NEWT W. PILGER
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The Best Merchandise
Obtainable
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This is Wickersham Day in
Anchorage. All citizensshould
turn out to greet the strong
man who fought the interests
tooth and nail for an Alaskan
Railroad
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Overstocked on Blankets
and Comforters
Commencing Nov. 12, we will
sell Cbtton Blankets, fine,
large fellows, from $1.00 to
$1.25 each.
Regular $7.00 Chewama In
dian Blankets, for $6.00.
"y All $6.00 Fine Woolen Blank
ets for $5.00.
All $5.00 Blankets for $4.50.
25c and 50c off on all Com
forts.
There isn’t a cheap, .shoddy
Blanket or Comfort in the
bunch.
Are you sleeping cold? Then
corue in and give our stock
the once over.
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Listen here! For a short time only, 1
dozen eggs for 50c, when bought with
one dollar’s worth or more of goods
At PILGER’S
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“It’s a Good
i Place to Trade”
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f Ship Creek Meat Co
Anderson & Jensen, Proprs.
Fresh Meats and Provisions
Wholesale and Retail
Cold Storage Plant in Connection
Special Attention Given to Restaurant, Mine and Camp Trade
Fourth ave, between D and E sts AnchoFfl^Cj Al&skfl
Pacific Grocery Co.
WHOLESALE
Our Goods will be Found Reliable
Anchorage
Alaska
ALASKA NEWS
Miners are reported to be prosper
ing on Squirrel creek, in the Kobuk
district, and in the Port Clarence
country they have been more or less
successful during the past summer,
as they have had plenty of water all
season.
Reports of the rich find on Norton
sound, below Golovin bay, con inue
to come from Nome. A arge body
.or rich pay dirt is reported to have
been struck on Dime creek, and the
miners are taking out good money.
In the original delta of the Solo
mon river, about 35 miles from
th0 famous Nome beach, another
third bench is reported to have been
discovered. The gold deposit is
nearly 275 feet wide, carrying pay
five feet deep.
W. R. Faddts, who has been en
gaged in the general merchandise
business at McCarthy, has been ap
pointed United States commissioner
there, as most of tne business done
at the Chitina precinct came from
| McCarthy.
The Ruby Record reports that be
tween 25 and 30 miiners stampeded
from that place to Crow creek, a
short distance up the Yukon river,
on the opposite bank. The ground is
reported "wet,” and the character of
the find which started the stampede
remains a mystery, as it is beliveed
no one has yet reached bedrock.
On her last trip to Nome the
steamer Senator carried ninety-five
hundred pounds of mail, a large por
tion of which was second and thud
class matter. The first class mail,
including the registered letters and
packages, consisted of ten pouches,
and the remainder was mostly parcel
post packages from outside mail
order houses, newspapers and maga
zines.
The managers of a number of
Alaskan canneries where the Fil
ipinos were employed during the
past summer declare that they are
superior in every way to the Chinese
or Japanese usually brought north.
An association to be known as the
Filipino-Alaska Association has been
organeizd in Seattle, which will se
cure contracts for its members in
the north.
For Rent—Nicely furnished rooms,
with heat, over the Francisco Mer
cantile, corner 4th ave. and K st.
Clothes cleaned and pressed at
The Model, corner Foourth and E st.
Anchorage views, stationery, photo
supplies, tobaccos, cigars, candies,
etc., at The Model, corner Fourth
and E street.
THE NEWS STAND
A. Frodenberg, Prop.
Next to Bolte's Hardware Store,
4th Ave. Bet. G and H Sts.
Stationery, Typewriting Snppiies,
Cigars, Tobaccos, Fete.
Circulating Library.
Anchorage Wall Paper Co.
Best Material
Prices Reasonable
Paper Hanging
All Kinds of Signs
Decorating
Building Paper
Window Shades
'lectric. Flash Lights, Ironing
Boards, Ktc.
The Cordova city council has
elected O. E. Lambert city asc sssor.
Billy Robinson, one ot the early
pioneers of Fairbanks, is now in
business in Bisbee, Arizona,
Mrs. Jeffrey, wife of Judge S. T.
Jeffrey, who formerly resided at
Nome, died recently at her home in ,
Oregon.
Three million sock-eye salmon
eggs were recently shipped from
Yes Bay hatchery to the Oregon.
state hatchery on the Columbia j
river.
Judge Bunnell, of Fairbanks, has
appointed E. E. James to succeed j
A. J. Griffin as U. S. commissioner!
at Richardson.
While he was conducting services'
one Sunday evening at Metlakahtla,
recently, Father Duncan’s office was
entered and $200 taken from the
same.
Doming Wheeler, now known iin
Alaska as the banker-musher. re
cently passed to the westward to
take another long winter trip with
his dog teams.
A big dike of ore has been dis
covered near Craig, which averagees
about $0 per ton, and the locators;
have sent lumber and supplies to
the ground and will soon begin the
development of the mine.
Hunters are reported to be kill
ing more doer in Southeastern Alas
ka than is allowed by law. The!
heavy snowfall is driving the deer
down to tlie beach, where they fall
easy victims to the professional
hunters.
Judge G. L. Taylor, for the past
fifteen years police magistrate at
Whitehorse, died suddenly last week
of heart disease. He was one of the
most respected public officials in
Yukon.
The Tolovana Prospector is the;
name of a new paper which is being
printed at Fairbanks for the pur
pose of setting forth the advantages
of the Tolovana mining camp and
to let the wo 1.1 know what is doing
in the way of development.
Tom McGowan, the Fairbanks at
torney, and who is known in every
part of Alaska, is reported as seri
ously ill in a Dawson hospital. From
last accounts it was feared that he
was too sick to be taken to the out
side before the close of navigation.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
Notice is hereby given that the
firm operating under the name of
Fleming & Turner has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. D.
W. Turner retiring. All bills due.
the firm will be paid to Ft. H. Flem
ing, who also assumes all indebted
ness against said firm up to th's
date.
L. W. TURNER,
R. H. FLEMING.
Oce. 29, 1915.
The HERTEL-NESTORCo.
Still carry the same line of t
floods as usual, but will also
have a full line of
Home linking of All Kinds.
Inlet Soda Co.
Diedrick & Taylor, Proprietors
W. A. Taylor, Manager
Manufacturers of all kinds of
Mineral Water
Soda, Cider
Syrups
Agents for Grape Juice
Anchorage, - - Alaska
■ Overland
Express
and...
Passenger
Service
lilt
EXPRESS RATIOS
Anchorage to
Seward
25c the Pound
PASSENGER
RATES
Anchorage to
Seward
$25.00
till
Between Anchorage and All Points
on the Seward-Iditarod Trail.
Twice a Week from Anchorage
Once a Week from Seward
Warner & Campbell
Anchorage Agents
H. E. Revell
Mail Contractor
The Herning Family
Continue to dispense
General Merchants
At the Old Stand in Knik
Whatever You Want We Have
Whatever We Have You Want
Knik Trading Com’y
O. G. Herning, Manager
Knik Hardware Company
TOOLS
Miscellaneous and Builders’
HARDWARE
SASH, DOORS, FRAMES, ROOFING AND BUILDING PAPER
House Furnishing Goods
Cutlery, Earthen and Enamel Ware
Launch and Painter’s
Supplies a Specialty
HENRY OOHRMANN
Manager
THIRD AVE. AND H ST.. ANCHORAGE
“OH! MY BACK!”
Those who sleep on
Crocker’s Mattresses
Do not complain of tired feelings or sleepless nights. Talk with
Crocker at once about Mattresses, Couches, Etc. He makes them
the best on eerth. Near the Corner of Fourth and H streets.
The Crocker Compa ny Mattress Factory
Northern Drug Company, Inc.
Cordova and Anchorage, Alaska
Drugs, Chemicals,
Cigars and Tobaccos,
Confectionery and Stationery,
Talking Machines,
Photo Supplies, Etc.
Cor. 4th and H sts. Anchorage
CARROL& CO.
CARROL BLOCK
Men’s Outfitters
Main Store: Seattle
BRANCHES: SEWARD AND ANCHORAGE
“THAT MAN LOGEMANN”
Fifth ave. near D Street
All Sizes of Films --
Kodks
Cameras
Kodak Developing and Printing of the
Superior Kind at State Prices.
OPEN 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M. INCLUDING SUNDAYS
PIONEER HOTEL
F. B. Cannon, Propr.
NO BAR
Accommodations for Ninety Guests
Large General Lobby. Pri
vate Lobby for Ladies
Best Rates Best Treatment
Best Accommodations
KN I K’S
Lead in g
Hotel
EUROPEAN
PLAN
L. H. CONLEY
Painting and Paperhanging
Complete line of Wall Paper on
hand to select from.
Estimates cheerfully furnished
Merchant*. Hotel bklg., Fourth ave.
SUNDBKRG’S
Lodging and Bath House
Nice, warm, comrortable Beds
refreshing Baths
P. O. Sundberg - - Proprietor
Shorty” Wehncke, Propr.
GENERAL
EXPRESS BUSINESS
Anchorage, - Alaska
The Kootenai Inn
Mrs. Alafar Dunlap, Propr.
T,OIJOI NO
Rates reasonable — 4th nr. C st.