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T H U R SDAY
V. E. Hansell arrived yesterday on
the uain from Seward. Mr. Hansell
is .. resident of Valdez and while in
town is a guest of the Hotel Anchor
age.
Minnis came down from Houston
and is registered at the Wilson house.
V . Minnis has been employed at the
vt.ul mines near Houston for the past
two months.
1. A. Howl ess arrived in Anchorage
vote relay from Sheep creek and is
.-t.: ng at the White house. Mr. Pow
1 s- came down on business and ex
p< •:> to return on next Tuesday’s
train.
Eric Sippola. an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
- in on yesterday’s train from his
employment on Turnagain Arm and
while in town is staying at the Wilson
house.
Enid Kingas arrived n Anchorage
on .he train yesterday and is staying
at the Wilson house. Mr. Kingas is
an employe of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and is located on the
T ■ "".again Arm division of the gov
ernment railroad.
1 ■. Rice who has been living <m his
h ■ m.'tead about a mile south of An
chorage moved into town yesterday
: r. ‘ will make his home in Anchorage
to: :he summer. Mr. and Mrs. Rice
h. ;v- two sons in France as members
i : e American expeditionary forces
un ■_■>• General J. J. I'ershing and a
, member of the family expects to
he - nt tu the war zone the early part
; : re summer.
A. L. Adair came down from Tal
. via on yesterday’s train and is a
g e-t of the Crist house. Mr. Adair
been working on a contract to
:-h ties for the Alaskan Enginoev
commission for us-* on the gov
.-nt road. lie established several
.reps along the right-of-way of
• : ail road bevw.-en Sheep creek ard
: -a etna and has been engaged on
t.. ontract since early last fall. The
cor tract i.- now complete with the tx
< ! m of liauiing a few thousand o*'
t' ! os from the woods.
Clinton Davis who for the past
t • yea's has been employ-<1 |>\ i]; >
A kan Engineering commission as a
b> c > inspector, left this morning with
A. urcson, game warden for tiie An
' . ago disti'ict, for Talkeetna where
.( ;il outlit for a prospecting trip
: t the lulls in the Cache creek coun
t . As soon as they have established
a a-emanent camp in the Cache creek
<.ist> .c-t Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Erickson
v ' join them and -will remain there
fo; t ie rest of the summer. Mrs. Davis
v.i be a guest of the Hotel Parsons
i. a- her departure for Talkeetna
so -• time the latter part of next
' 11ii<■ I Henderson, who has been
sp \ding the winter in Anchorage,
w . eave next Tuesday for Talkeet
na ■ here he will assemble an outfit
me, uatory to going into the Broad
country for a six months’ pros
ii.yr trip. Mr. Henderson was in
th - section of the country last sum
na and is a firm believer in its re
- cos, being of the opinion that the
c< : t ruction of the government rail
r> will mean immediate develop
er r,*_ to the properties already opened
ae a thorough prospecting of the
entire district between the Broad
IT. -■ and Indian river.
F R I I) A Y
'•V. J. Anderson arrived in Anchor
ag. from his headquarters at Eska
creek and is registered at the Crist
house.
John Worth, a resident of Seward,
who has been staying at the Anchor
age hotel checked out this morning
an: returned to his home.
John Chamberlain, a resident of
Matanuska who has been visiting in
Anchorage for the past week returned
to his home on the morning train.
A. N. Munson who has been regis
tered at the Crescent hotel left this
morning for Chickaloon where he is
employed by the Chickaloon coal com
pany.
fi. L. Walby, a well known rancher
in the Matanuska valley arrived in
Anchorage on yesterday’s train and
while in town is staying at the Cres
cent hotel.
i Thomas Stamoulis employed *
Camp 30 on the Matanuska branch c
the government railroad arrived ye:
terday and is registered at the Hob
I Anchorage.
: Charles Fraser from Matanuska is
recent arrival at the Crescent hot
and will enter the government hospit;
tomorrow where a minor operatic
will he performed by Dr. John 1
i Ileeson.
A. 1>. Lee, an employe of the Chicl
aloon Coal company located at Chick:
loon who has been a guest of the Cre
cent hotel for the past week returne
on this morning's train to his emplo;
1 meat at the mines.
Willis Taylor who has been makin
his home at the Hotel Parsons f«
several days returned to his heac
quarters at Falls creek on the Tun
again Arm division of the governmer
railroad where he is employed by tli
Alaskan Engineering commission.
F. M. Daniels an employe of tli
Alaskan Engineering commission wit
headquarters at Camp 36 above Mai
anuska who has been a guest of th
Hotel Anchorage for several days n
i turned to his work on the mornin
train.
Karl Sinclair, an employe of th
Alaskan Engineering commission wit
headquarters at Chickaloon who a:
rived in Anchorage yesterday on bus
n< s connected with his employment a
the mines returned on the train thi
morning.
Information concerning Ole Hed
land who resided in Anchorage durin
th? months of June and July, 191<
is wanted by O. H. Tangen, 2322 Lon
aveiiue, St. Paul, Minn., according t
a !e t» r received this week by Posl
taaster McPhee.
P. W. McCarthy, known as “Po
I! de Pete,” who has one of the be.'
ranchos in the Matanuska valley cam
down yesterday on business connect
a uh the planting of his spring cro
and returned on the morning trail
While in town Mi-. McCarthy was
gin-.-1 of the Hotel Anchorage.
H orace Harrington, a prospi etc
from, the Broad Pass country who ha
dees, .- pending the winter in the statt
visiting relatives arrived in Anehoi
1 age last Wednesday and left tlii
morning for Talkeetna. After spent
irg a few days in Talkeetna Mr. Hai
. ington will assemble an outfit an
spend tin- summer prospecting i
Members of the Chamber of Con
nonce who are to be entertained a
:i dinner and a motion picture sho1
next Thursday evening by the losin
members of the chamber of comrnerc
team in the recent membership driv
must notify Danilo \'ucetich of th
Lark rd’ Anchorage of their intentio
of attending the dinner and show o
or before noon of March lb.
Having located a cannery site tie;
Oil Hay on the west shore of Coo
Inlet opposite Seldovia a party (
three pulled a sled loaded with pr<
vi. ions from the place of location t
Knik following the shore line the ei
tire distance, according to J. YY. Yfall
er one of the party who arrived in At
chorage yesterday. Elmer E. Hemric
and \V. M. Short arc the other men
hers of the party. They spent the e;
tire winter on Iniskin Oii and Dr
bays in an effort to locate a desivab;
cannery site. Mr. Walker has bee
located during the past twelve yeai
oil Lake Clarke where he has been er
gaged in prospecting in the Mulelatn
country and reports that there are
number of prospectors now in tli
country. diaries O’Neil the we
known mining man is working on h
copper porperty a few miles froi
Kamishak bay.
SATURDAY
Deputy United States Marshal Hat
ry lvavanaugh, who has been in Sev
ard on official business connected wit
the Anchorage office returned on ye;
terday’s train.
Edward Johnson, a mining ma
who has been in Seattle for the wit
i ter, arrived in Anchorage yesterda
j from Seward and will leave Monda
over the trail for Iditarod where h
will engage in mining for the suit
mer. Mr. Johnson is a guest of th
YY’hite house.
Max Rigler, a mining man, arrive
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from the states yesterday and is reg
oLered at the White house. Mr. Itig
r has spent the winter in Seattle on
business connected with his mining
interests located at Ruby. He will
leave over the trail Monday morning
for Ruby.
H. S. Little, accompanied by Mrs.
Little, arrived yesterday from Oro
ville, California, and is registered at
the White house. Mr. Little will as
sume active charge of the dredges op
erated by the Guggenheims at Idita
rod and will leave Anchorage for his
work on Monday’s train.
C. Nelson arrived on yesterday’s
train from Seward and is a guest of
the White house. Mr. Nelson has
been in Seattle on business for the
past three months and is now on his
| way to his headquarters at Iditarod
j where he will engage in the mining
j game for the summer,
j T. A. Samuelson arrived at the
! White house yesterday from Seward
| and the outside where he has been
| visiting during the past winter. Mr.
j Samuelson is a mining man from
J Iditarod and is on his way there now.
He will leave over the trail next Mon
day.
Verner Benson, who formerly made
his home in Seward, but who has been
living hole during the past winter as
I a guest of the Crist house, left yes
j ten lay for the interior and will be lo
: rated for the summer at Iditarod,
; where he is interested in some mining
i property.
! Elks lodge No. 1351 will be insti
i tuted at Anchorage the latter part of
| this month by District Deputy George
i F. Forrest of Juneau, who will prob
| ably leave Juneau for Anchorage on
I the steamer Alaska, which is due to
arrive in Seward March 23, accord
ing to a telegram received from Mr.
Forrest by Samuel McDonald, secre
tary of the Elks’ club. The Elks’
charter list which was sent to Ju
i neau some time ago has been approv
'd by District Deputy Forrest and
immediately upon his arrival here
. will institute the new lodge.
The thirty-first regiment of engi
i neers which has been in the course of
I organization during the past three
months by Col. Frederick Mears, is
now fully recruited with the exception
of a few enlistments for laborers, ac
cording to word received today by E.
T. Lindner, chief clerk of the land
and industrial department of the
Alaskan Engineering commission. The
regiment is now in training at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, and it is ex
pected that it will he sent to the Eur
opean war zone in the early summer.
• Many employes of various depart
j meats of the Alaskan Engineering
commission are members of this reg
n
Thomas Gage, president of the
Cache Creek Gold Mines company,
returned yesterday from Knik river,
where lie has been engaged for the
n past two months in getting out ties
for use of the Alaskan Engineering
r i commission on the government rail
k j road. Mr. Gage is undecided as to
'f i whether or not he will visit the Cache
i-! creek country this summer. •
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i S U N D A Y
A. F. Hoffman, deputy United
States marshal with headquarters at
j, Matanuska, arrived in Anchorage on
the train yesterday and while in town
i_ is staying at the Crescent hotel.
, James Burke a mining man who has
ejbeen spending the winter in Seattle
n j arrived in Anchorage yesterday and is
■s' a guest of the White house. Mr. Burke
!„! is interested in some mining ground
a j in Iditarod and will leave over the
| trail tomorrow.
e | John Lofstrom who with Eser Wik
jj! holm the Anchorage architect has
s | been developing a coal mine near
n Houston on the main line of the gov
ernment railroad arrived on yester
day’s train and expects to remain in
town for several days.
John Wadman is a recent arrival at
•_ the White house arriving last week
h from Seward. Mr. Wadman will leave
tomorrow morning for Iditarod and
will take in with him one passenger
n for Iditarod. He will remain in the in
i- terior for the summer,
y L. T. Vig who arrived in Anchor
y age from the interior about two
e months ago and who has been visiting
l- in Seward for several days returned
e on Friday’s train and is a guest of
the White house. Mr. Vig will remain
d in Anchorage for the rest of the
winter.
Denis Callahan, a mining man from
the interior, arrived in Anchorage yes
terday and will leave tomororw for
Iditarod where he will spend the sum
mer working on some mining property
in which he is interested. Mr. Calla
han has been in the states during the
past winter.
Sumner S. Smith, superintendent ol
the government coal mines which are
j operated by the Alaskan Engineering
I commission at Eska creek and Chicka
loon came down from the mines or
| yesterday’s train and is registered at
the Crescent hotel. Accompanying Mr
| Smith is Mrs. Smith and their young
! son. They will return to their head
• quarters on Monday's train.
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| At a meeting of the Alaska Laboi
; union held last night in the labor tem
ple it was decided to retain control ol
! the auditorium floor and not permit
the promoters of the skating rink
which was advertised to open today tc
j operate the rink. It is not known what
; action the promoters of the rink will
1 take.
M O N D A Y
J. M. Kakin, a rancher from Mat
aruska, who has been registered at
the Wilson house, returned to his
ranch on the morning train.
C. Nelson, a guest of the White
house, who arrived in Anchorage last
week from Seattle, left this morning
for the interior, where he will devote
the summer to mining.
I’. G. Crowe, who arrived in An
chorage last week from his ranch in
the Matanuska valley and who was a
guest of the Wilson house, returned
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to his home this morning.
James Burke left this morning over
the trail for Iditarod, where he will
spend the summer engaged in mining.
Mr. Burke arrived in Anchorage last
week from Seattle and registered at
the White house.
S. S. Whitaker, who came down
last week on business in connection
with his ranch located in the Matanus
ka valley, left this morning on the
train. While in Anchorage Mr. Whit
aker was a guest of the Wilson house.
John Moriarty, who has been mak
ing his home at Seward during the
post winter, left this morning for
Flat, where he is intersted in some
mining claims. Mr. Moriarty has
been a guest of the Crist house since
last week.
'i hos. Williams came down Satin'
day evning from the coal mines at
Kska creek where he has been em
ployed during the winter and will
leave on the first boat for the states.
Mr. Williams is registered at the Ho
tel raisons.
George VV. Adams, the owner of a
road house at Mile 40, on the Seward
end of the government railroad, who
1 has been in Anchorage for several
(lays as a guest of the Crescent ho
! tel, returned to his business on this
I morning’s train.
Arthur B. Magnusson, who for the
; past year has been associated with
| Benjamin Nichols the jeweler, and
i who will leave on Wednesday’s train
for Fort McDowell, California, to join
the United States army, is registerd
at the Hotel Parsons.
L. Bergstrom, who arrived in An
chorage last week from the states,
where he spent the winter on business
connected with his mining interests at
Iditarod, left this morning for his
properties. Mr. Bergstrom has been
a guest of the White house.
A. N. Larson, who has been a guest
of the Crist house, and who arrived
in Anchorage last wek from Seat
tle, left on the morning train on his
way into the Iditarod country. Mr.
Larson is intersted in several mining
claims near Iditarod and will spend
the summer in development work.
Sumner S. Smith, the superintend
ent of the government coal mines
which are operated by the Alaskan
Engineering commission at Eska
creek and Chickaloon who arrived in
Anchorage Saturday on business in
connection with the operation of the
mines, returned this morning to his
headquarters at Eska creek.
F. LeRoi Thurmond, the mining en
gineer, who conducts the Anchorage
Assay office, will leave tomorrow for
the Broad Pass country, where he
will examine and report on mining
ground in which New York capitalists
are interested. Mr. Thurmond ex
pects to be gone from Anchorage
about a month and in his absence the
assay office will be in charge of j
Frederick Spengler.
T. A. Samuelson left this morning
on his way to Iditarod where he is j
j interested in some mining ground, i
j Mr. Samuelson arrived last week from j
I Seattle and has been registered at
! the White house.
TUESDAY
Otto Hoil who has been working on j
! a rock contract on Turnagain Arm
| came in on yesterday’s train and is ai
I guest of the Crist house.
Benjamin Malmberg came in yes
| terday from his employment on Turn
! again Arm and while in town is a
guest of the Crist house.
I Frank Meredith who has been
spending the past winter in Seattle i
| arrived in Anchorage yesterday on the!
train from Seward and is a guest of
the White house.
W. Todd who is an employe of the!
Alaskan Engineering commission at
: Camp 86 on Turnagain Arm arrived
j on yesterday’s train and is registered 1
; at the Hotel Anchorage.
Robert White, son of Mrs. Martha
White of the White house returned
yesterday from a two months’ visit to
Seward. Mr. White will make his'
home at the White house.
J. F. Krause an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission and
one of the boys who will leave o.n to-;
morrow’s train for the states is n
guest of the Hotel Anchorage.
Michael Trimberger a guest of the
Crist house left this morning over the
trail through the Broad Pass and will
spend ihe summer prospecting in the
country at the head of the Jack river.
E. A. Klatt who is employed by the
Alaskan Engineering commission on
the Turnagain Arm division of the
government railroad is a* recent ar
rival in Anchorage and while in town;
is staying at the Hotel Crist.
Frank Daniels who has been at
work on a contract on Turnagain Arm
secured last fall from the Alaskan En-i
gineeving commission came in from
his work on yesterday’s train and is a
guest of the Hotel Anchorage.
J. S. Baldwin, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission and
located on the Turnagain Arm division
of the government rail load at Camp
!>1 came in on the train yesterday and
;s registered at the Hotel Crescent.
H. L. Walby the well known rancher
in the Matanuska valley who has been
in Anchorage for several days on busi
ness returned on this morning’s train
to his farm. Mr. Walby has been stay
ing at the Crescent hotel while in
A. F. Hoffman, deputy United
States marshal with headquarters at
Matanuska left yesterday for Seward
on official business in connection with
the department of justice. Mr. Hoff
man expects to return to Anchorage
during the week.
Daniel Leech, superintendent of
construction on the Turnagain Arm
division of the railroad for the Alas
kan Engineering commission arrived
in Anchorage yesterday on business
connected with his division and while
in town is a guest of the Crescent
hotel.
Edwin L. Werner, former timekeep
er for the Alaskan Engineering com
i mission on the local docks is now in
training at the cantonment at San
Diego, California, as a member of a ,
naval avaiation corps, according to
word received from him this week by !
Anchorage friends. Mr. Werner who
is well known here among the commis
! sion's employes left Anchorage during
the early part of January.
A. L. Adair the tie contractor who
I for the past eight months has been en
gaged on a contract with the Alaskan
! Engineering commission to furnish
railroad ties to the commission and
who has been in Anchorage for a week
on business in connection with his con- (
| tract, returned on this morning’s train >
: on his way to Talkeetna. Mr. Adair j
| has had three tie camps running at
j various sites along the government |
I railroad l ight of way during the past
I winter between Montana creek and j
Dead Horse hill.
W. A. Vinal who with Mrs. Vinal
has been in Anchorage for the past:
two months as guests of the Hotel
Anchorage left on the morning train
for Wasilla on their way to their home
at Ophir. Mr. Vinal has been acting
as United States commissioner 'at
Ophir for the past ten years and only
recently resigned in order to devote
more time to his varied mining inter
ests in the Ophir district. Their visit
to Anchorage was for the purpose of
affording medical treatment to Mrs.
Vinal. Both the judge and Mrs. Vinal
were favorably impresed with Anchor
age and expect to return this summer.
Attorney Arthur Frame has been
appointed as a member of the legal
advisory board for the Third judicial
division by Governor J. F. A. Strong.
The position is an honorary one and
without remuneration. The principal
duties incident to the appointment is
the giving advice to registrants who
are required to fill out questionnaires.
It is expected that the questionnaires
will be sent out from the local office
of the exemption board the latter
part of this week or the first of next.
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WEDNESDAY
Ford Wooley arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from his home at Palmer
and is registered at the Anchorage
hotel.
R. G. Doherty came down from his
headquarters at Moose creek for a
brief visit and while in town is stay
ing at the Hotel Anchorage.
Frank Daniels with headquarters at
Camp 88 on Turnagain Arm checked
out from the Hotel Anchorage this
morning and returned on the train to
his employment.
J. S. Baldwin, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission with
headquarters on Turnagain Arm,
checked out from the Crescent hotel
this morning and returned to his du
ties.
Daniel Leech, superintendent of
construction on the Turnagain Arm
division of the government railroad,
who has been in Anchorage several
cays on official business, returned on
ike morning train to his headquar
ters at Camp 91.
John Cavanaugh, who has been at
work on a tie contract which he se
cured from the Alaskan Engineering
commission, arrived in Anchorage
from his headquarters at Knik river
on yesterday’s train, and is a guest
of the White house.
Jack Sutherland, secretary of the
Alaska labor union, and Jack Robarts,
were among those that left on the
train this morning for the end of steel
accompanying the sixty-one young
men who left for the war. They re
turned this afternoon.
A. McComber arrived yesterday
from Tyone river and is registered at
the White house. Mr. McComber has
been located in the Tyone river coun
try for the past year where he has
been prospecting in the hills. He will
visit in Anchorage for several days.
\V. Todd an employe of the Alaskan
Engineering commission who is sta
tioned at Camp SO on the Turnagain
Arm division of tire government rail
road and who has been a guest of the
Anchoavge hotel for several days re
turned on this morning’s train to his
work.
J. F. Ivelsay, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission is a
guest of the Hotel Anchorage. Mr.
Kelsay is empjpyed by the commission
at Camp 86 on the Turnagain Arm
division of the government railroad
and expects to be in town for several
days.
Edward Johnson, a well known min
ing man from the interior of Alaska,
left over the trail this morning for
Ruby where he will spend the summer
at work on mining ground in which he
is interested there. Mr. Johnson who
has been visiting in Seattle during the
past winter, arrived in Anchorage last
week.
Charles Peters, the merchant prince
of Chickaloon, came down from his
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home at Chickaloon on yesterday’s
train for the purpose of seeing the
young men who volunteered their
services to the army and navy leave
on the train. Mr. Peters is making
his home at the New Union hotel
while in Anchorage.
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H. W. NAGLEY
General Merchandise
’ Susitna
Branch Stores at
McDougall - - . Talkeetna
Dealer in Raw Furs, Snowshoes,
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