A. A. Shonbeck
Groceries
Hardware
Building Paper
Roofing
Corrugated Iron
Nails
Galvanized Pipe
Oats, Bran and
Cracked Corn
Timothy and
Alfalfa Hay
WE SELL FORD CARS
FOVRTH AM> C
North Side Lumber Yard
W. T. NORMILE ROGER SUMMY
Manager Assistant Mgr.
..LUMBER..
Old Town Near R. R. Track
Carrol & Co.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
JOHN B. STETSON HATS
Fourth and E Sts.
Carrol Building Anchorage, Alaska
RAY C. LARSON
Dealer in
Sash, Doors, Glass
ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN
Fifth Ave. and K St.
Frank J. Cotter’s
The place where men outfit. As complete a line
of Foot Gearing as can be purchased anywhere.
The bench-made Washington, ! Buckingham &
Hecht, Hunkidori, Chippewa, Daugherty and the
famous vulcanized Oxfords, both ladies’ and gen
tlemen’s. The B. F. Goodrich Rubbers, and a
complete assortment of Dogg Derneden Shirts in
all the Spring and Summer weights. In fact, every
thing that men need to wear.
COTTER’S
BYRNE BUILDING OPPOSITE MONTANA
ITEMS GATHERED
aboutthe town
« K. A. Orant, from the Canada side,
* l8 making Anchorage a visit.
O. B. Judd, who has been winter
ing in Hope, has accepted a clerical
position with the Commission.
W. A. Nourse is assisting Agent
“Barney" Watson in the local oltices
of the Admiral line.
A1 Grigsby, an old resldenter from
around Valdez, has accepted a posi
toin with the Commission.
Mrs. Peter Edgtvert and two sons
left yesterday for their homesteads
in the Matanuska valley.
Wilkes, the cabinetmaker, put the
finishing touches on the Inside work
| for the Bank of Alaska.
New white and blue tiling is Being
j laid in the entrance of the stores and
| offices of the Fowler building, on O
I street.
The steamship Farragut. of the
Admiral line, carrying a capacity list
of passengers and 608 tons of
freight, is due to reach Anchorage at
10 o’clock tonight.
The steamer Tyonic, with Rufus
Bowen as captain, reached this port
Monday night. The Tyonic shipped
from Seldovla and brought In 300
bales of hay for Brown & Hawkins
• and a big cargo of coal for commer
cial trade.
Elmer Erickson, a prominent min
ing man from Colorado, is among the
late arrivals in Anchorage. Mr.
Erickson came to this country with
the intention of going into the Tal
keetna, but will probably give the
famous quartz mines in the Willow
creek a thorough inspection before
making the Talkeetna trip.
C. R. Conquest and Oscar Novel,
who have been trapping and pros
pecting on the Yentna, reached An
chorage this morning with the first
mall from McDougall by the way of
navigation. These gentlemen report
a big rush of prospectors into tthe
Yentna and Cache creek country and
are particularly optimistic in regard
to a successful season for the Cache
creek placer camps.
Z. J. Jewel, a farmer from the
Matanuska valley, is in Anchorage
for a few days. With potatoes sel
ling for |60 a ton with a ready mar
ket and an average crop of 10 tons
to the acre isn’t so woVse. Mr.
Jewel, like the rest of the Matanus
ka farmers, has great faith in this
country and will put ten acres In po
tatoes this spring and is clearing the
balance of his homestead for the di
versified crops indigenous to this
sell.
The energetic firm of Polley Bros,
are remodelling and otherwise fixing
up their place of business in an at
tractive manner. They are putting
down new hardwood flooring; the
old front will be replaced by four
six-foot plate glass windows; the
two small doors have been taken out
and a wide doorway with tiVo six
foot plate glass facings will be put
in the center of the building, giving
them a much more advantageous
window for the display of their mer
chandise.
Upon the advise of Drs. Reedy and
Beeson, Mrs. Gustav Sieffert left for
Seattle with her soh Vincent Sief
fert. Vincent recently got a piecce
of steel In his eye and has been un
der the doctors’ care at the govern
ment hospital, who were able to re
duce the pain and swelling but de
cided it would take an X-ray ma
chine to properly decide the extent
of the injury and advised Mrs.
Seiffert to take the boy outside to be
put under the cnre of an eye spec
ialist.
Two real old timers, G. S. Spauld
ing and S. R. Calvin, blew into An
chorage today with their pokes of
dust from the hard rock district.
These boys are miners of the old
school, having visited every digging
in Alaska and parts of California
and have been doing the ftunnefl
work this winter for the Indepen
dence mine in the Willow creek dis
trict where they experienced sever
al narrow escapes from snow slides.
At the time of going to press they
were doing very well, being in the
company of Lawyer Murphy.
It’s Moving Day on Fourth Avenue.
Cheerful Ike Bayles, of the Arm
of Jalfe & Bayles, has been working
himself and carpenters overtime in
order to get their new business
house completed. He moved the
whole family of Hart Schaffner &
Marx and Stein-Block, together
with a complete line of gents' fur
nishings and nobby haberdashery to
. the new store today from the tent
store he has been using for tempo
• rary purposes.
The board of trustees of the An
chorage Chamber of Commerce are
requested to meet tonight at 8
o’clock in the offices of the Pioneer.
MONDAY, MAY 15.
National league.
New York, 3; Chicago, 2.
Philadelphia. 7; Cinc'nnatl, 1.
Pittsburg, 8; Boston, 4.
Brooklyn, 4; St. Louis, 2; 11 In
nings.
American Leagues.
Cleveland, G; New York, 4.
Detroit, 5; Washington. 4.
Phalidelphia, G; St. Louis, 4.
Boston-Chtcago game postponed
on account of wet grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith McCullagh
gave a dinner party last night to a
small number of friends at the new
and attractive Tacoma Cafe, on the
corner of Fifth avenue and G street.
Mrs. W. H. Williams, a late ar
rival from the outside, has decided
to make Alaska her future home
and has gone to nousekeeping on F
street, just south of the public school
building.
Mrs. A. Corlew is remodeling and
otherwise making important changes
in her place of business for the
handling and better display of her
large shipment of dry goods recently
received.
Navigation is now open to Susitna
Station, and the gas launch Sea
Lion, with ‘'Red Jack” as captain,
made the initial trip yesterday, car
rying a large number of passengers
and a big cargo of freight.
Mr. Sid Anderson, the popular
banker of Seward, will arrive in An
chorage tonight on the steamer Far
ragut. Mr. Anderson ig vice-presi
dent of the new Bank of Anchorage,
and will immediately open this bank
for business in their temporary
quarters in the room next to the
Alaska Steamship Company office, in
the Empress building. Later the
hank will be moved to the space con.
traded for in the new concrete Em
press Theatre building on Sourth
street, where re-inforced concrete
vaults will be provided and their
permanent quarters will be so ar
ranged as to make it the finest
equipped banking house in Alaska,
n addition to being absolutely fire
proof.
The Chamber of Commerce meet
ing last night was very poorly at
tended for a town the size of An
chorage. Neither committee appoint
ed at the special meeting last week
made a report. Several communica
tions asking for information in re
gard to various business opportuni
ties were read by the secretary. A
general discussion took place in re
gard to Fourth of July celebration
and the recognition of June 21st as
a day of festivities. All members of
the board of trustees are hereby no
tified to meet with Chas. Herron at
the office of the Pioneer at 8 o’clock
tonight. However, the Chamber did
re ognize the ability and consistent
work of their secretary, A. S. Koch,
in a material manner. This paper
will devote all space necessary for
the support of the Chamber of Com
merce from day to day, and will have
some things to say to the people of
Anchorage in regard to this body in
tomorrow’s issue.
The Hank of Alaska, with a capital
of $&0,000 and a surplus of $10,0011.
will open the bank for business to
morrow morning at 10 o'clock, in
their temporary place of business at
the corner of Fourth avenue and K
street. The bank’s business will be
looked after by J. T. Westermanu as
vice-president, John Kennedy as as
sistant cashier, and MisB McVean as
bookkeeper. The Bank of Alaska is
one of a chain of banks recently es
tablished in Southeastern Alaska,
others being in Wrangell and Skag
way. The men behind this chain of
banks are particularly strong finan
cially, and some of the wealthiest
banking and business houses in the
country are represented among the
stockholders. Dr. J. T. Westermam,
vice-president, who will have direct
supervision of the bank’s analrs, has
been in Anchorage only a few days,
but has created a very favorable im
pression among the busim <, men,
and the Pioneer predicts success for
this new Institution.
Wanted—Bright and willing boy
to learn the printing business, at the
Pioneer office; $3 per week.
Cook—First-class, an allround
man, wants job. Not looking for
fancy salary. I can deliver the
goods. Address "A. A.”, this office.
17-3P
THE PREDICTION of the town
center, centering around Robarts’
Billiard and Bowling Parlors, is fast
coming true. , 17-2t
Farragut due 10 p. m. Take John
ston’s Ferry, this side. Fare GOc.
Polley Bros’
Fourth Avenue, Between D and E
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GIVE US A TRIAL
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
C ME FELIX
C ME FELIX
Hen’s Clothing, Mackinaw
Coats, Overcoats, Ladies’
and Men’s Raincoats and
Balmacaans, Boys’, Youths
and Children’s Suits, Hats
and Caps, Underwear, Flan
nel Shirts,Fancy and White
Dress Shirts, Collars, Cuffs,
Fancy Neckwear, Handker
chiefs and Sox, Men’s Shoes
and good lines of Working
Men’s Outfits.
FELIX BROWN & CO.
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C ME' FELIX
Anchorage Realty Company
Property In All Parts of the City.
If you wish to sell, list your property with us.
We have several Fourth avenue lots at
reasonable prices.
Office on Fourth Avenue, between O and D Streets.