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Hay, grain, and feed will be sold for CASH only. Warehouse delivery.
R.l_H. MARSHALl
J. B. O’Neill
MERCHANT
place Wednesday. This is John’s
first time in town since Dan creek
opened up last April.
At present there are only a
couple of men at the Dan Creek
Company’s camp, Mr. and Mrs.
Radovan and Clifford Cayouette,
•n the entire creek. If Dame
Rumor is correct, however, the
population is due to increase in
a short while, as it said that Ar
chie Hancock is due to sail with
an outfit about the first of the
week with an outfit for the Wes
tover mine.
V. J. Dwyer, the Strlena mer
chant and inn keeper comtem
plates leaving for the states Dec.
1st. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer
will spead the winter visiting
friends and touring the country
They expect to return to Strlena
in April ©r May.
Victor Lindwall, who rcently
went to work at the Green
came down Wednesday and Is
now assisting Bill Johnston to
put new roofing on his budding.
Charley Chong threw open the
doors of his new establishment
on Second Street, last Thursday.
He has redecorated and other
wise renovated the building and
has attractively furnished the
entire place.
A1 Jackson was a few days
visitor in town this week.
A1 Doze arrived in town yes
terday from the Green Butte
where he has been engaged with
his horse since last spring. A1
is figuring on being in town a
few days.
Neat Job Printing at moderate
prices, at the News Office.
EXCHANGE
Roy G. Southworth, formerly!
editor of the Nenana News, is ed
itor of the Anchorage Alaskan a ;
morning newspaper whose first
issue appeared on the streets ofj
Anchorage November 1st.
Harry Staser, deputy marshall
at Anchorage has offered a re
ward of five dollars to any child
who reports the existence of a
moonshine still in Anchorage.
W. H. James, manager of the
Anchorage Packing Co., canners
of salmon, is in the states promo
ting a fruit and vegetable can
nery to be run in connection with
the salmon plant. It is proposed
to make a speciality of strawber
ries, red raspberries, wild cur
rants, cranberries and blueber
ries. In the line of vegetables,
spinach, green peas, cauliflower,
mushrooms, carrots and string
beans will head the list, while
cabbage will be krauted.
L. C. Simpson will build a saw
mill at Sitka with a capacity of
100,000 feet of lumber and 10,000
boxes per day, The mill will em
ploy 100 men. Simpson estimates
that ">00,000,000 feet of lumber
are available between Deep Bay
and Fish creek.
Regular train service has been
resumed on the Alaska Railroad
after a tie up due to damage
caused by severe wind and rain
storms.
The old army post at Fort Gib
bon has been dismantled and the
entire equipment sent to Anchor
age. Fort Gibbon is one of the
oldest military posts established
in the territory.
Dr. E. M. Spalding, who has
been in Anchorage for the past
three years lias retired from
the practice to engage in fox farm
ing. He and Mrs. Spalding have
gone to Passage Island near Sel
dovia, where Dr. Spalding has
an interest in the fox farm of J.
A. Herbert, which is stocked
with blue < r.d silver foxes.
Du ring their stay in Anchor
age they allied themselves with
the civic life of the town, Dr.
Spalding having been president
I of the chamber of commerce and
i
I Mrs. Spalding an active member
j of the women’s club. Before com
! ing to the coast city the doctor
! was engaged in the practice of
I his profession in interior towns.
! The retirement of Dr, Spalding
leaves Dr. Beeson of the govern
I merit hospital sole physician in
| Anchorage.
I
An 111 Wind That
Blows Etc.
According to the Seward Gate
way, the recent storm which
wreaked such havoic in the In
let country at least done a good
turn to the village of Tyonic.
The rain, wind and tide co m
pelled the entire population of
112 inhabitants to flee up the Ty
onic in boats. The entire village
with the exception of the orphan
oge which stands on high gro
und, was completely inundated
and all the caches and outhouses
carried away.
The sandspit,upon which Tyon
ic stands is washed back 15 feet
and is entirely covered with coal
that has been torn from veins
that lie across Turnigan Arm.
One piece of coal weighing 150
pounds was deposited in a door
way.