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ferred to, though anonymously, in
this department as a lobbyist, albeit
a worthy one. Jack explained that al
though he was passing considerable
time in Washington looking out for
Alaska’s legislative and administra
tive interests, he was not a trace of a
lobbyist. To Jack the word lobbyist
is not a pleasant one for personal
application; to him it means one who
is paid to promote legislation, and,
more likely than not, in ways that are
not entirely in accord with, the high
est! standards of moral conduct.
Jack, be it known of all men, has
been in Washington as the representa
tive of the Alaska Chamber of Com
merce, Alaska in general and himself
and friend-s, without pay or expenses.
That is the sort of lobb—beg pardon,
legislative representative and depart
mental agent, that gets furthest quick
est in Washington. When a Congress
man or an administrative official falls
i he Alaska Railroad
TRAINS ARRIVE SEWARD
Wednesday and Saturday
At 7:00 P. M.
TRAINS DEPART SEWARD
Monday and Thursday
7:30 A. M.
CITY EXPRESS
Bitty Patterson
Meets Ail Boats aid Trains
O.K. BARBER SHOP
LADIES .HAIRCUTTING
AND SHAMPOOING.
CLEAN SANITARY BATHS
Jess Lander, Prop.
SHORTLEY’S
ROOMING HOUSE
The only house in Seldo
via having hot and cold
water and bath.
Seldovia, Alaska.
THE BEST PLACE FOR
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AND ALTERATIONS
At
C. Hennings
TAILOR SHOP
‘HOTEL SEWARD’
HOMELIKE
WARM
MODERN
CONVENIENT
OSCAR DAHL, Prop.
in with a man whp comes to Washing
ton at his own expense frankly to for
ward his own interests or those of his
community he gets a cordial recep
tion, if nothing more. It matters not
if Jack himself has a few fur farms
in the fire, if he warms up fur irons
for all Alaska. Anyway Jack, single
handed, has given us a law that puts
fur farming on the public domain of
Alaska on a firm basis of legal right.
And if Congress had given him a day
more, reindeer rights to moss, grass,
brush, etc., would have been estab
lished.
Jack is strong for the reindeer in
dustry but wants to see it shifted
from the Seward peninsula over to
ward the Alaska railway, so that there
will be more business for the railway
and more railway for the business,
but some assurance of grazing rights
is necessary first; and besides Jack
is determined that the reindeer shall
not be allowed to ruin the moss
ranges of the north the way unre
stricted cattle have spoiled the grass
ranges of the South.
What Jack thinks about Representa
tive Free’s idea of abandoning the Al
aska railway would make printed
lines more shocking than polite; and
indeed the same is true of most of
Free’s squirrelian philosophy of Alas
ka, which Jack puts in the same cate
gory with Webster’s famous speech
about the worthlessness of the Pacific
Northwest.
And still we have not informed our
readers greatly concerning this Jack
McCord. He was^first discovered in
Iowa about forty years ago; and at a
later period was found trying to bet
a bachelor’s degree by working his
way when he fell in with the late Sen
ator Cummins, then governor of Iowa
who said to him, “Son, you ought to
be up and doing, not just spending
spare time in college studies.” At
the moment this advice was tendered
Jack was trying, as a scholastic side
line, to show an old farmer named
Harbach' how to make his stock farm
pay. Somehow Harbach got an idea
that Jack was a young capitalist, and
when the latter announced his intend
ed up-and-doing departure for all
points west and north of Iowa, the
old farmer was curious to know what
Jack was planning* to do with his
money. Jack explained that he had
purchased a ranch (entirely mythical)
in North Dkaota; whereupon Harbach
offered him his finest cattle for the
stocking of the ranch.
That put it up to Jack to have a
ranch to make good with, and he was
school-teaching and selling land in the
flickertail state for that objective
when he fell for the lure of “Sunny
Southern Alberta.” At Winnipeg he
was refused a job and transportation
as railway construction worker in the
promised land because of his then
slight figure. Nothing daunted Jack
boarded the navy’s train, appointed
himself straw boss of the gang, col
lected all the tickets and handed them
to the train conductor who didn’t in
quire for Jack’s own ticket. Arrived
at Kicking Horse Pass or thereabouts
Jack appointed himself school-teach
er, the government later confirming
him in office. Not having a habita
tion he billeted himself on a crabbed
old prospector, who growled and re
monstrated but couldn’t get rid of his
guest, until the wanderlust again
drove him to the trail.
The trail came to Seattle and a
steamer about to depart for Katella,
Alaska, lacking most of the laborers
who had signed up. The captain
eagerly accepted Jack, but required a
blanket roll. Not having rolli or money
Jack was non-plussed. With the ship
due to sail in fifteen minutes he rush
ed to a sailors’ boarding house, ex
plained the situation to a * chamber*
maid and begged the loan of some
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Spiced Roast Chicken
A fresh killed roast chicken One onion
Salt, black and red pepper Allspice
Two tablespoonfuls fat Orie-half cupful vinegar
Salt and pepper the roast, sprinkle to taste with all-spice, place
in a roaster and cover with vinegar and fat. Slice the onion over the
top and around the roast and cover all with water. Bake in a mod
erate oven (300 degrees) until the meat is tender and the liquid has
cooked down to a thick gravy. A beef roast is also delicious cooked
in this manner.
MEADOWBROOK BUTTER, DRY PACK AND
IN BRINE, NONE BETTER
Local Fresh Killed Chickens Saturday
EGGS 40c and 45c PER DOZEN
Carstens Packing Co.
E. KURTZ, Mgr. PHONE MAIN 130
A Complete Line of
GROCERIES
Fresh Vegetable Received
Each Week.
PHONE MAIN 34
P. C. nJLLEN
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Short orders of all kinds
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SEWARD, ALASKA '
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John Nelson, Mgr. Wayne Blue, Agent
Office, Arcade Building. Phone Main VI
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