The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 26, 1915, Page 18

STAR—SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1915. PAGE 18. Beautiful Inspiration Pass on White Pass & Yukon ALASKA AND SEATTLE ‘Northlands Discount the Scenic Grandeur of Norway BOUND TOGETHER BY TIES OF DEPENDENCY ¢ The Officers, Directors and Employes f -wof— The National City Bank Are united for a common purpose: The world has never known before for big heartedness and immense capabilities. This race call the Alaskan. Within a seant score of years we 000 gr than in 1914. The min- fing industry at Juneau alone will upbuilding of Seattle, the Pacific North- west and Alaska. » realization have awakened to f i ast 100 years, provided its pres ‘apital and Surplus $600,000.00 lof the wonde wealth this new! ore output 19 dc : empire to our north will produce in Seattle can ha all Alaska’s : ture—-has already begun to|trade if she goes after it” Southeast Corner the tutere—-tas already 5 spect WILLIAM BARRETT, of New ‘ produce in proportions that baw) Voi "1 ite ingurance Co.; former , Second Avenue and Columbia Street lcaused the whole world to rub Sts] osigent in Alecket “AlAIn Ramm de eyes much to Seat Seattle has done i a : ons upon millions of this al-|much for that country. As @ for- me We celebrated our 4th anniversary on |, Aseptic sce 7 ro 3 fete nit | mer resident of Alanka, 1 have naa 1 : most incomprehensible wealth has). cnance to observe the people o i June 1, 1915, with deposits of nearly already poured thru the gateway at | tus focthindd wed ot tate city, and } bd i the Queen City—but who shall not! | believe the folks up there are be- 1 a oe $2,500,000.00 nay that this is but a drop in the| ginning to realize more and mapa = | bucket? what Seattle means 4 iii And now, at last, when the| “Commercially speaking, 1 th ne OFFICERS wn is beginning to break for|it i» not disputed that Seattle § ‘pt point for the anh e once despised, we dis-|the natural shipping J. W. MAXWELL, President | Alaska, the once despised, w the natural sbi ving yas | cover that we know little about | Alaska country e are also 80 4 ( F. W. BAKER, Vice-President her, almost, as when we bought! geographically situated that the i { J. H, BLOEDEL, Vice-President her from the Russians tourists who come and go to the JI “y FE. W. CAMPRELL, Cashier. Of her sweetness, her beauty,/ North, must necessarily pass thr |her lure, we have some comprehen- ; here. sion, but her possibilities I think that in the future there |where is foolish man who | be some great strikes made in |would attempt to name their|the interfor of Alaska. There are imite? too few people there now to give o.@ +6 e country a thoro prospecting. It | We have tried in this edi- | costs the poor man too much to tlon, to give you a glimpse of jget in and out of there now. IF the Northland her own peo- /think the government railroad wil ple see her; we have tried to | develop the interior so it will b hint as best we could at her | imuch easier to reach ft. future greatness | From an agricultural standpoint, We have tried to make you the interior shows great posstbili- how vitally Important she tiles. No other place in the world is to Seattie; and to bring to [can compare with the celery and you a fuller realization that (other vegetables grown fn the Taa- The Union Central pS . Se . . | Seattle is her metropolis | valley. Its potatoes have @ by . ., 2 | The present year will break | delicious flavor.” e surance x > . AL YRIPS + MULT - | all records in the business | H. F, ALEXANDER, presi x eS ve Ao NR - done betw this port and | Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.: * ft Will pay your widow a check each month as long as she may N. MH. SELL, Asat. Cashier. |urally the mouth of the | There is no question but that A ka has made Seattle. Alaska Seattle and Alaska are wed- | vet has not been scratched, ! “228 ee ded to each other. The future |resuits in the future are bound to of each Is in the hands of the (be greater in proportion than in other. Each must depend in |the past.” | large measure for its prospe: NATHAN ECKSTEIN, first vice ity on the other. in the years [president and treasurer, Schwa- T0 R F R L to come, they must work to- |bacher Bros. & Co.: “Rafiroad 5 gether, like good pals, sharing building in Alaska means the in each other's victo and velopment of Alaska. This & Yukon railroad.A fair sample of what awaits the seeker for the beautiful in Alaska. THE BANK ‘OF: CALAPORNIA. - "ees Aare a, UNITED #TATER DEPOSITART TON, tr STATEMENT OF Portiand and V branches tn Beattie, Tacoma * May Assera The Bank of Ca Loans and Discoun oo hardships; and, above all, play- opment will create a new co ‘ ka is a country unique in under a glacier which lines the| Ing squ | merce. Seattle, which has work live its geographical situation, coast for more than a hundred eee hard to secure a railroad for Al ° unique in ite climate, miles are even more tn asive Today a Star reporter spent an/|ka, will work just as hard to fur- and unique in ite physical t the loftiest pf the world’s|hour interviewing just a few big| ther the development and upbuild- ‘ " } beauties, Norway and Sweden = fan peaks. |Seattle business men who have | ing of Alaska commerce, The con- §). For information are the Mecca and Medina of Surely the scenic beauties of/ studied Alaska first hand. Here is| struction of the proposed railway the European tourists in search Alaska, whether they be of earth,/ what they said jis of as much importance to of the picturesque and sublime of water, or of sky, and the latter country takes ite enough to bring enthu annual toll of American pil- tips of the most blase traveler, grimé on similar sights inten ranging as they do from the sylvan but Alaska can discount - groves of Sitka, which could thing which these countries can even the most timid of lover: boast broad plains which whisper of Unlike the glacters of Switzer. peaceful homes as the years go by; land and the Tyrol, which debouch or from placid flords where day: on inland valleys, the largest of, drift idly by, to exhibitions of the fers terminate on| titanic and implacable forces of na- r or interior rivers,|ture In her most terrific moods. MAURICE D. LEEHEY, member | People of the Northwest as of the executive committee, Alaska | Dullding of the Panama canal Seattie Chamber of Com.|t© the people of the United ‘One great advantage aris. | Seattle has consistently hel ling from the fact that the govern-|¢VeTy phase of Alaska de |ment {* buflding a rallroad from | #24 will continue to do so, Seward to Fairbanks {s the definite | {0 that whatever helps the assurance given private capital| West helps Seattle; and that the railroad will be built must properly be considered an “Already many successful min- Leni part of the Pacific ing men have their representatives | ¥®®) | in the field, along the adopted| JOHN ROSENE, president with towering fronts from two to route, especially between Cook in-/¢f" Exploration & D 300 feet in height and miles 1 4 | Alaska Midland rail n let and Broad pass. I look for) C®- and width; fronts which ,are daily | great mining activity in that region| member of Alaska 4 pushed forward by the titanic force | next summer. |Commercial Club: “The of gravity, only to be undermined Mant ap bona RE ogy ke i “There are several promising | between Seattle and Alaska is ¥ jown In ava | districts which capital will imme.| haps not fully appreciated by lanches of glittering particles or| | diately proceed to develop, because | Of the citizens of Seattle or [huge blocks which fall with a roar | |they have the promise of the gov-|k@. As far as Seattle is concerned, f ‘ ‘ of thunder and th the spray a it Increased {ts population from & ie ernment that ratlroad transporta- pula 4 : hundred feet into the alr ¢ city of about 60,000 to 350,000 im” less than 10 years, because of Alas — Commerce: “We all | *& including the Klondike. rae. realize the tmportance of Alaska | ‘ere were other causes tha) LIARILITIO® 4 Cotm ed Protive write or call— H. E. GRIFFITH, Manager 723-5 Leary Bldg., Seattle, Wash. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA k ©. WAGNER, Ma Geo, T a, ° The New Cecil Hotel DER the efficient 1S ORS management of John FE. Savage, an aggressive, up- to-date hotel man, the New Cecil Hotel at 1017 First Ave. has rapidly forged ahead until at the present) time it ranks as one of the)» most popular and well-con- ducted hostleries of the city. Mr. Savage has had a wide and varted experience in hotel management, hav peste pid oy ows Oe a nq|ton WH be provided jore Beautiful Than Hudson yrangell was established by the Elsewhere, when weary of the ex-| Ressians In 1831. Its Industries are| a1 Bark ot Genre et Nation: hibition of a power against which | lumbering, fishing, mining and furs, | ere were ott noes aly the efforts of man are of no more/ and it has considerable trade with | tributed to this wonde +) Fe avail than those of a fly against| British Columbia by way of thelthe tommuten te ori mee for all! put nearly all of them & tornado, the peace and sllence| Stikeen river, which ts celebrated | We realize fully, I think, how {m.|'ndirect result of Alaska of the rock-bound fiords, clad in| for its big game. There are three| portant Alaska’s trade is, and will | ment | green, with the snowy peaks of far-| churches, schools, sawmills, can-|be in the future.” J “As for the future, if the joff mountains gleaming thru the) nerles, electric plant, stores, hotels of Seattle wish and expect jtree tops on the skyline, suggest | and complete telegraphic communt-|. CAPTAIN R. H. STRETCH, ae|to grow up to its present civic |the delights of Lotusiand: picture | cation, but it {s not on the regular|#!stant secretary, Alaska Bureau, | provement, |. €., 500,000 to 1, Gone are over the steaming tubs, the days when grandmother used to bend for hours scrubbing and wringing clothes until ashe felt that her arme and back would break. Gone are the days of loppy kitchens, torn clothes and broken buttons. Queen Anne 44 has taken thelr place, and Sude" tn the popular slogan breathed by « multity wives who have learned to cast thelr burdens on WET WASH, whose big red wagons, with the phe Anne 44, display ut Your Dude tn Our ne number, Queen 1 prominently on thetr sides, penetrate tnto every part of the city, In the new system they find relief from the tire one, immediately affects the other. | Seattle and Alaska more than For the accommodation of its patrons !t uses no Jaundry marks could ever put on canvas, veri- ing had charge of the Bel- some labor, Blue Monday and the unending worry of. wash day jafter picture more beautiful than | schedule of all the steamers passing | Serttle, Chamber of Commerce: | population in the next 10 range mont hotel before assuming ‘Three years ago, when the present management took charges of || a0ything that the Hud@en can show, | north. ean piatie’ te apes — — must look to Alaska for such | direction of the New Cecil. | the concern, it was handling 200 bundles a week w it handies [OF ag Norway of the Rhine tere er “SRR aE country called the attention of ey pws n bin aren capone Si h ccepte his 1,200 bundles a week. It washes for a regiment of women. Some of || 04! hole ' " ennae og oh AM ss Since he accepted his «eater sre pe xorm ute [|i enc winging waye are too | FISH INDUSTRY rere et tind Rati | Ker promisng indeed, beouae ie present duties a steady in- Ms ap 3 tice Spee A ‘ ; | narrow for the wings of imag- pnd abe gg B t ” aoa building of 1,000 miles of rata Siias’ in the patronage of bvery month It uses three-fourths of a million gallona of water laation, there are MOPOLITAN prospers. he two are so closely | hy the government in Alaska hotel has sa atin: { and a ton of soap. eraanen hess Sneh ae te paitior |related that anything affecting |increase the commerce bet able. For instance, when railroad build- E BE wash is kept separate. Pure soap, Cedar river water, and an table vortices of flame tho |fold and will greatly increase In the New Cecil are em- application of actentific methods, result in clean, awest-ameliing || the world was on fire: or farth- | rsvan'tlahing induatelon te $87c{ om, topped In Alaska, there were number of ships plying between bodied many features which : clothes, thoroughly steriitzed er north, broad plains where | \aanan Mahing ee alee ae nets |Seattie and ‘Alaskan porte 5 John E. Savage sch care Is exerctaed in the washing of the clothes, The gar- || %@ Grasses ripple in the wind | Hioved. of whom 11,892 hites, |, Alaska Is the biggest asset Se-| “As for the people of transient and the permanent patron. In addition to an mate: 6 Pigalle. ow} Daca i atedpag en dgine ypc horizon Ile like a purple haze , th * nteeq /#t it. Its future will be far greater|as the metropolis where most ant locati ae th conte OF the detent colors In another, each washed by itself, After washing, the clothing |] jeaving the gazer fancy free | 1*vanone and the remainder mixed) anq better than its past. Indica-|their business is transacted excellent location, near the center of the downtown busi- Bil 1, taken to an extractor, a machine that removes the water by cen hd a y nationalities . as to what Iles beyond. tions are that this year Alaska's| where the majority of their Along the Alaskan Peninsula the | mineral production will be $5,000,-! reside.” ness district, and within easy walking distance of all im- trifugal motion without breaking the but * or tearing the clothes portant points, the house has a large number of rooms, all like the old-fashioned rubber-roll wringer, generally ued in horr et may Witness in safety the WHALE OF A THING with outside accommodations and many with private baths where the NEW SYSTEM WET WASH te yet to be introduced. tremendous pent-up energy of the — | “ALARM APD y Among the many points which distinguish the Now Cecil is its From the extractor they are packed Into bags and are th internal fires; islands raixed from| Here's what whaling industry THE INSTAN TANEOUS COMPANY buffet, which is finished entirely in mahogany and fitted up in| | "eady for delivery. By strict attention to business, a close watch the bottom of the ocean one year,| means to Alaska: Capital invested, embers National Fire Protection Association classy style equal to anything of the same kind in the Northwent the needs of their patrons and an application of sanitary metho: only to be engulfed the next, as | $891.78) whales caught, 186, of Bond apart etree Fire ss Service. Central station sym It’s grill is another splendid feature, especially equipped for service} | [0 Wash-day, the NEW SYSTEM WET WASH has obtained an er at Bogoslot. which were sperms. Products,|] t¢™ of night watch signals, Burglar alarms. Sprinkler Supervise ory Service. Police calls. Fire despatch and notification service. 112 Columbia Street, Seattle able clientele and is keeping pace with the progress of Greater These stupendous mountatn| $157, Employes, 99, of whom masses (a mile taller t Switzer. | 73 were whit Four hundred and land’s champion), their feet buried! sixty whales caught in 1914 and daily adding to its list of patrons. The Cecil is a popular place with Alaskans. atte, MONG Seattle's most progressive Chinese business men is Chin Keay, for seven years sec- retary to the Chinese con- sul for the state of Wash- ington and territory of Alaska, and member of the firm of Yuen Long Company Mr Chin Keay came to Seattle in 1882, attended the public schools here and acquired extensive realty hold Lang’s Hot Blast Camp Stove Lang’s (Pat.) Hot Blast Smoke- Burning Stoves and Ranges Camp Stoves ings, in addition to his other investments Alaska, in All Her Pristine Glo: Beckons—Why Not Go? Chin Keay pow the proud distinc tion of being a personal ses ¢ ’ ; friend of both James J \ : From $1.00 Up Hill, the empire-builder, rrr tials Nisiting Seattle are at the very threshold of Alasia— 2 r ; SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA 10 ¢ ho ci Send for Catalogues Lang's “Alaska” Cook and of Samuel Hill, of Marysville. *He is a member of the the time ahould neglect the opportunity ef a TRIP Ter Ane d Pri Stove. Made in three Seattle Chamber of Commerce and a life member of the See Laur teOh cde: tory ouading’ Berth (and ‘meals fer and Prices sizes. Washington State Art Associations as well as‘of numerous Wonders, the wild grandeur and natural beauty of which wilt thee ‘2 é . i BE memory for years. | +f other organizations in which he takes an active interest This trip, & fitting climax, of your visit to the Coast, be ‘ | s siness . , a hee anager of lox ovage of one thousand miles over the pl View Showing Magnificent Henry, White and Stuart Build In a business way he has been manager of local nesage from Seattle to Skagway: thence Seattle | : Chinese concerns and in the course of that work built up Railway over the historic White Pass Summit ea ee im . , ° 1 wide cirel f friends in every walk of life He is mar ee eet ee Tatra ee tnenane, Or o b de circle 0 Pnas V an Oo . e148 For further information SEATTLE, WASH. ried and has five children, three daughters and two sons, [|] extended nature, apply to all of whom are attending the Seattle schools ry ‘Traffic Manag: ae > Sid Alaska Bide, Seat