TALKEETNA VERY
BUSY JEW CAMP
Under the date of July 5th The
Daily Times is in receipt of a com
munication from the Talkeetna cor
respondent with the following news
items relative to that section and the
new railroad town of Talkeetna. The
correspondent makes the statement
that these Items are gathered from
the commission employes and are
given out with their permission:
"Talkeetna is situated on the Su
sltna river at the mouth of the Chu
litna and Talkeetna rivers and Is
four miles square surrounded by
farming lands and mining industry
with a population of 300 people.
"The commission boats B. and B.
Nos. 1 and 2 are making trl-weekly
trips with provisions and supplies for
winter use.
"Mr Roberts has established a
general store here and is enjoying a
good trade.
"Mr. Mathison, of Anchorage, has
his massive tent fitted with bunks all
in readiness for the next boat. B.
McIntosh is busy cleaning lots for
business purposes. Mr. Grimm, of
Anchorage, has accepted a position
with the store department here.
‘‘Miss Katherine G. Kane and Mibs
Loretta Granaham, of Anchorage,
have just completed a first class bak
ery and delicatessen store and news
Btand and will make a leader of The
Anchorage Daily Times.
“Polly Bros., of Anchorage, will
have a branch store here, bringing in
the stock on their own boat.
"The river boat J. and J. belong
ing to Captain Johnston, is scheduled
to make weekly trips between An
chorage and Talketna.
“Messrs. Wolf and Berg, of Suslt
na station, are bringing their saw
mill to Talkeetna to cut lumber for
the townsite and government use.
"H. W. Nagley, of the station, is
having two tents and a frost-prool
warehouse built for his branch store
at Talkeetna.
"Frank Sweeney is erecting a ho
tel here with first-class equipment tc
The Arcade
SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS.
CIGARS : TOBACCOS : FRUITS
D. ZARELLI, Propr. Fourth Ave., bet. C and D
Snabdieven raznim cigari, cigarete duhanom i candy, Cdena voda
na counteru uvjek. Preporuca se slavenima.
TRY TONY’S CAFE
Opposite Empress Theatre
Open Day and Night
accommodate the rush of people who
are expected.
"The sawmill recently purcnased
by the commission has arrived and
started sawing lumber for govern
ment buildings and bridge purposes.
"There are 600 lots 50 by 75 laid
out and nearly half of tnese are
spoken for, and many people are go
ing out for supplies for various en
terprises to be ready for the winter
trade.
“All of the water front lots are
taken and occupied by stores, res
taurants, bunk houses, etc., and the
town is growing rapidly."
LUMBER HAS ARRIVED
FOR LABOR TEMPLE FLOOR
The Alaska Labor union at a re
cent meeting decided to put down a
dance floor in their building and also
to build a reading and writing room
j on the second floor.
Jack Sutherland has been appolnt
] ed a committee in charge of laying
! the floor and notifies The Daily
I Times the lumber has arrived and
! that work commenced this morning.
This flooring Is a vertical grain,
No. 1 fir and was ordered through
the North Side Lumber company and
when completed this will give An
chorage a splendid dance floor in
the largest room of Its kind in Alas
ka.
The reading and writing room will
be 20 by 46 feet and is a distinct ad
dition to this monument to Anchor
age industry and will be the source
of groat pleasure to the members, es
1 pecially during the winter months.
Fresh green goods at Sanitary
Market, one block west of postofflce.
Ladies—Fresh green goods at
Sanitary Market .one block west of
P' stoflice.
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s
THE MODEL
Has fresh stock of cigars, candles,
photo goods, stationery, etc.
Here she comes. There she goes.
The yellow' car. 7-3tf
BAXTER’S NEWS DEPOT
Fancy Box Chocolates, Fruit Tab
lets, Bon Bons, Fancy Package
Goods, “Sweets Candies of Quality.”
Are you there? You soon will
be If you take the yellow car. 7-3tt
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THIRD BASE IS
EASIEST TO STEAL
So Says Ty Cobb, and He
Ought to Know.
SECOND IS THE HARDEST.
Manager Herzog of the Cincinnati
Rada 8tatea Player la Able to Get
Long Lead Off Bag No. 2, Which
8hortena Diatanoe Between Bag*.
Is It easier to steal third base than
second?
Ty Cobb Insists It is easier to steal
third. The "Georgia reach" la not
quite sure why It is easier, but believes
it is because he Is able to get a larger
lead from second. Charley Herzog, who
Is not only an excellent base runner,
but has played third, shortstop and
' j Photo by American Press Association.
I 1
JERT 8HOTTON, THE SPEED MERCHANT OP
TOE ST. IiOCIS BROWNS, WHO AOBEES
WITH TO OOBB THAT THIRD BASE IS
EASY TO STEAL.
second, handling throws Intended to
stop base stealers, does not agree with
Cobb ns to the reason, but admits it is
the easiest bug to pilfer.
As it is the same distance between
second and third 11s it is between first
and second, with the catcher having
the advantage of making a shorter
throw, it would seem that Cobb’s argu
ment is correct, but Herzog blames the
number of steals of third base on the
men playing the bag. The Cincinnati
manager admits that a base runner can
get a better lead off second than he
can when on first base, but he points
out that the runner has two men, both
of whom are behind him, to watch and
who “hold him" to the keystone sack,
which makes his lead off second no
greater than u clever man will get from
first base.
Herzog argues that the throw to sec
ond Is longer, and the catcher invari
ably throws to a moving man. It hi
the custom of major league catchers to
throw tlie ball about two feet to the
left of second base if the shortstop is
covering, so that the fielder can take
: the ball while on the run and be in
perfect condition to tag the runner. If
the ball is thrown to the right of the
1 bag the fielder is invariably unable to
; stop, and a runner sliding to the front
, of the bag can escape him. In throw
ing when the second baseman is cov
ering the backstop aims to the right
side of the bag. If he throws to the
left of or straight over the bag the sec
ond baseman in covering would either
be forced to overrun the bag or reach
over for the ball and then come back
the other way to tag the runner, less
ening his chances of getting him.
Herzog claims that Cobb finds it
easier to steal third base because the
baseman must have the ball before
Cobb is within ten feet of the hag or
he will find it almost Impossible to tag
him, as he must turn completely around
after taking the throw. lie adds that
there are few +liird basemen in the
game today who do not fear the run
ner’s spikes on n steal, and the major
ity are out of position when they re
ceive the catcher's throw.
After watching some third sackers i
miss Cobb time and again when the
throw arrived soon enough to have re- j
tired the Detroit marvel easily, one is
inclined to believe that Herzog is right.
There are many highly rated third
basemen who are a.most helpless with :
a runner stealing, particularly if the j
batsman is wise enough to bluff a bunt
when the steal is coming off.
8pecial Purse For New York Races.
One of the unusual features of the
August trotting meeting of the Goshen
(N. Y.i track will be a purse of $1,500
in special prizes to successful drivers
in the eleven races which will make
up the three days’ oiogram.
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