Harmony Theatre
I THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 AND 16
| — ■■ . I ... ... ■ — ■—
Paramount picture
HOBART BOSWORTH PRESENTS
The Pursuit of the
Phantom
i
i
i
I
i
i
i
i
i
i
i
!
i
r
i
!
i
I
A Vivid and Striking Romance in Five Parts
Written and Produced by HOBART BOSWORTH.
PATHE EDUCATIONAL FILM
“NATURE'S BEAUTY SPOT”
CARTOON
Col. Heeza Liar—-Ghost Breaker
TWO SHOWS EVERY NIGHT, 7:30 AND 9:00
ADMISSION 25 CENTS CHILDREN .. 10 CENTS
iciBiciEii:icu:u:u:u:u:u:u:u:u:icu:u:u:u:u:u:icu:u:ki:u:iciru:iEueieiEieicickc
LA U R ITZ
" THE SIGN MAN” _
PAINTING AND PAPERHANGING.
DESIGNING DECORATING
5th and D Street.
ISfflSnlSR)SnlgfflSnl^faSnl^i1JgnlSnlSfDSmSn!Sn)SfilSffl^DSnlSn]SfDSnlSnlSnlS?D^fBSftiafBSfaafOSfalSBaRll$OSflia?aS
Hotel Anchorage
NEWEST AND MOST MODERN IN THE CITY
SUNNY ROOMS
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
HOT AND COLD WATER.
REASONABLE RATES
IT’S A REAL PLEASURE
to view the new wall decorations on
view here exclusively. They are so
unconventional, so out of the common
and so unusually artistically attrac
tive. If you plan to repaper you
should by all means see these new
papers. To decide without doing so
is apt to result in regret later.
EVANS & FRANTZEN
CARL W. BOLTE
Hardware, Glass Ware and
China Ware
Flashlights of All Descriptions.
PRICES REASONABLE Fourth Avenue.
Furs Furs Furs
Send us your furs parcel post. Cash remitted by re
turn mail. You don’t have to wait ninety days for your
money. We pay highest prices for furs.
ANCHORAGE TRADING AND FUR CO
Opposite Post Ojick ...— ^ Anchorage, Alaska,
Apples
$2.00
BOX!
M
| Larson & Wendler
II HEROIN
01 MIDST
WHY MEXICO IS CALLED “THE
LAND OF TOMORROW.”
Vic Olson, the trusted carrier of
Wells Fargo Express packages, re
cently brought a very valuable ship
ment of currency to Anchorage, con
signed to one of the celebrities promi
nent in political and athletic life of
Anchorage. Vic was accompanied, on
the trip from Seward, by an armed
guard with the regulation sawed off
shot gun, loaded tp the brim with
slugs and guaranteed to scatter over
a wide area.
The blue parka man did not show
and the shipment reached the city
safely and the consignee was duly no
tified of the shipment, with the usual
formal notice of express charges due.
It costs money to get money in this
country, especially where the thip
meni originated in far oflr .lelisco,
Mexico. The rumor of the shipment
was toon circulated around town and
his borrowing friends soon flocked to
the Central Barber shop to congratu
late Frank Cooper on his windfall.
Rumors had it that the money came
from a legacy due to the recent de
mise of an aged maiden aunt who had
sent Frank through school; then
again it was said that the money
came through the sale of mining
property; someone suggested that
Frank’s, luck had changed, since No
vember 7th, and he held the winning
lottery ticket. The package contain
ing the dinero was conspicuously
placed where all could see and was
smeared with red wax, bearing the
seal of Jelisco. And, too, the package
was strongly tied with silken cord and
bore the mythical inscription, in Span
ish, “Cinquente Milo Pesos—Mex.,”
and signed Caramba Carranza.
Among the curious and hopeful who
had gathered-to express, congratula
tions and incidentally make a touch
were noticed the tailor and the land
lord, and while they were all discus
sing the matter and what it meant to
Anchorage in general, Frank had va
moosed, but soon re-appeared with his
puffed-out chest decorated with iron,
and other crosses, and different med
als that graphically told of deeds of
valor and heroism.
Without any undue urging the hero
told the story of how several years
ago he had been appointed by the gov
ernor of his home state with a com
mission to accompany an exploration
party sent out by an eastern research
society to delve into the geneology of
a lost race suposed to have formerly
inhabited the untrammelled mountain
fastness of the state of Jelisco.
The narrator went on to say that
“the race originally sprung from the
grandees of Spain, who had suffered
religious persecutions, and, forced to
flee their native country, to find ref
uge on the American continent, mak
ing the ocean trip with the original dis
coverer in the year 1492. The narra
tor gave quite a dessertation of the
wanderings of the brave band and
held the borrowers spellbound as he
told of the perils and vicissitudes they
encountered before they became firmly
etsablished in Jelisco about the year
1496. The history preserved and hand
ed down by the Franciscan monks
was the only one available and
mrougn mis medium me researcn
party learned that the banished band
threw in with-a bunch of the Aztec In
dians who ruled the country at that
time. Intermarriage followed and the
result of the combination was striking
and produced a race equalled by none
oA the American continent for form,
figure and feature.
“The mild, genteel manners of the
grandees offset the warlike disposition
of the natives and the progeny did not
go in for conquest but were of a peace
ful and contented nature, perfectly
satisfied with their conditions and sur
roundings.
“They were called, so history says,
‘the Arcadians of Mexico.’ The race
grfew and thrived; the men were thrif
ty, industrious and ambitious and
treated their women folks with re
spect and courtesy. With thrift and
Classified Advs
HELP WANTED.
Wanted—Woman to work In laundry.
Ay*£I|B^odel(BLaundr^|B4U^arulD^^452
FOR SALE.
HI . -■
For Sale—160 acre homestead, one
and one-half miles from town. Anchor
age Realty Co. 451
For Sale—Two heavy sled dogs" H. A.
.Mills, 429 U St. 447
For Sal**—$250 will buy 2-story house
on leased ground, 5th and K, opp. Lar
son’s business place. Inquire R. J. Mee
han, on premises. 453
For Hale—Dog team, H ve dogs, excel -
lent sleigh. Dogs In best of condition.
Sullivan & Mins, Matanuska. Price
$325. 434
For Sale—Sled dogs at Skookum John
Kon s. 430
For Sale—One half lot 8, block 105,
$75.00. House, lot and tent, furniture,
lot 8, block 12, $400.00. Alex Gillersen,
owner. 425
For Sale—Cheap, desirable location on
•dh avertue between D and E. Inquire at
McLaughlin Shoe Store.375
Real'estate bought and sold" Termi
nal Realty Co., 020 4th St. Phone 21-R.
294
FOR RENT.
For Rent—Cabin partly furnished.
$12.00 per month. Inquire 535 7th Av*».
4 55
Pot* Rent —-Three room flat, $25 per
month. Inquire Mrs. M. .1. Wilson, 4th
and B St.__ 4 37
For Rent—Two-room apartment. Tib*
qnlm 525 F street. 408
For Rent—Houses and cabins. Real
estate bought and sold. Anchorage
Realty Co. 325 4th Ave. Emard & Lynch,
Phorie_4j»- R. 134
MISCELLANEOUS.
Would like to take a lay on so fie
hydraulic* placer ground. Must he good
pay. Will give liberal royalty. I have
the outfit ready, and will start work as
soon as season opens.
Write, giving me full particulars. The
| amount of water, average thickness of
pay gravel, the value per cubic yard,
the fall of creek per mile, if the ground
contains many large boulders of rock,
the location of the property. Also men
tion if there have been any paying
placer mines in your vicinity.
State the character of the surround
ing country rock. Address
G KORG K A NDERSON,
('amphell Bldg., 4th and F St.
441 Anchorage, Alaska.
Private instructions, shorthand and
typewriting. Beginning or advanced.
K _436
j Wanted- -Tools to grind, saws to file,
i Anchorage t'ahinot Works, 5th and D.
| __ 438
\\ ill trade 2,500 Mohawk stock for
CO—P lot. G. Ware up, 615 7th Ave. 424
Piling will be in great demand by
spring._ 389
fjfehest prices paid for gold. Walter
A. Lord, Jeweler, near Harmony Theatre.
LOST AND FOUND.
Found—An Ingersoll watch. Owner
may have same at Times office by pay
ing for this advertisement. 427
ambition came prosperity and plenty;
the fabulously rich mines of the moun
tains were developed; the magnificent
trees of the forests were utilized for
buildings; horticulture was promoted
and a perfect system of irrigation was
inaugurated that caused the hereto
fore unproductive valley lands to blos
som like a rose.
“For many decades the race grew
in numbers and opulence and their
form of government was on the 50-50
plan that for many years worked suc
cessfully. With opulence came dissen
sion that first found seed in personal
ambition and power of the few who
were ferninst the government. Civil
war was the natural result that divid
i ed families, laid waste to the beautiful
I land and caused a terrible loss of life.
Added to this came the great sleeping
plague, as predicted by the prophets,
of the year 1780. A dire scourge was
on the land; the grass withered; the
flowers faded; crops were ruined and
the waters found an underground
channel. Death and pestilence stalked
the once beautiful and prosperous
country and ended the civil war, but
not the sleeping plague. According to
the facts gleaned from old diaries of
the monks, the research party learned
that all but a few of the remaining
families left Jelisco and scattered to
the four corners of Mexico. Some
went to Chihuahua and peopled the
land, some to Sonora and some even
as far north as the river Rio Grande,
but all carrying the effects of the
sleeping plague that was inoculated in
their veins. No serum has been discov
ered to offset this comatose state and
the spirit of lethargy has since be^
a characteristic of the people. Accord
ing to the records of the monks it was
learned that the powers to be had
given out at the time of the civil war
in Jelisco that in punishment of war
the sleeping plague was sent to the
land that would thenceforth be known
as' "the land of Manana.” This much
the research party learned and it was
so recorded with the eastern society.”
The decorated hero paused at this
point and while his story listened good
it did not account for the medals so
bravely displayed. Mr. Jones, of
Texas, who was not there in the capa
city of a borrower, asked the where
fore of the decorations, and Frank
was forced to tell how he had been
called to a council of war by Genera
alissimo Carranza, who was loosing
battle after battle from Villia’s army,
who had a corner on the mescale pro
duction.
He told of how he had invented a
serum, of alcohol and seltzer water,
Special at the Big Market
WASHINGTON BRAND PURE LARD. SNOW CAP COMPOUND
SMOKED AND CORNED BEEF TONGUES.
SMOKED LEGS MUTTON. [
PICKLED TRIPE PICKLED PIGS’ FEET
BOLOGNA. .HEADCHEESE AND HAM SAUSAGE {
SUGAR CURED CORNED BEEF HAMS AND BACON
PICKLED AND DRY SALT PORK. £
CARSTENS’ CANNED CORN BEEF AND LUNCH TONGUE
FRESH FISH, FROZEN HALIBUT, CODFISH, SALT SALMON, i
AND SALMON BELLIES. 1
ALL THE GOOD FRESH MEATS AND THE RIGHT PRICE. £
IZTZ^T..—~ - |
I
Packing Co.
J. J. HALES, Mgr. jj
PHONE 43-R
WOOD SAWING
Also Wood, Any Lengths, for Sale.
Leave Orders at Robarts.
BOB PETERSON. 320 K Street
Doherty Coal Co.
Hand-Picked
COAL
$8.00 PER TON
Corner 1st and C St.
TELEPHONE 46-K
that when inoculated in the lazy sol
diers of Carranza’s army put the
proper pep in them to win battles
where the loss of life often ran as
high as 20 on a side. Carranza and
the other notables in authority came
through with the decorations and
Frank was the big medicine man, but
the alcohol ran out and so did Frank
who reached Anchorage last May, di
rect from El Paso.
After all these months Carranza
finally got track of him and some
time ago wired for the receipt, offer
ing a fabulous sum for the secret in
gredients, as things were going bad
ly for the Carranzites. Being part
Scotch Frank wired to Carranza that
he would give up the secret—but—
“send the dinero.”
It came and so did Jimmie Lankin
after his express charges, Art Shon
beck after his election bets, the tailor;
the landlord and borrowers and
friends in need. Anyone is liable to
be financially embarrassed, at times,
and the express charges were exorbi
tant, but Jimmie was insistent. Char
lie Bush also was ungrateful enough
to remind the embarrassed capitalist
that the City had won a double-header
and no more finger bets would go.
Several others made slighting re
marks and so finally Frank said he
wpuld pay them in Carranza curren
cy. They acquiesced only after Dr.
Westermann was called in and said he
would take the money for ten cents
on the dollar with the understanding
that every man present should receive
a bill as a souvenir.
This proposition, too, was eagerly
accepted. Moreover, the bloated phil
anthropist dug deep for the borrow
ers, who left satisfied. In fact every
one was satisfied but Shonbeck, who
was just in the act of pocketing his
election bet when a Daily Times news
boy came rushing in the shop with
the latest edition of that reliable pa
per with the authentic news: “Wick
ersham returned to congress by ap
preciative Alaskans.”
Shonbeck disgorged. This is a true
version of why Mexico is called the
“Land of Manana” and why there is
I so much Carranza money floating
around the city of Anchorage, and
moreover, the reason why Frank
Cooper, the philanthropic medicine
man, is entitled to wear the cross.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
WITHDRAW FROM VALDEZ
(Valdez Prospector.)
. Three well known and substantial
insurance companies have withdrawn
from Valdez as a result of the recent
fire. The companies carried a num
ber of policies here and have been
hard hit by the recent losses. They
are the Fire Association of Philadel
phia, and the Norwich Union, an
English company. The agents hand
ling this business here have arranged
to re-write the business in other com
panies, equally reliable and the policy
holders are thoroughly safeguarded.
War News
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s. 444
Best tables at Peterson’s. 444
Read The Dally Times and be an
Anchorage booster.