ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
COOK INLET PUBLISHING CO.
Anchorage, Alaska.
CHAS. K. HERRON, Publisher.
H. <i. STEEL, Editor.
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Anchorage Weekly Times $3.00 per year, in advance._
Entered in the Anchorage Postottlce June 5, 1S15, as second clast matter
under the Act of of March 3. 1813.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 20,1016.
THE NEGLECTED YUKON.
In 1 ho Yukon river of Alaska the l nited States should
he the proud possessor of the longest navigable ri\oi operated
by regular steamboat service in the world. Without figuring
the navigable length of the waterway lying within Canada, the
distance covered by regular service on the5 ukon and its tribu
taries within the United States is 2,014 miles by the regular
transportation lines. It is impossible to segregate the com
merce on the river as between Canadian and l nited States
figures, as boats operate on a through run from the head of
navigation to the river’s mouth in Bering Sea, but the value
of commerce on the Lukoil for the last twenty \eai- has been
$150,000,000. On looking over the iniquitous River and Harbor
Appropriation bill the Yukon, standing first in value of com
merce and first in navigable length, is conspicuous by its ab
sence in the list of rivers to be made over. No great breakwat
er or levee surmounted by bronze eagles and silver-coated stat
ues are planned to be erected at its mouth in Bering Sea. No
solid concrete locks with nickel plated machinery are designed
for any section. No dredging, rip-rapping, bridging, piling or
concreting are provided for. notwithstanding the fact that the
Atchafalaya river is going to be surveyed, and tew people
know where it is. Hackensack, Penobscot, Wicomico, Kenne
bec. Merrimac and Housatouic are all going to be cleaned,
dredged, polished and gold plated and their entire total navi
gable length is less than 100 miles, and the value of the com
merce practically nil. The Santee, \\ ateree, Uongaree, Alta
maha, Oconee, Ocmulgee. are all to the fore with big improve
ments planned and the depth of the deepest water in any of
them is four feet. Petaluma creek and Cohansey river are
still in the running but the mighty Yukon gets neither mention
nor appropriation but, like Tennyson’s “Brook,” it flows on
forever, building up the most valuable commerce carried on
any river of this great but politically mismanaged nation.
The new government railroad, building out of Anchorage,
has nearly three thousand men on the pay roll and more lab
orers are wanted, as the Alaskan Engineering Commission is
pushing the work to completion as rapidly as possible.
The agricultural possibilities of the Matanuska valley
are being forcibly brought home by the many samples of its
products which are on display here, and homesteaders and
ranchers are fast realizing what an agricultural section this
is destined to be.
The high cost of living, so far as the Alaskan newspapers
are concerned, has been boosted considerably by the frequent
interruptions in the cable service. Every time there is a break
in the cable, press reports are received over the wireless sys
tem and the cost is thereby increased four fold.
Usually where self-interest plays a part there is always an
active minority at work and this is true of those who do not
want to see Alaska get statehood. The minute that boon was
conferred Alaskans would elect their own officers, major officers
as well as minor officers, and that is something that does not fit
in the plans of those now enjoying political preferment.—*Tu
neau Dispatch.
The longshoremen’s strike on the Pacific coast lias worked
a hardship on many Alaskan towns that are dependent upon
those ports for their supplies. With steady employment assur
ed and having been temporarily granted increases the second
strike is merely a demand for a closed shop. A Seattle publi
catioon says “it certainly appears evident that the misguided
longshoremen are ‘killing the goose that lays the golden
eggs.’ ”
Anchorage is to have a summer and winter resort at Jeter
lake, where an enterprising townsman will provide an attract
ive place for pleasure seekers. A road house will be erected,
where dances can be held and meals served; several bath hous
es. a dock and a float are the other improvements contemplated.
Bathing, fishing, rowing and hunting are among the sports that
can be indulged in. and tourists as well as the residents of this
city will no doubt derive considerable enjoyment from Joe Spe
nurd s effort to furnish Anchorage with the only resort of this
kind in Alaska.
Anchorage intends taking; advantage of the offer of the
Alaska Bureau ot the Seattle Chamber of Commerce an<| will
'end an exhibit ot the resources of this section of the territory
to the Northwestern Products exposition to lie held ait the
Spirit City in October. I his work will be under the auspices
oi the local ( hamber of Commerce and should have the oo-op
eiation not only oi the people of Anchorage but the' miners
and ranchers of the entire valley. The government railroad
is opening up a country that is rich in mineral and agricultural
resources and we want the peop in the states to knop- the
truth about the product^ of this northland.
“The Store That Has What You Want—W hen You Want It.'
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
JULY 18th
Vol 1. No. 6. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 4th and I>
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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.
The Importance of Drug 1’lant Culti
vation in the United States.
The present Kuropean 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.)
My Partner in Crime.
Even as I write this, and always as
1 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 havg 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.
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
A Katalla lady writes to suggest that the newspapers
ought to remind the steamship companies that excursion rates
should be offered to Alaskans to visit other paits of their own
territory. The writer of the letter says that to “lure tourists
up liere—but for the Alaskan, who is really interested in the
country, there is absolutely nothing doing in that line.”
This is surely a good suggestion and one that ought to be
taken up by everyone. The steamship companies would lose
nothing and might drum up quite a li^me tourist trade.
Now, steamship people, you are hereby requested to look
into this, and it will not be the last time the request will be
made. It is really surprising that such excursion rates have
not been offered before. Just think what a lot of plueasure Al
askans could find in their own territory if the cost were only
lower.—Douglas News.
Just how fast matters are progressing in Alaska railroad
building is indicated by the announcement that the rails of the
government line will be laid and trains will soon be running to
the first coal mine on the Matanuska branch. From the mo
ment that this is accomplished there should be relief from the
embargo to industry that high-priced fuel has imposed in the
northern territory, and a new industrial and mining expansion.
The Anchorage Times is optimistic over railroad progress
and the general prospects of its city for future growth. An
chorage is to have a place on the main line of the government
railway, instead of on a branch line, as at first proposed, and it
gives the port some claim to rivalry, with Seward, the terminus
of the road.
The Times announces that, while many new towns are to
be platted, it must be understood that Anchorage is the me
tropolis, a claim that Seward is likely to contest very earnestly.
Many new towns, says the Times, will be placed on the market
this summer.
<in the ranbanks end .of the government line surveying
and clearing gangs are progressing toward the Nenana coal
fields, which, however, cannot he tapped until next season.
Privately-owned rail lines are also in, process of building to
ward the Bering coal fields, which should be reached by early
fall.
Alaska’s long period of waiting for cheap fuel is about at
an end. Alaska’s progress should now be rapid and the pro
ductive capacity of its rich territory increased in large and en
during measure.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
rl he government i- bringing some six million feet of lum
ber from the states to be used in the construction of the rail
road: and it is just the beginning.
It beats all how they do things in Washington, I). 0. For
instance: Some years ago one pinhead official persuaded the
president to reserve the great forests of Alaska that future
generations might have some timber. That was well because
d was explained it prevented the greedy from fencing in the
whole. Nevertheless the people objected, and have been kick
ing ever since. Later a new administration came in and failed
to undo that which we all considered wrong. Not only that,
out this administration apparently forbid itself taking timber
tor its own use. We say forbid itself—what else can we call
it since it has no right to take timber even to build its own
railroad. Either that or the timber is no good.
If the timber is worthless, why conserve it? Why keep
an army of fat officials to see that we don’t steal any? On the
other hand, if the timber is good, why bring timber from the
states at a cost of three times as much again as it would cost
to take it from the reserves! If the government has a little
money to waste, why not buy us a cable, for instance! This
is obviously a case where the old saying “Penny wise and
pound foolish’’ applies. But that is the way they do things
in Washington. Queer, very queer.—Ketchikan Progressive.
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July 20 and 21st.
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