ANCHORAGE, 4th; KNIK, 5th
Nation’s Holiday Will Be the Occasion for Dual Celebrations
and Fine Programmes Have Been Prepared
As will be noted by the pro
grammes which appear on this
page, both Anchorage and Knik
propose to fittingly honor the na
tion’s most auspicious holiday.
Anchorage will observe the
Fourth—Sunday—and Knik will
celebrate the Fifth—Monday.
Thus there will be no conflict be
tween the towns. On the con
trary, the good people of Knik
will join with us, and we with
them.
The various committees having
charge of the Anchorage celebra
tion now have matters well in
hand, due to active work and
energy displayed by the commit
teemen. The finance committee
has secured a sum that nearly
reaches the five hundred dollar
mark, with enough in sight to
swell the figure to that amount.
George Crist, oldtimer in Alas
ka, has been designated as mar
shal of the day.
To end the day of sport and
pleasure, there will be a big
dance.
A distinct feature of the An
chorage celebration will be a
wrestling match between Zaralla,
light heavy-weight champion of
Canada, and Aumann, an exper
ienced amateur. Zaralla agrees
to throw Aumann three times in
45 minutes, failing in which he
loses the contest. Aumann is
very confident and says that it is
impossible for the Canadian
champion to throw him three
times in 45 minutes. He says he
has more dope on the wrestling
game than either McFeeley, Za
ralla’s backer, or the Canuck give
him credit for. He says Mac. is
putting his man up against too
strong a handicap. His trainer.
J. J. Ross, says the same thing.
The contest promises to be the
biggest thing ever pulled off in
the sporting line in these parts.
The contest will be held at the
motion picture show, and prelim
inary to the match there will be
several reels of motion pictures
that will eclipse anything yet
shown here.
Good Programme at Knik
Sunny Knik has framed up for
a delightful time on the Fifth.
The enterprising residents of that
town have raised a tidy sum to
be devoted to sports and enter
tainment. A. hearty welcome is
tendered Anchorage and other
towns on Cook inlet or elsewhere
to join them on this festal occa
sion. The whole of the Willow
creek gold camp will be down to
celebrate. Mr. Harry Landers,
the mining man, has been select
ed marshal of the day.
Kyser’s silk underwear and
hose at Finkelstein & Sapiro’s.
Programme of Sports at Anchorage July 4Th
1st Prize 2d Price
1. ONE HUNDRED YARD DASH.$10.00 $5.00
2. POLE VAULT. 10.00
3. SACK RACE (Boys). 5.00 2.00
4. FIFTY YARD DASH (Girls). 5.00 2.00
5. POTATO RACE (Boys). 5.00 2.00
6. TIE HEWING CONTEST. 20.00
7. RUNNING HIGH JUMP. 10.00 5.00
8. RUNNING BROAD JUMP. 10.00 5.00
9. PIE EATING CONTEST (Boys). 3.00 2.00
10. FAT MAN’S RACE . 10 00 50
11. FAT LADIES’ RACE. 10.00 50
12. MARRIED LADIES’ RACE. 10 00 5 00
13. TUG OF WAR (Boys). 15.00
14. POWER BOAT RACE (Free for All).$20, $15, $10, $5
15. BALL GAME, KNIK vs. ANCHORAGE. $75.00
Programme of Sports at Knik July 5th
1st Prize 2d Prize
SMALL BOYS’ RACE, 50 yds.$ 3.00 $ 2.50
GIRLS’ RACE, 60 yds. 5.00 2.50
BOYS’ RACE, 14 to 18 yrs., 75 yds. 5.00 2.50
SACK RACE, 60 yds. 5 00 9 50
THREE-LEGGED RACE, 60 yds. 10 00
LADIES’ EGG RACE, 40 yds. 5.00
MEN’S EGG RACE, 50 yds. 10.00 5 00
HUNDRED YARD DASH, Free to all. 15.00 5 00
BROAD JUMP. 5 00
HIGH JUMP. 5.00
LADIES’ NAIL DRIVING CONTEST. 5.00 2 50
PIE EATING CONTEST. 3.00 2.00
BASEBALL GAME—Knik vs. Anchorage. 50.00
LADIES’ BASEBALL GAME, two innings. 10.00 5 00
PRIZE WALTZ. 10 00
PRIZE TWO-STEP. 10.00
Telephone Line
A contract will probably be
awarded this coming week for
the construction of a telephone
line from Anchorage to connect
with the line leading” out from
Seward. J,he distance remaining
to be covered is forty-three miles.
Some eight tons of copper wire
are enroute from the Panama
canal zone and should be here
around the first of July. It will
require about twenty-five days to
complete the work, after the ma
terial arrives. L. G. Jackson will
be in charge of the work.
Catholic Services
Rey, Wm. Shepherd, S. J., of
Seward, will conduct services in
the library building-next Sunday.
Confessions from 9 to 10 o’clock
a. m. Mass and communior at
10 o’clock a. m.
James Murray, one of the big
mining men of this region, who1
successfully promoted the com-'
pany which will install a dredge
on Cache creek, came on the
Evans and departed Friday on a
launch, enroute to Cache creek.
POLLEY BROS.
GENERAL STORE
Now Open for business
with a Full Line of Produce.
Vegetables and Fruit in Season
BREVITIES
Deputy Marshal Brown of Knik
was here yesterday, enroute to
Susitna.
William Martin, a big- operator
in the Willow creek gold camp,
was here this week.
Charles Taylor, a well known
oldtimer, reached here from the
Broad Pass Saturday night.
A big barge, laden with lum
ber consigned to R. E. McDon
ald, is enroute from Seattle to
Anchorage.
R. E. Ringwood, general man
ager of the Alaska-Pacific Navi
gation Co., is a round-trip pas
senger on the steamer Admiral
Evans.
Mrs. Elmer Kane departed Fri
day. enroute to join her husband
who has established a store and
roadhouse at the mouth of Indian
river.
R. E. McDonald announces that
; he will build a fine theater build
ing in the new townsite, for the
; accommodation of his motion pic
! ture show.
The irrepressible Bob McIn
tosh, who has been a familiar
figure in practically every mining
camp throughout the northland,
came over from Valdez on the
Evans, to take a look at the me
tropolis.
J. McDonald, P. S. Barbay. I).
Gillis, H. D. Gillis and J. Walker
formed a party which departed
Thursday, enroute to the Tola
vana country. They are to go
via the Broad Pass district.
C. Adkins et al., were award
ed a contract to cut 5,000 ties; J.
Omen et al., have a contract to
cut 1,500 ties, and P.Nuzik et al.
were given a contract to cut
5,000 ties. Paul Hansen et al.,
got a contract to cut fire wood
from streets in the new town
site.
Captain Austen Lathrop, a
prominent business man of Cor
dova, who operates a string of
moving picture shows in Alaska
towns- Nome, Cordovs, Valdez
ond Seward being on the list is
here to establish a motion picture
house in Anchorage. When the
new townsite is open, he will
erect one of the swellest theatres
in the northland. Building ma
terial for the purpose is already
here. Captain Lathrop’s picture
shows are on a circuit, enabling
him to produce the latest and
best films obtainable. He is a
live, progressive man and adds
strength to any community.
Sunny Knik is a beautiful place in
which to spend a few days and when
there, the Pioneer is a nice comforta
ble hotel in which to stop. Frank
Cannon, proprietor.