The Nenana Commercial Club is go
ing to invite President Wilson to pay
Central Alaska a visit on the occasion
of his trip to the Pacific coast within
the next few weeks. The plans of
the President were called to the at
tention of the club recently, and while
the members realized that the Presi
dent doubtless would be unable to ab
sent himseli from Washington for a
sufficient length of time to see In
terior Alaska, they considered the pos
sibilities of a presidential visit suf
ficiently alluring to risk an invita
tion, and the secretary was instructed
to take action immediately.
It was pointed out at the meeting
that the President has much at stake
in Alaska. He is very largely respon
V sidle for the work that has been done
on the government railroad, and con
gress has been asked by the admin
istration tor a sum sufficient to com
plete the work. The President should
know, first hand, how this work Is
progressing and to what extent the
railroad wifi benefit Alaska, and his
proposed trip to the Pacific coast will
give him the opportunity to visit the
territory which so greatly depends
upon federal aid for development.
Members of rhe club admit that it
is a big thing to ask the President of
the United States to travel so far to1
view a thinly-populated section of the
great country over which he presides; i
hut, they argue, only by seeing the
Noithland can the President fully ap
preciate the handicaps under ■which
Alaskans have labored to produce tne
wealth for which the territory is famed
or realize the wonderful possibilities
of future development under more fa
vorable conditions.
The President expects to reach Se
attle at about the time of the arrival
i there of the new Pacific fleet.
ARMY AND NAVY WILL
SOON CLOSE UP THEIR
AFFAIRS IN ENGLAND
LONDON, July 1 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—American army
and navy officers who are trying to
close up the war financial transactions
between the United States and Great
Britain hope to have their task com
pleted by September 1. If that end
is reached the majority of the seventy
five army officers and 200 men now
here will be sent home, and the navy
force will be reduced to a few experts
to tie the last remaining strings.
The magnitude of the task will be
appreciated when it is known that the
army alone bought 2,000,000 tons of
equipment and supplies here and
shipped them to France, while the
navy had large forces of ships which
were constantly purchasing things
from British warehouses.
Another element in the situation is
the slow and deliberate manner in
which the British render their bills.
One such bill received at army head
quarters today amounted to $150,000
for supplies for the American troops
in Northern Russia.
It frequently happenes that errors
occur, but they are quickly found and
adjusted without friction, as in the
case of a bill which reached the Amer
ican naval headquarters here the other
day. It carried the expenses of an
entertainment given to the officers of
an American battleship by the officers
of a British squadron with which it
had been working. The bill had been
placed in the American package by
the error of some clerk. The Ameri
can paymaster in charge tactfully re
turned it without comment, and some
one in the British office probably
spent an unhappy half hour.
Civilian clerks are being released
as quickly as possible, and the 800
still at work expect to be gone in two
months.
American Red Cross activities also
are being closed up with all possible
speed, and it is possible the London
force will be reduced to a few expert
accountants and stenographers by
August 1. They, too, are paying bills,
but one canteen and one hospital are
still in operation.
Shoe repairing at red cabin, Ocean
dock. Half-soling, $2.00. Dimon Nick
aloff. P. O. Box 986.
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
»It’s the flavor and the grain which
make the bread at the City Bakery
famous.
WICK TO WRITE
If he were not busy right now mak
ing a fight, for a seat in congress as
delegate from Alaska. James Wicker
sham probably would write a history
of the Northern territory—not a polit
ical tale, but the fascinating story of
early discovery, Russian rule and the
early days when only a few knew
Alaska was not perpetually ice-bound,
says M. M. Mattison, writing from
Washington to th* Seattle Times. Lat
ter-day affairs and politics Judge
Wickersham would be willing to dis
miss with a chapter; the politics with
a paragraph, if he touched upon it
at all.
In his early life in Tacoma Judge
Wickersham used to delve into Indian
lore and write historical papers on
territorial days and the times even
before Washington became a political
unit. If memory serves correctly he
wrote one of the first arguments Ta
coma produced to support the theory
grandeur of Mount Rainier by using
that the Indians once described the
an adjective that early whites thought
something like “Tacoma,” “Tahoma,”
“Takobet,” or something else. And
he messed around considerably with
early history of the Northwest.
Wickersham has been indulging
himself freely in this latest hobby
of collecting publications on Alaska,
and he insists he has the most com
plete library on the territory that is
in existence. He has all the English
books and most of those printed in
other languages.
Included in the Wickersham library
on Alaska are four rare old Russian
books descriptive of the early days
of Russian occupancy. These never
have been translated into English.
“If I had time I would translate
them myself, for it ought to be done,”
said Judge Wickersham, talking of
his hobby. “The idea of publishing a
real history on Alaska grows on me,
and I would like to have someone do
the work. We ought to have at least
one real history instead of the scat
tered works that very few persons
ever have seen and probably nobody
has ever read in their entirety. It
would be a fasenating study to go
over the stories of the early days and
to clear away some of the myths of
Russian occupancy.”
FORMER RICH SERBIANS
NOW LIVING IN STABLES
BELGRADE, June 19 (Correspond
ence of Associated Press).—In North
ern Serbia many families, wealthy be
fore the war, have been found by of
ficers of the American relief adminis
tration and the American Red Cross
living in stables and chicken coups.
Their homes had been destroyed by
the advancing or retreating armies.
Their beds were heaps of straw cov
ered with burlap. It was all that re
mained as furniture in their once pre
tentious estates. They were penni
less and had no clothing except what
they wore.
The condition of the Serbian peas
ants is beyond description. A large
proportion are homeless. Most fami
lies have been deprived of their wage
earners by death. The mother is now
obliged to support herself and children
on what she can produce on a farm
stripped of its machinerey and tools.
Most of the small stores of seed for
next spring’s sowing were removed by
the enemy.
The Red Cross hospitals are crowd
ed with mothers carrying emaciated
children, old men with the infirmities
of their years, old women bent and
misshapen, and young men broken by
war. The soup kitchens tell the same
story.
ABANDON CUSTOM OF
WAKING EARLY RISERS
LONDON, June 29 (by mail).—The
policemen of the pretty seaside town
of Ramsgate are to lose their “pin
money.” This money has been ob
tained by waking early risers by a
knock at their door or tap at the win
dow.
A “season ticket” system was in
force whereby the cost of this service
was reduced to 2 cents a call. The
receipts were pooled and shared be
tween the police as “pin money.”
Instructions have been issued to the
effect that the police must discontinue
the service. Old residents resent the
new order.
The well-known “Westinghouse”
electric heaters are now for sale by
the Northwestern Hardware Co.
Special dinner served from 11:30
o’clock every day at the City Bakery.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS] f
NOTICE li£
! £
Notice is hereby given that, pur- x
suant to an act of the territorial leg- £
islature, there is hereby made, imjx
posed and levied upon each male per- £
son, except soldiers, sailors in the j £
navy or revenue cutter service, volun- £
teer firemen, paupers, insane persons, £
or territorial charges, within the Ter- £
ritory of Alaska or the waters thereof, £
over the age of twenty-one years ami £
under the age of fifty years, an annual £
tax in the sum of five ($5.00) dollars, £
to be paid and collected in the manner £
provided by law, and deposited by the £
; treasurer of the Territory of Alaska £
in a separate fund called the “school £
fund,” and used for no other than £
school purposes. £
Said tax is now due and payable £
and becomes delinquent on the first £
Monday in the month of August cf £
each year. £
All persons subject to this tax are £
hereby notified to pay said tax to the £
school tax collector, and in case of £
failure to do so the penalties provided £
in Section 6 of Chapter 29 of the ses
sion laws of Alaska will be imposed. £
K. G. ROBINSON, £
School Tax Collect m\ £
NOTICE £
Notice is hereby given that the ac- £
cumulated baggage at Smith’s Room- £
ing House will be disposed of unless £
claimed by its owners within thirty £
days. W. L. SMITH. j £
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that the part- £
nership of Charles Auer and John £
Gillis. who own the Cordova Cold Stor- £
age Company, has been dissolved by £
mutual consent, Gillis disposing of his £
interest to Auer, who assumes all obli- j £
gations and to whom all outstanding £
accounts are payable. : £
CHARLES AUER. £
JOHN GILLIS. j £
BIDDERS TAKE NOTICE £
Proposals for bids for the painting £
of the city hall, two coats, the work £
to be finished in fifteen days from date £
of letting the. contract, weather per- £
mitting, will be received by the un- £
dersigned on behalf of the Town of i
Cordova between the first day of this
notice, July 23d, 1919, and the 4th day a
of August, 1919, at the hour of 8 p. m. “
The plans and specifications of said £
work may be seen at the office of the £
undersigned. The council reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
A. J. ADAMS,
Mayor of the Town of Cordova.
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Attest:
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk.
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BIDDERS TAKE NOTICE
Proposals for bids for the regrade
of First street north of D street will
be received by the undersigned on be
half of the Town of Cordova between
the first date of this notice, to wit,
July 22d, 1919, and the 4th day of
August, 1919, at the hour of 8 p. m.
The plans and specifications of said
work may be seen at the office of the
I ndersigned. The council reserves J
the right to reject any and all bids.
A. J. ADAMS,
Mayor of the Town of Cordova.
Attest:
K. G. ROBINSON, Town Clerk. j
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, Cordova Precinct.—
In Probate.—In the matter of the
Estate of Elizabeth McLaughlin,
deceased.
The undersigned, having on the 23d
day of May, 1919, been appointed ad
| ministratrix of the estate of Elizabeth
McLaughlin, deceased, within the
territory of Alaska, notice is hereby;
given to the creditors of and all per
sons having claims against the said
deceased or her estate to exhibit them, j
writh the necessary vouchers, within
six months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said administra
trix in the town of Cordova, Alaska,
the same being the place for the trans
action of business of said estate in the
territory of Alaska.
The first publication of this notice
is published on the 16th day of July,
1919. IDA DOWALDER,
Administratrix of the Estate of
Elizabeth McLaughlin, Deceased.
First publication July 16, 1919. I
Last publication August 13, 1919. I
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that I, the
undersigned, have been duly and
regularly appointed by the district
court for the Territory of Alaska for
the Third Judicial Division, receiver j
of all the property of Alaska Anthra- ■
cite Railroad Company in the Terri
tory of Alaska. All persons having
claims against this company are re
quested to present the same with
proper vouchers to me at the law
offices of Donohoe & Dimond at Cor
dova, Alaska, within thirty days of
this date.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this first
day of July, 1919.
CHARLES A. 3POMGBERG,
Receiver of Alaska Anthracite Rail- ::::
way Company. July 3-20t jjj
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