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(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
H. B. Wells, assistant engineer at
Matanuska, is an arrival at the Cres
cent.
Mrs. A. Rub and child arrived from
Susitna last evening and registered
at the Anchorage.
Susitna arrivals at the Anchorage
last evening included C. L. Seiling, J.
H. McElroy and J. Rimmer.
M. J. Roche, the Matanuska hotel
man, is in the city on a flying busi
ness trip and is registered at the An
chorage.
The farmers of the Matanuska
valley are complaining of a scarcity
of labor and are doubling up in help
ing one another harvest the crops.
The tug Daniel Kern and barge 39,
the latter laden with railroad sup
plies for Anchorage, departed from j
Ketchikan northbound at 4 o’clock
Tuesday morning, according to word
received here yesterday. They are
expected within a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ketchum ar
rived the first of the week from Tal
keetna, and will remain in Anchor- J
age for the winter. Mr. Ketchum j
was formerly in business at Talkeetna,
and has accepted a position with the
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
Ground has been broken for a three
story annex to the Anchorage hotel, j
which, when finished, will make it i
the largest hostelry in this city. The
work on the building will start with
in ten days and in five weeks it is
expected to be ready for occupancy.
i ne contract tor me woik nas nol
been let.
A. F. Hoffman, deputy marshal at
Matanuska, who ha? been in charge of
the Anchorage office during the ah-;
sence of Deputy Marshal Clarence
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Mossman, anti Mrs. Hoffman, returned
to headquarters at Matanuska this
morning. Mr. Hoffman is going to re
main at Matanuska long enough to see
to it that every farmer comes in for
the fair and will return with the dele
gation for the big event.
Jesse Carver is down from the VVil-]
low creek district and will remain in j
Anchorage until after the fair. Mr. j
Carver brought down some fine sam- |
pies of ore from the Jesse I>. and YYa-!
bash mines, which he has placed in a|
cabinet to be exhibited at the fair. He:
reports that development work on the ■
Jesse B. has proved very satisfactory!
and that the company is arranging to j
install a stamp mill next season.
(From Thursday’s Daily.)
Alex Frazier was over from Knik
yesterday on business.
Mrs. Sumner S. Smith and small
son arrived from the Eska creek mine
last evening and are at the Crescent
for a few days.
During his recent business trip to
Matanuska, A. A. Shonbeck appointed
Mr. Winchester and Mr. Keogh a com
mittee of two to distribute free pas
senger tickets to all bona fide farmers i
of that section who are coming to An
chorage for the fall fair.
L. F. Vail, assistant engineer on
the Matanuska division and at pres
ent in charge at camp 187, will leave
for San Francisco when the transport
Crok sails on her next voyage to the
states, having severed his connection
with the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission after two years continuous !
service. Mr. Vail’s former home is
San Francisco and he expects to re- j
turn there to live.
The train from Anchorage \ester- j
day resembled a transcontinental
freight in the states, thirty-four cars
being in the string. Most of the
cars were loaded with supplies, and
the empties were mostly coal gon
dolas. A helper engine assisted in
getting the heavy train up the grade
to Whitney, five miles from Anchor
age.
Mrs. C. I*. Soule who has made
many friends during her year’s visit
in Anchorage was an outgoing pas
senger on the steamer Alaska. Mrs.
Soule will go direct to her home in
Houston, Texas, in response to ad- i
vices that her brother has enlisted in
the aviation corp and would soon re
port for duty. She wishes to see him j
before he goes aboard.
Nels W. Larson and Miss Hazel
Lindgren obtained a wedding license
yesterday and were married last even
ing by Acting Commissioner M. J.
Conroy. The bride came recently
from the states.
Meldrum S. Kennedy, an employe
of the commission on Turnagain arm,
and Miss Aletha Fisher, who arrived
on the Alaska Monday night, were
married Monday by Commission M.
J. Conroy and have left for their
home on Turnagain Arm.
Joseph E. Uihlein and Emil A. Beil
feld have returned to Anchorage from
a successful hunting trip after big
game in the vicinity of Snug Harbor.
The party left Anchorage more than
two weeks ago on the launch Rosebud,
with Captain Nordyke as guide and
mariner. Other members of the party
were John Wik, a professional guide,
from Kenai; John Beach and George
Hiliary. The party had planned to
spend a month hunting, but on ac
count of mosquitoes and rain they cut
their trip short.
Mr. Uihlein was successful in bag
ging a splendid female specimen of
brown bear.
A fire escape leading from the top
floor of the school house is to be built
it once. This much was assured the
school board at its last meeting
by Commissioner l’red Iv. Mears,
who has taken a personal interest in
the matter of providing fire protec
tion for the building. The improve
ment will be paid for out of the funds
with which the commission is making
the present changes in the school
louse.
(From Friday’s Daily.)
Walter Whobrey, of King, is an ar
rival at the White House.
William Hughes, pioneer freighter,
is down from the Willow creek district
on business with Anchorage mer
chants.
Dad Hunt returned to his farm this
morning but will be back Monday
morning with an agricultural exhibit
for the fall fair.
W. E. Dennison, manager of a
road house at Susitna station is reg
istered at the Hotel Anchorage and
is down to take in the fall fair.
A1 Beet, well known in local min
ing circles returned to Anchorage
yesterday from the Talkeetna and
Iron creek mining districts where he
spent the summer in developing his
mining property. Mr. Beet reports
considerable activity in both camps
and predicts a big rush into that
country with the completion of the
government railroad. He brought
down a fine pair of mountain sheep
horns which he will put on exhibition
at the fall fair.
Harry Lancaster and Ernie Shore
returned yesterday from the Willow
creek district where they have been
driving a tunnel on the Yago Gold
Mining company’s property which is
under lease by Dr. Schaleben and as
sociates. They will remain until af
ter the fair and expect to return to
finish the season working on the
Archangel group.
Joe Roadhouse, one of the founders
of Nome, arrived in Anchorage yester
day and is busy shaking hands and
talking over old times with his many
tilicum friends. Mr. Roadhouse was
formerly connected with the Miocene
Ditch company. He is now operating
for himself in the Nome district. He
made the trip from Nome on the
steamer Victoria and says the old
camp is enjoying renewed prosperity.
He declares Anchorage seems like
home, there being so many old timers
here. These same old timers are like
wise mighty glad to welcome Joe.
J. H. McElroy and J. H. Rimmer
are guests at the Anchorage hotel
and will remain in the city until af
ter the fair. They run road houses at
Skewenta Crossing and Moutain
Climber during the winter and mine
in the summer. They report that
their hydraulic operations on Falls
creek this season was very success
ful and that the operators of the en
tire Cache creek district experienced
an exceptionally successful season or
account of the abundance of wati r.
Benjamin Benson, one of the enrlj
pioneers of Alaska, and an activt
member in Anchorage Igloo of Pio
“''VI o, uttu at UIC ^UVCIUIIlCllt livopi
tal last night of cancer of the stom
ach. The deceased had been an em
ploye of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission until about five weeks
ago when he was taken to the hospi
tal for medical attendance. He has
a brother at P^au Claire, Wisconsin,
whom he had not heard from in
twenty years, and two sisters, living,
twenty years ago, at Acadia, 111. The
funeral will be held under the aus
pices of the Pioneers, Igloo No. 15,
of Anchorage.
(From Saturday’s Daily.)
Vic Blodgett, mine foreman at the
Gold Bullion mine, is among the ad
vance arrivals for the fair.
Sumner S. Smith, superintendent of
| the Eska creek coal mine, accompan
i ied by Dr. G. C. Martin, from Wash
ington, came in last evening and are
at the Crescent.
T. P. North, who is at the Crescent,
is the first person to register from
Castle, the new station at the end of
steel on the coal branch,
i Among the prominent people from
I Knik to arrive in the city this morning
j were Otto Laugel, Carl Newman, Otto
| Koch and Henry Fischer. The party
: came over on the launch Swan and
| will reman in Anchorage until the
I close of the fair.
I Deputy Marshal Harrv R. Brown
came over from Knik yesterday on the
launch Swan witk Peter Smirich, who
was placed in the federal jail await
ing examination for insanity. Smirich
is a hard rock miner and formerly
worked in the Willow Greek’ district.
He has been mentally unbalanced for
some time. Mr. Brown is at the
White House and will remain in An -
chorage until after the close of the
fair.
(From Sunday’s Daily.)
Henry Leonardi has disposed of his
Fairbanks express business and has
left for Tolovani.
Captain A. E. Lathrop, who has been
in Cordova for a month attending to
business interests there, returned on
the Mariposa.
Sam McDonald, formerly mayor of
Seward, returned on the Mariposa af
i ter spending several days in the
neighboring city.
S. J. Youngquist, a farmer from
; Matanuska, is among the advance
guard from the farming section and
brought down an agricultural ex
■ hibit for the fall fair.
L. P. Byrne left on the steamer
Mariposa last night for Seattle on busi
ness in connection with a large con
struction contract. Mr. Byrne will
probably not return to Anchorage un
til next spring.
Roy Veach, who is interested in the
Willow Creek mining district left for
Seattle last night on the steamer
Mariposa. Mr. Veach will spend the
winter in southern Arizona and ex
: pects to return to Anchorage next
spring.
Pat Murphy, one of the directors
of the Matanuska Farmers’ associa
tion, is one of the many farmers
| from the Matanuska district. Mr.
Murphy brought clown for the fair a
fine exhibit of farm products. He is
a guest at the Richter house.
Gold bricks from the Alaska and
Free Gold mine at Willow creek,
weighing 655 ounces and valued at
$12,350, were brought to the Bank of
Anchorage by William Martin last
] night and will be on display in the
j bank’s booth during the three days of
the fair. The bricks represent eight
days’ run at the one mill on the pro
perty and constitute the largest ship
j ment of pure gold brought in this sea
son.
(From Wednesday’s Daily.)
Dan Leach, foreman at Potter, is
staying at the White House.
Mrs. C. J. Lowry is a visitor from
j Chickaloon and is at the Crescent.
Mrs. F. A. Hansen, of Potter, is a
guest at the Crescent over the fair.
Sale of fair tags for Saturday and
Monday netted the fair association
$960.
! A. H. Seelgrove is in the city from
I Brown’s lake and is a guest at the An
chorage.
The executive board of the Anchor
age W'oman’s club will meet Thursday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at the home
of Mrs. Frederick Mears. >,.
No article can be removed from the
fine art and needle work exhibit at the
fair before 10 o’clock Thursday morn
I ing without special permission from
the committee in charge.
Sumner Smith, superintendent of
FRIENDS OF JOHN LIND WILL
MEET IN LABOR HALL TO
NIGHT TO DISCUSS HIS CASE
PATIENT SURE TO RECOVER.
Accused Inmate of Hospital is Des- j
cribed as Peaceable Citizen and No j
Claim is Made by Officers that He j
Carried Gun.
Carl Lind, the railroad station con
tractor who was shot by Deputy Mar
shal Jack Sturgis early Sunday morn
ing, is steadly improving at the hos
pital and his complete recovery is ex
pected in the near future.
No new developments are an
nounced from the marshal’s office re
garding the case, but friends of Lind
declare he was not trying to perpe
trate robbery when he was shot.
A meeting to discuss the case has
been called for 7:30 o’clock this even
ing in the Labor Temple, at which
time evidence will be presented to j
crime.
Fred Larson, a watchman until re
cently employed by the Alaskan En
gineering commission at Dead Horse
Hill, has known Lind since he was a
child in Sweden, and says Lind’s ac
tions have always been exemplary.
Mr. Larson worked with Lind for the
Stone & Webster corporation in Bell
ingham, and declares Lind was never
in any trouble.
“Mr. Lind was always peaceable
and would never get into arguments
with people,” Mr. Larson said. “He
always attended to his own business
and he has a host of friends who
know him as a law abiding citizen.”
This sentiment was reiterated by
A. Hall, Lind’s partner in the station
contract at camp No. 98.
Mr. Larson was with Lind early
Saturday evening and said today that
Lind had been drinking. Mr. Larson
left Lind in f'eterson’s pool room
about 8 o’clock Saturday night. Lind
hail $36 on his person when he was
taken to the hospital, Mr. Hall said
he was told by the attending doctor.
No pistol was found on Lind, neither
has Deputy Marshal Sturgis declared
that either Lind or his companion dis
played a revolver at the time of the
alleged hold-up.
Some fiend in human form is again
poisoning dogs at Wrangell and sev
eral pets and work dogs have been
killed by poison scattered about the
city. Disliking publicity the poisoner
is keeping his identity from the
press.
the government coal mines, has two i
splendid exhibits of coke from Unit j (
No. 7, Eska Creek mines, and Unit No.! s
12 from the Chickaloon fields. The; j
coke is on display at Exhibition Hall
of the fair.
Miss Minnie Virginia Wilson and ]
Robert O. Albritton were married ,
Saturday night at the Hotel Anchor
age in the presence of a few friends.
Rev. J. L. McBride performed the
ceremony. Mrs. Albritton arrived
from tho ont^irlp on tV»p stnnmpr \TqvI_
posa. Mr. Albritton is associated with
Charles Wark in the brokerage busi- j
ness. The bridal couple will reside
in the Polley cottage at F and Sev- i
enth street. ,
Mrs. Cornelia Hatcher, prominent
in temperance circles, is visiting with ;
her friend Mrs. George Anderson at (
Third and H street during the fair..
Mrs. Hatcher has spent the summer ,
in the Willow creek district recuper- j ^
ating from her ardent and successful j .
efforts in behalf of nation-wide pro
hibition. She will remain in Anchor- i
age several days as the guest of Mrs.
Anderson.
The Smith moving picture troupe
will stage the last act of a photoplay
at Exhibition grounds here tomorrow
morning. A large cast of local folks i
will be in attendance and many of the
spectators will be taken in the scene,
which will depict a dance hall of the
early days. The spectators are re
quested to wear rough clothes, typical
of the times and if possible look like
working men, dog mushers, miners
and prospectors.
The funeral of Charles S. Anderson, *
a station contractor for the Alaskan
Engineering Commission at Montana
creek, was held yesterday at 1:30 from
the Labor Temple. The funeral was i
under the auspices of the Alaska La-!
bor Unon. Many friends attended. In
terment was made in Anchorage cemc- j
tery. Mr. Anderson died from the ef-}
fects of a dirt slide which caught him
while at work on his contract last j
week. He was 35 years old. He was!
a native of Sweden and has one broth- j
er residing here. The funeral was di- j
rected by the Wood Undertaking com- j
pany.
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REMAIN IN ANCHORAGE
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Bound for Anchorage as a passenger
>n the steamship Alameda, which left
Seattle last Sunday, is Judge Alfred ■
3. Moore, formerly of Nome, but now!
>f Beaver, a suburb of Pittsburgh,!
?a.
Judge Moore for eight years was on
he federal bench of the Second ju
licial district with headcjuarters at
S’ome. Since leaving the bench, he
las been engaged in the practice of
aw in Pennsylvania as a member of
;he firm of Moore and Moore.
The judge has never been in Anchor- j
ige, and he contemplates, according
;o word he has sent to a friend here,
;o visit this city for about a month.
The judge is a man of distinction!
Doth in Alaska and in Pennsylvania,!
md members of the Chamber of Coni
nerce here are discussing some meth-j
>d of giving suitable recognition to
lim on the occasion of his approach
ng visit.
The tonnage mined at the Alaska-1
Uastineau at Juneau, during the last!
juarter, averaging better than 7,000 j
ons per day, shows the best results !
ibtained for any quarter since the be
ginning of operations. A total of 233,
>21 tons of ore were broken in the j
nine and 639,214 tons trammed to;
die oreway, leaving 1,324,509 tons of j
ji oken ore in the stopes. During the :
juarter, a shortage of labor, princi- j
.sally miners, was experienced, eur
a’hng operations especially during,
:he month of June. The average daily j
:onnage of 7,062 tons were milled ,
luring the quarter, the best evidence
since the start of operations. The ca
Dacity of the mill has Jseen increased |
Tom 3,500 to 10.000 tons per day by ;
he installation of fire impact screens
>ver the 72-inch rolls.
The gross value of heads for the
quarter was $1,112, against $1,207
i'or the first quarter, a decrease of
icarly 10 cents per ton. The opera
ing costs for the second quarter were
10.7210 as against $0.7883 for the first
juarter, a decrease of nearly 7 cents,
fhe profit per ton for the second
juarter was $0.1778, as against $0,209
'or the first quarter a decrease of SV
■ents per ton.
The costs for the quarter were
•emarkably low, considering an in
crease in price of about 60 per cent
>u all supplies, such as powder, drill
steel, roll steel, etc. If the normal
prices for material prevailed, the pres
?nt costs would be considerably lower,
thereby increasing the profits.
Since word came that a lady trav- j
?ling from Juneau had been arrested
by the Yukon authorities on suspicion
af being an agent of an enemy coun- i
try the name of a certain well known
Juneau nurse has been mentioned as |
likely to be the lady in question but
this lady’s friends point out that she
was merely making a trip around by J
Fairbanks and back. As an example
of the strictness of the British author
ities in this respect it may be men
tioned that William Hess, one of the
best known engineers in Alaska, was j
refused permission to land at Victoria
recently because his parents were Ger
mans.
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WOMEN ARE SMOKING
MORE CIGARETTES
GOVERNMENT REPORTS TOBAC
CO HABIT INCREASES AMONG
FAIR AMERICANS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 5.—
The cigarette habit among American
women is growing tremendously, ac
cording to the official report in con
nection with the international reve
nue statistics made public by the fed
eral government today.
All previous American records for
the consumption of whisky, cigars,
cigarettes and tobacco were broken in
the fiscal year that ended last June.
The consumption of distilled liquors
increased 28,000,000 gallons; cigars,
900,000,000; cigarettes, 48 per cent
‘and other tobacco 28A00.090 pounds.
Job printing at The Times office.