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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.
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SEATTLE
WASHINGTON.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagwav, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
Leave Leave
Seattle Seward
Dec. 1 Mariposa .Dec. 8
Dec. 8 Alameda .D’ec. 15
Dec. 24, Alameda ..Ian. 2
Jan. 2, Mariposa .Jan. 9
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| Seattle Seward
!Jan. 1, Mariposa .Jan. 8
Jan. 8, Alameda .Jon. 15
Jan. IB, Mariposa ......Jan 23
Jan. 21, Alameda.Jan. 31
Inis company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers with
out notice. Tickets on sale at up-town office, Empress Building.
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Seattle and Alaskan Torts
Date Steamers
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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.
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yj San Francisco to Los Angeles, daily except Sunday.
4 San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
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jjj ADMIRAL SCHLEY AND ADMIRAL DEWEY.
Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
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To California and the South via Portland and the mag
nificent steamships “Great Northern” and “Northern
Pacific.”
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A. S. DAUTRICK .Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent, Room 18,
Valentine Building.
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent, Second and Columbia, Seattle
Wash.
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ANNOUNCEMENT!!
Of the taking over of the Wible & St. Clair Stock bv
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.
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TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
RILEY BIIKS
MANY BOOB
GREK CHS
(Iditarod Pioneer.)
J. E. Riley, who left here for the
Tolstoi a week ago last Monday, re
turned to the city on Wednesday last.
On being asked how things looked in
that promising new district, he re
plied:
“Not very good. Like all green
pastures, it looked good at a dis
tance.”
If anyone conceives the idea that
“George” was disappointed in his trip
he is apt to be badly mistaken. That
is just a playful little way he has of,
disarming inquiry regarding his num
erous and extensive mining opera- [
tions. The fact that several miners j
and prospectors having interests on1
! Boob creek, in the Tolstoi, made their
j appearance in Iditarod simultaneous
i ly with Mr. Riley’s arrival awakened
j interest, and it was not long before
I the fact became known that a deal
was on which would add to Mr. Riley’s
already extensive interests on Boob
creek.
It transpired later that he had ac- j
| quired from J. R. Beattie and Max Mi- j
j nard title to claim No. 2 above discov-!
ery, on Boob creek, and that the price I
| paid was $25,000, $10,000 of which [
| was cash and the balance notes.
This gives Riley and associates con
trol of the majority of claims on this
creek on which good pay or good pros
pects have been found.
The story goes that it is the inten- j
tion of the Otter creek dredgeman to
commence extensive operations on
Boob creek, the consummation of
which may occupy some years. It is
estimated that ditches will be con
structed to convey water to sluice off
i the overburden of these claims, and
| later a dredge will be installed. The
' ground on this creek is too deep for
J the operations of a dredge of the size
! contemplated, and the sluicing will be
) to prepare the ground for the dredge.
| The ditches will he constructed during
I the coming season, the ground will be
sluiced tin year following and the
next yea ■ veil see the dredge installed, j
| The preparatory work will of necessi- i
i ty require the employment of many j
, non. »
The ground in question was origin
ally staked by Arthur Raton, a well
known prospector. He gave an option
to Beattie and Minard for the sum of
$6,000. Ira Wood and associates be
came interested in the option.
The deal has aroused renewed inter-!
est in the Tolstoi, as much so, in fact, j
as the previous transactions by which (
Riley and associates acquired Nos. 1 i
and 2 below discovery and the Emmet
fraction, on all of which good pay had
been found, and a half interest in No.
4 below.
Interest Is Increasing.
Since the trails became passable the
travel to and from the Tolstoi has
been brisk, and while there have been
no recent new developments, there has
been a great deal of interest in the
district, more so, in fact, than was
thought likely last summer. No great
amount of work has been accomplish- i
ed lately, as weather' conditions have j
not been propitious, and because of
j the further fact that but limited sup
j plies were taken into the new camp
during the season of navigation. Al -
ready many shortages have developed,
and as the cost of freighting from this
city is heavy, it is not at all likely
that extensive operations will be in
j augurated this winter.
However, much work of a prepara
i tory nature, is already under way.
j Fuel is being cut, prospecting is going
i on, cabins are being built, and every
thing is being gotten in readiness for
later work. Men are daily going into
the district, and the town of Tolstoi
already has assumed the proportions
of an embryo city. Lodging houses
and restaurants are taxed to the ut
most, and larger and better bulidings
are under process of construction, one
of these being built of logs 42 feet in
length. These have to be hauled quite
a distance and the building operations
are therefore quite costly. *Prepara
BAXTER’S
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PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
SEATTLE, Dec. 15.—Alaska is yet
unorganized as regards the fruit and
produce commission business, there
being but two wholesale houses in this
line in the north. J. J. Chisholm, in
charge of southwestern Alaska for
J. B. Powles & Co. who returned to
day from a season in the north, de
clares that actual settlement and cul
tivation of the soil for root vegeta
bles potatoes, celery, cabbage and
strawberries will soon compel some
form of resident jobbing houses in
order to properly co-relate and mar
ket the products of the country.
Growers of Matanuska, he says,
sold their crop of potatoes there in
October at .$40 per ton. The crop ap
proximated 500 tons. Mr. Chisholm
made careful tests of the quality of
the Alaska potato and found that it
resembles the Puget sound potato in
texture and flavor, but it is not equal
to the Yakima baking Gem. He at
tributes this to the new soil and pre
dicts that the quality will rise as the
soil ages.
The cultivation of rutabagas and
the famous Alaska yellow turnip,
which has been pronounced by com
petent judges to exceed in quality any
turnip groSVn in the United States,
has become widespread at Haines and
Eagle river. While the demand at
Alaskan ports and interior centers is
large enough to absorb the entire out
put of the present, Mr. Chisholm be
lieves that increased acreage next
year will permit of heavy exports to
Puget sound, where the stock can be
sold at a profit on the market for
Yakima rutabagas and turnips.
The strawberry crop was limited
but netted 25c per cup to the grow
ers. The berry is large, rich in color
and flavor, although a cross between
a Marshall and a Magoun.
tions are under way for the hauling
of lumber for building purposes from
Cripple, and if the camp seems to jus
tify it there will be a sawmill erected
in the vicinity in all probability.
With a large number of prospectors
now on the ground, it is likely that
the creeks adjoining Boob will receive
a thorough going over. Quite a flurry
was caused last week by the sale of
two claims on Faith creek, a tribu
tary of Boob, for considerable cash
considerations, and in view of the
fact that pay was not known to have
been uncovered there, it had a ten
dency to cause more interest in the
tributaries. There have been stories
of pay on Mastodon, Madison and
Esperanto creeks, but there is much
secrecy as to developments, and the
real facts are hard to obtain.
It appears that a waiting game is
being played by those most interested.
It is not likely that an extensive stam
pede to the district will develop, but
that operations are being closely ob
served goes without saying.
Another Deal Consummated.
Yesterday it was stated that anoth
er deal has been made by which Mr.
Riley came into possession of lays on
Nos. 1 and 3 above discovery, on the
same creek, the former held by Ira
Wood and J. E. Beattie, and the lat
ter by Ira Wood and Max Menard.
The consideration was not given out,
but it is probable that it was a sub
stantial sum, as both are promising
properties.
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
S|K‘ciiil Arrangements Made for Entertaining Private
Parties.
1 lie place ot real service. Boxes, Lunch Counter.
Try Some of Our Special Dishes.
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COAL AND WOOD.
GENERAL TRANSFER BUSINESS.
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| 4th and D C. P. PEDERSEN, Mgr. I
The Lang Stove, born in
Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Anneo Kust
Kesisting 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.
k 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.
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