j EDW. T. McNALLY
WM. MAITLAND
I M’Hally & Maitland
Lumber
Wood
We carry a complete stock of common dimension. Fin
ish that is CLEAR and properly kiln-dried.
SALES AGENTS
ESKA CREEK COAL CO.
COAL $8.00 PER TON
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| Yard and Office Foot of 6 St.
Phone 41R j j
The Art Palace of Anchorage.
The First Building in Anchorage.
Carrying a high grade line of cigars, cigarettes, to
baccos. Strongest Fruit Department in the city.
Classical music rendered every afff moon and even
ing. Piano and violin. You will like i
Have your mail sent to Montana Pool Room. You
can get it any time.
You are welcome ! ! Let’s get acquainted this winter.
A. CHIMENTO and ALEX TSAKUMIS, Proprietors.
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BANKING BY MAIL
It makes no difference where you are located, you
can send us your gold dust or checks and we will place
them to your credit, acknowledging receipt and furnish
ing you with a check book so you can draw money when
needed; or, if you prefer, we will place the money on de
posit in our Savings Department where it will earn 4 per
cent interest.
We will be pleased to attend to any business you
wish transacted anywhere.
German-American Mercantile Bank
SEATTLE - WASHINGTON.
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1 WORLDS
BEST
ROBARTS' BILLIARD
AND BOWLING
PARLORS.
P. 0. Opposite.
SERVIOE BARBER
SHOP.
ROBARTS BUILDING
Shampooing and Face Massage
A Specialty.
UNION CIGAR STORE
4th Ave. Bet. C and B Sts.
S Choice line of Cigars and
Tobaccos,
Confectionery and
^ Soft Drinks,
g Meet Your Friends at the
UNION CIGAR STORE
iS GUS STIPOVICH and
S OTTO GUSTOSON, Prop*.
All the good things in the baking
line at the North Pole. 429
Storm or no storm I eat at Camer
a's Cafe. 354
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CHOVIN SUPPLY
5th and C.
Carries Everything in Electri
cal Supplies and Fixtures
to make a happy Home
Agent for
FRISCO STANDARD
CAS ENGINES.
Central Barber Shop
Modern Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
I Kitak Show Case Co. 1
Furniture, Cabinets.
Bank and Office Fixtures
Made To Order
Kiln Dried & Seasoned Lumber
jsj Factory Opposite White House
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IITHE FAIRBANKS
4th and D
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MEN’S CLOTHIERS
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ROY FAIRBANKS, Prop.
MggiaiMiaaa^
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
To The Editor of The Times:
By permitting me a little space in
your paper, I will endeavor to write
a few lines for the benefit of the com
munity at large. I have been in An
chorage since the 16th of May, 1916,
and have watched it grow from noth
ing into a city. I have met several
people here on our streets that have
kicked about our hard, cold winter. I
suppose they mean here on Cook in
let. I feel sometimes that those peo
ple who call this a hard, cold winter
never lived in the cold eastern states.
I was born in the greatest state in the
union—in the northern part of New
York. The winter there corresponds
exactly with the winter here. Think
ing that New York was too cold for
me, I moved to the northern part of
Michigan. That is still colder than
New York. I moved from Michigan
to Duluth, Minnesota, at the head of
Lake Superior—a beautiful city of
some 250,000 population. Too cold
for me—40 degrees below zero and six
months of winter in the year. I then
moved to Puget sound, arriving at Ta
coma 32 years ago this spring. Found
very fine weather, but lots of rain; al
though I liked Puget sound and re
mained there for 32 years. I worked
with Delegate Wickersham, side by
side, at carpenter work, and helped,
with Judge Wickersham, to drive the
Chinamen out of Tacoma 31 years ago
—and there has never been a Chink in
Tacoma since.
In 1898, I followed the rush to
Skagway and Dyea, couldn’t help but
know “Soapy” Smith and was close by
when he was shot. I remained two
years in the country around Skagway
and Whitehorse. Still in search of a
home I returned to Puget sound, go
ing to Seattle, where a man gets web
footed if he lives there long enough.
Seattle, Portland, Everett, Tacoma
and Bellingham are all great cities,
and I have seen all of them evolve
from villages to important commercial
centers. They are all friends of Alas
ka. Still dissatisfied, the Alaska fe
ver got me again, and I bought a
ticket for Anchorage, arriving here
May 1, 1916. I am still here and I
intend to make my home here. I like
it better than any place I have ever
lived. Now for the reasons why: In
the first place, the summers cannot be
excelled in any country under the
sun. I have paid close attention to
winter climatic conditions and have
found the most delightful winter wea
ther that I have ever seen in a cold
country—much nicer than the north
ern pan, oi isew iorn. i no noi own
a foot of ground in the Anchorage
townsite, but have something just as
good—myself and family have located
a 160-acre homestead IV2 miles from
the postoffice, and we intend to de
velop it. We propose to show that we
can raise hay and grain and mature
these crops. The season is plenty long
enough for any farmer, if he will
prepare his land in the fall of the
year. Yes, I am a farmer and know
how. But the most of us farmers arvi
like babies—we must learn to creep
before we can walk. The most of us
that have taken up homesteads are
broke and have no security to offer our
bankers, if we require financial aid,
for our land always belongs to Uncle
Sam until we prove that we have done
right and lived up to our obligations
with the government.
I made a visit to the Matanuska
valley and remained a week looking
over the land, and must say that the
valley is a rich agricultural section. I
believe they can raise almost anything
they desire. The time is close at hand
when that land will be high-priced and
the Matanuska will be thickly settled
with good, industrious farmers. But
they must have wagon roads, which
they are not able to build alone. A
poor road in a farming community
keps settlers out. We are living in an
age when good roads are required to
develop the country. But what is the
matter with the Cook inlet country ? I
am going to show the Matanuska val
ley farmers that we have as good land
for agricultural purposes as they
have. The rancher on the inlet has all
the advantage, for he has the mar
ket place—the city of Anchorage, of
which I must say a few words.
I am proud of the city of Anchorage
and will predict that in 1920 we have a
population of 25,000 bona fide resi
dents. I expect to see street cars op
erating on the streets within three
years. We have everything here to
make a large city. We have energet
ic, shrewd business men; we have ev
erything here for the pleasure of the
home seeker. We have two opera
houses that are a credit to any city;
two banks, both filled with gold, that
are a credit to any city; we have five
churches, to satisfy all creeds; we
have cafes and hotels that are a cred
it to any city—yet we can support a
$150,000 hotel, which would prove a
paying investment. Anchorage has
all the advantages of a large city. The
government has sent a body of men
with good, sound judgment to con
struct the government railway and
work is progressing in fine shape. We
have a public school building that
would be a credit to a city of 300,000
population, and two little boys attend
from my ranch, thank God. The town
site authorities have installed an elec
tric lighting system and water system
that are adequate to our needs and
the gentlemen in charge of the offices
are capable and courteous.
I would not be surprised to see a
street car line running from the gov
ernment docks to Fourth avenue, as
far as L street before the present
year ends. I believe it would be a
paying proposition.
No doubt, I shall be called a boost
er, but I shall be proud to be called
such, because one that boosts for An
chorage has something to boost for.
Anchorage is the garden spot of Alas
ka for a commercial city, and will be
to Alaska what Seattle is to Puget
sound.
Yes, myself and family are proud
we are here and you can bank on us
that we are here as bona fide resi
dents. C. C. OSIER.
SEVENTY SCHOOLS IN ALASKA
MAINTAINED BY GOVERNMENT
According to the report of the sec
retary . of the interior for 1916, 70
schools were maintained by the U. S.
government during the year in Alas
ka, with a total enrollment of approx
imately 3,600 students. In the serv
ice 102 teachers, six physicians and
seven nurses were employed. As a
result of the new appropriation for
medical relief, a hospital was estab
lished at Juneau, and smaller hospi
tals were maintained at Nulato, Kot
zebue and Kanakanak. Reports from
the reindeer stations, which are super
vised by the bureau of education,
show a total of 70,230 reindeer, dis
tributed among 76 herds. The total
income of the natives from the rein
deer industry during the fiscal year,
exclusive of meats and hides consumed
at home, were $81,997. The depart
ment, in its report, emphasizes the
value of the development of this co
operative industry among the natives.
Fresh Ranch Eggs at the Mint. 472
GEORGE OSBORNE
The Leading Jeweler and Optician.
We are closing out our entire line of
Gorham’s Sterling silver ware. We
have on hand a complete line in the
two most up-to-date and artistic pat
terns. Don’t fail to take advantage of
the big sale in Gorham’s sterling sil
ver ware. Our stock is complete and
up-to-date. Closing out at cost. 391
Read The Daiiy T;mes and bo an
Anchorage booster.
Shoe Shine Stand—Robarts.
QUINN BOARDING
HOUSE.
Board by the Day or Week.
Comer 3rd and C St.
THE SYDNEY
LAURENCE CO.
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior, Flashlight Work a
Specialty.
Kodak Developing and Printing
HARMONY THEATRE.
BAXTER’S
MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
— AND —
HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN'S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 43-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 126
Wood—Phone 40-R. 186
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Union Laundry
and Bath Hous
Fourth Are., Between H and I;
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED
—and—
THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
CAOO.OAC.COOOOOO.OO.ClO
THE COOK INLET
TRANSFER CO.
WOOD AND ICE
A SPECIALTY.
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SANITARY
MARIUS BENSON - Mgr.
Sanitary Market
Tbc only told storage plant In con
nection with market in Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables, Rutter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadhouses.
spociHr attention.
tth Ave.. Bet. H and I Sts.
E. E. KURTZ & CO.
FREDERICfeNELSON
SEATTLE
Invite you to send to them for
such items in FURNITURE and
DRY GOODS as cannot be readily
supplied by the merchants in your
own community.
All such orders received by
FREDERICK & NELSON receive
the prompt, personal attention of
an expert shopper, and Parcel Post
shipments are sent POSTAGE
PAID to any point in Alaska.
Lunches, sandwiches and coffee at
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the North Pole Bakery. 429
Stop at Peterson's Hotel. 399
UNAVOIDABLE
t* ■.< DELAYS
Have made it impossible to have our new quarters ready for occupancy on March
first as was intended. This makes it necessary for us to remain in our present store for
several days longer. In the meantime, although most of our goods are ready for mov
ing, much of our stock yet remains unpacked. Rather than move these goods, we will
sell them at greatly x-educed prices.
The announcement of the date of our removal to our new store will be made
later.
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