The daily Alaskan., 1912-01-13
FR0N HE
 NORTHLANO
SHORT BREEZY NEWS ITEMS
 FROM THE NORTHERN PRESS

the Idltarod have formed 8 company to carry on their own freighting bus mess up the river. They will pur- .aass r5ur steamers who wi1 com .-ss vih the Northern Transporoa- aa lu- and the NorsnerB Commeg- ... la. steamers. A late edition Of -.e E-. 5aaSs Times says.
 .s.srgaauJs of the interior Of AL
 a after paying oaetbird of their -o.4 gugput in transportation charg- ss E1s a uumber of years, have form combination that is likely .5 put an end to the domination g. lc transportation business of nat territory. controlled by the Nraem Transportation and North .-a Commercial Co. Incidentally. the combination win take from aaa Francisco a large part of the slaS1a trade that it has enjoyed a-gaah the dominating corporations and place it in Seattle
 EoaGaI by Washington R. Wander r. a mining engineer. who is large
 interested in Fairbanks proper as and is a cousin of Frank P.
 E-wn. he New York banker
 arcuaon, merchants or Fair ass and taa Idta0od have agreed
 ua charter and purchase Of four
 staawe-s-the White Seal
 B. Taua and Minneapolis
 those will hc thrown into com
 -- wEn ac Northern Com
 r Comrauy,s boats The stock
 s ia the Gew eate-p-se arc r.sa who are interested 5n the Hfnwr-r of retEht
 The No-Ee~- Comma~gfaI Com nrr and It's subsidiary. thr North r Narrwton company last sum Ter carried more than 5000 tons rh.i-to the interior of Alas Tho -ata was SIS ion from
 Michael 10 Fairbanks. An of re Na-He~n Commercial comrany's applies are purchased in San Fran z-1 w..h the exception Of a few man orders for staples that are Heo5 w..h Seattle 5obhe-s. There
 Er'a prof, in selling staple ras and u'ese are the only orders a. Seattle firms get from the san
 r, enterprise.
 ~r amount or supplies shipped Alaska from san Fran
 a bo judged from tne fact
 rs steamships Umat1a and
 s. He latter a f7e.ehtar. each
 a Two t-l1s Co St Michael last a s-G on each occasion bo'h
 0's had a fun cargo and al dock space taken. Of coco r~s or T-arht consigned % I5H- -r-. more than s.ooo tons was rrae5 to the Northern Commercial -0a-v from San Francisco.
 ro-ht orders to the extent Of
 00 already have been received
 . new organization. and the 0"snes win direct thoir Seattle
 .o shin hy the new line
 -re r-h- araf7s. the Northern a-cfa' and Northern Nsv'ra- rr company has been carried on
 ra North for some time past 0zrre commercial men have bitter. r opposed the companies for the -aas-- that they have received lit n. courtesy and that they have a. put to considerable incon- rar5cace.
 lac san Francisco firm has a a--e number ot stores and trading posts Ga practically ever part Of Alaska. Nome being ihe single OK sapton. They were forced out Of Nome by the keen competition vhs5h the natural shipping advan za-es a. that place afforded the in- dependent traders,
 The chief grievance Of the Seattle business agents in the North is that sha san F-aacisco-owned river boats do not stop al any Of the smaller towns. such as Circle. Eagle and other places. long enough for the a-ummens to take an order. a con 5iton which causes them to lose considerable business. to which. in turn. the Northern Commercial com ns-y falls heir.
 "Vande-Hp became interested in the proposition last summer. when he was compelled 70 pay a price of S6o a ton for supplies shipped from Seattle to Fairbanks. He is inter ested in what is believed to be one 0f the biggest free gold pTopost tons in the territory. and also in a proposition to furnish power Co -he entire Panama valley.
 With the prospect Of having to shin a big lot of machinery at the -~evai'i7r n~ices staring him in the