El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-14

, enough to supply the demands.
! The railroad commission is trying 20
I bring about system Of cOopera tion
between the merchants and the home
steaders. which viii lead to less i'm
portatiOn from the outside and a great
er sale FOR local products They are
getting the prices the merchants can
pay for the crops raised in Alaska, AMI
information from the hOmesteaders as
TO the amount Of farm and garden
I stuff they can raise. So far il is not
possible TO give the actual amount Of
all that has been raised by the farmers
this year
Many OF the farms are springing Up
around the new towns. and the new
towns are being laid out at every pos
slble traffic center The most fmpo--
tant of the recent tOwnsites is that Of
Nenana- The first auction sale Of lots
was held there last August. and Il
the government $3.50, 00o Three hun
dred and fOrty-nine lots were sold AMI
the average price paid was higher
than at any other sale yet held by the
government. Houses are now going up
at Nenans- The municipality has been
organized and the town has already
several thousand people. The govern
ment is putting in a telephone and
electric light system and is looking
after the towns sanitation a base
ball team has been formed. and q game
was recently held between the teams
of Nenana and Fairbanks.
The town of Nenana promises to be
one of the largest of central Alaska II
lies at the junction of the Tanana AMI
Nenana rivers where the railroad
crosses the Tenana on its way to Fair
banks The Neuana river is naviga BILE
for small boats and the Tanana has
about 500 miles. OF navigable waters
before il flows into the Yukon valley
The place is in a good agricultural
region and not far distant from the
great Nenana coal fields. The town
is now under the control of the gov
eminent the townstte manager. or the
mayor, being associated with the cont
mission No liquor or gambling is al
lowed. and lot owner who dared TO
liquor would lose his lot.
Anchorage. which WAS started less
than two years ago. rs a camp of tents
among the stumps of Ship Creek is
now the largest settlement in Alaska
outside of Juneau 1t has perhaps a
thousand population more than Fair
banks. and is several times as large as
Seward Tt is growing steadily II. has
passed out of the tent stage and il has
now many substantial wooden build
ings. and it is beginning to erect
structures of concrete
The place has water works and cleo /
trio lights It has Y. n c. A sex- 4
eral churches and not a single saloon.
The town is one OF Uncle Sans munich
pal babies. and he still keeps control
OF the government All LIQUOR selling
and gambling are prohibited, and al
though frontier city made IN of
much the same characters that YOU
tind in such places. it has not a dance
nail nor gam bling joint. Its people
are for the most part. Americans. and
might say they represent the best of
Americanism.
Among the other towns recently laid
lut is Matanuska. So far this is being
managed by the town site organization
AZ Anchorage The municipality now
contains only about 200 people. but il
viii rapidly grow. and ARRANGEMENTS
Ire being made for considerable
population. The government is already
grading the streets and putting down
sidewalks It is instituting water
works and arranging matters for the
leaith and sanitation of the people
First Lot Sale n Success
The first sale of lots there was held
ne latter cart Of last July. on which
late 80 lots were sold for almost So
100. As is usual in such sales. the
'uyers paid One-third down and thew
re given five years to paw the bal
nee without interest So far nearly
very such sale in Alaska has been at
profit for the purchasers. lots in
anchorage having gone up 500 and
1ore percent. Lots which sold there
asst year for 5000 are now selling for
2eco. and some sold a $1,000 arc
-orth $4,000 today So far the govern
lent has received s217. 900 for the lots
old at Anchorage, and the sales at
enana viii eventually he quite as
reat. The commission is advising that
alt of the amount received at Anchor T
&c be devoted TO the Improvement of L
ne town, and especially to the estab-
shment Of schools. Anchorage has I