PRAISES ALASKA
RAILROAD HOTEL
LOCATED CURRY
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ands of years. These animals un
doubtedly inhabited that section when
it was in the tropics.
There are now 136 enrolled in the
college, but it is growing and the ad
dition of a dormitory is now being
built.
Vast Open Stretches.
Looking upon the vast expanse of
rugged hills, rapid flowing streams,
level meadows, high snow capped
mountains and beautiful country we
are now passing, and not seeing even
a miner’s hut for miles and miles,
one can realize what an uninhabited
country this really is. To think that
Alaska contains only 25,000 inhabit
ants, although the territory embraces
one-third the square mile area of
the entire continental United States.
It has only a little more than three
times the population of Lodi. To see
■the miles upon miles of rich soil cov
ered with enough green feed to fat
ten practically al the cattle and
sheep in the United States, and see
ing this feed go to waste, it seems
as if surely this country was creat
ed for a purpose, and that some day
it will be utilized.
The Alaska Railroad.
The Alaska railroad upon which we
are now traveling was built by the I
government at a cost of $53,000,000. :
Ir is 471 miles in length. The pur-,
pose was to open up this vast ter
ritory, which was formerly isolated
from the rest of the world. A won
derful feat of engineering is shown.
While at present, the road is a los
ing proposition for the government,
it is thought by the help of tour
ists and the gradual development of
the country, in time it can be made
to pay.
Alaska Being Modernized
Modern appliances are doing a
great deal for the development of
Alaska. Yesterday an airplane, fly
ing from Fairbanks to Wiseman in
the Koyukuk mining district, brot,
the miners a supply of fresh fruits j
and vegetables. The plane left Fair
banks at 3 a. m. and was back the ■
same morning at 9, traveling a dis
tance of 420 miles, delivering its load
that it would have been impossible
otherwise to have done in less than
a month.
Curry Hotel the Best.
Seward, Aug. 2.—We arrived here
this afternoon at 2:30, after a pleas
ant trip of two and a half days over
the Alaska railroad. Last night was |
spent at Anchorage, and the night'
before at the beautiful resort of
Curry, named after Congressman Cur
ry of California. The hotel at Cur
ry is one of the best we have en
countered on our trip. It is a mod
ern plant, operated and maintained
by the Alaska railroad. It contains
50 rooms, operates its own electric
laundry, and every accommodation
if offered. The excellent food and
the service was a surprise to all the
tourists making the Gold Belt tour.
The hotel is located on the banks of
the Susitna river, 140 miles south
of Fairbanks. A foot bridge spans
the rushing glacier stream, which is
600 feet at this point. This river
freezes solid every winter, and the
exact time of the going out of the
ice is of great interest to the people
of this section. Last season a pool
of $14,000 was raised, the money
going to the one making the closest
guess. It went out at 6:32 p. m.,
]May 7, 1925, carrying with it two
miles of track.
Arrive In Cook Inlet Town
We arrived at Anchorage yesterday
afternoon at 1:15, spending the nite
in that city. Anchorage is a govern
ment town of about 2,000 inhibitants,
although the population was 5,000
during the construction of the rail
road. At this point are the head
quarters and division point of the
railroad. At the time of building
.the railroad, this town was laid out
Toy the government at a time when
the residents were living in tents,
The streets were cleared and consid
erable work in the way of providing
water, lights and sewers was done
by the government. In 1915 a large
number of the lots were sold at pub
lic auction, and the money received
was put back into improvement of the
town. As the demand warranted,
other auctions of a similar nature
were sold. The result is that Anch
orage, unlike other towns in Alaska,
contains wide streets and a more
prosperous air than any of tlie other
towns. There are but 15 miles of
automobile roads in that locality, al
though a number of machines •were
in evidence. One road leads three
miles into the country to Lake Spen
ard, where a bathing and boating re
sort is maintained. The other is a
12-mile loop thru the small farm
ing section and past two dairies.
Anchorage is quite a little industrial
center. It is the distributing point
for coal mines, the Willow Creek
gold quartz mines and the fishing in
dustry on Cooks Inlet. It is the only
city in Alaska to boast of golf links.
It has a seven-hole course.
Southern Division Lauded
The scenery along the railway
from Anchorage to Seward is among
the most interesting of the trip. The
road traverses Cook’s inlet a number
of miles, and then follows Turnagain
Arm for 40 miles. The tide, which
at this point rises and lowers 39
feet, is the second greatest tide in
the world. It was low tide when w'e
passed, and nothing but mud flats
could be seen across the expanse.
Soon we left sea level and started
climbing into the mountains, going
up Placer river canyon thru six suc
cessive tunnels. The road leads along
the banks of Lake Kenai, a distance
of 35 miles. Beautiful snow capped
mountains of tremendous size tip
the horizon thruout the remainder
of the trip into Seward. Dozens of
beautiful glaciers, any one of which
would outclass Rainier in Washing
ton, were seen upon either side. At
the Spencer glacier the conductor
stopped the train for six minutes
so that we could take pictures. Some
of these glaciers contained great
caves at the base into which it is
possible for those to enter who are
willing to take the risk. The engi
neering feat of the road going over
the divide is worthy of mention. It
is a series of trestles, tunnels and
deep cuts. The road makes a rise
of 350 feet in three quarters of a
mile, describing a complete figure
nine. We passed through snow sheds
over which have slid drifts of snow
this winter that were 65 to 70 feet
deep.
Stopped At “Nellies.”
The train stopped ten minutes at
“Nellies” near the summit to enable
is to see the display of furs and
trophies collected by this frontier
woman. There were splendid speci
mens of many different kinds of
bear, moose, elk, mountain sheep,
fox and other animals that abound
the mountains of this section. Some
of the skins were mounted and oth
ers finished in different ways. Quite
a number of these animal’s including
a large bear, were killed by this
woman.
The salary of Sir Kenry Thornton,
president of the Canadian National
Railways, has been raised to $75,000
a year, with an additional $25,000 for
expenses.
New York has spent $500,000,000 on
its subway system and plans to spend
vast additional sums in the near fu
ture.
Every alow of
\Red Crown mixes with air
“The gasoline of quality” is
100 % POWER. It is refined
to vaporize thoroughly.
Every atom of it mixes in
the carburetor with from 12
to 16 times its volume of air
for POWER. With “Red
Crown” you get ready start
ing-rapid acceleration —
greater mileage—a contin
uous stream of power.
Run your car or motor-boat
on ‘Red Crown” and noth
ing e/se, and you won’t
have to bother with carbu
retor adjustments. It is uni
form in quality wherever
and whenever you buy it.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(California)
Only six persons knowo the formula
for making the ink used in printing
hank notes for the Bank of England.
Matches were first made by machin
ery in 1940.
Mexico will soon have its first long
distance telephone line from Mexico
City to Laredo, Texas.
The American Flint Glass Workers
Union has opened a labor bank in
Toledo, O.
A warehouse in Brooklyn belonging
to the United States Army is the larg
est in the world.
iJI
The Alaska Railroad
TRAINS LEAVE SEWARD
7:30 A. M.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
A train leaves Seward at 8:04) a. m.
Sundays for Anchorage and interme
diate points. Arrives Seward at 2:15
p. m. from Anchorage.
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
7:30 P. M.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
STEAMSHIP STARR
STEAMER STARR SAILS SEPTEMBER 14
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, ALA8KA
Pacific Coastwise Service
^ADMIRAL LINE
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S. S. ADMIRAL EVANS
Sails from Arrives at South from
Seattle— Seward— Seward—
Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 8,
S. S. ADMIRAL WATSON
Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22,
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports including Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Res., Madison 40
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Southwestern Alaska Route Schedule
Vessel—
Schedule'!
Lv. Seattle
Scheduled
Ar. Seward
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Northwestern
Alaska
Yukon
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Scheduled Sail E
from Seward
Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
Sept. 6
Sept. .13
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10.
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.
J. H. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125 SEWARD, ALASKA
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 i
E (McKinley Park Route)
Seward Anchorage Curry Nenana Fairbanks
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