THE SYDNEY
LAURENCE CO.
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
WHOLESALE WORK
Kodak Developing and Printing
HARMONY THEATRE.
THE CRESCENT
f. w. moos 8 to., ftps.
Clean Private Rooms. Comfort
able Beds. Moderate Rates.
Bathroom in Connection.
Cor. Fourth and C. Anchorage
Central Barber Shop
Modam Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
ALASKANS—
We Pay the Postage
On your orders for Dry Qooda
of every description, mailable un
der Faroel Post Regulation.
Send us your orders for such
goods as cannot be supplied by
your home merchants and we
will fill them carefully and
promptly.
Dry Goods, Women’s and Chil
dren's Apparel and Dress Acces
sories, Boys’ Clothing and Men’s
Furnishings, Complete House
Furnishing Bines.
ADDRESS MAIL ORDER
DEPARTMENT.
FREDERICK & NELSON
SEATTLE
THE
White House
Mrs. Martha White, Propr.
Up-to-Date in Every Way
Nice Comfortable Beds
Rates Moderate
Fourth Ave, near K street.
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Medicated Mineral Baths, $1.60. Six
for $8.00. Turkish Baths. Tub baths
and furnished rooms. Lady attendant
for ladies at Electric Bath House, K.
St., between 4th and 5th. Phone 26-Y.
8-30tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JOHN M. REID
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW NOTARY PUBLIC
’eterson Building Anchorage
J. H. Sundmacher
LAWYER
Bolte Bldg. - - Anchorage
L David
Attorney -at-Law
Notary Public
Office, corner 5th and E
tn chorale, - - Alaska
ARTHUR FRAME,
Lawyer
Office: Robart Block
MURPHY & ALMY
Attorneys at Law
Next Door Times Office
ANCHORAGE
Practice All Courts
Surety Bonds
WALLER & DUGGAN,
Attorneys at Law.
Alaska Bldg.
Anchorage
L. V. RAY
Attomey-at-Law
Seward
CHAS. G. GANTY
Lawyer
Hewitt Building
Anchorage ... - Alaska
M. J. CONROY,
Attorney at Law.
NOTARY PUBLIC
Anchorage
Alaska
UNION CIGAR STORE
4th Ave. Bet. C and B Sts.
Choice line of Cigars and
Tobaccos,
Confectionery and
Soft Drinks.
Meet Your Friends at the
UNION CIGAR STORE
GUS STIPOVICH and
OTTO GUSTOSON, Props.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
NATE WHITE, Captain.
Carrying U. S. Mail Between
Anchorage, Hope, Sunrise
and Glacier Creek—All
Points on Turn
again Arm.
OFTHESETTLERS
MATANUSKA, Alaska, Oct. 6, 1916
Editor Anchorage Daily Times,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Dear Sir—In your issue of Septem
ber 27, appeared an article dealing
with the proposition of supplying the
Alaskan Engineering Commission
with 400 tons of potatoes, wherein it
seems as if we, the farmers, are put
rather on the defensive, thus: “The
farmers set a price of $50.00 a ton,
which was considerably in excess of
outside prices, and naturally the gov
ernment refused to accept the bid.
These,are the facts: Through a com
mittee, of which I was one, the Mata
nuska Farmers’ association was vol
untarily promised Seattle prices plus
commercial freight and handling char
ges clear to Matanuska, which means
this:
Freight from Seattle for 60 cu.
feet (20 sq,cks, 2,000 lbs.) ...$21.75
Wharfage, lighterage and
switching. 4.12
Seattle price .$23.00
Freight to M,atanuska, special
rate .
2.60
Total.$51.47
Since 2,000 lbs. of potatoes are
measured at 60 cubic feet, $14.50 cov
rs only approximately 1,330 lbs., or
two thirds of a weight ton of potatoes,
the actual freight on a ton (2,000 lbs.)
being $21.75. Wharfage, lighterage
and switching are figured at the same
rate in accordance wit hthe ship’s bill
of lading. These figures were given
to us by the steamship agent and the
A. E. C. wharfinger at the city dock
warehouse and should be reliable. If
$25.00 were taken as initial price the
freight to Matanuska would not need
to be added to make our price of fifty
dollars come within the voluntary
promise of the Commission, and it
therefore proved a great surprise to
find the bids rejected.
Upon investigation it has also been
proven that the outside potatoes are
of a very inferior quality, the Comis
sion’s own cooks being unanimous to
testify that one third or more of the
outside potatoes have been thrown
away as unfit for food. The writer of
this has canvassed the camps and is
thoroughly familiar with the situation.
In several station camps I was told
that “ the only decent potatoes they
had used were those procured from the
ranchers.” Under these circumstan
ces, we certainly thought that our
price of $50.00 was fair, and felt jus
tified in our hope for its acceptance.
In connection with this I would also
wish to say in answer to many com
plaints that have come to me as agent
for the Matanuska Farmers’ associa
tion in regard to the price of $60.00
per ton for small shipments as set by
that organization, that insofar as po
tatoes are being held in Anchorage at
five and six cents a pound, three cents
should be the producers’ just share.
It is possible to raise potatoes profita
bly in the Matanuska valley at a low
er price but then they must be put be
fore the public at a price that -the
maximum of potatoes may find sale.
At present prices, potatoes are held as
i Best Merchandise for the
Least Money
! Why go to small stores and pay more for your Mer
I cliandise when you can have your choice from a large
> stock and make your $1.00 buy $2.00 worth?
* A few of our prices:
| CLOTHING
Made to fit and guaranteed to wear; from
$15, $16 and $17
: HYPRESS WHITE RUBBER PACS, OUR PRICE
$4.25 Pair.
*
: White Woolen Sox, regular 75c for
50c; regular 50c for 25c
H. Seidenverg.
; No. 527 4th St. Bet. E and F Sts.
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a luxury, and comparatively few are
sold for family use. It may therefore
be necessary for the Matanuska ranch
ers to consider a way to reach the
public in a more effective way than
through the merchants, who have,
with very few exceptions, shown very
little enthusiasm for the home prod
ucts. Yours very respectfully,
NECOLAUS NEKLASON.
Agent Matanuska Farmers’ Assn.
SITKA CHALLENGES
THE REST OF ALASKA
TO BEAT HER DIANA
SITKA, Sept. 28.—Sitka has a
modern Diana, and she challenges the
rest of Alaska to present a sportswo
man with an equal record. A party of
teachers from the Sheldon Jackson
school recently shot four deer in a few
hours’ hunt. Miss Mary MacCubbin,
of the party holds the record for these
parts, shooting two without moving
from her tracks, and being alone, she
dressed them and carried one from the
top of the mountain to the beach. If
any other nimrodess has equaled this
let her please step forward.
Deer are plentiful in the mountains
in the vicinity of Sitka.
The Grey Car for Service. Rapid
Transfer. Phone 60-R. 10-6tf
Bargains in small Cook Stoves at
Pilger’s. 10-10tf
The North Pole Bakery has opened
for business in the building vacted by
Reilly’s Cafe. 10-13tf
FOR SALE!!
Corner Lot, <>th and L St.
Price $400.00.
Fine View Lots at 5th and L.
Easy Terms.
Corner 9th and N, $50.00.
Bal. $15.00 Per Month.
Lot on 6th St. Close in.
Lot Near City Park, $250.00.
Business Corner 4th St.
A Snap.
Insure Against Fire in the
National of Hartford.—
One of the Best in
the World. Assets
$16,226,078.38.
J. H. Smith
FOURTH AND G ST.
Bank of Alaska
Kkagway
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Wrangell
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
CAPITAL . $50,000
SURPLUS.$10,000
OFFICERS
President—
Andrew Stevenson.
Vice-President—
J. T. Westermann.
Cashier—
W. L. Landsborough.
Assistant Cashier—
M. McVean.
CORRESPONDENTS
Seattle National Bank,
Seattle, Wash.
Liberty National Bank,
New York, N. Y.
Wells Fargo Nevada Nat’l Bank
San Francisco, Cal.
Guaranty Trust Company,
New York, N. Y.
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GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
NEXT DOOR TO HARMONY THEATRE
ALASKA TRANSFER
Express and Heavy Hauling Storage in Connection
COAL AND WOOD
OFFICE LATHROP BLDG.
FRANK ECKELS, Mgr. ALFRED BENSON, Prop.
We Know We Have
what you want in
Winter Clothing, Positively the Best to Be Had.
Fur Caps, Parkas, Mukluks, Woolen Underwear
and Warm and Durable Winter Garments of all De
scriptions and prices.
Wible & Si Clair
ANCHORAGE, MATANUSKA
“DROP IN.”
THE BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
Our Great Slaughtering Sale
Commences Tuesday. Next at 9 A. M.
WE ARE OVERSTOCKED IN THE MEN’S CLOTHING
DEPARTMENT AND WE DON’T WANT TO CARRY ANY
WINTER STOCK OVER TO NEXT YEAR.
THEREFORE WE HAVE DECIDED TO SELL ALL
WE CAN RIGHT NOW.
OUR PRICES MUST MOVE OUR LARGE STOCK.
NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BUY YOURSELF A
GOOD SUIT OF CLOTHES OR OVERCOAT FOR LESS
THA1T OUTSIDE PRICES.
MEN’S $20.00 AND $25.00 SUITS
SALE PRICE $10.00
MEN’S HEAVY WOOLEN OVERCOATS
$20.00 AND $25.00 VALUES
SALE PRICE $10.00.
MEN’S FANCY MACKINAW COATS, $4.50.
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
The BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
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