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SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2i, 1919. _ _ ' --
YOU >1K XIII. M MBER 88. ___-___ _
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“How can ilio l>**pa ’»"“‘nt of the n
terior and those in Washington h >o
build up this country ami secure i
greater population tor A'aska .*
This was a ipastion asked a>t ni^l't
by Assistant Secretar> Hallowed at
the gathei injr o thi* bus!nos> rta n of
Seward last niitht in the railroad
building.
And af’sw* vs \\ ere given tf a* stu't
' 0 .
oil the official thinking as well as ot >
er visitors at the meeting.
Senator I*. V. Ray. the first one h*
answer th«* que^ti *n sa'd: * Secure me \
who will buy property, pay taxes and,
nol send ttfe money btr*. Secure thus**
in building the government railroad
who will remain here. Secure that typ ‘
of men to be employed in theconstvo
tion of the railroad who will reman
and grow up with the country.
Representative John Noon, the sec
ond speaker, said: “Around Seward
there is too much land reserved. On *
cannot secure a site for an indu>t ’;
on Resurrection Ray. as the land is re
served and it re pi ires much expense
and time to secure even a lease. Out
in the count v. it is the same thing,
land reserve 1 Od. * rnd. timber and
agricultural late!, ad reserved. Dive us
a territorial form of government, giv^
u* an oppoit'T. ty to develope our
•and do not lan! on this country ad •*
the mistakes of tl.e past forty yen
“Transport uio i rind the opcnin.T »>r'
our natural roscurces . is whn* v dl
lelp Alaska.” su'd Judge S 0. Mo
u rd. another representative c*ti..ei
t ailed upon to make a reply to the S* •
letary’s qu» ;i .n.” I.et u> open ou •
o»a ‘-.rd oil field.-, give is cheaper
tran qv'rtati ».* and the »oening ot ; '•*
ra;ural re i»ce.> have Win secu * »».
two of tin h»*f problems for semir
ing home Wider.- and the return »f
toe prospers#, s vvill ha'**' been sole • i
(lov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., while not
making a definite reply to the Secre
tary** question, as ho said it wa- a
mighty big issue with Alaskans, slid
he had advised Secretary Lane to se
cure a man in the Department ot the
Interior who could look after Alaska
affairs and “1 want to tell you as
sembled here that we now have th u
man, a great enthusiast, hard workec
and competent man. in the person of
Secretary Hallowed.
“I have traveled with Secretary
Hallowed for the past three days an 1
1 am pleased w ith the v ay he loo a
noon Alaska on and ad Alaska ma
ters. I am glad that Col. Mears is had:
on the job. know ho is thoroughly ac
quaint od with tho vork to be done,
ami will do it.
“Regarding what can bo done 'o
induce more people to come to A'ask t
:*nd make their homes, that is a
mighty big question, a most vital one.
Owing to our laws tho laborer and the
capitalist view Alaska with suspicion
and these laws must he remedied, f
know that here on Kenai Peninsula,
where there are many small hut rich
properties, development has been re
tarded. Wagon roads must be built as
feeders for the government railroad,
publicity must be given to the terri
tory and all must beast. Alaska must
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not l»« float*.» as an oxpoi iniontal
faint.**
f’oi, Alti ov; i '. loo.>i..- u as »utio
,|1Uo(I. hut th»* introihution was un
*) .. .•. . »•;* > he was Known hy all pro
hut S*v rotary Hallowoll nuulo a
pi :u t If * *o<lui‘tion at that, as fol
lows: “A woil known newspaper writ
o him y years ao'o. in writing about
yisT i. <:*i«i thou* v.oro two who <li*l
Kuo. Alaska. 1 >r. ltrooks ami Provi
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<*>!. }) said that he had boon
>. •!*»' A1' ha son ice for the past *?•>
wars, he bad coT.r Perth before with
•*(*. mw s. brio t ome north before with
i or’vi Mm and had been in the north
many t:m**> with other secrotaties.
“1 have heard that Alaska has jrorv
years ino
man1* of tin* old timers and prospect
or. 1 ave left. 1 ha\e great confidence
that they are all coming back. The
g< Id i< coming hack in value, it is still
in the mountains, a> quartz and in f*»e
valleys along the creeks and rivers i?i
phicer lands. Three million men have
boon ‘over there* and they are accus
tomed to the great out doors; they,
or father many of them will conn
north to the las* great frontier. Kvery
thing will come hack, and Alaska will
he - he greatest come hack ever.”
Col. Shade, a member of the Men vs*
party, said that he first came to Alas
ka 27 yea's ago. as a tourist. ” 1 un
derstand the development of a no \
country.” sn'd Col. Slade, “also the
building of a railroad in a pionee**
country, a< I have been engaged in
both pursuits in connection with the
Vorthern Pacific. This Alaska is being
developed slow ly and surely .and son
wnpie on the outside will know
more fully the great possibilities o»
this novthland.”
Col. Slade mentioned a letter he re.
cejvcd upon his arrival in Seward,
from Secretary I .arm. which stated he
had been appointed an engineer wit a
Alaskan commission at a salary o'*
$1 a vrar.
‘•I trust that when T return to
Washington to t'oes* Alaska and se
en . o the apnvopi'otion for the rail
road, that l may have proven that T
er>rne»] mv Si.** sm:<1 Col. Slade.
F. R. Coudert. of Vow York Citv
made a most entertaming and pointed
talk. “What Alaskans need is liberty
and tr.?ncnortation." said M»*. Coudert.
I have listened to vour talks hero to
rn eh4. all elucidating talks. You poo
nip vou hardy prospector, old timers,
•ou r^al boosters and permanent resi
dents. yon/have been throttled and
what vo" need now is a chance to gov
ern yourselves, to handle your own re
sources. Fnt *ho pendulum always1
-wvings both wavs and while conserve
tion has been the cause for your nea»
the pendulum will swing hack
and normal conditions will he attained
“I am making my first trip to Alas
ka. 1 am thrilled with the glories oI
tho land, thrilled with everything 1
ha.*e seen and some day, Alaska, thr
•asr preat frontier, will come into hoi
own. '’ou will come into vour own an1
yen and vour land will |.*c>e your
neatness.*'
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4 BANDITS
ARE SLAIN
MARFA, Aip., i'>— Thorv are no
Indications thtt the American troops
will be withdrawn fionri Mexico.
The expedition is } roprcssinp and
it ;s believed will clear bandits from
the territo y foi twenty miles south
of the horde**
I!(>’r ON [RAIL
MARTA. A up.. l2 - (lone al Pick
man, Cominr.i.lci* of tlr* Southern T ■
na»*oo nt, to«iav -aid that the Ameri
can •« petition will :«main in Mexico
as loop as the hot trad after the ban
lits continues, unless orders are re
ceived from Washington.
Unconfirmed reports have been re
•civ *d that the American Cavalry now
n Mexico has killed four Mexican
bandits.
MEXICANS
MEXICO CITY,. Aug., 22— News
papers of this city are appealing to
the people to arouse themselves to the
country’s imminent danger.
The Senate held a secret session
last night and instructed the foreign
relations committee to gather details
concerning tin* international situation.
The governors of the states of Sin
aloa. \u»*va Leon, Queretaro, \ucatan
and Tabasco, today telegraphed ex
pressing unconditiorfal adhesion
Carranza. ( iV99>
t:\II.KO\lt MEN LOYAL
MEXICO CITY, Aug., 22— Om
hundred thousand union railroad men
announce their loyalty to tin* ( arranz1'.
government and will fight if the inter
national situation brings hostilities.
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COL. HEARS
ANO PARTY
INSPECT
A party of most distinguished
tors arrived in Seward yesterday o*»
:he Alameda and today left over the
•ailroad for Anchorage. Col. Frederick
Moars. Chairman of the Alaskan en
gineering Commission; Assistant Sec
retary John W. Hallowed, of the l>e
partment of the Interior. accompan:ed
by his wife; Col. George F. Slade, of
‘be Northern Pacific and Col. Alfred
H. P*rooks, of the U. S. Geological Sur
vey. composed the party. With Col.
Hears, as his guests, were Gov. Rigg*.
Jr., and wife and F. R. Coudert and
wife.
The three colonels ad served wRh
‘ho forces ?n France. Col. Slade heir*"
director general of the transportation
Corns ; Col. 'dears being his assistant,
i until the former resigned when the
i 'atter was promoted; and Col. Rrooks
! was on the staff of Commander Per
! shing.
The party will go to Anchorage,
| C,ov. Riggs and wife, and F.-R. Cou
; dert and wife, returning south on the
Alameda; Col. Slade will go to the
end of steel, then return south; Col.
Mears. Secretary Hallowell and wife,
and Col. Brooks continuing on over
Broad Pass into the Nenana and Fair
banks district. Secretary Hallowell
will return to the coast via Cordova
and Col. Mears will return out by the
same route as he goes in, Col Brooks
remaining in the interior, according
to present plans for several weeks.
Col. Mears intends to make his
present headquarters at Anchorage di
recting railroad building from there,
but will come over to Seward as oc
cassion demands or warrants.
LONDON'. Aug., 22— Tho Do!silo
viki forces have plundered the town of
Stanizas, near the upper Dor. river,
and* it is reported that children in
cradles were killed and the old people
burned alive. It is understood that .iv1
thousand persons have been executed
in the small towns of Migulinskan
and Kazanskaia and over 800 hundred
executed in the surrounding counti\.
SHIPPING BOARD
KEEPS AT WORK
“The Territorial Shipping Board is
doing a great deal ot work, and by tho
end of the year we will be able to an
nounce many*things of importance ac
complished.”
This statement was made last night
by Gov. Thomas Riggs, Jr., at a meet
ing of the citizens in R. J. Weir’s of
fice.
“The Shipping Board is making
good progress and a definite policy is
dug formulated. The Shipping Board
is here to stay and the . bill unde*
which the board is operating, the bill
i introduced by your own citizens, Re
presentative Noon, is broader and
deeper than many believe.”
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NORTHWESTERN DELAYED
Steamer Northwestern, which was
scheduled to sail from Seattle yester
day morning, was probably delayed.
No passenger list bad been received
up to the hour today of going to press.
HEAD OF THE INDIAN SCHOOL
MAKING OFFICIAL TRIP
I. S. Loos, superintendent of the
United States Indian School at ( he
! mawa, Ore., is in the city on his wav
to Kodiak. The mission of Mr. Loos in
the north at this 4:me is to interest
natives in the chance the governmeni
has given them to secure, free of*
charge , an education for their off
springs. The government pays the
transportation of the native children
from Alaska to the school at Chema
wa.
“There will he no trouble in putting
the Alaska Northern in first class
shape, and one of the few instructions
gi\en to me by Secretary Lane was to
complete *he Alaska Northern and put
the road in shape for heavy traffic
for every day of the tear. I am going
ahead on these instructions and work
will he speedily rushed inst as soon as
the money is available.”
Col. Frederick Meat's.
“Express to the people of Alaska,
and especially the citizens ot Seward,
that ‘Ik* government railroad is to he
completed as soon a> possible; that t!u*
portion of the railroad from Seward
to ‘In* north, connecting with the Vn
chorage division, is *o he completed
first, and that Col. Mears is the man
to see that this is done.”
Secretary Hallo well.
The two-above promises were *»; v
en last night by Col. Mears and A>
istunt Secretary Hallowed, of the P<*
navtment of the Interior, under wh-»>"
jurisdiction the government railroad in
VI n ska is being constructed, to a re
presentative gathering of busines
rnen meeting under the auspices of (lie
Seward Chamber of Commerce in the
office of R. J. Weir, in the rail mad
building.
Col. M ar-? stated he was glad lo
he back, glad to be back on the rn: -
road job and the first and foremost
work he would undertake as Cha’. nan
of the A. F. C.. and chief engine**-,
would be to put the Alaska Northern
n proper shape so that trains can b"
operated every day of the year.
“My instructions from Secretary
t.ane were to go ahead on the nbov*
basis.” said Col. Mcars.
Col. Mcars reviewed the fight now
being made in Congress for the anpro
oriation of $17,000,000 and stated the
Senate would pass this appropriation
bill and It was conceded the lfou^'
would do likewise as the committee is
most favorable. “Speakers will appear
m the floor of the house and urge the
appropriation, ” said Col. Mcars.
Assistant Secretary John W. HaH
nwell said that he brought good cheer
from Secretary T.ane and made the
statement as given above.
“Secretary Lane regretted that he
was not able to make a trip to Alas .a.
but those of you who have been renti
ng the newspapers realize the import
ant matters now before the cabinet
and Congress, and ns one of the most
valuable advisors of President Wilson,
Secretary Lane could not leave Wash
ington. P. C., at this time, when so
nany important matters are being dis
! cussed.
“The Congressional committee was
also forced to delay the proposed trip
"or the same reasons, great amount
*f important legislation.
“You have Col. Mears to complete
he government railroad, his instruc
tions being to that effect and this will
be done just as $oon as the necessary
monev is made available. Col. Mears
-an finish the job and will do so in
the quickest and most economical
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way.
Secretary Hallo well spoke of the
splendid work Col. Mears had done
with the transportation corps in I'ran
ee and read the letter from Command
er lVrshing signed by the Adjutant
(ieneral. conferring upon Col. Mears
the distinguished service medal for ex
• raordinary work, of t icic ncy.etc., while
with the transportation corps in
France.
“Secretary I.ane hopes the govern
ment railroad will soon be completed
and lie has placed in charge, a man
who will do this work, what we hope
w;U be the greatest development pro
ject ever undertaken h\c the govern
ment,” concluded Secretary 1 Tallowed.
roltMKit ALASKAN
|)KAI> IN ACOOKNT "
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VALLKJO, Cal., Aug., 22— *
Fllisha Penrose was killed here to
day in an automobile accident. Mr.
Penrose was one of the foremost
* mining authorities in the state,
* formerly being in Alaska connect
ed with the famous Treadwell
mines.
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CIVIC MATTERS
DISCUSSED-AID
IS TO DE GIVEN
The floating dock, improvements of
a permanent kind on the glacier
stream and the opening of streets t >
the waterfront wore thoroughly and
satisfactorily discussed last night by
Mayor Chamberlin and Councilman
Lucas with Col. Frederick Mears and
Secretary,Hallowed.
Col. Mears stated that immediate
attention would be given to the float
ing dock and the city would he grant
ed every advantage for this commer
cial adjunct. Regarding the glacier
stream, Col Mears said this matter
would be gone into thoroughly and
something would be done.
Secretary Hallowed realized the im
portance of the opening of streets
through government property to the
the waterfront and this will be given
immediate attention. .
The two officials were exceedingly
interested in anything they can do f<>.
Seward in gaining new industry.
LECTURER ON CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE NOW IN THE NORTH
Charles I. Ohrenstoin, G. S. B .
member of thie Board of Lectureship
of the mother church. First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Boston Mass., passe*:
through to Anchorage on the Alameda.
Mr. Ohrenstoin will lecture in Seward
upon his return, the date being an
nounced later.
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