PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JOHN M. REID
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Notary Public.
Peterson Building. Phone 61-R
L. David
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
Office, Corner 5th and E.
Anchorage : : Alaska
ARTHUR FRAME
Lawyer
Office Robarts
Block
WALLER & DUGGAN
Attorneys-at-Law.
Alaska Building Anchorage
CHAS. G. GANTY
Lawyer
Hewitt Building
Anchorage Alaska
C. H. Sundmacher
LAWYER
Bolte Bldg. : Anchorage
M. J. CONROY
Attorney-at-Law
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Anchorage : : : Alaska
R. C. MATHIS
Dentist
| Alaska Building
Anchorage, Alaska
DR. E. F. GERMAN
DENTISTRY
Hewitt Building Fourth Ave.
Phone 7-Y.
DR. F. A. ROSS
Dentist
Alger Block - Anchorage
Dr. J. H. McCALLIE
Dentist
Cor. 4th and C St. Anchorage
! DR. M. S. COBLE
i PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Alaska Building,
i Corner of 4th and G Streets
DR. K. A. KYVIG
Physician and Surgeon
CITY DRUG STORE
Anchorage - Alaska
E. ELVERA SWANSON
Stenography, Typewriting, Dic
tation.
Peterson Building Phone 61-R
H. W. NAGLEY
General Merchandise
SUSITNA, ALASKA
Branch Stores:
Me DOUG ALL
TALKEETNA
Wood for Sale!
Dry wood, seasoned wood, any
length, any kind. Anchorage Supply
Co. Phone 46-R or 25-R. 133
Read The Daily Times and be an
inehoraRC booster.
DETAILS OF
RECENT FIRE
AT VALDEZ
(Valdez Prospector)
A deliberate and diabolical attempt
to bum out the business district of
the town was made early this morn
ing when some person or persons set
fire to buildings in four separate pla
ces on McKinley street, and that the
plan did not succeed in wiping out the
entire business section of the city is
due to the efficiency of the fire de
partment and the accumulation of
snow on the buildings.
The first alarm came from the Gold
en North hotel when the guests at
that place discovered flames coming
uf) past their windows from the Ar
cade cafe, next door. Hardly had the
alarm been given before it was dis
covered that the rear of Max
Schmidt’s store was also afire, and in
stantly came the news that the Ala
meda house and the Ellis block were
also afire.
The fire in the Arcade building had
gained considerable headway before
discovered, and the Golden North ho
tel was almost instantly in flames.
Here the department turned its at
tention first, and then to the Ellis
block. Sandy Levy of the Pinzon
and others did good execution on the
fire with chemicals, and Harry Whit
ley on the other side, turned his pri
vate fire-fighting apparatus to good
account on this blaze, with the result
that in a few moments it was ap
parently extinguished. It is evident
however, that the flames had eaten
their way in between the partitions
for within ten minutes the fire again
appeared here, breaking through the
roof and into the Pinzon, and i.i a
few minutes the Pinzon, Louie’s cafe
and Max Schmidt’s were a mass of
I flames, despite the fact that a stream
from Whitley's and another from the
court house were throwing oceans of
water into the buildings.
On the opposite side of the street
the flames had spread from the Gold
en North hotel and the Arcade cafe
to the magnificent mercantile estab
lishment of S. Blum & Co., apparently
entering from the back and within a
few minutes the whole interior was
burning fiercely. From Blum’s store
the flames communicated with the
Empress theatre driven by a strong
Lowe river mind, and that too fell a
victim to the flames. Between the
theatre building and Frye-Bruhn’s
market was a space of about 25 feet
which enabled the fire department to
hold the flames in check. The market
was badly charred and some damage
was done to stock moved out in antici
pation of the destruction of the build
ing.
The flames also jumped the alley
back of the Golden North Hotel and
caught the residence of Mrs. Hopkins
which was also checked and here the
fire was checked.
In the meantime the Alameda house
had burned to the ground the flames
being confined to that structure. In
the Ellis block the firemen succeeded,
after a hard fight, in confining the
flames to one end of the long struc
ture, and also prevented it from cros
sing the alley to the adjoining build
ings.
At this time, when it was apparent
ly certain that the progress of the
flames had been checked, fire was
discovered in the interior of the Ari
zona block in which the postoffice was
located. Ten minutes before Post
master Todd and Assistant Postmas
ter Robbins had been in the postof
fice and there had not been the slight
est irdication of fire, but when the
fire was discovered it was found that
the whole of the interior was in
flames. At this time and some min
utes previous the fire on the west
side of the street had burned so low
that persons were walking backward
and forward through the street with
out inconvenience, and the wind was
blowing away from the building, pre
cluding any possibility it is believed,
of the fire originating from that
source. The post office building was
entirely consumed, as was the dwell
ing belonging to N. E. Ohlsson im
mediately in the rear and the build'ng
occupied by Paul Haines as a sheet
metal works on McKinley street, ad
joining the postofficc building, but
here the flames were checked. The
first class mail, the accumulation of
ten days, was also burned.
The fire was first discovered about
4 o’clock in the morning and at 10
o’clock nothing was left of a consid
erable portion of the business district
except a heap of smouldering embers
and the partially ruined Ellis block.
Lieut. Kohler sent a detachment of
50 soldiers over from the post to help
fight the flames, and keep order, the
men arriving within 30 minutes after
the alarm was sent out.
The properties destroyed are as fol
lows:
Golden North Hotel building, owned
by Wilson, Carlson & Wilson, and
occupied by Wm. Conley, who con
ducted the hotel, and Arcade cafe.
The loss on the building and contents
is estimated at $10,000 on which was
carried an insurance of $4,000. Wm.
Conley lost about $700, no insurance,
and Jack Callin of the Arcade, esti
mated his loss at $2,500, partially
covered by insurance.
S. Blum & Co., building and stock
total loss, as was the furniture and
fixtures of the First Bank of Valdez,
in the same building. Loss on build
ing, stock and fixtures estimated at
over $100,000. Partially insured.
Post office furniture and fixtures
estimated loss about $3,500, partially
insured.
Building, owned by Otto Kanitz,
estimated loss $5,000. Insured.
N. E. Ohlsson, dwelling, loss esti
mated at $1500.
Building occupied by Paul Haines
and owned by Otto Kanitz, loss esti
mated at $300 to $400. Haines’ loss
unknown.
Mrs. M. Hopkins, two residences.
Loss estimated at $3,000; no insur
ance.
A1 White building, occupied by
Levy & Ross and the Pinzon bar; to
tal loss on stock and building about
$35,000. Partially insured.
White building, occupied by Louie’s
cafe, loss to building about $3,000.
Andy Marovich, loss on stock and
fixtures, $4,500. No insurance in eith
er case.
Max Schmidt (Sonnie) in White
building, loss estimated at $6,000; no
insurance. Loss on building estimat
ed at $2,500.
Love-Whitley, damaged to fixtures
and building estimated at $1,500; par
tially insured.
Alameda House, Mrs. Rose Johnson,
estimated loss between $3,000 and
$4,000; no insurance.
Ellis block damage to building; es
timated loss from $1,500 to $2,000.
Frye-Bruhn Co., damage to building
and stock about $500.
Empress theatre, building owned
by Mrs. Rose Blackwell, loss about
$7,000; partly insured.
A. E. Lathrop, damage to picture
outfit, about $1,200; insurance not
known.
Other sufferers in the conflagration
were the Buffet, several hundred dol
lars’ damages to plate glass windows
and damage to stock moved out. Owl
Drug Co., damage to goods move**
out; Mrs. Winter, damage to windows
and to stock moved out; Alaska Jew
elry Co., damage to stock. Valdez
Drug Co., damage to goods moved;
cable office, damage to instruments
and fixtures; Guy Cameron, Crystal
Barber shop, A. C. Dieringer, damage
to goods moved out; Pioneer barber
ship, plate glass front; J. C. Martin,
damage to household goods moved
and others, making a total loss of
seven thousand dollars.
Most of the guests in the Golden
North hotel lost their personal be
longings, aggregating several hun
dred dollars additional.
Conservative estimates place the
total loss at from $200,000 to $300,
000.
Following the fire in the postoffice
building the federal authorities took
Otto Kanitz into custody on suspicion
that he was connected with the start-,
ing of the fire in that building at
'east. It is rumored that other per
sons are under suspicion but the offi
cials refused to divulge any informa
tion on the subject.
It is reported that the firemen fight
ing the flames in the Ellis block were
driven back by the suffocating fumes
of burning kerosene, indicating that
a considerable quantity of the oil had
been used in starting the fire in that
building.
UNDELIVERED RECEIPTS.
Undelivered receipts from the Reg
ister and Receiver of the U. S. Land
Office at Juneau have been received
at fhis office for the folowing per
sons:
Jds. G. Collins ....Lot 9, Block 104
Pete Martin .Lot 10, Block 107
Sam Bashof .Lot 9, Block 110
Price McLaughlin .Lot - 5, Block 94
John Hunseth.Lot 4, Blocic IS
Victor Johnson, Lot5, Blk 19, E. add.
John Rawluk.. Lot 2, Blk 20, E. add.
J. G. WATTS,
Townsite Manager.
You can mask for 10 cents at the
Snow Carnival. 273
NOTICE.
The meeting of the foreigners called
for Thursday night at Labor Union
Hall has been changed to 7:30 o’clock
Friday night, when union affairs will
be discussed in their own language.
274 W. J. HENRY, Sec’y A. L. U.
The Queen of the Carnival has
twelve dressmakers working on her
beautiful snow white silk gown. 273
FRATERNAL ORDERS.
MASONS
Anchorage Masonic Club
meets first and third Monday in
month. G. C. HAMMOND, Sec.
ODD FELLOWS
Odd Fellows Club meets
every Monday evening,
Peterson Building, 8 p. m.
L. O. 0. M. 1534
Regular meeting every Wed
nesday night at 8 o’clock, ,
Moose hall. Initiations twice
each month.
Where Do You
Keep Your
Meyer Daniels had been accumulating
money for three years. It amounted to $1,700.
Instead of putting it in a Bank, where it would
be safe, he kept it in his house. His house was
destroyed by fire, and this $1,700 in paper
money, representing three years’ economy, was
consumed.
If you are keeping money in your house, you
are running the risk of its loss by fire. Your
insurance policy does not cover money de
stroyed by fire.
Open an account with us and your money will be secure from fire
and theft.
Money?
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THE BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice
OUR BIG
CLEARANCE SALE
Is the Talk of the Town
EVERY DAY WE ARE PILING UP ALL KINDS OF BARGAINS ON OUR BAR
GAIN TABLES. YOU’D BETTER COME AND LOOK THEM OVER.
Our Prices on heavy Cloth Coats, Fur
Coats and Plush Coats are below Cost.
Don’t forget we are agents for the
Big Ben Clock and Pocket Ben Watches.
We sell them at outside prices.
Big Ben Alarm Clocks .$2.50
Baby Ben Alarm Clocks.$2.50
Pocket Ben Watches. $1.00
Men’s Fur Caps ...$4.00 and $5.00
Men’s 4-Buckle Arctics^.$2.50
Men’s Leather Mammoth Mitts.$1.00
Men’s Cloth Caps, Fur Lined.$1.00
Men’s Light Felt Shoes .$2.00
Men’s Woolen Sweaters.$2.50
Men’s Woolen Pants . $2.50
Men’s Mackinaw Coats .$6.00
Men’s Fur Coats, Extra Long $25.00
The BON MARCHE
Opp. Postoffice