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Everything in Our Store Is
Handled in the Latest Sani
tary Methods Known.
We cordially invite patronage, guarantee satisfac
tion and any business done at Polley Bros, is always
tempered with courtesy.
If you are trading with us we know you are satisfied.
If you are not, a trial will put you in the satisfied
class.
Phone No. 19-R
Free Delivery to All Parts of the City.
Polley Bros.
ALASKAN HOTEL
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
BEST
IN
EQUIPPED
ALASKA.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric Lights,
Steam Heat, Suites With Bath. Bar in Connection.
ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Proprietors ART CLONINGER
CORDOVA.„ ALASKA
Pacific Grocery Company
WHOLESALE
BRANDS —
EVERBEST, LIBBY
DEL MONTE
QUALITY
THE ONLY WHOLESALE HOUSE IN ALASKA.
TRY OUR HAMS AND BACONS
Fresh Smoked Every Day.
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Send us your furs parcel post. Cash remitted by re
turn mail: You don’t wait ninety days for your money.
We pay highest price for furs.
Reference, Bank of Anchorage.
KOSLOSKY & CO.
Opposite Post Office Anchorage, Alaska
Launch Swan
Daily Trips to Knik
FOR SCHEDULE SEE BULLETIN BOARD
JUST OPENED—
Hotel Persons
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BATHS IN CONNECTION Terms Moderate
Hot and Cold Water on Each Fl 'or
H St., between Third a*'d Fourth Aves. - Anchoragp
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Butts’ Parlor
CLEAN COOL REFRESHING
Ice Cream, Fresh Candies, Soft
Drinks, Fruits and Nuts
FOURTH AVE., BET. G and H
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Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
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HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
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Conklin & Fitzgerald
PAINTERS AND
DECORATORS.
We Make a Specialty of First
Class Sign Work — Signs
That Are Business-Getters
at Reasonable Prices.
Fourth Avenue, Bet. H and I
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Passengers and Baggage
Storage Five Days Free
NIGHT AND DAY SERVICE
Stand:—
Front of F. J. Cotter’s Store.
HERMAN L. GENTSCH, Mgr.
PHONE NO. 56-Y.
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Svea Waffle and
Lunch Room
HOME COOKING.
We Bake Our Own Pastry.
REASONABLE PRICES.
Mrs. Victoria H. Winters
Miss Hulda Olson
Cor. 4th and C. Opp. Crescent
ONE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL TEA SPOONS
scriptions or Toilet Preparations at the Northern Drug Co.
Grand and Petit
Juries Picked for
Term of Court
(Valdez Prospector)
The grand and petit juries for the
term of court called for Valdez to be
gin September 11, were drafwn this
morning in open court by Clerk of the
Court Arthur Lang and Jury Commis
sioner Adam Swan. The jurymen se
lected are as follows:
Grand Jury—Hans Christensen. G.
O. Reinke, S. B. Lard, Jas. Cusick, A1
Dubeck and Jesse Crawford, of Val
dez; M. Brock, H. A. Slater, Geo. Bur
leigh. John Emil, O. M. Kinney and E.
A. Hegg, of Cordova; H. D. Phelps,
John Wiles, Geo. Wallentine, John
Stevens, of Ellamar, T. M. Ogle, Chas.
Christianson, J. C. Tolman, Win.
Kingsley, Harry Johnson, Jas. .T.
Howie and F. E. Youngs, of Seward.
Petit Jury—Hans Steinfeldt, M.
Shinn, Heber Smith, August Hogan
son, H. P. King, Henry Ober, Jr., Ken
neth Rudolph, J. C. Dieringer, of Val
dez; W. C. A. Baldwin, L. R. Baird, L.
Wain, Swan O. Anderson, Ben Elli
ott, S. B. Cochran, Harry Willson,
James Lyons, Thos. Thompson, R. R.
Kerwood and O. L. Larson, of Cordo
va; Derrick Lane, L. E. Thompson
and James Bennett, o^ Seward; J. 1!
Gelineau and W. R. Hollond, La
touche; J. Whalen, of Ellamar; J. S.
Raymond, Frank McManus and
Charles Swanson, Granite Mine;
Thomas Groves, Landloek.
BRIEFS FROM THE
COMMERCE REPORT
The gold output of South Dakota
in 1915 was $7,406,305.
A French decree of July 29 prohib
its the importation of beeswax, coffee
extracts ,tea or acetones.
The total value of the electrical ma
chinery products increased 50 per
cent between 1909 and 1914.
The merchant shipping, American
and foreign, for the fiscal year of
June 30, 1916, was the largest in the
history of the United States, notwith
standing the European war, the cap
ture of the port of Antwerp, the clos
ing of the Black sea, the blockade of
the ports of the central powers, the
withdrawal of Austrian and German
merchant ships from trade, and the
dangers of submarines and mines cast
adrift in the routes of ocean com
merce. The tonnage cleared for South
America was nearly five times greater
than in 1914.
There is a great shortage of paper
I in Spain, and high prices are being
asked for the visible supply.
Advertising costs somewhat more
in French Indo-China than in Anchor
age. “Locals” cost 69 cents a line for
one insertion, and 45 cents for each
succeeding insertion.
The Spanish government is follow
ingthe lead of the United States in
developing its coal resources. Every
means are being employed, even to
the construction of secondary rail
roads, to assist in the utilization of
their own coal.
Imports into European Russia from
the United States for the first three
months of 1916 were $28,000,000
against $902,000 for the same period
of the year before. Anchorage would
like to get a share of this melon.
The Argentine government has ap
proved the expenditure of $6,767,818
for the operation of two of its rail
roads in 1916.
The value of the American foreign
trade for the fiscal year of 1916 was
six and a half billion dollars, accord
ing to the department of commerce.
South Africa’s imports of sodium
cyanide- for mining purposes amount
ed to nearly two and a half million
dollars in 1915.
The value of brandy shipped from
La Roclydle, France to the U. S. in
the first half of 1916 was nearly three
times that of the year before. Evi
dently Anchorage is not the only place
that would like to lay in a supply.
A Royal Commission was appointed
several weeks ago by the Canadian
government to inquire into the gen
eral railway situation in Canada. Al- 1
fred Smith, president of the New
York Central, has been named chair
man of the committee.
Up to date, 221 city halls and 379
schools have been totally destroyed by !
the war in France.
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The Alaska Labor Union will not be
responsible for any debts contracted
in its name, unless such debt be ap
proved by the Trustees or the Secre
tary. P. H. RINGSTAD, Sec.
8-16-4t.
Phone 43-Y for car, Day or Night.
Universal Taxi and Transfer. 8-15tf
Wanted—A Setter to work on car
riage. Agply at office of Bird Creek
Lumber Co. S-14tf
Mt. McKinley is opposita Rebarbs .
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Bank of ?\ ska
Skagway
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
CAPITAL. *150,000
SURPLUS ’
Wrangell
$10,000
OFFICERS
President—Andrew Stevenson.
Vice-President—J. T. Westermann
Cashier—W. H. Warren.
Teller— M. McVean.
CORRESPONDENTS
Seattle National Bank, Seattle.
Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank, San Francisco.
Liberty National Bank, New York.
Guaranty Trust Company, New York.
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
CORNER E AND FOURTH.
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A Place to fleet Your Friends!
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Leading brands of Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobaccos and Soft
Drinks. Fruit and Vegetable Stand.
Have your mail sent to Montana Pool Room. You can
get it any time.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO,
Express and Heavy Hauling
Storage in Connection
Office:
Lathrop Building
A. E. LATHROP, Mgr.
M’Nally & Maitland
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We Carry a Complete Stock
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