FAIRBANKS GOU> STRIKE
KECAEEEl) BY PIONEER
MEKCANT1KE FIRM
An Interview with J. Howard Al
len, National Grocery Co
Few perhaps realize the great
responsibility placed upon the ear
ly mercantile firms in furnishing
a dependable food supply to th'>
prospectors during the gold strik
es With their backs - turned tin
civilizations, great armies of sour
doughs and ehedhaceos practical
ly placed their lives in the hands
Of food distributors. Failure to
get food shipments in to the dis
tricts: which was by no means
an easy task in those days, would
have been mighty serious.
Even before there were airy out
standing gold discoveries In the
Yukon Kveir Valley, almost, forty
years ago, the National Grocery
Company wus furnishing the now
famous line of Reliance food pro
ducts to Alaska, at that time prin
cipally in Southeastern and the
coast line poirtts, -v
When the strike was made on
the creeks now- known as the
Fairbanks* district, the big rush
began, the prospectors after gold,
x grocefs after food from the stat
, es to supply the miners. There
came to Seattle Alaska merchants
seeking to meet the requirements
of prospectors, many of whom
were familiar with the Reliance
brand.
Dramatically, almost an cumo
shipload of foods from the Na
tional Grocery Company, a large
percentage of which was the “Re
liance Brand’’, were placed aboard
the steamer, “City of Seattle”,
\yhirh set’ out with several hun
dred tons of food for the' Fair
banks district. »
Shipments of large tonnage in
those days were routed via St.
Michaels on up the Yukon River
to the Tanana River, up the Tan
ana as close as possible to Fair
banks at that time were $60 . to
$70 « ton. Added to this, the pro
spector had the expense of hauling
his supplies to the creeks. As the
pioneers in this district can con
firm, the cost of getting food to
•the creeks ran as high as twenty
five cents per pound.
The freight cost was the same
whether the goods *at;e Inferior
or the highest quality. Consequent
ly. the miners purchased the best
minify could buy. rather than
' -pay a high freiglht to bring in
Inferior products.
Little wonder that these men not
only were careful to anticipate
tlieir food requirements, .but in
sisted 0j| foods, every ounce of
which was genuine value. Nation
al Grocery Company took great
pains to “keep faith'.' with the
merchants, and from this begin
ning of mutual confidence, there
lias grown a splendid relationship
through the years. Keeping pace
withl changing conditions, National
Grocery Co. Has improved the
standard of food value under its
brand name: Reliance,, by the aid
of scientific advancement.
Worthy membei;*- of this fam
ous' family of foods are, Reliance
Coffee, Teas, and Spices, popular
ly known by the slogan “Hetter
Seven Ways". An example of scien
tific improvemefiis in the Relian
ce brands is illustrated by Relian
ce Coffee, which is tri-cut by f a
special machine which replaces the
old fashioned grinding method.
Waste is avoided by this new
•process which cuts the coffee Into
uniform granule®, so that all the
coffee cooks evenly, bringing out
the full flavor and strength and
eliminating the bitter tang or ov
ercooked coffee. After roasting by
scientifically controlled instruments
Reliance Coffee is vacuum sealed
for shipment from its plant in
Seattle to Alaska.
A tradition of keeping faith with
the people of Alaska 'has been esta
blished. That this faith will not be
broken is evidenced by the continu
ous improvements in the Reliance
Rrgnd.
im. O. A, UR.AAFI.Ain
DENTIST
OPEN FOR Ul'SINESS
2 Doors A Vest of North Pole llakery
Attention is called in this issue
to the numerous new advertise
ments appearing, somie from
prominent business houses of
Nome and two in particular from
the Stales. These two advts.
have nort appeared in any Nome
newspaper for j,bo mt twelve or
thirteen years. It almost seems
like old imos to have these ad
vertisements appearing in the
paper again.
CHURCH NOTES
FEDERATED OHDRCH
Norman McTay, Pastor
Sunday scliool at 11 a.m.
Evening worship at 7:40 pm
A Mother's I>ay service' of fav
oi4te hymns, special songs and the
message: ‘‘Motlierohod. Fatherhood.
Parenthood.” •
- NEW PICTURES -
Ml’ilH OFF HARD KJiCM'KS
STATUS STAR OF
“ARK VOU THKRK?"
A habit at never taking tilings
too seriously and an ability to
always laugh at tadvorstty is Hen
trice Lillie’s pililosopriy.
Lady Peel—or Beatrice Lilllg.
as sihe insists upon being known
lirofessio-nally, found no rtise strewn
path awaiting her when she de
cided upon a stage career. In fact,
she had less good luck than most
persons who eseay a career before
the footlights. She was not beaut
iful, to start with, always a handi
cap for a youngster' seeking to
break into the theatrical profes
sion. And her idea of dramatic
acting was not the conventlobal
one.
Miss Lillie struggled along,
getting a small part now and then
to buoy her hopes and keep her
going. But, as she admits now, the
“going was pretty rough”. But
she kept laughing and and try
ing.
Then Andre Chariot, famous for
his spectacular revues, gave her a
chance in one of his musical shows.
Her debut was not auspicious.
When her number went one, all
the theatre lights went out ant
stayed out until her art was ov
er. The audience applauded when
the lights name on again and she
thought they wefe applauding her.
That marked her first step to
ward the international fame that
she now enjoys. She was given
•larger pecte in Otan riot's produc
tions, and other producers began
to bid for her services. She be
came a star.
Then -she met and married Sir
Robert Peel, fifth baronet of Great
Britain. She retired from the stage
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for two years., but the old fascina
tion of the footlights again claim
ed her.
Now. she is conquering new
worlds. She Is in pictures. Her
first Fox Movietone, the hilarious
musical farce. "Are you There?"
'opens Sunday a»t the Dream Theai
re. ■ t
Hamilton Mac Fad den, who dir.
eoted. surrounded Miss Lillie -with
an. all star cast for her dehut.
the principals including John Gar
trick, Olga Baolatiova. Lloyd Ham
ilton, George Grissmith. Jilliam
|Sand and Gustav von Seyflertitz.
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j MARION !I>A VIKS HKAOS
mULllANT t'OMKDY FAST
• lU/ONIHK OK THK KOKUKS”
With Marion Davies am! Rob
ert Montgomery i. gerther f ir the
first time, "Blondie of the Koi
.ies Lite new Cosmopolitan p i-*t.
are which R’hMind froulding d'f-'
cried comes' Tuesday to the Dream
: Theatre. _ ■ . ' I
In the, casit supporting Miss
Dayies, in addition to Montgnin- I
pry, are stfdh players as Billie!
Dove. Jlnnmy Durante, James}
Oleiuon, Zasu Pit/ta, Sidney To!-1
er, Douglass DiinVbrfUe. Sarah)
Padth'n, iaruise Oarter, Clyde Rook
and the Rocky Twins, directed
from tiie Paris musical stage.
Front I’overty to (Park Aye.
It is the rftory of two New York 1
girls who graduate from poverty ;
in the tenenvents W> the extrava-i
gance apd luxury of Park Aven
ue. They are tlhe closesit of chums
•and ' the hi tit e rests of rivals, yet
boith seek to sacrifice their heatrs
when j,t. comes to the love of the
Maine man.
Frances Marion wrote the story.
Miss Marion ranks first in the
sceilario field in portraying the
emotions of real fiesh-aml-blood
people. She wroite “Eniima” for
Marie Drossier, “The Big House”
for Wallace Beery and Robert
Montgomery, and conceived many
of Mlary Pidkford's most success
ful vehicles.
At the (larecitorrial helm ot the
production is Edmund Goulding.
He leaped sensationally to the
top of the list among directors
by his consummate'’ handling of
“Grand Hotel”. He has directed
such stars as Greta Garbo, Glor
ia. Swanson, and .Douglas Fair
banks, A distinct personality,
Goulding has earned the title of
“genius” from many critics by
his ability to inject his individ
uality in the direction of screen
plays.
Manhattan “High Idfc"
Included in the glimpses of the
New York scenes which this pro
duction presents are various phas
es of Manhattan “high life”, hack
stage of the Follies, panties aboard
palatial yachts and Dark Avenue
apartments and, by way of con
trast, t,he no.ise and squalor of the
New York tenement districts.
DR. L W. FROMM
PMTDT
u OgpNk* H«h ffacfst
PMm MM. 1
“THK BIG tKAII..ro PLAY
l>Klv\M THFATItU Kill I »A A
. "The Big Trail ' recalls the con
i| y of the Oregon Trail, when
sortie 350.000 no n. women ami
chi I'd re n oroetfod the mountains
and helped so much to win the
West. This prod notion re-creates
and echoes the trials and hard
ilhips of those hardy ,.pioneers.
"The Bin Tl*a.!i". a re-enactment
irf the march ,ol ihe pioneers west-,
ward over the many nails, sands
as a trtibute to rite bravest folk
In Atnsspicnn hMnrV. the iii*ii,, wo
mon a ud children who went overt
the- Oregon, ihe Santa Fe» the OV- :
erland and others an<l who nobly
contributed flesh, blood and cour
age to the winning of the went.
‘‘The Big Trail", which opens
its long awaited run next Friday
at the Dream Theatre, is a pict
ure production which Kaoul Walsh,
of “What Price Glory”, fame has
wanted to make for years. Wisely
lie bided hi* tome until talking
1 io* it res beosim-e a %r< ality.
20,0410 I’lflUTs in 4'art
if. sef© I'in of pliiyi r- eM'ail
iil tititny week* of anions work
■ nid re-ving. There ar** itift .tv-three
actual featured players in’ the cast,
said to be the largest cast ever as
sembled in the history’ of motion
pictures. More than 20.000 extra
f,favors o*eitl, 18 00 bend of rattie,
1100 hows, hundreds of mulos,
1krf covered waKjOi(---VVals-li rlajms
that research of a .(•aceftil. nature
revealed that the 'ireiit.st num
ber (if covered \va irons in any one
train was |50— 72 5 real Indian,s
and a production staff of two hun
dred experts.
Such stars as Tally Marshall,
Marguedlifte ©hurchill. El Brendel,
David RoHins, Tyrone Power. Kred
enlok Burton, in addition to John
Wayne, Who plays the leading
role: Wayne is a youthful discov
ery of Walsh’s. t
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