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Just Received
LATEST STYLES
John B. Stetson Hats . . . $6
J. B. Smith Dress Shoes . . $9
Fine Suitcloth Overshirts . . $5
Misses’ High Top Dress Shoes - - - $4.50
Children’s Dress Shoes, pair - - - - $3.75
Baby’s Black and Tan Kid Shoes - - $2.50
SIMSON’S
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
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Arrived Yesterday
FRESH FRUIT
Oranges Grapefruit
Lemons Apples
COG HILL’S
IDITAROD BOAT
ARRIVED TODAY
The A. Y. X. company's steamer
Washburn, bound for Dikeman. the
head of navigation on the Iditarod
river, arrived in port at 1 o’clock
this afternoon.
She brought a small shipment of
freight and landed the following
pasengers at Xenana: Mrs. J. H.
Miles, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Burns,
Sam Grasovich, Mike Certovich,
Sam Lapuzina.
The passengers on board in tran
sit, including the court party, were
Louis K. Pratt, T. P. Aitken, Vol
ney Richmond, Howard Turner, G.
J. Welsh and P. B. Walsh for
Dikeman; Dan A. Jones for St.
Michael; Judge C. E. Bunnell, R.
F. Roth, E. T Wolcott, J. H. Miller
and Miss Ella Knudson for Tanana.
After holding a short term of
court at Tanana for the purpose
of hearing petitions for naturaliza
tion, the court party will proceed
to Iditarod and hold a session of
court there.
The boat sailed shortly after two
o’clock, taking away the mails, a
few packages of freight and Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Calderhead for Hot
Springs, and Mrs. Sogura for
Tanana.
SHOTGUNS and Shotgun Ammu*
nition—new stock just opened, at
Anderson Bros dc Nerland.
BROWER STAGE REACHED
FAIRBANKS LAST NIGHT
A Brower stage pulled into Fair
banks at about 9 o’clock last night
with the mail and three passengers
from the coast. There were only
five sacks of mail, most of which
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is said to have been first class mail.
Among the passengers were Abe
Stein and Dan Jones. Abe is re
turning to Fairbanks after a rather
lengthy stay in the States, during
which time he contracted the flu.
He is reported to be looking as well
as ever and apparently none the
worse for his experience.
WREN FREE
AT SHOW TONIGHT
The management of the Coliseum
extends a hearty invitation to all
the children of N'enana to visit the
show tonight, free of charge, and
see the world’s greatest child ac
tress in action, in the famous play
entitled "The Crab.”
; The story as portrayed on the
screen is highly instructive and
shows how the influence of a little
child changed the current of the life
of an old man who had been sulky
and crabbed in his ways, and
brought a large measure of sun
shine into his life.
The little actress, Thelma Slater,
is seen at her best in this play, which
both children and parents should
see.
Feature prices will prevail for
adults, the general admission being
50 cents, with reserved seats two
bits extra.
JIMMY MOORE MAKING
TRIP TO TANANA
James G. Moore, of Fairbanks,
arrived at N'enana Saturday even
ing on his launch and after a short
stay here, went on down river.
He is headed for Tanana, where
he will meet his son, who is in the
army, but expects to be discharged
soon, and will return with him in
the course of a few days. He will
; probably go up to the log jam on
the Tolovana river on his way to
' Fairbanks, and get a load of freight.
Fresh Fruit
Big Shipment Over Lake Labarge
Arrived Yesterday
ALSO A LIMITED NUMBER OF
1919 WORLD ALMANACS
BIG WAR EDITION
GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY
THE TERMINAL
COAST CHAMBER
ISSUES BOOKLET
OF ROAD FACTS
For the purpose of informing
members of Congress and others
of progress made by the Alaskan
Engineering Commission since the
commencement of railroad construc
tion in Alaska, the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce has issued
an eight-page folder containing a
convincing array of railroad facts
and the assurance of Anchorage
ites that construction and operation
activities on the government-owned
railroad in the Anchorage division
have been directed and effected
intelligently, efficiently and econo
mically. The folder contains six
pages of reading matter, with a
full page sketch of the proposed
harbor improvement at Anchorage
and is addressed to Mr. Congress
man. The accomplishments of the
commission are set forth in concise
form, and charges of political ac
tivities, coal monopolies and loca
tion mistakes are denied in vigorous
terms.
Track has been laid, says the
booklet, and trains are operating
over 154 miles of new main line
as far north as Talkeetna, and 38
miles of branch line, making a
total of 192 miles on the coast di
vision, exclusive of many miles of
track in yards and sidings. Thirty
miles of roadbed north of Tal
keetna is ready for track.
Among other accomplishments
are:
More than six miles of wooden
bridges.
Twenty-four hundred acres of
right of way cleared and grubbed.
More than three million yards of
solid rock and nearly six million
yards of other material moved.
Two hundred and thirty miles
of trails and 195 miles of wagon
roads built to move supplies to
camps.
Approximately 350 miles of tele
gr?Wh and telephone lin^s con
st: ucted.
More than 200 buildings erected
to house employees and supplies.
Coal mines opened at Eska creek
and Chickaloon and 90,000 tons of
coal shipped in two years.
Temporary wharves and docks
built at Anchorage, over which 20,
000 passengers and 188,000 tons
of freight have been moved in three
years. Permanent dock now under
construction.
There is a marine ways for re
pairing and caring for floating
equipment.
Nearly 100,000 passengers and
250,000 tons of freight have been
handled by the railroad since the
first train was operated less than
three years ago.
There are in the Anchorage di->
sion, seven water tanks, five pump
ing plants, three and one-half mi’es
of water mains, and one and one
half miles of sewer mains.
In the way of rolling stock, there
are in the coast division, a do^en
locomotives, five passenger cars,
421 freight and other cars, besides
five steam shovels, a number of
cranes, piledrivers, tugs, barges and
lighters.
Three townsites have been laid
out in Anchorage division—Anchor
age, Matanuska, and Wasilla—oc
cupying 143 acres of cleared land.
There are ten miles of graded
streets in the three towns, nearly
five miles of wooden and more
than a mile of cement sidewalks,
over seven miles of water mains
and a mile and a quarter of sewers
At Anchorage there are five
churches, a large school building,
about 800 storebuildings and resi
dences, several of these privately
owned structures costing from $20,
000 to $55,000. In addition to
these, the government has a muni
cipal building, a federal and jail
building, telephone and electric
building, postoffice building, pump
ing plant, water tank, warehouse,
fire station building, cottages for
commission employees and dormi
tones and other quarters.
There has been no politics in the
Alaskan Engineering Commission in
Anchorage division, declares the
booklet, and no evidence of ineffi
ciency or waste in building the rail
road. Although labor and materials
have advanced greatly, the com
pleted cost of the road, it is claim
|ed, will exceed the 1914 estimate
by only a little more than one
quarter, so if prices had remained
(at the same level as when the esti
mate was made, the cost of con
; stnietion would have been below
1 the original estimate,
i The men in charge of constnft
: tion work under Chairman Edes
are all engineers of many years'
experience, drawn from such roads
I as the Southern Pacific, Great Nor
thern, Northern Pacific and other
roads in the States.
Comparison of existing freight
rates and those prevailing before
the railroad was built, shows that
the improvement in transportation
has been a big help to miners and
prospectors. For instance, it for
merly cost more than 25 cents per
pound to move freight from tide
water at Anchorage to Chickaloon,
by pack train. Now it costs less
than one-half cent per pound by
railroad. The freight charge to
Wasilla by dog sled used to cost
six cents per pound. Now the rail
road does the work for one-third
of a cent per pound.
The railroad, it is shown, has
: enabled farmers to locate in Mat
anuska valley, and the products
of these farms now not only supply
local markets, but also the markets
of other coast towns, and ship
ments have been made even 10
Seattle.
The booklet denies that there ha?
ben monopoly of the cream of the
Matanuska coal field. There are
two operators who have units leased
from the government. One of these
1 operators has suspended on account
• of lack of capital and the other
would gladly exchange his unit for
the one the government has re
served and is now operating.
The railroad, generally speaking,
has been located in the proper place,
in the opinion of Anchorageites.
The route is the shortest distance
between tidewater and the Interior;
it has the best grade in the territory
! and it penetrates a region rich
1 in natural resources.
\ In conclusion, the businessmen
and residents of Anchorage submit,
j in justice to the department of the
interior and the Alaskan Engineer
|ing Commission, that construction
and operation activities on the gov
! ernment-owned railroad, in Anehor
i age division, have been directed
'and effetced intelligently, efficiently
and economically.
The booklet is signed by the An
jC-horage Chamber of Commerce, F.
; W. Redwood, president.
THIS SUMMER
Walter Scott, cashier of the A.
Y. X. Co. in the local office, who
spent last winter in the States and
Juneau, arrived on the steamer
Washburn to resume the duties of
his office for the season.
1 He went out to the States at the
j end of the season last fall, and
after visiting- awhile, returned to
Juneau in December. At the capi
tal he contracted the flu, and for
i quite a while was an inmate of
jthe Juneau hospital.
Referring to the conditions Out
side as compared to those in Alaska,
Mr. Scott said that Alaskans do not
seem to realize how well off they
are, in every way, in the Xorth, and
that looking at it from every angle,
the States, with all the manifold ad
vantages they posses, are not com
parable to Alaska at the present
time, in so far as the actual living
conditions are concerned. There
is plenty of work to be had, he
;said, but there are also plenty of
men to fill the needs. There are
also a great many idle men an 1
their ranks seem to be growing
daily. His remarks concerning
these matters are not materially
; different to the views expressed
by those who had visited the States
and returned North recently. Un
!rest and dissatisfaction among the
people, coupled with the unsettled
conditions now existing in the
! States, he says, merely emphasizes
the fact that Alaska, is, compara
tively, a far more desirable place
to live in than the States for some
..
time to come, at least.
The unsettled conditions result
ing from the war would appear
to be hardly- felt here, and the aver
age Alaskan has but a vague idea
of the ravages made by the in
, fluenza epidemic. Northerners
have much to be thankful for, con
I eluded Mr. Scott, as they are much
better off in every way than those
living in the States.
Sophia Wreck
While at Juneau, Mr. Scott took
a keen interest in the operations
jof the divers at the wreck of the
Sophia and gleaned much interest
A Fine Assortment of
HIGH-GRADE CANDIES, BY THE BOX, BY
THE PACKAGE, AND OTHERWISE.
CHEWING GUM —ALL KINDS.
Before and After
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REFRESHING DRINKS, ICE CREAM,
CIGARS AND CIGARETTES.
POOL, PAN AND SOLO.
THE ARCTIC
Davis & Tavlor
Rooms in Connection
ing information regarding this mat
ter.
The owenrs of the boat have
offered the sum of $50 for every
body recovered, and Jacobsen, a
diver working for the canneries,
is now engaged in recovering bod
ies, working only at such times
when weather and tide conditions
permit.
He operates out of Tee harbor,
about two miles from the reef on
which the boat drove in a storm
in October last.
The Sophia seems to have been
slewed around completely by the
action of the wind and tide and
is now reported to be resting at
the bottom on an even keel, on a
sandy bottom, with a seven degree
solpe aft, and it is thought she
can be raised. As she now lies,
her head points directly opposite
to the direction she was headed
when she struck.
The diver has to wait for half
tide ere he can do anything and
the time available for salvage oper
ations is very limited under the
most favorable conditions. A strong
tide rip sweeps around the point
of the reef at flood tide and renders
the mooring of the salvage vessels
impossible. At half tide an eddy
forms near the w-reck and it is
only then a diver can work.
The condition of the bodies
found is such as to render identifi-:
cation absolutely impossible, said
Mr. Scott. Such of the bodies as
have been identified so far have
been few and these were recog
nized through portions of apparel,
jewelry, etc., found on them. De
composition and the action of the
tides have combined to almost re
duce the bodies to mere skeletons.
MARINE BULLETIN
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Tanana—Up Rampart. 6:30 p.
m., 24th.
Launch Alice—At Holy Cross
25th.
Mail Launch Betty—Down Tan
ana 4:40 p. m., 25th.
Washburn—Down Xenana this
afternoon.
Car! White—Up Tolovana 9 p.
m., 23rd.
Seattle 3—At Holy Cross 25th.
Sibilla—Down Circle 2:30 a. m.,
date.
Louis K. Pratt was a passenger
on the steamer Washburn, enroute
to Iditarod, where he will attend
to some cases that will come up for j
hearing at the session of court.
RAFIS ARRIVE
FORJAIAIHl
The first raft of saw logs for
the A. E. C. sawmill arrived this
morning from Erik Johanson’s lum
ber camp, about seven miles above
town.
The logs approximated 17,000
feet of lumber. The raft was cut
adrift and the logs are now safely
within the boom at the foot of
the sawmill.
Erick Johanson will supply about
100,000 feet of lumber in saw logs
and more rafts are expected to ar
rive shortly. A large portion of
Johanson’s logs are in a slough,
awaiting a higher stage of water
ere they can be floated out to the
river and brought to town.
It is expected that rafts of saw
logs, etc., will be sent down soon
by several other contractors.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler &
SPRING IS RENOVATING TIME!
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improve your appearance at small
expense, by taking your work to
MRS. D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Where high power electric Trans
mission lines cross roads in Norway,
networks of wire are erected to pro
tect persons using the highways
should heavily charged wires break
and fall.
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
For Sale
HORSESHOE CAEE
BROOKS
The Only Fully Equipped
Restaurant In Brooks
Open and Doing Business
Owner Leaving For Outside
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