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vNCJIOR.UiK, ALASKA, THURSDAY, Jl'XK 20, 1!>18.
FIRST DIVISION TAKES INITIATIVE.
We take this opportunity ol’ extending most hearty eongratula
s to the First division republican convention, hold at Juneau yes
lay, for the adoption of a set of resolutions that voices the senti
its of all republicans of this territory. It is generally understood
nighout the nation that (’ol. Theodore Roosevelt will win the re
tlicau nomination for president in the year lh'20 without opposi
l. There will not he a dissenting voice when the great republican
limiting convention meets to make its selection. Indeed, public sell
out will demand the nomination of Col. Roosevelt and no delegate
I dare raise a voice in protest. It is to be devoutly hoped that the
rid war will have ended by the time the republican national con
ition meets to nominate a presidential candidate. We shall need, in
white house during reconstruction days, the most powerful, the
st capable, the most constructive man that it is possible to obtain
‘oughout this broad land—and that man is ( ol. Theodore Roosevelt.
The divisional convention pledges its hearty and loyal support to
>ii. James Wiekersham. republican nominee for delegate to congress
mi Alaska. The nominee deserves, and will secure, the active aid oi
republicans of this territory. He will get this support as a matter
course. But lit* will do more than this. He will gain the active aid
hundreds of independent democrats who are tired of "boss rule in
aska. He will get the votes of dozens of independent democrats who
II tight to the last ditch the gang of unscrupulous politicians and ol
e-seekers that dominate the democratic party in this territory. He
.11 gain the aid of those independent voters who believe he was hon
tly elected delegate at the last election and that he was jockeyed out
his rights through the medium of a court decision.
We are glad to observe that the Juneau convention was harmoni
is. This augurs well for the success of the republican ticket in the
■st division. It likewise encourages republicans in other divisions in
te territory. Ed. <Russell, republican candidate for senator, is op
used by William Britt. We should think that the council of defense
t the first division, regardless of party affiliation, should see to it that
loyalist is elected to the territorial legislature, as opposed to one of
le type of Britt, whose loyalty to this nation, as evidenced by his op
osition to the United States draft laws, is not beyond question. The
emocrats of the first division, led by a lmm-h of federal officials, have
ot seen lit to withdraw the name of Britt as a candidate for the sen
te. The voters of that district would do well to assert themselves ami
•t it be known that they will not stand for one whose Americanism
» not beyond question.
THE WILLOW (REEK GOLD < 'AMP.
The Willow <*reok gold camp. 1ho supply point of which is Anchor
.go, is hy far the most important free-milling gold quartz camp within
ho confines of Alaska. Since the second year of its discovery, in 1905.
t has been a bullion-producing camp. Mach year has seen some im
U’ovement over the preceding one. it is true that the development has
•een gradual and limited. Hut there are adequate reasons for this coa
lition. wholly apart from the value of the mineral veins.
The Willow creek gold camp is located some considerable distance
Tom tidewater. I 'util recently it has not been as accessible as less
mportant gold camps that enjoyed considerable stampedes. In the
•arly life of the camp, and indeed until two years ago, the remoteness
if the district, tin* lack of roads and trails, and other obstacles now
removed, made the Willow creek country a rather expensive field in
.vhich to operate, it requires a considerable sum of money to open a
gold quartz mine. It takes money to make a mine out of a prospect
mywhere and under any conditions, but where the camp is remotely
located, where there are no trails or roads over which to transport sup
plies. mining machinery, etc., it can readily be understood that mining
developments are slow. This has boon the case with the Willow creek
gold camp.
But within the past year or so. conditions have changed for the
better. The government railway operates a daily train service from
Anchorage to within fifteen miles of the heart of the district. There
is a wagon road branching out from the railway line to the gold camp.
That is, there is a sort of wagon road, rather difficult to accomplish in .
the summer time, when mining activities are supposed to be at their ,
height. The urgent need for this camp at this time is a good, substan- ,
tial roadbed—-one that will stand up under any and all climatic con- ,
ditions. Such a road constructed, and the Willow creek district will ]
give a good account of its potential possibilities. But it can never come ,
into its own unless roads are provided so that supplies and mining ma- ;
ehinery can be transported to the point of use. ,
To use the vernacular familiar to mining, the Willow creek gold
camp will stand powder. It would be in contravention to all prece- i
dents in mining to figure that all of the quartz veins that have been (
found will make producing and profitable mines. That is not to be ex- <
pected in any camp. We can assert, however, in the light of experi- i
cnee gained in this camp, that a goodly percentage of the prospects will, 1
with adequate development, evolve ino bullion producers. ,
To those mining men who are familiar with free-gold quartz min
ing, we believe that the Willow creek gold camp merits an investiga
tion with a view to investment. Jt is notorious in mining that the pros- ]
pector who discovers a vein seldom has the means to develop it. After 1
the discovery of a good prospect or favorable surface showing, that it <
is the time the man with means steps in and does the digging. And it
is the part of wisdom for the prospector to give the moneyed man a 1
fair chance to do some development work before expecting any eonsid- <
erable cash consideration. <
Tin* news that the congress proposes to give a substantial 1
appropriation for continuation of work on the Alaska railway
project has had a tendency to make things move a little faster
in this community. All doubts have been removed.
ISSUER US IB
USE OF WHEAT
BAKERS AND PUBLIC' EATING
PLACES A R E RESTRICTED
MORE THAN EVER NOW.
SUBSTITUTE RATIO HIGHER.
More General Consumption of Quick
Breads Are Urged Instead of Vic
tory Bread and Public Should Be
Educated to New Federal Limita
tions.
Regulations imposing further i'e
strictions on the consumption of wheat
have been issued by the national and
territorial food administrations and
sent to E. T. Lindner, food adminis
trator for the Anchorage district, and
by him communicated to all bakeries
and public eating places under his
jurisdiction.
The regulations to bakes follow:
“1. You must increase the sub
stitute content of all bread and rolls.
“2. You must use substitutes in all
bakery products, as follows:
“Class 1, Bread and roll, 25 per
cent; Class 2, Sweet yeast dough
33 1-3 per cent; Class 3, (a) Crackers,
15 per cent; Class 3, (b) Biscuits
(cookies) and ice cream cones, 33 1-3
per cent; Class 4, (a) Cakes, 33 1-3
per cent; Class 4, (b) Ties, 33 1-3 per
cent; Class 4, (c) Fried cakes, 33 1-3
per cent; Class 4, (d) Pastry, 33 1-3
per cent; Class 5, Batter cakes, waf
iles, quicker breads and Boston brown
bread, t‘6 2-3 per cent.
Limit Put on Weight.
“3. No public eating place may
serve more than two ounces of bread
and rolls (Class 1) or four ounces of
quick breads (Class 5) to any one per
son at any one meal.
“4. Bakers are permitted to bake a
three-quarter pound loaf of bread and
are urged, as a conservation measure,
to introduce it and push its sale.
“5. The use of the words ‘milk’ and
‘cream’ on wrappers, signs, etc., is no
longer prohibited but milk bread must
still be sold at the same price as bread
made without milk.
“6. Class 5 now includes quick
breads such as corn bread, baking
powder biscuits, muffins, etc., as well
as Boston brown bread, griddle cakes
and waffles. Such berads must con
tain 66 2-3 per cent of substitutes.
Bakers are urged to introduce these
quick breads as a wheat saving
measure.”
Regulations for Eating Places.
The regulations to public eating
places, which are divided into two
classes, follow:
“Class I.—High grade hotels and
restaurants, all dining cars and all
■iubs should voluntarily pledge them
selves to serve no product which con
tains wheat or any products of wheat
except bran, shorts and middlings,
inti 1 the next harvest. (Rye flour or
neal may be used by this class.)
“Class II.—All other public eating
daces should not serve to any person
it any one meal more than two oun
es, gross weight, of victory bread or
•oils (class 1) or 4 ounces, gross
veight, of quick breads (class 5) shall
>e served to any person at any one
neal. ‘The wheat content of the
ibove service is approximately one
>unee.)
“The total consumption of wheat
lour, inclusive of the wheat content
>f bread and rolls and all other bak
:ry products, breakfast foods and ali
nentary pastes, shall not average
nore than six pounds for every 90 j
neals served.
In Regard to Wheatless Days.
“On wheat less days, and at wheat
ess meals no product containing
vheat, except bread of class 1 or of
•lass 5 may be served.
“Two ounces of Victory Bread will
nake one sandwish. For the patrons
>f many eating places this is insuffi
•ient. These eating places should
serve quick breads in place of Victory
Dread.”
Regarding the enforcement of the
regulations the national food admin
stration sends the following direc
tions to the state, territorial and dis
trict food administrators:
* “A certain proportion of the pub
lic eating places bake their own bread.
The administrators should call a meet
ing of the managers of such eating
places, explain the program to them,
and request them to bake quick breads
of class 5, which they will have no
difficulty in doing.
“Most of the public eating places
buy their bread from commercial
bakers. The baking regulations re
quire the baker to use 25 per cent of
substitutes in Victory bread. They do
not require him to make quick breads,
which use 66 2-3 per cent of substi
tutes. The managers of these public
eating places should be told to de
mand quick breads from their bak
ers, both as a patriotic service and as
a condition of retaining their business.
If the demand for quick breads comes
from the public eating places, the bak
ers will supply this demand.
“Public eating places may find it
I somewhat difficult to educate their
; patrons to eat quick breads in place
I of Victory bread. In this they must
| have the support of administrators
through newspaper publicity and pla
cards for display in restaurants
which, over the signature of the food
administration, should call upon the
I public to eat quick breads.
| “It is particularly important to re
vise the public’s definition of a sand
wish. Instead of consisting of meat
or cheese between two slices of bread
i it may quite as appropriately consist
of two muffins with meat or cheese on
a plate beside them.
“The success of this plan depend?
upon its simultaneous adoption by all
public eating places in each city. The
local administrator should first call a
meeting and secure the co-operatior
of the managers of public eating
| places, and next the bakers must be
I called upon to make and deliver quick
1 breads.
:
lir e As to Enforcement.
“The time necessary to accomplish
this depends on local conditions which
can best be judged by each adminis
: trator. Except in extreme circurn
1 stances, no longer than ten days
1 should be given public eating places
to make the>v arrangements to con
form to this service rule. At tnc ex
be vigorously enforced.
"This program should be enforced
j by inspection and investigation and
where violations are reported a hear
ing open to the public and the press
j should be held by the federal food ad
ministrator or his duly appointed rep
resentative. Where violations are
j proved, provided such violations are
; contrary to the baking rules and reg
| ulafions, the baking license should be
j revoked. If the eating places guilty
I of violation purchase their bakery
: products, the bakers should be ad
| vised not to sell to such violators.”
FORTY-SIX FRENCH WAR
BABIES ARE ADOPTED
Anchorage people have adopted 46
orphans during the past week; partly
due to the patriotic spirit and largely
due to the untiring efforts of the com
mittee.
In several instances the local peo
ple actually want the babies to raise
and in many cases groups of local citi
zens have clubbed together to pay the
required amount. The committee has
organized what is known as the An
chorage French Orphan club and
many signatures have been added dur
ing the past week. These donations
are voluntary and range in amounts
according to circumstances. This
movement is equally as patriotic as
the Red Cross or other loyal efforts to
assist in the world’s war. The people
of Anchorage are petitoned to support
the worthy cause and help the com
mittee by volunteer subscriptions.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska.
May 28, 1918.
NOTICE is hereby given that Axel
Olsen, of Matanuska, Alaska, who, on
June 26, 1915. made homestead appli
cation, No. 01832, for SW14 and SEU
Section 3, Township 17 N., Range 1
E., Seward Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final three year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Howard Wil
mouth. Notary Public, at his office, at
Wasilla, Alaska, on the 31st day of
July, 1918. Claimant names as wit
nesses: 0. N. Nilson, J. W. Hoppe,
Fred Strand, Martin Bergstrom, all of
Matanuska, Alaska.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
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JACK SUTHERLAND TELLS OF
LABOR MOVEMENT IN SOUTH
EASTERN ALASKA.
UNION IS CONSTRUCTIVE.
Members Desire to See All Lines and j1
All Classes Benefit in Alaska—Says
Patriotism of Members Cannot Be
Questioned—New Unions Organize l
(Juneau Empire May 5)
Jack Sutherland, organizer and live
wire agent for all things pertaining
j to the Alaska Labor union, has return
ed from Ketchikan and will leave for
Anchorage on the next boat for the
westward.
He says local No. 5 of the Alaska
Labor union was organized at Ketchi
! kan, with Robert Oliver secretary and
1 that it has enrolled a large number of
| fishermen.
! Mr. Sutherland says locals have
| now been organized as follows: Lo
I cal No. 1 at Anchorage; 2 at Nenana,
3 at Chickaloon, 4 at Juneau, 5 at
Ketchikan, 6 is being organized at Mc
Carthy, 7 at Seldovia, 8 at Seward and
9 will be organized shortly at Cordova.
■ Delegates representing the Union
j are working at Petersburg and Wran
1 gell.
i
j “The Alaska Labor union is working
; along conservative lines,” said Mr.
Sutherland. “The members desire to
see work continued and co-operation
among all classes of citizens. From
. the best that I can learn all those con
: cerned, the fishermen, fish buyers and i
i • :
I cannerymen are satisfied with the re
| vised prices that have been fixed for
| fish. There are about 1,200 fishermen
working out of Ketchikan, and they
! are meeting with success in getting
good catches. Everything is proceed-!
ing in orderly fashion.
“There is no question about the pa
triotism of the Alaska fishermen,”:
I continued Mr. Sutherland. “At the1
time of the dispute over the prices of ;
i fish, the Ketchikan union voter unan- i
I imously to offer the services of its!
members to the United States for $1
per day per fisherman, the govern
ment to supply them wtih gasoline,
equipment and board and take the
catch.”
Mr. Sutherland will leave for Cor-!
j dova on the Northwestern, and remain j
j there a week or so, when he will re
; turn to his home at Anchorage.
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LIBERTY BONDS ARRIVE.
The Bank of Alaska announces that
all bonds of the Third Liberty loan
have been received and can be deliv
ered to purchasers who made payment ■
in full on May 4.
The Anchorage Daily Times is the
largest newspaper in Alaska.
2fUc?T.r5!Ur?firpflIran rpp fPn R=»n fr*n n=>r can rr»rt i
L. R. RINKER TAKES OVER GOLD
QUARTZ PROPERTY FROM
W. E. BARTHOLF, ET AL.
iVILL DEVELOP PROPERTIES.
rhirty Thousand Dollars Cash Paid
For One of Best Showings in Wil
low Creek Gold Camp — Plans to
Develop on Comprehensive Scale
in Near Future.
One more deal of moment has been,
jonsummated for Willow creek quartz
property. L. R. Rinker, of Loveland,
Colorado, has purchased the famous
‘Arch” group of four claims from
Wm. E. Bartholf, et al, for the cash
consideration of .$30,000.
Mr. Rinker spent several weeks in
the Willow creek district last season
at the instigation of Mr. Bartholf and
the above deal is the result of his in
vestigations at that time. Mr. Rinker
recently came in from the outside and
has been stopping at the Hotel Par
sons during his stay in Anchorage,
preparatory for the season’s work.
He left for the district yesterday
morning in company with Wm. Mar
tin and will outline the plans of the
season’s work. Associated with Mr.
Rinker are several prominent mining
men of Coolrado who expect to visit
the Willow creek district later on this
summer. The Colorado syndicate has
organized a company to be known as
the New Mable Mining and Milling
company with a capitalization of
$100,000.
The gentlemen interested in the new
venture are all men of actual and
practical mining experience. Mr.
Rinker says they will let a tunnel con
miners to work opening up and devel
oping the ground on an extensive
scale. Should the claims prove as
valuable as predicted the company will
ship in modern machinery for installa
tion next year. Mr. Itinker advises
the Times that in his large mining ex
perience he has never examined a field
that shows so promising as the Willow
creek district.
He says that the district is well ad
vertised in Colorado and he personally
knows of several prominent mining
men other than his associates, of that
state who will visit the Willow creek
district this summer, with the inten
tion of making material investments.
Mr. Rinker predicts a great future for
the camp and will make a thorough
examination this summer with the in
tention of acquiring additional prop
erty in the Willow creek district.
OH!
He won’t drink water. Is our son
About to have real sick spell?
No. Willie is the only one
Who knows the cat is in the well.
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