Easter Clothing
ONLY A SHORT TIME MORE AND SPRING WILL BE WITH
US, AND YOU FEEL LIKE DRESSING UP.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO RECOMMEND A SET PRICE
Hart Schaf fner & Marx Suits
Vary of Soursei, »n Price, According to the Quality of Fabric,
But All Show Equal Value, Where Price and Quality Are
Concerned. Considering All Things However, We Feel That
$35.00
Is the Most Popular Sensible Price for a Suit.
You can pay less o'- more, but that price offers you a fine
selection to pick from. We can fit the hard to fit, and can fit
you.—COME AND BE CONVINCED.
WE ALSO CARRY IN STOCK
Adler and Kuppenheimer Suits
U. S. WATERPROOF CRAVENETTES
HANAN, J. P. SMITH, DR. REED CUSHION SOLE, FREEMAN
CHIPPAWA AND CUTTER SHOES.
ALL THE LEADING BRANDS OF RUBBERS AND RUBBER
SHOE PACS.
SPRING UNDERWEAR—IN UNIONS AND SEPARATE SUITS
SPRING OVERSHIRTS—WITH ATTACHED OR DETACHED
COLLARS, IN WOOL, MADRAS AND SILK.
Phoenix Silk and Cotton Hosiery, 25c a pair up.
FAULTLESS NIGHT SHIRTS AND PAJAMAS
IN Flannel, Cambric and Silk.
LADIES
C. B., R. & G. and Madame Binner Corsets.
For your spring dress we carry in stock by the yard
NOVELTY SILKS, MARQUISETTES AND VOILES
In Dainty Colors and Patterns for Spring
KHAKI, CRETONNES, GINGHAM AND SUITINGS
In A Large Variety
LACES, SILK AND VELVET RIBBON
A COMPLETE STOCK OF SHOES, OXFORDS AND SLIPPERS
SUMMER UNDERWEAR—In Union Suits and Separate Gar
ments—Bloomers
SILK AND MUSLIN GOWNS—SILK AND COTTON HOSE
All Kinds of Stationery, Place Cards, Postal Cards, Etc.
New Dresses, Skirts, Waists, Etc, Are Expected on Next Stage
Buy Your Phonograph Now—Prices the Same As
Outside, Only the Freight Added.
$150 FREE ON MAY 11
Our Big May Potlach Is Now In Progress
With each cash dollar purchase, we will give one ticket free,
entitling the holder to participation in the Potlach, which will
consist of three prizes... First prize, $75 CASH, Second pirze,
$50 in Merchandise; Third prize, $25 in Merchandise.
SIMSOIVS
THE STORE FOR EVERYBODY
” -
WALTER LOVE ENLISTS
IN U. S. COAST ARTILLERY
In a letter recently received from
Walter Love, well known freightei
from Fairbanks and Hot Springs
and later in the employ of the
Alaskan Engineering commission
here, he tells of his recent enlist
ment in the United States army.
Mr. Love writes that he has joined
Battery No. 8. of the Coast Artillery
and expects to leave immediately
for several months work in the
Phillipines, after which he may be
sent to France.
tY alter Love was registered in
Nenana, but mushed out over the
Fairbanks trail in order to get into
the branch of the service he pre
ferred to work with, and was suc
cessful at Fort McDowell, California,
where he has been stationed, pre
vious to his departure for the Philip
pines.
He wishes to be remembered to
all of his friends in the city and
hopes some of them will drop him
a line.
; FOUR-MINUTE MAN
MAKES STRONG TAL
The speech made at the Coliseu
theatere last evening by Fou
Minute Man E. L. Laughlin, was we
received by the large audience.
Mr. Laughlin very forcibly brougl
out the point that the statemen
made by the authorities in the Unite
States at the beginning of the wa
that we were at war with German;
but not at war with the Germa
people, were all wrong. His coi
tention was that the German peop
[were backing up the war party i
Germany and that the nation of Ge
many was the German people an
nothing else. For that reason, M
Laughlin stated, we were at ws
1 with the Germans singularly as we
as collectively.
The home of H. H. Townsem
known as the Eagles’ Nest, on a<
count of having been perched o
the side of a hill at Juneau, ri
cently burned to the ground, s
sufficient water force could not b
* secured to reach the flames.
Beautify Your Home
NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE YOUR HOME COMFORTABLE
AND ATTRACTIVE
We Have In Stock A Complete Line of
WALL PAPERS AND INTERIOR DECORATIONS
In the Latest Designs
BEAVER BOARD—CRETONNES—SHEETING AND ROOFING
PAPER — FURNITURE—MIRRORS — GLASS—WINDOWS
DOORS — PAINTS — OILS AND VARNISHES
GUNS AND AMMUNITION
ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF HARDWARE, INCLUDING THE
FAMOUS DISSTON LINE OF TOOLS.
SIGN PAINTERS
ANDERSON BROS. & NERLAND
NEW PRESIDENT
L
Frank Murphy Chosen As President
of the Local Organization
Saturday Night.
With nearly one hundred members
in attendance, the Nenana Labor
union held a record meeting last
Saturday night ,for the purpose of
electing a new head of the organi
zation.
Two candidates were nominated
for the office of president, Ben
Estby and Frank Murphy, but Mr.
Estby declined to run and withdrew
his nomination in favor of his op
ponent, Mr. Frank Murphy, who was
elected unanimously.
Mr. Murphy is on the electrical
staff of the Alaskan Engineering
commission and will undoubtedly
fill the position of president in an
able manner.
The matter of affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor was
taken up by the members and the
communication from Samuel Gom
pers was read. Mr. Gompers wrote
that the Nenana Labor union could
affiliate with the American Federa- j
tion of labor and is sending the in i
structions and charter for that pur-1
pose. The instructions should ar
rive in a few weeks’ time, and as
soon after they arrive as is possible,
the local union will affiliate.
A very gratifying report was re
ceived on the hall, which has been
in use for some purpose nearly
every evening.
The next meeting of the union
will be held on Saturday evening,
at the usual hour.
NORTHERN LIGHTS
ON BATTLEFRONT
Carter Koon Says Artilley and Aero
Duels Are Like the Alaska
Northern Lights
The fact that Carter Koone for
merly of this city, is right in the
midst of the thick fighting, is evi
denced by a letter received recent
denced by a letter received from by
Harry Davis, of the Arctic. He says
in part:
“I am taking this chance to write
to you, the first one I have had for
some time, to acquaint you with the
fact that the “Bosche” has not got
me yet, and that everything is 0. K.
with us all.
‘•But when I think of the changes
that have occurred here in the last
six months, I wonder what the next
move will be. A year ago I could
step out of my cabin door and see
a grand sight and a good display of
noiseless fireworks when the Aurora
Borealis streaked across the sky, but
I am seeing a different kind of
them these nights, noisy and with
plenty of action, and hand work with
it it. I saw my third German airplane
:s brought down today.
I
“When we have clear weather,
there is plenty of artillery fring
and it is pretty heavy at times.
“I often wonder if everyone is
frozen up in Alaskak, as I have not
heard from there for so long. Tell
the boys to drop me a line when
ever they get a chance, as a letter
is sure welcome in the front lines.
The mail service is not very good
her, as we are so far up, but when
I do receive mail I suppose I will get
it all at once.
“I heard today that I would get
a seven-days leave soon, and I am
going to ‘Gay Paree’ ii it turns out
to be true. The most of the French
towns I have been in are very slow,
but I will make the best of it.
Real champagne is selling at 17
francs a quart bottle, and beer is
elven cents a quart, but that is the
only thing that is cheap over here.
“They make us move so much
here that we- now have it down to
a science, and I can get ready to
move to Berlin on ten minutes
; notice.”
His address is: Company B, 1st
U. S. Engineers, A. E. F., France.
PIONEERS TONIGHT
Nenana Igloo, No. 17, Pioneers of
Alaska, will meet in regular session
tonight at Union hall, and a large
| attendance of members is antici
j pated. The business meeting will
\ | be followed by a social session, dur
* i ing which refreshments will be
| i served and an impromptu program
rendered.
CELTIC AIMED
6V GERMAN DIVER
White Star Liner Torpedoed, But
Fate of Ve»tel Ha* Not Been
Determined.
NEW YORK, April 1.—The White
Star liner Celtic, twenty thousand
tons, is reported to have been tor
pedoed by a German submarine, the j
word having reached the offices of «
the company this afternoon. Offi
cials of the company admit the re- j
ceipt of the report, but they are !
not yet certain that the vessel was j
destroyed. They express the hope j
that the big liner was able to make I
shore. The advices fail to state j
whether or not there was loss of j
life.
CAP GRIFFITH RETURNS
FROM PROSPECTING TRIP
Cap Griffith, well known pioneer
and prospector, arrived last evening
from an extended trip to the out
lying mining districts, near Mount
McKinley and the summit region.
He was accompanied by Fred
Zachow.
In speaking of the prosepcts
around the various creeks in the
region, he states that there has been
nothing found by anyone of the
boys out there to warrant any strike
or excitments
The weather experienced was so j
stormy that for the greater part of
the trip they were unable to put,
up a tent and were forced to siwash ;
it as best they could and let the |
dogs take care of themselves.
There has been much travel over '
the Broad Pass trail this winter, and i
Cap. Griffiths says that several of!
the parties were held up for several I
days at a time in the various camDS 1
and roadhouses on account of the
storms, it being absolutely impos- J
sible to mush in such weather.
The body of the man who left j
Nenana last winter has not been j
found yet. The authorities at An- j
chorage have heard nothing about I
him and it is conceded that he has j
perished on the trail somewhere near j
the Summit roadhous, as he has not j
been seen or heard from since his de-|
parture from Sullivans.
Another man was found near the j
Williams roadhouse and was taken |
to the Indian river station for treat- j
ment. He was partially demented ;
and most of his dogs were missing, j
Judge A. F. Stowe, in charge of the
station, took care of him, but he
had been so long without food and
in a weakened condition, that when
he forced himself to eat much more
food than was good for him, he was
taken seriously ill. He survived
only three weeks after his arrival (
at the post, when he died. His body j1
tvas buried at the Kalteetna cemet-;
sry. It is understood that the au
thorities have been in communica
tion with his folk, who reside in the
East. Cap Griffith could not learn 1
:he man’s name. !
Mr. Griffith met many oldtimers 1
on the trip, and all seem to be doing |
veil.
Jim Sherlock, formerly of Fair- j ‘
oanks, has left the Kalteetna dis-j*
;rict for the Good News Bay strike, j
Jack Ferguson, another Fairbanks *
nan, is working in the Kalteetna ’
■egion. 1
“Electric Light” Williams, for
nerly in the power business in Daw- 1
ion, and later around Tanana, is <
■unning the Williams roadhouse at 1
Indian river, and has done well this E
vinter. *
APPROPRIATIONS OF
LAST CONGRESS
The last United States congress
ippropriated twenty-one billion dol
ars. One can better appreciate
vhat twenty-one billion dollars is if
>ne pauses to think that the total
»f expenditures of this government
rom the year 1791 to January 1,
1917, covering a period of one hun
Ired and twenty-six years ,includ
ng the cost of our past wars and
■very other item of government ex
>ense, was only a little more than
wenty-six billion dollars—but five
rillions more, than was appropriated
>y the last congress alone.
A country worth fighting for is
t country worth saving for. Buy
fHRIFT STAMPS.
I
i
MSB OUlSDEi:
Man Who Located Homestead Where 1
Seward Stands Ends Life In
Spirit City.
SEATTLE. April 1.—Fred I.aub
ler, locator of a homestead on which
1 portion of the town of Seward
aow stands, was found dead this j
morning on the bank of the Skagit i
river. The man's throat was cut '
ind in one of the hand was gripped (
i keen-edged knife, indicating to
:he satisfaction of the local authori
ses that Laubner committed suicide,
investigation shows that the man
lost three hundred dollars recently j
rambling, following which he began
Irinking heavily. He was interested
n mining ground in varous sections j
)f Alaska.
COAST MINES ARE!
READY 10 PRODUCE
- I
According to word received in
Seward, twq Alaska coal mines at
east will be adding fuel to the '
world’s supply during 1918. The
■nines now being extended by the
government in the Matanuska dis
;rict during the coming summer will,
t is expected, not only produce coal
sufficient for the use of the rail
•oad. but will become a shipper to
>ther section of Alaska and even to '
he States.
It is also expected that one or
nore mines will be operating in the
Hhickaloon district, where the gov
;rnment work is under the direc
;ion of Sumner E. Smith, an engin-j
;er of the bureau of mines. The
doose creek mine in the same dis
rict is producing fifty tons per
lay and further development work
s under way by the government.
The Katalla Anthracite Coal com
jany has opened a mine in the Ber
ng river fields, and has reached a
tage where shipments of 200 tons
i day can be made as soon as the
ailroad from the mines to tide
vater is completed. The railroad,
vhich is twenty miles long, is nearly
ompleted, as are the docks and
mnkers located on Controller Bay.
Che coal, which has been tested by
he government, has been declared ~m
o be equal to that of the Pennsyl
ania fields.
Every effort will be put forth by
he government and private owners
f coal mines already opened up to
roduce tonnage as rapidly as pos
ible to relieve any coal shortage \
hat may occur on the Pacific coast
uring the war. i
t
UFLE INSTRUCTION
TOMORROW EVENING
The drill at Union hall tomorrow
■vening will comprise work in the
nanual of arms as in use by the
-nited States army. All those de
irous of taking up this course of
nstruction are requested to get a
run from J. A. Slippern and be on
land at 7 o'clock sharp.
The drillers are advised to make c
i shock absorber for the butt of
heir rifle in order that the stock
nay not injure the floor of the hall
n any manner. A leather or felt
nsole or pad of same kind is the
asiest and most effective absorber.
)LD PAPERS FOR SALE^Htnqui^
Newt Office.
Electric Light* Steam Heat
THE
SOUTHERN
HOTEL
Newest and Best . Appointed
Hotel in Interior Alaska
TOM SMITH, Prop.
Union Hall Club Rooms
HALL FOR RENT
See Erick Nelson for Terms
THE BELMONT HOTEL
AND
POOL ROOM
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
EVERYTHING NEW
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Go to
NELSON’S
for your
SHOES
and Shoe Repairing'
NENANA GARDEN
Lettuce
Radishes
Eighth and Main Sts.
The Huns Are Coming:!!!
With all their diabolical savagry and atro
ciousness. Help! ! Help! ! Can’t you hear the
cHes of the tortured and the maimed? Help to
stop this ferocious drive-with you dollars.
Subscribe today, to the Third Liberty Loan.
Every dollar will help—every dollar is needed
Won’t you subscribe now—today? See Smith, at
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