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LOCAL NEWSETTES OF THE WEEK |
THURSDAY
Mrs. Barbara Sheldon is here for a
short visit and is a guest at the home
of Mrs. W. S. Woolever.
H. Sherman Mitchell, who last sum
mer was a member of the Anchorage
Daily Times’ reportorial staff, was re
cently elected editor of the University
Daily, a publication devoted to the in
terests of the University of Wash
ington.
F. L. Knight, who has been a con
ductor on the train running between
here and Chiekaloon for the past year
and a half will leave on the transport
Crook for the purpose of visiting rela
tives and friends in Burlington, Iowa.
Mr. Knight will return to Anchorage
in January.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Fonda will leave
on the transport Crook for Seattle
where they will spend the winter, re
turning to Anchorage next March. Mr.
Fonda has been employed by the Alas
kan Engineering commission during
the past two years and just recently
made a valuable gold discovery on
Lake creek in the Yentna district.
Deputy United States Marshal M. J.
Hrr.ley with headquarters at Talkeet
na, who has been staying at the Cres
cent hotel, will leave tomorrow morn
ing from Talkeetna and says there is
little likelihood of his seeing Anchor
age again before the ice goes out of
the Susitna river in the spring.
Andrew Polyzogas, of Maaanuska,
came to Anchorage and is staying at
the Anchorage. Mr. Polyzogas will be
employed at the Mint Grill during the
pnmintr winter.
Captain Casper Malmberg, skipper
v during the past season on the Susitna
river, will leave on the transport
Crook for Seattle. Captain Malmberg
will return over the trail in March.
Charles A. Odd, who has been em
ployed by the Alaskan Engineering
commission during the past summer
is a guest of the Hotel Crescent and
will leave on the transport Crook for
Seattle where he will spend the corn
ing winter. He expects to return to
Anchorage in the spring to resume his
employment with the commission at
Chickaloon.
August Cohn, employed by the
Alaskan Engineering commission at
Talkeetna, during the past three
months, will leave on the transport
Crook for Seattle.
John Torgesen is registered at the
Crist House.
Doctor and Mrs. R. C. Mathis are
staying at the Crist House pending
repairs which are being made on their
home, into which they expect to
move within the next few days.
F. W. Butterfield is a guest of the
Hotel Parsons. Mr. Butterfield is the
pioneer packer for the Alaskan En
gineering commission and was one of
the first men to negotiate the pack
trail between Matanuska and Tal
keetna. Mr. Butterfield jus„t recently
returned from a trip to the outside
and will be employed during the com
ing winter by the commission at some
point along the main line this side of
Taikeatna.
That the night school is destined to
become a popular source of instruc
tion and entertainment combined, dur
ing the long winter evenings, is al
ready apparent from the number and
character of the students enrolled.
The business and social life of An
chorage is well represented among
those seeking special instruction in
elocution, music, and the commercial
courses, and beyond any doubt the
night school will prove an important
factor of the winter activities of
Anchoarge.
Z. J. Jewell, one of the successful
potato growers in the Matanuska vaT
ley came down on last night’s train
and is a guest of the Morrison hotel.
'* Mr. Jewell expects to dispose of the
remainder of his potato crop on this
visit and says the market for home
grown potatoes is firmer than was an
ticipated during the summer.
McNally and Maitland, the lumber
merchants, have entered into a con
tract with Peter Roberts, R. Rochelle,
Harry McLean and William Morrison,
all of Anchorage, to get out 500,000
feet of spruce logs to be sawed into
lumber for local use by the firm’s saw
mill located at Bird creek, on Turn
j again Arm. The four contractors wil
leave for Bird creek tomorrow morn
ing and will take with them a tean
of horses and all necessary equipmen
for the winter’s work. The contract
ors are all well known here in An
chorage and are experienced woods
men. They expect to be at Bird creel
for the remainder of the winter.
C. Casad, the popular first basemai
j for the Turnagain Arm ball team
i came in yesterday from the Arm an.
1 is staying at the Crescent awaiting
the sailing of the Transport Crool
Mr. Casad will spend the winter i’
! Seattle and will very likely return t
Anchorage early in the spring. Casa'
Isays that if the weather permits dur
1 ing the winter, he will devote man;
’ of his leisure hours to developin;
isome new tricks in holding down th
! first station on the Potter creek aggre
gation, which he says will show grea
speed in the baseball world next sea
son.
Peter Olmed, laborer, was held u
and robbed of $8 by two men at th
point of a gun about midnight las
night on C street just north of Nint
avenue. At the time of the robber
the street was deserted and Olmed wa
on his way toward town.
After leaving Ninth avenue he wa
accosted by two men and ordered t
hold up his hands by one of the rol
bers, who pointed a revolver at Olmec
The partner of the armed robber wen
through Olmed’s pockets and too
the $8.
j The robbers cursed over the sma
; amount of money and then told Olme
to “make tracks for town,” which h
did with alacrity.
The marshal’s office is investiga!
ing the case.
FRIDAY
William Hanke, who is one of th
progressive ranchers in the Mata
nuska valley, is in town for a few day
on business connected with the mai
keting of his potato crop and is
guest, of the Richter House.
R. G. Doherty, of the Doherty coa
mine came down on last night’s trai
on business connected with his coj
mine and is a guest of the Hotel Ar
chorage.
Mrs. Blanche Derringer, employe
during the past three months at th
Doherty coal mine at Moose creel
sailed today on the transport Croo
for Seattle, where she will remain fc
the winter. Mrs. Derringer expects t
return to Anchorage in the spring.
Herbert McClure, employed by th
Alaskan Engineering commission a
foreman of the steam shovel gang o
the main line at Matanuska, left tc
day on the transport Crook for Seal
tie. Mr. McClure will leave for Was!
ington, D. C., after a few days rest i
i Seattle and will at once make appli
! cation to join the engineers' corps c
the army in the hope of getting t
France. Owing to the fact that ther
is considerable railroad work bein
done throughout France and Russij
Mr. McClure feels assured that he wi
be able to connect himself with mil
tary railroad construction in thes
j countries.
Julius Liberman employed at Cai
rol & Co., recently purchased froi
Fred O’Neil seven of the best husk
dogs in these parts and expects tu d
a general passenger and freight bus
ness between here and Talketna an
Seward. When the freighting become
quiet, Mr. Liberman says that he wi
devote himself and dogs to the racin
game and expects to hang up severs
records for fast dog work.
Leo. J. McCourt, who has been err
ployed by the government both i
Panama and in the construction of th
government railroad here, left toda
on the t’ ^ "sport Crook for Seatt.I
where he experts to obtain employ
ment with the Alaskan Engineerini
commission in the Seattle purchasinj
1 department. Two years ago Mr Me
| Court suffered a broken arm while en
I gaged in the engine department fo
j the commission and since the acciden
I has been employed in the office at th
marine ways. Mr. McCourt expects t
return to Anchorage in the earl;
spring on personal business.
James Lawn, employed by the Alas
kan Engineering commission as super
mvciiucut IUI U1C CICCUUIl U1 cUi piles'
senger stations along the line of the
government railroad, left today on th€
transport Crook bound for Seattle. Mr
Lawn after spending a few weeks ir
I Seattle will sail for Honolulu where hf
- will spend the winter, returning tc
i Anchorage next summer. Before tak
t ing charge of station construction foi
- the commission Mr. Lawn was ir
- charge of the mercantile establish
* ment of Carrol & Co.
c D. M. Lynch, who has been staying
at the Richter House for the past few
* days, left on this morning’s train foi
» his ranch which is located eight miles
1 from Anchorage on the main line. Mr
? Lynch is building a drying oven t<
* take care of the calcium carbonate de
1 posits which are found in large quan
5 tities on his homestead. Mr. Lyncl
1 furnished many of the gardeners ir
" town and a considerable number of the
>r farmers in the Matanuska valley witl
? the fertilizer and all of them fount
3 that its use increased remarkably the
* crop yield. He expects during the
t course of the next season to supph
* large quantities of the fertilizer t<
the ranchers around Matanuska.
P | George Taylor, who has been em
e ployed by the Alaskan Engineering
commission, on the main line of the
government railroad near Houstoi
and who is a guest.of the Hotel An
chorage, will leave on the Maripos:
for Seattle where he will join a theat
s rical company and tour the states dur
r ing the coming winter. Mr. Taylor a
- one time played with Charlie C’naplii
!• j in the London music halls and wa:
t with the great comedian when he firs
k J came to America from London. Mr
Taylor expects to return to Alaska ii
1 the spring.
The regular twice a week mail serv
e ice between Anchorage and Sewar<
j will begin next Monday. The mail wil
- Ipavp Anrhoratre pverv Mondav arw
Thursday throughout the coming win
ter. Col. Harry Revel, the mail con
tractor left Seward last Monday witl
e the Iditarod mail and is due to ar
' rive here tomorrow, on the way to th<
s interior. A stage for the transporta
tion of the mail will be installed be
a | tween the ends of steel on the Turn
! again Arm this winter.
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n SATURDAY
Edward Krause will leave today 01
’! the Mariposa for Seattle and afte
j spending a few days in the Puge
d | sound metropolis will visit his parent;
e | at his former home in Otthello, Wash
ington. Mr. Krause is a partner witl
^ Harry Hicks in the Mecca Cigar stor
r at Fourth avenue and C street.
0 Andrew C. Craig the local contrac
tor left this morning for Matanuski
e for the purpose of bidding on the nev
s school house at that place which wil
n be erected this fall. If he gets th<
■ contract Mr. Craig expects to have thi
• building complete by the first of De
- cember.
n Robert Brown leaves today on th<
• steamer Mariposa for Seattle when
f he will visit friends until Christma;
0 at which time he will go to Los An
e geles. Mr. Brown is a pioneer in An
? chorage and for the past year has op
| erated the big auto truck for th<
1 ; Tvanefov rnmnonv i-ftor '
-1 short stay in Los Angeles Mr. Browi
e will make application to join the arm;
in the hope of getting to France ii
time to pot a few Huns. Mr. Browi
n expects to get in the transportatioi
V end of the service as a driver of one o
0 the huge catipillar trucks used fo:
- transporting food and supplies.
Mrs. George Anderson, wife of th<
s Willow Ci’eek mining operator, leave!
1 today on the steamer Mariposa fo:
? Seattle, where with her husband sh<
1 will spend the winter. Mrs. Ander
son since last July has been playinj
- the piano at the Harmony theatre am
1 during this time has made a musica
fJ record for herself that has attractec
7 a great deal of interest. She has beer
e heard in many private musical recitals
- in the homes of the music lovers oi
? Anchorage and her artistic renditior
; of classical scores has gained for hei
- the lively appreciation of her audi
- ences. Mrs. Anderson first came tc
r Anchorage two years ago and her ab
t sence this winter will be keenly notec
2 by the lovers of music both at the
) theatre and at the various recitals tc
' be given.
George RuTapaugh who died at the
■ government hospital Thursday of pto
- maine poisoning will be buried Sun
uay auernoun ai & o ciock m uie gov
ernment cemetery. Funeral services
will be held in the hall of the Pio
neers of Alaska of which he was a
member. The interment will cake
place immediately after the services
and will be in charge of D. H. Wil
liams, funeral director. The pall
bearers will be Robert White, W. J.
Babis, Frank Korth, C. E. Cone, J.
C. Davidson and J. Carlson.
Particulars regarding the killing
recently in Casper, Wyo., of Lawr
ence Barrett, formerly of Anchorage,
■ disclose that he was slain as he was
; seated with his family in a restau
, rant by Mrs. Bessie Fisher, who fol
i lowed him to Casper from this city.
The Fisher woman was regarded as
a public character by the police here,
i While Barrett and his family were
i at their dinner Mrs. Fisher entered
. the dining room and going up to
i their table entered into conversation
| with him. She appeared to be very
» much excited. Before anyone pres
. ent was aroused to any suspicion of
■ her intent, she pulled a revolver and
> shot him. Jealousy is the motive as
signed. Immediately after the shoot
;ing, Mrs Fisher said: “I’m glad I
. i shot him. If I can’t have him, nei
Jther can his wife.”
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t Ninety dollars’ worth of knitting
. yarn was received by the Anchorage
i branch of the Red Cross on the trans
. port Crook and will be used for knit
. ting socks for the American soldiers in
t the European trenches. The Red
j! Cross here will issue a call for vol
; i unteers among the ladies of the
: | town and it is expected that the yam
j will be rapidly converted into warm
,; socks for the troops.
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j SUNDAY
11 Norman McLeod, who recently com
I | pleted a road building contract for
II the territorial road commission and
who left for the states on the steam
er Mariposa, will enter the United
States army in the transportation
1 !
stri Viet?.
I
i
Tex Jones, one of the proprietors
of the Pan Handle, is now staying at
the Anchorage hotel where he has en
gaged rooms for the coming winter.
Mr. Jones feels that with the coming
of winter steam heat is a needed con
comitant to his physical well being.
, J. R. Uhl a well known old-timer
- i both in the Cook inlet country and in
tjthe interior, arrived from Seldovia
;;On the last trip of the Tyonic and ex
.' pects to leave during the coming week
, i over the trail for Seward where he
;; expects to make final arrangements
I for a mining property recently dis
. covered by him and associates near
t Seldovia.
r R. Brock, the best known steamboat
I man in the territory of Alaska, can
; celled his transportation on the trans
; port Crook and will remain in An
- chorage for the winter*. Mr. Brock
has handled all of the longshoreman
; work for the commission during the
; past summer and intended leaving
; for Seattle on this trip of the Crook.
■ Mr. Brock expects spend the win
■ ter in the Willow creek district do
' ing some assessment work for claim
jjUwiiers mere.
11 Andrew C. Craig returned from
» Matanuska last night and reports
7 that the proposed school building to
» be erected during the fall at that
i place will not be built this season.
l There is a difference of opinion as to
the most desirable location for the
' school and until the matter is settled
satisfactorily the construction of the
s building will be indefinitely post
» poned.
Frank Butterfield, who recently re
' turrjed to Anchorage after a prolong
■ ed visit to the states, will leave next
; week for the head of Knik river,
1 where he will engage in a two-weeks’
i hunt for the elusive mountain sheep.
1 In the party with Mr. Butterfield is
Tom Tenin, a well known hunter from
the Kuskokwim river district.
M. L. Peters came in on last night’s
train from up the line on the gov
ernment railroad where he has been
employed by the engineering com
1 mission as a bridge foreman. Mr,
Peters has property interests here in
town and his visit at this time is to
arrange for the renting of the prop
erty during the winter. Mr. Peters
will return to his duties tomorrow.
Todd Williams, well known miner,
and who has been working during the
past season for the Doherty coal
mine, is in town awaiting a settle
ment with* the mine owners. He will
leave the earlier part of the week
for the government mine at Eska
creek where he will remain for the
rest of the winter. Mr. Williams be
fore taking up employment with the
Doherty coal mine was employed by
the Alaskan Engineering commission
along the main line of the govern
ment railroad in the freighting serv
ice.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Jackson, from
Matanuska came down on yesterday's
train and are guests of the Crescent
hotel. Mr. Jackson is in charge of the
passenger and freight depot at Mat
anuska. Mr. Jackson is one of the
1
pioneer employes of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, having come
here two years ago and his first em
[ ployment with the commission was ir
, the telephone department, having hac
j charge of the telephone linemen ir
stringing wires between here anc
Seward. He was one of the first mer
to go over the line between here anc
Talkeetna and is as familiar with al
parts of the railroad line as any mar
now employed by the commission
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson will leave Mon
day for Matanuska.
William Teare from Sheep creek
is in town, having arrived on Iasi
night’s train and reports the country
contiguous to the government railroac
near Sheep creek teeming with^activ
ity owing to the preparations for the
winter. Many tie contractors are a
work in the vicinity and their great
est trouble at this time is in obtain
ing tie cutters. Mr. Teare reports
|that one contractor near Sheep creel
| could use to advantage fifteen mori
cutters.
J. C. Gaffney was an outgoing pas
senger on the Mariposa and will mee
Mrs. Gaffney in Seward. Mr. Gaffney
will visit the great oil town of Casper
Wyoming, on his way east, where h<
goes in the interest of his insurance
business. He will endeavor to ge
lower insurance rates for busines:
houses in Anchorage while he is in th<
east.
Mrs. T. D. Corlew left on the steam
er Mariposa for Seattle where sh<
will await the arrival of her husban<
who expects to leave about the middli
jof December. Mrs. Corlew was on<
| of the first women to establish a mer
cantile house in Anchorage. In May
1915 she began her business in a ten
occupied in part by the Wells Farg(
Express company. As soon as the
town was moved from across Shi]
creek Mrs. Corlew leased the store
room in the Lathrop building and oc
cupied the premises until she recent
ly disposed of her stock.
James E. O’Reilly, former super
intendent of construction on the gov
ernment railroad, heavily interestet
in gold and coal mines near Anchor
age, and a former resident of the
chamber of commerce, left on the
steamer Mariposa for Seattle. While
in the states Mr. O’Reilly expects tc
visit the oil district in Wyoming
He will return to Anchorage on one
of the first boats in the spring.
MONDAY
O. Meehan is a recent arrival fron
Indian River and is a guest of th<
Crist House.
Lee S. Fox is down from Chickalooi
for a short business trip and is regist
ered at the Morrison hotel.
George Winten from Palmer is ii
Anchorage on a short business trij
connected with his ranch and is stay
ing at the White House.
John Gross, Jr., came in yesterdaj
from Potter Creek and is staying al
the Parsons hotel. Mr. Gross expects
to return the middle of the week.
F. Bartholomew, who has spent the
past summer in the hills in the Willow
creek district, is an arrival in towr
and is a guest of the Parsons hotel.
James Morgan, well known along
the line of the government, railroad, it
a visitor in Anchorage and is making
his headquarters at the Alaska House
W. H. Lane employed by the Alas
kan Engineering Commission on the
main line of the government railroad
near Houston is a guest of the Richter
House.
Mrs. William B. Dean and her son
Leonard Dean, are now conducting the
Multiplex Chimney company in the
absence of William B. Dean who lefl
on one of the recent steamers for the
outside to purchase additional mach
inery for the business. Mrs. Dean says
; the chimney business is holding up re
i markably well.
J. E. Richardson, who has been em
| ployed in the mines at Eska Creek
I during the past six months, came
; down for a short business trip and is
registered at the Morrison hotel.
I
j Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Jackson, who
: were guests of the Hotel Crescent over
i Sunday-, returned on this morning’s
train to their home in Matanuska. Mr.
Jackson is in charge of the freight and
passenger depot in the farming center.
M. L. Peters, employed by the Alas
i kan Engineering commission left on
: this morning’s train for Chickaloon
j where he is supervising some bridge
work now being done at that paice.
Mr. Peters was a guest of the Parsons
hotel.
David Fraser, a pioneer in Anchor
age, who came here over the trail in
March, 1915, and who for the past
summer has been engaged in a clear
ing contract at Dead Horse Hill for
| the Alaskan Engineering Commission
is in town. Mr. Fraser has completed
his contract. He is very satisfied with
the financial returns and will devote
the rest of the winter to taking it easy
in his cabin at Fourth and East B.
Lars Netland checked out from the
Crescent hotel this morning. Mr. Net
| land shipped on the morning’s train a
car of lumber and a car of machinery
to be used in the opening up of the
I coal mine in which he is interested in
Chickaloon. Owing to the break in
the cable a short time ago the work
j in the mine was delayed a matter of
five weeks as no telegraphic communi
cation could be had with Mr. Netland’s
principals in San Francisco. The
work, however, will now be pushed
with great energy and it is expected
: that the delay will be overcome before
r spring.
’ Mrs. Caroline Rager, mother of At
: torney William Rager of the firm of
* Murphy and Rager, died yesterday at
' her home in Adamstown, Maryland,
according to a caDiegram received last
5 night by Mr. Rager.
William Meinberg, well known in
' Anchorage who was arrested several
5 weeks ago charged with stealing an
l engine from a gas boat at Kenai was
- today convicted of petit larceny and
; sentenced to serve five months in the
• local jail.
t TUESDAY
> Peter Emon, a mining man from
: Ophir who arrived in Anchorage yes
> terday over the trail, is a guest of the
* | Crist house.
Robert Gierke, of Ophir, who dur
■ ing the past season was employed by
the Alaska Road commission, is regis
tered at the Crist house.
Duncan McCormick, who has been
[ staying at the White house for the
past week, left this morning for Sheep
t creek, on the main line of the govern
! ment railroad, where he will remain
i
• | the rest of the winter in getting out
i ties for the Alaskan Engineering com
, mission.
i! Ernest WTellein, formerly manager
; for the Pacific Grocery company, and
| now a successful rancher at Eagle
river, is in town folk a few days and
i while here is staviug at the Wilson
L. W. Turner, former sawmill man
l and a successful rancher at Knik, is
in town for a few days as a guest of
the White house. Mr. Turner was
, one of the first men to come over the
, trail from Seward and arrived in
Anchorage before even the first tents
: were erected. He was fonnerlv as
|
sociated with Robert Fleming in the
' sawmill at Bird creek and later with
; 1 Harry Cribb in a mill near Eagle
river on the line of the government
railroad. While operating the mill
near Eagle river, Mr. Turner located
1160 acres of land near the mill splen
| didly adapted for the growing of all
| kinds of grain. He now has fifteen
acres under cultivation and expects
; next spring to plow and plant in
grain and vegetables an additional
fifteen acres.
L. B. Lilwall, the lumber man from
Wasilla, who represents the Anchor
age Supply company and the firm of
McNally & Maitland, is a guest of
the White house.
Joseph Laubner, brother of the well
known Willow creek mining operator,
expects to leave over the trail for
Seward about the middle of Decem
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