The Approaching I
Change in
Government
GIVES US ALL RENEWED CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY
AND WARRANTS A CHANGE IN PRICES
DOWNWARD
Commencing February 1
WE THEREFORE QUOTE THE FOLLOWING REDUCTIONS:
FELT SHOES
$8.00 Grade .$5.50
7.50 Grade . 5.00
6.50 Grade . 4.00
STAG SHIRTS
$12.50 Grade . $10.00
10.00 Grade _ 7.50
HEAVY WOOL SOX
$1.25 Grade . $1.00
1.00 Grade ....— .75
.75 Grade . 50
Bib Overall* .$2.75
Waist Overall* . 2.50
Moccasins . 5.00
4 Buckle Arctics . 5.00
Shoe Pacs, 12 ta. tap _ S.00
Sheepskin Sox . 2.00
Heavy Blue Wrist Canvas
Gloves .25
Rubberized Red Arctics 3.75
Fairbanks Clothing: Co.
NENANA AND FAIRBANKS
WE ARE ALSO MAKING
BIG REDUCTIONS
IN ALL LINES WE CARRY, ESPECIALLY IN MEN'S
SUITS OVERCOATS MACKINAWS
DEPEND ON US FOR BEST VALUES — PRICES UP TO DATE
BEEF
PORK
MUTTON
CHICKENS
BUTTER
Waechter Bros.
Benana. When Befle and Siren Meet
Jack Bailey has gone to Fairbanks;
where he and Will Sherwin will j
build a power boat for use on the j
Kantishna river during the coming!
summer.
The Wednesday Evening Bridge
club met with Mrs. J. R. Bowen
last evening.
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COAL
F'om Mealy River Coal Mine
will save you from one.-third to
one-half on your fuel bill.
2-ton lots, a ton 8.50
Special rate* on carload lots
Deliveries, Tutsday* and Fridays
Order from
Dr. J. R. Bowen, Agt
Bowen Bid;. Phono 54 Green
SELLING AT COST
ELECTOICAL GOODS
Bed Warmers
Hot Pads
Curling Irons
Flat Irons
Percolators
Sweepers
Desk Lamps
Shaving Sets
Nwthem Commercial Co.
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The weekly force report of the
Llaskan Engineering commission for
he period ending March 5, shows
i total of 390 on the payrolls in the
Northern division, with an addition
d 316 engaged in contract work
is stationmen and 64 employed as
itatior.men laborers, making a total
>f 770 employed in the division.
Engineer in Charge Fred’k D.
Browne received a letter in the
ast mail stating that men are offer
ng to work at common labor in
San Francisco for $3.00 a day.
It is reported that the going wage
for common labor, near Seattle, is
$3.60 a day, of eight hours.
The Alaskan Engineering com
mission sells coal to Anchorage con
sumers for $9 a ton, but a majority
of the coal users are supplied by a
private company, which charges $10
a ton. The quality of the coal is
said to be about the same.
Reports from San Francisco say
that Bob Menzie, former head of
the light and power department of
the X. C. company, in Fairbanks,
is now recovering from his third
operation. He has been under the
care of doctors most of the time
since leaving Fairbanks.
The coal washing plant which the
Government will instal in the Mata
nuska coal field this year, will have
a capacity of about one thousand
tons daily.
Manager J. H. Scott, of the local
office of the A. Y. N. company, says
the company anticipates very little
demand for cargo space on Yukon
river boats during the coming sea
son.
Col. Mears reports that a fairly
good grade of lignite coal is being
taken from two ledges in Broad Pass
and distribued along the right of
way, where it is being used in the
railroad camps, some of it as far
south as Hurricane gulch. The coal
is purchased by the commission from
the men whe discovered the ledges
and who are now working them in
a small way.
The Tanana river bridge, for
which plans have been prepared by
Engineer Modjeska, will be a single
span structure, one of the longest
in the world, and high enough above
the river to permit steamers to
pass beneath. The cost will approxi
mate $2,000,000 but it cannot be
ordered until additional funds are
appropriated by Congress for the
use of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, and no attempt will be
made to get such an appropriation
until after the railroad is completed
from the coast to Xenana.
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Fairbanksans find little comfort
in the annuncement of railroad
plans made by Col. Mears during
his brief visit here this week. The
Tanana river bridge was included
in the estimates presented to Con
gress when funds for the comple
tion of the railroad were sought
more than a year ago and it was
thought the $17,000,000 authoriza
tion included the money to build
the bridge. It now develops, how
ever, that Col. Mears contemplates
completing the railroad to Nenana
before giving further thought to
the Tanana river structure, which
will mean a delay of at least an
other year, and to do the work
then will require a special act of
Congress, which may mean much
additional delay.
Little Frank Erickson and Ed
ward Hutule have bruised heads as
the result of coming in violent con
tact with the merry-go-round on the
school playgrounds. The former re
ceived a cut over the eye and the
latter a whack on the back of the
head which left a big lump.
Roy Lund, who returned from
Richardson this week, reports the
trail very much drifted. He also re
ports that the Indians along the
trail are heading for Healey river,
on the upper Tanana, where a big
potlatch is to be held on March 15.
The jury in the Mike Stepovieh
robbery case brought in a verdict
of not guilty yesterday, in accord
ance with instructions from the
bench, the court holding that there
was not sufficient evidence to con
convict. It appears that the de
defendant went to the cabin of
Charles Norlin, on Pedro creek, for
i the purpose of collecting $20, al
leged to be due him from Norlin.
And the evidence showed that he
went away with the money. In
commenting on the case, Judge Bun
nell said that he did not approve
of using force to make collections,
but that such collections could not
properly be classified as robbery.
He suggested that the case was one
of assault rather than robbery, and
. told the jury to turn Stepovieh
: loose, which was promptly done.
Judge Bunnell yesterday denied
demurrers to the new indictments in
the Doumain robbery case, and in
the Doumain, Traveller and Mac
Lean liquor conspiracy cases. The
three men were then arraigned and
entered pleas of not guilty. The
Traveller trial will start on Sat
urday morning, and will be follow
ed by the trial of Bob MacLean.
The Doumain robbery case was set
. for October 20, to be followed im
mediately by his trial on the charge
of conspiracy.
HEALY PICTURES
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
National Film Corporation of America Presents
Smiling Bill Parsons
—IN—
The Widows Might
JACK P1CKF0RD
-IN
MILE A MINUTE KENDELL
SUNDAY, MARCH 13
PATHE NEWS —PICTORIAL
BRAY PICTOGRAPH
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
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“HEADING SOUTH”
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| Who Care to Save Money j
| will do well to read this ad |
I $40
HAND-TAILORED SUITS
are now selling at - -
$25 1
B $30
SPRING OVERCOATS
are now selling at -
$15 1
$7.00 BEST HOME-MADE PARKAS
$6.00 MEDIUM HEAVY WOOL PANTS
12.00 BEST GRADE DRESS SHOES
$7.50 UNDERWEAR, SPECIAL. PER SUIT
$6.00 ALL WOOL OVERSHIRTS, AT
$5.00 WOOL OVERSHIRTS. NOW
$7.50 BEST MEN’S HATS, NOW
$3.50 BEST BIB OVERALLS
$3.50 CARHARTT KHAKI PANTS
$3.00 NO. 1 LEVY STRAUSS OVERALLS
$1.00 LISLE SOX. BROWN AND BLACK
$ .50 CASHMERETTE SOX, PAIR
$ .50 BEST CANVAS GLOVES, NOW
$ .25 CANVAS GLOVES, 3 PAIRS FOR
$2.50 DRESS SHIRTS, NOW
$6.50 PAJAMA SUITS, NOW
$5.00
$3.50
7.50
5.00
$3.50
2.50
4.50
2.50
2.50
2.00
.50
.25
.25
.50
1.50
3.50
SIMSON’S
STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL EIGHT O’CLOCK
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Sheet Metal Work
Plumbing, Heating Plants
Stoves and Ranges
Nenana Sheet Metal Works
PAUL PALFY, Prop. — — New Location on A Street
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Trappers T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE NEW YORK
Alatka Building 127 W. 27th Street
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CONDITIONS IN CANADA BAD
SAYS OLDTIMER IN LETTER
Conditions in Canada are very!
bad at the present time, according
to Mike Salvas, well known former
resident of Nenana. In a letter ad
dressed to Frank Rourke, under
date of January 6, Salvas, who was
in Vancouver at the time of writ
ing, says:
“I have been Outside here over a
year and I have enough of it. Expect
to return North in the spring, going
to Nenana or somewhere along the
Yukon.
“Things are in awful shape here,
and both industries and business
are demoralized. There are sup
posed to be between 10,000 and 12,
|000 out of work here, and it is
[worse in Toronto and Winnipeg.
“Here they have a place where
'they give relief (because they are
I afraid) and there is a long line wait
| ing from eight in the morning un
! til dark.
“I wish you would write me and
| tell me all the news about friends
jin Nenana. I have heard a report
of a stampede up your way. Tell
me about it.. Also give my regard-- *
to all friends and acpuaintances."
ROAD COMMITTEE PREPARES
PROGRAM FOR BIG SHOW
A special vaudeville and motion
picture show is being arranged for
Tuesday night, of next week, for
the benefit of the Nenana road fund
raised to defray the cost of cutting
a new shortcut trail between Ne
nana and the Toklat. The work of
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cutting the trail will be completed
this week, and additional funds are
needed to pay the men who did the
work.
It was decided by the committee
appointed to handle the trail mat
ter, to give the public a chance to
help pay for the trail, and the bene
fit1 show is being arranged with that
end in view. The show will be a good
one, well worth the price of admis
sion, and those attending will have
the opportunity to spend a pleasant
evening while helping a worthy cause
that is a benefit to the entire com
munity.
Tickets for the entertainment will
be on sale tomorrow, and everyone
is urged to invest a dollar.
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