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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1919
PROTECT US FROM OUR FRIENDS
’Helpless Alaska, bigger than all out
doors, full of riches begging for people
to come and take them, short of labor
in every branch of development and
industry, a camp where the rail birds
can live like princes without work,
needs no help from anybody but those
who should be its friends, and from
them receives more senseless knocks
than intelligent boosts. This time it
is Bishop Rowe who wields the as
sassin’s axe. According to the Anchor
age Times, Bishop Rowe busts into
print to say that (1) the population
of the Interior is dwindling fast; (2)
that the outlook for work in the In
terior is not promising; (3) it is a
question whether the railroad's com
pletion will help Interior Alaska in
population; (4) that Nenana has a
bum townsite, subject to floods, etc.;
(5) the coal at Nenana is only good
after it has been “treated”; (6) that
reindeer can not be profitably raised
in the Tanana district because the
Nenana mission failed to make money
experimenting with reindeer; (7) that
there are no visible prospects for farm
ing in the Tanana section of the In
terior; (8) that farming to succeed
here must be conducted under glass;
(9) that there is no market for farm
produce in Interior Alaska. Which is
nine separate counts in the bishop’s
indictment of the Interior, particularly
the Tanana section thereof, and not
one of which he could make “stand
up” before an impartia1 jury, with the
two exceptions that the townsite of
Nenana was poorly chosen and that
the Episcopal mission at Nenana did
not make money raising reindeer. He
may be right on both these counts, hut
they do not apply to the Interior’s
prosperity in any way.
When jobs are going begging, and
mine owners can not find men to mine
and the railroad has trouble to get all
the labor it needs, how can anyone
say that the labor outlook here is not
promising?
When Nenana and the railroad are
burning Nenana coal without “treat
ing,” and Fairbanks will take all that
is offered after this month, how can
Nenana coal be successfully con
demned by one who knows nothing
about it and has not seen the mine
or coal?
How can a truthful man say that
there are no Visible prospects for
farming in the Tanana section when
this section is adding farms to tis
list year after year until now it has
more than two thousand acres of land
under cultivation here, 100 homesteads
recorded, with a total acreage of
nearly 25,000, a market here of one
million dollars more per year than has
as yet been produced here, and a |
farming community in this immediate
vicinity which this, year produced two
hundred acres of fine wheat and sold
it all, although there is no flouring
mill worthy of the name, and all other
farm produce in proportion?
How can a truthful man maintain
that farming here can only be Con
ducted under glass, when on the 25,000
acres of farm lands taken up and the
2.U00 under cultivation, each fanner
owns only about enough glass to put
over his face in the box which will
finally contain his earthly remains?
What manner of friend can he be
who with such an actual showing con
fronting him, if he will only look and
listen, condemns without investiga
tion an industry of size which has
grown from nothing in a few years,
and which with encouragement could
go far?
It may be true that the Nenana
townsite is poorly situated, but what
of it? What does that fact mean in
the life of the country? It is also true
that the Episcopal game of which
Bishop Rowe is head dealer is fading
in this section until it can no longer
boast a church in operation in Fair
banks, but that is because Bishop r
Rowe made the mistake the townsite
selectors of Nenana did, and planted
his gospel game in a poor location, j
and because the Episcopalian heads * j
have misrepresented the Interior too
often as Bishop Rowe is doing now. j
Hope Bumpkin, with a church right
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in town, would make a success of it j
that Bishop Rowe couldn’t.
What doth it profit a man to gain
notoriety at the expense of the people
and the country which gave him his
start in a notoriety way, and crowded
good and precious gifts upon his, es
pecially when the “knock” to the camp
that advertised him into greatness is
not based upon facts? Damned if we
can see.
It is things like these—nasty, un
deserved, costly knocks, which take
the heart out of the striving Alaskan
—kicks from the people it has fed and
encouraged and comforted and boost
ed to greatness.
It’s the Interior Alaskan’s Idea of
what constitutes “hell.”—Fairbanks
News-Miner.
NOTICE OF SALE
In the Probate Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, Valdez
Precinct, at Valdez. In the matter
of the Estate of Robert D. Gray,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an order of the above-en
titled court, made on the 22d day of
October, 1919, in the matter of the
Estate of Robert D. Gray, deceased,
the undersigned, executor of said
estate, will sell at pubic auction to the
highest bidder for cash, and subject to
confirmation by said court, at the of
fice of the United States commissioner j
in Cordova, Alaska, hll the right, title j
and interest and estate of the said i
Robert D. Gray, at the time of his
death, in and to all those certain lots j
and parcels of land, with the buildings j
thereon, situated in the town of Ka- ■
talla, Alaska, and described as fol
lows, to wit:
Dots 3 and 4 and six feet of lot
5, in ^lock 23, of the Townsite of
Katalla, Alaska;
The buildings on said lots, de
scribed as follows: One frame
building 20 feet by 40 feet, one
and one-half stories;
One frame building 12 feet by
46 feet, one story;
One frame building, 22 feet by
28 feet, one story, shed roof;
One frame building 24 feet by
68 feet, two stories. All said build
ings being connected together;
Wharf 16 feet by 40 feet, with
an approach 300 feet by 10 feet,
on lots 4 and 5 above, with 600
feet of 15-pound steel rails;
And certain personal property, con- j
sisting of hotel furniture and fixtures, I
now situated and located in the build- j
ings above described, and certain |
wharf appliances and fixtures now sit
uated and located in and about the,
wharf above described, and used in |
connection therewith.
That all of the foregoing real and J
personal property will be sold jointly j
and in one lot at the place above men- j
tioned at 2 o'clock p. m. of the 22d day
of December, 1919. For further in-j
formation apply to the undersigned or
Edward F. Medley, attorney for said
estate.
JAMES SMITH,
Executor of the Estate of Robert D.
Gray, deceased.
First publication, Oct. 29, 1919.
East publication, Nov. 26, 1919. j
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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for rent—Three-room apartment,
after November 10. Apply at Hegg s
store. 28't£
FOR RENT—Two three-room well
furnished apartments. See J. A.
Peterson, at Northern hotel. 17-tf
FOUND—Child’s plain band ring.
Owner can secure same at Times j
office.
APARTMENT FOR RENT—Inquire
of Charles J. Goodall. 19‘tf j
FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT—,
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FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. See
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What a satisfaction
to know your home
is admired! Bath Robes; they are smart and alive gj
Simple Lace Curtains with style, yet selling as low as $5.00.
tastefully hung add
cheerfulness and so
much beauty to an in- f*)1 l* d*
terior, and they don’t r elt Slippers (
have to be expensive.
New and artistic
weaves o f Drapery, All sizes and colors, $2.50, $2.75, $3
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Wall Paper
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We also Do Painting, Decorating and Paper-Hanging. Estimates
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton
and Provisions
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Mining Camps, Roadhouses anj Interior Points. Halibut and other
Fresh Fish of all kinds will be kept In stock when available.
SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props.
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STEAM HEAT ELECTRIC LIGHTS
Overland Hotel
MRS. J. W. KENNEDY
Chitina, Alaska
POOL TABLE IN CONNECTION
BE8T BRANDS OF CIGARS KEPT
ALASKA HERRING & IMPORTING Co. Inc.
Pier C, Foot of Main St. Seattle, Wash.
Wholesale Receivers and Distributors of all kinds of Salt Fish
Write us and let us know what you have to offer
CITY BAKERY LUNCH ROOM
Special Carefully-Prepared Lunch served from 11:30 a. m. Our Fine
French Rolls with every meal
Big Variety of Pastries and Cakes, Always Fresh
Sanitary Machinery of Latest Model. Patent Brick Oven. Best Ma
terials used by Expert Workmen, producing our Famous Cream Loaf
Best Coffee in Town
French Bread Rye Bread
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Choice business and residence
property.
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Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE—
Fire and marine, life and ac
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BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
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ROOM 1 ADAMS BUILDINQ
The Burkhardt
Hand Laundry
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Burkhardt Flats
Neatly Fitted up with Large
Porcelain Tubs. Everything
Clean and Sanitary.
Phone 61—three rings.
TOKENS OF RESPECT
A well conducted funeral Is a
token of respect to the deceased.
Our methods of conducting a
funeral have given us an oppor
tunity to serve you In a manner
that will command respect. We
are equipped to serve you satis
factorily.
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Second Street, between
A and B Avenues
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