MAKE REQUEST FOR A
RIG PROBE APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12
Charging that sufficient evidence
has been already collected to war
rant the belief that wholesale ef
forts have been made to artificially
increase food prices by combinations
of speculators, car sharks and
others, the Department of Agricul
LOCAL ITEMS.
It is an open secret that all kinds |
of efforts have been made to get in
touch with the election board at
Juneau hut for some mysterious
reason all of these have been with
out result. The reason for this is
not known. All that is said with
some positiveness is the declaration
by democrats who generally are in
touch with the purposes of the com
mittee, that a contest will follow
the declared election of Wiekersham
Wickershamites on the other hand
say that with the recent votes re
turned from Bristol Bay their man
will be elected no matter what pre
cincts are thrown out.
E. L. Holt is rapidly getting his
new location licked into shape. The
work of transferring his goods into
the Alaska Meneantile Co.’s building
which by the way is owned by Geo
Prosser, has been completed and
while he has lots of room he has
none too much. Carpenters are
busy putting up shelves for the ac
comodation of his wares and strings
of dry goods which were wet with
the water in the fire fighting have
been strung across. Holt says that
it will take all of a week he thinks
to get the wares in shape for re
opening, and he will open up his
new place of business with a genuine
fire sale at which bargains are to
be offered.
ture and the Federal Trade Com
mission will ask for two hundred
thousand dollars to push the high
ARRIVES FROM BLUFF.
Dan P. Macdonald, the popular
proprietor of the Bluff Roadhouse,
is a visitor in Nome to get sup
plies for his roadhouse. There has
been considerable travel this winter
up and down the coast, possibly on
account of the Dime and Marshal
activities. Dan expects to get
finished with his business today
and leave tomorrow. Trails were a
little heavy but not much and it
was very good travelling. H-5 says
that mining activity is not very
marked in the Bluff vicinity al
though there are several trying their
luck in the golden sands of that re
gion.
THE KINDS HE KNEW.
One of the ‘questions in an ex
animation on the subject of stock
raising was: “Name four different
kinds of sheep”. An aspiring
youth gave this for the answer:
Black sheep, white sheep, Mary’s
little lamb and the hydraulic ram”
—Ex. — Macbeth Pearl top lamp
chimney No. 1, 20c., No. 2, 25c.,
Bracket Lamps 75c., The unbreak
able kind, once used always used,
none as good as Panama wire Tung
sten Lamps, made in Holland, 25
or 40 watts, 30c. each. Dover Sail
Trons $1.75 set. Universal Electric
Iron $3.50, Patent Ironing Board
$1.50. Match holders 10c., Towel
racks 15 and 25c. Climax towel rol
lers 25c. Fels Uaptha soap 4 J’ov
25c. Lenox Soap 6 for 25c.
C. W. LEWIS.
Del bars.
cost of living probe and to seek in
dictments of those who responsible.
The department of Agricul
ture is forced to this action by rea
son of the clamors of farmers who
are getting very poor prices for
their products, who find that they
are hedged in by gighntic rings of
speculators who offer a price and
which, if refused, is not repeated
and in many instances the farmer
is left to stand a total loss of un
marketable products for declining
I the low prices of the ring.
It is pointed out that very numer
ous car sharks exist in all the larger
I cities who hold stocks back in the
I yards paying for the demurrage and
other rates so that the stock can be
placed upon the markets when
prices rise to values which are
wholly inflated. It is stated in
bureaus of this department that
Chicago is victimized by this means
to a criminal extent and the con
sumers are literally at the mercy ot
thes speculators who have even gone |
as far as to dump and destroy whole
train loads of' supplies rather than
lower the price by an increased sup
ply. The fact that the farmers do
not get the benefit of these high
prices is the subject of a general
complaint. In addition it is posi
tively declared that there is no
shortage. There is no deficiency in
any of the stocks which have in
creased almost seven and eight cents
a pound or a dozen, in less than
a month.
NEW YORK. Feb. 12.—Following
the demand for a cost of living
probe, some food stocks took a
tumble today.
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The Nonpareil
The Big Store With Little Prices
We’ve Always Some
A ttractions
For The Economical Buyer
This Week Its
Mens Sox
THAT ARE GOOD WEIGHT, WOOL, AM) JUST THE THING
FOR ROUGH ANI) READY WEAR. AND THE PRICE
25 C. THE PAIR 25 C.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY.
AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WINDOW DISPLAY OF
ONE HUNDRED
i USEFUL AND VALUABLE
Premiums
THAT WE EXCHANGE FOR COUPONS PACKED IN
POLETS FRERHLY ROASTED
COFFEE
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Polefs Stores
EMPLOYEES BANQUET THE
WIZARD ON BIRTHDAY
ORANGE, N. J. Fell. 11.—Today
Thomas Edison, the electrical wizard
is the guest of honor of his own
employees at a banquet which is be
ing given him. Tonight he is the re
cipient of presidential felicitations
upon his attaining the patriarchal
age of seventy years and still at the
very height of his intellectual
prime. Edison is in the best oi
health and his reception was evid
ently a source of intense gratifies
tion to him.
He is also to be entertained to
morrow by a number of brothel
scientists who are anxious to enter
tain him in honor of his birthday.
For Coal and Genera! Delivery see
Erickson or leave order at Mansfield
Tobacco Store.
GET THE NEWS RIGHT. KE iii
THE WORKED.
Dream Theater
TO-NIGHT
THE
FLAMING SWORD
! Featuring, Jane Grey and
Lionel Barrymore
A Superfeature
5 REELS
TO MORROW NIGHT
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY
Adm. 25 c.
ADVERTISE NO BARGAIN
SALES FOR THE REASON
THAT WE HAVE NO TRASH
THAT WE WANT TO GET RID
OF, BUT YOU WILL NOTICE
THAT WE GIVE YOU BETTER
VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY
THAN ANY OTHER STORE IN
NOME, IF YOU APPRECIATE
GOOD GROCERIES.
Thorulf Lehmann
High quality linked with rock bottom prices is the tie that
holds our customers to us. . '
It you are not already buying from us it is time you were.
YORKEY’S
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Wh)ile Tt>ey Last
FRESH KILLED
REINDEER I
HEADS |
25c EACH I
Thorulf Lehmann 1
Eggs!! Eggs!!
We haven’t boosted the price on Eggs, We are still selling the
best Eggs in town at the following prices:
Processed Petaluma Eggs
$18.00 per case, 65c. per doz.
Cherry Ranch Eggs
$14.50 per case, 50c. per doz.
G. P. GOGGIV ******* ***** THE QUALITY STOKE
_
WHEN BUYING HAKlfWAKE, let quality he your first considera
tion. Then look into the matter of price. Price without quality
results in the accumulation of a lot of useless junk.. But qua
lity at a reasonable price gives you lasting service.. We handle
quality hardware, and the. price is as low as consistant, or poss
ible.
CARLETON HARDWARE CO.
S10 Front It. Pkonn Main 11.
GOOD NEWS
OUR BUYERS IX NEW YORK AM) ELSEWHERE SEND
US WORD, EVERYTHING CHEAP AS EVER, PLENTY' OF
GOODS AND PROMPT SHIPMENTS.
THAT’S ALL WE WANT, CONSEQUENTLY NO RAISE IN
PRICES WITH US, GOODS AS CHEAP AS EVER, REGARDLESS
WHAT OTHER STORES DO.
COME AND SEE US WE WILL TREAT YOU RIGHT.
""SURPRISE STORE
NOW IS THE TIME
TO SUBSCRIBE
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INDEPENDENT
MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
in Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal,
Ham, Bacon Poultry and Fish
Game lu Season. All fresh
Stock. No old or damaged.
W. H. Webb prop. Phone M.15
BOARD OF TRADE
Restaurant
lurch" ROOM
George Modini,
Proprietor