Mail Service Improvements For Alaska Sent By Postmaster General
The Pioneer publishes J L McPherson's note from Seattle urging Alaska postal reforms. Postmaster General Burleson replies detailing route changes, star routes to Iditarod, weekly boat service, and winter mail volumes while defending service adequacy amid harsh conditions.
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Iditatod
St Flat
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Iditarod
Fairbanks
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Flat
Holy Cross Sulditarod
Ruby
Yukon River
Takoma
A. & Burleson
Interior Alaska mail service shows incompetence in handling
The Interior Alaska mail system is described as poorly managed with postmasters and ground staff failing to inform the postmaster general. Delays are blamed on star routes and a lack of ongoing supervision, noting a Seattle to Iditarod parcel that took eight months to arrive. The accusation rests on failure to ensure timely, full benefits of the facilities.
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Post Office Department
Alaska
Pioneer
Iditarod
Seward
McGrath
Seattle
Interior
World power or downfall in Von Bernhardt article
A March 15 Washington paper reprints Friedrich Von Bernhardt's article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. It argues Germany seeks world power to defend liberty, condemns Britain and Belgium, and defends the Belgium invasion as a military necessity while predicting Germany's rise or fall.
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Seattle Post- Intelligencer
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Post-Intelligencer
Germany
von Bernhardt
Local mail order influx prompts civic bid for home business
Six sacks of catalogues from a Chicago mail order house went to Salmon Creek for two families, with five sacks still at the post office awaiting delivery. Estimated postal and printing costs reach about 1,500 dollars, while catalogues cost 36 cents to mail and 40 cents to print. Local merchants plan to seek Commercial Club support to boost home patriotism as mail order houses spend little locally and congest mail service.
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Juneau
Chicago
Salmon Creek
Thane
Commercial Club
Territorial mining law aims to clarify provisions and ease claims
The new territorial mining law becomes operative July 20 and is printed in full elsewhere. While no mining statute pleases all parties, a casual read suggests merit in its clearer provisions. The compromise on existing association claims may not satisfy all, but it should save speculators substantial costs.
Egg Age Test Reigns In Years Not Just Weeks
A curious formula measures egg age by water float tests in a tumbler. Fresh eggs sink flat, about three weeks old tilt with the big end raised, at three months stand on the small end, and older than three months rise to the surface. Why rely on such a test when ages span years.
Olympia brewery to convert dairy plan first half June first
The Olympia brewery will convert part of its plant to dairy use with the first half in commission on June 1. On January 1 next, when Washington state prohibition law takes effect, the entire brewery will become a brewery. Sweet are the uses of adversity.
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Olympia
Alaska News Roundup Highlights Women in Office and Local Events
In Valdez and across Alaska, appointments place women in the U S commissioner role. Reports detail Judge Brown naming Corinne Hall to fill a vacancy, following earlier assignments of Mrs Kelsey in Kodiak. Other items cover trials at Ruby, oil burner tests on ships, a Sitka fire, an air propelled sled, and notable marriages and deaths.
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United States
Sitka Hot Springs
Sitka Hot Springs Sanitarium
F. L. Goddard
Seward Gateway
Fred J. Roehl
Alexander Flynn
Henmore
Alaska
Dogs or Children Should Fight Dogs Says Douglas Island News
In Douglas the community debates dogs on narrow streets. The Douglas Island News argues dogs serve no purpose unless they pull work carts, calling them a nuisance and proposing goats, pigs, or sheep as better street animals for practicality and order.
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Douglas
Douglas Island
Douglas Leland
Yukon Gold Company Reports Profitable Year
Yukon Gold Company declares a profitable year in its annual report to stockholders dated March 1. President S. R. Guggenheim notes war has not hampered operations due to strategic location and premium market. Eight Dawson dredges operated May 12 to Oct 23, with 164 day season and 87.2 percent duty. Dredged 4,800,781 cubic yards yielding 2,602,685 dollars at 54.21 cents per cubic yard, up slightly from last season but with lower overall yardage and value. Total cost decreased by 189,792 dollars and royalties paid by 111,107 dollars due to reduced dredging, improved power service, and lower thawing costs.
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B. Perry
Yukon Gold Company
Dawson News
S. R. Guggenheim
Dawson
Iditarod dredge season report and new power plant plans
The Iditarod dredge operated May 4 to November 11 handling 668,787 cubic yards for $739,031 at $1.10 per yard, with total operating cost $335,525. Thawing by steam covered 67,260 square yards. A new power plant on the Iditarod river, seven miles upstream, adds three 200 horsepower boilers and is expected to reduce fuel costs and enable longer operations next spring. The Yukon Gold Company notes significant claims in the Iditarod district.
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Iditarod
Yukon Gold Company
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