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Historial Sketches and Experi
nces of Trail-Blazers Who Made
aska the Empire of the North
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
EDITED BY
JOHN W. FRAME
President Anchorage Igloo No. 15
TELLS EAST OF
IS REGION
CHARLES E. HERRON IS INTER
VIEWED AT LENGTH BY
PITTSBURG NEWSPAPER.
PICTURES OF LOCAL SCENES.
\rticle in One of Leading Jouranls of
America’s Great Steel Manufactur
ing Center Reviews Resources of
Anchorage District.
Anchorage in particular and Alaska
in genial are given publicity of desir
able character in the issue of Sunday,
December dl), of the I’itsburg Press,
one of the leading newspapers of
America’s great steel center. The
newspaper, copies of which were re
ceived here in late mail, contain an
interview with Charles E. Herron,
publisher of the Anchorage Daily
Times, together with a two column
photograph of him and a four-column
picture showing land and water views
near here, a hunting scene, a harvest
iscene in the Matanuska district, a pie
men of a stretch of the Alaska gov
ernment railway and a photograph of
Text of Press Article.
The article in the Pittsburg Press
■Hows:
There probably are some people in
e United States who never even
card of Anchorage, and others who
till believe that metropolis and all
the rest of Alaska to be “a land of
ice and snow.” Lack of knowledge
outside of Alaska about the great
northern teritory is not the fault of
Charles E. Herron.
“Mr. Herron is publisher of the An
chorage daily, weekly and Sunday
Times, leading and largest paper of
the far north. It sells for 10 cents a
copy, daily, weekly and Sunday and
usually consists of 12 pages, carries
the full press association reports, re
ceived by cable from Seattle, news
from the interior of Alaska received
by wireless, and more advertising,
than any other two newspapers north
of Vancouver, B. C.
"Just now Mr. Herron is in Pitts
i burg, a guest at the Henry hotel. He
is on his way to Washington to work
for the re-appoinment of Governor J.
F. A. Strong, and in behalf of good
roads into the interior, game, mining
and coal law reforms. He has lived in
the north country for twenty years,
and during each one of those years he
has grown more enthusiastic about
the wealth, health and future of the
land.
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Is Tidewater Terminal.
“That is the reason he went to An
chorage a little over two years ago
and started the daily, Sunday and
weekly Times. Anchorage, with a
summer population of 8,000 and a win
ter population of 5,000 is just a little
over two years old. It is the tidewat
er terminal of the new government
railroad that is going to open the
riches of Alaska’s interior to the
world. Before going to Anchorage,
Mr. Herron was the publisher of a
paper at Seward and before moving
to southwestern Alaska several years
. ago, he lived at Candle, in northwest
Jf> era Alaska.
“We are doing things fast up at An
chorage, said Mr. Herron yesterday.
‘To start with, we have the only level
city in Alaska. We have nine miles
of graded streets, two miles of twelve
foot cement sidewalks, city water and
electric light, an excelent sewage sys
tem, a paid fire department, a $30,000
school house, fine churches of every
| denomination, a wonderful hospital,
two picture theatres, one costing $30.
000 and one $20,000; a city baseball
league with four teams and city-own
ed tennis courts.
“ ‘In the second Liberty loan drive
our people bought $246,000 worth of
^ bonds and 2,011 men registered for
the draft. May 18, last, we organized
two banks, each with a capital of
$25,000. Now one has deposits oj
$900,000 and the other $450,000.
‘“We are the center of one of th<
greatest mining territories in th(
world and a country rich in agricul
tural possibilities. During the las1
two years more than 200 farmers have
come into the district and last yeai
our potato crop sold for $160,000. Las1
year we held an agricultural fair an<
it was such a success that we immed
iately organized the Soutlnvesterr
Alaska Fair association. Salmon, hali
but, cod and herring run to to ir
abunance and in Cook Inlet we havt
all-year fishing.
“ ‘During the month of October, this
year, exports from Alaska total ec
$23,384,044, acording to the report oJ
the customs house. This sum means
an average of nearly $467 for everj
white man, women and child in th<
teritory. For the month, canned sal
mon lead, reaching a toal of $15,597,
624. Gold was $2,949,074, and coppei
$2,813,129.*
“Aside from being the publisher o!
the leading paper of Southwestern
Alaska, Mr. Herron is president ol
the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
president of the Willow Creek Devel
opment Co., operating in one of thf
rich mining sections of the territory
and president of the Kachemak Can
ning Co. When asked the greatest
need of the country, he replied:
“‘Young men with red blood ir
their veins, and capital.’ ”
Mr. Herron is now in Seattle, hav
ing recently arrived there from the
east. He will return on business tc
New York and Pittsburg within a few
days.
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GERMAN WORDS INSCRIBED ON
INFERNAL MACHINE FOUND
IN GOVERNMENT YARD.
ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 17.—A
metal tube resembilng a bomb was
found today beside a drydock in a
navy yard on the Atlantic coast. The
tube was six inches long.
A string wire fuse was attached tc
it and written on the tube in German
were the words, “This is a twenty-five
second explosive bomb.”
MORE PAY FOR SOLDIERS.
British Fighting Men Will Get In
crease in Their Wages.
LONDON, Jan. 28.—British light
ing men are to get an inci’ease in
which will amount to £65,000,000 in
the lirst year and £69,000,000 in the
second. The “shilling a day” soldier
is no more. The new scale of pay pro
vides minimum rates of pay for the
soldiers as follows: Privates, 1 shil
ling 6 pence a day, lance corporals, 1
shipping 9 pence a day, corporals, 2
shillings a day. The new regulations
provide for1 an extra penny a day for
each year’s service.
OLD MAN JOINS SERVICE.
COLFAX, Wash., Jan. 28.—J. J. Os
sler, who has two sons in the military
service of the United States, has been
accepted in the naval reserve after he
had been rejected five times, because
of his advanced age, 60 years.
One of Mr. Ossler’s sons is in the
navy and the other is in the army.
He passed the physical examination
for the naval reserve without difficul
ty, as soon as he was permitted to
take it, he informed his relatives in
Colfax, his former home.
THREE BANDITS GET
GEMS WORTH $60,000
JEWELRY STORE IN DETROIT IS
LOOTED AFTER OWNED IS
BOUND BY THIEVES.
DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 23.—Three
bandits today entered the jewelry
store of Ralph Dewey in the down
town district, bound the proprietor
and made away with sixty thousand
dollars’ worth of valuables.
DOINGS OF IGLOO NO. 15
Igloo No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska,
met on Friday evening last and held
an interesting session. The attendance
was very large and much enthusiasm
was manifested in the discussion of
! important subjects in which Alaskans
i are vitally interested.
The new officers are taking up their
work in an enthusiastic manner and
a large amount of business was trans
acted.
The application by card of F. W.
Ritter for membership was received
and read. Mr. Ritter’s card was from
Seward igloo, No. 9. On suspension
of the rules the applicant was elected
a member of igloo No. 15 and his
VALDEZ PIONEERS INSTALL
NEW OFFICERS.
The installation of officers of igloo
No. 7 (Valdez) and the officers of the
Woman’s Auxiliary No. 2 of Valdez,
took place at a joint meeting held
the first Friday in January.
The installed officers of No. 7 for
the ensuing year are:
President—E. L. Dickey.
First Vice-President—Dr. C. A.
Second Vice-President—J. M. Davis.
Historian—Senator O. P. Hubbard.
Secretary—J. G. Snyder.
Treasurer—Adam Swan.
Chaplain—Thomas Hunt.
Sergeant—Thos. Beasley.
Doorkeeper—John Hansen.
Trustees—Wm. Dolan, Henry Ober,
and A. J. Meals.
Past President Thomas Hunt was
the installing officer for the officers
of No. 7 and Past President J. C.
Dieringer acted as installing officer
for Mrs. Emma Jensen, who in turn
installed the other officers of Wom
an's Auxiliary No. 2.
The officers of the auxiliary instal
led for the ensuing year are:
President—Mrs. K. L. Hoyt.
First Vice-President—Teresa Sur
ryhne.
Secretary-Treasurer—Katherine To
pi i ff.
Chaplain—Anna Barrett.
Historian—Anna Boyd.
Sergeant—Emma Jensen.
Trustees—Edith Graham, Mrs. ©.
P. Hubbard and Emma Jensen.
The auxiliary meets in Pioheer hall
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month. At the installation cer
emonies there was a very large at
tendance and after the installation a
lunch was served and this was follow
ed by dancing and other features of an
entertaining program.
Both igloo No. 7 and auxiliary No.
2 are in a flourishing condition and
interesting meetings are being held
regularly. The officers elected for the
ensuing year are live active members
and there is considerable enthusiasm
in the work ahead of them.
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ARMY PAPER NAMED
STARS AND STRIPES
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS IN
FRANCE WILL ISSUE WEEK
LY PUBLICATION.
PARIS, Jan. 23.—The Stars and
Stripes is the name of the weekly
newspaper for American troops in
France which soon will be issued by
American soldiers as publishers.
BATH FOR RECRUITS.
Y. M. C. A. at El Paso Provides Con
veniences for Soldiers.
EL PASO, Tex., an. 23.—Hot show
er baths are being furnished by the
local Young Men’s Christian associa
tion to the hundreds of recruits who
are passing through here daily en
route to or from the Pacific coast.
They are invited to go to the associa
tion building and take a plunge or a
shower bath as a part of the war serv
ice woi'k being done here. Recently
300 recruits who had but one and one
half hours between trains here, were
rushed through the association bath
rooms and all received hot baths, post
cards and stationery in time to catch
their train for the east.
name duly transferred from the Sew
ard igloo to Anchorage igloo.
Brother A. Lawson was reported
sick in the hospital and the sick com
mittee was instructed to give him all
the necessary attention.
Brother Ray T. Larson, of the firm
of Larson & Wendler, was reported as
returning home from the hospital
where he had been dangerously ill
with pneumonia for the previous
week.
Brother McDonald from Ruby was
present and made some interesting
remarks concerning his trip out to
the coast. He reported the interior
town very quiet this winter, as many
had gone outside.
NAMES OF IGLOO OFFICERS
The secretaries of all the different
igloos of the territory have been re
quested to furnish the editor of this
page with the names of the newly
elected officers of their respective ig
loos but only a few have responded.
The mail facilities in Alaska during
the winter time delays the mail on
many routes, consequently we have
not been able to receive an account
of some of the more distant igloos.
In due tim the names of the officers
of each igloo will be published on this
page of the Times and it would be
well to preserve them for future cor
respondence.
HERO’S GRAVE FOR
YUKON PUGILIST
FREDDY WYATT, BOXER FROM
DAWSON, DIES IN ACTION IN
FRANCE BATTLEFIELD.
DAWSON, Y. T., Jan. 23.—Freddy
Wyatt, of Dawson, the well-known
Yukon boxer, died in action recently
in France, acording to work received
today in Dawson.
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ANCHORAGE IGLOO ADOPTS EN
DORSEMENT OF RESOLUTION
WITHOUT DISSENTING VOTE.
OPPOSES FURTHER CHANGES.
Veteran Northerners Declare That
Some Exploiters of Labor Are Seek
ing to Have Entire Law Annulled
for Their Special Benefit.
Action endorsing the territorial
eight-hour law, which forbids any per
son employed for wages or salary
from working more than eight hours
in one day, was taken at the last reg
ular meeting of the Pioneers of Alas
ka, Igloo No. 15 of Anchorage. Not a
single vote was cast against the pro
posal to approve the enactment.
The resolution, embodying the en
dorsement, is as follows:
“Whereas, The voters of Alaska, at
the general election in 191G, by a ma
jority approximately of six to one,
voted in favor of enactment of a ter
ritorial law intended to better the
conditions of labor by limiting the
hours of labor to not more than eight
in any one day; and
“Whereas, The tei’ritorial legislat
ure at its session in 1917, complying
with the wishes of said great major
ity, enacted such a law with provi
sions for its limitation in cases of
necessity, which law became effective
January 1, 1918; and
Provision Is Anulled.
“Whereas, Further provision was
made therein that said law was sub
labor employed in the fisheries of
whenever such action was deemed by
the board of national defense and the j
secretary of the interior to be a war
necessity; and,
“Whereas, Said law has been annul
led in part and temporarily by official
proclamation, in so far as it applies to
labor employed in the fisheries o
Alaska, in order to maintain the food
supply of the nation, of the American
army in Europe and of the armies of
our allies; and
“Whereas, Other employes and ex
ploiters of labor now seek to have the
entire law annulled for their special
benefit and profit and at the expense
and to the injury of the real wealth
producers of Alaska; and
Does Not Injure Anybody.
“Whereas, Said law as enacted is
an injury to none and a benefit to a
vast majority of residents of this ter
ritory, and especially to those whose
labors in blazing trails and making
possible the development of the terri
tory into one of the nation’s greatest
and riches'c treasure vaults, were and
continue to be limited only by the
limit of their energy and powers to
endure hardships; and
“Whereas, We sincerely believe no
public interest will or can be benefited
by further annulment of said law at
this time,
“Therefore be it resolved, That we,
the members of Anchorage Igloo No.
15, Pioneers of Alaska, oppose further
annulment of the eight-hour law: that
we give hearty assurance of our loy
alty to the government of the United
States and to AMERICAN ideals and
institutions, and of our readiness and
willingness to defend the nation from
open attacks by enemies abroad, as
well as from insidious, masked as
saults by imitation patriots at home;
that we do not propose to surrender
without vigorous protests any of the
dearly-bought privileges and sacred
rights for which the founders of this
government, the common people and
the Pioneers of Alaska have sacrificed
so much in time, effort, wealth and
lives.