ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
It now appears more than probable that a congressional
committee will visit Alaska with the opening of the season, to
procure first-hand information with respect to this territory
and likewise to take a look at the railway system that Uncle
Sam is building to develop the country. We trust that a con
gressional committee will come to Alaska, and we further trust
that Secretary of the Interior Lane will find it possible to ac
company the party. So far as the Alaska railway project is
concerned, we feel certain that the solons will be simply as
tounded at the fine progress that has been made and at the
developments that have already followed the inauguration of
the railway construction. A trip of inspection will prove to
them that this big railway project comprehends no idle waste
of public funds, but rather that it is a constructive scheme of
vast importance, not only to Alaska, but to the natj/w as a
whole as well. - : - i -
If the congressional committee is named, and it is almost
certain that it will be, it is probable that it will consist of Unit
ed States Senators Chamberlain, of Oregon, Pitman of Nevada,
and one other senator whom we shall not attempt to designate,
and Congressmen Houston of Tennessee, Ferris of Oklahoma, j
and Delegate Wickersham, who is preparing and will introduce i
4he resolution calling for the naming of such a committee..
Senator Chamberlain was among the foremost advocates of ;
the government railway system, and did yeoman work in aid- j
iug the passage of the bill; Senator Pitman, himself a former i
Alaskan, was another insistent advocate of the railway bill and j
is always ready to aid Alaska in any way possible. Congress- ;
man Houston, who is the chairman of the house committee on
territories, is one of the big men of the lower house, and lends j
a willing ear to matters of concern to Alaska. Congressman j
Ferris, who hails from Oklahoma, is the chairman of the house'
committee on public lands. He opposed the railway bill and i
is not considered friendly to Alaska. A cousin of the Okla
homa congressman, L. S. Ferris, was formerly U. S. eommis- !
sioner at Susitna. If the unfriendly congressman is a member;
of the committee, we believe that lie will be convinced of his j
error in opposing the construction of a railway in Alaska, when
lie sees for himself the vast benefits and developments that are
flowing from the project.
The official canvassing board is engaged in re-counting,
the ballots in the recent territorial election. The board is coin-1
posed of the governor, the secretary of the territory and the
collector of customs, and is being advised by the attorney-gen
eral. All four of these men are democrats, and The Times be
lieves that they are high-minded men, who will not wrongfully
divert the will of the people, as expressed by their ballots. But
these men are human and are liable to err. It would be muclt i
better for the canvassing board if a representative of Delegate
Wickersham were present at this recount. It would remove1
any suspicion of political advantage to the democratic candi
date.
Alaskite was a name originally applied by .T. E. Spun- to
aplite that contained a large amount of quartz, much of which
was due to the secondary deposition of silica, great quantities1
of which he found in some parts of Alaska. The term has more
recently been extended to include all rocks composed princi
pally of quartz and alkali feldspar.
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TIMELY TOPICS.
By H. WELLESLEY FLETCHER
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Many and varied are the problems}
of mankind, which, like the perplexi
ties of astronomy, are continually;
bobbing up to put fresh furrows inj
the already wrinkled brow of the ob- j
server.
Strolling through the sad remnants 1
of the “forest primeval” out at Ninth
aa£ L, I chanced upon a melancholy
male irritating a cross-cut saw
through a spruce log. Nearby was
pitefi a few ricics .of split wood, indi
cating that the man leaning on the
saw. was deriving a livlihood By sup
plying our stoves the wherewithal to
form a contrast with outdoor Alaska.
“Good morning," skid he.
“Good afternoon," said I.
“Good night," said he, “and I hope
you sleep well." With which he re
sumed his attack upon the innocent
saw.
“Nice day,” I suggested, stirred into
curiosity by the attitude of this con
tributor to the saw-filing business.
“Call this a nice day?” he demand
ed, “with all this thawed snow teasing
a man’s rheumatism! Where do you
come from, California?”
Now, if there’s anything I like bet
ter than anything else, it is to talk to
a man with a sense of humor. Evi
Gently this fellow saw something fun
ny about me.
“What’s worrying you?” I asked, j
“You look as though you had a very:
weighty problem on your chest. Have
a chew?”
He took a healthy bite out of my!
plug and placed the remainder into I
his pocket, eyeing me up and down—!
probably to see if I was all there.
Whatever conclusion he reached he
never told me.
“Say,” he at last ventured, “are you
good at mathematics?”
“Fair,” I replied. “But I can’t navi
gate'a ship or square a circle.”
“Well, maybe you can help me
straighten out something I've been
figuring on for some time." He decor
ated a goodly portion of the adjacent
snow with tobacco juice, sind contin
ued:
“This spruce is 70 years old."
I agreed that it was .possible.
“And it takes two of them to make
a rick of wood.”
There being no available argument
to the contrary, I again agreed.
“I cut three ricks a day, using six
trees.”
I congratulated him.
“Six trees at 70 years apiece is how
much ?”
“The aggregarte age of six trees,
each 70 years old, would be four hun
dred and twenty years.” I flashed the
answer at him, happy in. the know
“The Store That Has What Von Want—When You Want It.”
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
SATl RI)AY, .JANUARY 20, 1D17.
Vol. 1. No. 157. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 4th and O
IMPROVING THE ORDINARY WAY.
The difference between work done in the ordinary way and
that done in a scientific way is often very great. While touring
through California several years ago 1 saw two piles of corn,
one the result of a row planted in the ordinary way, the other
which had been cultivated on scientific principles, with special
preparation of the soil. The second pile weighed nearly twice
as much as the first, and the ears were larger and better formed.
And as I looked I thought of all the many thousands of
business enterprises that are being conducted in the ordinary
way, and of the greater results which might be obtained if they
were conducted on a more thorough and intelligently system
atic plan.
There is no business where you can see the difference
quicker than in a drug store, and for many years I have been
trying to keep my drug stores up with the very latest thought
in our field. The most important factors in the development of
a business are service and quality. It is not easy to maintain
tlie standard of service where it is almost impossible to receive
new merchandise to replace stock sold. We are constantly re
trying goods by express and parcel post. But under all cir
cumstances we will keep our standard of Quality. We buy only
the very best, irrespective of the price, and by coming or send
ing to US you will always be assured of two things—
SERVICE AND QUALITY.
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IT’S INTERESTING
To note how many people would
not be satisfied with a camera
unless it is a Kodak. For with
a Kodak you can get the best
of results. We are ready at all
times to show you our line of
Kodaks which is complete in ev
ery detail. We develop for 15c
and print for 3c up. Special at
tention paid to mail orders.
ledge of my superior intellect.
“Well, I get six dollars for those
three ricks,” he informed me.
“Exactly,” I returned, “everything
seems to be perfectly clear. What’s j
eating you up ? ”
The wood butcher gazed pensvely ’
into space and rubbed his scrubby!
chin with the back part of his first two !
fingers. Then, weighing each word at
its full significance, he launched at j
me:
“If it takes four hundred and twenty |
years for me to make six dollars, how j
long does it take Guggenheim to make |
a million ?”
SEWARI) ATTORNEY RETAINED
IN CASE OF OTTO KANITZ
SEWARD.—Word was received
from Valdez today that Attorney Leon
C. Booker, municipal magistrate here,
has been retained to defend Otto Kan
itz, who i A held on suspicion of'having
set fire to the postoffice block there
during the conflagration which swept
part of the business district.
Booker went to Valdez in connec
tion with the defense of Walter Stok
er, also his client.
Booker, who is a young attorney,
is receiving much commendation from
his friends both within and out of the
legal profession over his good fortune
in being retained in two cases of such
importance.
It is probable that the trial M Kan
itz will be the most momentous Val
dez has witnessed for years, as the
department of. justice has jjf'jGridos
case, against him, while Stokerfs mad
career With a rifle her? aroused the
entire peninsula.
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WEATHER REPORT.
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7 a. m. Jan. 20, 1917.
1 Station Temp. Day Wind Trail Snow
I Anchorage 4 Clear Calm Good 6 in.
^Summit.. 24 Clear Calm Good 30in.
Kern Crk. 26 Cldy. Calm Good 10 in.
j Mile 52 .. 15 Cldy. Calm Good .30 in.
; Seward .. 6 Clear Calm ^ood Sin.
j Potter Ck.. 6 Clear Calm Good 10 in.
; Matnuska 10 Clear Calm Good 10 in.
! King Rvr. 10 Clear Calm Good 10 in.
I Camp 174 6 Clear Calm Good 10 in.
OLD-TIMER DIES AT
THE SITKA HOME
SITKA. — Rueben E. Alberstone,
who was prominently identified with
the early coast history of Alaska, died
in Sitka recently as a result of heart
trouble.
Rueben Alberstone came to Wran
gell in 1875. In 1878, two years be
fore Juneau was located, he came to
Sitka, and for many years was prom
inent in politics of the territory, hav
ing served in several political posi
tions.
In 1886 he was delegated to go to
Washington to plead with the Cleve
land administration for self govern
ment. He was born in London, Eng
land, in 1842. Interment was made
here today, all business houses being
closed.
ODD FELLOWS.
T ■ V ■■ ■'*,•
There will be a meetng next Tues
day evening at 8 o’clock in the Mason
ic building. SECRETARY. 329.
THIS SATURDAY (ONLY), JANUARY 20th.
MACLYN ARBUCKLE
Of “The Round Up” Fame in
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OTHER INTERESTING FEATURES
SUNDAY AND MONDAY, JANUARY 21 AND 22 j
I “The Morals of Marcus”
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A PICTURESQUE ROMANTIC COMEDY.
I TWO SHOWS EVERY NIGHT.7:30 and 9:00
I ANY SEAT ANYWHERE 25c; CHILDREN 10c.
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OPENED IN NEW LOCATION
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YUKON STOVES
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Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - • Alaska
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The Style Stop wil l occupy the corner stort of'the hew Masonic building. There
_ fore it necessary to. have, all new. jpgd&f01' the £pftng seasop^and with that
in mind Mrs. Cattle goes to the Eastern and Coast MarkeVs to make suitable pur
- ". ;• . ■■ ... ••. \: ;tvi
, chases. In accordance all merchandise on. hand must be sold at a big reduction, pre
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paratory to. the removal from our present quarter*, which we have outgrown.
Starting Monday, Januaiy 29, the biggest Sale ever held ia Anchorage will be
gin. Come and see for yourself. . .. : *
COURTESY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO.
•at The Style Shop
Comer Fourth and C