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TO INSTALL
- TELEPHONES
The Associated Press sends the fol
lowing dispatch from Washington in
reference to the establishmnt of a
wireless telephone at the Whitshefl
navy radio station.
If the wireless telephone company
which is conducting radio talking ex
periments .will install a telephone
apparatus at the government wireless
station at Cordova, Alaska, the next
experiments will he. conducted be
tween Alaska and the plant at Arling
ton, Va.
Captain Bullard, superintendent ot
the naval radio service, said it may be
some little time before the arrange
ments can be made.
The possibility that Cordova may be
selected is another indication that the
government may have further plans
for the development of that part of the
country, according to the belief ol
some of those who know Alaska condi
tions.
The government has already gone to
considerable expense in placing one ol
the most powerful naval plants in
Alaska near Cordova, and it has been
hinted several times that the port
might be made available for naval
coaling purposes.
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Cable Instruments for Radio.
A set of cable instruments have
been received by the local Signal
Corps office for installation at the
Whitshed radio station
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APPLES.
An apple a day. keeps the doctor
away. Buy them by the box, and
save money. The Blum. O’Neill Co.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Mrs. J. Howard, of Idltarod, Is In
j town.
There will be a train for Chitina and
Kennecott tomorrow morning.
Joel Moreney, of Fairbanks, is in
towns on his way to the states.
A few of our young people enjoyed
the skating on Eyak lake last night.
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Alvah Eames made an official trip to
’ the westward on yesterday's steamer.
Fat Meehan, of Idltarod, is among
^the guests registered at the Alaskan
hotel.
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The cableship Burnside is still at
j Valdez and expects to sail direct from
there to Seattle
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| Thos. B. Hyde, of the White Pass
steamer line, came out from Fairbanks
on yesterday's train.
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H. W. Ross has returned from
Sitka, where he spent a month at the
Hot Springs, and is a good booster for
the benefits to be derived there.
Capt. A. E. Lathrop went to Valdez
on the Farragot. and will open his new
theatre there this week.
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Mrs. D. C. Steel came in from Mile
114, on yesterday's train, and will
make a trip to the states.
Mrs. Lee Butler catne down from
Chltlna. on yesterday's train, to spend
a few days with Cordova friends.
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The civilian radio crew of the Pro
metheus are now at Whitshed, making
the necessary repairs to the navy wire
less station.
"Scotty” Arrested as a Vag.
Andrew Mason, better known as
“Scotty" was arrested on the charge
of vagrancy, preferred by Deputy
Marshal Brightwell and the T’nited
States Commissioner sentenced him to
serve sixty days in the federal Jail.
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Injuries Are Not Serious.
The injuries of Fred Clausen, who
was knocked front a trestle at Mile
49 are not as serious as first reported
and his condition is rapidly improving
at the company hospital.
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Furnished House to let, 6 rooms and
bath. Apply at Bank.
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Empress Theatre
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1915,
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 54
THE EVERLASTING TRIANGLE
An Edison Drama.
THE TRAP—
A Kalem Drama.
MIKE THE AVENGER—
A Selig Comedy.
Admission 25 Cents First Show Starts at 8 p. m. Sharp
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J ...... ~~"7o Wear.M/i
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DO you realize what
can be accomplished II.. ..J
when a great clothing
organization turns to special
izing on one suit?
That is the reason for the
new kind of values in
Styleplus <£17
Clothes •B>,/
“The same price the world over,0
Just as skilfully styled as higher-priced clothes.
Carefully selected all-wool fabrics, hand
tailoring to complete the high-grade appear
o ance. A suit of the better kind. Why? Be
cause the maker’s plan of specializing on one
suit makes for economy and higher quality.
No other store in town sells STYLEPLUS.
Come in. Styles for all. Specials for young
men.
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The Blum, ONeill Co
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INTERIOR MAIL
SERVICE NOT =
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The fight of the Fairbanks Com
1 tnereial Club for all of Its mail all of
the time is going on merrily, but the j
Second Assistant Postmaster General
does not offer much encouragement to
| the interior for any such service from j
I Cordova during the winter months.!
| He says:
| “In answer to your letter, which the 1
, postmaster general has referred to i
, me, requesting that unlimited mail c
j service be provided for Fairbanksans j
! throughout each year, you are in
formed that in view of the difficult j,
travel and the consequent high cost
i of transportation it is deemed im- ^
practicable to provide service at this
time for the transportation of all
mails offered to Fairbanks and other .
Interior points during the winter
months- '
"On account of the high cost of
winter service, the contracts provide!
for the transportation of specified *
weights of mail on each trip required,
and in dispatching the mails prefer- j
ence is given, first, to letters ni their I
usual and ordinary form and to postafl
cards, and, second, to single news]
papers and magazines addressed to j
public libraries, newspaper publshers |
and to individuals. Other classes of
mail are dispatched when the weight]
of the preferred classes of mail for,
dispatch will prmit.
“The evidence of service given last'
winter shows that the second elass |
matter for Fairbanks and the other j
Interior points was handled with rea
sonable promptness, considering the
conditions affecting the service The
service was sufficient to carry second
class matter regularly and in such
amounts that at times during the win
ter all second class matter offered for
dispatch was carried On Feburary 13. j
1915, there was only 289 pounds of!
second class matter accumulated at
Cordova, and on Feburary 20 and 27
all second class matter had been dis !
patched: also on March 20 all second
class matter had been dispatched.
"In view of the conditions referred
to above, it is considered that reason ]
] able mail facilities are provided and ]
] that the department would not be war ]
ranted in incurring the cost that^
] would be involved in providing ser-J
vice for the transportation of all mail
offered during the winter months." j
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John P. Walker. Assistant Supervls- •
or of Surveys for Alaska will make Ju- •
neau his headquarters during the i
coming winter. Mr. Walker has j
spent the summer supervising the :
work of surveying the Matanuska, •
Bering River and Nenana coal fields. •
Throughout the summer the gener- •
al land office had about 100 men en- :
gaged in making surveys of the three :
Alaskan coal fields. The survey of j
the Matanuska field, which comprises \
about 125,000 acres was completed in :
September under the direction of U. :
S. Surveyor F. W. Williamson who :
was assisted in the work by five other ■
surveyors with forty assistants.
On October 6th the Bering river :
surveys were completed The field f
comprises approximately 60.000 acres •
The work in this field was in charge ?
of Thos. A. Haight. U. S. Surveyor, j
aided by twenty assistants.
U. S. Surveyor W. H. Thorne had ?
charge of the survey of the Nenana ;
field and was assisted by Woodbury •
Abbey and four other surveyors with $
forty assistants. In this field, an area !
of approxim ately 150,000 acres was :
surveyed. The Nenana field is more ex- |
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tensive and the limits of the coal area ;
^have not been defined as yet by the 1
plogical survey, though considerable
rea In excess of the surveyed portion
as been designated as coal area.
In each field the surveyed area em
races the known coal area that Is
lost accessable and will answer ail
?f|uirementB for many years to come,
tough it forms only a small portion
f the possible area of Alaska.
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That the copper properties on th«
oast, in the vicinity of Prince Wil
am sound, at Kennecott and Chitina
re looking good and that they all
ave a big future ahead is the opinion
f Matt Larson, the well-known Fair
anks creek man, who returned re
ently, after spending a couple ol
tonths investigating conditions ir
those regions. Mr. Larson has some
extensive copper holdings in the Mc
Carthy district and his trip to the
coast was to lock after these.
The working mines a'ong the coast
are all doing w’ell now as there is a
great demand for copper, but those
in the prospective stage are having
difficulty in getting new capital In
terested. The Bonanza mine, which is _
owend hy the Guggenhims, Is turning
out more ore than at any time in Its
history, and large shipments are going
forward to the states every week.
Within the next few years, Mr. Larson
states that there will be enough copB^r
properties in operation to keep tm*
railroad going all the time. The busi
ness will be such that the railroad wilt
i have little time for anything else.
As soon as the war subsides, there
are a number of properties which will
be developed, as it will then be an
easier matter to get the capital neces
sary to do the preliminary work.
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The Blum. O'Neill Co. received a
car load of apple on the last boat
direct from the orchard.
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All the new8 all the time in Th»
Daily Times..
MEN’S
LOGGERS SHIRTS—LEATHER BOOTS AND SHOES
WOOLEN SHIRTS, ALL KINDS—RUBBER BOOTS
AND SHOE PACS
UNDERWEAR, ALL WEIGHTS
GLOVES AND MITTS
SLICKERS, OVERALLS AND KHAKI CLOTHING,
SOXS, ALL WEIGHTS—RED RUBBER BOOTS
Special attention given mail orders
Send Your Order in To-day.
Satisfaction Guranteed.
Will Clay son
TO KEEP
YOU DRY!
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We have a large assort
ment of Rubber Goods of
the best known brands
and quality.
J ust received a large ship - 1
ment of Flannel Shirts,
Chippewa Shoes and Hip- §
ress Packs
| FINKELSTEIN&SAPtRO^
THE STORE THAT SATISFIES.
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