CALIFORNIA ,*
QUICKLY REACHED
SEATTLE-PORTLAND-SAN FRANCISCO
On the ALL RAIL
Scenic Shasta Route
THREE DAILY TRAINS
SHASTA LIMITED — CALIFORNIA EXPRESS
—SAN FRANCISCO EXPRESS—
Through Standard Sleeping Cars from Seattle and Port-'
land to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dining
and Observation Cars.
ARE YOU GOING EAST?
The cost via California is practicaly the same as on the
Northern Routes.
Call or write for information
C. M. ANDREWS,
712 Second Avenue.
I). F. & P. A.
SEATTLE, WASH.
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC LINES
Make It a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to
Electrification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable
accommodations and you’ll like the little
courtesies incident to “Milwaukee” service.
Both Steamship Co.’s act as Milwaukee agents in Anchorage.
A. E. HARRIS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Juneau.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Going East
Through Rates from Anchorage to
Eastern Destinations Are in Effect
via the
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
To California and llio South via Portland and the mag
nificent steamships “Great Northern’’ and “Northern
Pacific. ’ ’
A.. S. DAUTRICK .Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
Valentine Building.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle,
Wash.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
Leave Leave
Seattle Seward
Dec. 1 Mariposa .Dec. 8
Dec. 8 Alameda .Dec. 15
Dec. 24, Alameda .Jan. 2
Jan. 2, Mariposa .Jan. 9
i Leave Leave
; Seattle Seward
Jan. 1, Mariposa .Jan. 8
Jan. 8, Alameda .Jon. 15
Jan. 16, Mariposa.Jan 23
Jan. 24, Alameda .Jan. 31
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
J. LANKIN, F. B. TRACY.
Agent. General Agent.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE
Sailings from Seward to
Seattle and Alaskan Ports
Date Steamers
Dec. 27 .WATSON
Jan. 7 .EVANS
Jan. 17.WATSON
Sailings Seattle to Seward
10th, 20th, and 30th each Month
Sailings from Seattle to
CALIFORNIA
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays
Steamers
President, Governor, Queen,
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE.
San Francisco to Los Angeles, daily except Sunday.
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
STEAMERS HARVARD, YALE, PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR,
ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
For Full Particulars, T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS. I
Valdez has three basketball teams,
and a lively rivalry is on hand for the
championship.
Yukoners contributed to the Can
adian Yukon Patriotic fund during the
month of October the sum of $5,807.96.
Gene Avery, an old timer of the
Nome section, died in the Holy Cross
hospital at that place recently after
an illness of a month.
Judge Bunnell of the Fourth divi
sion district court, recently traveled
371 miles by clog team to hold court
in Valdez, the judge at that place be
ing disqualified to serve.
The weather on the railroad out
from Seward was so cold recently, ac
cording to the Tost, that the lard oil
in the trainmen’s lanterns froze and
refused to burn.
The Woman’s Protective league of
Dawson, is now circulating a petition
to be forwarded to the capital at Ot
tawa, praying for woman suffrage in
Yukon territory.
The Alaska RoadCommission has let
several contracts at Nome for stak
ing the winter trails in various parts
of the peninsula.
The Dawson Newssays the Yukon
river was open and flowing past Daw
son for six months during the 1916
season. This is the second year on
record that the river has been open
six months.
For some months the mining camp
at Chatanika did not have a barber
shop, and the residents of the camp
grew careless of their appearance.
Recently a lady barber appeared on
the scene and the hardy miners find
whiskers very distasteful.
A new cannery for the Wrangell
district is projected for the 1917 sea
son. The Noyes Island Packing com
pany, an Anacortes concern, is mak
ing arrangements to build a one-line
cannery at Noyes island in the near
future.
The farmers of Dawson and vicin
ity this season harvested the largest
and finest potato crop ever grown in ;
the district. The value of the crop is i
estimated at from $25,000 to $80,000
and will be sufficient to last until har
vest time next season.
Thomas Riggs, Jr., of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission at Fair
banks, asserts that fully 2,000 men
will be employed by the commission
on the Fairbanks end of the govern
ment road next season. He expects
the work to commence early in April.
Clyde Kenyon, the young man who
committed suicide recently at Inma
chuk because of dread of making the
overland trip from Candle to Nome,
was buried recently by the Masons
of Candle, the young man having
been a member of that order.
Alex. McIntosh & Co, who have ex
tensive interests on Willow creek, a
tributary of the, Penny river, are now
engaged in prospecting the creek with
a drill with good results. The creek
is about four miles long and has never
been thoroughly prospected.
Fairbanks business men and oper
ators look for a big revival in mining
in that section when the railroad is
completed, cheap fuel being all that
is needed to promote the development
of vast tracts of low grade ground not
profitable to mine under present con
ditions.
Passengers on the government rail
road who fail to get their tickets be
fore boarding a train, will be penal
ized 25 cents each according to a re
cent ruling. The rule was brought
about through several mushers having
escaped paying fares by springing
$100 bills on the conductors.
Ketchikan business men are seek
ing capital to organize a pulp mill
company at that place. Senator Heck
man, who left recently for California,
has been selected to visit some of the
large mills on the Columbia river and
secure data to present the proposi
tion to outside capitalists. Local
business men have assured him of
their financial support.
MASQUERADE CARNIVAL.
Saturday, December 30. Men in
mask $1.00. Ladies in mask free.
Spectators 50 cents. 214
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Anchorage General Hospital
Comer 6th & K Sts.
Private Rooms and Wards, Sani
tary and Thoroughly Equipped.
When you are sick it’s CARE
you want.
BAXTER’S
MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
LADIES
Try Excelsior Cream for the
hands. On sale for 85 cts. at
the Gift Shop, F Street.
P. 0. SUNBERG
GROCERIES AND GENERAL f§
MERCHANDISE
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Square deal to Everybody.
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E. ELVERA SWANSON
Stenography, Typewriting, Dic
tation.
Peterson Building Phone 01 -R
Wood Undertaking Co..
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
Anchorage Matanuska
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”
FREDER1CK&NELS0N
SEATTLE
Union Laundry!
and Bath House
Fourth Ave., Between H and I, |
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED
—and—
SANITARY
THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST !
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE 1
HOTEL SEWARD
511 THIRD AVE.
Arctic Club Bldg., SEATTLE, WASH.
ZBINDEN BROS., Props.
Rooms $1,00 Special
With Bath $1.50 Weekly Rates
Central Barber Shop
Modern Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
THE COOK INLET
TRANSFER CO.
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WOOD AND ICE
A SPECIALTY.
MARIUS BENSON
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Mgr.
PAQTOTOTOlorOlO
NEW CABINET SHOP
Furniture Made to Order. All
Kinds Cabinet Work, Show
Cases, Etc.
JOE KITAK.
4th and K Sts.
Peterson’s Billiard and
Solo Parlors
Fourth Ave. Between C and D
In the New Matanuska Hotel.
THE PLACE TO EAT AT THE JUNCTION
Alex (Blond y) Anderson
SPEED SEBV1CE
The Royal Cafe
The new eating house on Fourth Avenue
Caterers to first-class trade.
Boxes for private parties.
Lunch Counter.
ATHANS & PAPPADOPOLOS
Props.
304 Rooms All Outside Rooms
Absolutely Fire-Proof
BEST IN THE CITY
New Richmond
Hotel
SEATTLE
BATES—Room* with private bath,
$1.50 per day and upwards. Rooms
without Bath, $1.00 per day and up
wards. —A TREE AUTO BUS.
R. C. McCORMICK, Prop.
M. K. MacRAE, Mgr.
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust
Resisting Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with
wood or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang
Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the small
est camp stove to the largest hotel
range.
Any sourdough will tell you about tbu
Lang Stove. They all know it.
F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
SEATTLE, WN.
FRISCO CAFE
Everything in Season and-Service the Very Best.
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties.
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.
WHEN you come to Seattle, remember the
Hotel Savoy extends you a hearty welcome.
All the Alaskans who have made their headquar
ters with us in the past, and those who are con
templating coming to Seattle in the future will
find the Savoy the right hotel in the right loca
tion and at the right price. It goes without say
ing, if you come once, you will come again.
Our hotel is in the very heart of the city,
most convenient to the shopping district, thea
tres, churches and public buildings, absolutely
fire-proof. Rates: $1.00 per day and up, without
bath; $1.50 per day and up with bath.
Don’t forget the place—the Savoy Hotel.
W. G. KING, Manager.
ANNOUNCEMENT!!
Of the taking over of the Wible & St. Clair Stock by
I
Roy Fairbanks.
Have just opened ease of 50 Smart Winter Suits,
which will be sold at a great reduction. Also tine high
grade sweaters and Stag Shirts.
General reduction on all other goods.
Bills payable to the firm of Wible & St. Clair are
now payable to me.
ROY FAIRBANKS, Prop.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS