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npd 1 |ho the local new* published herein. _ - i
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At a ievent 'tint" of the V * *!« ’
voum-il. the eity treasurer reported
hat old warrants were beintf paid or:
apaily and the city still had about
.s *000 on hand.
Or. iccount of dilatory steamah*:*!
*rv ard hiuh frcisht rates for waf
r fan no tation, Matanuska farmer
•re unable to market their produce 4 '
:vanf •••e in any of the distant town*
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offers to the Trappers of Alaska, highest Cash prices for!
their Furs.
The Method of purchase is as follows:
Ship your lur hi by express or parcel post if same amount;
to S10C*. or over. We will wire our best offer, which it ur.
satisfactory v.e wiii either return your fur or ship to an.
oincr point designated, ail charges prepaid.
Comparison of our pi ices with outside figures wi
prove that we pay more and you get your money from
ain't to live weeks earlier.
References; Any Bank in Alaska, Dexter-Hot
‘cii National iiuitk of Sea« ie. National Bank of Tacoma j
Tacoma, Wash.
Make us a trial shipment. V/E GUARANTEE SATIS
FACTION.
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along the coast of Alaska. As a con
•sequence they are urged by the Lar I
and Indu trial Department, of tf -
Alaskan Engineering Commission, t i
direct their attention chiefly to dair>
ing an i the raising of hogs ratio
than a « at present to the growing < *'
perishable vegetables.
Motlakatla Indians, to whom D *
Rev. Father William Duncan I ft hi
entire fortune, in charge o' t»*i» leer,
it now appears are not unnn’mou . • i
favoring the continuance of -h • t: i. •
ion which the aged priest conducte*
for n arly CO years. Statements <«
many of the Indians says a dispatch
‘Torn Ketchikan, are to the effect tin’
the more than $100,000 left by th *
pric-t belongs of right to the Indtar. *
.hemrelvAs, that it was the result o ’
.heir work, and in part, of their in
vestments.
For her work in St. Stephens Dep
ut'd. Fort Yukon, said te be tlie mo.
north«»Dy h-vpital in ;>orth Amerren
Mi- Mare-’o t Nhinvialli, the one re
naming graduate nur.,f* of the instlt
Hka, has b*'en awarded a “special
service chevron” ’ y the American Rc
Cross.
Moso Dunn died recently in the ho:
‘Ita! at Fai banks. He was insane fo
v.n*' t me before hi death. Mr. Dunn
vas one of Die old-timers of the in
ertor <!i tricl. Little is known of his
a \ hi -.tory and nothing is known or
his people.
That Valdez holds the record foi
jrderliness is shown by the fact thai
Why be f\: dsfied with the wear you
ret: °cn crdmary t jots
when veil « i — rjfroni “Hi-Pt\.->s?
This i; r. > id!j c' ' hut a f.:ct proven by miners,
hrmi ters from Al t ;ha to
Mexic >. *• i.j Cs by a n:vv and better
method—:’. 7 - : : ;e in footwear in fifty years.
We r j (’ . t cvcrcvolvcd—actually the
h Auto Tires. There
seems to be no \ve.>r • > .: ’ > .. And the boot is molded
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Can’t 1-a'v or come apart—and
it's wonderfully comfortable.
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When next you hit the trail try the
Shupac—shown here. The White
Uip i best for the sluices, and there
are many other styles. Ask for the )
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; not a single arrest has been made i .
j the city lor any cause for the pa j
.over, months. We believe that tie '
hs the record for any town of the sane
•>ze in the United States says the vV. 1
I lez Miner.
C rdova’s- tax rate for the comi:.- i
yea will be 10 mills, fixed by tiie cit; ,
council recently. This rate, it Is e. *
'.imated by the city council will suf
fice to pay a'l the current expense •
>f ih » city an<l leave a balance of to
housand dollars in the treasury fo:* '
he incoming council.
Soup kitchens have been establish -
(1 in the First division to provide
ouri.’hing food for natives ill with in* |
'!iv»nza.
Jessie McLaughlin and old timer of
)a\vson, and well known in many
amps in Alaska, died recently in Cal
hiTiia of influenza.
James Manker of Copper Center
, lied at the Cordova hospital recent!\
r uvenic poising. Deceased was a well
nown old-tim^r , who came to tho
•ountry in 1S98 and followed the rush
n from Valdez to the Copper Rivei
*i!Vy during that summer. In 1900 hr
oined in the stampede to Slate creek.
Frederick I). Brown, engineer in i
•barge of the Alaska Engineering
•on?mission at Fairbanks, stated at a
mo! er given by the Commercial club I
her* recently, that a large smelter \
o’jM pr*hab>y he erected at Nenana
o scree the needs of a very large sec
ion of the interior.
A »*e**nt ogival f»*om the Koyn
Mk country brings the news that a
y’)-'* Tudiau Imown as NTig^e” Billy
•eturned to Betties recently with over
• thousand dollars worth of fur, most
v* v hich war composed of th* skins
f v hite foxes. He reported that the
ountry adjacent to the Arctic roast
••as FteraMy alive with ptarmigan and
•abbits, and consequently fox and lynx
vere also very plentiful.
The Fairbanks branch of the Amer
*ran Mining congress recently met in :
ho interior city and discussed the ad
visibility of erecting a huge centra!
power plant to supply power over a
wide area of the mining district. A
committee was appointed to gather 1
data.
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