SPRING SUITS
Are Now in Order
The man who cannot be fit
ted with a suit of
is the exception rather than the
rule. There are shorts, longs,
slims and extra stouts in mod
els designed particularly to
meet the requirements of each
individual figure. Prove it be
fore one of our mirrors.
The Stein-tfloeb Co. t9tf
C ME FELIX
NONE BUT THE BEST.
Corner 4th and D Sts.
Felix Brown & Co.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
Please notice in our window those beautiful Pink and
White Cameos set with Nelchina Gold Nuggets, in Rings
and Brooches. Also Nelchina nuggets, neck chains and
Bracelets.
WALTER A. LORD
The Diamond and Gold Nugget Jeweler. ,
Near Harmony Theatre.
Northern Transfer Company
COAL AND WOOD.
GENERAL TRANSFER BUSINESS.
PHONE 47-Y.
4-tli and D
C. P. PEDEB^N, Mgr.
City Drug1 Store
THE REXALL STORE.
Dr. K. A. KYVIG, Owner.
5th and C
Tlie Best and Purest Drugs and the Most Reasonable in
the City.
Victor Phonographs $15.00, $25.00, $50.00.
On Time Payments.
Hegg & Laurence
COMMERCIAL AND
PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior, Flashlight Work a
Specialty.
Kodak Developing and Printing
HARMONY THEATRE.
CARROL & CO.
Fourth St., near E
MEN’S OUTFITTERS
Complete stock of Clothing,
Shoes and furnishings.
Pioneer Sheet
Metal Works
YUKON STOVES
— AND —
HEATERS
Corner Fifth and C Sts.
Anchorage * - Alaska
Get your eyes examined free at
George Osborn’s, the leading jeweler,
by Fred Carlquist, graduate optician.
Satisfaction guaranteed. 260
Wood and coal delivered to any
part of the city. Phone 48-Y. Uni
versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
BAXTER’S
All Magazines
All Newspapers
All The Time!
B. C. NIGHOLS
WATCH MAKER AND
JEWELER.
Anchorage, Alaska.
THE FAIRBANKS
4th and D
MEN’S CLOTHIERS
ROY FAIRBANKS, Prop.
Wanted—Experienced baker at City
Bakery. Fifth and C. 616
(Billy Evans in Seattle P.-I.)
“Can get you a pitcher for $5,000.
Club will give immediate delivery.
Have watched him work five games.
He looks like the goods. His acquisi
tion will probably aid you in landing
pennant. Players say he is fair wea
ther pitcher. They insist he loses heart
and quits cold when his team is behind.
Can’t vouch for his gameness. In
games I saw him work, opposition was
lucky to make a foul. If he can pitch
half as well in big show as he does
in this bush, he won’t have many
chances to quit, even if what the play
ers say is true.”
Sample of Letter Owners Receive.
The owner of a major league club
often finds such a letter or telegram
awaiting him when he reaches his of
fice. Probably the day previous his
club lost a game that should have been
an easy victory with ordinary pitch
ing and he is not in an agreeable
mood. His chance of winning the pen
nant seems to be ebbing, because of
the weakness of his pitching staff,
which the critics said prior to the
opening of the season was the strong
department of the club. He realizes
the necessity of strengthening his
pitching staff at once if he is to
stay in the race and really be a factor
until the finish.
The average business man would
scarcely make a deal involving $5,000
in a very uncertain investment with
out careful consideration. Men who
have their money invested in baseball
know they must take chances. Often
hesitation of a few hours loses a star,1
and star players are in demand at all
times. So the owner wires to close
the deal. Perhaps the above illustra
tion appears a bit overdrawn to the
average reader, but the fact remains
that every major club owner is con
fronted with such a situation fre
quently.
Purchasing ball players is one of the
greatest lotteries ever established.
Larry Chappelle cost $13,500 and Ty
Cobb cost $500. Rube Marquard cost
$11,500, while Connie Mack got Eddie
Plank, Chief Bender and Jack Coombs
for nothing. Marty O’Toole cost $22,
500, and Walter Johnson was landed
for car fare. Connie Mack’s infield,
referred to as the $100,000 quartet,
cost him about $1,000, while New York
was forced to pay ten times that
amount for Maisel, a promising young
third baseman. If you were about to
form a team and had your choice, you
probably would take the athletes who
cost little or nothing.
Charley Somers, former owner of
the Cleveland club, always has gam
bled with fate, but the turn of the
wheel of fortune failed to smile kind
ly upon him. A few years ago Som
ers appeared to have a chance of
fighting it out for the pennant, if he
strengthened his pitching staff. He did
his best to land several twirlers by of
fering alluring sums, but the other
club owners were inclined to turn a
deaf ear. The turning over to Cleve
land of another experienced pitcher
when that club was already a strong
aggregation, did not appeal to them.
The Washington club, a tail-ender at
the time, and making little money, was
the only one that gave Somers any
consideration.
He was offered Pitcher Falkenberg
and Infielder Altizer for something like
$11,000. At the time neither placer/
was regarded a star, although Falken
berg proved useful to the Cleveland
club. Altizer was fast on the bases
and a pretty good hitter, who it was
figured might add strength to the
club. Somers took a chance, but nei
ther player helped him to win a pen
nant.
Altizer failed to deliver and was re
leased. Later Falkenberg-jumped to
the Federal league and Somers had
nothing to show for his $11,000.
In 1908 the Cleveland club was nos
ed out of the pennant by a half game.
Late in the season the pitching staff
wabbled, or the Naps would have land
ed. The late Addie Joss was compel
led to carry much of the burden. It
was freely admitted by critics and
managers, that the Cleveland club
would have been an easy winner had
the pitching staff included Another vet
eran with the ability of Joss. During
the winter, story after story dwelling
on this fact was printed. No one be
lieved Somers would be able to get
a veteran twirler, and it was general
ly supposed that he would have to pin
his hopes on one of the youngsters
coming through.
Not one club owner in a hundred
would have taken the cffance Somers
took, when he announced that he had
purchased Cy Young from the Boston
club for $12,500 in real money and
two young pitchers. Cy Young was
then near the 40 mark. He did his
part the next summer in masterly
style, but the rest of the team col
lapsed, and the Naps were never in the
running.
On another occasion Somers paid
$6,500 for a pitcher from the Ameri
can association and $.°>,500 for a twirl
er from the Southern league. Both
were stars in the minors, but failed to
deliver in the big show. A cool $10,
000 had been wasted.
Yanks Fay Well for Raker.
Last season the New York team of
the American league paid Connie
Made in the neighborhood of $25,000
for Frank Baker. In addition the
club paid Baker a fancy salary. Bak
er was signed primarily because it was
believed that his hitting would put the
Yankees in the race. Hardly had Bak
er struck his stride when an injury put
him out of the running for several
months. This robbed the club of much
of its power and its drawing card, for
the baseball fan greatly admires the
slugger. Strangely enough, Walter
Pipp, practically donated by Detroit,
was the player who furnished the
thrills when it came to hitting them
far. Pipp, with 12 home runs to his
credit, led the American league bats
men in that respect.
In an effort to further bolster the
team, the owners of the New York
Americans bought Lee Magee for a
big sum when the Federal league
stars were placed on the market. Ma
gee had been the big noise in the out
laws, and it was believed he would
create much trouble for the American
league pitchers. Things broke badly
for Magee and he never seemed to get
going. In contrast there was Hughey
High, who cost the New York club the
waiver price from Detroit. Figured
on but little in the preliminary dope,
High was one of the stars of the
club throughout the season.
Jim Dunn, the new owner of the
Cleveland club, had hardly taken over
the team before he made it evident
that he would take a chance, and a
mighty long one. His purchase of
Speaker at an almost fabulous price
was the talk of the baseball world. If
Speaker had failed, Dunn would have
been given the laugh, but Speaker
came through with a loud band, and
Dunn is given credit for having put
over a good deal. Dabbling in base
ball is sure tempting fate, for many a
peach proves a lemon, and many a
supposed lemon turns out to be a juicy
peach.
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s. 459
Fred Carlquist, who is 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
This is the time to order your
spring and summer suits, so you are
cordially invited to come and look
over our new samples. Bjornson &
Ganton. 682
FOR SALE
CRESCENT
HOTEL
OOR. FOURTH AND 0.
ALSO 24 x 130 FEET
ADJOINING HOTEL.
SEE OWNERS
F. W. Redwood & Co.
(Valdez Prospector)
A dispatch received today from T.
J. Donohoe now in Washington, states
that considerable pressure is being
brought to bear, upon, and the depart
ment of justice is considering the
moving of the seat of the district
court to Anchorage. The message
urges that the people, civic and com
mercial bodies of Valdez take immedi
ate action and file with the depart
ment of justice strong protests against
such action, setting forth the inacces
sibility of Anchorage during several
months of the year, the large addition
al cost of holding court there, and the
comparatively small amount of court
business originating in that section.
The Moose lodge, with commenda
ble public spirit, tendered the commit
tee in charge of the mass meeting,
free use of their hall for the meetihg.
I he matter has been taken up with
the Valdez Chamber of Commerce and
a mass meeting has been called for 8
o’clock in Moose hall for the purpose of
taking such action as may be deemed
advisable to prevent the removal of
the seat of the court from Valdez if
possible. Telegrams urging similar
action have been sent to Cordova and
Seward
Ladies are invited to be present at
the meeting tonight.
I NO PTARMIGAN SEEN
THROUGHOUT ALASKA
(Juneau Dispatch)
During all the journey across coun
try from Council City to Seward by
dog team Representative Nate Coombs
saw only two ptarmigan. During the
whole trip from Nome to Cordova by
dog team Representative A. A. Allan
saw only two of the birds. Mr. Coombs
left the Yukon river and went through
the country by a route at right angles
to the river, while Mr. Allan from Ru
by took a different route. The latter
says he never in his life saw the
Alaska plains and woods so devoid of
animal life, but he says it often hap
pens that severe weather drives the
birds temporarily to a milder climate.
This time they have evidently gone to
the Alaska peninsula.
C Me Felix bought the entire line
of Gent’s furnishings from Frank
Cotter. Among those goods are the
finest line of silk and sport shirts. Fe
lix Brown & Co. 638
Waiters fresh from outside. Society
Cabaret, Robarts’ Hall, March 31. 691
Best pool tables at Peterson’s. 399
WOOD COAL
YUKON TRANSFER CO.
General Expressing.
F. A. ACKLES Phone 89-R
740 Fourth St.
RKV. PEDERSON
FORCED TO GIVE
UP HIS CHARGE
(Seward Gateway)
Information has been received
through the last copy of the Pacitf'
Christian Advocate, February 28, th;^
Rev. F. L. Pederson, formerly ih
charge of the Methodist work here,
who has been in the Seattle hospital
for some time, has been forced to give
up his pastorate at Pe Ell. His con
dition gave promise of a speedy recov
ery for a time, but he has written Su-,
perintendent Elliott that his continu
ed illness makes him unable to con
tinue the work.
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Stop at Peterson’s Hotel.
399
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| UNION CIGAR STORE
j 4th Ave. Bet. C and B Sts.
9
9 Choice line of Cigars and
j Tobaccos,
| Confectionery and
5 Soft Drinks,
a Meet Your Friends at the
UNION CIGAR STORE
i GUS STIPOVICH and
OTTO GUSTOSON. Props, j
Union
and Bath House
Fourth Are., Between H
Anchorage
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CITY AUTO SERVICE
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PHONE 89-R.
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Stock at 25 cents per share. A few shares might give
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Call and get our prospectus, or write and we will j
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T. S. OLlVhJK, Kec.-Treas.
DIRECTORS:
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J. P. HANSEN
S. R. MACLINTON
T. S. OLIVER.
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Company
Room 2, Masonic Building. Honrs 9 to 9.
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