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i THEY ARE THE BEST PROOF
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Anticipate your future wants in our line and buy
now. Do not put it off, some of these days it
may be too late.
Men, Read This
There is No Better Ready-Made Clothing in the
United States Than
Hart Shaffncr & Marx
Adlers, Kuppenheimer
We have a splendid assortment of these suits in
all the latest shades. Suits to fit short men, tall
men and stout men. Suits that are up to date in
every respect and are worth at present from $35 up.
NOW REDUCED TO
John B. Stetson Hats, now.$4.00
Hardeman Hats, now .$3.00
Shoes, worth $7.50, now.$4.00
$8.50 Tan Shoes, now. $5.50
Dress Shirts, extra special.$1.00
Fine Lisle and Silk Mixed Underwear, suit. $3.50
Canadian White Wool Underwear, suit.$3.50
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EXTRA SPECIAL
We are determined to sell all goods as fast
as possible, and for that reason we have de
cided to still further reduce the price on our
entire stock of White U. S. Shoepacs. They
are absolutely guaranteed new stock. We
have all sizes; tops are 12-inch high; all Pacs
have heels. They sell at other stores for $5.50
a pair. Our final closing out price, pair,
$4.00
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Dry Goods Department
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Wash Silk Waists, all colors, regular price
S4.00, now.$2.00
New Summer Waists, all sizes, regular price
$2.50, new .$1.25
Latest Sport Coats, former price $15, now' $7.50
$22.50 Silk Plush Novelty Coats, now.$11.25
$17.50 and $22.50 Blue Serge Dresses,
now.$8.75 and $11.25
Very Latest Silk Dresses, former price $35,
now’ .$17.50
Spring Suits, Blue Serge, Silk Lined, former
. price $29.50, sale price. .$14.75
Our entire stock of Shoes, including Wick
ert, Gardiner and Paterson stock, former
price from $8.50 to $11.50, now.$5.00
Pumps and Oxfords, actual values $6.50 to .
$7.50, now .$4.00
Fine Line of Corsets, all sizes, Outside Selling
price $4.50, our price .$2.25
Also Silk Brocade Corsets and Corsets Suit
able for Stout figures, Outside price $5.50,
to $7.50, our price.$2.75 to $3.75
Complete Line of New Panama Hats for
Spring, our price.$4.50 to $6.50
Trimmed Hats, former price $7.50 to $9.50,
now.$3.75 to $4.75
Laces, Trimmings and Embroideries, former
price 50c a yard, now.25c
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Don’t Overlook the Small Items
$2 Watches, Guaranteed Good Timekeepers. $1
75c Toothbrushes, now. .
Paris and Boston 50c Garters, now.
Lion Brand Soft Collars, 4 for.
Canvas Gloves, extra special, 2 pair.
$1 Dress Suspenders, now.
$1 4-in-hand Ties, now.
$1 Pipes, extra special..
Arrow Brand Collars, now 2 for.
White Handkerchiefs, now 3 for.
25c Tablets, now 3 for.
50c Lisle Sox, now 5 pair.’ .$1
Colgate’s Talcum Powder, now.
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SIMSONS
THE STORE FOR EVERYBODY
SUPPLY DEPOTS
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To meet the demands that they
will be called upon to supply, when
construction work is commenced on
the right of way between Nenana
and Fairbanks, three supply depots
have been established by the store
department of the Alaskan Engin
eering commission; and the work of
hauling supplies to stock these
li* ' places is now being rushed to com
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store at Nenana, and from Fair
banks. F. H. Stewart & Co. arc
hauling from this end, while Walter
Rynearson has the contract for the
hauling of supplies from the Fair
banks end.
Commencing from the Nenam
end of the line, the first supply de
pot, which will be known as the
Goldstream store, is situated near
J 1 the right of way, about one and one
y | half miles from the Joyce Lake or
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Dunbar's roadhouse, and at presenl
consists of a frame and corrugatec
j iron structure 16 feet by 24 feet
Sixty-five tons of construction ma
terial and supplies will be housec
here for the present, additions beinf
! made to the stock of supplies anc
j building from time to time as re
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Further up the line, the next de
pot, which will be known as the
Standard creek store, is located a
the wood camp recently vacated bj
Albert Lundborg, about three anc
one-half miles from the Ohio road
house. There are five new and sub
stantial log buildings at this place
consisting of barn, bunk and mess
houses. The largest of these is be
ing fixed up as a store building
Camp 102 consisting of the pile
driver crew and the engineerinf
force, all under the supervision o‘
Mr. Hawley W. Sterling, are nov
camped in the neighborhood of thi:
store, from which they will drav
their supplies. Seven tons of perish
ables and sixty-five tons of genera
supplies are being sent here for thi
! present.
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Furthest away from Nenana, i;
%* the Cache creek store, situated abou
M 15 miles from Happy station am
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ten miles from the end of steel laic
from Happy toward Nenana. Ther
are several good log buildings here
which were used by Albert Lund
bor in 1916. Walter Rynearson i
hauling the feed and supplies to thi
camp from the end of steel, th<
allotment being 10,000 feet of lum
ber and about 200 tons of genera
supplies.
Commission teams are also en
gaged in hauling the materials nec
essary to complete the many bridges
for which the piling has alread
been driven, between Happy statio
and Cache creek, and they are dis
tributing this material at differen
places along the right of way wher
they will be easily accessible for us
when needed.
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CRAMER SELLS
THRIFT STAMP!
Mr. G. Fenton Cramer sold Wa
Savings Stamps to the value c
$2,000 to the employees of th
Alaskan Engineering commissio
stationed at the different camj
along the line, in a three-day tri]
undertaken maily for this laudabi
purpose. That he underestimate
the buying power of the men alon
the line is evident, as, he says, th£
he might have easily sold an add
tional $1000 worth of these stamj
if he had them with him on the tri;
R. B. Ward, acting division ei
gineer, and G. Fenton Cramer, sp‘
cial disbursing agent, who went oi
on the line on business a few daj
ago, returned to town this forenooi
They report very unsatisfactol
trail conditions, due to the thav
The ties on the roadbed have bee
laid bare by the rapidly meltir
snow, rendering travel difficult,
trip to the Lignite country was als
planned by the party when the
set out on the trip, but this had 1
be abandoned, owing to advers
weather and trail conditions.
MINING MAN IS
BACK PROM LONG
! VISIT ON COAST
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Met Many Alaskans in San Francisco
and Seattle, and Reports
All Prospering.
P. N. Jepson, well known in Fair
] banks and other Interior Alaska
towns, arrived in Nenana yesterday
on his way to Ruby. Mr. Jepson
. is straight from San Francisco and
; left this morning for his home in
the lower Yukon country.
In speaking of conditions on the
coast and especially in San Fran
cisco, Mr. Jepson stated that Frisco
was experiencing the same war boom
that has made Seattle such a thriv
1 ing town these days. The ship
building is carried on extensively in
California, he stated, but Seattle i.,
: still a long ways in the lend. In
Frisco, as well as in Seattle, there
appears to be an excess of common
labor, which is a drug on tl e mar
| ket, and has a tendency to keep
wages lov>er than they wou'd other
; wise be. Many have come Yt cst,
says Mr. Jepson, with the idea that
they can better their condition in
■ the shipyards and other war in
dustries in and around San Fran
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cisco.
While in California. Mr. Jepson
visited Camp Freemont, just south
of San Francisco, and saw' 40,000
American soldiers on parade. This
; camp, which has recently been es
| tablished by the government, is to
; accommodate a quota of 400,000
men and will be a concentration
camp for all coast volunteers. Mr.
Jepson stated that the camp was
' an ideal place, and the climate fine.
Volunteers are responding at a good
rate, and it is his opinion that as
. soon as the real need for men is
• felt by the people, that there will
. be more men than the government
; can handle readily. At the present
time, he says, they are enlisting in
California faster than they can be
rigged out by the enlistment bureau.
, The Red Cross work in Frisco re
ceives the best support that it can
be afforded, he stated. In one week
an attempt was made by the Red
I Cross authorities to raise §80,000
I in seven days. The parades and
demonstrations were held and in
three days the funds subscribed
amounted to $100,000. Not onlj
once or twice in a long period, bul
the Red Cross drives are carried o.
every week or so, says Mr. Jepson
_; While in San Diego, Mr. Jepsor
1 spent several days at Camp Kearney
i where the aeroplane squadrons art
in training and saw the review oi
aviators and foot soldiers, in com
pany with the marines. He say;
’ I that the aviation fields there art
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\ wonderful and some of the bes
flyers in the world are there in
structing the numerous students,
j Mr. Jepson had trouble gettinf
around Frisco. Nearly everywhert
* | you go, he says, it is necessary t<
have a pass from the authorities
i In order to even get near a docl
I it is the common order of thing
| to produce a pass with two copie:
1 of your picture on it. Even thi
l captain of a steamer was unable ti
k get back to his boat without hi
' pass.
r rank Manley was also in Sai
j, Francisco and was heavily interestei
in the oil business.
Frank Berry and two brothers ar
spending the winter at their horn
( in California and are perfectly sat
’ isfied, having no wish to return t
, Alaska,
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^ In Seattle, Mr. Jepson saw Ale:
t Capewell, who is in the restauran
i_ business. Capewell is doing a thriv
lS ing business, having a big trade fror
, the laborers and longshormen. H
has his place in the New Englan
block on First avenue. He told Mi
Jepson that he was averaging $35
Lt a day while business was on th
■s boom.
i.! While in Seattle, Mr. Jepson sai
y Bill McPhee, Bill was holding th
r. pavement down, doing very littl
n in the way of work and waiting fo
g something to turn up.
\ Mr. Jepson met John Holgreen
o the Ruby and Fairbanks minin;
y man, who recently sold the Green
i) stone property at Ruby, to the Gug
e genheims. Mr. Holgreen is intei
ested in mining in California and i
Cigars
Business is Good
There’s a Reason
Stationery
Tobaccos
Candies
going: south from Seattle soon.
Thngs are certainly good on the
coast, said Mr. Jepson, even up in
i Cordova. The new canneries have
| given the people a new lease on
life and business is beginning to
boom already. Several new can
neries with lots of capital behind
them, have been installed there.
“Nenanaites are lucky,” said Mr.
;Jepson, “you don’t know what high
j prices are. In Seattle everything
| is near the clouds, and they are
j still going up. Even shoes are $2
j higher in San Francisco than they
J are landed in Fairbanks.”.
MINISTRY RESIGNS
BUDAPEST, April 18.—The min
istry of Hungary has resigned and
successors are being selected today.
AUSTRIAN PREMIER QUITS
ZURICH, April 18.—Advices re
ceived in this city state that the
Austrian premier has tendered his
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