SHORT STORIES
, BOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES
The Fido Club Is a Wrangell in
stitution.
A municipal floating dock is to be
erected at Seward.
There was a sidewalk dance at Sew
ard a short time ago.
Harold Dawes, formerly publisher
of the Wrangell Sentinel, has returned
to Alaska from overseas duty.
A fire a few days ago destroyed
eighteen cabins at Sunrise. It started
as a forest Are and spread to the town.
George Kinney, formerly of Fair
banks, is now playing in Fatty Ar
buckle's moving pictures in Cali
fornia.
The Alaska boys who are stationed
at Fort Gibbon with the U. S. troops
are very anxious to get out of the
service.
The Alaska Road Commissiin is to
spend $180,000 on the Fairbanks-to
Valdez trail this year. The work will
be directed from the Chitina end.
S. H. Millwee, formerly of Gas
tineau channel, but for the past couple
of years practicing law in Fairbanks,
has left that place for the Texas oil
fields.
About fifteen men are now employed
at the Venus mine at Carcross. A ball
mill which is now on the ground will
be installed to replace the Huntington
mill that was formerly used and de
velopment work will continue while
the mill is being installed.
Two autos, one a Dodge ambulance
and the other a Ford patrol wagon,
were sent to Fort Llscum some time
ago by the war department. As there
are no roads there, the autos were
sent to Valdez, where they will be used
by the motor transportation depart
ment on the Valdez trail.
One Sunday this month an alarm
of fire was sent in at Seward, and as
it was a lovely day nearly all the in
habitants of the town had taken to
the hills to enjoy themselves, there
were not enough people' left in town
to properly fight fire. The alarm
was from' a brush fire, and the chief
of the department and three other
men laid 900 feet of hose and fought
the blaze from noon until 6 o’clock
in the evening before it was under
control.
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Electricity for service, that’s' why
we sell electric waffle irons, toasters,
grills, toast-stoves, Immersion heaters,
curling irons, cozy-glow heaters,
and everything. Northwestern Hard
ware company.
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The Seattle Fort commission nas
closed contracts to handle 2,500,000
cases of canned salmon at the Spo
kane street terminal this season from
Alaskan canneries. *
A crew of men is employed in
straightening out the glacier stream
near Seward to try to keep it from
going on the rampage and destroying
property in that town.
Many dances that have been well
attended have been given recently at
Whitehorse. People waiting for steam
ers down the river have been the chief
patrons of the affairs.
The first boat to get away for Teslin
lake was the steamer Kluane, of
Whitthorse, which left last week tow
ing a scow, carrying merchandise and
supplies for trading posts.
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The shipment of gypsum from the
Gypsum mine has been resumed. The
mine was flooded but now has been
pumped out and it is believed that
regular shipments will be made from
now on.
While cleaning a cold ‘storage
chicken recently a Fairbanks lady
found a diamond valued at about $45.
The stone was cut and had evidently
been lost from a ring or some other
piece of jewelry.
The Wrangell Labor Union has ad
vertised its intention of standing by
their secretary, B. E. Sawyer, who is
under arrest for having seditious lit
erature in his possession and charged
with being a slacker, until he is found
guilty.
R. H. Chadwick, who has had the
Alaska territory for the United States
Rubber Company for many years and
is well known throughout the north,
has quit the road and is now engaged
in business with P. H. Fox, formerly
of Douglas, at Aberdeen, Wash.
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vV v Manufacturer of Rainier Special, Rainier Bock,
1^^ Malt Rainier, Rainier Cereal, Syro and
The Rainer Products Company relieves retailers and consumers of the nec
essity of paying Revenue Taxes on Rainier Beverages by paying all taxes
thereon direct to the Government.
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Of the hours of backbreaking work
|| before the family wash is on the line—the
hands red and burned from strong soaps
and washing powders, the offensive odor
penetrating the whole house—Precious
time wasted that could be utilized in
pleasanter and more important duties.
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You can eliminate this disagreeable
wash day in your home by sending your
|| work to the
| Modern |_aundry
where your clothes will be washd and fin
ished, or rough dried with less wear and
tear on the fabric and in a more sanitary
|; way than could be done at home. Try it
for a month and be convinced of the time
saving, money saving, health protection it
means to the whole family to get rid of
Wash Day.
fj Your phone call will bring our man. ||
PHONE PHONE
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FRANK A. JONES, Proprietor.
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Manhattan Hotel
« R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish a*d Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE GOUDOVA GRILL, OORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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