OMAHA CAPITALIST ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER POSSIBILITIES AT ANCHORAGE
Upon the return home of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Boehme, who made tfie
round trip to Anchorage on the Ad
miral Evans, the Omaha Bee, will
come out with the following inter
view from Mr. Boehme:
"Mrs. Boehme and myself en
joyed every moment of the outing,
and while the trip across the states
was devoid of any particular interest
and the weather was abominable,
we knew that every mile was taking
us nearer to the land made famous
by Rex Beach, Robert Service and
Frank G. Carpenter, and naturally
were anxious to visit this country
we had heard so much about. Our
stay of a few days in Seattle was
spent visiting friends, and here, too,
the all-absorbing topic was Alaska,
and especially were the people and
the newspapers talking about the
government’s new railroad town of
Anchorage.
“\Ve were indeed fortunate in
being influenced in tak’ng the trip
to Anchorage, for our original
schedule was to go only so far as
Juneau and visit the capitol of the
territory. We took what is known as
the 'inside passage,’ and the ttrst
place of any importance is the Ash
ing town of Ketchikan. Then came
Juneau, the capital, and the home
of the big low grade quartz mines.
The scenery from Juneau to Skag
way was especially beautiful and
our stay in Skagway was spoile.d'by
the only bad weather we had on the
trip, but at Cordova we visited the
town and found it quite interesting,
as this is the terminal of the Copper
When You Go Outside
You Are Invited to Call On
L. W. SUTER
Seattle’s Leading Jeweler
1115 SECOND AVENUE
He will attend to your wants. Best goods at reason
able prices.
A graduate optician can also be consulted.
River railroad and the headquarters
of the big copper mine.s of that dis
trict. Our stay in Valdez was s]>ent
in visiting the court officials and
listening to the residents tell of
what a wonderful town it was many
years ago. We unloaded some
freight for the Beatson mine at La
Touche and inquired for Helen Van
Campen, but learned that her hus
band was no longer connected with
the mine. We were very anxious to
see Helen, too, for we understood
she was especially well posted on
Anchorage. Our good luck was with
us, for we reached Seward in the
night time and were only there a
few minutes to take on five of the
few remaining Inhabitants of this
once populous, prehistoric place.
"It was noticeable that so few of
the passengers got off at any of the
way ports and apparently showed
no interest in any thing, except pos
sibly the scenery en route, until the
captain said we would be in Anchor
age in a few hours. We left Seattle
with a great many passengers for
Anchorage and every town en route
added its quota until the passengers
for Anchorage reached the number
of seventy. We reached Anchorage
at an ideal time of a bright, sun
shiny day and immediately left the
steamer and started }o ‘‘take in”
the town, and it would really be im
possible to give you anything like a
fair description of this wonderful
railroad terminal, but it is good to
know and a pleasure, to see what
marvelous development has trans
pired at Anchorage within one year.
We were sorry that our time was
limited and it was impossible to
take the trip over the new railroad
to the gre,at Matanuska coal fields,
but we saw enough to know that the
United States government is behind
a splendid proposition and that it
will be the making of a wonderful
fountry. Anchorage will undoubt
V. A. SCHMITZ
OPTICIAN
OFFICE
Northern Drug Company. Empress
Block, Corner H and Fourth.
North Side
Lumber Company
We have a Big Complete stock in every detail,
including Doors, Windows, Roofing
and Building Paper.
We Appreciate Your Business
i
Geo. M. Campbell
Yard: Old Town
Office: Cop. 4th and F Street
edly make a city of many thousands,
filled with wide-awake, progressive
American citizens. From our short
stay in the city we satisfied our
selves that this city does not depend
upon the railroad alone, but is in
the heart of a great quartz and
placer mining belt, in addition to
the wonderful farming community
adjacent, and will say that if my
business in Omaha had permitted
we. would have spent the oalance of
the summer in this metropolitan
city of Anchorage. Yes, I expect to
return to Snchorage next summer,
and will go with the intention of in
vesting, and advise my friends or
any one looking for opportunities to
take this trip. From the standpoint
of a traveler, I will say that this trip
is an ideal one. The scenery is
beautiful; the steamer is seldom out
of sight of the lofty, snow-capped
' mountains, full of mountain streams
and waterfalls. The sunsets are
gorgeous, and then there, is the city
of Anchorage at the end of the
j trip.”
Mr. Boehme, a capitalist of
.Omaha, accompanied by Mrs.
Hoelime, made the round trip on the '
Admiral Evans, and are personal
friends of Mr. George. M. Campbell’s
brother, a prominent banker of
Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell en
tertained the Boebmeg white in An
j chorage, and Mr. Boehme expressed
himself as being ve.ry much im
j pressed with Anchorage, and said.
1 “You have a wonderful community
and unlimited possibilities, and 1
! shall certainly make the trip next
year.”
lAIKIIAXKKANS PURCHASE THE
FAMOUS SILVER KING MINE
One of the most important mining I
deals made in the Yukon for years
has just been closed whereby Man
ley, Ives, Price & McGinn, well
known Fairbanks mining operators,
have purchased the Silver King min
ing properties in the Mayo district,
in the Upper Stewart river valley,
from Thomas Aitken. The purchase
was arranged recently after Messrs.
Manley and Ives went to Mayo,
where they visited the properties.
Mr. Manley states that the com
pany hopes to get a good road built
from the landing to the mine so that
shipments can continue summer as
well as winter, and that the plan is
to put on heavy motor trucks and
tractors to draw the ore to tt5
Stewart river at Mayo landing as
fast as mined. He hopes to have 15 ;
to 20 tons shipped daily.
Mr. Ives will be on the ground in
charge Mr. Manley will go to Idit- j
arod to operate extensive placers
this summer.
Aitken took out 1,700 tons of ore
last winter, which is understood to
be worth $150 to $200 a ton. *ate i
advices state silver has jumped to
75 (fents an ounce, and this will ;
make a great increase in profits to :
the owners of the Silver King.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS OF HALF
A CENTURY AGO IN REUNION
FARIBAULT, Minn., June V.:.— .
The romantic and stirring times of
school girl days during the Indian
wars here were recalled today when
the fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of St. Mary’s School for Girls 1
was celebrated.
“Old girls,” some of whom were
among the earlier graduates of this
school that was hewed out in the
wild northern woods, gave several
thousand dollars today for the erec
tion of a gymnasium for the young
girls.
The original object of the school
was to give daughters of clergymen
doing missionary work among the
wild Dakota Indians here half a cen
tury ago a chance to get an educa
tion.
Articles of incorporation of three
foreign corporations have been tiled
with Secretary of the Territory Dav
idson. The. Patriotic Insurance Com
pany, Ltd., of Dublin, Ireland, ap
pointed Secretary Charles E. David
son agent. The Pacific States Elec
tric Company, of San Francisco, in
corporatted for $500,00. O. L. Cow.
ard, of Juneau, was designated as
agent. The American Paper Com
pany, of Portland, Ore., incorporated
for $100,000; C. A Schonacker,
agent.
Greek met Greek with disastrous
suits to one named Harry Trimis
when his fellow countryman, Gust
Paihas, got the better of an argu
ment and bit off the lower lip of the
former. The Incident was the finale
of a fight which started in the street
in Douglas. The biter was arrested,
but was discharged when the testi
mony revealed that the bitten had
been the aggressor throughout.
Christian Science meeting tomor
row will be held in Bryne Hall at
11 o’clock. It
MRS. QUINN’S
Family . Boarding . House
Si.00 per day First Class
Cor. 4th and B
Kootenai Inn Cigar Store
Cigars, Tobaccos, Confectionery
MRS. ALFRED DUNLAP Fourth, between C and D
TRY TONY’S CAFE
Opposite Empress Theatre
Open Day and Ni^ht
Let There Be Light
We Can Furnish It
PRICE & BENNETT
Plumbing Our Specialty
Sheet Metal Works and
Gasoline Lighting
Fifth St, bet. G&H
(
Reo Auto Service
PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE
STORAGE FIVE DAYS FREE
Night and Day Service
Stand: Front of F. J. Cotter’s Store. HERMAN L. GENTSCH, Mgr.
Notice to the Public:
We Have Completed Our Line of
CLOTHING
Which has just arrived and we are ready to dress you
up with a
PRESS SHRUNK KAUFFMAN SUIT,
JOHN B. STETSON HAT, AND PACKARD SHOES.
CARROLL & CO.
Fourth and E Sts.
Carrol Building Anchorage, Alaska
Carstens Packing Company
MARKET
Fourth Street, Near C
Just Received—a consignment of
Fresh Chickens for your
Sunday Dinner.
A Big Special for a few days:
Our Washington-brand Hams
20c per lb.
Our Washington brand Picnic
Hams, 15c per lb.
Our Washington brand Break
fast Bacon, sugar cured, 25c lb.
Washington Brand Pure
Lard.
Snow Cap Compound Lard
No. 5s .75c
No. 3s ..
No. 10s
No. 5s
No. 3s
$1.75
.90
.60
Fine Dry Salt Pork, fresh cured,
15c per !b.
Summer Sausage and Salami,
50c per lb.
Boiled Hams. 30c per lb.
We sell all fresh Meats as cheap as any firm in town,
quality considered. ’
Extra fine Sugar-cured Corned Beef
J. J. HALES,
Manager Anchorage Branch.