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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway. Cordon, Valdez and Seward.
Sails Seattle
MARCH 23
MARCH 30
APRIL 5
APRIL 11
ALAMEDA
. ALASKA .
.MARIPOSA
NORTHWESTERN
Arrives Anchorage
MARCH 31
. APRIL 6
APRIL 12
APRIL 19
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
J. J. LANKIN, Agent.
F. B. TRACY, General Agent.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE
ALASKAN SAILING DATES 1
Lv. Seattle Ar. Anchorage
Mar. 26 ...EVANS... April 3
Apr. 1 ..FARRAGUT.. Apr. 9
Apr. 9 WATSON .. Apr. 17
Apr. 17 ...EVANS... Apr. 25
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, VALE, PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
For Full Particulars, T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska.
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LAUNCH “SWAN”
Capt. N. J. Gaikema.
Daily Trips to Knik and Goose Bay from Govern
ment Dock No. 1.
See Bulletin Boards for Schedule
Ticket Agencies at Baxter’s and City Auto Service,
Phone 89-B.
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
Sandwiches, coffee and pastry lunch
es served at the North Pole Bakery.
Best music and entertainers at Pe
terson’s.
399
(Special Correspondence)
JUNEAU, Alaska, March 19.—The
solution of the perplexing problem of
territorial aid to municipal schools
promises to be one of the most diffi
cult questions that will come up be
fore the third session of the Alaska
legislature. Three bills have already
been introduced in the lower house of
the legislature, to say nothing of
what the senate might attempt when
it gets down to business.
The members of the education com
mittee of the house are Represcnta-'
tives Snow, Burns, Casey, ARan and
| Price. Representative Snow is chair-.
| man of the committee and one of the
| most ardent believers in good schools
j in th" whole territory.
The lirst bill on the subject was
I House Bill No. 2, introduced by Rep
I resentatives C. K. Snow and \V. f. :
j Burns jointly. It provides foi the
establishment of a uniform sch>- .1 sys
tem for the territory and is au exact
duplicate of the bill passed by the last
j legislature and which was declared
j unconstitutional. Since the other hill !
| was invalidated, congress has passed
an act allowing the territorial legislat
ure to pass legislation on schools of
Alaska.
The bill provides for the uniform
system of kindergarten, high schools,
and in fact any and all schools within ;
the territory at present or which may j
be established at some future date, not i
however, including the native schools, j
which are maintained by the govern- ]
ment.
The government of the schools shall
be vested in a general board of edu
cation consisting of the governor, ter
ritorial treasurer and an assistant .su
perintendent of schools.
The bill provides that as soon as
practicable, after the passage of the :
bill, an assistant superintendent of j
schools shall be appointed by the gov
ernor, and also providing that he shall
be chosen with special regard to his ;
merits. It provides that the assistant .
shall hold office until March 1st, 1919.
land that in 1918 when the regular]
election for delegate to congress is!
held, an assistant superindent to take j
his place shall be elected, and shall j
i hold office, the elections following the
first one, to be held every four years. ]
The salary is fixed in the bill at 83.000
per year.
The bill provides for the appropi ia
tion of 25 per cent of all moneys
v.hich are now in and which may
come in the future for the mainten
ante of the uniform school system and
to l.e expended under the direction of
the board.
The second bill, which set a 90-50
basis for territorial contributions to
municipal school funds, was drawn
up by Chairman Snow of the educa
I lion committee of the house. His bill
! is set forth well in sections 1 and i of
' the proposed act itself, which are
I quoted herewith:
Section 1.—That 50 per cent of the
total amount expended for the main
tenance of the public schools, includ
ing high schools, within the limits of
any incorporated town or city in the
territory of Alaska, in each school
year shall be refunded to the school
fund of said incorporated town or city,
from the monies of the territory of
Alaska, as hereinafter set forth. Pro
vided that no expense incurred for the
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(Cordova Times.)
A Katalla correspondent writes:
G. S. Hines, of the Alaska Anthracite
Coal Railroad company, has just re
turned from a short visit to his old
home in Minnesota. Mr. Hines has a
contract from the company to get
into readiness and move all the ma
chinery necessary to begin work at
Goose City about March 15, and has a
small force of men at work.
There is only about three feet of
snow on the flats and the ice is out
of Bering river from Goose City down.
Everything points to an early spring.
Phil Smith, who is well known in
this paid of Alaska as the manager of
1 the Alaska Oil & Refining company,
J writes from somewhere in France,
where he is fighting the Germans in
; the air, being a lieutenant in the royal
| (lying corps. He carefully announces
i that he is coming back to Alaska
; again, providing he survives the war.
For two months Katalla has been
without a shipment of food. When
the Watson arrived with provisions
the citizens were getting mighty tired
of porcupine, seal meat and clams.
constructions of new buildings, pur
chasing building site, or other real
estate, shall be considered expense of
maintenance within the meaning of
this act, and not more than ten (10'
per cent of the total amount of the
expense of maintenance shall consist
of expense incurred for repairs, alter
ations or other improvements on build
ings hr other real estate. Provided
further, that no incorporated town or
city shall receive more than fifteen
thousand ($15,000) dollars from the
| territory of Alaska under the provi
| sions of this act, during any one
! school year, of not to exceed ten (10)
months of twenty (20) school days
each, legal holidays excepted.
Second 2.—Nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent an incorpcrat
; ed town or city from expending an
amount in excess of ten (10) per
cent of the expense of maintenance
within the meaning of this act for re
pairs, alterations or other improve
ments of buildings or other real es
tate. However, such additional ex
pense shall not be considered within
the provisions of this act.
Section 3 provides for the method of
accounting, and section 4 directs the
proper officers to make the payments
, to the school boards after the ac
I counts are checked and approved.
The third bill, introduced by Repre- i
| sentative W. W. Casey, of Juneau, has j
almost the same provisions as that of;
Representative Snow. All these bills,!
together with any new ones that will,
be offered, will be merged into a com- j
mittee bill, the shape in which the j
measure undoubtedly will be present
ed for final passage.
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And oft envied in one of our .well
form fitting suits. Suit of ful!>
shrunken, pure woolen cloth. There’s
a dash and class to our tailoring that
sets off your figure to the best ad
vantage. And another thing, the suit
will hold its shape and wear well.
BJORNSON & CANTON
Corner Fourth and I St.
George Anderson
PIANO EXPERT AND FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE.
l or high-grade pianos and plajei pianos will bo in An
chorage this summer. Expert work on pianos, player
pianos and organs guaranteed. For prices on new and
used pianos and organs, also pianos for rent, address Box
991, Juneau, Alaska.
Alaska Pool Room
Fourth Ave., Near D.
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Soft Drinks, Fruits, Concord
Grape Juice.
MUSIC
JOSEPH SCHMITBAUER. - - Proprietor.
Hotel Anchorage
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SUNNY ROOMS
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
HOT AND COLD WATER.
REASONABLE RATES
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BUILDERS' HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.
New Matanuska Hotel
MATANUSKA JUNCTION
M. J. ROCHE, Prop.
CAFE IN CONNECTION
A. LYALL, Prop.
LEARN TO DANCE.
Latest Dances Taught. Itefti li
ners given special attention. For ap
pointment call at third house from
C on 8th Ave.
WM. BUNTING
C. HENNING
TAILOR.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Suits Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. 4th Ave. and D St.
QUR COMPLETE FACILITIES, together*with a thorough knowledge
of the INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS of our customers, make
our service distinctively profitable and satisfactory to those
who deal with us.
DIRECTORS:
Leopold David Chas. E. Brown
Sidney Anderson Geo. W. Palmer
Harry V. Hoben J. E. O’Reilly
BANK OF ANCHORAGE
RESOURCES OVER $500,000.00 ESTABLISHED MAY 20th, 1916
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