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SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK
Orpheum Theater
(UNION HALL)
TONIGHT
WINIFRED ALLEN
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The Haunted House
A Love Story of a Bandit and a Ghost
TRIANGLE—KEYSTONE COMEDY
Their Neighbors Baby
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Hotel Golden Gate
Fairbanks
—Hot’and Cold Water
NO FINER
ACCOMMODATIONS
ANYWHERE
Improved—Renovated
Telephone
J. H. RUSSELL, Manager
:i;; n 111 :i;! i; 11! ■ i:! '•»!!! i i i:
Home Restaurant
In Qunlity of Goods and Quickness
of Service We Lead and all
Others Follow
Fourth Avenue—Next Moose Hall
J. E. TERRILL
Fairbamks Telephone 93B
Merchant’s Cafe
BEST MEALS
PRICES REASONABLE
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KLAPPROTH A ADAMl
Next to Northern Hotel
FAIRBANKS — ALASKA
Andy’s Express
Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Cereful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
If Comfort, Economy and the £
Environment* of Horn*
Appeal to You,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghent Joe O'Connor
Secretary. President.
HOTEL
NORTHERN
FAIRBANKS
Only Hot Water Heating System
in Fairbank*
Pool and Card Room*, Cigar*
Ice Cream and Soft Drink*
CARL BERGE. Prop.
NEW
Victor Records
WHEN IN FAIRBANKS
Look over our Complete Stock
SHELF HARDWARE
CROCKERY
GLASSWARE
DOG HARNESS
SNOWSHOES and SLEDS
SMITHS
HARDWARE
and GUN STORE
Second Avenue near Cuthman
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Healy River Roadhouse
A. A. Lyden, Proprietor
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS
BROOKERS CAFE IN CONNECTION
Mrs. Ed. Brooker
Lovera CIGARS Optimo
Fresh Cigarettes
SNUFF
The Portland
NENANA STAMPS—25c per 100; $2 per 1,000
News : FAIRBANKS : Notes
Peter Steil, Correspondent
Fairbanks Lodge Xo. 1392, Loyal
I Order of Moose, installed officers
t at a largely attended meeting re
| eently. The new officers are Andy
| McKenzie, past dictator; E. A. Her
: ing, dictator; George Myers, vice
! dictator; Hjaimar Xordale, prelate;
| L. F. Protzman. secietary; Jake
1 Marks, treasurer; Tony Battnich,
; trustee. A mos- enjoyable social
i session followed the business meet
! ing.
The fire department is mporaiily
! using the old equipment, which has
been put on wheels, with a team of
, hired horses available for use. Just
as soon as conditions will peirnit.
| the new motor apparatus will be in
| use again.
The “back to the farm" move
| ment is taking hold in the valley,
i Three new homesteaders have filed
j on lands this week, the applicants
i being John Grant Courtney, A. E.
I Wheeler, H. E. Simpson and W. D.
j Wheeler. Their homesteads are with
! ing easy reach of Fairbanks
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At Tuesday's session *f ne dis
trict court, the petit jury was giver,
a vacation until May 10, and the
out-of-town jurors were excused un
til October 10. Judge E. E. Ritchie,
of the Third division, probably will
i preside here during the summer
j term, while Judge Clegg visits the
i lower Yukon country.
The fire department was called
i to a cabin at Fifth and Cushman
on Tuesday evening, but the fire
was too far along to be extinguish
ed easily, with the result that the
structure was practically destroyed.
The building was owned by Mrs. J.
; A. McIntosh and was occupied by
Sam Comfort, hot tamale man. There
; was no insurance.
; Postmaster Deal is doing a big
business in the new issue of War
Saving certificates. They are of $23,
$100 and $1000 denominations and
j are selling rapidly.
C. J. Walker, a recent arrival
from the States, left for Ruby yes
j terday, by way of Dunbar. He will
make the trip with a dog team, from
: Dunbar. He is a mining man.
Sixty-eigh-t tons of merchandise,
. consigned to local merchants, was
■ received on the last train from the
‘ coast.
Sylvester Howell, who recently ar
rived from the Outside, left for the
Hot Springs district this week to
look after hi? mining interests in
| that locality. He expects to be gone
about a month.
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! As the result of an injury receiv
, ed while coupling cars at Gilmore
this week. Brakeman Billy Good
paster has lost an index finger. The
rest of the hand is badly crushed,
but Dr. de la Vergre is hopeful that
no further amputations will be ne
cessary. <
Bill Carlin, a patient at the local
hospital for some time past, was
! sent to Anchorage yesterday in the
belief that his health will be bene
fitted by the change of climate.
P. Carroll, Dan Gillis. A. R. Stone
John Fox and Ralph Strom are
among the recent arrivals in town.
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A. Valentine, sourdough navigator
of the Interior, is a recent arrival
: in town from the States, where^ he
i spent a vacation of three months.
He reports that condition? in Seat
| tie are r.ot as bad as they have been
||'I ictured, although he admits there
: are ten or twelve thousand out of
work there. He says the city is try
ing to provide employment by under
ing civic improvements and there
■ is much optimum in evidence among
the workers.
Miss Ruth Reat. who has the dis
i tinction of being the only white
1 woman owner of a reindeer herd in
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Alaska, paid Fairbanks a brief visit
this week. She purchased a herd of
250 reindeer from the Government
two years ago and now has them
grazing in the Broad Pass district,
where she has secured a large tract
of pasturage. She personally con
ducted the herd from the Kusko
kwim district to the new feeding
grounds. It is the intention of the
young lady to supply local mark
ets with reindeer meat.
There will be a sacred recital
at the Express on Sunday after
noon, between three and four, with
Miss Blanche Ragsdale in charge.
There will no charge for 'nission
and the public is cor .Pally invited.
C. J. McCiusky, Richardson road
house man, rancher and freighter
arrived in town this week and will
start on the return trip out the
trail tonight with a load of supplies
for his establishment.
Harry Mills, of the A. E. C. me
chanical department at X'enana. was
a visitor in town this week.
Frank Davis, Tanana river ranch
er and fisherman, paid the city a
visit this week.
The Ladies’ Aid Society will hold
a Good Eats sale in the old Lavery
& Bailey building this week for the
benefit of the society’s treasury.
The civil case entitled Ercig vs
Sherard has been set for May 20
and will be followed by the Ercig
vs Sagen case, both involving min
ing disputes.
Mayor Roy Ferguson was instiled
in office this week, the other mem
bers of the new council being Clark,
Magnussen. Pinkerton, Ross, Taylor
and Woodward.
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The contract for repairing City
hall, which was damaged by fire
recently, has been awarded to J. L.
Tobin, whose bid of 11,070 was the
lowest submitted.
Mayor Ferguson has appointed the
following standing committees: ways
and means—Ross, Taylor, Magnus
sen; Fire—Clark, Magnussen, Pink
erton; Streets—Pinkerton, Taylor,
Woodward. Clark; Charity—Ross,
Woodward; Park commission—Pink
erton, Preston, Mack, Beam. Dur.
' ham, Sheldon.
The popular Third Avenue Baths
have beer, reopened under the man
agement of Mrs. Violet Lovejoy,
who announces that the place will
be conducted after the most ap
proved fashion, with a view to pro
viding the Fairbanks public with a
. first cias= bathing establishment.
4. H. Russell, who recently reop
ened the Golden Gate Hotel, has
: ptit ir. a stock of groceries in a
' storeroom adjoining the hotel and
1 will cater to the family trade. His
stock is fresh from the States and
his prices will be based on a fair
margin of profit.
Grant Courtney has been awarded
the contract to supply ten thousanl
poles for use in corduroy work on
the Kantishna wagon road. The ma
terial must be on the ground, ready
for use bv the first of Julv.
M. B. Snodgrass is enroute to
McCarthy with a load of five tons
of supplies for the little steamer
Nabesna. which will leave McCarthy
for the upper Tanana -hortly after
the breakup.
NOTICE
Franklin K. Lane school will re
main closed until about Monday.
April 24. N'otice will be given later
of the exact date of reopening.
A. B PHILLIPS. Supt.
Slater’s Dairy tells pure fresh milk
at 25c a quart. GET THE BEST.
Fresh milk from Slater’s Dairy »*
25 cents a quart.
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Swifts Premium
Hams and Bacon
Sunlight Egg's
YOU CAN T BEAT THEM FOR QUALITY
Fresh Fruit and Vegatables every Week
FOWLER & MORRIS
Dan Sutherland
IS ENTITLED TO YOUR VOTE BECAUSE
HE HAS SERVED YOU FAITHFULLY AND
MADE GOOD
SINCE HIS SERVICE IN CONGRESS THERE HAS BEEN MORE
INTEREST MANIFESTED IN THE AFFAIRS OF ALASKA THAN
EVER BEFORE AND WE ARE ON THE EVE OF GREATER
DEVELOPMENTS. YOU ARE SAFE IF YOU LET DAN DO IT.
THE OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON BELIEVE IN HIM
AND TRUST HIS JUDGMENT
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ANNOUNCING
49-THE IDEAL-9Q4[
BETTER THAN EVER — FOR RANGE. GRATE OR FURNACE
Low in Ash NO CLINKERS High in Heat Units
HEALY RIVER COAL CORPORATION
Minera and Distributor* of High Grade Steaming Coal
Dr. J. R. Bowen, Agent
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
$10.00 per year — $1.00 per month
Inquire Mr>. r'. A. William*
Fine Stock Staple anti Fancy Gro
ceries. Fowler & Morris.
Gentlemen—Suits and Coats cleaned
and pressed—the sun is getting
Higher every day—so bring 'em in
—D”Orsay's Shop.
Type-writer Paper at The News
Trappers Traders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE NEW YORK
Altilu Building 127 W. 27th Street
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Meal* 75c. and up. — — Cold Storage Plant in Connection
THE NEW RAILROAD
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
POOL AND PAN
SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME
BARBER SHOP AND BATHS
ROOMS IN CONNECTION. BILLY THOMAS
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