FAIRBANKS COUNCIL
TO MAKE CHANGES
At a meeting of the Fairbanks
city council to decide on the re
tention of Chief Buckley or Wise
man as chief of police and city
magistrate, the voting resulted in
a tie and Mayor Suter with his
casting vote, swung the election in
favor of Frank Wiseman, who will
immediately assume duties of city
magistrate, in addition to his duties
as chief of police.
By taking this step the city coun
cil is effecting a considerable sav
ing in the citys expenses.
Mr. Buckley has held the posi
tion of chief of the fire department
r
for the last twelve years and was
for the past few years city magis
trate in addition to being fire chief.
Frank Wiseman also is an old em
ployee of the Fairbanks city coun
cil and is known to be a good officer.
Archibald Mackinnon and Donald
Mackinnon, the veteran Indian river
conglomerate owners, arrived in
Dawson recently on a visit. Both
are confident that it is only a mat
ter of time until the vast conglom
erate deposits of the Indian river
district will be among the most ex
tensive producing properties of the
North. They are the heaviest own
ers in that district and are confident
that they will prove another Rand
K
FALL IS HERE
AND WE ARE READY TO SUPPLY EVERY MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD IN NENANA WITH SUITABLE CLOTHES
BUY NOW and SAVE MONEY
THERE IS NOTHING TO BE GAINED BY WAITING
ASSORTMENTS WILL NEVER BE BETTER
PRICES WILL NEVER BE LOWER
MEN’S DEPARTMENT
Fall and Winter Saits—Standard Makes
STERNS, ADLERS, HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
THE STYLES ARE CORRECT
THE TAILORING IS THE BEST
PATTERNS IN GOOD VARIETY
AND WE GUARANTEE TO FIT YOU PERFECT—TO YOUR
SATISFACTION
Special Attention Is Called to Our Complete Stock of Black
and Blue Serge Suits- Prices are
$25 $35 $45
(Silk and Satin Lined)
It’s Time to Put On Medium Weight Wool Underwear;
We Recommend:
Wright’s Needle Ribbed W°°l Unde-wear, Suit.$6
Dunham Mills’ Ribbed Underwear, grey and white, Suit.... $6
Cooper’s Spring Needle Ribbed Underwear, Suit.$5
$5.00
SIMSON’S
SV1TCLOTH
SHIRTS
$6.50
This label stands for the best in Overshirts—Genuine Suit
cloths, London shrunk, fast colors; one of these shirts will
outwear half a dozen flannel shirts... Prices a»e
$5 and $6.50
FINE DRESS SHOES ARE KNOWN BY THESE NAMES
HANAN & SON FREEMAN
We have both make* at $8.50 and $9.50 pair for the best
Good Dress Shoes are selling now as low as, pair.$6.50
Heavy Waterproof Cutter and Chippewa Shoes from
$7.50 up to $13.50.
Cashmerine Wool Sox, pair ..50c
Heavy White Wool Sox, pair.50c
Hipress Rubber Pacs, white, pair .$5.50
Hipress Rubber Pacs, red. pair.$4.50
For real comfort there is nothing like a Down Quilt $11 rn
We are selling them at the old price, op from... $ I I luU
Every Suit \
SSlSIIZ iuu,™ce
Every Evening Gown
THIS INCLUDES ALL
THE LATE ARRIVALS
$25 Values at $12.50
$35 Values at $17.50
Fall Coats at Big Reductions
The Fall Hats Are Unpacked
Fall and Winter Underwear in Good Variety
GOOD UNION SUITS, At .$3.50
SILK AND WOOL UNIONS. At ..$5.00
Towels, Sheet* Pillow Cases, Clinic Gauze, Gingham*, House
Linings, Muslin, Cretans, Outing Flannels, Table Lineni
Canton Flannel, Daisy Cloth, Cotton Batts, .
Wool Batts, Blankets, Quilts.
SIMSON’S
STEEL GANG HAS
RESUMED WORK
ON NEW D LINE
New American Ditching Machine
Replace* Brown Hoist In Steel
Laying Operation*.
After a few days, daring which
time the men of the steel and sur
facing gangs were engaged in con
structing a new spur line and a
passing track after moving camp,
the work of laying steel in li: rew
D line was resumed yesterday s.nd
very satisfactory progress *r..de.
The work is not mov'ng quite as
fast as the officials wisn by reason
of the fact that the work is being
done on a partly completed grade
which does not allow of sufficient
space for the gangs to move freely
and handle the rails, etc., as fast
as they could on a properly finished
grade.
When this stretch of partly fin
ished grade has been got ov?', a
short length of swampy land o*'cr
which it was not possible *o let a
grading contract, will be encount
ered, and, it is expected that the
new American ditching machine v :11
build this grade as the tracklayhg
work progresses.
YOUNG LADIES BACK
FROM ENJOYABLE TRIP
Misses Jane Anderson and Betty
Foster, who had been on a visit to
the Wilson ranch, near 35-mile, for
the past week, arrived in town last
night and speak very enthusiastically
of the great time they have had
during their brief sojourn in the
hill country as the guests of Mrs.
Herb Wilson.
Last Sunday the young ladies
made a trip to camp 368, which is
the headquarters of Resident En
gineer Roy Hirschberger. The jour
ney was made to the Nenana Cross
ing by buckboard and saddle horse
and on foot from beyond the cross
ing to the engineering camp and
back.
The return journey to the Wilson
ranch was commenced shortly after
supper at the engineering canjp, the
party reaching their destination at
8:30 p. m. after a most enjoyable
time.
LADIES—THIS MEANS YOU!
All ladies of Nenana, whether
imembers of the Nenana Knitting
club of not, are urged to put Thurs
day housework off until Friday and
meet at Mrs. Cooney’s on Thurs
day afternoon. Come early and stay
late—to help mend the clothing for
your sisters and their children in
France and Belgium.
If you want to do your bit, you
will come if possible. Bring your
thimble, needles, etc.
NOTICE
On and after Friday, September
27, no sugar will be obtainable for
family use at either the Commission
commissary or stores in town except
■on presentation of a sugar card,
signed by the acting local food ad
ministrator.
These cards may be obtained at
the townsite office between one and
five p. m., together with details re
garding sugar issue.
H. B. JOSEPH,
Acting Local Food Administrator
MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOWN
through the
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
If you want to either hire or be
hired, let u« hear from you.
Employers will please state nature
of positions vacant and
wages paid.
*
Those desiring positions will give
qualifications and nature of
work wanted.
E. J. WHITE,
Chief of Bureau.
By order of the Governor.
FISHING SEASON
ON YUKON RIVER
COMES 10 CLOSE
The Carlisle Packing company,
who operated a big cannery and
maintained fishing camps in con
nection at Andreafsky and other
points on the lower Yukon river,
have closed down for the season,
and the men employed by the con
cern are now scattering to their
respective homes for the winter.
The launches Alice No. 1 and
Alice No. 2, with twenty-one men
aboard, arrived in Nenana yesterday
enroute to Fairbanks. Six of the
men landed here, and the rest of
them resumed their voyage to the
upper town early this morning. It
is expected that many of the men
who have business to attend to at
Fairbanks, will come to Nenana as
soon as they have attended to their
business. The men returning from
the cannery are composed mostly
of oldtimers who intend to stay in
the country ^his winter. They will
endeavor to obtain work on the rail
road, either on the main line or
the Happy end of the branch line.
According to arrivals on the
launches, the fishing season came
to a close on September 8th, and
the exodus of the cannery em
ployees out of Andreafsky began
immediately after that date Many
of them have gone out by way of
St. Michael, while a good many
others went upstream to the various
towns and camps along the Yukon
and its tributaries, where they will
probably winter. The cannery em
ployees, including the fishermen,
for the season numbered approxi
mately 150.
it is reported that the company
didn’t have sufficient equipment to
handle the amount of fish that
could have been delivered at the
cannery daily and their total output
for the season amounted to only
some 13,000 cases; whereas, had
they been properly equipped they
could have put up at least 100,000
cases of fish. Nets were used by
the fishermen employed and there
were from ten to eighteen power
boats engaged in the fishing busi
ness from Pilot Station, where the
company had erected some fish
wheels, all the way down to the
Bering Sea. At the mouth of the
river the company maintained a
camp for the convenience of its
employees; the camp consisted of a
messhouse and bunkhouse on barges
and aecommod\ted many men.
A launch service was maintained
daily for the purpose of collecting
the catch from the fishermen and
delivering it at the cannery at
Andreafsky. The cannery, which is
also built on a barge, is said to be
an up-to-date affair and capable of
turning out 3000 cases daily. The
company also maintained a machine
shop at Andreafsky, using the old
N. A. T. machine shop building in
which they had installed up-to-date
machinery.
The salmon run this year is said
to have been exceptionally good, but
the company does not appear to
have been in a position to take full
advantage of it.
Several independent salteries were
also operating on the lower Yukon
this season, and put up a great
many barrels of the salt fish. The
greater part of these salteries are
said to have been grubstaked by
the West Coast Grocery Co. One
large saltery is said to have been
outfitted by a group of Nome min
ing men and another came from the
Kuskokwim country. They are all
said to have done extremely well.
The last mentioned concern had put
up 4000 barrels of fish up to the
time the News informant left the
lower river and they were still fish
ing and expected to continue right
up to the freezeup.
The fishermen claim that the can
nery made no appreciable difference
in the fish supply of the people
living above the scene of the com
pany’s operations this season, as the
run was abnormally large. They
think that the company will profit
by the experience gained on the
river this season and think that the
cannnery will work up to full cap
acity next season.
TWO CHOICE
BUSINESS LOTS
FOR SALE
CORNER OF MARKET AND SECOND
BLOCK 14 LOTS 1 AND 2
NEW PRICE TODAY
Lot No. I - $577.52
Lot No. 2 - $253.52
These Lots are centrally located, being
only a few steps from the Postoffice and
office of U. S. Commissioner and across
the street from the Telegraph office and
Federal Reserve.
The Lots origionally sold for $1200.00
and $500.00 respectively. For further in
formation see Dr. J. R. Bowen, the dentist
Bowen Building, Nenana.
I
fl COMES
SAN FRANCISCO.—Twenty-four
California counties have adopted a
plan for county fire protection or
ganization suggested by the Uni
versity of California, according to I
an announcement from the univer
sity. In these counties 412 rural
fire fighting companies, made up of
6,500 individuals, are now fully or
ganized.
Part of the equipment purchased
at county expense includes 532 au
tomobile trailers, fire extinguishers,
and fire fighting tools. The activity
of the county organizations, the uni
versity officials state, has made a
remarkable lowering of fire losses.
“The protection of food, forage
and forests from fire, urged by the
farm advisers of California as a war
time necessity,” according to a
statement of Ralph P. Merritt, United
States food administrator for Cali
fornia, “has materially helped in
making it possible to ship such
enormous quantities of supplies from
this state to our armies and our
allies.
George Hunter, of Pinska’s store,
Fairbanks, is on a brief visit to Ne
nana. He expects to remain here
for a few days.
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
and victory for defeat.
RUST HOUSE
Mr*. Ed. William*, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnut* 25c
DOG KENNELS
A big forest fire near Halfway
point between Dawson and Forty^
mile burned out a number of tbe
telegraph poles and the line was
down for a time. Repairs were
made later and service resumed.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
Sheldon-GiDson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WAY POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Harry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
IT. S. Food AdnjiniHtratioQ.
Ol' Squire ’Tater ’low he goin’ to
be mighty nigh king er de roos’
’mong garden sues folks. We alls
kin eat him as a ’tater boiled, baked,
fried, stewed, cooked wid cheese en
dey gettin’ so dey make im inter
flour; so’s we kin "substi-tute" him
fo’ wheat flour. He's de “sub«titu
tenest" of all de vittles, he sez.
De udder garden sass folks lak
inguns, tomatoes, cabbage en turnips
en squash don’t need to git peeved,
’cause dey’s goin’ to be room in de
pot fo’ de whole tribe. Ev'y las’
one on ’em can he’p save wheat en
meat fer de boys dat’s doin’ de fight
in’ over yander.
JUST ARRIVED
ON STEAMER YUKON
SWEET POTATOES
BANANAS
WATERMELONS
CASABAS
GRAPE FRUIT
APPLES
ORANGES
LEMONS
CABBAGE TURNIPS
STRING BEANS
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.,