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I LOCAL NEWSETTES OF THE WEEK 1
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THURSDAY (
Mrs. Harry Sidenverg has engaged,
passage for Seattle on the North
western.
George Clyd, a farmer from the
Little Susitna valley is stopping at the
White house.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Adams have
rented the Bob Speck residence for
the summer.
Sol Frevd, an Anchorage merchant
leaves for Seattle on the steamer
Northwestern.
Joe Murray, employed by the gov
ernment as an expert packer, left for
Talkeetna on the morning train.
Bert O’Brien, a hard rock miner cm- j
ployed at the Gold Bullion mine, is
registered at the Hotel Parsons.
Bill Hughes, pioneer freighter from,
Knik, spent yesterday in Anchorage
on business and registered at the Crist
house.
I.. D. Henderson, territorial superin
tendent of schools, left for Wasilla
and Matanuska this morning on offi
cial business.
A. McKay, employed by the gov
ernment in the Eska creek mines, left
for the mines this morning after
spending several days in Anchorage.
W. G. Thompson, who has been in
Anchorage for a few days on business'
connected with the Gold Bullion mines,
checked out at the Hotel Parsons this
morning on his return to the Willow
creek district.
Rev. C. M. Brown, who has been
temporaily occupying the Presbyter
ian pulpit, accompanied by his wife
and family, will be outgoing passen
gers on the steamer Northwestern for
their home in Portland.
Jack Renner has returned from
Sunrise where he has been for the past
few days closing up business matters.!
Mr. Renner is running a hotel
at Seldovia and during his stay in
Anchorage is* a guest of the White
house.
M. M. Thompson is down from
Matanuska on business and is regis
tered at the White house. Mr. Thomp
son is a farmer in the Matanuska val
ley and reports that the fanners are
all busy in his section getting in this
season’s crop.
D. C. Witherspoon, in charge of the
L’. F. geological survey, accompanied
by Oscar Nordstrom, Seth Ekstrom,
N. F. Molloy and Chas. F. Smith left
this morning for the Broad Pass
country where they will spend the
balance of the summer on business
connected with the department. The
party has been stopping at the Hotel
Anchorage during their ten days’ stay
in Anchorage.
Martin Larsen is down from the
Willow creek district where he has
been working for the Gold Bullion
Mining company since last November.
Mr. Larsen has spent several seasons
in the district and says that this sea
son is the latest of any in his ex
perience. There is still considerable
snow in the hills and the Gold Bullion i
is the only mine that has started to
milling with the exception of the Tal
keetna. Mr. Larsen is subject to draft ;
and if his name is not drawn he ex- i
pects to go outside and enlist. He will ,
visit his old home in Knik before leav- i
ing for the states.
F It I D A f !
It is only a matter of a few months ' ’
until the government harbor will be 1
literally ahve with big ships and all *
tied safely to the new government :
docks. i ]
F. M. Daniels, who is operating a *
sawmill at Mile 36 on the branch line: "
of the government railroad, arrived in !
the city last night and is a guest at
the Hotel Anchorage. I
Walter H. Lewkens checked out
from the Hotel Anchorage today and
leaves for Seward on the Northwest-:
ern. Mr. Lewkens has been connected <
with Anton Eide in putting in the new i
wagon bridge at Palmer canyon.
No more bumps at the approach- j 1
ments of the wagon bridge over Ship j 1
creek. The depressions have been 1
filled. :
The big government dredge is chug
ging faithfully away making a safe 1
and sane harbor for the Alaska steam- j
ship, battle ships and may be trans- i
continental steamers. i
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Sumner Smith, in charge of the gov
ernment work in the big coal fields
is down from Eska creek for a few
days’ business in connection with his
department. Mrs. Smith and son ac
companied him to Anchorage and will
be guests of the Crescent hotel for the
next week or ten days.
The appeal to the citizens of An
chorage in regard to a conspicious
display of flags today was not in vain,
Fourth avenue especially presented a
profusion of flags and bunting which
was creditable and worthy of loyal
Americans. Very few business houses
failed to accede to the request.
Several business houses on the
north side of Fourth avenue between
G and H streets have recently receiv
ed a fresh coat of paint. Among them
the Frico Cafe, California Fool room,
New Method Cleaners, Pioneer Laun
dry, J. H. Smith Realty otfice and the
painters who did the work, Evans and
Frantzon.
F. T. Hope will leave for Latouche
on the steamer Northwestern, after
spending the past two weeks in An
chorage and vicinity on business con
nected with his mining interests. Mr.
Hope was a guest of the Crescent
hotel while in Anchorage.
Mrs. Bud Whiney was in from the
W hitney ranch yesterday for the first
time in several weeks. The many
friends of Mrs. Whitney will be glad
to learn that she is rapidly recovering
from her recent illness.
Major Norman Read is among the
outgoing passengers on the North
western and will stop over at La
touche on his way to the states. Major
Read has been visiting Prof. Herschel
Parker at the Kahlitna camp for the
past three weeks and registered at the
Urescent hotel while in Anchorage.
Had Barnes returned yesterday
from an extensive trip to Glacier
creek and vicinity where he has been
making an examination of the old
Dick Dawson property on Crow creek.
Mr. Barnes reports very little hydrau
lic activity in the district this year
ind says that in addition to the high
cost of operations the miners have not
'ully recovered from the diastrous
food of last August.
S A T U R D A Y
Postmaster McThee recognized Flag
Day and the office was closed yester
lay except between the hour of 12 m.
ind 1 p. m.
Mrs. A. C. Bank, of Latouche, is
Topping at the Hotel Anchorage. Mrs.
lank was among yesterday’s arrivals
>n the Northwestern.
S. A. Policy who has been confined
:o his home for the past few days
Pilfering from an attack of pneumonia
s reported better and will be out in a
w days.
Frank I. Reed has offered the dining
■com of the Anchorage hotel for the
i.-e of the Anchorage Woman’s club
n th.eir war food demonstration work
vhich will start in the near future.
I’oth the Alaska and Pacific Steam
ship lines have advised the local chap
er of the Red Cross that they would
any all supplies free used in connect
ion with the patriotic work to and
Tom Seattle.
Victor IT. Wilhelm, of the U. S.
and survey and located at Juneau, ar
ived on the Northwestern and is
•egistered at the Hotel Anchorage,
fohn Vincent and Elliott Freeming,
tlso of the survey department, accom
>anied Mr. Wilhelm and the party will
eave in a few days for the vicinity of
falkeetna where they will spend sev
eral weeks on official business.
Mrs. C. H. Robenson and child, of
5an Francisco, were passengers on the
steamer Northwestern and are guests
it the Hotel Anchorage. Mrs. Roben
>on is the wife of C. H. Robenson,
Iredge master of the big dredge that
s working on the government harbor.
The Flag Day dance at Robarts’
lall last night was well attended and
he party danced until a late hour,
horoughly en.loving the good music
md spiendid floor.
Captain Peterson in command of
he government steamer Anne W. left
or Seward last night. The Anne W.
s towing the barge Lawrrence carry
ng a capacity cargo of government
coal for the Alaskan Engineering
commission at Seward.
T. J. Kenney, superintendent for the
Copper River Packing company, ar
rived on the steamer Northwestern
last evening, and is a guest at the
Hotel Anchorage. This concern has
three canneries—one on the Copper
river and two at points on Prince Wil
liam Sound. Mr. Kenney is here to
employ men for his canneries.
Father Shepherd departed on the
steamer Northwestern, en route on a
visit to Seward. Father Fletcher of
Seward came over on the same boat
and will be in charge of the Catholic
services here until the return of
Father Shepherd.
SUNDAY
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Clyde C. Coleman and Dan Patter
son, connected with the Kachemak
Canning company, are in Anchorage,
but the Times is not going to men
tion the fact.
P. J. Lynch and Mrs. Lynch are
registered at the Hotel Anchorage.
Mr. Lynch is a diamond drill con
tractor, with headquarters in Juneau
and will be in Anchorage and vicinity
several weeks on business.
Theodore Chapin, accompanied by
Mrs. Chapin, were among the North
I western passengers and are stopping
at the Hotel Anchorage. Mr. Chapin
is connected with the U. S. geological
survey and will spend the balance of
the summer in Anchorage and imme
diate neighborhood on work connect
] ed with his department,
j Every day’s operation of the big
1 dredge brings the government harbor
I nearer completion.
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The outgoing and incoming passen
i gers on the northwestern were about
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; equal; if anything Mr. Tracy says me
; in-ers had it by a small margin,
i The vacant place in front of the
Elks lodge rooms has been made
presentable and will later be seeded to
grass.
Dr. H. W. Stoughton, physician in
charge at Eska creek, is registered at
the Crescent.
Axel Olson, Matanuska farmer,
spent Saturday in Anchorage on busi
ness. Mr. Olson reports much activ
ity among the valley farmers.
Delegate Sulzer has appointed Joe
Acklen to fill a vacancy at West Point.
Young Acklen is a graduate from the
Juneau high school which is sufficient
for him to enter West Foint without
further examination.
Mrs. W. A. Eystrom has been ap
pointed chairman of the committee in
charge of the sale of tickets for the j
Red Cross library table made and do-j
nated to the chapter by Bert Kincaid. I
Rev. C. M. Brown and family were !
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the guests at several social events I
prior to their departure for the states.
Edward Cone, the local poet, has
volunteered to donate two original
patriotic poems to the Red Cross
chapter. He further agrees to pay for
the publication of the poems and de
liver the funds derived from the sale
to the local chapter.
The latest reports on the Alameda
received by Fred B. Tracy, the man
who should know, is that she will
reach Anchorage at noon tomorrow
and pasengers are to be aboard by 3
o’oclck p. m.
MONDAY
Boyd Leedy, of Eska, was a Sunday
guest at the Crescent.
W. S. Jones, located at Eska creek
and connected with the Alaskan En
gineering commission, spent Sunday
in Anchorage as a guest at the Cres
cent hotel.
Clyde Brenner, who operates a
quartz mine at Bird point, came in
yesterday to meet Mrs. Brenner and
child, who arrived in Anchorage on
the Alameda. They are stopping at
the White house.
James McDonough and James
Walsh, employees of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, are registered
at the Hotel Parsons from Campbell
creek.
J. W. Ward, manager of the Anchor
age Daily Times, left on the Alameda
yesterday for Cordova to be gone sev
eral weeks in the interests of Charles
E. Herron, owner of the Times. Mr.
Ward will have charge of the new
daily paper recently established at
Cordova by Mr. Herron. The new
daily is a morning paper and known
as the Cordova Herald.
H. W. Nagley, of Susitna, is regis
tered at the Hotel Anchorage and will
be in the city several days looking af
ter a big shipment of freight for his
Susitna and Talkeetna stores. Captain
Max Nelson will take the freight to
Talkeetna on the Launch Clymax. This
will be the first trip to the season by
river steamers as far as Talkeetna.
Mr. Nagley reports considerable ac
tivity in the Cache creek district and
says most of the operators have start
ed work at full force.
TUESDAY
J. R. Farrell, a farmer in the vicini
ty of Ivnik, is registered at the White
house.
Thos. Mahen, in the employ of the
Alaskan Engineei’ing commission at
Mile 83, is stopping at the White
house.
Elmer McNumee, located at Mile 83
on the Turnagain Arm division in the
interests of the government, is in An
chorage for a few days, and is stop
ping at the White house.
Mrs. J. C. Murray, proprietor of a
road house at Knik, has been in An
chorage on business for the past few
days and was registered at the Hotel
Parsons.
O. G. Plowman, who is registered at
the White house from Hope, says that
there will be very little mining in the
district this season, but looks for re
newed activity in the near future. Mr.
Plowman has been successfully oper
ating in the Hope and Sunrise district
for several years and is in Anchorage
on business.
WEDNESDAY
A. Monsen is registered at the
Crescent hotel from Chickaloon.
T. R. Meredith, a mining man from
the Willow creek district, is a guest at
the Hotel Anchorage.
Miss Emma Protz, a recent arrival
from Miles City, Montana, has ac
cepted a clerical position with Walter
DeLong, in the stores department of
the Alaskan Engineering commission.
Miss Helen Anderson, who arrived,
in Anchorage on the last steamer |
from Seattle, has become associated
with the Anchorage Daily Times in
the capacity of bookeeper.
Felix Brown is suffering from an
acute attack of muscular rheumatism
but not sufficient to keep him off his'
feet. However, Felix is forced to use
a cane in walking.
Major W. H. Waugh and Anton
Fide, of the Alaska Road commission,
Seattle; D. B. Patterson, of Seldovia,
several days’ duration to the Willow
creek mining district, Matanuska
farming section and other points.
C. B. Meyers is registered at the
Hotel Anchorage and will be in the
city several days on business. Mr.
Meyers is engaged in the fishing busi
ness and is located on Deep creek
about three miles from Ninilchik.
Mayor J. G. Watts returned this
'iliillg IIUIU >> WIICIC lit? IlclS
been {"or the past two days on busi
ness connected with the town’s ad
ministration. Among other business
transacted by Mayor Watts was the
acceptance or a side walk and street
clearing contract.
A. T. KupofF has reported to the lo
cal exemption board for service and
is stopping at the Hotel Anchorage
until the boys called in the draft sail
for Fort Liscum. Mr. KupofF has
been working for the government for
the past two years and is one of the
first Anchorage boys to sign the hon
or roll for service for his adopted
country.
ANOTHER FISHERMAN.
Captain C. N. Fring, in command of j
the launch Sea Lion, left today for
the Kachemak bay district in the in
terests of the fishing company he is
connected with. The company is mak
ing preparations for extensive opera
tions this season and are fully equip
ped for the purpose. Captain Pring
will go direct from Anchorage to Sel
dovia and take on the large shipment
of supplies received on the Farragut.
It is understood that there are sev
eral local people interested in the new
company.
MEAN BRUTE.
“When we were first married you
used to say that life with me by your
side was a dream,” said Mrs. Gabb.
“I know it,” admitted Mr. Gabb,
“But I woke up.”
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The U. S. civil service commission
announces that a stenographer and
typewriter examination will be held )
at Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska,
for the field service, on August 17,
1918. Age limit 18 years or over on
the date of the examination.
Thousands of appointments are to
be made in the government service,
especially in Washington, D. C., at en
trance salaries ranging from $1,100 toj
$1,200 per annum, and all qualified
persons are urged to apply for and
take this examination.
Application blanks and information'
may be obtained by applying to Ed- j
ward T. Lindner, local secretary, boar d !
of U. S. civil service examiners, room |
7, A. E. C. general offices, Anchorage,!
Alaska, or to Roscoe F. Washburn, lo- j
cal secretary, board of U. S. civil
service examiners, Fairbanks, Alaska.
CANDLE MAN VICTIM OF
A STRANGE TRAGEDY
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(Nome Nugget)
As was the case last winter, when
a well known resident of the city suc
cumbed to the rigors of the long Arc
tic winter, and the loneliness of exist
ence and destroyed his own life by
shooting, another tragedy was enact
ed here recently, which has cast an
atmosphere of gloom over the com
munity.
Schumaker was found dead in his
cabin at 5 o’clock with a cord around
his throt by which he had suspended
himself until suffocation had brought
him to an untimely end.
The reasons for the dark tragedy
are not known, but that the unfortun
ate man had deliberated the rash act
is well indicated by the finding of a
newly devised will in which he left
all of his belongings to the Red Cross.
A peculiar incident in connection
with the tragedy, is that Schumaker
was the mining partner of Emil John
son, the young man who committed
suicide here last winter by shooting,
and his death occurred in the same
cabin in which his former partner
took his own life.
Schumaker was working for him
self at the time of his death and was
apparently in good health, It is gen
erally surmised that the sad fate of
his former partner had some influence
in bringing about the sad event yes
terday.
No matter how' sick a fat woman
has been, she forgets all of her suf
fering when she discovers that she
has fallen off so much that she
doesn’t have to wear an out size in
union suits any more.
GETS TROPHY
THOMAS O. RICE SENDS NOSE OF
GERMAN SHRAPNEL TO
PARENTS.
HAVE THREE IN U. S. SERVICE.
Thomas O. and Charles Rice Went
Over With General Pershing’s First
Military Expedition, While Lee Rice
Joined the Navy.
a Former Resident of Anchorage,
“If I live to return home, I shall
tell you a story in connection with
this little trophy of the war that I am
sending you by parcel post,” writes
Thomas O. Rice, of General Pershing’s
expeditionary force in Franee, to his
fond mother, Mrs. A. F. Rice, of An
chorage. The trophy spoken of is the
nose of a German shrapnel, about 4
three inches in diameter, whv'h prob
nKItr fa 11 in f Tio
occupied by young Rice and other
American soldier boys. The trophy is
an exhibiton at the jewelry store of
B. C. Nichols, on Fourth avenue.
Thomas O. Rice went over to France
with General Pershing’s first military
expedition. Before that time, he had
been in the Mexican campaign of the
commander-in-chief of the American
forces overseas. He is a trombone
player in the band of the sixteenth
infantry. But he has to take his turn
in the trenches, just the same as other
soldier boys, and was among the first
of the Americans to enter them.
Mrs. Rice has two other sons in the
service of the nation. Charles Rice is
among the boys “over there,” while
Lee Rice, a former resident of Anchor
age, is in the U. S. navy.
Surely the Rice family are doing
their bit.
OUR DAILY SPECIAL.
Those Who Borrow Trouble Never
Get Out of Doubt.
H. W. NAGLEY
General Merchandise
Susitna
Branch Stores at
McDougall ... Talkeetna
Dealer in Raw Furs, Snowshoes,
Camp Outfits. Selling Agent
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disease peculiar to his sex should bear
these points in mind: First—The se
lection of the man who knows and un
derstands his ailment. Second—The
time it requires to cure the trouble.
Third—The cost.
The first of course should be the
most important. Don’t trifle with ex
periments and experimenters, you
come out loser every time. As to the
time, if you select a man who makes
these diseases his specialty, you are
assured of the most modern and up
to-date methods. He goes right to the
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Then the cost—the fact that you can buy a bottle of medicine for
a dollar or get a prescription for the same price, is no guarantee that
you are getting your money’s worth. Quite likely you have tried that
and know it’s true. So that the cost is really no factor at all when
you get what you pay for.
You Want a Cure—That’s the Main Thing
You have been ailing for some time; been thinking about it con
siderably; several times you were on the verge of coming to consult
me; yet you keep putting it off from day to day when you well know
that you will not get well unless you yourself make the first move.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
This very minute to consult me and we shall soon see what can be
done to help you.
YOU”LL GET IT STRAIGHT!
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SPECIALIST
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