Denny Orfanus will sell his entire
stock of Shoes, etc., at 20 to 35 per
cent discount. The Sale will begin
and continue until everything is sold.
ROADS AND AGRICULTURE
Two things in Alaska are necessary
before it can become an agricultural
country of any extent and importance
—cheaper transportation into the
country and good roads within the
country. The present cost of moving
into Alaska—high enough for a single
individual—become prohibitive to the
average farmer with his family and his
bulky farm machinery. To move to
Alaska he must be a capitalist to be
gin with, and being so, would probably
not care to come to Alaska to take his
chances with new and strange condi
tions.
As Professor Georgeson says in an
interview elsewhere in this issue, good
roads aer a necessary element in the
development of farming in any coun
try. The fertility of the Tanana val
ley and its adaptability to agriculture
has been proved beyond all doubt, and
we believe firmly that the floor of the
valley will some day be a smooth ex
panse of waving grain. But quite as
necessary to success in farming as are
fertility* and favorable climate, is the
facility of disposing of the products.
Without good roads, agriculture must
continue as a fringe around the towns,
and can never move very far away
from the mass op population.—Fair
banks Times.
BUILDING AT DOUGLAS
It is doubtful if th(*re is any town
in the United States, of its size and
age, which has done so much building
in the same length of time, as has
been done in Douglas this summer.
There have been built, or are building
in Douglas, no less than eighteen stores
and about thirty-five dwellings.
Business houses have been built by
Hugh Day, M. L. Hudson, John Pen
Glase, M. G. Rodgers, Hudson and eNl
son, Mrs. Kane, Antone Marks, Willi
am Stubbins, Jules Jenson, Charles
Stevens, Myers and Saloum, Paul Ba
ehia. Business buildings are being
erected by John Henson and Company
and the Orfanus Brothers.
Dwellings have been built by Char
lee Moval, Arthur Osterberg, John Li
vy, James Mitchell, Charles Stevens
(four), Louis Iassa, and several oth
ers, who will occupy the dwellings for
homes. The Gillies Improvement Com
pany is putting up twelve substantial
houses, and Judge Slain is building ten
cabins. Besides these the Alaska
Catcholic Club has built a large addi
tion and the Alaska Labor Union has
built a two story hall.
INCORPORATIONS
The Standard Mines company, with
a capital of a million dollars, has been
organized at Cordova, for the purpose
of encouraging prospecting in that
vicinity. R. J. Barry, R. E. Swengal,
S. Christensen, Louis G. Belter, R. J,
Boryer, George W. Handy, and F. H.
Estabrook, all of Cordova, are the di
rectors.
The Alaska Soda company is the in
corporation of the business which C.
Erickson has built up at Juneau. It
is authorized to build power plants and
docks and conduct stores and ware
houses, as well as bottle beer, ale and
porter and manufacture and sell soda
water. James L. (who used to be Dol
lie) Gray is one of the directors.
The Skagway Milling company has
a capitalization of $10,000. L. S. Kel
ler, 0. L. Dickeson, E. J. Shaw and W.
W. Boughton are the directors.
Other Alaska companies recently in
corporated are the Valdez Publishing
company, the Skeen Lechner Mining
company with a capital stock or $125,
000, Frank P. Skeen, John Lechner,
and Samuel I. Silverman, directors.
The charter of the town of Iditarod
which has been in business since last
January, has been filed with the sec
retary of the territory. There was a
close vote on the incorporation of the
town, 208 voting against, and 270 vot
ing for the incorporation.
NOW A GAS ENGINEER
John McCormack has taken out a li
cense as engineer of a gas boat.
The glory of a wind jammer was
once McCormack’s, then he shifted to
a steamer sailor, and has now sunk to
the dead level of gasoline motor engi
neer.
We Offer Tastier Patems at Far
More Reasonable Prices in
MADE TO ORDER SUITS
JACK MCDONALD
Tailoring for Men and Women
Front St., Between D and Bradley
Don’t Forget tbe
ANDERSON TOBACORY
Near the Saw Mill, Douglas
BY CAREFULLY BUYING
a small stock I can sell better Shoes
for less money than other stores
DENNY ORFANUS
St. Ann’s Road
THE ECONOMY
of hand work showi> ,in the life of
the linen.
DOUGLAS HAND LAUNDRY
Front Street
Hugh Day
BILLIARDS AND POOL
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
Bring that old suit down and let us A Q NFW
look at it. Chances are we can make it vJv'Vyi/ lll-i Tf
Better let us put a new collar on your overcoat now. It will turn
cold one of these days.
DOUGLAS CLEANING AND DYE WORKS
Good Plumbing
THE LITTLE SHOP
DOWN THE STREET
GAS FITTING AND TIN WORK
Front St., Between D And E
J. MINKOVE
Pleasurable Duty
Posibly you have need of a bank. If
so, it becomes our pleasurable duty to
invite you to come to this bank. Your
account, no mater how small, will be
gladly received. ONE DOLLAR will
start a Savings Account. Safe Deposit
Boxes for rent. - All business dealings
strictly confidential.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Henry Shattuck, Pres. J. E. Beale,
Cashier. F. W. Bradley, John Reck, P.
H. Fox, Geo. F. Miller.
FIRST
NATIONAL
BANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA