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B. STERN & SON, New York
Custume Tailored Suits
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THESE ARE SUITS MADE TO ORDER AND NOT CALLED
FOR. WE PURCHASED THEM AT ALMOST HALF PRICE
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B. Stem & Son Hand Made Suits
NO TWO ALIKE, WORTH $60 to $65, NOW
$35.00
HAVE A NICE ASSORT
Hart Schaffner& Marx Suits
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KEYSTONE, SWEET ORR PANTS, up from.$450
KHAKI PANTS AND COATS, In All the Leading Makes;
Sweet Orr, Carhartt’- Pheonix and Genuine Duxback
up from ...$2.50
SPRING UNDERWEAR, In Union Suit* and Separate Gar
ments, including B. V. D’s Poros-Knit, Lisle and Silk
Mixed, and Light Wool, per suit, up from .$1.50
MEN’S COTTON SHIRTS, High and Low Collars.$1.00
BLACK SATEEN, Extra Well Made .$2.00
MEN’S COTTON SOX, In All Colors, 5 Pairs for .$1.00
A. A. CUTTER and CHIPPEWA HIGH TOP SHOES, of
All Descriptions At Last Year’s Prices, up from.$9.50
HEAVY WORKING SHOES, In Brown and Black, up f-om $5.50
12-Inch WHITE and BLACK RUBBER SHOE PACS, pair $4 50
CARHARTT’S Gauntlet and Short LEATHER GLOVES $2.00
CANVAS GLOVES, of All Descriptions, In Short and
Gauntlet, Plain or Leather Faced, 2 Pairs for.25c and up
We Are Headquarters for Mosquito Beds and Head Nets
of All Descriptions, Also Make to Order any Size, up from 50c
STETSON HATS, In All the New Shapes, at.$5 00
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Special Sale On All
DRESSES,SKIRTS & SUITS
EVENING GOWNS, NEWEST DESIGNS AND COLORS,
ALL SIZES, SPECIAL, ONE-HALF PRICE
SERGE AND WOOL JERSEY DRESSES—Ju*t the thing
For Street Wear, One-Half Price. $25 Dresses at $12.50
A Few of Our NEW TAILORED SUITS Left, Former
Price $35, Now . ...$i7.50
TAFFETA and MESSALINE DRESSES, Now ONE-HALF PRICE
SILK WAISTS—To Close Out, Former Price $3 to $4.50,
Now .$1.50 to $2.25
SKIRTS, New Line, ONE-THIRD OFF
BEAUTIFUL LINE OF TRIMMED HATS $4.00 UP
NEW PANAMAS $5 CHILDREN’S PANAMAS, $4.50
SILK CAMISOLES, White and Flesh Color, former
Price $2.50, Special.$1.50
Broken Line of Corsets, A Bargain If We Can Fit You,
Former Price $4.50 to $6.50; Special .$2.50
JUST UNPACKING—Complete Line of New Crockery, Glass
ware, Brass Goods, Hand Painted China, Electroliers, Buffet
Lamps, Etc.
Extra Special on Flowers—All Kinds of Roses, Lillies, Tulips,
Dallies, etc These flowe-s are long stemmed and wax finished,
the best made, former price 25c each, and 3 for $1,
.— -..2 for 25c and 3 for 50c
NEW CANDY—Just Unpacked. Powells’ Chocolate Creams,
Marshmallows, Peanut Brittle, Chocolate Chips, Chocolate
Covered Almonds, Etc.
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The third card party of the series
arranged by the ladies of the Ne
nana Red Cross is in progress this
afternoon at the rooms of the Ne
nana club. The next party will con
clude the series. A dozen ladies
are in attendance today.
SPECIAL MEETING
FOR FAIRBANKS
FAST WARM, COMFORTABLE
LAUNCH VICTORY
LEAVES NENANA
TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY AT 8 A. M.
Mrs. J. R. Bowen, head of tl
local Red Cross, announces that the:
will be a special meeting of tl
local branch on Friady afternoo
at the rooms of the Xenana clu
The meeting will begin promptly ,
2:30 o’clock.
Drunkenness among women
| Great Britain has decreased 73 p
cent since the war begun.
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The Women’s Trade Union leagu
has placed the minimum age limi
! for women messengers at 25 year
LOSES LIFE IN
II
Bert Walker Victim of Accident,
After Several Seasons of
Successful Mining
Thomas De Vane reports having
heard of the death of F. B. Walker,
the news being received by him on
the day the Dixie Queen left Ruby
for Nenana.
The death, which took place last
Friday, is said to have been the
result of a cavein on a shaft being
worked on Mascot bench, Long creek.
Mr. Walker is a well known min
ing man of the North and for some
time worked a claim on Dome creek
in the Fairbanks district. For the
past several seasons he worked on
Long creek and its tributaries in
partnership with Xavier Dietz and
Mike Selch, and materially con
tributed to the gold output of the
country.
The location of the accident is
said to consist of some treacherous
ground, where several nasty acci
dents were narrowly averted.
FLOOD HAS NO
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35-MILE
Protective Piling in Residency Three
Withstands Freshet In Satis
factory Manner.
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Reports received from Residency
3 (35-mile), under the supervision
of Resident Engineer Howard G.
Haslem, indicate that the flood
waters have not, in any way, inter
fered with the flood protection works
undertaken on a section of the line
about a mile from camp and which
had been graded last season under
contract by W. J. Lynn.
At this point the Xenana river
swings in towards the grade and it
was deemed necessary to drive pil
ing and strengthen the bank as a
protection against the possible wash
ing away of the grade.
About 150 piles in all will be
driven in a double row with a space
of about three feet between. It
is proposed to pile in brush, logs and
gravel to fill the space and thereby
form a very strong dam of a per
manent character calculated to with
stand the action of the waters against
the bank.
Piledriver No. 2, which had pre
viously been driving the piling on
the flood protection works in an
effort to divert the waters of Lost
Slough, is engaged in driving the
piles here, and coal from Billy
Lynn’s mine is being used part of
the time for firing the boiler. Wood
is also used to some extent owing
to the fact that there is not a
sufficient supply of coal fo^ use j
all the time. Very satisfactory re
sults are said to be obtained from
the use of the coal.
From a point just above the store
building at 35-mile, the grade has
•1 been cut along the slope of the
range of hills and so extends for
a distance of %bout two miles. The
high slopes carry a strata of gravel
with some boulders, a large quantity
of which, lossened by the spring
thaw, has come down in a series of
miniature landslides in sections of
the grade. These slides though not
Of a serious nature, will need much ;
► labor for their removal ere steel
- can be laid.
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' From the Philippines comes the
e I report that the consumption of wheat
B ! flour has been cut in half they are j
e j eating rice instead. Thus from
i East to West, from North to South
| the women are rising.
1 j The garbage pail is as deadly as
I the U-boat.
i | “The one sure way to supply the ;
r supreme need for food,” reads a j
proclamation by Governor Bicket, of ,
North Carolina, “is to man the bread
? line with woman power, the boy
t power and the girl power of the
. state.”
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COMMISSIONER
DE VANE LIKES
Prominent Resident of Ruby Makes
Trip Up River to Have Look
At Country.
Thomas De Vane, United States
commissioner at Ruby, has arrived
in Nenana on his launch Dixie Queen
■which put in an appearance shortly
after midnight. He had seven pass
engers for this port and reports a
pleasant trip all the way up river.
Mr. De Vane appeared to be much
impressed with the looks of the town
and stated that from the little he
had seen of it at the time he talked
with the News representative, it was
the best looking town he had visited
in Alaska. He expects to remain
here a day or two and acquaint him
self thoroughly with the town.
At Hot Springs, which was passed
by the Dixie Queen at about 3 a. m.
yesterday, the party met the steamer
Seattle No. 3, which was just mak
ing the landing. It was learned that
the Waechter Bros, barge McNab.
which was in tow of the Seattle No.
3, had been sunk after a collision
with some impediment in the chan
nel, possibly a snag, and that con
siderable delay had been experienced
by the steamer in raising the barge
and fixing her up temporarily for
the remainder of the journey. It is
thought probable that the barge will
be dry docked and repaired at Tan
ana, where facilities for such work
are available, much depending on
the nature of the damage sustained.
The outlook for the gold output
of the Ruby district, in Mr. De
Vane’s opinion, is very good and he
thinks that the combined efforts of
the miners working their claims in
the various sections of the country,
will easily credit the district with
three-quarters of a million dollars
as her share of the gold output of
Alaska for this season.
Mr. A. J. Day, the Ruby banker,
is contemplating closing the estab
lishment, as the business handled
by the bank is not sufficient to war
rant a continuance of its operation
and it is thought, that it does not
earn quite as reasonable a return
as the investment is entitled to.
In explanation of the quick time
made by the launch up river, Mr.
De Vane explains that although his
pilot did not have much experience
in navigating the waters of the Tan
ana river, that the high level of the
water premitted of many a cutoff
being taken and the journey thereby
shortened.
That the pilot erred sometimes is ^
vouched for by both Mr. De Vane
and Pat Whalen, who state that it
became necessary to use their axes
occasionally to get the boat out of
a tight place or two. Some of these
places were afterwards found to be
along the winter trail.
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DEVANE LAUNCH j
HERE FROM RUBY
Dixie Queen Reaches Nenana From
Yukon Town With Number
of Passengers.
The launch Dixie Queen arrived.
at Xenana about 1 a. m. today from
Ruby and way points with the fol
lowing passengers: Mrs. Bert Day.
Pat Whalen, Pat King, Jack Camp
bell, Jack Akano, Arthur Leyn and
Thomas DeVane, the United States
commissioner at Ruby and the owner j
of the Dixie Queen.
The launch left Tanana on the
upriver trip on Monday afternoon, j
and Tolovana at 11:30 yesterday
forenoon and made the run in very
good time.
Mrs. A. J. Day, wife of the Ruhy j
banker, arrived in town this morn- ]
ing on the launch Dixie Queen. Mrs. ■
Day expects to enter the Govern-!
ment hospital in a day or two. j
During a three and a half year
period, beginning July 1, 1914, the ■
United tSates exported to the Allies j
more than 616,000,000 pounds of'
fresh beef and nearly 203,000,0001
pounds of canned beef.
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OUR FRESH OVER-THE-TRAIL RANCH EGGS
AND OUR EXTRA FINE HAM OR BACON
ARE THE BEST OBTAINABLE
THe Tavern
W. F. RODIGKEIT, Prop.
TRY SOME FRESH GREENS WITH ONE OF
OUR DINNER ORDERS
If It Is On the Market You Will Find It Here
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DINNER PARTIES
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Fresh Shipment, Just Arrived
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LEMONS, Large, per doz.
ORANGES, per doz. - -
GRAPEFRUIT, each - - -
APPLES, per doz. - -
EGGS, per doz. - - - -
CORN ON COB, Gallon Can
$1.25
$1.50
25c
$1.25
$1.00
$1.00
rOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERS
THE SOURDOUGHS’ HOME
THe Arctic
DAVIS & TAYLOR, Props.
Soft Drinks Cigars Tobaccos
Pocket Billiards Rooms
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS
DOLL IS USED IN
RECRUIT APPEALS
Lieutenant Return* to Canada With
Strong Argument for Mo-e
Soldier*.
ST. CATHERINES, Ont —Lieut
enant Jack O’Brien has brought a
battle-scarred doll from shell-torn
France to freedom, although the
doll’s seven-year-old “mama” lies in
a roughly made grave, a victim of
German ruthlessness. The lieuten
ant, who is on leave from the French
foreign legion to do recruiting ser
vice in Canada, isusing the doll in
his campaign for new soldiers.
“This doll, says the veteran of
many battles, “was handed to me
one day in France by a little brown
eyed, curly-haired girl, while the
Germans were sweeping toward the
village in which the child lived.
“ ‘I want you to take my dolly
J to freedom.’ she said as her baby
arms tenderly extended this ragged *•
little sawdust doll to me.
“By terrific fighting the Germans
drove our forces from the village,
later, when we counter-attacked and
regained the town, it was a scene
of desolation, the bodies of soldiers
and civilians filling the streets.
“Among the dead was the little
doll mother who wanted her ‘baby’
to have the freedom of which she
had been robbed.
“I buried her in the village from
which the Germans had been unable
to drive her, and promised myself
' that I would indeed ‘take dolly to
i freedom.’ ”
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HALL FOR RENT
See Erick Nelson for Terms
life
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Cotton and Silk Lisle Hosiery
SIM SON’S
1918 World’s Almanacs
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