Smart Hats
FOR FAIX
Burberry, London, Coats
Double service; weather proof. Largest line of
Burberries ever shown in Seattle.
PRICES $30 TO $35.
“VALLES TELL”
r’T-fE' A QTV\ Inn °- c- GRAVES- Pres'
V^XliHi/vO I I U HIL. 2d Av. and Spring
Men’s and Young Men’s Wear
GO EAST
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
_SECOND-TO-NONE SERVICE___
LOW ROUND-TRIP FARES.
nr . tTI p —DENVER.$55.00
V lA I 11 L —OMAHA or KANSAS CITY 60.00
Ar M l —CHICAGO.72.00
Uuill I LU _NEW YORK.110.70
Similar Fares to Main Eastern Cities.
THROUGH SERVICE
Seattle—Chicago, Omaha. Kansas City, Denver, and
intermediate. Direct connections
to 1 lie Atlantic coast
Information, tickets, reservation and
travel service upon application to
T. B. WATSON. Admiral Line. Anchorage,
r. E. Tracy, Alaska S. S. Co.. Anclioragre.
Or Write H. A. LAWRENCE.
Traveling1 Freight and Passenger Agent.
P. O. Box 403 : 111 Seward Street
JUNEAU.
Paul, Chicago and all i i.r- 1. t will h > on sale via Seattle
and the “Milwaukee” a . t the new low fares on and aft
er August 20th by th< Ah -k- : S. Co., and the Pacific Alaska
Nav. Co. Full infon ; i fr< m S. S. Agents at Arfchorage or
A. E. HARRIS, '1 imv.'hug Passenger Agent, Juneau.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Going East
Through Rates from Anchorage to
Eastern Destinations Are in Effect
via the
Daily—The Oriental Limited to St. Paul and Chicago.
Daily—The Glacier Park Limited to St. Paul and Chicago.
Daily—The Southeast Express to Denver, Kansas City
and St. Louis.
_ „ __. . ,Fu,N Information and Tickets From
I. B. 1 RACY, Alaska Steamship Co.
T. B. WATSON, Admiral Line.
S. DAUTRICK /Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
Valentine Building.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle.
Wash.
BANKING BY MAIL
It makes no difference where you are located, you
cau se’.J us your gold dust or cheeks and we will place
them to your credit, acknowledging receipt and furnish
ing you with a check hook so you can draw money when
needed; or, it you prefer, we will place the money on do
posit in our Savings Department where it will earn 4 per
cent interest.
We will be pleased to attend to any business you
wish transacted anywhere.
German-American Mercantile Bank
SEATTLE WASHINGTON.
BAXTER’S
M AGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
ROBARTS’
BILLIARD
AND
BOWLING
PARLORS
Postoffice Opposite.
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I Butts’ Parlor!
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| CLEAN COOL REFRESHING
I
• Ice Cream, Fresh Candies, Soft
Drinks, Fruits and Nuts
I
\ FOURTH AVE., BET. G and II
ft
..
Svea Waffle and
Lunch Room
HOME COOKING.
We Bake Our Own Pastry.
REASONABLE PRICES.
Mrs. Victoria H. Winters
Miss Hulda Olson
Cor. 4th and C. Opp. Crescent
B. C. NICHOLS
■ >
WATCH MAKER AND
JEWELER.
£
Anchorage, Alaska.
Conklin & Fitzgerald
PAINTERS AND
DECORATORS.
WALL PAPER, PAINT AND
GLASS.
We Paint SIGNS That Are
Business-Get ters.
832 4th AVE. W,
Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
— AND —
HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
WILLOW CREEK
AUTO STAGE
Meets all trains at Matanuska
Valley. Headquarters at
Matanuska Hotel.
L. M. BARRETT,-Prop.
The Woodland Inn
and
BAKERY
Next to Talkeetna Hotel
Open All Hours
TALKEETNA - ALASKA
Alaska News in
Brief Culled From
Alaska Papers
A shortage of carpenters is report
ed from the new railroad town of Ne
nana.
Two hundred and four pupils are
enrolled in the grades at the Juneau
| schools.
Col. I). C. Jacklin, promoter of the
Alaska-Gastineau mine at Juneau, is
on an inspection trip to the big prop
erty.
The report that Clerk of the Court
Clark, of the Fourth division, had
handed in his resignation, proves to
be without foundation.
It is reported that several opera
1 tors in the Iditarod country are plan
ning to install dredges to economi
cally work their holdings.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Bank of Seward, a
special dividend of 20 per cent on the
capital stock was declared.
Col. Hayes, son of the late Presi
dent Hayes, accompanied by his wife,
were passengers on the Umatilla on
her recent trip, making a tour of the
territory.
Sixteen tons of Galena ore, the first
to be sent out from the Fairbanks
country, was recently shipped to the
, outside by the Eldorado Mining &
Milling Cc.
The Tioneer Mining company last
week cleared up on the Fox-Brown
claim on Kattie creek, at Nome, and
announced the value of the cleanup
at $200,000.
Earl Tiffany, a Juneau resident, at
tempted to leave town under an as
sumed name without paying his bills.
He was grabbed at Ketchikan and
brought back.
The report of the commissioner at
•’airbanks for the quarter ending June
0, shows that the receipts of the of
fice for the three months previous
were $1,245.05.
Sivtv-fmir hiivo
nl ronrlt?
enrolled for the Juneau high school
nd others are expected to enroll in
a short time, some of the students
leing at present outside.
Recent rains have broken the
drouth in the Tolovana district, per
mitting a resumption of sluicing op
erations, which were at a standstill on
account of the low water.
The Seward Gateway says that
Steve Birch has purchased the Wilson
Little mine at Latouche, which was to
have been leased to the Reynolds cor
poration Sept. 1.
The gypsum mine at Gypsum,
southeastern Alaska, is being opened
up on a more extensive scale than
]heretofore, on account of the increas
ing demand for its product.
William Chalman, a trapper on the
Kuskokwim river is missing, and ; ;
his life was threatened last fall in the
presence of a third party a search is j
being made for him.
The trustees of the Pioneer’s home
j recently granted a pension of $10 per
month to Herman H. Hall, of Hope.
He is 82 years of age and no longer
able to support himself.
About 400 tons of tungsten ore
from the property of Mike Stepovich
|near Fairbanks, were recently ship
ped to the States. The owner accom
panied the shipment.
The Petersburg Report states that a
new branch of the fishing industry in
that vicinity is the securing of shark
hides, but for what purpose they are
to be used is not known.
Ben Bullard, a Taku rancher, re
cently brought into Juneau 125 pounds
of butter from his farm, which found
a ready sale, and from this time on
will make regular shipments.
W. A. Vinal, a well-known mining
man of the interior, is said to have
struck it rich on Spruce creek, where
he has a block of bedrock sluiced off
and the gold is showing up all over it.
At a recent meeting of the Juneau
Women’s club, Mrs. E. H. Kaser was
elected president of that body for the
coming year in place of Mrs. Frank
Metcalf, who resigned on account of
11 health.
While attempting to board the
| launch Lotus at Youngs bay recently
six members of a picnic party were
! thrown into the water by the capsiz
ing of a skiff and narrowly escaped
j drowning.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
ision at Seward i3 ahead four coffi-s,
which were found stored away in a
shed which was reported empty when
■ the inventory of the railroad was
: taken.
|
C. A. Celene, a well-known pioneer
j of the north, died last week at Nulato.
I Mr. Celene had for a number of
months been ailing with stomach trou
; ble, which was finally the cause of his
death.
Arrivals at McCarthy from the Chi
sana report sluicing in progress in
The camp, and the outlook good for a
big clean-up, although the operators
'were handicapped somewhat by lack
j of water.
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust
Resisting Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold lire overnight with
wood or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang
. Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the small
est camp stove to the largest Hotel
range.
Any sourdough will tell you about the
Lang Stove. They all know it.
F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
SEATTLE. WN.
Peterson's Billiard and
*
Solo Parlors
Fourth Ave. Between C and D
First-Class Restaurant
Just Opened
In tlie Matanuska Hotel. Everything In Season
Matanuska Hotel, Matanuska, BLONDY, Prop.
The Royal Cafe
The new eating house on Fourth Avenue
Caterers to first-class trade.
Boxes for private parties.
Lunch Counter.
ATHANS & PAPPADOPOLOS .... Props.
ADMIRAL LINE
Pacific Alaska Navigation Company
Uegular Weekly Sailings each Sunday, 11 a. m. Calling at
Ketchikan, Petersburg, Juneau and all Southwestern Alaska
Ports. Vessels scheduled as follows:
Sailed From Seattle
ADMIRAL WATSON
Sept. 3.
Sailing From Seattle
ADMIRAL EVANS
Sept. 10.
The company re erves ;;i> r.cut to change schedule of steamers
without mowce.
Tickets and InfontnatioD to be ha . at f “Bee, Fowler Building, on
G Si., between Fourth aud Fifth S'.s T. R. WATSON, Agent.
«£»*«*'•-v>' -W6
SOI Loon All Outside Rooms
■ lutely Fire-Proof
BEST IN THE CITY
Nevr Richmond
Hotel
SEATTLE
BATES—Rooms with private bath,
91.50 per day and upwards. Rooms
without Bath, 91.00 per day and up
wards. —A FREE AUTO BUS.
R. C. McCORMICK, Prop.
M. K. MacRAE, Mgr.
\
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY!
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchi
kan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward
and AN'CHOKAGE. via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Satis from Seattle Arrive Anchorage
AUG. 27. ALAMEDA . SEPT. *2
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steam
ers without notice.
Tickets on sale at uo-town office. Empress Building. Bag
gage or freight wUl not be received at the dock later than one
hour before sailing time.
J. J. LANKIN, F. B. TRACY,
Agent. General Agent.
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
hm an* hoe
Valdez, Alaska.
“The House of Comfort”
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