THE NEW SPRING SUITS
Arrived on the First Boat
Aten who enjoy the finer
things of life are quick to
realize the rare quality of
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C ME FELIX
NONE BUT THE BEST.
! Corner 4th and D Sts. Felix Brown & Co.
WE HAVE
Hamilton Watches
WALTER A. LORD
JEWELER
Near Harmony Theatre.
j Northern Transfer Company
COAL AND WOOD.
GENERAL TRANSFER BUSINESS.
PHONE 47 Y.
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\ 4th and D C. P. PEDERSEN, Mgr.
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CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN'S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
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Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
_ AND —
HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED
—and—
SANITARY
THE I AUGUST AND CLEANEST
RATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
LEARN TO DANCE,
Latest Dances Taught. Begin
ners given special attention. For ap
pointment call at third house from
C on 6th Ave.
WM. BUNTING.
C. HENNING
TAILOR.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Suits Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. 4th Ave. and D St.
WOOD COA1
YUKON TRANSFER CO.
General Expressing.
F V ACKLES Phone 89-R
740 Fourth St.
BAXTER’S
All Magazines
All Newspapers
All The Time!
B. C. NICHOLS
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$ 4th and D
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Best pool tables at Peterson’s. 399
'PACKERS PIE
TAX OF ALASKA
UNDER PROTEST
—
(Pacific Fisherman.)
Following the demand made on Jan
uary 30 by Attorney General Grigsby
' of the territory of Alaska that the tel
! ritorial license tax be paid, with ac
crued interest at 8 per cent, withn 60
days from that date, the canners oper
ating in Alaska have decided to pay
the tax under protest, and payments
are now being made. The controversy,
however, is not by any means settled;
the canners have an appeal now pend
ing before the U. S. supreme court,
and if the case is ultimately decided in
j their favor, as they confidently expect,
a claim will be made against the ter
ritory for the return of the money
paid.
The money in question is the amount
of taxes assessed on the cannery out
put and on nets, etc., under the terri
torial law from 1!>13 to 1016. The can
nerymen questioned the power of the
territorial legislature to levy such a
tax, as the federal qovernment had
already levied a similar tax on the
same property, and a double tax of this
nature was held illegal under the Or
ganic Act. On demanding payment of
the tax last year John H. Cobb, then I
chief counsel for Alaska, with the
governor’s sanction, agreed with the
packers that a test suit should be
brought, to be carried to a final judg
ment in the highest court as soon as
possible. The agreement stipulated
that pending final decision payment
would not be enforced, but that if the
law were upheld, the tax should be paid
in full with accrued interest at 8 per
cent within 60 days; then penalty pro
vided by the territorial law being
waived.
The case, brought before Judge Jen-1
nings at Juneau, was decided in favor
of the territory, and the decision was 1
upheld by the circuit court of appeals :
at San Francisco. The canners then
applied to the supreme court for a
writ of certiorari, which was refused ■
Jan. 15. This decision was evidently
taken as final by Attorney General
Grigsby of Alaska, who had succeeded ,
Mr. Cobb, and who wrote to the can
ners Jan. 30, notifying them that un
less the taxes were paid within 60
days he would proceed to bring action
against all the canners to collect the
taxes, with the penalties in addition
to accrued interest; but that the pen
alties would not be imposed if pay
ment were made within the time stat
ed.
.Meanwhile the canners have again
appealed to the supreme court, on a
writ of error, and feel that they should
be granted the opportunity for a really
final decision of the case before mak
ing payment. Mr. Grigsby, however,
has refused to recede from his posi
tion in any way or to consider him
self bound by the stipulation previous
ly made by Mr. Cobb; and the canners
after fuli consideration of the matter,
have decided upon their present action
and are paying the amounts demanded
under protest.
While individually pushing your car
of progress to the front, don’t forget
that Cameron’s “Car” needs a little
grease. 736
Brazilian Mate Tea—fragrant and
delicious. Brown & Hawkins. “Quality
first.” 832
JUST TO REMIND YOU
-of
Union Pacific System
Through Cars
between SEATTLE and Chicago
Kansas City. Denver
San Francisco. Los Angeles
Direct Connection* for aU
points Eust via the Famous
COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTE.
Trains protected all the way
all the time by Automatic
Electric “Safety” Signals.
H. L. HUDSON. A. G. F. Sr P. A.
SEATTLE
HCOTT IS
GETTING HOLD
BOSTON, April 3.—The $20,000,000
. investment of the Kennecott Copper
| company in the purchase of 200,000
additional shares of Utah Copper
. gives it an actual 37 per cent own
: ership in the latter’s 1,624,000 shares.
There are those who still main
! tain that the ultimate object of this
purchase is to bring about a consoli
; dation of Kennecott and Utah. When
! preliminary merger negotiations were
some months ago in progress, Mr.
Jackling. managing director of the
Utah Copper company, reported to
the Morgan and Guggenheim people
that, on the basis of his calculations,
a ratio of 2 2-10 shares of Kennecott
for one of Utah Copper would be a
fair basis should the stockholders
vote to put the two properties to
gether.
Negotiations had not proceeded
very far, however, before one of the
largest stockholders in the Utah
Copper company—and he has at
times held over 100,000 chares—no
tified the would-be consolidators that
if any attempt were made to consoli
date on these terms he would bring
injunction proceedings to stop it.
The lawyers immediately got busy
and concluded that under the New
Jersey statutes any substantial pro
testing interest would have ample
support in law in seeking to defeat
a consolidation of this kind.
To all intents and purposes, there
fore, the consolidation is off. It is
not to be presumed, if the directors
are to be guided by the experience
of the Calumet and Hecla people, for
instance, when they sought to force
an unwilling minority to accept their
terms, that any further Kennecott
Utah merger negotiations will be at-;
tempted.
So long as the Utah company con
tinues dividends of $14 per share, it
will mean an income to the Kenne
cott of $8,456,000, a sum equivalent
to $3 a share on its 2,786,000 shares.
The dividends from its holdings of ^
Utah Copper shares will liquidate i
the debt incurred by the Kennecott
corporation in the purchase of 200,-;
000 shares by the time the last block
of series notes matures. This pro
vided, of course, that the dividend
rate continues at the current level.
Besides paying off the notes the in-1
come will leave a tidy balance. The
$16,000,000 six per cent notes ma
ture in blocks of $4,000,000 each ev-;
ery six months. Each six months the j
Kennecott treasury will receive $4,
200,000 from its Utah Copper stock.
The balance about the liquidation re
quirements at the end of the two years
required will be more than $1.33 for
each share of Utah stock owned.
WOULD PUT THE BAN ON
FARMERS FOR ENLISTING
CHICAGO, April 6.—Contending
that the food supply of the nation
would be threatened if agricultural
workers are withdrawn from the field
to military camps, C. W. Holman,
secretary' of the National Agricul
tural Organization society, declared
that farmers should not be allowed to
enlist even if a call for 1,000,000 men
is issued.
Mr. Holman spoke at the luncheon
of the City club and explained his ob
jection to the enlistment of farmers by
saying that crop raising already is
hampered by lack of laborers and that
the withdrawal of any considerable
number of young men from the rural
districts would show a corresponding
decrease in the grain and foodstuffs;
grown on America nfields.
WAR NEWS
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s. 444
ANCHORAGE CABINET WORKS
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
Joe Casali
•>87 Sixth Avenue.
Palace of Sweets
Next to Empress Theatre.
Ice Cream,
Light Lunches
And—
Home-Made Candies.
ALL CREAM MADE
FROM FRE8H MILK
Palace of Sweets
FREIGHT AND DAILY AUTO j
PASSENGER SERVICE
WASSILLA TO WILLOW |
CREEK MINING DISTRICT.
Pack and Saddle Horses for
Rent.
H. T. SHOUGH & CO.
HOWARD WILMOTH,
Wassilla, Agent.
Store and Roadhouse!!
MILE 32. KNIK.
WILLOW CREEK ROAD.
All Necessary Supplies for
Miners and Prospectors.
SAM McMILLAN, Prop.
! FREDERKK&NELSON
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for
such items in FURNITURE and
DRY GOODS as cannot be readily
supplied by the merchants in your
own community
All such orders received by
FREDERICK & NELSON receive
the prompt, personal attention of
an expert shopper, and Parcel Post
shipments are sent POSTAGE
PAID to any point in Alaska.
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of
MINERAL WATERS, SODA
CIDER, SYRUPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
Anchorage - - Alaska
Tony's Cafe
OPPOSITE EMPRESS
THEATRE.
TABLES FOR LADIES—
—NEWLY REMODELED
NOTICE TO PARENTS.
Youths’ and children’s clothes just
arrived. C. Me Felix. 793
FOR SALE
CRESCENT
HOTEL
COR. FOURTH AND C. |
ALSO 24 x 130 FEET
ADJOINING HOTEL.
SEE OWNERS
F. W. Redwood & Co.
Tex Jones R. C. Jeffery
The Panhandle
CIGARS
CANDIES
TOBACCOS
FRUIT
NUTS
4th AVE. NEAR C STREET
Taxi and Transfer
CITY AUTO SERVICE
PHONE 89-R.
LAUNCHES FOR CHARTER
Office: Next to Labor Temple
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club
meets first and third Thursday
in month. G.C.HAMMOND, Sec.
L. 0. 0. M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock,
at A. L. U. Hall.
JAS. L. CORT, Sec.
BILL’S CLUB.
J. T. WESTERMANN, Secy.
Meets at Club Rooms every
Friday 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
erhood of Carpenters and foiners of
America. Local No. 1475 meets at the
Anchor Club rooms, 4th and H St. ev
ery Tuesday evening at 7:30 p. ni.
J. S. BALDWIN. Sec.
Get your eyes examined free at
George Osborn’s, the leading jeweler,
by Fred Carlquist, graduate optician.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 260
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 25 per
cent. Our line is new and complete. ,
Our stock of Paint is the largest and I
best in Anchorage. Our work is al- I
ways done right. We are practical
Painters and Paperhangers. See us
when you want a good job.
4th Ave. Near H.
EVANS FRANTZON CO.
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I Dohrmann-Herning & Co.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE
TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS.
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS.
PHONE 76R.