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Anticipate your future wants in our line and buy
nowr. Do not put it off. some of these days it
may be too late.
Men, Read This
There is No Better Ready-Made Clothing in the
United States Than
Hart Shaffner & Marx
Adlers, Kuppenheimer
We have a splendid assortment of these suits in
all the latest shades. Suits to fit short men. tall
men and stout men. Suits that are up to date in
every respect and are worth at present from $35 up.
NOW REDUCED TO
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t. John B. Stetson Hats, now
Hardeman Hats, now
$4.00
$3.00
* Shoes, worth $7.50, now.$4.00
$8.50 Tan Shoes, now..$5.50
Dress Shirts, extra special.$1.00
Fine Lisle and Silk Mixed Underwear, suit. .$3.50
Canadian White Wool Underwear, suit.$3.50
EXTRA SPECIAL
We are determined to sell all goods as fast
as possible, and for that reason we have de
cided to still further reduce the price on our
entire stock of White U. S. Shoepacs. They
are absolutely guaranteed new stock. We
have all sizes; tops are 12-inch high; all Pacs
have heels. They sell at other stores for $5.50
a pair. Our final closing out price, pair,
$4-Op
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Dry Goods Department
Wash Silk Waists, all colors, regular price
S4.00, now.$2.00
New Summer Waists, all sizes, regular price
$2.50, now .SI.25
Latest Sport Coats, former price $15, now $7.50
$22.50 Silk Plush Novelty Coats, now.SI 1.25
$17.50 and S22.50 Blue Serge Dresses,
^ now.$8.75 and $11.25
«§> Very Latest Silk Dresses, former price $35,
now ..$17.50
Spring Suits, Blue Serge, Silk Lined, former
. .price S29.50, sale price.S14.75
Our entire stock of Shoes, including Wick
ert, Gardiner and Paterson stock, former
price from $8.50 to $11.50, now.$5.00
Pumps and Oxfords, actual values $6.50 to .
$7.50, now .$4.00
Fine Line of Corsets, all sizes, Outside Selling
price $4.50, our price .$2.25
Also Silk Brocade Corsets and Corsets Suit
able for Stout figures, Outside price $5.50,
to $7.50, our price.$2.75 to $3.75
Complete Line of New Panama Hats for
Spring, our price.$4.50 to $6.50
Trimmed Hats, former price $7.50 to $9.50,
now . . . . .. .$3.75 to $4.75
Laces, Trimmings and Embroideries, former
price 50c a yard, now.25c
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Don’t Overlook the Small Items
$2 Watches, Guaranteed Good Timekeepers. .$]
75c Toothbrushes, now. .
Pmis and Boston 50c Garters, now'.
Lion Brand Soft Collars, 4 for.
Canvas Gloves, extra special, 2 pair.
$1 Dress Suspenders, now.
$1 4-in-hand Ties, now.
$1 Pipes, extra special.
Arrow Brand Collars, now 2 for.
White Handkerchiefs, now 3 for.
25c Tablets, now 3 for.
50c Lisle Sox, now 5 pair.^ .$1
Colgate’s Talcum Powder, now.
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THE STORE FOR EVERYBODY
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WEATHER GIVES '
GUESSERS LOTS
OF EXCITEMENT
That the date of the breakup is
near at hand is the concensus of i
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| opinion among: the oldl’mers of the!
j country, who deem that they are en- i
| titled to know, *>y reason of the i
| many breakups ihet have been wit- !
! witness of, and the varied exper- I
j iences thy had had regarding the :
weather conditions immediately pro
ceeding slch a desirable state of af
I fairs. The snowfall of last Friday
night and Saturday, with the rain
I cf last night, will, it is claimed, very
| materially contribute to the rotting
| away of the ice; and indications at
j several places along the Tanana
! river would appear to bear out this
| statement. From the reports of
! those who have been far afield
1 lately, almost all of the lesser streams
; tributary to the N'enana and Tanana
j rivers seem to have open stretches
! of water to a considerable extent.
| Julius creek, a stream carrying a
j large volume of water, though with
j not much of a current, has already
broken; and seems to have, in a
large measure, helped to open up the
Nenana at the confluence, about five
j miles south of town, ard for some
j distance below. Stretches of open
j water on the Xrenana has also been
reported from various points along
the line.
Warm nights may now be ex
pected, according to the sourdoughs,
and the same authority explain that
a few such nights usually suffices
to melt much of the deep laying
snow in the mountain regions and
thereby furnish the volume of water
necessary to precipitate the breakup.
Speculation is rife among X’e
nanaites, nearly all of whom have
invested, more or less heavily, and
registered guesses in the big §1,000
pool and several lesser pools, on the
time and date of the going out of
i the ice, and many of them are
known to be indulging in sleepless
nights owing to the queer pranks the
weather man has been playing lately.
“When will the ice go out?” seems
to be the approved mode of greeting
! in vogue at the present time, in
and around town, and has evoked
| many a witty reply. '
A certain busy employee of the
store department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, has been
pestered so often with this query,
that, to avoid the “chewing match”
that inevitably follows, has a card
about eight inches square with a
reply to the query printed on it,
and this, with a beaming smile, is
handed to his questioner every time.
The legend on the card reads: “the
ice is no going out at all.”
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GR1GG IS NAMED
SPECIAUIMBER
Townsite Officer Will Act As Gov
ernment Appeals Agent for
Local Board.
W. H. Grigg, of the townsite of- j
fice force, has been appointed gov- j
ernment appeals agent for the local
I exemption board, to succeed Deputy
' Marshal Hagan, who was unable to
; attend to that work in addition to
! his numerous other duties.
An appeals agent is required to
review the work of classifying reg
istrants in his district and to refer
such cases to the district board
which, in his judgment, should be
ruled upon by a higher authority
than the local board.
The appointment of Mr. Grigg was
made known in the following wire
received from Juneau last week:
Juneau, April 19, 1918.
Grigg, Nenana.
“You have been appointed govern
ment appeals agent for local board
No. 19, to succeed Hagan, resigned.
Execute and mail oath of office im
mediately. See Hagan and secure
from him copy of regulations and
such information as he is able to
impart as to your duties. Assume
duties at once.
“HUNT,
“Executive Officer.
Buy That Libary Bond Today.
[RAIL BREAKUP !
STOPS HAULING
BY COAL TEAMS
—
Mr. Frank Sager, who has been
engaged in hauling coal for Neal
fan Houten & Co., from their mine
it Lignite to the bunker at Resi
lency 4 (43-mile), arrived in town
ast night, having completed the job
>e was assigned to. He states that
further hauling has been rendered
mpossible, owing to the dangerous
lature of the river between these
joints. ,
He reports that the last load of
:oal to reach the bunker was hauled
>n Wednesday, April 17. What was
>nee a fairly decent trail on the
aed of Lignite creek, from its mouth
to the Van Houten mine, about one
mile upstream, is now a swiftly
flowing and somewhat turbulent j
stream, and that this has also had
the effect of causing the Xenaaa
to open up in a few places below
the mouth of Lignite creek.
On his way down with the last
load of coal, the Nenana was found
to be wide open and running strong ,
at a point about a mile above the i
site of the big bridge at Xenana j
Crossing (43-mile). At the point
the main channel of the Xenana
swings almost diagonally across from
i high bluff on the north bank of |
the river to the bank on the south-,
ern shore; and the team was forced,
to make a wide detour and hug the ,
ice on the sand bars beyond in order
to reach the ice farther down stream ,
ind get safely across.
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AI NENANA CLUB
Club Rooms Scene of Jolly Gather
ing on Occasion of Fi-st Dance
of Season.
The dancing party given by the ’
Xenana club on Saturday night, for (
the enjoyment of the members and ;
their lady guests, came fully up to
the expectations of the enterainment
committee, who had the affair in
charge. There was a good attend
ed the affair proved most enjoyable
in every way.
It was the first dance given by
the cluband probably will be fol- i
lowed, at intervals, by other affairs
:>f a similar character.
The music was furnished by the
Durand orchestra.
STOCK GEIS RIDE |
ON THEJAiLROADj
Horses Used Out the Line Are
Brought to Town on Improvised
Stock Car.
The first stock to be brought to j
Xenana over the government rail-:
road, arrived in Xenana this after
noon from the corral at Camp J ,
(20-mile) south of Xenana.
It was found necessary to trans
port the stock in this manner, owing I
to the bad condition of the trail. A
flat car was converted quickly into
a stock cjir, to meet the emergency
and the stock which cannot be used
longer to advantage out the line,
is now safely quarter in Xenana. j
The trails in all directions are go- j
ing to pieces rapidly now and there
will be little further use for stock
until the snow has disappeared and
the ground has become dry.
TAX DODGER GOES TO JAIL j
CHICAGO.—John F Jeike, mil
lionaire oleomargarine manufacturer,1
under sentence to serve two years
in prison and pay a fine ,f $10,000
on charges of conspiring to defraud
the government on taxes, must serve
his sentence.
The United States Circuit court
of Appeals has upheld the decision
of Federal Judge Landis as above.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—Inquire
New* Office.
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Business is Good
There's a Reason
Cigars Stationery Candies
Tobaccos
rHURSDAY EVENING TALK
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Owing to the preparations which
jre being made for the entertain
ment to be held on Friday evening
it the Coliseum, there will be no
lecture at Grace church on Thurs
iay night.
On next week, however. Mr 1
rhomas Burns will take the platform
ind treat the public to a fund of
.aluable information about the land;
seyond the seas.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Xenana, Alaska, Apr. 17, 1918
Hereafter no children will be car-;
•ied on trains unless accompanied ,
3y their parents or some older
person to care for them.
W. L. PACKER.
Supt. of Construction.
r. s. McDonald
CONVEYANCING
GENERAL BROKERAGE
NOTARIAL WORK
LIFE INSURANCE
Local Agent of
Whitely-Woodward Company
Home Insurance Co., New York
National Fire, of Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Union Insurance Society, London
Law Union and Rock, London
Look Them Up In Best’s
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