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LOOKING AHEAD
Alaskan progress of the past forecasts the future greatness of
the Northland, and justifies all Alaskans in holding to their firm
faith in the Territory’s possibilities and worth. By aiming high and
working together—actively and steadily—those having to do with Al
askan progress can accomplish much. "Looking Ahead" to still great
er things, and planning and working accordingly, is the one way that
a high purpose can be reaHzed.
The Alaska Railroad—a pioneer system—is gradually and pain
stakingly striding towards a great goal—the greater development of
Alaska; and that the future is bright and promising is attested by
the steady and consistent upward trend of past and present activi
ties. The Alaska Railroad is "Looking Ahead."
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Alaska Railroad
(McKinley Park Route)
Anchorage
Alaska
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This Is
1927
VOU want laundry done cor
* rectly, so send it to a modem
laundry where you get up-to-the
minute service
Beginning April 4 the follow
ing changes in prices will be in
effect:
Rough dry, 15c per pound, 10
pound minimum. All flat work
ironed
H. K. 25c per pound, 10-pound
minimum. Ironed the same as
at home
Starched shirts,
starched collars and
starched curtains;
blankets, quilts, rugs
and silks our speci
alty
1
PATTERSON
and
KAWABE
Proprietors
Fop Further Information
Inquire of the Driver
PUBLISHER FUR FARMERS MAG
AZINE SYMPATHIZES WITH
“LONE STAR STATE”
In the Houston Chronicle A. A.
Bass recently broke out in print with
the following story:
Picturing Alaska not as a land of
only ice and snow and barren lands,
but as a country of “great natural
resources and beauty, of warm sum
mers with bountiful crops of fruits
and vegetables,” A. A. Bass publisher
of the Pur Farmer Magazine stated
that Alaska is the most misunder
stood and misquoted country of the
world.
Mr. Bass came to the United States
on a visit to fur farms of the North
and while in this country he had
always heard described as the land
of “two guns and ten-gallon hats.”
“I find that Texas is as much mis
understood as Alaska,” he aid. “I
find that conditions here are no
more like what they have been pic
tured to me all my life than what
some visitors and writers have pro
trayed Alaska to be.”
When a young boy, Mr. Bass left
the United States for Alaska before
the gold rush of ’98. He has seen
every phase of life in Alaska. He
lived among the Eskimos for weeks
at a time and has helped entertain
noted visitors from the United States
and other countries, including Presi
dent Harding. He has known times
when a dollar was as “large as a
I blanket” and when food was practi
cally unobtainable, and he has ac
cumulated many friends.
As a miner, furrier, publisher and
a man of many other interests, he is
qualified to speak on the possibilities
of Alaska.
Alaska is five times as large as
■ Norway, Svreden and Denmark. In
1910 the population of Alaska was
55,036. The natural resources of the
country alone could feed, cloth and
house 20,000.000 persons easily, he
said. The United States paid about
$7,000,000 for Alaska and the country
already has fully that amount of
money in domestic furs alone. More
than 300 islands now occupied by
fur farms, raising blue and silver
foxes. Modern methods of mining
are doing much to help in the devel
opment of hte country. Millions of
acres of pulp timber suitable for
making high grade papers is availa
ble.
He quoted the late President Hard
ing as saying that the fur and fish
industry would be to Alaska what
cotton and corn are to the ’South.
Various civic organizations, cham
bers of commerce and interested in
dividuals have organized the Terri
torial Chamber of Commerce, he said,
a new magazine is being published,
the Alaskan, having as its purpose
the exploitation of the beauties and
resources of the country.
“We are trying ;to divert some of
the American tourists from Europe
to Alaska,” said Mr. Bass. “And
when they come to our country we
want them to go away and tell the
truth, and not fictitious stories as
many writers have done.”
Mr. Bass criticized severely the
writers who, after visiting the coun
try, relied chiefly on their imagina
tion and on stories they had heard
about Alaska, rather than on what
they saw.
Mr. Bass expects to leave Houston
Monday, going first to Los Angeles
and then to Seattle. He expects to (
MOVING TO FAIRBANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dyer, popular
young local couple, depart next Tues
day for Fairbanks where they will
make their home. Mr. Dyer, who has
been associated with the local plant
headquarters of the Standard Oil com
pany since its establishment, will
serve in a like capacity in the In
terior branch.
DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT
The first public dance in two weeks
will be held tomorrow (Saturday)
night in Odd Fellows hall. With the
largest list of reservations of the year
on board the S. S. Yukon, it is expect
ed an extra large attendance will be
on hand.
Picture Framing. Schallerer’s Alas
ka Shop.
sail for Juneau in March.
You read it in The Gateway first.
STOP AT
HOTEL SEATTLE
when In Anohorage, Alaska
HOT AND COLD WATER
IN ALL ROOMS
CURRENT PRICES
J. J. MclSAAC, Prop.
SEATTLE ICE CREKIUI
High Grade Candies
Framed Pictures, Curios and
Phone Adams 128
JOHN C. WHITE
& CO.
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, *
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
Capt. 0. A. Johansen.
NEXT SAILING STR. STARR OUT OF SEWARD
FOR THE WESTWARD, APRIL 4
G. C. Henderson- Agent
PHONE MADISON 139 SEWARD, ALASKA
WHEN YOU THINK ALASKA
THINK
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
Sails From Seattle Every Saturday at 9 o’clock
Vessel Lv Seattle Lv. Seward
Northbound Southbound
Yukon-Mar. 19_Mar. 26
Alaska-Mar. 26___Apr. 2
Northwestern-Apr. 2-Apr. 9
Yukon-Apr. 16---Apr. 23
Alaska- Apr. 9-Apr. 16
Northwestern-Apr. 23-Apr. 30
Schedule subject to change without notice
FOR RATES AND INFORMATION APPLY
Tel. Main 125 J. K. FLICKINER, Agent. Res. Madison 149
f^esfularli/ and J)epend abhj
Vessel
Sails from
Seattle
Arrives South from
Seward Seward
Evans_Mar. 23
Watson_Mar. 30
Farragut -Apr 6
Evans _Apr. 13
Watson _Apr. 20
Mar. 30 Apr. 4—9 a. m.
Apr. 6 Apr. 11_9 a. m.
Apr. 13 Apr. 18—9 a. xn.
Apr. 20 Apr. 25-9 a. m.
Apr. 27 May 2-9 a. m.
♦Admiral Watson only calls at Yakutat.
♦Admiral Farragut only calls at Valdez.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81 Residence Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Jcrvicc
^ADMIRAL LINE