MATANUSKA STORE
We have just opened our brahcn store at
the new town of Matanuska, formerly known as
Matanuska Junction.
This stoi'e is stocked with a complete line
of groceries, provisions, feed, hardware and
building materials.
We are also agents at Matanuska for Mc
Nally & Maitland’s lumber, and operate in con
nection with the store a completely stocked
LUMBER YARD.
A. A. SHONBECK
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
FORD AGENCY
Fourth at C Street
RAY C LARSON
Dealer in
SASH, DOORS, GLASS
Building Paper
Roofing “
Sashweights
Sash Rail
Copper cm Bars
Window Glass
Plate
Wire
Moss
Ribb
MIRRORS
STORE FRONTS MADE TO ORDER
Fifth Ave. and K. St.
Susitna and Talkeetna
Fast Power Boat
MARATHON
Sails Wednesday, Aug. !». Special Reduced Rates
Office Fourth and C.
FRANK MORTIMER, Agent
Let There Be Light
WejkjCan Furnish It
PRICE & BENNETT
PLUMBING OUR SPECIALTY
Sheet Metal Works and c, , . n D u
Gasoline Lighting tilth St., bet. (j & tt
x NOW OPEN!
Peterson’s Billiard and
Solo Parlors
Fourth Ave. Between C and D
WHEN YOU REACH SEATTLE
CALL AT THE
Northern Bank & Trust Co.
Corner Pike and Westlake Ave.
Where you are certain to greet lots of your old
Alaska friends.
—
W. L. COLLIER
PRESIDENT
Newsy Items j
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About Town ;
The government launch B. and B. j •
No. 2 left last night at 7:30 p. m. for; \
Talkeetna, with a large scow in tow. j;
Launch Standard with an outfit for ' J
the district engineer party sailed last
night for Susitna river points.
Charles Nelson, John Johnson and
T. M. Coulston are recent locators of
homesteads in the Matanuska valley.
Percival Mimms, of Matanuska, is
a guest at the Hotel Anchorage,
spending a few days in town on bus
iness.
Irish Collins, convicted on a charge
of assault and battery, was fined $25
and costs yesterday, afternoon in
Judge David’s court.
Carl Sodaberg, an employe of the
Commission, arrived in the city last !
evening and will remain here for a ‘
few days. 3
Chas. H. Bennett is another A. E. j
C. employe who is in town. He came •
in from Talkeetna last night and is ’
stopping at the Crescent. j
Members of the forestry service de- j •
partment leaving here today for Pot- <j
ter creek included L. S. Tripp, 0. B. J
Judd and George W. Root. IJ
The family of J. C. Sully, of the1J
accounting department of the com- j
mission, arrived on the government 3
boat Crook and are stopping at the J
Hotel Anchorage. jj
Harry Austin, of the storekeeping j
department of the A. E. C. at Mata- H
nuska, is in town, awaiting the arrival 3
of the Alaska, when Mrs. Austin will j
arrive to join him. j j
Alex Leska and James Lowery left j
; this morning for an extended pros- J
j pecting trip up the Eklutna river, j
i They will be out of the city for a few j
j weeks. j j
Aiiurew duimbon, apprenenaen oy #
' Game Warden Ericson for violation
of the game law, was convicted and ’
fined $25 and costs in Judge David’s !
i court one day this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee, of Los Angeles,
j are departing on the Alaska for Sew
i ard after spending several weeks in
Anchorage. Mrs. Grow, and Miss
j Forsite are accompanying the party.
R. W. Feltham, of the firm of Bar- J
ker and Feltham, of McDougal, was
an arrival on the J. and J. yesterday, '•
coming to Anchorage for a visit of a ! |
week or ten days. He is a guest at <
the Crescent.
Jean Bartholf, one of the first men
in the Willow creek district, arrived
in the city last night. Mr. Bartholf
has some very valuable mining prop
erty in that district, and is looking
forward to a great camp.
John Gillan, who has been running
a road house at Bird creek fo! the
past two years, came over on the
launch Pioneer yesterday. Mr. Gil
lan will be in the city for a few days
attending to business.
John Koch, who has a contract
eight miles up the line, was in town
yesterday. Mr. Koch came in for six
more men, so as to push his work
more rapidly. He has in all 38 men
now working.
&
Valdez is the latest city to recog
nize Anchorage as the coal center of
Alaska. The Happy Valley Coal Co.,
have just received an order for 400
tons of their best coal to be delivered
to H. E. Ellis at the Cliff mine.
J. D. Meehan, the contractor and
builder, has returned from a trip to
the Matanuska valley, where he locat
ed a homestead for himself. Mr. Mee
han expressed his surprise at the de
velopments in progress in the Mata
nuska valley and declares his belief -
that it will evolve into a great agri
cultural region.
Jack Coffey, Charles and Way
Bowker, who left Anchorage three
months ago on a prospecting trip up I
the Chulitna river, arrived at Broad
Pass last week. They will remain
there for a few weeks doing assess
ment work on some valuable claims j
which are located on Costello and
Colorado creeks.
This office was complimented yes-!
terday by an offering from the gar- j
dens of R. W. Silver, who presented ,
us with as handsome a bunch of nas
turtiums as has ever been grown any-j
where at any time. The best part of!
the gift is that it is planted on rich ;
soil and will continue to grow and
bloom and be a thing of beauty until I
winter.
Now that the municipal tennis
courts are completed wielders of the
racquet are praying that old Jupiter
Pluv will turn off the water. A good
soaking is just the thing for a dirt
court, however, and after a good bak
ing on the first sunny day Anchorage
will have a tennis court that cannot
be discounted. A few seats for on
lookers wouldn’t be a bad idea, as
any sport is more interesting when at
tended by a few fans.
Today is the time to place your or
der for a good suit. New up-to-date
woolens. J. H. Irving, Crescent Hotel.
Phone 59-R. 8-12-lt
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Matanuska Hardware Co
Announcement!!
We take pleasure in informing the public that the Mata
nuska Hardware Co. and the Knik Hardware Co. have consol
idated.
The business hereafter will be conducted under the name of
With the combined stocks of the two stores and the en
larged buying power the new firm will be enabled to offer in
Anchorage the most complete and up-to-date stock of hard
ware in Alaska.