RECREATION
Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING H. HEGSTROM
Next to Hannon)7 Theatre.
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PLUMBING AND HEATING
Full Line of Plumbing Supplies, Pipes and Fittings.
PROMPT ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.
T. W. KENNEDY,
E St. Bet. 3rd and 4th. Next to Hotel Anchorage
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EDW. T. McNALLY WM. MAITLAND
M’Nally & Maitland
Lumber
Wood
We carry a complete stock of common dimension. Fin
ish that is CLEAR and properly kiln-dried.
SALES AGENTS
ESKA CREEK COAL CO.
COAL $8.00 PER TON
Yard and Office Foot of G St.
Phone 41R
MONTANA POa
The Art Palace of Anchorage.
The First Building in Anchorage.
Carrying a high grade line of cigars, cigarettes, to
baccos. Strongest Fruit Department in the city.
Classical music rendered every afternoon and even
ing. Piano and violin. You will like it.
Have your mail sent to Montana Pool Room. You j|
can get it any time.
You are welcome ! ! Let’s get acquainted this winter.
' A. CHIMENTO and ALEX TSAKUMIS, Proprietors.
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UNION CIGAR STORE |
4th Ave. Bet. C and B Sts.
Choice line of Cigars and
Tobaccos,
Confectionery and
Soft Drinks.
Meet Your Friends at the
1 UNION CIGAR STORE
H GUS STIPOVICH and
.-,j OTTO GUSTOSON, Props.
Bread, Pies, Cakes, all the best at
the North Pole Bakery. 328
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum,' at Crocker's.
Peterson's Billiard Parlor for latest
war bulletins. 400
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The auditorium of the Alaska La
bor Temple-may be rented for social
affairs and entertainment. Make your
bookings now at office in Labor Tem
ple.
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Best music and entertainers at Pe
terson’s. 399
Try a Want Ad in The Times.
Good Coffee and light lunches at the
North Pole Bakery. 328
Read The Dally Times and be an
inchoragc booster.
ANCHORAGE
Under this caption, an Anchorage
correspondent of the Juneau Dispatch
gives his impressions of the bustling
commercial center of the Cook Inlet
country, as follows:
Anchorage, Jan. 2.—Special.)—An
chorage, Uncle Sam’s first born in
Alaska, closed a ten days’ session of
holiday festivities with a grand ball
last evening, given by the Masonic
club. The celebration began Decem
ber 23 with the grand opening ball,
given by the Alaska Labor Union, ded
icating their new Labor Temple, and
has been a continuous performance
every evening since.
Anchorage is mighty proud of its
new Labor Temple and the record time
in which it has -been erected. Last
October when fire destroyed the
unique log structure that had been
erected by volunteer labor of the
union men last winter, there was uni
versal regret, as the union, at an ex
pense of over $2,000, had but a short
time before laid a first-class dancing
floor in the immense structure, and
numerous plans had been entered into
for amusements for the long winter
months. The fire, apparently, knocked
all these in the head.
But there is a good live bunch of
hustlers at the head of the union and
they immediately got busy. A sub
scription was started and the business
men gave liberally, as did also the
members of the union. A lot costing
the donors $3,600 was_ practically giv
en to the union. With the site and
money on hand a new building was
commenced that has not an equal in
the north and will cost when complet
ed $35,000 *
The auditorium, which has been
dedicated the past week, has a birds
eye maple dancing floor 60 x 90 feet.
An extra large stage allows for the
production of the most pretentious
home talent plays, and a gallery sur
rounding three sides of the immense
auditorium insures a large seating ca
pacity.
The Labor temple is not the only
large building erected in Anchorage
this winter, as the Masonic club has a
large three-story structure under con
struction and nearing completion. In
fact, so far this winter there has been
corparatively little let-up in the build
ing program, as there have been and
are a number of residences as well as
a three-story high school building
nearing the finishing stages. There
will probably be a slowing down from
now on, as some of the building mate
rials are running short.
But this is truly a busy place. Mo
tor trucks and horse-drawn trucks,
taxis and express wagons, bob-sleds
and double-enders—one and all vie
with the numerous dog teams to give
the streets a lively appearance.
Anchorage certainly has the ideal
winter climate when compared with
other Alaskan coast towns, from Dutch
Harbor to Ketchikan. While it is true
the temperature falls rather low here
at times, the sun shines every day and
there are no severe winds (in fact
none at all) such as continuously blow
through the streets of our would-be
deadly rival on Resurrection bay.
There has just been sufficient snowfall
to make excellent sleighing, and every
one that has a pair of runners and
anything to pull them is taking advan
tage of it. Very few people will go
outside to spend the winter in future.
Anchorage certainly had a prosper
ous season in 1916 and expects a still
more prosperous year in 1917. There
are employed on railroad work alone
in the Anchorage division at the pres
ent time over 2,000 men. Possibly 1,
500 more were laid off the past two
months, still there are not many idle
men on the streets except the past
week, when everyone was celebrating
the holidays.
Anyone who says there, is as much
drunkenness in a “dry” town as in a
“wet” one would be compelled to
change their mind after a short resi
dence here. The writer has resided in
Anchorage since last June, took in a
couple of days’ celebration of the
Fourth of July, the town crowded with
men with money in their pockets and
through the holidays with the town
filled with people, all flush, with mon
ey, and in that length of time has seen
but four people who showed the effects
of liquor in their walk or talk. It is
true there is considerable bootlegging
going on here, but the average drink
ing man doesn’t know the bootleg
gers or want a drink bad enough to
look them up. There may be consider
able drunkenness he"e but it is out of
sight and is among an element that
the average working man doesn’t care
to associate with. And you will notice
the town voted dry nearly two to one,
as did every other precinct in this vi
cinity.
A big mining boom is anticipated
the coming season in the Willow creek
district. The showing made by the
three producing properties—the Ma
ble, Independence and Martin mines_
has caused great activity in other
properties and a mill will go in on
the Mohawk and at least one other
mine this winter over the snow and
development work being done on other
properties this winter will cause or
ders to be placed for machinery to be
in on the first boats after the open
ing of navigation in the spring.
The people here were rejoiced at
the opening of the new coal mine on
Eska creek recently and the town is
now receiving a quantity of coal sec
ond to none. In fact it has no superi
ors on the coast.
The new government owned electric
light plant is about ready to begin
operations and although the rate is
high (15 cents per kilowatt) this is
cheerful news, as there is a kerosene
shortage here and there Is not a gal
lon on the market at any price at pres
ent.
With a good, live class of business
men, the relations between the union
men and the railway commission har
monious and the mining development
(both coal and quartz) now under
way, Anchorage has every reason to
expect the most prosperous season of
any town in Alaska du'irg the year
1917, at the same time hoping for
prosperity for every other city in this
great territory. A. W. BROWN.
GEORGE OSBORNE
The Leading Jeweler and Optician.
We are closing out our entire line of
Gorham’s Sterling silver ware. We
have on hand a complete line in the
two most up-to-date and artistic pat
terns. Don’t fail to take advantage of
the big sale in Gorham’s sterling sil
ver ware. Our stock is complete and
up-to-date. Closing out at cost. 391
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Lost—My appetite until I had a
meal at Cameron’s Cafe. 354
THE HOUSE OF CLEAN
SPORT.
lTheB.B.C.Co.
MONARCH
* WORLDS
BEST
ROBARTS’ BILLIARD
AND BOWLING
PARLORS.
P. 0. Opposite.
Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
— AND —
HEATERS
Comer Fifth uf C Sta.
Anchorage - Alaska
BAXTER’S
MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of
MINERAL WATERS, SODA
CIDER, SYRUPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
Anchorage - - Alaska
PERSONAL SHOPPING BY MAIL
'T'HE items in Women’s and Chil
* dren’s Wear, and Men’s Haber
dashery, that cannot be obtained from
your home merchant may be ordered
from us, and will be sent POSTAGE
PAID to any Alaska address reached
by U. S. Mail.
During the Holiday Season, as at all
times, we shall be glad to study your
wishes in the selecting of Gifts, and in
properly packing and mailing them to
your friends. Let us send you the lat
est issue of our Mail Order News.
Address Mail Order Department "A”
FREDERICK&NELSON
SEATTLE
Granite Candles i
For Sale
Polley Bros. 1
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B. C. NICHOLS
WATCH MAKER AND
JEWELER.
Anchorage, Alaska.
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NEW CRESCENT HOTEL
F. W. REDWOOD & CO., Prop#.
Warm Rooms. Moderate Rates. Hot
Baths.
Cor. Fourth and C. Anchorage
Zero is what you get at most places
but hot meals are served at Camer
on’s Cafe. 354
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Are., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEESJ
—and— “
SANITARY
THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
Sanitary Market
Th<* only (old storage plant in con
nection with market In Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables. Rutter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadhonses.
spocfiiT attention.
tth Ave.. Bett H and I Sts.
E. E. KURTZ & CO.
THE SYDNEY
LAURENCE CO,
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior, Flashlight Work a
Specialty.
Kodak Developing and Printing
HARMONY THEATRE.
CHOVIN SUPPLY
5th and C.
Carries Everything in Electri
cal Supplies and Fixtures
to make a happy Home
Agent for
FRISCO STANDARD
GAS ENGINES.
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN’S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
LEARN TO DANCE.
Latest Dauces Taught. Begin
ners given special attention. For ap
pointment call at third house from
C on 6th Ave.
WM. BUNTING.
C. HENNING
TAILOR.
Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s
Suits Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. 4th Ave. and D St.
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OPPOSITE EMPRESS
THEATRE.
TABLES FOR LADIES—
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New Cabinet Shop
Furniture Made to Order. All
Kinds Cabinet Work! Show
Cases, Etc.
Kiln Dried Lumber.
Seasoned in Our Shop.
JOE KITAK.
® 4th and K Sts.
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HOTEL SEWARD
511 THIRD AVE.
Arctic Club Bldg., SEATTLE, WASH
ZBINDEN BROS., Props.
Rooms $1.00 Special
With Bath $1.50 Weekly Rates