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OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furriture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second a°d Fourth Tue»days
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
The American flag is the senior :
of those in use today. It is eight
years cider than the flag of Spain.'
seventeeen years older than the ■
tricolor of France, twenty-three;
years older than the British ensign,
and preceded the flags of Italy ■
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Friday nights, commencing at_9:30
and ending at Midnight.
Fox Trotting a Specialty. Rates j
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LONDON'.—Colonel T. E. Law
rence, of the British army who re
cently arrived in London with a
son of the Sherif of Mecca to give
information concerning the Arabs’
aspirations for independence is
characterized by some London
newspapers as “one of the most re
markable men produced by the
war.”
A fair-haired young Eglishman
of zj, smallish of stature, Colonel
Lawrence gave such services to the
Arab cause that he was treated as
a sherif and given the additional
rank of emir, which is equivalent
to that of prince. No other Euro
pean or Christian, according to the
London Daily Mail has ever re
ceived such a distinction at the
hands of the royal family which is
the senior descendent of Moham
med.
Before the war Colonel Law
rence was a student of history at
Oxford. As he was able to speak
two Arabian dialects, he was sent
by the war office in 1914 to do
intelligence work in Egypt. Later
he was assigned to aid in the ne
gotiations with the king of the
Hedjaz, who revolted against the
Turks at Medina in June, 1916,
afterward joining the Sherif’s mili
tary service. He adopted the full
Arab field kit of flowing robe,
headpiece and golden dagger.
M :th Sherif Feiseul, he planned
the blowing up of troop ar.d muni
tion trains on the Hedjaz line, and
so successful were their operations
that the Turks put a price on their
heads of $85,000 each if taken
alive, and $35,000 dead.
They blew up seventeen train-,
one a great troop train which con
tained Djemal Pasha, commander
in chief of the Turkish army, and
his staff. For this train Colonel
Lawrence lay in wait for nearly
three days and nights.
Several trains were permitted to
pass in safety. Then came the big
one and Colonel Lawrence pressed
a button that set off a mine. The
two huge engines were toppled into
a ravine and the train was wrecked.
Djemal Pasha’s car near the end
was derailed, and the commander
in chief was launched into space.
Uninjured, he picked himself up
from the sand and fled for life,
tearing off as he ran his medals,
decorations and epaulettes. These
were found later and given to Col
onel Lawrence.
The freighting of supplies for
the use of the men who will be en
gaged in construction work on the
Nenana-Fairbanks branch next sum
mer and for stocking the stores es
tablished by the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, has now been al
most completed. Yesterday there re
mained only about 25 tons of sup
plies to complete the entire allot
ment for the season, and this is
now being hauled by the Commis
sion teams.
Considerable construction mater
ial, however, has yet to be hauled
and this work is being pushed as
rapidly as possible. The material
consists mostly of rails, fishplates,
angle bars, bolts, spikes, etc., asd is
being sent across the river on the
temporary railroad on the river ice.
The material is loaded onto the
cars from the dock by the Brown
hoist ard ten trains of ten cars each
go across the river daily.
The materia] gang, under Fore
man Lewis Lee, expeditiously unload
the car? or. a prepared place along
side the right of way, near camp
415, so that when actual construc
tion commences in the spring, the
material could be easily got at ard
sent on for use up the line.
The steel has been laid on the
Y for seme little distance ahead to
r ard Fairbanks, and in accordance
with the plans laid out by the offi- ^
cals in charge, grading contracts
" ill be let all along the right of
way from a point near camp 415 to
where the steel ends on the Happy
end of the Fairbanks branch.
The completion of the road to,
Fairbanks in accordance with the
plans outlined by the A. E. C. will,
of course, depend largely on the
amount of money that will be made
available for railroad purposes.
The failure of Congres to pass the
bill carrying the appropriation for
continuing construction on the gov
ernment road may call for an alter
ation of the plans, but the officials
do not think that any very great
difficulty will be experienced in
getting money later on to continue
the work according to the plans.
NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
Talkeetna is the end of steel on
the coast division.
From N'enana to No. Miles
Nen.ana Crossing (by rail) .....43
Lignite ..52
Riley Creek .70
Jack River .90
Broad Pass Summit.110
Sullivan’s .128
Indian River . 162
Dead Horse .182
Talkeetna .202
The distances given are approxi
mate.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
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Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
.the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
■ ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
'time during office hours, and fan
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A. street on Wednesdays and Sat
urdays.
COONEY HOTEL
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But Better than the Rest.”
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Mrs. Belle Campbell wishes to
announce that in connection with
the dancing academy, a masquerade
ball will be given on the night of
April 1. at the Union Hall
The Coliseum orchestra will be
in attendance to supply the music
and a night of rollicking fun is
promised.
The modest sum of one dollar
will be charged for admission; the
ladies, as usual being admitted
free.
It is reported that several people
arrived at Lignite last night from
Anchorage, and will come in on
the train this evening. The names,
however could not be ascertained
today.
NOTICE
The health officer has received
a supply of small pox vaccine and
all persons desiring will be vac
cinated without charge. They should
present themselves at the Commis
sion hospital at the following hours
only: week-days, 11 a. m. to 12 m.
and 4 to 5 p. m. Sundays, 11 a. m
to 12 m.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
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