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S Established 1905
Depository for
Territorial Funds
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The Midway Cafe
Now Open and Ready for
BUSINESS
Fffth ave., between E and F
The Sydney Laurence Company
Commercial and Pictorial Photography
Post Cards and Local Views
Kodak Developing and Painting
Carrol Building, Fourth Avenue
Rooms $1 Per Day Up
..Hotel Crist..
Geo. Crist, Propr.
Fourth avenue and K street
Good Spring Beds 50 cents
Rates by the week.
..Reilly’s Cafe..
Open Day and Night
The BEST the Market Affords
at all times. Give us a trial.
Mike Reilly, Propr.
Frank Korth
SHEET METAL. PLUMBING
HEATING. VENTILATING
Yukon and Tank Stoves
Air-tight Heaters.
Corner Fourth ave. and I street
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth st., between H and I Sts
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage
Laundry
MRS. BELLE GRINDROD
PROPRIETOR
FIRST CLASS WORK GUAR
ANTEED
For GOOD Goods
-——Call at
THE TERMINAL EXCHANGE
Larson & Wendler, Propr.
LENNON’S
Bakery and Coffee House
Bread, Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Etc.
—a Specialty
Fourth avenue west.
Olympus Bar
A. F. Davis, Propr.
Liquors and Cigars
Draught and Bottled Beer |
KNIK,
ALASKA
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Professional Cards_
JJR. K. A. Kyvig
Physician and Surgeon
CITY DRUG STORE
Anchorage, - - Alaska
0r. D. L. Carmichael
Physician and Surgeon
Office 5th and C
Anchorage, - Alaska
£)k. E. M. Spaulding
Physician and Surgeon
Hospital Accommodations
Knik,--_Alaska
DR. J. L. HAWES
DENTIST
Bridge Work and Porcelain.
Satisfaction guaranteed in ail up-to-date
Dentistry. Sixth ave. and F. sts.
DR. J. H. McCALLIE
DENTIST
Office near Pioneer Hotel, Knik.
J^JURPHY & ALMY
Attorneys-at-Law
Anchorage - Alaska
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John M. Reid
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Notary Public
Office: Bolte Bldg Anchorage
; | David
Attormey-at-Law
Notary Public
Office, corner 5th and E
Anchorage, - - Alaska
QH. SUNDMACHER
LAWYER
Bolte Bldg Anchorage
L.
"V. Ray
Attorney-at-Law
federal and Land Office Practice
Seward, Alaska
The Pay Streak
Bakery
On and after Sept. 20 will be
pleased to serve you with
Bread, Pies, Cookies, Dough
nuts, Snails, Cakes’ of .all
kinds; also serve Coffee.
Our Motto;
“ALWAYS THE BEST”
5th ave. between C and D
Price & Bennett
SHEET METAL
WORKING
PLUMBING
BLACKSMITHING
Try us for oour Safety Flues,
Sheet Iron Stoves, Roofing
or Horseshoeing
The News Stand
A. FRODHNHBRG, prop.
Cigars, Tobacco, Fruits, Candies
Stationery, Augustine & Kyer
Chocolates
Cook Inlet Pioneer
and Knik News
Subscription (Weekly) $3 a Year
Published by
Cook Inlet Publishing Co.
Anchorage, Alaska
SATURDAY, OCT. 16, 1915
Bright Prospects for Railway
At this time it is quite difficult
to make an estimate of the prob
able tonnage of the railway aside
from the coal haul. It is safe to
assert, however, that there Is a
sufficient quantity of freight and
passenger traffic, eliminating the
coal lields, to pay the operating ex
penses of the railway from the
time of its completion to the in
terior terminus. With the devel
opment of the country through
which the railway passes the pros
pects are highly encouraging that
the project will pay, not only oper
ating expenses, but interest on the
money investedin the enterprise. In
a hundred ways, however, the gov
ernment will derive a big financial
uenetit from the building of the big
transportation line. And, apart
from the financial gain, Uncle Sam
will have the salisfaclion of open
ng new opportunties for a large
number of people.
The first year of actual work oil
the government railway has very
ilainly demonstrated the fact that
he government railway is a huge
uccess from the standpoint ef de
veloping Alaska. The town of An
'horage itself—now one of the
nost important centers of popula
tion in Alaska—is a direct off
spring of the railway project. The
Matanuska and Susitna valleys are
fast being settled by homeseekers
who are industriously engaged in
tewing out homes fer themselves.
That these valleys have potential
ossibilities in the way of agricul
ure, stock raising, etc., is now no
longer a matter of doubt, it is a
demonstrated fact.
The Pioneer has never been an
nthusiast in the matter of govern
ment ownership of public utilities,
out candor compels the admission,
which we are glad to make, that
he government railway for the de
velopment of Alaska gives evidence
of being a huge success. The con
gress soon to convene need have no
tesitation whatever in giving the
Alaskan Enginering Commission a
ubstantial appropriation, to the
tnd that the railway may be com
peted at an early date and hasten
he opening of this rich and re
sourceful northland.
One big advantage that Anchor
ige has over most tile coast towns
is that it iB the headquarters for
t very large “mosquito” fleet—
launches and power boots of vari
>us kinds—that ply from this port
to various parts of Cook inlet
waters and the largo rivers that
flow into the inlet. As an example
of the importance of this trade, it
may be stated that this week one
>f the big mining operators of the
Sunrise district found It to his ad
vaptage to purchase his winter sup
nlies in Anchorage because he
■ould transport them by launch to
Sunrise. The “mosquito” fleet is
>f vast importance to Anchorage.
There are on sale in Anchorage
potatoes raicod this season in the
Matanuska valley that for looks
tnd for eating purposes can be ex
■elled nowhere on this round earth.
This is a broad statement and one
hat should not be made without
foundation. But the skeptical are
requested to test these spuds and
be convinced. The proof of the
mdding, goes the old saying, is in
I he eating. There's money in the
■ulture of potatoes, and the settlers
!n the Matanuska valley are onto
this fact. The local spuds find a
■eady sale here.
An important gold camp that will
be tapped by the .government rail
s' ay now in course of construction
s the Valdez creek section. One
of the largest hydraulic plants in
operation in Alaska is installed on
Valdez creek, mining an old chan
nel .and vast quantities of supplies
are being shipped in each year via
the Cordova-Fairbanks route. With
the completion of the government
railway, the supplies for this camp
will be shipped in this way. Every
little helps, and the Valdez creek
section will be a very substantial
aid to the prospective tonnage of
the government railway.
Operations at the Fleming & Tur
ner sawmill on Bird creek were last
week suspended for the season, be
cause the cold snap had so lowered
the flow of water as to make the
driving of logs almost impossible.
The season’s output was 600,000
feet, and an average of twenty men
were on the payroll.
Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 13, 1915.
Editor Pioneer, Anchorage, Alaska:
I understand that the people of
Seward are trying to secure the co
operation of the people of Anchor
age in an effort to have created a
j fifth Judicial district in Alaska. We
I lielievet hat this is a move in the
J right direction, but we also believe
| that should another district be cre
ated it should be bounded within
lines that would best suit the busi
ness and convenience of all people
and interests concerned. It would
seem that if a division should be
made that the natural boundaries
of the same would be about as fol
lows: That the country tributary
to all streams flowing into the Cop
per river should remain with the
Third district, and that all country
tributary to the Matanuska. Knik
and Susitna rivers and Cook inlet
should be included in the new dis
trict.
The coast or southwesterly line
should be on the divide of the coast
range of mountains. This line
should continue to the west, divid
ing Kenai peninsula clear to the en
trance of Cook inlet, thence west
ward on the mainland clear to the
line at present between the Second
and Third districts. Thfese lines
would be natural boundaries of the
district and would place all the ter
ritory in such a way that it would
be easiest of ingress and egress.
Kodiak and the islands to the west
ward could be attached to either
district, but preferably to the new
one. None of the country suggest
ed to be In the new district is in
anywise naturally tributary to a
town on Prince William sound or
Resurrection bay, as the coast
mountains are naturally a barrier
to travel. This, of course, would
not put Anchorage and Seward in
the same district, but we believe
that Seward and Valdez are more
naturally tributary than Seward
and Anchorage. SUBSCRIBER.
Owing to a lack of understand
ing on th epart of .many it might be
well to mention at this time that
the delay in sidewalk construction
was due to the fact that several
thousand feet of lumber went down
on the Admiral Watson and that
the new order did not arrive until
this week on the Seward.
. The best information received
here with respect to the t>. S. Mari
posa is that it is a total loss and
that the cargo in large part will be
saved. The passengers and maij, as
bulletined by the Pioneer, will
reach here on the S. S. Evans, due
here tomorrow.
A violent earthquake shock vis
ited Seward last night.
Charles Gilbert and JacR Steen,
arrested on a charge of robbery of
the sum of $67 from Jehn Terrison,
alleged to have been committed
Wednesday night at the victim's
cabin, were freed at a trial in the
commissioner’s court. Terrison was
assaulted at the time of the alleged
robbery, and Gilbert was handed a
Bne of $ mo and costs as the pro
moter of the scrap.
For the benefit of the new Cath
olic hospital at Seward a big enter
tainment will be held at Seward to
night.
Seward reports snowy weather.
FREIGHTERS ' PURCHASED
SEATTLE, Sept. 27.—The officials of
the Alaska Steamship Coompany have
tnnounced that negotiations which
have been under way for some time
have been closed for the purchase of
two big steel freighters to be used in
the Southwestern Alaska trade. The
steamers are the Bennington and eht
Burlington, and they have been operat
ing on the Atlantic coast.
The company has sent offloers East
to bring the steamers around the cape,
cargoes having been secured for the
vessels for delivery at San Francisco
and Puget Round pores. Thenhipa tre
reported to be espeecially equipped for
handling shipments of heavy railroad
material, as they have been used in the
Atlantic in carryingmk terial south for
the Panafna canal.
Thel oss of the freighter Edith has
proved a serious handicap to the com
pany in handling its rapidly developing
trade in the North, especially to the
Westward, and in bringing the ores of
Alaska coast mines to the smelter at
Tacoma. It is announced that t he
freighters will be given a thorough
overhauling after their arrival at Puget
Sound and will then be placed In com
mission.
Nu Bone
CorsetS
Fittings in your own home.
For appointment, call or
address MRS. T. R. NEED
HAM, 5th ave. near H St.
North Side ]
Lumber Yard
W. T. NORMILE ROGER SUMMT
Manager Agsiitaat Mgr. *
Complete Stock of
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DOORS and BUILDING J
WINDOWS. CEMENT. MATERIAL.
SEE US BEFORE BUYING
Old Town Near R. R. Track
POLLEY BROS.
Fourth Ave. between C and D
ANCHORAGE : ALASKA
General Merchandise
Clothing Hardware Grieirtes
Yukon Grocery
T. H. PICHETTE, Prop.
A Fine Line of
FLEMING & TURNER
“Made-in-Alaska”
Rough - LU M B E R-Dressed
Mill at Bird Creek
H. W. Howard, Agt
“THAT MAN LOGEMANN”
Fifth ave, near D Street
SAVES YOU
40 cents on every dollar of Kodak Developing
35 cents “ “ Printing
SUPERIOR WORK STATE PRICES
...Cameras--Films...
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Eight different grade* of Coffee to choose from. Let m figure en
your Winter Supplies. Corner 4th Ave. and H St.
SUNDBERG’S
Lodging and Bath House
Nice, warm, comrortable Beds
refreshing Baths
P. O. Sundberg - - Proprietor
p. j. McDonald
Carpenter Builder
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Anchorage, - . Alaska
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