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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—Janies Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916.
AN EPOCH IN LOCAL HISTORY.
The arrival in Anchorage oter the government railway
system yesterday of a train laden with coal marks a distinct
epoch in the history of this part of Alaska. The coal came
from what is called the Doherty mine, located at Moose creek,
on the verge of the Matanuska coal fields. This one train
load of eoal, the first to arrive on tide water from the interior
coal field, gives a good suggestion of the possibilities that lie
before us when the great Matanuska coal measures are reached
by the iron horse and the splendid fuel product rendered avail
able to the markets not only of Alaskan towns, but those on
the Pacific coast states as well.
The Engineering Commission, in a laudable effort to assist
a local industry, and at the same time make a substantial sav
ing in the cost of the product to the government, lias ordered
from the Doherty mine 2,000 tons of coal, to be used by the
railway engines and heating purposes in the government build-,
ings and residences in Anchorage.
, It was about the year 1903 that Jim Teek, a hardy pros
pector, in prospecting the upper reaches of the Matanuska riv
er in search of the elusive gold, found coal veins that appeared
to him as a miner, to be of commercial importance. While
Teck may not have been the original discoverer of the coal
fields, he was at least the first man that had faith in the fields
to the extent of making locations and brought the attention of
the promoters of the Alaska Central Railroad company, then
beginning construction from Seward, on Resurrection bay, to
the coal areas.
i^iuier me r rum regime, iiJUi u\triii luiiij ruuuui
of the Alaska Central Railway company, one of the foremost
coal mine engineers of the United States made an investigation
of the Matanuska coal fields, and his report was very flatter
ing as to the extent and the character of the coal measures.
Supplementing this report, a Holland expert was sent here in
behalf of a Dutch syndicate that had under consideration fi
nancial aid to the Alaska Central people. The Dutch expert’s
report was even more flattering than that of the AnericMii.
In the course of time, the Alaska Central Railroad com
pany got into financial difficulties, a contributing factor be
ing the withdrawal, by executive order of President Roose
velt, of coal lands in Alaska. This withdrawal order prevent
ed the further financing of the railway company, because the
company’s coal interests in the Matanuska were placed in
jeopardy and title was rendered unsafe. Without this Asset,
the company could raise no funds, and the railway property
passed int > the hands of a receiver. The company emerged un
der the name of the Alaska Northern Railway company, with
the Sovereign Bank of Canada people in the saddle. A noted
English coal expert was sent to the Matanuska fields, and again
'a most encouraging report on the coal measures was secured.
But the withdrawal of the coal lands, of course, discouraged
prospective investors.
The outstanding fact in this brief summary of the history
of the Matanuska coal fields is. that the fields have stood up
under the cold-blooded examination of some of the most noted
coal experts in the world. The wiiter of this article has had
the opportunity of reading the reports made by two of these
noted engineers, and can say without fear of successful con
tradiction that the Matanuska coal fields are all that has been
claimed for them—and this is much indeed. —
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the medium for general advertising, was the statement made
to the national advertisers’ departmental session during the
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by Wm. A. Thompson, director of the bureau of advertising of
the American Newspaper Publishers’ association. Mr. Thomp
son said:
“The daily newspaper is supreme as a local advertising me
dium. The general advertiser has made i' supreme also as a
national"medium, because lie realizes that a national campaign
is simply a number of local campaigns added together.
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“Of this amount upward of $35,000,000 came from the
general advertisers.
“Indications in the first quarter of 1910 are that newspa
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916.
Vol 1. No. 24 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 4th nntl D
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