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MATANUSKA STORE
\\ i■ have .just opened our branen store at
the nev town of Matanuska. formerly known as
Mutant >ka Junction.
This store is stocked witii a complete line
of groceries, provisions, feed, hardware and
huiidiue materials.
We .are also agents at Matanuska for Mc
Nally & Maitland’s lumber, and operate in con
nection with the store a completely stocked
LUMBER YARD.
A. A. SHONBECK
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
FORD AGENCY
Fourth at C Street
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RAY C. LARSON
Dealer in
SASH, DOORS, GLASS
Window Glass ________ Building Paper
Plate MIRRORQ Roofing
Wire IvlllinUnU Sashweights
Moss “ ■■MHHpncMMMHBHi Sash Rail
Ribb “ Copper cm Bars
STORE FRONTS MADE TO ORDER
Fifth Ave. and K St.
304 Rooms All Outside Rooms
Absolutely Fire-Proof
BEST IN THE CITY
New Richmond
Hotel
SEATTLE
BATES—Rooms with private bath,
51.50 per day and upwards. Rooms
without 1 hit u, 5'i.OO per day and up
wards. —A TREE AUTO BUS.
R. <’. .MtCORMK'K, Prop.
M. K. Mac RAH, Mgr.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
We Can Furnish It
PRICE & BENNETT
PLUMBING OUR SPECIALTY
Sheet Metal Works and , c , z r O 11
Gasoline Lighting tilth M., 0€t. (j & H
NOW OPEN!
Peterson’s Billiard and
Solo Parlors
Fourth Ave. Between C and D
Housefurnishings of All
Kinds
Tents, Tarpaulins, Bunks, Mosquito Bed Nets and
Hat Veils, Blankets, Comforters, Pillows, Sheets, Pil
low Cases, Bed Springs, Mattresses, Brussel and Grass
Rugs, Window Shades, A Fine Line of Mirrors, Chairs
and Rockers.
Johnson Tent Factory
Newsy Items
About Town
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Chas. Dietzel, connected with the
Deep Sea Salmon company at Goose
bay, spent the day in Anchorage.
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman is
down from Matanuska Junction to at
! tend court.
The power boat J. and J., Captain
Johnson in command left for the Sta
tion and Susitna river points at 2:00
o’clock this afternoon.
Claus Anderson, proprietor of the
Happy river road house, and who has
been in the city for several days on
business, left for Susitna station this
afternoon on the power boat J. and J.
M. W. Wilson, employed as a pack
er for the Gold Bullion mine, was in
the city yesterday on business and re
ports a shortage of miners in the
Willow creek district.
Dick Doherty, the coal king from
Moose creek, came down from the
mine yesterday and purchased a Delco
electric light plant from O. B. Walk.
Mr. Doherty will install the new plant
in his coal mine at Moose creek.
Out of courtesy to the fire depart
ment Jack Robarts will not hold the
usual Saturday night dance at Ro
barts’ hall, but is lending his assist
' ance to make the big fireman’s dance
a success.
The case of Chas. Maehl, et al, ver
sus the Alaska Crow Creek Mining
company, took up the time of the dis
trict court today and the case is caus
ing considerable interest among the
people of this city.
O. G. Herning, the well-known lvnik
( merchant, and interested in the Dohr
inann-Herning & Co., hardware mer
chants of this city, came over from
lvnik this morning and will be in the
city several days on business.
Chas. McHenry came down from the
, Chicaloon coal fields yesterday and
substantiated the report of the drown
ing of Curtis Ross. Mr. McHenry
: will leave for Knik this afternoon on
the launch Swan.
Ira Isaacs came down from the hills ,
yesterday and will Ire in Anchorage
1 today on business connected with the
new strike he and his brother recently
made on Reed creek in the i Willow
: creek district.
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Captain Max Nelson, in command
of the B. and B. No. 1, tied up at the
government dock yesterday afternoon
and will be out of commission for a
few days getting one of her engines
repaired. The B. and B. No. 1 has
been on the upper Susitna run as far
as Dead Horse hill and Indian river.
Dr. J, L. McBride, O. A. Kenyon
and J. L. Hughes returned Wednesday
from a successful three days’ hunting
trip up the line. The mighty hunters
; substantiated their story of the big
kill by bringing in a mountain sheep
weighing 150 pounds, which was kil
! led between the Ekiutna river and
Peters creek.
Secretary A. S. Koch, of the An
chorage Chamber of Commerce, has
repeated calls for laboring men of all
classes; the latest call comes for pla
cer miners for the Hope and Sunrise
district and anyone wanting this kind
of work can secure same by calling on
Mr. Koch at the Chamber of Com
merce.
A. A. Shonbeck, representing the
Ford automobile in this part of Alas
ka, has a splendid display of automo
bile parts and accessories in the east
- window of his store. This display
" takes in everything from wheels and
tires to gauntlets and springs and in
sures speedy repairs for any break
that might occur in any of the numer
ous Ford cars in Anchorage.
Mr. and Mrs Chas. S. Spaulding
came over from Knik yesterday and
j are guests of the Anchorage hotel.
Mr. Spaulding is interested in some
valuable quartz property on Reed
creek in the Willow creek district and
leaves this afternoon in company with
Chas. E. Herron, of The Daily Times,
for a trip of several days’ visit to the
Willow creek mines.
Peter Martin, who has been con
nected with Felix Brown in Nome and
other interior towns and later in An
chorage, received word yesterday that
Mrs. Martin was very sick in Seattle.
Mr. Martin will leave on the first
steamer for the outside and his place
will be ably filled by Elmer Erickson,
who has had many years’ experience
in the clothing business in Colorado.
The following guests are registered
at the Hotel Anchorage: Mrs. C. G.
Burke, C. H. Fuga, E. S. Robinson, H.
F. Hallier, Geo. Ivosmos, E. Carmon,
H. P. Hackett, D. W. Jones, C. O.
Sanford, L. C. Larsen, Dr. and Mrs.
L. R. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Krause, H. B. Wells, E. Podboy, Geo.
Christopher, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. S.
Spaulding, R. G. Doherty, M. Tavarv,
F. Pavich.
Pete Cunningham came down from
Talkeetna yesterday afternoon on the
river steamer Omineca and will leave
for Seattle on the first steamer in re
sponse to a message saying his wife
is dangerously ill. Mr.Cunningham was
forced to dispose of his lucrative bar
ber shop business at Talkeetna and is
also anxious tqf sell a relinquishment
to his 160-acre homestead. This
homestead joins the Bud Whitney
ranch and Mr. Cunningham will sell
at a sacrifice. •
Frank I. Reed, secretary of the
Cache Creek Dredging company, ar
rived in Anchorage on the launch Sea
Lion and is stopping at the Hotel
Parsons. Mr. Reed will he in the city
several days superintending the ship
ment of 150 tons of supplies to Mc
Dougal and later to the company’s
headquarters on Cache creek.
In keeping with his policy of mak
ing his parlors attractive and modern
in all things Jack Robarts has recent
ly made several changes that add to
the general appearance of the place.
In addition to these improvements
Fred A. Martin has just completed
renewing the cloth on the billiard ta
bleland the bowling alleys have been
thoroughly gone over with a scraper
and sand paper and are now in splen
did shape for fast bowling.
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The Fireman’s dance Saturday ?
night at Labor Union hall is the talk |
of the town and from indications C
promises to be well attended. As ! p
mentioned previously in The Daily %
Times the net proceeds of this dance |
will go towards purchasing extra .
equipment and paraphernalia for the I
fire department. It is the intention of |
the boys to make this the best orga- ■£
nized volunteer fire department in the | S
territory and is meeting with the sup
port of the citizens. - ! 1
Chas. G. Ganty, one of the most
prominent attorneys in Alaska and
.until recently located in Valdez, has
decided to locate in Anchorage and
has leased a two-room suite for his
law offices in the new Hewitt build
ing. Mr. Ganty is a lawyer of wide
experience, being particularly well
versed in his profession. In addition
to a general practice Mr. Ganty has
made a special study of mining laws
and incorporations and The Daily
Times takes this opportunity of wel
coming him to Anchorage.
REMEMBER
The Two Girls still excel in those
famous Sunday Dinners. 8-25-2t
COMFORT AND ATTENTION
While you play Billiards or bowl a
game at Robarts’. Courtesy my mot- ;
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Mackinaw Coats—
$7.00 to $12.50 Each.
Heavy Woolen Pants
$4.00 to $0.00 Per Pair.
Wool Blankets—
$5.00 to $8.00 Per Pair.
Quilts
$2.50 to $4.50 Each.
WHITE SHEETS
$1.25 and $1.50.
SHEET BLANKETS
90c and $1.75
PILLOW SLIPS
25c and 50c.
TOWELS
10c, 15c, 25c and 50c
Closing Out
OXFORD SHOES
Florsheim Make
AT $4.50 Per Pair.
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Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Good Clothes.
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BANKING BY MAIL
It makes no difference where you are located, yon
can send us your gold dust or checks and we will place
them to your credit, acknowledging receipt and furnish
ing you with a check book so you can draw money when
needed; or, if you prefer, we will place the money on de
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
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Announcement!!
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We take pleasure in informing the public that the Mata
nuska Hardware Co. and the Knik Hardware Co. have consol
idated.
The business hereafter will be conducted under the name of
Dohrmann-Heming
& Company
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With. tlie combined stocks of the two stores and the en
larged buying power the new firm will be enabled to offer in
Anchorage the most complete and up-to-date stock of hard
ware in Alaska.
Knik Hardware Co.
Matanuska Hardware Co.
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