INTERESTING LETTER
FROM ANCHORAGE
Dated at Anchorage May. 2, last,
Mrs. J. Barnet, who with Mr. Bar
net left here the middle of April
for that place, writes to a friend
here and says in part:
Dear Friend:—
1 thought I would drop you a
few line to let you know we arriv
ed safe, after a lovely trip. We
left Ketchikan on April 19th, Wed
nesday morning at 10 o’clock, and
arrived in Anchorage on the 26th,
Wednesday morning, the weather be
ing beautiful all the way, not a
drop of rain nor even a breeze.
The steamer called in at all the
towns and villages, and the pass
engers all went ashore and took a
walk. There were about 200 first
class passengers. As we were go
ing up Cook’s Inlet about fourteen
miles from Anchorage, a govern
ment boat came up to the Admiral
Farragut, and broke the news to
us about the strike, and told us we
couldn’t land, as there were 200
tons of powder in the warehouse
and could not tell what might hap
pen, so the Farragut anchored right
there till the next morning, when
she sailed into Knik harbor or An
chorage bay.
As we were walking up the road
we passed the strikers—about 1000
on each side of the road—just mak
ing a terrible noise. Oh, the sight
About two-thirds of them are Ital
ians and Austrians.
We found a lovely townsite and a
great number of shacks. It is all
level ground.
The Admiral Farragut and Aro
line lay anchored in the bay for
three days, and not a bit of
freight taken off of them. The
longshoremen were also on the
strike. We couldn’t get our bag
gage, and the boats figured on
starting back the next day, with
all the freight, so the merchants of
the town went down to the boats
and unloaded them,. simply be
cause they were all out of every
thing. It was something fierce—
the resturants were out of meat,
nothing but ham and eggs, 50 cents
a meal.
Last Saturday the strike wa*- set
tled, which lasted just a week, and
yesterday everybody went to work.
Saturday about four p. m. the
strikers had a parade, about 1500
taking part in it, with banners and
signs- I am sending you a post
card of the parade.
We are ‘settled in a nice little
log cabin, two rooms. Nearly every
house is a log house. Some of them
are real cute. I have given you
the truth as near as I know, so if
you happen to publish a line of it.
do you mind sending me the paper
with the contents in it.
Kindly give my regards to all
my friends.
We remain your friends, .
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Barnet
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ALASKA LEADS TERRITORIES
(Railway and Marine News)
An interesting feature of Alaska’s
growing commerce is brought out in
a summary of the commerce be
tween the United States proper and
its non-contiguous territories. These
territories consist of Alaska, Hawaii.
Porto Rico, Philippine Islands.
Guam and American Samoa. For
the full calendar year 1915, the to
tal value of Alaska’s commerce was
$14,000,000 under that of Hawaii,
and practically even to that of
Porto Rico, while it ran ahead of
the Philippines. The totals for
Guam and Samoa were so small
that they are not worth consider
ing in this comparison
Recently a change has taken place
in the relative standing, placing Al
aska first in the list. The official
figures for the seven months of the
present fiscal year up to January
31st. showing it to be already $12,
000,000 ahead of Hawaii, $21,000,
000 ahead of Porto Rico and $29,
000,000 ahead of the Philippine Is
lands.
A straight comparison between
the minera^ output of Alaska and
the raw sugar output of Hawaii
GRAND PRODUCTION
OF THE “MIKADO”
COMIC OPERA TO BE (" EN "Y
THE LYCEUM IN .A.I
FUTURE.
There is no doubt about the ex
cellence of the coming prndu ' ion
of the comic opera “Mikado” v hich
ir being prepared by the le; ing
vocalists of Ketchikan, and which
will be given now in about two
weeks.
Already most of the soloists have
their music and libritto learned and
as the dramatic, work begins, the
interest in the rehearsals become
more intense- Those' who have seen
the costumes furnished for the
cpera by Mr. Robinson are loud m
their praise for the beauty and ex
cellence of the outfit and jay they
are far superior to those furnished
by costumes for professional com
panies.
The cast of principals is as fol
lows:
The Mikado.J. tt. Pennell
Manki-Poo.Theodor^ Brown
Ko-Ko. .Osborn Williams
Pooh-Bah.Walter Janggen
Pish-Tush.Lawrence Erickson
Yum-Yum.Mrs. Carl Collins
Pitti-Sing.... Mrs. Fillmore Warder j
Peep-Po.Mis:; Ruth Hall j
Katish.Mrs. A. B. Edmonds j
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AGENT FOR “LIFESTAFF.”
Mr. P. Nelson, of the Seattle i
Bar announces that he has receiv- i
ed the agency for an un-alcholic j
beverage called “LIFESTAFF,”
brewed by Hemrich Bros. Brewing
Co., of Seattle. Sold in pint, quart,
or case. (adv. 12t.)
shows Alaska’s products in this com
parison to already figure consider
ably more than Hawaii’s and with
the increasing gold and copper out
put. it is impossible to forecast
what the totals will be by the end
of the fiscal year.
EASTERN STARS ENTERTAINED
BY VISITING MEMBERS.
The Eastern Stars were entertain
ed at a delightful card party last
evening by the visiting members
at Masonic Hall, and the affair in
every way was a pleasing success.
The game was Progressive Whist
and the drive was played at ten
tables. Prizes were awarded to the
following: First, Mrs- Reynolds, con
solation, Mrs. Larson; first Mr.
Bcrgstressor, booby. Mr. Rawleigh.
There was also a merry party en
gaged at one table of Pitt
A bounteous and tempting sup
per brought the evening to a close
The visiting members who thus
entertained so charmingly were
Mrs. Bryant, chairman; Mrs- Peter
Sharp, Captain and Mrs. I.eadbeter,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dorn, Miss
Todd, Miss Buor, Miss Bugge, Mrs
Conradi, Mrs. Pittinger, Dr. Bea
trice Dickenson, Mrs- Comfort and
Mrs. J. R. Heckman.
HOMESTEAD COLONY.
(Seward Post-)
The first homestead colony on Ke
nai peninsula as a direct result of
the government railroad has been
started at the mouth of Quartz
creek on Kenai lake
Suitable ground for six home
steads was found in that vicinity
and application has been made to
T. M. Hunt, supervisor for the
Chugach forest for the right to
enter.
The settlers in this district whose
applications have already been re
ceived include James S. Simpson,
Frank Lyon, Roy Melvin and F.
Heyne
Tile settlers expect to secure a
school for the new colony next fall
and it is possible that a store and
postoffice will be located there with
in a yar.
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Mr. Hume, superintendent of the
Nakat cannery who returned a few
days ago from the south, is in town
today on business
ANCHORAGE TO HAVE A
NEW DAILY NEWSPAPER
Robert H. Hunt, publisher of the
Weekly Alaskan and John W. Frame
the well known newspaper man of
Valdez, have organized a publishing
company and will convert the Week
ly Alaskan into a live up-to-date
daily newspaper as soon as the ma
chinery can be shipped. A cylinder
press and much other machinery
which was bought for the 49th
Slat of Valdez, but held on the
dock there for shipment by the first
boat to Anchorage, will be shipped
here at once. As soon as the press
and other machinery arrives the
daily will be launched. The com
position will be done by hand until
the arrival of a Model 19 linotype
machine, ■ which has been ordered
from New York, arrives. The com
pany is determined to make the new
daily one of the best in Alaska- The
49th Star will continue, as a week
ly Territorial paper, but it will be
published here instead of at Valdez.
Mr. Frame is to be the editor of
the hew daily and Mr. Hunt will
be the general manager.—Weekly
Alaskan.
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OPERATES AUTOMOBILES
WITH MYSTERIOUS LIQUID
(New York Times.)
Louis Enricht, a chemist of Farm
! ingdale, L. I., has demonstrated for
the second time that he can and
does run an 'automobile with no
other source of motive power than
a few quarts of water, to which is
j added a slight quantity of “some
I light green liquid chemical ”
The first demonstration was made
on his own machine, and the second
was made on a machine owned by
a New York evening paper. En
richt’s compound will enable the
owner of a car to run in on fuel
costing 1 1-2 cents a gallon, it is
said
In the test t hey witnessed Cor
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All kinds or commercial print
:nc done at the Progressive-Miner.
oner Gibson and others saw Enricht
take his ordinary runabout and emp
ty the five-gallon gasoline tank. The
tank was partly filled with water
from a garden hose and a small
amount of the green powder was
dropped into it.
An electrode connected with two
dry batteries was then placed in the
solution and the car was cranked
up. 'The car ran with Enricht and a
passenger for four miles
When a representative of the New
York paper asked Enricht if he
would duplicate the performance
with one of the paper’s automobiles
he agreed., but refused to put his'
compound in the tank, saying sec
recy was his only protection.
The newspaper driver uncoupled
the gasoline tank and drained the
carburetor.' The son of the inventor
coupled on a short section of small
copper pipe and slipped over it one
end of a rubber tube; the other end
of the rubber tube led to a long
glass laboratory tube about 3-4 of
an inch in diameter and about a
foot in length- From the barn hy
drant the pitcher was filled and a
dash of green liquid added. Then
he poured the mixture into the tube
The driver cranked the car and
the engine started off as regularly
as though it was feeding on gaso
line. The liquid in the tube began
sliding down as it fed thru the
carburetor and into the cylinders.
There was no other substance turn
ing the engine.
“Take off the hood, gentlemen;
go all over it to see that there is
no concealed source of power any
where,” insisted the inventor
A rigid scrutiny revealed the
simple construction. The cylinders
were cold. This car has the elec
trodes in place, a plug that hangs
thru the fdel tank opening and to
which are attached the wires from
two common dry cells.
At the GRAND
| Wednesday and Thursday, May 10-11
“Wild Irish Rose”
An Irish love story in t wo reels, featuring Cleo Madison
and Joe King.
“The Girl Stage Driver”
A two-reel western dra ma_ with scenes laid in Arizona.
Love and Law
• A comedy with Gale Henry and Wm- Franey.
“Master Key” Fri. and Sat.
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1 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. j
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I Hereafter, the Skating Rink will i
[ be opened to the public every day I
[ and evening of the week- Saturdays |
> afternoons and evenings will bo i j
| for the children and beginners. <
( Friday evening for whites only, j
E Saturday afternoon for children. *
tf MANAGER. j
| FOUND A TROLLING BOAT. j
f Near Mountain Point last Friday. 4
i Owner call and identify same, j
| '—Jimmy Willifims, Mountain Point |
I near Saxman.
[ KETCHIKAN i
i PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
[ FREE READING ROOM *
t 10 A. IH. to 10 P. M.
f MRS. J. B. THOMPSON
{. Librarian
| Arrivals in Silks f
3 36 in. Tub Silk: 27 in. Messaline: M „
[i A very heavy ((utility in ton Jif- 1 Q P In all the wanted street and even- I A A ^
W ferent very pretty designs— 1 iU v ing shades, also black Vv
& 36 in. Satin Messaline: 36 in Shepherd Check: 2X
>3 Thirty different shades including 1 C A Swiss chiffon taffeta suitable for I A A W
3 white and black—Big values— V waists, middies, dresses-- • 1}
Middy Blot: res at Bedrock prices and in a Great variety of Patterns. 8
2 Silk Hose: Silk Hose: ||
5 Ladies’ fibre'silk. Very heavy qual- C A« Ladies fibre silk outs'ses with C An ^ '
£ ity; looks like $1.50 pure silk. Wvl. ravel-top—unexcelled - WV.
I - Just about 10 more of those nobby spring Coats left.
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