fHGGS MADE
BIG CUT III HIS
SEASON’S PLANS
N’ENANA. — (Special.) — All re
quisitions for railroad material which
are not absolutely necessary in con
struction work between Nenana and
the coal fields to the south are to be
cancelled. There will be no larger
working organization, if as large,
than was used last summer. Those
are the two mandates which have
been issued from the office of Thom
as Kiggs, Jr., member of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, at Nenana.
It will be necessary, according to
Riggs, that the commission cut every
expense possible in an elTort to tide
itself over on the small amount of
money appropriated for its uses dur
ing the dying hours of the last con
gress. He hopes that more money
will be made available at an early
date by the special session of con
gress. *| JS
Riggs was notified in an official
wire of the passage of the special ap
propriation measure, carrying with it
the sum of $3,000,000 with which to
carry; on construction work on the
Alaska railroad when the main ap
propriation was blocked. The mes
sage was merely a matter of informa
tion, as it said nothing regarding how
much of the $3,000,000 will be made
available for construction work on the
interior end of the railroad.
It thought probable that what lit
tle of the fund the interior will get
will be spent between Nenana and the
coal fields to the south. For it is ab
solutely nevessarv that Nenana and
the coal fields be connected during
t^e coming summer if such a thing is
possible. After that the matter of
construction work between Fairbanks
and Nenana will be taken up.
Commissioner Riggs is feeling very
blue over the entire matter. He had
made plans to do a large amount of
work during the coming summer, but
as things now are, he is “up in the
air,” so to speak.
As a consequence of the smallness
of the appropriation, it will be neces
sary that the working organization
of the commission in the interior be
held down to the minimum. There
will, therefore, be no larger organiza
tion than last year.
It will also be necessary to cut
down on requisitions. Most of the
working material ordered will be
brought in as contemplated, as will
supplies^ but the requisitions for ac
tual construction material will practi
cally be cancelled, so far as this sum
mer is concerned.
C. L. I’ring will arrive in Anchorage
on the Northwestern to repair and
tune pianos. Please send orders to
The Times office. 809
Brandes & Vehring, contractors and
builtds. Estimates cheerfully furn
ished. Leave orders or phone 90-Y—
C. W. Bolte. 808
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Fred Carlquist, who is a graduate
optician from San Francisco, is per
manently established with George Os
born, the C. St. Jeweler, and will ex
amine eyes free. 260
S. S. MARIPOSA
COMES AND GOES
The S. S. Mariposa reached Anchor
age at 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon
with the following first class passen
gers for this city:
K. M. Fiske, Mrs. F. M. Fiake, Mrs.
C, D. Lovelace, Jas. Johnson, J. Kem
mer, E. Diegh, C. J. Wall, Mrs. F. C.
Berry, C. T. Thomas, Iver Natvert,
Bert Pearce, H. S. Lucas, Sadie Brown,
Ed Olson, Geo. Homeoff, Mrs. G. Es
tey, J. G. Johnson, A. Bogstad, E. C.
Macy, T. D. Barry, Joseph Allexan,
E. Stiefel, John Oilman, A. Fennler,
C. C. Bush, Mrs. C. C. Bush, C. Mc
Cullon, W. Sperman, Chas. V. Allen,
D. H. Hallier, Mrs. F. B. Tracy, Pete
Manich, Wm. Blair, C. It. Porter, W.
Richardson, V. Bunds, H. M Smith, M.
Sundberg, Mrs. C. H. Schult, Harry
Ford, E. Grossier, Erik Olson, L. O.
Nyberg, It. C. McDonald, C. Thurston,
Blanch Patterson, Itoy Groman, L.
Borgeson, G. Arissik, Laura Reed,
Olive Taylor, H. S. Altig, H. Scherer,
A. H. Olson, G. V. Hallier, Ernest
Hallier, Jens Wold, Harry Howe,
Fayne Coshow, It. Jarak and 85 steer
age.
From various Alaska ports to An
chorage :
E. Krause, J. Sutherland, Millie De
Kay, Mrs. E. L. Howard, W. E. Floyd,
L. A. Daley, Lucille Halletts, W. L.
Woodard, Mrs. E. L. Code, A. Nagel,
C. Mednick, J. W. Guckner, J. C. Hen
nessy, J. T. White, Tom George, C.
Stewart, Mrs. Stewart, Nick Boedina,
Mrs. Boedina, N. Bonnell, J. Amoit, -I.
Canada, 1. Koojukha, Mrs. Koojukha,
E. Anderson, Chas. Guyer, Dick Jones,
Miss B. Curry, E. Van Holden, Marga
ret Springer, P. Lorgentire, F. L. Mc
Neil, L. M. Hamilton, R. Amoit, A.
McLane, F. Chambers, C. C. Crider, It.
Hartman, F. G. Nelson, A. C. Green
field, E. R. Barnes, H. Johnson, C. C.
Martin and 26 steerage.
ALASKA BRIDGES
ARE NOW GUARDED
SEATTLE, April M.—Alaska is
watching out for all its public utili
ties, believing war imminent, accord
ing to Dayton O. Carter, bridge en
gineer on the Alaska railroad com
mission, from Seward, who is at the
Arlington. Mr. (farter has been in
the north for several seasons and
because of the need of a change of
climate will take a month off here.
“All the bridges in the territory are
being watched,” said Carter Wednes
day. “The railroad is being patrolled
by armed guards. They also have
men guarding the powder houses
along the right-of-way and are depu
tizing men in case of emergencies.
Some of the villages are organizing
home guard divisions.”
Eyes Examined free at B. C. Nich
ols, the Anchorage Jeweler, by A. 11.
Magnuson, Optician, holding diploma
from Omaha Optical Institute. Prices
right. HOT
Lena Morrow Lewis will speak on
‘‘The Movies as an Educator” with
special reference to the play “Purity,”
tonight, at the lodge room, La
' bor Temple. HOI
Peterson’s Billiard Parlor for latest
war bulletins. 400
COSMOPOLITAN MARKET!
Th.it the people of Anchorage appreciate the establish
ment of a market where at all times they can get
* FRESH FRUITS, GREEN VEGETABLES AND
RANCH PRODUCE
has been shown by the liberal patronage we have enjoyed
since our opening day.
We want it thoroughly understood that EVERY BOAT
from the outside will carry fresh stock for us, which
will be placed on sale immediately after the arrival
of the vessel.
"Go to the Market After the Boat Arrives”
, Garfell & Popodopolos
SNODGRASS IS
HERE TO I
THESETTLERS
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M. D. Snodgrass, superintendent of
agriculture, who is visiting in An
chorage and vicinity in the interest of
the local farmer, reports that his
work at present will be advisory
work, distribute seeds and arrange a
co-operative plan to carry on suc
cessful farming in this section. Res
ervation has been made for an exper
imental farm two miles from Mata
<11111 lltirt 111/1, I f “ ' I I
tablished yet. Mr. Snodgrass says
j that past experiments have proven
the value of the farm lands in this
I section, hut continues by saying the
best possible results have not as yet
been accomplished and this will come
i by further experimenting on a small
! scale, taking the successful results of
j Fairbanks, Tanana, etc., as criterions.
In this manner it will be found
what seeds are the best adapted to the
local climatic conditions and the soil
•and the farmers can be governed ac
cordingly.
Mr. Snodgrass is of the opinion
that the farmers should pay more
i attention to dairy cattle and will have
something further to say on this sub
ject later on. He is of the opinion
■ that both cattle and sheep can be
‘ raised successfully in this section and
: is especially optimistic over the farm
i ing possibilities. He is ready at all
! times to assist the farmer, but insists
that hard work is the keynote to suc
cessful operation, the same as in other
countries. He has prepared the fol
lowing memorandum for the benefit of
the farmer and all people interested
| and will have more to say on the im
• portant subject before leaving An
chorage.
It is desired that the attention of
settlers requesting seed grain be cal
, led to the fact that all seed to be dis
tributed is to be planted expressly for
the raising of s<*ed grain for future
seeding.
The supply on hand is not adequate
to meet the large demand for such
seed, but it will be apportioned among
all those having their requests in by
April 20. The supply consists of pure
strains of Alaska-grown oats, wheat,
beardless and hulless barleys, and
buckwheat, which have shown by sev
eral years’ tests to be well adapted
to central Alaska.
A limited supply of garden seed is
available for distribution, also vabout
200 pounds of nursery stock. People
having written the Sitka office for
seed and nursery stock will be sup
plied from that office direct by mail.
To date, some 250 people of Anchor
age and Matanuskn have been sup
plied with garden seed, and 00 are
listed to receive nursery stock as soon
as it can be handled. Attention is cal
led to the necessity of either setting
the nursery stock as soon as received,
or to healing it in the earth so as to
avoid loss by drying out.
Seed, grain for sowing for hay can
not be furnished, as this is obtainable
at any seed house.
A simple form of agreement for co
operative seed growing will be re
quired of all persons reviving seed
grain, to insure that proper care will
be given the crops and that the sup
ply of such seed may be increased
from year to year, it being desirable
to produce sufficient seed grain for
all incoming settlers during the next
few years.
Experience has shown that only a
few varieties of grains are adaptable
to Alaska conditions. Co-operative
work will be carried on among the
farmers over as wide range of this re
gion as is possible. New varieties of
grains will be tried out in different
localities, and as these show promise
of value for the country, the seed will
be distributed among the settlers.
Dr. W. A. Rystrom, dentist, over
Harmony theatre. Prices reasonable.
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Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
The baseball season opened Wednes-1
; day. The respective scores in Un
American. National and Coast league
; games played Wednesday and Thu is-:
i day, follow:
Till KSDAY’S GAMKS.
American League.
New York 1, lioston f>.
Detroit 1, Cleeland 2.
Philadelphia 2, Washington (j.
St. Loui.s-Chicago; rain.
National la-ague.
Boston 4, New York 6.
Cincinnati 1. St. Louis 0.
Chicago 2, Pittsburg 0.
Brooklyn-Philadelphia; wet ground
Coast League.
Oakland 1, San Francisco .'!.
Vernon 4. Portland 7.
Los Angeles-Salt Lake; rain.
WEDNESDAY'S GAMKS.
American League.
New York 2, Boston 10.
Philadelphia 0, Washington
St. Louis 2, Chicago 7.
Detroit 4, Cleveland 6.
National League.
Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 1.
Chicago .7. Pittsburg 3.
Brooklyn —. Philadelphia t>.
Coast League.
Salt Lake f>, Los Angeles 7.
San Francisco 3, Oakland 2.
Vernon 7, Portland 1.
COMM I XK'ATED.
Anchorage, April 11, 11*17.
Editor The Times:
1 observed a few evenings ago at
a local theatre that at the conclusion
! of the first show and as the audience
; >vere leaving, the pianist played the
; "Star Spangled Banner” as an exit
, march.
Why not he up-to-date by either
playing it at the beginning or mid
dle of the show, or not at all, thus
enabling the people to give it rever
ence.
There is a heavy penalty imposed on
I any theatre in the states which plays ■
| our "National Anthem” as a "Med- .
- ley” or “Exit March.” J
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Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
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I.i.t'lil l.imrlie>
And
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ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRESH MILK
Palace of Sweets
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Saturday, April 14
DANCE!!
RECREATION
> Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
; YOUNG VIKING R HEGSTROM
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X«*\ t to Hannonv Theatre.
The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made lor Kntertaitiing Private
Part ie.s.
lln* place ol‘ real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
-S-M-t-H-M
FRISCO CAFE
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
K\ciytliinn in Season and Service the Very Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON |
Dohrmann -Herning & Co.
BUILDERS HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.
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It’s what every woman demands in her spring outfit, and the ST\ I,K SHOP
FASHION’S are meeting all requirements as usual.
Dresses and ('oat-Drosses. Our new Coat-Dresses serve a double purpose, both
Dress and Coat. Also (Jeorgette Dresses of’ the best quality. Crepe de ('bine. Wool
and Wool Jersey and Taffeta Dresses in the variety of styles.
Suits of the best material, such as La Jerz. Poiret. Twills, Bonthea. (Sunny
Bunol, Velour, Cashmere De Laine and Serges in all the latest styles and colors.
Millinery of the most l’p-to-Date creations. (Jeorgette and OrejM* de Chine
Waists with the late collars and sleeves. Our Shoes are of the Ik*sI.
NOTE- Mde. Tyler and Miss Hale will arrive on the Watson to take charge
of both dress-making and hair-dressing departments.
COURTESY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO.
S The Style Shop S
New Masonic Block.