FRIDAY
Jas. P. Momb, connected with the
Alaskan Engineering commission at
Nenana is at the Hotel Anchorage on
his way to Seward.
J. F. Davidson, traveling passenger
and freight agent for the Alaska
Steamship company is in town on busi
ness connected with his company and
is at the Hotel Anchorage.
R. Kitzmiller, of Seattle, arrived on
the Mariposa, accompanied by his
father and mother. Mr. Kitzmiller will
be with the Anchorage Drug Co. as
prescription clerk.
A. \Y. Peck and wife arrived from
Matanuska on Wednesday. Mrs. Peck
left on the Crook for the states and
Mr. Peck will return to Matanuska
for the winter where he is employed
by the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion.
E. T. Casey, the pioneer real estate
man of Anchorage, who left a few
weeks ago, writes to Felix Brown
from Casper, Wyoming. “This Casper
is some place,” says Mr. Casey, “and
you would tit in here and enjoy every
moment of it, and in fact, it seems to
be leading the old life over again—has
all the ear-marks of the early days.
1 have opened up here and the pros
pects are good, but you know we have
jived so many years on prospects, that
it is about time that we get next to
the ham and eggs.”
. i SATl’RDA Y
Arthur Long, of Camp 180, is at the
Parsons.
Mrs. Sol Freyd at Tacoma early this
month became the mother of a six
pound son.
L. J. Reed, of Willow Creek, and
W. A. Ford, of Knik, are registered at
the White House.
J. D. Meachan, an engineer for the
Alaskan Engineering Commission is
at the Crist hotel.
Dr. H. W. Stoughton, physician in
charge of the Matanuska district is
staying at the Crescent.
William Peltier, storekeeper for the
Alaskan Engineering commission at
Totter Creek is at the Crescent.
C. R. Breck, jr., engineer for Mata
nuska district, of the Alaskan En
gineering commission is registered at
the Crescent.
E. L. McDonald, an engineer in
the employ of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission is in town and is at
the Crescent hotel.
Deputy Marshal H. J. Schultz, who
returned on the steamship Mariposa
from a trip to Morningside, Oregon,
where he took some insane patients,
reports that Mrs. Amelia M. Harris,
who when violently insane last Feb
ruary, was committed to Morningside
from here, has completely recovered
from her affliction and has been dis
charged as cured.
Miss Una Korth, employed in the
accounting department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, return
ed on the transport Crook this week,
after two months’ leave of absence.
She visited friends in California.
Joseph Smith and Ernie Lawrence
left on the train this morning for
Kashwitna river, where they have
taken a contract to get out ties for
the Alaskan Engineering commission.
SUNDAY
Mrs. Minnie Lang, of Matanuska, is
a guest at the Hotel Anchorage.
R. D. Thompson, of Potter Creek,
is a visitor at the Crescent hotel.
H. W. McCracken, of Matanuska,
is registered at the Crescent hotel.
Ray Courtnay and J. J. Meachen,
both of Matanuska, arrived last night.
They are stopping at the Crescent
hotel.
F. M. Daniels, of Chicakloon, ar
river on the Sourdough Limited last
night and is staying at the Hotel An
chorage.
Boyd Leedy, of Camp 195, arrived
in Anchorage last night and will re
main in the city for several days. He
is registered at the Crescent hotel.
F. A. Hanson, engineer in charge of
the Turnagain Arm division, arrived
in Anchorage yesterday and will re
turn to Potter Creek today. He is
registered at the Crescent hotel.
Several hunting parties left this
morning for points on the Inlet in
search of moose. Most of the par
ties leaving Anchorage went across
Turnagain Arm to Chickaloon flats
where the moose are reported tame
and plentiful.
According to word received here
the parts for the big electric genera
tor which have been missing since
early last summer, left Seattle yes
terday on the steamship Admiral
Watson. It is expected that the new
| generator will be in operation within
! two weeks.
Elaborate plans are already being
formulated by the local Moose lodge
j for their anual Thanksgiving ball,
j Committees are already at work and
j several unusual features are prom
ised. The Thanksgiving ball given by
| the Moose last season is still being
talked about and they will bend ev
ery effort to outdo the event of last
year.
Mrs. Ollie Gray and Mrs. Myrtle
Elliott will open a waffle house to
morrow morning on Fourth avenue,
next door to the chamber of com
merce headquarters. Mrs. Gray is a
pioneer in this section, having been
one of the owners of the Two Girls’
waffle house at Knik. Mrs. Elliott
was formerly a resident of Nome,
where she was engaged in the bak
ery and restaurant business.
Miss Alice C. Shaw and Mr. Fred
Hoefel, both of Anchorage were mai*
ried by Commissioner Leopold David
Saturady evening, October 13, at the
home of the commissioner. Miss Shaw
recently arrived in Anchorage from
Minneapolis, Minesota, and has been
employed in the telephone office. Mr.
Hoefel has been in Anchorage about
v ears, must 01 wnicn time ne
has been in the employ of the Alas
kan Engineering commission. He re
cently severed his connection with
the railroad builders to accept em
: ployment with A. A. Shonbeck.
George Anderson, owner of the
Little Gem Mine reports that he has
I received word from the mine telling
j of a rich strike on his property,
j which he asserts proves the richness
i of the vein on which he now has two
i men working. According to the news
received by Anderson the ore shoot
: exposed in the upper tunnel has been
i cut in the lower tunnel approximate
ly seventy-five feet from the portal.
The lead is about sixteen inches wide
and is reported as rich as in the up
per tunnel. The finding of this ore
! at a depth of approximately 100 feet,
Anderson asserts demonstrates that
jthe ore extends to a great depth and
is a continuous vein.
MONDAY
The tug Daniel Kern, Captain Hau
gren, left Anchorage today at 11:30
o’clock for Seattle having in tow the
barge Lawrence.
Edward McNally arrived on the
Tyonic last night from Seldovia. He
says the Tyonic was compelled to
stay in Seldovia five days on account
of a storm. The Tyonic brought
here a barge of Bluff point coal.
Anchorage automobilists are
threatened with a scarcity of tires,
which on account of the great demand
for rubber are almost impossible to
get, according to Ernest Podboy, of
the Green Express, who asserts that
the shortage is caused by the great
number of automobiles recently pur
chased by the government for the use
of the army.
More than 200 persons attended the
funeral yesterday afternoon in the La
bor temple of the late P. S. Hunt.
Rev. E. W. Hughes preached the fun
eral sermon. The exercises were und
er the direction of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. Interment was
in the Odd Fellows plot of the ceme
tery.
The United States transport Crook,
sailing from Anchorage recently had
as part of its cargo only forty-three
tons of turnips, instead of fiifty tons
as previously reported. They were
shipped by the Matanuska Farmers’
Co-Operative Produce association to
H. S. Emerson Company in Seattle.
The Emerson Company ordered fifty
tons, but due to the short notice, the
farmers were unable to get the full
amount to the railroad in time so that
they would reach Anchorage before
the sailing of the Crook. The trans
port took 477 passengers.
The store department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission has for
mally let contracts to the Matanuska
farmers for 200 tons of potatoes for
the use of the Commission forces in
the Seward and Anchorage divisions,
the prices ranging from $47 to $60 per
ton. Contracts for thirty-six tons were
awarded to individual bidders and a
contract for 164 tons was awarded to
the Matanuska Farmers’ Co-Operative
Produce association. The commission
will not ship in any more potatoes
from the states in the future. This
policy has also been adopted by the
merchants of Anchorage, thus insur
ing a ready market for locally raised
tubers. The potatoes this year are
found to be of much better quality
than they were last year and they are
giving entire satisfaction.
Carl Sinclair, clerk in the stores
department of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, broke his ankle Sat
urday. He tripped in going down a
flight of stairs from his apartments
in the Lauritz building.
C. R. Breck, district engineer at
Matanuska for the government rail
road, will leave in the near future for
his former home at Berkeley, Calif., |
where he will enlist in an engineer |
corps of the army. Mr. Breck has :
been with the Alaskan Engineering
commission since the beginning of
railroad construction.
Mrs. Laura Houston will be an I
outgoing passenger on the Alameda
for Los Angeles. Mrs. Houston is a
daughter of Mr. Landers, of; the
Gold Bullion mine.
TUESDAY
George Hellerick, of Camp 195, is
registered at the Parsons.
Mrs. A. J. Jackson returned to Mat
anuska on today’s train. While in town
she stayed at the Crescent.
Dr. E. M. Spaulding and wife arriv
ed in Anchorage last night from Wil
low creek where they have been for
the summer.
Sam McMelan, proprietor of the
roadhouse at Mile 31Y2 on the Knik- j
Willow Creek road, arrived in Anchor- !
age last night. He will remain hen j
for several days.
R. C. Laudermilch, of the Wood j
Undertaking Co., is in receipt of a
telegram from his mother which ne
cessitates his leaving for the outside
as soon as F. B. Wood returns from
Valdez, where he has been called to
attend the district court.
Seven men from Nenana yesterday j
arrived in Anchorage via the railroad !
surveyand report a large number o'f;
mushers making preparations to fol- ;
low them. According to Arthur Gawne, j
one 0 fthe party, the trail is in fairly I
good condition, and can be followed :
without difficulty.
captain a. r,. l^amrop, /uasxan pio
neer, now one of the substantial busi
ness men of Anchorage, is at the Frye,
says a recent issue of the Seattle Post
Intelliger. “Next spring will be the
time for bear hunters,” he said to the
Seattle newspaper. “There’s great
sport in hunting the gigantic Kodiak.
I always found greater fun, however,
in hunting the moose. Alaska is the
huntsman’s paradise, of course.” Capt.
Lathrop said the war, if long con
tinued, would do Alaska no good. Aft
er the war, he said, Anchorage is cer
tain to develop into a great coal city.
William C. Edes, chairman, and
Thornes Riggs, jr., member, of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, and
Charles L. Mason, secretary to Chair
man Edes, will leave here Thursday
by boat for Kern creek, from where
they will go by trail and railroad to
Seward. At Seward, they will take a
southbound steamship, scheduled to
sail from there October 29. Chairman
Edes and Secretary Mason will go to
Seattle, and thence to Washington
City, where they will remain this win
ter. Commissioner Riggs will disem
bark at Cordova and go over the trail
to Nenana, the headquarters of his
division. Later in the fall, he wil leave
for Washington city.
Anchorage today experienced her
first fall of snow for this season. Just
enough came down to cover the
ground.
Mr.and Mrs. Milo Kelley will leave
for the states on the Admiral Watson,
which is now on its way here. They
will remain in Seattle until January 1,
and then spend the rest of the wintei
in the east. They will return to An
chorage in the spring.
On Time Is Caught in Storm and Is
Driven on Boulder Point Fifty Miles
From Here Where She Lies Half
Buried in Sands of Beach.
With two holes in the hull and half
buried in the sand, the gasoline power
boat On Time, belonging to tilt Kache
mak Canning company, is a wreck on
the beach at Boulder Point about fifty
miles from here. The craft was driven
high and dry by the wind. The extent
of her damage has not been surveyed,
but if her ribs escaped injury she can
be repaired at comparatively little ex
pense; otherwise, her hull will be a
total loss and only the machinery will
be worth salvaging.
A scow, which the power boat had in
tow, has three or four holes in its bot
tom and is now in quiet water in
Swanson river. It can be repaired at
an outlay of about $300.
The misfortune to the On Time was
experienced Friday evening. She left
here Thursday with the scow to load
barrels and salt at Swanson river for
the cannery at Ivachemak bay. While
anchored off Swanson river Friday ev
ening, she was struck by the storm.
She dragged her anchor and was driv
en against Boulder Point.
Her captain, the gineer and a deck
hand and their baggage were taken off
by the power boat Tolo, which, after |
towing the On Time’s barge into
Swanson river brought the engineer ,
here. The On Time’s captain and deck-'
hand remained at Boulder Point.
Report of the affair was made here
by Captain J. Eidy, of the Tolo.
Job printing at the Times office.
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RIGGS’ DIVISION
SHOWS PATRIOTISM
FAIRBANKS SECTION RAISES
$31,558 FOR RED CROSS AND
LIBERTY LOAN TO DATE.
The sum of thirty-one thousand,
' five hundred and eighty-eight dollars
has been subscribed by the employes
of the Fairbanks division of the
Alaskan Engineering commission for
the Red Cross society and the Liberty
Loan fund, according to Thomas
Riggs. jr., commissioner of the Fair
banks division of the engineering
commission, who arrived in Anchor
age a few days ago.
Subscriptions to the Red Cross fund
at Nenana recently amounted to $1,
253. Previously there had been do
nated $1,800, and Mr. Riggs, on his
way here from Nenana collected from
employes in his division, $935, mak
ing a total to the Red Cross fund of
$3,988.
The employes’ of the Fairbanks di
vision subscribed to the first liberty
loan $3,300, and to the second issue
they subscribed so far $24,300, mak- •
ing a total to Liberty loans of $27,
600.
Eleven thousand dollars has been
subsci'ibed to the Liberty loan by
members of the military detachment
here under the command of Captain 1
L. D. Davis. This amount, it is ex- j
pected by the captain, will be consid
erably increased before the close of
the Liberty loan campaign October j
27.
WILL FIX OIL PRICES. ;
- i
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23—The food \
administration will soon assume reg- j
ulation of the oil supply and fix the !
price. The price probably will be i
fixed by mutual agreement between ^
the refiners and federal officials.
VALDEZ RESIDENTS HERE.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hunt, of Val
dez, are in the city. They came to at
tend the funeral services of the father,
P. S. Hunt, who was buried Sunday.
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