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We cordially invite patronage, guarantee satisfac
ion and any business done at Polley Bros, is always
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If you are trading with us we know you are satisfied.
If you are not, a trial will put you in the satisfied
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Phone No. 19-R
Free Delivery to All Parts of the City.
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ALASKAN HOTEL
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
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Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric Lights,
Steam Heat, Suites With Bath. Bar in Connection.
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We pay highest price for furs.
Reference, Bank of Anchorage.
KOSLOSKY & CO.
Opposite Post Office Anchorage, Alaska
BANKING BY MAIL
It makes no difference where you are located, you
can send us your gold dust or checks and we will place
them to your credit, acknowledging receipt and furnish
ing you with a check book so you can draw money when
needed; or, if you prefer, we will place the money on de
posit in our Savings Department where it will earn 4 per
cent interest.
We will be pleased to attend to any business you
wish transacted anywhere.
German-American Mercantile Bank
SEATTLE
WASHINGTON.
The Northwestern Fisheries compa
ny has laid the foundation for three
new buildings at Kenai to replace the
cannery burned last spring. Each of
the buildings is to be 50 by 200 feet.
The War Eagle mine, in the White
horse district, owned by Robert Lowe
and Sam McGee, anil being operated
by Hayes and Hayden, is shipping
about 20 tons of ore daily.
Charles Grover was tried by the
district court at Ruby recently for a
murder committed at McGrath about
two months ago, and was found guil
ty of second-degree murder.
Commissioner John K. Brown, of
Fairbanks, has tendered his resigna
tion to Judge Bunnell to take effect
August 31. Reed W. Heilig, assistant
district attorney, has been named to
succeed him.
The mercantile establishment of
Johnson & Jepson, at Ruby, was re
cently damaged to the extent of five
thousand dollars by fire, which started
in the basement of the store, and was
of mysterious origin.
During the past year Fairbanks
merchants are said to have lost over
$5,000 on potatoes imported from the
states, ami the result is that they will
coniine themselves to handling local
potatoes solely in the future.
Having obtained a permit to cut
three million feet of timber near the
mouth of Steamboat Slough, Harry
Marsh and partner will erect a saw
mill at that point. They will market
their lumber in Fairbanks.
William J. Maloney, the territorial
mine inspector, while on a recent visit
to Brooks, stated that the Tolovana
district had made greater progress in
the past year than any other placer
district in the territory.
Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. E. L. Whittemore, of Seward
who died on the steamer Alaska, while
en route to the states, were held ir
Seattle August 2. Mrs. Whittemore
was 46 years of age.
The secretary of the interior has
rendered a decision declaring the
homestead entry of George Wilson
covering the Chena hot springs a val
id location, reversing the decision ol
the general land office.
B. A. Walker, a fisherman, brouglr
a 500-pound brown bear into Dougla;
recently and sold it to a local meai
market, but it said as a ready sellei
bear meat is not in the same class
with Haines strawberries.
The famous California saloon ir
Fairbanks, which was destroyed b.\
fire last December', is to be rebuilt
The building was erected original!}
by A1 White, of Valdez and has sine*
passed through several hands.
Valdez is the latest city to recog
nize Anchorage as the coal center ol
Alaska. The Happy Valley Coal Co
has just received an order of 400 tom
of their best coal to be delivered ti
H. E. Ellis at the Cliff mine.—Ex.
About 45 firemen and deckhands ol
river steamers of the White Pass <£
Yukon road, who struck recently ai
Whitehorse, mushed over the roar
from that place to Skagway on their
way to the states.
F. G. Noyes, of Fairbanks, will in
stall a sawmill at the mouth of the
Salcha slough on the Tanana river
I three and one-half miles above Chena, j
to supply the increasing demand for j
lumber in Fairbanks and vicinity.
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The Tolstoi camp is a dead one «
from a stampeder’s point of view, ac- I
cording to advices received at Fair- 3
banks. Pay has been found on only &
two claims on Boob creek and Masto- ®
(Ion shows nothing but prospects.
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Hoy Southworth, who recently sold \
out his interest in the Fairbanks S
Times, has already tired of being clas- £
sed with the idle rich and is now mak- £
ing arrangements to start a paper at 3
the new railroad camp at Nenana.
While at Blind Slough with a fish- 3
ing party last Sunday, Mrs. Robert t
Allen and her sister, Miss Wilder, ®
each shot and killed a black bear. The '
animals came out at different points
on the creek where they were fishing.
George Favolic, an Austrian em- ;
ployed at the Mexican mine at Tie f 1
well, had his arm so badly crushed by -
falling rock that it was found neces
sary to amputate the member. The ]
injured man has a wife and four chil- i
, dren.
The report that the work on the 1
St. Elias lighthouse had been aban- ;
doned for the summer owing to a )
lack of funds, is said to have been er- '■
roneous, and that the structure is 1
nearly completed and will be in oper- ;
ation before fall.
Dan Shaw, an old-timer of the [
Fairbanks country, committed suicide,]
recently in a barn on the upper end of 1
Engineer creek, by blowing the top of ]
his head off with a 30-30 rifle. De- ]
spondency is given as the cause of the (
act. (
The assessment rolls of the town of (
Seward have just been completed by [
the town assessor and show an aggre- '
gate value of the property within
townsite limits, subject to taxation, of 1
one million, two hundred and seven
thousand dollars.
George E. Baldwin, the well-known
mining engineer, was a recent visitor
I in Juneau. Mr. Baldwin gained na
tional fame several years ago by his
attacks on conservation at a session
of the American Mining congress at
Chicago.
Owing to a lack of rain for several 1
weeks, many of the miners on l.ivin
good creek, in the Tolovana district, 1
, were compelled to cease operations by
the lock of water. Some of the larg
est operators are stacking the dirt un
til the streams rise.
J. E. Dougherty, who recently at
tempted suicide at Juneau by cutting
his throat with a razor, has recovered
from his injuries, and has been ad
j judged insane by a jury in the com
nrssioner’s court at that place. Ho
will be sent to the Morningside asy
lum.
Robert E. Burns, formerly an em
ploye of the Samson Hardware Co.,
of Fairbanks, has been appointed U.
S. commissioner at Nenana by Judge
Bunnell. In addition to his other du
ties, Mr. Burns will be connected with
the Alaskan Engineering Commission.
Although a number of searching
parties have searched every nook and
corner of the Tanana river, no trace
has been found of Ralph Gilliland,
the missing timber cruiser of the for
estry service, whose empty boat was
found recently on the Tanana river.
Going Out of Business
The Closing-Out Sale Is Still On -Lots of Bargains Left
A FEW MORE SUGGESTIONS
Baking Powder, 1 lb. 20c, 35c, 42c
Baking Powder, 1 2 lb. 13c, 17c, 22c, 24c
Pearline Washing Powder . 5c
Gold Dust Washing Powder. 6c
Ciaekers, All Kinds. 12 l-2c
Large Pkg. Soda Graekers and Pilot Bread 30c
Welch’s Grape .Juice, Pints 22c, Quarts ... 42c
Postnm Cereal . 22c
Very Best Tea, 1-2 lb. 28c, 1 lb. . 55c
1 hitch (Jleanser .. . 10c
Bon Ami'and Sa polio . . 9c
Lamp Chimneys, No. 1 8c, No. 2... 10c
Gold Medal Lobsters, per can . . 35c
Choice Lunch Tongue. 19c and 30c
Ammonia 10c; Bluing, per bottle 13c
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CAPITAL $50,000
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OFFICERS
President—Andrew Stevenson.
Vice-President—J. T. Westermann
Cashier—W. H. Warren.
Teller— M. McVean.
CORRESPONDENTS
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Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank, San Francisco.
Liberty National Bank, New York.
Guaranty Trust Company, New York.
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
CORNER E AND FOFRTH.
A Place to fleet Your Friends!
Leading brands of Cigars. Cigarettes, Tobaccos and Soft
Drinks. Fruit and Vegetable Stand.
Have your mail sent to Montana Pool Room. You can
get it any time.
Tony Chimento and Roy Williamson, Props,
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