"LAYING THE FOUNDATION
OF ALASKA"
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and that its recommendations were
contrary to facts theretofore official
ly established, showing a preponder
ance of resources along the Seward
Susitna route.
Flow thoroughly I succeeded is evi
denced in the Committee Hearings, in
the reports by the House and Senate
Committees on Territories in support
of the Alaska Railroad bill I favored,
in the debates in the FFouse and Se
nate on the bill, and in the selection
and official designation by President
Wilson of the route I had contented
for alone and unaided.
Rut at every session of Congress
from the time the President an
nounced the official location of the
route until its completion to Fairbanks
in 1923, opponents of the project turn
ed their batteries of assault upon it
in determined attempts to discontinue
appropriations for its further con
struction. They bored from within
also by procuring appointment of
their own creatures to positions of
control during construction days, and
those secret agents of destruction
brought odium and criticism upon it
by their extravagance in c^st of con- |
struction and by every ingenious de
vice of purposeful mismanagement. I
contributed my time and energies,
alone and under showers of barbed
arrows, in efforts to have those flag
rant abuses corrected, until sweeping
changes in management and policies1
went far toward placing the Alaska
Railroad at last on the high plane of
service and usefulness which Con
gress intended it should occupy.
Looking back from the distance of
a quarter of a century, with my “reck
' Jess’’ and “visionary” undertaking an
accomplished reality, the only one to ,
succeed among a dozen that were at
tempted from Y'aldez and other ocean
ports to the Tanana and the Yukon
valleys of Interior Alaska, and with
principal and interest and profits paid
in full to all investors who came into •
it under my management and control;
with the excitement of mining stam-1
pedes long since allayed and displaced
by industrial and farming develop
ments of a lasting character; with a
wider knowledge of the extensive de
posits of coal and the millions of acres
of forest areas and of agricultural j
soil along the route of the Alaska Rail-!
road, together with full appreciations J
of the advantageous central situation
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN
KILLED TRAIN WRECK
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 12. UP)—An
engineer and a fireman were killed
when a fast Milwaukee baggage train,
running between Minneapolis and
Chicago, struck an open switch west
of Racine, Wis. Several others were
unhurt. The engine and three cars
were wrecked.
BURSTS WATER MAINS
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. (£>)—The habit
of shutting water faucets with a jerk
instead of turning them slowly costs
American cities millions yearly, l„.o
ran "Grayton, engineer, declares. The
jerking, he says, produces hammer
ing in the pipe lines, which bursts
the mains.
of that route, and the superb open
harbor of Seward, where vessels of
any size may safely come and go eve
ry day in the year, it is natural and j
easy for informed Alaskans of the
present day to regard the project as i
the only logical and sensible solution J
of a problem that was weighted with !
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perplexities at the beginning.
In view of the long struggle that
circumstances compelled me to main-!
tain against every contrivance of op
position that huge financial power and
rival self interest could invent or en-;
list, with its attendant vicissitudes, i
through mazes of ramifications that
extended from Alaska to New York j
and Washington, which involved bank- J
ing, newspaper and political influen
ces in every important city* of the con
tinent, in Canada as well as in the
United States, and Senators and Rep- j
resentatives and Cabinet Officers
and Presidents of the United States
in every administration from Theo
dore Roosevelt to Calvin Coolidge, it
is justifiable and wholly true to say
that the entire history of pioneer de- j
velopments west of the Mississippi
river furnishes no more striking ex
ample than this Alaska Railroad pro
ject and the founding of Seward where
the unanimous judgment of the thou
sands on the feasibility of routes was
ranged against the judgment of one
man at the beginning, and was slowly j
but surely reversed and ranged on the
side if his judgement at the end.
Fresh strawberry and va'
nilla ice cream at the Candy
Cottage. “It’s Seattle Vel
vet.”
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Urbach says:
| On Friday and Saturday [
(I will sell 7 5c values Men’s [
I Interwoven wool hose at (
150c a pair. |
| See windows |
Urbach's
I CASH IS KING I
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“QUALITY FIRST”
BROWN & HAWKINS CORP.
Seward, Alaska
We Save Just Received A New And Complete Shipment Of
BUCKEYE ALUMINEX
The Wonderful New Aluminum Ware With The Smooth Inside Finish
ALUMINEX is more than a mere kitch
en utensil designed to perform certain
tasks in the preparation of a meal. AL
UMINEX is specifically built to lighten
the burden of kitchen drudgery.
ALUMINEX carries an ironclad
guarantee of the maker, is tested and
approved by Good Housekeeping Insti
tute and the Priscilla Proving Plant of
Modern Priscilla Magazine.
We wish to call particular attention
to the four-piece Utility Set. It meets
many different needs every day.
Steamer, Mixing Bowl, Colander, Sauce
Pot, Casserole, Double Boiler, Roaster
Melting Tray All in one set.
Due to the polished inside finish,
stains and food particles are easily re
moved and do not adhere as on a rough
surface.
The knobs on Aluminex are set in.
Every dome lid has a fiat top surface,
allowing for dishes and pans to be
L placed one above the other in cooking.
The stowage in the kitchen cupboard
is also greatly facilitated by the flat top
feature.
The ALUMINEX line is most complete, almost any kitchen utensil is
found in this line. The Aluminex Covered Kettel is an ideal utensil in can
ning and preservingfberries, fruits, vegetables and jelly making. It will pay
you to look over this line while it is complete. The prices are no higher than
an ordinary aluminum ware.
WE ALSO CARRY A LARGE STOCK OF JELLY CLASSES, FRUIT JARS,
EXTRA TOPS AND RUBBERS AND PAROWAX FOR SEALING FOR
COMPLETE SUCCESS IN MAKING JELLY USE CERTO.
LOCAL STRAWBERRIES, FRESH AND VEGETABLES AT ALL TIMES.
FRESH KILLED CHICKENS, FROM LONG’S CHICKEN RANCH AT
LAKE VIEW
KUPPENHEIMER GOOD CLOTHES, FLORSHEIM SHOES, ALLIGATOR
RAIN COATS, RUBBER FOOTWEAR. MEN’S FURNISHINGS OF ALL
KINDS. LUGGAGE, WINDOW SHADES, TABLE OIL CLOTH, LINOLE
UM, RUBBER MATTING, RUG BORDER.
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TMIUE'S PALACE
. IS BELIEVED EOH
SAMARKAND, Aug. 12. (JP)— Re-'
mains of walls of what if believed to
have been one of the palaces belong
ing to Timur, or Tamberlane, the re
nowned Oriental conqueror of the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries,
have been unearthed by excavators
here. The walls appear to have been
.richly decorated with frescoes and
other ornamentations.
j The halibut schooner Chief Sku
gaid, Captain Parsons, arrived in port
with 44,000 pounds of halibut which
they discharged at the San Juan
Fishing & Packing Company. The i
vessel -will depart for the fishing
banks in the morning after the en
gine is repaired
' The Chase, Captain Emswieler, ar- j
rived in port at noon today with a j
scow filled with supplies from the j
saw-mill at Sawr 'Mill bay, which is
I being moved over to Fourth July i
; creek, accross the bay from Seward. 1
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| ^The N. & S. of Seward, arrived in
port today.
Lucky says:If you can't*
afford to pav 20 per cent for
service, try Lucky; he sells
groceries, not service. Corn
flakes 2 for 25c, raisins or
prunes 10 c, apples or peach
es 20 c.
Fresh strawberry and va
nila Seattle ice cream at
Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.* [■
B. F. Greer, San Francisco banker,
is numbered among the northbound
passengers on the S. S. Aleutian,
who is coming north for the purpose
of enjoying a hunt in the Interior.
I
Louis Francis, who liad the mis
fortune to badly injure himself dur
ing the past week while longshoring
on the local dock, has not yet re
covered and is still confined to his
cabin, more or less.
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—The Pioneer Line—
FLYING TO ALL PARTS IN ALASKA
OUR NEW SWALLOW PLANE
Joseph Crosson, Pilot
(Alaska’s Ace)
has just completed a record flight
from Fairbanks, to Point Barrow,
returning via Kotzebtfe and Ruby.
For information as to Flights, Rates, Etc., write or
wire at our expense
ROBERT LA VERY, General Manager
Fairbanks, Alaska
HARDWARE, STOVES AND RANGES
Inside frosted Electric Lamps, Ship Chandlery, An
chors, Rope and Twine, Paints and Oils, Sheet metal,
Plumbing Shop, Gun repairs.
' Mail Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention
J. L. GRAEF
Phone Madison 87 Seward Alaska