One more through train each way
an a special Sunday train each way
* between Anchorage and Seward will
be features of the summer schedule
adopted today by the Alaska railroad I
and effective Sunday, May 18. The
new schedule also shows that the
night stopover at Curry, half way
point will be optional with travelers.
The new schedule, designed to ad
equately handle the 1924 tourist traf-,
fic expected, in addition to the regu
lar passenger traffic, shows 3 trains
each way, per week, instead of two
as at present. Trains will leave Sew
ard, the southern terminal, at 8 a.m..
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days. arriving at Fairbanks, the in
terior terminal, at 9:50 a. m., on the
following day. Trains will leave Fair
banks at 6 p. m., Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays arriving at Seward
at S p. m., on the day following. Stan
dard equipment, with ample sleeper
' space and dining car service will be
provided on each through train
The summer schedule shows that al1
through trains will ston for an hour
at Anchorage, the northbound trains
arriving here at 1:45 p. m . and leav
ing at 2:45. and the southbound trains
arriving here at 1:15 p. m., and leav
ing at 2:15 p. m.
Tn addition to this service. Col Lee
H. Landis, general manager, has an
nounced that special trains will be
^ran for thebenefit of tourists or other
travelers, for one hundred or more
passengers, on short notice. Addition
al rolling stock is to be purchased for
delivery before the start of the Tour
ist season.
Under the new schedule Anchor
age and Seward get a special Sunday
train service. This train will leave
Anchorage every' Sunday at 6:15 a.
m., arriving at Seward at 11:45 a m.
while a sister train leaves Seward
each Sunday at 10 a. m , arriving at
Anchorage at 3:45 p. m.
Plans for the 1924 tourist season
, *re taking definite form. Colonel Lan
Vlis said today and preparations are
being made to give first-class pack
train service in McKinlev National
Park. Dan T. Kennedy, owner of the
park transportation and freiething
concession, has announced that rates
for his services will be materially re
duced, while additional sightseeing
trips are being mapped out, to show
visitors the beauties of T ncle Sam s
farthest north national park.
Mr. Kennedy, who has been spend
ing several days in the city on busi
ness, wiH leavp Saturday, for a trip
of business to Seattle and othei
V northwest points.—Anchorage Times.
BAILEYS HAVE A BOY
Mr. and Mrs Ira Bailey of Anchor
ago are announcing the arrival ot s
7 1-2 pound boy, born last Wednesda\
at the railroad hospital. Mr. Bailey
who is an employe of the railroad
was a former resident of Seward.
NEW CHIEF OPERATOR
ON STEAMER VICTORIA
v Frank Hoseth, formerly radio opor
> ator on Alaskan vessels up to 1916
but of late years on vessels plying t<
foreign waters, is chief radio opera
tor on the steamship Victoria this
trip. C. Curtis, his mate, spent th<
past summer at Akutan and at tin
sulphur mine at Lost Harbor, when
he was stationed 23 months. Boll
men will be on the Victoria this sea
son.
• NACO, Ariz., Jan . 21.— Twelvt
thousand Mexican Federal troop<
crossed into United States territory
this afternoon en route to Chihuahu;
to repulse a rebel advance.
THE ALASKA WEEKLY
ALREADY IN THE FRONT RANK
We are proud to inform our many Alaskan friends that the
* Editorial Stall of the ALASKA WEEKLY, during the past 60
days has been called upon to contribute to the Convention
Number or the Northwest Mining Truth; has furnished a se
ries of articles on Alaska to the Christian Science Monitor;
was the only paper published in Seattle which was quoted in
the Literary Digest’s comment on the Presidential Speech in
Seattle, and has been frequently quoted on Alaskan subjects
in many other nationally known and circulated publications.
We feel that In establishing a newspaper capable of gaining
such recognition that we are making rapid strides toward the
attainment of our principle objective—that of giving Alaska’s
marvelous resources the type of publicity to which their
magnitude entitles them.
The Alaska Weekly
Subscription Price $3-00 per Year
\ 304 Pioneer Building Seattle, Wash.
“Published in Seattle only for convenience in News gathering
and Distribution.”
RAILROAD WILL BE RUN SAME
AS IF IT WAS PRIVATE
CONCERN
General Manager Lee H. Landis,
of the Alaska Railroad, who left on
the Victoria for Washington, where
he will appear before the committee
on appropriations, before he sailed
explained his policies of retrench
ment and reduction of iorc«. Mt.
Landis stated that it was his inten
tion to run the railroad in the same
manner he would as if it belonged to
a private company, and would spend
no money except for the upbuilding of
traffic and betterement of the road.
When asked as to his policj in re
gard to providing steamer trat tic to
Anchorage this year, Mr. Landis de
clared this practice had ceased with
his inauguration as manager. “Gvevy
boat which goes to Anchorage with
passengers and treiglit has cost tin
railroad $650 per hundred passen
gers. not counting loss of freight haul
and the steamship companies must in
the future look out for themselves.”
“I would wish nothing better than
that some big company would entei
Alaska and develop a large area and
establish an export market. This is
a big money enterprise and at pres
ent the capital is not to be had.
“First there must be sufficient coal
developed to supply the Alaskan mar
ket. Then reach out for the markets
in the States. This may entail the
; establishment of steamers by coal
i operators to carry their product.”
Referring again to the steamshij
i situation, Col. Landis declared that
he would place on trains enough to
handle all traffic between Seward
1 and Interior points, and that no one
would be required to take a boat, or
! lay over here for lack of rail trans
portation.
| Col. Landis will confer with Secre
| tary Work while gone on matters in
; volving the railroad. At Cleveland,
Ohio, he will be met by Mrs. Landis
and they will visit New York, Wash
f ington and other cities, before return
; ing to Alaska, some time in March.
I
By
, WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—President
1 Coolidge today nominated William S
Hill, of South Dakita, Frederick I
i Thompson of Alabama, and Bert E
Haney of Oregon as members of the
I U. S. Shipping Board.
The Leap Year dance at A. B. Hall
Saturday is a novel entertainment.
COPPERNOLL RETURNS
FROM ANCHORAGE
MUCH ENCOURAGED
W. D. Coppernoll, republican candi
date for attorney general who has
been looking after his political fenc
es at Anchorage the past week, re
turned on Saturday’s train much en
couraged over the outlook for his can
didacy, having received promises o!
support on every hand. Friends of
Mr. Coppernoll in the railroad city
believe he will sweep the division, as
he is well known in the Copper Riv
er valley and to the westward.
Mr. Coppernoll is not a radical but
believes in giving the other fellow a
fair shoAv. He is loyal to his friends
and has no enemies to punish. He
will issue a statement for the Gate
way in Saturday’s paper which will
define his position on Alaskan ques
tions.
lyrn rm nrrn r
flALO run DAI ILL
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 21.—Chair
man William W. Casey sr., of the
’pv.ocia.ic divisional committee has
called a democratic convention to
meet in Juneau on January 31.
The purpose of the meeting will be
to adopt a platform for the party in
' laska. for suggestions concerning
candidates in the coming e’ection and
party politics and for generally reor
ganizing the party in Alaska.
De’egates have been appointed to
every precinct in the division.
SHIPMENTS OF ALASKAN FUEL?
WILL ME MADE TO SOUTH
ERN MARKETS
The Evan Jones Coal company,
through its president, Oscar Ander
son, will within the next thirty days. |
purchase an ocean-going steamship of
at least 1 000 tons gross capacity, to
carry coal between Anchorage and
Pacific coast ports, it was learned re
cently.
Oscar Anderson principal stoekhol
der in the Evan Jones mine, and pre
sident of the company, who left Sat
urday for the south, expects to buy
the vessel either in San Francisco or
Seattle.
Mr. Anderson said that he expects
to put the vessel on the outside run.
to Anchorage, bringing gener
al freight for this port, and carrying
coal exclusively on the return voy
age.
The vessel to be purchased will
have no passenger space. Mr. An
derson expects to spend some time
f looking over vessels that are on the
! market before he makes a choice. He
wants a coal-burning freighter, he
said, that may be economically oper
ated on a year-round schedule.
The movement of the Evan Jones
company to use its own steamship in
the transportation of Alaska coal to
southern markets, originated here sev
eral weeks ago. The Evan Jones com
pany, it is understood, has been pro
| mised the co-operation of other coal
i operators in supplying southbound
! tonnage, provided, of course, that Pa
I cific coast markets for Alaska coal are
i to be developed as expected.
I
ALASKA COUPLE ARE
ARRESTED IN BOISE
ON SLAVERY CHARGE
JUNEAU, Jan. 24.—Charged with
, violation of the White Slave traffic
act, Dan Terzik and Mrs. Mary Pa
akanine, former residents of the third
' division of Alaska, have been arrest
ed at Boise, Idaho. '•moi-ding to ad
I • :'P" -or>p1-VP(j here today says the
■ Juneau Empire. The man formerly
resided at Anchorage and the woman
is said to be the wife of Ralph Paaka
nine, known as “Russian Ralph,” tra
der and fox farmer of Uvak
Official reports said Terzik and th«
woman eloped last October from An
chorage. They went first to the vic
inity of Portland, and later to Poise.
( Federal officials in the third division
reported the matter to the local of
I fice of the bureau of investigation
N. H. Castle, agent in charge. Thru
1 it and the Portland and Boise offices
of the bureau the couple was located
Terzik and Mrs. Paakanine are now
in the federal jail at Boise pendine
further action. While it is believed
they will be brought back to Alaska
for trial, it is said 1o be possible that
1 action will be brought by the Boisd
: federal authorities.
RAILWAY FIREMAN WILL
TAKE LONG HOLIDAY
Kenneth Lohnes, fireman on a
freight locomotive on the Alaska rail
road, who fell from his engine sever
al months ago fracturing his skull,
has been given a six months’ leave ofj
absence, which he will spend with his 1
parents in Nova Scotia. Mr. Lohnes
was injured severely and is recuper
ating slowly.
MATANUSKA RANCHER OUT
Jeff Bogard, a prominent rancher of
Matanuska, and one of the most pros
perous and successful of the many
farmers of that section came over on
Saturday’s train on his way Outside
for a two months’ visit. Mr. Bogard
has made success of hog raising in
the valley, and has marketed some
record porkers, one weighing nearly
500 pounds.
lie I iC IB ID
SCfiS VIS!
En route to the Outside from
Victoria Land, in the far Arctic where
he conducts a prosperous trading
bu iness, C. Klengenberg arrived in
Seward, Saturday evening. He is ac
companied by two grown sons, Andy
and Jorgen, who are seeing lor the
first time the modern wonders of civ
ilization which are denied them in
their isolated home.
Mr. Klengenberg, who is niak
his first trip out in sixteen years, is
taking with him a large quantity of
valuable furs, for the most part, fox. j
He and his sons left on the Victoria
for Vancouver B. C., where they will
arrange for the equipment of a boa! j
to again take them North next spring.!
Edmonton will be visited, and it is j
possible that a trip will be made to
California.
According to present plans he in
tends to have his vessel at Nome in
time to leave there for Victoria Land
about July 15, arriving home late in
August.
The first trip to the Arctic was
made by Mr Klengenberg in 1903. He
has been engaged in trading at his
present headquarters since 1906, and
is nowT on his third trip outside. A
comfortable home has been establish
ed at the far isolated post, and the
oldest son and two daughters are with
their mother there during Mr. Kleng
enberg and his two younger sons’ ab
sence.
Victoria Land lies approximately
one thousand miles east of two de
grees north of Herschel Island. It
is a good trapping country, Mr. Klen
genberg states, and the climate there
does not differ greatly from that of
this district. The sons all are skilled
in meeting Arctic conditions, operate
the deisel engines and appliances
with which his boats are equipped and
have a strong inclination toward me
chanics. It is necessary, he states
that he make the northern trip next
summer, but may again bring the
boys out again next year.
1
TEST 1IDITY
JUNEAT, Jan. 25.—A suit was be
gun here today to test the validity oi
the graduated tax on canned sal
mon output as adopted by the last ter
ritorial legislature.
The suit was begun in the name ol
' the Pacific American Fisheries com
I pany. but it is understood that a nurn
I ber oi' other canneries are behind the
\ suit,
! Attorney General John Rustgard
1 will bring suits immediately against
i all canneries that have not paid theii
taxes in full under the graduated ta>
| law. ,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. —Charges
that the Black Tom explosion in New
Jersey in 1916, in which many lives
were lost, was caused by agents of
' the German government acting under
■ orders from Berlin, were filed with
the mixed claims commission in Ber
lin today by the Lehigh Valley rail- I
way company which asks nine bit
i lion dollars damages.
FORMER GRAND DUCHESS
MARIE OF GERMANY DEAD
MUNICH, Jan. 25.—Former Grand |
Duchess Marie of Luxemburg died
here today.
MINISTRY TAKES STEPS TO
END BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKE
LONDON, Jan. 25.—Labor Minister
Shaw and Margaret Bondfield parlia-!
mentary secretary for the Labor min
istry, have taken steps toward end
ing the railway strike.
A FORTUNATE TOWN
Juneau boasts that no merchant or
business man sends outside for their
printing, patronizing home industry.
Juneau is indeed fortunate if she can
induce her people to keep their mon- j
ey at home. .
—
Attend the Leap Year Ball at A.
B. Hall Saturday night.
SUBMITTED BY W. T. STUART AT
REQUEST OF SEWARD TOWN
COUNCIL' DEC. 3, 1924
Power Plant ....... $47,80b.0(
Water Wheels,
Generators,
General Plant Equipment.
Distribution System ...$19,089.00
Poles,
Wires,
Transformers.
Miscellaneous.
Pipe Line and Intake .$63,750.0'
Pipe.
Trestles,
New Intake,
Miscellaneous.
Telephone System .$13,881.0..
Switchboard,
Wife and Cable
Telepnones,
Total.$144,520.0
This does not include Real Ls
tate, buildings, merchandise, or buiK
head near power plant. Depreciation
and repairs on present state of equip
ment would be iiberal at 10 per cent
per year.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
pursuant to the provisions ol Section
*» Oi Uuapter ji ui me ttession .bavYt
m tue lerriiory oi Alaska, i923 a
public nearing will be held in tilt
town llali ot Sewaru, Alaska, at eigiu
u clock P. M. on Monday, February
4iii, 15124, at which hearing all pei
sons interested may be present, make
statements or submit testimony, relu
live to the proposed cnange in tat
rales charged to the Town ol Seward,
Alaska, anu the inhabitants uiereoi
or electricity, and electric current
I supplied and furnished therefore and
i Lnereto, by THE SEW ARD L1GH l
& POWER COMPANY, a corpur..
! tion, Seward Light & Power Compa
ny, or by whatever name style oi
! designation the public service corp
; oration referred to may be legally
, known:
This Public Hearing is called in ac
cordance with the law in such regard
1 and by virtue oi that certain Resolu
.ion adopted by the Common Coun
cil oi the Town of Seward, in words
tand figures as follows, to wit:
Resolution.
! Whereas the Common Council of the
| Town 01 Seward, Alaska do deem it
advisable to regulate, change and fix
; ihe rate to be charged by public ser
| vice Corporation, associations or indi
viduals furnishing electricity for light
heat and for power purposes to the
| municipality of Seward, Alaska, and
! -or the inhabitants thereof;
Be It Resolved by the Common
' Council of the Town of Seward, A1
aska: That an Ordinance having beer
i introduced concerning the establish
j ing of rates to be charged to tht
j Town of Seward, Alaska, and the iV.
| habitants thereof for electricity anc
' i electric current, supplied, furnishec
I jr sold thereto by persons copart
1 nerships, associations or corporations
It is ordered that a public hearing
. be held upon the reasonableness o
j the rates proposed in said Ordinanci
: j and that such public hearing be hat
and notice thereof be given in ac
cordance with the provisions of Sec
’ tion 27, Chapter 97, Session Laws o
Alaska, 1923;
Be It Further Resolved, That th
i time and place of said hearing is here
by fixed as the 4th day of February
j '924 in the Town Hall of Sew a re
Alaska at the hour of 8 o’clock P. M.
Wm. H. Whittlesey,
I Municipal Clerl
(Approved, Jan. 16th, 1924)
By L. V. RAY, Mayor,
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO 78
s |
v i An Ordinance to establish and reg
, ulate the rates to be charged to th
l own ot Seward, Alaska, and the ir
f: habitants thereof, for electricity am
r: electric current by persons copartnei
i i ships, associations or corporation
I who supply, furnish and—or sell elec
': tricitv and electric current to sai<
1 Town and—or its inhabitants
The Town of Seward, Alaska, b)
and through its Common Council
j doth ordain:
Section 1. That, after a full consid
! eration thereof, the rates hereinafter
I provided and set forth are fair and
I reasonable rates and charges to be
| paid by said Town of Seward, Alaska
and the inhabitants thereof for elec
! tricitv and electric current supplied,
! furnished, delivered and—^ <-old f0
| said Town and—or its inhabitants.
I and that no person, copartnership as
j sociation or corporation shall make,
i charge or collect any greater rate
; or charge for electricity or electric
1 current supplied, furnished, delivered
i and—or sold to said Town and—or the
inhabitants thereof, than the rates or
charges contained and set forth in the
following Sections of this Ordinance,
j to-wit:
Section 2. Meter Service. On or
before ninety days after the passage
of this Ordinance meters s*'*’11 be
stalled to all consumers of electric
light and power within the incorpora
ted limits of the Town of Seward,
Alaska.
Section 3. Meter Installation Char
ges. Meters shall be furnished the
consumer by the person. cormrtnes
ship, association or corporation fur
nishing said consumer with electricity
or eiectri" current at actual cost plus
iv) per cent v\hich amount shall b.j
paid at the time of installation of me
er and receipt issued for cost of me
'ir. When service is discontinued,
eposit to the amount of cost of the
teter to be returned to the consum
provided the meter is returned in
iud older, and provided the consu
ner shall then have paid to said per
son, copartnership, association or
corporation all money due to them.
Section 4. Service Rates. For con
sumers using 100 Kilowatt hours or
less electricity or eleciric current
used or consumed for lighting, domes
tic or industrial purposes other than
electric motors of one Horse Power
or more, the rate shall be 12Va cents
per Kilowatt hour; for consumers us
ing 100 Kilowatt hours and not ex
ceeding 200 Kilowatt hours for ele -
tricity or electric current used or
consumed for lighting, domestic or
industrial purposes other than elec
tric motors of one Horse Power or
"ore. Mv rate shall be 10 cents per
Kilowatt hour; for consumers using
200 Kilowatt hours or nior* eh ; . i
ty or electric current used or consu;-'
ed for lighting, domestic or i.vlu -
ria1 purposes other t’— eledrio mo
ors of one Horse Power or more.
-e rate shall be 8 cents per Kilowatt
hour.
■ I Moo r. Vo*or service for e|*r
rimty and electric current us al or
’’onsurned in motors of a standari rat
ing of less than one II rso Pov r
•>:'li be the same rate as lighting ser
vice. Motors of a standard rating oi
're Horse Power or more shall have
« *'ptp not to exceed € con's p*r Kil
owatt hour, this class of service to be
- gistered t'1 rough a separate meter
''or power purposes only.
Section 6. Minimum Monthly Ser
vice Charge. On all classes of serv
ice there shall be a minimum month
ly service charge or rate of $1.30 for
he first 300 Watts of connected load
ind of 75 cents for each additional
"00 Watts or fraction thereof of the
connected load for the electricity or
•letm-io current consumed during any
one month
Sec. 7. Meter Test at Consumer’s
Request. Upon giving the vendor cf
electricity or electric current at
'east two days’ written notice, the
consumer shall have the right at any
'ime to require said vender to test
'•itch meters in his presence and if the
■onsumer so desires, in the presence
of an expert representative appoint
ed by him. If at the request of the
consumer, any meter shall be tested
more often than once in six months
n.d shall be found to register within
two per cent of the correct amount,
the consumer shall upon demand pay
' to said vendor all expenses incurred
i bv the said vendor in connection of
such test.
Section 8. That neither the Town
nor the inhabitants thereof shall pay
or be required to pay any greater
rate or charge than the rates and
■barges herein provided for electrici
ty or electric current supplied, fur
rushed delivered and—or sold to it or
hem by anv person, copartnership,
-sscciation or corporation engaged in
Viprpf>fter to engage in the supply
ing. furnishing, delivering and—or
selling of electricity or electric cur
I rent to said Town and—or to the in
j habitants thereof.
Section 9. That the rates and charg
es hereinbefore provided and set
forth are hereby determined to be
reasonable rates and charges and that
they are the maximum rates and char
ges which shall be charged.
Section 10. Penalty. It shall bo
unlawful for •>ny T'r' copartr.er
I ship, association or corporation to
! Seii electricity or electric current ox
1 cept through a meter within the
I specified rates ' and am' violation
thereof shall be pumshante by a fine
1 of not less than $25 00 nor exceed
ing one hundred dollars lot each ot
fense.
Section IT That this Ordinance
shall be published in the Seward
Daily Gateway, a newspaper of gen
eral circulation in the Town of Sew
ard. Alaska and shall become e»iec
tive on .— 1924._ _
Mrs. Anna E. Ashton of the Ashton
stores in Seward and Anchoiage, re
turned last night from a trip to the
interior metropolis.
Billy Patterson, proprietor of the
City Express, left today for Anchor
age to enter the government hospital
for an operation.
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for power and light
—produces standard 110 volt
electricity
—has a capacity of 1500 watts or
two electrical horsepower
—operates simply at the touch
of any button anywhere on
the circuit
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