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THURSDAY
J. W. Beach came down from Mat
anuska yesterday and is registered at
the White House.
W. B. Woodworth, arrived in town
yesterday from Seldovia and is stay
ing at the Anchorage.
J. A. Magill came over from Be
luga last night and while in town is
staying at the White House.
Evan Jones who is connected with
the mines at Moose Creek is in town
and is a guest of the Anchorage.
The Omineca left on the morning
tide bound for Kroto with a capacity
cargo and is expected to return Fri
day.
J. R. Bristow, employed by the Al- ;
i'.skan Engineering commission, is in !
town and is a guest of the White j
House. i
Fred A. Williamson was operated on '
Monday at the government kospitn11
for hernia by Dr. John B. Beeson and i
is recovery rapidly.
M r. and Mrs. L. F. Berry are the j
proud parents of a son which was born ;
yesterday at the government hospital, j
Both infant and mother are doing;
nicely.
w. G. Weigle, connected with the!
I nited States forestry service with
headquarters at Ketchikan yesterday i
was discharged from the government:
hospital where he underwent a minor i
operation last week. Mr. Weigle is !
now at the Hotel' Anchorage.
Captain Clark Fonda, who recently
negotiated a very profitable mining
<ie..l on Lake Creek, was operated on
yesterday at the government hospital,
by Dr. John B. Beeson for hernia. Mr.
Fonda was formerly employed by the
commission as a painter and only re
cently entered into the mining game, i
John M. Reid, one of the pioneer at
torneys of Anchorage, will leave on
the steamer Admiral Watson for the
states. He will go direct to Marion,
111., his former home, where he will
take personal charge of the estate left
by '.'' father who died last spring.
Mr. Reid’s mother resides in Marion
and after the estate is settled, she and
Mr. Reid will go to Washington, I). C.,
wire e they will reside this ’-..'inter.
They will come to Anchorage- next.
spring. Mr. Rci 1 was one of the first
attorneys to arrive in Anchorage and
began the practice of the law in a tent
in the old town.
The loaal exemption board recntly
app-dated by Governor J. F. A. Strong
wi11 tliis afternoon upon the arrival
<■' steamer Watson be in rec ipt of
;h ; and complete instructions con
cerning its duties in the mater of ex
c '■••ring persons who have been draft
ed under the selective conscription
United States Marshal F. H. Bren
neman will arrive in Anchorage to
moi” .w night on the steamer Alameda
and will remain in town for a few days
on busines connected with the admin
istration of his office.
Mrs. Chauncey Peterson, wife of the
proprietor of the Peterson Hotel will
leave on the steamer Alameda for
Seattle and other Washington cities,
where she will visit relatives during!
the coming winter. She will return to
Anchorage in the early spring.
The Ideal Bakery located on Fourth
avenue between C and I) streets has
changed hands and is now owned and
on- rated by C. B. Seidell. Mrs.
Seidell will have personal charge of
the bakery.
FRIDAY
L. B. Lilwell is down from Wasilla
on a short business trip and is a guest
of the White House.
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C. J. Wall, the well known mining
man, left on the steamer Alaska for;
Seattle, where he will spend the win
ter.
Mi s. Cornielia T. Hatcher left this
morning on the steamer Alaska for
Seattle. Mrs. Hatcher will tour the
country during the coming winter in
the interests of the W. C. T. U. and
the Alaska Woman’s Patriotic league
of which she is the president.
Of the Thunder Creek Mining com
pany contingent who departed last
night and this morning for the states
M. A. Ellis, manager, and son Frank
were passengers for Seattle, where
they will spend the winter. Mr. Ellis
expects to return earlier next spring
than usual. Hilbert Andersen, fore
man at the Windy creek workings,
will spend the winter at Kodiak, and
left for Seward, where he will take
the steamer Dora to his destination.
C. M. Miller, foreman on Thunder
creek, left for Portland, Oregon, to
spend the winter with his family,
which he has not seen for eighteen
months. James Coonan and Frank
Barr, who both worked on Windy, left
for Seattle. Mr. Barr will return
about Christmas, coming in over the
trail from Seward. Frank Dal Balcon
will return to his home in Sumner,
Washington, and E. B. Carter left for
New York, where he will join his
brother, Mitchell, who left Cache
creek last July.
Frank N. Barker, who recently dis
posed of his mercantile interests at
McDougall to H. W. Nagley, left on
the Alaska for the states. He expects
to visit relatives in Maine and to visit
jother eastern states.
James Murray, well known opera
1 tor in the Cache creek country, left
! this morning on the steamer Alaska
1 for San Francisco and will be gone
j for the winter. Mr. Murray expects
| to do extensive work on his holdings
| next season and looks forward to the
coming sumn: :r with a f reat deal of
enthusiasm, 1 Jng fm i:i the belief
that the Cache creek district will de
velop into one of the most profitable
districts in the territory. All that is
necessary at this time to bring the dis
trict to the front is good trails and
roads, over which supplies may be ec
onomically transported, he says. Mr.
Murray has recently taken a lease on
the Carlson property on Peters creek
and will freight in his supplies over
the trail now being constructed by
Foreman Ross Kenney of the Alaska
Road commission, from Talkeetna to j
the Cache creek country.
SATURDAY
Mrs. Betty Wolf and Mrs. R. M.
Mathison, both of Hope, and whose
husbands are interested in mining on
the Kenai peninsula were outgoing
passengers on the steamer Alaska and
will spend the winter in the states, re
turning to Alaska in the spring.
Fred Laubner, the well known Wil
low creek operator and one of the first
men to realize the richness of that
district, left Friday morning on the
steamer Alaska for the outside. Mr.
Laubner will return in the spring and
will do extensive development work on
his properties in the Willow creek
country.
M. J. Healey, who has been staying
at the Crescent hotel, left on the Al
aska Friday for Valdez, where
he will attend the session of the dis
trict court which convenes there on
next Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pilger left
on the Alaska for their home in Butte,
Montana, and will remain there for the
winter. Mr. Pilger is a brother of
Newt Pilger, who played a prominent
part in the early development of the
city, being the owner of a mercantile
business on Fourth avenue and a prime
mover in all civic matters. Newt Pil
ger is now actively engaged in mining]
in Montana and according to his
brother is doing well.
John Reichart, “Red” Loolan and
M. M. Wright expect to get away for
the states about October 19. Mr.
Wright will return to his home at
Maryhill, California. John Reichart
and Mr. Loolan will both go east for
the winter, the former to visit his par
ents in New York state.
E. J. McDonald, proprietor of a
tailoring shop on Fourth avenue here,
and a moving spirit among the Pion
eers of Alaska left on the steamer Al
aska for Seattle and New York. Mr.
McDonald is one of the oldtimers in
the territory and has been in business
in nearly every large camp in Alaska.
He is now conducting a mercantile
establishment in the city of Auburn,
Wash., where Mrs. MacDonald is in
charge. Mr. MacDonald will buy a
stock of goods in eastern markets this
winter and will return to Anchorage
on one of the early boats next spring
to open a dry goods establishment and
will discontinue the store at Auburn.
Mr. MacDonald is best known in An
chorage as the leader of every parade
which has occurred here and always
: he appeared astride of one of the best
equines in the town.
Captain Edward C. Loomis, who
was employed during the past season
of navigation on the Susitna river, is
^ in town, having completed his con
1 tract with the Alaskan Engineering
! commission, and is a guest of the
! Crist House. Cantain Loomis is well
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known in marine circles from Port
land to Nome and along the entire
length of the Yukon river, being
known throughout the interior as
“Jackknife Loomis,” being the first
river man to adopt the system of
Jack knifing in getting barges up the
Yukon river. Captain Loomis is one
of the pioneer skippers on the Colum
bia river. During the past season he
has commanded the Betty M., the
boat named after a daughter of Cap
tain Frederick Mears and used during
the summer by District Engineer H.
F. Dose at Talkeetna. Captain Loom
is will leave for the outside on the
transport Crook and will make his
home in Seattle for the winter.
George Vause, superintendent of
the Susitna river service, came down
from up-river points on the last trip
of the Omineca, and will remain in
Anchorage for the coming winter. Mr.
Vause reports a very successful sea
son for all river boats and during the
next two weeks will be occupied in
getting the vessels into tlieir posi
tions on the marine ways for the win
ter. He will continue his connection
with the engineering commission and
will devote his time this winter to
preparing plans for the coming rivet
season between the end of steel on
the government railroad and the
camps to be established next season
in the Broad pass country.
SUNDAY
Mrs. J. D. Whitney, the wife of
“Bud” Whitney, the successful ranch
er a few miles from town, is in for a
few days’ shopping and is staying at
the Hotel Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ward enter
tained at dinner Friday evening in
honor of Mr. Chas. E. Herron, Mr. M.
L. V. Smith and Mr. E. L. Bedell,
members of the Times staff who in
tend to leave next week to spend the
winter in the states.
The Times is in receipt of an in
teersting photograph taken at the of
ficers training camp at the Presido,
San Francisco. The picture shows j
James E. Powrie and several othersj
of the company as they appear ir. the !
trenches they have dug.
Word has just been received here ,
telling of the presence of George j
Caird at the French front as a mem-1
ber of a Canadian regiment. He
formerly was employed by the Alas
kan engineering commission on the lo
cal docks and left for Canada a year
ago.
The Episcopal Ladies’ Guild met at
the home of Mrs. Longacre Tuesday
afternoon. At that time they planned a
church fair for Hallowe’en. The affair
will be given all day in Robarts’ hall
and will be followed by a dance in the ;
evening, when all articles remaining
from the fair will be auctioned off.
Tom Pai'ker who is with the power
boat Clymax in the capacity of engi
neer, has arrived in town* and
is a guest of the Crescent hotel. He
will make another trip on the Clymax,.
which leaves today for McDougal,
and on his return will go outside for ;
the winter. He will try to join the '
naval forces of Uncle Sam.
Ernest Podboy, exclusive agent for
Rainier, has moved into his new lo
cation near the corner of E street on j
Fourth avenue and will occupy the
building jointly with Albert Albritton,
the cash register man. Mr. Podboy is i
in receipt of one of the largest ship
ments of Rainier ever sent north. It
consists of several thousand cases.
F. J. Akers is down from Matanus
ka and is a guest of the Morrison ho
tel. Mr. Akers has been employed by
the telegraph and telephone depart
ment of the engineering commission
during the past summer and will leave
for the states on one of the next boats,
where he will spend the winter. He
will return to Anchorage early next
spring.
The power boat Clymax returned
Friday from the upper waters of
the Susitna and Yentna rivers and will
sail today for McDougal on her
last trip of the season. Captain Max
Nelson reports that the Susitna is
rising again and that there is good
navigating as far as McDougal. Clyde
Coleman, one of the owners of the
boat, reports that considering the late
start this season owing to machinery
troubles the showing made by the Cly
max is entirely satisfactory.
There is much talk of forming a
dancing club for the winter months.
The plan is to issue season tickets to a
limited number of members to assure
the financial success of the undertak
ing. A committee will be appointed
and every effort made to make the
club dances of a high standard in ev
ery way. Anchorage needs an organ
ization of this type; the town is be
coming too large for the ordinary pub
lic dance to fill the social needs of the
community and the club as it is being
planned, will fill a long-felt want.
Mr. Ed. McHugh and Mrs. McHugh
were host and hostess at an informal
gathering at their home on Monday
evening. The guests greatly enjoyed
the instrumental and vocal music ren
dered by Mr. Dick Hart, Mr. Holley,
Mr.Frank Hart, and Mr. McHugh.
Later in the evening auction bridge
was played after which the hostess
served dainty refreshments. Besides
those mentioned the guests included
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Balch, Mrs. Dick
Hart, Mrs. H. R, Ridgway, Miss Nell
Mclnerny and Mr. Claude Boyles.
Clark Fonda was discharged from
the govemmen t hospital Friday,
having recovered from a recent surgi
cal operation. Mrs. Fonda will arrive
in Anchorage next Monday on the
transport Crook from the states where
she has been visiting relatives and will
make her home here this winter. Mr.
Fonda recently make a big strike up
in the Yentna country and disposed of
a one-third interest in his claims for
$2,000 cash. He and his associates
will freight in over the ice their sup
plies and will operate the property
next summer.
l'homas McLaughlin, who has been
v'siting Frank Cannon on his ranch
at Wasilla for the past three weeks
ami who made a trip into the Willow
creek district where he has some val
uble holding, returned here and is
registered at the Morrison hotel. Mi.
McLaughlin will leave over the trail
this winter for Seward, where he will
take a boat for the outside. He ex
pects to be back in Anchorage in time
to be one of the first into the >Vil
low creek district next spring and
will do considerable development
work on his claims.
M O N D A Y
Emard and Lynch, the real estate
dealers, report four sales during the
past week. One sale was lot 8 in block
oh to Fred W. Johanson by J. J. Hales,
on which a three room house is built.
E. A. Wilson has sold to John
Ahoe lot 8 in block 85 for a cash con
sideration and Mr. Ahoe will begin the
construction of a residence this fall.
James E. Elliott sold to Mrs. Irene M.
Ivetchum the north half of lot 6 in
block 100, together with a three-room
house. A. F. Dahlstrom has sold lot 0
in block 83 to Joseph Goodin. The firm
of Emard and Lynch report that he
real estate market is firm and that
sellers are receiving good value for
their holdings.
Mi-s. Milo Kelly, whose husband is
one of Lhe best-known operators in the
'Willow creek district, was accidentally
run down by an automobile about 6
o’clock last night. Her injuries are not
serious. The machine that struck her
was driven by George Ament and be
longed to the City Auto service. Mr.
and Mrs. Kelly were crossing Fourth
avenue at H street and as the car
rounded the corner Mrs. Kelly was
struck and knocked to the sti’eet. She
will be confined to her home for only
a few days.
The power boat J. & J. arrived at
7 o’clock this morning from McDou
gal, bringing in four passengers who
have spent the past summer in the
Cache creek district. The passengers
were Edward Haggett, John W.
Breck, John Kretz and C. Seaberg, all
of whom will make their winter head
quarters in Anchorage and will return
to the Cache creek country early in
the spring.
Isaac McCullough left on the morn
ing train for King and Chickaloon
where he will visit with Charles Pe
ters, the merchant, returning to An
chorage in time to catch the trans
port Crook for Seattle, where Mr.
McCullough will spend the winter.
He is one of the pioneer employes of
the engineering commission, having
come to Anchorage in May of 1915.
George Hillery has just returned
from a prospecting trip around the
headwaters of the Matanuska river
and will leave tonight in company
with John Gustoson for a three weeks’
hunting trip on the Kenai peninsula.
After the moose hunt Mr. Hillery
and Mr. Gustoson will spend the win
ter on Pincher creek, where they will
do trapping and prospecting. Con
siderable excitement was occasioned
about two months ago when it was
reported that Mr. Hillery was lost
while hunting big game near Snug
Harbor. At the time he was after the
brown bear and having penetrated
many miles into the interior of the
country and not having been heard
from for a considerable length of
time it was feared that he had suffer
ed an accident. In due time, however,
he appeared in Anchorage with two
brown bear pelts and was none the
worse for his trip.
The Anchorage Abstract company
reports the sale of lot 6 in block 101
at the corner of Eighth avenue and
F street to E. Witchell, who will build
immediately a warm storage building
to be used this winter.
A school girl, aged 9 years, became
ill last Saturday and when a physician
was called in it was found she had a
case of scarlet fever. A sister young
er than she and another child with
wrhom were exposed to the contagion
whom were expected to the contagion
have been taken from school and are
being kept at their homes in order that
the disease may be checked and pre
vented from spreading.
TUESDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Pratt are here from
Hope for a short business trip and are
staying at the White House. They
expect to return to Hope late this
week.
C. Broten, who has during the past
season been employed by the engineer-'
ing commission will leave on the
Crook for Seattle where he will spend
the winter.
F. B. Standiford, who for the past
two years has been acting as resident
engineer for the Alaskan Engineering
commission on Turnagain Arm, will
leave on the transport Crook for Seat
tle where he will spend the coming
winter.
H. L. Hugg and family are staying
at the Crescent hotel. Mr. Hugg is a
recent arrival from the states and will
have charge of the railroad stations
on the line of the government rail- j
road.
E. R. Oldfield, the winter manager
for the Goose Bay cannery, is in town
for a few days as a guest of the Cres- |
cent hotel and while here will buy the j
necessary supplies for himself for the i
coming season. Mr. Oldfield reports1
tna the weather around Goose Bay has
been exceptionally fine during the last
two weeks.
E. P. Hedburg and family return
ed on the transport Crook yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Hedburg will resume
his duties with the Alaska Engineer
ing commission as master mechanic in
the terminal yards. He has been gone
from Anchorage for the past month
and a half in interests of the commis
sion and spent most of the time in
Seattle.
Martin Scott, well known here in
Anchorage will sail on the Farragut
next Friday for Seattle, where he will
spend a few weeks, after which he will
sail for San Francisco to remain for
the winter.
Charles Larson, who with his gang
of eighteen men has just finished one
of the largest rock contracts on the
Turnagain Arm, is in town and is
awaiting a financial settlement from i
the engineering commission, prepara
tory to taking up another contract on I
the main line near Talkeetna.
Frank I. Reid, proprietor of the Ho
tel Anchorage is daily receiving the
most convincing evidence of his sound
judgment in building the extensive
addition to his hotel in that he was
last night forced to turn away four
teen prospective guests from his hos
telry for a lack of room and every
day he is required to turn from five to
ten persons away. His faith in the
town is receiving ample justification
and if the good times continue more of
the bonifaces will be required to make
substantial additions to their hotels.
Captain Casper Manmberg, who has
been empolyed during the past season
by the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, as captain on B. & B. No. 1 is in
town having completed his contract
with the commission and is a guest of
the Anchorage hotel. Captain Malm
berg is well known in marine circles,
holding first papers for inland waters
in the states, Canada and Alaska, to
gether with the right to navigate ves
sels of all tonnage on the Pacific
ocean. Captain Malmberg began his
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marine career, on the Columbia river,
later going to the Stikine and Frazer
rivers and thence to deep sea work.
Having finished a successful season r
with the engineering commission on
the Susitna river he will likely remain
in Anchorage for the winter and will
take up some line of work with the
commission. Among the interesting
events in the captain’s career is the
fact that he has circumnavigated the
globe four times.
WEDNESDAY
John Ormbreck, who has spent the
past season in the Cache creek dis
trict in the employ of the Thunder
Creek Mining company on Windy
J. from McDougal and will take the
Mariposa for Seattle tonight. He
will spend the winter at Woodenville,
Wash., and probably return to An
chorage over the trail early in the
spring.
In a recent issue of the Tost, of
Washington, D. C., is shown a picture
of members of the Legion of Loyal
Women, in which appears a likeness
of Mrs. Pirminia Koch, who formerly
lived in this city. The Legion of Loy
al Women has been appointed by the
Washington ward of the American
hospital at Neuilly, France, as the
pillow committee, and has already
shipped seven boxes, each containing
fifty pillows, to the American hospi
tal at Neuilly. One of the active
members of the Legion of Loyal Wom
en, whose picture is included in the
group portrayed in the Washington
Post, is Miss Mary Logan, daughter
of the late John A. Logan. Mrs.
Koch’s son, Alfred S, I£qch, who was
secretary of the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce when he was here, has
been granted a commission in the av
iation corps of the United States ar
my, and is now in training at the av
iation school on the campus of
Princeton university.