FUR COATS I
Best Matched Coon, special $89 9
Brown Calf, $50 Values - $35 B
Coon Skin, pieced fur, $45 value $25 I
SIMSON’S
Felt Shoes, all Sizes, $6.50 Values - $4.50
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Be Prepared for Co!d Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of
MEN’S CLOTHING aril! FURNISHINGS
MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Armv and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
SWEATER COATS WOOL SOCKS, Ail Weights
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS ;
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SEE OUR BRUSSELS 2nd WILTON RUGS, ALL SIZES !j
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Bisse.I’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers j |
We Carry a Eull Line of
MINERS' and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES
and Can Fnrnisli Your Outfit Complete at Special Price:
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO. 1
B is r gess- K a rs 1 e n s
AUTO STAGE
Fairbanks^Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
Reservations at The Terminal
Fairbanks Office at Pioneer Hotel
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Declaring that the people of Ju
neau were being robbed by coal
dealers and haulers, a committee
from the Consumer’s Protective
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Wood Sawed
On Short Notice By
JOHNSON
Leave Orders ut The Portland
Association recently presented a
proposition to the city council to
lease and operate the city dock,
with a view to supplying the resi
dents of the territorial capital with
fuel at reasonable prices.
AUTO MOVEMENT
A Burgess-Karstens auto got
away this morning with the follow
ing passengers for Fairbanks: Fred
Melby, Tom Hickey, William Orant,
and Bert Herminger.
Owing to the cold weather pre
vailing, some difficulty was ex
perienced in making a start and,
consequently, the auto pulled out
about an hour later than usual.
The auto from Fairbanks arrived
this evening with a shipment of
mail. There were no passengers.
IF YOU EAT ICE CREAM
CANDY-FRUIT-OR CHEWING GUM
IF YOU SMOKE CIGARS
CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO OF ANY KIND
IF YOU DRINK CIDER
OR ANY KIND OF CARBONATED DRINKS
OR IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MOMENT’S
RECREATION OR AMUSEMENT, TRY
THE ARCTIC
DAVIS ft TAYLOR, Prop*. |
ALSO NICELY FURNISHED, WARM AND COZY ROOMS §
FOR RENT AT REASONABLE RATES $
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GUEST AT
SURPRSE PAR1Y
A very largely attended and
thoroughly enjoyable party was
given by the ladies of the local
Red Cross yesterday afternoon, in
honor of Mrs. J. R. Bowen, who had
been the chairman of the local Red
Cross during the past year.
The home of Mrs. Frederick I).
Browne, the present chairman of
the Red Cross, was the scene of the
party, which commenced shortly
after two o’clock in the afternoon.
The ladies of the; Red Cross
gathered at the Cooney Hotel and
went in a body to the Browne
home, where Mrs. Bowen had al
ready been invited, and took her
completely by surprise.
As a token of their esteem and
in appreciation of her unselfish
efforts in furthering the cause of
the war work in this district, Mrs.
Bowen was presented with a beauti
ful platinum brooch set with a
diamond. Mrs. Bowen thanked the
donors in it neat little speech, and
also took the opportunity to thank
the Red Cross workers in general
for their hearty co-operation fluring
her tenure of the office of chairman
of the local branch of that organi
zation.
A very pleasont afternoon was
spent by the ladies, during which
refreshments were lavishly served
A most successful gathering which
came as a complete surprise and a
delightful one to the recipient of
the honor, came to a conclusion
she tly after five o’clock.
'STRONG FEATURE AT
THE COLISEUM TONIGHT
Tonight at the Coliseum a strong '
Metro feature, in five acts, entitled
the “Stolen Triumph,” will be the
attraction.
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I It deals with the story of a
' man v gifted, though poor, and
his struggles to make a name for -
| himself. A very creditable play
j written by him is stolen by a chum
- of his, who produces it under an
- other name and makes a lot of
money thereby. The steal is ef
j fected in a very underhand way.
Stephen, Hunt, the author’s chum,
is given the play for production,
j Hunt, who is a poor playwright but
i a good manager, had promised his
jwife to produce a great play, and
I sees his opportunity to succeed l.y
I producing the play written by his
I poor friend, changing its title and
| taking the credit for writing it him
j self.
The poor author meets with hard
, luck and leaves for -pther parts
1 after the death of his wife. The
; thief, out of pity, adopts the au
jthor’s son, Years roll on, and the
poor author returns to the scenes
of his earlier struggles, reclaims bis
son, and the events following the
measure of the just punishment
meted out to Hunt makes this a
gripping story and one well worth
I seeing.
j Popular prices will prevail, the
j general admission being 25 tents,
j with reserved seats at 50 cents.
NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
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( Talkeetna is the end of steel on
j the coast division.
I From Nenana to No. Miles
; Nenana Crossing (by rail) .43
. Lignite . 52
! Riley Creek .70
| Jack River .90
i Broad Pass Summit.110
' Sullivans .128
; Indian River .162
Dend Horse .182
Talkeetna .202
The distances given are approxi
mate.
The first weapon in an army was
, a pike. It was practically a spear;
a stout pole, sometimes 10 to 14
I feet long, in some cases 24 feet
j long and was the Macedonian pike,
j The spear had a flat-pointed iron
head, sometimes with sharp cutting
sides, from 6 to 18 inches long.
OLD PATERS FOP SALE AT
THF. NEWS OFFICE
HAVE HARD TRIP
Seven drafted men, who had been
recently discharged from the army
it the military post at St. Michael,
irrived in town yesterday, after a
particularly hard trip over the trail.
1'he entire journey consumed 44
Jays. .
The men arriving last night were
lake Batoff, Harry Kozoff, Zorbeck
famaieff, George Hanoff, Alick
Uanoff, Sam Hameloff and Bob
iabanoff. The men had two dog
teams which were used toa pack
:heir camping outfit and grub. The
logs and outfit were purchased at
St Michael.
On December 11th they obtained
their discharges from the army on
request, and the next few days were
'pent in getting together a travel
ing outfit. This having been satis
factorily arranged, a start was made
on December 18, the mail trail by
way of Unalakleet being chosen.
The St. Michael mail trail via Una
lakleet runs through a bleak and
barren country, devoid of timber
or other shelter, and storms are
very prevalent in that region. The
first day out they made only eight
aeon miles, the dogs being rather
soft, and here the party stayed at
the roadhouse. Continuing next
Horning, they made Golsovia, and
is a storm was brewing, they stay
'd there for the night.
r rum uoisovia me noys made tne
run to Unalakleet, but were mot
i little way from the village by
i few inhabitants of Unalaklect who
nformed the hoys that the village
lad established a quarantine against
3t. Michael, and that they could
lot stay there. It was late in the
svening and the men and the dogs
were tired, the weather was some
hing like 40 below or so and it
was quite impossible for the boys
0 go back to Golsovia that night.
V disused cabin some little way
nit of town was finally selected and
lore the men were obliged to camp
n a storm. The cabin was old and
lettered, the windows were broken
md the walls had not been chinked
'or years. There was an old Yukon
dove in it and the hoys procured
■ome wood and made themselves as
•omfortable as possible- Each man
ook turns at the fire while his
•omrades slept on the floor, hud
1 led under the two robes the party
lossessed.
Next day they back tracked for
'idlsovia, where they remained for
iix days. Christmas was spent
here, needless to say, very quietly,
rhe storms that sweep over that
•egion were prevalent then, and the
joys kept under cover, waiting for
» break in the weather to resume
;heir journey. During their stay
here they occupied the old wire
ess station building, doing their
iwn cooking.
On the morning of the 27th, the
veather appeared to be propitious
md a start was made, camp being
nade for the night at an old dis
used coal miner’s cabin within a
ew miles of Unalakleet. Starting
>ut next morning, a wide detour
was made to give Unalakleet a wide
Jerth. The trail was drifted and
-he going hard, but they managed
:o puss the hostile village and made
-amp for the night at Serosky’s
-'abin, about six miles from Shak
:olik, in a blinding snowstorm. A
lay and two nights were spent
there on account of the stormy
weather.
Resuming the journey, the mail
-•abin eighteen miles farther along,
known as Old Woman’s cabin, was
made. There they found a white
man who appeared to be the care
taker of the old telegraph station
building and he allowed them to
-amp in the building, soaking them
531 for the privilege. They were
held up there two nights by the
storm. Pulling out of this place
jn New Year’s day, the mail cabin
28 miles away was reached- This
'abin would not hold them all, so
two of the party and some of the
logs occupied the dog house. The
storms in this region seemed to be
jf an intermittent type; it was fine
when they started next day, but be
Hnnouncement
Ladies, do your shopping for the coining six weeks. We
close the store February 15th, and will leave for Fraibanks
to arrange orders for new Spring Goods over the trail;
COATS, MILLINERY, AND A COMPLETE LINE OF READY
TO WEAR IN ALL THE NEW SPRING STYLES
Those desiring special orders, we will gladly take care of them
for you. Come in and talk it over.
WATCH FOR THE OPENING
MISS J, O’BRYAN
Alaska Can Pay the Nation’s War Debt.
Alaska Pleads for a Chance
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1 FRESH HIGH GRADE
[imperial candies
1 ALSO
| Salted Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts
Apples and Oranges
THE PORTLAND
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fore they had none very far the
storm broke, forcing the boys to
camp in the first dump of timber
they struck. The rate of propress
made this day was about twelve
miles in ten hours.
On reaching Kaltag next day they
learned they would have to under
go quarantine again. The doctor
at Nulato was apprised by wire
of i.heir arrival and they were given
an old disused cabin in which they
were held for eleven days. They
were able to get all the provisions
they wanted at the Kaltag store.
While in quarantine at Kaltag
the boys batched, using the heater
in the cabin they occupied for cook
ing purposes, there being no stove.
They left Kaltag on January 4
and made a patch of timber about
six miles below Nulato, wheie they
camped for the night. Next day
four of the men went to the Nulato
hospital at the request of t ,e doc
tor, who had phoned them at Kal
tag, while the rest of the boys
continued their journey, halting a
few miles above Nulato until these
from Nulato had caught up.
From this point on the journey
was not so bad, us they were now
traveling in better known country
and were able to make roadhouses
regularly. They stayed a day at
Tanana, and left that town on
January 24, arriving in Nenana at
five o’clock last evening.
The boys state that they were
only given $29 each for traveling
expenses from St. Michael to Tanana
An Iditarod registrant among them
getting only $27. These traveling
. expenses, the boys say, are calcu
■ lated at the rate of 3V& cents a
mile, which is totally inadequate
I under the most favorable circum
I
stances, in any part of Alaska. Thc
commanding officer, of course, got
his instructions regarding the matter
from those higher up in the army,
who like a great many others in
power in Washington, are blissfully •
ignoorant of conditions in Alaska,
traveling and otherwise.
CLOSING OUT
O^r Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Bros. & Nerland.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
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ARCTIC HOTEL
L. C. ISABEL .
BARBER !
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with '
Fall Line of Requisites
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SkofHouse
CLEAN WARM ROOMS .
Mrs Norman Campb.ll
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HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber Sbop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
CLEAN DRY WOOD FOR SALE
COAL BY THE SACK OR TON
HAULING OF ALL KINDS
Offiee at The Arctic Residence Phone
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