The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-06
ARCTIC CLUB
 HAS GREAT
 ALASKA NIGHT
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Says the Seattle Times:
 old Alaska of pioneer timeseblend- ed with the new order Of today last night at Che Arctic Club. when 300 Northorners participated in Che clubs seventh annual Alaska night The festivities started with Q regular sour dough dinner. with reindeer steaks and fixings. and ended in 90 high iinks modelled after an Alaskan gambling house scene. Sawdust on the floor. which was an Inch thick roulette wheels. faro layouts, keno tables and blackiack games ran full blast with eager sourdoughs waiting to place their stacks of Imitation money as their Lunches" dictated It was a gay night. and the memories of Alas kans were taken back to those days of 9S when the boys used to come down from Bunker on Saturday night. with their pokes full of dust and the thirst for excitement in their eyes. Even the signs on the walls carried out the theme: "We pay 7-11." "Cash youz dust Here" and the Ike.
 There were oldtimers from every part of the Territory there. Gri2zled pals of Carmack, who weer among the girst Go get on the scene of the Klon- dike discovery from their stamping ground in the Fortymile, fratcrnlzed with the spick. well-dressed officials of tho Alaska railway commission. One represented the old order; the other the new.
 Talk of New plaees
 The talk was about Anchorage" Seward" suslina and the Broad Pass the days when they used to talk only about Dominion and Bear Creek and Lousetown, glamored with the TO- nance of the early. adventurous Klon- dilce. appeared to be past
 While the reindeer dinner was pro- gressing President George W. Allen, of tho Arctic Club. announced that Gov. J. F. A. Strong had sent greet lngs from the executive mansion at Juneau.
 The letter from the governor was greeted wildly, and a committee Of three were named to draw up an an- swer. A minute later the dinner was interrupted by the sharp, staccato-like voice of the wireless spark. Through the work of Jack Irwin, manager Of the Marconi Wireless Company a complete wireless outfit had been rigged in the dining hall and the op- orator there was stationed to send the message to Juneau. page by page as soon as the committee finished writing 1t. The wireless communi- cation to Alaska last night was the only communication possible. as the government cable has been out of order for three or four days.
 Text Of Governors Message
 The message of Gov Strong to the club read:
 ITO the Alaskans and Their Friends
 Who are Assembled at Their An
 naual Banquet:
 "I have the honor to extend cordial greetings on behalf of their compat- riots of the Territory of Alaska May the spirit of fraternity that links the people of Alaska to their comrades and friends in seattle ana elsewnere be further cemented and Increased Many of our Alaskans remember all to well the long years of our isolation before the advent of the cable and its marvellous conductor. wireless tele- graphy. Due to these agencies. Alas lIa is no longer a remote land far from Seattle. To Ketchikan and on to Nome and throughout the great Interior country. time and distance have been annihiliated in recent years
 "Our transportation facilities have been greatly increased; our com merce has grown by leaps and bounds. and this year 1t is the greatest in the history of Alaska. We are annu- ally adding to the material wealth of our common country, and yet our matchless natural resources have but scarcely been touched The construc- tlon of a trunk-line railroad from the coast to the mighty interior country. with the necessary branch lines. which will be built, together with the needed wagon roads and trails, which VIII follow, marks the beginning of new era of industrial enterprise and economic growth, which promises to bring to full development all the re- sources of this great Northern land, which we as pioneers know and which we love so we'll"
 Reply Sent By Club
 The reply of the club read as fol- lows:
 "Three hundred enthusiastic Alas. ka boosters. with a good sprinkling Of sourdoughs. joyously cheered the read. ing of your optimistic message and cordial greetings. We realize only a bit less than yourself the bounteous wealth of Alaska. which. aided by sympathetic government has been de- veloped so much this year The wire less has magically reduced the dis tance from Seattle to Alaska, and we pray this closer union may be fur ther emphasized with the fruitful rrf.- t...ll.