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July 23. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdes,
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MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1017
THE COLONEL’S AMBITION
Col. Wilds P. Richardson, president
of the board of Road Commissioners
of Alaska, who is on his way from
Washington to the territory, tells the
Seattle people, in an interview in the
local papers, that he proposes to
“make the Valdez-Fairbanks road the
most scenic route in the world.” To
this end, it will be necessary to ex
pend, on this road this season, the
greater part of the $500,000 appro
priation, gained from a reluctant con
gress, for road and trail building in
Alaska. We really hate to disturb the
Colonel's dream of a monument to
himself in the wilds of Alaska, as rep
resented by an automobile road lead
ing from a coast town to the interior,
but we are persuaded that the time
has not arrived in this territory
to build such comprehensive pleas
ure boulevards, when there is such
a crying need for roads and trails de
voted to the development of the re
sources of this vast, undeveloped
country. .
We are frank to confess that it is
our unqualified opinion that every
nickel of this $500,000 appropriation
should be expended on road and trail
building that is essential to the open
ing of the agricultural and mining
industries of Alaska. When our na
tion, as officially stated by those in
high authority, must cultivate every
acre of available agricultural ground
in the country, to avoid a food short
age, it occurs to us that it is a gross
lack of judgment, to say the least, for
the president of the board of Alaska
road commissioners, himself a sol
dier of the United States Army, to
even talk of building pleasure roads,
when the same money, properly ap
plied, would open hundreds of acres
of agricultural lanas in the Matan
uska, Susitna and other fertile val
leks of the northland.
Further, this big appropriation was
obtained from congress, on the theory
that the funds were needed to build
feeders to the government railway
project.
What this territory most needs at
this time is a permanent population.
To encourage the settlement and de
velopment of thousands of acres of
good agricultural lands in the fertile
valleys of the territory, passable
roads of ingress and egress are need
ed above all else. We like to see pleas
ure seekers come to Alaska. And in
time we should like to see a boulevard
from the coast to the interior. But
this boulevard is not a pressing need;
it may well be deferred until a later
date, or until roads and trails of more
material and urgent need are supplied
in other parts of the territory.
We express the hope that the Col
onel will see the light!.—Anchorage
Times.
I We believe that the Times has
\ again wilfully perverted the state
I ment of the chairman of the Road
j Commission. The Colonel, as we read
i the telegraphic dispatch, did not state
j that it was his intention to make a
i boulevard out of the Valdez trail nor
that he proposed to expend the great
er part of the recent appropriation
J in doing so. What Col. Richardson
I did say was that “when the Valdez
Fairbanks trail was completed it
would be one of the greatest scenic
loutes for autoists in the world.” The
fact that the road will be passable
for autos is but an incident in the
road work of the commission, and in
stead of being peeved at such perfec
tion the Anchorage paper should
praise such efficient construction. To
build a road nowadays that could not
be traversed by autos, would be
throwing the money away, as this
mode of transportation has supersed
ed all other known conveyances, even
in Alaska. The fact that Anchorage,
which has a total road mileage of
less than one one-hundredth of the
famous artery to the interior, is to
receive $25,000 for road work by the
commission, makes no difference to
the wordy editor of the Times. Sew
ard and other coast towns could rail
at the commission for the Anchorage
appropriation, and call it useless ex
travagance were they minded to in
terfere with commission work and so
unfair as to wish to crowd other
towns out of their appropriations. An
chorage is the youngest town in the
territory, and but an incident con
nected with the work of building the
r.ew railway to the interior. When
the work is completed the town will
undoubtedly suffer the fate of like
towns in railway construction. Now
that Seward has been made the ter
minal and the coal from the Matan
uska fields will reach salt water by
this route it might be well for the
commission to await developments in
the Anchorage district before expend
ing any money there at all. If the
town is relegated to innocuous des
uetude, as all signs indicate, it will
be money thrown away. If the town
goes ahead and reaches any promi
nence in territorial affairs, there will
fie plenty of time ror road construc
tion then. But insofar as the Valdez
trail goes, Anchorage is afraid that
it will be chosen the summer route,
as it should be. A man can leave Val
dez at the same time the boat pulls
out, and be in Fairbanks before the
steamer arrives at Anchorage. It
costs more to reach the interior from
Anchorage than it does from Valdez
and it costs much less to outfit here.
This fact has gotten under the skin of
our cantankerous contemporary, and
he has conceived the idea that by
hampering the commission and stop
ping work on the trail he can over
come the many natural•advantages
possessed by this route over the An
chorage route. The fact that autos
can use any road constructed by the
Road Commission should be spoken
oi in praise oi meir worn, we aare
say the same state of affairs will be
found in Anchorage if the commission
completed their work, if any way out
of the tundra and marshes surround
ing the town could be found.
But the point we wish to raise is
this: It ill behooves the Times or any
other paper to attempt to discredit
the work of the Alaska Road Com
mission. We have had too much of
these joy-wreckers in the past. Every
kick registered by the Times,—and it
has censored everything and every
one freely-detracts from the effiicien
cy of an organization. It is hard for
a body of engineers to construct good
roads at any time, but when their
efforts are unappreciated and held up
to criticism by one citizen is discour
ages ahd nullifies their work.
If the Road Commission or any oth
er commission can help Anchorage,,
we in common with other towns on
the sound will be greatly pleased, be
cause she needs help. But agitation
against other towns will produce agi
tation in return, and once the ball is
started rolling it is hard to tell where
it will stop or what damage will be
done by the useless knocking.
If the road now under course of
construction from Valdez to Fair
banks can be completed this year, and
it must be or the money wasted al
ready spent, the towns to the west
ward should rejoice, as it will ren
der the Commission free to attend
to their wants in the future. But
there would be as great extravagance
now in abandoning a project so near
completion as there would be in
STEAM HEAT . NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
-MRS. K. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
abandoning tbe government railroad.
Tbe Valdez-Fairbanks trail will be
traveled long after tbe railroad is
completed, for tbe reason that this
is tbe natural outlet to tbe coast, and
is several days nearer to Seattle. Let
us hope that thiB reason has no bear
ing upon the unjust criticism of our
Coal-Dust Twins.
TOO MANY SUBSCRIPTIONS
Scarcely a day passes in this com
munity that a merchant or business
man does not have shoved before his
nose a paper asking for a donation
or subscription for some purpose or
other. In fact, it is getting to border
on the scandalous, the business men
in this town are being pestered by
those peddling advertising space on
programs, which do the advertisers
little good, or donating to this or that.
Last week, for instance, there were
four separate calls on the business
men, four separate subscription pap
ers placed before them for signature.
Now, the Times does not say that
some of these subscription are not
worthy and are not deserving of sup
port. The point we wish to make is,
that the thing is being overdone;
that the business men here are be
ing imposed on by too frequent ap
peals for aid, for one cause or ano
ther. Some of these subscriptions and
appeal^ for aid are for very laudable;
causes, no doubt, but the burdens
should not alone be borne by the busi-;
ness men; they should be participated
in by the entire community. If funds i
are needed for a given cause, let those!
taking the initiative in raising the
funds, get up an entertainment of!
some kind, giving some value for it j
in return.
Throughout the nation, in answer
to a call of the president, an effort
will be made to raise a hundred mil
lion dollars this week for the Nation
al Red Cross society. Those in charge
of raising funds for this most laud
able purpose in this community, will,
we understand, inaugurate a new de
parture, in that they will endeavor j
to raise the funds by giving enter-1
tainments during the week, due men-;
tion of which will be made in the |
Times. They will not, we understand,'
content themselves by going about I
with subscription papers among the,
business men, as has been the prac-!
tice heretofore, but they will seek to,
give something in return in the way,
of entertainment. In this way, the;
burden will not fall alone on the busi-j
ness men; it will be distributed thru
out the community. — Anchorage'
Times.
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COULD WIN IF AMERICA
HAD 10.000 AIRMEN I
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NEW YORK. June 22.—After an,
inspection of the army aviation field i
at Mineola, Long Island, yesterday, I
French aviators who arrived in this!
country recently to train American
airmen issued a statement in which :
they said, “The United States could i
end the war at once and make pos- ;
Bible a decisive victory over Germany i
if it could supply 10,000 aviators at '
the present time.” 1
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TO ENLIST IN THE
U. S. NAVY
FOR PARTICULARS SEE
Str. SATURN
CORDOVA ALASKA.
Children S Shoes An entire new stock of Shoes for girls and boys, children
and girls’ Slippers and Pumps—the famous TESS-TED line, which combines service with
common sense styles for growing feet.
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They are Here—the latest
Fancies in Women’s Footwear
Owing to lack «»f store space and facilities for service until recently we
made no attempt to replace our former stock of women’s shoes. Now that this
store is in a better position to serve and cater to your foot wants we are pleased
to announce the arrival of a brand new stock of shoes for women, including
several numbers deserving of especial mention.
Patent Pump, white kid,
trimmed, medium vamp
New York heel..$6.00
Patent Strap Sandal, me
dium vamp. New York
heel; price .$5.50
Seamless White Cloth
Pump; covered heel;
opera last .._.$3.50
Mahogany Kid Sandal;
New York heel; the
newest in pumps; $6.00
Cross Strap Kid Slipper,
medium heel; style and
comfort _ $5.00
Sand top, patent botton,
medium vamp and heel;
price --$5.50
S BLUM & to. Inc.
GOOD GOODS
* Phones 12 and 13
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Roy Gentzler was a passenger for
Seattle on the steamship Admiral
Farragut.
Mrs. M. J. Hughes was a passenger
lor Cordova on the Admiral Farra
gut.
Owen Meals, the local Ford agent,
made a trip to the Summit yesterday
to bring Bob Sheldon in.
Sergeant Chas. T. Odle and family
accompanied by Mrs. Wm. Morgan
motored to Wortman’s Roadhouse
yesterday.
The steamship Northwestern arriv
ed at Cordova at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, west bound, and is expected to
arrive in Valdez some time tonight.
Corporal and Mrs. W. J. Billings
and Sergeant and Mrs. Wm. Scbwech
ten of Fort Liscum motored to Wort
man’s yesterday.
Owing to the late return of the
picnickers the ball game scheduled
between the Valdez team and the Ft.
Liscum boys was not pulled off.
Sergeant Ernest Forster recently
stationed at Fort Rosecrans, Calif
ornia, relieved Chas. T. Burk of Fort
Liscum who was recently promoted
to Q. M. Sergeant.
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Sergeant John Ruff, recently pro
moted to Master Hospital Sergeant at
Fort Liscum, has received informa
tion that he will be sent to Fort
Lawton, Wn„ for duty and will leave
with his family on one of the first
ooats.
Corporal Lloyd U. Foreman, Q. M.
C., arrived from Fort Flagler, Wash.,
recently and relieved Corporal Thom
as W. Sheehey, Q. M. C., who has been
stationed at Fort Liscum for two
years. Corporal Sheehey left on the
Farragut for Fort Flagler, Wash.
J. H. Lyman and C. H. Gilbert,
members of the Alaska Board of Fish
eries, arrived in Valdez yesterday
from the interior, with Bob Sheldon
and took the steamer for Cordova
last evening.
One of the features at the picnic
yesterday was an old-time dance stag
ed by such old Pioneers as A. J.
Meals,. Tom Beasley, Jos. Dieringer,
U. SC. Beck, George Merrifleld and
others who remembered the old
square dance of '98.
Arthur Mauzey, the Meier’s freight
er, who froze his feet severely last
winter while freighting near the cut
off, left last night for Cordova, where
he will take the train for the Inter
ior. Mr. Mauzey had the misfortune
to lose the greater part of his right
foot and the toes on his left foot
from the accident.
James Fish, the only New York
Life man in thesp parts, and a hust
ling insurance man, was an outgoing
passenger on hte Mariposa. Mr. Fish
stated that he wrote more insurance
in Valdez than in any other town in
the territory and that business was
unusually good this trip.
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Sailing weekly ont of Valdez
will deliver passengers, mail, ex
press and fast freight at any
point on Prince William Sound.
RATES REASONABLE
Periodical service by agree
ment to outlying camps a spe
cialty.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. M. CONLEY President.
Valdes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO I*
Free ui Accepted Hum
Regrular Communication* Drat Wed
nesday in each month In McKinley
Hall. Vlaltor* always -welcome.
P. M. BROWN# W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Campanil
Office on Aleska Avenue* in
George C. Treat Building
Tdephone No. 60
Qeneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Candy Kitchen
L W. HUNT—b Owl Dr** Star..
FOUNTAIN *>RIi.KS
HOT---COLD
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. W1CK.ES MERRITT
OBce. over Valalea Drug Co.
Phoae ’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
(■rada.fr National L'alvrr.ity,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Bonding
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Coart Home
Phone *4 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS C E RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices la atallag Balldlsg
Phone iai valdez. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
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J. L. REED
ATTORNKY-AT.LAW
Phone aso valdez, alaska
EDMUND SMITH
LAWYER
Suite 1212 American Bank Building,
SEATTLE. WASH.
Special Attention Given to all Alaska
Business.
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER,
PATENT SURVEYS.
McKinley St. oppoeitd the V. M. .tore
VALDEZ, ALASKA
! VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. H C.. M. D. Pr»».
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Jos. A. Silverman Pk u. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office heart-1 te 4 p. ■ —7 to 8 p. ■.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdes
American Place, Pine and Bnttone
(or sale at the Emporium. tf
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf