•TOURISTS ARE
PLANNING TRIP
TO NORTHLAND
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From the Bi-Monthly Bulletin, is
sued under the auspices of the Alas
ka Bureau of Publicity, the following
constructive information is obtained.
Many Tourists Overlooked
As an indication of a heavy tourist
travel during the coming season a
tourist booking association of New
York has made overtures to one of
the largest companies opperating
passengers steamers on the Puget
ySj^und-Alaska run to purchase all its
passenger accomodation for the com
ing tourist season. Th transportation
company, not desiring to bar local
patrons, declined the offer and will
handle the summer travel as formerly.
Even at this early date thousands
of reservations for the tourist season
have been made.
Would-Be Pulp Manufacturers Are
I nquisitive
Among the most insistent seekers
after information as to Alaska’s in
ducements for the investment of cap
ital in manufacturing industries are
those interested in wood pulp and
the products thereto pertaining.
But as the federal laws heretofore
have been unfavorable, both as to
limber leases and water rights, little
encouragement could be offered for
the investment of capial along that
^ine. However, now that congress has
passed a satisfactory power-site wa
ter ,aet and the senate has approved
? bill giving fifty-year leases on tim
ber tracts, the main obstacles have
been removed and pulp industries for
Alaska, which has millions of acres
of timber fit for little else, may be
installed with the assurance that
they will be protected. It is appar
ent that the straight-forward attitude
of Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of
Alaska, on the matter of National
forest reserves ini Alaska has had
much to do with changing the atti
tude of the lawmakers at Washington
on the subject. In the annual re
port of the governor just issued, he
says:
l ao not Deneve in national mi
eets for Alaska. The administration
is not conducive to development. It
is true that a certain amount of
money is expended in roads and in
co-operative arrangements for roads,
but if the same provisions could be
^ made to cover public lands, the whole
country would be better off. Those
^interested in the possible manufac
ture of pulp tell me that the industry
woulld have been undoubtedly es
tablished in Alaska if definite term*
covering a period of years could have
been arranged for, and if the water
powers were not subject to a lease
revocable at any time. It is hard to
gain the confidence of capital when
its very existence lies within the
changeable whims of a departmental
executive. I believe the present offi
cials to be earnest and efficient, and
T do not criticize the individuals, for
whom I have a sincere regard. Their
mistakes are becoming less every
year, but unless law is to reign in
stead of regulation a change of ad
ministration might place a fanatic in
charge who, by a stroke of the pen,
could easily again bring alrout dis
4 tressing conditions accompanying the
withdrawals of 1906.
“I my last annual report T sug
gested that there is no function per
formed by the forest service which
could not be performed by the gen
eral land office. This suggestion still
holds good with the exception of
road construction; but T believe that
the territory would be better off if
all the forests within Alaska were to
b returned to the public domain and
made free for all settlement and in
dustry. The benefit to be derived
from an increase in population would
offset the sop of moneys spent in the
construction and maintenance of the
roads within forests. The forestry
principle involved is contrary to our
traditional system of government and
is setting up a vast feudal system
domain to be administered for good
or evil according to the will of the
7,ord for the time being.”
Hi-Yu Fox Farms
^ Climatic conditions do not appear
to enter into the fox-farming indus
try as the animals do well both in
^the cold and dry interior and on the
wet and warmer coast. On Prince
William Sound and contiguous to
Cordova 29 islands have been leased
for fox farms. Many islands in
Southeastern Alaska are being secur
ed for the same purpose.
Normal Conditions Being Resumed
There is every reason to believe
the gold output of Alaska will be
largely increased this year over that
of last which was smallest since
1916. Labor conditions are improving
and no trouble in that Ifne exists in
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any part of the territory—except pos
sibly at the new town of ITyder
where the employment of a Chinese j
cook somewhat tended to retard in- j
dustrial pursuits. On the whole, it. is j
confidently expected that 1920 will
be <1 banner year for Alaska.
Ignorance That Is Agonizing
From many business houses in both j
Southeastern and Southwestern Alas- j
ka come complaints that both post- j
offices and express companies in!
many places in the states refuse to
receive consignments for these dis
tricts on the ground that “Boats
| have quit running to Alaska until the
ice breaks in the spring.” The do
net appear to be able to grasp the
fact that the waters of both South
eastern and Southwestern Alaska are
open at all times of the year the
same as are those of San Francisco
bay and Puget Sound.
FUELSHORTAGE
AND FLU CAUSE
OF HARDSHIPS
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NANTUCKET, Mass., March 25 (by
Associated Press).—Short of fuel, and
having w'aged a grim battle with sick
ness and death from influenza while
isolated by thirty miles of impassable
ice, the people of Nantucket are
emerging from what they call the hard
est winter they ever experienced.
They are used to isolation by ice,
but this year the shortage of fuel,
coupled with the influenza, caused
hardship and suffering. A fleet of
schooners chartered to bring to the
island its winter supplies was storm
bound in Long Island Sound ports in
December, and by the middle of Feb
ruary the coal in the hands of dealers
on the island was exhausted. There
after coal was loaned by the hodful
from one family to another and sup
plies of it in summer cottages wrere
taken by permission of the owners.
Thus the people kept from freezing
until, early in March, a coast guard
cutter broke a passage through the
ice and towred a coal-laden schooner to
Nantucket.
The fishing fleet was frozen in the
harbor for two months.
MORE ENLIGHTENMENT
AT EMPRESS TONIGHT
Did you miss seeing “Enlighten Thy
Daughter” last night at the Empress?
Well, that’s a shame, for you missed
something well worth while. You
have one more chance—the last one—
tonight. If you didn’t see it you have
certainly heard about it from those
who went, and if you aren't 70, deaf,
dumb, blind and crippled, you will
be there tonight, just to see what it
is all about. You may think it won’t
inteest you, but that is where you
are wrong. Or at any rate, if it
doesn’t interest you there is something
wrong with you.
And tomorrow night, by way of va
riety, we have pretty Enid Bennett in
“Naughty, Naughty.” And Enid was
oh! so very naughty. She even went
to that b-a-d, wicked city of Noo
Yawk, and she came back with scads
of new clothes, and all sorts of new
fangled dancing steps that just made
the natives sit up and howl. And if
you don’t think Enid could wear those
stunning clothes, and do those fancy
steps, come over tomorrow night and
watch her.
SOUTHERN FACTORIES
ARE UNABLE TO SUPPLY
FURNITURE DEMAND
GREENSBORO, N. C., March 25
(by Associated Press).—The demand
for furniture throughout the country
is of immense proportions, and it is
impossible to make the supply keep
up with the demand, according to man
ufacturers who attended the meetings
of the National Council of Furniture
Associations held here. There is
every reason to believe, these manu
facturers say, that the demand will
be increasingly great in the future.
At the same time it was agreed that
the lumber shortage was the most se
rious difficulty confronting furniture
makers, and no material relief is in
sight at present.
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
atigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
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Palm
Sunday |
“Tell ye the daughter of Zion (Je- §
rusalem), behold, thy King cometh §
into thee.—And a very great multitude |
spread their garments in the way; |
others cut down branches from the \
trees and strew them in the way. And \
the multitude that went before and I
that followed cried, saying, Hosanna |
to the Son of David: Blessed is he 1
that cometh in the name'of the Lord; j
Hosanna in the highest. And when 1
tie was come in Jerusalem, all the city \
was moved, saying, who is this? And §
the multitude said, This is Jesus the |
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.”
We invite you to our Palm Sunday |
service, Sunday evening, March 28, at 1
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH f
“The Church with a Message”
11 a. m. 8 p. m. 1
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Fr< >m Its Very
Inception
This Bank has kept pace with the
growth of this section and the develop
ment of its resources. It has been at all
times ready to aid and assist local enter
prises when consistent with conservative
banking.
Our many years of service enable us to
give accurate and complete information
relative to local business conditions and
opportunities offered in the field of our
vast undeveloped natural resources.
We solicit the accounts and are ready
to assist any legitimate business or enter
prise, and offer the benefit of our oast ex
perience.
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The First Bank of
Cordova
Established 1909
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & COMPANY
JUNEAU, ALASKA
“ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD—PAYING THE TOP OF THE MARKET”
In presenting the following quotations we want you to understand we pay
what we quote. If the market advances after the issuance of this circular
we give the shipper the benefit of the increase. Upon request we shall be
pleased to keep you advised of market changes. Bear in mind that because
of our policy of dealing directly with the trader and trapper we can afford
to, and do, PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR FURS OF ALL KINDS.
Black bear—No. 1 silky. $ 15.00 to $ 30.00
Coyotes—Extra large No. 1. 20.00 to 25.00
Fox. cross—large dark. 75.00 to 125.00
Fox, red—large dark . 40.00 to 60.00
Fox, white . 50.00 to 65.00
Fox, blue—Prices vary according to color and quality;
prices average from. 75.00 to 200.00
Fox, silver—We have a big outlet for silver fox, and guar
antee top prices for same. Be sure to ship us your silver
foxes and we will show you we are there with the
goods. Prices range from. 150.00 to 850.00
Marten, dark and extra large No. 1. 75.00 to 100.00
Fisher, large dark .75h0 to 125h0
Mink, extra large No. 1 dark. 12.00 to 16.00
Muskrat, fall Alaskan, large No. 1. 1.50 to 2.00
Lynx, extra large No. 1. 40h0 to 60hO
Land otter (Interior) . 30.00 to 40.00
Land otter (Coast) . 20.00 to 27.50
White weasel, large No. 1. 1.25 to 2.00
Wolf, large No. 1, cased . 25.00 to 30.00
Wolf, large No. 1 open. 1S.OO to 25.00
Wolverine, large dark . 20.00 to 25.00
Prices above quoted are all for No. 1 best grade furs. Lower grades, in
cluding pale skins, priced in proportion.
WE ARE THE LARGEST DEALERS IN RAW AND MANUFACTURED
FURS IN THE NORTHWEST, and all we ask of you, Mr. Shipper, is to give
us the chance of a trial shipment and we will convince you that we pay more
for furs and make quicker returns than you can get anywhere in the country.
We have been in business in Alaska for 36 years and have built up a very
extensive trade. We sell manufactured furs in all parts of the United States,
Canada, and in a great many European cities.
By shipping to us you are not only helping an Alaska industry but you arc
helping yourself to build up a business that belongs to Alaska.
We eliminate the middleman entirely, as we buy direct from the trapper and
trader and sell direct to the consumer; thus we are able to pav vou a better
price than you can get elsewhere. WE MAKE RETURNS THE SAME DAY
SHIPMENT IS RECEIVED.
If so desired, when your shipment amounts to $100 or more, we will wire our
bid, and if not entirely satisfactory you may wire at our expense and we will
ship to any place you designate.
All we ask of you is to be fair with yourself as well as with us, and make us
a trial shipment; the result will make you a steady shipper.
References: Any bank in Alaska, the B. M. Behrends Bank, Juneau; National
Bank of Tacoma, Tacoma, Wash.; Dexter Horton National Bank of Seattle.
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We also fit glasses for reading. If you are particular about having
e correct time, have your watch repaired by
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PHONE 2—2—3
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