ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
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Entered in the Anchorage Postoffice June 5, 1915, as second clasrs matter
under the Act of of March 3. 1873.
For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1916
WHY NOT ERECT SMELTER HERE?
It is to be hoped that Mr. Henry D. Reynolds, the progres
sive Alaskan who is looking about for a suitable location for
the building of a smelter, will visit Anchorage before making
his selection. That’s all that Anchorage need ask—that Mr.
Reynolds visit this locality and size up the situation with re
spect to the possible are production of this particular part of
Alaska. And only second in importance to the ore that will
be available for treatment, is the coal supply necessary in the
operation of the smelter.
An adequate supply of base ore, fluxing materials and coal
are the prime requisites for the successful operation of a
smelting plant. We claim that these essentials are native to
this section. We are firmly convinced that the Broad Pass re
gion will produce, when transportation becomes available, a
vast tonnage of smelting ores, containing values in gold, sil
ver, lead, copper, zinc, antimony, and possibly tin. That dis
trict alone, when placed on an ore-producing basis, will keep
a big smelting plant in constant operation. We base this as
sertion upon the word of mining men who have been to the
Broad Pass district, who know whereof they speak, and whose
veracity cannot be questioned.
Then there is the Willow creek mining camp. At depth,
and especially in the granite formation, it is certain that the
free gold veins that are now operating, will evolve into base
ore mines. This is a precedent that has been established in all
mining camps wherein the granite formation predominates. In
the Matanuska and Susitna valleys are copper deposits that
would be developed, if the ore could be treated at a reasonable
expense. All of these specific sections are directly tributary to
Anchorage. Much more tributary to this point than to any
other coast town, and it may be taken for granted that the
smelter will be erected at some place on tide water.
Coking coal and fuel coal may be found in abundance in
the Matanuska coal fields, nearer by far to Anchorage than
to any other coast point. Plenty of lime is available for flux
ing purposes.
And the strong point we wish to urge in behalf of An
chorage is the fact that the government railway will tap the
base ore sections, the coal fields and the lime belts, insuring
a modest transportation charge, and the further fact that the
haul is a down-grade to this point. No summits to cross, no
snow blockades possible in winter time, no bar whatever to
continued rail haul throughout the year.
If Mr. Reynolds, whom we know as a live, progressive
man who does things, will investigate the superior advantages
of Anchorage for the erection of a smelter, we are persuaded
that he will become convinced that here is the place to estab
lish his proposed big enterprise.
TWICE-A-WEEK WINTER MAIL SERVICE.
Postoffice Inspector Neil and Railway Mail Clerk Eames,
who have much to do with respect to the mail matters here,
in that their recommendations will receive due consideration
by the department at Washington, are authority for the state
ment that sixteen hundred pounds of mail will be delivered at
Anchorage from Seward, during the winter season, or double
the amount obtained last winter. This sixteen hundred pounds
of mail is aside from any mail matter that will be received by
the Alaskan Engineering Commission.
What Anchorage should do, probably through its Cham
ber of Commerce, is to urge a twice-a-week winter service, in
lieti of the once-a-week service given us last winter. In com
parison to the convenience and benefit that would follow the
establishment of the twice-a-week service, the expense attach
ed to the extra weekly trip would be insignificant. If we could
receive our mail matter two times a week, the service would
be almost as good as that maintaining now, and would cer
tainly be an appreciated improvement over last winter.
The twice-a- week winter mail service is a thing that we
should urge with vigor and insistence, and we are quite sure
the department at Washington will respect the wishes of our
residents and grant the request. But we’ll never get any
thing unless we make an effort to obtain it.
A glance at the pages of The Times will suffice to "show
that there is not a line of “dead” advertising matter in its
columns. Not even an advertisement for the paper itself. The
Times’ policy of treating all advertisers alike, according to
rates for space taken, is appreciated by patrons. Each individ
ual firm is charged exactly the same price for the same space
occupied. Because of its wide circulation in Anchorage and
throughout the surrounding country The Times is a valuable
advertising medium.
The action of the convention of the progressive demo
cratic party, held in Anchorage, in heartily endorsing the can
didacy of Delegate James Wickersham, is but another evi
dence of the popularity of our representative in congress, ir
respective of party affiliation.
“The Store That Has What You Want—When You Want It."
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
AUG. 2nd
Vol 1. No. 14. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 4th and D
Better Service Here
Better Drugs Here
Better Prices Here
Better Trade Here
Z. J. LOUSSAC’S DRUG STORE
The store that has what you want—when you want it.
Agents and distributors:
Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pens.
Augustine & Kyer’s Chocolates.
R. Service’s Poems of Alaska, “The Spell of the Yu
kon,” “Ballads of the Cheechaco,” “Rhymes of a Rolling
Stone.”
Rex Beach’s Novels of Alaska Life.
The Ansco Camera.
Libbey’s Cut Glass.
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NATE WHITE, Captain.
Carrying U. S. Mail Between
Anchorage, Hope, Sunrise
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Points on Turn
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HERMAN L. GENTSCH, Mgr.
Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
— AND —
HEATERS
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Anchorage - - Alaska
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Opposite Empress Theatre
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