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| LOCAL NEWSEHES OF THE WEEK
FRIDAY
A. Antonio and A. Bordin are re
cent arrivals at the Hotel Parsons.
S, a Sandstrom registered at the
White house from Kenai, arrived in
Anchorage yesterday.
T. McGowan came down from Mata
nuska yesterday and is registered at
the Hotel Anchorage.
Ford Wooley arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from Palmer and while licit.
is a guest of the Hotel Anchoiage.
H. M. Pratt came up from Kenai
yesterday on a power boat and while
in Anchorage is staying at the White
house.
J. M. Eakin, the rancher from the
Matanuska valley came down on yes
terday’s train and is registered at the
White house.
Charles MaGaha, a farmer from
Moose creek, came down on yester
day’s train and is registered at the
Hotel Morrison.
Henry McKinnon and son who have
been staying at the Morrison hotel for
several days returned this motning to
Chickaloon where Mr. McKinnon is
employed in the government coal
mines.
T. A. Wade, a resident of Mata
nuska. arrived in Anchorage yester
day from Matanuska where he unsuc
cessfully spent two days in an at
tempt to construe the piscatorial laws.
“Fish won’t bite” is the verdict of Mr.
Wade.
Jack Sutherland, secretary of the
Alaska labor union, who has been in
southeastern Alaska on union business ;
will return to Anchorage on the
steamer Alaska, according to a tele-;
gram received from him yesterday by
Edward Christensen, president of the
union. Secretary Sutherland reports a ;
successful trip and says that keen en-;
thusiasm is being shown by the labor
ing element throughout the southeast
ern portion of Alaska in matters per
taining to the Alaska Labor union.
W. E. Kircholf, for the past year in
charge of the gastronomic - activities
at the government coal mine at Eska
creek, arrived in Anchoiage yesterday
on his way to the outside where he
will devote the coming months to en
joying a vacation. Mr. Kirchoff is a
guest of the Crescent hotel and will
sail on the steamer Alaska Sunday
afternoon.
J. A. Northway and Mrs. Northwayj
who have conducted a roadhouse at
Kern creek on Turn again Arm divi
sion of the government railroad dur
ing the past winter came in on Wed
nesday’s train and are guests of the;
Hotel Crescent. Mr. Northway has i
disposed of his roadhouse and will j
leave for the outside.
David A. Dunagan, a teacher in the:
native school at Tvonic arrived yester
day in a small boat and returned this
morning. Mr. Dunagan was a guest
of the White house during his brief
stay here.
P. 0. Sundberg, the Anchorage mer
chant, left this morning on the regu-'
lar train far Matanuska where he will
spend the next few days in looking
ever the expected potato crop for the
season.
Clyde C. Coleman, general manager
of the Ivachemak Canning company;
I>. B. Patterson and P. F. Cummings,
connected with the company, left this
morning on the tender Grizzly for
Tvonic, later going to the company’s
saltery at Swanson creek. Manager
Coleman reports the lain of salmon
about to commence and announces
that the company’s equipment is all
ready for the catch. A heavy run is
expected this year in the Cook inlet
waters.
E. M. Murphy, the Alaska repre
sentative of the Western Electric com
pany who arrived in Anchorage on the
steamer Alameda and who for the
past few days has been visiting the
coal mines of the Chickaloon coal com
pany on business returned to Anchor
age yesterday and is a guest of the
Crescent hotel. Mr. Murphy will sail
for the south on the steamer Alaska
due in Anchorage Sunday afternoon.
The steamer Alaska, of the Alaska
Steamship company, is due to arrive
in Cordova on her voyage to Anchor
age at six o'clock this evening and will
arrive here Sunday afternoon, accord
ing to a statement made today by Fred
Tracy, in charge of the company’s An
chorage office.
W. D. Coppernoll, appointed United
States commissioner with headquart
ers at Talkeetna, left this morning to
assume his new duties. Mr. Coppernoll
succeeds Carl AJmy who resigned re
cently to resume the practice of law at
Seward, where he will be associated
with Attorney L. V. Ray. Attorney
Coppernoll previous to his appoint
ment as United States commissioner
practiced law in Seward and was at
one time city attorney thei-e.
Several Seward fans will have to
look elsewhere for their next winter’s
grub stake; from surface indications
there will be no Anchorage-Seward
baseball series this season.
W. R. Hockings, who is operating
the Talkeetna mine under lease, is
down from the Willow creek district
with the report that the snow is going
off fast and he will have the mill run
ning within ten days. He is working
a force of ten men and has plenty of
ore blocked out for the season’s run.
This is Mr. Hocking’s third season in
Willow creek and he is more optimis
tic than ever over the prospects of the
district. He will be here several days
on business and is stopping at the
Hotel Anchorage while in the city.
SATURDAY
E. Zineth is registered at the White
house.
Joseph Matsle is a recent arrival at
the Crist house.
Chas. Sagan is a recent arrivel at
the Parsons hotel.
Edward Bazinet came in on yester
day's train and is staying at the Crist
house.
W. W. E. Schell came up from Kus
silofF yesterday and is staying at the
Hotel Anchorage.
N. O. Amunsen came over from
Sunrise yesterday and is registered at
the White house.
Angus Maekay came in from Camp
83 on Turnagain Arm yesterday and
while in town is making his home at
the Morrison hotel.
W. A. Ford, one of the oldtimers of
Knik, arrived in Anchorage yesterday
via small power boat and is staying
at the White house.
W. A. Smith, a resident of Tal
keetna, arrived in Anchorage yester
day and while in town will make his
home at the White house.
Daniel Pageant, an employe of the
government at Camp 88 on Turnagain
Arm came in on yesterday’s train and
is a guest of the Crescent hotel.
W. F. Towle came in on yesterday’s
train from Glacier cieek on the Turn
again Arm division of the government
railroad and is a guest of the White
house.
George Small came down on yester
day’s train from Houston and is regis
tered at the Crist house. Mr. Small
has been located at Talkeetna during
the past winter.
• Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Wallace are
guests of the Hotel Anchorage. They
will sail on the steamer Alaska for
Seattle where they will make their
home for the future.
Dr. W. A. Rystrom, the dentist, will
move tomorrow from his present of
fices above the Harmony theatre to of
fices in the McKinley building, at the
corner of Fourth avenue and D street.
Clark Davis with his family arrived
in Anchorage yesterday and is regis
tered at he Hotel Morrison. Mr. Davis
has been a resident of Wasilla during
the past two years and will sail on the
steamer Alaska tomorrow for Seattle.
H. F. Dose, of the engineering de
partment of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, returned yesterday from
an extended official trip to Talkeetna
and points on the main line of the gov
ernment railroad as far north as
Indian river and while in Anchorage
is making his headquarters at the
Crescent hotel.
J. Harry Lander, formerly freight
ing superintendent for the Gold Bul
lion mine in the Willow creek district
returned yesterday from a brief visit
with Dr. H. O. Schaleben, whose head
quarters are at Camp hi on Turnagain
Arm. Mr. Lander is a guest of the
Crescent hotel.
Captain W. H. Waugh, president
and in active charge of the engineer
ing department of the Alaskan Road
commission, is expected to arrive in
Anchorage on one of the eu’iy boats,
according to word received by Anton
Fade, superintendent for the road com
mission. Important matters in con
nection with local road work will be
taken up for consideration with Cap
tain Waugh upon his arrival heie.
William Newell, who for the past
two years has interestingly comment
ed upon the various phases of life
while shaving the elite of Anchorage
will be an outgoing passenger on the
steamer Alaska for Seattle and for
points in southern California. Mr.
Newell is leaving Anchorage primar
ily for his health and expects to spend
a year at least in the orange district
of California. He will be accompan
ied by Mrs. Newell.
J. J. Hales, formerly manager for
Carstens Packing company will be an
outgoing passenger on the Alaska for
Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Hales will visit
the east where their son is in an avia
tion training camp, later returning to
the Pacific coast. Mr. Hales came
north for the second time two years
ago as manager for the packing com
pany. He is well known in many of
the interior camps and says that he is
satisfied that two months of visiting
in the states will be enough and that
he will then be ready to return to An
chorage.
SUNDAY
Jack Driscoll, an employe of the
government at Eska creek, came
down on yesterday’s train and is regis
tered at the Crescent hotel.
W. E. Kirchoff, a guest of the Cres
cent hotel, will sail on the steamer
Alaska. Mr. Kirchoff was formerly
employed by the government at Eska
creek.
Wm. Hammer, mail clerk on the
“Sourdough Limited” reports that the
farmers along the railroad line are
making great preparations for a large
crop tfSs season. Many of them are
adding to their acreage and burning
the brush and removing the stumps.
Dr. D. G. Wallace, the dentist, who
in yesterday’s paper was reported as
making preparations for sailing with
Mrs. Wallace on the steamer Alaska
will remain in Anchorage and will
continue the practice of his profes
sion. Mrs. Wallace will sail on the
Alaska and will visit relatives in San
Francisco after a brief stay in
Seattle.
“I’m off to the war and if I cannot
get in any other branch of the serv
ice I am going to apply for a position
as interpreter,” said Frank Girard,
the owner of a barber shop on east
Fourth avenue today as he finished
making his preparations for departure
from Anchorage on the steamer Alas
ka which is due here Monday morn
ing. Mr. Girard is one of the pioneers
of Anchorage , coming here in the
early days of 1915 and first opening
a shop in the Montana pool room
which by the way was the lirst build
ing to open its doors to the public in
the new town. Mr. Girard was bora
in France and fluently speaks the
French language.
With two acres in south subdivision
of Anchorage planted in general gar
den track and a green house filled
with spring and summer vegetables
there is no danger of the people of
Anchorage going without fresh stuff
to eat said “Teddy” Whitwell, the
j owner of the green house and the two
acre tract. Mr. Whitwell also ow ns a
homestead near Eagle river, near
the right-of-way of the government
railroad and has about ten acres of it
planted in spuds. He expects a record
crop this year from his Eagel river
land and has spent over five hundred
dollars in fertilizers.
William Maitland, a member of the
firm of McNally & Maitland, arrived
in Anchorage last evening aboard the
i firm’s steamboat Tyonic. The Tyonic
! is expected to return to the company’s
; coal mine at Bluff Point down the inlet
j this afternoon.
MONDAY
Edward Zineth is registered at the
White house.
i
John Ivarth is a recent arrival at
the Crist house.
Claus Anderson arrived in Anchor
age yesterday from Pass creek and is
a guest of the Hotel Parsons.
T. McGowan checked out from the
Hotel Anchorage this morning and re
turned to his home at Chickaloon.
Jack Lean arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from Girdwood on Turn
again Arm and is registered at the
White house.
W. W. Wade returned to his head
quarters at Moose creek on the morn
ing train. He has been a guest of the
Crescent hotel.
E. M. Pauley checked out this
morning from the Crescent hotel and
returned to Eska creek where he is
employed by the government.
H. M. Pratt who came up from
Kenai last week and who has been a
guest of the White house returned to
his home by small boat this morning.
John W. Miles came in from Turn
again Arm yesterday where he is em
ployed by the government and is mak
ing his home at the Hotel Anchorage.
N. O. Anderson, who came over last
week from his home at Sunrise, re
turned this morning. While in An
chorage Mr. Anderson was a guest of
the White house.
W. E. Hocking, the Willow creek
mining operator who recently took
over the Talkeetna mine in that dis
trict is making his headquarters whiV
in Anchorage at the Hotel Parsons.
Ford W’oolley, a rancher located o.i
the Matanuska branch of the govern
ment railroad who has been in An
chorage for several days, returned to
his ranch on the morning train.
Jack Driscoll, an employe of the
government at the government coal
mines at Eska creek returned on this
morning’s train to his work. Mr. Dris
coll has been a guest of the Crescent
hotel during his brief stay in town.
G. Bailey checked out from the
White house this morning and left on
the regular train for Alder creek on
the Tumagain Arm division of the
railroad where he will be employed
during the summer by the govern
ment.
Daniel Leech, superintendent of
construction on the Tumagain Arm
division of the government railroad
who came in Saturday returned this
morning. Mr. Leech reports all snow
gone and approximately three hundred
men at work along the line.
Clyde C. Coleman, manager for the
Kachemak Canning company returned
to Anchorage on a brief business trip
from the company’s saltery at Swan
son creek down the inlet. While in
town Mr. Coleman is staying at tne
Hotel Anchorage.
One hundred and ninety-seven rain
bow trout is the record catch of the
season, according to Tony Chimento
who with friends caught this number
yesterday in Otter lake about eight
miles northeast of Anchorage. The
fishing was fine, said Tony and at no
time during the day were the rules of
Walton ignored or disobeyed, hence
the record catch.
Peter Murray, a guest of the White
house, returned to his ranch at Mata
nuska on this morning’s train. Mr.
Murray is the first rancher in the
Matanuska valley to receive patent to
his farm land from the United States
government.
Septimus Irvine, who during the
past two years has been engaged in
freighting supplies for the Alaskan
Engineering commission at various
points along the main line of the rail
road came down from his present
headquarters at Wasilla and while
here is a guest of the White house.
J. E. Wilson who during the past
winter at intervals has been prospect
ing in the foot hills at the head of
Chester creek on Turnagain Arm has
obtained employment with a survey
I mg party that will devote the summer
[ to survey work in the Seldovia section
| and will leave Anchorage with the
1 other members of the party tonight.
While in town Mr. Wilson is a guest
of the White house.
F. W. Williamson in charge of the
land survey party which will operate
during the summer in the Kachemak
bay country will leave tonight for
Seldovia and will begin the survey
work shortly after his arrival there.
Mr. Williamson and five of the party
arrived from Juneau ten days ago and
have been engaged since that time in
getting their camping equipment in l
readiness. Anchorage members of the J
party are Forest Berry who for the
past two years has been located on
property in the Willow creek districi
and J. E. Wilson, a prospector.
Forest Berry, miner and trapper,
has accepted a position with the Will
j iamson surveying party which leaves
j tonight for the Kachemak bay country
! where they will spend the summer
| on government work.
The steamer Alaska is due to reach
Anchorage at 10 o’clock tomorrow
morning. Outgoing passengers are re
quested to be aboard at 6 o’clock to
morrow afternoon and freight and
| baggage will be accepted up to 4
I o’clock p. m.
TUESDAY
S. Barri is a guest of the Hotel
Parsons arriving there on yesterday’s
train from Turnagain Arm.
C. Marengh came in from Turn
again Arm on the train yesterday and
is staying at the White house.
F. Spaderferni came in from his
home at Girdwood on yesterday’s
train and is staying at the Hotel
Crescent.
Samuel Mervin came in from Rain
bow creek yesterday and while in An
corage is making his home at the
Crist house.
Albert Carton, who during the past
winter has been located on Turnagain
Arm, arrived in Anchorage yesterday
and is staying at the White house.
E. M. Murphy, a guest of the Cres
cent hotel, will leave tonight on the
steamer Alaska for Seattle. Mr. Mur
phy is the Alaska representative of
the Western Electric company.
S. D. Fonde, who has spent the past
winter in Anchorage, will leave this
week for the Iron creek district where
he will devote the summer to pros
pecting ground in which he is inter
ested. Mr. Fonde is an old-timer in
the country and says that with the
completion of the government rail
road the Iron creek district will ex
perience a boom that will make the
best copper camp in the territory of
Alaska.
Deputy United States Marshal C.
W. Mossman, J. J. Sturgis and H. H.
Kavanaugh, of the local marshal’s of
fice, returned today on the steamer
Alaska from Valdez.
Attorney William H. Rager, who
has been in Valdez attending the term
of the district court there, returned on
the steamer Alaska.
George Anderson, owner of the Lit
tle Gem mining claims in the Willow
creek district, returned to Anchorage
on the steamer Alaska, having spent
the winter in Seattle and Pacific coast
cities in the interests of his mine
holdings. Mr. Anderson reports a
successful trip and will begin as soon
as weather conditions permit, the de
velopment of his properties.
G. C. Hammond, special disbursing
officer; D. V. Vanderlip, chief account
ant; B. H. Bamdollar, examiner of
accounts; John A. Robinson, special
inspector and Henry Levy, clerk in
the telegraph and telephone depart
ment, all employes of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, returned from
Valdez on the steamer Alaska today
where they have been in attendance at
the term of the district court.
George Ellerd, an employe of the
government and located at Camp 88
on Turnagain Arm arrived in Anchor
age on yesterday’s train and is stay
ing at the Hotel Morrison.
H. F. Dose, in charge of the engin
eering and construction work on the
government railroad between Tal
keetna and Indian river, who has been
in Anchorage for several days as a
guest of the Crescent hotel, returned
to his headquarters at Talkeetna this
morning.
Joseph Reno and two children, ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday and are
staying at the Crescent hotel. Mr.
Reno conducts a general store and
roadhouse at Girdwood on Turnagain
Arm.
Lee Frazier, an employe of the gov
ernment at the sawmill at Camp 88,
on the Turnagain Arm division of the
railroad, arrived in Anchorage on yes
terday’s train and is registered at the
Crist house.
WEDNESDAY
J. A. Johnson arrived yesterday on
the steamer Alaska from Seward and
is registered at the Hotel Anchorage.
M. J. McNeill came over yesterday
from his home at Knik and while in
Anchorage is staying at the Crist
house.
Ben Karnofsky was among the in
coming passengera aboard the steam
er Alaska and is registered at the Ho
tel Anchorage from Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. McDonald who
have been keeping house in the Boyles
apartments have moved to well ap
pointed living rooms over the Har
mony theatre.
George Anderson, the Willow creek
mining operator who arrived in An
chorage yesterday on the steamer
Alaska, is registered at the Hotel
Parsons.
Mrs. D. D. Vint was removed to her
home in the Lathrop Apartments yes
terday afternoon after spending the
past week in the government hospital
suffering from a minor illness.
Dr. J. T. Westermann, vice-presi
dent of the Bank of Alaska, writes
Anchorage friends from Camp Fre
mont, California, that army life
agrees with him but that he is very
anxious to see foreign service. The
popular doctor is enjoying the best of
health and sends regards to his many
Anchorge friends.
A1 Carlson was a guest over night
of the Crescent hotel. Mr. Carlson
conducts a road house at Chickaloon
and reports a very active business
during the past winter-. He returned
to his home on this morning’s train.
Walter A. Gompertz, general man
ager for the Chickaloon Coal company
with headquarters at Chickaloon, ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday on bus
iness in connection with the opera
tion of the mine and while in town is
a guest of the Crescent hotel.
G. L. Chase and J. J. Regan, mining
men who have been in Seattle during
the past winter, arrived in Anchor
age on the Alaska yesterday and are
staying at the Crescent hotel. Both
are prominently interested in varua
ble mining property near Hope and
will devote the summer to develop
ment work. They expect to leave for
their properties the end of the week.
Boyd Leedy, an employe of the gov
ernment in the engineering depart
ment with headquarters at Eska creek
came down yesterday on official bus
iness and returned this morning. Mr!
Leedy was a guest of the Crescent ho- **
tel while in town.
A. F. Hoffman, deputy United
States marshal, with headquarters at
Matanuska who has been in charge of
the Anchorage office in the absence of
Deputy Mossman, returned with Mrs.
Hoffman to his home at Matanuska on
this morning’s train. They were
guests of the Crescent hotel while in
Anchorage.
Emmet Harris, representing the
National Cash Register company, of
Dayton, Ohio, arrived yesterday on
the steamer Alaska and sailed for the
south on the same boat. During his
brief stay here he found the time to
see the beginning of the big work
just started on the Anchorage harbor
improvements and remarked that the
next time he visited here he expected
to be landed on the finest docks north
of Seattle.
H. H. Hildreth, an oldtimer in the
Kenai peninsula country, and a form
er United States commissioner for the
district which included the Kenai pen
insula, the Cook inlet region and the
Iliamna country, who is now in San
Francisco, writes Thomas H. Jeter,
brother-in-law, who resides in Anchor
age, that he intends to leave for
France the middle of June. He will
be in one of the Y. M. C. A. camps at
the front.
T
BRIDGE OVER
raw
BEEN FINISHED
The hundred and fifty foot combina
tion steel and wood span which con- ^
stitutes the main span of the bridge
in the course of construction across
the I.Iatanuska river at Palmer’s can
yon was completed this week, accord
ing to a statement made today by An
ton Eide, superintendent for the Alas
kan Road commission who arrived in
Anchorage yesterday from the con
struction camp at the canyon.
Work on the smaller span which is
of the same type as the one completed
this week, but fifty feet shorter, will
commence next week. The bridge
structure together with the two ap
proaches will be complete and ready
for travel about June 15 continued
Mr. Eide. The cost of the improve
ment will be approximately $15,000
and from twelve to fifteen men have
been employed on it up to date. The
bridge is the most substantial struc
ture built by the Alaskan Road com
mission in this section of Alaska and
will mean a great deal to the Palmer’s
station district and will stimulate in a
marked degree the work now being |
done by the ranchers in this section,^
said Superintendent Eide.
Mi-. Eide, who is a guest of the
Hotel Anchorage, will leave on official
business for Seward on the steamer
Alaska and will be absent from An
chorage for about ten days.
MORE NURSES NEEDED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4.—
“We should have now in this country
10.000 public health nurses,” said Miss
Annie Goodrich, federal inspector of
miltiary hospitals and president of the
American Nurses’ association, in an
appeal today to the college women of
the country to enter the nursing pro
fession. Miss Goodrich asserted that
the number of nurses required, fc|j
work at the front, in hospitals in this
country and for general public and
private nursing, will increase steadily
as the war goes on. She c:ted the
courses in nursing established by sev
eral colleges as offering an opportun
ity to educated women to perform pa
triotic and useful service for the na
tion.
Governor Riggs in a recent speech i
at Seattle, said that times have
changed in the territory since the
old days, he believed for the better.
After referring to the large number
who have gone outside he stated
that he believed that they would all
return and many more with them.
H. W. NAGLEY > '
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Hipress Boots and Pacs.