CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
OF GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
TO DEVELOP RESOURCES
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion Is operating a daily trum be
tween Anchorage and Moose creek
on the Mulunuska branch, and three
carloads of coal are being brought to
Anchorage daily. This coal is for
use of the Commission and also for
the supply of the people at Anchorage.
Material and supplies for the con
struction of the railroad are being
hauled on this train, as well as
freight and passengers, to points
along the line. The commercial
freight and passenger traffic is paying
for the operation of the train, which
enables the Government to transport
its construction materials free of
charge from Anchorage to Its camps
on the railroad.
The population of Anchorage,which
is the main construction base on tho
railroad, is between 4,000 and 5,000. At
Matanuska, the Junction of the 11a
tanuska branch with the main line, a
townslte was recently surveyed by
the Government uud a town is now
in course of development. There Is
also a small town at Moose Creek,
about tlfty mile3 from Anchorage,
where the first mine on the railroad is
in operation. At Wassilla, the name
of the town where the railroad crosses
the Knik-Willow Creek wagon road,
several people are gathering. Was
silla will bo the distributing point for
freight and supplies for the Willow
Creek mining district. The Govern
ment is taking immediate .steps to
survey small townsites at these
pluses.
The railroad north and south from
Anchorage passes through and develr
ops a large agricultural country.
There are now between GOO and
1000 homesteaders along tho line of
the railroad in this section, and the
. gricultural land is being rapidly de
veloped. The homesteaders are sup
plying a considerable portion of the
foodstuffs for the railroad employees
and other people in that section of
the country. Recently the Ala3kan
engineering Commission contracted
for 600 tons, or over 13,000 busheU, of
potatoes with the Matanuska farmers.
Products are being hauled by the
farmers to Matanuska and shipped
over tho railroad to Anchorage and
other points along tho line. There is
still room for r largo number of home
steaders in the vicinity of the rail
road, and the Government hopes to
encourage farmers from the States
to come to Alaska and take up home
steads in the territory tributary to
the railroad in order to develop the
agricultural lands so that the country
may some day ia the near future be
self supporting.
The building of tho railroad has
also given an impetus to tho mining
industry, and there Is good prospect
for considerable traffic for the railroad
when it is finally completed.
E. H. SOUTHERN’S TRIBUTE
TO CHARLES FROHMAN
AND HIS BROTHER
"Why fear death? Death is only a
beautiful aavcnturo."
Thus 3poke Charles Frohman ns he
stood with three other passengers, his
arms locked in theirs, upon the slant
deck of the Lusitania as she sank off
the coast of Ireland. At 2.30 P. M.
May the 7th, 1915, the vessel wa3 tor
pedoed by a German submarine. Mr.
Frohman could have had no hope to
escape. He was probably wounded by
the explosion, and one of his legs was
permanently disabled from illness. He
could not walk without the help of a
cane.
At such a crisis a man’s 3oul speaks,
;.nd Charles Frohman's words lllumi- i
| nate his life and shed a raidance upon ;
I his death. God grant that we muy
i greet the inevitable hour in such
' wise when it shall strike for us! A
I man who can speak thU3 at such a
1 moment can need no other epitaph.
When Charles and Daniel Frohman
j entered upon their careers as mans ■
gels the business of the theatre was
frequently conducted on a haphazard
plan. If a venture suceedod all w< nt
well. In the event of failure the ac
tors very often suffered loss. Any
irresponsible person could take out a
play and obtain time in various the
ALASKA NOTES
(From Our Exchanges.)
A. Q. Henning, a mining man of
Atlln, is authority for the statement
that the Altin district would become
one of the greatest gold producing
camps in the world If given reason
able transportation facilities.
A test cleanup made on Quirk &
Qlldeon's ground on No 11 below
Dome, shows that their block of
ground will go approximately $4 to
the square foot, according to K. F.
Roth, who atended the cleanup.
Louis Gouette of Fairbanks, whe
recently shot his mining partnci
Dick Creighton and fired several shots
at Martin Smith, was given a plelim
inary hearing and bound over undei
bonds of 25,000 to the grand Jury.
Judge John Ford of New York, who
came all the way to Seward to hunt
on Kenai peninsula, got ready to start
out when he discovered he had for
gotten to secure a license, and hud
to get one by telegraph from Juneau.
A Douglas councilman suy3 there
are 2,000 dogs In that town and only
32 licenses for canines have so far
been Issued. Ah a result the city
authorities are looking out tor a man
willing to accept the Job as dog catch
er.
Harry Sheppard, formerly deputy
marshal at Idltarod, is In the retail
mbat business at Mount Vernon, Wn.,
In partnership with Bill Acheson, for
mer manager of the Cold Storage
Company’s business at Idltarod. They
are said to bo doing woll.
Mrs. C. R. Miller, while camping
at the Polar Boar claim, near White
horse, placed a 5-gallon oil can on
a stump and took a shot at It with a
22-calibre rifle. When things quitod
down a little it was found that the
can and stump had disappeared and
the lady had a number of pieces of
tla la various portions of ber body.
It Is believed that some careless min
er had left a stick of dynamite in the
can.
Let the Nugget dc your letter writ
ing by sending the Weekly Nugget to
your friends on the outside—50o mo.
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ntreb. I hae myself been a victim of
such adventurers. Owing greatly to
i he Frohman faculty for organization
and fair dealing, theatrical affairs
were soon conducted on a sounded
basis. The Frohman word was as
good as a bond to any man. This
was Charles Frohman’s especial pride.
It has been the custom in certain
quarters to exclaim against Mr. Froh
man’s "commercialism” In tho conduct
of his business. This abuse is quite
nonsensical and unfair. The amuse
ment-loving people demand many
kinds of entertainment. It can be
said of Charles Frohman that he never
on any single occasion offered any
thing below the standard of cleanli
ness and good manners, and that, on
the other hand, he provided his pat
rons with the very best plays by the
verv be3t dramatists of his time. In
terperted by the most capable actors
procurable. The salaries of players
and tho royalties of playrlghts in
creased by leaps and bounds under hla
generous direction, for he was ever
ready to pay for the best.
$ 2.00 per month.
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FIRST TRAIN LOAD
OF ALASKA COAL
The first train load of coal from
lho Dougherty coal mine on the gov
ernment railroad, was brought Inti
Anchorage recently. The event wa <
marked by an excursion out the line
to witness the loading of the first
oar at th« bunkers.
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following are tho lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days designated. The minus
sign before a number moans below
eoro.
U. 8. Weather Bureau.
1915. 191G
JJec. 1. —11 —20
Dec. 2. —12 —30
Dec. 3. —14 —32 |
Deo. 4. — II —82
Dec. 5. —16 —3u
Dec. 8. —14 —28
Dec. 7. —14 —26
Dec. 8. —16 -21
De c. 9. —18 - 4
Dec. 10. —11 2
Dec. 11. —13 6
NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF NOME
I have secured the Tailor Shop of
John Feyrer. laidlea and Gents suits
made to order. A large stock of
Fabrics and Fashions to select from.
8u)ls cleaned, pressed and altered.
All Work Guaranteed
to fit and m. I with your approval.
M. PASCOFF.
Cor. Dane's way and Front street.
OVERSTOCKED
To the public.—
We have juat finished stock taking,
and find that *re are hearlly overstocked
so nre making enormous reductions in
Hardware—as mucn as j» per cent In
certain lines Notwithstanding Immense
advances outside, especially In Hard
ware and Metal Uooda, we are still sell
mg on tne basis of goods purchased the
pas' two or three years.
We win sell ror cash only at them
prices, and for a llmlte • time, until we
bring our stock down to the require
ments of the camp.
If you nave an order to be tilled, 1st
us figure on It; w* can aav« you money
Ws hare proved It to others, we oar
prove It to you.
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