KATMAIPARK
BE ATTRACTION
FOR TOURISTS
Those who have read the annual
report of Secretary i-'ranklin K. Lane
arc* certain that some time Alaska
will out rival all other parts of the
world for drawing tourists. Perhaps
the greatest of these ia time will he
Katmai The creation of this section
into a national park is referred to in
the report, as follows:
"While, in so important a war year,
an overworked congress naturally
created no new national parks, the
system was enriched b> the enlarge
ment of the Zion National Monument
in Utah, formerly known as the Muk
untuweap National Monunmcnt. and
the creation, also by presidential
proclamation, of the Katmai National
Monument in Maska. This monu
ment. which was so proclaimed Sep
tember 24, IP IS, incloses the enor
mous crater of Mount Katmai. whose
explosion in June, IP 12. was one oi
the very violent eruptions in vnl
canic history; and by a neighboring
valley, named by the National Geo
graphic society, which sent four ex
pinring expeditions to the region.
“The Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes." This valley, together with
continent valleys, has many thou
sands of steam vents, some of large
size. It is a remarkable spectacle,
and has special interest because it
is probably a coming geyser field.
While geysers cannot be expected
there until the earth cools for thou
s: mis of feet helow the surface,
which may in fact take thousands of j
years, tills group of valleys remains
not only a wonderful spectacle but
an interesting hint of what the fa
mous geyser basins of the Yellow
stone National 1’nrk must once have
looked like hundreds or thousands of ;
years before man.
The explosion of Katmai left a
i rater of groat size. Its circumfer
ence measured along the highest
point of the rim is S.4 miles. The
area Is 4 fi square miles. "The pre
cipitous abyss," writes Robert F.
Griggs, who explored it for the Na
tional Geographic society, "Is some
what shorter, measuring 34! miles in
length. 7.0 miles in circumference,
and 4.3 square miles in area. The
uilky blue lake In the bottom is 1 1 |
miles long and nine-tenths of a mile I
wide, ^vith an area of 1.1 square
miles. The little crescent-shaped j
island in the lake measures 400 feet \
from point to point. The prenciplce !
from the lake to the highest point !
of the rim is 3,700 feet "
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BILLINGS MAY BE
BACK IN GAME AGAIN
C|,F.VKI,ANII, dan. Hi (by Asso
ciated I’ress).—John "Josh" Hillings,
catcher for the Cleveland American i
I league team, has been mustered out
of the navy and returned to his home '
in Kansas where he intends to re- ;
engage in the cattle business. Hi 1 i
lings Intimated that unless he is al
lowed to do more catching he may |
<iuit tile game.
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$13a fur-1 in< <1 overcoat for $10. See j
Tom Hubherl. 15-31
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ADDITIONAL FISHING
REGULATIONS FOR ALASKA
The bureau of fisheries has promul
{pled new regulations covering fish
r.r in the Copper river and its delta
md in southeastern Alaska east ot
’ape Spencer, a further result of the
leering at Seattle on November 22.
In the Copper river delta a closed
mason from January 1 to June 10. is
provided Commercial fishing in the
waters of the delta is limited to set
t «'ts and drift gill net:- and no nets
spall exceed Xoo fen in length and j
the lateral distance between set nets j
shall not he less than feet. F.'sh !
ing is prohibited from the head of the
delta to (he foot of Miles lake. In
the lake all fishing is limited to set
nets, not exceeding 800 feet long.
No off shore nets are permitted in
(In' lake. The lateral distance be
tween all nets in the lake shall he f»no
feet. Fishing in Abercrombie canyon
is restricted to dip nets open.ted by
hand.
Fishing above Abercrombie canyon
is prohibited, except in the case of
local residents, who may fish for do
no stic needs.
All fishing, save by net > and be.aiij
seins. is prohibited within 200 yards,
outside the mouths of all these,
streams except tin chilkat and the
Chilkoot rivers, where the prohibited
distance for fishing appliance is f»on
yards. Traps, stake nets and fixed ap
pliances may not be set less than ."ion
yards outside of the mouths ot
streams less than f»ou feet wide. Tin
driving of salmon down stream is ,
prohibited. All these orders do not
supplant, but are in addition to, ex
isting regulations
Advertise in the Daily Times.
CAFETERIA AT
ANCHORAGE IS
GREATSUCCESS
( Special to I>aily Times. i
A N( H< )K A(»K, Jan 1»; liocf
steak. French fried potatoes, bread
:n d butter and coffee, ::n cents. Such
a i lea 1 for : m b a figure is served in
th day of post helium prices, not on
the plains of a cattle country nor on
the farms of an intensely cultivated
agricultural region, but in the* new
and distant reaches of t'nele Sam's
Alaskan domain. It is offered in what
is believed to he the first cafeteria
ever conduct™! exelu ; vely for rail
read construction workers the* cafe
teria just established by tile* \laskan
Kngineering c ommission in the An - ,
e 1* 'rage terminal yards of the govern
ment railroad.
At the* beginning in 1 hi a of con
struction work on the railroad, a
mess hall for employes was opened at
Anchorage, and. subsequently, messes
were s‘arte.1 an I maintained at all
ethe r construction places. The mess
hall in Anchorage continues in opera
tion It erves hum’s for meal tickets,
which cost IL’ cents each and which,
in lots of twenty-one. are hound in
l<« k form. To supply the me as.
’Ik- ccunini ion operates a coinin'
my. which buys and iss, e* ; large
cp . ntities of im a . groc ri« and
oil*er sorts of edibb •- Tin* \uobor
age mess, at sta. <1 hour; daily,
sei vrs thre e \ * > ul* tan: i il meals
i!| eui tables flank' ll In. he:u he* ea*di
• «*.i’ ing ten persons There w a a
demand, partieclarly among off: -e
'kers, for lunches and light meals
t ime - ot !ii r than t'n r« :1m* in* il
’uuirs; and to meet this deuuan I a
lan h counter v. a^ in •talb’d u t In*
.Mi i: i 'n !*• an .1 i - i n The
i i viler, ai whit 'i i. i only v. a • lie
iv - .ilili , a! lir ' IT. 1 1 i -n r 1
to i iitTi'", i i a ail 11 II ill'll, after a
v I ii* . it ■i'li!i >l i .mill'.I ; mil ami ham
aial i lii ' S-' saml". n l' ami. Il'Mly. it
i i . I;ei| tu uni. r • ;■ in ally "'.•1' The
b r.ch cimnlcr tron-m teil business
from 6 o'clock in the morning until
13 o'clock at night I’or light meals
and for noon lunches, by many rail
road employes, il was prefercd to the |
menu hall. The lunch counter nddod 1
to the commlsary cost of food 10 per
cent for service. It proved profitable.
The moss hall aims to serve meals at
cost. It has difficulty in avoiding
loss.
The success of tho lunch counter
encouraged the rummi.oary repre
sentative in die..if it to urge that
it he turn'd into a cafeteria. In ac
ccrdanee with his suggestion one half
: lhe moss hall was partitioned off.
-mall tables with chairs were install
! and tho cafeteria method of serv
•lg food was established. The busi
ness is run on a cash instead of a
ticket, basis, Il iba-vs a large pat !
milage. It re'iuns a small profit to j
the v ominlssitm
The food In the commission's cafe- 1
teria is similar in kind and variety to |
the food in cafeterias in the states,
hut vastly lower in price. For In- j
stance, plain steak, with potatoes,
bread and butter and coffee, is 30
cents; a meal of T-bone steak, 40
cents; a meal of tenderloin ste.uk, 60
cents. The stock was cut from steers
that once grazed on the tall grass of
the Texas Panhandle; the milk and
the butter originally were, yielded by ■
cows that gain their rich sustenance S
from the perennial pastures of the j
jjkagit valley in Washington; the
bread is made from flour ground from ;
wheat that waved and swayed as rip- I
cned grain on Dakota prairies; only
the potatoes are indigenous to the
Anchorage district they come from
the fertile hanks of the Matanuska.
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ELECTION RETURNS ARE
PRACTICALLY ALL IN
There is no reason to believe that
the returns front the November elec
tion will be so slow coming into Ju
neau that the canvassing hoard will
not be able to complete the canvass
of the returns and isuos certificates
of election before tho territorial leg
islature meets—and, therefore, be
fore the beginning of the next con
gressional term, March 4. That is
the statemnt of thoso who have look
ed into tho situation carefully.
Most of the returns from the First,
Third and Fourth divisions already
In the office of the governor. Re
turns from two Second Division pre
cincts are at hand—and thero will
be two or three maile to arive at
Juneau from Nome before March 1.
Telegraphic advices from Nome, re
reived some time ago, said that all
the Second Dhision return-, except
i !e i nun I Jetlud pt • in< t. ii;id
I . .. hed t he office Ot t tl>- ( 1' l lv <>t
court.
I 'raet ii ally all t In* T hird I m i ion
!••• Sill'. e.X ept t !lOS«- I tOtll tile UllFe*
p.,; i.tl pri ( iint «* I Ninih hil., K*
n.ii. S.mak. Chignik, Nakiick N i ha
.:ak n;.I (’hoggiung h.i * 1 • • n re
ceived .it Valdez. or will reach tin re
on tie let nil «>l the boat that al
i «.*«!> i- mi tin* wa> t" the we-tward
v it !i m.ul and j»ro\ isioiis Tim re
turn from Kenai and Nitiihhik
•Tumid arrive almost any da> now.
It elections were held at th* Hristnl
hay preeints of Nushagak, .Viknek
and Choggiung they should reach the
coast within the next JO days, and he
here by the middle of February at
least.
When the hist mail reached Fair
hanks the returns had been received
there from all hut less than ji hall
dozen pre< incts. of the Fourth Divi
ion. They .ir* probably all there now
or will he within a tew days Most
of the returns from the Fourth I)i
\ ision including those from Key
ukuk have readied the governor’s
office.
From present indications there is
no reason to believe the returns will
he later this year than two years
ago Juneau Ivmpire.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST
Rev K. I>. Ziegler returned on this
afternoon's train from a trip to chit
ina and Konneoott.
\V. H. Caswell's condition is slightly
improved today, he having passed the
critical stage of his illness.
J. E. Berry and C. A Nettleton are
among the returning Cordovans on
the steamship Alaska, which sailed
from Seattle this morning
All arrivals from over the govern
ment trail will lie quarantined here
for the required ten days, on account
of the epidemic at Copper Center
There is not a single case of influ
enza in Cordova at the present time,
the last of the patients having been
discharged from the general hospital
Captain M II. Faust of the signal
corps returned to Valdez last night.
As a result of his visit here the local
cable office will be moved to a more
central location.
United States Marshal Erwin of
Fairbanks has wired Deputy Fursmati
that he intends to leave there next
Monday with a batch of prisoners, and
wanting to know what the quarantine
regulations are along the trail and at
Cordova.
Several passengers arrived at Chlt
ina last night from Fairbanks, evi
dently having evaded the quarantine
regulations at Igjwer Tonslna. One
Interior man, who has been at Chit
ina for three days. Is coming to Cor
dova on this afternoon's train, and
Immediately upon his arrival here he
will be placed in the detention camp.
BUSINESS IS
GOOD ALONG
COAST TOWNS
Tie r. i on • . :h- Twelfth Federal
lii*serve 1 >ilfi« : lnr the I'acitie coum
1 ... <1 January 1. g i \ ♦ ■an • ncourag
ii.g out look. Tin hallowing m taken
troin it. 4
“Tin* prospects tor excellent crops
in the district tor tin* coming year
are e\< eedingly bright. Kxcept in a
tew sections the rainfall has Inen
ample and tar ahead ot that of a
year ago, pastures are. showing great /
iniproveinnt and as usual;. large
acreage «>t winter wheat has been
grown (Jeiieral mercantile business
is somewhat quiet for this period of
the Near blit not to such ah extent %
as to cn idefiee depression This con
dition is due both to slight but rather
general resell reina? of the intleuuza
epidemic and to a tendency to mark
iinn* awaiting post-war developments.
The cancellation of government con
tracts has produced some temporary
confusion, but the process ot read*
j just mein is prograsing rapidly and
satisfactorily. The labor situation re
I mains without st*rious disturbance,
j * luterst rates continue firm at ti
j per cent in industrial and 7 per cent
in agricultural centers.
“November bank clearings for lk
| principal cities of this district totaled
j vl,177,503,000, an increase ot 13 per
cent over the coresponding month a
year ago, Seattle showing the great
est gain with 47 per cent followed by
IVrtland with 40 per cent and Ta
coma with 30 per cent
“Building permits for the same lk
cities showed a decline of 10 per
cent from the total issued during No
j . ember of last year. There is every (
evidence. howt*\er. that building op
♦ rations will be resumed as rapidly as
government restrictions arc removed ,
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THOUSAND NURSES
GRADUATE IN CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Jan It', (by Asso
ciated Dress).—During the biennial
period ending June 30. 1918, certiti- t
cates as registered nurses were
granted to 1.901, said the report of
Anne G. Jamtne, director of tbe bur
eau of registration of nurses, which
is included in the two year report of
the California state board of health
The 73 accredited nurses training
schools in California were urged to
send some of their senior students to
the University of California for train
lug as public health nurses.
High schools, the report said, are
acslstlng materially in training
nurses with instruction in chemistry,
physiology, nutrition and cookery.
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FOR RENT—Three-room apartment.
furnished. Apply Kenny Holden. 16
fMHK ~ t: i;z.t: ;.r :nm : ■ - ■ "t™
WINTER
: WEARING
APPAREL!
TO KEEP YOU WARM
•4 Tr i
Arctic Overshoes
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Shoe Paks, Felt Shoes
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Mackinaw Coats
Large Stock of Quilts and Blankets
Heavy and Light Wool Underwear
Wool Overshirts
FINKELSTEIN & SAPIRO
“THE STORE THAT SATISFIES”
Phones—Grocery 21; Office 74
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To eliminate the necessity of carrying over heaters
until next season, and also to make room for new goods,
the following prices will prevail (until stock is exhausted)
on Agate, Garnet and the 12E size Cole’s Hot Blast:
Prices that will Interest You
„ Regular Special
Four only 1 1-in. “Garnet" $15.00 $11.50
Four only 13-in. “Garnet” 17.00 13.50
Two only 14-in. “Agate" 26.50 21.50
I wo only 16-in. “Agate” 30.00 24.50
Three only 12E “Cole’s Hot Blast” 27.50 24.75
These are good, serviceable coal heaters of attractive design and
ornamentation. Large swing front feed doors with screw register
draft. Ample range of sizes tor any room. One joint of pipe, with
damper, and the setting up free with each stove.
The Blum-O’Neill Co.
MONARCH AND LANG R ANGES
Hardware Phone 48