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ALASKA BOY HONORED;
TANK CORPS OFFICER
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y SEATTLE—A special dispatch re
ceived by the Post-Intelligencer to
day states that Daniel B. Pullen,
Alaska's first West Point cadet, has
been promoted to lieutenant-colonel
of the tank corps.
All of the Interior draft quotas
of the Alaska registrants will be in
corporated into the 14th Infantry,
and will stay at Fort Gibbon iust
long enough to get their equipment
and preliminary training and will
then be sent Outside to one of the
larger training camps.
AMERICAN FLYER HITS
HUN BRIDGE IN ITALY
Italian Headquarters—Announce
ment has been made that the first
American flyers to cross over the;
Italian front, attacked a big bridge
which the Austrians have thrown
across the Piave river, an-4 practic
ally wrecked the structure with their
expolsives. Two large holes were
blown in the bridge.
Albert Lundborg, the well known
railroad contractor who has been in
town on business for some time
past, expects to go to Fairbanks to
morrow. He will return in a few
days.
COONEY MOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest
NENANA - ALASKA
BUY AN ELECTRIC FAN
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We Have Them In Six and Twelve JlncH Sizes
AND JHE PRICE WILL BE RIGHT
3-Foot WIRE FENCING, per yard - -
25c
TANANA SHEET METAL WORKS
FRESH FRUIT AND ERRS
Over Lake Lebarge
Apples
Lemons
Grape Lruit
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Providence and The Twins
A SENSATIONAL ONE-ACT DRAMA OF INTENSE INTEREST
EDWIN THANHAUSER PRESENTS
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TRIANGLE- KEYSTONE PRESENTS
CHARLES MURRAY AND LOUISE FAZENDA IN
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A SCREAMING TWO-ACT COMEDY
Children Will Be Admitted Free Tonight. The U*ual Price for
Adults Will Be
ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 O’CLOCK
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CONTRACTS AWARDED
FOR GRADING WORK
Dave Paterson & Co. have been
awarded a contract for the grading
of a section of the right of way
within the limits of Rescidency 3
from station 17810 to 17814 plus 66.
from station 17995 to 18011, and
from station 18015 to 18022; the
date set for the completion being
August 1. The partners of this
contract are Dave Patterson and
T. H. Cox.
Alex Boloff & Co. have been
awarded a contract for the grading
of a section of the right of way
lying within the limits of Resi
dency 4 from station 17483 to
17505; the date set for completion
being September 1. The original
partners of this contract were Alex
Boloff, Nick Salagoff, Jim Kazoff.
Grim Guk, Harry Chenoff, Alek
Tuloff and Tony Ramonoff.
Alex Boloff and Jim Kazoff have
been called to the colors and will
leave for Fort Gibbon on the trans
port Jacobs on the 29th. It is ex
pected that arrangements will be
' made to replace these men on the
■ contract.
James Munroe & Co. have been
awarded a contract for the grading
of a section of the right of way
lying within th limits of Residency
4. from station 17701 to 17714, the
date set for completion being Sep
tember 30th. The partners of the
contracts are James Munroe, John
Lindquist and Ed Thompson.
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We must meet sacrifice at the
front with sacrifice at home.
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Julia B.—At mouth of river,
i Seattle No. 3—At mouth of river.
Yukon—Down Nenana 7:15 a. m.
I Sibilla—Up Circle 10:30 a. m.
the 20th.
Washburn—Down Xulato, 18th.
Jacobs—At Fairbanks 10 a. m.
Davis—At Gibbon.
Reliance —At Xulato.
Tanana—Down Circle 3:30 a. m.
the 20th
Alaska—Down Circle 10 :30 a. m.
the 20th.
Shusana—Up Xenana 8:30 p. m.
the 20th.
Peerless—Up Xenana for Fair
banks 8 a. m.
Victory and Princess May—Left
Fairbanks for Xenana this morning.
Xo reports from Dawson.
First auto over summit this morn
| ing.
80DV0F HELINUS
10 BE INIERRED
01 LOCAL LODGE
Remains of Late Mail Carrier Will ;
Be Temporarily Interred Where
Found
Instructions were wired out to
Commisioner Dehn, of Tanana by
Commissioner Reed Heilig that an
inquest will not be held over the
remains of Knute Helinus, whose
decomposed body was found on the
Hot Springs trail on the 14th of
June by a search party sent out
from Fairbanks, headed by Jack
Desmond.
The Tanana commissoiner was re
quested to appoint an administrator
to take charge and have the body
buried at the spot where it was
found, owing to it being utterly
j impossible to move it because of the
j advanced stage of decomposition it
! had reached.
Commissioner McDonald received
I a wire from the Tanana commissioner
informing him that it would be out
of the question for the adminis
j trator to go to the spot and have the
; body buried and suggesting that the
i burial be undertaken by him and
the bill for the expense incurred
be sent to Tanana for payment.
As an alternative it was suggested
to Commission McDonald that he get
into communication with the dic
I tator of the Moose lodge, of which
I the deceased was a member, and
j that the lodge would attend to the
matter under the laws of the order.
' M. V. Tyler, the dictator of the
local lodge, was immediately com
municated with and he readily un
dertook to see that the last sad
rites were performed and the re
mains of their late brother suitably
disposed of.
Accordingly, Tom Rodgers and
Dick Ketzler left this morning in j
a poling boat with a suitable casket
and the necessary tools to make the j
interment. The point on the trail !
where the body lies is approximately i
ten miles distant from the river j
: and the men intend getting ashore
| at Campbell’s landing, engage the j
services of some Indians and pack !
the casket and tools to the spot ‘
where the body lies.
The burial will be of a temporary
i nature, as the Moose lodge will ex
hume the body some time after the
freezeup and send it to Tanana for j
burial in the cemetery there, as the j
deceased was a member of the I
Tanana Lodge of Moose.
Late advices indicate that the
l poling boat sent down this morning
; with the men, casket and tools to j
bury the body, struck a snag when j
about two miles . below town and I
were swamped; the men hung on to
some drift wood in the neighbor
hood and were picked up by some
Indians, who happened along in their
canoes. All of the bedding, grub
and tools, with the casket were lost.
The launch Fox was dispatched J
at noon today to the rescue and an j
attempt will be made to salvage r.s j
much of the stuff as possible. In- !
dians have located some of the float-1
i sam and it is hoped that most of
; the contents of the poling boat will
be recovered.
The Moose lodge will duplicate
the outfit and the launch will con
tinue on down with the men who
will bury the body.
NENANA BOYS LEAVE
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
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A large party of friends and well
wishers gathered at the Commission
dock this morning to bid farewell
and Bon Voyage to Eddie Mclnnes
and Billy Thomas, who are enroute I
to the States to enlist in the 57th \
regiment of Engineers, to be sent
shortly for service in France.
There was quite a lot of hand-!
shaking and farewell messages, the
| girls being there also to send them •
away with a smile.
Hoover has summed up the situa-:
tion in these words: The time has J
come for sacrifice.” Can we refuse j
to see the truth much longer.
It doesn’t matter who started J
this war, Uncle Sam will finish it. I
I WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF ICE CREAM
Served at All Hours---Made Fresh Daily
THe Tavern
W. F. RODIGKEIT, Prop.
TRY SOME FRESH GREENS WITH ONE OF f
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 \
LEMONS, Large, per doz. - - $1.25
ORANGES, per doz. - - - - $1.50
GRAPEFRUIT, each ..... 25c
APPLES, per doz..$1.25
EGGS, per doz..$1.00
CORN ON COB, Gallon Can - - $1.00
FOWLER & MORRIS
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GROCERS
1918 World’s Almanacs
JUST RECEIVED OVER LEBARGE
COMING ON Str. YUKON
A LARE SHIPMENT OF
IMPERIAL CANDY COMPANY’S
CHOICEST SWEETS
The Terminal
NIXON FORK COUNTRY
SAID TO BE GOOD
Rumors were current around town
that some prospectors working on
the Nixon Fork country, some 35
miles from McGrath on the Kus
kokwim river, had found good pros
pects and that it averaged in some
places about a dollar to the foot.
No authentic confirmation of the
rumors have been received by the
News and the rumor is published for
what it is worth.
Agent Scott, of the American
Yukon Navigation company, was at
McGrath last fall on his way Outside
and states that although considerable
prospecting had been done in this
section of the country, no prospects
of any great value were found at
that time and the men engaged in
the work were laying plans on spend
ing the summer elsewhere.
The seasons are reported to be
short in the Xixon Fork country and
the section of the country in which
the rumored find has been made, has
been the scene of many stampedes.
Bread is the staff of life, but
few Americans need a staff.
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WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
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