Local Notes
J. H. Lauder is in from the Gold
Builion mine.
W. A. Murray will open a lodg
ing house at Ship creek.
H. Noreen, enroute to Broad
Pass, arrived here Monday.
Geo. Boles, from Juneau, is here
and may remain permanently.
Ike Rosenthal, of the Gold Hill
Mining Company, is enroute here
from Seattle.
William Sault, recently employed
at the Ellamar mine, arrived ovei
the trail this week.
Al. Carlson, a f. rmer Juneau
business man, will open a clothing
store at Ship creeK.
J. Dawson of Hope arrived or
the launch Buffalo, enroute to the
Broad Pass country.
A. Marlott, widely Known in the
interior, is here, with a view tc
locating permanently
Geo. Nordgren, re eutly arriver
from the states, is here, wi!h c
view to loe ling a homestead.
Fra: k Zaramba. . sourdough
Al s:tan. recently arrived, plans or
starA.g in business at Ship creeK,
H. C. Emery, superintendent for
tire Martin interests, departed from
Seattle March io, enroute to Knik.
F. H. Ajidrews, a settler whose
home is near mile 2, is indisposed,
the result of a bad fall sustained by
slipping on the ice.
G. I). Gentry, A. 1 ordeau and
Frame Wallace with a choice lo1
of furs ffom the KusnoKwin, ere
i., among-, this week’s arrivals.
J. I. Wills, of the Pel uk road
house, passed through here Tues
day on his way to he states, his
first outside trip in fifteen years.
Fran Blaslier arrived from the
Nelchina Tuesday. lie says Ca
mille McGowan, Jim McLeod and
F. D. Decker, Nelchina en, are
enroute here.
Captain Porter, the genial gov
eminent weather observer, who is
studying winter conditions on the
arm, was a visitor this weeK from
Ship creek.
Forester McCullough reached
Ship,creek March 17 and opened ai:
office Since that date, he has re
ceiv d twelve homestead applica
tions from that section.
A : R. McConahay who departed
on the Buffalo for Tyonek, where
he has been running a store for the
past five years, returned on the
same boat. Upon arrival there, he
was informed by the government
school teacher, a Mr. Robertson,
that an area of lanel embracing Ty
on«K had been set aside as an In
dian reserve, and that he would be
given but 48 hours in which to re
move his effects. Surprised by this
knowledge and thinking the teach
er a little too precipitate, McCoua
hay has placed the matter before
Dr. Schaleben of Seward, the im
mediate superior of Mr. Robertson.
FLO U R
Ivanhoe Hard to Beat
F'isher’s Blend
Fisher’s Art
“Quality First’’
Brown & Hawkins
Where did that Dollar Go?
When you buy a dollar’s worth of Spuds at
Newt Pilger’s, that dollar goes up Knik arm say j
30 miles to a rancher for spuds, then it comes back j
to Knik for lumber, then it goes out in the woods 1
to a man falling timber, then it pays a doctor billS
then it goes to a big minstrel show. Kay boss, |
did yo’ git yo’ fingers on dat dollar?
Moral: TRADE AT PILGER’S'
Keep the money in the country
Big reductions in almost all goods, and that's a
fact.
Pleasant Card Party
The social event of the week was
the whist party given Wednesday
night by the M. L. and D Club,
at which a delightful time was en
joyed. Nine tables were employed
by the players. For gaining the
highest scores at play, Mrs. Clias.
Replinger won the ladies’ prize and
Mr. J. L. Gattis captured the gen
tlemen’s prize. Miss Nellie Shea
and Mr. Chas Replinger were
awarded consolation prizes because
1 they failed to make any points.
During the evening Miss Longmire
played a piano solo, Mrs. Walters
. and Mr. Peterson sang a duet, Miss
Farrington gave a recitation, and
Mrs. ' alters, Mrs. Jeuks and Mr.
Harold Howard sang a trio. After
light refreshments, dancing was in
dulged in.
Miller and Stiles, who passed the
winter trapping in the Chickaloon
flats, got two beautiful black fox
pelts and other furs, including fif
teen wolverine s’, ins.
!
Jos. brown has received the sad
| news of the death of his wife,which
i occurred recently at San Diego.
J Newspapers of that city pay a
touchinsr tribute to the denarted
woman, who was highly esteemed.
The launch Traveler met the
steamer Admiral Watson at Seldo
viu this weeK, returning here Fri
da}'. Today the launch is towing
a Large to Ship creeK.
The launch Swan, from Sunrise,
arrived early this morning, bring
ing twelve passengers.
L. H. Marston, a prominent
Iditarod mining man, is here, on his
way to the interior.
A. B. Rome, an Iditarod mer
chant, is here, and may enter busi
ness in this Vicinity.
The launch. BuUalo, fiom Sun
rise, is due today, with a big list of
passengers.
T. B. Stravan and Chas. Hend
rickson, from Seward, arrived here
Thursday.
P. J. Jewell is in from his home
stead in the Matanuska.
I. Donnelly is here from the
Iditarod.
FULTON &
HIRSHEY
POOL AND
BILLIARD HALL
Soft Drinks, Cigars, Tobacco,
Candy, All Kmds of Fruit
KNIK, ALASKA
Big Boost for
latanusks Coal
“Suitable in every respect for use
in the naval service,” says the re
port of the board named to make a
test of the coal taken out from the
Matanuska by Jack Dalton a year
•ago. The test was made by the
armored cruiser Maryland, as fol
lows: A seven-day test, held at
Puget Sound navy yard; a four-hour
full-power test, held in Puget
Sound; a twenty - four hour
fifteen knot test, held in Straits of
Fuca, and a forty-eight-hour ten
' knot test, held in the Pacific ocean.
In comparison with Pocahontas
fcal placed at ioo per cent, effi
tciency, the Matanuska coal made a
^percentage of 9 . in the first test;
in the seco d; 95 i . the third,
land 9S in the fourth.
, The board was composed of
jCaptaiu Andrews, Lieutenants
Davis and Kays and E isigu Henry,
jtll of the Maryland.
I G. L. Judson, formerly of the
Seward Gateway, died recently at
pilot Rock, Oregon, a victim of
tuberculosis. While his demise
vas not unexpected, the news
.levertheless, comes as a sho k to
all who were acquainted with him.
Latest About
ttie Railroad
Washington, March 22—It is re
ported unofficially that Joseph Cot
ton, who succeeded Rublee as chief
counsel for the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission, is considering final
negotiations for the purchase of the
Alaska Northern railway system,
for the sum of $1,100,000.
Messrs. Hides, Mears and Riggs,
members of the commission, expect
to depart from Washington, enroute
to Seattle, about April 15.
The foregoing is the latest news
Jaout the railroad situation that
has been received here. While no
’efinite statement has been made,
indications very strongly point to
Ship reek as the place where act
ual construction work will begin
this spring. A large mess house
has been completed this winter and
the crew is now employed in get
ting out piling.
Captain Porter very courteously
gave the News editor some fine
views which he took of Ship creek,
for reproduction in the Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
Think of it, ten delicious Roman
Reauty apples for two bits at Pil
Iger’s, while they last.
ugsEasacF1
. W. PALM
KNIK, ALASKA
GENERAL
ERGHANDISE.
On account of having our own ship
bringing in merchandise fresh from the out
side, we are able to quote you prices that
compettiion cannot touch.
We Save You Money!