King River Coal
Bird Creek Lumber Co.
PHONE 52Y.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova. Valdez and Seward.
Arrives Anchorage
NORTHWESTERN APRIL 19
.ALAMEDA. APRIL 24
ALASKA APJUL 29
MARIPOSA MAY 5
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
Sails Seattle
APRIL 11
APRIL 17
APRIL 22
APRIL 28
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE
ALASKAN SAILING DATES j
Lv. Seattle Ar. Anchorage
Apr. 9 ..WATSON .. Apr. 17
Apr. 17 ...EVANS... Apr. 25
Apr. 25. .FARRAGUT.. May 3
May 3 ...WATSON ..May 11
Sailings from Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Queen,
Senator, Umatilla. Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
£
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE.
San Francisco to Los Angeles, daily except Sunday.
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
STEAMERS HARVARD, YALE, PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR, *
ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY. jjj
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice. jjj
For Full Particulars. T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage. Alaska.
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Daily Trips to Kuik and Goose Bay from Govern
meut Dock No. 1. S
See Bulletin Boards for Schedule
Ticket Agencies at Baxter’s and Citv Auto Service,
Phone 89-K.
Correct Clothes I
FOR MEN
THE VERY LATEST IN STYLES, COLORS AND
FABRICS SHOWN AT
CHEASTY’S Inc.
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SEATTLE, WASH.
O. C. GRAVES, Pres. 2d Ave. and Spring
Men’s and Young Men’s Wear.
Sandwiches, coffee and pastry lunch
es served at the North Pole Bakery. 1
Best music and entertainers at Pe
erson’s. 399
It seems but yesterday that mo
tion pictures were used as “chasers."
Of course at that time they were not
dignified by the name of “motion”
pictures, “moving” being the term
applied. And they were well named,
for they certainly "moved”—up and
down, sideways and other ways, and
they “moved” an audience out almost
as fast as the cry of “fire!” H
and I used to try and reach Keith’s
(in boston) always for the first vau
deville performance, and used to get
almost as much enjoyment watching
the mad rush of the audience to get
out when the moving picture was
flashed on, as we did watching Lew
Dockstader pull up his cuffs. Oh, yes;
that was the principal use to which
moving pictures were put some ten or
twelve years ago—chasing audiences
out at the end of the different shows.
l’ut what a change in a little more
than a decade! It seems incredible,
I for now they are among the wonders
of the world, and their educational
I qualities are absolutely limitless.
I read a most interesting article re
cently on ‘ How the British Learn
America From Motion Pictures.” The
| writer, Ernest A. Dench, went on to
Isay—(just a minute; I’ll clip the ar
Itide ami print it just as 1 read it):
“America has a singular fascination
i for the average Britisher. I admit
; that I was not immune from this, and
I when I came over to New York last
j winter 1 did not feel as though I was
in a strange land, because I had
gleaned quite a lot of knowledge of
the greatest republic in the world on
the motion picture screens.
“Until the motion picture came
along, the Britisher knew but little
of the nation he had a keen admira
tion for. All this is now altered, for
American films predominate above all
others in the British isles, and the
many insights into America and Am
erican institutions have proved an
education in itself.
| “The geography taught in the
I schools deals only in such dry facts
j as New York is the largest city and
i how it is situated. A friend of
! mine, once ignorant, now knows an
| astonishing lot about New York and
j America in general. He can tell you
| that there is a large Italian popula
tion; converse with you on Chinatown;
| can assure you that Broadway is the
most famous thoroughfare; knows all
about the Statue of Liberty; is aware
that there is an East Side which is
equivalent to London’s Whitechapel,
and has learnt that the Woolworth
| building is the tallest skyscraper in
the world. He knows that the sky
scrapers are what make New York
distinctive, for important European
capitals like London and Berlin do not
possess them. And so 1 could go on
establishing the educational value of
' the film.
“When 1 lived in London, the maid
I e mployed by a friend of mine was al
! ways asking for nights off to go to
! the movies. It struck me that here
was another opportunity too good to
be missed, so I asked her what she
had learnt of America through the
motion picture. She told me that pa
per money is largely used. This
was strange to her, because in Britain
nearly everything is transacted by
coin. That people were married in
their homes in evening dress was an
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other of her observations. According ;j
to British customs, the ceremony j j
must be performed at a church in the - j
daytime, after certain formalities, or j|
at a registry office. She also noticed j
that every house appears to have the !
telephone installed. In England this 1 j
is an exception, for it is practically I j
confined to business buildings. It was j
apparent to her that detectives anil
newspaper reporters can be disting- ■ (
uished by a badge. There is nothing |
to betray their vocation in Britain.
She had likewise noticed that the truf- 1
fie keeps to the right, instead of to
the left, as is the British rule of the
road. The policemen she had seen j
carried their clubs openly. The Kng- ,
lish bobby hides his truncheon in his ;
trousers pocket. The heads of busi- !
ness firms, she had noticed, were call
ed presidents. The British equivalent
is managing director.
“Another thing attributed to the
motion picture is the preponderance 1
of American slang in Britain. These j
catchy idioms are imported in the j
form of explanatory matter, and some j
of them, such as "putting one over," j
are now used in every day language, j
Although the two nations speak Eng-!j
lish. there is considerable difference j
1 j
in the two forms.
“It is the same with the children— j
the movies have taught them new 1
games. The most popular one is
known as “Cowboys and Indians.”
The youngsters split up into sides,
and they use the best available things
that can suggest what they want.
The toy revolvers and guns come in
handy, while a few feathers and an
old blanket convert a small boy into
tin Indian chief. The “canyon” is
! represented by a small pit. American 1
! terms are spoken to lend reality.” I
Brazilian Mate—the ideal family
I beverage. B. & H., “Quality first.”
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Watch out for the “big event” Mav
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1st, which the Alaska Labor Union
will pull off. 800
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We never sleep. North Pole Bakery.
Best tables at Peterson’s. 444
C. L. Pring will arrive in Anchorage
on the Northwestern to repair and
tune pianos. Please send orders to i
I The Times office. 809
We all take lunch at the North Pole
! Bakery. 797
Daily War Bulletins at Peterson’s.
Wood Undertaking Co..
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
Anchorage Mataouska
MONEY TO LOAN
Short term loans on Rea)
Estate. Bills discounted.
R. NICHOLLS, 615 7th Ave
Our New Stock of CUT GLASS, CROCKERY, CHINA j
GRANITE AND ALUMINUM WARE
OIL CLOTH, Builders' and Heavy Hardware
STOVES AND RANGES.
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726 4th Avenue.
. W. BOLTE
Anchorage, Alaska, i
Alaska Pool Room
Fourth Ave., Near D.
(’itrars. Tobaecos, Candies, Soft Drinks, Fruits, Concord
Grape Juice.
MUSIC
JOSEPH SCHMITBAUER. - - Proprietor.
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Hotel Anchorage
NEWEST AND MOST MODERN IN THE CITY
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
SUNNY ROOMS
HOT AND COLD WATER.
REASONABLE RATES
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Hegg & Laurence
Members Photographers' Association of America,
Washington, D. C.
High Class Portrait Work
Artistic and Pictorial Photography.
EXPERT KODAK FINISHING,
W e do not finish work in the shortest possible time, !
but in the best possible manner. i
Our prices ore not the cheapest in town, BUT OI K '
WORK IS.
We have the best labor-saving equipment that money !
can buy, hence our claim to superior work. !
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Masonic Building. j
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Rich Willow Creek Mining Claims for Sale
One-half interest in four claims, 80 acres.
Fissure vein, free milling, one assaying from $30.00 to $00.00 per ton.
.Joins the Mohawk Mine.
PRICE $15,000.00.
Three > l.iirns. tiu acres, joining the Matanuska mining property
wiiere a mill is now being installed. The Matanuska Mine is considered one
of the richest in camp and was sold a few years ago for $00,000.00.
On these three claims is a strong fissure vein from two to four feet in
width, and crops on the surface for 000 feet assays 20 per cent molubden
ium and several dollars in gold.
There is also a parallel vein that pans gold. Over $G00.01>0.00 worth
of mineral in sight. Price $175,000.00. Will sell on terms, with a sub
stantial payment down.
One claim of 20 acres, showing a good vein of free milling ore, ad
joining the Mohawk mine. Price $5,000.00.
One claim of L‘0 acres adjoining the Webfoot claim, ground well lo
cated ; the vein can easily be found by doing a little digging. Price $1,000.
Samples of ore can be seen at my office.
GEORGE ANDERSON
4th and F Street, Campbell Bldg.
Anchorage, Alaska
FRANCE WAS SAVED—
INDIRECTLY THOUGH NONE THE LESS SURELY, THROUGH THE THRIFTY HABITS OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE, AS MUCH AS BY THEIR UNEXAMPLED
HEROISM; MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE WAR, MONEY SAVED BY THE PEOPLE, LITTLE BY LITTLE,
UNTIL THE SUM BROUGHT FORTH AT A CRITICAL TIME WAS IN THE AGGREGATE, STAGGERING.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE—THE MOST EXTRAVAGANT ON EARTH—MIGHT AT THIS CRUCIAL MOMENT IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE NA
TION, ASK THEMSELVES IF EACH PERSON IS DOING HIS “BIT” AND BY SO MUCH AS HE IS ABLE TO PUT AWAY FOR A POSSIBLE NA
TIONAL NEED, HELPING TO PAY HIS DEBT TO HIS COUNTRY.
OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY. A BANK ACCOUNT IS THE GREATEST INCENTIVE TO PRACTICAL ECONOMY.__
BANK OF ANCHORAGE
RESOURCES OVER $500,000.