I LOCAL NEWSETTES OF THE WEEK
THURSDAY
Henry Edwardson came down from
Chickaloon yesterday and is register
ed at the Wilson house.
John Hilbert is a recent arrival at
ti e Wilson house from Chickaloon
where he is employed by the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
Joseph Lamure, employed in the
electrical department at the govern
ment coal mines at Chickaloon, is a
guest of the Wilson house.
T. R. Conquest, who has been locat
ed at Kashwitna for several months,
an'ved in Anchorage yesterday and
is registered at the White house.
Joseph Lamure, employed in the
electrical department at the govern
ment railroad, arrived yesterday in
An horage and is staying at the Wil
son house.
L. C. Yandevero came in on yester
day.-' train from Camp 107 where he
is employed by the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission in the engineering de
partment, and is a guest of the Cres
cent hotel.
Steven Bunos is here from Turn
again Arm where he has been engag
ed n work for the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission. He is a guest of the
Hotel Anchorage.
Trank Hurley, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission kind
st; : mod at Mde 1SS on the main line
on ike government railroad, arrived
y> - t relay in Anchorage and is staying
a: e Wilson house.
. Lynch, the father of D. M. Lynch
wk owr.s a ranch about eight miles
r.o::heast of Anchorage is dead at his
hm ,t* in Saratoga Springs, according
to a "otter received here by Mr. Lynch
i. : s week.
'■ ill;am Hughes, who is engaged in
frwgi 'ing coal from the mines at
M se creek to the railroad for the
Matanuska Coal company and who
ha.- keen staying at the Crist house
for the jiast several days returned on
this morning's train to his work at
Mi- - • creek.
Tatvick Marshall, an employe of the
A .-kan Engineering commission at
C. a 71, came in on yesterday’s
tr: and is a guest of the White
l.o. -e. Mr. Marshall will leave tomor
iv. . :'iv the camn and will take along
with him a shipment of horses to he
us< 1 by the commission on Turnagain
Ai ’ work.
Septimus Irwin, who has been
f • ghting for the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission near Talkeetna and
at Mile 16b on the main line of the
government railroad, i.- in Anchorage
for a brief visit and is registered at
the White house.
J. E. Wilson, who has been pros
pect "ng at the head of Chester creek
f .r several weeks, returned yesterday
ami is a guest of the White house. To
date Mr. Wilson says he has failed to
locate the pay-streak.
.’J. Marks, a prospector, who has
1 '•< located in the Broad pass coun
try. arrived in Anchorage over the
tr;. 1 yesterday and is a guest of the
V. 1 :te house. Before leaving the
Br : 1 Pass Mr. Marks visited the
tov n of Nenana where he states there
is not an idle man. The Alaskan En
I gineering commission is doing some
| steel-laying near Nenana preparatory
j to beginning heavy work in the
spring.
Charles Frazer, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission and
located at Matanuska, came down yes*
I lerday and is registered at the Cres
cent hotel. Mr. Frazer is accompa
nied by his wife.
William Murphy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. M. Murphy, who was a form
er employe of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission on Turnagain Arm
| division of the government railroad
I and who left Anchorage last fall to
join the aviation service of the Unit
ed States army, is now stationed at
Vancouver. Washington. Mr. Murphy
: has been promoted to corporal. For
; tin* next several months he will be
| located in the woods in Washington,
where the aviation service is logging
! out timber for use in the manufae
I ;ure ol‘ airplanes. Corporal Murphy’s
I work consists in planning and laying
I out logging roads wherever needed.
G. James Truitt, son of Attorney J.
S. Truitt, of Anchorage, is now sta
tioned at Vancouver, Washington, and
a member of Company E of the 318th
. Engineers. The young man was form
1 u-'y employed in the engineering de
partment of the Alasakn Engineering
> amission and is well known among
.he commission employes. He ex
act, ts to he sent to an Atlantic coast
port soon on his way to the European
war zem . according to a letter receiv
ed from him by hi> father this week.
S A T U It D A Y
Frederick E. Rader, superintendent
of the agricultural experimental sta
tion a few miles out of Matanuska ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday and is a
guest of the Anchorage hotel.
11. T. Brace, who is employed, by the
Alaskan Engineering commission and
located at Camp s:> on the Turnagain
Arm division of the government rail
road, is a recent arrival at the Hotel
Anchorage.
E. B. Eossek, located at Cam]) !)1
where he is employed by tlie Alaskan
Engineering commission, came in on
yesterday’s train and is registered at
the Anchorage hotel.
George Vause, who was superin
tendent of navigation on the Susitna
liver last season is confined to his
home suffering with a severe cold.
During the past month Mr. Vause has
been stationed at the government coal
mines at Eska creek.
Martin Banning, a resident of Sew
ard who arrived in Anchorage from
| there this week left yesterday for his
home. While in Anchorage Mr. Ban
ning was a guest of the White house.
Patrick Marshall, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission who
came in from his headquarters at
j Camp 71 a few days ago returned on
; the train yesterday morning, taking
1 with him a number of horses to be
used by contractors on the Turnagain
Arm work on the government railroad.
Frank Beiks, a resident of Mata
nuska, left yesterday for Seward.
After a brief visit there with friends
he will sail for the state where he ex
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pects to secure employment in some of
the shipbuilding yards.
H. T. Edler, an employe of the Alas
kan Engineering commission in the
bridge department on Turnagain Arm
is a recent arrival in Anchorage and
while in town is staying at the Hotel
Parsons.
P. A. Marion, employed in the me
chanical department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission at Eska
creek is a new arrival at the White
house.
Charles Harper and his brother A1
Harper arrived yesterday from the
outside where they have been spend
ing the winter and are registered at
the Hotel Anchorage. The Harper
brothers are well known in mining
circles and are heavily interested in
mining properties in the Cache creek
country. They will leave in the course
of the next week for their properties
and plan on doing extensive develop
ment work during the coming season.
Bernard Knudson, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission and
i located at Camp 86 on the Turnagain
Arm division of the government rail
| road arrived in Anchorage and is a I
guest of the Hotel Crescent.
Cius Alexson, who is an employe of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
with headquarters at Camp 86 on !
1 Turnagain Arm and who was a guest
! of the Crescent hotel returned yester
1 day to his work.
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\Y. A. Jones, a traveling salesman
representing a Seattle mercantile linn
who has been in Anchorage for see
| oral days as a guest of the Crescer.*
hotel, left on yesterday’s train for I
Seward. He will visit the coast towns \
before returning to Seattle.
John Paulson, who has been employ
' ed by the Alaskan Engineering com
i mission on Turnagain Arm arrived ir.
Anchorage yesterday and is staying at ;
the Crist house.
Sidney Ensol, who arrived last week
from the interior, and who has been a
guest of the Crist house left ycstcr
1 day for Seward. Mr. Ensol expects u i
return to Anchorage in time to leave !
for Iditarod on March 1. He will take ;
in with him two passengers.
(1. S. Demin arrived from Seward I
!
yesterday and is a guest of the White
house while waiting here preparatory ;
to going into the interior where he is j
interested in mining on Flat creek.
Jack Sutherland, secretary of the;
Alaska labor union, who has beer ;
i spending several days at Chickaloor I
returned yesterday. Mr. Sutherland |
reports that Chickaloon is becoming a i
thriving camp. Ten of the miners now
| employed at the mines have bui’d
homes there and have their families
i with them.
Frank I’lashcr, who is interested in
several valuable mining claims locate;
in the Nelchina district recently pur
chased his summer’s outfit at Chicka
loon and is now engaged in freighting
: it into his property.
A. I). Warner, empolyed by Charles
Peters and company at Chickaloon
arrived in Anchorage yesterday and is
a guest of the New Union hotel.
Mathew Fleming who has been em
ployed at the Chantes tie camp near
j Knik river arrived yesterday in An
i diorage and is staying at the New
i Union hotel.
L. Shulman, a fur buyer represent
| ing Charles Goldstein, of Juneau, and
I who is a guest of the Hotel Anchor
| age, will eave over the trail for the
Iditarod next Tuesday.
Mark A. Miller died at Sioux Falls,
N. D. this morning of heart trouble
according to a telegram received to
day by Arthur Miller a brother of the
deceased. Arthur Miller is Indian
agent for the southwestern district of
Alaska with headquarters in An
{ chorage.
S U N D A Y
F. H. Saunders came down from
Eska creek on yesterday’s train and is
staying at the Hotel Anchorage.
Andrew Anders arrived yesterday
in Anchorage from Seldovia where he
has been located during the past sev
eral months engaged in the fishing in
dustry and while in Anchorage is stay
ing at the Richter house.
William Peterson, who with his wife
is the owner of the Alaska house on
Third avenue between G and H streets
returned last week from a three
months’ visit to the states. Mr. Peter
son, who is known about town as
“Shorty” will dispose of ail of his in
terests here in Anchorage and will
move to Casper, Wyoming with his
family upon the opening of naviga
tion. He formerly operated a taxi
service here.
Charles Berglund who has been
staying at the Richter house for the
past several days returned to his work
at Camp 79 on the Turnagain Arm
division of the government railroad
where he is engaged in a rock contract
with the Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Milo Kelly, a well known business
man of Anchorage who is a part own
er of several valuable mining claims
in the Willow creek district is now in
New York where he is interesting
capital in the Willow creek gold mines,
according to word received here from
him last week.
Captain Nathan White a pioneer
skipper of the mosquito fleet of Cook
inlet expects to leave Seldovia for An
chorage as soon as the season of navi
gation will permit with a boat load of
fresh and salted fish, according to
word received from him by A. J.
Wendler of the grocery firm of Larson
and Wendler.
Phillip Patterson who for a number
of years was located on Kenai penin
sula near Kenai arrived in Anchorage I
yesterday and while in town is stay
ing at the White house. Mr. Patter
son will leave next week for Seward;
from which place he will go to Sel- j
dovia. He will take up a ranch near |
Bear Cove at Kachemak bay as soon '
as he is able to file on the land in the 1
!
spring.
M O N D A Y
F. H. Martin, who formerly worked I
in the telephone and telegraph build-j
ing left this morning for camp 88 on
the Turnagain Arm division of the
government railroad and will he em
ployed there for the remainder of the
winter.
Wiiliam Smith, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission on i
Turnagain Arm who for the past two
weeks has been receiving medical
treatment from the government hos
pital for an injured leg returned this
morning to Camp 88.
O. J. Hague, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission in
the bridge department and now sta
tioned at Potter creek on the Tum
again Arm division of the govern
ment railroad arrived in Anchorage
yesterday and is registered at the
Hotel Crescent.
William Engberg arrived in An
chorage from Campbell’s Point yester
day and returned this morning. He is
engaged in a tie and piling contract at
Point Campbell. Mr. Engberg was a
guest of the Hotel Crescent while ir
town.
H. T. Prace who is employed by the
Alaskan Engineering commission and
stationed at Camp 83 on the Turn
again Arm division of the government
railroad returned to his duties on the
train this morning. Mr. Brace has
been a guest of the Anchorage hotel.
E. B. Fossek returned to his head- j
quarters at Camp 91 on Turnagain j
Arm this morning where he is em
ployed by the Alaskan Engineering j
commission in the mechanical depart- j
ment. While in town Mr. Fossek has
been registered at the Anchorage
hotel.
L. Shulman, a fur buyer represent
ing the Goldstein mercantile company j
of Juneau who has been staying at the
Hotel Anchorage for the past several
days left this morning with Frank
Barr and his dog team for Talkeetna.
In the event of them finding the trail
in good traveling condition Mr. Shul
man may extend his trip as far as the
Broad Pass. He will return to Anchor
age before spring.
Harry McCain, the evangelist, mov
ed on his ranch last Friday and ex
pects to made his home there for the
future. The ranch consisting of 160
acres is located about miles south
of Anchorage.
Joseph Bordin is a recent arrival at
the Parsons hotel. Mr. Bordin is en-1
gaged in a rock contract for the Alas
kan Engineering commission on Turn
again Arm.
Joseph Dempsey, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission lo
cated at the government saw mill at
Camp 83 on Turnagain Arm, who has
been visiting his family hei-e for sev
eral clays returned to his work on the
morning train.
Frederick E. Rader who has been a
guest of the Hotel Anchorage for a
few days returned to his home at Mat-;
anuska on this morning’s train. Mr.
Rader is in active charge of the gov
ernment agricultural experiment sta
tion located about four miles north
west of the town of Matanuska.
John Paulson an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission on
the Turnagain Arm division of the
government railroad who lias been a |
guest of the Crist house for the past I
several days returned to his head
quarters on this morning's train.
John Hanson who has been visiting
friends and relatives in Anchorage
during the past two weeks returned
to his work on Turnagain Arm.
TUESDAY
J. A. Gillquist arrived in Anchor- ■
age yesterday from his headquarters J
at Chickaloon and is a guest of the
Crescent hotel.
Oscar Lindner an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission on!
Tumaguin Arm arrived in Anchorage I
yesterday and is a guest of the Crist
house.
W. P. Gullic came in yesterday from
his headquartrs at Potter Creek where
he is employed by the Alaskan En
gineering commission and is regis
tered at the Crescent hotel.
Charles Harper and A1 Harper, well
known mining men in the Cache creek
district who have been guests of the
Hotel Anchorage, left this morning
for their property and will devote the
coming mining season to development
work. The Harper brothers have spent
the winter in the states and arrived in
Anchorage last week.
J. D. V, hitney who owns a well de
veloped ranch four miles from An
chorage came in yesterday and is reg
istered at the Anchorage hotel. Mrs.
VYlmney is a patient at the gove n
r.'.cnt hospital under the caie of Dr. ,!.
B. Beeson.
O. Wilson, a mining man who has
been a guest of the Parson’s hotel left
on this morning’s train for Houston on j
his way into the interior. Mr. Wilson
is interested in several mining claims
in the Iditarod country and will devote
the coming season to the development
of his property.
A. Carlson arrived from the Turn
again Arm division of the government
railroad where he has been in the em
ploy of the- Alaskan Engineering com
mission for the past several months
and while in town is making his home
at the Hotel Parsons.
Septimus Irvin who for the past
year has been engaged in the freight
ing service for the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission on the main line of the
government railroad near Talkeetna
and who has been a guest of the
White house left on the morning train
for Mile 1G6. Mr. Irvin has several
teams of horses there which lie will
use in hauling ties from the woods to
the government railroad right of way.
Robert Small, one of the democratic
wheel horses of Anchorage who has
been visiting friends and relatives in
California during the winter returned
to Anchorage yesterday and is regis
tered at the Hotel Anchorage. Mr.
Small will resume his blacksmithing
business here and states that he will
take an active part in the political
campaign this year. He will make his
home at the Hotel Anchorage for sev
eral days preparatory to moving into
his home at First avenue and C street, i
R. M. Goebel in the employment of
George Riley the mining man as
dredgemaster left this morning for
Iditarod and will begin work on one of
the Riley dredges shortly after his ar
rival in the Iditarod country. Mr.
Gcebel has been rn the states during
the past winter where he has been
under the care of a physician for an
accident which occurred a year ago
while working on a dredge in the in
terior.
William Baxter, a former resident
of Nome arrived over the trail from ;
Pocrman this week and is registered
at the Crist house. Mr. Baxter con
sumed 18 days in making the journey 1
from Poorman to Anchorage and dur-;
ing the entire trip found the trail in I
good condition. Mr. Baxter has been j
engaged in the mining game in the
Ruby district for the past year. He j
will remain in Anchorage for several j
weeks and later go to the Chickaloon j
country where he will spend the com- j
ing summer prospecting in the hills.
Charles Sharp, who has been en- j
gaged in the fishing business at Sel
dovia for several months, returned to ^
Anchorage yesterday and will remain
here until the opening of navigation.
John Stephens who owns a ranch
near Eklutna on the main line of the
government railroad arrived in An
chorage yesterday and is registered at
the Morrison hotel.
WEDNESDAY
Gus Weise who owns a ranch at
Matanuska came down yesterday and
is registered at the Morrison hotel.
W. M. Hanke, a rancher from Mata
nuska arrived at the Richter house
yesterday and returned on the morn
ing train.
Fred W. Ritter, a well known old
timer in the country is outfitting for a
prospecting trip into the Mt. McKin
ley district. Mr. Ritter will cross the
Muldrovv glacier and will spend the
coming summer looking for placer de
posits.
L. G. Jackson, who is in charge of
the passenger depot at Matanuska for
the Alaskan Engineering commission
came down yesterday from his head
quarters on official business and was
registered at the Crescent hotel. f
J. A. Gilquist, whose home is in
San Francisco and who is connected
with the Chickaloon Coal company at
Chickaloon, returned to the mines on
this morning’s train. Mr. Gilquist is
here on a trip of inspection to the
mines and will remain there for sev
eral weeks.
W. C. Gullic, an employe of the ^
Alaskan Engineering commission re
turned to his work at Potter creek on
this morning’s train. Mr. Gullic was
registered at the Crescent hotel.
William A. Black, a pioneer of An
chorage and the owner of a ranch in
the Matanuska valley came down from
his home on yesterday’s train and re- t
turned this morning. Mr. Black was
a guest of the Hotel Anchorage dur
F. F. Winchester who is the owner
of a ranch near the government agri
cultural experiment station at Mata
nuska arrived in Anchorage yesterday
and is registered at the Richter house.
Charles Peters, the merchant prince
of Chickaloon who was recently ap
pointed postmaster there arrived in
Anchorage on yesterday’s train and
while in town will make his home at
the New Union hotel.
Z. J. Jewell, one of the best known
farmers in the Matanuska valley and
one of the first homesteaders in that
section is a visitor in Anchorage on
business connected with his farm and
while in town is a guest of the Mor
rison hotel.
J. Dempsey who is employed by the
Alaskan Engineering commission in
the capacity of foreman with head
quarters at Camp 88 on the Turnagain
Arm division of the government rail
road and who has been a guest of the
Morrison hotel for several days visit
ing his family has returned to his
work. Mr. Dempsey is the father of
twin girls who aie now three months
old. Mrs. Dempsey and the twins are
making their home at the Hotel Mor
rison.
J. E. Wilson who has been pros
pecting in the foot hills at the head
of Chester creek returned to Anchor
age yesterday for additional provis
ions and will return to his camp in the
hills this week.
M. Marks, a well known mining
man and an oldtimer in the country
who has been a guest of the White
house for several days left this morn
ing for Seward on his way to the
states. Mr. Marks recently arn’ved in
Anchorage from the Iditarod c >untry
where he has been engaged in the
mining game for the past three years.
H. T. Edler, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commis :on re
turned to his headquarters on. Turn
again Arm this morning whe e he is
connected with the bridge department.
Mr. Edler has been a guest of the
Hotel Parsons.
H. W. NAGLEY
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