Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands o
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MACKINAW COATS
Army and Navy Sweaters
SWEATER COATS
MACKINAW PANTS
SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
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 RU6S, ALL SIZES
Bisse.l’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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MEN READ THIS!
No Store In Alaska Carries a Better
Grade of Goods and None Undersells This
Store.
We Have Many More Just as Good
Bargains as the Ones Advertised Here. A
Call at Our Store Will Convince You that
We Can Save You Money.
1 FUR COATS - CLOTH OVERCOATS 1
COON COATS, MatcEied Dark Skint .
COON COATS (Pieced Fur) Special .
WALLABY COATS, Extra Special .
BEST GRADE MARMOT LINED COATS
FUR COLLAR, CLOTH COATS.
CLOTH OVERCOATS, $40 Values .
$95
$25
$75
$95
$35
$25
SUITS
BEST GRADE SATIN LINED SUITS
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX SUITS
BLUE AND BLACK SERGE SUITS ....
LARGE VARIETY $35 SUITS, At.
$45
$35
$25
$25
OVERSHIRTS
HEAVY WASH SILK SHIRTS
GOOD GRADE SILK SHIRTS
SUITCLOTH SHIRTS, Special
FLANNEL OVERSHlRTS .
SILK AND LINEN DRESS SHIRTS
$7.50
$5.00
$5.00
$2.50
$2.50
UNDERWEAR
MEDLICOTT, HEAVIEST AND BEST. Suit
STANFIELD’S, MEDIUM WEIGHT, Suit .
CANADIAN, BEST ALL WOOL, Suit.
EALGE BRAND, BEST GRADE, Suit.
MEDLICOTT, MEDIUM, Suit .
$5.50
$5.50
$7.50
$6.50
$4.50
FOOTWEAR
WALKOVER DRESS SHOES, Pair
WALKOVER. CUSTOM GRADE, Pair
DANIEL GREEN BEST FELT SHOES
ALFRED DOLGE BEST FELT SHOES
MOCCASINS, BEST AT $5, $4 and
$8.50
$9.50
$6.50
$4.50
$3.75
QUILTS and BLANKETS
BEST DOWN SLEEPING ROBES
DOWN QUILTS, 6x7 Feet .
ALL WOOL BLANKETS, Single
DOUBLE WOOL BLANKETS, 9 Ibt.
$19.50
$15.00
$4.50
....$9.50
GLOVES and MITTS
ALL WOOOL INSIDE MITTS, Pair .
BEST SCOTCH WOOL MITTS, Pair .
EISENDRATH MAMMOTH MITTS, Best.
CARHART BEST GRADE MAMMOTH MITTS
CANVAS GLOVES, Special, 2 PAIR.
.25c
$1.50
..$1.50
$1.50
.25c
PARKAS, BEST DRILL. WOLF TRIMMED
PARKAS, KHAKI, BEST FITTING.
TURKISH TOWELS, GOOD SIZE
FELT INSOLES, BEST WHITE .
FELT INSOLES, GRAY, Pair .
LEVI STRAUSS BLUE OVERALLS, Pair..
LEVI STRAUSS JUMPERS, Each .
$4.50
$5.00
.25c
.50c
.25c
$1.50
..$2.00
SIM SON’S
Store Open Every Night Until 10 O'clock
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AUSTRALIA HAS
PLAN 10 B00SI
j VANE TRADE
NEW YORK.—Australia has en
tered the field of business diplomacy
From the island continent at the
bottom of the world has come for
the first time in history an envoy
to the United States, to work for
the strengthening of the commer
cial, financial and political good
will prevailing between the two
countries.
Under a policy similar to that
developed by the American govern
ment in ante-bellum days—termed
in an apt phrase “dollar diplomacy”
—the Autsralian commonwealth has
given official support to the ambi
tions of its agricultural, industrial
and mercantile interests for inter
national trade expansion.
Recent arrival here of an Aus
tralian commissioner has called at
tention to a new departure in gov
ernmental action within the British
Empire. The mother country hith
erto has directed her international
relations and those of her colonies,
from London. Yet Australia’s ven
ture has been approved by the Brit
ish government and Henry Y. Brad
don, appointed to the newly created
office, is vested with full authority
to lay the foundations for a great
Australian-American trade after the
war and to negotiate for an inter
change of credits to finance it and
shipping to carry it.
Because his mission is one of
Business ratner tnan diplomacy, 3lr.
Bra idon has established headquart
ers in this city, the nation’s finan
cial and commercial capital. He
frankly predicts that Australia with
50,000 of her sons kNled in battle
and 100,000 others on the casualty
lists, will want no dealings with
Germany. His chief job, then, as
he sees it, is to encourage America
to take Germany’s place as the
principal buyer of Australian prim
ary products—w8ol, wheat and meat
— and as the leading source of sup
ply of manufactured articles im
ported by the commonwealth.
Incidentally, he hopes to hasten
delivery from Pacific coast ship
yards of fourteen cargo vessels or
dered by his government, and which
will form the nucleus of the Aus
tralian-American carrying trade.
Owing to his overwhelming inter
est in the war—he has three sons
with his country’s 400,000 men in
the British army—Mr. Braddon
would have found it difficult, he de
clared on arriving here, to devote
himself to a peace time problem
but for his firm belief that much
mutual good can come of better
acquaintance between Australia and
“the States,” as America is uni
versally known in the Antipodes.
With this object in view ,he an
nounced a plan to set up as a branch
of his commission a bureau to fur
nish the American press with the
“high spots” of Australian news.
The hell of Mahomet is as full of
terror as his heaven is of delight.
The wicked will suffer alternately
cold and heat; when thirsty, boiling
water will be given them and they i
will be shod with shoes of fire.
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
I
If you go out you will only
come back “Butsed” in the spring
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: TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska. f
HANS PLAN
10 ISSUE CALL
FOR REICHSTAG
Reichstag Will Be Convoked to Give
the Present Government a
Parliamentary Status.
BERLIN'.—The German cabinet,
anticipating refusal by the Allies to
deal with the present government
and the Soldiers’ and Workmen's
Council in the forthcoming peace ne
gotiations, are considering the ad
visability of convoking the Reich
stag for the purpose of giving the
government a parliamentary basis
during the peace conference.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
There were 598 employees on the
payrolls of the Alaskan Engineering
commission for the week ending
December 7, in addition to which
there were 109 stationmen and 29
stationmen laborers. The labor
force was distributed as follows:
Camp 1, general . 50
Camp 1, electric 21
Camp 1, corral 8
Camp 1, construction 81
Camp 1, store 38
Hospital . 12
Townsite . 2
Camp No. 9 16
Surfacing Camp .52
Tracklaying camp 88
Dragline camp 18
Section, No 1. 9
Camp No. 373.41
Camp No. 385 .34
Camp No. 415 4
Clear Creek (Brown Hoist) .22
Location Party No. 4.16
Inventory No. 2.14
Quarantine No 1. 3
Nenana total .529
Fairbanks office . o
Tanana Valley R. R.12
Camp No. 454 54
Fairbanks total .69
Total for Division .598
Of the stationmen and station
men laborers, 107 of the former and
29 of the latter were on the main
line and 2 stationmen were on the
Nenana-Fairbanks branch. 2800
feet of track, 13 dump cars, 70 head
of stock, 1 wagon and 21 sleds were
in daily use on the division.
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First class mail arrived on the
Brower stage this forenoon. There
were 12 sacks of first calss and 13
of second class mail in the ship
ment.
Tanana Lodge No. 152 A. F. &
A. M., at a meeting held last night,
elected a new set of officers for the
ensuing year. These officers will
be installed at a meeting to be held
on December 27. The following
were elected: Worshipful Master
Robert Bloom, Senior Warden An
drew Nerland, Junior Warden Cecil
H. Clegg, Treasurer Guy B. Erwin,
Secretary, Robert Lavery.
Ed Gardner, a prospector in the
Bonnifield country, is reported to
be missing and fearing that some
harm has come to him, his friends
have instituted a search. His
cabin was found, empty by a friend
of his who visited the district a few
days ago.
It’s wanting the last word that
keeps most of the arguments going.
Uruguay has appointed a commis
sion to investigate the feasiblity of
a scheme to turn the locust pest into
a blessing by using these insects in
the manufacture of fertilizer, soap
and lubricants and stock feed.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
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Phone 84 Front Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
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LADIES NIGHT AT CLUB
WAS WELL ATTENDED
A large number of the members
of the Nenana club and their lady
1 friends attei.ded the card party at
the club' rooms last night and in
dulged in their favorite games until
a late hour.
These meetings are gaining in
popularity and aford much pleasure
to the ladies of the town, as they
help to relieve the monotony during
the long Arctic winter.
As stated elsewhere in these eol
, umns, it has been found advisable
! to postpone ladies' night until after
I the holidays, anil consequently, there
| will be no card games at the club
until Wednesday, January 8.
NENANA CLUB NOTICE
I -'
| Owing to the Christmas holidays,
j it has been decided to discontinue
temporarily the card parties held at
the Nenana Club on Wednesday
nights.
The next ladies night at the club
will be Wednesday, January 8th.
NOTICE
Nenana Cluh members please be
j on hand Saturday night after the
: show
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] LOST—A Grey Husky Dog, about
t Nov. 27th; has collar on neck,
j Finder return to Coghill’s store.
FOR RENT.—Small one room cabin
on First and B streets. Apply
at News office.
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
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* TEMPERATURE *
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As.reported by the government *
!*? observation station, Nenana *
^ Wedneeday, December 11 *
* Maximum .46 below *
* Minimum .51 below*
* Thursday, December 12 *
* Maximum 42 below *
* Minimum .47 below *
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Nenana—The Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
Wood Sawed
On Short Notice By
JOHNSON
Leave Orders at The Portland
CHOP SUEY
Chicken Noodles
at the
Northern Cafe
'quarantine committee
WILL MEET TONIGHT
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The Quarantine committee wi!lw
meet tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the
I office of the townsite manager.
| The business to be transacted
! consists of a general discussion of
| the quarantine mca.s's/.s and of the
. finances at the disposal of the com
mittee to conduct the quarantine
I work.
EFFORTS ARE MADE TO
IMPROVE MAIL SERVICE >
As a result of the postal au
thorities to arrange for a propel
■ and adequate mail service for Ne
; nana, Mr. Frederick D. Browne
| engineer in charge, sent the follow
I ing telegram today to E. G. Wetz
ler, chief clerk of the mail service,
at Tanana: “Mail service for Ne
nana seems unsatisfactory, many^
complaints, what can we expect in
in the way of improvements?”
It is expected that some action
will be taken to improve the mail
: service,
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OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
The New* Office.
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RUST HOUSE'
Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnut* 25c
DOG KENNELS
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SHeldoi)-6ibson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mail*
For CHITINA and WAY POINTS
Every Tue*day Morning
Special Auto for partie* of four
or more any time.
C. Harry Woodward, agent
Fai: banks
r.s. McDonald
CONVEYANCING
GENERAL BROKERAGE
NOTARIAL WORK
LIFE INSURANCE
Local Agent of
Whitely-Woodward Company
Home Insurance Co., New York
National Fire, of Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Law Union and Rock, London
Look Them Up In Best’s
Union Insurance Society, London
REVO
THE NEAREST TO BEER
Per Dozen $3.00
AGENTS FOR THE FAIRBANKS BEVERAGE CO. I
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I Qts. per Doz. $4 Doz. Pints $2.50 1
PORT-O
i All Flavors, per Case - $3.25 |
| FRESH FRUITS, CANDIES
POOL, CIGARS, TOBACCO 1
THE PORTLAND
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