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MATANUSKA STORE
We have just opened our brancn store at
tlie new town of Matanuska, formerly known as
Matanuska Junction.
This store i> stocked with a complete line
of groceries, provisions, feed, hardware and
building 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
RAY C. LARSON
Dealer in
SASH, DOORS, GLASS
MIRRORS
Window Glass
Plate
Wire
Moss
Ribb
Building Paper
Roofing “
Sashweights
Sash Rail
Copper cm Bars
STORE FRONTS MADE TO ORDER
Fifth Ave. and K St.
Susitna and Talkeetna
Fast Power Boat
MARATHON
Sails Wednesday, Aug.
Office Fourth and C.
Special Reduced Rates
FRANK MORTIMER, Agent
Let There Be Light
We Can Furnish It
PRICE & BENNETT
PLUMBING OUR SPECIALTY
Sheet Metal Works and r-r i o , , n o n
Gasoline Lighting tilth &t.f bet. (j & H
NOW OPEN!
Peterson’s Billiard and
Solo Parlors
Fourth Ave.
Between C and D
WHEN YOU REACH SEATTLE
CALL AT THE
Northern Bank & Trust Co.
Comer Pike and Westlake Ave.
Where you are certain to greet lots of your old
Alaska friends.
W. L. COLLIER
PRESIDENT
Newsy Items
About Town
Fred Carlson returned from a short
visit to Moose creek last evening.
Miss Ethel Bennett and Miss Mur->
phy returned last evening from an j
outing trip spent in the hills near
Knik.
Geo. Staman has finished his de
velopment work on their property lo
! cated at Moose creek, and has made
a wonderful showing.
; Mr. Heady, who has been farming
up in the Matanuska valley, is in town !
on business for a few days. He is :
j stopping at the Crist House.
H. E. Rankin, who has been with |
the Commission the past summer at
> Matanuska, arrived in town and is
J registered at the Crist house.
F. J. Reed, of the Cache Creek
Dredging Co., arrived yesterday with
a poke of gold dust, the product of
their clean-up. He is a guest at the
Farsons hotel.
Joe Consti, from Knik, is spending
several days in the city on business.
On his return he and Geo. Hershy
will move to Kenai where they will
open a pool hall.
Jim McConahy, who just came down
from Happy river, will be in Anchor
age for a few days. He will then go
to the Cheritna river for a few
months’ prospecting.
J. H. Ferguson has just returned I
. from Valdez creek where he has been j
working this summer. He will be in
Anchorage a few days and will then I
leave for Moose creek.
Ed Bensel, the old Dawson miner,
and Fete Iverson, of Knik, stopped j
over in the city yesterday, en route
to the Yentna mining district where
they will prospect this fall.
To meet Bishop P. T. Rowe and J
Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. W. L. Balch opened 1
: her home on Bungalow hill this after- «j
noon, following a meeting of the wo- ;
men who are interested in guild work. 1
It is reported from Talkeetna that j
j Charley David and Al. Beet have ij
i struck rich deposits of bornite and j
copper. They expect to remain and j
develop their property until the snow ]
flies. j
u. u. cmamuenain, laieiy in tne tea J
and coffee business in New York city, j ]
is a late arrival, and is staying at the <i
Parsons hotel. Mr. Chamberlain is J
very much pleased vith this country j
and will look around with the idea of:'
; locating here. . ;,
j j »
The corrugated iron building on the
1 comer of 4th avenue and E street I
formerly occupied by the Bank of
Alaska, is being moved to the rear of '
lot 2 in block 43, to be used for an of
fice by the contracting firm of Balch ,
& McDonald.
The contract for putting in concrete j
walks on Fourth avenue between D
and E streets was aw arded yesterday \
to Ed IvilLeather, for $850, the mate
rial to be furnished. Work upon grad
ing will be commenced at once and '
the walks rushed to completion.
The new Presbyterian church at
Anchorage is to be the meeting place
of the annual Presbytery, the conven- ,
tion of all the Presbyterian churches !
: of this district of the territory, which ,
convenes on the 15th of this month. (
This district includes all churches j
west and north of Juneau and should
every Presbyterian minister attend i
Anchorage will have a goodly crowd (
; of D. D.’s to entertain this month.
H. U. M. Higgins, member of the 1
! drafting department of the Alaskan 1
.Engineering Commission, will depart
| on the transport Crook, en route to
j Seattle, where he will join the Bene
dicts, returning in about three weeks
1 with one of the charming belles of Se
attle. Mr. Higgins is one of the most
popular of the Commision boys and
is known as one of the devoted fans
at the baseball games.
Because of his increased practice.
Dr. German has taken a lease on thej
entire upper floor of the new Hewitt
building, where he has provided An
chorage with one of the most com- j
plete and commodious dental offices j
in Alaska. Nothing has been over
looked in providing for the comfort
| and convenience of his patients. The j
latest electrical equipment known to 1
modern dentistry is being installed. J
I Dr. German has as his assistant Miss
Martha White, who is a specialist in
prophylactic work.
Roger Summy returned from the
Junction last night where he has
been for several days in the inter
ests of the North Side Lumber com
pany. Mr. Summy reports that he
made a trip through the farming com
munity and found the farmers all in
good spirits and the crops in splendid
condition and was agreeably surprised
at the advancement of this section
within so short a time. He als said
that the North Side Lumber company
was doing a good business at the
Junction and were congratulating
themselves on establishing a yard at
that point.
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[Official Publication]
1EPORT OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF THE
Sank of Anchorage
seated at Anchorage, Territory of
Uaska, at the close of business on the
'ifth day of August, 1916.
RESOURCES
joans and discounts .$111,134,88 1
Iverdrafts . 419.92
Janking house, furniture
and fixtures . 2,500.00 j
Due from Banks . 104,921.09
Checks on other banks and
other cash items. 2,463.90
]ash on hand . 77,867.58
lold dust in transit. 30,447.53
Total .$329,754.90
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in.$ 25,000.00
Deposits . 294,948.33
Certified checks . 994.53
Cashier’s checks . 8,812.04
Total .$329,754.90
United States pf America, Territory
>f Alaska, Third Judicial division, ss.
I, Winfield Erwin, assistant cashier!
>f the above-named bank, do solemnly j
swear that the foregoing statement is
;rue to the best of my knowledge and
>elief.
WINFIELD ERWIN,
Assistant Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
;his 5th day of August, 1916.
M. EVERSOLE,
Notary Public in and for the Terri
tory of Alaska. My commission
expires August 9, 1919.
Correct Attest:
CHAS. E. BROWN,
LEOPOLD DAVID,
—Directors.
If you want an automobile, night or
lay, telephone the Reo Service. Num
>er 56-Y. 8-11
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