Blacksmithing General Repair Work
Horseshoeing a Specialty
BOB SMALL COR. C & SECONDi
PETER BOMPIANI & CO.
General Contractors, Concrete Work a Specialty
Address General Delivery
ADVEftT^SM^S'T
ROLL OF HONOR
Members of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce who
have the interest of the town at heart and are ever ready
and willing- to give their services for the upbuilding of
Anchorage.
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO YOUR SUPPORT.
Get on the roll, so that the membership will include
every resident if the town who is a live wire. In unity
there is strength, and Anchorage is a healthy youngster
and its growth promises to be a rapid one. Get in line,
by joining the Chamber of Commerce. Send your ap
plication to the secretary today. The following- persons
have already done so:
Oscar Anderson .Ship Creek Meat Market.
Sidney Anderson.Cashier. Bank of Anchorage.
M L. Balch.Raich & McDonald, Contractors.
AY. Bjoruson.Merchant Tailor.
Clms. E. Brown .Merchant.
L. P. Byrne.House of Movies.
Coo. Carol ..Carol & Co., Clothiers.
Coo. M. Campbell ....Alaska Realty & Investment Co.
T. D. Corlew.Dry Goods.
Leopold David .Lawyer.
II. C. Dohrmann.Manager, Kuik Hardware Co.
\. E. Fvans.Evans & Frantzon, Decorators.
IT. T. Fowler .Wholesale Grocer.
Roy Fairbanks.Merchant.
L. Ganton .Merchant Tailor.
Chas. E. Herron.Publisher, Anchorage Daily Times
A. S. Koch .-.The Rierside.
Dr. K. A. Kvvig.City Drug Store.
Ray C. Larson .Sash, Doors, Glass.
A. E. Lathrop .Alaska Transfer Company.
S. D. Maxwell .Anchorage Supply Co.—Lumber.
J. \. Moore .Townsite Manager.
AY. T. Normile.North Side Lumber Co.
L. O. Nyberg.Owuer of Nyberg Block.
,T. E. O’Reilly.Construction Superintendent.
Newt. AY Pilger .Merchant.
F. M. Pollev .Merchant.
J. E. Robarts .Billiard and Bowling Parlors.
V. A. Schmitz.Northern Drug Company.
A. A. Shonbeck .General Merchandise.
H. G. Steel .Editor. Anchorage Daily Times.
F. B. Tracy.General Agent Alaska S. S. Co.
James Turner .Anchorage Central Market.
J. L. AYaller.Lawyer.
C. B. AYark.Manufacturers’ Agent.
E. J. AYarner .Alaska Realty & Investment Co.
A. J. AYendler .Merchant.
J. T. AYestr-rmann —Vice-President, Bank of Alaska.
F. P>. AYood.AY*od Undertaking Co.
CHAMBER AND MERCHANTS PLEAD
EOR BETTER TRAILS FOR MINERS
* * ¥•>•*'
Following up the mining story ol
the Cache creek country in yester
day's Daily Times it is appropriate at
this time to let the public know what
has been done in regard to getting
good roads in this section of the
country and the effort that has been
made to interest Colonel Richardson,
chairman of the Alaska road com
mission, in behalf of the miner and
prospector now operating in this dis
trict. The topography of this sec
tion is not peculiar to Cache creek
but the swamps, bogs and numerous
streams are among the common
hardships and obstacles that must
be encountered, especially by the
man who blazes the trail. The “Good
Roads" movement has taken a great
hold in the United States, even in
the old and settled communities,
where the people put up with bad
roads for years waiting for the
movement to be started to better
conditions. Once started it has be
come almost nation wide and the
past ten years has seen more good
substantial roads constructed in the
country than in possibly any 25
years preceding, in some states this
action has had greater impetus than
in others and the people of the com
munities have given their time and
money for the betterment of roads
and drainage.
The advent of the automobile into
commercial life may have been the
needed inspiration but in any event
finnri Hnad«; nrffj>ni7.ntintis
formed and the work performed by
them has been marvelous and today
the states front coast to coast can
boast of roads surpassed by no other
country. Bad roads have been re
placed by good ones, good roads by
pikes, pikes by regular boulevards
and even the corduroy roads of Ar
kansas have been taken up and grav
el-filled, rock-crowned roads substi
tuted.
The Alaska Engineering commis
sion has set an example in road
building in the Matanuska country
that is worthy of emulation. Th«
highway and byway department ol
this territry have nothing to sur
pass their example and in very few
sections can equal it. The people ol
this territory are not asking foi
macadamized roads nor boulevards
but they do want better roads; the
miner and prospector of the Cache
creek district, while they naturally
want good roads, are plaintively only
asking for a trail and the manner ol
their supplication is pitiful and
should be heeded.
If this section of our great terri
tory were isolated or if the cry came
for individual gain or if the road had
no ulterior motive to accomplish il
would be different. The section is
accessible; there are many of the
best class of people in the country in
terested and their interests are vital;
the production of the placer gold is
the motive.
Individuals and companies can on
ly do so much and this has been done
by the Cache creek community. To
day they are asking for a slashed
trail so it will allow them to get
their provisions and summer’s sup
plies into the place of their opera
tions. They have given their time;
they have spent their money; they
have used their influence and now
they are asking for the help and co
operation of the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce and the business men
of Anchorage and as usual with An
chorage business men and following
their plan of assistance of every wor
thy movement the chamber of com
merce they have taken the matter uf
with Colonel Richardson, the Alas
ka Bureau and prominent individu
als in behalf of the Cache creek trail
and it may be that some immediate
action will be taken to alleviate the
present inexcusable condition of the
roads in the Cache creek district.
J. C. Murray, of the Cache creek
Dredging company, has recently
made the trip to Cache creek and
return and as a representative of the
operators and prospectors of that
section has asked the aid of Anchor
age. Mr. Murray has been largely
responsible for the road work that
has been done and the company he
is with has spent $15,000 for roads
and trails in that section; and the
road from McDougal to the Kahletna
river bridge, put in by the territory,
is in fair shape. The Cache Creek
Dredging company has grubbed 28
miles of trail 16 feet wide and put
in seven bridges in the distance. ■
These people are only asking that a
trail be brushed out from the Kah
litna river bridge to Cache creek
along the Peters hill, a distance of
about 30 miles. This is the key to
the Cache creek district where there
are numerous outfits working at
present and what would be the scene
of a hundred more prospectors if
they could be certain of a summer's ; i
supply of provisions, who in the past j
have been forced to leave their work
from the simple fact that they did I
not have the necessary grub to last
through the season.
For the Cache Creek Dredging I
company Mr. Murray sent the fol- !
lowing telegram to Colonel Richard
son at Seattle:
“Have installed dredge on Cache :
frppk ami nt thp nrp^pnt timp nrp
trying to pack groceries and repairs
; through the brush and timber to
Cache creek from the Kahlltna
i bridge and we beg of you to send en
gineer and men to brush out trail
from the bridge to Cache creek along
Peter's Hill.”
This wire was followed up by one
from the Anchorage Chamber of
Commerce endorsing the request and
urging immediate action. Milo Kel
ly, the well known authority on min.
ing and a former territorial repre
sentative also wired Colonel Rich
ardson saying that relief was impera
tive. A. A. Schonbeck and other
representative business men wired
influential men of their acquaintance
in behalf of the movement. The
chamber of commerce in their com
munication to the Alaska bureau ear
nestly solicited their active efforts in
behalf of the project and Chas. E.
Herron, publisher of the Daily Times
wired Colonel Richardson the fol
lowing:
“The miners of Cash creek will
lose their season’s work unless you
can give them immediate relief by
ordering your foreman and engineer
to slash a trail from Kahlitna bridge
in to Cache creek. They have sent a
delegation to Anchorage for help. |
I Unless they can get quick action all j
operations in that district will have
to close down. One hundred and
fifty miners in district awaiting your
decision.”
A REWARD
Of one $15.00 meerschaum pipe |
for high score on Robarts’ Bowling
alleys for month starting June 19th.
Postofflce opposite. 6-16tf
Read the City Express Bulletin
for boat news. b-i4-6t
CLOSING OCT BEFORE JCI,Y 1st.
Any hat in the store for $3.00.
Children's and Misses’ hats. $1.00
and $2.00. Mrs. Conrad P. Lem.
6-15tf.
Balch & McDonald
General Contractors
FRAME CONSTRUCTION CONCRETE WORK
EXCAVATION GRADING
HOUSE MOVING
4th Ave. Bet D and E Anchorage
CARL W. BOLTE
Hardware
Glass Ware and China
Ware
Plumbing anti Pipe Fittings of all Descriptions. FOURTH AVENUE
V. A. SCHMITZ
OPTICIAN
OFFICE
Northern Drug Company. Empress
Block. Corner H and Fourth.
Roams 81.00 per Day and lip
Hotel Crist
CEO. CRIST, PROP.
Newly furnished and up-to
date. Ratos by the week.
“Headquarters for Mining
Men."
Fourth Avenue and K Street.
Central Barber Shop
and BATHS
Now Open for Business. Next
door to Polley Bros-’ Store.
THE CRESCENT
F. W. REDWOOD & CO., Proprs.
Clean Private Rooms. Comfort
able Beds. Moderate Rates.
Bathroom in Connection.
Dor. Fourth and C. Anchorage
$1 PER DAY
Corner 4th Ave. and C
MRS. QUINN. Prop.
When at Matanuska Eat at tliei
PLACE CAFE
Mrs. Hatton, Prop.
J. M. CORNELIUS
Watches j* Jewelry
Eye Glasses Fitted, Watch Repair
ing, Jewelry Made to Order.
High-class. Prices Reasonable.
Fourth and H St.
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LENNON'S
Bakery and Coffee Housk
Bread, Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Etc.
——a Specialty
Fourth avenue west.
Sanitary Market
The only cold storage plant in con
nection with market In Anchoradb.
nome-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables, Mutter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Mestaurants and roadhouses,
special attention.
1th Ave.. Bet. H and I Sts.
£ £ KURTZ & CO.
The Sydney Laurence Company
Commercial and Pictorial Photography "
Post Cards and Local Views
Kodak Developing and Printing
Town Center
Carrol Building, Fourth Avenue
Phil, The Barber /
O. K. Math House and Bafer
Shop.
Fourth, Between D and E.
Phil J. Eekert, Proprietor.
BILLIARD s- SOLO
PARLORS >
Soft Drinks, Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobaccos
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