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FRIDAY
C. F. Stahl, who has been in An
chorage for several days as a guest
of the Hotel Anchorage, returned to
his home at Girdwood, on Turnagain
Arm on this morning’s train.
The Pioneers of Alaska will hold
their regular weekly meeting at the
Pioneer hall tonight. John II. Dunn
wlii deliver a patriotic address to the
members. This will be the first of a
series of addresses to be delivered on
patriotic subjects b\ persons not mem
bers of the Igloo.
Charles Magaha who has been stav
ing at the Morrison hotel for the past
several days left this morning for
Willow creek where he is interest.'1 in
mining claims.
. . M. Kakin who owns a ranch in
the Matanuska valley and who lias
been a guest of the Wilson house ‘or
several days returned yesterday to
h:s home.
Arthur 11. Olson, a rancher who ha.
been staying at the Wilson house
during the week returned to his home
at Matanuska on yesterday’s train.
Mr. Olson plans on raising a big cron
of potatoes during the season and
while in Anchorage purchased his seed
supplies.
.). K. Boris arrived in Anchorage
duPng the week from the hills in the
Willow creek district where he has
been engaged in trapping. While in
town Mr. Boris is making his home
at the Wilson house.
E. Wellein arrived yesterday from
Nenana where lie has been working
I'm- the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion during the past winter. Mr.
Welle in is on his way to the states to
join the United States troops and will
It* ve Anchorage on the first boat.
\\ ile here Mr. Wellein is a guest of
the Wilson house.
Walter A. Gompertz general mana
ger of the Chickaloon Coal company
a; ved in Anchorage yesterday on
bu. ness in connection with the opera
i of tlm mine at Chickaloon and is
r gi a.t: ed at the Crescent hotel.
< carles K. H-rron, pcTi ' - .• of the
A*, no rage Daily Time.-. arrived in
S’.-at. e yesterday from the east and
red! have for the north on one of the
• ah; boats according to a telegram
ret. ived from him today by .J. W.
Ward, manager of tne Times. E. L.
IJetioi! who left the east with Mr. Her
ron. stayed at Kansas City where he
will remain for several weeks on busi
ness in connection with the W illow
creek gokl mines.
Kobert T. Ennis, who has been
stay ng at the Alaska house for the
pa.-t winter, left on yesterday’s train
for Houston, on his way to Talkeetna
where he will assemble an outfit for
a lmmer’s prospecting in the Iron
ei rk district, where he is interested
in s> veral quartz mining claims. Mr.
li: : is arrived in Anchorage last sum
r : mm the Copper river district,
v ..ere for a period of three years he
has been working in the mines at
K- nnecott.
William Gerig, engineer in charge
of v e Anchorage division; Andrew
Christenson, head of the land and in
dustrial department; F. A. Hansen,
engineer maitnenance of way, and
Lieut. T. B. Longre, in charge of the
Anchorage detachment of soldiers of
the Fourteenth Infantry, returned yes
terday from a trip of inspection to the
government coal mines at Eska creek
and Chickaloon.
The burning out of a chimney in
one of the houses on government hill
at midnight last night caused consid
erable excitement for several minutes.
Re.-idents of the town thought that a
lire had started in one of the commis
sion buildings over in the terminal
yards. The alarm was answered by
the commission fire fighting appar
atus and the small flame extinguished
before any damage resulted.
C. M. Lamb, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
stationed at Rainbow, on the Tum
again Arm division of the govern
ment railroad, who has been staying
at the Crescent hotel during a brief
business visit to Anchorage, returned
\ the morning train to his home.
%harles Vernon arrived yesterday
Vnchorage and is registered at the
% house. Mr. Vernon arrived in
Anchorage over the trail*through the
Broad pass from Nenana and reports
the trail in fair traveling condition.
Mr. Vernon will leave for Seattle on
the first boat and will make applica
tion to join the United States army
immediately upon his arrival there.
Ralph Johnson is a recent arrival
at the Wilson house, arriving in An
chorage from Nenana. Mr. Johnson
■ports little or no activity in Ne
nana and only a few men working
for the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion. Mr. Johnson expects to leave
for the states on one of the first
boats.
S A T U 11 DAY
(I. A. Mead arrived in Anchorage
yesterday over the trail from McGrath
md is staying at the Hotel Parsons.
Mr. Mead has been engaged during the
past ten months in the erection of the
wireless station at McGrath. Mr. Mead
wili remain in Anchorage until the
arrival of the first boat and will then
sail for Seattle.
J. A. Strong who for the past four
months has been engaged in prospect
ing the hills along Turnagain Arm str
ived in Anchorage yesterday and is a
guest of thi' Richter house. Mr. Strong
was admitted as a member of the
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 1"» at
tiie iegui.tr meeting of that body last
evening in the Pioneer hall.
R. Gideon arrived yesterday in An
chorage and is a guest of the Hotel
Pa.'sons. Mr. Gideon has been located
at McGrath for the past year where
he has been employed by the Northern
Commercial company. He was former
ly located at Anchorage whole he was
Interested in the laundry business. lie
expects to n main in Anchorage for
the summer.
John McLean returned yesterday
f. >1 Turnagain Arm and is regis
.< red at the Crist house. Mr. McLean
for the past week has been carrying
passengers and freight with his dog
team between the ends of steel on the
government railroad. He expects to
■ :ake a trip to Susitna station before
the trail breaks up.
Ashes will be used by the townsite
• -dice this spring for the purpose of
street improvement. Persons having
any quantity of ashes are requested to
notify the townsite office of their loca
tion and wagons will remove them to
the streets as soon as tiie snow melts,
according to an announcement made
today by .J. G. Watts, townsite mana
ger. The ashes must be clean and free
from garbage and other refuse mat
ter, continued Mr. Watts.
William Peltier who has been
spending a sixty day vacation in the
states arrived back in Anchorage yes
terday and is registered at the Cres
cent hotel. Mr. Peltier last year was
in charge of the commissary depart
ment of the engineering commission
on Turnagain Arm. He will resume
his employment with the commission
within the near future.
The first power boat of the season
has crossed Turnagain Arm between
Hope and Rainbow according to a
statement made today by A. A. Lamb
an employe of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission with headquarters at
Rainbow who arrived in Anchorage
yesterday. There is very little snow
along the government railroad right
of way. While in Anchorage Mr. Lamb
is a guest of the Crescent hotel.
Charles R. Harris arrived in An
chorage on yesterday’s train from
Seward and is accompanied by Mrs.
Harris and their son. Mr. Harris is
general manager of the Cache Creek
Dredging company and will leave here
for the dredge on Cache creek next
Tuesday. Mrs. Harris and son will
accompany Mr. Harris and will spend
the summer at the camp. With Mr.
Harris arrived yesterday seven em
ployes of the dredge who will also
leave on Tuesday’s train. The names
of the dredge employes are F. J.
Engelhom, F. E. Whiting, A. A. An
derson, J. H. Wheelock, W. E. Ger
hart, W. L. Davis and Charles Her
man.
Frank H. Martin wrho was operated
; on yesterday at the government hos
pital for an acute attack of appendi
citis by Dr. John B. Beeson is getting
along in fair shape and his recovery ’
regarded as certain.
At the regular meeting of the
Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 15, at
the Tioneer hall last night an inter
esting address was delivered by John
H. Dunn on the war and the part
taken in it by the United States. The
address was delivered in splendid
style and was enthusiastically received
by the sixty members present at the
meeting.
SUNDAY
Carl Anderson arrived in Anchor
| age on yesterday’s train and is regis
! tered at the Alaska house.
i
j William A. Ferry is a recent arrival
! in Anchorage and while in town is
j staying at the Morrison hotel.
E. S. Birdsall arrived in Anchorage
; yesterday over the trail from Takotna
j and is staying with Anchorage friends
i until the arrival of the first boat. Mr.
j Birdsall will spend the summer in
Cordova where he expects to secure |
employment with the Copper River!
and Northwestern Railroad company.!
W. G. Stoeser, whose electrical shop
has been located in the Masonic tem
ple, has moved his store and shop to j
a new location on Fourth avenue near
the corner of G street. The quarters j
formerly occupied by Mr. Stoeser will i
lie <k voted to Dougherty’s ladies wear ’
establishment.
F. M. Daniels in charge of the cler
ical work in connection with the saw
mill which is being operated by
Charles David, near Chickaloon, came
down on yesterday’s train and is a
guest of the Hotel Anchorage. Mr.
Daniels expects to return to his head-!
quarters at Camp dO on tomorrow’s
train.
John Chisholm, the Alaskan repre
sentative of the West Coast grocery
firm of Tacoma, Wash., who has been
in Anchorage for the past three weeks
on business in connection with his firm
left Friday for Seward and the states.
He will visit the coast towns in the in
terests of his firm before returning to
Tacoma.
N. J. Wolfe arrived in Anchorage
from Chickaloon on yesterday’s train
and is staying at the Hotel Crescent.
Mr. Wolfe will await the arrival of
the first boat in Anchorage and will
then take passage for Seattle.
O. O. Krogii, a member of the
l inger Lake school district has been
recently appointed by Governor J. F.
A. Strong as a member of the legal
advisory board for Matnnuska. His du
ties will consist in aiding and assist
ing the young men who are subject to
the selective draft law in making out
their questionnaires.
James Templeton arrived in An
chorage yesterday and h staying at
the Alaska house. Mr. Templeton has:
been prospecting the hills in the Broad
Pass country during the past year. He
will leave on tomorrow’s train for
Seward and the outside where he has
been called by the illness of his
mother. He will return to Anchorage
about July 1.
Z. J. Loussac who has been confined
to the government hospital for the
: past ten days as the result of an op
I oration performed by Dr. John P>.
Beeson for an aggravated case of
! jaundice was able to visit his business
1 for a few minutes Saturday afternoon
He is still under the care of Dr. Bee
I son at the hospital but expects to be
j able to return to his apartments the
early part of the week.
Dr. F. L. Forbes who has been in
Anchorage for several weeks will
leave tomorrow for his headquarters
in Seattle. Mr. Forbes has made a
tour of Alaska in the interests of the
Presbyterian Sunday school board and
has established a number of classes
j throughout the territory. Since his ar
I rival in Anchorage he has formed four
classes. Matanuska, Finger Lake,
Eska creek and Wasilla are the places
visited by Doctor Forbes and in each
| a Sunday school class has been organ
ized. While on his way to Seattle
Dr. Forbes will stop off at La Touche,
Cordova and Kennecott for the pur
pose of organizing classes. Upon his
arrival in Seattle he will be associated
with Dr. Mathews.
MONDAY
William A. Perry came down on
Saturday’s train from Moose creek
and is staying at the Hotel Morrison.
Samuel Bolin arrived from Tal
keetna yesterday and is staying with
A chorage friends awaiting the ar
rival of the first boat.
H. H. Tracy an employe ci’ the Alas
kan Engineering commission in the
train service was operated on at the
government hospital this morning for
appendicitis.
Newton Thompson checked out
from the Alaska house and left on the
morning train for Seward from where
he will sail for Seattle on the next
steamer.
Benjamin Weaver who was success
fully operated on last Saturday at the
government hospital by Dr. John B.
Beeson for appendicitis is getting
along in good shape.
Frank H. Martin a former employe
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion who was operated on last week at
the government hospital expects to be
able to leave the institution within the
next ten days.
Frederick l’aquain, an employe of
O’Rourke and company tie contractors
for the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion arrived in Anchorage on Satur
day’s train and is making his home at
the White house.
Z. J. Loussac, proprietor of the
Loussac drug stores, who for the past
three weeks has been a patient at the
government hospital suffering with a
severe attack of jaundice, is again at
his desk and able to give his attention
to his business.
A. A. Lamb returned on the morn
ing train to his headquarters at Camp
01 where he is employed by the Alas
kan Engineering commission. Mr.
Lamb while in Anchorage has been a
guest of the Crescent hotel.
v v ; i lwmi one; nian
\\ nu uui mg
past month has been employed by the
Matanuska coal mine at Moose creek
hr rived in Anchorage on Saturday’s
train and is a guest of the Morrisor
hotel. Mr. Sherman expects to retut i
to the mines on Wednesday’s train.
J. F. Strong checked out from the
Richter house this morning. Mr.
Strong is developing a mining claim
near Potter creek on the Turnagain
Arm division of the government rail
road. The claim of Mr. Strong’s is lo
cated near the foot hills at the head of
Potter creek.
A contract for cribbing and filling
in has been awarded to A. L. Adair
by the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion. The work will be done on tlie
Susitna river about two miles south of
Talkeetna along the right of way of
the government railroad.
T. E. Krigbaum an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission who
has been visiting in Anchorage for
several days as a guest of the Cres
cent hotel returned on this morning’s
train to his headquarters at Camp 88
on the Turnagain Arm division of the
government railroad.
A1 Shyman, of the Bolte Hardware
company, is a passenger aboard the
steamer Alaska which sailed from Se
attle for Anchorage at 9 o’clock this
morning. Mr. Shyman left Anchor
age last February for a visit to Se
attle in the interest of the hardware
firm and while in the states purchased
the firm’s hardware supplies.
L. \V. Turner the well known ranch
er at Old Knick who is planning on
having a hundred acres planted in var
ious grains before the middle of sum
mer and who has been in Anchorage
for several days on business in con
nection with his ranch returned to Pis
home on the morning train. While in
Anchorage Mr. Turner was registered
at the White house.
F. M. Daniels in charge of the cler
ical work at Camp 36 on the Mata
nuska branch of the governmnet rail
road who has been a guest of the
Hotel Anchorage returned to his head
quarters on the morning train. The
sawmill owned by the Alaskan En
gineering commission and now under
the management of Charles David is
located at Camp 36. The timber re
quired in the coal mines at Eska creek
and Chickaloon is being turned out at
this mill.
Daniel Moxham an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission con
nected with the telegraph and tele
phone department arrived in Anchor
age Saturday and returned to Eagle
river on the morning train. While in
Anchorage Mr. Moxham was a guest
of the White house. He will leave An
chorage on the first boat and will join
the army upon his arrival in Seattle.
TUESDAY
W. A. Perry, a guest of the Hotel
Morrison, returned on the morning
train to the coal mines at Moose creek.
C. A. Gooding is a recent arrival in
Anchorage from Seward and while
here is making his headquarters at the
Crescent hotel.
John Conroy came in from Camp 88
on Tumagain Arm where he has been
employed at the government sawmill
and is registered at the Crist house.
John Paulson is a recent arrival
from Camp 88 on the Tumagain Ann '
division of the government railroad
and is registered at the Crist house.
Charles Sager who has been located
at Camp 88 on Tumagain Arm is a
recent arrival in Anchorage and while
in town is staying at the Hotel Par
sons.
Clyde Brenner who has a gold
quartz claim near Bird Point on Turn
again Arm arrived in Anchorage yes
terday and is staying at the White
house.
Harry Monroe arrived on the train
yesterday from Seward and left this
morning for McGrath. Mr. Monroe!
was a guest of the White house during
his brief stay in Anchorage.
T. Dogas, a guest of the White
house left this morning for Houston
on his way to Flat creek where he is
interested in mining property. Mr.
Dogas arrived recently from Seattle.
Benjamin Johnson is registered at
the Crescent hotel. Mr. Johnson ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday from i
Tumagain Arm where he is employed
at the government sawmill at Camp
88.
Lee Frazer employed by the Alas-j
kan Engineering commission in charge'
of the sawmill at Camp 88 on Turn-'
again Arm arrived in Anchorage yes-1
terday and is a guest of the Crist
house.
w. Wales ana 1 . L>. Walsh are recent
arrivals at the White house. They left
this morning on their way to the
i
Iditarod country where both of them
will remain during the coining mining
season.
Samuel McGonaghy arrived on yes
terday’s train from Seward and is a
guest of the White house. Mr. Mt
Conaghy left this morning over the
trail for Flat creek where he is inter
ested in some mining property.
John McLean and Henry Price who
have been guests of the Crist house
left on this morning’s train and will !
freight in the personal baggage of the
Harris party from Wasilla *o the
dredge at Cache creek.
W. L. Thompson who is employed
by the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion at Camp 88 on the Turnagain
Arm division of the government rail
road is a recent arrival in Anchorage
and is registered at the White house.
Ray Pederick, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission lo
cated at Camp 88 on Turnagain Arm
arrived in Anchorage yesterday and is j
a guest of the White house. Mr.
Pederjck will sail for Seattle on the
first boat and will make application to
join the United States army upon his
arrival in Seattle.
Oscar P. Nelson who formerly en
gaged in the grocery business in An
chorage as a partner in the Scandi
| r.avian grocery company, is now em
| ployed in one of the big shipbuilding
I companies in Seattle, according to a
j letter received from him this week by
! Anchorage friends. “Everybody is
| busy and things are rushing as fast as
they can in Seattle,” writes Mr. Nel
son.
The steamer Alameda of the Alas
ka Steamship company, is due to ar
rive in Seward at 4 o’clock this after
noon, according to telegraphic advices
received today at the local office of
the steamship company.
Frank W. Barr left Nenana yester
day morning for Anchorage over the
trail through the Broad Pass with five
passengers and expects to arrive in j
Anchorage April 21, according to tele
graphic advices received from him to- j
day. Mr. Barr left Anchorage several
weeks ago with Louis Shulman, a fur
buyer from Juneau, as a passenger.
Mr. Shulman visited Nenana for the
purpose of purchasing furs.
WEDNESDAY
James St. Clair is a recent arrival
at the Hotel Anchorage.
John Corigi is a recent arrival in
Anchorage and is a guest of the Par
sons hotel.
G. Fabbro arrived from Turnagain
Arm yesterday and is registered at
the Wilson house.
Edward Legris will leave on to
morrow’s train for Wasilla and ttie ^
mines in the Willow creek district.
Peter Dennis came in from his work}
on Turnagain Arm and while in An- \
chorage is making his home at the /
Wilson house.
J. A. Whitaker, a rancher from the
Matanuska valley, came down from
his ranch on yesterday’s train and is a
guest of the Wilson house.
M. J. McDonough who has been a
guest of the Crist house for severa
days returned to his work on the
Turnagain Arm division of the rail
road.
C. K. White, employed as a mechan
ical engineer at the government cos
mine located at Eska creek, arriveo
in Anchorage yesterday and is regis
tered at the Crescent hotel.
Carl Martin is a recent arrival in
Anchorage. Mr. Martin two years
ago filed on a homestead in the Mat
anuska valley and expects this year
to have approximately twenty acres
under cultivation.
B. E. Berry, an employe of the tele
graph and telephone department of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
located near Matanuska arrived in
Anchorage on yesterday’s train and is
registered at the Crist house.
Peter Murray is registered at the
Wilson house. Mr. Murray is success
fully developing a ranch in the Mata
nuska valley and is visiting Anchor
age for the purpose of ordering his
summer’s seed supplies.
A. Anders, who suffered painful
burns as the result of a small explo
sion in the Matanuska coal company’s
mine at Moose creek last week, left
the government hospital yesterday
and is convalescing at the Richter
house.
on Fourth avenue yesterday afternoon
by Deputy United States Marshal *
Harry Kavanaugh, charged with hav
ing consumed too much cider. At a
hearing this morning before Judge
Leopold David, United States commis
sioner, Launsberry was sentenced to
serve thirty days in the Anchorage
jail.
Walter A. Gompertz, general man
ager of the Chickaloon Coal company,
who has been in Anchorage for the
past week on business connected with
the mine, returned to his headquarters
at Chickaloon on this morning’s train.
While in Anchorage Mr. Gompertz
has been a guest of the Hotel Cres
cent.
Stoppage of payment on official
check No. 67598, dated March 11, and
drawn to the order of Peter St. Peter *
amounting to $18.75 has been released
according to a statement issued today *
by G. C. Hammond, special disbursing ^
officer for the Alaskan Engineering
commission.
Joseph I. Wills arrived in Anchor
age yesterday from McGi’ath and is
registered at the Crist house. Mr.
Wills has spent the past winter in the
Kuskokwim country trapping and
prospecting. He reports a scarcity of
fur bearing animals throughout the
country contiguous to McGrath, but
states that he located some promising
mining prospects. He expects to re
turn to the Kuskokwim country during
the early summer.
The launch “Swan” slipped from the
ways on last night’s tide and graceful
ly nosed into the water taking with *
her the record of being the first of the
Anchorage mosquito fleet to be
launched this year. The “Swan” is
owned by Captain N. G. Gaikiema and
will be operated during the summer
between Anchorage and Ivnik and
points along Tumagain Arm. Captain
Gaikiema is the pioneer skipper in the #
local waters, arriving in Anchorage *
early in 1915.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Shaw arrived in
Seattle yesterday, on their way to
Anchorage, according to a telegram
received this morning by Mr. Wilbur
Ward, of the Daily Times.
H. W. NAGLEY
General Merchandise
* Susitna
Branch Stores at
McDougall - - - Talkeetna
Dealer in Raw Furs, Snowshoes,
Camp Outfits. Selling Agent
—FOR—
Hipress Boots and Pacs.
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