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Good Suits ” $20.00
Good Overcoats - $20.00
$1.50 Heavy White Wool Gloves - $1.00
75c All Wool Mitts, pair - - 25c
Best Grade Moccassins - $3.75 to $4.00
50c Felt Insoles, pair ... 25c
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CARRYING U. S. MAIL
BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
Clean, Dry Wood For Sale
Hauling of All Kinds
I
Offiee at The Arctic
Residence Phone
Wood Sawed
On Short Notice By
JOHNSON
Leave Orders at The Portland
Or. J. R. BOWEN
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Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
CHOP SUEY
Chicken Noodles
at the
Northern Cafe
There are now about 70 pupils
attending the Seward public school.
Several dropped out during the term
but newcomers have filled in the
gap.
RECEPTION HELD
FOR MRS. RYAN
| AT COONEY HOTEL
On the invitation of Mrs. M. J.
I Cooney a large number of the ladies
of Nenana assembled at the Cooney
Hotel this afternoon, where Mrs. M.
J. Cooney was holding a reception
in honor of Mrs. VV. A. Ryan, who
j expects to leave Nenana for An
chorage in the near future.
The reception took place in the
j hotel lobby, which was beautifully
I decorated for the occasion and a
very pleasant time was spent by
the ladies.
Light refreshments were served
during the re<j*:ption, which eom
; menced at two and and came to an
end at five o’clock this afternoon.
COAL STOVES
Only a few left. Anderson Bros. &
Nerland’s.
A new sectional rowboat is made
I in three parts that can be nested to
i gether and carried on an automo
i bile running board.
HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
'Warm Comfortable Rooms
Bvrber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
|the arctic]
Cigars - Tobaccos — Candies
Soft Drinks -- Poo/
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I HARRY DAVIS FRANK TAYLOR §
DEPARTMENT DENIES
CONTRACT REPORT
At the regular meeting of the
Nenana Commercial Club held on
January 3, action was taken to frus
i trate, if possible, the letting of a
contract for the completion of the
1 Alaska Railroad, news of such a
possibility having been received over
the phone from Fairbanks and pub
| lished in the Nenana News on Fri
! day, January 3.
| The members of the Commercial
| club, while not inclined to believe
! that the government would enter
| tain such a proposition, which was
i manifestly unfair to the people of
; Interior Alaska, were inclined to be
| lieve that an agitation to discredit
| the work done by the Alaskan En
! gineering ocmmission, and in favor
' of turning over the work to con
, tractors, had been started.
In order that the secretary of
the interior might be fully informed
of the situation here as affecting
the interests of the people and the
true state of affairs as actually
existing in regard to the construc
i tion of the railroad, a committee
| consisting of Geo. W. Pennington,
| I)r. J. R. Bowen, II. B. Joseph and
| R. G. Southworth was appointed to
advise Secretary Lane fully of the
! club’s endorsement of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, in favoring
, a continuance of the present meth
ods of railroad construction, and
the attitude of Nenanaites towards
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion.
The committee accordingly sent
the following telegram to Secretary!
'of the Interior Lane:
I
“Nenana, Alaska, Jan. 4, 1919j
j “Honorable Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior,
j Washington, D. C.
| “Referring to newspaper reports
; from Seattle contractors have been
| asked to bid on completion of Alas
kan Railroad; we wish to assert that
a change in policy now means the
complete disorganization of many
interests in the Interior that origi
nated as the result of the declared
intention of a government built
road and thus defeats the original
purpose to immediately and directly
help Interior Alaska and its people
and we unqualifiedly assert that
railroad building progress here has
reached a satisfactory stage and that
no reason exists why it should not
go on as planned to its logical con
clusion.
“Nenana Commercial Club.”
Secretary H. B. Joseph, of the
Nenana Commercial club, received
the following telegram last night:
Washington, D. C., Jan. 7, 1919
“Nenana Commercial Club,
“Nenana, Alaska.
“Your wire received in Secretary
Lane’s absence. No basis for re
port referred to regarding Alaska
Railroad.
“COTTER,
“Administrative Assistant.”
The first intimation of the falsity
of the rumor came in an Associated
Press despatch which was published
in the Nenena News on Monday,
Januray 6, and contained the state
ment of W. F. Carey, of the Sims
Carey company', giving absolute de
nial to the rumor.
The Sims-Carey company was
mentioned in the rumor which said
that this firm had been asked to
submit figures for the completion of
the road under contract, and that
they had stipulated that, in case
they were awarded the contract,
their operations should be free from
any interference on the part of the
federal officers now in charge of
construction work on the Alaska
Railroad.
m eov
RUSH iS
.7. W. Frame pioneer resident of
Anchorage, is in receipt of a letter
I from his son Billy, who is in the
■ navy service. In this letter Billy
| says: “There sure is going to be
i a big rush to Alaska just as soon as
i this war is over, for I hgve talked
to boys from oil over the States,
| and just the minute you mention
i Alaska they are all attention and
declare that they have always want
ed to go to Alaska and will as soon
as they are out of the war.”
He says that he has not seen half
a dozen Alaskans in the last year
who have not mentioned the fact
that they were going to get back
j “to the North” just as soon as they
j could, for the opportunities in the
States are few and far between.
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George Hunter, of Pinska’s store,
left yesterday morning for Nenana.
He is driving Olson’s dog team and
is taking the river trail.
Roy Shaeffer’s root house and
rabbit hutches were destroyed by
fire yesterday. The root house was
a complete loss. The greater part
of the rabbits were saved.
Billy Butler arrived last night
j with R. S. McDonald as the only
! passenger. He took the river trail
from Nenana and made the journey
in twelve hours.
A big first class mail, the biggest
received, so far, this winter, was
received last night. The Nenana
portion of the mail will probably be
shipped on the Koland stage.
I _
Harold Noziglia, who was for
merly an employee of the N. C.
company at Dawson, arrived in Fair
banks recently and has taken a
position in the N. C. office.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
A largely attended meeting of
the Nenana Ladies’ Aid Society was
held yesterday afternoon at the
heme of Mrs. J. H. Flower, on Third
street, between F, and F, and a new
set ot officers, to conduct the busi
ness of the society during the cur
rent ^year, were elected.
Mrs. R. J. Diven was elected
president. Mrs. Steele was elected
vice president to succeed Mrs. Diven;
Mrs. M. V. Tyler was re-elected sec
retary, and Mrs. J. H. Flower was
re-elected treasurer.
The ladies also appointed Mrs.
Steele to be sponsor for the French
orphan adopted by the Nenana Knit
ting club and to designate the meet
ing places for the Knitting club.
The meeting was a very enjoyable
one, during the course of which
dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess. The meeting broke up
about five o’clock.
The first meeting of the Knitting
club will be held tomorrow after
noon at the home of Mrs. R. G.
Southworth, on First and B streets,
near the News building.
All members are cordially in
vited to attend and to bring their
knitting along.
RED CROSS MEETING
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The regular meeting of the local
Red Cross branch will be held at
the Nenana Club rooms on the after
noon of Friday, January 10.
The manufacture of garments for
the Belgians will be taken in hand
at this meeting and all members are
urged to be in attendance.
RED CROSS TO ELECT
OFFICERS NEXT MONDAY
A meeting of the local Red Cross
will be held at 7:30 p. m. on Mon
day, January 13, at the Grace Pres
byterian church, and all members
are urged to be in attendance.
The meeting is called for the pur
pose of electing a new set of offic
ers for the ensuing year.
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JEWELER
DITCHER LOADS
MATERIALS FOR
43 MILE BRIDGE
The new American ditching ma
chine which had been converted into
a piledriver and was in use driving
the piling for bridge 17, at mile
381, was brought in last night to
the dragline camp, near the junction
of the D line and the old line. She
was divested of her leads in a very
short time and was put on to work
as a hoist, loading up the flat cars
with bridge material, consisting of
stringers, caps and bridge ties, which
will be used to finish off the bridge
across the Nenana river at 43-mile.
It is expected that all the ma
terial needed for the completion of
the bridge will be loaded on the cars
today and will be hauled to the
Crossing tonight ,so that the work
of finishing the bridge may be taken
in hand tomorrow morning. The
material sent to the Crossing had
been recently salved from the
trestle bridge across Lost Slough
and from other structures on the
abandoned line.
. Nenana—The Gateway to McKinley
_ National Park.
NOTICE
The late Ivory St. Clair left a
leather traveling ban somewhere in
Nenana at a rooming Ik use, pool
hall or other place.
Anyone having information that
will lead to its recovery is requested
to communicate with Resident En
gineer J. J. Kestley, main office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
i Danish investigators have found
that an edible oil capable of being
used in margarine can be obtained
from, sunflower seeds.
Sheldon-fiibson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CH1TINA and WA POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Harry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
RUST HOUSE
Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
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Army and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
SWEATER COATS WOOL SOCKS, All Weights
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS
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We Carry a Full Line of
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