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THURSDAY
Vic Riodgett, of Knik, is at the
Parsons.
J&tnrc Hill, storekeeper at Mata
-lusfka. is a guest at the White House.
IJoyd Myers came in from Cache
creek yesterday and registered at the
Pamras.
A. Church, one of Matanuska’s
progressive farmers, is a guest at
the Anchorage.
Fred Laubner, A1 Beet and Major
French left for the Willow creek
mines this morning.
R. G. Scott and wife were arrivals
from Cache creek last evening and
are guests, at the Parsons.
John Reichart is an arrival from
the Cache Creek mining district and
is staying at the Anchorage.
IV®f. Herschel C. Parker arrived
from the Kahiltina last evening and
is registered at the Crescent.
Due to the efforts of die accom
modation committee the many visi
tors in Anchorage during the fair
were ail supplied with comfortable
sj carters.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Whitney return
ed to Use- Whitney ranch this morning
after saving spent the week in An
chwragv. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney felt
at home in Anchorage. Both worked
faHMsiYj :or the success of the fall
fair.
The farmers, the real guests of
Anchorage during the fair, for the
ml part returned to their farms
this morning’s train. Without ex
ception they expressed themselves as
-aeiug- delighted with the courteous
treatment extended by the residents
frf Anchorage.
William Martin, who spent the
st in Anchorage as an inter
ested visitor- at the fall fair, return
ed to the Willow creek district this
-marnipg- Mr. Martin had a splendid
tavhifeii 0T gold quartz ore from his
Write* tv-eok mines on exhibition at
she fair.
Jeas Pederson. a native of Den
mark; JotiA Swanson, a native of
Swedie-s-.and .falius Franske, a native
of <!***#■. .have made application for
f*r«r frrst citizenship papers with
Jnd^ri Leopold David.
FRIDAY
J. ?>. Helps, of Juneau, is at the
Hotel Anchorage.
C. L. S'erfongy of Susitna. is at tlm
JWtH Anchorage.
S. §L Capps, whu nas been in the
■ricmity of Anchorage for a few
r connection with his duties
with the geological department of the
gBWHf?ient. is a guest at the Crescent.
Mr. Capps expects to leave soon for
Washington, D. C.
Peter Joerson has engaged passage
** army transport Crook and will
speaei Uie next year in southern Cali
fornia where he has secured a large
tnranei ioid rock contract. He recently
ja*£-'ASia?i a. rock contract for the
Alaskan engineering Commission at
Camp 30 on the Matanuska branch.
L. O. Nyberg, the mighty hunter,
baggevd the limit of moose last week
and ga're choice cuts of moose meat to
Jms friends. He entertained Walter
A. Lord ahd E. P. Hedherg with a
moose dinner at the Mint Grill yester
J*y.
james Cort decided that Anchor
..*g* is destined to be the metropolis of
Alaska and cancelled the reservations
tor himself and family on the out
js&Kint; transport Crook.
Lloyd Meyers arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from Cache creek where he
has spent the summer working lor the ’
Cache Creek Dredging company.
F. F. Winchester left for his Mata-!
ansica farm this morning after spend
ing the week in Anchorage as a visitor
and earnest worker for the success of
the fair.
The sear guard of the fair visitors
.scattered to their various homes this
amag;
K. P- Hedberg, master mechanic of
tJbe Alaskan Engineering Commission,
wiU go to the states on United States
array transport Crook. He will spend
the west thirty days in Seattle and
PorU&rad on business connected with
file gwemment and personal affairs.
Miss Fannie Karasak, of New York,
iefi Sar the outside after having spent
tea days in Anchorage visiting her
sister Mrs. Leopold David.
Mrs, Anna Bub and child came
Iowa from Susitna yesterday and are
guests at the Hotel Anchorage. Mrs.
Bub is interested in hydaulic prop
erty t«o Dollar creek in the Cache
creek district and reports a success
ful season.
C. !L Sheets, formerly superintend
ent of the Anchorage public schools,
retKitjetf on the steamer Northwest
sra from a month’s visit on the out
auip. Mr. Sheets is at the Hotel An
chus^gre and will remain in Anchor
- ige tiuk winter.
Pfctse winners in the live stock and
chow department who have
Ttat received their sward? may do so
Ibjr catling on A. J. Wendier, of Lar
*9ii l: Wendier.
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E. R. Olafield is registered at the
Crescent from Goose bay.
After encountering many trials and
i tribulations the launch Clymax has
! been put into commission and made
the river run last week, returning here
Wednesday. Clyde Coleman and Max
Nelson, the owners, experienced con
siderable difficulty with the engines of
the Clymax earlier in the season but
this trouble has been remedied and the
boat will make the river run regularly
until the freeze up. The Clymax left
the government dock last night loaded
with a capacity cargo for river points.
Mrs. Vira Derifield and Mr. Louis
Jensen were married last evening by
Judge Leopold David in the presence
of a few intimate friends. Mr. and
firs. Jensen are both well known in
Anchorage and will make this city
their future home. Mr. Jensen was
among the pioneer merchants in An
chorage and was formerly connected
witli Oscar Anderson in the Ship
Creek meat market. He expects to de
vote his time to the reindeer industry
in the future with Anchorage as his
headquarters.
Mrs. M. Feldman, Miss Rose and
Miss Jeanette Feldman left for Seattle
on the Northwestern.
W. H. Waugh, highway engineer in
the department of agriculture and lo
cated at Juneau, was among the ar
rivals last night on the steamer
Northwestern and is a guest at the
Hotel Anchorage. Mr. Waugh is here
is an official capacity and will investi
gate road conditions in the immediate
vicinity in order to make an intelli
gent report to the federal depart
ment. Mr. Waugh will remain in the
city several days, going over the dif
ferent road propositions under his
jurisdiction.
Sergeant James Oakley and sixty
seven soldiers from Fort Seward ar
rived on the Northwestern and will be
quartered in Anchorage.
W. J. Fogelstrom, superintendent of
the bridge and building department of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
returned on the steamer Northwestern
from a month’s trip to Nenana and
Fairbanks on business in connection
with his department.
S. P. Silverman, who has been in j
Anchorage and vicinity for the past
three weeks on business connected1
with the Ladysmith Smelter company,!
was an outgoing passenger on the
Northwestern.
William S. Edes, chairman, and An
drew Christensen, manager of the
land and industrial department, of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, and
Charles L. Mason, Mr. Edes’ private
secretary, were among the passengers
on the steamer Northwestern, which
reached Anchorage last night. The
party spent a month in the interior
where they inspected the government
railroad work at Nenana and Fair
banks. They report great progress all
along the line of the railroad and were
well satisfied with their trip.
S A T U R D A Y
J. L. McPherson, secretary of the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, is a belated visitor to
the fall fair. Mr. McPherson arrived
in Anchorage last night on the steam
er Northwestern and is a guest at the
Crescent hotel. He expects to remain
in this section several days.
Mrs. Bert Schaffer left on the
United Staates army transport Crook
last night for the outside, where she
will spend the next few months in
Kansas City.
The Anchorage school board at its
regular meeting last night adopted a
resolution offering the audtorium in
the new school building for the use of
the recently organized home guards.
Gus Stipovieh, one of the original
settlers of Anchorage, left a few days
ago for Cordova where he will engage
in business. Mr. Stipovieh landed in
Anchorage on the first steamer in the
spring of 1915, and has been promi
nently connected with different busi
ness interests during his stay in this
city. He was formerly a partner in
the Frisco Cafe and interested in the
California pool room and just recently
I disposed of his holdings in the Union
i Cigar store. Gus will visit his broth
1 er, Mike Stipovieh, a mining operator
near Fairbanks, before locating at
: Cordova.
Owing to the rush of business one
; very important feature of the fair was
overlooked and that was the baby
show. This interesting department
was under the management of the
Woman’s club and attracted eight en
tries. It was impossible to obtain
judges and the choice for prizes was
left to popular vote at Exhibition hall.
Mrs. Fred Parson’s baby won first
prize and Mrs. Robert Courtney’s baby
second prize.
The telegraph and telephone depart
ment of the * Alask&fi. Engineering
Commission'was given a gold award
1' >r the booth maintaned at Exhibition
hall during the recent fair. The boo r,
was a ci'edit to the department and :•
Anchorage, being both attractive c: 1
instructive. Honorable mention was
also given the beautiful electric flag
J
which was one of the features of the
elaborate decorations. As a furthei
recognition of the efficient and gratu
itous services rendered, the general
committee has extended a vote oi
thanks to the telegraph and telephone
department.
A. A. Shonbeck, the progressive
merchant, yesterday shipped the first
large shipment of local vegetable?
from Anchorage on the steamer North
western. The shipment was consign
ed to Gus Borden at Seward and con
sisted of 1100 pounds of turnips and
rutabagas grown in the Matanuska
valley. Mr. Shonbeck will make fur
ther shipments to different coast
towns this month.
The Chamber of Commerce gave an
informal luncheon at the Mint Grill to
day with W. H. Waugh, highway en
gineer for the department of agricul
ture, and J. L. McPherson, secretary
of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and Commer
cial Club as guests of honor.
A party of bear hunters and pleas
ure seekers left Anchorage Thursday
morning for Hope where they will
spend the next few days in hunting
bear and visiting Gus Seiffert, the
hydraulic operator on Resurrection
creek. The party consists of Mr. and
Mrs. Felx Brown, Mrs. Henry Baxter
and Herman L. Gentsch.
Mrs. H. O. Schaleben and daughter,
j Gertrude Schaleben, were round-trip
: passengers on the outgoing U. S. A.
! transport Crook. They will spend the
time the transport is in port in visit
ing Seattle friends.
SUNDAY
The reception given at the school
house lust night for Frof. McAnally,
the new principal, and Mrs. McAnally
and the new teachers engaged for
the ensuing year by the school board
and Parent-Teachers’ association was
attended by more than fifty persons.
The informal affair was held in the
front room of the new school and a
delightful musical program was ren
dered. Among the numbers were vo
cal solos by Mrs. Frederick Mears
and Mrs. A. Christensen, accompan
ied by Mrs. Ericson. Judge J. L.
Wallar introduced Prof. McAnally
with a few well chosen words and
Prof. McAnally ably responded. Punch
was served during the evening.
Ed Krause has sold his automobile
interests to Ernest Podboy and will
leave for Seattle on one of the next
steamers. Mr. Krause intends to get
into the government service and will
make application in the aviation
corps.
*tn order to care for the additional
amount of merchandise necessary to
carry on their winter’s trade Brown
and Hawkins have let the contract for
a wood and corrugated iron addition
to their present warehouse.
Carl A. Knutson, who has been em
ployed by the government fop the past
year, left on the Crook for Seattle.
Mr. Knutson has always been promi
nent in local athletics and was re
garded as the best basket ball player
In Anchorage. He expects to return to
Anchorage and resume his duties with
the government.
Mrs. W. F. Kuback was an outgoing
passsenger on the Crook and will visit
friends in the states for the next three
weeks.
J. E. Hewitt, a checker in the
freight department of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, left for Se
attle on the Crook.
L. F. Vaile was among the govern
ment employes who left for the out
side on the Crook.
MONDAY
The ladies of the Episcopal Guild
I will meet at the Parish house tomoi
! row afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Dr. E. J. Halford, dentist, today
i moved his offices from above the
j Peterson building to rooms over the
i Anchorage Drug company, formerly
i occupied by Dr. Kyvig, which are
among the finest office rooms in An
j chorage.
Although he has been here only
since last spring, Dr. Halford al
ready has built up a large practice
which demands more room for his
growing business, and his new place
| of business not only is larger that
| those he formerly occupied, but alsc
| are more centrally located.
I Commissioner F. K. Mears, accom
panied by J. L. McPherson, secretary
of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, left Anchor
age on this morning's train for a ter
days’ trip over the line of the gov
ernment railroad. Mr. McPherson is
gathering data to be used in connec
1 tion with his duties for Alaska pub
licity and will visit the Willow creel
quartz district before returning t<
Anchorage,
'■' hW, Wv* Woodard wag a passenger
on the launch Clymax that sailer
from the government dock last nigh1
for McDooga!. Mr. Woodard wil
continue his journeyr about sixtyr mile:
above McDougal where the Nako
j ehna Gold Mining company is in
' stalling a new dredge.
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John Rickart who has been in the
city for the past week on business
for the Cache creek dredging com
pany returned to McDougal last
night on the launch Clymax.
Miss Ranvia Bugge, of Ketchikan,
returned to Anchorage Saturday from
Palmer, where she spent the past
| three weeks visiting her brother, who
l owns a farm near there. Miss Bugge
is a guest at the Crescent and expects
j to leave on the steamer Alameda for
| Ketchikan where she is engaged in
business.
Perce Pullen, Alaska representative
i for the Giant Powder company,- leaves
| tomorrow on an extended trip to the
Willow creek district where he will
i call on the different operators in be
! half of his company. The company
was the first to realize the importance
of Anchorage and erected a substan
tial powder magazine here last year,
with A. A. Shonbeck the local agent.
Mr. Pullen said that A. H. Clough,
who spent several months in Ancjior
| age last summer in the interests of
the Giant Powder company, is now
located at San Francisco.
Dr. H. W. Stoughton has been trans
ferred from Matanuska to Dead Horse
i Hill as district surgeon for the Alas
kan Engineering commission.
J. T. Cunningham, Robert S. Tenme,
Frank Hart and Harry Locke took the
government launch Atenco for Eagle
river Saturday afternoon and spent
Sunday duck shootng. The ducks must
have been numerous for the boys re
turned with the limit.
Mrs. L. G. Jackson, Laura L. Dud
ley and Ella Engle, a triumvirate of
| fair baseball enthusiasts from Mat
anuska, were guests at the Crescent
i over Sunday.
William Beson, head mill man for
the Martin mines, arrtved in Anchor
age Saturday and will not return to
the mines this season. Mr. Beeson is
suffering from an injury to his right
eye and will leave on the Adimral Ev
ans for Seattle where he will consult a
specialist. He reports that everything
is going along nicely at the mines and
that Mr. Martin will run the mill until
the freeze-up.
A. S. Koch advises Anchorage
friends that he successfully passed his
examination for service in the avia
tion corps and will undergo eight
weeks’ thorough instruction at Wash
ington before leaving for France.
Contractors Patterson and Craig
started work this morning on the con
crete sidewalks on both sides of
Fourth avenue between C and D
streets. This is the last lap of the
sidewalk contract and when com
pleted will give Anchorage more con
tinuous cement sidewalks than any
other city in the territory.
T U E S D A Y
Captain Tom O’Dale suffered a
painful accident while duck shooting
at Beluga, yesterday afternoon, and
j was brought to the city for medical
treatment. While duck shooting on
the Beluga river, the left barrel of
his double barrel shot gun went off
and lacerated his left hand. The two
[middle fingers were badly cut and the
: little finger was split open. It is not
i known yet whether he will lose any of
i his fingers, but it will be several
l weeks before he is able to resume his
duties as captain of the Beluga
Whale Company’s boat, Magna.
H. C. Hall, “the grape uice man” at
Fifth and H, was awarded first prize
for fruit juices displayed at the fair
in competition with such notable con
cerns as the Armours and Walsh.
Analysis by the government has
shown his products to be 100 per
' cent pure. 41
A. B. Collins, formerly with the
Land and Industrial Department of
the Alaskan Engineering Commis
| sion, has been assigned to the Eska
i Creek coal mines and left Anchorage,
yesterday, to take up his new duties
; as stenographer and timekeepr for
j the government. Mr. Collins, dubbed
“Wilkie” on account of his relation
ship to the illustrious novelist, will be
missed in many ways by his numer
ous Anchorage friends. This is par
ticularly applicable to athletic life on
the local tennis courts where Mr.
Collins has been especially active
this summer and incidentally the
source of much amusement to his
friends.
Charles De La Matyr, connected
:i with the Northwest Fisheries at Kenai
is registered at the Crescent,
j J. H. Finley leaves on the Alameda
tomorrow for the outside, where he
will spend the next two months visit
ing relatives and friends.
> Seward now has a fine auto road
and is advertising its advantages to
i sighcseers and tourists. It is along
some of the most beautiful scenery in
; America.
G. W. Green, of Seattle has accept
ed the superintendency of the Douf?
las schools. Miss Edna Bullock, of
i Seattle has been selected as a pri
mary teacher. •.
■/[* ! • Mqkttiili LaisbirUeft for the Willov.
creek district this morning with a
party of five hard-rock miners who
will work at the Mable and Alaska
and Free Gold mines.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo McLane are the
parents of a baby boy born yesterday
at the government hospital.
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Masonic Building
Anchorage Phone 60-Y
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