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Yard at Foot of H St.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
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Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
Sails Seattle Arrives Anchorage
MAY 15. ALASKA MAY 22
MAY 21 MARIPOSA MAY 28
MAY 27 . NORTHWESTERN JUNE 3
June 2. . ALAMEDA June 9
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office. Empress Iiuiiding.
I PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
I ADMIRAL LINE
ALASKA SAILING DATES -
;! Lv. Seattle Ar. Anchorage
May 11 EVANS May 19
May 19 FARRAGUT May 27
♦May 28 WATSON June 4
June 4 EVANS June 12
• Subject to change without
notice.
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE
TO CALIFORNIA
Monday, Friday and Saturday
STEAMERS
President Governor Queen
Senator Umatilla
Admiral Dewey Admiral Schley
X Through Tickets to All Eastern Destinations in United States and
I Canada. Information cheerfully furnished and rates quoted.
I T. B. WATSON, Agent, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
I Launch Wilhemina I
| JOHNSON AND THOMPSON jj
jjj Twice a week trips to all points on Turnagain Arm. jj
jjj See bulletin boards for schedule. S
jjj For information call City Auto Service. PHONE 89R.
I *_LAUNCH “SWAN” _j
jjj Capt. N. J. Gaikema.
Sj Daily Trips to Knik and Goose Bay from Swan
y; Landing.
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m See Bulletin Boards for Schedule
S tficket Agencies at Baxter’s and City Auto Service, ;
$ Phone 89-R.
| Power Schr. Lina K.
“SAFETY AND SERVICE’’
Will Make Regular Trips to
All Turnagain Arm Points.
PARKEJR & EATON
The first thing in making a basket
is to think of what kind of roots
are to go into its manufacture. The
I native women do not plant roots in
gardens as white people plant things
i for different uses, hut wander far into
J the woods searching for the roots of
'the spruce, the best kind for basket
1 making.
In getting these roots the women
: are forced to leave their homes and
I go out in a row boat or afoot to dif
!! ferent places far from town, many
11 times staying for days at the places
11 where the best place is for pulling or
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I picking the roots from the ground. In
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I picking l oots a woman has to dig into
TIDE TABLE I OR ANCHORAGE.
Tuesday, May 22.
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Wednesday, May 22.
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Wait - . 8:27 p. m. 29 -S feet
TRAIN SCHEDULE.
I Eft'eoiive 12:01 a. m., Monday, April
23. 1917, a mixed passenger and freight
! train will run betw *n \ a-poi age
and Matanuska, Matanuska and King,
and between Anchorage and Rabbit on
the following schedule:
Main Line.
Xort hbound Southbound
Daily ex. Daily ex.
Sunday Sunday
Leave Arrive
7:30a.m... 0.0 Anchorage .. 9:15p.m.
7:55 a.m... 1.8 Whitney .... 8:50 p.m.
8:25 t. m... 12.3 Kuney . 8:30 p, m.
i 9 :1 0 a. in.. . 21 .S Biiehwood ... 7:54 p.m.
9:40 a. in.. .27.6 Eklutna . 7:20 p. m.
Arrive Leave
10:10 a. m.. 36.4 Matanuska .. 6:45 p. m.
Matanuska Branch
, Northbound Southbound
Daily ex. Daily Ex.
Sunday Sunday
Leave Arrive
11:00 m. m.. 36.4 Matanuska .. 6:20p.m.
1 1 :."d) a. m. .42.9 Palmer . 5:55 p. m.
1 2:20 p. in.. 49.5 Moose Creek. 5:25 p.m.
Arrive Leave
12:40 p. in. .55.0 Kska . 4:50 p.m.
Leave Arrive
12:50 p. m. .55.0 Eska . 2:08 p.m.
1:10 p. m..58.7 Granite . 2:53 p. m.
Arri\e Leave
1:25 p. m..60.6 King . 2:45 p.m.
Main Line
Southbound North bound
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only.
Leave Arrive
9:00 a.m... 0.0 Anchorage .. 10:45 a.m.
9:20a. in... 5.0 Campbell ... 10:25a.m.
Arrive Leave
9:45 a. m.. . 10.4 Rabbit . 10:00 a.m.
Mixed train leaving Anchorage north
bound will stop .lust north of road cross
ing, Terminal Yard, Anchorage.
POWER BOAT | B
Leaves for jJa /
Susitna and
/ McDougle.
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ij JUST TO REMIND YOU
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Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Angeles
Direct Connections for all
points East via the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
—all the time—by Automatic
Electric "“Safety” Signals. !
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the ground or mud with her own fin
gers and hand. She does not use a
pick, shovel or any kinds of a tool to
dig with as that would lacerate and
spoil the roots. A woman that is en
gaged in picking roots does not mind
the amount of cuts she gets on her
hands, or how worn her finger nails
are by digging withthem. Oftentimes
they are raw and bleeding and very
ore, buf she < . s uni easing !y and is
very careful not to break any. A ful]
day’s picking will only make a basket
that sell, for a dollar fifty cents or
two and a half.
An open f'rr is built out of doors
and fire ha to be kept burning stead
ily and at just the right heat while
the bark of the roots is being remov
ed. The roots are then tied in small
skeins just enough to handle them
over the fire. After they are well
•teamed the bark is pulled off as soon
as possible by a swift, rotary motion.
If it is pulled too slowly the different
parts of the root will dry and will be
spoiled. After the bark of the roots
has been removed they are again split
down the middle and tied into small
.skeins, then it is hung in a place to
dry slowly out of the heat of the sun
or fire. When the roots are well dried
they are carefully handled so that
they will not break, and are again put
into cold water for a few minutes so
that they may be easily handled while
splitting. After being well dampened
it is now ready to split into several
different parts. Now all the work has
been done on the roots. They are
! ready to be made into a basket. The
| roots are then measured into the size
! the woman prefers to weave. After
! the measured roots are done they are
; bunched and the weaving begins with
one large root, going round and round
until it forms the right size for the
basket wanted, then they are turned
up and the weaving continues till it
is ready for putting in the patterns.
In putting in the pattern there is a
certain kind of straw used and this
is colored in hemlock bark or in veg
etable dyes. The etr"'" c,plit into
narrow strips. In weaving the roots
have to be kept damp by dipping the
fingers into cold water every few mo
ments so that the basket will not get
too dry. If this is not done the bas
ket will not be smooth, but rough,
coarse and will not weave close to
gether.
Making a basket six inches in di
ameter at the bottom will take at
least a month or more steady work.
After the basket is finished it is fast
ended down tight to that it will not rip
or ravel, the ends of the roots that
are left in the baskets while weaving
are neatly trimmed off, then the bas
ket is washed in luke warm soapy
water ,and rinsed again in clear cold
water once or twice, but never in blu
ing, and it is hung in a place to dry
as was done to the roots from which
the bark had just been removed.
Just before the basket gets too dry
it is placed on a smooth board with a
clean covering like a house-maid
would iron on a clean cloth. The bas
ket is then laid on the boar i its
side and the women rub them down
as hard a- they can press. For nib
bing the largest solid part of a seal’s
or bear’s tooth is used instead of an
iron. T1 i is very hard, exhau
work and takes some time to rub the
baskets flexible.
After this is done and the basket is
well (iid'd t is taken to maria t by
the win.sot and sold for two or t’r.re"
dollars. No track is ever kept of the
vast amount of time put into one of
these baskets, the women gladly part
ing with them for a couple of dol
lars. The money is then spent in fin
ery, gew-gaws and necessites.
Tourists who buy these baskets of
the natives who squat around the boat
landings never realize how much hard
back- breaking work has been done
on them by the native women before
they reach their hands.—Sitka Vers
tovian.
WASHINGTON, May !).—A plan
for bottling the German submarines in
the North sea is being urged by naval
strategists here, and lias been pre
sented to the naval experts of the
u ritish commission.
The American scheme is to do at
the north end of the North sea pre
cisely what has been done in the south
end. The English channel is so guard
ed with nets, mines and armed patrol
boats, with hydroplanes and “blimps”
that German submarines practically
never make their way from Germany
to the Atlantic ocean by the southern
route.
The closing of the northward exit
from the North sea is a much greater
task than closing the channel to U
boats, but in the opinion of naval au
thorities here it is entirely feasible.
If the money and material spent on
chasing U-boats cbuld be concentrated
on closing the north end of the North
sea, they say, that submarine route
could be effectively guarded in six
months. All that is needed is agree
ment upon this policy, and a strong,
able executive to carry it out. The
material required is such that can be
quickly manufactured. Nets and mines
do not take long to produce. An agree
ment on this policy would release for
this single purpose a great many boats
which would otherwise have to be
scattered about upon the surface of
the waters. For example, the United
States will have to patrol its own
coast line if submarines are out as at
present.
The North Pole Bakery is owned by
a sourdough who knows how to use it.
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Juneau v :th a total business to her
credit of ?1,!>: 4,57:; during the month
of April, Alaska is again rapidly
climbing into her last year’s place
and first among the territories and
possessions of the United States.
Last year the business of Alaska
amounted to ?! 20,000.000 and it is
freely predicted that this year’s busi
ne.-s will amount to even a greater
sum and that Alaska will witness the
greatest in her history.
Figures compiled by the local cus
toms house and issued today show
that while there is little or no canned
salmon being exported, last year’s
pack having already been cleaned up,
the exportation of copper ore from
the Westward is steadily keeping
pace with the record of last year.
The Detailed Figures.
Product March April
Bones hoofs and
horns.? 20 $.
Copper 3,000,012 2,010,698
Curios. 161 1,083
Fresh fish 68,231 98,861
Dried fish . 5 117
Canned salmon 2.3 2,012
All other salmon 8,736 13,504
Shell fish . 11,047 12,960
Fish Products . 12
Skins and furs 68,041 28,971
Lead ore . 9,228 6,242
Stone, including
marble . 19,995
Other articles . 90 y 612
_____ _
Total Alaska
Products ....$3,256,520 $.3,111,997
U. S. articles re
turned .$ 88,654 $ 65,651
Gold bullion . 268,675 298,005
Gold coin 27,000 1,500
Gold ore . 235,848 207,405
Silver ore . 57.876 207,405
Grand Total of
Business . $4,934,573 $3,740,998
Dr. W. A. Itysrrom, dentist, over
Harmony theatre. 810
JUST OPENED
I Village Inn Cafeteria
i At 919 5th St. West
® Short orders and regular meals
® Luncheon 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.
TABLE BOARD
<g Three Meals $35 per Month.
® Two Meals $25 per Month.
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Wood Undertaking Co..
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
Anchorage >: Matanuska
Patriotism and Thrift
Patriotism and thrift are inseparable. This is ®
as true as that the good citizen is the patriotic @
citizen. At the outset of the present war there ®
were 367 savings accounts to every 1,000 of population in Germany, 379 out of 1,000 in France, 342 out of 1,000 in the United Kingdom, but only 218 i
■out of 1,000 in the United States. In other words, there were nearly twice as many savers, in a given number, among the people of these European < »
powers, as there were in the United States! No wonder they have been able to astonish the United States by the way they have financed the more 1 '
than forty billion dollars already invested in the war. THEY WERE BETTER SAVERS THAN WE. We can well learn from their example and u
add more generally the splendid quality of thrift to our own undoubted spirit of patriotism. It is the privilege of this bank through its @
facilities to be of practical assistance to all who are practicing thrift. y
Safety Deposit Boxes Bank of Anchorage