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1 Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward.
Sails Seattle Arrives Anchorage j
MAY 4 .NORTHWESTERN. MAY 11
MAY 10. ALAMEDA MAY 17
MAY 15.ALASKA. MAY 22
MAY 21.MARIPOSA MAY 28
This 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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jg ALASKAN SAILING DATES I
5 Lv. Seattle Ar. Anchorage '
5 April 25 FARRAGUT ...May 5 |
| May 3 ...WATSON ..May 11 |
2 May 11 ...EVANS... May 19 |
May 19 . FARRAGUT ..May 27 |
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CALIFORNIA jjj
Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays i£
Steamers ifi
President, Governor, Queen, jfi
Senator, Umatilla, Admiral jjj
Schley_and Admiral Dewey. jjj
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fi For Full Particulars. T. B. WATSON, Agent, Anchorage, Alaska. S
I Launch Wilhemina
» JOHNSON AND THOMPSON
Twice a week trips to ail points on Turnagain Arm.
Nee bulletin boards for schedule.
For information call City Auto Service. PHONE 89R.
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j ( apt. X. ,J. Gaikema.
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; Daily Trips to Knik and Goose Bay from Govern
| ment Dock Xo. 1.
j See Bulletin Boards for Schedule
S Ticket Agencies at Baxter’s and City Auto Service,
1 Phone 89-R.
Power $chr. Lina K.
“SAFETY AND SERVICE”
Will Make Regular Trips t*
All Turnagain Arm Points.
PARKER & EATON
Wood Undertaking Co..
f'.j.i FUNERAL DIRECTORS
LICENSED EMBALMKRS
Ameliorate Matanuska
The Electric Bath House, K and
Fourth, is now under the management
of a graduate masseur and chiropo
dist. Electric and Turkish baths. Open
day and night. 8621
ALASKA NEWS
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The patriotic women of Fairbanks,
not to be outdone by the males, have
organized a Red Cross society.
Several new Ford cars will arrive
shortly for Valdez people, four cars
having been sold here this spring by
Agent Meals.
Work of rebuilding the burned dis
trict in Valdez has started and by fall
the buildings destroyed will be re
placed by larger and better ones.
Heavy shipments of copper ore are
being made from the mines in the
territory, copper being in great de
mand at this time for the manufacture
of munitions.
The operator at the Summit on the
Valdez-F airbaanks trail, has vacated i
his station for the summer. This is
one of the most lonesome and exposed
stations in Alaska.
I!. Benson of Sannak, who recently j
left for the outside, has promised on
his return to bring as a present for
the Sannak public school an organ for
the use of the children.
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Robert Service, the poet of the Yu
kon, who is serving with the Cana-!
dian troops in France, has been
blessed with twin daughters, which
arrived at the Service home recently.
Joe Goodwin is reported to have a
very likely looking silver lead propo
sition on Lost river, near Nome, and
expects to take out one hundred or
more tons of Lie ore for shipment to
the outside this season.
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Arthur Pinkus, who has been man- j
aging the Empress theatre at Valdez
for the Empress circuit, has taken,
charge of the Empress theatre at Cor
dova. Owen Meals has taken the Val
dez theatre management.
In order that Cordova may have a
Fourth of July celebration in keep- j
ing with the growth and dignity of I
the town, a committee of prominent,
citizens has already been appointed !
to prepare for the occasion.
The cannery tug Thistle of Sar.
Francisco, en route from Seattle to'
Nushagak, was wrecked on Gann is-;
land, near the wrecked Prince Rupert1
a few days ago. The tug s ink mime-1
TIDE TABLE FOR ANCHORAGE.
Monday, May 7.
Low Water . 0:23 a. in. 3.2 feet
High Water . 6 10 a. ni. 31.0 feet
Low Water .12:47 p. ni. 3.2 feet
High Water . 7:16 p. in. 30.3 feet
Tuaiday, May 8.
Low Water . I :02 a. m. 3.5 feet
High Water . 6:43 a m. 31.4 feet
Low Water .* 1:24 p. m. 3.6 feet
High Water . 7:55 p. m. 30.0 feet
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Effective 12:01 a. m., Monday. April
23, 1917, a mixed passenger and freight
train will be run between \nehor.ige
and Matanuska. Matanuska and King,
r.nd between Anchorage and Rabbit ori
the following schedule:
Main I*ine.
Nort h bou nd South bou nd
Daily ex. Daily ex.
Sunday Sunday
Leave Arrive
7:30a.m... 0.0 Anchorage .. 9:15 p.m.
7:55a. tn... 4.8 Whitney .... 8:50p.m.
8:25 a. in.. .12.3 Kuney . 8:30 p.m.
9:10 a. ni.. . 21.8 Birchwood ... 7:50 p.m.
9:40 a. m.. .27.6 Eklutna . 7:20 p.m.
Arrive Leave
1 0 :10 a. in.. 36.4 Matanuska 6:45 p.m.
Matanuska Branch
Northbound Southbound
Daily ex. Daily Ex.
Sunday Sunday
Leave Arrive
11:00 a. rn.. 36.4 Matanuska 6:20 p.m.
11:30 a. in.. 42.9 Palmer . 5:55 p.m.
12:20 p. rn.. 49.5 Moose Creek. 5:25 p. m.
Arrive Leave
12:40 p. m..55.0 Eska . 4:50 p. m.
Leave Arrive
12:50 p. m.. 55.0 Eska . 2:08 p. in.
1 :10 p. in.. 58.7 Granite . 2:53 p.m.
Arrive Leave
1:25 p. in.. 60.6 King . 2:45 p.m.
Main I*in«
Southbound Northbound
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only.
Leave Arrive
9:00a.m... 0.0 Anchorage .. 10:45 a.m.
9:20a.m... 5.0 Campbell ... 10:25a.m.
Arrive Leave
9:45 a. m... 10.4 Rabbit . 10:00 a. in.
Mixed train leaving Anchorage north
bound will stop Just north of road cross
ing, Terminal Yard. Anchorage.
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__The Store For All the People.
PLAY BALL—WE ARE AGENTS FOR SPALDINGS BASEBALL AND TEN
NIS GOODS—COMPLETE STOCK NOW ON DISPLAY.
LOOK OUT FOR THE ALLIGATORS.
PRICES REASONABLE— PROMPT DELIVERY— —COURTEOUS TREATMENT
PHONES: STORE 7-R OFFICE 20-R
diately and the crew was taken off bj
lifeboats from the Admiral Kurragut
southbound.
U. S. Commission Vinal of Iditarod,
who has held the office for years,
has resigned his office, the resignation
to ta$> effect some time in the early !
summer. John Dunn of Ruby has been
appointed to fill the vacancy.
A. J. Day, formerly agent for the
Northern Commercial company at
Ruby, has recently returned from the
states, where he organized a corpora
tion for carrying on a banking busi
ness at the lower river camp.
Arvid Fransen, who killed Krause, j
the escaped murderer, has come out
in a statement in a Juneau paper, do 1
nying a recent article printed ;n the!
Dispatch of that city, saying he had
asked for a permit to carry arms be-!
cause he was afraid of Krause’s j
friends.
Carl Stagneth, who has spent five
years experimenting at Seward with
tanning shark skins, and is now on
the outsdie financing a plan to erect •
a large plant at Seward for tanning!
the skins and extracting oil from the'
carcasses.
W. A. Geary of the firm of Geary
& Puckett, arrived at Whitehorse re
cently with a sledload of furs from
their fox ranch at Teslin. Among the!
pelts was one of a black fox, killed in |
the wild, but the remainder were from
domestic animals and formed a very
valuable collection.
The Ruby Derby, run recently, was
won by George Jimmie, the prize be
ing $325, and the time 5:23:34. Alec
Brown took second money and Walter
Goyne third. Jimmie won by 5 sec-j
onds over his opponent, who in turn
defeated Goyne by 5 minutes and 11
seconds.
A big fight is on in Juneau between
Mayor Valentine and the members of
the council over the chief of police.
The mayor fired the officer and the
council reinstated him to office ami
also officially set aside the veto of the
mayor on the eletcion of the other
town officers. And the end is not yet.
A. D. Smith, a steamboat man on
the Yukon for some years, is reported
to be making a fortune in the states j
from the manufacture of the Smith
Formatruck which he invented. He
embarked in the business two years
ago and is said to have recently sold
an interest in the business for $250,
000.
Fred Carlquist, wTio .'s a graduate
optician from San Francisco, is per
manently established with George Os
born, the C. St. Jeweler, and will ex
amine eyes free. 260
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 42-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
Phone 42-Y for tar, day or night. 1
Wood and coal a specialty. Universal ]
Taxi and Transfer. 126 j
WAR NEWS
Rumors and facts at Peterson’s. 444 |
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ANCHORAGE ABSTRACT
AND TITLE CO.
Abstracts of Title Furnished
to Any Lots and Tracts in
Townsite of Anchorage
Real Rstate, Renta Collected.
Money Loaned. Mining Property,
Stocks, Bonds, Bills Discounted.
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Members Photographers’ Association of America,
1 Washington, D. C.
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EXPERT KODAK FINISHING.
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COMPLETE STOCK OF UP TO DATE
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OUR NATIONAL STRENGTH
THE NATION S MIGHT, IS INFLUENCED BY ITS EVERY CITIZEN. PATRIOTISM IS FOR ALL, AND ONE OF ITS PRACTICAL FORMS IS IN
TELLIGENT, INDIVIDUAL EFFORT THAT DEVELOPS COLLECTIVE FINANCIAL STRENGTH—SO IMPORTANT A FACTOR IN NATIONAL SUPREMACY.
CONSERVATION UPON THE PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL—THE BUILDING OF A SURPLUS—IS ESSENTIAL TO BOTH NATIONAL AND PERSON
AL PROTECTION.
THE OFFICERS OF THIS INSTITUTION STAND FOR AMERICA FIRST—AND ALL THE TIME.
BANK OF ANCHORAGE
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.