CARL W. BOLTE
Cooking Utensils
Camp Outfits
Building Material
Guns, Ammunition
Glassware, Etc.
PRICES REASONABLE
Anchorage, - - Alaska
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Alexis Benj. Woche
Anchorage, - - Alaska
W. E. Lee, Manager
General Transfer Business
AGENTS FOR
Bluff Point Coal
Young American
Lodgin i House..,
Everything New,
Neat, Clean
and Comfortable
Free Storage for Baggage
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The Old Pioneers of Alaska
...Jack Cronin and Carl Hortness...
Proprietors.
Anchorage, Alaska
Mrs. E. Mutehler, Propr.
Fine Spring Beds
50 Cts. Per Night
Riverside ave
Opposite the D. D. Restaurant
Anchorage, Alaska
LAUNDRY
Pressing and Cleaning
Next Door to
Palace Lodging House.
Anchorage, - - Alaska
HALL SAFES
Norris Safe and Look Go.
W. Iy. Moffatt, Sole Agent
Box 73. Seward, Alaska
Fine Growing
Weather in the
The settlers in the vicinity of
Matanuska Junction are as busy
as bees clearing land, planting
root crops and making general
improvements in their home
steads. The climatic conditions
are ideal for growing the root
crops. Gentle showers occur at
frequent intervals, moistening the
soil and providing natural irrig
ation. The prevailing weather is
sunshine. The conditions are so
favorable one may almost see the
vegetables growing.
N. S. Needham, one of the
more recent settlers, reached An
chorage the early part of the
week, to meet his wife, who is
expected on the next sieamer. He
is very enthusiastic over the ag
ricultural possibilities of the Mat
anuska valley, and gave the Pio
neer man some facts and figures
to prove the foundation for his
optimism. He said:
“1 located my homestead May
7th, cleared a plot of ground and
planted potatoes May 13th. June
4th the vines were visible above
the ground. I planted rhubarb
May 18th and when 1 departed
for Anchorage a week ago the
plants were large enough to eat.
The settlers in our neighborhood
all have garden tracts ranging
from a quarter of an acre to five
acres. George Nylin has as nice
a garden as I've seen anywhere.
The root crops under culture are
potatoes, which predominate; tur
nips, radishes, rutabagas, cab
bages and similar vegetables.’’
Mr. Needham said he counted
18 lires, enroute here, the work
of settlers in clearing their land
for cultivation.
Forester Keith McCullouph is
keeping a sharp lookout for for
est fires in the domain over which
he has jurisdiction. And it keeps
him on the job, too.
u
Chairman Edes, of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, in an
interview in the Valdez Prospect
or, is quoted as saying:
. “We will undoubtedly sp n l
some money on the Alaska North
ern in order to make the road
safe and for use of the commis
sion to take supplies to Kern
creek, but our main work will bo
from Anchorage to Matanuska.”
When asked for a copy of the
report made by the commission
to President Wilson and Secreta
ry Lane, Mr. Edes replied: “You
will have to secure the repo t
from S(' rotary Lane. The com
mission made its report to the
head of the Department of the
Interior, but we did not recom
mend the selection of any termi
nal, simply giving the advan ta ces
and disadvantages of the differ
ent routes.”
The railway commission has
taken over an old land roars- at
Old Knik known as “Scotty”
Watson’s roadhouse for uses of
the railroad work. Watson lias
secured a job with the govern
ment, This leaves W.D. Elliott,
the old timer, in possession of the
public boarding accommodations
in the Old Knik country. Elliott
has one of the best-equipped road
houses in these parts. it is
ideally located. For pleasure
seekers, the resort offers many
opportunities. Followers ot Isaak
Walton may find excellent ashing
in Eklutna lake, reached by foot
or horseback from the roadhouse,
the distance being ten miles.
Mrs. L. L. Middle
lamar, is visiting her brother,
Deputy Marshal Brown and Mrs.
Brown at Knik. She is the
daughter of Federal Judge Fred
M. Brown and her husban 1 is
superintendent at the Ella mar
mine.
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We buy where we can get the best goods for the least money.
WE EXPECT YOU TO DO THE SAME.
“i/you are looking for somebody, go down to Pilger’s Store.
Anchorage, Alaska
Newt. W. Pilger,
THE
Mrs. Martha White, Propr.
Up-io-Date in Every Way
Nice Comfortable Beds
Rates Moderate
/ also conduct a First-class Res
taurant on Main St.
Meet Me at the
White Lunch
Frank Zaremba, Prnpr.
Anchorage, - - Alaska
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WE NEVER close
Anchorage. - - Alaska
Fred and Harry
Proprietors
“ G O 0 D E A T S ’
Q UIC K SE E VICE
Anchorage,
Alaska
K. H. Wehnke, Propr.
General EXPRESS Business
C. Jones, Propr.
Good Work, Promptly Done, it
Moderate Prices.
Anchorage, - - Alaska
ROBERT
SMALL
BLACKSMITH and
HORSE SHOEK.
Boat Work of All
Kinds Done
Anchorage, Alaska
F. Cobbs, Propr.
Bath Room in Connection
Anchorage, Alaska.
p. j. McDonald
Carpenter a.no Builder
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Anchorage, - - Alaska