Coining—300,000 Ft.
Cargo to Arrive
About April
7th
Remember, This is the class
of stock we have the rep
utation of handling
A COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES,
SASH, DOORS, BUILDING PAPER, ETC.
%
DRYING OF .
NENffl GOAL
TO BE STUDIED
(Seattle I’.-I.)
The problem of treating the coal in
the Nenana district, which must be
dried out before it is lit for practical
use, will be the first work to be un
dertaken by the Fairbanks station of
the United States bureau of mines, ac
cording to John A. Davis, superintend
ent of the station, who arrived on the
University of Washington campus this
week. He will remain in Seattle until
the season opens in the Fairbanks re
gion and while here will devote his
time to the preparation of bids on sup
plies and apparatus for the govern
ment staation.
Cheaper Fuel Needed.
“The question of cheaper fuel tands
out above all other conditions and
needs of the Fairbanks district,” Mr.
Davis said yesterday, “and beyond
doubt it is the one pressing need, since
it is the key to the future development
of the mining. Under the present con
ditions quartz mining and the utiliza
tion of low grade ores is impossible.
In the valleys of Healy creek and
I,ignite creek, near Nenana, there is
approximately ten billion tons of lig
nite which has not been mined. This
lignite, according to Mr. Davis, con
tains a high percentage of moisture,
We Have the Best
Oranges, Lemons, Apples,
Grape Fruit, Onions,
Rutabagos,
Fresh Vegetables
Received on Every Boat
POLLEY BROS.
AUTO DELIVERY
which must be removed before the coal
is fit for commercial use. Tl^ Alaskan
Railway Commission has placed its
boilers at Nenana at the disposal of
the bureau and the comparative eft'
ciency of the raw and dried coal will
be tested out there.
“The bureau will also study coal de
posits of the Nenana field.” Mr. Davis
said further, “and will advise the best
methods of opening and working the
mines which will eventually be estab
lished there. This work will be done
with the view to the economy of min
ing, the safety of the miners and the
prevention of waste.
“These fields are locatcxl in the val
ley of the Healy and Lignite creeks,
near Nenana, through which the Alas
ka railway will pass, and are but 110
miles from Fairbanks. The fields are
held by the government and will be
open for leasing.”
IMPEACHMENT IS
DEMANDED UPON
OLD ENGLISH GANG
LONDON, March' 26.—‘'Impeach
the old gang” is the cry raised by
Lord Northeliffe’s Evening News,
following the publication of the com
mission's report on the Dardanelles
fiasco. Asquith is the "head and
front of the ‘ old gang,” but all the
“politicians” who belong to the late
cabinet, and are not included in the
new one are, comprised in the de
mand for “impeachment and retribu
tion.” Kitchener’s share of responsi
bility is dismissed on the ground that
“he found himself in a maelstrom of
professional politicians and became
merged in their adventures and often
controlled by their acts.”
Department of the Interior. Alaskan
Engineering Commission, Anchorage,
Alaska. April 5, 1917. There naving
!»<-en received at this office requests ;'oi
the following sidewalks, the work is
contemplated for construction as soon
as funds are available: C St. East Side,
4th to 5th. wood walk, estimated cost !
$‘-00. tth St. both sides, K to edge of
bluff, wood walk, estimated cost $550. 1
7th St South Side, C to East <\ gravel ,
walk, estimated cost $150. 6th St. both1
sides, C to K, gravel walk. estimated ,
cost $1600 F Sc West Side. Tth to 8th.
gravel walk, estimated cost $100. 4th
St., North Side, C to East C. gravel
walk, estimated cost $150. E St. East
Side 4th to 8th, gravel walk, estimated
cost $450. Written objections and sug
gestions will bt received at this office
up to April 20. 1917. Objections should
stale the lot and block owned by the '
writer. J. WATTS, Townsite Man
ager. 759
RED CROSS ID
(Juneau Empire.)
A call will be issued within the next
few weeks for the formation of the
first Alaskan organization of the
American National Red Cross Associ
ation and a general special invitation
will be issued to every woman on Ga -
tineau channel to join.
Recently a request for authority to
form the Juneau branch of the Red
Cross was mailed to the headquarters
of the Department of the Pacific, and
upon the return of the proper author
ity and credentials, the organization
will now result. The duties of the or
ganization will be to prepare band
ages and other things for the Red
Cross Association for the use of the
United States government in caring
for wounded men in case of war.
At the present time the Red Cross
has a membership of over 300,000, but
the society is endeavoring to reach i
mark of one million members. The
orders to the society as to what to pre
pare will come direct from headquar
ters at Washington, and all branches
of the society will be working under
the national organization, insuring
uniformity of output and supply of
things needed by the nation. President
Wilson is the president of the Ameri
can National Red Cross association.
A short time ago, Mrs. I.. O. Col
bert, wife of Dr. Colbert of the Coast
and Geodettic survey, attended a lec
ture by the commander of the Pacific
division of the Red Cross in which he
stated that in case of war, the United
States has only enough supplies on
hand to last for twenty-four hours, if
the casualties should approximate the
daily toll of the European battlefields.
He stated that an effort was being
made by the organization to organize
a branch in Alaska to affiliate with the
Pacific division of the organization.
A blank requisition for proper auth
ority was sent north to be signed by
ten women of Juneau. It was signed
by Mesdames G. 'I'. Jackson, 1*. J. Mu
hone, H. L. Faulkner, Robert W. Jen
nings, H. M. Rehrends, Gu* D. Chris
tian, B. D. Stewart, J. F. A. Strong,
W. F. Pullen and Miss Margaret
Green.
“It must be understood that a spe
cial invitation to every woman in Ju
neau or on the channel to join the or
ganization will be extended as soon as
the authorization returns from the
south,” said Mrs. P. J. Mahone today.
“The duties will be to make bandages
and other things needed under the di
retcion of the national headquarters of
the order. Membership will not require
anyone to go to the front, but will
merely require the furnishing of cer
tain supplies for the use of physicians
and regular nurses who are at the
front caring for the wounded.
“At the present time the United
States is short on supplies. The
American National Keel Cross Has been
sending supplies all over the world,
but from now on will bend their en
ergies to supplying our own needs in
case of war.”
Answer to Query.
Glacier, March 26, 1917.
Anchorage Times:
To settle an argument, will you ad
vise me if the battleship queen Eliza
beth, of the British navy, has any 15
inch guns, or had them, if she was
sunk as reported? C. H. WEIR.
i
Answer—According to current his- i
tory for March, the Warship Queen
Elizabeth has not been sunk. She ha
eight 15-inch guns and has a speed
of 25 knots per hour. She belongs to
the same class as the Warspite, Bar
ham, Valiant and Malaya. Ed.
Get your eyes examined free a;
George Osborn’s, the leading jewelei
by Fred Carlquist, graduate optician
Satisfaction guaranteed. 260
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 43-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
Try a Times Want Ad for results.
Wm. Longley of McCarthy, who had
the contract for freighting in the sup
plies for the Dan Creek Mining Co.,
has completed his contract.
Italph Anderson has been named U.
.S. commissioner at Seldovia to suc
ceed I. D. Nordyke, following some
disagreement between the latter and
the neputy U. S. marshal there.
A. H. Twitched, the reindeer herd
er, arrived in Iditarod recently with
a large herd of deer which were lost
last summer and had returned to
their old pasture in the Kuskokwim
country.
A herd of reindeer brought into
Nome recently to he killer) for the lo
cal market, was completely stamp‘sl
ed by dogs, breaking up into small
bands and it is doubtful if they can
be recovered.
The American-Yukon Navigation
company operating steamers on the
Yukon and Tanana rivers, has an
nounced that the freight rates for the
opening of the season will be the
same as those prevailing at the clo-e
of navigation last year. The company
expects to break all records this year
in the movement of freight.
Cordova has adopted an ordinance!
forbidding dogs on the ,-treets of that
town unless under leash. Dogs found
running loose will be impounded, and
the owners lined $2 and an additional
■Jo cents per day for each day the dog
is kept in the pound. Unless redeem
ed within five days the dogs are to bej
killed.
WAITKR MARRIES A WIDOW
» UPON SHORT NOTICE!
LOS ANGELES, March lti.—(By
mail.)—Somewhere in Los Angeles,.
Pasadena or Southern California,)
John I.aytin Winn, until last Saturday
a waiter in a fashionable grill, and his
bride, who until that date was Miss j
Anita Phillips, of Chicago, are passing
their honeymoon.
Two weeks ago, the woman, a very
young and pretty divorcee whose for
mer husband is a millionaire grain
dealer of Chicago and Minneapolis,'
came to Southern California to for-'
get.
Winn was a waiter in the* U. S. j
Grant hotel, San Diego. Winn’s table:
was one of the most attractive there.
“Oh, if I couhl only win such a wo
man for a wife,” murmured Winn as
he served the toast for Mrs. Phillip’s
breakfast last Saturday.
“Two lumps, isn’t it 7 Would you
ever consider such a man as me for a
husband'.'” continued the waiter.
Apparently the divorcee had begun
really to forget. She smiled sweetly
at her ardent waiter.
“Do you think you could? My tips
are very good here,” he said. “I
know it’s useless, but—”
“Would you really like to marry
me?” interposed the bewitching cus- j
tomer.
“Would I? Well?”
At any rate she accepted. Five min
utes later the couple were standing
before Justice J. E. Keating and he
was reading the marriage ceremony.
The bride is a brunette of 28 years
and a graduate of Smith college. Her
first husband, who is said to have
educated her, was 70; the new one is
29.
NOTICE.
The Auditorium of the Labor Tem
ple may be rented for social affairs
and entertainments, also club rooms
and offices on the upper floor. G ill on
the secretary or phone for particu
lars. 512
War News
Rumors and facts at Peterson's. 441
Watch A. L. U. space. Something
brewing. 548
Open all night, the North Pole Bak
716
cry.
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FRATERNAL ORDERS.
MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club
meets first an ] third Thursday
in month. G.C.HAMMON’D, Sec.
L. 0. 0 M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock,
at A L. U. Hall.
JAS. L. COIiT, Sec.
BILL’S CLUB.
J. T. WESTERMANN, Secy.
Meets at Club Rooms every
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.
DANISH CLUB
HAMLET
Meets Every Friday, 7:30 P. M
A. P. Rasmussen, Sec’y*
EUREKA HOUSE.
NOTICE
To all Carpenters United Broth
♦•rhcHxi of Carpenters and Joiners of
America. Local No. I4 7f> meets at the
Anchoi Club rooms, 4th and It St. ev
ery Tuesday evening at 7:10 n. m.
J. S. BALDWIN, Sec
MONEY TO LOAN
Short term loans on Real
Estate. Bills discounted.
R. NICHOLLS. 615 7th Ave.
Ten cents is the most you can spend
(at one timet at the Spring- Carnival,
Labor Temple 701
C Me Felix bought the entire line
of Gent’s furnishings from Frank
Cotter. Among those goods are the
finest line of silk and sport shirts. Fe
lix Brown & Co. 638