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THURSDAY
V. Meehan, who arrived on yester
day’* train from Wasilla, is a guesl
of the Hotel Parsons. Mr, Meehan is
accompanied by Mrs. Meehan.
C. A. Shonacker left this morning
on a business trip to Wasilla, Knik
and Susitna station. Mr. Shonackei
represents mercantile firms in Seattle
Benjamin Dubuque, who has beer
employed by Adair & Co., tie con
tractors with camps between Sheep
creek and Talkeetna, is a guest of the
White house.
J. S. Moulton, a traveling man frorr
Seattle left this morning with his owr
dog team for the interior of Alaska
Mr. Moulton has been a guest of the
Hotel Anchorage for the past week.
Deputy United States Marshal A. F
Hoffman came down from his head
quarters at Matanuska yesterday and
returned home this morning. Mr.
Hoffman was a gupst of the Crescent
hotel.
H. E. Nye, who has been operating
a caterpillar tractor near Wasilla
hauling ties, came down yesterday for
the purpose of getting some machine
parts for the tractor and while in
town is staying at the White house.
A judgment amounting to $406 was
entered this morning in the United
States commissioner’s court in £avoi
of the Bank of Anchorage against
(Jeorge Athans in a case on a promis
sory note. Attorney C. H. Sundmach
er represented the Bank of Anchorage.
Septimus Irvine, who has been en
gaged in freighting for the Alaskan
Engineering commission at Sheep
creek, has completed his work and
has shipped his teams to Camp 166 on
the main line of the railroad. Mr.
Irvine was a guest of the White house
and left on this morning’s train for
Houston.
Ivl. H. Healey, formerly deputy
United States marshal with head
quarters at Talkeetna arrived in An
chorage yesterday and is registered at
the Crescent hotel. Mr. Healey will
leave tomorrow on his way to Ellamai
where he will be connected with the
United States marshal’s office at that
place.
B. M. Wooden, of Seattle, arrived
yesterday at the White house from
Seward. Mr. Wooden is on his way
to Iditarod and after- a brief visit
th< re will later go to Nome. He was
in Alaska during the early days, but
has made his home in Seattle for
several years. Mr. Wooden’s trip is
purely for the purpose of looking over
the country and he expects to return
to Anchorage during the late summer.
It. J. Peterson, a well known mining
m; n, arrived from Oroville, Calif.,
yesterday and registered at the Crist
house. Mr. Peterson left this morn
ing for Iditarod with his own dog
team. He is employed by one of the
big dredging oufits on Flat creek and
will remain in the interior through
out the coming season. There are six
dredges in operation at the present
time in Oroville, according to Mr. Pe
I- T. Turner, who has been inter
ested with H. E. Nye in the ownership
of a caterpillar tractor which they
have been working near Wasilla, has
sold his interest in the machine t<
Lee Rice, of Anchorage. Mr. Ric<
and Mr. Nye expect to finish hauling
railroad ties this week and early nex
week will begin carrying coal from i
■ seven-foot vein recently discoverer
about twelve miles northwest of Wa
. silla. The coal will be hauled by th<
! tractor to Wasilla, and from then
i shipped on the government railroad t<
Anchorage. Mr. Turner will return t<
his ranch at Ivnik.
Chickaloon is now electricaly light
| ed and the plant of the Chickalooi
| Coal company there is equipped wit!
! electric power for the operation of it:
j machinery according to a telephom
j message received this morning fron
; Walter A. Gompertz, manager of th<
I Chickaloon Coal company by Fran!
i tied wood of the Crescent hotel. Thr
dectric current was turned on at nooi
| today. Light and power will be furn
| ished the town as well as the coa
| mines which are being operated by the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
Sixty-one dollars were raiser
among the coal miners at Eska creel*
in one hour’s time by Edwrad M. Pau
ley and Belle brothers for the pur
pose of aiding in defraying the ex
penses in connection with the fight be
ing made by the Alaska labor uniot
to oppose further suspension of thr
eight hour law. The question of thr
suspension of the law is now being
discus-ed at a meeting in Juneau. A
committee of which Jack Sutherlam
| is chairman, has practically completer
a census of Anchorage laboring men
Daniel Leech, superintendent ol
construction on the Turnagain A nr
division of the government railroar
arrived in Anchorage yesterday and i:
registered at the Cresent hotel.
A match game of bowling will b<
played between teams representing
the Anchorage Weekly Democrat ant
the Anchorage Daily Times tonighl
at 7:30 on the Robarts’ alleys.
F R I D A Y
H. E. Olson left this morning for £
trip over the government railroar
along Turnagain Arm and expects tc
be gone about two weeks.
John Carigi, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, is £
recent arrival in Anchorage and while
in town is making his home at the Ho
tel Parsons.
Carl Anderson, a guest of the Alas
ha house, left on this morning’s trair
.'or Camp 83, where he will be cm
Joyed by the Alaskan Engineering
.‘ommission.
David Skarstad left for a short vis
t to the government coal mines al
Chickaloon. Mr. Skarstad has beer
making his home with Joseph Laubnei
for the past month.
Joseph Meranda, an employe of thr
government coal mines at Eska creek
came down from the mines yesterdaj
for a brief visit in Anchorage and i;
a guest of the Hotel Crescent.
H. R. Miller, whose home is al
Birchwood, near Matanuska, on thr
main line of the government railroad
who has been a guest of the Crescenl
hotel, returned on the morning trail
to his home.
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George Nordgren, rancher and as
sistant postmaster at Moose creek,
who has been in town for several
days, returned to his home on the
morning train. Mr. Nordgren has
> been a guest ofthe White house.
! George Merril, who for the past
■ year has been an employe of the Alas
' kan Engineering commission at Ne
1 nana, and who arrived in Anchorage
* several days ago over the trail is
making his home at the Morrison ho
! tel.
M. Marshall, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission in
the mechanical department with head
quarters at Matanuska, came down
on yesterday’s train and returned to
1 his home this morning. Mr. Marshall
1 was a guest of the Morrison hotel.
Daniel Leech, superintendent of
construction on Turnagain Arm for
the Alaskan Engineering commission,
who was registered at the Crescent
hotel, returned this morning to his
duties at Camp 91. Mr. Leech reports
several small snow slides near Camp
SI on the government railroad, but
none of them sufficiently heavy to im
pair travel.
Charles Peters, who was recently
appointed postmaster at ' Chickaloon,
returned to his home on this morn
ng’s train. Mr. Peters while in town
was a guest of the New Union hotel.
His brief visit here was on business in
connection with his store at Chicka
! loon, where he is known as the mer
chant prince.
J. D. Marcus, who last summer was :
engaged in several grading and clear- 1
ing contracts for the Alaskan Engi- |
nearing commission on the main line'
of the government railroad above Tal- j
keetna, left this morning for Seward j
ind the outside. He will visit his rel- j
atives in Omaha for a brief period and |
will then make application to join the j
| fighting forces of Uncle Sam. Mr.!
j Marcus expects to enter the aviation j
I branch of the service.
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S A T U It D A Y
S. F. Kelley came over yesterdaj
from Knik and is registered at the
Crist house.
i /'
George Howard arrived in Anchor
age from Talkeetna yesterday and is a j
guest of the Crist house.
; Earl Faulkner came dowh from Tal- j
keetna yesterday and while in Anchor-!
: age will make his home at the Mor-1
, rison hotel.
Valentine Maes, an employ of Adair
land company, tie contractors, arrived
yesterday from Montana and is reg- j
istered at the White huose.
George Reichelt arrived in Anchor-;
age on yesterday’s train from Mon-j
! tana creek ami while in town is mak
. ing his home at the White house.
A. II. Brown, who has been employ
eel on a tie contract near Talkeetna,
. arrived in Anchorage on yesterday’s
, train and is registered at the Crist!
E. It. Lane who has been in the em
ploy of Adair and company, tie con
tractors, for the past several months
in their tie camps near Talkeetna is a
recent arrival at the Crist house and
will remain in Anchorage for the rest
of the winter.
D. F. Holman left this morning for
Talkeetna. Mr. Holman will spend the
summer prospecting in the hills in the
Iron creek district. During the past
sever*! months Mr. Holman has been
making his home with friends at
Seward.
George S. Forgerson who has beer
employed in several of the tie camps
near Talkeetna arrived in Anchorage
yesterday and is a guest of the Alas
ka house. Mr. Forgerson will leave on
Monday’s train for Seward and the
outside and will spend the remainder
of the winter in Seattle.
T. W. Secrest who is a resident en
gineer on the Turnagain Arm division
of the government railroad came in
from his headquarters at Camp 91 on
yesterday’s train for the purpose of
visiting his son who was recently op
erated on at the government hospital.
Mr. Secrest is registered at the Hotel
Parsons.
Walter Boms, the Seattle fur buy
er who left Anchorage last Tuesday
bound for the interior camps for the
purpose of purchasing furs was taken
ill at Mile 180 on the main line of the
government railroad and was forced
to discontinue his trip. Mr. Boms was
brought back to Anchorage by Frank
Barr who had been engaged to make
the journey with him. Mr. Borns is
now confined to his rooms at the Hote
Anchorage and is under the care of s
physician.
W. McGatty who has been employ
ed in a tie contract at Montana creek
on the main line of the govemmenl
railroad is a recent arrival at the
White house and expects to remain ir
Anchorage for the balance of the win
ter.
Long Beach, California, is no place
for a sourdough writes Robert Flem
ing an oldtimer in Alaska and whe
formerly operated a saw mill at Biro
Point on Turnagain Arm in a letter re
ceived this week by B. F. J. Smith
Mr. Fleming who left Anchorage Iasi
November for a visit to the states
writes that he will leave for Anchor
age on the first boat in the spring.
I'atncK ttogan , one or the best
known hard rock miners in this sec
tion of Alaska who for several months
in company with Michael Sherry has
been doing some development work 01
their quartz mining claims in the Wil
low creek district, came down from
the mine on yesterday’s train and is a
guest of the Crist house. Mr. Hogan
is here for the purpose of getting
some additional blacksmithing tools.
There has been very little snow in the
hills this winter and the weather has
been ideal for the prosecution of min
ing work, said Mr. Hogan. He will re
turn to the property on Tuesday's
train.
Charles A. Anderson, the post
master at Talkeetna arrived in An
chorage yesterday and is staying at
the Crescent hotel. In speaking ol
business conditions in Talkeetna Mr.
Anderson said that a number of pros
pectors are making their winter head
quarters there preparatory to going
into the hills as soon as the weathei
permits in the spring. Mi'. Anderson
will be in Anchorage several days en
gaged in business in connection with
the post office and with his mercantile
establishment which he conducts there
S U N D A Y
Charles Anderson is a recent arrival
at Anchorage and is registered at the
New Union hotel. Mr. Anderson has
been employed at Camp 187.
Carl Johnson, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission and
located at Chickaloon came down on
yesterday’s train and is registered at
the New Union hotel.
Frank Rouderer, an oldtimer came
down yesterday from Indian river,
where he has been spending the past
several months prospecting and is a
guest of the New Union hotel.
George W. Adams, who operates a
road house at Mile 40 on the Seward
end of the government railroad is
registered at the Crist house. Mr.
Adams will leave Monday for his
home.
OUIIU1C1 O. Olllltlif au^cuutciiucm, U1
the government coal mines at Eska
creek and Chickaloon came down on
yesterday’s train and is staying at the
Crescent hotel. Mr. Smith will return
to his work on the train tomorrow.
C. lv. White, employed in the me
chanical department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission at the gov
ernment coal mines at Eska creek ar
rived in Anchorage yesteadry and is
staying at the Crescent hotel.
Ralph Reed, an employ of the Unit
ed States marshal’s office has been
confined to his home for the past sev
eral days suffering from an attack of
pneumonia. He expects to be able to
return to his duties at the Anchorage
jail during the week.
J. M. Spear, the well known moose
and mountain sheep hunter arrived in
Anchorage yesterday and is staying
at the Crescent hotel. Mr. Spear re
ports plenty of sheep in and around
Castle on the Matanuska branch of the
government railroad and says that the
oldtimers in this section of the coun
try are feasting daily upon the tender
steaks of the sheep.
Adolph Morse, one of the best
known fur buyers in Alaska, whose
headquarters are in San Francisco, re
turned from a buying trip yesterday
and is registered at the Hotel Parsons.
Mr. Morse only went as far as French
Joe’s roadhouse on the western side
of Rainy Pass. His trip was only fair
ly successful and he reports a scarcity
of good, class one furs. Mr. Morse will
leave Anchorage for Seward on Mon
day’s train and expects to visit the
Copper River country before return
ing to his home in San Francisco.
L. O. Nyberg who wras recently
found guilty by a jury of having whis
ky in his possession in violation of the
bone dry law and sentenced by Judge
Leopold David to serve thirty days in
the Anchorage jail and to pay a fine
of $500 began the serving of his sen
tence today. He paid his fine several
days ago. After sentencing Nyberg
Judge David allowed the defendant a
This period for settling up his affairs.
This period in the mind of Deputy
United States Marshal W. Mossmar.
expired today at noon.
Samuel Mandle, the representative
! of the Alaska Labor union who will
j attend the meeting at Juneau to op
pose further suspension of the eight
; hour law, left Seward on the steamex
; Northwestern which sailed for the
south at five o’clock yesterday morn
ing, according to a telephone message
I received yesterday by Jack Suther
land, secretary of the Alaska Labor
i union.
j Nicholas Olson, who has been work
| ing for a tie contractor at Mile 217
on the main line of the government
railroad arrived in Anchorage yester
day and is staying at the New Union
hotel.
William Gerig, engineer in charge
of Anchorage division of the govern
ment railway, left Seattle yesterday
for Seward en route here, sailing on
the steamship Alaska. Mr. Gerig will
relieve Mi*. Andrew Christensen as
executive in charge of all constniction
1 and maintenance work in this section
upon his arrival here.
Frank L. Knight, dui'ing the past
two years a railroad conductor in the
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, returned from Seattle
this week after spending thi*ee months
vacation in the states. Mr. Knight
went as far east as Burlington, Iowa,
his former home, and on his way to
Seattle stopped off in Los Angeles for
two weeks.
MONDA Y
A. \Y. Waller came down Saturday
from his ranch at Palmer and return
ed on this mroning’s train. Mr. Waller
was a guest of the Crist house.
J. M. Spear checked out from the
Hotel Crescent this morning and re
turned to his headquarters at Castle
on the Matanuska branch of the gov
ernment railroad.
J. H. Bell who formerly conducted a
genral store at Eska creek and who
sold out last week is a guest of the
Cresnt hotel. Mrs. Bell and two sons
are with him. They will make their
home in Anchorage for the rest of the
winter.
A. McKay, who has been staying at
the Morrison hotel for the past month
left this morning On the train for
Camp 86 on Turnagain Arm where he
will be employed by the Alaskan En
gineering commission.
George Eberhardt, an Alaskan
pioneer and one of the first men to
prospect in the now well known Cache
i creek is engaed in the oil industry in
Allen, Okla., and is in good health and
making lots of money, according to
a letter received from him by Al. Beet,
manager of the White house. Mr.
Eberhardt is well known in Anchor
age and in mining circles throughout
the interior of Alaska.
D. E. Enders left for Turnagain
Arm this morning and will enter the
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
i commission. Mr. Enders has been a
guest of the Alaska house.
A. H. Brown, an employ of Adair
and company, tie contractors, who has
been located at their Talkeetna camp
for the past season checked out from
the Crist house this morning and left
on the morning train for Seward on
his way to Seattle where he will make
application to join the United States
army.
F. W. Secrest, a resident engineer
on the Turnagain Arm division of the
government railroad who came in last
week to visit his son who was recently
operated on at the government hos
pital returned to his headquarters this
morning.
H. A. Clark arrived over the trail
yesterday from the interior and left
on this morning’s train for Seward
and the outside. Mr. Clark has been
locvated at various camps in the inter
ior during the past fifteen years and
this is the first visit to the states in
that time. He is the owner of a ranch
near San Diego, California, and will
devote his time in the future to esti
vating1 and improving the farm. He
does not expect to return to Alaska.
William Engberg who is employed
at a tie and piling camp at Point
Campbell was a Sunday visitor in An
chorage and was registered at; the
Crescent hotel. He returned to his
work this morning.
William Spencer, known in athletic
circles at “Bronco Bill” who some
time ago secured a large tie and piling i
contract from the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and who established
his headquarters at Point Campbell
came in Saturday on business connect
ed with his contract and returned late
yesterday. “Bronco Bill” reports good
progress being made with his work
and expects to be finished on schedule
time in the spring.
A‘
TUESDAY
George Ritthamer, a guest of the
Richter house left for Turnagain Arm
on this morning’s train where he will
be employed with one of the rock con
tractors.
N. G. Norton, a pioneer of Alaska
and well known in mining circles^
throughout the territory who has been
in Seward for the past week on busi
ness returned to Anchorage yesterday
and is a guest of the White house. Mr.
Norton recently arrived in Anchorage
from Marshall city where he has been
engaged in mining for the past two
j years. Mrs. Norton is with him and
made the trip over the trail from thg^
| interior as well as to Seward and re-^
turn. They will make their perman
ent home in Anchorage.
Michael Maes who arrived in An
| chorage from the Broad Pass country
last week and who has been a guest
of the White house left on the morn
ing train on his wav to the Toklat
river near Broad Pass where he will w
' remain for the summer prospecting.
R. E. Davis, a resident engineer on
! the Turnagain Arm division of the
j government railroad came in on yes
! terday’s train from his headquarters
at Camp 86 and while in Anchorage
will make his home at the Hotel Par
M. McLean who has been employed
| by the Alaskan Engineering commis
| sion for the past year at Mile 71 on
i Turnagain Arm arrived yesterday and
! is registered at the Hotel Paisons. Mr.
McLean was formerly located at Ko
| diak and at Seldovia.
Joseph Reno, who keeps a general
j store and roadhouse at Girdwood, ar
: rived in Anchorage yesterday on busi
? ness connected with his store and ^
while in town is making his head
I quarters at the Crescent hotel.
Charles A. Anderson, the post mas
ter at Talkeetna who has been in An
chorage for the past week on official
business left this morning for his
! home. Mr. Anderson is contemplating
| offering his resignation as postmaster
and going into the hills in the Iron
creek country for the summer.
The regular weekly business meet
ing of the Alaska labor union was
held last night at the labor hall and
| was well attended by the members of
the union. At the conclusion of the
business meeting a snappy boxing
bout was staged under the direction of
Bert Kincaid, athletic director for the
union. Light refreshments were
served.
L. Christensen, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission in
the bridge department and located at
Kern creek arrived in Anchorage on
yesterday’s train and is a guest of the
New Union hotel. He reports living
conditions at the government camp as
being fii'st class in every respect.
Joseph Meranda an employe of the ^
.Alaskan Engineering commission at
the coal mine at Eska creek who has
been a guest of the Crescent hotel
during the past few days returned to
his work at the mines on the morning
train.
j Job printing at the Times office
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