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MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Army and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
SWEATER COATS WOOL SOCKS, All 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 RUGS, ALL SIZES
Bisse.l’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Fall Line of
MINERS’ and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
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DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
STOP AT TH!?
Jones Bunk House
Comfortable Warm Place
SPRING BUNKS, 50c
CANVAS BUNKS
By the Week $1.75
MRS. J. F. LYTLE, Proprietress
RUST HOUSE
Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
FORMER CONTRACTORS
BACK IN NENANA
Ted S. Balias and Pat Herald ar
rived in town last night from the
camp at N'enana Crossing with their
stock.
Both of these men completed
grading contracts on the D line after
which they with their teams were
employed in fixing up the grade
ahead of the steel gang. They con
tinued in this work until bridge \1
had been reached, after which they
hauled piledriver No. 2 from bridge
17 to Nenana Crossing.
Ted Balias and Pat Herald intend
applying for a grading contract, if
possible on the Fairbanks line.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
The News Office.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
There were 613 employees on the
payroll of the Alaskan Engineering
commission for the week ending
November 30th, on the main line
south of town and on the Nenana
Fairbanks branch. There were also
52 stationmen and 18 stationmen
laborers during the same period.
The forces employed by the Com
mission were distributed as follows:
Camp 1, general .50
Camp 1, electric .22
i Camp 1, corral . 8
! Camp 1, construction .82
| Camp 1- store .41
Hospital 12
Townsite . 2
Camp 9. 30
Surfacing camp .57
Tracklaying camp .93
Dragline camp .17
Section, No 1. 9
Camp No. 373 .28
Camp No. 385 .44
Camp No. 415 '. 4
Clear creek (Brown hoist).20
Location party No. 4 .17
Inventory No. 2.14
Quarantine No 1. 3
Nenana total .553
Fairbanks office.3
Tanana Valley R. R. .13
Camp 454 44
Fairbanks total .60
Division total .613
On the main line duringthe period
under review, there were 52 station
men or contractors, and 18 con
tractors’ laborers; 2700 feet of
track, 14 dump cars, 68 head of
stock, 5 wagons and 17 sleds were
in daily use.
NOTICE
See the issue of December 3 for
particulars, mail your suggestions
to the Contest Committee, Nenana
Commercial club, win a prize and
help boost Nenana.
HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
C/GARS POOL, TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
'Warm Comfortable Rooms
Berber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
The New
T avern Cafe
and Bakery
None Better in Alaska
If You Are Not Already Patron, Give Us an
Opportunity to Convince You
YANKEE AIRMAN
SETS NEW MARK
j FOR HIGH CLIMB
Captain B. W. Schroeder, of the
United States air service, who made
a new record flying to an altitude
of 28,000 feet over the state of
Ohio on September 18, which record
has been officially confirmed, has
written an interesting report of his
sensational flight to Major General
Kenly' director of the military
aeronautics.
Following is Captain Schroeder's
story:
“In order to take an airplane
to a higher altitude than any other
pilot in the world, I made three
attempts. The first one took me
24,000 feet, the second to 27,000
feet, and the last one to 28,000
feet, but now I feel certain that I
can get to 30,000 feet.
“The cold thin air is one’s great
est adversary. I made a steady
climb, circularly passing through
clouds at 8,000 feet, 12,000 feet
and 16000 feet. At 20,000 feet,
while still climbing in large circles,
my goggles became frosted- making
it difficult for me to read my in
struments.
“When I reached 25,000 feet, I
noticed the sun growing very dim.
I could hardly hear my motor run,
and I felt very hungry. The trend
of my thought was that it must
be getting late, that evening must
be coming on, but I was still climb
ing so thought I might as well stick
to it a little longer, for I knew
I could reach my ceiling pretty soon,
then I should go down even though
it were dark, I could land all
right, for I had made night landings
many times before, and so I went
to talking to myself and this- I felt
was a good sign to begin taking
oxygen which I did.
“I was then about 25,000 feet
and as oon as I started to inhale
the oxygen, the sun grew bright
again, my motor begain to exhaust
so lor 1 that it seemed something
must be wrong with it. I was no
longer hungry and the day seemed
to be a most beautiful one. I felt
like singing with sheer joy as I
gazed about through the small por
tion of my goggles which had no
frost, due to a drop of oil splashed
on them from the motor.
“It was wonderful to see the very
clear blue sky with the clouds thous
ands of feet below. The frost on
m>' goggles bothered me very much.
When I was about 27,000 feet, I
had to remove my goggles, as I was
unable to keep a steady climb. My
hands, by this time, were very numb
and worried me considerably. The
cold air made my eyes water and I
was compelled to fly with my head
well down inside the cockjit.
“I kept at it until my oxygen
gave out and at that point I noticed
my aneroid indicated very nearly
29.000 feet. The thermometer
showed 32 degrees below zero, cen
tigrade, and the revolutions per
minute had dropped from 1600 to
1560. This is considered very good
and I could not understand why I
was only 29.000 feet, after climbing
for so long a time, I remember that
the horizon seemed to be very much
out of place, but I felt that I was
flying correctly and that I was
right and the horizon was wrong.
“About this time the motor quit,
I was out of gasoline, so I descended
in a large spiral. When I descended
to about 20.C00 feet, I began to
feel much better and realized that
the lack of oxygen had affected
me, I passed down through the
clouds, 16,000 feet and as I re
member, it was snowing from these
clouds upon the next layer some
4.000 feet below. I am not positi ’e
of this, as I may have been affected
by the lack of oxygen. I noticed
as I descended that the air seemed
to be very thick and stuffy, but
very nice and warm.
“I landed O. K., 200 miles from
where I started, and broke the tip
of my propeller .which was standing
vertical, when I rooted into a de
pression in the ground. I did not
nose or do any other damage V
the plane itself. I flew back tc
Dayton with a new propellor.”
UNION ANNOUNCES
SATURDAY DANCE
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A social dance will be given on
Saturday night at the Labor Union
hall, immediately after the show.
The Coliseum orchestra will sup
ply the music and a good time is
promised all those who will attend.
The price of admission will be one
dollar; the ladies, as usual, being
1 admitted free.
Arrangements are being made to
hold a big masquerade dance on
j New Year's Eve at the Labor Union
hall- early announcement being made
j so that those intending to partic.pate
1 may procure their costumes. A de i
nite announcement regarding the
' masquerade will be made late*-.
NENANAITE SUFFERS
INFLUENZA ATTACK
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E. L Jamieson received a letter
in the last mail from Mrs. Jamieson, |
who is at present at Napa, Cali-!
fornia. informing him that she had!
recently recovered from an attack
of influenza. She left Nenar.a ' n
one of the last boats of the season
for the States.
Mrs. Jamieson’s letter also con-1
tained the information that from
twelve to twenty deaths from in- j
fluenza occurred in Napa daily, and
that the death rate in San Francisco
was terrible.
She says that wages are not as
high in California as people in the
North are lead to believe, and that
living conditions are higher than
they ever were before. Rooms and
houses are very scarce, she says,'
and exorbitant prices are asked
in rents.
She plans on coming back North
on the first boat in the spring.
SUBSTANTIAL SUM FOR
CHURCH PIANO FUND
The entertainment got up by the
Ladies Aid society in aid of the
Grace Presbyterian church piano
fund’ which was given at the Coli- j
seum on Thanksgiving Eve., was a
great success and netted a substan-!
tial sum against the indebtedness
of the church by the purchase of
the piano.
The following is a statement of
the funds obtained:
Gross receipts.$385.25
Coliseum and war tax.$103.00
Other expenses . 13.75!
Net proceeds to apply on
piano . 268.50 j
Total $385.25 1
Great credit is due to the Ladies’
Aid society and to all those who
contributed to the program for the
really high class entertainment got
up and for the financial success of
the undertaking.
The piano purchased for the use
of the Grace Presbyterian church
cost originally $550; the sum of
$145 was paid on it previously, and
today Dr. Diven paid a further sum
of $270, made possible by the re
sult of the, entertainment given
leaving a balance of $135 to be
paid.
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NOME MINES USING
WATER FOR THAWING
SEATTLE.—Use of water to thaw
frozen ground in gold placer mining
has recently been tried out with
great success in the Candle region,
Seward Peninsula.
The innovation was the discovery
of J. H. Miles, superintendent of
the Alaska Mines corporation. A j
description of the Miles method, as
given by George H. Kilroy, recently
returned from Nome, states that the
cold water is introduced through
small pipes into the frozen placer
ground is such a method that heat
is extracted from it to thaw the ore.
A Candle dredge, which used the
method during the past summer ses
sion, is said to have cut its cost
of operation from 30 to 50 cents
per cubic yard.
A new leather traveling bag has
a collapsible bottom which permits
it to be folded flat when not in
use.
An experiment station for the pro
duction of tea has been established
in Argentina.
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