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NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—More than
50 sites in many parts of the country
for what is expected to become the
greatest scientific institution in the
world are under consideration by a
committee of the Naval Consulting
Board, it was stated here today by
Thomas Robbins, secretary of the
board, in telling of the extended search
it is conducting for a place to build
its experimental and research labor
atory for the development of ad
vanced science in its application to na
tional defense. The committee, of
which Thomas A. Edison is chairman,
has been conducting its investigation
for several weeks, Mr. Robbins said,
and will continue the work for some
time to come until the most suitable
spot has been found.
Mr. Edison has made a number of
automobile scouting trips along the
coast in the hunt for the site and has
suggested several places for examin
ation by the committee. An indica
tion of the character of the work that
is occupying the board’s attention is
shown in Mr. Robbins’ statement of
the requirements the site for the lab
oratory must meet.
WOMAN CAME NORTH
, BEFORE THE KLONDIKE
SEATTLE—The first white woman
to cross the American, line into the
Klondike, a pioneer of the pioneers,
Miss' Nellie Cashman, is in Seattle. A
slight, little woman, with gray hair
brushed straight back from her fore
head, and big hands roughened and
muscular from doing the work of men
along the trail and in the camps of the
North, now past 60 years of age, she
is as active and eager to go back to
the claims she has staked in the big
Koyufcuk region as she was in the
days of ’74, a slip of a girl fresh from
Ireland.
Nearly twenty years before the
Klondike rush from which thousands
returned entitled to the name of sour
dough, Miss Cashman first hit the
trails of the North country.
She was telling yesterday of a
trip she made in 1875—only one of
many and any one of which would
give the ordinary woman her fill of
adventure for life—a seventy-seven
day trip on snowshoes over 200 miles
of snow and ice to carry medical aid
to the 150 American men who were
down with the scurvy in the Kasiak
country.
Miss Cashmen, with six men to help
her, mushed out of Wrangell to their
rescue, and nursed them so efficiently
that not a man died. She had been
a few weeks on her journey when In
dians brought word to Wrangell that
a white woman was in danger out on
the trail and that help should be
sent. A detail of United States sol
diers went to her rescue and found
her comfortably settled in a camp,
• ministering to the scurvy-stricken
band of miners.
DEMENTED MAN
FOUND NAKED IN
• SEWARD CHURCH
(Seward Gateway.)
Bert Wood, a local painter, was dis
covered early this morning stark nak
ed in the Catholic church and is now
in the federal jail waiting to be tried
for insanity. Between six and seven
o’clock this morning Father Vander
pol called up Deputy Marshal Ike
Evans and told him that a naked man
was in the church. Father Vanderpol
had seen him from his house through
the window. Mr. Evans went at once
to the church and found Wood with
out even a stitch of clothing, not even
a sock, on him. He was on his knees,
a crucifix was held tightly in his
hands before his face and he was
walking towards the door on his knee i
caps. The church was very cold, no j
fire having been lighted, and it was
still dark. It was only after a strug- j
gle that the crucifix was removed
from his grasp, the poor fellow evi
dently being determined to hold on j
like grim death. Not a sign of his ;
clothes could be seen and not a word
would he speak, the only sound being j
a sort of mutter. Mr. Evans took him j
to the federal building and placed him ;
in a warm bed where he soon fell j
asleep.
Wood is best known as “Red.” He j
worked for Henry Fathers as a paint- j
er and was employed up to Saturday •
afternoon on the new bank building.
He resided in a cabin somewhere near j
where Lowell creek comes out of the
hills and it is assumed that he came
out of the cabin naked and walked
across the town to the church. He is
a man of about 35 and has been in
Seward about a year. It is said that
he has a wife back east.
RICH GOLD DISCOVERY
REPORTED IN BRAZIL j
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Nov. <). |
—Definite accounts are still lacking
here concerning the extent of the gold ;
discoveries reported on the Paracatu
river, in the municipality of Entre
Rios, state of Minas Geraes. The
news from Bello Horizonte, capital of
Minas Geraes, was to the effect that
the river was discovered by accident to
be washing out gold. It was asserted
that a rich bed had been found under
the stream.
The Problem Solved
What to wear is a problem not easily solved by the women of today but if you
will visit The Style Shop and allow them to help you choose your wardrobe it will
take a great responsibility from your shoulders. We have dresses for street, club,
bridge, and party wear, and suits of the most exceptional styles, and waists for all oc
casions. Furs of the highest class and up to date head and footwear. We are also
able to take orders for Costumes of all kinds made to your measure, Beautiful mate
rials to select from.
We have taken thought for the Husband, Sweetheart and Brothers here and
far away, and have the most exclusive and up to date Gents’ Handkerchiefs, Neck
wear and Socks ever brought to Anchorage. One visit to our shop will convince
the most fastidious dresser that we mean what we say.
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AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ALASKA.
(Alaska Railroad Record)
Some interesting statistics have been compiled by the
Land and Industrial Department of the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission relative to the production of crops
for the season of 1916 and the commercial demand for
agricultural products in towns along the line of the Gov
ernment railroad in Alaska.
In the early part of the summer 426 homesteaders
were asked for information as to the crops that would be
raised by them. At the same time 107 merchants, mine
operators and others were requested to estimate the
amount of agricultural products they could use in their
business during the current year.
The object of the Commission in obtaining this infor
mation was to endeavor to secure a closer co-operation be
tween the farmers and the merchants, for the purpose
of having the farmers supply and the merchants purchase
from them all the agricultural products they required in
their business, instead of shipping these necessities to
Alaska from the States. The homesteaders in the past
have complained that they could not dispose of their crops
to the merchants, since the latter persisted in importing
produce that is readily raised in practically every section
of Alaska. Seventy of the homesteaders and seventeen
of the merchants have so far replied, and from the infor
mation furnished by them the following statistics have
been compiled:
(The demand in the first nine items below includes
the amount used by the Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion. In practically every instance the homesteader has
reserved a portion of his crop for his own use.)
Item
Agricultural Demand by
Production 1916 . Merchants
Potatoes .(Tons)
Rutabagas .
Turnips .
Cabbage . “
Cauliflower.
Parsnips .
Carrots .
Beets .
Onions, Dry .
Onions, Green .(Plants)
Celery. y
Lettuce .
Radishes .
Spinach .(Pounds)
Peas, Green .
Rhubarb .
Tomatoes .
Cucumbers .
Strawberries .(Crates)
Raspberries.
Cantaloupes.(Number)
Harley .(Tons)
Rye .
Wheat .
Oats .
Hay .
Clover .
Alfalfa .
Butter.(Pounds)
Milk.(Gals. Daily)
Cheese.(Pounds)
Kggs .(Dose. Da ily >
Chickens .(Number)
Hogs .
Sheep .
Calves .
Cows.
I lorses .
Wagons* .
Farm Implements*
922.4
95.66
80.35
83.42
3.35
4.86
55.62
11.41
.26
18,360
30,440
11,980
12,200
745
3,500
2,700
11,000
1,430
6.2
53
300
50.42
6.1 7
15.10
118.36
300.37
8.75
3.12
1,040
15
0.
35
853
62
0
6
9
46
21
113
1264.85
34.78
55.20
60.90
6.25
17.60
70.30
14.58
136.58
21,660
18,150
20,400
21,800
3,540
2,830
9,700
2,400
3,965
290
165
9,900
68.55
2.
56.
1,311.25
1,345.
0.
104.
224,330
23
34,300
466
1,550
60
1 10
20 „
0
2
•Last two items apply to homesteaders, showing the num
ber they have on hand.
The total area which the homesteaders state they have
under cultivation is over 540 acres.
From the above statement it is apparent that in practi
cally every instance the demand for agricultural products
far exceeds the production. This is evidence of the oppor
tunity awaiting those who contemplate engaging in agri
culture in Alaska. The fertile valleys of the Territory can
be made to yield a production amply sufficient to care for
the needs of Alaska’s rapidly-increasing population, as
well as to furnish snpport for a vast number of new set
tlers. When these lands finally receive the development
they so well merit the importation of foodstuffs will be
come a thing of the past.
R. L. Zinn of Denver, Colorado, has
arrived in Juneau, where he will be
employed in the field division of tbe
general land office. For the last three
years he has been associated with tbe
I land office at Tucuncari, N. M.
Desertions from the army post at
St. Michael are reported to have
been notoriously large of late. Three
tried to get away on the Victoria re
cently, but they were apprehended and
brought back.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. j
__ADMIRAL LINE i
Sailings from Seward to
Seattle and Alaskan Ports
Date Steamers
Nov. 19th . WATSON
Nov. 27th.EVANS
Dec. 7th.WATSON
Sailings Seattle to Seward
10th, 20th, and 30th each Month
Sailings from Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Queen,
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE. v
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.
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
For Full Particulars, T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska.
JUANITA ANDERSON
At Seldovia, Alaska
Will supply all comers with Groceries, Dry Goods,
Ladies’ and (rents’ Wearing Apparel and Hardware at
Reasonable Prices.
CABINS FOR RENT
SEATTLE, Nov, 16.—Chairman
Edes, of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, was an arrival here af
ter spending the summer months at
Seward and Anchorage. In an in
, terview yesterday Mr. Edes stated
that in 1917 the Pacific fleet of the
United States navy would be burn
ing Alaska coal, brought out from
the Matanuska field by the govern
ment railroad. He said the navy
department was now paying more
than a million annually for coal from
West Virginia for the Pacific fleet,
that was inferior to the Matanuska
coal, and that the Alaska fuel could
be provided at a great saving over
the present costs.
The chairmaan stated that one hun
dred miles of the new road would be
completed before December, which
would leave but thirteen miles to be
completed to the Matanuska fields
next year, after which the coal would
be brought to tidewater and made
available for naval purposes.
Mr. Edes stated that 30 miles of
road connecting Anchorage with the
Alaskaa Northern and Seward would
be completed early in the coming sum
mer, which would leave but 80 miles
to build between Fairbanaks and Ne
nana, jand 80 miles between Anchor
age and Broad Pass.
See Bartholf for that new harness.
Call between 5th and 6th, near C. St.
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The only told storage plant in con
nection with market in Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables. Butter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadhouses,
special attention.
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Ancharage, Hope, Sunrise
and Glacier Creek—All
Points on Turn
again Arm.
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'T'HK items in Women's and Chil
* dren’s Wear, and Men’s Haber
dashery, that cannot be obtained from ,
your home merchant may be ordered ;
from us, and will be sent POSTAGE
PAID to any Alaska address reached
by U. S. Mail.
During the Holiday Season, as at all
times, we shall be glad to study your
wishes in the selecting of Gifts, and in
properly packing and mailing them to
your friends. Let us send you the lat
est issue of our Mail Order News.
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