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LUMBER
ANCHORAGE SUPPLY CO.
First and C
G. W. PALMER
r KMK, ALASKA
Some of Our Specialties:
Wellman Canned Goods ^
Tip Top Eggs
Red Clover Butter
Sperry’s Flour
Marshfield Cheese \x
Also a Full Line of {
HARDWARE. STOVES, HAY
AND FEED
No Better Goods Can be
Bought at Any Price
NEW
Sanitary Market
Fresh Beef, Fork and Mutton
Home-Made Sausage
Made Every I lay
Fruits and Vegetables
Ail Kinds
One Block West of Postoillce
E. C. KURTZ & CO.
Matanuska Hardware Co.
Fourth Avo.. Near II St.
COOKING UTENSILS
STOVES, RANGES,
SHIF CHANDLERV
RIFLES, GUNS, AMMUNITION
Everything in Hardware
THOH. 8. HARRY,
Manager
Union Transfer Co.
ROBERT SPECK
Manager
I will do a General Transfer
Business.
Bjornson & Ganton
TAILORS
You are cordially Invited to
come in and Inspect our new
line of spring samples. The
most superb collection 01
woollens.
CORRECT STYLES
WORKMANSHIP OUARAN
TEED
PRICES RIGHT
Corner Fourth and I
CART-. W. BOLTE
HARDWA R E
Cooking Utensils
Camp Outfits
Building Material
Guns, Ammunition
Glassware, Etc.
PRICES REASONABLE
Anchorage, - • Alaska
The Sydney Laurence Company
Commercial and Pictorial Photography
Post Cards and Local Viewa
Kodak Developing and Printing
Town Center
Carrot Building, Fourth Avenue
Cook Inlet Pioneer
Published by
Cook Inlet Publishing Co.
Anchorage. Alaska
Entered at the Anchorage posl
offlce June 6, 1916, as second class
matter, under the act of March 3,
1873
subscription rates
One dollar per month. Ten dollars
per year, In advance,
Thursday, May 11
ALASKA NEWS
FROM ALL PARTS
The Poorman district, near Ruby,
is repurted to be showing up well.
.Cook & Co. have six feet of dirt on
tne dump that will average 75 cents
to th epan. Kickbush & Davis arc
working on ground that will go $5
to the foot. Good pay has also been
found on Spruce creek.
Lieutenant Dohr and a crew of
'seven men have commenced the sea
son’s work on the lighthouse and fog
signal at Cape St. Ellas. Thirty-five
thousand dollars of the $125,000 ap
propriation for the work has been
expended, and the light is expected
to be in working order this fall.
Judge'Charles E. Bunnell has re
ceived a letter from Eagle contain
fng the dying statement of the In
dian who was shot during February
in that vicinity. The statement
completely exonerates the Indian
who unintentionally did the shoot
ing, the man who was shot having
been mistaken for a moose.
John Lasko, a well known interio;
Alaskan miner, says that Innoko will
be a busy little camp next summer
and will substantially aid in bringing
up the placer gold yield of Alask:
for the year. Two large scraper*
will be operated next year, one by
the Kuskokwim Commercial Com
pany and the other by A1 Poormeis
ter. Their ground has been thor
oughly prospected, and there is bul
little doubt that they will make a
good showing with the outfits.
Fred Zeimer and Magnus Meising
seth, who have been operating on the
Niggerbay fraction on Cleary creek,
have been driven out by water. They
had a shaft down 96 feet, and were
in the pay when the water broke in
Sailors from the cutter Manning
and civilians and the police of Ju
neau had a row one night last week.
The sailors did considerable damage,
but were finally arrested. Two were
fin d |100 each and three $15 each.
The securing of wood for the
miners at Cleary and Chatanika is
proving a serious proposition. The
trai’s are breaking up, and the short,
age of horse feed in that section pre.
vents the employment of much of
the stock there.
— The American-Yukon Navigation
Company hag announced a reduction
of local freight rates for the coming
summer. The new rates are desig
nated "Local Development Rate,"
and cover home-brewed beer and
local potatoes and vegetables.
John Mitchell, of Chatanika, who
was recently sentenced by the com
missioner to eighty days in jail for
'kssault and contempt of court, re
sisted attempts to place him in jail,
and before he was secured he had
'bitten three men. He is believed to
be insane.
Julius Miller, who was sentenced
recently to two years’ imprisonment
for assault with a dangerous weapon,
was given an additional sentence of
two years after being convicted ot
the crime of burglary.
The Jury in the case of the United
States vs. Edward Krause at Juneau,
charged with impersonating an offi
cer, returned a verdict of guilty.
There are seven more indictments
pending against the prisoner.
The management of the White
Pass & Yukon Route, which operates
the American-Yukon Navigation Co.
fleet of steamers on the Yukon, has
announced that It will increase the
fleet to sixty-five vessels in the event
event the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission commences construction
work on the Fairbanks end of the
line this summer.
Fine corner lot, East C and Fifth.
|325. See owner, A. E. Reed, corner
of Sixth and K street.
The secret of success is service—
Robarts.
List your property with the An
chorage Realty Co.
WANTED
Molybdenite, tungsten and anti
mony ores, also big low-grade gold
properties. Address full particulars
to Ralph Reed, corner Sixth and A,
Anchorage, between 2 and 5.
For Sale—Team of mules, wagon, j
sled, pack and riding saddles, pool
table, bar and fixtures. Kobert Mor.
rison, Hope, Alaska. 8-1 w
Pipe, fittings, water connections
and plumbing supplies, nt Knik
Hardware Company’s, Third and H.
For' Sale—100 feet frontage on
Third, near II street. Beautiful hotel
site. Inquire Brown & Hawkins.
LOTS FOB SALE.
Seventh and Eighth avenues. Also
view lots. Prices reasonable. See
owner at store, Seventh avenue and
F street.
After you x.avo “seen” them all—
SEE WARNER,
Corner Fourth Ave. and F St.
We clean clothes at The Model.
Boys' Union Suits—One-third off.
Fairbanks Clothing Store.
Keith’s Dried Eggs at. Brown A
Hawkins’. "Quality First.”
Wanted—Dinner waitress. Mer
chants Cafe.
Wanted—Lady to take care of
four sleeping rooms. Merchants Cafe.
NEW BOWLING ALLEY EQUIP
MENT ARRIVED.
The Robarts Alleys are in perfect
shape.
Dishwasher at Merchants Cafe.
Be with the boys. Meet at Ro
barts'.
Just received, a full line of photo |
goods, and more on the way. North
ern Drug Co., Fourth and H, the
Empress building.
INSURE NOW
In Reliable Company
and Protect Your Family
in the
EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY
Of the United States
A. FRODENBERG,
District Agent, at The News
Stand, 4th Ave., Bet. G and II
P. O. Sundberg
GROCERIES
Lodging and Baths
On C St., Bet. 4th and 5th.
Anchorage
Transfer
W. E. Lee, Manager
General Transfer Business
AGENTS FOR
Bluff Point Coal
CITY BAKERY
Fifth ami I) Sts.
Wsbeg to announce that we
have opened a bakery, and are
prepared to supply the trade
witl) first-class goods. We have
an extended experience. We de
liver to restaurants and gro
ceries. Give us a trial.
RASO & CO.
National Cash Registers
Adding Machines
Remington Typewriters
Morris & Hail's Safes
Money Weight Seales
Meat Sheet's and Cheese Cut
ters
Butchers’ Supplies
Rubber Stamps of all kinds
Show Cases ami
Singer Sewing Machines
From
C. B. WARK
Manufacturers’ Agent
and
Commission Merchant
Olympus Bar
A. F. Davis, Propr.
Liquors and Cigars
Draught and Bottled Beer
KNIK.
ALASKA
Buy Your
Meats Direct
From
Carstens Fackini
Company
You will save the small dealer’s profit. We sell close
Seattle prices, plus freight and expense.
MARKET, FOURTH ST,. NEAR C.
Wholesale and retail. Special prices to i estaurants, boa;
ing houses, boats, camps, etc.
|One of the Largest Concern
on the Pacific Coast
J. J. HALES,
Manager Anchorage Branch.
■* 3P® A.* 3P@ *
Charter Open Soon
Loya1 Order
MOOSE
WATCH THIS SrACE
F. A. MARTIN
lUKTRICT ISEI'l'TY DIRECTOR
Knik Hardware Compan
TOO L S
Miscellaneous and Builders'
HARDWARE
SASH DOORS, FRAMES, ROOFING AND BUILDING PAPB
House Furnishing Goods
Cutlery, Earthen and Enamel Ware
Launch and Painter’s HENRY DQHllMlljNh
Supplies a Specialty Manager
THIRD AVE. AND H ST., ANCHORAGE
ALASKA POOL ROOM
FOURTH AVE., NEAR I> ST.
CKi.Aits. toraccos, < whirs,
SOI T DRINKS, FRl ITS,
CONCORD ORAI‘EJUICE .
MUSIC JOSEPH SCHMITBAUER
- PROPRIETOR
FOR SALE!
The Crescent Hotel, on the corner j
ot Fourth and C streets, Anchorage, !
Also, 24 feet on the east side of the
hotel. See the owners, F. W. Red- '
wood & Co.
'LT^NNON'S
Bakery and Coffee Housi
Bread, Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Etc
--a Specialty.
Fourth avenue west.