CALIFORNIA
QUICKLY REACHED
via
SEATTLE-PORTLAND-SAN FRANCISCO
On the ALL RAIL
Scenic Shasta Route
THREE DAILY TRAINS
SHASTA LIMITED — CALIFORNIA EXPRESS
—SAN FRANCISCO EXPRESS—
Through Standard Sleeping Cars from Seattle and Port
land to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dining
and Observation Cars.
ARE YOU GOING EAST?
The cost via California is practicaly the same as on the
Northern Routes.
Call or write for information
C. M. ANDREWS, I). F. & P. A.
712 Second Avenue. SEATTLE, WASH.
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC LINES
Make It a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to
Electrification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable
accommodations and you’ll like the little
courtesies incident to “Milwaukee” service.
Both Steamship Co.’s act as Milwaukee agents in Anchorage.
A. E. HARRIS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Juneau.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
Going East
Through Rates from Anchorage to
Eastern Destinations Are in Effect
via the
Glacier National Park
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
THE ADMIRAL LINE
To California and the South via Portland and the mag
nificent steamships “Great Northern” and “Northern
Pacific.”
A. S. DAUTRICK .Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
Valentine Building.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle
Wash.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Xuneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
Leave Leave
Seattle Seward
Dec. 1 Mariposa .Dec. 8
Dec. 8 Alameda .Dec. 15
Dec. 16, Mariposa.Dec. 23
Dec. 24, Alameda .Dec. 31
I Lieave Leave
| Seattle Seward
Jan. 1, Mariposa ....... Jan. 8
|Jan. 8, Alameda .Jon. 15
Jan. 16, Mariposa.Jan 23
Jan. 24, Alameda.Jan. 31
inis company reserves me ngnt to cnange scneauie ot steamers witn
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
Dec. 27.WATSON
Jan. 7 .EVANS
Jan. 17.WATSON
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.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
Dr. D. Conley, a well known and re
spected physician of Ruby, died sud
denly in that city recently from
heart failure.
The Douglas Island Athletic club
is the name of an organization re
cently formed at Douglas with a
membership of more than 300.
A milk thief is reported to be at
work in Juneau, lifting the bottles
left at the various residences during
the early morning hours.
S. Lundblad, of Seward, is the in
ventor of a combination bed and sleep
ing bag which is declared to be a
winner.
J. J. Trunk, an old pioneer of var- I
ious Alaska mining camps, has been j
taken to the St. Joseph’s hospital at I
Fairbanks suffering from a severe at-1
tack of pneumonia.
Julius J. Wackenheimer, the U. S.
commissioner at Dime creek, who was
brought to Nome recently for medi
cal treatment, died at the Holy Cross
hospital in that city.
New arrivals at Ruby from Mar
shall City say conditions in that
camp have been good all summer de
spite the shortage of men and that
some good cleanups have been made.
The Alaska halibut schooner Joe
Baker disposed of its halibut catch
at Prince Rupert a few days ago at
the record price of 14.5 cents a pound.
Reports at Nome state that the
whaler Belvidere sighted but one
whale on her whole season’s cruise.
That whale was seen about 40 miles
northeast of Point Barrow but made
its escape.
Karl Hall, who lost a part of both
feet from freezing two years ago, re
turned recently to Seward. He spent
three months in a hospital on the out- i
side and is now able to walk without
difficulty. ,
A night prowler has been helping ;
himself promiscuously to things not ;
his own <in Douglas for some time .
past. Recently he broke into Pox’s I
store and the Republic Bar and got
away with small sums of money at i
each place. ■
G. E. Beraud, assayer at the First I
National bank at Fairbanks, nearly :
lost the sight of his left eye recently '
by an explosion of nitric acid he was
using in assaying and his clothing
was also badly burned.
Miss Lizett Riggs, the four-year
old daughter of Lieutenant Riggs of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
recently threw the switch which
turned on the current of the new elec
tric light system at Nenana.
Reports received at Fairbanks
state that Martin creek, a tributary
of Kokomo creek, is showing up good
prospects. Prospectors working on
the creek have drifted thirty feet and
have found pay prospects all the way.
The girls of the Penlope club of
the Douglas public school recently
held a candy sale whch netted the
club $20. The money will be turned
over to the domestic science equip
ment fund.
Harold Anderson, a ten-year-old
deaf mute, has been adjudged a de
pendent at Wrangell and committed
to the custody of the board of guar
dians for destitute and dependent
children at Juneau.
A public spirited citizen of Juneau
has requested permission from the
street department of that city to erect
a horse trough on Front street for
the benefit of the numerous equines
of that city.
Advices received at Fairbanks
state that Harry Lappin has been ad
judged insane by a jury in the com
missioner’s court at Nulato, where he
has been a citizen for the past ten
years.
. By the completion of its new trolley
system the Treadwell mines are now
in position to take ore from any of its
workings to any one of the mills of
the company which may be ip need of
ore.
See Bartholf for that new harness.
Call between 5th and 6th, near C. St.
20
Where is the Best Place to get your
lunch? North Pole Bakery, of course.
206
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
Phone 43-Y for car, day or night. .
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal |
Taxi and Transfer.B26 1
Anchorage General Hospital
Cornea' 6th & K Sts.
Private Rooms and Wards, Sani
tary and Thoroughly Equipped.
When you are sick it’s CARE
you want.
BAXTER’S
MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
LADIES
jfi
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Try Excelsior Cream for the
hands. On sale for 85 cts. at
the Gift Shop, F Street.
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P. 0. SUNBERG
GROCERIES AND GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
— IK
Reasonable Trices and a
Square deal to Everybody.
Umjerene ciene 1 dobra
podvorba svakomu jednako.
E. ELVERA SWANSON
Stenography, Typewriting, Dic
tation.
Peterson Building Phone 61-R
Wood Undertaking Co..
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMERS
Anchorage Matanuska
PERSONAL SHOPPING BY MAIL
TTHE items in Women’s and Chil- j
^ dren’s Wear, and Men’s Haber
lashery, that cannot be obtained from j
rour home merchant may be ordered 1
rrom us, and will be sent POSTAGE
5AID to any Alaska address reached
>y U. S. Mail.
During the Holiday Season, as at all
imes, we shall be glad to study your
visiles in the selecting of Gifts, and in
iroperly packing and mailing them to
rour friends. Let us send you the lat
ist issue of our Mail Order News.
Vddress Mail Order Department “A”
FREDERICfeNELSON
SEATTLE
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED
—and—
SANITARY
THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST j
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
HOTEL SEWARD
511 THIRD AVE.
Arctic Club Bldg., SEATTLE, WASH, j
ZBINDEN BROS., Props.
Rooms $1.00 Special
With Bath $1.50 Weekly Rates
Central Barber Shop
Modern Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
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Peterson's Billiard and
Solo Parlors
»
Fourth Ave. Between C and D
The Matanuska Cafe
la the New Matanuska Hotel.
THE PLACE TO EAT AT THE JUNCTION
Alex (Blondy) Anderson
SPEED SERVICE
The Royal Cafe
The new eating house on Fourth Avenue
Caterers to first-class trade.
Boxes for private parties.
Lunch Counter.
ATHANS & PAPPADOPOLOS .... Props.
304 Rooms All Outside Rooms
Absolutely Fire-Proof
BEST IN THE CITY
New Richmond
Hold
SEATTLE
BATES—Rooms with private bath,
31.50 per day and upwards. Rooms
without Bath, 81.00 per day and up
wards. —A FBEE AUTO BUS.
R. C. McCORMICK, Prop.
M. K. MacRAE, Mgr.
0
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Armco Rust
Resisting Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with
wood or coal.
' Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang
Stove.
If he cannot supply you 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
•i
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.
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ANNOUNCEMENT!!
Of the taking over of the Wible & St. Clair Stock by
Roy Fairbanks.
Have just opened case of 50 Smart Winter Suits, Sf
which will be sold at a great reduction. Also fine high
grade sweaters and Stag Shirts. jp
General reduction on all other goods.
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Bills payable to the firm of Wible & St. Clair are
i& now payable to me
ROY FAIRBANKS, Prop.
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.