Just Received
A Shipment Of
B. STERN & SON, New York
Costume Tailored Suits
THESE ARE SUITS MADE TO ORDER AND NOT CALLED
FOR. WE PURCHASED THEM AT ALMOST HALF PRICE
B. Stern & Son Hand Made Suits
NO TWO ALIKE, WORTH $60 to $65, NOW
$35.00
WE STILL HAVE A NICE ASSORTMENT OF
Hart Schaffner& Marx Suits
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On Sale At
KEYSTONE, SWEET ORR PANTS, up from .$4-50
KHAKI PANTS AND COATS, In All the Leading Makes;
Sweet Orr, Carhartt’s Pheonix and Genuine Duxback
. $2.50
up from .
SPRING UNDERWEAR, In Union Suits and Separate Gar
ments, including B. V. D’s Poros-Knit, Lisle and Silk
Mixed, and Light Wool, per suit, up from.$1.50
MEN’S COTTON SHIRTS, High and Low Collars.$1.00
BLACK SATEEN, Extra Well Made $2.00
MEN’S COTTON SOX, In All Colors, 5 Pairs for $1.00
A. A. CUTTER and CHIPPEWA HIGH TOP SHOES, of
All Descriptions At Last Year’s Prices, up from $9.50
HEAVY WORKING SHOES, In Brown and Black, up f-om $5.50
12-Inch WHITE and BLACK RUBBER SHOE PACS, pair $4 50
CARHARTT’S Gauntlet and Short LEATHER GLOVES .$2.00
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Gauntlet, Plain or Leather Faced, 2 Pairs for.25c and up
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We Are Headquarters for Mosquito Beds and Head Nets
of All Descriptions, Also Make to Order any Sire, up from 50c
STETSON HATS, In All the New Shapes, at.$5 00
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Special Sale On All
DRESSES,SKIRTS & SUITS
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EVENING GOWNS, NEWEST DESIGNS AND COLORS,
ALL SIZES, SPECIAL. ONE-HALF PRICE
SERGE AND WOOL JERSEY DRESSES—Just the thin;;
For Street Wear, One-Half Price. $25 Dresses at $12.50
A Few of Our NEW TAILORED SUITS Left, Former
Price $35, Now .Si7 50
TAFFETA and MESSALINE DRESSES, Now ONE-HALF PRICE
SILK WAISTS—To Close Out, Former Price $3 to 54.50,
Now ...$1.50 to $2.25
SKIRTS, New Line, ONE-THIRD OFF
BEAUTIFUL LINE OF TRIMMED HATS $4.00 UP
NEW PANAMAS $5 CHILDREN’S PANAMAS, $4.50
SILK CAMISOLES, White and Flesh Color, fo-mer
Price $2.50, Special.$1.50
Broken Line of Corsets, A Bargain If We Can Fit You,
Former Price $4.50 to $5.50; Special .$2.50
JUST UNPACKING—Complete Line of New Crockery, Glass
ware, Brass Goods, Hand Painted China, Electroliers, Buffet
Lamps, Etc.
Extra Special on Flowers—All Kinds of Roses, Lillies, Tulips,
Dallies, etc These flowe-s are long stemmed and wax finished,
the best made, former price 25c each, and 3 for $1,
...2 for 25c and 3 for 50c
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NEW CANDY'—Just Unpacked. Powells’ Chocolate Creams,
Marshmallows, Peanut Brittle, Chocolate Chips, Chocolate
Covered Almonds, Etc.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR SALE-Sixteen foot V bottom
launch, with 2^ H. P. Ferro out
board motor. A. C. Slippern. 5-31
FOR SALE—On easy installments,
Player and Plain Pianos. Simson’s
FOR SALE OR EXT—National Cash
Register. Simson's.
FOR SALE—Show Cases. Simson’s.
FOR RENT—PIANOS.. Simson's
FOR SALE—Blue-Flame Coal O'l
Cook Stove. Oven and cabinet
complete. M. V. Tyler. tf
FOR SALE—Dining Room Tables
and Chairs, Dresses, Rocking
Chairs. Upholstered Couches. At
Simson’s.
VICTOR PHONOGRAPHS and
Records, at Outside prices. At
Simsons.
FOR SALE—Two tents, one 18x30,
one 20x40. Inquire Simsons.
SKOF HOUSE for rent. Inquire on
premises. tf
Flood and lco Postals for sale at
The Portland, The Arctic and at
Slipper a’. 5-28
PIERS ARE CUE
BY HIGH WATER
IN THE NENANA
Bridge Pier* Undermined At the
Crossing; Lost Slough Trestle
Holding.
Flood conditions out on the line
are continuing: to give the officials
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion cause for much worry and the
actual work of construction has been
; seriously hampered, delayed and, in
some places suspended altogether,
i pending the subsiding of the flood
I waters. The wing dam, erected nt
the head of Lost Slough, is appar
j ently of not much use as a pre
[ ventive against floods and a very
, large volume of water flows in the
I old channel of the slough, inundating
, the country for miles around. The
big trestle across Lost Slough is ap
parently undamaged, but the true
condition of the structure cannot be
ascertained with any degree of cer
'tainty until the waters have sub
sided. Owing to the current being
impeded to some extent irt its pass
age under the big trestle, it has cut
< & new channel for itself at the
1 southern end of the trestle and there
by washed away a portion of the
completed grade.
All supplies for the use of camps
situated beyond Lost Slough are be
ing held up as it is not possible to
transport even a small quantity,
communications having been most
effectually cut off. Eight head of
horses, which had been sent for work
in the neighborhood of Camp 9 (20
mile) When the Nenana started on
the rampage, are marooned on a
small piece of dry land, a veritable
oasis in a desert of waters, and feed
in small quantities are with much
difficulty being sent for the use of
the stock, a poling boat being used
\ for the purpose.
,' All of the bridges, trestles ano
, culverts on that section of the road
, between the big trestle and the lowei
end of Lost Slough near old Camj
10, are carrying about all the watei
being closely watched to guard;
against possible disaster. The gaps!
in the completed right of way torn i
fey the floods have not been repaired
and locomotive No. 5 still remains!
marooned on a small portion of the!
roadbed lying between Camps 15 and'
16, but it is expected that she will j
be gotten over the gap as soon as!
conditions will allow of such an1
undertaking.
It was planned, at first, to stop up j
the gaps on the grade, but owing!
to increasing volume of waters the j
officials in charge figured that should
the gaps be stopped up it would
mean that the already very much
swollen streams will be considerably
augmented and the bridges, trestles
and culverts will be thereby
overtaxed and the structures en
dangered if not carried away alto
gether. The water continues to
flow with much force and volume
across the right of way at the two
gaps, an it is expected that a pile
driver will have to be requisitioned
to make the necessary repairs here
as soon as conditions permit of the
work being undertaken.
Indications in Julius creek, which
crosses the right of way about tv.o
miles below Bailey station, pointing
to the fact that this stream is carry
ing a larger body of water than it
has ever been known to, leads to the
belief that a large quantity of the
waters of Lost Slough is finding its
way into this creek. It is also prob
! able that Lost Slough has actually
! broken into Julius creek, thereby
; extending its operations to the detri
ment of the road to a point in the
j right of way situated about five
miles below old Camp 10, where
Lost Slough re-enters the Xenana
river. It is, however, not possible
to ascertain whether this is so in
view of the present flooded condi
tions of the country.
The damage done by the floods
to the piers and approaches to the
big bridge across the Nenana river
at 43-mile, has, so far, not been of
much consequence and far less than
anticipated. The exact extent of the
damage will not be known until the
waters have abated, but the apparent
damage so far would appear to con
sist of the undermining of one of the
piers and the loss of a few bents
of the trestle approaches on either E
shore.
Owing to the fact that it takes!
more than two years to get struc-1
tural steel delivered in thi< couMrv j
at the present time, and as a tem
porary means of crossing the Xenana
river, the Commission plans call *'or
the building of a wooden bridge at
this point until such time as rail j
i communication with the coast is
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established and the necessary struc-: j
tural steel can be procured and j
hauled to the spot over the Govern- :
ment line. Trouble is expected here ; \
every Season and wooden bridges
will be built and replaced as often
as they are destroyed by floods until
the Commission is enabled to pro
cure and erect the permanent steel
structure intended to adorn the
crossing.
CLERICAL FORCE
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CUE EXPL
Engineer In Charge of This Division
Says Conditions Do Not Warrant
Big Office Force.
j Quite a number of the clerical
'staff employed by the Alaskan En
l gineering commission have been laid
j off indefinitely. Most of these wf’> j
i members of the force of the store
; department, the balance being made j
: up of employees of the accounting
and transportation department. In
| addition to those whose services were
discontinued, Messrs F. W. Gamble, j
employment agent and camp fore- j
man and E. R. McGregor Welliver, j
I shop clerk, tendered their resignations :
j the combined retirements making a ,
j big reduction in the clerical force 1
I of the Commission.
J Mr. Frederick D. Browne, engineer j
i in charge of the Fairbanks division, i
i is authority for the statement tnat1
i the reduction was mad* necessary ■
i by reason of the fact that the cleri-!
'cal force here w*, apparently organ-!
| ized to handle the work in eonnec- i
non with an outfit of about 3000
•nen-*1>;-al railroad laborers and con
:r*»tors. It was the intention of
the Commission, at the outset, to
have, perhaps, such a large force;
but existing conditions in the country
did not permit of such action being
taken because of labor not being
as plentiful as anticipated and the
great difficulties and expense con
nected with the landing in Xenana
of the necessary materials and sup
plies that ordinarily would have to
be used, with such a large force at
work. In consequence, it is now
recognized that the overhead charges
are too great.
These conditions, coupled with the
floods that are now deluging the
country through w1«ch a section of
the road runs, have about discour
aged the Commission officials and it
seemed necessary to reduce the force
and work more nearly along lines
that would undoubtedly have been
adopted if the road had been built
by private enterprise.
Just as soon as conditions warrant,
the Commission will go ahead with
the construction program and extend
the line to the Lignite coal fields
at least, after which the Xenana
Fairbanks line will be taken in hand
and completed; and then, with what
energies and resources are left push
steadily on towards the coast.
It must be understood, however,
that funds for the work are not yet
available and all matters must nec
essarily be held somewhat in abey
ance pending word from Washington
regarding the passage of the bill
carrying the railroad appropriation.
As soon as conditions warrant such
action, it is Mr. Browne’s intention
to go out on the line and remain at
the front, out among the real rail
road builders, where actual eo'l trac
tion work is in the various stages
of progress.
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An X. C. mail stage is reported
to have arrived at Fairbanks with
a shipment of second class mail.
The mail for Xenana will be dis
patched tonight on the Seattle Xo. 3.
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OUR FRESH OVER-THE-TRAIL RANCH ECUS
AND OUR EXTRA FINE HAM OR BACON
ARE THE BEST OBTAINABLE
The Tavern
W. F. RODIGKEIT, Prop.
TRY SOME FRESH GREENS WITH ONE OF
OUR DINNER ORDERS
If It Is On the Market You Will Find It Here
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DINNER PARTIES
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LEMONS, Large, per doz. - - $1.25 $
* ORANGES, per doz. - - - - $1.50
GRAPEFRUIT, each.25c J
l APPLES, per doz.$1.25
J EGGS, per doz. - - - - - - $1.00 $
J CORN ON COB, Gallon Can - - $1.00
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THE SOURDOUGHS’ HOME
The Arctic
DAVIS & TAYLOR. Props.
Soft Drinks Cigars Tobaccos
Pocket Billiards Rooms
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS
FOR SALE—3-room log cabin, com
pletely furnished. $200. Located
at 5th and A-St., across the street
from CoghdKs warehouse. In
quire at h«use. 6-8
FOR SALE—Frame cabin with
household equipment complete, to
live in. Located in town, high
and dry, above flood water Owner
going away. Price $130 cash.
$15 due on lot, three years. In
quire News office.
It is predicted that many estab
lishments which do not necessarily
come under the class of those who
have agreed to stop serving wheat
will nevertheless make an effort to:
do without wheat in any form.
FOR FAIRBANKS
FAST WARM, COMFORTABLE
LAUNCH VICTORY
LEAVES NENANA
TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY AT 8 A. M.
Union Hall Club Rooms
HALL FOR RENT
See Erick NeUon for Term*
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COLISEUM
Program for Sunday
LATE HEARST PATHE NEWS AND STRONG FEATURE FOR
TONIGHT.
Hearst Pathe News -Pictorial News
Showing the remarkable picture of the United States agents seizing Ej
One hundred Alien enimies, suspected of being German Spies
Also showing the testing of a new destroyer, and it is S
now ready to hunt the U-boats. Also ?j
Other noted events of the world.
JESSE-LASKY OFFERS 1
THE FAVORITE AMERICAN ACTOR g
Dustin Farnum |
In A Magnificent Picturization of the Popular Novel and
Famous Play ;
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Virginian
IN FIVE THRILLING ACTS-500 SCENES
From the Play of Kirk La Shelle and the Book by Owen Wister.
Rev. Robert Joseph Diven, one of the able Four-Minute Speakers
will address the audience tonight in regards to the war.
SHOW STARTS AT 8:30 O’Ct OCK
Admission 50 Cents Reserve-, -rats 73c
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