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We have just opened our brancn store at
the new town of Matanuska, formerly known as
Matanuska Junction.
This 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’s 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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Dealer in
SASH, DOORS, GLASS
Window Glass ___ Building Paper
Plate
Wire
Moss
Ribb
MIRRORS
Roofing
Sashweights
Sash Rail
Copper cm Bars
STORE FRONTS MADE TO ORDER
Fifth Ave. and K St.
Susitna and Talkeetna
Fast Power Boat
MARATHON j
Sails Wednesday, Aug. !>. Special Reduced Rates
Office Fourth and C.
FRANK MORTIMER, Agent
Let There Be Light
We Can Furnish It
PRICE & BENNETT
PLUMBING OUR SPECIALTY
Sheet Metal Works and r-rir 1 . r> o tr
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E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROP.
Headquarters for Mining Men
WHEN YOU REACH SEATTLE
CALL AT THE
Northern Bank & Trust Co.
Corner Pike and W «stlake Ave.
Where you are certain to greet lots of your old
Alaska friends.
W. L COLLIER
PRESIDENT
Tob Printing at Times
Newsy Items
About Town
The choir of the Episcopal church
will meet for practice tomorrow night,
at the Presbyterian church at 8:00,
o’clock.
Dr. E. S. Reedy made a flying trip !
to Matanuska Junction on the speed
er this morning and will return to
night.
Mr. Ford, the noted musician of
Knik, who has been staying at the ,
White House for a few days, returned
yesterday.
Bud Saui 1, formerly employed by
the government in the capacity of j
head packer, has recently opened a
i barber shop at Nenana.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Shough, who were
guests at the White House, left yes
terday for Willow creek, where Mr.
Shough is engaged in mining.
Mrs. Bert Schaeffer, wife of the!
j storekeeper at Talkeetna, is confined j
at the government hospital under the 1
charge of Drs. Reedy and Beeson.
There will be Episcopalian services
held here Sunday conducted by Bish
op P. T. Rowe. The hour will be
made known later in these columns.
Andrew Christensen advises that j
the sale of town lots in the new gov
ernment town of Nenana will take
| place on the 22nd day of this month. ;
The sailing of the steamer North- j
western from Seattle has been post
poned until the 13th and will not come
any further than Seward on this trip. |
The city administration has just
completed an eight-foot board side- j
walk from 3rd to 6th avenue on K
street and from K to L on 4th avenue.
Ted Welch, an employe of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission station-,
ed at Talkeetna, arrived in the city
' last night on the government boat B.
and B. No. 2.
Dr. J. H. McCallie returned yester
; day from Kni.,, bringing two of his j
horses that he will use on his pros
pering trip inT, the Talkeetna and'
B'cad Pass country. j
Frank Kelly, who is employed by
the Talkeetna Mining company, in 1
the Willow creek district, came down :
from Knik last night on the launch
Swan for a few days’ visit in Anchor
age.
■L/efjui.v Jiaisuai me rjvans, oi rew
ard is the official who worked up the ■
case leading to the seizure of liquors I
at Point Campbell recently. It is no* '
believed that the liquor was brought
here by a lumber-laden vessel.
John Linderbloom was brought
down from McDougal last night on
the power boat J. and J., and was tak
en to the government hospital. Mr.
Linderbloom was recently stricken
with a stroke of paralysis but is rest
ing comfortably at the present.
Roy Ketchum, who has been work
ing for the Gold Bullion Mining com
pany for two years, has decided to
go into business for himself and to
this end left on the river boat Mara
thon this morning for Talker Jia
where he will establish a pool hall
with Jim Carey as partner.
The sidewalk in front of Robarts’
pool hall has been torn up and will be
made to conform with the level of the
grade of the adjoining Elks’ property.
Blanton & Murray, of the Model .
Cleaners have received a new motor
cycle, which will be used for collect
ing and delivering clothes for their
, trade.
Slim Grey, formerly in the transfer
business at the Landing, but now in
. the employ of the Alaskan Engineer- j
ing Commission, stationed at Mata
nuska Junction, is spending a few
days in Anchorage on business. Slim j
! is wearing a Sulzer button, but says j
he doesn’t intend to bet that way j
this fall.
Ernest Podbey has purchased the
corrugated iron warehouse on 7th and
F streets and will use same for an |
automobile garage. This building is j
24 by 40 feet and Mr. Podbey will en- j
| large the building when business jus
tifies. He has employed a first-class
mechanic to do the overhauling and
make repairs on the machines.
The government will conduct an
auction sale of lots in the Federal and
Cliff additions to the town of Seward
beginning September 11. There are
1 158 lots in the Federal addition and
116 lots in the Cliff addition. Reser
vations have been made for sites for
a federal building, school purposes
and park grounds.
A copy of the New York Times
that arrived on the last mail contains,
on the front page, a picture that por
trays Mr. and Mrs. A. M. McDermott
riding in a dog sled, the team being
driven by Fred Peterson. The picture
was taken while Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Dermott were going out over the t^ail
last winter. Mrs. McDermott repre
sented the Anchorage Woman's club
at the international session of wom
en’s clubs, held in New York city, del
egates attending from all parts of the
wide world.
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[Official Publication]
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL |
CONDITION OF THE
Bank of Anchorage
Located at Anchorage, Territory of
Alaska, at the close of business on the
Fifth day of August, 1916.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts .$111,134.38 ;
Overdrafts . 419.92
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures . 2,500.00 !
Due from Banks . 104,921.09
Checks on other banks and
other cash items. 2,463.90
Cash on hand . 77,867.58
Ciold dust in transit. 30,447.53
Total .$329,754.90
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in.$ 25.000.00
Deposits . 294,948.33
Certified checks . 994.53
Cashier’s checks. 8,812.04
Total .$329,754.90;
United States of America, Territory
of Alaska, Third Judicial division, ss.
I, Winfield Erwin, assistant cashier
of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is
true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
WINFIELD ERWIN,
Assistant Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 5th day of August, 1916.
M. EVERSOLE,
Notary Public in and for the Terri
tory of Alaska. My commission
expires August 9, 1919.
Correct Attest:
CHAS. W. BROWN,
LEOPOLD DAVID,
—Directors.
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