WOOL pants!
Genuine Best Grade Chippewa, pair $7.50
Heavy Scotch Tweeds, pair - 6.50
Good Heavy Wool, pair - 5.00
SIMSON’S
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes |
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Be Prepared for Cold Weather j
I We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of >
MEN'S CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS i
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MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Army and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool Ijl
SWEATER COATS WOOL SOCKS, Ai! Weights j
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS |
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
J WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS
SEE OUR BRUSSELS and WILTON RUGS, ALL SIZES
Bisse.I’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Full Line of
MINERS’and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES i
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
B u rgess- K a rs te n s
AUTO STAGE
Fairbanks-Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
Reservations at The Terminal
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Cordova is seeking some one to
start a crab cannery there. Many
crabs are found in Prince William
Sound.
CLUB MAKES LOSING
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ST. LOUIS.——Stockholders in the
| St. Louis club of the National league
lost between $25,000 and $30,000
last season, according to James U.
Jones, president and chief stock
holder of the club.
A contract' has been let to the
gas boat Waif for a twice-a-wcek
mail service between Cordova and
Katalla.
HYLAND'S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL, TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
'Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber Sbop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
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IF YOU EAT ICE CREAM
CANDY-FRUIT-OR CHEWING GUM
IF YOU SMOKE CIGARS
CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO OF ANY KIND
IF YOU DRINK CIDER
OR ANY KIND OF CARBONATED DRINKS
OR IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MOMENT’S
RECREATION OR AMUSEMENT, TRY
THE ARCTIC
DAVIS & TAYLOR, Propt.
ALSO NICELY FURNISHED. WARM AND COZY ROOMS
FOR RENT AT REASONABLE RATES
:FERRY IS NEEDED
I TO HELP TRAVEL
A prospector who arrived in town
ja few days ago from the Lignite
j country brings the news that, as a
direct result of the extension of
■ the railroad south of town, pros
: pectors are now freighting their
| supplies into the Bonnifield coun
try by way of Lignite creek; this
j was never done before.
; Quite recently two prospecting
! parties of four and three men each
I respectively, stopped at the cabin
| of the prospectors referred to, on
| Lignite, on their way into the Bon
nifield with supplies. They passed
his camp within three days of each
other.
Travel to the Bonnifield country
by the Lignite route is shorter and
much easier, but will only be pos
sible in the winter season, unless
a good substantial ferry is estab
lished across the Nenana river, from
the railroad right of way to a point
below or above the mouth of Lig
nite creek.
Hitherto the travel to the Bonni
[ field country has been by way of
Fairbanks and the Wood river
route.
I_
RUNAWAY COUPLES
ARE NOT STICKERS
J SAN FRANCISCO.—Only fifteen
| per cent of runaway marriages end
1 happily, according to Thomas F.
: Graham, a judge of the superior
| court. The other eighty-five per
!!cent of elopments end in the courts
| in the form either of annulment
suits or divorce suits.
Judge Graham, who is known as
i “The Great Reconciler” because of
(his ability as an intercessor be
i tween warring couples, bases his
statement on statistics compiled
(from his own court experience of
I many years. His advice to young
! persons contemplating elopments is,
i “Don’t.”
I
!
Reports received on the last lower
river mail tell of a bijr entertain
; ment and dance which took place
I recently at Tanana in aid of the
j Red Cross.
j The entertainment and dance was
| conducted on the old time dance
.'hall lines, with gambling drinking,
■ etc., in full swing:- Specially print
( ed phoney money was used and a
. 1 great time spent by those present.
. j The sum of $700 was raised for
the Red Cross.
, ED WILLIAMS WILL
;! MINE NEXT SEASON
E. A. Williams, a conductor in
the employ of the A. E. C., who
| is on a brief visit to Fairbanks,
stated that he intended to resume
mining operations during the com
ing summer.
Mr. Williams formerly mined on
Engineer creek, where he still has
some holdings.
DESIGNATIONS OF
CAMPS CHANGED
The Alaskan Engineering camps
'■ established at Goldstream, Stand
ard creek and Lundborg’s and
known hitherto by those names,
will hereafter be known as camps
; 432, 440 and 449 respectively.
I Arrangemnts are being made to
enlarge the camps and put in bunk
and mess houses for the crews that
will occupy them when active con
.struction work begins in the spring.
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1 We call a fine dinner a “spread.”
But when that word was born a
Cambridge University it meant jus
the opposite: a profuse feast sprea
over a large table to make a shov
CONUNDRUM
What is it that you can hold
in your left hand and that you can
not hold in your right?
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
f THE NEWS OFFICE
RAILROAD FORCE
IS CUT 10 MEET
DEPLETED FUNDS
A further reduction of the labor
and clerical forces of the Alaskan
Engineering commission has been
made, several of the changes taking
place immediately, while the rest
of them go into effect on Sat
; urday.
The biggest slash in the fores
, of course, affects the actual rail
road workers out on the line, in
I the yards, shops and sections.
With the reduction in force, tha
| actual standing at the various work
| centers on the government railroad
j will be as follows: In the carpenter
shop there will be only one man,
who will attend to any repairs
needed in that line. In the plumb
1 ing department there will be only
one man, and he will also act as
, fire chief. The power plant force
! of seven men will remain the same,
i There will be only three men in
the heating plant. In the black
smith shop and machine shop there
will be one blacksmith and helper
1 and one machinist and helper re
jspectively. The section crews along
' the line which were hitherto com
posed of from fight to ten men
. each, will now be composed of a
1 forman and three men each, just
| sufficient to lift a hand-car off
i the track and to effect the minor
| necessary repairs along the line
I within the limits of each section.
The tracklaying camp, which
showed a total of 80 men in the
! report of the week ending January
18, will in future be composed of
a foreman and sixteen men only.
These men will continue the work
of extending the1 road southwards
until the gap in the line is reached,
I when the entire force and camp
will be transferred to Nenana, to
lay the steel across the river and
on to the right of way on the
j Nenana-Fairbanks line,
j The force engaged in salvage
I operations on the abandoned line,
which includes the crew of the
Brown hoist, making a t^tal force
of about 13 men and a , foreman,
has been discontinued and the men
laid off.
| The corral and force, stock, etc*
i at the surfacing camp will be moved
1 to town tomorrow, the camp equip
1 ment, etc. is now being loaded
| onto flat cars- This camp will also
cease to exist, the men will all be
j laid off and the stock and equip
| ment housed in the big corral and
barn in town for the rest of the
winter.
J The surfacing forces will not be
t needed, and the little surfacing that
j has to be done will be attended
j to by the section gangs along the
line.
The American ditching machine,
which has hitherto been engaged
in working at the front in conjue
tion with the men of the steel gang,
has been brought into town, and
its place taken by the Brown hoist.
The crew of the ditcher has taken
over the Brown hoist, which will
assist the steel gang in future.
The Brown hoist will also be used
for the purpose of loading the nec
essary material for the use of the
steel gang, this work being per
formed while the men are ahead
of the steel levelling off the grade
and putting it in shape to lay more
steel.
The ditcher will be housed in the
engine house in Nenana until such
time as she Is again needed. This
will probably be when the work of
filling in the waterfront is taken
in hand.
In the clerical forces the axe will
fall rather heavily, but the actual
extent of the cut will not be known
for a day or two. The heaviest cut
will be in the store department.
In the timekeeping' department the
. force on the line has been reduced
I by two men, and in the head office
by two more. In the accountant’!
department one man has, so far
been laid off. The other depart
I irients have been working witl
. forces brought down to the irre
duciblc minimum, and will so con
tinue. This iefe -s especially to the
■ lectrical department
Many cha.iges are contemplate!
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I We Carry a Complete Line of |
| FRESH HIGH GRADE 1
I IMPERIAL CANDIES 1
I ALSO |
1 Salted Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts |
I Apples and Oranges |
I ~THE PORTLAND I
= JACKSON & EKELAND, Prop*. S
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in the clerical forces and a re-1
distribution of the work made, but
no definite announcement can be
made at the present time.
In the engineering forces there j
will also be a few changes, but
they will not, very materially af
fect the present staff, owing to the
revision work which has become
necessary on the Nenana-Fairbanks
line. A party under the leadership
of Resident Engineer Haslem is now
being formed to be composed of
men from the engineering forces
at the Crossing and across the
Tanana river. This party will go
out to do some revision work on the
Nenana-Fairbanks line. They will!
be met by a party under Super-'
vising Engineer Ward, who is ex-!
pected to start out from Fairbanks!
shortly.
F. D. Browne, engineer in charge, j
said that a report submitted to!
him by the chief accountant, showed j
that the funds available would not
suffice to carry on the work, on j
the small scale he had planned on, j
and a further reduction of the'
forces became imperative if the!
work was to be continued at all!
until such time as more funds be
came available.
The reduction was made in order
that railroad work on a small scale
can be continued and that camps
may be established for a commence
ment of active operations in the
spring.
With the reduced forces it will
be possible to keep things moving
until the next appropriation be-;
comes available. This will not be
before the end of June, unless
measures ard taken and action
hastened.
i A little later on, when the forces
at the front can be released for
the time, the work of laying track
from the yards and across the river
ice to the right of way beyond
will be commenced, and a large
quantity of the necessary construe- ]
tion material and supplies will be
freighted over. The work of fill
ing in the waterfront will also soon
be taken in hand, a temporay line
; being laid for that purpose, ex
tending from the end of the per
manent line at the foot of A street
I
The steamship Alaska recently
made the trip from Seattle to Cor
! dova in three days and twelve
hours and a half. This is a record
■only exceeded by the Alameda,
| which made the trip once in three
I days and two hours.
NOTICE
Those having bills against the
Quarantine Fund are requested to
turn them in to the secretary, H.
B. Joseph, immediately, as It is
desired to pay them and render a
full accounting of the fund. 25
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Bros. & Norland.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
RUST HOUSE
Mr*. Ed. William*, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
Wood Sawed
On Short Notice By
JOHNSON
Leave Orders at The Portland
Skof House
CLEAN WARM ROOMS
Mrs Norman Campbell
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can >
obtain vrorlc at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If yon go out you will only
come back "Busted” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men' wanted at ^
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
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BUREAU j
Juneau Alaska. I
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