BREVITIES
The postoffice in new town is
nearing completion. It will be a
ixjomy, comfortable place.
The practice of opening the
Anchorage postoffice one hour on
Sundays has been discontinued.
Henry Dohrmann and associ
will establish a hardware store in
new town. Mr. Dohrmann ar
rived from Knik yesterday to
start things moving.
Eugene Bartholf, one of the
best known mining men of these
parts, arrived this week from the
Broad Pass country. He declared
that the Broad Pass region is all
that is claimed for it a mineral
country of great possibilities.
Murray Holland, who was in
charge of the commissary during
construction days on the old Alas
ka Central line, was in town this
week. He is now connected with
the Herbert fishing interests at
Seldovia.
Royden D. Chase has tendered
his resignation as postmaster at
Anchorage, as his responsible du
ties with the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission require his un
divided attention. Mr. Chase ac
cepted the position merely as an
accommodation.
William Wooster and Mrs.
Wooster reached here Thursday,
coming the entire distance from
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Certificate of Limited Partnership
Anchorage, Third Division, Territory of
Alaska.
We, the undersigned do hereby cer
tify that we have this day formed a
limited partnership and are partners
transacting business in the Territory of
Alaska at the Town of Anchorage,
under the firm name and style of Ray
nor & Martin.
That the names of the general part
ners are A. F. Raynor and Fred A.
Martin.
That the name of the special partner
is Agnes L. Raynor.
That the residences of the general
partners is in the said Town of Anch
age, Alaska, and the residence of the
special partner is at Seattle, Wash.
That the amount of the capital stock
which the said special partner has con
tributed is Four Thousand Eight Hund
red Dollars.
That the general nature of the busin
ess to be transacted is a general mer
cantile business.
That the said partnership is to com
mence on the 20th day of July, 1915,
and terminate July 20th, 1920.
In witness whereof we have hereunto
set our hands and seals this 15th day of
July, 1915.
A. F. Raynor, residing at
Anchorage, Alaska.
Fred A. Martin, residing
at Anchorage, Alaska.
agnes L. Raynor, resid
ing at Seattle, Wash.,
by A. F. Raynor, her agent and attor
attorney in fact.
United States of America, )
Territory of Alaska, - ss.
Third Division, 1
This is to certify that on this 15th day
of July, 1915, before me, the under
signed, a notary public for the Terri
tory of Alaska, duly commissioned and
sworn as such, personally appeared A.
F. Raynor, Fred A. Martin and Agnes
L. Raynor by her agent and attorney
in fact A. F. Raynor, personally known
to me to be the persons named in and
who executed ana signed the foregoing
certificate of limited partnership and
acknowledged to me that they signed,
sealed and executed the same freely
and voluntarily for the uses and pur
poses therein mentioned.
CARL ALMY,
Notary Public for the Territory of
Alaska, residing at Anchorage,
Alaska. My commission expiress
March 18, 1918.
Bristol bay in a small dory equip
ped with an Evenrude. Due to a
lack of salmon, the canneries are
not doing well this season, says
Wooster.
Candidates for the school board
are: Director, Mrs. M. T. Nor
mile; treasurer, A. Finkelstein;
clerk, A. J. Wendler.
The Anchor Cement and Block
Company has begun the manu
facture of cement blocks for
buildings, chimneys, etc.
The Deep Sea Salmon Compa
ny, operating at Goose bay, Knik
arm, has up to date put up 10,000
cases of salmon. Another good
run of salmon is now on.
Patents have been issued to
the Gold Bullion Mining Compa
ny’s claims and the Independ
ence Mining Company’s claims
in the Willow creek gold district.
Rumors of a gold stampede to
some point in the vicinity of An
chorage are rife, but diligent in
quiry on the part of the Pioneer
man failed to get any accurate
account of the strike.
In the Commissioner’s court,
Karl Schlin was sentenced to
serve three months in the local
bastile for violation of section
1942, and Peter Geros got four
months for assault and battery.
By a score of 29 to 26, the
ladies baseball team of Knik won
over the Anchorage ladies’ team
in a hotly contested game at the
local grounds Saturday evening
last. About everybody in town
attended the event, which was
highly entertaining and exciting
throughout. As five innings were
to have been played, and as the
game was stopped by the umpire
at the end of the fourth because
of darkness, the teams will play
again at Knik when the Seward
nine come over.
The Independent Line is the
name of a new steamship com
pany that has been formed to
enter the Alaska trade. Steam
er Alliance, of the new line, is
now enroute here and is expected
to arrive any day now. Brown &
Hawkins, the big merchants, with
stores at Seward, Knik and An
chorage, are concerned in the
company and will have charge of
the Alaska end of the line. The
big firm will have some 600 tons
of merchandise for the stores at
Knik and Anchorage on the Alli
ance.
O. G. Herning, of the Knik
Trading Company, was in town
Monday and while here purchas
ed a corner lot on H street and
Third avenue. Mr. Herning and
his family are pioneers of this
section of the territory. His son,
Stanley, was born at Seward.
Mr. Herning, aside from estab
lishing a profitable mercantile
business at Knik, was the pioneer
in the matter of installing min
ing machinery for this region. In
the year 1898, he installed on
Willow creek a comprehensive
hydraulic plant and has won from
the alluvial deposits of that
stream a goodly sum of money,
with which to establish himtelf
in business. Mr. Herning is among
the firm believers in the resources
of Alaska, and is a wideawake
man of affairs.
Anchorage
Sash and Door 0\
Dealers in All Kinds of
GLASS
PLATE GLASS MASS GLASS
SHEET GLASS MIRRORS WIRE GLASS
Fifth and K sts. RAY C. LARSON, Mgr.
Northern Drug Company, Inc.
Cordova and Anchorage, Alaska
Drugs, Cbemicafs,
Cigars and Tobaccos,
Confectionery and Stationery,
Talking Machines,
Photo Supplies, Etc.
Broadway, Anchorage
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TI IK ADMIRAL LIXI- ••
Steamers sail from Seattle on tlie 5th, 15th and 25th,
at 5 o’clock p. m.
Steamers sail from Anchorage on or about the 3rd, 13th
and 23rd for Seattle, Tacoma, Seward, Prince William Sound
Ports and Tuneau.
CALIP'ORNIA—Steamers leave Seattle Wednesdays and
Sundays for San Francisco and Southern California ports.
Right reserved to change sailings without notice.
P. J. Ringwood,
Manager.
Chas. S. Black,
Agent
At the opening dance of the |
Montana Pool Room, which is
under the auspices of the local I
baseball team, no general admis
sion will be charged, but gentle- j
men will be taxed 10 cents for j
each dance in which they par
ticipate.
Application has been made to
the secretary of the territory for
a charter for a territorial bank
for Anchorage. Mr. Holmquist,
vice-president of the First Na
tional Bank of Everett, will be
the executive head of the insti
tution. Local directors will be
Geo. W. Palmer of Knik, Capt.
Austen Lathrop, A. Finkelstein
and Carl W. Bolte.
Lost: Bunch of keys. Finder
please return to Inside Inn.
FOR SALE-Corner lot on
Fifth and I street. For lease or
rent choice water front lot. In- j
quire shooting gallery.
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Important meeting Sunday
evening at 8:30 p. m., Aug. 1st,
in big tent opposite tent factory.
F. A. Martin, Secy.
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