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Treat yourself to a X-MAS GIFT by wearing a smart
suit of STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHES. For sale by
Felix Brown & Co.
Clothiers and Furnishings
None but the Best.
C Me Felix
RECREATION
Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING H. HEGSTROM
Next to Harmony Theatre.
SEWARD-ANCHORAGE
Over the Ice.
PASSENGERS AND EXPRESS
Route Your Express and Freight Care of Me.
Make All Arrangements at Cotter’s Store
Seward and Anchorage.
HERMAN L. GENTSCH
Anchorage PHONE 56-Y Alaska
'ALASKA NEWS
GATHERED FROM
ALASKA PAPERS
The roarlhou.se at Mile 12 on the
railroad outside of Seward was de
stroyed by fire recently.
Receipts of the municipal lighting
plant at Petersburg for the month of
October were .$21*0.
A break in the Moonlight water sys
tem at Nome put water at a premium
at that place recently.
The freighter Juneau left Cordova
recently with a cargo of 3,000 tons of
copper ore for the Tacoma smelter
from the Bonanza mine at Kennecott.
Trapping is reported to be unusu
ally good around Salcha and Donnelly,
some good catches of lynx and other
furs having been made.
The boiler house of E. M. Keys &
Son, on upper Vault creek, near Fair
banks, was recently destroyed by fire,
entailing a loss of .$1,000.
Juneau bakers have raised the price
on bread, doughnuts, pies, cakes and
buns because of the recent increase in
the cost of flour.
The Douglas sawmill closed down
for the season a short time ago, after
having cut approximately 7,000,000
feet of lumber during the summer.
A total of four barges were driven
ashore by a gale which swept Nome
last month. Another was cast up on
the beach at Solomon.
Esther Birdsall Darling’s new
book, "Baldy of Nome,” recently ap
peared in print and is meeting a ready
sale among Alaskans.
Captain Morgan, formerly pilot on
the steamer Alameda, is reported to
be making a deal for the clam can
ning plant owned by Turner and asso
ciates near Cordova.
An athletic club with a membership
of 50 was recently organized at Sew
ard. Basketball and indoor baseball
teams have already been formed.
High water following the recent
thaw carried out 160 feet of the 20
mile river bridge on the government
railroad, according to word received
at Seward a few days ago.
While in Seattle recently Miss Mary
Allen of Petersburg passed the ex
amination required for masters of
small gas craft and is now a regulSrly
licensed skipper.
At a meeting of the school board
in Seward a few days ago it was de
cided to run the school on standard
time instead of Sitka time, adopted
several weeks ago.
High water at Solomon did consid
erable damage recently, coming up
into some of the stores at that place, j
The Nome brewery has closed down !
indefinitely.
At Whitehorse on November 11, the
thermometer registered 22 below zero.
A rock slide is reported at Mile 16,
on the Valdez-Fairbanks trail.
A large whale was seen in Gasti
neau channel close to the Thane dock.
The new Community Christian
church at Seward was recently dedi
cated. Rev. Munro is pastor.
Nick Smith, an old timer in the
Tanana country, is reported to have
committed suicide recently at Tofty.
For the first time in two years
grouse are reported to be plentiful in
the vicinity of Fairbanks.
It is reported that the output of
the Fairbanks district for the past
season amounted to approximately
$5,000,000.
The Petersburg city council has
passed a resolution to allow all city
employees two weeks’ vacation With '
pay at the end of each year’s service, j
Ollie Williams, known in Fairbanks
as Fritzie Hill, was arrested recently
charged with stealing the sum of $80
from one Peter Zemich.
Eight persons are reported missing
at different points to the westward,
including the watchman at King Cove,
near Unimak pass.
The new stamp mill at the Three
in-One mine near Valdez, is nearly
completed and it is believed will be
ready for work by January 1.
A new 350-horsepower boiler has
been installed in the new heating
plant at the Perseverance mine near
Juneau.
Falcon Joslin, president of the Ta
nana Valley railroad, was an interest
ed spectator at the interstate com
merce hearing at Cordova.
NOTICE.
Scandinavians will meet Thursday
evening, Dec. 14, 1916, at Robarts’
Hall to perfect their new organiza
tion. All Scandinavians urged to at
tend. 135
Don’t Forget to get your Norwe
gian Stock Fish in time to prepare
it for Christmas. Sundberg’s Gro
j eery, comer 4th and C. 106
Alaska Pool Room
Fourth Ave., Near D.
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Soft Drinks, Fruits, Concord
Grape Juice.
MUSIC
JOSEPH SCHMITBAUER,
Proprietor.
ALASKAN HOTEL j
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT j
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
IN ALASKA. j
Hot and Cold Water. Electric Bella, Electric Lights,
Steam Heat, Suites With Bath. Bar in Connection. i
ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Proprietors ART CLONINGER <
CORDOVA - - - - . ALASKA
Alaska Men )
Going Outside This Winter Outfit at
CHEASTY’S
The Specialty Men's Shop
in Seattle,
CHEASTY’S Inc.
0. C. GRAVES, Pres.
2a 'Av. and Spring
Men’s and Young Men’s Wear
Sanitary Market
TfiP only told storage plant in con
nection with market In Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables, Butter and Eggs, at whole
sale. l’estaurants and roadhouses,
special attention.
1th Ave.. Bet H and I Sts.
£. £. KURTZ & CO.
Tony's Cafe
OPPOSITE EMPRESS
THEATRE.
TABLES FOR LADIES—
—NEWLY REMODELED
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
PILGER’S GENERAL STORE
In order to put the Skids under Our Stock we will start to
OFF THE BALANCE OF OUR MERCHANDISE
SALES START AT:
10 A.M. 2 P.M. 7
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REJECT THE HIGHEST BIDS IF WE DO NOT GET THREE
BIDS ON THE ARTICLE BEING SOLD. '
COME ONE! COME ALL!
COME GREAT! COME SMALL!