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on Steamer
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utation of handling
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FOURTH DIVISION DEMOCRATS
MEET & MAKE ENDORSEMENTS
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
The democratic divisional commit
tee of the Fourth division, at Fair
banks February 6, indorsed two Can
didates for office. They were L. T.
Erwin, for reappointment as United
States marshal, and Robert J. Som
mers, the Fairbanks superintendent of
the Alaska road commission, who was
indorsed for territorial surveyor-gen
eral, to succeed Charles E. Davidson.
The records of the meetyig will be
.ient to the territorial chairman with
the recommendation that these two
men be named for the positons to
which they aspire. The indorsement
of Mr. Sommers was unanimous, all
six members of th committee casting
their votes in his favor. But one
member of the committee cast his
vote against Marshal Erwin. The
vote of E. VV. Griffin, whose proxy
was held by John Moe, was the one
cast against Erwin. Those cast for
him were Guy G. Geraghty, of Idita
rori, Hugh Wallace, of Ruby, and
Frank Jewett, of Circle, all of whose
proxies were held by ,1. E. Clark; T.
T. Atwell, of Brooks, whose proxy
was voted by Dr. W. G. Cassels, and
W. F. Whitely, whose proxy was
held by H. Claude Kelly. Thomas A.
McGowan, the seventh member of the
committee, was not present at the
meeting.
Get your eyes examined free at
George Osborn’s, the leading jeweler,
by Fred Carlquist, graduate optician.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 260
For a Solo game come to Peterson’s.
We Have the Best
Oranges, Lemons, Apples,
Grape Fruit, Onions,
Rutabagos,
Fresh Vegetables
Received on Every Boat
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INVESTMENT IN ALASKA
(Continued from Page 4.)
Railroads will open extensive dis
tricts, it is true, but wagon roads
must provide tonnage for them. The
expenditures by the Alaska Road
Commission during the past fiscal
year were $300,720.62, and on June
.'50, 1016, there were 2,21J miles ol
v.rgon roads.
The development of Alaska is best
illustrated, perhaps, by the growth
of its commerce, which exceeded in
value in the last fiscal year that of
1915 by more than $25,000,000. The
volume of merchandise shipments be
tween Alaska and the United States
and foreign countries amounted to
$97,340,420, as compared with $71,
352,276 for 1915.
I)o the people of the United States
appreciate the significance of Alas
ka? Do they known that her coal de
posits are sufficient, at the present
rate of consumption, to provide the
whoe United States with fuel for the
coming 5,000 years, that her other
mineral resources are beyond compu
tation, and that her agricultural lands
only await our quickening hand? Do
they understand that she is one of
the keys to the military and commer
cial control of the Pacific?
Alaska is the land in which the
spirit of the American pioneer shall
renew itself, where the romance of
bringing wild nature under the yoke
of civilization shall be repeated. The
more than $700,000,000 which she has
already contributed to the national
wealth is but a promise of what she
will do in the future.
War News
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s. 444
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
NOTICE TO PARENTS.
Youths’ and children’s clothes just
arrived. C. Me Felix. 792
Fresh Nuts, Robarts.
776
PHILADELPHIA, March 16.—Fi
nancial agents of the Mexican govern
ment, it was learned here today, have
made inquiry at the Philadelphia mint
regarding prices and facilities for
minting Mexican gold coins. Within
the last ten days a representative of
Stallforth & Co., New York bankers,
asked the price per 1,000 pieces for
i coining cinco pesos, five dollar gold
j pieces. He was told the mint could
| manufacture them at the rate of 60,
! 000 pieces a week. The price was
• not made pu6!ic.
Authority to do the work must
| come from the director of the mint at
Washington. It was said at the mint
that unofficial information had reach
ed there that master dies, made at the
Philadelphia mint for the Mexican
government 10 years ago, are on their
■ way here. ^
It was reported that Rafael Nieto,
of the Mexican treasury, is bringing
$20,000,000 in gold bars here, but
nothing was known of this at the
mint.
i*oi.k k dragnet at work
, IN OUTLYING PRE< INCTS
(Iditarod i’ioneer)
Deputy Marshal Percy Charles re
1 turned on Wednesday last from a trip
j Which took him to the Tolstoi, Ophir
1 and as far as Long Creek, in the Iiuby
i district. His mission was to round
!i up violators of the liquor laws, and as
i
j a consequence 'the treasury of Uncle
5 Sam has been enhanced bv several
a
jj hundreds of dollars. In addition to
3 the case from Tolstoi reported in la.-t
a
j week’s Pioneer, the deputy marshal
3 procured a warrant for Nellie Bates,
a
j and she was brought to Ophir and
? pleaded guilty to tjie charge of selling
liquor without a license at Tolstoi. A
fine of $100 and costs was assessed by
Commissioner Vinal. T he costs to
taled $150.
Pete Jorgensen, of Tolstoi, also was
brought before Commissioner Vinal
at Tolstoi and paid a fine of $100 and
costs, or a total of $150, for a similar
offense.
Mr. Charles expects to leave again
for the same region in a few days,
and it is likely that further arrests
may be made.
Another matter brought to the at
tention of the marshal is that of viola
tions of the territorial law with ref
erence to obtaining food and lodging
under false pretenses. The law was
made to protect the roadhouse men
along the trails, who have been the
victims of a peculiarly vicious prac
tice. It frequently happens that men
will boast of having made the trip
over the trail from Seward to the in
terior without the expenditure of a
cent in money. These men stop at
the roadhouses and secure accommo
dations and on their departure inform
the roadhouse men that they have no
money. In mapy instances it has
been known that the men guilty of
this practice have been well supplied
with money. *
Mr. Charles brings word that Com
missioner W. A. Vinal of the innoko
precinct, has tendered his resignation,
which has been accepted, to take ef
fect June .TO. His successor is to be
John W. Dunn, of Ruby.
A story also was in circulation at
Poorman and Ruby that A. M. Kilgore
had been appointed to succeed Guy
Geraghty as commissioner of Otter
precinct, to take effect on the same
date.
Mr. Charles says that there has
been a great deal of activity at Poor
man this winter, and the indications
are that the coming season will be a
prosperous one. Many winter dumps
wer taken out. On Long creek it was
rather quiet, but considerable pros
pecting was being done with power
drills. Pete Jensen, formerly of Idit
arod, had in operation a traction drill,
which was said to be doing good
work.
Latest War News at Peterson’s. 390
Doherty Coal Co.
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COAL
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Corner 1st and C St.
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Having bought our Wall Papers
previous to the advance in prices we
are in position to sell at the old prices,
which means a saving to you of 2o per
cent. Our line is new and complete
Our stock of Paint is the hugest and
best in Anchorage. Our work Is al
ways done right. We are practical
Painters and Paperhangers. See u
when you want a good job.
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EVANS FRANTZON CO
Immediately after President Wilson
broke with (iermany.a man not in sym
pathy with that action, while sitting in
the Tavern restaurant, at Nenana,
called the chief executive a very vile
name, at the same time remarking
that someone ought “to get him.”
First (Hass Sergeant Chester 11. Mul
lein. operator in charge of the tele
graph office at the new railroad town,
immediately stepped up and with one
blow to the jaw knocked him from the
chair in which he was sitting, and fol
i lowed this up with more punishment.
He then made the slanderer kneel on
[ the floor of the restaurant and, before
j the crowd of diners, apologize to the
president and all present for making
such a remark. After receiving the1
beating the man was in such a nervous j
state that he could not collect his
thoughts sufficiently to word the apol
ogy, so Sergeant Mulkin dictated it,
making the man repeat it after him as
he worded it. The sergeant then warn
ed the man that he would do well not
to repeat any such utterances in the fu- i
ture, or he would "put him where he
belonged." As a result of the action
of Sergeant .Mulkin a greater care is(
being exercised by those inclined to
make remarks bordering on the treas-i
onous, says the Fairbanks News-:
Miner, which reports the story, and
also, as a result of the fracas Sergeant
Mulkin has become quite the hero of
Nenana.
NOTICK.
'The Auditorium of the Labor Tem
ple may be rented for social affairs
and entertainments, also club rooms
and offices on the upper floor. Call on
the secretary or phone for particu
lars. 512
For Billiards and Pool. Peterson’s.
Department of the Interior. Alaskan
Knftlneerlne Commission, Anchorage,
Alaska, April 5. 1917. There aaviuit I
been received at this office requests for
the following sidewalks, tile work is;
contemplated for construction as soon
as funds are available: C St. East Side,
tth to r.tli. wood walk, estimated cost
$200. 1th St. both sides. K to edge of
bluff, wood walk, estimated cost $r.r.O
Tth St. South Side, C to Hast t’, (Travel
walk, esttmatid cost $450 6th St. both
sides (’ to K, (travel walk, estimated
cost $1600 S S, West Side, Tth to 8th,
crave] walk, estimated cost $100. 4th
St.. North Side, f to Hast C. (travel
walk, estimated cost $450. I. St. East
Side tth to Sth, (travel walk, estimated
cost $450. Written ob>ectlons and sug
gestions "ill hr received at this office
up to April 20. 1917. Objections should
state the lot and block owned by the
writer I Or. WATTS, Townsite Man
ager. "0$
i . gram \m dies
Sl'DDKM.I IN \ AI.DK/
I Valdez Prospector.)
I',, Graham, one of the best known
residents of Valdez, died suddenly this
afternoon afout five minutes of four
o’clock from an attack of apoplexy.
An alarm of fire had just been turned
in and Mr. Graham was attending to
his usual duties about the engine
when he suddenly fell to the floor.
Oscar Morrais, who was present, im
mediately sent George Kirk in search
of a physician and within a minute or
two Doctors Boyle, Silverman, Mer
ritt and VVinans had reached the fire
house ami were engaged in an effort
to resuscitate the patient, but with
out success. His heart continued to
beat spasmodically for several min
utes, but he never regained con
sciousness.
Mr. Graham was one of the oldest
and best liked pioneers of Valdez. In
the. early days he was engaged in
mining at Slate creek, but for several
years past he has held the position of
chief engineer of the fire department,
and was an expert in his position. He
was known to practically every one
in town, and numbered the whole peo
ple among his friends.
On A|>i ii 4, the president signed an
executive order amending the present
Alaska railroad townsite regulations
so as to prevent the subdivision of
acre tracts containing two acres or
more. This is for the purpose of en
couraging agricultural development of
the acre tracts surrounding Anchorage
and other towns where acre tracts
have been surveyed. It is expected
that a sale of these acre tracts will be
held some time in the near future. The
date will be announced later.
JUST ARRIVED
Nu Bone corests. 1917 models. No
advance in price. Make your selec
tion while sizes are complete. Call or
address Mrs. T. R. Needham. 817 5th,
near H. Phone 29-R. 787
Fresh painters, paint and wall pa
pers on first boat. Evans & Frantzon.
750
North Pole Bakery goods have that
home flavor. 797
The eating question: Have you
tried Cameron’s Cafe. 737
Watch A. L. U. space. Something
brewing. 548
Best music at Peterson’s. 444