ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER.
ANCHORAGE PUBLISHING CO.
Anchorage. Alaska.
CHAS. E. HERRON, Publisher.
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Entered in the Anchorage Postoffice June 5, 1916, as second class matter
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THE COAL MARKETS.
The other day The Times published a lengthy article from
the San Francisco Examiner dealing with the coal famine in
that city. We reproduced this article for the express purpose
of showing a very important market for the coal in the Mat
anuska fields, as soon as the product becomes available tor ship
ment—and it will not become available for shipment until bar
borage facilities are provided at Anchorage.
Let us hark back to the days when the Frost Syndicate was
about the whole tiling in this part of Alaska. This syndicate
had located large areas—some 60 or 70 claims—in the Matanus
ka fields, and was building the Alaska Central railway system
to tap the fields. Frank Watson, a mining man widely known
in the northwest, had charge of the location of the coal claims
and was looking after this end of the big development plan.
Then came the trouble that led to the cancellation of the coal
claims, on the theory of the Ik S. land department that they
were located by “dummy” entrymen. Maybe they were so
located, although when Frost, et al, were tried for conspiracy
to defraud the government, in the location of these very same
claims, the defendants were found not guilty. Tt is a case of
two departments of the government differing, and while Frost
and associates lost their property, they escaped the pen, and
perhaps they were lucky at that. It might be interesting to our
readers to know just what industrious individual started the
ball rolling that resulted in the cancellation of the coal claims
in the Matanuska. as well as other fields in Alaska. In the fall
of 1905, a young man named Puffield, a nephew of United
States Supreme Court Justice Bradley, sat in the lobby of the
Coleman House at Seward, talking with the writer of these
lines, when in came the Frank Watson party from Matanuska.
There was considerable stir when the beaming face of Watson
and his hardy men, some -0 in number, entered the hostelry,
tanned with exposure and personifications of physical health
and vigor. Puffield got curious. He wished to know who Wat
son was, how the claims were located, etc., etc. He told the
writer that when he went to the states he proposed to have this
matter investigated by the government. He was one who did
not believe in permitting such wholsale claim locations. And
sure enough, three months later appeared a page article in a
New York mining journal dealing with the situation in the Mat
anuska fields, duly signed and attested by this man Puffield.
Puffield went further; he put the matter up to the land do
partment, and then things began to happen. It is needless to
wade through the years of stagnation that followed. They had
better be forgotten.
Under the Frost regime, San Francisco was looked upon
as a big market for the coal product of the Matanuska. In
deed, Frank Watson had a tentative contract with one of the
largest coal concerns in the Golden Gate city, whereby he agreed
to supply them with at least 600,000 tons of coal annually, cnv
ering an extended period of time, hi those days, Watson in
formed the writer that he would have no trouble whatever in
disposing of all the coal that the mines could produce.
After the Frost crowd was eliminated from control of the
Alaska Central railway system, it was reorganized under the
name of the Alaska Northern Railway company. Col. A W.
Swanitz was chief engineer. Swanitz, now deceased, had sim
ilar tentative contracts with San Francisco firms, aggregating
in all some 500,000 tons of coal annually.
There are plenty of markets for the coal of the Matanuska
fields. All that is now needed is the harbor improvements
and the coal bunkers at this point, so that the product may be
shipped out of the country.
• - ~ ^ ALASKAN PAPERS.
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(Valdez Prospector)
The enormous price of ]>riut paper has been responsible for
tiie suspension of many papers throughout the states. Tn Alas
ka, while the proprietors of newspapers have been hard-hit by
the abnormal advance in news and job stock, the majority of
them have increased in size and added new equipment. It is
a far cry from the old days of the army press and hand-set type
to the perfecting press and the linotype, but the time has ar
rived, and very few papers in the territory but what compare
favorably in appearance and news service to those towns of
ten times the population in the states. The credit for this does
not lie altogether in the managejnejit^pf these papers, but rath
er to the loyal support of the communities in which they are
published. The average Alaskan. is> a much greater reader than
the average man in the states, and he is consequently much bet
ter posted upon the every-day news of the world. Tn nearly
every instance you will find the Alaskan supports his paper,
paying the high prices asked without a murmur and digests
both the telegraph and plate matter with equal avidity. Alas
kan newspaper outfits while generally crowded and compact
are the best the money can buy. Every town in the territory,
with but few exceptions, has its daily paper, and these papers
are supported liberally and with a loyalty that is hard to repay.
Brow'll wheat straw cigarette papers
at Robarts. 445
After hanging on to his claims for
four years Ransom Alguire is report -
td to have struck high grade ore on
the Sandon copper claim, lying be
tween the Pueblo and War Eagle
mines in the Whitehorse district.
A terrific gale is reported to have
blown in the Dexter section near
Nome in December which completely
obliterated all trails in this vicinity.
A peculiarity of the storm was that
there was no wind at all at Nome.
Brown wheat straw cigarette papers
at Robarts. 445
“The Store That Has What Yon Want—When Yon Want lO‘
Loussac’s Daily Gossip
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1917.
Vol. 1. No. HT. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 4th and D
BLAME THE WAR—And Not Your Druggist.
You are apt to blame your druggist
because he charges you more than he
I did a year ago. Maybe you can’t
understand why you only get half as
many quinine capsules for a dime, or
why you have to pay almost double
for the same size bottle of Castor Oil.
It would MEAN MORE BUSINESS
FOR YOUR DRUGGIST IF HE
COULD SELL AT THE SAME OLD
PRICES, BUT HE CANNOT.
I BECAUSE OF BLOCKADES AND EMBARGOES, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
HIM TO SELL AT THE OLD PRICES.
] The European war has practically cut off all importations of drugs from for
eign markets. Men formerly given steady employment in the great German
chemical factories are~now in the trenches.
I WHERE FOREIGNERS FORMERLY SOLD TO US, NOW THEY BUY
! from us. Nations which once SOLD drugs to this country are now buying
! here—thus not only cutting off our largest source of supply, but demanding
\ that we supply them with their needs.
j YOUR DRUGGIST ISN’T A ROBBER, HE IS YOUR FRIEND AND NEIGH
J bor. He is interested in his community—in YOU. He tries to serve your best
i interests. When he charges you more for his goods it is because they are
j costing' him more—many times more. Everything he buys costs him from
: fifty per cent to FIVE THOUSAND per cent more than it did a year ago;
even his freight has advanced materially.
THE REAL SITUATION
Glance over the table which follows
and see for yourself under what great
burdens your retail druggist is labor
ing. lhink of the thousands ot items
he must carry in stock—MANY OF
THEM SLOW MOVING AND PROF
ITLESS AT BEST.
SOME REMARKABLE AND INTERESTING FIGURES.
j Acetanilid, advanced .
Actephenetidin, advanced . ..:
Acid Men zoic from Toluol,
j Acid SaJicyliC, advanced ....
Acid Tartaric, advanced .
! Alum, advanced .
j Ammonia Bromide, advanced.
i Antipyrine, advanced .
j Aspirin, advanced .
i Atropine Sulphate, advanced.
I Bismuths, advanced .
Borax, advanced .
I Caffein, advanced .
Caffein Alkaloid, advanced...
I Calomel, advanced .
j Castor Oil, advanced .
Chloride Lime, advanced ....
Chloroform, advanced .
I Cod Liver Oil, advanced .
| Cream Tartar, advanced .
Creosote, B. \V., advanced.. . .
Kpsom Salts, advanced .
Gelatine, advanced .
Glycerine advanced.
*>00 pr ct.
-\::oo pr ct.
’, 100 pr ct.
S00 pr ct.
120 pr ct.
•100 pr ct.
si f> pr ct.
*,700 pr ct.
1 f>0 pr ct.
440 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
100 pr ct.
‘>00 pr ct.
270 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
S00 pr ct.
1 7r» pr ct.
700 pr ct.
700 pr ct.
700 pr ct.
2f>0 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
Iron Reduced, advanced .
La noline, advanced .
Mercury, advanced .
Methylene Blue, advanced....
Moth Balls, advanced .
Oxalic Acid, advanced .
Baris Green, advanced .
Peroxide Hydrogen, advanced
Phenolphthalein, advanced . . .
Potassium Acetate, advanced.
Potassium Bicarbonate advcd
Potassium Bromide, advanced
Potassium Chlorate, advanced
Potassium Permanganate, ad.
Quinine, advanced .
Resorcin, advanced .
Rochelle Salts, advanced
Saccharin, advanced .
S<dtd, advanced .
Salt Petre, advanced .
Sodium Benzoate Granular. .
Sodium Salicylate, advanced..
Zinc Sulphate U. S. P. Gran.
Crude Drugs advanced 100 to
115 pr et.
:;oo pr ct.
245 pr ct.
1,265 pr ct.
600 pr ct.
900 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
1 00 pr ct.
800 pr c.t
2,1 1 5 pr ct.
1,150 pr ct.
470 pr ct.
200 pr ct.
2,755 pr ct.
100 pr ct.
710 pr ct.
580 pr ct.
250 pr ct.
1,880 pr ct.
665 pr ct.
115 pr ct.
5,000 pr ct.
WE PAY MORE FOR EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN OUR STORES, BUT
WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK REGARDLESS OF COST.
Z. J. LOUSSAC’S
“Stores That Have What You Want—When You Want It.”
i 4th and D St. 4th and H St.
PHONE 100-R Immediate Delivery PHONE 62-Y
“THAT MAN LOGEMANN”
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GOING AWAY FROM HERE
to secure a high grade camera. It is
not necessary. All you need to do is
to come to our store and look over our
' stock of Kodaks and you will find one
' at a price that fits your pocketbook.
We do framing and enlarging. Devel
oping 15c. Prints 3c up. Special at
tention given mail orders.
4th Avenue. Mint Block.
Alaska Pool Room
Fourth Ave., Near D.
;; Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Soft Drinks, Fruits, Concord
Grape Juice.
MUSIC
:: JOSEPH SCHMITBAUER. - - Proprietor.
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New Matanuska Hotel
MATANUSKA JUNCTION.
M. J. ROCHE, Prop.
CAFE IN CONNECTION
A. LYALL, Prop.
Mi
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HOUSE of features
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TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 and 14
America’s Foremost Character Actor
Theodore Roberts
In a Kaleidoscope of Life Beneath the (treat White
Canopy.
“The Circus Man”
* (Fi^e Thrilling Acts.)
On Same Program —PATHE NEWS— On Same Program
TWO SHOWS EVERY NIGHT.7:30 and 9:00
ANY SEAT ANYWHERE 25c; CHILDREN 10c.
MRS. NINA RICHMOND.Pianiste
MmmMKmMBgggggggmsas'
MINT GRILL
PHONE 100Y.
HOME OF THE HOT PLATTER
DON’T FORGET THE SOCIAL DANCE
AT THE MINT GRILL.
Pioneer Steam Laundry
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DEHON & RAMSEY, Proprietors.
Quick Sanitary Work—Prompt Delivery.
Let Us Call For Your Laundry—Rough Dry 75c Doz.
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City Drug Store
THE REXALL STORE.
Dr. K. A. KYVIG, Owner.
5th and C ii
The Best and Purest Drugs and the Most Reasonable in
the City. | 3
Victor Phonographs $15.00, $25.00, $50.00. jg=
On Time Payments.
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Dohrmann-Herning & Co.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.
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Owing to the deep snowfall moose
are reported to have hard pickings on
the Kenai peninsula. The animals are
in poor condition and are hardly fit
for food.
Tom White and Nate Murphy, who
have established a fox farm at
O’Donnell river, report they have lo
cated a den of silver foxes and will
make a special effort to trap them.
WEATHER REPORT.
7 a. m. February IS, 1917.
Station Temp. Day Wind Trail Snow
Anchrage 24 Cldy. Calm Fair 10 in.
'Summit .. 30 Cldy. Calm Good 24 in.
Kern Crk. 30 Cldy. South Soft 8 in.
Seward .. 28 Cldy. Calm Good 14 in.
Potter Ck 32 Cldy. Calm Soft Sin.
Matnuska 36 Cldy. Calm Good 9 in.
King _34 Clear East Good 9 in.
Indian Ck 28 Cldy. Calm Bad 8 in.
Kashwt’a 28 Clear Calm Good 24 in.
SCANDINAVIAN CLUB.
Will hold an informal dance and
j card party at Robarts’ hall, Thurs- j
| day, Feb. JL5, at 8 p. m. Members and j
j those wishing to become members are j
urged to be present, as matters of,
1 great importance to the society are to
i be transacted. Application for mem
bership can be made at Dr. Kyvig’s
drug store and Frodenberg’s news
stand.
442 ESER WIKHOLM, Sec.
Peterson’s Billiard Parlor for latest
; war bulletins. 400
Sale on Suits and Coats
Owing to delays we will not be located ijj pq^pew home until March 1, so will
continue our sale a few days more. Following are a few of the special prices:
SUITS
$25.00 Suits now .$16.00
45.00 Suits now . 30.00
65.00 Suits now . 37.50
75.00 Suits now . 45.00
COATS
$29.50 Coats now.$18.50
.35.00 Coats now.. 22.50
47.50 Coats now .. 30,06
60.00 Coats now . 40.00
All party dresses at one-third off. Just arrived over the trail, a beautiful assort
ment of all hand-made imported Japanese underwear at a special price. Ten ]H*r cent
discount on shoes next week only.
COURTESY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO.
The Style Shop]
Comer Fourth and C