FOOD ADMINISTRATOR GIVES FINAL
»' WARNING TO CARELESS. MERCHANTS
VIOLATION OF ONE BUSINESS
.MAN HERE OF FEDERAL REG
ULATIONS CAUSES DISTRICT
■; 1 OFFICIAL TO THREATEN PROS
/ ECUTION AND PENALTY.
Anchorage merchants must be care
ful to observe the food regulations
prescribed by the territorial adminis
trator or suffer the penalty for dis
obedience. This was emphasized to
day by Andrew Christensen, local food
administrator, who is directing the
conservation campaign in Anchorage
and vicinity.
“Proof has been furnished me that
one of the prominent merchants of
this city recently violated the regula
tion requiring the sale of one pound of
wheat substitutes for every three
pounds of wheat flour sold,” declared
Mr. Christensen. “This merchant,'-'
he added, “lias been warned that a re
petition of the delinquency will result
in sever punishment, and he has prom
ised to comply with all the rules in
the future.
A close watch is being maintained
over all dealers to see that every regu
lation of the food administration is
seriously observed. Manifestly, no ex
ceptions can be made in the case of j
any merchant. Every business man |
will be held strictly accountable for!
any evasion, .and under the law ample j
provision is made for penalizing vio
lators, not only by criminal prosecu
tion but also by closing the offending:
business houses until the close of the I
war.
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TOM ROBSON, OF THIS CITY,
CORRECTS FALSE IMPRES
SIONS CONCERNING NORTH
DOING ITS BIT IN WORLD WAR.
References Are Made to Suitability
of This Region lor Agricultural
Purposes and to Progress of Gov
ernment Railroad.
Under the title, Alaska’s Bit is a
One in This Grave World Battle,”
a .l iter in the Detroit Free Press
ints an interesting interview with
i >m Robson, of Anchorage, whom
the author of the interview met at the
Hotel Henry in Pittsburg, Pa. Not
only are misconceptions of Alaska in
general dissipated, but flattering ref
erences are made to conditions obtain
ing and many of the resources exist
ing in Anchorage and the surrounding
district. The article in the Detroit
Free Press reads as follows:
“This is no story of Alaska. This
is the merest glimpse. Alaska is too
big—too vast—to dispose of with a
phrase. And a hundred phrases are
worse than one. Volumes have been
written of her, and still is she mis
understood. The old sourdoughs are
accustomed to grumble because each
‘choechaco’ who hastily comes and
go< s takes nothing with him but a lu
licrous misconception of the vast do
main he forsook. And they are right.
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Should Have Faith.
“Not long ago Dr. John R. Mott,
one of the special mission to Russia,
pleaded of America a fair judgment
of that demoralized land. ‘You may
not understand Russia,’ he said, ‘but
you must believe in Russia!’ His
words came slowly and powerfully
and the earnestness lie injected into
the word ‘believe’ showed how unshak
able was his faith in the tottering re
public.
“Well, his faith was like old Tom
Robson’s.
“Years ago old Tom went up into
Alaska to make his pile—Nome, I
think—and then he drifted into the
Tanana. Last week he was in Pitts
burg, on one of his few visits east,
with an insatiable yearning for tem
porary loans ami an immense bitter
ness because* the Yheochacos* in the
states could not understand, and re
fused to believe in Alaska. Old Tom
was a ‘sourdough’ if there ever was
one.
Party from Anchorage.
“I met him in the lobby of the Ho
tel Henry. He was with a party of
mine and cannery men from Anchor
age, he said—and he looked it; white
collar, necktie and regular shoes.
“ ‘Well,’ I began, sizing him up, ‘are
you convinced?’
“‘Convinced of what?’ he snapped.
“‘Why,’ said I, innocently, ‘didn’t
you come east to find out if we really
were at w*ar?’
“The Alaskan glared and choked.
“ ‘Or did you come down to get
warm?’ I suggested. ‘They say it’s 86
below in the Yukon.’
“And then he found his speech:
“‘Why in the name of a salmon’s
first love,’ he demanded stormily,
‘can’t you ninnies of the effete east
give Alaska a fair shake? I just heard
a man say: ‘Oh, Alaska’s all right, I
suppose—We get a good deal of gold
from her; but she’s too cold for me.”
Now, I’ve been coming outside every
year or so—as far as Seattle and Fris
co, anyway—and it’s always the same
old song and dance. Why don’t you
tel! ’em we’re civilized?
July As Well As December.
“ ‘Why don’t you tell ’em we have
July as well as December? Why don’t i
you tell ’em we already have a gov
ernment railroad under construction
from Anchorage to Fairbanks, feed
ing hundreds of miles of the interior?
I’ll bet—’
“ ‘Come in and have something to
eat, I suggested. Those “sourdough”
pancakes—’
“Hut Tie waved me away.
“ ‘I’ll bet,’ he persisted, ‘we can
raise more potatoes and cabbages off
a five-acre patch than your easterner
could on twenty. As for gold, man
alive! We don’t stop at gold. We’ve
got fish and copper and lumber and
coal.’
“ ‘Oh well, come in and have some
hooch, then,’ I urged.
“ ‘Nix,’ he refused. ‘I’m off that
stuff—don’t you know we went dry
this year?’ He paused. ‘Another
grudge I’ve got against you fellows
from Pittsburg is: ‘You think you’re
running the war all by yourselves.
You’d laugh if I told you how Alaska’s
doing her share—yes you would.
Second Liberty Loan.
“‘Yet she gave over $1,000,000 to
the second Liberty loan, and she has
Red Cross branches even in the in
terior camps. Old Alaska is solidly
back of the president. YessireeJ The
only slackers we have are a few for
eigners who don’t sabe. My town of
Anchorage subscribed $£64,000 to the
second loan. It had 2,011 men regis
tered for the draft. How’s that for a
town of 5,000?
iii Anchorage with four baseball ,
teams. We have basketball till we
can’t rest. The government owns
the town and it put in a big ice rink
towntown. We have hockey all win
ter out in the open. Cold? I’m trying
to tell you it isn’t. Naturally, if you .
read the fiction magazines and all the
Alaskan epics you’ll get the idea that j
we’re ice-locked all the time. It isn’t
so. It isn’t much colder in winter
than it is in the states, and in summer
we raise vegetables and berries and
plenty of hardy northern truck.
“ ’My town’s only two years old,
you know—newest town in Alaska and
Uncle Sam’s first born. Yet already
we have over 300 farmers around us.
They all filed on 320-acre homesteads,
and when the season’s dull they go
hunting caribou, mountain sheep or
moose, or fishing for trout, salmon or
graylings. Oh, it’s the life!’
“I nodded numbly.
“ ‘IJut say,’ he interrupted himself,
‘come on up and meet the rest of ’em. j
They’ll tell you better’ll 1 can. Only j
1 forgot to tell you about the railroad, j
You knew the government was build- j
ing us a railroad?”
“ ‘I heard of it,’ 1 hesitated.
‘ He laughed scornfully.
“‘You heard of it! Well, never
mind—it is. The road will soon be
tunning from Anchorage to Fairbanks
—171 miles, all full-width track.”
Job printing at the Times office.
ASYLUM)
MEASURES INTRODUCED IN
CONGRESS BV DELEGATE SUL
ZER ARE RECEIVED HERE.
INSANE SITE NOT YET CHOSEN.
Proposed Enactment Allowing Leas
ing of Land »'or Stock Ranges Pro
vides Maximum Are Cannot Exceed
10,240 Acres.
Copies of bills recently introduced
in the house of representatives by
Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska’s delegate
in congress, making an appropriation
for the establishment of a hospital for
the insane and authorizing the leasing
of public lands for grazing purposes
have been received here.
The measure for the establishment
of a hospital in Alaska follows:
“That the sum of $200,000 be, and
the same is hereby, appropriated, to
be paid out of any money in the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated for
the purchase of a site for and the
construction and equipment of a hos
pital for the care and custody of the
legally adjudgei insane persons of
Alaska.
Commission of Three.
“That the secretary of the interior
is authorized, and is hereby directed,
to appoint a commission of three per
sons, all of whom shall have expert
knowledge of the care and treatment
of insane persons, to select a suitable
site in Alaska for said hospital. The
secretary of the interior shall fix the
compensations of said commissioners,
which, together with their necessary
traveling expenses, shall not exceed
$5,000, which shall be paid from this
appropriation.
“That the secretary of the treasury
is hereby authorized to purchase the
said site, at a cost not to exceed $10,
000, and enter into a contract for the
completion and equipment of said
building within the limit of cost here
in provided.
“That the secretary of the interior
is here authorized, upon the comple
tion of said hospital, to transfer the
regally adjudged insane of Alaska
thereto and provide regulations for
their care therein until such time as
the legislature of the territory of
Alaska, or congress, may provide oth
erwise.
The bill authorizing the leasing of
public lands in Alaska for grazing
purposes reads as follows:
“That the secretary of the interior
be, and he is hereby, authorized, in
his discretion, and under such gen
eral regulations as he may adopt, to
lease for stock-grazing purposes un
appropriated public lands, either sur
veyed or unsurveyed, in the territory
of Alaska, not adapted to ordinary
agricultural uses, but chiefly valua
ble for pasturage, in area not to ex
ceed in the aggregate 10,240 acres to
any one lessor, for such periods of
time as may be agreed upon, but in
no case to exceed twenty-five years,
and for such annual rental as may be
fixed by agreement, subject to revi
sion at stated periods:
“Provided. That all leases granted
hereunder shall expressly reserve the
right of citizens of the United States
to enter upon, explore, and work the
leased lands for the minerals therein,
and acquire title thereto under the
mining laws.
“That on the termination of a lease,
after due compliance with the terms
thereof, the lessor shall have a pre
ferred right to purchase for cash, on
the payment of the'appraised value
thereof, the land on which his princi
pay improvements are situated; the
area so taken not to exceed 640 acres:
“Provided, That if the lessee shall
not exercise such right of purchase all
improvements on the leased lands
shall be and remain the property of
the United States.
“That the secretary of the interior
is hereby authorized to perform any
and all acts and to make such rules
and regulations as may be necessary
and proper for the purpose of carry
ing the provisions of this act into full
force and effect.”
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COUNCIL OF DEFENSE HERE
COMPLAINS AGAINST DRAFT
LAW COMMUNICATION.
WRITTEN TO LABOR UNIO N.
Letter in Telling Norwegians How to
Reply to Questionnaires Says That
Writer Is Very Anxious to “Help
the Boys.”
Attention of the Alaska Council of
Defense, which has its headquarters at
Juneau, has been formally called by
the Anchorage Council of Defense to
a communication received by the
Alaska Labor union of this city from
William Britt, vice consul in Alaska
for Norway, who resides at Juneau.
The communication, was in answer to
a question asked by Jack Sutherland,
secretary of the union, relative to the
obligations, if any, of Norwegians
1 under the military draft law. The An
chorage council of defense regards the
vice-consul’s communication as tend
ing to encourage, if it does not
actually encourage, resistance to the
draft lawj
Vice-Consul Britt is an American
citizen. He was a member of the sen
ate of the Alaska legislature in 1915
and is president of the Alaska phar
macy board.
The vice-consul’s communication
was printed in the Bulletin, a publica
tion issued here by the Alaska Labor
union, and is as follows:
Text of Reply.
“Juneau, Jan. 23, 1918.
“Mr. Jack Sutherland, Sec. A. L. U.,
Anchorage, Alaska:
“Dear Sir: Received your telegram
and beg leave to send a few additional
informations to my short telegraphic
answer.
“1. There is no law whereby a
Norwegian citizen can be drafted into
the United States army. This applies
first to Norwegian citizens who have
not taken out their first papers.
“2. A Norwegian who has taken
out his first papers or intention papers
is still a Norwegian citizen. The pro
vost marshal general, however, holds
that such a man intends to become a
United States citizen and should be
willing to join the army, whereby he
obtains his citizenship. In fact, he
contends that such a man is subject,
to draft.
Nothing But Declaration.
“However, intention papers are
nothing but a declaration of intention,
l which intention may become changed
like intention in any other matter. Nu
merous Norwegians in the states have
been dratfed mostly because they have
not made the proper kind of protest,
i. e., persons who had taken out their
first papers.
“3. Protest against being drafted
should be made in tiling or accom
panying the “questionnaires” which
all persons of military age will receive
and must till out and retun) to their
exemption boards.
What It Should Contain.
“Appeal for exemption should con
tain—besides the answers to tire ques
tions in the questionnaire—the follow
ing:
“a.—A Norwegian citizen, no inten
tion papers.
“b.—A Norwegian citizen with in
tention papers.
“c.—A sworn to proof and state
ment that the applicant still is a Nor
wegian citizen and does not intend to
become an American citizen.
“In order to help the boys I have
through the newspapers sent the en
closed notice to Norwegian citizens in
the First and Third Divisions. My in
tention is to place these affidavits in
the hands of exemption boards for
comparson and guide when question
naires and application for exemption
from a certain person are received.
“I shall in the future be more than
glad to render all the help and ad
vice I can. Yours very truly,
“WILLIAM BRITT, ,
“Vice Consul for Norway.”
Notice Is Enclosed.
Following is the inclosed notice
FUR TRADER FINED FOR HAVING
PELTS IN VIOLATION OF GAME LAW
IKE KOSLOSKY PLEADS GUILTY
TO HAVING HIDES IN HIS POS
SESSION UNLAWFULLY AND j
TO DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT I
LICENSE.
Ike Koslosky, manager of the j
Northwestern Fur company, who yes- |
terday was arrested, charged with • i
having in his possession ninety-five i'
beaver skins, forty-one mink skins and ^ i
one land otter in violation of the Alas- 1<
ka game laws, and with operating a
mercantile business without having}
which the Alaska Labor Union Bulle
tin says is self explanatory:
“NOTICE TO NORWEGIAN
CITIZENS.
“All Norwegian citizens living in
the First and Third Judicial Divisions
of Alaska, who should not wish to be
drafted into the United States army
should at once register at my office in
Juneau, Alaska, or send me the fol
lowing information by mail, if they
have not already registered at a Nor
wegian consulate:
“When were you born?
As to Birth Place.
“Where were you born?
“When did you come to the United
States ?
“Where have you lived since your
arrival in the United States (state
how long time in each place) ?
“What is your occupation ?
“Have you taken out your intention
papers?
“If answers to the above questions
are sent by mail they must be sworn
to before a notary public.
“Juneau, Alaska, Jan. 16, 1918.
“WILLIAM E. BRITT,
“Vice Consul for Norway.” !
HAVE A CHEEKY DINING ROOM.
Gloomy Surroundings Prompt Hasty
Eating and May I>e Responsible
for Many Cases of Dyspepsia.
Few home-builders realize the im
!
portance of the dining room. Too
frequently it is placed in some conve
nient corner, light and outlook being
sacrificed for the benefit of other
rooms. It is true that in a small
cottage a dining room may be omit
ted. This may be necessary in order
to give added space to the living
room. It is better to have either an
alcove off the kitchen or make a com
bined living and dining room than to
provide both without proper size o» j
ventilation. But a house of large or
medium size should have a separate
dining room, writes Dorothy Verrill
Yates, in People’s Home Journal.
The first requisite for a dining
room is sunlight. Many a case of
dyspepsia probably comes from dining
in gloomy surroundings which create '
hasty eating. One's meals should be
served in a pleasant room with a
pleasant atmosphere. This is as nec
essary to health as the proper observ
ance of rules of diet.
The ideal dining room exposure is
southeast, and it should have all the
windows possible, and as charming an
outlook as can be arranged. The day
is much better started in sunshine
than-in shadow, and with a view of
a rose-coverd trellis or a flowering
hedge, instead of an ugly fence or
“yard.”
HEGSTROM BOWLING TEAM
DEFEATS ROBARTS PIN MEN
The Hegstrom bowling team defeat
ed the Robarts team by the narrow
margin of five pins on the Robarts
alleys last night. The following
scores were made:
Hegstrom Team.
1
Hegstrom.. 129
Bredson.... 129
Olson . 157
Taddy . 185
136
205
112
153
3
200
146
182
178
Tl.
465
450
451
516
Av.
155
160
150
172
Totals .. 600 606 706 1912
Robarts Team.
1 2 3 Tl. Av.
Robarts.... 190 189 181 560 186!
Nelson .... 134 13(> 106 376 125;
Edwards.... 132 195 157 4S4 161
Sherman... 136 213 139 487 162
Totals
591 733 583 1907
irst obtained a license from the ter
ritory, this morning pleaded guilty to
50th accusations and was fined $100
ind costs amounting to $30 on the
irst charge, and $20 and costs
amounting to $12 on the second, by
United States Commissioner Leopold
David.
The furs, which were seized yester
lay by Special Fur Warden Samuel
jowen, were confiscated by the gov
ernment. They are held at the An
chorage jail awaiting instructions
from the bureau of fisheries as to
•heir disposal.
NUMBER OF WEDDINGS IN 1917
WERE 5,287 MORE THAN THEY
HAD BEEN IN 1916.
BEST RECORD IN 11 YEARS.
Fifty Counties Reported Gains in Ag
gregate of Licenses, Seven Report
ed Decreases and in One There
Was No Change.
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 19—The
number of marriage licenses issued
last year in California showed an in
crease, for the first time in three
years, according to George D. Leslie,
date registrar, who announced today
;hat complete reports received from
ill counties in the state showed that
the marriage rate in 1917 was 11.9
per 1,000 population. This is the
aighest average since 1912 when a
record of 12.1 per 1,000 population
tvas established, he said.
The total number of marriage li
censes issued in California last year
was 36,283, an increase of 5,287 over
the number issued in 1916. This in
crease was the largest recorded in the
last eleven years, according to Leslie.
Fifty counties reported gains in the
number of licenses issued, last year
seven reported decreases and the total
in one county was the same as in
1916.
The record for 1917 and the pre
ceding eleven years was announced by
Leslie as follows (- stands for de
crease.)
Year
1917 ..
1916 ..
1915 ...
1914 ..
1913 ..
1912 ..
1911 ..
1910 ..
1909 ..
1908 ...
1907 ..
1906 ...
Marriages Increase
.... 36,283 5,287
. 30,996 —455
. 31.451 -451
. 31,902 519
_ 31,383 107
. 31,276 3,973
. 27,303 2,366
. 24,937 2,020
. 22,917 1,178
.... 21,739 -1,266
.... 23,005 1,688
.... 21,317 .
OREGON SENATOR
GOES UNDER KNIFE
SEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN SUB
MITS TO SUCCESSFUL SURG
ICAL OPERATION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Senator
George E. Chamberlain, democrat, of
Dregon, today underwent a surgical
operation for appendicitis. The op
?ration was eminently successful and
:he patient is reported to be resting
easily.
TEN LIVES LOST
WHEN SHIP SINKS
BRITISH STEAMER MIGUEL DEL
ARRINAGA FOUNDERS IN MID
OCEAN FEBRUARY 6.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Ten officers
and men of the British steamer Mig
uel Delarrinaga perished in mid-ocean
February 6, when tfie vessel foun
dered. The rest of the ship’s company
were rescued by a vessel reaching her
today.