Useful suggestion to meet new Alaska conditions
Juneau Empire argues Congress should shift control of the Alaska fund to the territorial legislature to better fund schools and roads. It proposes using liquor license revenue and state appropriation to sustain white and indigent services, with road funding tightened by local contributions and federal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Juneau Empire
Alaska
Congress
Alaska Fund
Alaska Road Fund
Territorial
Territory
Olympia
Iditarod Mest Co
Aissku
Alaska Road Commission
Plaa
Wounded Soldier Writes From England War Hospital
A wounded Alaska resident, D Q MacGregor, writes from North Evington War Hospital Leicester England detailing his injury near Courcelette on September 15 during the Somme fighting. He describes trench warfare, bombardment, shell blasts, a sniper hit to his thigh and abdomen, and his rapid evacuation to Etaples Boulogne and back to England, noting the heavy cost of the fight and the calm perseverance of Allied artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evington War Hospital
Leicester
England
Jim
Courcelette
Amers
Somme
Albert
Baupamne
M. G
Satan
Fritz
Wal
Etaples
Boulogne
von Kluck
Paris
D. Q. Macgregor
Clark Jr to Donate Profits for France Relief
San Francisco dispatch reports W A Clark Jr son of a zinc magnate says he will keep two million dollars from war brides profits to aid the suffering in France after the war. He states the sum represents his profits and plans to contribute to relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. A. Clark, Jr
Zopper
France
Ase Eaggan
Alaska Mail Service Expanded From Cordova To Fairbanks
The postmaster in Fairbanks was informed that an order allows the Cordova railway mail chief clerk to hire a carrier for emergency service transporting up to 6000 pounds monthly from November 1, 1916, to March 31, 1917 and up to 2000 pounds from April 1 to 10, 1917. The move, reported by the New Miner, promises to improve timely delivery of papers and magazines and may include parcel post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Cordovan
Cordova
Debate Over Voter Competence and Native Suffrage
The text discusses the need to remove voting rights from incompetents via courts and deny privileges to the unfitted. It notes Congress efforts to resolve the issue with clarity, wary of demoralizing effects on natives in the Second division. Mr Shields, as head of the local education bureau, is cited with respect for his opinions amid political risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Shields
Bureau of Education
Unalakleet
Nome
Juneau
Congress
Shields
The Parson's Reply to Pardon Criticism
A church leader answers criticism of a pardon with a formal defense. The reply denounces objections as unworthy attempts at eloquence and insists his statements are clear and aligned with the audience's standards.
Sourdough News of Prohibition on Alaska Saloon Life
A humorous nostalgic verse notes Alaska’s booze ban cutting out liquor and pushing miners toward water, lime soda, and near beer. It imagines Yukon Ike and Rough-hous Liz adapting to tea, orangeade, and nonalcoholic drinks, referencingJohn Barleycorn’s decline from Sitka to the Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anacortes American
Alaska
Yukon Ike
Pete
Yukon
John Barleycorn
Sitka
Arctic
Alaska's Model Citizens Highlighted by Banker Visit
Andrew Stevenson, president of Bank of Alaska with branches in Skagway, Juneau, and Anchorage, noted in Seattle that Alaska shows high integrity and stability. He cited 1,200 customers with no protested items in six months and Anchorage's Labor Day event with 9,000 attendees but no arrests for drunkenness or disorderly conduct. Fresh Olympia and Eastern Oysters offered at $1.50 per can by Iditarod Meat Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Mears
Alaska Engineering Commission
United States
David
Grand Jury
Seward Post
Captain Mears
McNeil’s Island
Andrew Stevenson
Bank of Alaska
Skagway
Juneau
Seattle
Stevenson
Alaska
Pacific Banker
Olympia
Iditarod Meat Co
Notice to Creditors in Estate of Tridtot Anderson
The Probate Court in Innoke Alaska issues a notice to creditors and all persons with claims against the estate of Fridtot Anderson deceased. Within one year after first publication, present claims with vouchers to the administrator at Iditarod Alaska, Otter Territory. Dated November 24, 1940. Franky, Administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innoke
Territory of Alaska
Tridtot Anderson
W. A. Wit
expMein Probiate Judics
Fridtot Anderson
Iditarod
Alaska
Otter
Lry CLI Franhy
Forfeiture Notice on Last Chance mining claim in Innoke district
Arthur Vallentine states he spent one hundred dollars in honey, labor, and improvements on the Last Chance placer mining claim at Gane creek Innoke river in the Innoke mining and recording district Maska to hold the claim under annual labor laws. If heirs or administrators fail to pay within ninety days after final publication, Vallentine will claim the co-owner interest under Section 2224 Revised Statutes. First publication December 9 1916 last publication March 19 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Vent
E. Crompton
G. Sith
Gane Creek
Innoke River
Innoke
Maska
Arthur Vallentine
Notice of Forfeiture in Parks and Banner mining claims
Arthur A. Everett and heirs are warned that labor and improvements totaling one hundred dollars per year were expended 1998 1910 1911 1912 1919 1014 1815 and 1916 on the Parks No 1 No 2 and No 4 lode claims Parks No 3 lode claim and Banner lode claim at the Pit near the Pit eat skokwim river in the Kuskokwin district Alaska. If a co owner fails to contribute within ninety days of service or publication the interest in all five lode claims will vest in the subscriber FW Parks who has made the expenditures per Rev Stat Sec 9424 and 1880 amendment. First pub Dec 2 191? Last pub Mar 3 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Everett
Hie
Parks
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Miners & Merchants Bank
Scandinavian American Bank Territorial Depositary
Charles Ross
John Holmes
R. C. Button
Nsir Cut
People's Home Journal
Grand Bar
Gibson Rye
Juan DE Fuca
Marc Antony
Gold St
Flat City
Merchants’ Cafe
ROBT
Soutar Prep
Shubert
Che Michubert
A.B. Shubert, Inc
Chitheowus
J. W. Hill
Jm" Hill
D. Q. McGregor
Pioneer Office
Alaska News
Eagle River
Washington
Old Kasaan
Tongass National Forest
Secretary of Agriculture
Haidah
Old Kasasa
Prince of Weeles Island
Ketchikan
Forest Service
Interior Department
Smithsonian Institution
The
Resurrection Bay
Wilson
Rugged Island
Seward Gateway
Seward
Daweon News
Cheflaska Front 81
Iditarcd
M@anvele
George Bittel
New York City
Chris Bittel
Albany, N.Y
Hurst Cigar Store
Pipes and Tobaccos
Westover
Victor Phonograph
Nice
J. A. Nelson
Nurst Bros
Harry Donnelley
Crosby
Caribou St
Bet
Black and Willow Sts
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