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John Pierpont Morgan probably controls this road as well as the Cordova
road. We all know that he is interested indirectly, at least, in the Alaska
Northern. Put we really do not know how much John Pierpont Morgan con
trols the fate of this railroad. Ihe great financial interests are dovetailed
and intermixed to sech an extent that we probably haven t the faintest idea
of the real facts and haven't the faintest idea how to get at those facts. As
a matter of fact, for aught we know to the contrary, the offer ol the sale
ot the Vlaska Northern and the offer of the sale ot the Copper Kiver and
Northwestern may In* pawns in one and the same game. I he price asked
for the A. N. may be affected by the price wanted for the C. R. and N. and
vice versa.
If John Pierpont Morgan wanted to soli the Cordova road and if he be
lieved for a minute that the Seward road interfered with his plans John
Pierpont Morgan would have the Seward road by the throttle in twenty four
hours, and, again, vice versa.
It is a well known fact that people have worked lor the CiUggenheims and
the Morgans right here in Alaska for years without knowing who were their
paymasters, and worked in rather responsible positions at that.
We not be a one bit surprised if we find out some line day that the
government is being played by financial interests that have proven their
ability to hide their*traeks for many years in spite of the ofticial hunters
that have been sent on their trails.
I here are hundred'' of thousands of men in the I nited States who are
constantly keeping their eyes peek'd for every sign of development in new
territories and to each one of them each new development occurs to his
mind as a possible field for profitable manipulation. “How and how
much can 1 make out of it?” is probably the thought of a very
great number of people who are now watching the governments promised
action in Alaska. Each one of them looks at the question through glasses
that are focussed according to the extent of his financial resources. One man
may be looking forward to a pick and shovel job on the right of way. another
may figure on opening a second store, another s ambitions may run to a
tailoring shop, a fourth may want to speculate on real estate or mining prop
erty, and there is the man at the pinnacle who figures in the millions and
the best way by which the government may be used for his purposes.
The man who tries to sell a railroad figures in the same way as the man
who tries to sell a lot. if the holder of the lot has two lots and if he wants
to sell one particularly there is hardly any likelihood that he will cut down
the price of the other to a tempting figure.
It is fairly well known that the so-called political troubles of Mexico have
their roots in finance, and in New ^ork finance it the full truth were known.
Money in the hands of men who have the scheming ability to make great
fortunes in the first place i- the most dangerous and the most subtle of
weapons. It fights with a silence and invisibility of the Indian of tradition
who could crawl through the grass on his belly. President Hiaz was thrown
from the presidential chair of Mexico by American money just as surely
as there is American money. Money can buy newspapers and can maintain
lobbies but President Wilson knows all this and better than any man in the
world, perhaps because he has been the center of the schemes.
The names of Harriman, Vanderbilt and others carry weight when they
are mentioned in connection with money or financial institutions. It sounds
good just now to hear people bearing such patrony mics applying for a
franchise for a National Bank of Seward. It sounds so good lor Seward that
some of our neighbors in telling about it in print have cut out the word
“Seward.” Now. how much do those Harriman, Vanderbilts etc., know about
the government plan- with respect to the Alaska railroad? I hat is the
question.
Npius from All
$Iartfl of tljr
a Northland tt
The proposition has been made in
Fairbanks by some of the more en
thusiastic admirers of President Wil
son that the name of Fairbanks be
changed to either Woodrow or Wilson
in honor of the President as a recogni
tion for his efforts on behalf of Al
aska.
Owing to the death by freezing on
New Year’s day of a Dominion tele
graph lineman named Elephanstone,
stationed at the third cabin north of
Halzeton, that line was put out of
commission for several days and all
messages either to or from the Can
adian Yukon had to be despatched
through Skagway via the W. P. &
Y. line to W'hitehorse and from thence
to their address or around by the way
of Valdez and Fairbanks.
If the decree of the court is carried
out, and there is yet nothing to indi
cate that it will not be, Romilo
Caesari, now a prisoner at the jail |
here, will be hanged February 5, for.
the murder of his former associate and
room mate, Dominico Melis, of which
crime he was convicted at a sesson of
the territorial court held here late
in September.—Whitehorse Star.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—It was
officially announced today by the in- j
terior Department that Col. George,
W. Goethals would not be assigned to
construct the federal railroad in Al
aska. The Colonel will remain at
Panama as governor of the Canal
j zone.
The building at Sitka, formerly
known as the Governor’s house, has
been turned over by the Navy depart-:
ment to the trustees of the Alaska
Pioneers Home, for quarters in addi
tion to the marine barracks now in
use.
Harry C. Gunn, a well known pion-1
eer steamboat man of the Yukon, who
made Iditarod his last headquarters in
the Interior was sent to the Pioneer
Home in Sitka. He is 68 years of age
and not in good health.
Senator Gaustad, the newly elected
member of the Alaska Legislature
from Fairbanks, has prepared an out- j
, line of a proposed new law that pro
vides for the construction of roads in
Alaska under the direction of road
supervisors, who are to be elected by j
votes of the people. He has sent
copies of his outline to other newly
elected members of the legislature
and has asked them for their opinion,
according to the Cordova Times.
THE MINER'S STORE
The Place Where Men Outfit
There is a pleasure in selling, either to an old custom
er or to a stranger, an article of known merit: To know
and feel that the article is going to give satisfaction and
service and to feel when you make the sale, that the mem
ory of the quality will stay with the customer long after
the price paid has been forgotten.
That is the kind of merchandise that we carry, the
kind where the memory of the quality of goods lingers.—
Dependable merchandise. When we sell a man a Stein
Block Suit, we know that he is buying Style, Fit, Quality,
and Satisfaction. It is the same with a Kenyon Coat,
Dougherty Shoes, Guiterman Shirts, Duxbak Clothing,
Guiterman Mackinaw Coats and riding pants, Filson Stag
or Cruiser Shirts, Chippewa Shoes or Hipress Pacs.
It is this kind of merchandise, sold at prices that ap
peal to the trade, that has made it possible for us to build
up in the past four years, from a most modest beginning
to our present standing, and it is the memory of the
quality of the goods that we have handled that has sent
the customers*back to us and enabled us to hold their
trade year after year
There is not one article in this store that we know
now where we could get a better one to take its place. If
we should find a better one, we would immediately order
the line. We want the best and we want you to feel and to
know that when you buy an article in THE MINER
STORE, you are buying the best that can be purchased
by us.
When you want a suit of clothes, a hat, a pair of shoes
or even a pair of socks, don’t you like to buy from a store
that is making an earnest effort to give you the highest
grade and the best value possible to give for your money,
to buy from a store that stands behind every article that
is sold in the store?
THE MINER S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adams 131 “Don’t Forget the Parcel Post” Seward, Alaska
SEATTLE, Jan. 6. -Major L. H.j
French, an Alaska mining man, told
friends here today that Seward has
been definitely decided upon as the
terminus of the Alaska government
ra i 1 road.—J u nea u Hi s pat oh.
Miss Dorothy Hall, daughter of Dr.
--
M. F. Hall, of Fairbanks, was recent
ly married in Boston, Mass., to Alloy
F. Hawkes, a young merchant of that
1 city, the wedding taking place at the
home of Dr. Hull’s mother. The bride
lived in the north many years.
Meet me at The Branch.
ANOTHER SPECIAL TRAINLOAD
V
AUTOMOBILES
TO
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
10 Carloads
200 Automobiles
$250,000.0 0
REASON-BUICK SELLS
Northwest Buick Company
802 E. Pike St.
SEATTLE.
GOOD
Clothes at
Moderate Prices
These Clothes wear, they fit
and they have the right sty le.
Note the prices at which we
sell them and the next time you
are in Seattle, come in and see
them. If you are not satisfied
with the value you get, you can
have your money back.
$20 to $40
719 Second Ave. Near Columbia
King Bros. Co.
Correct Apparel tor Men
Seattle, Washington
IT PAYS K0°me™e
STANDARD TDRNITURf CO.
SEATTLE”" It’s Belter and Costs Less"’
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Large Comfortable Genuine
Leather Upholstered Rocker
LARGE Comfort Leather Rocker, representing best up
holstery workmanship; covered with genuine Spanish
leather; the features of this rocker are designed for
comfort and service in the now so much sought-for old En
glish fireside style; exactly like picture; construction the
best possible throughout, assuring good service and dura
bility; extra good value at §37.50.
Standard] mitnreCo
3£e0c ,+de**.
Second Ave. at Pine St. SEATTLE
1915, January Fifth, Our I F\ I li
J
Anniversary of Business in Seward
WK wish to thank the public in general lor their liberal
patronage in the past and trust our business meth
ods have been sueh as to merit their greater con
fidence in the future. We are most optimistic for Seward
in the year 1015. We predict a wonderful improvement
in a business way. Wo predict the selection of Rcssur*
rection Hay as the Ocean Terminus of the Government
Railway by President Wilson, not later than February 10;
that actual construction work will begin not later than
April 1st; that Seward will have a population of 50(H)
people by December UOtb; that real estate in Sowaid will
advance fully 5500 per cent by September 1st. and that our
business will increase accordingly.
SEWARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY
The Coleman
FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. CEO. SEXTON, PROP.
Electric lights. Electric bell. Modern bathrooms. Kates reasonable.
FOURTH AVENUE SEWARD, ALASKA
USE THE PHONE
ALASKA ELECTRIC COMPANY
S. M. GRAFF, - President and General Manager
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
COAL MINER'S AND COLD MINER'S SUPPLIES
Doors & Windows Gasoline Rifles
Lang’s Ranges Gas Engine Oil Shot Guns
I XL Parlor Eieaters .\iarine Engine Oil Ammunition
Gasoline Stoves Valve Oil *?*hinK Tilfk,e
Cook Stoves Elaine Oil Giant Powder
Camp Stoves ' Floor Oil
Air Tight Heaters Linseed Oil i f^80,
Oil Stoves Cup Grease Hencli roiges
Alcohol Stoves Paints j Blacksmith’s Coal
Si,ark Pirn's Lacqueret Paint Bellows
Jump Coils Asphaltum Paint Wheel Barrows
Batteries 1 Brushes Cutlery
Granite Ware i Varnishes Hre Clay
Aluminum Ware j Turpentine rire brick
Asbestos i Japan
P & 13 Paper Denatured Alcohol C ement
Malthoid Roofing Coal E’ar Glass
Tar Paper Lamps Rope
Deafening felt Lanterns Mercury
Weatherstrips Tents Seme l wine
PHONE BLACK 4
J. L. GRAEF
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. ®
Steamers Alameda and Mariposa sail from Seattle
every eight days tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova,
Valdez and Seward.
S. S. DORA leaves Seward 15th of earh month for Cook Inlet points and Dutch.Harbor.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez, Latouche and Seward
Freight Steamers sailing from Seattle each month: S. S. Seward. 5th;
S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. Cordova, 25th
(S. S. Sew ard carries Explosives)
f^TRIght reserved to change this schedule without notice-^
F. B. TRACY, General Agent C. B. GUPTILL. Agent
Hotel Seward
W. A. M’NEILEY, P*or.
MODERN CONVENIENCES
RATES $1.00 TO $2.50 PER DAY
HOT AND COLD WATER BATHS ELECTRIC LIGHTS
The Borgen Grocery
Staple and fancy Groceries
Handles the Best Canned Goods from the Pacific Coast—Best
Treatment to Everybody and Prices Riirht—Goods
Delivered to All Parts of the City
GUS BORGEN, Proprietor
Phone Main 134 Clayson Building, SeWard
Pioneer) KNIK’S leading hotel
W/vL^I N<> BAR
1 1U LCl | Accommodations for Ninety Guests
f. b. cannon, Prop, i Large General Lobby
Yf • | > Private Lobby for Ladies ,
““F1 1 best Rates : : Best Treatment
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