The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1940, Page 10

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, The ()uvvn GOLPEN HEART Rebirth of Fairbanks Following the gold rush from the bonanz mediate area § primitive methods, Renaissance cam inization of the faith and cournge activities of the | fo1wed shortly aftsr the world conttruction, and now ¢ ed annually on t! ntory with prid Fe L Numerous other e in population i 40 huge machine gaced in producing the hbackbone of Inte The last thre ¢ witnessed the Aviation Cent o the Importan hub of Interior all types basi bustling activity that the rehabilitati » and the Arctic become communi brought about ta procduction of r of the Interic New Lathro Thes nor at l'mrhamlu i transmitting l,:llhmp enlerprise. Lathrop’s beautiful new Lacey Street tap, with the Lathrop Building in the bac: of the Midnight Sun Broadcasting Company, another new o R i e 1940. ted a spectacle in Fairhank eeping with the general progress nd the dawning of a new I Alaska h of these years h een from one to twe million dolla invested in the city in mew pubii ard private construction and im ovement énferprises, erection o res of new homes, many new bu iess structures and extensive st imprevement During the year 1939 the city stalled miles of new sewers concrete sidewalks, graded streets, did preliminary work for in- spring of several ks of concrete pavement in the business cen and built exten: additions to the large conc public school building—all invo! an outlay of approximately hs million dollars under PWA ments Lathrop Structures Sutstanding achievements in vear's building activities Tu the completion of two stately crete structures in down- | town Pairbanks by Capt. A. E. I - industrialist of 2 op, premier aska The two buildings, one known as the Lathrop Block, and the other s the Lacey Street Theatre, repre- nt an investment of something like half a million dolla Bot hese buildings are the last word [ inigh, furnishings and accom . rivaling anything of their any city. The Lathrop Block |availabl> here, . employment, . | tunities all necessary labor, with few excep- ticns of skilled key men, will be Applications of per- sons ngw in the vicinity total al- most the number required, and the Army has announced the poliey of ziving local workers preference in ‘Warning is given all job seekers not to come to Fairbanks sceking work unless prepared to care for themselves for a long per- iod, and possibly having to find their way elsewhere. The Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce especially emphasizes this warning, calling at- tention to the fact there are no relief funds available to anyone in Interior Alaska, and no soup kitch- ens or other means of obtaining free living or acécommodations in the country. Costs of living and hous- inz, because of the extremely r mote location and consequent hig transportation costs, are far higher than in the average American com- munity or even Alaskan coastal towns. With all the progressive spirit and trend of Fairbanks, the country is yet a frontier, the winters re and the summers short and oppor- limited for those without sev means. Do Youflow 5 That the Alaska Steamship Com- pany and the Alaska Railroad offer YOU'LL GET IT SeatTie BrewinG & Mactine Co. 1878 % ' 'Emil Sick, President is the new dream home of the Ji : - WsscoEtner special round-trip rates of one-way s 0y MM on the fate to all University of Alaska stu- | main floor: while on the top floor dents, provided that the return trip 2 LAk studi b BN Station i made within a month after the | Sinc R. operated by the Midr t P:\’])ll'fl“()l] of the school v,\'(’fl‘l‘ at any | b adcasting Company, anc nmt" t:\mna a student’s four-y er Latl enterprise. The | - b F i o mission station of the enterprise et e ) ool 9 atics rses. last semes- G ’!‘M’\?::“" ::"lf“_”i’;‘"! “_:,‘l_‘“"“’“ ter, 149 in English courss, 168 in eaching tc dizzy heights. Lu Tiston, photo, business administration, 101 in the Farthesi’ North' Bawline Alley | Miss Sybil Go dfwey an |chemisiy detampients 15 fhe baserent o ihe dio - | MiSS Juneay, represented . W A ® wement of th b : That in a single shipment of 79 ling is the Farthest North Capital City at the |, ). yniversity sent 8,008 f ling alley. Other floors ar rhanks Iee Carnival g, the American Museum of Na- voted to modern apartments. The three weeks ago. tural History? Lacey Stree atre, with marb O entrance, and very latest in (ngaging soms 1200 men on ac-, That the cows of the Fairbanks equipment a perfect jewel tual censtruetion work this summer, Experiment Station produce 50 gal- ccommodating nearly 600 sp under supervision of the Army lons of milk per day? | tors; but slightly smaller than the guartermast Department, with L Empress Theatre, anctier con rters in Fairbanks. The local| That at the Univer: farm in ructure on t ime street, erc project is to be a “Cold 1939 there was a 50 per cent increase d by Capt. Lathrop when the City weather Experiment tation,” in the dairy herd, a 625 per cent in- took its upward trend, America’s first for training of flying crease in the hog herd, and a 68.2 veral other recently., erected pepsonnel and testing equipment un- | per cent increase in the number of concrete buildings and many new der sub-Arctic conditions. It is ex- plats in grain, grasses and legume frame structures add to the hea pected the work will be completed experiments? wnd charm of Fairbanks, while at py the time snow flies the fall of * * he University of Alaska, four miles | jga¢ That practically 100 book gifts from the city, a consistent building | A second Faderal project for Fair- were made to the University library wnd expansion prozram has seen one |panks, on which construction will during the past yeara or more new dormitories and o begin this year and be completed in PRI buildinas erected each year, anc 1641, is the bui »f the Tanana-| That from 1922-1939 the total en- 1 it cr to ca- | Chena River flood control dike a rollment of students is 5.8472 chi stude M | few miles above Fairbanks. An al- EE parts of Ala A % lotment of $560.000 of ral funds - Army and Fleed Projects been made for t} Opysters remain males for weeks Of ¢ ¢ not work »e ¢ after reaching maturity, then to Fairban the T v e - change to females for the breeding t the work ft eason of 1940, Lieut. | season. au in’ inste ng, W lquarters in| —— laska air base, a cor now being lefensive undertaking to guard 1 1t 6f supplios parts of the Terrifory. With an Fairbat wstal points S l\VE TFPS initial allotment of four million dol- early this <ea over the Alaska the Fairbanks unit, the Raiirc now in preliminary stage Situation aring the site, preparatory to Arm et apparently | E. L. 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