CONTESTS ARE OPEN TO ALL
Parade starts at 10 A. M. from the Union I fall.
Best representative float in parade ..$ 50.00
Best decorated auto in parade . '-’5.00
Best decorated transfer team in parade . 10.00
Union floats not to be .entered for prizes.
Best character representing- Pioneer day of Alaska
in parade ... 10.00
Best lady character in parade. 10.00
Best man character in parade. ■• 10.00
Best display of native flowers of Alaska . . 10.00
Auto races against time, 5-passenger cars . -0.00
Horse Races, 1st. prize . 15.00
Horse Races, 2nd. prize. . ‘"•50
Men’s 100-yard dash . 10.00
Men’s 50 yard dash . . 10.00
Men’s wheelbarrow race. Blanket .. 7.50
Bills’ 50-yard rase. Kodak . -- 12.50
Ladies’ wheel barrow race . . 7.50
Lady that can drive ten nail- in fastest time. Umbrella 5.00
Ladies’ Hand sawing contest .. . ->.00
Wood sawing contest with cross-cut saw, two ladies 10.00
One-mile marathon race, open to all . — 15.00
Men’s running high jump . o.OO
Men’s pole vault . "1
Standing jump. Hat .
Tie making contest. .. 10.00
Relay club race, one mile, of the four city clubs. 20.00
Fat man’s race, over 240 lbs. .. ->.00
Three legged race, members Alaska Labor Union only .. 5.00
Sack race - . 5.00
Carpenter making square box, time, members Alaska
Greased pig contest.. 10.00
Greased pole climbing. 15.00
Tug of war pulling . 100.00
Prettiest baby girl under one year of age, .prize set later
Prettiest baby boy under one year of age .prize set later
Lumber for a two-room residence and other inducements
given to any couple married publically.
Other events to be announced during the week through the
columns of the Daily Times.
Committee on arrangements—Sam Mandell, chairman; A.
D. Warner, Jack Sutherland, H. Karralla and Charles Peters.
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(Cordova Times)
V. G. Vance, who has conducted the.
Northern hotel for several years past,
yesterday purchased the Alaska build
ing. the deal having been consummat
ed through A..J. Adams, president of
the Northwest Trust & Realty compa
ny. While the purchase price has not
been made public, it is believed to be
in the neighborhood of $10,000. This |
building is one hundred feet square,
two stories in height, with a basement
and was owned by Archie Shields,
Wm. Simpson, Frank Meyers and a
man named Kane, all of whom were
members of the late Contractor M. J.
Heney’s force during the building of
the Copper River & Northwestern
railway.
Mr. Vance will at once begin the
work of renovating and remodeling
the building, so as to have it ready for
occupancy by October 1, upon which I
date his leasj op ires on the Northern;
hotel .which will be taken ove:- by Or.
V*.. \V. Counci' rnd fitted up a? a hos- I
mt"l. The foundation will be streng
tiwned, a new irof put on, the enli’c
sec nd floor transformed into a mod
ern rooming house, with bnth. run
n r.g water ard a heating plant, fhcie I
will be fifty looms in all. and a few
of them may be made into apart-j
n < > is.
'I he ground floor will '■or.ta n seve • -1
al large store rooms, and Mr. Vance \
says that he has already had an op
portunity to rent them.
WRANGELL TO BE ISSUED
SALOON LICENSES NOW
WRANGELL, August 28.—Wran
gell will be wet for another year, ac
cording to a ruling made by Judge
Robert W. Jennings, of the United
States district court. The ruling was
based on the showing of the wets that
a clear majority of the actual white
residents over the age of 21 years had
given their consent to the sale of li
quors, either at the election or oth-,
erwise.
The drys won at the election on
June 6. The vote was: Wet 134, dry
119, registered vote not cast but
counted, dry 46.
The liquor interests were represent
ed at the hearing by George Irving, of
Juneau.
The court decided that licenses will
be issued, and an order directing that
action will be made upon the arrival
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Call or address:
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KaniSrts
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Passengers and Baggage
Storage Five Days Free
NIGHT AND DAY SERVICE
Stand:—
Front of F. J. Cotter’s Store.
HERMAN L. GENTSCH, Mgr.
PHONE NO. 56-Y.
Conklin & Fitzgerald
PAINTERS AND
DECORATORS.
WALL PAPER, PAINT AND
GLASS.
W* Paint SIGNS That Are
Business-Getters.
of Judge Jennings at Juneau.
Judge Jennings left there last night
for Petersburg. He will decide the
contest there today. The wets won on
the face of the returns at that place.
Walker Is Candidate.
CHICAGO, August 30.—John H,
Walker of Danville, president of the
Illinois State Federation of Labor,
announced himself today a candidate
for the office of president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, to suc
ceed John P. White.
For an ’’original” Milk Shake tr>
Peterson’s. 8-28-4t
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Postoffice Opposite.
Butts’ Parlor
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HOME COOKING.
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REASONABLE PRICES.
Mrs. Victoria H. Winters
Miss Hulda Olson
Cor. 4th and C. Opp. Crescent
If you want an automobile, night or
day, telephone the Reo Service. Num
ber 56-Y. 8-11-tf
Is Now Open to the Public
H
OTEL ANCHORAGE has been carefully planned and built to meet
the demands of the Tourists and the traveling public, and nothing
has been spared to make this hostelry homelike and comfortable.
It is centrally located, being one-half block off the business street and;
I only a block from the City Wharf and Depot.
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For the convenience of the traveling salesmen a
large sample room has been provided and arrangements made
jjj for quick delivery of baggage.