BREVITIES
Lawrence, the Watchmaker, x '
Frank Cannon of the Pioneer
hotel, and Postmaster Bettman
of Knik, were in town Wednes
day.
Messrs. Schonacher and Par
sons, of the Schonacher Broker
age and Commission Co., of Ju
neau, are visitors in Anchorage.
The fifteen-year old daughter
of A. M. Laska of Anchorage,
died in Cordova recently, a vic
tim of tuberculosis, with which
she had been afflicted from in
fancy. The remains were sent
outside for interment.
The Misses Catherine Howard
and Fell Shea have opened a
dainty store at Knik, called The '
Pennant, and carry a stock of con
fections, cigars, tobaccos, soft
drinks, etc. The popularity of
the young ladies insures the store
a liberal patronage.
Fred Harris and Tony Kowre
have purchased the Inside Inn
from C. C. Bush and will enlarge
both the stock and the premises.
The buyers are well and favora
bly known throughout the south
ern coast part of Alaska, both
being sourdoughs.
Sidney Laurance, a noted land
scape painter, among his recent
achievements being a beautiful
painting of Mount McKinley now
on exhibition at the San Francisco
exposition, is a recent arrival and
has opened a studio on Main
street.
C. L. Hibbard, of the Hibbard
Stewart Company, extensive
dealers in furs, Seattle, and Mrs.
Hibbard have been passing the
week at Knik, the guests of the
Pioneer hotel. Mr. Hibbard is
heavily interested in the Willow
creek gold mines and came up to
take a look at his investments.
M. W. Diedrich, of the Inlet
Soda Company, returned on the
jivans, bringing a complete plant
for the manufacture of cement
blocks for building purposes,
chimneys, etc. He has secured
a site on the south side of Ship
creek and will immediately in
stall the plant so that material
may be available for the new
townsite.
Tom Price, prominent in dem
ocratic politics of Alaska, and
who was a candidate from this
division for territorial senator
and made a mighty fine race, too
is among the recent arrivals
in Anchorage. He has opened
a sheet metal works and tin shop.
On his way over here, he took
occasion to drop off at Valdez,
and successfully passed the ex
amination required and is now a
member of the bar.
0. G. Robinson, who has taken
a lease on the claims located on
the upper reaches of Nugget j
creek,in the Cache creek district,
is in Anchorage, enroute to the
scene of his future operations.
He will install a hydraulic plant.
On the lower part of Nugget
creek Herndon, Jacobs and Mor
ris have taken out, in the aggre
gate, $300,000, and Mr. Robinson
naturally feels very optimistic
over his recent acquisition. He
hgils from Spokane, Wash., and
has experience in mining.
Ned Williams,anold sourdough,
lied on the way outside on the
steamer Mariposa.
Jack Dalton and Mrs Dalton
reached here on the last boat,but
plan to return to Cordova on the
Watson.
George Eberhardt, one of the
best known miners in the coun
try, and one of the locators of the
famous Cache creek, is in Anchor
age.
The secretary of the interior
wishes information concerning
the whereabouts of one William
A. Copeland, if living. It is re
ported that Copeland was drown
ed in these parts in 1898, but the
report cannot be verified.
President Wilson has recently
created an Alaska timber reserve
along the route of the govern
ment railway. The reserve is 200
miles long and from five to ten
miles wide. It begins at Knik
arm and extends towards Fair
banks.
The government has brought
suit to oust Thomas K. Jeter, who
located a homestead where the
town of Anchorage now stands,
and the case will come on for
hearing at the Knik term of court.
Maurice D. Leeney and L.V.Ray
represent Jeter and District At
torney Spence will appear for the
government.
Charles R. Crawford is expect
ed on the Watson from Valdez
with a large stock of building
material, sash, doors, windows,
etc. It is Mr. Crawford’s plan
to move his large planing plant
and sash and door factory to this
point in the very near future.
His brother, John Crawford, ar
rived on the last steamer and
brought a stock of moulding, etc.
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