ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
COOK INLET PUBLISHING CO.
Anchorage, Alaska.
Charles E. Herron- Publisher.
Harry G. Sliol. Editor.
Subscription Rates: $1 per month, $10 per year, in advance.
Entered in the Anchorage Postotfice June 5. 1915, as second class matter
under the Act of of March 3. 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1910.
ANCHORAGE MORE THAN FORTUNATE.
"While a great number of people poke fun at Sunny Knik
and refer to it as the last resting place, the fact should be j
known that Knik was the only neighboring town to send a com
mittee to meet the Admiral Evans and help Anchorage to
properly entertain the fair forty that arrived last night. The
trouble is that they did not come to be bid in or bartered for
but the author of ‘‘To Have and To Hold” will not have to
go any further in supplying the inspiration. Of course the
remittance man i- always with us and it might be possible to
dig up a villain.
They came; they saw; they will conquer. All kinds, clas
ses and conditions were represented. Some were fair and wil
lowy. others were slender and supple; there were a few short
and stout: blondes a few; peroxides in profusion; there was
the dashing brunette: women of all ages, but none over forty
and not a single one but that could pass for a debutante. How
fortunate we all are to be living in Anchorage.
AN OVERWORKED LOCAL COMMITTEE
The committee appointed to look after the important mat
ter of advertising the Fourth of July celebration is working
overtime and it is ridiculous the way they have plastered the
city with flaming, gaudily-colored posters; the city adminis
tration'' notice should be called to this matter. These posters
are so out of harmony with so many of the delicately-tinted
buildings that the comparison is distasteful to a connoisseur.
And then again the protests that are coming in from Knik.
Matanuska Landing and other neighboring towns have to be
.-judiciously handled; these people are all coming to the big
show, but why flaunt the advertising banners so eonspicuously
in their faces? It isn’t right and we should advertise the
coming celebration that this city intends to be the sponsor of
in some other manner.
Why not send out carrier pigeons or use the wireless ? In
any event something should be done to let the surrounding
country and the neighboring towns of Anchorage know that
this city will celebrate the Fourth of July in a noiseless but
appropriate manner and that it will be perfectly proper, on
this occasion, for them to spend the day in Anchorage.
THE NORTHERN EMPIRE.
We have said a great deal about Alaska heretofore. We
could say a great deal more, but it is not necessary because
Alaska is quite content to speak for herself—in terms of dol
lars and cents. Any student of commerce who will give heed
to the data we have presented needs no further evidence of
Alaska immensity. Alaska is immense in the value of her nat
ural resources. She is rich in scenic beauty. She is blest with
men—big. virile men of sound physique and admirable men
tality. plus courage, initiative and kindliness of spirit.
The world is going to know more of Alaska. That is in
evitable- Alaska's greatness may be thrust upon her. for Alas
kans, though aggressive in many respects, are almost unduly
modest when speaking of themselves and their accomplish
ments. It is their way to produce, to go ahead and do things,
leaving >ome one else to do the talking, so we say for those
whose diffidence forbids, that Alaska’s greatest wealth is her
manhood.
Alaska is marvelous. To know the Northern Empire and
her people is to strengthen one’s admiration and affection.
The process of getting acquainted is comparatively simple in
these days of improved facilities for travel, so every one who
can should take an early boat for the land of the Midnight Sun
and say ‘’Hello.” We can promise a royal welcome front the
folks up north.—Seattle Trade Register.
The baseball rooters still have good lungs and the noise
made on the commission diamond last night could be heard
for miles around.
The longest day of the year has passed and we are now
on the downward path of the daylight season, although it will
still be several months before the sun goes into its winter quar
ters.
The Daily Times welcomes the federal court officials to
Anchorage and hopes that their stay here will be made so
pleasant for them that they will want to return at an early
date and linger longer.
“Laugh and the world laughs with you,” providing you
have something worth laughing at. was forcibly impressed up
on Oeorge M. Campbell when he read a letter from a Seward
friend, which is so funny that we republish it today in the
comic section of The Daily Times.
The Valdez Prospector republishes our editorial in refer
ence to cheaper press tolls in Alaska, and it is the concensus
of opinion • mong the newspapers of the territory that the
government should give the newspapers the cheapest possible
rate in order they may keep the public fully informed on the
important happenings of the day.
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closing oft before jtiy 1st.
Any hat in the store for $3.00.
Children's and Misses’ hats. $1.00
and $2.00. Mrs. Conrad P. Lein.
6-1 Stf.
EMPRESS THEATRE £
Alaska’s New Reinforced Concrete Fire-proof
Theatre will Positively Open
This new theatre is 40 x 130 feet, with a seating capacity
for 700 people and will be the most attractive and up-to-date
theatre north of Seattle. Steam heated and electric lighted
throughout, and by the installing of numerous fire exits the
management takes pride in announcing that the entire build
ing can be emptied in 90 seconds.
Saturday, July 1
WITH A BIG FEATURE
PROGRAM
Remember the Date!
Remember the Date!
Seward is to be congratulated for its determined effort to
attract the people of the coast towns to its Fourth of July cel
ebration. There has been a liberal use of printers’ ink. both
in newspaper advertising and posters, and this enterprise onj
the part of our neighbors is bound to be productive of results.
GREEN FRONT CIGAR STORE
Soft Drinks of all |] Just Fruits
kinds. Leading brands Received— Candies
Cigars, Cigarettes, Fresh Stationery
Tobacco. Supply. Notions.
Sweet Milk and ButtermUk Daily.
Miss I. Blair, Propr. 4th Av. bet. C and T> N'evt door D. 1). Rest.
CARL W. BOLTE
Hardware
Glass Ware and China
Ware
Plumbing and Pipe Fittings of all Descriptions. F'OVRTH AVEWE
Fifth Ave. Cigar Store
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, CANDIES, FRUITS.
VICTOR STEWART,
Propr ietor.
Fifth Avenue Between C and D
Launch Swan *
Daily Trips to Knik
For Schedule See Bulletin Boards
b c N,CHOLS f
Watchmaker and Jeweler, Anchorage, Alaska
Watch Repairing a Specialty. Fourth Bet. D and E
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DAWN OF THE ELECTRICAL ERA
IN RAILROADING
9
The All-Steel “Olympian” and “Columbian” Trains Now
Operated Electrically Over the Rocky Mountains
Progress has no age. Onward is ever the slogan of railway construction, operation and efficiency In this forward
movement electricity challenges the supremacy of steam, and on the Scroll of time theyear 1916 marks thedawn of the electrical era in
railroading—and the accomplishment of a definite step to conserve the world’s energies. It is particularly fitting that the “Mlwm k >’
which since its inception has been identified with great pioneering achievements, should have been able to carry throuirh'to
accomplishment the dream and aspirations of engineers and scientists by the electrification of 440 miles of its main lin " ‘ llnlte
demanding the utmost of energy and efficiency in locomotives
line through a region
440 Miles of Mein Line Electrified
The electrified district is that of the Great Continental
Divide, extending from Avery. Idaho, to Harlowton,
Mont., a distance of 440 miles. (115 miles, from Deer
Lodge to Three Forks, now in operation.)
World's Mightiest Locomotives
The electric locomotives which pull “The Olympian"
and "The Columbian" over the mountain divisions are
the most powerful built. They are 112 feet long and
weigh 284 tons. They require no coal or water, run
at an even speed, are thoroughly dependable in all
temperatures, take the heaviest grades with compara
tive ease, are smokeless and dustless.
Power from Mountain Streams
The power used to operate the electric locomotives is
obtained from mountain waterfalls instead of from
coal—marking a definite step to conserve the world's
resources. This power in 100,000 volts alternating
current, is delivered to the 14 sub-stations of the rail
way and there transformed to 3,000 volts direct—the
current used by the locomotives. This is the highest
voltage direct current adapted for railway work in the
world. . . ,
degenerative Braking
One of the scientific marvels is regenerative braking
by which the train on down grades, instead of con
suming electricity, actually produces it while travel
ing onward, and by which at the same time, the speed
of the train is kept under perfect control.
This is the first use of direct current regenerative
braking. It provides maximum safety, eliminates
wheel, brakeshoe and track wear and overheating
insures a uniform speed and recovers from 23'; to
52% of power.
More Efficient Operation
With electrification has come more efficient and
economical operation; a better maintenance of sched
ules: the practical elimination of delays due to
weather conditions; smoother riding caused by
greater evenness of speed; enhanced comfort due to
greater cleanliness, and a pronounced improvement
of the view from car window and observation plat
form. owing to freedom from smoke and cinders.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
The advantages of electrification, added to the superb equipment and luxurious appointments of "tv, o, . „ „ .
Columbian ” the renowned personal service of the employees, the splendid physical condition .,r .t, J ne Olympian and The
variety of the scenery makes the “Milwaukee” more than ever the road of efficiency comfort ■, t '?UI and *he ex,1ent and
fact when planning your next trip to the East. Booklet giving complete information free L request""' Kemember thls
F. B. TRACEY, Agent, Aloske Steamship Co., Anchorage. ' A. E. HARRIS, T.P.A., C.M. & St.P. Ry, Janeaa