THE ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY. APRIL 27, 1017.
LOOKS MIGHTY ENCOURAGING.
Tin* Alaskan Engineering Commission is asking tor bids
for supplying a million feet of lumber, to be employed on the
comprehensive harbor improvements to bo constructed at the
mouth of Ship crock. Phis particular lumber, I lie Times is
informed, is required for the making of torms tor the concrete
work to be used in the big project. We presume it is general
ly known that Mr. Gerig, the harbor engineer, under whose
immediate supervision the harbor improvements will be built,
has gone to the states for the purpose of securing a dredger and
Mich other equipment as may be needed in the construction
work, dust what kind of harbor improvements are to be built
here. 'The ’Times is not informed, nor is it necessary to know at
this time. ’The thing that interests Anchorage is, that the work
will be done, without unnecessary delay, and we know it will
he well done. W e are perfectly sate in making this assertion,
because what work the government has done here, and else
where, for that matter, has been done in a workmanlike man
ner. Suffice if to say at this time, to employ the words of one
who speaks with authority, “The proposed work will be such
as to comply, and more than comply, with the promises made
at the tirst auction sale of lots."
THE REINDEER INDUSTRY.
’The Weekly Democrat very generously gives The ’Times
credit for suggesting that the reindeer industry lie started in
the Nelchina country, .just over the divide trom the Matanuska
coal fields, and says further that a move to this end is now in
contemplation. Those who may engage in this industry in this
section have about only one thing to consider and that is. tin
winter food supply for the reindeer. ’Then* is an abundance of
reindeer moss in tin* Nelchina country. Indeed, we never saw
a country when* reindeer moss is so abundant. 1 ho thing to
be detennined by investigation is, is that food supply availa
ble in tile winter time, when a heavy snow covers the ground.’
In the great reindeer fields of Siberia, reindeer browse on the
mountain sides, where snow does not find lodgment. I lie deer
gel very pour iluriug the winter period, but manage to subsist.
It is possible and more than probable that tin* same conditions
will maintain in the Nelchina country. There will certainly lu*
a great market for this delicious food product, and all the ex
pense attached to the industry, after tin* initial cost and trans
portation of the reindeer herd, will be the wages of the herd
ers. 'Then, again, there i- caribou in the Nelchina country. I he
caribou belongs to the same family as the reindeer, the onl\
difference being that the caribou is a wild animal, whir* die
reindeer is domesticated, to a certain extent, at least. A rein
deer herd will gradually absorb roving bands of caribou and
the increase in this direction will be considerable.
We firm I v believe that the reindeer industry in the Nel
eliina country would be a fine, legitimate, paying proposition.
As we said before, the only thing to lie definitely detennined,
is the winter food supply, ()t course, tor a small herd, it would
be possible, because of the great abundance of reindeer moss in
that section, to store quantities of moss for winter’s use, in
case of a severe winter season, rendering the ordinary supply
unavailable.
AN UNWISE EXPENDITURE.
The Alaska legislative assembly lias passed a bill appro
priating $00,000 out of the territorial funds for the establish
ment of an agricultural college at Fairbanks. Theoretically
speaking, an agricultural college may be all right. Practically
speaking, especially in a new country, such an institution is
about as useful as the prehensile tails of our ancient and re
spected forbears would be to us of this day and generation, be
cause we have no need of such appendages. This measure is
purely and simply a sectional measure, designed to loot the
limited funds of the territorial treasury. This college will
serve no useful purpose at this time, and the advocates ot the
bill—we are assuming that they have ordinary intelligence
well know it. They know—or at least we ought to have mem
bers in the Alaska legislative assembly with brains enough to
know— that the crying need of this, territory at this time is
road and trail building and more and better common schools.
In this connection. The Times wishes to take off its hat to
Senator John Honan, of this division. This paper did not sup
port the candidacy of this senator, but it is big enough to rec
ognize merit and worth and give due credit to whom credit is
due. Iii the upper house lie towers above his colleagues, and
he is a lighter. He led the light against the vicious bill, and
while defeated, he gains in the estimation of the people because
of a splendid showing made against big odds. Of course, it
goes without saying that the Cook inlet representatives—Can
non and Price—opposed this farcical bill, and so did Day. Much
to the surprise of his friends and supporters—The Times
among them- Murnn went over to the enemy and voted for
the bill.
If the territorial funds are to lie appropriated for such
useless and we might almost say criminal extravagances, at a
time when we need every available dollar for roads and trails
and good common schools, the people of Alaska have little to
hope from their legislative bodies. It may teach us, however,
to elect men of common business judgment and prudence, in
stead of narrow provincials who think only of their own par
ticular districts.
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Loussac’s Daily Gossip
FRIDAY, APRIL 27. 1!>17.
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APRIL RECORDS ARK NOW IN
A Victrola can make the home a church, an opera house, a recital hall,
a theatre, a vaudeville show, symphony hall—and yet it makes the Home a
better Home than ever!
We have just received a record by Mischa Elman—The “Orientale” by
Ce'sar Cui. You must hear it to fully appreciate the charm of this piece.
We have heard so much recently of Mme Galli Curci, that we were very
anxious to hear her sing. Her rendition of the Valse Aria from Romeo and
Juliet is wonderful. It brings back memories of Melba, Sembrich and
Pinkert at the Metropolitan and Manhattan Opera. She also sings "Home
Sweet Home” in English, and I’d just as soon have her record as Patti’s.
John McCormack sings “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.” Whoever
heard Chauncey Olcott in “The Isle of Dreams” will be glad to hear this song
again and particularly the man who has charmed the continent with the sun
shine and radiance of his presence almost as much as with the wonder of
his lyric tenor voice.
Herbert Witherspoon sings “Arm, Arm, Ye Brave,” from Handel's Ora
toria, “Judas Maccabalus.” The oratorio was composed in 1746 and is one
of the most magnificent of Handel’s works.
For the lovers of chamber music we have a double record “ 1 he \ acant
Chair,” and “1 Can Not Sing the Old Songs.” The two melodies are both
quiet reveries which lend themselves to the ethereal beauty of Violin, Cello
and Piano combination.
And then for a change we have some delightful rag One-Steps. Some- j
thing new—on a piano. About twenty-three centuries ago Aristoxenous of j
Tarentum said about all that is worth saying about rhythm. Nevertheless,]
we imagine that Mr. Aristoxenous would be astonished if he could hear some
of his theories tried out in modern ragtime as played by Harry I homas on j
the Piano—Imagine the philosopher dancing a modern One-Step! Yet the.
music can’t make your feet behave.
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Eyes,” and “My Rosau for You,” Hawaiian Songs and Guitars, “Our Old j
Friend Mr. Goldstein Who Is Arrested for Speeding,” Swedish, French, Rus
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every month and will announce them as they come in.
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AVERAGE FAMILY PAYS
$425.54 FOR FOOI> YEARLY
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 17.—
The annual food bill of the average
family has grown from $339.30 in
1913 to $425.54 at present, the de
partment of labor announced today
in a review of food prices, in ten
, years the department’s experts esti
mate, the advance in the cost of food
i has so far outstripped wage increases
| that the workman who drew $3 a
day in 1907 now finds himself just
69 cents a day worse off.
The heaviest increase in food prices
during the last four years is shown
in potatoes, the cost of which has
risen from $18.96 to $44.69. Other
large increases are in eggs, from
$33.01 to $43.07; flour, $15.12 to
$25.40; butter, $45.72 to $54.78.
Of the whole list of foods only sir
loin and round steaks are cheaper than
five years ago.
Fine Job Printing at Times office
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