ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
Sail Seattle Arrive Seward
FEB. 16 .ALAMEDA. FEB. 22
FEB. 24 .ALASKA. MAR. 2
MAR. 1 .MARIPOSA. MAR. G
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This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
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J. J. LANKIN,
Agent.
F. B. TRACT.
General Agent.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE
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ALASKAN SAILING DATES
Leave Seattle Leave Seward
Feb. 15 .FARRAGUT. Feb 22
Feb. 25 .. WATSON .. Mar. 4
Mar. 2.EVANS.Mar. 9
Mar. 9..FARRAGUT..Mar. 16
Mar. 19 ..WATSON.. Mar. 26
Sailings from Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Queen,
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE.
San Francisco to Los Angeles, daily except Sunday.
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
STEAMERS HARVARD, VALE, PRESIDENT. GOVERNOR,
ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
For Full Particulars, T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska.
Alaska Men
Going Outside This Winter Outfit at
CHEASTY'S
The Specialty Men's Shop
in Seattle,
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Men’s and Young Men’s Wear
Sundberg’s Grocery
PLANT EARLY. WE HAVE THE SEEDS.
EAT GOOD EGGS. WE HAVE THEM.
SWIFT’S PREMIUM HAMS AND BACON, THE BEST
Folg’er’s, Reliance, Crescent and Blue Ribbon.
Staple and fancy pastry at the
North Pole Bakery. 429
Best music and entertainers at Pe
terson’s. 399
SEE THE NORTH
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.—(By
mail)—“See Alaska First” was the
advice of Representative W. E. Hum
phrey, of Seattle, gave members of
the Philadelphia Real Estate board at
a banquet here tonight.
“The great contest that is now rag
ing in Europe with all its unspeakable
horrors I hope will be of some benefit
to the American people in some other
ways than filling their purses,” con
tinued Mr. Humphrey. “I trust it will
cause those who long to spend their
money and their time in traveling to
foreign lands to turn their footsteps
toward Alaska and the Pacific north
west. Alaska and the Pacific north
west have attractions for the tourist
that surpass in every way those of
Europe. The climate and scenery is
far more inviting and inspiring. No
thing in all Europe equals the grand
eur and majesty of Mount Rainier.
From Seattle and Tacoma in a few
hours in an automobile over perfect
roads you can ride to the face of the
giant glaciers and to the fields of
eternal snows on this most splendid
mountain peak. From Seattle run
the most scenic automobile roads not
only in America but in the world.
One of these roads crosses the won
derful Cascade mountains that by
comparison dwarf all the other big
mountain ranges in the United States.
Automobile roads go to the heart of
the Olympics, the wildest, most beau
tiful and most rugged mass of moun
tains in America. They penetrate
the densest, most valuable and most
remarkable forests upon this planet.
For mile upon mile these splendid
roads run like a great tunnel through
these forests, giant trees standing on
either side, thicker than you would
believe trees ever grew, straight as
if placed by the plumb line and many
of them 300 feet high. The tallest
tree that ever grew east of the Mis
sissippi river would not reach the first
limb of many of the forests that grow
in western Washington. The most
wonderful and attractive experience
on all this continent to the average
tourist is driving through the match
less forests of the Puget sond coun
try.
“Puget sound is the greatest salted
inland sea on this hemisphere. In
the beauty of the summer skies, its
evergreen shores, its numerous bays
and islands, and in the clearness of its
waters, it surpasses the blue Mediter
ranean, so immortalized in song and
story. The famous isles of Greece
where ‘burning Sapho loved and sung’
do not surpass in their beauty and
their loveliness the remarkable San
Juan group of islands at the entrance
of Puget sound.
“The trip from Seattle to Alaska is
one of perfect, undisturbed delight.
For more than a thousand miles you
sail along a narrow channel, varying
from a few hundred yards to a few
miles wide. This channel is always
free from storms and all the disagree
able terrors of seasickness. The trip
from Seattle to Alaska is the only one
on salt water that I have ever been
able to take and remain on good terms
with myself and be at all times entire
ly happy. This thousand mile chan
nel that winds its way among islands
and shores of indescribable beauty,
often at the base of mountains rising
sheer from the water’s edge thou
Garden Tools
LARGE ASSORTMENT
GARDEN SEEDS
Get Them Now
SOLE AGENTS FOR PREFERRED STOCK CANNED GOODS
sands of feet, down the perpendicular
side of which dash countless streams,
like the combination of the grandeur
and beauty of mountain and sea that
this globe furnishes.
“Several fine steamships equipped
with all the conveniences and luxur
ies of modern travel, leave Seattle
each day during the tourist season, on
this Alaska run.
Come Out to Seattle.
“Come out to Seattle, go to Alaska,
breathe our invigorating atmosphere,
look upon our marvelous scenery,
climb our matchless mountains, ride
upon our scenic highways, sail on our
wonderful seas; go out into our prim
eval forests.
“The purchase price of Alaska was
$7,200,000. For many years, Alaska
was sneeringly referred to as “Sew
ard’s folly.” Since we purchased
Alaska we have expended for various
public purposes in the territory ap
proximately $30,000,000. In return,
Alaska has already added to the
wealth of the nation and to the world
more than half a billion dollars. Each
year Alaska yields more wealth than
all the nation has expended upon it
from the beginning until now. Alas
ka has already paid tenfold more than
it ever cost.
“Alaska has the greatest glaciers
and the highest mountains in North
America. In length of continuous
natural navigation it has the second
largest river in all the world, the Yu
kon being navigable for 3,200 miles
and exceeded in this respect only by
the Amazon. Alaska has another riv
er that in its natural condition is nav
igable for over five hundred miles,
and yet I doubt if any one of you can
! call the name of this river or if men
! tioned that many of you would recall
i ever before hearing the name. It is
the Kuskokwim and is one of the
1 most remarkable rivers of the world,
i for during the summer season it con
tains more fish and those of the high
est known quality than any other
stream that flows to the sea. Alaska
has more coal than any other country.
“Alaska has more copper than any
other country.
“Alaska has more furs than any
other country.
“Alaska has more gold than nay
other country, and probably more
than all the rest of the world com
bined.
“Alaska in her waters has more
fish than all the rest of the waters in
the world together.
“The government reports declare
that there are now a thousand cod fish
l upon Alaska banks for every one that
ever was upon the famed cod banks
of the Atlantic.
“William H. Seward and Charles
Sumner were two of the great men of
their time that knew and appreciated
the greatness of Alaska. The Ameri
can people for all time will owe these
great statesmen a debt of gratitude
and will forever honor them for
what they did in causing this won
derful land to become part of our re
public.”
WOOD SAWING
Also Wood, Any Lengths, for Sale.
Leave Orders at Robarts.
BOB PETERSON
320 K Street
L A U R I T 2
_“ THE_SIGN MAN ’ ’
PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING.
DESIGNING DECORATING
5th and D Street.
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IT’S A REAL PLEASURE
to view the new wall decorations on
view here exclusively. They are so
unconventional, so out of the common
and so unusually artistically attrac
tive. If you plan to repaper you
should by all means see these new
papers. To decide without doing so
is apt to result in regret later.
EVANS & FRANTZEN
Hotel Anchorage
NEWEST AND MOST MODERN IN THE CITY
SUNNY ROOMS
HOT AND COLD WATER.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
REASONABLE RATES
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Dohrmann—Herning & Co.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.
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New Matanuska Hotel
MATANUSKA JUNCTION.
M. J. ROCHE, Prop.
CAFE IN CONNECTION
A. LYALL, Prop.
War News
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s, 444
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 43-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
LEARN TO DANCE.
Latest Dances Taught. Begin
ners given special attention. For ap
pointment call at third house from
C on 6th Ave.
WM. BUNTING.
Fresh Ranch Eggs at the Mint. 472
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ESTABLISHED 1916
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