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Territorial Depository
Deposits over $400,000
Foreign Gold and Currency Bought'
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Pacific Grocery Company
WHOLESALE
Now is the time to buy your
winter supplies, for prices
will^be higher when navi
gation closes.
Gr. W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
Distribute General Merchandise, Hardware, Boots and
Shoes, Lumber, Shingles, Gasoline, Kerosene,
Paints and Oil, Pumps, Pipe and Fit
tings, Tents and Tarpaulins.
Sperry’s Flour, Sold Under Absolute Guarantee
From the Company.
Recleaned Oats, $55.00 per ton.
Hay, $35.00 per ton.
Red and Grey Rosin Building Paper, $1.00.
id. G. Berry Sugar, $8.25 per sack, 100s.
Carnation Milk, $4 25 case.
Red Clover Butter, $40.00 Bbl, 110 lbs.
® The “Lucy” Does It
KNIK, ALASKA
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Generosity of
Alaska Miners
(Iditarod Pioneer)
Among the passengers for the out
side on the launch Nancy Bell last
Sunday night was James Burton,
widely known in Alaska and particu
larly in this district as “Overland
Jim.” Mr. Burton is on his way to
Rochester, Minn, to undergo surgical
treatment for a complication of dis
eases. He has been in failing health
for some time and being unable to
work, his resources were exhausted.
The necessity for prompt treatment
for his malady prompted friends and
associates to raise a purse for his ben
efit and the miners and others re
sponded so liberally that the sura of
$1,147 was soon raised, and a draft
for that amount on which the bank
would charge no exchange, was turned
over to Burton before his departure.
Jack Rose, on Flat creek; Jerry
Wynne, at Flat City, and Harry Mee
han, at Discovery, devoted their time
to gathering the fund, and their re
quests for aid for the sick man were
promptly responded to. As in all
such cases, the people of the district
exhibited an eagerness to help that is
commendable. At Flat City and on
Flat creek the sum of $618.50 was do
nated; at Discovery $378.50, and the
order of Pioneers of Alaska donated
$150. At the workings of Bates &
Co. alone, on Otter creek, the sum of
$170 was contributed.
Mr. Burton is said to have relatives
at Rochester.
MANY RESIDENTS ADOPT
HOUSE NUMBERING POLICY
J. S. Matthews has done a great
service to Anchorage by taking the
initiative in the house numbering
matter and up to date advises the
Daily Times that he has numbered
over 300 business houses and resi
dences. This is a policy that every
property owner in the city should
adopt as Anchorage has reached the
size that it is almost imperative to
have the houses numbered to insure
accuracy and facilitate business.
Wood Undertaking Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
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Mushers Bury
Fortner's Body
(Iditarod Pioneer).
S. S. Garrett and J. F. Gruby ar
rived at Flat on Wednesday evening
last, having come across on foot from
Anchorage. They bring a story of the
drowning of Lee Fortner, a resident
of Seattle, in the treacherous waters
of the Happy river, in an attempt to
cross that stream. The date of the
tragedy was given as July 5. The
two travelers left Anchorage July 1.
Fortner was about 54 years of age,
and is said to have owned property in
the vicinity of Lake Washington, at
Seattle, Wash. He was a carpenter
by trade, and is supposed to have a
daughter some where in Indiana.
Fortner left Anchorage with a man
named Ed. Becker, who is said to be
an old-timer in the Iditarod district.
Becker was met by Garrell and Gruby
while on his way back to Susitna. He
requested them to bury the body of
Fortner, which they did at the junc
tion of the Swentna and Happy riv
ers, on the left bank. They marked
the grave plainly with the name and
age of the deceased.
A trip across country from Anchor
age to Iditarod in the summer season
is one which few men would care to
undertake, and when the men arrived
in Flat with their story of the trip
they were soon the center of interest.
Much speculation has been caused
with regard to the tragedy because of
the fact of Becker’s leaving the body
of his traveling companion to be bur
ied by strangers, but this will in all
probability be cleared up when the
full details are learned. While Beck- i
er is said to be an old-timer of the
Iditarod district,, he does not appear
to be known here.
Alfred Smith, a son of Mrs. Wal
lace Howie, arrived in Fairbanks re
cently to visit his mother, whom he
had not seen for 12 years.
Matt Button Buys, Sells, Leases,
Rents. 9-14tf
For Sale—Crescent hotel, corner 4th
and C St. Also 24 x 130 ft. on east
side of hotel. 9-19tf
Be with the crowd at Peterson’s.
9-26-4t
Special 35c lunch at the Wilcox
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LUMBER
Gasoline
We Carry a Complete Stock
of Lumber at Matanuska
A. A. Shonbeck, Agt.
YARD
Foot of G Street.
OFFICE
4th Ave. and G St.
POLLEY BROS.
General Merchandise
Just Received—Our line of Winter Goods—
Knit Right Sweater Coats
Oregon Citv Mackinaws
Heavy All-Wool Whalebak Army Shirts
Wrights & Medlicott Underwear.
Knit Gloves and Mittens from 25c to $2.25.
HARDWARE, STAPLE and FANCY GROCERIES