AT THE MOVIES
BYRNE HALL
Propram for Sunday and Monday
Wallace Reid and Dorothy Davenport in
FIRES OF FATE
ANIMATED WEEKLY
It is always pood
SCOOPED BY A HENCOOP
A cackling Nestor Comedy
Three Shows Sunday
6:15 7:30 8:45
MRS. FOSTER, PIANO
Admission 25c.
BANK OF ANCHORAGE
Will be opened for business on or before May
15th, in temporary qua’rters in the Empress
Building, next door to the Wells Fargo Express
Company.
ARRIVED
Eastman and Ansco Photo
Supplies, Films, Cameras,
Pennants, Stationery
Everything in Amateur
Photography
Legal Blanks in All Forms
About Juno 1 will be in Concrete
Building corner 4th ave. and G st.
We Develop for 15c and Print for 3c Up
on Prize-winning Cyko Paper
“That Man Logemann”
Fifth Ave. and D St.
Ship Creek Meat Co.
Anderson & Jensen, Proprs.
I
Fresh Meats and Provisions
Wholesale and Retail
Cold Storage Plant in Connection
Special Attention Given to Restaurant, Mine and Camp Trade
t Fourth ave, between D and E sts AllchorSgCj Alsskd
Launch Swan
Daily Trips to Knik
For Schedule See Bulletin Boards
MEET SAD DEATH,
To the Valdez Prospector, John
McCormack, a former deputy mar
shal Rtalioned at Nulato, told the
stoit y of the death of Jack La hoy
and his partner, Tom Wilson. It was
McCormack, to whom a native re
ported the finding of the body ot
Lahey, and it was lie who traveled
221! miles in an effort to find the re
mains of Wilson.
There was a slip of paper on '
which was printed the awful condi
tion that confronted tlie man. This
tiie deputy marshal wired to Marshal
Krwin, and it first, appeared in the
Times. But there is still another
letter, hitherto unpublished, that
hears silent but conclusive testimony
to the awful fate that overtook the
two prospectors and trappers. The
letter signed by both men is as fol
lows:
"November, 3 915.
"Mr. John Evans, Koyukuk Station:
"Please send us the following bill
of goods and we will pay you when
you come in in a few days from now.
Wo got froze in hero and are out of
grub, starving almost now. We arc
camped in a little cabin on the right
hank of the Koyukuk river, three
miles this side of Tom Drayton's
cabin, on winter portage trail whore
Olulttm cut wood last winter We
are too weak to travel now and there
is no trail broke yet on the river or
portage. We have been thirty days
notv without a mouthful to eat. i
killed my dog and we ate him, so you
can sec wc ere up against it. II wc
don’t get grub soon, we can't last
much longer. Babbits and birds arc
scarce. Hurry somebody out: as soon
as you can with grub. We arc hun
gry. No natives or white men irom
hero to tlie mouth of the river, and
lots of snow and open water now in
places. Send out as quick as you
can, and we won t forget you as a
friend.
“Jack Lahey,
“Tom Wilson.’
Tlii9 letter was sent to Jack Mc
Cormack. There was a list of Roods
in tho letter. On the envelope, writ
ten in a very feeble hand, mneli more
feeble than that of tlio address on
(lie envelope or the writing in the
letter, wore the words:
“Nothing to eat now for over “O'
days. Can't last much longer. Solid
someone ont quick with grub tor us.
Kush out an quick as you possibly
can, Jack. We are starving.”
And starve one of them did. lie
starved to death in the cabin he de
scribed in the letter. Frozen in, too
weak when the opportunity came to
start ont, lack I.alley died of starva
tion and probably exposure..
His partner, Tom Wilson, is lost,
lie is dead. There seems to bp but
little doubt of that.
lip from Ntilato went Jack Mc
Cormack. lie found a trace of the
footprints f Tom Wilson at the
door of tho cabin which lay tho dead
body of Jack Bailey. For nine miles
lie traced those footprints. Hut then
they became lost. Maybe he broke
through the ice or wandered oil in
the brush to lie down and die. No
one knows now', and the chances are
that no one will ever know. A thor
ough search was made by tho deputy
marshal, without result. Both are
gone, dead, the story of the suffer
ings'and pain left to Hie imagination
of those who have a chance to read
the letters they,wrote.
It was months after the letter, liic
appeal for help and grub was writ
ten that an Indian chanced by the
lone cabin of the two prospectors
and discovered the body of Ha hey
lying on the bunk in the miserable
cabin, frozen stark and stiff, the
staring eyes looking toward the door,
as if expecting help to the last min
ute. Wilson has never been found,
and probably will never be found, as
the country Is w.ol and the vegeta
tion rank. There is no mystery
about the death of either one of tho
men. Both worn w'el| known on the
lower river. They were hardy men
who knew Alaska and the terrible
tell she takes on those unprepared.
They took a chance and lost. Fate
overtook them and they could noi
help themselves.
Best place to eat—Merchants Cafe.
INSURE NOW
In Reliable Company
and Protect Your Family
In the
EQUITABI.E I,IFF
ASSIIR ANCE SOt 1 FTV
Of the United States
A. FHODKNBERG,
District Agent, at The News
Stand, 4th Are., llet. G and H
OI*E\ l)AV AVI) NIGHT.
The Two Girls’ Cafe.
Leave your order at Roberts'.
J’romiit delivery. City Express.
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
Good enough for a king, at a
working man's price. Two Girls
Cafe.
STORE IH'H.HING FOR RENT.
15x40, Fourth avenue corner lo
cation; flue building.
SEE WARNER,
Corner Fourth Av. and F St.
srilDIVIKlOX TRACT.
JEST ARRIVED.
A complete stock of hardware and
launch supplies at Knik Hardware
Co., corner Third and 11 street.
Your haf trimmed for you. Indi
vidual style. Your taste or mine.
Walter’s Millinery and Gowns.
Johnson’s Tent Factory lias re
ceived shipment of canvas by way of
Seldovia, and are prepared to make
tents of all sizes. tf
Just received, a full line of photo
goods, and moro on the way. North
ern Drug Co., Fourth and H, the
Empress building.
ONE
CORSETS
1916 MODELS
For Style, Health, Comfort
and Durability, try
\ iiRone
and be convinced.
Nil ROM. THE WINNER
All sizes and all prices
MRS. T. R. NEEDHAM,
Fifth Avo., near II St.
P. 0. Sundberg
GROCERIES
Lodging and Halits
On C' St., Hot. 4tU and Gtli.
.Anchorage
Transfer
W. E. Lee, Manager
General Transfer Business
AGENTS FOR
Bluff Point Coal
THE CRESCENT
F. W. REDWOOD & CO., Proprs.
Clean Private Rooms. Comfort
able Beds. Moderate Rates.
Bathroom in Connection.
Cor. Fourth and C. Anchorage
Union
Laundry
and
Bath
House
l'omlli Avo.. Between II and I,
Anchorage
Ol’It WORK IS
Gl.YUANTKED
—and—
SANITARY
j THE LARGEST AND ('LEANEST
j HATH TIBS IN ANCHORAGE
Union Transfer Co.
ROBERT SPECK
Manager
I will do a (Jeneral Transfer
Business.
PETEK AMESTOY
MARIUS BENSON
Dealers In
ICE
8th Av. and K, facing K St.
QUALITY, BBaVICS AlTD VRIOE
These F:■<■<... ]*»■«'« 1-,. dilate
in <)uv Store
Empress Bulk'.'
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Owner’s
Price is
My Price
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REAL ESTATE
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v.’Jv’o the getting is good
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HARE WARE
SASH DOORS, FRA::;.; ,i • . :U)1N0 PAPER
H © use F i> ’ ■: ..; €. ood s
Cutlery, Earthi ; and Enamel Ware
l.aunch and Painter's
Supplies a Spec .
m'f DOHRMANN
Manager
THIRD AVE. A 1\';> li ST.. AKt HORACE
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Admiral Line
Pacific Alaska Ka v:ation Company
Regular Weekly Sa’Ungs i :'n>,d -y. 11 ;• m. Calling at
Ketchikan, Petersburg. .Tunruu and all SouLiiwestern Alaska *
Ports. Vessels scheduled as follows:
ADMIRAL EVANS ADMIRAL 1 ARRAt.l T M <HtAI, WATSON ;
May 21st May 7th May 14 th
S, S. WELLESLEY'
EXTRA SERVICE
S. S. A ROM Ml
The company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice. t
Tickets and information to he had at Office, Fowler Building, on
G St., between Fourth and Fifth Sts T. B. WATSON, Agent'.