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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gilcher re
turned to Nenana yesterday morning
on the steamer Reliance, after an
absence of several days in Fair
banks.
Jules R. Fowle, head of the Fair
banks Clothing Company, paid Ne
nana a brief business visit this
week. He made the trip down river
from Fairbanks on the steamer R.
lianee and returned to the upper
town by tra;n today.
Arctic bow open for businest.
Manager R. S. Donaldson, of the
Healy River Coal Corporation, re
turned to Healy yesterday morning
1 after a brief stay in town.
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Mrs. Alf Ekeland visited at North
| Senana this afternoon with Mrs.
! Swan Carlson.
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; Alfred Gh»zzi was a returning
I passenger on today’s train from the
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upper town.
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« CANYON NOTES
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Miss Vivian Myers, of Fairbanks,
is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
McCrosky at Healy.
F. C. Knowlton, who acted as
special disbursing officer at Htalv
during the absence of I ran.; Doner,
left Healy on Saturday for N'enana
i and Fairbanks and, upon his re-urn
to the canyon, will bit the Broad
Pass trail for Anchorage.
Superintendent of Construction
Dan Leech is making his weekly
| inspection trip over the line. He
; went to the end of the division at
Mile 319 and was at Camp 337 last
night enroute back to Healy.
j Howard G. Haslem, veteran mem
j ber of the engineering forces of the
A. E. C., in the Northern i ivision,
has returned to tihe Interior after
an absence of several .onths in the
States. He arrived at Healy yes
terday from the coast and it is un
derstood that he will be assigned to
11 work at Bridge 16. where a slight
! line change is planned on account of
j bank erosion trouble.
Chief Surgeon T. O. Lake came
| out from town last week to pav an
official visit to the new emergency
hospital at Cams 334. He was ac
j companic J by Dr. Culfra, who is in
i charge of the emergency work along
' the line, in the canyon district
Burt Wilson (Gasoline Gus'< made
j a trip to Xenana esterdt y on official
: business.
Ed Bartlett arrived at Healy on
Saturday from the Kantishna dis
trict. He came out by way of the
i High Pass Route. He is on his way
to Fairbanks.
I The -working forces in the Canyon
district were augmented on Satur
j day by the arrival of 50 new men
' from the Anchorage end. Nearly as
many more are on the way.
Morris Morino, who conducts a
roadhouse on the Broad Pass trail,
is visiting at Healv.
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Federal Mine Inspector B. W.
; Dyer, who arrived at Nenana yes
I terday morning on the steamer Re
liance, came out to Healy by train
yesterday, on his way to Anchorage.
Red Rogers is back in Healy
after a visit of several days in Fair
; banks. He reports having had “some”
time.
Two tents on the site of Tom
Torpie’s old camp are reported to
have been destroyed by fire. They
were at Mile 353, near Tunnel No.
3.
[Manager Bob Donaldson, of the
Healy River Coal Corporation, re
ports that work is again in full
swing at the mine, after a strenuous
holiday vacation.
Orville Leech was a dinner guest
• at the Healy Apartments on Sunday.
) It was a vegetable dinrer and all
■ the good things on the table came
' from the popular young man's
garden at the Kestly camp.
W. C. Steinmetz, of the T. & T.
offices in Nenana, visited Healy on
; Saturday, returning to town on
] Sunday by speeder
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There is a large forest fire in the
hills back of Healy. It blazed fierce
I ly yesterday, fanned by a high wind.
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Greyling are very plentiful in
the streams near Healy. Sc me of
■ ' the Healy boys are reported to have
• caught over 100 fish the boys at
r! 334 caught enough to fil six large
| platters for dinr.c r last night.
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Bridge Engineer Pheney was at
Camp 334 last nigrht.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Kirk returned
to Nenana todry from a sever . 1
d-.v visit in Fairbanks.
Mr. ami Mrs. T H. Mi'es returned
heme today, af*ir an absence of
| several drys in Fairbanks.
MORE OR LESS NEWS
The work of rebuilding the rail
road bridge at Xenana crossing,
which was taken out by the high
water and ice of early spring, was
taken in hand last week and through
traffic will soon be restored between
Xenana and the end of steel, in the
canyon. At present it is necessary
to make two transfers between
Xenana and Healy—one at Bridge
16, where the grade has been made
dangerous by erosion, and at Xe
nana Crossing, where bridge con
struction is under way.
The Moody launch will leave Xe
nana for the Kantishna district on
July 15, carrying mail, freight and
passengers. Several passengers are
already booked for the trip, but
more can be accommodated with
comfort.
In spite of the fact that three
canneries are in operation at the
mouth of the Yukon river, there ap
pears to be a plentiful supply of
salmon along the Tanana river. C.
H. Calhoun informs The Xews that
he has made one haul from his fish
wheel of 600 pounds this season,
and the fish are larger than usual
and without net marks. His record
catch last summer was 800 pounds.
I After a stay of several days in
Xenana, Drs. Mellor and Carver, of
the M. and M. dental offices in Seat
tle, left for the upper Yukon yes
terday morning on the steamer Re
liance. They will make a stop at
Fort Yukon and other points along
the river, including Dawson and
Mayo, and will return to the coast
by way of Skagway.
TRAIN ACCIDENT IS FATAL
TO FORMER NENANA WOMAN
Mrs. J. C. Kellum, mother of Leon
Kellum, and well known former resi
dent of Nenana and Fairbanks, is
reported to have met death very re
cently in a railroad accident at or
near Eska. in the Southern division
of the Government railroad Details
of the accident have not been re
ceived in Nenana, but V. is presumed
that the unfortunate woman was
visiting her son, who is employed at
Eska, when the accident occurred.
Upon learning of the death rf
her husband's mother, Mrs. Leon
Kellum left Healy on horseback for
the scene of the accident but found
trail conditions such that she was
compelled to turn back at Mile
327.
Mrs. Kellum left Nenana for the
States several years ago and, upon
her return North a few months ago.
took up her residence in Anchorage.
John Metzger, who has been en
gaged in the merchandising business
at Fox during the past several
years, has just returned to Fair
banks from a trip to the States. He
is reported to have bought a home
in San Diego, and says he likes the
Outside very much. He returned with
a new car.
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Hon. H. T. Tripp and H. E. Gar
lock, who recently arrived from the
coast to confer the Scottish Rite de
gree on Interior Masons, came down
from Fairbanks on today’s train and
will initiate a cl ss of local Masons
during their stay here. Mr. Tripp
| is a 33rd. degree Mason.
Arrivals from Fairbanks report a
j shooting affray which is said to have
taken place in the upper town re- j
i cently and in which a prominent
oldtimer is said to have figured. |
The story is that he was shot by:
the indignant mother of a Fairbanks
girl of tender years.
ROBBERS ARE FOUND DEAD
TOILTON, Okla., July 12—Two1
men, who robbed the First State j
Itank of $1,000 several days ago,
.ere found dead in a corn field j
today. The authorities advance the- j
belief that the men killed them-'
selves wj a suicide pact.
Arctic now op n for buiiaut.
EXTRA SPECIALl
WE ARE NOW SELLING
OUR HIGHEST PRICED SUITS, THE BEST IX
THE STORE. GENUINE HART SCHAFFXER &
MARX. AND OUR OWN BEST HAND-TAILOR
ED SUITS. VALUES UP TO $60.00,
AT $35 EACH
We will say right here, without fear of contra
diction by anyone, that there are no better Ready
made Suits in Alaska, than the ones we are offering
you today.
W e have our Reason for cutting prices.
Our time here is limited. We will close our store
on September 1st., and before that time we must turn
most of our stock into cash. And to accomplish this
we realize we must forget about profits.
Whatever goods remain unsold by September 1,
will be shipped to Anchorage.
SUITS THAT HAVE SOLD AS HIGH AS
$39.50 WILL NOW BE SOLD AT
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Here are a few selling-out prices on
Men’s Furnishings
Best Grade Hats, including Stetsons.$ 4.00
$15 Raincoats. Selling-Out Price . 7.50
Gillette Safety Razors. 4.00
$7.50 Silk Overshirts, at .3.50
Best Dress Shoes. English Last.6.75
Leather Covered Suitcases . 12.50
$6.50 Tourist Sets, at . 2.50
Jersey Sweaters, gray . 1.50
B. V. D. Style Union Suits . 1.00
Kum-Apart Cuff Buttons .25
Bathing Trunks, blue .50
$1.00 Waiters' Aprons, now.50
Best Cloth Caps at . 1.00
Cashmerette Sox. pair . 25
Lisle Sox, black and brown .25
Cotton Sox. pair. 12^c
Work Overshirts, now .75
$3.50 Tennis Shoes, now . 2.00
Silk Handkerchiefs .50
Canvas Gloves, pair. 12*2C
25c. White Handkerchiefs . 12^0
$2.00 Money Belts, at . 75
SI MSON’S
Sale ends Sept. 1
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