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1 LOCAL NEWSETTES OF THE WEE
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THURSDAY
W. H. Lindig, formerly in the res
taurant business here, has opened a
restaurant in Cordova.
W. S. Horning and Milo Kelly re
turned to Willow creek this morning
to resume operations on their various
properties.
The directors of the fair association
will hold a meeting within the next
few days to outline the plans ior the
proposed fall fair.
Captain Red Jack, and old-time nav
igator of the Cook inlet, is over from
Knik on marine business and is stop
ping at the Crist house.
Miss Karla Anderson has resigned
from her position with the Peterson
Pool Rooms and leaves for her home
in the states* on the Alameda.
Ed Welch is stopping at the Hotel
Morrison and is down from the \\ illow
creek district to meet outside friends
who are expected on one of the next
boats.
T. M. Hunt, head of the forestry
department of this district, with head
quarters at Seward, is stopping at the
Crescent while in this vicinity on ol
ficiiil business.
Billy Nourse, private in company A,
stationed at Fort Liscum, has been
appointed clerk of the company. Billy
was formerly associated with the local
ofiice “of the Paciiic Steamship com
pany. i
W. A. Black, ef Wasilia, is register
ed at the Hotel Anchorage.
Patrick McNuity, formerly with the
Cache Creek Dredging company, is
among the enlisted boys stopping at
the Hotel Anchorage.
C. B. Secrest and Louis Koss, of
Juneau, checked <>ut at the Hotel An
chorage this morning for Chickaloon,
where they will be employed in the
diamond drill work at the Netland
coal mines.
O. Olson, of Valdez, arrived in An
chorage on the Farragut and regis
tered at the Crescent. Mr. Olson is as
sociated with W. M. Trout in the
Kashwitna copper property and they
left this morning for a visit to the
property.
Charles H. Rattray was a passenger
on the I’arragut and is registered at
the Hotel Anchorage. Mr. Rattray is
in the engineering department of the
General Electric company is here on
business connected with the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
J. E. O’Reilly writes Judge David
that he has a contract for railway con
struction between Edmonton and
Prince Rupert, in Canada. He says
there is no lack of railway laborers in
that country. He has all the men he
can successful employ.
Nick Gaikema and Joe Conroy ar
rived in Anchorage yesterday from
the Willow creek district and will re
main until next Tuesday on business.
They are developing the Webfoot
group of claims and report that the
work is showing up promising looking
high-grade ore.
J. H. Brownlow, member of Igloo
No. 15, now located at Sitka, writes
Charles E. Herron that he has recov
ered from an attack of pneumonia and
is much improved in health. His re
quest to put him on the mailing list
for the Anchorage Weekly Times was
readily complied with.
Mrs. George Roll, of Hope, who
has been a guest at the Crescent for
the past two weeks, has engaged pass
age for the outside on the steamer
Northwestern. Mrs. Roll will make
an extended visit to the states and
expects to spend most of her vacation
in California and Texas.
E. T. Lindner, assistant manager of
the land and industrial department, ac
companied by Mrs. Lindner, will
leave for the states on the steamer
Alameda. This will be Mr. Lindner’s
first trip to the outside in five years,
and his well deserved vacation will be
of sixty days’ duration.
E. S. Mondor left on the Farragut
for Seattle where he will apply for
service in the aviation depai*tment. He
is under age but is deteifnined to get
into the service and if unsuccessful in
the aviation department will seek
service in some other branch of the
army. Emmett has been working for
the commission for the past year and
is very popular with the younger set.
George R. Ament, a former Anchor
age boy, is now sergeant in the 320th
field signal battalion stationed at
Camp Fremont, Cal. In a letter to the
Daily Times Sergeant Ament advises
that they were treated to a “big feed”
on the Fourth of July and that the
meals generally are very good. He
says that “I am coming back to An
chorage just as soon as this fuss is
over.”
Henry Ober is registered at the
Crescent from Valdez. Mr. Ober is
the father of Harry Ober, who work
ed for the government and caught for
the winning Turnagain Arm team last
year. He says that Harry is getting
along fine in the submarine service
and is at present stationed at San
Francisco. Mr. Ober expects to leave
within a few days for the government
coal fields at Chiekaloon.
FRIDAY
V. R. Davis and Mr.s Davis were
outgoing passengers on the Alameda.
Miss Lois Ethel Price has accepted
a positon with the Anchorage Daily
Times. t
Capt. J. J. Finnegan, with headquar
teis in Juneau, is a guest at the Hotel
Anchorage.
Jim Wilson, territorial road super
visor for the third division, was an ar
rival on the Alameda.
Carl Linquist, car inspector in the
local freight yards, left for Seattle
yesterday on the Alameda.
Manager Charles Glaze, of the Em
press, invited the forty draftees to
the Empress last night for the first
show.
Miss Eva McDonald, who lias been
visiting her father at Chiekaloon for
several weeks, returned to Seattle on
the Northwestern.
Lieuts. John Padgett and George H.
Bush left on the Alameda for Vancou
ver, Washington, in response to orders
from headquarters.
Earl Chandler has resigned his po
sition with the Bank of Anchorage
and left on the Alameda for Seattle,
where he will enter the service.
visiting Mrs. Wm. C. Edes in An
chorage for several weeks, left for
her home in California this morning
on the steamer Alameda. Miss Breck
is a teacher of English in the Univer
sity of California and very much en
joyed her visit in Anchorage. She is
quite prominent in Red Cross work in
California and materially assisted the
local chapter while in Anchorage.
Mrs. A. G. Thompson and daughter
Charlotte, returned on the Northwest
ern from Seward where they have
been visiting Mrs. Thompson's sister,
Mrs. Harry Balderston and numerous
! friends.
Wm. J. Boudreau, who has been
, salesman for the Pacific Grocery com
pany for the past two years, left last
night on the Northwestern for the
states, where he expects to engage in
business. Mr. Boudreau is a member
of Igloo No. 15, Pioneers of Alaska,
and expects to return at some future
date. His family will remain here
for the present.
Mrs. George Milliken and son Bar
ry, were outgoing passengers on the
i steamer Alameda for Seattle. Mr. Mil
: liken, a former employe of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, is now
; an officer in the U. S. navy.
Wm. Grandjean, wife and children,
left for Seattle yesterday on the
Northwestern. Mr. Grandjean has
been employed as conductor on the lo
cal run for several months.
Thirty-four members of the Home
Guard escorted the forty draft boys to
the government dock and helped them
on their way to Berlin with best wish
es for a safe voyage and speedy re
turn.
F. E. Rader, of the government ex
perimental farm located near Mata
nuska, was registered at the Hotel
Anchorage and in town to meet his
daughter Rowella, who arrived on the
steamer Alameda. Mr. Rader reports
i that he has twenty acres sowed to
: grain this season, in addition to other
acreage, which is all doing well.
Mischell Weisberg was among the
drafted boys to leave on the Alameda
last night. Mr. Weisberg has been
engaged in business in Anchorage for
three years with different associates
and recently shipped the balance of his
merchandise stock to Seattle.
A. A. Abby, well known and well
liked character about town, left for
Seattle this morning on the Alameda.
Mr. Abby, or “Dad” was custodian at
the Bank of Alaska as well as other
office buildings in Anchorage.
SATURDAY
Alex Tsakumis has left for the out
side and Steve Leltos is managing the
Montana pool hall.
Miss Mandene Robinson, of Spo
kane, is among the recent arrivals at
the Hotel Anchorage.
J. D. Meenach and A. E. Berry,
prominent mining men, are registered
at the Hotel Anchorage from Seattle.
A. A. Anderson, bookkeeper for the
Cache Creek Dredging company, is
stopping at the Hotel Anchorage dur
ing his business trip to town.
Miss Irene Majors, of Long Beach,
Cal., who has been engaged to teach
in the public schools at Hope, is a
guest at the Hotel Anchorage.
Miss Hilda J. Johnson, of Seattle,
arrived on one of the last steamers
and is a guest at the Hotel Anchorage.
Miss Johnson will spend her vacation
visiting friends at Palmer.
Jas. Dobson is registered at the Ho
tel Anchorage from Juneau and is con
nected with the Lynch brothers’ dia
mond drill outfit now working in the
I Netland coal fields at Chickaloon.
I Mrs. H. O. Schaleben and son Hale
j stopped over in Anchorage yesterday
| on their way to join Dr. Schaleben,
j who is temporarily located at Eska
I creek.
H. C. Feldman, hardware merchant
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of Cordova and Anchorage, is over
! from Cordova for a brief trip on bus
1 iness connected with the Dohrmann
| Herning Hardware company. Mr.
! Feldman is stopping at the Hotel
j Anchorage and reports business very
I brisk in Cordova.
Andrew Christensen has moved
from the Anchorage hotel, where he
has been living temporarily, to his
home on Christensen Road, where he
and Wm. Gerig will keep bachelor’s
| quarters until the return of Mrs.
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Lieut. Willard Herron, son of
Charles E. Herron, has left Fort Wor
den with the 69th regiment of coast
i artillery for an eastern port, probably
! en route for France.
Charles Johnson, of Chickaloon, is
! in town for .a few days on business.
Henry Phnard is down from the hills
and registered at the Hotel Anchorage
during his stay in town. Mr. Emard
i has charge of the air compressor drill
: at the Mable mines and advises that
| the company is working in good ore,
with the prospects for a successful
season.
The members of the Loyal League
held a business meeting last night
and appointed a committee of five with
R. D. Chase, chairman, to confer with
a similar committee from the Home
Guards in the efforts to amalgamate
the two organizations. Capt. J. J.
Finnegan made the league a brief talk
and advocated the amalgamation of
the two organizations.
Dr. F. A. Ross was agreeably sur
prised yesterday by the arrival of his
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
George Ross, who will remain for a
brief visit. Mr. and Mrs. Ross live in
Gilroy, Cal., and this is their first
trip to Alaska, although Dr. Ross has
been endeavoring for some time to get
them to make the Alaska trip. They
are now well satisfied and say that in
some ways Alaska scenery even sur
passes their own beautiful country
and they very much enjoyed the de
lightful steamer voyage from Seattle.
They expect to return to the states on
the Alaska.
Cecil Cosper, internal revenue agent,
accompanied by C. D. Eshelman, are
making their headquarters at the Ho
tel Anchorage during their official
visit to Anchorage. This district is
under the supervision of the Portland,
i Or., office and Mr. Cosper advises that
they expect to be here about ten days
checking up income tax returns and
general business connected with the
internal revenue department.
Rev. M. H. Course, former pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Belling
ham, Washington, sailed on the Alas
ka Thursday, en route to Anchorage,
where he will reside permanently. He
will occupy the Presbyterian pulpit
here, and will preach his initial ser
mo na week from Sunday.
Mike Sherry is in Anchorage from
the Willow creek district with the re
port that they have recently made an
other rich strike on the Little Gem
property. Mike says that they tapped
a strong flow of wateh at a distance of
40 feet on the drift, which is a splen
did indication of a strong vein. The
company is working a force of men
at the present driving a tunnel and
otherwise developing the property,
several tons of high grade ore are on
the dump waiting the installation of
the stamp mill.
Frank Redwood and F. A. Hansen,
two local gun experts, are matched
for a clay pigeon shoot at the club
preserves tomorrow afternoon. The
other members of the Anchorage Gun
club will hold the weekly shoot imme
diately following the Redwood-Hansan
match.
A1 Carlson, who manages a hotel at
Chickaloon, spent yesterday in An
chorage on business.
E. A. Rasmussen, United States
commissioner at Skagway, is stopping
at the Hotel Anchorage while in town
on legal business connected with the
Bank of Alaska.
Harry Landers registered at the
Crescent from Mile 32, which is the
location for the coming town in the
Willow creek mining district.
Anton Standee is down from the
Martin mines and is registered at the
Crescent.
G. C. Haneman, of tjtie forestry de
partment, is at the Crescent.
Jos. Schmitbauer, of the Alaska
Pool hall, is building a frame addition
to the rear of his building on Fourth
I avenue. The addition will be twelve
by eighteen feet, with a basement and
will be occupied for living rooms. The
lumber was purchased from the An
j chorage Supply company.
Gus Gilles, traveling salesman from
Juneau, is registered at the Crescent.
MONDAY
M. F. Malone and J. H. Dodson, of
Castle, are registered at the Hotel
' Anchorage.
Bob Hunter is having his fishing
boat repaired at the government ma
rine ways.
Bob Small was down from the Eska
creek coal mines yesterday for a brief
visit with friends.
“Paddy the Dane” is in from Chick
aloon'and reports business good in the
coal mining town.
Rev. E. M. Hughes and a company
of Boy Scouts hiked to Lake Spenard
this morning for a five days’ outing
trip.
The manager of the Panhandle is
giving away attractive aluminum
match boxes to the patrons of this
popular resort.
Ray C. McDonald was discharged
yesterday from the government hospi
tal as cured from a recent operation
of a minor nature.
Tom Freeze, who is working for
McNally & Maitland at the Bird
creek sawmill, spent Sunday in An
chorage as a guest at the White house.
Alvah Eamcs and F. E. Whitney, of
the postoffice department, left this
morning on a three-davs’ official busi
ness trip to Matanuska, Chickabon
and way ports.
The launch Swan arrived in port
this morning with Capt. Billy Murray
in command. The Swan has finished
the contract with the government and
will return on its regular run.
A. E. Ferrin, of Hope, is stopping at
the White house while in Anchorage
on business connected with the govern
ment mail contract which he handled
last winter between Seward and Sun
rise and Hope.
Senator Miles Poindexter, of Wash
ington, wires the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce relative to the local coal
situation as follows: “Navy depart
ment is giving active attention to the
coal matter in vour section but cannot
yet give out details of the proposed
plan.”
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Moore, of St.
Louis, who have been stopping at the
Parsons hotel since their arrival in
Anchorage, left on the morning train
for Rainbow creek, en route to visit
Gus Sieffert, and the property of the
St. Louis Mining and Milling property
on Resurrection creek in the vicinity
of Hope.
Captain Thos. Dwyer has appointed
a committee composed of Chas. Bush,
George Denton, Judge J. L. Waller,
Felix Brown and E. L. Bedell of the
Home Guards to ir.:et a similar com
mittee from the Leya! League in the
efforts to amalgamate the two organ
isations. The meeting will be held at
8 o’clock tonight at the Daily Times
office and there is no doubt but that
the amalgamation will be amicably
settled.
Ed. McNally returned yesterday
from an extended trip to the McNally
& Maitland coal mine at Bluff Point.
He has been delivering coal from the
mines to the various canneries in the
fishing district and reports that while
the nan is about two weeks late in
starting the present run of salmon is
the largest of many seasons. Mr. Me
ntally says the work at the coal mines
is progressing satisfactorily and the
firm will be able to supply coal to the
local people this winter.
TUESDAY
Home Guards meet tonight for drill
at 7:30.
Mrs. S. Martin, of Camp 86, is a
guest at the Crescent.
Chamber of Commerce meets to
morrow noon at the Frisco cafe for
; luncheon.
The steamer Tyonic, owned and op
j ated by McNally and Maitland, left
I for Seldovia and way points late yes
j cerday afternoon carrying a number
of passengers from Anchorage for dif
ferent points on the inlet.
C. M. Gage, recently employed in
I the government coal mines at Eska,
left for Seldovia yesterday on the Ty- j
onie. Mr. Gage will also visit the j
various fishing plants in the inlet be- j
fore returning to Anchorage.
G. C. Bacon and Bill Nicholls left j
! for the Willow creek district this
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morning in the interest of eastern cap j
ital and will spend several days in the j
district inspecting various properties
; with the view of investing.
R. J. Weir, engineer in charge of. the
i Seward division, returned overland to
j
| Seward yesterday after spending sev
j eral days in Anchorage in conference
with the local railroad officials.
Doc Madden, the sage of the Pan
handle, is suffering from an acute at
tack of rheumatism, but is still able to
settle all war and political disputes
that come up fov discussion.
Joe Reno, the Girdwood merchant,
is stopping at the Crescent while in
Anchorage transacting business. Mr. |
Reno reports renewed activity in his i
i section on account of track-laying and j
other work on the government rail- J
road.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Patten are stop
ping at the Crescent for a few days.
Mr. Patten is the “Ace” in the steam
shovel game and has charge of one of!
the government shovels on the Tum
again Arm division.
Jim Wilson and Art Shonbeck left
for the Matanuska region this morn
ing, to be gone until Friday looking
over the work accomplished by the
road commission and to make further
plans for additional work in the vi
cinity.
Z. J. Loussac left on the Tyonic yes
terday for Seldovia, Kenai and other
inlet points, to be gone several days
on business connected with the mail
order department of the Loussac Drug
company. Mr. Loussac will also visit
Halibut Cove, which is headquarters
for several large fishing companies,
before returning to Anchorage.
Bob Small has discontinued his ser
vices with the government coal mine
at Eska creek and left for Seldovia
yesterday afternoon to give the busy
fish town the once over with the view
of establishing a blacksmith shop and
incidentally repair his political fences.
Col. Harry Revell, the winter mail
operator from Seward to Iditarod, is
spending a few days in Anchorage on
business. The colonel is located at
Girdwood, where he has a large ken
nel for the care of mail dogs during
the summer months.
Anchorage is apparently so patri
otic that the local Council of Defense
has dispensed with meeting regularly
and hereafter will meet only upon call
of the chairman.
WEDNESDAY
E. H. Mathis, of San Francisco, is
among the recent arrivals at the Hotel
Anchorage.
Steve Bunos is spending a few days
in town on business and is registered
at the Hotel Anchorage.
The freighter Skagway discharged
a large consignment of freight for the
Alaskan Engineering commission /and
left for the outside last night. '
A large number of people in addi
tion to the members of the Sunday
school class and teachers attended the
Presbyterian Sunday school picnic at
Lake Spenard today.
There will be a mass meeting at the
Labor temple tonight to discuss the
revised wage scale. The public is in
vited to attend and take part in the
meeting, as well as the members of
the Alaska Labor union, under whose
auspices'the meeting will be held.
Charles E. Herron and George Ir
ving returned this morning from
Swanson creek, where they have been
inspecting the saltery of the Kache
mak Canning company. They made
the trip on the company’s launch
Swan and report delightful weather on
the Arm and considerable activity at
all the fishing sites on the inlet.
Pat Lynch is in from the Netland
Gompertz coal mines at Chickaloon
and is stopping at the Hotel Anchor
age. He reports the diamond drill
work is progressing satisfactorily and
will undoubtedly result in opening up
additional territory.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe McGill returned
yesterday from a week’s visit to Belul
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ga river, where the Beluga Whale
company has its Alaska headquarters.
Mr. McGill reports that the company
is taking advantage of the large sal
mon run and devoting all efforts to
catching and salting salmon.
The Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce received an order for four tons
of Matanuska potatoes on the last boat
from the Kennecott Copper company.
Robert Courtnay, secretary, advises
that the potatoes will be shipped at
once. He further advises that the
famous Matanuska spud is getting
well advertised throughout the coast
towns of the territor yarn! the demand
constantly increasing.
The Kachemak Canning company ^
purchased the power launch Swan
from Nick Gaikema yesterday, for the
consideration of $1,250. The Swan
will be used as a passenger and freight
launch in the operations of this grow
ing company.
OUTSIDE ACCOUNT OF
ALASKA WEDDING GIVEN
The society section of a recent edi
tion of the Seattle Times gives the fol
lowing account of the wedding of Mrs.
Sadie Edmundson and James Wesley
Pritchett, publisher of the Sentinel, of
Wrangell. Mrs. Pritchett formerly
resided in Juneau:
“Last evening, in the parlor of the
Frye hotel, Mrs. Sadie E. Edmundson
of Wrangell, Alaska, and Mr. James
Wesley Pritchett of the same place
were married. Rev. J. E. Crowther, ^
performed the ceremony in the pres
ence of a few friends.
“The bride has been connected with
the United States bureau of education
in Alaska during the last five years.
The groom is publisher of the Wran
gell Sentinel.
“Out-of-town guests at the wedding
were Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Ingraham,
parents of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs.
Irving I. Hasbrook, of Nampa, Idaho;
Mrs. Charles E. Kimball, of Juneau,
Alaska; Mrs. P. C. McCormack, of
Wrangell; Miss Esther Gibson, of
Bayview, Alaska, and Miss Junia Cas
sel, of Mount Vernon.
“After a short trip to sound points^
Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett will return to
Alaska early in August.”
GRUESOME FIND IN
CAVES IN ARIZONA
FROM TWENTY-FIVE TO FIFTY t
HUMAN SKELETONS UNCOV
ERED BY PROSPECTORS.
PHOENIX, Ariz., August 1.—A
most gruesome discovery was made
by prospectors in the mountains near
Phoenix, Arizona, near an Indian res
ervation, yesterday. From twenty
five to fifty human skeletons of ad
ults and children were found in three
caves, in close proximity. The cloth-' *
ing is slightly worn and sandals and
spurs were scattered about.
The Indians on the reservation pro
fess ignorance of the shocking mys
tery. Officers called to investigate
have no theory to advance as yet.
Job Printing at the Times office.