The formal opening of the native
hospital at Juneau was held May 9.
The Bluff Point mine, near Scl
dovia, is delivering eoal to the can
neries.
Fairbanks hotel keepers are pre
paring for a big tourist business this
summer.
The Wells Fargo Express Com
pany will estahlrsh an agency in the I
• Tolovana camp.
Southeastern Alaska gun clubs
are already holding regular shoots
at tile clay birds.
The third case against Edward
Krause is now being tried in the j
district court at Juneau.
The Seward Women’s Club is plan- <
ning a playground for the children
in that city.
Latouche has grown to be a town j
of 300 or more, and is nearly ripe j
for a newspaper.
The White Pass Company will put
up a thirty-room tourist hotel at At- !
lin this spring.
The '.ce went out of the Yukon in
front of Dawson at 10:30 a. m.,
Wednesday, May 5.
Miss Mollie Whitanon was elected
queen of the Eagle carnival recently i
held at Douglas.
The Peerless Mining Company of
Windham will install a thirty-stamp l
mill on its property.
James Bowie was badly injured a
few days ago by falling down a shaft .
at the Ready Bullion mine, near Ju
neau. ! i
The Juneau Dispatch says that ; i
sardines are so thick in the channel
as to choke the wheels of tho ferry i
boats. I
Sitka democrats have elected F. <
C. Sheridan and T. F. McGraw as
delegates to the democratic conven- t
tion at Juneau. 1
Eleven stocks for stores went to f
Anchorage on the Watson. Ten were j
stocks of groceries and one was dry |
goods.—Exchange. I
Owing to the cancellation of the (
Juneau-Skagway mail* service. Jualin
and Eagle river are left without mail i
service.
Mrs. Robert Guest, wife of Sew
ard’s chief of police, recently pre
sented her husband with a bouncing
baby boy.
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The town of Seward is inviting
bids for the removal of garbage from
the business and residential serttons
of the city.
According to the Dawson News,
the Yukon is looking for a busy sea
son in mines and especially a boom
in copper.
The Douglas Kifle Club will take
advantage of the offer of the United
States for the purchase of rifles by
rifle clubs.
Ralston F. Rice, of New York, re
cently arrived in Seward and will
take moving pictures in the Kenai
section this summer.
A 1 C-year-old boy of Haines was
sentenced to three months in jail j
for breaking windows in a house in
that town.
A break in tile flume of the Alas
ka-Juneau Mining Company recently
flooded Front 3treet. in Juneau. No
damage done.
Dawson papers state that many
Alaskans arc enlisting in the Yukon
volunteers for service in Europe.
Some of the volunteers are said to
have mushed as far as from Iditarod
to enlist.
Juneau Finnish socialists celebrat
'd May Day with a mass meeting in
VIoose hall in that’clty.
Mor ' robins are reported to have
teen seen in Juneau this spring than
or a number of years.
Juneau Elks are planning to give
! Sourdough Festival, in which the
lays of "98 will bo reproduced.
A moving picture show in Fair
ianks recently netted the public
ibrary $100.
Salmon trout are running in the
(reams tributary to Valdez, and
mglers are making heavy catchos.
The Seward school board has rec
immended putting a steam heating
dant in the public school building.
Seward people are talking of a
ent colony for the summer months
or those who like to live in tho
pen.
N. P. Shular, of Anchor Point, has
he finest lot of black and silver i
ray foxes in tho country, says tho
Inward Gateway. i
S. Howard Ewing, general agent
or the Pacific Coast Company, and
/!iss Edith Jansen wore married re
ently at Juneau.
The Kenai Alaska mill will start
derations about June 1, and the
‘rimrose will start up about the
:ame time.
A. R. Thorne, a pioneer motion
ticture • perator of the north, says
hat an Alaskan’s idea of an ideal day
is twelvo hours of work, a good pic
ture show and a soft bed.
Under orders issued by Judge
Jennings, an election wtjl be held In
Juneau on June 1 to decide on the
question of license or no license for
that town.
An action has been filed at Seward
by Alexander against Joe Wilson and
Joe Wilson, Jr., to foreclose labor
liens on plncer claims in the Kenai
district.
Hundreds of tons of supplies were
freighted to the mines near Valdez
during the winter, preparatory to
the summer's work. The deep snow
made freighting good.
Four hundred excursionists are
expected to make the round trip
down the Yukon from Whitehorse to
St. Michael, thence to Nome, return
ing by the coast townB.
William Duncan Wallis, a Juneau
resident, was recently arrested there
for disturbing a church meeting by
trying to Bing. He will be examined
as to his sanity.
The Alaska Steamship Company
will repair the old Union wharf at
Juneau and place it in a position to
accommodate trade, at a cost of ten
thousand dollars.
Sixty head of cattle came north
on the Cordova to Skagway and will
be sent to Fairbanks on the first
boats. They are for Waechter Bros.,
of the Tanana metropolis.
Ernest Young, for a number of
years a cook at Whitehorse, has
been missing for several days. He
left for the head of Lake j^ebargo
and has not been seen since.
John C. Allen has been appointed
United States commissioner at Pe
tersburg, vice McWilliams, resigned.
VI r. Allen was formerly deputy U. S.
marshal at Petersburg.
George Schofield, of Nome, recent.
Iv nominated by the republican con
vention at Juneau for attornoy gcn
;ral, will return to Nome on tho first
mat, and will start on a campaign
rip up the Yukon early in tho fall.
Marshal Erwin, of Fairbanks, is
>n the way to the states, where he
•ccently went with a number of pris
>ners, to Juneau, to attend the dom
jcratic convention there. Ho has
most of the proxies from the Fourth
tivision.
Leave your order at Itobart3‘.
Prompt delivery. City Express.
Leases lteutals Lots
In any part of tho city.
1811 SEE WARNER,,
Cor. 4 th and F streets.
McNally & maitland
Have received 800,000 feet different kinds
**** + ******.*** +
Yard at Foot of H Street
AI! Kinds of Common Dimension
Flooring Siding Finishing Shiplap
and Kiln-Dry Dimensions
Sash and Doors
WANTED
Molybdenite, tungsten ana anti
i mony ores, also big low-grade gold
| properties. Address full particulars
to Ralph Reed,’ corner Sixth and A,
Anchorage, between 2 and 5.
ladies— Fresh green good* at
Sanitary Market ,one block west of
prstofllce.
Spruce fence posts for sale, 4 to 6
inches, 6 feet long, peeled. 17 1-2
cents apiece. Apply Northern Trans
fer Company. 17-2w
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
r AM NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
Have received my stock of furnl
; ture, bed springs, mattresses, chairs,
rockers, rugs, carpets, linoleums,
window shades, stoves and ranges;
also Columbia graphophones and the
latest records.
ECKMANN’S FURNITURE STORE.
Corner Fourth and K.
The waffle irons are working per
! fcctly -at the Two Girls Cafe and
Waffle House.
For comfort and speed, take the
Hustler for Susitna Station and Mc
Dougal. Loaves Lathrop’s dock
May 19.
The Alaska Pool Room—best
lights, good tables, good service.
RESTAURANTS.
Fresh green goods at Sanitary
Market, one block west of postoilice.
'E. B. Davis, contractor and builder.
Plans and specifications. Oflice cor
ner C and Third. tf
Subscribe for the Pioneer.
Hoys’ Union Suits—One-third off.
Fairbanks Clothing Store.
Plenty of Eastman 3A films at the
Not them Drug Co.’s, Empress Bldg
She won’t bo sore if you forget |
all about her at the “Movies” to
night.
Good, all-round colored chef seeks
position, in or out of town. Inquire
Cobb’sjaundry.next Catholic church.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
Tlin Turn fllrla’ Pafo
A complete Btock of hardware and
launch supplies at Knlk Hardware
c’o., corner Third and H street.
We develop and print at The
Model, 4th, between E and F streets.
Young lady desires position as
clerk, experienced. Enquire this
office. 16 tf
THE MODEL, 4TH, E AND F STS.
Power boat offices at The Model
for Knik and Matanuska, Kern
creek, Hope and way polntB.
C. F. PETERSON, Agent.
THE MODEL
Has fresh stock of cigars, candies,
photo goods, stationery, etc.
Oats, IJran, Chopped Crain, Shorts,
Whole Corn, Cracked®Porn, Wheat
and Scratch Food, at Brown ft Haw
kins’. “Quality First.”
Keith’s Dried Eggs at Brown ft
Hawkins’. “Quality First."
Just received, a full line of photo
goods, and more on the way. North
ern Drug Co., Fourth and H, the
Empress building.
The biggest bath tubs and the most
comfortable bath rooms can be found
at the Richter House, on Third near
E. Baths at. all hours.
Leave packages at The Model for
i Matanuska, Palmer Canyon and
Moose creek. Ten cents a pound.
Leave Anchorage every week.
A. C. McMASTEK.
All workingmen while In Anchor
age are lnvitod to make Labor Tem
ple their headquarters. Newspapers
and periodicals In different languages
on file.
Choicest cigars, candies, fruits,
g.cpe Juice, at the Alaska Pool
Room.
Fine postcard pictures of the union
! parade at The McCain Studio. Come
and aeo them.
TheTwo Girls Cafe
Mrs. Ollle Gray and Viola Bar
nett, Propr.etors.
4 th Ave. and C St.
Our Motto:
Courtesy, Service, Quality
WAFFLES A SPECIALTY
Specials This Week
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Carstens Packing:
Company
MARKET
Fourth Street, Near C
Fresh Smoked Picnic Hams 20 cents pound
Fresh Smoked Cottage Hams, Boneless - 23 cents pound
Fresh Smoked Regular Hams - - 25 cents pound
Fresh Smoked Regular Bacon - 25 cents pound
We carry a full line of Meats at bottom prices
Extras this week:
Sweetbreads, Brains, Liver, Kidneys, Hearts. Tongues,
Spare Ribs, Pork Tenderloins, Club House
Sausage, Etc.
LUNCH GOODS, BOLOGNA, HEAD CHEESE
Ham, Sausage, Minced Ham, Pickled Pigs Feet, Pickled
Tripe, Boiled Ham, Weinerwurst, Frankfurters.
J. J. HALES,
■ Manager Anchorage Branch.
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JUST ARRIVED
THE LATEST IN >/! i
John B. Stetson
Hats
Jaffe <fe Bayles
Corner Fourth and D Streets
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The Home of Hart Schaffner
and Marx Good Clothes
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Doors Roofing Paper
Windows Building Paper
LUMBER
ANCHORAGE SUPPLY CO. '
First and C