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COLISEUM
PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT
Hearst Pathe News—Pictorial News
Showing the Militia Off to Train. The Regiment* of National
I Guardsmen Which Will Compose the First Division at the Front, <
daring to Prepare fo*- Their Serious Work. Also Showing the
United States Troops in China Celebrating American Independence
Day with Elaborate Ceremonies.
Mutual Program (Beauty Films) Presents
NEVA GERBER AND WEBSTER CAMPBELL, IN
EVERYHEART
AN ALLEGORICAL NOVELTY IN ONE ACT
\ Directed by Archer MacMackin
• TRIANGLE KOMEDY PRESENTS FAY TINCHER IN
THE FRENCH MILLINER
The Latest Creation—The Rage of New York, London and Pa-ee
i In Two Acts—A Positive Scream Something New—Don’t Miss it
Doctor Malcolm E. Smith, one of the Four-Minute Men, will
address the audience Sunday night in regards to the war.
v The show will start promptly at 8 o’clock. You will have plenty
of time to see the show before taking in the Big Military Ball, as
dancing will not commence until after the show.
GENERAL ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 O'CLOCK
We Are Closing Out Our Entire St“ck of
HARDWARE
Saws, Axes, Planes, Hammer and Axe Handles. Stove
Pipe, Graniteware, Kitchen Utensils and Many
Other Household Utensils We Have In Stock
MUST GO IMMEDIATELY
See Us For Bargains In Any of the Above Lines
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Prices Paid for
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FURS
SIMSON’S
The man who possesses a well
equipped fishing boat and a squaw
I is much more independent these days
than the man who is striving to keep
some old established business from
; falling apart or going to pieces,
says the Douglas Island News.
"There is no half-way house be
tween Victory and Defeat.”—Lloyd
George.
Buy That Libery Bond Today.
Guaranteed Strictly Fresh
Petaluma Ranch Eggs
75c a Dozen
$20 a Case
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The Arctic
DAVIS & TAYLOR, Props.
Soft Prinks Cigars Tobaccos
Pocket Billiards Rooms
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS
TELEPHONE WORK
! IS HAMPERED BY
LATE SNOW FALL
Expected That Phone* Will Be In
stalled In Business Section
Early Id May.
The work of extending the tele
phone system to serve the needs of
the business houses and private resi
dences around town has been con
siderably delayed on account of the
bad weather interfering seriously
with cable splicing operations.
Every effort is being put forth
to instal the system and have it in
working order ass oon as possible.
Mr. J. T. Ronan. general foreman of
electric power service, is authority
for the statement that the installa
tion of the system on A street will
probably be completed by about the
first week in May, unless weather
conditions again retard the work or
junforseen circumstances interfere
with its intended progress.
The laying out of the necessary
j cable and all other operations in con
nection therewith, with the extention
of the system to all parts of the city,
as the ultimate object in view, will
be pushed as rapidly as possible; and
when it has been completed in every
deail and in full working order, Ne
| nana will have the finest telephone
! system in Interior Alaska.
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GHENA BUSY BURG;
BOATS GET READY
! Little Town At Head of Navigation
Filled With Steamboat Men
Pending Breakup
; Advices received from Chena,, at
I the confluence of Chena slough and
I the Tanana river, state that the
town has taken on an air of unusual
activity, as the result of the arrival
of steamboat crews and laborers
to put the boats in shape for the re
■ sumption of traffic.
The town does not look the same
• as in former years, however, owing
to the absence of many of the old
landmarks—buidings which have
been removed to the newer town
of Xenana—and to the disappear
ance of liquor traffic, for which
Chena was more or less famed in
the old days.
FORMER SKIPPER
IS RESIGNED TO
FATE AS GUARD
Art Heacock Interned at Benicia,
With No Hope of Getting Into
the War.
Arthur Virginius Heacock, former
well konw Tolovana river navigator
who went Outside last fall to enlist
in the United States army in the
hope of getting a chance at the Ger
! mans in France, is still very much
! on American soil and has practically
abandoned hope of ever reaching the
j firing line.
In a letter dated March 21, Art
! tells of having been transferred from
! Angel island, here he was doing duty
! as a plumber, to Benicia, where he
is attached to the Ordnance corps.
“I suppose you fellows up there
have me ‘somewhere’ in France by
' this time, but such is not the case,"
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he writes. “Here I am, stationed at
' the Benicia arsenal, doing guard
; duty. I spent five months on Angel
Island, in the plumbing shops, but
j was good and tired of the island and
j more so the line of work they had me
j put to. But in the army you do
| what they put you to and you have
j to like it. The only way I got away
I from the rock was by transferring
here to the Ordnance corps.
“I never drilled a minute while on
the island and probably would never
have had a chance to. had I stayed
there. Here. I have been doing drill
duty every day. Practically all we
have to do here is to keep up a neat
! appearance and, once or twice a
week, do guard duty. Too soft.
“From what I can learn of this
place and the rules and regulations,
I guess I am here to stay for the
duration of the war. There are a
number of soldiers who have been
here for twenty years and more. But
they feed fine and treat us well, so
I should worry. The only thing I
don’t like about it is that I have
nothing to keep my mind occupied,
and I always did like to be doing
something. When I put in to be
! transferred here they told me there
| was all kinds of chances for mechan
I ics, but since arriving here, I have
• found out that there is no chance
: at all. All they want us to do is to
| soldier.
| “Give my regards to all inquiring
| friends, and tell some of the boys to
j write. They would if they realized
i how we appreciate letters out here.”
FULL HOUSE AT
THE IN’S SHOW
ON LAST EVENING
‘Man Show” Given Last Evening At
Coliseum Shows Possibilities of
Local Taleot.
The entertainment staged at the
Coliseum theater last evening by the
men of Nenana was greeted by a
crowded house and reports indicate
that the affair was a decided success
from every standpoint.
Many novel forms of amusement
were resorted to by the stars and
the hit of the evening was a 3-round
bout between the paper-weight cham
pions, who were carried into the
ring in a clothes basket. The
fighters were full of pep from the
start and if the referee had not
intervened, a knockout would have
been certain several times.
Grady Summerlin was in the role
of an old campaigner and recited
his battle experiences; he was en
cored and replied by a selection
called “Me and Jim.”
Professor J. Hampton Miles seem
ed to have no end of slight-of-hand
and magic work and kept the crowd
wondering for a long time. He also
gave several demonstrations of ven
triloquism, which invoked much ap
plause.
The comtossel brothers were on
hand with their musical instruments,
and after being introduced by Rev.
Diven, they proceeded to play sev
eral of their Missouri hoe-downs
and were encored several times.
Only one of the “sing sing” broth
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We Have the Material to Repair Swiss and American Watches
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ers being able to get out for the \
occasion, he appeared and sang with,
such success that the audience in
sisted upon an encore and he re-;
sponded with “Good-Bye. Boys,’’|
which was a decided hit.
Following the pictures. Professor I
Sam Tansy, the famous Yukon hum
orist, sent the crowd away with a
smile, by rendering his special selec
tion, called “Farewell, Brother Wat
kins, Farewell.” This recitation
calls for lots of heavy acting and
Sam was at his best last evening,
in fact some of the audience are
still smiling today.
SPEAKER DECLINES
SENATORIAL HONOR
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WASHINGTON', D. C„ April 27.
—Speaker Champ Clark has de
clined the offer of a seat in the
senate, offered him by Governor
Gardner, of Missouri. Clark says he
can be of more service to the nation
as house speaker than as a member
of the senate.
Just Received
From Fairbanks
CarrotS
7 lb. for $1.00.
EGGS
75c. per doz.
Garden Seeds
W. A. COGHILL
Opposite Coliseum.
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WS.S.
"WAX SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
“Help your country”
Says Secretary McAdoo.
“I write to ask you to help your country.
“You can do so and also help yourself in
a very simple manner.
“Many of us can not fight, but every one
of us can help by saving. Every dollar
saved and not spent on unnecessary things
releases that amount of labor and material
to make articles for our Army and Navy.
When a dollar that is saved is loaned to the
Government it is doubly effective.
"To that end Congress has authorized the
sale of War Savings Stamps in denomina
tions of $5 and 25 cents, respectively. Each
War Savings Stamp you buy is a loan to
the United States Government, is a direct
help to every soldier and sailor who is risk
ing his life in the war, and is a safe and
simple way to invest your savings.
“The United States Government pledges
its entire resources and credit to repay this
loan on January 1, 1923, with 4 per cent in
terest.”
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT, BY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BUT THEM AT THE
POSTOFFICE
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