VOL 8.
I'uiH'e'Miino' A la*ka, 1 resident ii
>or. in hi* me**a”v to Ho consfi't 'S,
said:
‘*A duty faces u* with retravd to
Alaska, which seem* to he very press
ing ami very imperative. Perlites 1
should *av h double duty, for it con
cerns both political and material de
velopment of the territory. The peo
ple in Alaska *hould be ni\en a full
territorial form of government, and
Ala*ka as a storehouse *hould be un
locked.
Railways Is the Key
*'Thc key to unlock that storehouse
ts a system of railways. These the
government *hould control in the in
tei-est of all who wish to use them for
the servict and development of the
country and the peonle. Hut the con
struction t• f railway* is only the ht*i
*trp: it i* the thrust in if it of the key
to the storehouse and throwing back
the lock and opening the door. How
the lempiinsr resource* of the country
are to be exploded i* ano'her matter
to which i *hal take toe liberty from
time to time of ca it*- >°ur at tenth n,
for i: i* a policy «i eti mu*t he worked
out t»\ well considered statfv*. not up
on theory, hut Upon hue* *** nrac* i i»
expeu ency. P is a part ot our ip-ueral
l»r,a, ..n of • *1’ ton.
'lust I Sw Resources.
**\\ *• i ,u*i i *e H *» r*-*oiuct * of tie*
country. not lock th*»m i p
source* !u iju* *t - ! *’ U*i he d.M d. hut
not destroyed or wa*fed: u*ed hut rot
monopolized upon many narrow ideas
t»*| nd; vidua I rights as against the
ahiihiur interests of the communitles
That a polio can he worked out b\
conference and concession which will
release these resources and \et not
jeopard or dissipate them, I for one j
j have no doubt and it can he done on ,
lines of regulation which need be no j
ies> acceptable u> the people and yov*
ernments of the states concerned than
to the people and government of the'
national larjfe, whose heritage these j
resources are. V\ e must bend our
counsels to this end. A common pur-J
pose oujfht to make agreement easy.
Concerning ilexlco,
t'oncerninc Mexico the president ,
said: “There is bill one cloud or. < ur ,
iiorizon. That has shown itself to the
south of us and han^s over Mexico. !
'There can t>e no certain prospect in !
America until (leuera! Iluerta has sur
rendered his usurped authority in!
Mexico. Mexico has no government. J
The attempt to maintain one at the
t’jty of Mexico ha^ broken down and a
*mere military » » ,*poli>m has been m*1
up. It oria iirtevl in the usurpation of
Victoriano llu u ta who after a brief
attempt to |> a\ the part <>t constitu
tional president has at la**! cast aside
even the pretense »t itts lecal r;ifht
and h:i" dec a red bun^elt dictator. Hut
he |u»> no’ >Ucceeded. ! I • * J *. i for*
hop'd t he »vsp* U alHl tie* n,i)l sllp
jHiit evt-l) of fia-e who Were.’;' one
tint willinc to set I mu succeed. L,U e
hv little evei \ t :»> > power an ;■« s
tafe are ei iimblinr and theco‘?*o >
not faraway
CHOATE APPEALS
FOR LOYALTY TO
THE PRESIDENT
Now York. Joseph H. Choate.
Orator, diplomat and lawyer, address
ing the New York Chamber of Com
metre recently, voiced the following"
p.it riot ic sentiments:
“All American-* should stand by
President Wilson in hi-* Mexican pol
icy, through thick and thin/*
Continuing Mr Choate said: "I
should like to discuss America s Mex
. ica't policy if l knew "hat it was: bu;
on 1 v one man knows it, ami be " ill
Certainly keen bis own *oune»!.
*'lt is a Irving anil mo-t dangerous
sit uat ion.** cot t mueu M.. Choate. “but
one real thing i Know, and for that
one thing 1 appeal to the heart and
the head of every man present here,
that in this trying situation there is
but one duty for ail o! u>. and mat Is
ti* Hiut.d hy the Presiceut of the I mi d
SratP- He U entitled to that mm us.,
regard «.> ol party or creed.
Washington, 1'resident Wood row
Wits *n has written a note to Joseph 1
i iu»ate. ih; nkii g h tu for his pairoiltc
expressions at the New \< rk^f ointntr
cial Club e“*et dig.
About t\\enl> ii»eu»*s «»t' tne beauti
fy I»‘il > Sew aid, be I ween the hours
of 4 in.(I b o’clock thi> monilUif.
Fresh Lake I rout at the Commerce,
Cate.
Meet me at the Branch
Los! One oO share *tock certificate j
Alaska Klectric t o. Kinder please re*!
turn to Samuel 1. Silverman.
Pabsts blue ribtiOQ beer at The,
Branch. ___
Bud reiser beer at the Braaeb.
[ S A
I
Delegate Wiekersham on Trmr-d*i\
introduced a bill in tin* House to do
wa;, with the fax of $1<M) a mile now
ii»MM sed on Alaska railroads. It has
lot»tf been felt that this tax was an
injustice and a seri ns drawback to tie*
develoorm tit of t he ten itory. and ( ’on
eivs> ha* siyn<lied a wiliii.itness to re
move his huio»*nson»e handicap ’o Al
aska t runsuorit iot .
The cah}e>hij> Kurns'd** picked up
and buoyed one end ot the broken
cable lint* yesterday, when a storm
came on and the vessel tied tor shelter.
< darence Whittles lias received a
mrs>aj>' coo vovi 11 g tin* sad news ot
t he <!**aih of hi* tnot in*r, which occur
red at Monmotuh, Maine.
Jack Johnson is in from tin* Skeen*
le ciiiu r mine. H<* n tmrls tin* stamps
cropping without c* station. Jack " ili
depart in a ft*v\ t;a\> tor the Kenai
river country.
Mrs. Frank Roscu ft is m from the
fnile ’Jb roaoito !'**. She is suffering
tVoiu an attack • I . hemnat islli.
A! Roberts' launch, the Rat. made
its ta"i trip tor the season on Ketia
Lake yesterday.
Lake Kenai is frozen over from the
lower end to point opposite Quart.'
creek. _
.Service for 10c up and meal tickets
that last forever at $7.
Commerce Cafe
ljong distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *
Community silver, Sheriton. La Rose
and De Luxe pattens. George the
Jeweler.
A vary interesting article concern
ing t he restaurant business i:
a recent issue of the Mod Monthly, a
tol lows:
It ha- been said. and with much show ,
o! truth, that there are more failures
in the restaurant busintss than in an\ ,
oilier line of trade in the lulled
Stales. \Ve have been asked to give,
reasons for this.
l-'fom our point of view t hoi e lire!
man) reasons, and the great majority j
can tie expressed in the one word ‘‘m- j
experience,” of those who go into the j
business.
It looks easy.
Tue man and wife with a few bun- ;
tired dollars capital to invest, think j
thev set* a tug prolit in a restuuiant 1
between cost of raw material and the
serving of prepared foods, it is a bus
iness where t he wife can help the bus- ;
band, or the husband help the wife,
whichever wav nou look at it.
A tootu is rented, tilted up, fur i
nlshtd, kilchen equipped, fuel and food ;
j bought, help hired, doors opened and !
i the business spirted.
Usually things run smoothly fora;
tew it av s; ever) tiling new*, clean, at-;
tractive: customers pleased: prolit j
seemingl) in hand.
In a little while, however, clouds up- :
pear on the horizon, not bigger than a
man’- hand, at first, hut gradual?) eo,
eri 1 g the sk \. A patron kicks. thing
go wrong W lilt t he help*, ii 1- no cas\
job to keep t he place eit an: some
things art done slovenlx; 'he pconh*
>,\ ho run the pi ace begin to n ■?.<- o* *a; ..
anti in, i, uo, expenses ’. »• pr viol - \
, , c, ; loom up a- < g a* a mot,,!
tarn.
I * h, ■ vi * e x i - • * n >• *s, or o \ e i’ll e ad C11.1! g es
are -rldom -e* n by the patrons, who
Iniuk they arc heiping to make the j
t*«-tuuruui u an rch. \\ e will con*
-ider on i n a ! * w of them: 1 vei.', i ? g»11, ,
; ucat, fuel for cooking, wages for cooks,
pant 1 \ people, waiters, scruhoers, and i
cleaners, launtlry lor table cloths and 1
napkins, free food for emoioyes. re-I
plenishnient ot table wares and linens,
cost of hills of fare, too’fi picks, salt,
pepper, catsup and other condiments
furnished tree; po-Mble io-ses from
underchecking and iroiti stealings,
spoilage ot t.nstild perish.ahie toovis; the j
expense and labor 01 Keening tn
five ot roaches, an* «. idc- and other
vermin, tne cost ot operding vintilat-,
iijir fan- tin* list might he continued j
mdetinil ei \.
IViis oi thousands of peop.e have j
vein ured into 1 in* restaurant business
ami learm-d from hitter experience
that “things are not what they seem.
Th*>\ Imve fought aga'iiM tremendous
odds. In m.«n\ a restaurant vs here the
proprietor meets \ou with a smiling
face, tin: smile hut conceals a tragedy,
the wreck of hopes, the loss of the sav
ings oi \ears.
t Ho smiles heroically after he has
discovered his unfitness for the busi
in*"s. lie steps down and out, a sad- ;
del* and a *v iser man. And someone
else ventui es.
The restaurant business requires
genius of a very high order in order to j
operate successfully, 1 tie man oi
woman who engages in it must cum*
i bine qualitiss tiiat would make them
millionaires in almost any other bnsi- (
ness. It they do not have these quali
ties the\ are very sure to make a tail- j
me. A ml tin* possession of these com
bined qualities is found in only the :
verv lew who make a pronounced sue-j
cess of the restaurant ousiness.
Notwithstanding the ups and downs
of the restaurant business, aspeeiallj (
in Alaska, Krnie Levin, of the Com- j
meree Cafe, will be found at the old
> stand conducting a business which he
established in 190o.
Sourdoughs and cheehakos, you
are invited to the Commerce Cafe,
j Service every hour in 24.
Sleds for boys uud girls; sleds for
men. At J. L. Gniet s.
Tin* latveo miiii.i..’ oeal ttiat ever
tools place m r M j - section of the Alas
ki* is the taking over. h> hi if ; 111 n i i.
representeti In .lames .ourrux. ot
the entire holdings ot thet ache t reek
Mining Company in the Cache creek
mining liistrict. I lu* propertx takes
in nearlv of Cucht creek ami the con*
sideration, on terms, is said to he $»n0,
ooo.
Mr. Murray and .lames McAilister,
the former a dredger man of larirt* ex
perience and the latter a sitcessful min*
iijM; man formerly of N nii.‘, passed the
summer *r, \\ . • 11 a fo; re II iners,
nri t\ iny sin i*xi ri’si \ *• t ey. »»! the ymuod.
Idn- test* (moved more than sitKfact
»»r , disciosiny values ilia! run success
fully he recovered h* tin* use of dred
ye rs.
It is tin* |»lan of the new control,
the (Jatewav is rehaidi iidorim»d. to
install a hiy dredyer next season.
The < 'ache ‘ reek Mininir * ompany
has expended some on the pro
perty. An eliort was made to w«r.< it
hy the hydraulic method, but t ho
yround proved loo 11 it lor lids process.
NATIVES TO
SEEK RiGliTS
Juneau. Delegates from seven dif
ferent Native 1 iidian sett hunt nts m»* t
in convention at l o clock this aiiet
noon in the Native l reshvlet inn
i hu rch. to lake the initial steps in the.
lortnaiion ot a sAiciety to be known as
the Alaska Native Brotherhood.,
! in* main nlea B t o mule all * I t he
S-ttivea of A>aska in om common bro
il • * r hood : u< i *n amp < »<* t 111 oa 1 re hit ions
-.villi tin. nil i mate object oi demand ini:
• u. rights a t citiz : -b p. 'I'hev have
avlopled as tneii slogan. “NoTaxu’ion
w it h->ut Uepn*sA*ntat ion.
£>aid out ot the best known 1,1 th'*«
j delegate*: “Kvery member of the bro
therhood that is to he formed will he
j eligible to cit izenship so tar mocais
land education are concerned. Ae
I hold that, to tax us without the rights
'of citizenship is unjust and tin A inert
can.
The convention is liable to lav, sev
'eral du\s or until the object is at
tained. Delegates from the following
, r,.*tt lemenis are now here: Sitka,
Killisnoo, Klawock, Shakan. Wrung* >.
!vIukwan. Hoonah, and Haines. It is
expected that other delegates from
other sections will arrive in time to
i t ike part in the deliberations of the
: meeting.
WHARF LANDS
BIS CONTRACT
Lighteen* thousand tons of coal to be
used annually by the Alaska Gust ineavi
Mining company from the 1 ort Graham
coalmines, ha* been contracted for by
; the company according to President
YVhorf, of the company, who is now in
Seattle. Whorf declares coal vessels
of large tonnage will be operated itom
i p.irt Graham to .Juneau ar.d that the
j contract is only preliminary to others
until every port in Southeastern
Alaska will be consumers of Alaska
coal. He says shipments will start
| next February.—Juneau Dispatch.
i The thermometer registered 14 de
j epees below zero at Kenai lake
j yesterday morning* At the Skeen
! Lech tier mine it was v* below.
The wireless line must also tie
j broken. Leastwise, the Gateway failed
110 receive its daily dose of outside
| #
i nesvs._
Three meals for One Dollar. Open
i day and night. Commerce Cafe
Field glasses at J. L. Graef ’s.
Ice creepers and ice skates ut J. L.
Graef’s.
SEWARD WILL
HAVE COMPLETE
Councilman C. <i. Boe, of the Sew
ard Iron Works, is purling tin* Iir;i■**h
:ng touches to an ox\mcety ieue weld
ing plant which he has constructed.
By a combination of two gases a heat
of 0,000 degrees fahrei belt can be ob
tained. As 1.000 degrees fahrt nheit
w ll melt p'.ainum, tin* hardest of all
metal-, it eat: readily h»* *e* p that the
apparatus will saect *-!•..< * weld any
«»f l lie met a is.
The welding nlant w ill In* a pro
nounced benefit to tin town. * Hd «*n*
gin»*s ami bo h r». ui tier orpin;* y eon*
dii ions about read) for the scrap heap,
can I»** repaired and made as good as
n»* *, at a moderate cost. It should
bring much outside work to Seward.
JACK CURLEY
IN TROUBLE
Cordova Alaskan
.lack Curley is under arrest at Chit
ina and .1. C. Lafortie is an inmate of
the hospital here as the result of an
aitereat ion at < hitna t heot her evening.
Iaiforie is suffering from a severe cut
r
in flie abdomen and another on his
i left hand, said to have inflicted by
l Dries during t he row.
Dr. Chase who is attending the
wounded man. states that his injuries
will not prove serious unless com pi i -
i cat ions set in.
Curley will be given a hearing by
; Commissioner h'lfeirr.v at Chitinu.
A traveling salesman died suddenly
• "
and was taken to ills home in the
Wes*. His relatives telephoned tho
nearest Mores!, seme miles distant, to
make a wreath; the ribbon shorn! he
extra wine, the inscription, "Rest in
Peace,” on ln)th sides, ami. if there
was room, "We shall met . m Heaven.”
The Horest was away and n.s assistant
! handled the job. It was a startling
j Moral piece which turned up at the
| funeral. The ribbon was extra wide
[and bore the inscription: “Rest in
Peace on Roth Sides, and if There is
Room We Shall Meet in Heaven.”—
Lip pint ott's.
The Gateway lenders a vote of
thanks, on behalf of the walking pub
lic, to the Alaska Transfer, for break
ing trails throughtoiit the town.
Bread for sale—10c a loaf or 12 for
$1. At Commerce Cafe
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, f
Meet meat the branch.