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EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
SAYS ANCHORAGE
GROWING EASY
REAL ESTATE TAKES BIG BOOM
One Thousand Men now Employed on
Road and Number Will be Increas
ed to 4,000 as soon as the Weather
will Permit.
Alfred Benson, an old-time Valdez
ian came over Friday on the Admiral
Watson from Anchorage, where he
has spent the past eight months. He
reports the new railroad town boom
ing, and that new .arrivals are an
every-day occurrence.
Mr. Benson states that there are
fully 1,000 men working on the rail
road at this time, and that the num
ber will be increased to at least
4,000 men when the season opens.
Trains are being run daily between
Anchorage and Matanuska landing,
thirty miles out of Anchorage.
The government conciliation board
the members of which recently arriv
ed at Anchorage are making ah ex
haustive inquiry into conditions in
Anchorage, and the causes leading up
to the labor trouble which broke out
there about the first of the year, and
it is expected that a settlemnt will
soon be reached which will be satis
factory to both the men and the En
gineering Commission. The labor un
ion formed at Anchorage recently now
has a membership of more than 1500.
Real estate has gone up out of
sight, Mr. Benson states, and lots
which were bought last summer for
three and four hundred dollars now
command anywhere from $3,000 to
$8,000 for business purposes.
The town now has a population of
between 3,000 and 4,000 persons, and
it is expected that this will be in
creased to fully 15,000 before the
summer sets in.
A survey is now being run to con
nect the Alaska Northern railway
with the line out of Anchorage, which
will put Anchorage on the main line
of the road. Under the old survey a
branch about three miles in length
would have been required to connect
Anchorage with the line.
All the Valdez people in Anchorage
are doing well and report that they
have no kick coming on the business
conditions there.
Mr. Benson came over to Valdez on
business, and will return to Anchor
age in about two weeks.
NEW YORK PAPER PRINTS
STORY OF SEWARD GIRD
In the New York World of March
19 appears a photograph and story of
Miss Sara Stout, niece of Frank
Youngs, who spent sonie> time here
last summer. With the photograph
of the young lady is one also of a
salmon. Part of the story accom
panying the cut is as follows:
“Miss Stout is only nineteen. She
was clothed in the conventional gar
ments used by women for hunting
and fishing in that wild country.
Armed with a long pole, at one
end of which was a fish spear, or gig,
she stood on a small footbridge over
the creek, and when the monster fish
was sighted she sank the spear into
| it behind the gills. The fish darted
loff. pulled the girl into the water,
but, being an expert swimmer, she
! held on and after a half a mite’s
swim succeeueu in playing out the
big salmon, and with the assistance
of two other women landed it.”
WORK BEGINS
NEW DOCK TO BE CONSTRUCTED
Engineering Commission Will Build
New Forty-Thousand Dollar Wharf
and Has Already Begun Work on
the Roadbed.
The season’s work on the Alaska
Northern road has commenced and
a great day has dawned for Seward,
says the Gateway of last Tuesday. In
an article on the work planned and
its progress.it says:
Work on the new permanent dock
of the Commission will begin imme
diately on the arrival of the piling
which will be ordered from Seattie.
The total cost will be about $40,
000, and it will be constructed on the
east side of the present approach
from Fourth street. For the present
it will be 500 feet in length and have
room for two steamships. Additional
warehouses will also be constructed.
Station work will be started about
the middle of the present month and
four gangs will be placed between
Miles 7 and 9. Each crew will con
sist of ten men. The grade will be
raised between miles 2 and 4 by train
hall and the shovel will take out a
20,000 yards cut, and the material
will be used to raise the grade be
tween Miles 2 and 4. This cut will
reduce the hump several feet.
Men are now being put to work as
fast as the frost disappears. The tel
ephone and telegraph line will be in
operation about the 20th of April.
The force of men has also been in
creased in the yards and the machine
shops.
Bids on Mail Contract.
Postmaster Jefferson states that
there have been a number of inquires
regarding the proposed summer auto
mail service between the coast and
Fairbanks, bids for which have re
cently bee n asked by the postoffice
department.
He states that he is confident that
a number of bids will be made to car
ry the mail, both from Valdez and
Chitina, and that the service will be
established by the department.
I have an offer for $650 for my
house and lot 34x150, with barn and
garage; who takes it for $700 cash?
JOE SPENARD. Prop.
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
Alaska Investment Co.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Public
Stenography
Accounting
Reed Bldg.
Phone. 196 <
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THE
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69
SHACKLEFORD IS
HOT DISCOURSIVE
HAS NO STATEMENT TO MAKE
Refuses to Affirm or Deny Rumors
Regarding Combination and says
that Mr. Wickersham’s Statement
Must be Accepted.
Louis P. Shackleford, a prominent
attorney at Juneau, and leader of the
Republican delegation from the First
Division, came up on the launch
Shamrock last night from Cordova,
where he has been for the past week
looking over the political situation at
that place.
When seen by the Prospector re
porter this morning Mr. Shackleford
refused to make any statement re
garding the alleged combination be
tween Delegate Wickersham and him
self. whereby the Delegate is to re
ceive the nomination for Delegate to
Congress at the hands of the Repub
lican convention at Seward.
Mr. Shackleford said that whatever
understanding he may personally
have had regarding an agreement
was of no moment in the face of the
recent letters of denial written by
Mr. Wickersham and published wide
ly throughout the territory, and that
Mr. Wickersham’s statement must be
accepted as final.
He said, however, that Ed. Russell
of Juneau, one of the Delegate’s
strongest adherents, and a delegate
to the convention, would be on the
Admiral Evans, and as soon as he
had an'interview with that gentle
man he would not only be prepared
but anxious to make a statement re
garding his attitude toward Mr.
Wickersham. Until that time, how
ever, he did not care to either af
firm or deny any of the rumors that
have been current regarding an un
derstanding between himself and Mr.
Wickersham.
From other sources, close to Mr.
Shackleford, it is intimated that Mr.
Wickersham will have to retract con
siderable that was said in his let
ters of denial if he wishes the sup
port of Mr. Shackleford in the con
vention. ’
JAPAN WOULD RETAIN
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
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SAN FRANCISCO: That Japan
is colonizing and apparently intends
to retain the South Sea islands cap
tured during the present war from
Germany, was the statement made
by Dr. Frederick Starr, professor of
anthropology, University of Chicago,
who arrived Saturday from the Orient
after six months' research work in
Japan and Korea.
Dr. Starr stated that Japan had no
intention of withdrawing from the
Ladrone or Marshall islands which
she has taken from Germany and lie
half way between the Philippines and
Hawaii. She has already undertaken
expansive schemes with reference to
the postal service, telegraph and ca
bles of tK^se'possessions and is send
ing settlers to them in large quanti
ties.
Since the war began in Europe,
more than 1000 new millionaires
have been made in Japan. Extrava
gant ideas have taken possession of
the Japanese nation and a wave of
speculation is sweeping over the coun
try.
Dr. Starr says that Japan regards
the United States as a nation indiffer
ent to anything but making money,
and too much occupied in pursuit
of wealth to take any serious part in
any world movement.
Dora at Seward
The steamer Dora returned from
the westward to Seward, arriving
there last night. She will proceed to
Cordova, where she will undergo re
pairs before again making the trip
to Unalaska.
Banquet Steel Ranges, plain and
polished tops at Mead’s Sheet Metal
Works. *
Wiw Mm.
Wife (reading)—Man swaps his wife
for a mule! Would you swap me for
a mule, John ? '
Husband—No. Jane. I wouldn’t. I’m
used to you, and I ain’t to mules.—lOx
change.
FORMER WHDEZEM
GETS _PROMOTIOtt
McFarland is superintendent
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Member of Local Cable Staff Goes hi
Engineering Commission and Is
Promoted to a Responsible Position
in Telegraph Service.
Edward McFarland, who was for
merly a member of the United States
Signal Corps, and for some time prior
to last December stationed at the lo
cal cable office, has been appointed
superintendent of telegraph and tele
phone construction for the Alaska
Engineering Commission.
Mr. McFarland received his dis
charge here last December and imme
diately entered the employ of the
Commission. Since that time he has
made good and his promotion to the
responsible position he now occupies
naturally followed.
In regard to Mr. McFarland's ap
pointment the last issue of the Tele
graph and Telephone Age says:
Mr. Edward R. McFarlane, super
intendent of the telephone and tele- j
graph construction for the Alaskan
Engineering Commission engaged in
building the government railroad to
interior Alaska to cost $35,000,000,
was born in Licking County Ohio,
Janu'ary 27, 1868. He entered the
telegraph service at Black Hand, O.,!
In 1885, for the Baltimore & Ohio
Telegraph Company, which was ab
sorbed by the Western Union. For
several years he was a “boomer”
lineman at construction work in the
middle states for the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph-Cable compa
nies. He was a sergeant in the signal
corps during the Spanish American
war and was employed on the signal
corps military telegraph lines in the
Tanana and Copper River Valleys.
Alaska, from 1910 to 1915. Mr. Mc
Farland was sergeant-major at Fort
Gibbon, Alaska, for one year, and
was appointed to his present position
last December.
DOINGS IN THE
DISTRICT COURT.
E. D. Reiter was this morning ad
mitted to practice in the courts of
Alaska by Judge Brown in open court.
The court issued an order for the
taking of depositions of certain wit
nesses in the case of William D.
Mackey, trustee, vs. the Alaska Oil &
Refining Company.
An order was also issued releasing
the judgment in the case of O. B. Lar
aree, receiver Alaska Northern Rail
way vs. F. H. Stewart. The judg
ment was obtained in 1910.
Court then adjourned until Mon
day morning at 10 o’clock.
RUSSIAN PRISONERS
LIKED IN GERMANYj
The behavior of Russian prisoners
in Germany has been favorably com
mented on from time to time. Not
only do they obey every order given
and attend sedulously to the work as
signed to them, but in numerous
cases they have proved themselves
brave and efficient in emergency and
have saved many lives. In the sum
mer of 1915 Russian prisoners saved
the lives of scores of drowning men
women and children, when, without
hisitation, they jumped into the
water, no other help being near.
The German newspapers now re
port another case where a Russian
prisoner saved three small children
from a burning house. This occured
in Oberdorf, near Gaisberg. Simon
Sackl and his wife went to church
and left their three children alone In
the house. Sobn after the house was
discovered to be on fire, and the cries
of the children were heard by R.
Kitoja, a Russian prisoner, who was
working near by. He broke in the
door with an axe. ran upstairs and
despite the fire and smoke carried
the children to safety.
LOCAL. BREVITIES
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdes Drug Co. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Owl Drug
Co. tf
For Sale—Six-hole range, good
condition. Inquire D. F. Millard, tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
A nice assortment of evening
gowns and miainery Just received at
E. Winters. tf
New Spring Coats Just arrived on j
the last boat at E. ^inters.’ tf
Far good home-cooKea meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
We have the Facilities
For Properly Handling ?
Your Business.
We issue Drafts on all parts of the world
Safe Deposit Boxes fof Rent
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
RESOURCES $250,000.
THE PINZON
Cigars, Fruits, Candies
OPTIMOS MARCA RICAS
REPRESENTAS EE SIDEEOS
BARRETTS EOVERAS
JUAN de FUCAS VAN DYCKS
MONOPOEES CARABANAS WEBSTERS
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Haas & Sons Celebrated Candies—
Always Fresh.
Valdez Dock Co. phone no. i
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pump*
Which have fewer parts, run more
easily and quietly, require less
attention and cost less per year of
service than any other pump on
the market.
And the
“Thor 5” Vacuum Gleaner
This is one of the finest household
cleaners ever made for the low
price at which it sells.
We stand back of both the above machines.
Alaska Water Light & Tel. Co.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE \
Lva. Fort Llscum Lva. Valdes
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS *4
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m. *
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean hollers.
The Scars of Possession, an inter
Bstlng drama with Francis X. Bush
man adapted from Munsey’s Maga
zine at the Empress; change of pic
tures tonight.
If you wish to invest in real estate,
,ve can save you money. Alaska Inv.
C’o.,- Phone 196. 2t.
Sherman Hayes of Seward, received
in the last mail, a piece of a German
shell, sent him by a soldier at the
front in France.
Arnie Sundt and Ted Johnson
came in from Mineral Creek where
they have been driving a tunnel on
some mining property.