NEWT. W. PILGER
THK BEST MERCHANDISE OBTAINABLE
ARCTICS
for Ladies
and Children
|g. w. palmer
KNIK, ALASKA
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Also a Full List ef
&ABDW132G, STOVES,
AND FEED
No Bettes? Goods Gan-be
Bongbt at Any Fade©
SHIP CREEK MILL
Lumber Cnt to Order
In Any Quantity
Finishing Lumber
Roofing and Building Paper
Slabs and Sawdust
OFFICE
AT THE MILL
W. T.. NORMILE
MANAGER
Ship Creek Meat .Co.
Anderson & Jensen, Proprs.
Fresh Meats and Provisions
Wholesale and Retail
Cold Storage Plant in Connection
Special Attention Given to Restaurant, Mine and Camp Trade
Fourth are, between D and Eats Anchorage, Alaska
pacific firoccrp Co.
WHOLESALE
Oar Goods will be Found Reliable
Anchorage
Alaska
PIONEER HOTEL
F. B. Cannon, Propr.
NO BAR
KN IK’S
Lea ding
Accommodations for Ninety Guests
Large General Lobby. Pri
vate Lobby for Ladies
Best Rates (Best Treatment
Best Accommodations
Hotel
EUROPEAN
PLAN
VOTING COXIEST
QUEEN OF THE MY
Miss Ashton . .. 10,850
Miss Murphy . 7,100
Miss Howard. 3,300
Miss Mackte. 600
Mias Pichette . 600
Miss White . 600
Miss Lockhart. 600
Miee Fitzgerald. 600
Miss Hertel . {,00
Mrs. Anderson. 100
ALASKA NEWS
The extension of the Mann white ,
slavery act to Alaska, the canal zone
and the Insular possessions is pro
posed in a bill Introduced by Senator
Overman, of North Carolina.
That the output of the Tolovana
neyt year will amount to a million
dollars is the Arm belief of those i
who know the camp. The latest re- ..
ports from the district are even more
encouraging than the earlier ones.
For seven straight days, from Jan
uary $1 to 87, at Whitehorse, the 1
mercury registered between 3d and
61 degrees below sero. The White- •
horse Star says that a high wind also
prevailed during the severe weather.
Kerry Tore, a Japanese, who sold
liquor to Harry Paul, a native of
Wrangell, with the result thdt the
latter fell off a launch and was
drowned in the Narrows, has been
sentenced to. serve 800 days in Jail.
He plead guilty.
Governor Strong has appointed
Allen Shattuck, of Juneau, a mem
ber of the board of trustees of the :
Alaska Ploaeers Home at Mtka. He
will take the place on the hoard
which wan rendered vacant through
the resignation «f W. P. Mills.
So toe joker la Whitehorse ha-!
lleved that the ire alarm would not
sound when tie mercury was 50 de
groea below and turned In a> alarm
owe night -when It was 68 below.
The owners of the Jeffrey Quad
trucks in Fairbanks found no diffi
culty in operating their machines,
during the cold spell when the mer
cury went to 56 below zero. The
weather was too cold for bornes, but ■
the trucks ma<le regular trips to the
creeks with heavy toads.
The family of the late Hermsnn
Lahlkaiaen, a resident of Douglas,
recently left for their old home In
Poland. When the husband died.
after a protracted illness, he left his I
family destitute and the miners f
1 aired funds to send them to the!" t
relatives in the old country.
Fairbanks business men believe
that the outlook for the coming sum.
mer for big business was never Def
ter. The development cf the Tote-1
vara camp and the prospect of b»
coming the interior torujinus of th*
g.'.vei nment 1 a ! -os 1 is considered to
ha e added a ne.\—ar*nte to the gtty.
Twelve head of horses were re
cently shipped from Cordova to
Chitlna for freighters in the interior.
Four of the animals will be used on
the stage between Iditarod and Flat,
four for freighting to Tolovana, two
will be used on Frank "Kernan's Ni- ;
tzna mining property, and two in the
transfer bnslness'tn Chitlna.
A former Dawson man who is in
the Flying Corps with the British
troops in France has written friends
that he believes that the mail oosld
be carried between Whitehorse and
Dawson by aeroplanes and that the
trip could be made in seven hours.
The machines cost about $6,000, and
could make three round trips each
woek.
Although there has been little act
f’e mojmy taken out in the Lctuya
district, near Juneau, mining men
believe that the country has an ek
ceptionally bright future ahead of it.
A number of claims arc being opened i
up and the miners appear well sat
isfied that Lituya will be a good
small camp and may develop into one
of Importance. *
The citizens of Ruby have sub
scribed a purse of $1,000, which will
be offered as pripes for (he big dog
Derby race between Ruby and Long
City and return on March 7. The
distance is 58 miles, and three prizes
will be offered. The prizes to be
awarded will be: First $7')■>, second [
$300, and third $200. Several teams f
owned by Nome men are expected to !
rake part in the race. A number of
preliminary events have been ar
ranged, with prizes ranging from
$25 to $100.
For first-class groceries and good 1
home-bakings, go to Ohlsson’s, on
Firth avenue, between I and K sts.
P’es, cookies etc., made to order.
AIMKRTISEMKXT.
Scaled proposals are Invited lor
furnishing and delivering Fresh
Meat to the Alaskan Engineering
Commission during the fiscal year,
July 1, 1916, to July 1, 1917, as
follows:
Class 1.
Beefs.;. 840,000 lbs.
Class 2.
Pork. 200,000 lbs.
Class 3.
Mutton. 130,000 lbs.
The meat is to be delivered by the
:ontractor to the various camps in
juarters of beef and whole carcasses
it pork and mutton. The camps will
De located along the Railroad line
’rom Kern Creek near the head of
rurnagain Arm to a point on the
iusitna River above the Talkeetna
?orks, and along the branch line to
he Matanuska Coal Field. The
leadquarters at Anchorage are also
0 lie supplied.
Delivery and Distribution.
Anchorage and vicinity, which can
io reached by railroad line,
iuly 1, 1916, to Nov. 1,
1916 . 150,000 lbs.
«lov. 1, 1916, to July 1,
1917 .120,000 lbs.
Kern Creek to Ship Creek Junc
lon, which can be reached by boat
Tom Anchorage during the open
leason and by trail during winter.
Iuly 1, 1916, to Nov. 1,
1916 . 150,000 lbs.
*ov. 1, 1916, to July 1,
1917 . 135,000 lbs.
Matanuska Branch., which can be
'cached by railroad to Matanuska
1 unction at any season, and by boat
x> Matanuska Landing during open
uweos. and from these points by
rail to the oarugia.
iuly 1, 1916, to Nov. 1,
1916 .. 160,000 lbs.
4ov. 1, 1918, *6 July »,
1*17 . 2*0,000 lbs.
Kataaueka JsnctVon to Talkaetua
Porks of fiusitna River, which can
Ja reached by railroad to Matanuska
function, thence by trail, or by boat
Torn Anchorage to various points on
Saaftna R»ver, tbenoe by trail,
faly 1, UK, So J*ov. 1,
1*16 . 105,000 lbs.
*ov. 1, 1*1.6, to July 1,
*,♦17 .. . 150,000 lbs.
Additional railroad transportation
will be available from time to time,
is the rail read «ul-/aoo*», bat no as
ramS Information can be given as
to date of each extensions.
Psopneala may be addressed to the
Alaskan Engineering Commission,
Anchorage, Alaska, or to the Pur
ehaeing Agent, Alaskan .Engineering
Commission, Seattle, Wash. They
will he opened simultaneously at 1
P. M., May IfitJh, In Anchorage, and
st 4 P. M-, May 16th, In Seattle.
Propoeals-Contract form, together
with full information, can be se
cured from the office of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission, Anchorage
or Seattle.
Larson A Wendler will (five 100
votee free tor the Queen of the Day
l» the Kennel Club racing event with
every J5 purehaaa at their .store thi*
wash
Phuar location lUauki
Mortgage*
Quai-tx Ixx'MttOB Blanks
Quit Claim I>ce<lc
at the
DBWe of Tim Pioneer
Farniehed room* for rent, over
Merchant* Cafe.
Film*, all sizes, at "That Man
Logemann’*,” Fifth and D.
Wanted—To exchange good m'n
teg property in Broad Pan* tor good
geoparty ia Anchorage. Apply to Dr
MaOallle, corner of C and Fourth.
A'. B. Davis, contractor and builder.
Plea* and specification*. Shop cor
ner C aad Third. tf
Anchorage Laundry linger new
management. All work guant iteed
Fourth and B east
CORSETS
Fittings in your own home.
All sizes All price*. For ap
pointment, call or address
MRS. T. R. NEEDHAM,
Fifth Are., near H St.
C. P. Pedersen. Mgr.
Successor to Hughes & Pedersen !
ieneral TRANSFER Business:
iVOOD ICE COAL i
Office: Caorol blk. Fourth ave.
Larson & Wendler
For every $5 worth of goods
purchased at- our store this
week we will give ■
100 VOTES
to whom the purchaser may
designate for Queen of the Day
in the Anchorage Kennel Club
event.
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Strictly Fresh Eggs 40c Doz.
Meadowbrook Butter 45c per lb.
Larson & Wendler
DISTRIBUTORS
Cortair 4th and I
ANCHORAGE ~
Knik Hardware Company
TOOLS
Miscellaneous and Builders’
HARDWARE
SASH DOOKS, FRAMES, ROOFING AND BUILDING PAPER
House Furnishing Goods
Cutlery, Earthen and Enamel Ware
HENRY DDHRMANH
Manager
THIRD AVE. AND H ST., ANCHORAGI
Launch and Painter’s
Supplies a Specialty
HEADQUARTXAS
For Drugs, Stationery, Photo Supplier, Cigars and To
baoeo, Victor Talking Machines and Records
northern Drug Co,
Idcoith> rated
Empress Building
('irntf 4lh Ave. an<l H Si.,
ANCHORAGE
We have 115 Cases of Eggs to
Dispose of at thefoilowing Prices:
40c per Doz. 2 Doz. for 75c
$ 11 per Cam
EVERY EGG GUARANTEED
Anchorage Centra! Market
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ALASKA POOL ROOM ]
FOURTH AVE.. NEAR D ST.
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, CAKDDOS,
BRISKS, FRUITS.
CONCORD GRAPHJUICB
MUSIC JOSEPH SCHMITBAUEF.
PBOPiintTo*
THE
White House
Mrs. Martha White. Propr.
Up-to-Date in Every Way
Nice Comfortable Beds
Rates Moderate
Good dog bouses in connection. j
Fourth Ave, near K street.
Union Laundry
and Bzith HOUf 5
The water for our hatha n*jvpr
freeze*8 up.
Fourth st., between H b-c! I S ?
Anch<*-ap:e, A] ask >
Dr. J. L. Hawes
DENTIST
Bridge Work and Porci : n.
Satisfaction guaranteed in al! to-i'rte
Dentistry. Sixth uve. aud t, . W,