SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES
Herbert Kellogg, who Is an agent
of the Central Fisheries Company of
San Francisco, is looking up cannery
sites for this company. .
Travelers coming from the Interior
say that caribou will be numerous
this year. Many are to be seen feed
ing near the roadways.
Robert J. Zilkey of Wrangell has
just received the news of the death
of his son in France with the United
States army. The young man was
killed almost a year ago.
Improvements that will be valuable
aids to navigation on the Stikine are
soon to be begun. The work is to be
undertaken by the Canadian govern
ment. Particular attention will be
given to the Glenora riffles.
Nick DeCourt, the wrestler, who has
been spending the summer at Kassan,
is getting ready to go south again, and
serves notice on Ketchikan fans that
if they want to see a match they must
get their local champion ready.
C. B. Brandon, office manager for
E. S. Hewitt & Co., expects to leave
with his family this month for
Tacoma, where he will occupy a simi
lar position with the Burroughs Add
ing Machine Company. L. C. Keely,
formerly with the signal corps at Cor
dova, will have charge of the office in
Juneau.
The Alaska Sulphur Company, a
Delaware corporation, formed for the
purpose of buying or leasing sulphur
lands, and mining, manufacturing or
dealing in sulphur and sulphur prod
ucts, has been incorporated at Juneau
.with a capitalization of $500,000. L.
V. Ray of Seward is Alaska agent for
the concern.
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Shortage of water and the high cost
of supplies were the main’ topics of
discussion in Brooks during the month
of August. The mining industry has
declined greatly thereby. Peterson &
Co. and Fontas & McKinnon have
closed down, but Sampson & Dor
fiinger are working as large a crew as
ever and are in good pay.
Tom Aitken, the veteran Klondike
operator, is carrying on big operations
in the Kuskokwim and Kantishna dis
tricts. His wife mushed in this year
from the coast to Candle and got the
crews together and started the dredge,
while Mr. Aitken attended to business
on the coast. The Aitkens are rated
as millionaires.
An uncharted reef with eighteen feet
of water over it has been found in the
entrance of Tenakee inlet, its position
being approximately three-fourths of
a mile, 200 degrees south by east mag
netic from East Point Chatham strait.
Pending an examination of the local
ity this reef will be placed on the
succeeding editions of the charts as
“position doubtful.”
Several changes have been made in
the marshal’s office for the Fourth di
vision. Deputy Marshal E. H. Poppell,
who has been stationed at Chatanika
since his return from the States, has I
been transferred to Circle. He will I
relieve Deputy Spencer, who has been
at Circle for several years. Mr. Spen
cer will be sent to Fort Yukon at his
own request, and will relieve Deputy
McGuire, who will be assigned to duty
at Fairbanks.
The Juneau Empire states that with
the fishing season about over, many
natives are returning to town after
working the season fishing, with
money in their pockets, and they are
not averse to spending it. One native
daughter wa^observed in a jitney, who
tucked the lap robe about her silk'
stockings, pulled up the collar of her
fur coat and murmured “Home,
James,” with all the grace and dignity
of a dowager. The natives also oc
cupy the most expensive seats at the
better shows.
Marion, the baby daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. Thompson of Fair
banks, recently fell and broke her col
lar bone. The fracture was reduced
and a day or so later the baby worked
Its hand out of the sling and again
broke the bone. Following this acci
dent she worked her “walkover” over
to the stove and severely burned her
good hand. Mr. Thompson is editor
of the News-Miner at the inland me
tropolis.
Herbert Wilson has been appointed
commissioner for the Kantishna sec
tion, and will locate at Kantishna city,
on Eureka creek. Judge Wilson was
appointed to his position some little
time ago, but has had two cases before
him and they were on account of the
same man, who was cahrged with in
sanity and acquitted both times. The
judge will open a store in the new
city, and was recently in Fairbanks
for supplies.
P. G. Peltret, for several years in
spector of boilers on the Alaska ship
inspection board, has quit the govern
ment service and accepted the posi
tion of chief engineer of the new
steamship Elkton, recently launched
at Seattle, which will enter the Orien
tal service. The Elkton was built for
thg United States Shipping Board,
and was leased to the Pacific Steam
ship Company. Mr. Peltret had charge
of the engine room when the Elkton
made her trial trip, and was very well
pleased with the craft. She is a 9,300
ton steel freighter.
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We are buying all kinds of furs
and will pay the highest prices. Don’t
send your furs Outside before you
see me. We also make up all kinds
of furs and remodel in the latest
styles. They will be made right here.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
L. M. STEEINE, Tailor.
In connection with F. N. Hubbert.
SHOEREPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. O. Box 986.
SMOKERS f j
I)o you know the Horseshoe |
Hilliard Hail carries one of the
most complete stocks of Tobacco
and Cigars handled by any store
in Alaska?
We have special facilities for
storing tobacco to preserve its
strength and insure it reaching
you in perfect condition. You
will find your favorite brand
here, moist and fragrant.
Standard Brands of
Cigars
including large sizes in the
Mozart, Lovera, Optimo, Up
mann, Roi-Tan and La Prefer
entia.
2 for 25c
$6.00 per box of 50
Popular brands of Smoking To
baccos in tins, such as Velvet,
Prince Albert, Tuxedo.
3 for 50c
$2.00 per dozen
We carry a full line of Pipes,
Tobacco Pouches and other
Smokers’ Accessories.
HORSESHOE
DHALL
E. L. HARWOOD, Prop.
“Bevo” Is Here
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It’s a drink that surely fills the bill. 4
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FRED HAEF, Distributor
“Send it
to
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A Net
for washing your filmy things
The cleansing of the filmy, cob
webby things that come to our
laundry in your family bundle—
the silken underwear, dainty
shirtwaists and gossamer Geor
gettes and laces—has become a
fine art with us.
These articles of apparel, to
which a scrubboard would be
ruination, are never touched by
awkward hands when we wash
them.
In lieu of the none-too-gentle
practices of the laundress, we
employ a much safer method.
We place these finer articles in
special nets—each according to
its kind —for washing by gentle
sousing and rinsing.
These nets are purse-like in
shape — in fact they closely re
semble the common mesh purse.
They are somewhat larger, how
ever, and made of cloth instead
of metal.
Secure in these nets, the sheerest
articles are cleansed without
coming into contact with wash
boards or the hands of workers.
Pure soft water and suds of a
mild white soap, weaving in and
out through the meshes, give
your things a freshness and
beauty that make them as new.
The care we use on garments
and apparel of this kind is typi
cal of that which we exercise in
the washing of everything. No
where is there any friction and
rubbing, to wear out fabrics.
Your clothes and the clothes of
your family, will last longer if
you will send them to us to be
washed.
If Monday is an ordeal, we have
a simple relief. Just let us know
and we will have our driver call
for your family bundle.
ModernL AUNDRY
(Jones’ Laundry)
PHONE I PHONE
FIRST AVENUE, CORDOVA
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