IN LARGE VARIETY
HAVE JUST BEEN UNPACKED
Beautiful, practical, economical, and no two alike.
Be sure to see this lot.
From $19.50 up
Silk Dresses and Evening Gowns
Reception Gowns and Street Dresses
Best assortment in town—at prices that are right.
From $19.50 up
Men, Attention!
We haven’t overlooked you. Every day we are un
packing something new for the men. Today we want
to call your attention to the new
SUITCASES—Fiber and Solid Leather.
OVERSHIRTS—Suitcloth and Flannels.
NECKWEAR—Latest Fall Designs.
OVERCOATS, RAINCOATS, FUR COATS
SHOES—Celebrated “Walkover” make.
SOX—Lisle, Cashmere, Wool.
Whatever your wants are in our line, we can fill them
to your entire satisfaction. DROP IN TODAY.
(SEE OUR DISPLAY WINDOWS)
SIMSON’S
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
FAIRBANKS TRYING OUT
TRUCK FOR DEPARTMENT
Members of the Fairbanks fire
department are experimenting: with
a truck which has been offered to
the city for use as a hose truck.
About three tons of rock was loaded
on the machine yesterday and hauled
to all sections of town, through
Streets and allevs and across lots.
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The result of the experiments will
; be made known by the fire commit
| tee probably at the next meeting of
! the council, next Tuesday.
E. H. OSBORNE VAUDIN
Arbitrator Conveyancer
Money to Loan Notary Public
Conner A and 3rd Street!.
SOCIAL DANCE
UNION HALL
SATURDAY NIGHT
STARTS AT 1 O
Music by Prof. Berggren
Admission $1 Ladies Free
| Fresh Imperial Candy [
| Dipped Brazil Nuts in Cream i
| Fruit, Nut and Milk Chocolates (
IN HALF. ONE AND TWO POUND BOXES 1
I THE PORTLAND I
! THE BIG PEACE
1 FRESH FRUIT ICE CREAM fj
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Employes of the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, in the Anchor
age division, recently waited on
Chairman Mears and Engineer Gerig
with a request for numerous con
cessions, including a wage advance
of 25 percent. Previous to the ar
rival of the chairman at Anchorage,
a committee was appointed to pre
sent the requests of the men, and
at a later meeting, held on August
30th, this committee reported that
"the interview was held according
to plans, and answered by Mr. Gerig
to the effect that ‘our hands are
tied at present and a reduction is
anticipated until the final word re
garding the appropriation has been
received’.” Mr. Gerig intimated,
however, according to the report,
that the “the boys would be taken
care of.”
After the matter had been dis
cussed at length, the committee was
instructed to take the matter up by
wire with Chairman Mears and John
W. Hallowell, at Nenana, in an ef
fort to have the wage scale and
other demands settled immediately.
Whether or not this was done is not
known here.
Among the complaints recited by
the Anchorage employes was one
concerning the meals provided at
the Anchorage mess. Another com
plaint charged that prices charged
at the commissary at Mile 52 were
exorbitant and in excess of Anchor
age prices.
In addition to an increase in
wages, the coast workers want the
commissary at Anchorage reopened
to all employes and the institution
of Panama conditions, which include
free transportation to ar.d from Al
aska, a six-weeks’ vacation each
year, t.i.h transportation to and
from the States, and free house rent
for all white employes.
The Anchorage Times has an
nounced that “it is in favor of the
highest possible wages to all employ
es commensurate with good busi
ness,” but it is opposing the other
demands of the men.
The Government is building a rail
road in Alaska in order to settle
this community with an American
population, points out the Anchorage
paper. . . . With this end in view,
argues the Times, the Government
has laid out townsites and sold lots
to business men and other citizens,
apparently with the intention of en
couraging them in their efforts and
attracting people to settle along the
railroad.
With an abiding faith in the good
intentions of the men at the head of
the construction work, merchants
ar.d other business men have set
tled in Anchorage, and, it is idle
to state otherwise, are dependent
almost entirely upon the trade ot
the railroad employes for support.
Were the commissary to be opened
and goods soid to all the employes
at cost, it would mean that the mer
chants would have to go out of busi
ness. It would mean a general exodus
from Anchorage which would deal
Alaska a blow from which it never
would recover until the order open
ing the commissary was rescinded.
As to the demand for the same
concessions which were granted the
employes on the Panama canal, prac
tically the same reasons must be ad
vanced for its rejection.
In Panama, the Government was
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
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dipping a canal, which was the sole
reason for its presence there. There
was no desire on the part of the
Government to populate the country
with Americans. The men were
forced to work in a malarial climate:
conditions were insanitary, and ev
ery man who went there was de
termined to return to the States .as
soon as he had earned enough mon
ey to satisfy his ambitions.
Under these circumstances, in or
der to make the work attractive,
every possible concession was grant
ed the men. Houses were built and
a commissary operated. As a health
measure every man was requested
to visit the North at least once a
year, and no inducements were of
fered for men to settle thera per
manently.
In Alaska it is different. Here
the Government wants employes
who intend to live in Alaska and
help develop the country. This cli
mate is the best and healthiest in
the world, and there is no reason ■
why anybody should be granted a j
free trip to the Outside each year.
Conditions in Alaska and Panama j
are as different as the respective j
locations of the countries are dis-1
tant. There is no similarity either
in the work, conditions, populations,
or aims of the Government, and the
sooner all comparisons between the
two projects are dropped the better
for all concerned.
j If the last two demands are grant- j
ed, it means the destruction of An- j
ichorage and a blow at the develop
ment of Alaska, and, so far as the j
! Times is concerned, the granting of '
them will be opposed to the last!
ditch. In fact, the closing of all
[work on the entire project, and the
abandonment of the country to its
primeval conditions, is more agree
able to the Times, and to the resi
dent Alaskans, than any concessions
l which will bring about the so
| called “Panama conditions.”
As to the wages, however, as
stated before, the Times believes in
! a fair payment for services ren
dered, which means that high wages
should be paid. This matter, we
I believe, can be settled amicably by j
the representatives of the men and,
the officers of the Alaskan Engi-J
neering commission, and any fa;r j
demand by the men will be support- j
ed to the utmost by the Times,.
which, when it tenders its support, j
will go the limit.
Battleship 0-Cedar Mops, $1.50.
Fowler Sc Morris.
C1NNC1NNATI CHAMBER
GOOD TO OLD PLAYER
—
CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 19.—The |
local Chamber of Commerce has |
decided to pay the expenses of Cal j
McEvey from California to witness,
the World series. In 1869, McEvey]
was right fielder for the Reds, who j
did not lose a game during the sea-|
Ison. The free trip is in recognition
of the oldtimer's splendid record.
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New Puritans and Premium Hams
and Bacon. Fowler Sc Morris.
~Tet~\lbertdoit~
Launch Margaret ready to ferry
you across or take you up or down '
the river. Special rates to berry pick
•*s. Leave word at Fowler Sc Morris.
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ALUMINUM WARE
For the Housewife, Hunter and Trapper
A FULL LINE
From a Teaspoon to a Thermos Bottle
COGHILL’S
TREE DELIVERY
PHONE 81
Airplane Freight Service
ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 1 *
DS Type Machines for 6 ton loads.
EH Type Machines for light dispatch.
. We Will Appreciate Your Co-operation.
To aid in determining bases and flight
fields, we request your estimate of 1920
freight requirements.
Send us a sketch map if possible.
Alaska Aircraft Transportation Co,
502 White Building, Seattle.
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ADVANCE IN BOARD.
Persons whose dogs are being
boarded at my place below the Ne
nana river are hereby notified that
the cost of board will be advanced
on September 20 to $7 per month.
Unless arrangements are made for j
this advance, dogs remaining at my
place after October 15 will be sold.
I have three stray dogs at my
place: One black doc with white
leprs and bushy tail; one brown mala
mute with white legs and bushy
tail; one gray malamute with white *
legs and bushy tail.
JOHN', Across N'ehana River.
Calling Card* printed to order on
iho-t notice at the New« Office.
SAFE COMFORTABLE CAREFUL OPERATION
Launch Peerless, for Fairbanks
EVERY TWO DAYS. MAKE RESERVATIONS AT PORTLAND
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanship Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works
MARKET
STREET.
NENANA HOUSE
Just Gome In and Sit Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
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SPEEDY SAFE COMFORTABLE 1
LAUNCH VICTORY |
FRED DO^SE, Master.
Leaves Foot of A Street Every Other Day
FOR FAIRBANKS
RESERVATIONS AT THE TERMINAL.
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