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WEDNESDAY
E. V. Stevens is registered at the
Hotel Parsons from Kenai.
Captain Anderson, Matanuska;
farmer, is in the city on business con- j
neete<! with the big potato crop.
Milo Kelly, Fred Laubner and Wil- j
liatn Martin, Willow Creek operators |
who have been in Anchorage for the
past week on business returned to the [
district yesterday.
Charles Anderson who is in charge!
of the territorial wagon road work j
from Matanuska north to Palmer-Wil-j
low creek road came down from Mat-!
anuuka last night and will remain in
the city several days on business.
C. E. Dole, purchasing agent of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission,
with headquarters in Seattle, arrived
here today on the steamship Alaska,
to look over the government railroad
and harbor improvement situation as
it affects his department.
F. W. Williamson, in charge of the
government survey work in this vicin
ity has closed down the work for the
summer and will leave for Juneau on
the steamer Alaska. Other members
-of the suiweying party leaving on the
Alaska are Fred Dahlquist, Ray Ol
son, M. Muscott, Larry Danpling and
Dennis Burns.
THURSDAY
Among the guests at the Hotel An-,
chorage who arrived from Cache creek j
this morning on the launch Clymax
arc Fred Scaberg, Carl Larson, Chas.
Hermann, J. H. Wheelock. J. E. Hill
man, A. M. DeLeon, John Ivratz, E.
p. Fitzgerald, W. D. Swat and L. ‘
i nglehom.
John Reichart was among the ar
rivals from McDougal on the launch '
Clymax and is registred at the Hotel c
Anchorage. Mr. Reichart brought the
clear- . ps of the Cache Creek Dredg
ing company to Anchorage and will ;
1 .in in the city this winter. He is :
a ; master in driving and handling
dogs and will probably operate a dog
fivght and express business between
h re ,.nd Seward and the interior this ■
w i rvler.
Cam Edison, Carl Johnson and Peter
Curseth, who were employed by M. A.
Hi n Thunder creek this summer,
arr>v d in Anchorage this morning on
the launch Clymax. Carl Edison in-;
tenor to winter at Kachemak bay,
wh • Gurseth leaves on the Mariposa I
to o row for Juneau.
In anticipation of the completion of
the dredge Sperm within a few days,'
liar:; G. Locke, port engineer, has ob
tain- d a whistle which, he asserts, will
l>. a credit to the big digger. The
wldst'.e was made by Mr. Locke from
ii : . : and socket joint and a piece of
pip and is guaranteed to make a noise
that can be heard for miles.
The Loyal Order of Moose “warmed
up” their new club room in the Pio
n* e-s’ Home, at a social session last
even: r.g. following the regular meet
ing. Tne lodge band assisted and light
refreshments were served.
Commencing next week, the Loyal
Order of Moose will meet every Wed
nesday evening hereafter, instead of
every second Wednesday as has been
the custom heretofore.
The hot air heating apparatus for
the Pioneers’ Home arrived on the last
boat and the work of installing it is
expected to be finished within a week.
William Maitland, of the firm of
McNally and Maitland, left on the
steamer Alaska last night for Seattle.
Mr. Maitland will be away from An
chorage for a month or six weeks on
business in connection with the com
pany and will visit the big markets
along the coast before returning.
A. W. Mylroie who has been in An
chorage for the past month on busi
ness with the Anchorage Supply com
pany left on the Alaska yesterday for
his home in Seattle.
E. E. Kurtz, of the Sanitary Meat
Market, left on the steamer Alaska
for Seattle where he will spend sev
eral weeks on combined business and
pleasure.
Walter A. Lord, who recently dis
posed of his jewelry store in Anchor
age left on the Alaska for the out
side and expects to return to this city
early next spring. Mr. Lord will visit
the Wyoming oil fields and his old
launts in Nevada and California this
sv inter.
Bainbridge and Chamberlain, base
uall players in the Cook Inlet league
eft for Seattle on the Alaska last
light.
“Brownie” Brown, centerfielder for
;he City baseball team was a passen
ger on the Alaska. He will work this
vinter in the ship yards at Seattle.
Frederick E. Rader, superintendent
>f the government experimental sta
ion near Matanuska, accompanied by
drs. Rader and young son left for!
tlatanuskaj Mr. Rader came here to
neet 3\Jrs. Rader and their son, who
trrived from the states on the steam
;hip Alaska.
A. H. Miller who has supervision
iver the Indian schools in this division I
eft for Tyonic on the launch On Time ^
vith a large cargo of school supplies!
ind equipment for the schools at that |
•lace.
FRIDAY
R. H. Fromme, of Olympia, Wash.,
s registered at the Hotel Anchorage.
J. II. Bell, of Eska creek, is down
n business connected with the mining
ndustry. He is a guest of the (Pres
ent.
E. C. Fitzgerald, of Dog Island, is
egistered at the Hotel Anchorage and
;avs that when Alaska finally comes ■
nto its own, Dog Island will take the
uggest bite.
F. D. McCullough has disposed of
.is stock to H. W. Nagiev along with
he lot and building. Mr. Nagiev will
lold the premises more as an invest
nent that as a means of enlarging his
Mercantile business.
Thomas McLauglin who for the past J
our months has operated in the Cache
Meek distinct, returned to Anchorage
.esterday. He will remain here for:
ibout two weeks and will then visit
he outside for the winter, returning;
o Anchorage next spring, at which
ime he will resume work on his holri
ngs in the Cache Creek country.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Anderson, of I .a
louche, are stopping at the Crescent
ind are greatly impressed with the
ippearance of Anchorage, saying that I
hey were under the impression that
\nchorage was merely a construction
;arnp. They are delighted to know
hat their idea of the town is erron-I
JOUS.
A. F. Ferrin, storekeeper at Hope, |
s paying Anchorage a visit for the j
jurpose of purchasing supplies for the j
vinter trade and is at the Crescent.!
rle reports everything moving along ;
licely in the busy little town across
:he Arm.
A meeting of the Anchorage Pub
ishing company was held this week it
vhich the resignation of Miss M.
Byles as secretary and director was
reluctantly accepted and in her place
is director M. L. V. Smith was elect
ed. E. L. Bedell was elected secretary
M the company and Charles E. Her
ron, J. W. Ward, E. L. Bedell, M. L. V.
Smith and L. F. Shaw constitute the
board of directors.
SATURDAY
C. M. Murphy, the contractor, who
uis had charge of erecting the six eot
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tages at E3ka creek, came down from
the mines today and states that the
houses are practically ready for occu
pancy. He will remain in town for the
rest of the winter.
Displays of home-grown vegetables
in the stores attract attention. All of
the stores handling Matanuska valley
products find a ready sale for the
goods. The artistic manner in which
the vegetables are displayed by the
merchants evidences their desire to
boost the town and the country.
The house which Joseph Prierie is
building on the comer of Fifth and L
street is practically complete and
makes the third house to be erected
upon this comer lot. The west end of
the town is making great strides as
the residential part of the city.
A1 Farrin, who arrived here sev
eral days ago, and who has been
stopping at the Crescent, returned to
Hope today on the Brighton. Mr.
Farrin bought merchandise for his
store in Hope and looks forward to
the winter season with a great deal
of enthusiasm.
Thomas McLaughlin, who recently
returned from his operations in the
Cache creek district, will leave to
morrow morning for Wasilla in or
der to pay a long-deferred visit to
Frank Cannon, who is now a resident
of Wasilla. While at Wasilla Mr.
McLaughlin wall taVe occasion to vis
it the farming belt and gather infor
mation which he will disseminate on
iis trip to the outside this winter.
E. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson
ind their daughter, of Girdwood, ar
rived yesterday and are stopping at
he Crescent hotel. They will leave
'or the outside on the steamer Far
agut and after spending the winter
n California will return here in the
spring.
P. B. Hoisington, the well-known
mining man from Spokane, who has'
leen visiting at Girdwood during the j
oast few weeks, is a guest at the
Crescent and is winding up his af
fairs here preparatory to a trip out
ride for the winter.
J. S. Sevor was a recent arrival in
Anchorage and is a guest at the Crist
House. Mr. Sevor is a mining man o' j
experience, having spent many years'
in Peru as the representative of!
interers in the city of New York; and!
his purpose in Anchorage is to fatnil- '
iarize himself with the mining condi-!
tions in this district.
Joseph Magill, of Beluga, Fred Bay
er, of Susitna, Paul Harrigan of Camp
66, on the Tumaagin Arm line, and I.
McLeon. of Cordova, are guests at the
White House.
Charles Ward, who has been in the ;
employ of Don S. Ray in the Willow
Creek country, is in town and while 1
not engaged in shaking hands with his
manv friends is busy with merchants
in potting together a healthy grub
stake, which he intends making a flank
attack upon the unexplored hills and
figures that he will be gone for a per
iod of about a year.
Mr. and Mrs. lienner who have been
staying at the White House for the
past year are leaving this week for
Tronic, where for the time being they I
will make their home and where Mr.!
Renner will engage in the fur busi-!
ness.
SUNDAY
Hans Carlson, Walter Harvey and
A. Smith are registered at the Crist
hotel and will leave for points on the
government railroad line the early (
part of the week.
James Hales, jr., son of the mana
ger of Carstens Meat Market, will
leave on the next trip of the Crook
for the outside where he will make:
application to join the military forces j
of Uncle Sam. The young man has |
been employed by the Alaskan En
gineering commission during the past
year.
B. F. Foster, Mrs. Eliott, Lee Con
sidine, Charles Taylor, James Hebb
and T. R. Wilson are registered at j
the Hotel Morrison.
Z. J. Jewell, one of the most suc
cessful farmers in the Matanuska
valley is down from his ranch and
is a guest of the Morrison. Mr. Jew
ell is in town for the purpose of ne
gotiating the sale of his crop, which
far surpasses anything that Mr. Jew
ell thought possible this year. He is
very enthusiastic concerning the fu
ture of the valley and believes that
Anchorage will unquestionably profit
by the developmental work now being
done throughout the district. Mr.
Jewell’ will return to his farm the
early part of the week.
C. B. McNutt and Jack McCarthy
both from the Ivashwitna district are
in town on business and are stopping
at the Hotel Parsons.
Joseph Minnion, nephew of Richard
Hussey, is confined to the government
hospital where he has undergone a
slight surgical operation. Mr. Minnion
is an oldtimer and is well known
throughout the territory and particu
larly, in the Willow Creek district. In
the past year he has been in the em
ploy of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission. He is reported to be recov
ering rapidly.
M ONDAY
Robert Fleming, of Bird creek, is
about five or six years. Mr. Fleming
tecently disposed of his Bird Creek
lumber mill to McNally & Maitland
and is now a ‘free agent,” but with a
keen desire to get back into a busi
ness that will keep him in Anchorage,
whichhe declares is the livest town in
Alaska today.
Mr. and Mrs. Spalding from Knik
are in town and are staying at the
Crist House. They report everything
going along nicely in Knik and every
body busy getting ready for the win
ter trade, which owing to the activity
in the Willow creek district this year,
is expected to be brisk.
D. R. Green, of Matanuska, arrived
in town yesterday from the fanning
center and is at the Hotel Anchorage.
E. B. Celis, empolyed by the Alas
kan Engineering commission at Dead
Horse Hill, came down to spend the
Sunday and stayed at the Hotel An
chorage.
J. R. Herzer, who during the past
summer has been oprating his placer
mine near Hope arrived in town and is
at the Anchorage. Mr. Herzer came
over for a double purpose, selling his
gold dust and purchasing his winter’s
supplies, and will return on the first
power boat leaving Anchorage for
Turnagain Arm.
H. P. Nielson, accountant at the An
chorage dock for the Alaskan En
gineering commission, will leave on
the next sailing south of the army
transport Crook. He contemplates go
ing into business in British Columbia.
The proposed board sidewalk across
the flats between C street and East B
street, which was planned to facilitate
travel between the eastern end of the
town and the Commission’s offices, has
been abandoned for the reason that
the property owners along the line of
sidewalk voted against the improve
ment. The townsite management re
specting the wishes of the property
owners has decided to let the matter
drop and will do nothing until spring
and only then in the event the proper
ty owners express a willingness to
have the improvement made.
TUESD A Y
B. E. Thompson, connected with the
Alaskan Engineering commission at
' amp 180, is down 7 or a tew clays and
is a guest at the Anchorage.
C. Edidens, from Susitna, came
down on the Omiieca on her last
trip and while looking the town over
is a guest of the White House.
Dr. C. C. Benedict, who was ap
pointed a member of the military ex
emption board for this district, cannot
serve on account of being a reserve
officer and subject to call to the serv
ice at any time.
Twenty-nine cases of whisky, for
the illegal release of which James
Gay, government custodian of liquor
shipments, was arrested last week,
were removed today from the ware
house where they were stored to the
basement of the federal jail.
Miss Gladys B. Hall, who has been
employed in Mayor J. G. Watts’ of
fice as stenographer for the past year,
will leave on the Crook for Seattle,
where she will visit friends and rel
atives during the coming winter. She
will return here in the spring.
Ernest Wehnke’s warm storage
building on First avenue opposite the
passenger depot, is nearing comple
tion and will, when finished, be one of
the best storage houses in the town.
The bidding is a two-storv structure
25 by 60 feet, and is plastered on the
inside and cement-coated on the out
side. It is heated by a hot-air plant
and by reason of its convenient loca
tion to the railroad tracks will find
favor with merchants and farmers.
Judge Leopold David, recognizing
the judicial growth of Anchorage, is
planning extensive improvements to
his office at Fifth avenue and E
street. He will have a court room 2C
by 20 feet with two connecting pri
vate offices. The judge will move his
family to the home of George M
Campbell, which the judge has leaser
for the coming winter and next spring
will build a residence on his lot over
looking the bay on Bungalow hill.
The Ivennecott mine is now empolv
ing 450 men. The milling plant con
sists of rolls and crushers, with a ca
pacity of 800 tons per day, and th<
leaching capacity of the plant i
about 900 tons per day.
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Fisherman, Prospector, Hunter
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MERCHANTS PLAN
FOR COORT HERI
I Matters in connection with th
! movement to have a term of coin
| held here this fall or winter will b
I discusssed tomorrow noon in the Mir
, Cafe at a luncheon meeting of th
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce.
In view of orders received here tc
| day by the deputy marshal, to send o
the next southbound steamship to Val
dez all prisoners that are held here t
appear before the grand jury, whic
will convene there October 15, the fac
is recognized that there is not muc
likelihood of obtaining a grand jur
term of court here this fall or wintei
At the luncheon, however, action v.i
be taken looking toward the holdin:
of a trial term of the district corn
in Anchorage *in the near future.
Plans will also be discussed an
probaly outlined for a campaign t
have the department of justice desig
nate Anchorage, if not the seat of th
court, at least as a place for regula
grand jury and trial terms. '
In view of the importance of thes
questions and the necessity of present
ing a united front on them to the fedei
al authorities, all members of th
chamber are urged to be present a
tomorrow's luncheon.
GOES INTO CQURj
Hildur Swanson yesterday wa
awarded judgment for §250 agains
Hazel Britton in United States Coir
misioner Leopold David's court. Th
suit was the result of a disagreemer
between the two over the division c
the grand prize of $500 given by th
Daily Times in its subscription cor
test, which was won by Miss Britton.
From the evidence produced in coui
it appears that a secret agreement ha
been entered into between the tw
girls whereby they were to work tc
gether for Miss Britton’s success an
divide the money aqually.
Miss Swanson in her complaint a'
leged that Miss Britton after havin
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rl agreement. Miss Swanson’s contention
0 that she was entitled to half the
- award was sustained by the court.
1 Miss Britton, who worked for the
Alaskan Engineering commission, has
- resigned her position and has gone to
g l Cordova.
Dr. W. A. Rystrom
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Office Over Harmony Theatre.
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Lead . 1.00
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Both the Pool and Billiard tables are new and the lovers
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