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Some inspired genius " ho is known to fame as John W. Langley, repre
sentative in congress from Kentucky, stated about a month ago, according
to a story published in today’s Alaska column, that he intends to introduce
a bill repealing the Alaska government railroad bill. Just a short time
previously another brilliant statesman proposed the exchange of the Alaska
panhandle to Canada for a bit of British property somewhere or another.
Nothing more has been heard about the Langley affair but he would
probably never have got his name into print outside of his home village in
the Blue grass state if he hadn’t made some break or bray to draw attention.
That “bray” is a good word for it reminds one of another sort of animal
whose noise is bigger than himself.
Another story which may be seen in the Alaska column today is the
story sent to the Seattle Post Intelligencer by its Washington correspondent
in which it is said that the report of the Alaska railroad commission will be
ready for presentation to the president about February 1. The story is not
printed in full but what has been left out is immaterial except in one sentence
in which it is stated that Secretary Lane thinks better now of buying the
Cordova road than he did formerly. But if the correspondent knew that
much how is it that he does not know more. And if, as he says the Cordova
road was built without an eye to tonnage what would the government want
it for and why would Secretary Lane begin to think it a good bargain? The
lord love that for logic.
As a matter of curiosity; Why do the Guggenhelms want to sell that
railroad anyhow? It was admittedly built for no other purpose than to ship
out copper ore. There is absolutely nothing else in sight except glacier
scenery. It would be absolutely superfluous as a means of getting to the
Matanuska coal field* and as for opening up country it would serve perfectly •
as, but only as, a fine gateway to pasture for mountain goats. Never mind
Washington correspondents or anv one else; Seward still stands supreme.
If Alaska were compelled to say what its “national" pastime was it
would probably select dancing. In every town and camp throughout the north
land dancing is the chief dissipation. Some of the people back east think we
go around with six shooters and fighting jags on but instead of that we are
nice polite society people usually stepping around to My Wild Irish Rose like
a lot of kids. It is just the same in every dancing hall of every camp in
Alaska. Go into one and you see them all. \ou will see the same kids who
never danced during nearly half a century of previous existence until they
came north and took it into their heads that a womans toes shouldn t be re
spected anyhow. In any one of those halls you can see the same elephantine
grace that you see in any of the other—the same little social side or idiosyn
cracies or lines and the same peculiarities all around. Ah, would some god
the giftie gie us to see oursel'es as others see us dancing and we should im
mediatetiy return to the use of reason from which we departed during the
long winter nights when the tapping of A Castle-House rag took us from a
warm stove and a pipe.
But, on the other hand, there is nothing to beat dancing in Alaska. No
matter how old a man or a woman i> he or she is never too old to educate their
pedal extremities. If people didn’t take it too seriously it makes lots of fun
and lots of exercise and that is a combination that the world has been seeking
since Adam and Eve had nothing to do to pass the time but swipe apples.
Neum from AU
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PARIS, Dec. 21.—Horace B. Dun
bar, formerly proprietor of the Rain
ier-Grand Hotel at Seattle is dead
here after a long lingering illness^
He came to Europe to seek restoration
of health at several of the noted i
springs. He was well known by1
Alaskans.
"
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-C. J.
Jones, former traffic manager of the
Alaska Steamship Company, at Seat
tle, diet! here today. He was located
at Seattle for about a year, returning
to San Francisco in 1913 to the posi-,
tion of general freight and passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific.
NOME, Dec. 12.—The Seward pen
insula is more active this winter in a
mining way than for a number of
years. This is especially true with re
gard to individual work, there being
many miners engaged at present in
taking out pay.
The winter thus far has been veryi
mild—so mild in fact as to retard
winter operations fully a month.
The first overland mail from the,
Outside arrived here yesterday, the
earliest winter arrival on record.
Manly Mayhood was reported late
this afternoon to still be unconscious,
struggling for life after the terrific
shock received from falling down the
shaft on Cleary creek and its after re-;
suits. Dr. Hall, who has hi3 case,
states that some of his symptoms are
favorable and some otherwise. It is
impossible to predict the outcome, yet
the physician seems to feel there is a
good fighting chance.
J. E. Rivard, formerly city clerk,
United States commissioner and post-j
master of Chena, is now in Ketchi
kan, where he is running a weekly
newspaper.
Valdez is to have a new hospital, to
be known as the Red cross, to be open
to all physicians. The hospital will be
conducted by a Miss Jones, a trained
nurse, formerly of the Cousins Me-j
morial Hospital, of Boston.
Three dollars a day and board is
the wage scale for miners in the
Nome district this winter.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 8.—
Representative John W. Langley, of
Kentucky, has annouced that he will
introduce a bill providing for the re
peal of the Alaska railroad act, which
was passed at the last session of con
gress. _j
Clearance Sale of Men's Clothing!
We have at this time on hand one of the finest lines
of mens suits that has ever been brought to Seward. An
ticipating a big rush from the Interior over the Seward
Iditarod Trail we laid in a larger stock than we would
have under ordinary conditions.
We still have a couple of dozen of these suits on hand
and more coming. On the last mail we received notice
from the Stein-Bloch factory that they had shipped us
another large shipment of high grade clothing and in or
der to have room for the goods when they arrive we are
forced to get rid of the stock on hand. To do this we are
going to cut the prices lower than clothes of this grade
have ever been sold in Seward.
Beginning Monday, January 4th, we are going to of
fer every suit in stock at the following reductions. These
prices are for cash only and if you can use a high grade
suit at a low price
DON’T OVERLOOK THIS SALE!
All $45.00 Suits and Overcoats, Now $35.00
All 40.00 Suits and Overcoats, Now 30.00
All 35.00 Suits and Overcoats, Now 27.50
All 30.00 Suits and Overcoats, Now 25.00
All $21.50 and $25.00 Suits, Now 17.50
All intermediate priced suits reduced accordingly.
Come early while the selection and assortment of fabrics
and sizes are complete.
Just Received
A complete line of up to date hats in the latest Stetson
and Hardeman blocks
Now On Display
THE MINER’S STORE
FRANK J. COTTER, Manager
Phone Adams 131 “Don’t Forget the Parcel Poit” Seward, Alaska
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—It is ex
pected that the report of the Alaskan
engineering commission on its surveys
for a system of government railroads
in Alaska will be ready about Febru
ary 1.
After it is prepared Secretary Lane
will make his recommendations as to
routes and terminals. It appears to
be assumed in many quarters that the
commission in its report is to recom
mend routes and terminals.
Tonnage is the consideration that is
much in the secretary’s mind. The ad
ministration would regard it as a dis
tinct achievement to have a real gov
ernment owned railroad in operation
before the close of its term, March
4, 1917. If that railroad is hauling
much tonnage and is on a paying basis
so much the better.
An entirely new system of railroads
in Alaska will have to be built on the
assumption that the pioneer builders ^
who constructed the Alaska Northern ^
and the Copper River & Northwestern
overlooked tonnage possibilites; that
they did not build on the best routes,
or else on the assumption that by gov
ernment edict another route can be(
made just as good.
Mr. Morgan plainly told the secre
tary that the Alaska syndicate was
not in love with the railroad business
in Alaska. It operates a railroad to
get out its copper ore only because
no one else can. The syndicate, he
said, is more intent on mining than on
railroading. If it were assured of
transportation for its ore at a rea
sonable price it would be quite willing
to let the government have the road
at a bargain sale or lease.
And also the Alaska Northern
might readily be taken over.
Of course the difficulty about all
this is the political capital that would
[ accrue to the enemies of the adminis
tration should the adminstration be j
found dickering with the predatory in
terests in a business deal.
Hence the careful—and prayciful
consideration that Secretary Lane is
giving to the whole subject.—Seattle
Post-Intcllinger.
(By The Associated Press.)
ZURICH, Jan. 4.—Switzerland’s lot
since the war began has been a hard
one. The cost of maintaining the(
army in a state of mobilization is esti- j
mated at fully $400,000 a day. The
loss to the hotel keepers in three mon
ths is figured at $25,000,000.
The hotel keepers probably suffer
more than any other class, especially
as they had lean years in 1912 and 13
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' owing to bad weather. They had look
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The few tourists who remained af
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frightened away by the panic among
the Swiss bankers, which caused the
refusal of all letters of credit and even
foreign money.
At present, many of the big hotels
are closed, and the number of guests
in those which remain open is almost
negligablc. Nor is there much likeli
hood of any improvement in condi
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season.
As a matter of fact, living condit
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1915, January Fifth, Our TENTH
Anniversary of Business in Sewar<l
WE wish to thank the public in general for their liberal
patronage in the past and trust our business meth
ods have been such as to merit their greater con
fidence in the future. We are most optimistic for Seward
in the year 11)15. We predict a wonderJul improvement
in a business way. We predict the selection of Ressui •
rection Bay 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 5000
people by December 30th: that real estate in_Sewaid will
advance fully 300 per cent by September 1st, and that our
business will increase accordingly.
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