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Did Ivory, Curios, and
i full line of goods usu
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Jewelry store.
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NORTHERN NOTES
E. G. LaBelle has been reelected
chief of the Cordova fire department,
his opponent being Harry Nettleton.
Axel (“Gus”) Gustaveson, vone of
the best known of the Klondike pio
neers, died recently in Tucson, Ari
zona.
“Alaskan, Atlin and the Yukon”—
these words are the title of the folder
by which the White Pass & Yukon
route will advertise the northern trip
to the tourists who would know more
about the great Northland.
A San Francisco paper received on
the last mail brings the sad news of
the passing of Mrs. A. R. Heilig, be
loved by the many who knew her dur
ing her many years of residence in
Fairbanks.
Many Ketchikan people were shock
ed to learn of the sudden death at
Bremerton of B. A. Eardley, pioneer
resident in the Ketchikan district and
owner of the Dolomi mines and local
property.
Sawmill men in Southeastern Alas
ka are apparently on the eve of the
biggest season’s operations in many
When things Look
BLACK Phone the
Seward Steam Laundry
Telephone Main 148
THE SURROUNDINGS
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PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
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Looking Ahead!
Alaskan progress of the past forecasts the future greatness of
the Northfland, and justifies ail Alaskans In holding to their firm faith
in the Territory’s possibilities and worth. By aiming high and
working together—actively and steadily—those having to do with
Alaskan progress can accomplish much. Looking ahead to still
greater things, and planning and working accordingly, Is the one
way that a high purpose can be realized.
The Alaska Railroad—a pioneer system—is gradually and pains
takingly striding towards a great goal—the greater development of
Alaska; and, that the future Is bright and promising is attested by
the steady and consistent upward trend of past and present activi
ties. The Alaska Railroad is “Looking Ahead.”
department of the interior
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage Alaska
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years and the outlook for the timber
generally In the district is the best
in recent years, according to District
Forester C. H. Flory.
Results from test borings at Peters
burg Bar, made to determine the na
ture of the formation there have been
very favorable for use of a sea going
dredge in digging a channel across
the bar, according to Major L. E. Oli
ver, acting district engineer.
The gas boat Myra, owned by T. M.
Armstrong, is missing, unaccounted
for since about March 16, with George
Hardine aboard according to a report
made to U. S. Commissioner V. A.
Paine at Juneau. The disappearance
of the vessel was reported by Mr.
Armstrong.
Word of the sudden death of Fred
Wasmer from acute indigestion at El
Paso, Texas, wes received by relatives
of Mrs. Wasmer in Juneau. Mr. Was
ner formerly resided at Juneau, hav
ing been manager of the Alaska Steam
laundry for about a year, leaving in I
1916 for the states.
Warren Taylor, last week bought
out the interests of his partners, Roy
Badden and Carl Ermond in The Club
pool hall at Cordova and henceforth
will be the sole owner. Mr. Taylor
has been with the business for about
three years. Mr. Badden and Mr. Ed
mond have not made known their
plans for the future.
The response of the business men
of Cordova, to the advertisement rel
ative to the development of the Lucky
Strike property at McKinley lake has
been very gratifying, 25 people hav
ing subscribed for units in the syndi
cate. In fact nearly every business
house in Cordova has made a volun
teer subscription.
Only four members of this year’s
teaching staff will return to Cordova
next year, although all of the faculty
were re-elected. Those remaining are j
Superintendent Otto G. McDonough,
Robert Scott and Miss Dorothy Al
baugh of the high school and Miss
Naida Johnstone, who has the sixth
grade.
At the first meeting of the new
school board held Wednesday, Super
intendent Chas. E. Olsan was reap
pointed, to serve for the coming school
term. Professor Olsan has proven
himself a man of fine ability and
keen judgment in his capacity as su
perintendent of the Anchorage school
and his reappointment is in recogni
tion of his splendid work.
Kal Blemm shipped on the last
Queen for a smelter test in San Fran
cisco one ton of antimony from his
property on Cleveland peninsula. For
the past twelve years he has been
blocking out ore. He has a four feet
lead less than a mile from the beach.
He packed out the one ton of ore
His property is seventeen miles from
Ketchikan.
Alaskan packed salmon is very pop
ular in Greece, say Calenderoglou and
Caracala of Pieree, Greece, in a letter
received by the Commercial Club of
Ketchikan. The firm named above
wrote asking that they be put in touch
with firms packing pink salmon of
the quality of Belleanna and Angler
brands, which have met a ready mar
ket in Greece. •
A number of copper claims in the
Whitehorse district that have lain
idle for several years, some for more
than a dozen years and others since
1917, are to be reopened by the Rich
mond Consolidated Mining Company
of Spokane, which company has suc
ceeded to the mining property of the
late Byron White who secured the
claims in Yukon 25 years or more
ago. Among the claims on which
work is soon to be started are the
Pueblo, Tamarack and Carlisle, two of
which, the Pueblo and Carlisle have
produced much copper in years gone
by.
“SUDDEN SERVICE’
Auto Repairs and Marine Work
At Railroad Ave. and Sixth Street
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
STARR & SPARKS Phone Madison 152
FRED’S KITCHEN
(Formerly the Alaska Cafe)
Chef Fred Schrenger, Prop.
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
“Eat With Us and Avoid Indigestion”
Best Coal Produced In Alaska
HQBEN & DAVIS, Seward Agents
FIVE MIS AND
NINE PISHES NOW
TRYING REACH POLE
ANNIVERSARY OF PEARY’S DIS
COVERY SHOWS DIFFERENCE
IN EXPEDITIONS
New York.—The anniversary of
Admiral Robert E. Peary’s discovery
of the north pole finds five nations,
represented by nine prospective polar
expeditions, hoping to conquer the un
known north by airplane, dirigible and
motor sleds.
Two American groups seeking new
polar discoveries, those of Capt.
George H. Wilkins of the Detroit Arc
tic expedition and Commander Rich
ard E. Byrd, have already started.
Roald Amundsen of Norway and hi3
American companion, Lincoln Ells
worth have started in the dirigible
Norge and other important ventures
will be getting under way during the
next few weeks.
Those who heard of the discovery
of the north pole by Admiral Peary
on April 6, 1909, gave credit to a man
who dared to conquer the hitherto
unknown north with crude equipment.
Peary had no radio equipment in
the outfit with which to communicate
with the world. His trip across the
frozen snows of the north was by dog
sleds and under the greatest difficul
ties.
Reports from Washington of the
memorial services for Admiral Peary
at the explorer’s tomb in Arlington
cemetery included in the lists of those
attending many who are sponsoring
American expeditions to the polar re
gions this year.
The trail that Peary opened in
1909 is today attracting scores of
other adventurers, not only in the
United States but from all sections of
the world. And those who paid hon
or to the memory of the noted ex
porer are among the Americans most
interested in following up his achieve
ment by use of the more modern
equipment of 1926.
As the United States observed this
anniversary, the entire world follow
ed reports concerning Capt. George H.
Wilkins, now at Point Barrow, Alaska,
with plane and supplies ready to
make his dash across the north pole
to Spitzbergen. Reports from Tomp
kinsville, Staten island, told of the
final deparature of Commander Rich
ard E. Byrd and his associates for
Spitzbergen, from w'hence he will
make his try for the pole.
U. S. Has Four Parties on Way
Four parties from the United States
are on their way, or are preparing
to get started on their trip to unex
plored northern regions. The hopes
that they hold out fo their trips were
undreamed of 17 years ago. Lieut.
Leigh Wade, who will lead the uni
versity men’s expedition in a round
trip flight to the pole, hopes to lay
out the shortest air plane route from
London to Tokyo, Japan, flying dir
ectly across the pole.
Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ells
worth have every confidence that
they, too, will fly over the pole, and
their trip will be made in their giant
dirigible. Exploration trips are plan
ned by French, by Russians, and by
Germans, making up the total of five
nationalities engaged in polar flight
plans.
In addition to Wilkins, Byrd and
Wade, another American who will
seek new lands in the Arctic is Prof.
William H. Hobbs of the University
of Michigan, who will explore Green
land.
Fresh Candies just in on Admiral
Evans.—Schallerers’ Alaska Shop. tf.