A Satisfied Customer
QUALITY
PRICE
Go With Our
CLOCKS
SERVICE
WATCHES^CLOCKS JEWELRY
Tells the Time in the DarK
$3 Alarm ClocKs—Small and Large
We Have a Line of Safety Razors, Blades, Sharpeners and
Strops. Best Flashlight at $2- Refills and Repairs.
Wm. TAYLOR
JEWELER
KOLAND STAGE
FOR FAIRBANKS
ONE DAY ON THE TRAIL
SPECIAL COMFORTS FOR PASSENGERS
FOR RESERVATIONS, APPLY AT THE PORTLAND
CARRYING U. S. MAIL
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BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
Clean, Dry Wood For Sale
Hauling of All Kinds
Offiee at The Arctic
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Residence Phone
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST -
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
CHOP SUEY
Chicken Noodles
at the
Northern Cafe
IMS, MCE!
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
SIMSON’S
A Roland stage left the Portland
at 8 o’clock this morning bound
for Fairbanks. Knut Roland him
self was handling the ribbons. The
stage had the mail on board, some
freight and express and the follow
ing passengers: Miss Laura Herring
ton, Mrs. William Mellish and Roy
Blair.
The stage will make the Ohio
roadhouse for the night and resume
the journey to its destination to
morow morning.
Roland expects to get a lighter
rig than the one he is now using
at the end of the present trip, at
Fairbanks. He intends to station
horses at points along the trail for
relaying purposes and as soon as
this is done he will commence a
faster service, making the trip be
tween the two towns in one day.
NOTICE
All bondholders of the Labor
Union Building are requested to
call on W. C. Gagnon, secretary, at
their earliest convenience.
HYLAND'S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
Cigars =- Tobaccos — Candies
Soft Drinks — Poo/
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I Furnished Rooms For Rent
I HARRY DAVIS FRANK TAYLOR
NENANAITE SAYS i
LIFE IN MILE!
IS NO! ALLURING
Writing from 91(5 East John St.,
Seattle, under date of December 11,
Billy Lawrence, formerly employed
at the electrical department of the
A. E. C., tells of the high cost of
living in the Spirit City.
He says he pays fifty dollars a
month for the four rooms they oc
cupy and considers it very cheap.
It took him three week5 to find a
place to move into and thanks the
Lord he has lot; of relatives oho
were able to come to his rescue un
til he managed to find « place to
live in for himself and family.
Bill admits that Seattle has a few
advantages over Nenana, but the
very exhorbitant cost necessary for
the enjoyment of these advantages
more than offset their value, he
says, and indicates that Nenanaites
are a whole lot better off right
w’here they are.
He picks out the Tavern Cafe and
the Clem Waffle House of Seattle
and asserts that one can live cheaper
and better at the former than at
the latter place. An order of hot
cakes in Seattle costs thirty cents,
with five cents extra for an extra
cup of coffee, he says.
He says: “Why a fellow goes into
a restaurant and looks over the bill
of fare—an elaborate thing to look
at and finally orders tea and crack
ers. Later he meets a friend on
the street and tells him of how he
enjoyed reading about a good din
ner or of how he read of a nice
supper at the Rathskeller the even
ing before. That is as far as the
| average fellow can go.”
At the time of writing, Kenneth
! Case, was on a visit to the Law
rences, with whom he had been
spending a week or so. He dis
carded his uniform the day after
arriving at the Lawrence home, and
! has sent his things to his home in
tendin' t > follow them up in a few
1 days. He expected to spend a few
! days at the Darling home at North
Yakima with Ralph Darling, who has
'also been discharged from the army.
Grady Sumerlin, who had also
been recently discharged from the
; army, was seen around town. He
j went on to Portland shortly after
I Bill Lawrence saw him.
I “Drag” Hollerbaeh and “Doc”
! Ehlan, former employes of the A. E.
C., are frequently met with around
. town, he says. The former, who
j owns a six cylinder auto, had had
i an accidental collision with a street
I car, and the auto, which got the
i
I worst of it, is now under repairs.
The “flu”, he says, is bad again.
| Both Mrs. Lawrence and Bill got
it. Bill says he nearly went under
with it, while his wife had only a
mild attack. Although it is one
month since he recovered, he says
he still feels the effects of the
attack.
He extends New Year’s greetings
and best wishes to all his friends
in Nenana.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mrs. M. J. Cooney wishes to an
nounce that she will hold a recep
tion at the Cooney Hotel on honor
of Mrs. W. A. Ryan, who will soon
be leaving: Nenana, from 2:30 to 5
o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, Janu
ary 8th.
As there will not be sufficient
time to reach al the laides of Ne
nana, Mrs. Cooney takes this means
of letting them know of the recep
tion, to which all the ladies are cor
dially invited.
RED CROSS TO ELECT
OFFICERS NEXT MONDAY
A meeting of the local Red Cross
wil 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.
Miss Laura Herrington left for
Fairbanks on the Roland stage this
morning on a brief business visit.
Heaana, Alaska’s Interior Dual Depot
FRIENDS ASSIST
SOURDOUGHS 10
CELEBRATE BAY
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Flower, on Third street,
between E and F, the birthdays of
Mr. Brown and John H. Flower
were celebrated by a dinner last
night. The guests at the dinner
were Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D.
Browne and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
O’Keefe.
The birthdays of both these genle
raen occurred within a day or two of
each other, and it had oeen cus-1
tomary in the days gone by to cele- j
brate the event jointly, the celebra-.
tions taking place alternately at the :
home of each of the celebrants.
Mr. Brown is the manager of the
N. C. store here, and Jack Flower is
one of the local staff of the big
concern. Both Messers Brown and
Flower have been closely associated
in business for some time past in
the Koyukuk country, where they
both served the interests of the
N. C. Co.
Later in the evening, shortly after 1
the conclusion of the dinner, a 1
merry party invaded the Flower
home to offer their congratulations
to Messrs Brown and Flower on the
attainment of their umpty-steenth
birthday. The party thus reinforced
enjoyed games of bridge, during
which light refreshments were serv
ed. The invading party was com
posed of Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Tyler,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gileher, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Johnson and Mr. and
Mrs. U. G. Southworth.
Mrs. Frederick D. Browne, who
is in charge of the local branch of
the French Orphan fund, wishes to
make the following statement of the
work done and of the funds carried
on the books of the Nenana branch
on January 1, 1919.
The following have pledged them
selves to the support of one or more
orphans for the period of one year:
Dr. Bowen, Joe Connors, A. C. Ellen
son, A. St. J. McCauley, Nenana
Knitting club, George Markus, W. L.
Packer, Nenana club, Presbyterian
Sunday school, Luella Shaffer, Rose
Smith, W. H. Watson.
A. D. Pratt, who was lost on the
Princess Sophia, had pledged his
support of an orphan before he left
Nenana, Mr. Jesse Brown is carry
ing out the pledge.
The folowing cash donations have
been made toward the fund.
Mrs. Ike Taylor $ 5.00
Steve Foster 5.00
Mrs. W. A. Ryan . 2.00
: Coliseum Theatre.54.00
Wm. Goodpaster . 5.00
Jack Dugan .10.00
Andy Roth . 5.00
;M. H. Boulais . 1.00
Eric Kahlen . 5.00
Loui Lunden . 5.00
P. C. Gallagher . 40.00
Henry Pennoyer . 40.00
Herman Kasler . 5.00
COMMISSION FORCE IS
REDUCED TEMPORARILY
—
1 As the bulk of the repair work
| on the mechanical equipment of the
Alaskan Engineering commission has
: now been completed, new engines
| set up, those in use overhauled and
j the rolling stock generally put in
shape for commencing operations in
the spring, half of the forces of the
machine shop and roundhouse were
laid off temporarily on Saturday.
The lay-off also affected the gang
] of men engaged in putting in tele
phone poles along the line south
of town. The entire gang of about
ten men were laid off for the time
being, the foreman only being re
tained in the service.
The men were laid off by reason
of the fact that the work in which
they were engaged had rached a
stage which rendered a continuance
at this time, unnecessary.
Vanans, WUn Balia and Slvars H«<
Mid-Winter Bargains
for Men
All Fur and Fnr Lined Coats at Cost
GOOD CLOTH OVERCOATS AT $20
HIGH GRADE BLUE SERGE SUITS .$35
GOOD BLUE SERGE SUITS AT .$25
HEAVY WOOL PANTS, Special, Pair.$5
$8.50 LOGGER’S COATS, Double Front.$6
$9.50 SWEATERCOATS, Extra Heavy .$6
$6.50 SWEATERCOATS, Extra Special .$3.50
BEST GRADE KHAKI PARKAS .$4.50
BEST DUCK PANTS, Blanket Lined.$2.50
EISENDRATH MAMMOTH MITTS, Pair.$1.50
CARHART MAMMOTH MITTS, Pair.$1-50
BEST BUCK MOCCASINS, All Size* $3.75 and $4
FELT SLIPPERS, Extra Special, Pair . . .$1.00
DANIEL GREEN No. 4 BEST FELT SHOES $6.50
ALFRED DOLGE BEST FELT SHOES. $4.50
WHITE AND~GREY^WOOL MITTS, Pair .25c
50c INSOLES, Pair.25c
S I MS O N ’ S
THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES
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1 We Carry a Complete Line of |
1 FRESH HIGH GRADE |
I IMPERIAL CANDES |
I ALSO I
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| Salted Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts |
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Apples and Oranges |
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MRS. NORMAN SMITH IS
HOSTESS AT MERRY PARTY
The home of Mrs. Norman Smith,
on the Commission reserve, was the
scene of a very enjoyable party last
Saturday night. The party was
given for the younger set and was
a thoroughly enjoyable affair.
Those present at the party were
Valentine Anderson, Vera Russell,
Muriel Russell, Dorothy Smith, Jean
Russell, LaRue Carter, Sam Ivey,
Si Calderhead, Norman Russell and
Kenneth McLean and Walter Scott.
Pleasant games were indulged in
by the young folks, some of the
games played being of an unique
and specially exciting and interest
ing character, and these were so
thoroughly enjoyed that it was a
hard matter to say whether the
girls or the boys of the party en
joyed them most. The new games
evoked many humorous situations
i
j and lots of fun; and those who .
i learned the same for the first time
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at the party are planning on hav
ing some more later. .
The party commenced at ei'ght
o’clock and came to a conclusion
shortly after midnight. Light re
freshments in abundance were serv
ed by Mrs. Smith. It was a merry
party that broke up and wenddd
their homeward way rather reluct
antly.
I OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
| THE NEWS OFFICE
RUST HOUSE
Mr*. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of
MEN'S CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS
MACKINAW COATS
Army and Navy Sweaters
SWEATER COATS
MACKINAW PANTS
SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
WOOL SOCKS, AH Weights
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS
SEE OUR BRUSSELS and WILTON RU6S, ALL SIZES
Bisse.i’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Full Line of
MINERS’ and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
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