ADDED CONSTRUCTION
THE ALASKA COLLEGE
NEARING COMPLETION
MANY NEW ENROLEMENTS IS
FEATURE OF COMING
COLLEGE TERM.
Dormitory ’Neverything Now
Vast Proportioning of College Makes
Way for Comfort and Better
Training of Students.
Just four mouths ago President
Bunnell of the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines, at Fair
banks sent the following wire from
Juneau:
“Moody’s Bill, carrying hund
red sixty-three thousand three
hundred sixty dollars just passed
Senate by Unanimous vote. Am
leaving Tuesday on Northwest
ern.”
The message quoted meant that the
Territorial appropriation for the bi
ennium 1925-1927 had finally passed
the Senate and that the building
program recommended to the Board
of Trustees by the President of the
College was provided for in the
amount appropriated. The message
meant even more for upon checking
up with the Press dispatches from
Juneau during the session of the
Legislature it meant that twenty of
the twenty-four members of the Leg
islature in both Houses had support
ed the appropriation bill and that
every member from the Third Divi
sion and the Fourth Division had
registered for the College. Only four
Representatives opposed the bill: I
Paul and Ferguson from the First j
Division and Elliott and Nylan from
the Second Division.
President Bunnell at the request
of the Legislature had been in Ju
neau three weeks. He talked Col
lege to a joint session of both the
Houses for two hours one day; a
few days later he talked more Col
lege for another two hours to the
Committee on Education. They lis
tened, questioned, doubted, wonder
ed, waited and finally voted but when
they voted they voted right. Later
they scolded a little, not seriously, j
just in a good-natured way; said it
was a lot of money but that it was
for a good purpose and that they
were satisfied.
There was a showing made to the
Territorial Legislature that must
have presented to all members a
strong appeal. This is the showing:
The College prior to the appropria
tion for the 1925-1927 biennium had
received from the Territory appro
priations amounting to a total of
$197,000 and its assets amounted to
$200,430j85. The members were con
vinced that under the direction of
the Board of Trustees of the College
all expenditures were carefully made
and that the Territory was receiving
a dollar’s worth of service for every
dollar expended.
The growth of this institution has
been remarkable, some say pheno- i
menal, but that is most too strong a |
term. The enrollment tells part of j
the story, sixty-two in 1922, eighty- j
four in 1923 and one hundred and j
thirty-three in 1924. In 1923 the East
Wing, a structure as large as the
main building, was added; during
the summer of 1924 a mine shop
building and an agricultural shop
building were constructed and now
during the summer of 1925 they
are building the West Wing, a power
house, 36x36 feet and a dormitory
with three floors 32x86 feet. From
a few hundred volumes the Library
has grown to over six thousand vol
umes, and from a few thousand dol
lars invested in scientific equipment
the amount has been increased to the
sum of approximately sixty thous
and dollars. The faculty consisted of
seven members in 1922 and this year
there will be fourteen members.
The foregoing are some of the facts
that show the growth of this “Far
thest North” College. The scope of
its activities is widening and it is
safe to say that from now on it is
.going to enjoy the status of being
a, firmly established territorial insti
tution. The way to appreciate it
the most is to make use of it as
much as possible.
Manuel Espinoza, 15 year old
schoolboy of Palo Alto, Calif., has
written and sold a cross-word puzzle
book in Spanish.
Visit of Stork Is Rare
Event In Spitzbergen
LONGYEAR CITY, Spitzbergen,
Aug. 28. (/P)—Bird life is prolific
enough in these lonely latitudes, but
a visit from the stork is a sufficient
ly rare event to set all the wireless
apparatus in the archipelago hum
ming.
A baby born here enjoys the unique
privilege of being baptized in the
most northerly church on earch (78
degrees, 18 minutes North Latitude)
and it was the good fortune of an
Associated Press reporter to witness
the christening ceremony of Baby
Sigurd, first born son of a mining
engineer of the Great Norwegian
Coal Company.
The' little wooden Lutheran church
was crowded to capacity with the
entire female population of the vil
lage hardly more than 40 all told, all
in their Sunday best, and young Sig
urd marked his disapproval of the
proceeding in the way infants have
all over the world. He was much
more amiable at home, where cele
brations were kept up until the
small hours in a dense atmosphere
of tobacco smoke and an improvised
one-man jazz band.
“He will be a regular Norwegian,”
his mother said as Sigurd was fin
all borne off to bed amid loud pro
tests.
YUKON ARRIVING IN
PORT TODAY FROM
SOUTH; LARGE CARGO
The steamship Yukon of the Alaska
Steamship Company is scheduled to
arrive in port this evening from the
South at 5 o’clock, according to the
latest reports received from the vessel
by the local office. The Yukon is
bringing a large number of passengers
for Seward and Interior points, and
also has a cargo of over 1600 tons on
board for Seward and railway points.
Of this amount 1100 tons will be
traansferred at this port to the steam
er Redondo, which is expected to ar
rive in Seward from the westward
some time Sunday. This cargo con
sists of herring barrels and salt for
the many salteries to the westward.
The Redondo is bringing a large pack
of fish which will be transferred to
the Yukon for shipment to Seattle.
The remainder of the cargo is for
Seward and interior points, a large
portion for down river points on the
Tanana and Yukon rivers. With the
arrival of the steamer Northwestern
in port next week, will mark the last
shipment to Alaska this year for down
river ports as interior navigation will
close shortly after.
Due to the large amount of cargo
being brought in on the flagship of the
steamship company it is believed the
PROOF
OF A BETTER OIL
The function of a lubricant is to
reduce friction and thus increase
the effective power of the engine.
The best proof that Zerolene does
this to a superlative degree is found
in the fad: that the Zerolenedubri'
cated automobile or motorboat has
more driving power; it averages 5%
more gasoline mileage than when
other oils are used.
One good test of the purity and
stability of a motor oil is the amount
of carbon it forms. Zerolene forms
less carbon than any other motor oil
\nown to us. That is why the Zero
lenedubricated automobile or mo'
tor-boat may be driven from 25%
to 50 % farther without having the
valves ground or the cylinders re
bored.
Truly, you can buy no better oil
than Zerolene. Ask for it by name
—Zerolene.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
30% Jess CARBON
y/oiimtmolint mileage
vessel will lay in port until Monday
morning before departing for the
South.
Brunswick Pnonograpns and Re
cords. The Alaska Shop. tf
Martha Frost has more freckles
than any other child in Paterson,
N. J., 2,290 of them having been
counted.
Anna Bell, 14, won the spelling
contest in Madison county, Ohio,
defeating 157 competitors and spell
ing ten hours without a miss.
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
Mon.—Wed.—Fri.
A train leaves Seward at 8:00 a. m.
Sundays for Anchorage and interme
diate points. Arrives Seward at 2:15
p. m. from Anchorage.
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:00 P. M.
Tues.—Thurs.—Sat.
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR SAILS SEPTEMBER 14
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MAD,SON 13V * 8EWARD, ALASKA
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
Aug. 15
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Aug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
St-pt. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Scheduled Sail E
from Seward
Aug. 23
Aug. 30 E
Sept. 6 E
Sept. 13 =
Sept. 19 S
Sept. 26 E
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular ports of call
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamers in above schedule will not leave Seward earlier than FOUR
O CLOCK Sunday afternoon, sailing date.
Steamer Redondo, carrying freight and passengers, connects with
above steamers at Seward, weekly, for Cook Inlet and Kodiak Is
land points, subject to change without notice.
I J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent I
= PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA E
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See the Interior
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“The Golden Belt ’
To the end that the countless places of scenic and other inter
ests in the Territory may be thoroughly enjoyed and understand, and
to enable them to acquire first hand and accurate information con
cerning all Alaskan activities and devleopment; travelers to the
Northland are urged to visit
ALASKA'S "GOLDEN HEART”
Interior Alaska and places en route—including Kenai Lake, the
“Loop District,” Spencer and Bartlett Glaciers, Turnagain Arm,’ An
chorage, the Matanuska Valley, Curry, Nenana River Canyon, Mt*. Mc
Kinley National Park, Nenana, the Tanana Valley ad Fairbanks, hold
much of interest to everyone, whether on business or pleasure bent
and a tour through these regions creates a true conception of the
good things that Alaska has to offer.
For train and automobile schedules, passenger rates and other In
formation, confer with any steamship agent, or
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Seward Anchorage Curry Nenana Fairbanks
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