The Fuel Question Solved
Where to get your fire wood, on short notice, in the right lengths, dry,
ready to bum—has been your problem ever. Now, all you have to do
is to call up 52-Y and tell us your wants, and we will attend to the rest.
WOOD WOOD
A trial order placed with us will dispel all your aggravation, caused
by former experiences with the keep-warm question.
Bird Creek Lumber Co.
Robert H. Fleming, Manager
Yard Next to R. R. Track in Old Town
RECREATION
Bowling Alleys and Pool Parlors
YOUNG VIKING H. HEGSTROM
Next to Harmony Theatre.
PLUMBING AMD HEATING
Full Line of Plumbing Supplies, Pipes and Fittings.
PROMPT ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.
T. W. KENNEDY,
E St. Bet. 3rd and 4tb. Next to Hotel Anchorage
EDW. T. McNALLY
WM. MAITLAND i
M’Nally & Maitland
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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 $8.00 PER TON
Yard and Office Foot of G St.
Phone 41R j
MONTANA HE ROOM
The Art Palace of Anchorage.
The First Building in Anchorage.
Carrying a high grade line of cigars, cigarettes, to
baccos. Strongest Fruit Department in the city.
Classical music rendered every afternoon and even
ing. Piano and violin. You will like it.
Have your mail sent to Montana Pool Room. You
can get it any time.
You are welcome ! ! Let’s get acquainted thi$ winter.
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A. CHIMENTO and ALEX TSAEUMIS, Proprietors.
TO SEEK CROESUS* WEALTH.
PEEliSKILL, N. Y.—Croesus, king
•of Lydia, and the world’s first great
financier, escorted a committee of his
subjects through his palace one after
noon in February, 77, aand after the
committee had looked at Croesus's
heaps of gold, one of the visitors, the
first muckraker evidently, said it was
wicked that one should have so much
wealth and that something was going
to happen. It did; half an hour later,
most of the big mountain overhang
ing Sardis buried the city, and when
the earthquake was over Croesus’s
Sold was buried below mining depth.
Professor Howard Butler of the
Department of Art and Archaeology
an FSftceton university, announced to
day that he was going over to Asia
Minor very soon to resurrect the bur
ied treasure. In 1909 Professor But
ler headed an expedition to Sardis
and, though he found only bronze
statues, his excavations were of great
scientific worth. His decision to re
turn was made following the receipt
of a message at his home in Crotor
Falls sent by Consul George Horton
at Smyrna, which asserted that Pro
fessor Butler’s old excavations were
unharmed notwithstanding war op
erations.
Ham and cheese sandwiches at the
North Pole Bakery. 328
Wood—Phone 40-R.
186
(Valdez Prospector.)
Bathed in his own blood, and with
his throat cut from ear /o ear, the
body of Angus Chisholm, one of the
pioneer business men of Valdez, was
found in his room over the Senate sa
loon about 2 o’clock this afternoon.
He had been dead for some hours.
So far as can be learned there was
no cause for the rash act, nor had
Mr. Chisholm ever exhibited any
signs that such an act was contem
plated. He had not been in the best
of health for some time past, but his
ailment was not of such a character
as to lead to despondency.
Yesterday noon Mr. Chisholm, who
was interested in the Senate saloon,
relieved Sam Jensen while the latter
went to dinner and on Mr. Jensen’s
return he sat in his office for a time
and then went up to his room over
the saloon. He was apparently in his
usual jovial mood and made no ref
erence to feeling badly or that as he
frequently kept to his room for 24
hours at a time, nothing was thought
of the fact that he did not come down
stairs this morning.
About 2 o clock Mr. Jensen re
i quested J. D. Hamilton to go up to
i Chisholm’s room and see if he did
i not wish something to eat. On en
tering the room Hamilton was hor
rified -to find Chisholm covered with
blood and a gaping wound in his
throat. He immediately gave the
alarm and Doctors Boyle and Silver
man were called in. An examina
tion by these physicians led to the dis
covery that the body was cold and
that the victim had been dead for
probably 24 hours, indicating that he
had committed the rash act within a
few minutes of the time he went to
his room. On the bed, by his side,
was a razor, covered with blood, giv
ing evidence as to the weapon em
ployed.
Mr. Chisholm had been a resident
of Valdez for a number of years, dur
ing which time he had gained a wide
circle of friends and acquaintances.
Of a most amiable disposition, he al
ways had a smile and a pleasant word
fcr everybody, and is probably the
last man in Valdez who would be ex
pected to take his own life. For sev
eral years past he has been engaged
in the liquor business, being a part
ner in the Senate saloon.
Mr. Chisholm was born in Nova
Scotia, and was about 45 years of
age. He was unmarried.
WHY GOOD LUCK CAME TO
UNITED VERDE EXTENSION
There is an old darkey living in
Lincoln, Nebraska, who is in clover
as a result of the Bonanza copper
find in the United Verde Extension
property at Jerome, Arizona. And he
is having a good laugh at the ex
pense of the wise white folks of the
town, famous as the home of the
“Silver tongued orator of the Platte.”
A stock salesman from the Verde
district was in Lincoln a few years
ago when that section was not as
prosperous as today. The salesman
was selling stock in the company
which owned the Little Daisy proper
ty at Jerome. It was a rank prospect
in those days and the salesman was
not meeting with much luck in dis
posing of his certificates. In fact he
was up against it so hard financially
that he did not have enough money
for his hot cakes in the morning.
The old darkey had a small restaur
aant and he was about the only per
son in town who would take the
salesman’s stock in exchange for
board. He was laughed at when it
was learned that he was taking the
Jerome copper stock in lieu of mon
ey but now this gentleman of color
is riding about in his automobile, is
sporting real -diamonds and is the
“big noise” in colored society of Lin
coln. He is reported to have sold his
2,000 shares of United Verde Exten
sion stock a couple of months ago
it better than $30 per share.
Phone 48-Y for car, day or night.
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal
Taxi and Transfer. 126
TURN TO OIL SHALES AS
OIL SUPPLY BEGINS TO FAIL
An investigation now in progress
by the Geological Survey and the Bu
reau of Mines is looking ahead to the
time when the present increase in
petroleum production will give place
to a general decline. Already in no
less than eleven states, the crest of
the wave of production seems to
have passed, although the states of
Oklahoma, and Wyoming with in
creasing yields are more than offset
ting the decline in other states.
In view of the rapidly growing de
mand for gasoline and other petro
leum products it does not seem too
early to be taking account of stock
for the future. Therefore, in addi
tion to the attention being given to
increasing our geologic knowledge
bearing on the possible extension of
the fields, the Geological Survey has
begun to study the bituminous and
oil shales.
une belt of black shales extends!
from New York to Kentucky and Ten
nessee. Another large area is in Colo
rado, Utah and Wyoming. These vary
in richness. In Utah the bituminous
shale from one bed yields as high as
two barrels of oil to the ton. The
black shale at New Albany, Ind.,
yields on distillation only 7 to 72
gallons of oil to the ton. Elsewhere
in Indiana and Illinois the shale over
lying one of the coal beds has yielded
one-third to one-half barrel and this
shale is being removed in stripping
the coal and is thus at present a
waste product. While this source of
oil is not promising under present
conditions, yet we are learning how
wide spread are these occurence of
oil-bearing rocks and how large in
the aggregate is their* content of oil.
Dr. Ashley, for instance, has figured
that one bed of this shale in In
diana contains 100 billion or more
barrels of oil.
Bituminous shales were utilized
abroad before Pennsylvania oil was
discovered and their distillation may
be a part of our chemical industry at
some future day, and indeed that
day may not be far distant, so rapid
is the industrial development today.
THE ANCHOR CLUB WHIST
PARTY
Will be held at 8:15 Friday, Feb. 2.
376
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
Of universal popularity—the lunch
es at the North Pole Bakery. 328
THE HOUSE OF CLEAN
SPORT.
TheBBCCo.
MONARCH
1 WORLD'S
DEST
ROB ARTS’ BILLIARD
AND BOWLING
PARLORS.
P. 0. Opposite.
Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
— AND —
HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage - - Alaska
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UNION CIGAR STORE #
4th Ave. Bet. C and B Sts.
Choice line of Cigars and
Tobaccos,
Confectionery and
Soft Drinks.
Meet Your Friends at the !
UNION CIGAR STORE
fj GUS STIPOVICH and
OTTO GUSTOSON, Props. J \
BAXTER'S
MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
Inlet Soda Works
W. A. TAYLOR, Proprietor
Manufacturers of all kinds of
MINERAL WATERS, SODA
CIDER, SYRUPS.
AGENTS FOR GRAPE JUICE
Anchorage - - Alaska
PERSONAL SHOPPING BY MAIL
THE items in Women’s and Chil
* dren’s Wear, and Men’s Haber
dashery, that cannot be obtained from
your home merchant may be ordered
from us, and will be sent POSTAGE
PAID to any Alaska address reached
by U. S. Mail.
During the Holiday Season, as at all
times, we shall be glad to study your
wishes in the selecting of Gifts, and in
properly packing and mailing them to
your friends. Let us send you the lat
est issue of our Mail Order News.
Address Mail Order Department “A”
FREDERICfcNELSON
SEATTLE
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Polley Bros.
UTHE FAIRBANKS!
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NEW CRESCENT HOTEL
F. W. REDWOOD & CO, Props.
Warm Rooms. Moderate Rates. Hot
Baths.
Cor. Fourth and C. Anchorage
B. C. NICHOLS
WATCH MAKER AND
JEWELER.
Anchorage, Alaska.
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Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED^
—and—
SANITARY
THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
Sanitary Market
The 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,
special attention.
till Ate.. Bet. H and 1 Sts.
E. E. KURTZ & CO.
THE SYDNEY
LAURENCE CO.
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior, Flashlight Work a
Specialty.
Kodak Developing and Printing
HARMONY THEATRE.
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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
GAS ENGINES.
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN’S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
LEARN TO DANCE.
Latest Dauces Taught. Begin
ners given special attention. For ap
pointment call at third house from
C on 6th Ave.
WM. BUNTING.
L
C. HENNING
TAILOR.
Ladies' and Gentlemen’s
Suits Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired. 4th Ave. and D St.
Tony’s Cafe
OPPOSITE EMPRESS
THEATRE.
TABLES FOR LADIES—
—NEWLY REMODELED
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New Cabinet Shop
Furniture Made to Order. All
Kinds Cabinet Work, Show
Cases, Etc.
Kiln Dried Lumber.
Seasoned in Our Shop.
JOE KITAK.
4th and K Sts.
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HOTEL SEWARD “
511 THIRD AVE.
Antic Club Bldg., SEATTLE, WASlfll
ZBINDEN BROS, Props. ^
Rooms $1.00 Special
With Bath $1.60 Weekly Rates ^