A FAC SIMILE LETTER FROM A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.
j*i. S. Hewitt & Company, Chitina, Alaska, Nov. 11, 1916.
Juneau, Alaska.
Dear Sirs:
Enclosed find check for $44.30 for balance due on my new “Silent Smith.”
I am well pleased with the machine. Find it to be just what you represented and better
than that, I have learned to like it and find it faster than the Underwood. I gave it a very good
test during the election. Took seventy-seven bulletins and all commercial work besides. 1
will always have a good word for the L. C. Smith hereafter. Y’ery respectfully,
F. W. S.
Call at our office and inspect this high-grade typewriter and satisfy yourself that it is the best.
E. S. HEWITT AND COMPANY
Phone 78-R
‘‘The House That Gives You Service.’
511 Fourth Ave.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JOHN M. REID
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
LAW NOTARY PUBLIC
Peterson BuildingAnchorage
L. David
Attorney -at-Law
Notary Public
Office, corner 5th and E
Anchorage, - - Alaska
ARTHUR FRAME,
Lawyer
Office: Robart Block
MURPHY & ALMY
Attorneys at Laiv
Next Door Times Office
ANCHORAGE
Practice all courts. Surety bonds
WALLER & DUGGAN,
Attorneys at Law.
Alaska Rldg. Anchorage
C. H. Sundmacher
LAWYER
Bolte Bldg. - - Anchorage
CHAS. G. GANTY
Lawyer
Hewitt Building
Anchorage - - - - Alaska
M. J. CONROY,
Attorney at Law.
NOTARY PUBLIC
: Alaska
Anchorage
R. C. MATHIS
Dentist
Alaska Building
Anchorage, Alaska
DR. E. F. GERMAN
DENTISTRY.
Hewitt Bldg. Fourth Ave. Phone 7-Y
DR. F. A. ROSS
Dentist
Alger Block, Anchorage
DR. J. H. McCALLIE
DENTIST
Cor. 4th and C St. Anchorage
J>a. M. 8, COBLE—
Physician and Surgeon
Alaska Bnl'dlng,
Corner of 4th and G.
Dr. I. A. Kyvig
Physician and Surgeon;
CITY DRUG STORE
Anchorage,* - - A.aska
C. HENNING,
TAILOR
Ladiea’ and Gentlemen's Sait*
Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired. 4th
Ave. and D St.
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Another big
shipment of equipment used in the
construction of the Panama canal will
be sent from Halboa to Anchorage,
Cook inlet and placed at the disposal
of the army of men building the
government railroad in the north, ac
cording to W. C. Edes, chairman of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
who arrived in Seattle last night from
Seward aboard the Pacific Steamship
company’s liner Admiral Watson,
says the Seattle Times.
As soon as the vessels are availa
ble, four locomotives, two steam shov
els, about 50 flat cars and other
equipment which was used in digging
the big waterway, will be shipped to
Anchorage. Panama canal equipment
valued at $250,000 and consisting of
two steam shovels, four locomotives
anil a miscellaneous variety of cars,
is now being used in the building of
the government railroad in Alaska.
Edes said that an effort will be
made to charter steamships carrying
supplies from San Francisco to the
canal zone and which have no cargo
booked for the return voyage. He
explained that the army transports
are not suitable for handling this
class of cargo.
“We are planning to make some al
terations to the United States army
transport Crook which will make her
a more desirable vessel for the com
mission,” said Edes. “We expect to
enlarge her hatches and equip her
with new winches so that she will be
better able to handle shipments of
supplies for the railroad. The vessel
will be laid up as soon as she reaches
Seattle from Anchorage and the work
will then be done."
Progress to Be Rapid.
Of the $85,000,000 appropriated by
congress for the building of the
railroad $11,247,000 has been spent or
will be spent by the end of the current
year. However, according to Edes,
the most expensive part of the work
has been accomplished and much bet
ter progress will be made during the
next year.
“A great deal of money has been
spent for building equipment, supplies
and homes for employees,” said Edes,
“and now more of the money will go
directly into the building of the rail
road. We did not even have a shovel
when we started to build the road and
all of the equipment had to be pur
chased.
“We now have a large amount of
equipment in the north, vessels for
transporting supplies, about 80 miles
of 70-pound rail not used, ties, bridge
lumber and suplies, and next year the
work of building the railroad will be
carried on rapidly. The line will
probably be connected up from Sew
ard to Fairbanks by the fall of 1919.”
$10,000,000 in 1917.
Estimates for the coming year call
for an expenditure of $10,000,000,
which will bring the total by the end
of 1917 up to $21,147,000 or three
fifths of the enl're appropriation.
For Sale—2 12-h. p. gasoline en
gines. One building, fixtures and
lease. 4th St. Apply Johnston’s
Ferry.
Don’t Forget to get your Norwe
gian Stock Fish in time to prepare
! it for Christmas. Sundberg’s Gro
cery, corner 4th and C. 106
DRY WOOD!
Any length. Phone Montana Express,
43K. Quick delivery. 51
Try a Times Want Ad for results.
(Juneau Km pi re)
James Wickersham is in the city
and is stopping at the Alaskan hotel
and expects to remain here until the
hearings of the interstate commerce
commission have been completed, he
representing the people of the terri
tory at the hearings.
When seen by an Empire reporter
this morning Mr. Wickersham said
that he did not know much about the
returns from the delegate election in
Alaska and was in no position to make
any statement. “If Sulzer is elected
it will satisfy him and won’t suit me.
If 1 am elected it will be just the
other way about. In all elections one
side is suited and the other side isn’t.
That is about all that can be said,” he
stated.
Continuing, Delegate Wickersham
said: “I have been at sea for the
past live days and until last evening
had not seen a paper, before that
time since the election, I was at Cor
dova and was not in a position to re
ceive any returns from the election.
1'he only way we could get results
was to cable to the Valdez Prospec
tor and our returns were very mea
gre. You know more about the re
sults than I do and are in a better
position to know.”
Mr. Wickersham stated that he was
busy after the election looking after
“the interests of the people of the
territory with regard to the interstate
commerce commission” and would
continue to do so until the hearings
are finished. When questioned re
garding future plans, Mr. Wicker
sham stated that he was making no
plans and would not until.it was def
initely known whether he had been
defeated for delegate or not.
"There is plenty of time to play af
ter that,” he said.
Second-hand harnesses bought and |
sold by Bartholf, between 5th and Gtb.j
near C St. 20
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MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS |
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Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
UNION CIGAR STORE
4th Art. Bet. C and B Sts.
Choice line of Cigars and
Tsbaccos,
Confectionery and
Soft Drinks.
Meet Your Friends at the
UNION CIGAR STORE
GUS STIPOVICH and
OTTO GUSTOSON, Props.
LADIES
Try Excelsior Cream for the
hands. On sale for 85 cts. at
the Gift Shop, F Street.
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I Taxidermist
W. D. WANDLING
§ «*>tli Ave. Bet. C and I) |
S Anchorage :: Alaska. |
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Union Laundry
and Bath. House
I Fourth Are., Between H and I,
l Anchorage
I orit WORK IS GUARANTEED
—and—
SANITARY
THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
RATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
Wilson’s Carpenter Shop.
v\> Make Kverythinff—
- Furniture Hospital —
—Saws Filed
WILSON'S - 5th Between D and E
Seattle Second-hand Store buys and
sells everything. D and 4th Ave.
_ 11-6-tf
Are You Successful?
If you are not successful—who is to blame? You
notice all around you successful men—don’t
you ? Many of them have had no better oppor
tunities than you—some of them not as good.
The successful man avails himself of his oppor
tunities. The unsuccessful man does not. One
of the opportunities that make for success is a
Bank Account. Have you one at this Bank? Try
it for a year. The note the progress you have
made.
A Bank Account i* the Ladder by which
many men hare mounted to Success.
BANK OF ALASKA
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
NEXT DOOR TO HARMONY THEATRE
ALASKA TRANSFER
Express ana Heavy Hauling Storage in Connection
COAL AND WOOD
OFFICE LATHROP BLDG.
ALFRED BENSON, Prop.
City Drug Store
THE REXALL STORE Dr. K. A. Kyvig, Prop.
We carry a large assortment of imported French and
domestic Perfumes, Soaps and Toilet Articles. A full
stock of the great Rexall line. Rubber goods and Station
ery the best in the world. All at surprisingly low prices.
IT PAYS TO TRADE HERE.
Tony's Cafe :
OPPOSITE EMPRESS
THEATRE.
TABLES FOR LADIES—
—NEWLY REMODELED
THE SYDNEY
LAURENCE CO.
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior, Flashlight Work a
Specialty.
Kodak Developing and Printing
HARMONY THEATRE.
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THE BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
TOYS!!!
FROM TOYLAND
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WE HAVE MOST OF OUR TOYS AND CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES ON
. DISPLAY. WITHOUT DOUBT YOU WILL FIND THE FINEST SELECTION gi ‘
OF TOYS, BOTH PLAIN AND MECHANICAL THAT YOU CAN SEE AT LARGE
DEPARTMENT STORES ON THE OUTSIDE. YOU BETTER HURRY AND
MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS NOW.
WE EXPECT THEM TO SELL FAST.
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REMEMBER—WE HAVE THE FINEST CHRISTMAS TREE DECORA
TIONS IN TOWN.
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Watch Our Ad for Special Bargains This Week
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