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We have just opened our brancn store at
the new town of Matanuska, formerly known as
Matanuska Junction.
Tliis store is stocked with a complete line
of groceries, provisions, feed, hardware and
building materials.
We are also agents at Matanuska for Mc
Nally & Maitland lumber, and operate in con
nection with the store a completely stocked
LUMBER YARD.
A. A. SHONBECK
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
FORD AGENCY
Fourth at C Street
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RAY C. LARSON
Dealer in
SASH, DOORS, GLASS
MIRRORS
Window Glass
Plate
Wire
Moss
Ribb
Building Paper
Roofing “
Sashweights
Sash Rail
Copper cm Bars
STORE FRONTS MADE TO ORDER
Fifth Ave. and K St.
Susitna and Talkeetna
Fast Power Boat
MARATHON
Sails Tuesday, Aug. s.
Office Fourth and C.
Special Reduced Rates.
FRANK MORTIMER, Agent
Let There Be Light
We Can Furnish It
PRICE & BENNETT
PLUMBING OUR SPECIALTY
Sheet Metal Works and t . r> o rr
Gasoline Lighting tilth ut.f 0£l. U & tl
HOTEL OVERLAND
E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROP.
Headquarters for Mining Men
SEWARD - - ALASKA
WHEN YOU REACH SEATTLE
CALL AT THE
Northern Bank & Trust Co.
Corner Pike and Westlake Ave.
Where you are certain to greet lots ot your old
Alaska friends.
W. L. COLLIER
PRESIDENT
Newsy Items
About Town
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Mayor J. G. Watts spent the day at
Matanuska Junction on business.
A1 Clarno is down from his Eska
creek farm trading with the local i
' merchants.
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Fred Kincaid, a rancher from the
Knik farming district, is in Anchor
i age on business.
Mrs. Lee Foster and Mrs. Chas.
Spaulding came down from Knik Sat
urday and spent Sunday in the city j
1 visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Hibbard and Wm. Martin
spent yesterday afternoon and even- 1
ing at the Whitney ranch.
The Happy Valley Coal company I
has a splendid specimen of coal from 1
the mines on exhibit in front of the {
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.
A good crowd enjoyed the dance
Saturday evening at the Union hall,
and in the opinion of the ladies pres
ent the Leap Year dances are very
popular.
The revenue cutter Unalga reached
this port Saturday night, presumably
making this place in connection with
the recent confiscation of liquors at
Point Campbell.
George Bolja, Jack Nelson and
three more boys took the train this ;
morning for the Junction. They have j
a clearing contract on the main line.
12 miles above the Junction.
The Torn Knudson ranch at Men
denhall, one of the show spots for
tourists visiting the Juneau district,
is to be cut up into five-acre lots and
i disposed of.
H. W. Nagley, mayor of Suritna
Station, who has been in Anchorage
several days on business, left last
evening on the power boat J. and J.
for the Station.
The first shipment of dried shrimps I
ever sent from Alaska were shipped
from Petersburg recently. They are j
destined for China. . The shipment
’ consisted of 500 pounds.
Jack Chisholm, representing the
West Coast Grocery company, of Ta
coma, wil leave on the Admiral Evans
for a two weeks’ trip to Seward, Val
dez and Cordova in the interest of his
company.
Ralf Smith passed the night in
town and returned to Matanuska
junction on me tram mis morning
with an outfit headed for Willow
creek to continue developing his
quartz property.
The members of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce are requested
to meet tomorrow night for the pur
pose of nominating members and of
ficers of the executive committee for
the semi-annual election to be held
September 8, 1916.
Ike Evans, United States marshal
stationed at Seward, is in the city on
unofficial business, coming over on
the revenue cutter Unalga. Mr. Ev
ans and Colonel Revell sat side by
side in the grand stand yesterday j
taking notes as to how the game
should be played.
Mr. Bennett, of the bureau of soils,
department of agriculture, and Mr.
I Ringsted, of the U. S. forest service,
departed today, en route to the Ke
nai river country, where they' will
undertake investigations in their re
spective lines. They will be gone
: about two weeks.
Alex Liska and James Lowery came
in this morning from the new strike
on Theodore river and are stopping
1 at the Crist hotel. Theodore river is
located between Lewis and Beluga i
rivers and Messrs. Liska and Lowery j
have eight claims staked, taking in
part of the recent strike.
Harry, commonly known as Scotty,
Watson was sentenced by Judge Leo
pold David this morning to sente four
months in the federal jail for selling
intoxicating liquors. Scotty' was:
brought down from Matanuska Land
ing by Deputy Marshal Frank Hoff
man yesterday and this is the first j
liquor conviction from that place.
The dearth of real hard rock miners
in the country is getting serious and j
the mine operators of the Willow
creek district are continually sending j
to Anchorage for more men. How
ever, they claim that there are many
prospectors in the hills who will be
available later when they come in
from their season’s trip.
An invitation committee from the
city boarded the cutter Unalga this
morning extending a cordial invita
tion to the baseball team to come
ashore and be beaten this afternoon
by the All-Anchorage team at Recre
ation park. It seems that naval eti
quette demands a formal invitation
and to be really consistent the local
players should allow them to win the
game.
Read The Dally TimeB and be an
Anchorage booster.
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JUST RECEIVED
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Our Complete Lines of
Suits and
Overcoats
TheJLatest
Hart, Schaffner &
Marx Clothes
For Fall and
Winter
There's a very large variety of pat
terns to choose from and lots of differ
ent weaves, tweeds, cheviot*, home
spuns, serges. Sizes from 34 to 48.
Prices from $25 to $35
A visit to our store will convince
you that we have the goods we advertise
Copyright Hart Schaffaer & Mara
Colors, fabrics, fit, wear, style guaranteed to
iatisfy you or your money back. Hart, Schaffner
Si Marx authorize us to give this guarantee without
•eservation.
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JAFFE & BAYLES'1
Death Toll Is
Daily Growing
NEW YORK, August 7.—Within
the past 24 hours 41 infants died
from infantile paralysis and 160 new
cases were reported to the health de
partment.
ALASKAN PIONEERS
HAVE BEEN PLACED
ON PENSION ROLLS
(Juneau Empire)
Gov. J. F. A. Strong today received
notification from Sitka that the board
of trustees of the Alaska Pioneers’
Home have granted old age pensions
to four men and two women, pioneers
of Alaska and all over the age of 70
years. There are now 91 persons in
Alaska receiving assistance from the
territory under the provisions of
chapter 64 of the Session Laws of
Alaska, 1915.
The new pensions granted were to
Elisha H. Skeen, of Ketchikan, $10 a
month; Benjamin Spinney, of Ruby;
Robert Roberts of Fairbanks, James
Boyle of Nome, Eliina Person, of
Nome, and Adeline F. Simpson, of
Fairbanks, $12.50 a month each.
NOTICE.
Regular meeting Masonic club to
night, 8 o’clock, at Lasky’s Tailor
Shop. Important business. 8-7-lt 1
Doc buys everything. 7-li-tl
u. s.
RESTAURANT
Under New Management
REGULAR MEALS.
SHORT ORDERS
Chop Suey and Noodles
to Order.
FIRST CLASS PASTRY
Next Door Fairbanks Clothing
Store.
Cor. 4th and D Streets.
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