BANKING BY MAIL
ti It makes no difference where you are located, you
an 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.
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
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. J. LANKIN,
Agent.
F. B. TRACY.
General Agent.
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADMIRAL LINE
Sailings from Seward to
Seattle and Alaskan Ports
Date Steamers
Jan. 9.SPOKANE
Jan. 17.WATSON
Jan. 27 .EVANS
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.
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Going East
Through Rates from Anchorage to
Eastern Destinations Are in Effect
via the
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
To California and the South via Portland and the mag
nificent steamships “Great Northern” and “Northern
Pacifie.”
A.. S. DAUTRICK .Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
Valentine Building.
f ; J. MOORS, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle
Wash.
| ANNOUNCEMENT!!
i Of the taking over of the Wible & St. Clair Stock by
Roy Fairbanks.
New heavy Wool Malone Pants, Summit Leather Vests.
Also fine high-grade Sweaters, and Stag Shirts.
Closing out complete line of high grade Suits from
$7.50 up.
Bills payable to the firm of Wible & St. Clair are
now payable to me.
kOY FAIRBANKS Cor. 4th and D St.
’EY A “WANT" AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
It is reported that there is two
miles of pay in sight on Boob creek in
the Tolstoi district.
The thermometer registerd 45 de
grees below zero at Chitina last week
and 50 below at Strelna.
Four feet of snow on the level and
from six to ten feet in drifts is re
ported at Haines, the storm having
been the worst in years.
Gustav Priesner, of McCarthy, has
been appointed special agent at that
place for the Tjosevig-Kennecott com
pany.
Three hundred and fifty men are
reported to be working on the Sew
ard division of the government rail
road this winter.
Anchorage is getting the habit. The
Frisco cafe was well filled until after
midnight last night with gay after
theatre and dance parties.
The recent assessment roll of the
town of Cordova places the valuation
of the property of that town at near
ly one million dollars.
E. K. Irving, who was shot by Wal
ter Stoker, on the railroad near Sew
ard, has passed the crisis and is ex
pected to recover.
McGrath, Jean & Co. are reported
to have cleaned up $30,000 as a result
of a 20-days’ run with seven shovels
at Marshall City.
Frank R. Brown, of the Apollo mine
at Unga, states that stormy weather
seriously interfered with the work at
the mine this season.
Fifty below zero weather at Fair
banks put the automobiles out of
commission, the gasoline feed pipes
freezing up at that temperature.
An ep'dcmic of thieving has occur
red on the steamships carrying parcel
post mail to Alaska, and many per
sons are mourning the loss of Christ
mas presents and other valuables.
At a recent meeting of the Cordova
school board it was decided to retain
the services of Dr. Robert Simpson,
of Juneau, to make an examination of
the eyes of the school children.
It is reported that the Bodie cop
per claims, adjoining the Westover
group on the ICuskulana river, have
been bonded to outside capitalists and
a part cash payment made.
By an official order issued by Judge
Brown of the district court, the office
of the United States commissioner and
recorder will be removed from Chiti
na to McCarthy.
Employes of the Copper River &
Northwestern railway have received
over $50,000 in bonuses from the com
pany during the past year, because of
the high price of copper.
William A. Harrison, Sr., head of
the well known merchandising firm
of Harrison & Son, of Whitehorse,
died recently at the St. Mary’s hos
pital at that place.
Ninety-eight dollars in cash and $11
in merchandise was the result of the
solicitation of Clarence Bussinger, at
McCarthy for a recent public Christ
mas entertainment for the children at
that place.
Where did you get those lovely
doughnuts? At the North Pole bak
ery, of course. 242
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
Try a Want Ad in The Times.
BAXTER’S
MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
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SEATTLE, Jan. 2.—Alaska as an
agricultural country will not reach its
zenith until some sort of financial aid
is extended, according to Joseph Ma
hern, Alaska representative of C. H.
Lilly & Co., of Seattle, with offices in
Juneau. The Cook inlet country and
the Tanana and Matanuska valleys
are as rich as any to be found, he
said, but development is slow because
of the lack of means for proper ex
pansion, says the Seattle Times.
“The potatoes grown in the Mata
nuska valley are superior to quality
in any I have seen,” said Mahern,
“and they could be grown in suffici
ent quantities to supply the Alaska
demand and leave some for export.
Receive Little Aid.
“The Cook inlet district will one
day be rated as one of the best agri
cultural districts of the north, but this
will not be for some time. The farm
ers get but little help from banking
institutions and this makes it hard
for them to be anything but backward
in their development. They must rely {
almost entirely on their own resour- j
ces, and, in most cases, these are not
sufficient.”
Mahern arrived in Seattle last week
and will return to Alaska in a few
days, after making his annual reports.
SHORTENS TRAIL FROM
ANCHORAGE TO KNIK
W. D. Elliott, proprietor of the road
house at Eklutna, writes The Times ,
that he has had a good trail cut across
the arm from his place to Knik, which
shortens the distance for travelers by
19 miles. The new trail is marked
with stakes, so that the mushers can
not lose their way.
Peterson’s Billiard Parlors
And
PETERSON HOTEL
324-326 4th Ave.
C. F. PETERSON, Prop.
The Matanuska Cafe
In the New Matanuska Hotel.
THE PLACE TO EAT AT THE JUNCTION
Alex (Blondy) Anderson
SPEED SERVICE
The Royal Cafe
Special Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
The place of real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
Northern Transfer Company
COAL AND WOOD.
GENERAL TRANSFER BUSINESS.
PHONE 47-Y.
4th and D C. P. PEDERSEN, Mgr.
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco ltust
Resisting Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
AVill hold tire overnight with
wood or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang
Stove.
If he cannot supplyyou write us
Our line is complete from the small
est camp stove to the largest hotel
range.
Any sourdough will tell you about the
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.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
BANK OF ANCHORAGE
Territorial Depository Foreign Exchange
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
P ESTABLISHED 1916 RESOURCES OVER $600,000.00 j