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SHOES
For Men, Walkover Shoes and others, $6.50 up
For Women, Entire Stock, at pair - $5 |
For Children, Felts $2 Leather, pair $3.50 |
SIMSON’S
MEN’S OVERALLS, heavy, a pair $1.50 |
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Dr. J. R. DOWER
DENTIST
Price* Mo»t Reasonable
THF. BOWEN BUILDING
Fire destroyed the upper story
and roof of the wireless station at
Kodiak a short time ago. The sta
tion was not put out of business.
The halibut schooner King and
Winge recently left Seattle, after
having been overhauled at that port,
for the Alaska halibut fishing banks..
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Be Prepared for Bold Weather
We Have a Large anil Varied Assortment ot the Leading Brands of
MEN’S CLOTHING anil FURNISHINGS
MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Army and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
SWEATER COATS WOOL SOCKS, All Weights
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS j|
SEE OUR BRUSSELS and WILTON RUGS, ALL SIZES !j
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Bisse.l’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers jj
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We Carry a Full Line of i
MINERS’and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES !
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
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Burgess- Karstens
AUTO STAGE
Fairbanks-Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
Reservations at The Terminal
Fairbanks Office at Pioneer Hotel
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
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 ft TAYLOR, Props.
ALSO NICELY FURNISHED, WARM AND COZY ROOMS
FOR RENT AT REASONABLE RATES
ALASKANS RETURN
FROM CAMP LEWIS
Concluding their long journey
from Camp Lewis to Interior Alask i
by way of the Broad Pass trail,
Archie Myre and Edby Davis arrived ;
in Nenana on the train last night,
and both boys said that they were
tickled to death to be back in the
Northland again. Archie Myre was
a Nenana registrant and prior to
leaving with the Nenana draft quota
was an employe of the Alaskan En
gineering commission. Edby Davis
was a Fairbanks registrant and went
out with the last Fairbanks draft
quota. These lads are the first
Alaska soldiers to return to the In
terior from a cantonment camp in
the States.
Both these lads were in the 12th
Company, 3rd Battalion, 166th D :
pot Brigade, for duty at Camp
Lewis, and shortly after their ar
rival at Camp Lewis were trans
ferred to the 3rd company, 1st
Buttallion, 166th Depot Brigade,
from which army unit they were
finally discharged.
Edby Davis received his discharge
on January 9th, and Archie Myre
on January 20th, and both of them
sailed from Seattle for the North
on the steamer Alameda, leaving
Seattle January 26, and landed at
Seward February 2.
Archie Myre said that they ex
perienced no trouble in getting their
discharge at all. They were asked
by the commanding officer whether
they wanted their discharge imme
diately, which together with travel
ing expenses v 3 Ms cents a mile,
would be given them immediately
or if they preferred it they would
be sent to a military post in Alaska,
at government expense, to be dis
charged. Archie with several others
chose the latter course. After some
little delay, the boys who had
elected to be sent to Alaska at
government expense, to be dis
charged, were informed that they
could rot he sent before the spring,
and r iingly they all elected to
take the 3Ms cents per mile with
immediate discharge, to enable them
to hit out for the Northland. Archie
received $94 for traveling expenses
which, he says, was $15 more than
the sum given to the Fairbanks
men, and, he says, he has not been
able to figure out how the military
authorities arrive at the amount!
given them as mileage.
.Both the boys say that they were
treated well while in the army, and
that they are glad of their military
experience. The Alaskan troops
were anxious to learn their military'
duties soon, and put in all of their
spare time in drilling, and thus
earned the good opinion of the
officers. They say that immediately]
after they heard of the signing pf
the armistice, they lost all interest
' in the military game, and Lent
• i every effort towards getting dis
] charged and getting back to Alaska.
J Myre and Davis arrived at Seward
j on the Alameda on February 2,
j but owing to the heavy snowstorms
] were unable to get away for An
Ichorage until the 8th. The region
i traversed by the railroad from
I Seward to Anchorage was heavily
j snowed under, and the boys say that
] thpy had never seen so much snow
before. In some places, they say,
i it lay to a depth of about 40 feet,
and the roadway led throu n deep
snow canyons.
» The boys left Talkeetna on Fri
day morning, Feburay 14, and ar
rived at Lignite, after a most de
lightful trip over the Broad Pass
trail, on Monday evening, February
17 th. They are warm in their
praises of Mike Cooney, who helped
them along the way and of the
trail, which they say is fine all the
way through, especially that section
of it from the Summit roadhouse
to Lignite. They were just four
days on the trail between railheads
and say that they enjoyed every
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
minute of it, and according to them,
it is the only trail worth traveling i
on for scenic beauty, shortness and'
safety- Archie Myre says that con- j
• iderable surprise was expressed '..y;
people in Anchorage that mail and
express to the Interior is not routed
by way of this trail.
Of the life in the army at Camp
Lewis, the boys had much to jay.!
Their military duties were never,
very hard, and on the whole they
say they had a splendid time. Of
the 77 members of the Alaska -.o i-1
tingent at Camp Lewis, all but three
were down with the flu; some suf
fering more than others Seven
of them passed away; those being
Dorman Baker, Joe Cunningham,
Red Sabanoff, Mike Sabanoff, Al
bert Johnson, Christ Miscovich and
Mike Hamoff; and their death cast'
quite a gloom over the entire camp,
especially over the Alaskan soldiers.
There were many deaths at Camp
Lewis due to the flu.
Seattle and the neighborhood, the
boys think, is a fine place to live
in for a short time, if one has
plenty of money to spare, but it is
no place at all for an Alaskan to
live in for any length of time. The
cost of living is too high, they said,
and the best job any Alaskan can
get out there is little more than
a meal ticket, although the wages
prevailing are higher now than at
any time in the history of the coun
try. Meals are high priced, and
Archie Myre definitely stated that
one could get an immensely better
meal in every way for 75 cents in
Interior Alaska than he could .for
the same price anywhere in Seattle.
Every one of the Alaskans in the
army, as well as those who went
Outside to better themselves, are
dead anxious to get back North
again, and a large influx of former
Alaskans is predicted this spring.
Thousands of men in the army
have made earnest inquiry regard
ing the Northland, and the boys
have enlightened them to the best
of their ability, and they expect
to see a great many of them in In
terior Alaska soon.
Among the Alaskans met by the
boys just before they left Seattle
were I|>y Lamb, who is working on
the Seattle waterfront; Jack Brevig,
Jack McGovern, Eric Nelson, Bob
Mitchell, Matt Hyland, Slim Pack
ard and several others, and they
have all said that they will leave
for the North just as soon as they
possibly can.
MANY WOMEN CLERKS
NO LONGER NEEDED
LONDON—Eight hundred women
clerks employed by the Bank of
England as a war measure have
been notified that their services
will no longer be required, but that
' 200 of them may make special ap-!
plication for as many permanent
: positions in the clerical staff. The
salary will be $15 a week, with
a pension of half that amount after
25 years’ service.
“Women will certainly be placed
| on a permanent footing in the fu
ture,” was the opinion of one bank
1 manager, while another felt that
'they were “excellent and charming’
I but they could not “work under
pressure.”
There is an awful greedy thief
in Skagway. Recently a furnished
! cottage there was robbed of doors,
i windows, stoves and beds. The
i agent of the house had sent a pros
' pective tenant to look at the place,
! thinking that it was all there, and
I the man returned saying that about
| all that was left of the place was
;the chimney. The house is situated
in the center of the town.
A Krangell dairyman recently re
ceived a cow for his herd that cost
' him $235 at Seattle.
Thirteen days’ mail from the
south recently reached Seward on
the Alameda.
All things come to him who waits,
including poor Tuion—unless he
cares for his eyes in time. We fit
you with goggles—light, medium,
and dark amber, 80c to $1.28; Wm.
Taylor, jeweler.
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EVENING GOWNS
IN FACT
GOWNS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
SIX WINTER COATS TO CLOSE OUT
ALL CORSETS, WOOLEN, MUSLIN, UNDERWEAR, SKIRTS,
PETTICOATS AND WAISTS 10 Per cent OFF. A
FEW HATS AT HALF PRICE.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY AND SAVE MONEY
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WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW SPRING GOODS.
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| GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO GET |
1A 16-lb. Domestic Goose!
| CONTEST CLOSES, SATURDAY MARCH 1 g
| Tobaccos Cigars |
1 Candies Pool |
I~THE PORTLAND !
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HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL, TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber Shop ia Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
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The Burgess automobile got away
this morning with a sack .'f mail
and Sylvester Howell, Edby Davis,
Dr. de la Vergne and Dr. R. R.
Myers as passengers for Fairbanks,
Harry Karstcns’ automobile left
Fairbanks this morning with some
mail, a little freight, and .Joe Fisher,
Alex Simson and Joe Burns as pass
engers for Nenana.
The Fidalgo-Alaska Copper com
pany of Valdez is taking steps to
discontinue as a company and wind
up its affairs.
The tun on longer day* will make
| you feel like throwing away your
old hat and (uit. Certainly thote
old spot* do not improve your ap
pearance, but fo- a trifling turn you
can have them pre**ed, mended and
| cleaned at Mrs. D’Orsay’s Tailor
' Shop, Third and A street*.
OIL PRODUCTION OF
WORLD SHOWS GAIN
LONDON.—The world’s produc
tion of natural oil last year was
estimated at more than 60,000,000
tons, in a statement made by Dr.
F. Perkin in an address delivered
recently before the Institution of
Petroleum Technologists. This would
be an increase of 10,000,000 tons
over the production of 1913, ha
said.
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Bed*, Bedding, etc. Anderson
! Bros. & Nerland.
At Union Hnlt on Tuesday and
i Friday nights. commencing at 9:30
and ending at Midnight.
Fox Trotting a Specialty. Rates
on application at Union Hall.
Mrs. Belle Campbell
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Phone 84 Front Between C and 0
Johnson's Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
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