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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919
ALASKA DAY
Tomorrow, Alaska day, Is a legal
holiday in the territory, and will be
observed as such by the local banks,
which will be closed. It marks the
fifty-second anniversary of the transfer
of the territory of Alaska from the
government of Russia to that of the
United States. Alaska day means the
anniversary of the purchase of 558,401
square miles of territory for $7,200,000,
or less than 2 cents an acre. It means
the anniversary of the addition to the
United States of 26,000 miles of coast
line, of great wealth in water power,
in fish, in furs, in minerals. But it'
should have a broader significance.
As we celebrate the day we should see
beyond the extraordinary wealth added
to the United States. The celebration
of the day should thrill every man and
woman,. every, boy and girl, with pa
triotism, with loyalty, with a genuine
love of country. It should carry with
it the broader view of what it means
to us as a territory, and as individ
uals, to be under the influence of
American ideals, to be a part of the
greatest democracy in the world.
VOICE OF ALASKA PRESS
We thought the Juneau moonshiners
who had their still in the shadow of
the court house were possessed of
wonderful nerve. They have been
outdone, however, by prisoners in the
county stockade near Seattle, who op
erated a still in the stockade and got
away with it for a long time.—Douglas
News.
If you believe a thing hard enough
it will become so, is a Spanish proverb
which can be used successfully by all
Alaskans at the present time. If you
believe the country is going backward
and is not fit to live in it will prob
ably be that way in your case. But
if you believe that you are living in
the best town in the best place in the
United States you will find that you
are right. The mind has a greater
influnence over a man’s destines than
his environment.—Valdez Miner.
The Ketchikan Chronicle in a re
cent editorial asks the question, “What
Is the Matter with Alaska?” The edi
torial goes on to say that after nearly
three score years as a territory, rich
in fish, minerals, in fact Everything,
the population is less than 50,000.
Well, the matter with Alaska is Alas
kans have absolutely nothing to say
about their own territory, everything
being done by a congress several thou
sand miles away. Then again, there
are so-called Alaskans who live in the
North in the summer, getting all of
the milk, and going Outside and spend
ing the cream in the States. These
so-called Alaskans do everything pos
sible to keep tho land from develop
ment except for their own purposes.
Alaska cities can not have a school
building without congress giving the
municipality power to issue bonds.
Alaskanp can pass laws, part way, and
congress says what is what. If Alaska
were only a state, with power to make
her own laws, etc., there would be
millions living here, all prospering and
getting full value for everything now
being shipped from Alaska.—Seward
Gateway.
According to advices received in Ne
nana on the last mail from Anchor
age, the government town at the coast
end of the railroad is experiencing a
shortage of young men, with the re
sult that the few who are there are
very much in demand by the Anchor
age young ladies, of whom there are
an abundance. “The town looks worse
than Nenana ”did,” writes one young
lady, “after the boys had answered the
call to the colors.”
The situation as viewed by Anchor
age girls is a serious one, and several
of the young ladies are seriously con
sidering migration to the States,
where the odds are not quite so great.
A long winter in Alaska without es
corts does not look good to them.
The arrival recently at Anchorage
of a former well-known resident of
Nenana, or good appearance and not
too many years, is reported to have
created a big stir in the coast town,
and the indications were that his time
would be very much occupied.—Ne
nana Niews.
In his interview concerning the
work of Chairman Curry and the other
members of the house committee on
territories, and of Mr. McPherson, in
connection with securing the passage
of the measure-appropriating $17,000,
000 for the completion of the Alaska
railroad, Delegate Grigsby modestly
refrains from mentioning the work he
did himself, as Alaska’s representative
at the national capital. However, it
is known to the people of Alaska. Mr.
Grigsby started at work on the meas
ure as soon as he was sworn in, and,
being fully advised on all phases of
the situation, he not only personally
interviewed . members of the commit
tee and other members of the house,
-setting forth the question In Its true
light, but he made comprehensive
statements regarding the whole propo
sition to the committee, and delivered
a very forceful, enlightening and ef
fective speech in behalf of the meas
ure on the floor of the house.
On this question, as all others which
he has taken up, Mr. Grigsby entered
with characteristic earnestness and
enthusiasm, and applied a mind that is
remarkable for its alertness ajvl com
prehension.
Conceding all that Mr. Grigsby says
of the committee on territories, Alas
ka’s member of that committee is sec
ond to none of them.—Juneau Empire.
PERUVIAN PRINTERS
GET INCREASED WAGES
LIMA, Peru, Oct. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The strike in the printing
trades here has been settled by ah
award to the men of a 30 per cent
increase in wages. '•
JAPAN TO INCREASE
ITS AVIATION FORCE
TOKIO, Oct. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Japan is preparing to spend
one hundred and twenty-five millions
of dollars to develop aviation. 'A spe
cial corps of French aviation experts
is teaching the Japanese soldiers the
art of flying.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Fisheries,
Washington, Sept. 24, 1919.
It having been recommended that
the secretary of commerce set aside
all lakes and streams as preserves for
spawning grounds and limit or pro
hibit commercial fishing for salmon,
and other commercial fishing in the
prosecution of which salmon are taken
or injured, in all such streams and
lakes and hll waters tributary thereto,
and within 500 yards of the,mouths of
such streams, in all waters of Alaska
flowing into the Pacific ocean be
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tween the longitude of Cape Spencer
on the east and the longitude of Cape
Sarichef on the west, also in all such
waters tributary to Bering sea be
tween Cape Sarichef and Cape Newen
ham, notice is hereby given under
the provisions of Section 6 of the act
of congress approved June 26, 1906,
entitled “An act for the protection and
regulation of the.fisheries of Alaska,”
that a hearing to determine the ad
visability of limiting or prohibiting
fishing operations in the above-de
scribed waters will be held at the of
fice of the bureau of fisheries, 1217
L. C. Smith building, Seattle, Wasl*.,
on November 20, 1919, at 10 o’clock
a. m., at which time and place all per
sons interested will be heard.
H. M. SMITH, Commissioner.
Approved:
WILLIAM C. REDFIELD, Secretary.
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
We ship by boat or rail fresh
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from Dave Phillips, P. O. Box 217.
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Best work guaranteed. Low
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton
and Provisions
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to. Ordert 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
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BQST BRAND3 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 j
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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property.
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Fire and marine, life and ac
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BONDS
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The Burkhardt
Hand Laundry
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Neatly Fitted up with Large
Porcelain Tubs. Everything
Clean and Sanitary.
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token of respect to the deceased.
Our methods of conducting a u
funeral have given us an oppor
tunity to serve you In a manner
that will command respect. We
are equipped to serve you satis
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