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CARPENTER’S TOOLS I
| Sundberg’s Grocery
DON’T MISS OUR BARGAINS ON
MATANUSKAPRODUCTS
Spuds .4c per lb..
Tunrips .4c per 11).
Rhubarb .be per lb.
Poets .5c per lb,
( abbnge . *>e per lb.
( auliflower .A5c per head
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KNIK, ALASKA
A Genera! Merchandise Store
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Carrying Complete Line of
Staple and Fancy Groceries
Lumber and Shingles
Boots and Shoes
Kerosene and Gasoline
Paints and Oils
Pumps and Tarpaulins
AT FRIGES THAT HAVE NO EQUAL ON THE INLET
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All Your Friends Will be There
The Bonk Pool Rooms
RALPH REED, PROP.
Most of the boys have their mail addressed to The Bank
Call and g'et yours—Jt may be at The Bank.
van TCNOW THE PLACE 320 4th Street
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ENUMERATION
OF RESIDENTS
I Enumeration of the population of
I Anchorage was authorized today by
Mayor J. G. Watts, and thirteen enu
merators immediately began the task
of numbering the residents. To fa
cilitate the work, the city has been
segregated into thirteen districts, with
one enumerator for every district. It
is expected that the enumeration will
be completed by Wednesday at the
latest.
i The present work is merely an enu
meration, not a census of inhabitants.
The information sought by the author
ities relates only to the number and
not to the names of residents.
To the mayor every enumerator will
report the number of residents in thf
district assigned to him, and will
make affidavit to the report.
The belief is entertained that there
are considerably more than 5,000 per
sons residing within the municipal
limits at the present time.
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j j J. Casey MeDannel,proprietor of the
) j Merchants' Cafe here, is probably the
! first person to offer prizes for exhib
j j its at the next Annual Alaska Agri
) | cultural Fair, which will be next yeai
] I in Anchorage. Mr. MeDannel ha:
' j given formal notice of his prize offers
) to the land and industrial bureau ol
■ the Alaskan Engineering commission.
> He shows the proper spirit in en
} couraging the raising of local prod
| ucts.
j He is firmly resolved to use only lo
) callv raised potatoes in his restaurant,
and he is to be commended for his in
itiative and enterprise in encouraging
• the use of locally raised potatoes. Tin
prizes he offers for next year’s fail
follow:
i Ten dollars for the largest and mos'
i perfect potato grown in the Cook Inle'
j district in 1918, and delivered to tin
i Merchants’ Cafe on or before Novem
j ber 1, 1918.
! pounds of the best potatoes exhibited
• at the fair.
i Ten dollars for the largest and best
i baby bora in the Cook Inlet district
! and exhibited at the fair,
j Twenty-five dollars for the largest
i number of children in one family at
! tending the fair in 1918.
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PROSPECTOR SAYS
HE HAS FOUND PAY
.VILLIAM A. CLARK AND PARTY
BRING SAMPLES OF ORE
FROM SNUG HARBOR.
William A. Clark, an oldtimer in
Alaska, has just returned from a ten
days’ prospecting trip in the Snug
Harbor country. He thinks that he
has at last found the El Dorado of
this section of Alaska. The ro<’k is
now being assayed by Thurmond. The
ore is sulphide and carries free gold.
Mr. Clark says, and by reason of the
fact that it is situation within two'
hundred feet of tide water there is m
question in his mind but that the
claims will prove of great value.
The party of which he was a mem
ber consisted of seven members and
ill of them staked two claims each
rear Mr. Clark’s discovery claim. The
•Aino” power boat was used on the
trip.
\ CANADA PUTS STOP
1 TO FLOUR EXPORTS
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> ORDER IN COUNCIL ESTABLISH
) ES PRACTICAL EMBARGO OF
| SHIPMENTS FROM DOMINION.
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] OTTAWA, Canada, Sept. 24.—Ac
| cording to the terms of an order in
) council of August 18, the exportation
i of wheat flour from Canada is now
' prohibited to all destinations abroad
) other than the United Kingdom and
! British possessions and protectorates,
; provided that licenses may be issued
> for exportation to countries in alliance
) with the LTnited Kingdom. The grant
| ing of licenses will be made under reg
\ ulations by the minister of customs.
) Before the present order in council
) the exportation of wheat flour was
^ prohibited to all foreign destinations
) in Europe and on the Mediterranean
j> and Black Seas, other than France,
5 Russia, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
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BY DR. E. J. HALFORD
DO YOU WANT THE BEST RESULTS FOR THE LEAST MONEY?
Dental ailments as treated by me are relieved of all their horrors
and the best results are obtained in the minimum amount of time.
My several courses in advanced dental work have fitted me to
give you the best results for the least money.
Your knowledge of business teaches you that you should get the
best results for your money in any transaction. I am prepared to give
you the best results in dentistry at the lowest price and consider myself
an expert in my line.
You can make no mistake by coming to see me. In my new
location in the Kyvig Building.
DR. E. J. HALFORD
Kyvig BJdg.
Over Anchorage Drug Co.
(From tbe Alaska
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT.
Anchorage Division.
The number of employees of the Anchorage Division
as shown by the payrolls on Saturday, September 1, 1917,
was as follows:
Commissioner’s Office . 41
Shops and Yards . 242
transportation Service . 80
Store and Dock Departments . 472
Accounting Department . 20
Disbursing Office . 9
Townsite Department . 71
Employment Bureau and Terminal Mess. 19
Hospital Department . 19
Harbor Improvement . 3
Telegraph and Telephone Department . 78
Track, Bridge and Ballast—Main Line . 557
Mining Department . 103
Locating Party No. 4 . 32
Tumagain Arm District . 425
Matanuska District . 229
Talkeetna District . 211
2611
Stationmen and Laborers—All Districts .1313
Grand total all employees Anchorage Division.392-:
Railroad Record)
MATANUSKA DISTRICT.
Matanuska Branch.
Harris & Co. are the only contractors remaining on the
branch line at the date of this report. They will finish
within a few days.
Only nine Commission employees remained on the pay
roll, and as soon as the contract work is completed the
force will be still further reduced.
Main Line.
At Station N 6830, on Rice & Co.’s section, six or seven
thousand yards of fill unexpectedly sank out of sight in the
swamp through which the line passes. A force was imme
diately set to work to repair the damage, placing a fill at
a lower level than that of the old line. The sinking of the
fill is not expected to delay traffic more than a day or two.
The grade has been practically completed to a point i V>
miles north of Willow Creek. The contractors have fin
ished their work with the exception of digging ditches
and cleaning up the right-of-way.
Piledriver No. 1 has completed the driving of all struc
tures to a point one mile north of Willow Creek. The
driver was put out of commission on September 8 by tip
ping over on the grade, but should be ready to resume
work by the 10th or 11th.
Piledriver No. 2 has completed the driving of the north
abutment of the Kashwitna structure and at the close of
the period was engaged in driving the falsework iV cue
main span.
TURNAGAIN ARM DISTRICT.
The sled trail and wagon road between Bird Point and
Mile 79, at the south end of Anchorage Division, is about
50 per cent completed.
! NEWS OF NEARBY NEIGHBORS
WASILLA
A1 Beet, the mining man of An-1 would be to any new town, Anchorage 1
chorage, came up to Wasilla the
other day and left the following day
for the Willow creek mines.
Lumber is on the ground for the
new railroad station at Wasilla. The
station will be 51 by 135 feet, a story
and a half building, with living rooms
up-stairs and office and freight room
on the lower floor, and with a hun
dred-foot platform along the front of
the station extending to main street.
A section house is also being con
structed a half mile south of the new
station and at the end of the siding.
Hon. Frank Cannon has started
,vork on his new dwelling house on
:is farm adjoining the town of Was
illa.
William Martin, of the Free Gold
Alaska Mining company, passed
hrough Wasilla the other day en
route to the Willow creek mining dis
trict.
Byron Bartholf, son and grandson,
arrived at Wasilla on Thursday from
'.he Willow creek mines and departed
on Friday for Knik.
A new quartz mill for the Mabel
line is at the station at Wasilla
iwaiting transportation to the mine
n the Willow creek mining district.
Work on the new store building of
O. G. Herning is progressing nicely
and it and the Wilmoth company’s
new store building, about completed,
is a credit to Wasilla, and in fact
not excepted.
Clark E. Davis has moved his con
fectionery and soft drink establish
ment from the right of way of the
railroad to his lot on Main street,
and is open for business at the new
location.
Sam McMelan, of road house thir
ty-one and a half, was a visitor at
Wasilla Wednesday, and returned
home with a load of freight the fol
lowing day.
A social dance given by Howard
Wilmoth, the merchant of Wasilla,
Saturday evening last, in honor of the
opening of his new store, which, by
the way, is right up-to-date, was well
attended, and dancing was kept up
far into the night. A light lunch war
served, and everyone present pro*
nounced the dance a decided success.
Peter Whalen arrived at Wasillt
from Anchorage on Friday, and im
I mediately located on the lot of Johi
McElroy on Ma>n street.
The mountains around Wasilla ar
white with snow, and the coun'r;.
commences to wear a wintry aspect.
At a recent meeting of the Cordov:
city council, the street committe war
authoi-ized to secure the services o
a competent engineer to lay out grade
for the streets and a complete sewe:
system.
RAY C. LARSON |
Has the Most Complete Stock of
SASH, DOORS
AND GLASS
In Alaska.
SEE HIM BEFORE YOU BUY.
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Telephone 88-R. Fifth and K. j|
FALCON JOSLIN IS INVESTIGAT
ING FUEL FIELDS IN VICIN
ITY OF KATALLA.
SOME ACTIVITY IN OIL LAND.
Town Is Beginning to Take on New
Life, Latest Business Enterprise
Being Established There of CLini
Cannery.
It is expected that the railroad to
the Bering river coal fields will reach
the mines this fall, and that the town
of Katalla will have Alaska coal to
burn, is the information in a letter
received here by A. G. Thompson.
Falcon Joslin, builder of the Fa
nana valley railroad, and one of the
owners of the producing oil wells at
Katalla, is investigating the coal in
the Bering river field, continues the
letter.
Mr. Joslin’s company is drilling
some new wells near Katalla, and the
little town is beginning to take on
new life. A clam cannery has taken
over the Errusard building at Katalla
and wall install the necessary machin
ery so that the canning of clams can
begin about February next. The can
nery will employ thirty girls in the
building besides the diggers on the
beach.
The clam obtained here is the ra
zor-back variety, and is very large
and fine-flavored.
Mr. Skinner is surveying some oil
claims for Mr. Manson, formerly of
the Alaska Oil and Refining company,
and it is thought the renewed activity
in the oil field is due to the prospect
of the passage of an oil-leasing bill
by congress.
The owners within the twenty-four
acres which have already been survey
ed as the townsite of Douglas, will
soon get patents for their holdings,
government agents now being at work
on the valuation of the property im
provements. As soon as this is coiu
pleted the patents will be issued.