BANKING BY MAIL
It makes no difference where you are located, you
can send us your gold dust or checks and we will place
them to your credit, acknowledging receipt and furnish
ing you with a check book so you can draw money when
needed; or, if you prefer, we will place the money on de
posit in our Savings Department where it will earn 4 per
cent interest.
We will be pleased to attend to any business you
wish transacted anywhere.
German-American Mercantile Bank
SEATTLE - . WASHINGTON.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
1
.Leave Leave
Seattle Seward
Dec. 1 Mariposa .Dec. 8
Dec. 8 Alameda .Dec. 15
Dec. 24, Alameda .Jan. 2
Jan. 2, Mariposa .Jan. 9
i Leave Leave
Seattle Seward
Jan. 1, Mariposa .Jan. 8
Jan. 8, Alameda .Jon. 15
Jan. 16, Mariposa.Jan 23
Jan. 24, Alameda.Jan. 31
inis company reserves me rignt to cnange scneauie oi steamers witn
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
J. 3. LANKIN, F. B. TRACT,
Agent. General Agent.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE
I Sailings from Seward to
Seattle and Alaskan Ports
Date Steamers
Jan. 9.SPOKANE
Jan. 17.WATSON
Jan. 27 .EVANS
Sailings Seattle to Seward
| 10th, 20th, and 30th each Month
Sailings from Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Qneen,
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewev.
B SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE.
U San Francisco to Los Angeles, daily except Sunday.
U San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
Fi STEAMERS HARVARD, YALE, PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR,
jj ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY,
r Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
|; For Full Particulars, T. 15. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska.
iiSe America First'
Going East
Through Rates from Anchorage to
Eastern Destinations Are in Effect
via the
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
To California and the South via Portland and the mag
nificent steamships “Great Northern” and “Northern
Pacific.”
A. S. DAUTRICK .Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
Valentine Building.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle
Wash.
ANNOUNCEMENT!!
Of the taking over of the Wible & St. Clair Stock by
Roy Fairbanks.
New heavy Wool Malone Pants, Summit Leather Vests.
Also fine high-grade Sweaters, and Stag Shirts.
Closing out complete line of high grade Suits from
$7.50 up.
Bills payable to the firm of Wible & St. Clair are
now payable to me.
ROY FAIRBANKS
Cor. 4th and D St.
'EY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
(Juneau Empire.)
Should the expressed will of the
people of Alaska be given effect by
congress, with reference to the enact
ment of a prohibitory law for the ter
ritory, the different municipalities will
lose an important source of revenue
now accruing to the incorporated
towns from liquor licenses. This will
be generally conceded, and how this
loss may be replaced without adding
directly to the present volume of tax
ation in incorporated communities be
comes a matter of more than ordin
ary interest, especially to the citizens
of the various Alaska towns.
That the territory should bear a
portion of the municipal taxation bur
den for the support of schools would
seem to be only just and equitable;
and the way to do so may be found
through the operation .of what is now
known as the Alaska fund. This fund
is derived from trade and license tax
es laid by the federal government out
side incorporated towns and is paid di
rectly into the federal treasury, where
it is apportioned as follows: 65 per
cent to the Alaska road fund, 25 per
cent to the support of white schools
outside of incorporated towns, and 10
per cent for indigent purposes. The
total of this fund for the fiscal year
1916 was $249,432.39.
Now, there would seem to be no le
gitimate reason why the absolute con
trol of the Alaska fund should not be
placed in the territorial legislature, to
be appropriated by that body for the
support of white schools, both within
and without incorporated towns, and
also for indigent purposes, and the
residue, if any, could be placed to road
building purposes as at present.
It is evident that, were this fund
controlled by the territory instead of
by the federal government the Alaska
road fund might be deprived of a cer- *
tain amount of money each year. That I
this is true is shown by the amount
accruing to the federal'road fund for
the fiscal year 1916, which was $163,
141.04. Hut this sum might, in part1
at least, be made up by a direct, in
crease of appropriation by congress, j
supplemented byfc an appropriation
from the territorial legislature from
any sum that would remain in the
Alaska fund after the territorial white
schools had been provided for.
The money derived from liquor li-1
censes in the different incorporated
towns of the territory at the present!
time amounts to approximately $90,
000 a year. The amount derived from
the Alaska fund during the fiscal year
1916 for the support of white schools
outside of incorporated towns was
$62,358.19. This sum is insufficient to
maintain these schools, the amount re
quired during the present school year
1916-17 being approximately $86,000.
The sum available for indigent pur
poses from the Alaska fund during
the fiscal year 1916 was $24,923.23,
distributed among the four judicial
divisions in equal amounts.
If the Alaska fund were under ter
ritorial control, after providing, say,
$100,000 for the support of schools
within incorporated towns and $90,
000 for the maintenance of white
schools outside of incorporated com
munities, and allowing $25,000 for
federal indigent purposes, the sum of
approximately $35,000 would be avail
able for roads or other purposes, this
estimate being based upon the total
of the Alaska fund for the fiscal year
1916.
But it would probably be practicable
to cause the municipalities to contri
bute a certain proportion of the mon
ey needed for the support of their
schools by direct taxation, thus per
mitting a large proportion of the
Alaska fund to be used for road pur
poses, under the direction of the Alas
ka road commission, as at present;
and, as suggested above, the deficien
cy could well be supplied by an in
crease in the annual appropriation by
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NEWSPAPERS
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Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
congress for road construction pur
poses in the territory.
The transfer by congress of the
control of the Alaska fund to the ter
ritory would entail school legislation
by congress as well. The territorial
school law is notoriously inadequate
and inefficient, and a complete, new
school system is desirable if the chil
dren of the territory are to be pro
vided with the best educational facili
ties that can be procured for them. In
all of the western states the public
schools receive a certain amount from
the state school fund, prorated among
them according to school population,
and a similar system can be devised
for Alaska.
One day Alaska will have a large
fund derived from school lands; sec
tions 16 and 36 in every township will
be set aside for school purposes, as
in the public land states of the west.
Of course, some time must elapse be
fore a school fund from this source
will be available, and, in the mean
time, other means must be found to
maintain the schools of Alaska.
The plan outlined above,' it is sub
mitted, is merely tentative, and is
subject to modifications, but The Em
pire believes it to be wholly practi
cable. It is also believed that the
control of the Alaska fund can be se
cured by the territory, if conceited
action be taken by the people, espec
ially those of the incorporated towns,
who, it is not necessary to point out,
are vitally concerned in this matter,
as it directly affects the maintenance
of good schools without a large in
crease in the volume of their local tax
ation.
KETCHIKAN BEAR GREASE
IS GOING TO THE EAST
Alaska’s bear’s grease water proof
shoe dressing will soon be known all
over the United States. This famous
preparation for leather is an infant
industry of Ketchikan. Peter Krae
mer, famous as a prospector and a
big game hunter of that section, holds
ihe lecipe for the dressing. The prep
aration is being marketed in water
tight cans convenient size for carrying
and bearing an attractive label.
C. S. Pierce, factory agent of the
I't:: & Dunn shoe manufacturers, and
G. W. Butterworth, factory agent for
the Commonwealth Shoe & Leather
company, manufacturers of the Bos
tonian brand, are to introduce the
Alaska product east. Both secured
sample cans while in Juneau.
Directions for use of “Bear’s
Grease” on the can says “have shoe
dry: warm grease and rub in thor
oughly.” It is claimed that Kracmer
makes his preparation from secre
tions from the hide of the Alaska
bear, a secret fluid which is responsi
ble for the skin of wild animals being
waterproof. Those using the prepara
tion in Juneau declare it to be fhe
best ever found on the market.—Ex.
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 43-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
It’s the flavor of the goods that the
North Pole bakery turns out. 242
Wood—Phone 40-R.
186
Peterson’s Billiard Parlors
And
PETERSON HOTEL
324-326 4th Ave.
C. F. PETERSON, Prop.
The Matanuska Cafe
In the New Matanuska Hotel.
THE PLACE TO EAT AT THE JUNCTION
Alex (Blondy)-Anderson
SPEED SERVICE
The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
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| COAL AND WOOD.
1 GENERAL TRANSFER BUSINESS.
PHONE 47-Y. j
C. P. PEDERSEN, Mgr. j
4th and D
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust
Resisting Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold tire overnight with
wood or coal.
" Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang
Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us
Our line is complete from the small
est camp stove to the largest hotel
range.
Any sourdough will tell you about the
Lang Stove. They all know it.
' F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
SEATTLE, WN.
’FRISCO CAFE
Everything in Season and Service the Very Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
WHEN you come to Seattle, remember the
Hotel Savoy extends you a hearty welcome.
All the Alaskans who have made their headquar
ters with us in the past, and those who are con
templating coming to Seattle in the future will
find the Savoy the right hotel in the right loca
tion and at the right price. It goes without say
ing, if you come once, you will come again.
Our hotel is in the very heart of the city,
most convenient to the shopping district, thea
tres, churches and public buildings, absolutely
fire-proof. Rates: $1.00 per day and up, without
bath; $1.50 per day and up With bath.
Don't forget the place—the Savoy Hotel.
W. G. KING, Manager.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
BANK OF ANCHORAGE
Territorial Depository Foreign Exchange
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
ESTABLISHED 1916 RESOURCES OVER $600,000.00