LOCAL NEWSETTES OF THE WEEK
T H U R S D A Y
Fred Simmons arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from his home at Knik and
while here is a guest of the White
house.
Edward Tegart arrived in Anchor
age yesterday from the Cache creek
district via Talkeetna and is registered
at the Hotel Anchorage.
Sid S. Bettman, United States com
missioner at Knik, came over yester
day for a brief business visit and is
registered at the White house.
Bert Lobmier who has been located
at Seldovia during the past winter ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday and is
registered at the Richter house.
Charles Peters, the merchant prince
of Chickaloon, came down on Tues
day’s train from his home at Chicka
loon and will be in Anchorage for sev
eral days on business in connection
with his mercantile establishment.
While in Anchorage Mr. Peters is
registered at the Richter house.
A. L. Martin arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from Turnagain Arm
where during the past winter he has
been employed by the government on
a rock contract near Mile 77 on the
Seward division of the railroad, and
expects to leave on the steamer Ala
meda tor beattle.
F. 15. Stamford, formerly employed
by the government here at Anchorage
in the engineering department has
been commissioned a lieutenant in the
United States navy, according to a let
ter received this week by I5ud Whit
ney, the rancher. Lieut. Standiford
was erroneously reported as being a
member of the Thirty-first Engineers
regiment under command of Col.
Frederick Mears.
The Susitna river between Tal
keetna and Montana creek is filled
with ice jams of great size according
to word brought to Anchorage by G.
H. Baily who arrived yesterday from
his headquarters at Montant creek and
is registered at the Cerscent hotel It
is doubtful in the opinion of Mr. Baily
whether the power boat J. J. under
command of Captain J. A. Johnson
will be a! ie to reach Susitna station.
F R I D A Y
Sid Bet:man, United States corn
mi. sioner at Knik. will leave for Ty
onic cn the now r boat Grizzly tomor
row. Mr. Rettman is a guest of the
White house.
F. II. Sec rest, locating engineer for
the Alaskan Engineering commission,
arrived in Anchorage from Moose
creek yesterday and is registered at
the Hotel Parsons.
James H. Starehman, a guest of
th.e White house, left on this morn
ing’.' train for Rainbow creek, on
Turnagain Arm, where he will he em
ployed during the summer by the gov
ernment. in the capacity of timekeep
er.
Duncan McCormick checked out
this morning from the White house
and left on the morning train for
Campbell station, on Turnagain Arm,
where he will be employed by the En
gineering commission in the bridge
neparrmcric.
The Thirty-first Regiment of En
gineers .under command cf Col. Fred
Mears, has loft Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas, for an Atlantic port, accord
ing to telegraphic advice received in
Anchorage today. The telegram car
ried the news of a slight accident to
R. Jacob, one of the boys who left
here March 20 to join the regiment,
but states that he left with his reg
iment for the east. Mr. Jacob is a
brother-in-law of Harry Locke, port
engineer, and is well known among
the employes of the Alaskan Engi
neering commission.
Deputy United States Marshal
Harry Brown and Carl Almy, form
erly United States commissioner, both
of Tajjveetna, arrived in Anchorage
today on the train from Houston.
Mr. Almy resigned his commissioner
ship several days ago and will devote
the future to the practice of the law
in Seward where he will be associ
ated with Attorney L. V. Ray. At
torney W. D. Coppernoll has been ap
pointed successor to Mr. Almy and
will assume his duties June 1. Mr.
Brown will remain in Anchorage for
several days before returning to his
headquarters at Talkeetna.
I C. S. Carter, who has some placer
property on Theodore creek in the
Lewis river country, arrived in An
chorage yesterday and is registered
at the White house. Mr. Carter is a
pioneer in this section of the coun
try, having spent 22 years in the
Cook inlet section. Beside a placei
i property on Theodore creek, Mr. Car
1 ter is developing a homestead. He ex
pects to return home tomorrow.
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SATURDAY
Charles Wurd came over from his
home at lvnik yesterday and is regis
tered at the Morrison hotel.
Victor Hahn and J. Cameron arriv
ed yesterday from down the Inlet and
are guests of the Morrison hotel.
L. B. Lillwall came down on yes
terday’s train from his home at Wa
silla and is registered at the White
house.
Earl Faulkner came down from
his headquarters at Talkeetna yester
day and is registered at the Crist
house.
n. iu. i rail lame iruni ivtrnaj
with Captain Nate White on the pow
er boat Brighton and while here is a
guest of the White house.
H. S. Fink, who during the past
year has been located in the Willow
creek district, will leave tonight on the
Alameda for Seattle, where he will
join the United States army.
Sam McMilan, proprietor of the
Fishhook Inn, located at Mile lilh
on the Willow creek road, arrived in
Anchorage yesterday and while in
town is sta> ing at the White house.
F. E. Parsons, a traveling man
from Seattle, arrived on the steamei
Alameda and is registered at the Ho
tel Parsons. Mr. Parsons expects tc
remain in Anchorage about ten days
Peter Richen, well-known old-timei
in Alaska, and for the past two year;
a merchant of Taikeetna, came down
on yesterday’s train from Houston
and is staying at the Crist house.
A. I,. Adair, the tie contractor
whose headquarters during the past
winter have been located at Taikeet
na., arrived in Anchorage yesterday
and while here is making his home al
1 the Crist house.
Norman H. Read, of New York, whe
has achieved much fame as an aviatoi
in the British aviation service ir
France was among the incoming pas
.--engers on the Alameda and is regis
tered at the Crescent hotel.
Fred Jarret, connected with the op
oration of the government coal mines
at Eska creek, returned with Mrs
| Janet and their two children fron
Seattle on the steamer Alameda am
are guests of the Crescent hotel. The\
will return to their home at Eskt
creek during the week.
J. A. Magi!!, who owns and wil
operate the beluga plant at the moutl
of the Beluga river, arrived in An
chorage yesterday and reports thal
the Beluga river i.-, still flowing ict
in large quantities and it will be ter
days yet before he is in a position tc
do any fishing. While in Anchorage
Mr. Magill is a guest of the White
| house.
Captain Max Nelson, owner of the
; power boat Clymax, is busy working
on it preparatory to operating for i’u
season on the Susitna river betweer
Anchorage and Indian river ant
points between. The Clymax is or
the ways near the mouth of Chestei
! creek and will be launched early nexl
j week.
Rev. William Shepherd, who hat
been visiting in Seward during thf
past week, returned on the steamei
Alameda. Sister Aloysius and Sistei
Mary Margaret accompanied Fathei
Shepherd here and while in town an
guests of the Anchorage hotel. Th<
sisters are connected with the Sewarc
General hospital and expect to return
to Seward on the next boat.
F. W. Williamson, in chai’ge of i
land survey party, arrived in Anchor
age this morning on the steamer Ala
meda from Juneau and will leave in i
few days for Seldovia where he wil
engage in land survey work for th<
summer. The other members of th<
survey party are Fred Dahlquist, Tonj
Nelson, J. Peterson, Riley Allison am
Arthur Allison. The party is staying
at the Hotel Anchorage.
Captain Nate White, with his powei
boat Brighton, arrived in port last
evening from down the Inlet, with ten
passengers and a cargo of fresh fish.
The name of the passengers are M.
Masters, Victor Hahn, H. M. Fratt,
W. Steele and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Bouthwell, Tom Keane, J. F. Baird, J.
F. Baggs and J. M. Cameron. Captain
White will leave tonight for Hope and
Sunrise. He expects to sail for Sel
dovia on Monday night’s tide.
E. L. Bedell, city editor of the Daily
Times who has spent the past winter
in the states on mining business re
turned to Anchorage on the steamer
Alameda and for the present is mak
ing his home at the Hotel Anchorage.
Mr. Bedell reports the business condi
tions as flournishing throughout the
states but says he is glad to get back
home. Mr. Bedell will resume his
position as city editor with the Times
and will be at his desk during the
course of the coming week.
SUNDAY
F. A. Bell, who has been employed
during the past winter at the govern
ment coal mines, at Eska creek, was
an outgoing passenger on the Ala
meda for Seattle.
Lee Considine, one of the United
States mail carriers on the Seward
Iditarod mail route who arrived in
Anchorage last week from Susitna
station sailed for Seattle last night on
the steamer Alameda.
Daniel Leech, superintendent of the
: Turnagain Arm construction work
came in yesterday afternoon to take
part in the Red Cross benefit baseball
game and registered at the Crescent;
1 hotel.
Benjamin Malmburg returned to f
j Anchorage yesterday from a two j
weeks’ visit to points along the main
line of the government railroad and |
while in lown is staying at tfm Crist j
house.
The steamboat Tvonic, owned and j
operated by the lumber firm of Me-j
Naliy and Maitland left last night for
Seldovia. She arrived in Anchorage
i Friday afternoon with a cargo of coal
i for Anchorage.
i
, G. James Truitt, a son of Attorney |
J. S. Truitt, of Anchorage, and a mem
ber of 318th Engineers in a letter to
his father states that he expects to ;
leave within a few days for the war
zone and savs that the next lettm
from him will be mailed from some-:
where in France. G. J. Truitt is well;
known in Anchorage, particularly,
among commission employes, and "'as |
employed by the government in the ca-1
pacitv of an instrument man in the
:
engineering department.
Twenty-five dollars and thirty-five
cents was the amount received yes
terday by the American Bed Cross as,
the result of auctioning oif a cuke at
Camp 91 on Turnagain Arm by Mrs. I.
W. Wagner and Miss Georgie Me-!
Manus, according to word brought,
from the camp by Daniel Leech, ini
charge of the Turnagain Arm Bed j
Cross drive. The cake was first auc
tioned olf for $lG.lf> and then donated
back by the bidder. It was then cut
into small slices and sold for ten
cents per cut bringing an additional
eight dollars and twenty cents.
M O N I) A Y
Gust Saaris is registered at the
Hotel Anchorage from Eska creek.
J. E. Manning is a recent arrival at
the Hotel Anchorage from Chiekaloon.
H. M. Pratt, a guest of the White
liouse, returned to his home at Kenai
yesterday.
Ernest Zineth arrived in Anchorage
I Saturday night and is registered at
the White house.
Henry J. Miller came down Satur
day from King River and while in
town is a guest of the Hotel Anchor
age.
Fred Simmons, who has been stay
ing at the White house for several
days, left this morning for his home
in Ivnik.
' J. G. Laughlin, a guest of the Cres
1' cent hotel, returned to his work at
i Camp 91 on Turnagain Arm this
morning.
Charles Ward returned to his home
1 at Knik last evening. While in An
‘ chorage Mr. Ward was a guest of the
Hotel Morrison.
t Phil Donohue, a guest of the Morri
I son hotel, left on this morning’s train
for Chiekaloon where iie will be em
ployed in the coal mines.
( Charles N. Hudson, the dredge
r manufacturer from Seattle, is a guest
[ of the Hotel Anchorage and contem
. plates going into the Kichatna river
country the end of this week.
J. A. Magill returned to his head
quarters at the mouth of the Beluga
liver yesterday and expects to be in
readiness to begin the summer’s fish
ing for beluga whales about the end of
the week.
Nels Steele and family who for the
past year have been living at Ivenai
were outgoing passengers on the
steamer Alameda for Seward where
they will make their home for the
future.
Harry It. Brown, deputy United
States marshal with headquarters at
Talkeetna returned to his home yes
terday. Mr. Brown was a guest of the
White house while in Anchorage.
Daniel Leech, superintendent of
construction on the Turnagain Arm
division of the government railroad,
returned this morning to his head
quarters at Camp 91.
Sid S. Bettman, United States com
missioner at Knik, left yesterday for
Tyonic on the power boat Grizzly for
the purpose of performing several
marriage rites among the natives. He
expects to return about the middle of
the week.
Professor H. C. Parker, accompan
ied by John P. Holman and A. E.
Clark, left Anchorage yesterday
morning for the Kahlitna river on the
power boat J. J. A. E. Clark will
work on the lower Kahlitna during
tiie season and will use about ten or
twleve men in prospecting the ground.
Prof. Parker will visit the upper Kah- j
litna for the purpose of obtaining
samples secured there last season and j
which will be taken by him to New !
York. He will return to Anchorage in
about two weeks.
Clyde Coleman, manager of the
Kaehemak Canning company left yes
terday for Tyonic on the company’s
boat Grizzly. P. F. Cummings con
nected with the company was a pas
senger with Mr. Coleman. Other pas
sengers on the Grizzly were six na
tives from Tyonic who came to An
chorage last week to marry but were
prevented by the law owing to the
tender age of the brides. United
States Commissioner Bettman of Knik
will perform the ceremonies and will
return during the course of the week
on the Grizzly.
TUESDAY
J. E. Manning checked out from the
Hotel Anchorage and returned on yes
terday’s train to liis headquarters at
Chickaloon.
S. R. MacClinton left on the morn
ing train for the Willow creek district
where he will establish a summer’s
camp on Archangel.
Henry J. Miller returned this morn
ing to his headquarters at King river.
While here Mr. Miller was a guest of
the Hotel Anchorage.
L. B. Lilwail who for several days j
has been making his home at the j
White house returned on this morn-'
ing’s train to Wasilla.
F. G. Flynn, a guest of the Hotel
Anchorage left this morning for
Kachemak bay where he will spend the
summer developing a ranch.
W. W. Woodward who operates a
dredge on the Kichatna river arrived
in Anchorage yesterday and is regis
tered at the Hotel Anchorage.
T. A. Wade, whose home is at Mata
nuska, but who for the past month ,
has been living at the Hotel Morrison,!
returned to his home on the morning !
train.
R. V. Anderson, United State com- j
missioner, with headquarters at Sel
clovia, arrived in Anchorage yesterday
and while here is staying at the Hotel
Parsons.
G. M. Chambers, formerly located
at Tort Graham and now of Seldovia ■
is a recent arrival at the Hotel Par- i
sons and will be in Anchorage for sev
eral days.
John Musitelli arrived from Camp
91 on the Turnagain Arm division of
the government railroad on yester
day’s train and is registered at the
Hotel Anchorage.
E. M. Murphy, the Alaskan repre
sentative of the Western Electric com
pany left yesterday for a brief busi
ness trip to the coal mines at Chicka
loon. Mr. Murphy during his stay in
Anchorage is a guest of the Crescent
Al Drees, who during the past win- I
ter has been employed at the govern
ment coal mines at Chickaloon and
who has been a guest of the White
House for several days returned to
work for the Alaskan Engineering
commission on Turnagain Arm yester
day.
Peter Murray, who has been a pa
tient of the government hospital dur
ing the past two weeks, left that insti
tution yesterday and is a guest of the
White house. Mr. Murray has a ranch
near Matanuska and expects to be
able to put his annual crop in for the
season.
Dick Vrooman, corporal; Norman
McLeod, top sergeant; Harry Hicks
and Tom Patterson, all of whom are
well known in Anchorage, have volun
teered their services to the Canadian
government and have been accepted
according to word received in Anchor
age from Seattle.
George Henning arriver in Anchor
age from Seldovia on a small boat yes
terday and reports that everyone there
is actively engaged in some manner or
other in the fishing industry and that
the Kachemak bay country will ex
lerience its greatest period of pros
verity duidng the course of the pres
jnt fishing season.
J. H. Lander, formerly superintend
rnt of transportation for the GoU
Bullion mine in the Willow creek dis
trict, and who has been making hi:
home for the past few weeks at th<
Crescent hotel, left yesterday for i
brief visit with Dr. H. O. Schaleben a
Camp 71 on the Turnagain Arm divi
don of the government railroad.
F. E. Parsons, a traveling salesmai
stopping at the Parsons hotel, is in re
ceipt of a letter from his son-in-law
Hector L. St. Pierre w^ho is located a
Camp Green, North Carolina. Mr. St
Pierre is a Juneau boy and is connect
cd with the Military Motor Service
Company and writes that he is wel
pleased with conditions but is ver;
anxious to see foreign sendee. Hi
says that there are several Anchoragi
boys in his company who are equally
anxious to get in action against th<
Hun.
Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Spaulding, wh<
have been visiting friends in Anchor
age for the past week, left on th<
morning train for Wasila. Afte
spending a few days in Wasilla tin
Spauldings will continue their journe;
to the Willow creek district where the;
will open the Spaulding hospital pre
paratory to the season’s work. Th
hospital was established last year am
is well equipped. It is located abou
one mile north of the McMillen road
house and easily accessible. , Th
Spauldings are considered a very im
portant part of the Willow creek op
eiations and for several years pas
have very capably looked after th
health of the hard rock boys employe
in the various mines of the district.
WEDNESDAY
George Bailey arrived from hi
headquarters at Girdwood yesterda
and is registered at the White housf
Vic Blodgett came over yesterda
from his home at Knik and while i
Anchorage is registered at the Hote
Parsons.
Henry McKinnon, with his sor
came down from Chickaloon on yes
terday’s train and is registered at th
Hotel Morrison.
Tomorrow, Thursday May 30, bein;
a legal holiday, both banks, the pos
office and all public offices will b
closed for the day.
George Chantez arrived in Anchor
age yesterday on the train from Mat
ar.uska and while in town is a gues
of the Hotel Anchorage.
Guy Woodard is a guest of the Ho
tel Parsons, arriving yesterday fror
the Kichatna river district, and ex
pects to return the latter part of th
week.
P. F. Cummings and D. B. Patter
son, connected with the Kachema
Canning company, arrived from th
company’s saltery at Swanson creel
yesterday and while in town are stay
ing at the Hotel Anchorage.
J. E. Wilson, the prospector, wh
has been making his home at th
White house during the past wintei
returned yesterday to his camp at th
headwaters of Chester creek, nea
which he believes rests rich deposit
of yellow metal.
George Nordgren, who for the pas
two years has been engaged in carv
ing out a homestead on Moose creel
will discontinue his efforts and wii
seek employment with the engineer
ing commission.
Fred Tracy, of the Alaska Steam
ship company, advises the Dail
Times that the steamer Northwest
ern will sail from Seattle the secon
of June, instead of the first, as pre
viously reported.
The freighter Skagway, of th
Alaska Steamship company' lin<
reached port early this morning, un
der command of Captain R. Hanser
The Skagway brought 490 tons o
freight, including gasoline for An
chorage merchants, and lumber an
flat cars for the Alaskan Engineerm;
commission.
Sid S. Bettman, the United State
commissioner with headquarters a
Knik, returned from a brief trip t
Tyonic, where he went Saturday i
the interests of Dan Cupid and sev
ei'al natives who desired to becom
votaries of the God Hymen. Judg
Bettman succeeded and will return t
his home at Knik within the nex
few dayrs. t
Clark Davis, one of the pioneer set
tiers in the town of Wasilla, who fo
the past winter has been located a
Chickaloon, where he has been in th
employ' of the Chickaloon Coal com
pany, arrived in Anchorae yesterda;
and is registered at the Hotel Mor
rison. Mr. Davis will sail with hi
family' on the steamer Alaska, due i
Anchorage Saturday, and will mak
his home in the future in Seattle.
Charles Larson, a rancher from th
Chickaloon district came down on yes
terday’s train and will remain here fo
several days. He expects a successft
season with his crops this year.
DON’T HAVE TO GIVE AGE.
LONDON, May 13.—The would-b
woman voter in England must sign
form stating “I hereby declare that
have attained the age of 30.” She doe
not have to give her exact age.
“John, I do not think that you
made any mistake when you left
here, as the town has shrunk a great
; deal and the ‘coffee and’ business is
about a Mexican stand-off,” writes
James J. Stokes, of Nome, under date
’ of March 27, to John Meyer, propri
I etor of the North Pole bakery and a
former resident of Nome.
, The letter in part to Mr. Meyer
, follows:
r “Cavey closed the Anvil last fall
; late and there are now the North
Pole, Arctic and the Nome coffee
) houses and the latter two are run
.! ning hot lunch places in connection
? I with the bakery business. Modini
• | has closed, but will open later on.
21 Mrs. Neibling will close on the first
; I of April, so Milo will be the only
i j chop-suey house in the city.
| “The registration is a little less
I than GOO. Bill Eddy is working for
1 the Code Clarke people looking after
| Code’s interests. Ed. Young has sola
j his soft drink emporium to Otto. Joe
j Crecik is running the Eagle for Hen
; ry Burgh. It is soft drink, too, and
I it appears to be hard sledding for
them. Stadie is making non-alcoholic
beer and calls it “Aksala.” A1 Carey
has been mushing Paul Denhardt all
! over the country. Paul is back look
! ing for a live one again. I under
j stand that a party in Seattle is put-.
! ting up the money for him. He has*
been looking at placer and quartz
property. He is away up north now
looking up some tin properties. G. P.
Goggin sold out to Dan Crowley last
spring.
H. H. Molley closed out and it is
reported that he and Charles Kamer
lck hive opened a grocery stoie at
Bremerton. Tony Polet is only run-^
ning the down-town store now. The
Lomen brothers are running a gents’
furnishing store, the drug store of
Billy Kirks, Butler’s photograph store
and are heavily interested in several
herds of reindeer with Linderberg,
Mustard and others. They have fifty
or sixty thousand deer, the reports
say.
Down at Dime creek there are sev
eral operators that are taking out
some money. George Kilroy was
married to Rowena Lewis. Norwin is
interested in the Nugget. 0. D. and
; Carlson are still with the lost ones,
j but, John, the day will come when
this city will be the largest mineral
shipper in the territory. There is a
greater variety and quantity of min
eral on the Seward peninsula than in
any other state in the union.
The town is a long way from being
broke. We had a Frontier’s night a
short while ago and sold nearly 3100
worth of admissions alone. Not so
bad for this time of the year; and yet
it has been the same all winters #
Scarcely a night without something
doing.
Give my regards to all of the old
■ boys.
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' | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 25.—
e I Nicholas H. Treanor, now awaiting
■, | sentence on the charge of evading the
- j draft law, asserts that he was offered
'•! $17,000 in cash if he would testify
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falsely against Mooney, now under a
I death sentence for being concerned in
r the preparedness parade bomb plot. fr
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AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 25.—
Prince Arthur, of Connaught, a son
of the former governor-general of
Canada and a cousin of King George
of Great Britain, arrived yesterday,
on board a British warship. He is at
the head of a mission to the United
States and Japan. He will call on
President Wilson and complete his
mission here before departing for
Japan.
: H. W. NAGLEY
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