FRANK G. CARPENTER
SAYS SOMETHING NICE
ABOUT ALASKA
Regarding Alaska and the opinions
of Frank G. Carpenter as to its be
ing a travel-land, the following ap
pears on March 5th in the Seattle
Rost Intelligencer.
Frank G. Carpenter, correspondent
of leading American newspapers hav
ing a combined circulation of more
than 6,000,000, In an article published
recently on Alaska's coming semi
centennial celebration, which is beimg
planned by the Alaska bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce Club,
said:
"This celebration of an event of
national Importance will be held In a
unique manner, each town featuring
the the industries and resources of its
locality, making it tn effect an all
Alaska celebration. The participating
party is being organized by the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce and Commercial Club
and will he personally conducted by a
veteran ‘sourdough.’ The towns are
planning to hold celebrations of from
one to three days' duration.”
In closing Mr. Carpenter says: —
Scenic Grandeur.
“This itinerary g'lves hut little idea i
of the wonders of the Alaska exposi
tion. In addition In the industrial
features will he the scenic grandeur
of the Inside passage, surpassing that
of the thousand islands of the St. Haw
renee, I he inland sea of Japan and the
fiords of Norway. There will he the
wonders of the Yukon, (lie following
from its source to its mouth of one
of the mightiest rivers of our continent
going through n wilderness which, In
most places, is ns untouched and un
descrihed as was the Janies river and
the Chesapeake hay before Captain !
John Smith came into Hampton Roads. I
It will include the sight of mountains I
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as beautiful as any in Switzerland and !
the exploration of glaciers far greater
than any in the Alps and equaled only
by those of Greenland and Antarctic.
Great River of Ice.
"In both excursions the ships will
sail right under the great river of ice
which breaks out into the sea at Taku;
and at Cordova the cars take the
travelers to two glaciers, each of
j which Is as high as the dome of the
capitol at Washington. There will
' also be the fascination of the Eskimos
j and the Indians, of seeing game, large
and small, in its native wilds, of the 1
wonders of the midnight sun and of
the new world of vegetation and sky
and sea which is peculiar to the Ear
North.”—Exchange.
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ENGINEERING COMMISSION
ARRANGE SEASON’S WORK
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Although to nil Intents and purposes
there Is very little doing in railroad
circles these days as far as Fairbank
sans can learn, reports from Nenana
indicate that the hearuuarters of the
Alaskau Engineering commission there
is preparing for a big season's work
on the. Alaska railroad. Questioned 'hi
this regard recently J. T5. Bickford,
chief clerk in the local office of ttie
commission, states that none of the
plans can he announced at present
owing to the fact that the commission:
has not yet been officially informed
of the final passage of the railroad ap
propriation for (Ids year's work.
I eoiild tell you of twenty import
ant things that we are planning to
ilo,” said Biskfonl, "but they are not
leady for announcement yet.” lie con
cluded by saying that the commission
• is Imsy arranging for Ihe season in
anticipation of the final passage b>
I congress of the railroad appropriation.
rt seems that both houses of con
gress have passisl a railroad approp
riation measure of some kind giving
the Engineering commission a goodly
amount with which to continue work
on the railroad during the summer, it
is understood, however, that one of the
bills passed was for $ia,500,000 and the
other for $7,500,000, and that the item
j is now being considered by a confer
| once eomni'ittee of both houes.
YUKON MARINE NEWS.
Reliance and Sehwatka down Hot
Springs 9 a. m.
Julia B. arrived Gibbon 6 a. m.
Minneapolis at Chena.
Sibil la leaves Fairbanks for Daw
son Sunday morning.
Canadian in Dawson.
Tanana with barge up Fort Yukon
5 p. m. 1st.
Washburn down Holy Cross, for
Iditarod G a. in. 1st.
.Julia B. with four barges down
Bouden.
Washburn down Holy Cross for Id
i i turod.
Sibilie down Fairbanks.
Cunadlan In Dawson. •r 1 f
Alice down Nuiato 9 a. m.
Tanana up Circle 4 a. m.
Reliance witli barge down Birches
7:30 a. m.
Sehwatka up Gibbon for Dawson 10
p. m.
Reliance up Koyuk river midnight.
Sehwatka up Rampart.
Julia B. down Nuiato 4 p. m.
Minneapolis at Chena.
Washburn at Iditarod noon.
Tanana up Circle.
Davis up Gibbon for Egbert
Bako I.ebarge been thawing Ice
since yesterday.
Established June 1900 j
Alaska Banking and
Sale Deposit Company
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL ....9125,000
PAID UP CAPITAL. 50,000
A General Banking Buaineae Tran*
eaeted.
Miners Merits
Bank of Alaska
NOME. ALASKA
Capital - - $100,000]
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Gold Dust Purchased
and Assayed
ALASKAN LEGISLATORS
APPROPRIATION CRAZY
JUNEAU, April 21—Along the
hanks of the beautiful Hudson river
in the great state of New York, says
Irvin S. Cobb, there are three great
institutions for incompetents, the
Matteawan insane asylum, S'mg Sing
penitentiary and the state cnpitol.
Alaska has no insane asylum, as yet,
and no penitentiary, but it has a leg
islative hall which appears 'to come
under the same category as the New
York state capi’tol, as the members of
the legislature arc trying to appro
priate nearly a million and a half dol
lors, while the treasury can stand for
about half that amount.
The total of the appropriation bills
of’the territory amount to $875,000, not
including the general appropriation
measure for territorial expenses or
I schools, which, it is estimated, will
| run in the neighborhood of $000,000,
j making the grand total approximately
a millton and a half. The members are
apparently appropriation crazy, almost
all trying fo get funds for some pet
scheme.
There are so many matters now
before the legislature and so few
days left within which to take action
on them that it appears now that no
action can be taken on many, and that
the only solution, if th«v are to be
acted upon at all, will be an extra
session.—Exchange.
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zero.
l). S Weather Bureau.
1916 1917
June 1 . 30 35
June 2 . 31 31
June 3. 30 38
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