PAINTS GLOWING
PICTURE OF THE
Few lovers of Alaska's towering
peaks and sun-kissed valleys have de
scribed it in so truthful a manner In
a few words as Lowell Jackson Tho
mas, of Princeton. An article quot
ing him appears in a recent issue of
the New York Evening Post magazine
as follows:
You know the general conception
of Alaska. Well, that is what Alaska
is not. So says Lowell Jackson Tho
mas, who is not only a college profes
sor, but a soldier of fortune as well.
He speaks with a certain authority.
For he has been to Alaska ten times
and hopes to go a hundred times
more. A man interested principally
in the industrial development of the
country, when his business is finished
on each trip, he transforms himself
into an eager traveler and explorer,
and penetrates fastnesses to which
only the spirit of adventure would
act'd him. Even ardent naturalists ,
hove balked at long trips which this ,
member of the Princeton faculty and ,
sometime professor at the Chicago
Kent College of Law has taken.
now a lecturer ana author, Thomas f
has also been a newspaper reporter. ^
He has seen Alaska through the re- j
porter's eye. The Alaskan Porcu- (
pines, said to be the farthest north £
Indian tribe, have given him the eu
phoniouR name of “Picktoorstsi Ten
jenatai Nunkugatuttahug," a designa- £
tion worthy to be compared, perhaps, ,
with that of ‘Rwana Tombo,” con- ,
ferred by the Africans upon Colonel ,
Roosevelt in hiR quality of lion hunt- j
er. In return, Thomas characterizes
Alaska as the land that knows a man
only by his real virtues.
“It is a land of strong men, where
weaklings perish on the trail," he f
says. "It measures a man, not by the
usual artificial standards of society, f
but by those qualities that distinguish 1
real men — honesty, generosity, pati
ence and indomitable courage. This
is the land which Russia, after greed
ily looting it of its furs, sold the Uni
ted States for $7,200,000, or half what f
it cost to build the Brooklyn bridge j
or the Woolworth building.
“Governmental red tape has been
responsible for the slow development j
of the territory. The resources of the ,
region remain virtually untouched.
But this red tape is being gradually ^
eliminated. And in this direction
great credit is due to Franklin K. b
—"Lane, secretary of the interior. You
must not forget that Alaska is one- j,
fifth as large as the rest of the Uni- j,
ted States. Yet its white population v
is less than that of the Yale Bowl on 2
the day of a Yale-Harvard game and t
just about equal to the number of f
persons at a world’s series baseball
game. j
"I have been north to the Arctic
Circle in Alaska when the mercury £
registered 100 degrees above zero. £
Millions of Americans continue to re- ,
gard Alaska as the land of ice and
snow. But Alaska has two climatic ,
belts — thQ coast region and the in- 1
terior. The coast has a comparative
ly mild winter climate, with cool sum
mers; the interior has cold winters,
but comparatively warm and short
summers. More furs are worn on
Broadway any Sunday in July than
are worn in Alaska in a year.”
Professor Thomas describes Alas
ka in these words;
"This is the land of colossal ice
crowned mountains, of gigantic glac
iers, or fjords rimmed in by ranges of
jagged, sawtoothed mountains that
make the fjord of Norway shrink by
comparison. This is the land where
the red midnight sun doubles back on
its track when the yeartide is full,
and where the great God of Nature
passes his invisible paint brush across
the horizon for hours in the broad
daylight of midnight, throwing a new
masterpiece of brilliant colors across
the sky every few minutes.
“At Tanana, Alaska, I saw the sun
rise and set In two hours and forty
five minutes, on December 15, 1915.
If you take a photograph showing the
sun every fifteen minutes, from sun
rise to sunset, you see eleven equidis
tant suns.”
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OF SOLDIERS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. Feb. 27. — What is prac
tically a trade union of soldiers and
sailorB and their dependents entitled
to pension or separation allowance
has just been organized. It is called
the Naval and Military War Pensions
and Welfare League. Its objects are
to prevent corruption in the adminis
tration of pensions and to see that
justice is done to pensioners in ‘‘this
and other wars.”
Some idea of the power that the
new organization may wield In the af
fairs of the nation may be gained from
the fact that there will be 6.000.000
^ discharged soldiers and sailors, who
form at least half the electorate ol
the country. __
The benefit entertainment given at
Nenana recently for James E. Deth
lefson, former night watchman uho
lost the fingers of both hands by freez
ing while fighting a fire, netted the
sum of $500.
Ferdinando and Assinta Nerattini
have brought an action against the
Pacific Coast Gypsum Company at
funeau for damages in the sum of
(2,400 for the death of their son, Faf
’elele Nerattini, at the mine on Oc
tober 3, 1915.
J. F. Bennett, a well known laundry
worker at Fairbanks, attempted sul
•ide recently in the Vienna lodging
louse by cutting his throat with a
cnife. He missed the jugular vein, j
>ut partially severed his windpipe,
•hysicians say he will recover.
The report of the marshal's office
hows the total disbursements for the
luarter ending December 31, to be
148,996.96, which Is an increase of
17,000 over the same period of last
ear. This increase went into sup
iort of prisoners and jury fees.
The citizens of Wrangell and vlcin
ty are circulating a petition for the
mrpose of securing government aid
0 *he construction of a road from
hat place to Groundhog basin, where
here is a large number of mining
laims being developed.
Frank Powell suffered a severely
rozen foot while fighting fire at the
'ukon Gold Company’s mess house at
luggieville, near Dawson, and who, it
>’as thought, would lose several of
is toes, is rapidly recovering, and
all probably save the entire foot.
The sawmill of Roberts and Ed
lundson at Roosevelt about 25 miles
ut from Seward, was destroyed by
Ire of unknown origin recently. The
lill was engaged in turning out tier
jr the Alaska engineering commis
ion.
Two moose are reported to have
’intered at a rancher’s barn in the
PPer Susitna valley. The animals
'ere driven in by the deep snows, and
ave been fed and cared for all win
ir by the rancher, who states that he
ill turn them loose in the spring.
The Skagway Alaskan says that as
uneau claims the only real wind in
laska, the Taku, and as several other
arieties are known to flourish there,
le appellation of the “Windy City”
light be very properly applied to that
jrg.
The Tanana Rifle Club of Fairbanks
1 arranging to form a Ladies’ Auxil
iry to the association. The plans are
'ell under way and a definite organi
ation will be formed in the near fu
are. The idea is being received with
nthuslasm by the ladies of the town.
There are to be two reindeer fairs
eld in the Nome district by the bu
eau of education for the native deer
len. These will be at Igloo and No
tak, and as in former years the fairs
Hll also be the occasion of consider
ble athletic events where the natives
vill disport themselves to the best ad
antage.
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SOLDIERS' WIVES
CANNOT DRINK
TO EXCESS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 27. — I^oss of sepa
•atlon allowances is the new form of
punishment meted out to soldiers’
wives who are found guilty of drink
ing to excess a second time. This
iction, taken by the military authori
ties, was found necessary to curb the
appetites for drink of the wives of
soldiers at the front.
Under the newest order the police
have power when a soldier’s wife is
taken to a police station for drunken
ness to detain her till she Ib sober
and dismiss iJhr with “an appeal to
her better nature.” If after a second
warning Bhe persists in “such irregu
larity of conduct” loss of the separa
tion allowance ensues.
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It Is reported at Nome that Murray,
Sullivan and Kelly, who are operat
ing on the Kathleen claim near that
place, have encountered very good
pay.
ALASKA SURE OF
FIR
George R. Goshaw, who has been
located at Chitina for some time past,
and recently went to the states, pre
dicts a prosperous year for Alaska in
the following interview given to the
Seattle Times:
"We of the north are driving every
anapav towa»d «*
permanent development of the terri
tory, and I cannot but help feel that
we are approaching the best year we
have ever had there, Mr. Goshaw said.
"Everyone seems to have that single
thought In mind and is striving hard
for its realization.
“I worked almost the entire length
of the river during the last year, and
I was amazed at the amount of new
work which is going ahead at a rapid
rate. This applies not only to the
mining industry, but to the fisheries
on the coast. New canneries and
traps are being made ready and the
fishing people are all enthusiastic
over the year's prospects.
“The development work being doily
on the copper properties iu*»
____ MMvtfvMvtt* w|rtJTStor*, and
an enormous amount of ore from these
mines will be taken out during the
coming season. These people, con
trary to common outside beliefs, are
receiving every encouragement from
the large interests. The belief is gen
eral, I believe, that the big people
there are forever trying to squeeze
out the little ones. From my own ex
perience I will say that nothing could
be further from the truth, and there
are many who will bear me out in
this."
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K. S. Hewitt & Co., of Juneau, has
been awarded a contract to supply
the legislature with ten typewriters,
■ ^PewrHlng pa^
delivery on or before March 5, the
date the legislature convenes.
Of course you are reading the Dally
Times. Why not save a dollar by pay
ing six months’ subscription In ad
vance; $5 will do the trick.
Of course you want the war news,
and the Dally Tin-os furnishes It to
you at $1 per month, or six months
for $5.
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REPORT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION MADE TO THE TERRITORIAL BANKING BOARD AT THE CLOSE OF
BUSINESS FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
Loans and Discounts.$142,740.00 Capital Stock Paid in.$ 25 000.00
Overdrafts. 1,134.80 Surplus Fund. 2,500.00
®on<^9. 165,641.71 Contingent Fund. 6 000 00
Furniture and Fixtures. 2,500.00 Undivided Profits 9880 69
Due From Banks. 73,610.97 Due to Banks—Deposits . 670 00
Checks and Cash Items. 5,310.52 Deposits. ..pr)8 pgg'pr,
Cash on Hand. 112,127.05 Certified Checks....' .... .... .... ’ ‘ ‘ *' ’' ] ’ ' ’;t25J3
Total.$503,065.05 Total.$503,065.05
RESERVE 42 PER CENT.
IN ADDITION OUR BONDS FORM A SECONDARY RE
i\ SERVE OF 36 PER CENT. MAKING A TOTAL RE
SERVE OF 78 PER CENT. RESERVE REQUIRED
? ' BY LAW 20 PER CENT.
. 4 ! ]
Cur Bonds Consist of—
County and Municipal Bonds.$ pg gp^ pp
Bonds of Governments. 49 031 2r
Highest Class Industrial Bonds. 17 80° 50
(j Total.$165,641,71
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$! Fridays.
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| Thursdays and Saturdays.
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