ME 1 AES
(Continued from I'aii* Two)
w.^mger a practical and construc
tive railroad man and administra
tor—a son of the soil with an un
derstanding of Alaska’s needs—
Colonel Otto F. Ohlson, formerly
division superintendent of the
Northern Pacific Railway, who
served with distinction as a rail
rcad executive under General
Pershing in France during the
World War.
CALLED “SEWARD’S FOLLY"
Owing to its undeserved reputa
tion of an Arctic climate and large
ly by reason of a distinct lack of
interest in a Territory of nearly
5.000 miles from Washington, our
legislators have always regarded
Alaska as more or less of a "step
child". It was for this reason that
they characterized its purchase as
Sewards Folly", notwithstanding
the fact that the figure paid-$7.
200.000—constituted an average
price of two cents an acre.
Those who have access to the ar
chives in Washington today, how
ever. may learn that Secretary
Seward bought Alaska from Russia
as a payment for services rendered
the United States during the Civil
War. In other words, it was not
the commerical transaction it was
supposed to be. And. even at that,
as matters have turned out, it would
not have been a very foolish deal
to have added to the United States
600.000 square miles of territory,
the total exports from which, since
its purchase, amounted to nearly
$1,500,000,000.
With a population of more than
50.000, approximately one-half of
which is native or Aleut Indian,
concentrated largely in 10 towns
with from 1,000 to 6,000 residents,
Alaska is pre-eminently a white
man's country. It has four national
and 13 Territorial banks; six daily
FRESH STOCK OF SHOT GUN
SHELLS at Brown & Hawkins Corp.
LEESl NOTICE
I7. S. LAND OFFICE, ANCHOR
AGE, ALASKA.
NOTICE ISI HEREBY GIVEN
that RALPH SPARKS, entryman,
together with his witnesses, HAA
KON SUNSBY, and THEODORE
ALBERT NUTBEEM, all of Sel
dovia, Alaska, has submitted fin-,
al proof on his homestead entry,
serial 0G799, for lands embraced
in U. S. Survey No. 1541, Longi
tude 151° 12' 30" W. Latitude 59°
36 N. containing 17.55 acres.
If no protest is filed in the U.
S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alas
ka, within the period of publica
tion or thirty days thereafter
said final proof will be accepted
and final certificate issued. The
proof is now in the files of the
local Land Office at Anchorage, j
Alaska.
J. Lindley Green, Register
First publication August 20, 1929.
Last publication October 30, 1929.
| THE PALACE
John Mattich Paul Svedeen
:: Proprietors ::
| POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
Orlander
Jeweler
Dealer in watches and
clocks, nugget jewelry,
old ivory, curios and a
full line of goods us
ually carried in a first
class jewelry store.
Watches repaired on
short notice.
and 12 weekly newspapers; 18
chambers of commerce and com
mercial clubs; an up-to-date air
plane service from Anchorage and
[Fairbanks into the Interior, includ
ing 57 graded airports thruout the
jTerritory for summer work. The
|Fairbanks airport alone has two
j runways, each more than 2,000 feet
jlong by 400 feet wide, and is equip
ped with a night beacon and flood
lights. '
! The national government has
I recognized this enterprise by es
tablishing an aerological weather
stations at Fairbanks, the outcome
] of which will be the substitution of
j airplanes for dog teams in carrying
j the mail into far-flung Interior
'settlements during the winter. This
will mean that mining camps at
distant points will get their mail
every week instead of once or twice
during the winter.
The Signal Corps operates 35
radio stations thruout the Terri
tory contacting the stations at the
various salmon canneries along the
coast, thus covering a total of 125
widely separated villages and ham
lets. The importance of this branch
of government service may be seen
in the growth of receipts from
purely commercial business from
$14,000 in 1903 to $337,000 in 1928.
These radio stations are of im
mense value for their daily metero
logical reports, which are estimated
to be worth millions of dollars an
nually.
RADIO MAJOR FACTOR
Many of these stations are one
man affairs, many of which are
located on the very edges of civi
lization, where the operator is the
only white man in the district.
Therefore, he must be pioneer,
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Complete service, beautiful
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cook, and housekeeper as well as a
radio expert. And, further, he fre
quently acts as judge and jury in
adjusting the domestic difficulties
of the natives. * *
So important has the radio be- i
come in Alaska that the war de
partment has recently decided to
abandon the 1,800 mile cable which :
jwas purchased in Great Britain
five years ago at a cost of $1,500,000
and laid from Seattle to Seward via I
Ketchikan. With an installation j
cost of $200,000 for a complete radio |
system from Seattle, it will be i
cheaper than to maintain the up- |
i keep of the cable, which is approxi- j
;mately $200,000 annually. Plans for ■
|the change have been completed,;
with the expectation that the sub- !
stitution will be made not later j
than July 1930.
The combined accomplishments j
of the radio and airplane in Alaska !
within the last 12 months read like |
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THE BLUE SHOP
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GROCERY CO.
A Fresh Supply of Canning Peaches Arrived
On This Boat. The Price Is Right. '
L. M. Douglas, Mgr. Phone Madison 93
Little Mary Amend, ill for a
number of days past, was taken
to the Anchorage hospital yes
terday a very sick little girl.
A-l meat and nothing else in
the Frye-Bruhn Meat Market.
Hear the record Utah Trail. Play- 1
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price $35. Also the record Barnacle
Bill is good and some more about
Bill will be on the next boat.
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And make your purchases where only the best in steaks,
chops, roasts, poultry and other meats are procurable.
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