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LOCAL NEWSE1TES OF THE WEEK
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THURSDAY
Even the little rain helped some.
J. M. Everly is at the Hotel raisons.
The Home Guards did not drill last
night on account of rain.
Mr. and Mrs. Borrin are among the
recent arrivals at the White house.
George Nordgren, of Moose Creek,
is registered at the White house.
H. R. Miller, agent at Birchvvood,
registered at the Crescent yesterday
and returned home today.
Mrs. Sumner Smith and son are here
from Eska creek for a few days' visit
in Anchorage and are guests at the
Crescent.
Wm. Snook, in charge of a section
gang at King river, was in Anchor
age yesterday on business, and stop
ped at the White house.
S. D. Maxwell left this morning for
a week’s trip to the Willow creek
district in the interest of his quartz
mining property.
Dr. D. Layne, who has charge of
the Matanuska division, spent yester
day in town as a guest of the Hotel
Anchorage.
There is urgent need for additional
sewing machines in the , Red Cross
work room in the Lathrop building.
Any one having a machine for use in
this work please notify Mrs. R. D.
Chase or the Times oftice.
W. A. Ford came over from Knik
yesterday and will be in Anchorage
several days on business. He is regis
tered at the White house and reports
the farmers in the vicinity of Knik are
enjoying prosperity and expect a
large yield of potatoes that will rival
the much-talked-of Matanuska spud.
Early risers this morning were per
mitted to experience a typical London
fog. The fog was so dense that Dep
uty Marshal Mossman was forced to
place “Bobbies” on the main street
crossings to avert accident on account
by i) o’clock and business resumed its
normal activity.
Don S. Rae, owner of extensive
quartz holdings in the Willow creek
district, is down to transact business,
and is stopping at the Hotel Anchor
age. Mr. Rae is one of the pioneers
of the district and has some valuable
quartz claims among his holdings. He
is doing development work this sea
son and is associated with outside cap
ital.
Several members of the victorious
Masonic baseball team are daily prac
ticing in anticipation of another
match game. They are open to all
comers but refuse to play unless all
proceeds go to some patriotic move
ment. At their age it is certainly
some sacrifice to attempt to play
baseball and their patriotism is com
mendable.
Ed. Mullen, employed at the Mable
mine in the Willow creek district
transacted business in Anchorage yes
terday and returned to the mine this
morning. Mr. Mullen has been in the
district for several years and with the
Mable mine for the past year. He re
ports that there are lots of’people go
ing into the district this season and
the McMillen road house at Mile 31%
is doing a rushing business.
FRIDAY
Reports in regard to the condition
of S. A. Polley are very encouraging
and he is rapidly improving from his
serious illness.
Fred Tracy announces that the
steamer Northwestern will sail from
Seatle for Anchorage tomorrow, July
20.
Several prominent business men of
Anchorage are preparing to sever
their business relations here and enter
the service.
W. T. Thompson, of the Gold Bul
lion mine, is down from Willow creek
with the last clean-up and is regis
tered at the Hotel Parsons.
Thomas Cavny, one of the owners
of the Mable mine, is in Anchorage,
preparing to take a trip to the outside.
Mrs. Cavny and daughter will accom
pany him to the states, and they will
remain indefinitely.
A fire alarm was turned in at 11
o’clock this morning from the Pioneer
Laundry caused by a gasket blowing
out of the boiler. The fire was read
ily extinguished. Work was shut down
for a few hours to make the necessary
I
j repairs and activity again resumed
i early in the afternoon.
Miss Roxa Prescott, of Seattle, who
| has been in Anchorage for the past
| month has accepted a position ‘with
the Alaskan Engineering commission
and leaves Tuesday for Talkeetna to
take up her duties as stenographer for
H. F. Dose, engineer in charge of the
Talkeetna division.
R. E. Davis arrived in Anchorage
this morning from Broad Pass and is
stopping at the Hotel Parsons. Mr.
Davis has been connected with the lo
cating engineers under G. W. Secrest,
who have been working in the Broad
Pass vicinity for the past six weeks.
Mr. Davis will leave for the states on
the first steamer in response to a tel
egram advising that his wife is sick
in California.
The party consisting of Charles E.
Herron, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Campbell,
Cash Cole and George Irving, return
ed this morning from the Willow
creek quartz district, where they have
been for the past four days. Mr.
Campbell, a member of the party
from Pittsburgh, has promised tomor
row’s Times a detailed account of the
trip from the standpoint of an inter
ested tourist as seen from the rear
seat of a Ford automobile.
R. T. Hatcher returned to Anchor
age this morning from the Broad Pass
district where he has been for the past
few months in the interests of his
quartz holdings. Mr. Hatcher reports
the miners In the district are not mak
ing any attempt to operate but are do
i ing considerable development work on
| the different properties. He is one of
the pioneers in the Willow creek
quartz district, where he also has val
uable connections. Mr. Hatcher ex
pects to make a trip to the Willow
creek district in the near future.
SATURDAY
William Nourse, formerly in the
local office of the Admiral line, and
later agent at Cordova, has been in
ducted in the draft and is now taking
preliminary service at Fort Liscum.
Lieut. Commander L. H. French
reached New York from France yes
terday, according to a telegram re
ceived by Sidney Anderson this morn
ing.
The Admiral Steamship line has ar
ranged to put on another steamer on
the Seattle-Anchorage run and the
Admiral Schley leaving Seattle Aug
ust third is due to arrive here August
twelfth.
George B. Smith returned from a
week's visit to the operating mines in
the Willow creek district where he
has been in the interest of his com
pany. Mr. Smith is from Juneau and
is stopping at the Hotel Anchorage
duringhis stay in town.
The last opportunity to enlist in the
volunteer service is up today. The
government called for twenty-five
volunteers and only twelve responded,
and the local board will select the bal
ance from the list of regular regis
trants.
John B. Swan, of Henrietta, Okla
homa, and Frank Bartholf, of Billings,
Montana, returned from the Willow
creek district yesterday. These gen
tlemen are interested in Willow creek
quartz property and are well pleased
| with the showing made so far this
season. They are stopping at the Ho
tel Parsons while waiting for the ar
rival of the Admiral Farragut.
The comrAittee in charge of the
French Orphan fund are desirous of
collecting all subscriptions before the
arrival of the next steamer, in order
to make the proper remittance to
headquarters. Those who are in ar
rears are requested to hand in their
monthly amounts within the next few
days, as there is considerable detail
work attached to the report.
MONDAY
Dr. D. G. Wallace is a guest of the
Hotel Anchorage.
C. S. Hubbell, the civil engineer,
whose home is in Seattle, is registered
at the Hotel Parsons.
Mrs. William C. Edes went to Sew
ard yesterday to meet Mr. Edes, who
is returning here by way of Cordova
and Seward from Nenana.
W. S. Herning, the merchant from
Wasilla who is in Anchorage on bus
iness ,in connection with his mercan
tile establishment at Wasiliu, is a
guest of the Hotel Morrison.
M. J. McNeil came down yesterday
from his headquarters at Castle, on
the main line of the government rail
road, and while in Anchorage is stay
ing at the Crist house.
Mrs. Woodhouse took advantage of
the excursion train yesterday and
came down from Chickaloon for a
few’ days' visit. She is a guest of the
Crist house.
Assistant District Attorney J. C.
Murphy, with headquarters at An
chorage, will make a brief trip to
Matanuska on personal business and
will be gone several days. He will
ieave on tomorrow’s train.
The S. S. Cordova, of the Alaska
Steamship company, arrived in port
last evening with 1,600 tons of gene
ral freight for the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and a shipment of
first class mail.
Charles Peters, the merchant prince
of Chickaloon, came down yesterday
from his home and during a brief vis
it here will make his home at the
New Union hotel. Mr. Peters con
templates making a visit to the states
within the next few weeks.
A slight earthquake shock was ex
perienced in Anchorage this morning
at 0:10 o’clock and continued for sev
eral seconds. The shock was felt by
m;».ny persons and it is believed that
it was general throughout this sec
tion of the Cook inlet country.
Carl Wickman, a successful rancher
from Chickaloon, came down on yes
terday’s special train frppa, phickaloon
and will remain here for several days
on personal business. Mr. Wickman
has about eleven acres under cultiva
tion and anticipates a bumper crop.
Rev. E. W. Hughes, pastor of the
| Episcopal church here, will visit the
Willow creek district this week to hold
religious services. He will return
home late in the week and will con
duct the regular services in Anchor
age next Sunday.
The Christian Endeavor will give a
i lawn party tomorrow evening, com
mencing at 8 o’clock on the Ervin awl
Cavenit lawns at Sixth avenue and E
street. Refreshments will be served
and all friends of the Christian En
deavor are cordially invited to attend.
Lars Netland, superintendent of the
Chickajoon Coal company, arrived in
Anchorage yesterday on the excursion
train and is registered at the Crescent
hotel. Mr. Netland will remain here
for a few days engaged on business in
connection with the operation of the
mine at Chickaloon.
S. S. Bettman, united States com
missioner with headquarters at Knik,
who has been in Anchorage during the
past several months, will leave on the
train tomorrow for Talkeetna, where
he will be employed by the engineer
ing commission during the balance of
the summer. Judge Bettman has been
living at the White house during his
stay in Anchorage.
A. H. McDonald, representing the
Alaska Steamship company, at Sew
ard, who has been in Anchorage for
several days on business in connection
with the Anchorage Drug company at
Seward, who has been in Anchorage
for several days on business in con
nection with the Anchorage Drug
company, in which he is interested
with his brother Samuel McDonald,
returned to his home on this morning’s
train.
TUESDAY
Even the blue heavens above wept
copious tears of pity and sympathy or
j it may have been chagrin.
Chamber of Commerce will hold its
regular noon day luncheon at the
Frisco Cafe tomorrow noon.
George Anderson returned to Wil
low creek this morning and will re
sun\e work on the Little Gem prop
erty.
Lieut. Chas. Bush is especially
anxious for a full attendance of the
Home Guard this evening and all
members possible are requested to be
present.
Frank Hart has been transferred
from the home office of the Alaskan
Engineering Commision to Eska creek
where he will have charge of the cleri
cal department Qf the government’s
coal mining operation. Mr. Hart left
for his new duties yesterday morning.
John Linquist, formerly of Mata
nuska, has sent ten dollars to the An
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chorage Daily Times to be divided
equally between the local Red Cross
and Tobacco Fund. Mr. Lindquist is
now residing at Casper, Wyoming,
where he is engaged in a prosperous
business.
The Daily Times is in receipt of a
card from George Cotter written from
Camp Glenbumie, Maryland. George
is now corporal in Company A of the
604th Engineers and says that while
he spent the Fourth of July in the
United States he will spend next
Christmas in Berlin in company with
the allies.
The building occupied by the An
chorage Daily Times is being painted
buff with a delicate brown trimming.
It’s strange how narrow contempor
aries are at times but there wasn't
even a mention of the fact in the
Democrat, Record or Bulletin. Like
the boy that caught the big fish—“we
don’t like to brag but believe*me the
fresh coat of paint greatly improves
the appearances of the building.”
James A. Wilkinson will be the
speaker of the evening at a public
meeting which will be held under the
auspices of the National club in Pio
neer hall this evening at 8 o’clock.
His subject will be “The National Par-1
ty and Its Platform.” An address on
“The National Party and the War”
will be given by Harry G. McCain who
j will preside over the meeting. The :
public is invited.
Taking what time they conscien
tiously may from Red Cross work the j
housewives are busy these days can-j
ning currants and making prepara- j
tions for the blueberries and eranber-1
ries crop to follow!4 Wild currants;
grow prolificly in the neighborhood of!
Anchorage and are ready for the pick-!
ing; high bush cranberries wilf be ripe
j in another week and it is reported that
: there are lots of blueberries in the j
1 hills. One advantage of berry picking
j in Alaska is the fact that tliere are no
snakes to bother and parties are out
every day taking advantage of the op
portunity and at the same time follow
I ing Hoover’s conservation plan.
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WEDNESDAY
S. Kelly, of Knik, is at the Crist
house.
Follow the crowd to Chickaloon
next Sunday.
M. J. McNeil, of Castle, is regis-j
tered at the Crist house.
W. A. Ford, of Knik, is spending a
few days in Anchorage.
The recent rain was more than local J
! and it is reported that the valely
farms came in for much-needed moist
ure.
E. W. Wilburn, head of a crew of
railroad workers at Kern creek, re
turned there today after a visit of
several days in Anchorage.
J. W. W heaton, who has a contract!
to supply timber to the government j
railroad, is in the city from his head
quarters at Moose creek.
Elmer McNamee, a resident of
Hope, is spending a few days in An
chorage. He is staying at the White
house.
R. Martyne, who is engaged in set
ting up a dredge in the Takotna dis
trict, is in Anchorage for a few days
on business. He is at the Morrison
hotel.
Joseph Koskoff and James Trayer,
steamboat men operating out of An
chorage, are spending a few days in
town and are registered at the Mor
rison hotel.
Max Giegold, the tonsorial artist,
who sold his business here to Wrilliam
Sherman, the old-timer, has gone to
Talkeetna, where he was established
last year.
Dad Hunt, the mushroom king, was
down from Eklutna yesterday and left
for his farm this morning. Mr. Hunt
sold 200 pounds of red currants to the
Anchorage merchants.
Roger Summy is in the W'illow
creek district looking over the situa
tion with the idea of establishing a
I freight and passenger run from Wa
silla to the mines in the district.
A. Carlson, proprietor of a road
house at Chickaloon, is a guest at the
Hotel Crescent. He is in town to visit
Mrs. Carlson, who is a patient at the
Anchorage hospital.
Mrs. Joseph Reno and two children,
who have been staying at the Hotel
Crescent for several days, returned
today to their home at Girdwood. Mr.
Reno is the owner of a roadhouse and
of a store there.
Home Guards meet again for drill j
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tonight at the urur.l hcur. Examina
tions for office is scheduled for
sometime in September and several of
the boys are working faithfully for
commissions.
Mr. and Mrs. J. St. Clair, who have
been staying at the Anchorage hotel,
left this morning for Mile 27 on the
Chickaloon branch of the government
railroad. He is foreman of a crew of
workers at Mile 27.
George Gage, who owns a farm
near Knik, is at the Parsons hotel.
Mr. Gage is in ill health, and came to
Anchorage for medical attention. He
brought for distribution among his
friends here a large quantity of wild
currants.
F. F. WincHester sent down 24
more boxes of strawberries yesterday
and they found ready sale locally. The
berries are raised on Mr. Winchester’s
farm near Matanuska and are a sam
ple of what scientific farming and
Alaska soil can produce.
Joseph C. Swan, of Marrieta, Ohio,!
manufacturer of oil well tools, who j
has been visiting in Anchorage, has [
gone to Seward, where he will be the
guest of Dr. J. H. Romig. Mr. Swan’s
son and Dr. Romig’s niece are husband j
and wife.
Arrange your plans now and be one
of the 200 excursionists to take advan
tage of the low rates next Sunday.;
The excursion is in charge of the An
chorage Chamber of Commefce but
the public is invited, in fact it is a
public movement. Make reservation
before next Friday at either bank or
Robert Courtnay and Ray Larson.
'lhe steamship Northwestern, which
is expected here next Monday, will, in
returning to Seattle, take the outside
passage from Cordova, according to
word received from the Seattle office
of the Alaska Steamship company,
owner of the vessel, by Fred Tracy,
the company’s agent in Anchorage.
The steamship Farragut, of the Pacific
Steamship company, is also scheduled j
to arrive here next Monday.
George Chantes, the well-known tie
contractor, will leave this week for
the Talkeetna district, where he will
figure on taking out timber for the!
government railroad. Between 5,000
and 8,000 ties that had been cut by
Mr. Chantes in the Knik river district
were recently carried away by the
high water in that stream. On the trip!
to Talkeetna, Mr. Chantes will be ac-!
companied by Mrs. Chantes.
At a well-attended meeting of the i
National club in the Pioneer hall lastj
evening James A. Wilkinson announc- j
ed his candidacy as an independent j
for the house of representatives in the i
territorial elections. In an eloquent,
address Mr. Wilkinson gave a clear |
statement of his political principles, j
Harry G. McCain presided and s poke |
an “The National Party and the War.”,
C. S. Hubbell left on the morning!
train for the Willow creek district
where he will be gone several days
surveying the quartz claims of the
Mable Mining and Milling company
for patent.
J. S. Baldwin and H. L. Hugg, em
ployes of the government railroad on
Turnagain Arm, are enjoying a brief
vacation and are staying at the Ho
tel Crescent. Mr. Hugg spent most of
last night pumping a speeder from
Camp 91 into Anchorage. He says it
will be several days before he is com
pletely recovered from the experience.
For the first time this season, silver
side salmon were seen jumping in Ship
creek today. They were noticed dur
ing the high tide this morning be
tween the wagon and railroad bridges
between the town and the terminal
yard of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Arthur Bringdale, of the Daily
Times, received an “over sea” card
from his friend Ray Roan, who left
Anchorage last spring to enlist. Young
Roan formerly worked for the Alaskan
Engineering commission and later for
Larson & Wendler.- The card simply
says “arrived safely over seas,” and
is one of the latest cards gotten out
by the government. The card is an
innovation and hastens the good word
of safe arrival to thousands of friends
and relatives. The soldier addresses
and signs the card before leaving
here and upon notification of safe ar
rival of the army transport in France
the card is immediately mailed to its
destination.
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BRISTOL BAY COMMUNITY RE
CORDS UNANIMOUS PRIMARY
VOTE FOR DELEGATE. j
NOBODY IN FAVOR OF SULZER.
J. W. Ward, Only Candidate for Mem
ber of the Territorial Legislature
Known to Voters Gets the Full
Count.
Dillingham, to the westward, is a
thoroughly republican community, as
is evidenced by the returns from the
primary which have just been received.
From the letter written by Adolph
Qsterhaus, it is apparent that the of
ficial ballots were not received i.i time
for the voters to exercise thei-' choice
as regards all the candidates, but it
was a clear-cut issue between Judge^
Wickersham and Mr. Charles A. Sul
zer. The letter follows:
Dillingham, Alaska, April 30.
J. W. Ward,
Anchorage, Alaska.
We, the residents of Dillingham
voting precinct, Bristol bay, have this
day held a primary election, with the
result as herewith enclosed:
We did not know exactly how to
proceed in the matter, according to the
law and the rules in such matters, but
we had heard that we were entitled t«
hold such election, we therefore as
sembled the residents of the precinct,
and held this election in the best man
ner we could, with the material and
data at hand.
I
We knew the names of none of the
candidates for any of the offices ex
cepting James Wickersham and Chas.
A. Sulzer for delegate, and of J. W.
Ward for senator, so it was only for
these bffices that we could express our
choice.
We do not know if we have accom
plished this according to the law, rel
ative to such matters, but hope that
it will prove so, as we desire to have
our wishes counted in the result.
There were 24 votes cast for James
Wickersham, and 24 votes for J. W.
Ward. The number of voters was 24.
Chas. A. Sulzer did not receive a
single vote. He would probably have
received a few votes, but the majority
of the voters in the precinct did not A
vote as it was impossible to get
to the polls for most of them, as there
was about four feet of very soft snow ^
covering the whole country, making
traveling practically impossible.
• Respectfully,
ADOLPH OSTERHAUS,
GEORGE HARDIE,
CHARLES STAHL,
\ —Judges.
THREE TO TWO.
MANCHESTER, England.—Mana
gers of shell-manufactories reckon
that it requires three women, because
of their lighter physique, to do the
woi*k of two men. Experience has
shown that it is unwise to make a long
workday for the women and in most ^
of the shell factories in this district
they put in only eight hours, while
men work eleven and a half and in
some plants twelve.
THE MAIN THING.
“Why were you always absent
when a vote was taken on measures {
affecting the war?” asked the constit
uent.
“Oh those measures didn’t amount
to shucks,” replied the congressman.
“I was always present to vote for pro
hibition measures, wasn’t I ?
Job Printing at the Times office.
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H. W. NAGLEY
General Merchandise
’ Suritna
Branch Stores at
McDougall ... Talkeetna
Dealer in Raw Furs, Snowshoes,
Camp Outfits. Selling Agent
—FOR—
Hipresa Boots and Pacs.