STETSON
HATS
and other best makes
at.$5 up
Good Hats, each.$3.50
SUITS, hand tailored, $39
RAINCOATS, $25
values .$15
PANTS, $12.50
values .$9.50
SHOES, Best Dress,
pair .$9.50
UNDERWEAR,
Unions .$3.50
OVERSHIRTS, in Large
Variety.
OVERALLS, Levi
Strauss No. 1.$2.50
NECKWEAR, Latest
Novelties .75c
SOX, wool .50c
SOX, cotton .25c
SIMSON’S
Department Store.
Headquarters for Best
Mosquito Beds and Tents.
FAIRBANKS BASEBALL
PLAYERS WARMING UP
Fairbanks baseball players visited
the ball park yesterday afternoon
for the first time this season and
devoted considerable time to prac
tice. The grounds are in fairly
good shape and it is planned to
have them in first-class order for
the opening game of the season,
which will be played next Sunday
afternoon.
The Dan McCabe place on upper
A street has recently been greatly
improved by the erection of a com
bination picket and wire fence and
Mr. McCabe is now engaged in put
ting in a garden.
The flu quarantine was formally
lifted at Fairbanks yesterday and
business is again moving along in
normal channels, with little evidence
left of the epidemic which swept
the town thoroughly during the lat
ter part of April.
The Thorne moving picture the
jater, which closed its doors on April
,24, was reopened last night with a
special attraction and there was a
big crowd on hand to enjoy the
pictures. Church services were also
held and toddy the public school
was reopened.
There are very few flu patients
left and it is claimed that none of
the cases are serious.
Women’* Hosiery, afl kinds, re
i markably cheap. Fowler & Morris.
SOURDOUGH PUBLISHER
PASSES AT IDITAROD
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I George M. Arbuckle, pioneer resi
ident of the Iditarod district, where
he published the Iditarod Pioneer
jfor a number of years, died there
(yesterday, following a protracted
: illness.
The deceased was in the Dawson
j country in the early days of that
'camp, where he was employed by
the Klondike Nugget. He stamped
ed to the Fairbanks district shortly
after the discovery of gold on Pedro
creek, and was among the first to
; locate on Cleary, where he pub
lished a weekly newspaper. Later
ion he moved his outfit to Chena,
and finally located in the Iditarod
| district, following the rush to that
camp.
The publication of the Pioneer
.was suspended more than a year
i ago and the deceased went Outside,
■ returning North last summer and
j resuming the publication of hts pa
GENERAL OUTFITTING
Groceries, Men’s Clothing
QUALITY GOODS
JOHNSON’S STORE Front Street
Anderson Bros. & Nerland
Wo A-e Overttocked With
BEDS, SPRINGS, MATTRESSES
Sash, Doors, Building Material of All Kinds
HARDWARE, GRANITEWARE, ETC.
Will Be Sold at
Bedrock Prices Until Further Notice
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Middle Fork Roadhouse
16 Miles South of Summit
JACOBSON, DAHL & MITCHELL
BEST ACCOMMODATIONS ON TRAIL
KENNEL ROOM FOR 75 DOGS
For a Smoke
A Drink
A Card Game or
A Game of Pool
GO TO
THE PORTLAND
STATIONERY
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per After a few issues had been
printed, the publisher became ill and
his condition soon became serious.
He was confined to his bed prac
tically all winter and his condition
was such that it was considered
doubtful months ago if he would
recover.
OVER-THE-ICE EGGS, $1.50 per
dozen, at Fowler St Morrii.
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There are a number of sick na
tives in the vicinity of Linder lake,
below Nenana, and one death is re
ported.
Tom McKinnon arrived in Nenana
late Saturday, enroute to the Kus
kokwim, in his power-boat Old Crow.
He brought several passengers from
the upper town.
Bob Sheldon and H. H. Ross will
arrive in Nenana this evening on
the steamer Reliance, enroute to
the Kantishna to look over the road
situation there. Mr. Sheldon, who
is now completing his term as road
commissioner, will try to secure a
substantial amount from the Terri
tory for road building purposes in
the Kantishna.
The Northern cafe has recently
been given a thorough overhauling
and now looks like a new place, re
splendent in fresh paint ami new
interior decorations.
Advices received from Circle state
that the ice moved in the Yukon
river at that point on Saturday aft
ernoon. The breakup was not ac
companied by the usual high water.
Mrs. M. V. Tyler, who has been
ill at the home of Mrs. Herman
Rosburg during the past several
days, is considerably improved to
day.
Miss Hattie D’Orsay, who was
|confined to her bed last week by
[an attack of quinsy, is quite well
; again.
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[Miss Eunice Thrift and used during
;the epidemic, is missing, the owner
i of one of the other plates evidently
[having taken Miss Thrift’s by mis
jtake. The missing plate has the
name of the owner written on the
asbestos. Miss Thrift also reports
the loss of a book, “Carmen Ariza,”
which fell from the window of the
dormitory, and which cannot now be
located. She is very anxious to re
cover both the missing articles.
First class mail is due at Fair
banks this evening, having reported
out of Salcha this morning. There
are also three passengers on the
stage.
The William Coutts funeral, the
first public funeral held in Fair
banks since the commencement of
the flu epidemic, took place at Fair
banks yesterday and was very large
ly attended.
The steamer Reliance left Fair
banks at one o’clock this afternoon
for Nenana and should be here
sometime this evening.
The steamer Carl White is billed
to sail from Fairbanks tomorrow,
enroute to the Tolovana with a
number of passengers, including Dr.
|Kilpatrick, O. P. Gaustad and others.
Superintendent Dan Jones, of the
Alaska Road commission, is due in
Fairbanks this evening from the
coast.
Dan Sutherland, Republican can
didate for delegate to Congress, is
now at Tanana, having arrived there
from the Poorman district shortly
before the breakup.
The Fairbanks Comercial club has
received a letter from the North
west Trading company, of Seattle,
urging the purchase of a flour mill
from that concern. The purchase
will be made by Superintendent
Snodgrass, of the Government ex
periment station, who is now in the
6000 GOODS art 6000 VALUES
Pajamas
If you are just getting
over the flu and want all
the comfort you can pos
sibly get—then buy a pai;'
of our
FAULTLESS
FLANNEL PAJAMAS
(best at $6.50)
Fast colors—all sizes.
The Good Clothes Store
Opposite the Postoffice.
L1PMAN SIMSON, Prop.
States with full power to act for
the farmers of the Fairbanks dis
trict.
AS CLEAN AS NEW
After having been given a thor
ough renovating from cellar to gar
ret. the popular Cooney hotel is
again ready for the reception of
guests, according to announcement
made this afternoon by Mike Coon
ey. who has been directing the work
of putting the place in order for
the summer rush of business.
Mr. Cooney states that the build
ing and everything in it has been
thoroughly disinfected and fumigat
ed, according to directions issued by
the health authorities, and the place
now looks as fresh and clean as the
day it was first opened to the public.
The lobby has been recalcimined
and other improvements have been
made which add not a little to the
attractiveness of the hotel.
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE.
A quarantine is hereby establish
ed in favor of Brooks and Liven
good and against all outlying com
munities and all persons are for
bidden to travel to or from said
places.
J. A. SUTHERLAND,
Assistant Territorial Health Com
missioner.
CANADA BUILDS HOMES
FOR FORMER SOLDIERS
\ ANCOUVER, B. C.—Forty-seven
dwellings, to be sold to veterans
on the long term payment plan,
have been constructed or are under
construction by the city of Van
couver. The provincial government
turned over $300,000 to the city to
be used as a revolving fund for the
construction of the homes. The
fund was obtained by the province
from tile Dominion government, un
der the Soldiers’ Housing act.
Most of the homes are modern
five-room dwellings, to cost the for
mer soldier approximately $3,750,
including the lot. Payments are
made like monthly rental. Soldiers’
widows’ and incapacitated veterans’
claims were first considered.
OSMHE IN ALASKA
John Firth, the famous old Hud
son Bay factor at McPhersons, has
resigned from the service, and his
place has been filled by his son-in
law, Jack Parsons. Firth has built
himself a fine new residence at Mc
Phersons which has 17 buildings.
George Brown, a Dawson resident,
has been adjudged insane.
Captain Ben Durkee, a well-known
oldtimer, has entered the oil game
at Katalla.
H. H. Howard, who recently
bought the Up-to-Date drug store at
Wrangell, has offered a prize of $5
to the person suggesting the most
appropriate name for the business.
The jury empaneled at Ketchikan
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Cut the High Cost ot Living,
Beautify Your Homes, and
Make Money!
By securing our NEW FLOWER AND GARDEN
SEEDS, which we have placed on display today, in
which we carry a large assortment of PRETTY
VINES and BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. Price—
2 Pkgs. for 25c
We also have in stock
MIXED LAWN GRASS AND WHITE CLOVER
SEED. Price—
$1.50 and $2 per lb.
We have ordered ONION SETS for our Custom
ers, and expect to have them on display in a few days.
Northern Commercial Co.
ALASKA’S LARGEST OUTFITTERS
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On tbe Job Again at tbe Old Stand
FRESH ICE CREAM DAILY
BILLY GAGNON UNION HALL BUILDING
jby Judge Robert W. Jennings to
! investigate the sanity of Paddy
[Shannahan, indicted for the murder
'■ of Steven Ragan, after hearing the
| evidence and being out five minutes,
! returned a unanimous verdict on
jApril 27 that he is insane, that he
! is not in such possession of his men
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j ta! faculties as to make it proper
I to place him on trial at this time.
j Two of Mrs. 'Thomas Riggs' neph
;ews will spend their summer vaca
tion in Alaska as the quests of the
j Governor and Mrs. Riggs. They
jare attending Harvard Law school.
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Over-the-Ice Eggs
$1.50
W. A. COGHILL
FAMILY GROCER
FREE DELIVERY PHONE 32
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Nenana Sheet Metal Works
HEATING AND PLUMBING
STOVES OF ALL KINDS MADE TO ORDER
SHEET METAL WORK A SPECIALTY.
PAUL PALFY, Proprietor. MARKET STREET
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THE NEW RAILROAD
j CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
POOL ANI) PAN
SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME
BARBER SHOP AND BATHS
ROOMS IN CONNECTION. BILLY THOMAS
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The Terminal
IF HE IS IN TOWN. SOONER OR LATER THEY ALL DROP
IN AND JOIN THE BUNCH.
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POOL AND CARD TABLES
COLD DRINKS SMOKERS’ SUPPLIES
CANDIES
Clean, Warai, Comfortable Rooms