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CHICAGO — (By Mail) — Seven
hundred papers in the United States
suspended in the last month owing to
the high price of print paper.
Paper manufacturers admit the
prices they are charging will put 25
per cent of the publications of the
country out of business in the next
12 months.
^ These are two big features of the
present situation in which the read
ing public—and that means the gen
eral public—is vitally interested.
Education has long been consider
ed a public necessity and newspapers
and periodicals are regarded as such
a prime necessity to the people of
the United States that the govern
ment has made a rate of 1 cent a
pound for delivery through the mails.
Despite this provision made by the
government that readers may be sup
plied with newspapers and periodicals,
thousands of publications-, big and
little, are now threatened with abso
lute ruin because of inability to pay
the price which the paper manufac
turers demand.
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Necessity for Economy Told.
Desperate as is their plight, the
publishers of the country have given
few details of the situation to their
readers. The public should have the
facts, however, so that it may under
stand why so many papers are being
forced out of business and why those
that continue to exist must practice
the most rigid economy.
Many publishers are now paying
200 per cent more for their paper than
they did a year ago. Those who use
large quantities of print paper and
buy under contract are paying nearly
100 per cent more. Some of the smal
ler papers have been unable to get
supplies at any price.
All papers that have not reduced
their size in the last six months have
increased their subscription rates.
For the sake of the smaller papers,
the big Sunday papers have been urg
ed to cut down their size. The fed
eral trade commission has pointed
out that the paper saved by reducing
the size of one large Sunday edition
several pages would be sufficient to
keep a number of smaller papers sup
plied for a considerable period. It has
long been known that the Sunday pa
pers were wasting space by printing
useless features that readers did not
want.
Notice has been given by the man
ufacturers that on the first of the
year paper will go still higher. The
paper producers of the United States
and Canada are working together and
are in absolute control of the situa
tion. There is no relief in sight and
the newspapers and periodicals which
survive will do so only by conserving
supplies to the limit and standing the
loss themselves until prices get back
to where they ought to be.
MANY ASPIRANTS FOR
THE GOVERNORSHIP
It seems to be generally believed
among the democrats that Major J. F.
A. Strong will not seek a reappoint
ment as governor of Alaska when his
present term expires next spring.
And what has been the result? Prac
tically every prominent and near -
prominent member of the party in
power is a candidate for the high of
fice. It is understood that Judge Jen
nings, of the first division, is willing
to resign from the bench, as is also
Judge Bunnell, of the Fourth division,
if they can land the gubernatorialship.
John VV. Troy, of the Juneau Empire,
would not be adverse to having the
lightning strike in his direction, while
the Tanana valley has a score of
willing democrats who hanker after
the job, among them being E. W. Grif
fin, the Chena merchant. If the Third
division is going to put forth a can
didate we have not heard his name
mentioned.
From the present indications it will
be a free-for-all fight, but we have
an idea that the fellow who has the
support of National Committeeman
T. J. Donohoe, of Valdez, will have a
little bit the best of the other fellows
who have thrown their hats in the
ring.—Cordova Times.
AT THE EMPRESS.
Tonight—Western Drama, “.fne Ital
ian” Repeated Tomorrow by Request.
The pictures presented at the Em
press theatre are of such character,
deep interest and truly edifying as to
demand a repetition. The Empress
management has had requests fre
quently for a repetiton of *he pic
tures, but for various reasons could
not comply. ‘‘The Italian,” presented
last Sunday evening, created such a
favorable impression that a repetition
was not only requested but demanded
by the vast audience that was thrilled
by the artistic and finished acting of
George Beban in the leading role.
Complying with these requests “The
Italian” will be repeated tomorrow
(Friday) evening.
For this, Thursday, evening, a thril
ling western drama entitled “Buck
shot John,” should prove a very satis
fying offering.
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Manufacturers of all kinds of
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PERSONAL SHOPPING BY MAIL
THE items in Women’s and Chil
dren’s Wear, and Men’s Haber
dashery, that cannot be obtained from
your home merchant may be ordered
from us, and will be sent POSTAGE
PAID to any Alaska address reached
by U. S. Mail.
During the Holiday Season, as at all
times, we shall be glad to study youi
wishes in the selecting of Gifts, and in
property packing and mailing them tc
your friends. Let us send you the lat
est issue of our Mail Order News.
Address Mail Order Department "A”
FREDERICK*NELSON
SEATTLE
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMBRS
Anchorage
Matanusk:.
WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS.
Anchorage Division.
(Alaska Railroad Record.)
Following are the progress reports
of the various departments of Anchor
age Division for the week ending De
cember 23:
MAINTENANCE OF WAY
Tracklaying.
During the week a 650-foot spur
track was laid at Eska creek for the
Eska Creek Coal company.
Buildings.
The extension of the east end of
warehouse No. 2 was completed. A
force of carpenters continued work on
the interior of hospital No. 2; and a
small force was engaged enclosing the
back porches of cottages Nos. 25, 26,
27, 28 and 36. The . interior wood
work of cottage No. 29 is 35 per cent
complete; and the painters completed
the interior painting of all the cotta
ges, with the exception of No. 17. In
general the carpenter work on the
various jobs is progressing very
slowly on account of the short period
of daylight. Houses Nos. 18, 24 and
31 were occupied during the week.
Water Service and Plumbing.
The plumbing is now completed in
all the five-room cottages; that at
cottage No. 30 is 90 per cent complete,
and at cottage No. 29 50 per cent. The
drainage ditches from the cesspool at
hospital No. 2 and from the power
plant were finished during the period.
Steam heat was turned on at school
house No. 2; and forces are still at
work installing heat in cottages Nos.
17, 30 and 31 and at the machine
shops and warehouse No. 2.
Mechanical Department.
The wheel press in the new shop
is now set up; and the 36-inch lathe
is ready for trial. Running repairs
were made to engines 225 and 265;
and a new cab built on engine 221, to
replace the cab destroyed by fire De
cember 21. Extensive repairs are be
ing made to Engine 280. During the
week motor cars 2 and 4 were re
paired.
Electrical Department.
Work oil the installation of trans
formers continued, and the new tur
bine was tested. An additional engi
neer was placed at the power plant
and two shifts are now on duty. Serv
ice connections with the terminal
buildings were made during the week.
Eklutna River Protection.
The forces engaged on the bank
i protection started the placing of brush
at the bottom of the trench in the
south wing wall.
MATANUSKA DISTRICT.
Several of the station gangs finish
ed clearing right-of-way during the
week and are now drilling coyote
holes. Conditions in general remain
unchanged from last week, except
that freighting of material and sup
plies is now practical and is being
pushed as rapidly as possible. The
Matanuska river is frozen over, and
despite the handicap caused by over
flows freight is being hauled as far
as Hole-in-the-Wall. North of the
latter point operations are confined to
clearing right-of-way. All but three
of the contractors’ gangs are now
on their stations. The open weather
is unfavorable for the ice roads on
the Matanuska river, and for the trail
roads as well.
Main Line.
No contractors finished on the main
line work during the week. The camp
at Browne’s lake, Mile 180, is com
pleted, and that at Willow creek, Mile
187, will be finished within a few
days.
North of the Little Susitna river
the “It” line alternative has been def
initely adopted, following test bor
ings made in the various swamps
through which this line crosses. On
January 2 a right-of-way contract
will be awarded, covering the section
from Willow creek to Sheep creek, the
end of the Matanuska district.
Freighting is going forward in ear
nest north of the Little Susitna and
caches of material and supplies are
being established at the camps at
Browne’s lake and Willow creek.
TEL. AND TEL. DEPARTMENT.
Matanuska Branch.
Daily telegraph service has been
established from Matanuska to Kings
river. Work on the Chickaloon exten
sion has been resumed.
Anchorage Townsite.
There are now 91 commercial and
78 official telephones connected with
the exchange switchboard.
Electric Light and Power.
Although a part of the force em
ployed on aerial work at Anchorage
was diverted to the Chickaloon exten
sion, good progress was made during
the week on the stringing of primary
wires throughout the townsite. A
transformer was installed at hospital
No. 2.
Anchorage Telegraph Office.
A permanent telegraph terminal
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SPECIAL SALE THIS WEEK ONLY.
COMFORTERS, Regular $2.50, Now.
$2.00
COMFORTERS, Regular $3.00, now
. $2.50
YENTIPLEX INSOLES. Regular
25c, 2 for
25c
SOLE AGENTS FOR PREFERRED STOCK CANNED GOODS
cabinet and switchboard, and the wir
ing in connection therewith, is about
80 per cent completed.
TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT.
Clearing Right-of-Way.
Two miles of clearing have been
completed between Indian creek and
one mile north of Glacier creek.
Grading.
All contractors in the district are
making good progress, the majority
of them having their work faced up
and coyote holes well under way.
Steve Leakos & Co. finished their con-!
tract at Rainbow creek during the j
week.
Miscellaneous.
On Tuesday last the first trainload
of supplies, consisting of 150 quar
ters of beef and ten tons of miscel-1
laneous merchandise, was hauled
over the narrow gauge track from the
transfer point at Rabbit to Potter
creek warehouse. The arrival of
trains at Rabbit at 9:45 a. m. has
greatly facilitated the transfer of
freight, the new schedule affording
ample time in which to get the freight
into the warehouse at Potter creek the
same day it is shipped from Anchor
age.
On Saturday about 160 employes of
the district took advantage of the
free transportation to Anchorage and
return provided by the commission
and spent the Christmas holidays in
town. The excursion left Potter creek
via the narrow gauge line, transfer
ring at Rabbit to the regular train at
that point.
FAIRBANKS DIVISION NOTES.
(Alaska Railroad Record.)
A report from Nenana, under date
of January 1 gives the following gen
eral information concerning the work
of the Fairbanks division:
Practically all construction work
has shut down for the season, the
commission force being reduced at
present to 163 employes. Most of
i the contract work is confined to get
ting out ties and timber for next sea
son’s use. There will be no Increase
made in the force until the new ap
propriation becomes available. The
piledriver crew is driving trestles in
the completed grade south of Nenana,
but the steam shovel has been shut
down on account of the expense of
operation and repairs during the ex
treme cold weather.
A commission fire department has
been organized with H. P. Curtis as
1 chief, and J. J. O’Neil as assistant
chief. Hose and fire connections have
been installed in all commission
cottages and buildings.
The receipts of the electric plant
for December, the first month of op
eration, were $732.00. This will be
greatly increased in January when the
new wiring material arrives.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT.
(Alaska Railroad Record.)
Anchorage Division
The number of employes of the An
chorage division as shown by the pay
rolls on Saturday, December 16, 1916,
was as follows:
Commissioner’s office . 37
j Shops and yards. 224
Transportation service . 15
I Store and dock departments.... 125
i Accounting Department . 18
Disbursing office . 5
j Townsite department . 19
■ Steward’s department . 13
' Hospital department . 23
; Telegraph and Telephone dept... 64
Track, bridge and ballast, main
| line. 60
j Turnagain Arm district . 229
Matanuska district. 232'
Talkeetna district. 125
1,189
j Stationmen and laborers, all
| districts ... 851
Grand total all employes, An
chorage division .2,040
NEW CONTRACTS AWARDED. *
(Alaska Railroad Record.)
The following contracts for con
struction work on Anchorage division
were approved by the commission
during the period December 1 to De
cember 15, 1916:
Geo. Hrjak & Co., grading, Turn
again Arm.
Tom Brock & Co., grading, Turna
gain Arm.
E. Burglund & Co., grading, Turn
again Arm.
Bernard Nelson & Co., grading,
THE DARCY MILL
(Patent Applied For)
The Darcy Mill is designed to meet the need of the mine owner and
prospector who wants to develop his own mine or open up ore bodies witli
a view of disposing of the property, to work rich stringers of pav ore
to mill and ship concentrates or to try out a property before purchasing
—at as low a cost as possible.
It is not a toy mill or a makeshift in any way but a mill constructed
on scientific principles and equal in efficiency as any stamp of the same
weight. The 2000 pound mill has two stamps of 325 pounds eacli and drop
at 110 blows per minute for each stamp. The number of blows and tile
force of the drop can be increased very easily by placing springs on the
stamp stems or the weight of the blow be increased with additional
weights, w'hich we furnish when necessary.
It occupies a space 4x4 feet; no piece weighs over 100 pounds, and is
easy to move, pack, or set up, and uses less power and less repairs than
any other. The frame, battery blocks, etc., are made of Washington fir,
strongly bolted with rods to stand all strains; guides have large wearing
surfaces; in fact the mill is so constructed that anv one can handle it
satisfactorily. Shoes and dies are of special hard iron with chilled faces,
screens easily- removed—the whole front and back can be removed so as
to get at the shoes and dies. Tappets arranged to clamp on a screw
thread so that the wear can be easily taken up. No expensive machine
work to pay for in repairs, in fact everything about the mill is simple,
compact and durable.
It is the simplest mill to start your mine with, as it is an easy mat
ter to add two or four more stamps or to increase the output by adding
the extra weights without any alterations in the mill.
We can furnish the complete mill or just the iron work, or lease them
to responsible parties if they show us their properties are O. K. We can
furnish engines, concentrators, copper plates, rock crushers, jigs, tables,
etc., at market prices.
A vast amount of ore could be put on the market by using one small
mill for coarse crushing and jig the pulp, which will save the coarse
metals and get rid of the lightest, and the middlings recrushed In another
small mill and this pulp run over concentrators or tables. This plan will
enable a lot of low grade ores to be worked at a profit which it is impos
sible to do in any other way.
Write us if you have such properties or if you wish further particulars.
Yours truly,
H. J. DARCY, West Tacoma
NELS OTTO JOHNSON, Agent,
IT’S A REAL PLEASURE
to view the new wall decorations on
view here exclusively. They are so
unconventional, so out of the common
and so unusually artistically attrac
tive. If you plan to repaper you
should by all means see these new
papers. To decide without doing so
is apt to result in regret later.
EVANS & FRANTZEN
Turnagain Arm.
Fred Carlson & Co., grading, Turn
again Arm.
Frank Daniels & Co., grading,
Turnagain Arm.
E. Carlson & Co. grading, Turn
again Arm.
Joseph Johnson & Co., grading,
Turnagain Arm.
Nels Nickolson & Co., grading,
Turnagain Arm.
M. Rasmunson & Co., grading,
Turnagain Arm.
Angelo Chrissagis & Co., grading,
Turnagain Arm.
Jim Kuril & Co., grading, Turn
again Arm.
J. A. Denny & Co., clearing, Tal
keetna.
Johnson & Brownstead, cuttingj
wood, Matanuska.
Jankow & Co., grading, Matanuska. I
BUILDING ACTIVITY AT NENANA 1
(Alaska Rajlroad Record.)
The manager of the land and indus
trial department advises that reports j
received from the townsite manager!
at Nenana show that 104 permits for
the construction of permanent build
ings had been issued to November 30,
and that the value of the buildings to
be erected aggregated $103,250. In
addition, 38 permits for the construc
tion of temporary buildings have been
issued, of a value not stated.
The permanent structures include
the usual class of business houses to
be found in all Alaska towns, nearly
every line of trade being represented.
A number of substantial residences
have also been built. A telegraph of
fice, a townsite office, a building for
the U. S. Commissioner, and a mar
shal’s office and jail have been con
structed upon the blocks reserved for
public purposes. A telephone system
has been installed and the town is
now supplied with electric light and
power.
This is considered a remarkable
showing in view of the fact that lots
were not sold until the latter part of
August; that the construction of
buildings was not started until Sep
tember 1, and that there has been a
shortage of building material during
the whole period.
Many of the structures in the town
site have been built with materials ob
tained from buildings torn down in
the old town of Chena, which is lo
cated near the mouth of Chena slough,
about nine miles below Fairbanks. It
is stated that Chena now looks as if
it had been visited by a Kansas cy
clone, nearly all of the buildings in
he place being wrecked.
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