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F. Frank, a cement expert, is at
Seward where he intends building a
$100,000 plant for the manufacture of
Portland cement from clinker.
The plant will have an intial daily
capacity of 500 barrels and will give
employment to about 50 men to start
■with. The location of the works will
be near the new government docks.
Clinker will be brought north in a
vessel constructed for the purpose,
■which will also transport the finish
product to other Alaskan coast towns.
“The lack of limestone and clay for
the manufacture of Portland cement
in Alaska has been responsible for the
abscence of cement factories in the
Territory,” said Frank. “The enorm
ous price of the imported material,
ranging in small lots from $5.00 per
barrel at Seward to $16.00 per barrel
at Fairbanks, made concrete rontruc*
tion impossible.
"There average fire insurance rate
In Alaska Is six per cent for wooden
construction in business districts,
whereas only one per cent would be
charged for concrete buildings. The
difference between these rates alone
would pay for the whole building in
less than 20 years.”
Frank says that he will be able to
sell cement at a price to compete with
liumber at $26.00 per thousand. This
new enterprise will be the first of its
kind in the Territory.
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DO NOT FORGET.
That fair competition is good for the
consumer, a trial order from our store
will convince you. Phone 21. Cordo
va Co-Operative Trading Co.
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VALUABLE CARGO OF
ARCTIC TROPHIES'
The steamer Corwin, which recent
ly returned with a hunting party who
made the trip In the Arctic ice brought
out 1,363 walrus hides, 8,000 pounds of
ivory and 343 barrels of oil. The to
tal weight of the hides is 430,000
pounds and the uverage price for them
is five cents a pound. The Corwin
was altogether seventy days in the
ice. The manner of hunting the wal
rus was to run right up to the floes
and start shooting. On some floes
every inch was covered with the brutes
and one herd encountered numbered
gins the herd takes to the water and
two thousand. When shooting be
out of the whole acre of ice filled with
animals less than twenty can be ex
pected to be bagged. The last cake
shot up was about an acre in extent,
and the walrus covered completely
every bit of the ice from view. Some
of the hide are 600 pounds in weight
each. Some of the ivory is thirty
six inches long and is worth thirty
cents a pound. The oil is worth $15
a barrel. They also killed four Polar
bars, one of which attacked the boat
and got its front paws over but the
launch kept up such a speed that the
brnte had to quit.
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R. F. McClellan, Nell D. Milan and
Frank Short came down from Kenne
cott on yesterday's train.
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There will be a train for Chitlna
and Kennnecott tomorrow morning.
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Read the Times, Daily and weekly
and send It to your friends.
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THE BLUM, O’NEILL CO. an
nounce a decline in the price of Sugar
and Flour. .
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A furnished and an unfurnished cot
tage, Observation Knoll. Apply to
the Alaska Transfer Co.
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The latest faces in type for job
printing receired Rt the Tmes' office
Place your order now.
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FOR SALE.
One Racine boat, 16 feet over all,
fitted with 214 H. P. American en
gine. Complete in running order.
Apply TIMES OFFICE.
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THE BLUM, O'NEILL CO. an
nounce a decline In the price of Sugar
and. Flour.
Empress Theatre
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1915.
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS No. 40
THE LIVID FLAME—
A Selig Drama in Two Acts.
THE NO-ACCOUNT-COUNT—
A Kalem Comedy
Admission 25 Cents One Show 8 p. m. Sharp
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Many People have
taken advantage of
our Big Reduction
of Men’s Furnish
ings and saved big
money--Sale contin
ues this week.
ANCHORAGE. Sept. 20—The first
church edifice In Anchorage will be
that of the Catholics, at Sixth avenue
and H street, work upon the fundatlon
of which was commenced Wednesday.
It will be a frame structure, with out
side veneering of ornamental cedar
blocks, and its ground dimensions are
24x48 feet. The carpenter work Is
under the supervision ol C. M. Mur
ray and the veneering under .Tames
Powell.
Dr. German, of Valdez, the well
known dentist, has decied to give An
chorage h trial, and has established
himself in the Carrol building, on
Fourth avenue.
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The new administration building be
ing erected on the municipal eserve
is rapidly nearing completion, and
when finished will nrpsent w hand
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some appearance.
Mrs. Fay Farrington and daughter
who are now living on their ranch ir
the Matanuska valley, are rpendlng i
few days in Knik.
Wm. Sherman, of Knik, transacted
business in the terminal city Wednes
day. Mr. Sherman Is ar-ntigiu ; to re
move to Anchorage to reside.
The painters have finished the wort
of painting the postoffice bui'tini*, an
it now presents a very pleating ip
pearance.
Work in the railroad yards Is goini
along in a very satifactory manner
and by the time winter reaches us wi
will have the appearance as well as th
name of the ocean coal terminal of th
government railroad in Alaska.
The Alaskan Engineering Commie
sion has a crew of men between An
chorage and Bird creek improving thi
winter trail and making such change
as will enable the winter service be
tween here and Seward to be kept u]
to a standard that will prove satis
: factory to all concerned.
L. R. Moses, of the U. S. signa
1 corps, who has been stationed at Val
dez for some time, has been assigned
to the Anchorage office. At presenl
all communication with Seward is bj
I telephone, as the telegraph line is not
! completed to Anchorage as yet. Mr
: Moses states that it will be two or
hree weeks before the telegraph line
I will be in working order. In the
i meantime all commercial messages In
I tended for points beyond Seward are
j first teleproned to that place and
transmitted to he cable office there.
The telegraph and telephone office will
be in the new administration building
now under course of construction, and
until this building is completed the
office is situated in the tent structure
now used by the town site mnaager.
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BIG SHIPMENT OF
SUPPLIES FOH RAILROAD
The Alaska Steamship Company’s
freighter Seward is bringing a full
cargo of supplies for the government
railroad at Anchorage, including rails,
cars, lumber and general construction
material. To complete the equipment
needed for the winter the commission
has ordered 20 Roger ballast cars,
some of which come from the gov
ernment canal project at Celllo on the
Columbia river, the rest being new.
These cars, together with a light en
gine will be taken by the Seward.
In addition to the cars the Seward
will bring north 1,000 tons of 70
pound steel rails for 12 miles of track
from Anchorage to the interior, 350,
000 feet two-inch plank for sidewalks
in Anchorage and a quantity of bridge
timbers for Seward.
Bids will be opened at Seattle in a
few days for another 1,500,000 feet of
lumber for the engineering commis
sion, bringing the total footage of lum
ber purchased by the commission this
fall to 5,500,000.
The Admiral Watson, which sank
at Seattle, had 50 tons of rails and
75,000 feet of lumber for the com
mission which will be brought north
as soon as it is transfered.
Holland Enters Protest Against German Aircraft
THE HAGUE, Kept. 29—The Dutch government sent a
vigorous protest to Berlin today protesting against the con
tinued’ violations of the neutrality of Holland by the flying of
German aircraft over Dutch territory. The government de
mands that Germany instruct her aviators to desist in this vio
lation of the territorial rights of Holland.
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British Mesopotamia Expedition Nearing Bagdad.
LONDON, Kept. 29—Tin* British Mesopotamia expedi
tion is rapidly approaching the city of Bagdad. The retreat
ing Turks have so far been unable to form their shattered lines,
and since the big victory of yesterday the advancing forces
| have met with no serious opposition.
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Allies Plan an Invasion of Hungary.
LONDON, Kept. 29—The Anglo-French allies are almost
ready for their great effort to oust the Turks from the Gallipoli
peninsula, fend he forward movement of the allies from Suvla
Bay may commence at any minute. The co-operation of Greece
with the allies will signify the beginning of tie* last chapter of
the war, which experts now believe is evolving stead/jlf in
favor of the allies, with the probabilities that the last of the
battles will be fought in Hungary, as the allies will send heavy
re-enforcement, totalling complete armies in themselves, into
Serbia for an invasion of Hungary, with Roumania entering
Transylvania, if Bulgaria should fight on the side of the Central
powers.
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