.
The graveyard reserve has beer
cleared and made to look presenta
bio and it is the intention to subdi
vide the reserve into permanent lot:
with walks and driveways.
The first extensive work upor
which the city administration wil
engage will be extensions to th<
present water supply, and the tota
length of pipe to be laid will hi
17,000 feet. Also fire hydrants wil
be placed at every alternate stree
corner from 3rd to 7th streets am
, from A to L streets. From presen
indications this work will all b<
completed by August 1st.
Plans are under way for a sew
age system for the business sectioi
of the city and for a gravity watei
supply which will furnish water foi
both the city and the terminal, bu
it is hardly likely that this work wil
be completed this year. The rapi<
growth of the town has necessitate!
the preparation of new regulation
for fire protection and for sanitatioi
and these have been prepared witl
a view to imposing the least possi
ble financial burden upon the prop
erty involved.
Fire limits have been established
and it might be well at this time ti
call the attention of the public t<
regulation No. 4 which provides fo
the removal, by July 1st, 1916, o
all tents or other structures com
posed chiefly of canvas or cloth oi
with roof of such material when
situated on lots fronting on 4tl
street between B and L streets oi
on lots fronting on the north sid<
of 5tli street between B and K
street. .
While the city work is under thf
Alaska Engineering commission, tin
work from the municipal building is
handled separately from the com
mission work, dealing with the
building of .the railroad. Naturallj
improvements to the city of Anchor
age, and additional conveniences
for the people come indirectly frorr
headquarters, of which Andrew
Christensen is the Alaska head oi
this 11..1 a l__l _ a
Anchorage owe much to the gentle
men who are located here and wht
have charge of the Anchorage af
fairs, handling same from the mu
nicipal buildings.
This competent, courteous forc<
is composed of J. A. Moore, town
site manager; J. G. Watts, townsitf
engineer; W. H. Grigg, chief clerk;
Wm. P. Kaubach, accountant; Ar
thur Mack, water foreman, and J
E. Powery, street foreman. These
gentlemen ever have the interests
of Anchorage at heart and have en
tered into the social affairs of the
city and all things tending to the
betterfnent of conditions; they have
taken active part in all promotions
of merit and have aided materially
in making this the most prosperous
city in Alaska.
PASSENGER TRAIN KILLS
TWO AND INJURES OTHERS
CLEVELAND, June 12.—A New
York Central passenger train ran in
to two hundred laborers, waiting for
their work train, during a heavy fog.
Two were killed and many injured.
SEATTLE,- June 15.—Mm. Frank
B. Cooper, wife of the superintend'
ent of the Seattle schools, died at
hef home yesterday.
ALASKA AGRICULTURE IS
TOPIC OP FREE LECTURE
Prof. C. C. Georgooson, govern
! ment agricultural expert In Alaska,
recently delivered a free public lec
ture in the Press club theatre at
Seattle under the auspices of the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce. Prof. Georgeo
son is a recognised authority, and 1
has been superintending the agri- '
cultural interests of the government ;
in the north since 1898.
The request for permission to ;
cross the Asiatic yak with the breed
of Galloway catle, which Is being
, successfully raised in Alaska, has
} brought Prof. Georgeoson publicity
lately. Common cattle can be-win
tered in Alaska, but must be pro
1 tected by shelters. The yak and
the hybrid which has been success
1 fully produced with cattle in Si
* beria, are said to be much hardier.
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POX RAISING PROFITABLE
UNDER THE NEW LAW
The Secretary of the Interior, in a
decision received by the local land
office, has held that fox raising is
one of the productive industries of
Alaska. The decision further says
that all fox raisers are entitled to
j secure title to their land under the
I trade and manufacturing site law.
In the case of W. Mason Putnam,
who has a fox ranch on Kachemak
bay, the Secretary has allowed him
to proceed to secure title to forty
acres under that act. It has been
hard on the fox raisers heretofore
to secure title, as under the home
stead law the land must be culti
vated, while in fox raising the land
must be left wild.
EVANS IS BRINGING 3T»
PASSENGERS FOR HERE
SEATTLE, June 13.—The steam
' ep Admiral Evans sailed at 10
o’clock last night for southwestern
■ Alaska, with 35 passengers for An
! chorage.
1 WASHINGTON, June 14.—Prof.
1 William Howard Taft, in addressing
' the Georgetown university gradu
ates said that in order to protect
i Alaska, the Philippines and the
Monroe Doctrine the United States
should have a better navy than Ger
; many. He referred to the orient as
the palpable center of trouble and
, said the United States was inconsis
I tent in seeking Japanese and Chi
, nese trade, but not them in desiring
I to do business with us. This na
* tion’s color scheme is involving on
I ly black and white and the discard
t iug of browns and yellows.
STEAMER ASHORE
: ALL AM LOST
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I SAN FRANCISCO, June 15—The
1 steamer Bear, with one hundred
• passengers and a crew of 82, has
been abandoned and is ashore at
Sugar Loaf, near Cape Mendocino.
At midnight the battleship Oregon
arrived and t lie wireless life saving
station at Eureka sent a tug to the
relief of the distressed vessel. No
1 if boats were found at 7 o’clock
this morning and it is feared that
all aboard the Bear have been lost.
SEATTLE, June 12.—An investi
gation has been started of the whole
sale theft by members of the police
department of liquors seized from
drug stores and other places and
stored in the city hall. ' It promises
to develop into a big scandal as prac
tically all the fine liquors have been
ditched. Mayor Gill is determined
to get to the bottom of the affair
and says that if necessary he will
dismiss the entire force and put hon
est men in their places.
SEATTLE, June 12.—The chief
of police’s investigation tends to re
1 veal the fact that the city employes
have been selling seized liquor and
carrying on a regular traffic. “It
looks as if the city hall bad been
made the headquarters for a gang *>l
bootleggers,” said the chief.
LANE LAUNCHES
NEW SCHOONER
SEATTLE, June 15.—Captain
Louis Lane’s power schooner, the ]
Polar Bear, was launched yesterday
afternoon, his four-year-old daught
er Sally christening the new boat.
It is with this vessel that Capt.
Lane will return to Alaska and con- ]
tinue his search for Explorer Stef
ansson. ,
CHAIRMAN PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION HAS RESIGNED
OLYMPIA, June 12.—Governor ]
Lister today accepted the resign a- ,
tion of C. A. Reynolds, chairman of ]
the public service commission, ef
fective Jply 1.
another pioneer is gone
SEATTLE, June 12. — Major
James S. Chase, a pioneer of this
city, and member of the Veteran
Union and Arctic cl ah. died here
yesterday.
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The members of the 'Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce held their
•egular semi-monthly meeting last
light In their new home on 4th
\ venue, and In addition to a large
ittendance, for this body, there
nere several visitors present.
The regular routine of business
was disposed of and Ray C. Larson
made a report in behalf of the
fourth of July committee, A. A.
Schonbeck for the ‘‘Good Roads’*
committee and E. J. Warner for tbe
chamber pamphlet.
Mayor Moore advised tbe cham
ber that the matter of putting up
proper street signs was under ad
trisement. Mr. Warren of the com
mission stated that the wireless sta
tion was under way.
Chas. E. Herron and A. A. Schon
beck were appointed additional
members of the Fourth of July com
mittee. The plans as scheduled for
the day’s entertainment are good
and the merchants will be asked to
subscribe to defray the necssary ex
penses and also to put out appropri
ate decorations.
The committee appointed by the
Welfare association, of the commis
sion, is working in conjunction with
the chamber and with the two the
success of the celebration is assured.
After hearing the rejfbrt of Mr.
3chonbeck it was the sense of the
chamber to use its influence to ob
tain material assistance from Colo
nel Richardson in behalf of the op
erators and prospectors of the Cache
creek district for a summer trail
from Kilkna river bridge to Cache
creek. The good roads committee
were empowered to handle the mat
ter at their discretion.
Eli De Hon, Capt. S. F. Kildall
and C. Pedersen were elected to
membership of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce.
Meeting adjourned until next
regular meeting or subject to call of
President Wendler.
BIG PREPAREDNESS PARADE
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, June 14.—Presi
dent Wilson, bearing the Stars and
Stripes, led the preparedness parade
in this city today, which was partici
pated in by many thousands. Penn
sylvania avenue was blocked with
people to v/itness the procession.
ARRANGED JULY 4
Ray (% Larson, chairman of the
Fourth of July committee appointed
by the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce, met with the executive com
mittee of the Welfare association
last night and th<i program for the
celebration was discussed from sev
eral angles. Mayor J. A. Moore, J.
r. Cunningham and H. P. Warren
w.ere appointed as a committee rep
resenting the Welfare association
with instructions to act in conjunc
tion and harmony with the chamber
3f commerce to make this celebra
tion a success from every standpoint
ind one worthy of the people of An
chorage. While a list of the ath
letic events and different sports is
not complete it is the intention to
tiave something doing every minute
with sports of all kinds, races, ball
iames, horse cart race, horse races,
ind several events out of the ordi
nary and not usual in ordinary cele
brations of this kind. The day's
program will be ended with a flare
if fireworks and the big fireman’s
ball.
WINONA, Minn., June 14—To
encourage interest in the history of
the Catholis church in the United
States, the college of St. Teresa here
bas offerd 14 scholarships to girls
to be named for the first bishop in
each of the 14 ecclesiastical prov
inces.
The provinces and the scholar
ihips: Baltimore, Carroll; Boston,
3heverue; Chicago, Quarter; Cin
innati, Fenwick; Dubuque, Loras;
Milwaukee, Hennl; New Orleans,
Cardenas; New York, Concanen;
Drgeon City, Blanchet; Philadel
phia, Egan; St. Louis, Rosati; St.
Paul, Cretin; San Francisco, More
10; Santa Fe, Lamy.
Young womej who have complet
'd a standard high school course
vith a general average of 90 and a
nlnimum of 85 in any one subject,
nay enter. .
HUGHES* ATTITUDE ONE OF
OUT AND OUT AMERICANISM
NEW YORK, June 14.—Chas.
2 vans Hughes, in replying to the.
lewspaper men’s query in regard to
tis attitude toward the support of
fered him by German-Amerlcans
aid: “I stated my positon very
ilearly in my telegram to the con*
mention. My attitude is one of un
liluted Americanism and anybody
rho supports me Is supporting me
ui an out and out American and my
lut and out American policy. Ab
olutely nothing else.
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Ole Berg, of Streina, la returning
from the states with a bride.
Valdes has three ball teanis, but
they are all of the male persuasion.
Julian H. Reed and Mrs. Mabel K.
Lynn, of Seward, have been married.
Bear are plentiful In the Copper
river valley and frequent killings are
made, ,
Seward has already gotten out Its
posters for a Fourth of July celebra
tion.
The Juneau public schools open
for the fall and winter term on Au
gust 14.
The Democratic convention for
the Third division will likely be held
at Seward.
McCarthy has made application
for a charter for a lodge of the Arc
tic Brotherhood.
The Juneau Electric Light Com
pany uses an automobile to raise Its
heavy light poles.
F. E. Buck has been appointed
city engineer and building inspector
at Juneau.
Sergeant Joseph Ray, formerly of
the cable corps at Seward, is now
in the U. S. army in Mexico.
Attorney Leon C. Booker, city
magistrate, has been designated Sew
ard agent for Lloyds of London.
The Juneau postal savings bank is
now authorized to accept individual
deposits to the amount of $ 1,01)0.
William Cooley took out a nugget
valued at $96.60 recently on Kirk
man creek, in the Dawson country.
Ira D. Orton, the Nome attorney,
passed through Skagway on June 8,
bound for his home by the down
river route.
The Juneau chief of police has
been given authority to “siwash”
any person whom he may consider a
habitual drunkard.
Emmet James Callahan, a Juneau
youth, died recently at St. Ann's
hospital in that city from protracted
hemorrhage of the nose.
The Northland Club at Cordova
has been reorganized with A. J.
Adams as president and Malcolm
Brock secretary.
Owners of Juneau drug stores
have decided to shorten their Sun
day labors. In the future they will
not open until 12 o’clock noon and
will remain open until 9:3$ p. m.
Fairbanks ladies are already mak.
ing preparations to entertain the
party of Vassar College girls who
are expected to arrive there some
time this summer on a tour of Alas
ka.
Mrs. E. V. Boyle, who was oper
ated upon for appendicitis in the
hospital at Ketchikan, while en
route to her home in Cordova, has
so far recovered as to leave the hos
pital.
Capt. Nord, formerly in command
of the steamer Jefferson, but of late
master of the steamer Alaska on the
Southern Alaska run, will return
soon to the command of the Jeffer
son.
At a recent meeting of the City
Council of Douglas resolutions of
condolence to be forwarded to the
family of Charles Hopp, former edi
tor of the Douglas Island News were
adopted.
Operator Clyde T. Fields, who was
recently shot by his wife at Salcha,
and who has since been in the hos
pital at Fairbanks, has been assign
ed to duty at the wireless station at
Fairbanks.
Ben R. Labaree reports that he
has succeeded in floating the hotel
company he is promoting in the
States, and that an up-to-date hotel
building will be erected }n Seward
within a short time.
But three cases and three equity
matters are up before the term of
court at Iditarod, and Fairbanks at
torneys are kicking because the
court has been called away for so
small a number of cases.
One dollar each for red, salmon,
with buyers ready to take all that
can be caught is the report received
from Kake, southeastern Alaska. Ev
ery available boat is being pressed
into service by the fishermen.
Winter, Griffa and Eide, working
on Wolfe creek, near Chatanika,
made the first cleanup of the season
in that district. It was evidently up
to expectations, although the own
ers refuse to divulge the amount.
Joseph Miller, an employe in. the
mill of the Mexican mine, had the
misfortune to badly crush the fore
finger of his right hand. Physicians
tried to save the finger, but it refus
ed to heal and was finally ampu
tated.
While working in the drift for the
Gold Hill Mining company on Gold
Hill, near Fairbanks, Mike Taiclk
yas killed by the fall of a big slab
of earth from the roof which buried
the unfortunate man under tons of
dirt.
Bob Warren is reported to have
struck ground that will run 92 to
the foot on Ester creek near Fair
banks. The pay has been located
for a distance of twenty feet, and
the outlook for the continuance of
the pay is good.
District Attorney Rotb, of Fair
banks, has commenced snit against
the Barthol Brewing company at
that place for a wholesale liquor li
cense, alleging that the |500 brew
ery license does not permit the sale
of the product.
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bwmwJ «» T»nner, w bi»«wW(
was a patient at the St. Ann boapltal
la Juneau recently, suffering (ran
an attack of acute lndlgeetlon.
Senator Charles Sulser, of Ketchi
kan, Democratic candidate for Dele
gate to Congress, will visit Anchor
age and the westward this summer.
Special trains are being run on
the Copper River A Northwestern
railroad to bring fish from the Cop
per river to the* canneries at Cor
dova.
Reports from Ruby state that In
dications point to the belief that the
present reason viH be one of the
most prosperous In the history of the
camp.
Stephen Birch, manager of the
Kennecott Copper Corporation, will
be married at St. Paul on June 24,
and the newly married couple wjll
sail from Seattle for Cordova on
July 5.
That the annual dividend of the
Kennecott Copper Corporation, In
corporated, will be between four and
six dollars a share was indicated re
cently when a quarterly dividend of
$ 1.50 was declared.
The steamer Nasutlin brought to
Dawson 350 tons of silver ore, the
first shipment of the 1700 tons now
at Mayo. The ore will be sent to the
Tacoma smelter via St. Michael on
the first lower Yukon river boat.
Corporal Taft, of the Northwest
Mounted Police, is under arrest at
Regina on a charge of treason^ He
is alleged to have approached men
intending to join the army and have
persuaded them not to.
Iditarod has been deserted by its
mining men, according to a late ar
rival from that place. Everybody
who had the get-up left there and
Plat City for the new strike in the
Tolstoi district.
Mrs. Charles A. Hopp, wife of the
former editor of the Douglas Island
News, who was stricken recently,
is critically ill in one of the Seattle
hospitals, according to a letter re
ceived from her daughter.
Nick Schumakkoff, a Sitka pros
pector, returned to that place with a
bag full of ore that is literally brist
ling with gold. The rock was picked
up at Silver Lake, six miles from
Sitka.
Sam T. Kincaid, bailiff of the dis
trict court at Fairbanks, and Hank
O’Neill, of Ruby, will open up a rich
silver-lead mine in the Kiyu moun
tains, about 60 miles from Ruby. The
ore is said to be extremely rich.
The U. S. fisheries boat Osprey has
begun her annual work of patroling
the fish traps and canneries of
violators of the fisheries law.
Alfred Boots, wireless operator at
sold if there is sufficient demand for
the Marconi station at Ketchikan,
died suddenly in the office of Dr.
Miller, to whom he had gone for re
lief. Heart failure was the cause of
death.
J. K. Morikawa, a Jap from Wran
gell, who was recently operated on
at St. Ann’s hospital at Juneau, died
after the operation. He leaves no
relatives in the United States.
F. X. Gosselin, former gold com
missioner at Dawson, was found
dead in the bath room of the Yu
konia hotel. Heart failure was the
cause of his death. He was 55 years
of age.
Diamond Tooth Lill is the euphon.
lous title of one of Jugeau’s deni
zens of the underworld, who was
fined by the municipal magistrate
$25 for using obscene language.
Buckeye and Democrat creeks,
tributaries of Tenderfoot, will have
seven plants in operation this sum
mer, and both creeks are expected
to produce more gold than last year.
Four-year-old Annie Sepich fell
down a ladder in the boiler room of
the Occidental Annex, at Juneau,
end sustained a fracture of the skull.
She will recover.
> Members of the Douglas Island
Labof Union held a picnic recently,
going to Taku glacier and Annex
creek.
Van Klem and Flava report that
they have between two and one-half
feet and three feet of animony ore
on their claim near Cape Camano
that will average 55 per cent anti
mony.
Ten young ladies and four young
men formed the graduating class this
year at the Juneau fflgh school, and
was the largest ever graduating from
the school.
Application has been granted by
the forest service to the Clark-Davis
Company at Controller bay for all
the timber nepessary for the con
struction of the proposed railroad
uuiu vruuoc uuj mo vuai v»***i«»*
held by the company near Carbon
mountain, in the Bering fields.
The drinking water problem on
Livingood creek is becoming a seri
ous problem to the miners at that
place. The creek water is unfit for
domestic purpqpes and the few wells
are expected to dry up when warm
weather comes. ,
SEATTLE, June 13.—A bomb
which exploded in the upper part of
a grain elevator this afternoon re
sulted in the loss of that structure,
while four men were killed, several
are missing and 50 odd injured. The
bomb blew out one side of the build
ing and the flames soon licked up
the structure.
The fire also spread to the British
steamers Wilsbeck, Hell. Wellenban
riel and Senior, and did considerable
damage to these ships.
Over a million bushels of wheat,
belonging to the entente powers was
in the elevator when it burned down.
The loss is estimated at 13,000,000.
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Too mooli cannot bo aaid In re*
gard to the work that haa been ac
complished and under way by the
Alaaka Engineering commission.
Much of the work, especially build
ings, has been held back on account
of lack of material but this la com
ing in on most every steamer and
work Is going ahead as fast as con
ditions will allow. Within the past
few months several large buildings
have been started and finished em
ploying many carpenters and me
chanics and the commission have
enough contemplated Improvements
planned to keep them busy for
some months to come.
Among the more important build
ings that have been completed and
being erected at the present time
are two dormitories completed and
two under construction, giving com
fortable living quarters for 258 of
the employes. These dormitories
are equipped, with everything need
ed to make them habitable and
homelike, having running water, toi
lets and wired for electricity.
The large general warehouse, 60
by 200 feet, with a ten-foot loading
platform, is completed, also the me
chanical storehouse, 30 by 100 feet,
with an outside storage platform 40
by 200 feet. The new office build
ing equipped with all modern con
veniences, is about 75 per cent com
pleted; the foundation for the ma
chine shops is practically completed
and work on the erection of the ma
chine shops will commence in about
two weeks.
Adjacent to the machine shop a
round house will be built immediate
ly; also work will commence at once
on the car shop which will be sltua
ated just west of the machine and
when completed an up-to-date wood
working plant will be Installed.
Perhaps the most interesting im
provement to Anchorage people will
be the construction of the power
plant which will commence just as
soon as the plans for erecting the
boilers arrive from Seattle and these
are expected shortly. This will be
known as a general power plant and
when completed and in operation
will furnish power for the machine
shops as well as lights for the city
of Anchorage and the commission
buildings and dwellings and will be
situated just north of the machine
shops. One interesting feature in
respect to this building will be that,
the plant will be so arranged that
coal can be delivered in cars at the
boiler doors. The total boiler horse |
TOLSTOY PLACER STRIKE
LOOKING ENCOURAGING
There has not yet been received
sufficient dat$ upon which to base
a reliable opinion regarding the im
portance of the Tolstoy strike. This
assertion will probably held good
for several weeks, for extensive de
velopment will be out of the ques
tion until facilities have been pro
vided by means of open water.
Meantime, a great rush of people
is certainly to be expected—more
because the public mood is ready
for it than for any other reason;
but also because of the peculiar ge
ographical situation of the find.
Taking the Tolstoy location as &
base, it will strike well-informed
men that every direction for great
distances offers inducements for
further prospecting. It is not
alone what the Tolstoy will offer,
but the chance for slump-over dis
coveries that will appeal to adven
urous spirits.
United States Commissioner Vi
nal at Ophir, in a letter confirmed
the report of pay on Boob, and men
tioned good prospects being found
on Mastodon and its left-limit
branch, Wilson, and on Madison, to
gether with its branches Meier and
Esperanto. t
Judge Vinal in his letter mention
ed a townsite having been laid out
on the Tolstoy at the mouth of Mas
todon. The tpwn is to- be called
Cooper. There is talk of incorpor
ating It as a second-class town und
er the provisions of territorial law.
The Toltsoy is navigable for pow
er boats, at high water, right up to
the townsite. Poling boats can
make it at all times. The townsite
is nanay 10 an me creeas wnere
prospects have been found.
Everybody who has been there
says the camp looks good. Obvious
ly there was not a great leal in
sight, good looking or bad looking,
mineralogically speaking; but a
miracle has happened and not a
knocker has tapped his sounding
board. With everybody wishing for
the best, the best has become vis
ualized.
It seems that the strike attracted
more from the idttarod than from
the Ruby district. Tills may be
accounted for because the Iditarod
was. nearer, and also beeauae indi
vidual mining has become limited
chairman
FOR
90 HEART
TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, June 15.—Chair
man Edes, of tho Alaalkan railroad
commission, will leave this city for
Alaska, vfia San Francisco, tomor
T&W
power will be 600 and tbe same
building will house tbe generators,
both to* running tbe machine shops
and (or lighting purposes. Later
this season the commission expects
to erect an oil house, coal pockets
and riand drying houses, all in the
vicinity of the round houe. The
commercial freight depot that was
erected several weeks ago and con
nected by the commercial spur to
the government wharf will be en
closed as soon as the necessary lum
ber arrives. This depot, built in
order to better handle the freight of
the Anchorage merchants, and re
lieve the congestion of the fright
at the dock, is a distinct advantage
to Anchorage merchants, being much
nearer their places of business and
easily accessible and commodious,
40 by 140 feet.
An expert direct from the U. S.
navy has charge of laying out tbe
radio station and which will be in
stalled with the intention of being
able, to communicate with Kodiak,
but on account of the atmospheric
conditions the results will not be
certain until it is tried.
On the railroad—important head
quarters camp has been established
at Talkeetna and a large force or
men are working out of this place
under able supervision. On the line
to the south and west of Anchorage
right of way contracts for eight
miles have been awarded; also con
tracts for grading the largest cuts,
the smaller cuts will be taken off
later so as to have both finished at
the same time Right of way gangs
and clearing gangs are working on
the main line to Fairbanks and work
is under way on all of the four di
visions but the most work Is being
done on the Matanuska branch and
the men at the head of the Alaskan
Engineering commission .report that
steel will be laid and trains run
ning to the first coal camp on the
Matanuska branch by July 15. The
steel is laid now beyond Matanuska
Junction, over 40 miles, and thw
road is being ballasted as fast as
the steel is placed.
New towns will probably be put
on the market this summer and the
people who were not fortunate in
getting in on the ground floor in
the Anchorage townsite lot sale are
anxiously looking forward to the
opening of these new towns, but al
ways with the understanding that
Anchorage will always be the hub
and headquarters of this railroad
work and the largest and most pros
perous city in Alaska.
'WASHINGTON, June 15.—In a
flag day speech delivered here yes
terday President Wilson charged
that there are foreign-born persons
in the United States who are try
ing to levy a political blackmail on
American political parties in the in
terests of foreign governments and
the president declared this practice
must be stopped.
WAR DISCUSSION ENDS
IN A JAIL SENTENCE
The Russian Kid, a well known
local character, is keeping the Pan
ama Kid company in the federal
jail. He may have had sympathy
Tor Panama’s lonesomeness or it
may be that his feeling against the
allies had to break forth in some
other manner than words. At any
rate he swatted Heinie Guckenstam
mer In the left eye yesterday with
out any rason and this being his
third recent offense Judge David
gave him 30 days.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE
AT POPULAR GIRLS’ CAFE
The Two Girls’ Cafe under the
competent management of Misses
Ollie Gray and Viola Barnett, have
made especially attractive improve
ments In their popular cafe. The
walls and ceiling hfcve been re-pa
pered in colors to match the wood
work which has been stained a rich
golden brown; the kitchen has been
enlarged and water connections put
In, together with wires throughout
the building for lighting by elec
tricity when the plant is iu opera
tion this fall. Two additional pri
vate boxes have been added to ac
commodate their increasing patron
age and the counter lengthened.
Most of this improvement has been
done in the night so as not to dis
appoint the many steady customers
who enjoy their service and cuisine.
COL. ROOSEVELT TAKEN ILL
WHILE ON VISIT TO NEW YORK
NEW YORK, June 14.—Col.
Roosevelt, upon his arrivel here to
meet his son, Kermit Roosevelt and
wife, who are returning from South
Africa, was seised with a severe
pain in his side, wjiile motoring to
home of Dr. Derby.