FALL IS HERE
AND WE ARE READY TO SUPPLY EVERY MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD IN NENANA WITH SUITABLE CLOTHES
THERE IS NOTHING TO BE GAINED BY WAITING
ASSORTMENTS WILL NEVER BE BETTER
PRICES WILL NEVER BE LOWER
MEN’S DEPARTMENT
Fall and Winter Saits—Standard Makes
STERNS, ADLERS, HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
THE STYLES ARE CORRECT
THE TAILORING IS THE BEST
PATTERNS IN GOOD VARIETY
AND WE GUARANTEE TO FIT YOU PERFECT—TO YOUR
SATISFACTION
Special Attention I* Called to Our Complete Stock of Black
and Blue Serge Suits- Prices are
$25 $35 $45
(Silk and Satin Lined)
It’s Time to Put On Medium Weight Wool Underwear;
We Recommend:
Wright’s Needle Ribbed Wool Unde-wear, Suit.$6
Dunham Mills’ Ribbed Underwear, grey and white^ Suit.... $6
Cooper’s Spring Needle^ Ribbed Underwear, Suit.$5
$5.00
SIMSON’S
SU1TCLOTH
SHIRTS
$6.50
This label stands for the best in Overshirts—Gonuine Suit
cloths, London shrunk, fast colors; one of these shirts will
outwear half a dozen flannel shirts... Prices a-e
$5 and $6.50
FINE DRESS SHOES ARE KNOWN BY THESE NAMES
HANAN & SON FREEMAN
We hare both makes at $8.50 and $9.50 pair for the best
Good Dress Shoes are selling now as low as, pair.$6.50
Heavy Waterproof Cutter and Chippewa Shoes from
$7.50 up to $13.50.
Cashmerine Wool Sox, pair .50c
Heavy White Wool Sox, pair.50c
Hipress Rubber Pacs, white, pai>- .$5.50
Hipress Rubber Pacs, redf pair.$4.50
For real comfort there is nothing like a Down Quilt
We are selling them at the old price, up from...
$11.50
AT
HALF PRICE
THIS INCLUDES ALL
THE LATE ARRIVALS
Every Suit
Every Party Dress
Every Street Dress
Every Evening Gown
$25 Values at $12.50
$35 Values at $17.50
Fall Coats at Big Reductions
The Fall Mats Are Unpacked
Fall and Winter Underwear in Good Variety
GOOD UNION SUITS, At . .$3 50
SILK AND WOOL UNIONS, At ..
Towels, Sheets Pillow Cases, Clinic Gauze, Ginghams, House
Linings, Muslin, Cretons, Outing Flannels, Table Linen,
Canton Flannel, Daisy Cloth, Cotton Batts,
Wool Batts, Blankets, Quilts.
All At Big Price Reductions
SIMSON’S
Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing
THE ARCTIC
Cigars — Tobaccos — Candies
Soft Drinks -- Pool
Furnished Rooms For Rent
HARRY DAVIS FRANK TAYLOR
DRAFT BOVS ABE
SENE BACK HOME
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Army Medical Officer Discharge
Two Men From Military Service
As Unfit.
On the army transport Jacobs
which arrived yesterday afternooi
from Fort Gibbon, Frank Sabanoff
a man from the first lot of met
drafted under the selective servici
regulations and Alex Kalisoff, wh<
went with the second contingent oj
the second draft, were returned t<
Nenana as being unfit for militarj
service by reason of the disabilities
which bar them from serving,
j Frank Sabanoff is a Fairbanks
registrant and, it is reported thai
he w'as in the military hospital a1
Fort Gibbon from the time he ar
rived there with the first draft until
discharged to take the transport foi
Nenana. Alex Kalisoff went with
the last lot of men to be sent from
Nenana and his discharge from draft
reads as follows:
DISCHARGE FROM DRAFT
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that Alek Kalis
soff is hereby discharged from the
military services of the United States
by reason of fast operative hernia
following offendectormy.
Said Alek Kalissoff was inducted
into the service from the jurisdiction
of the Local Board for Nenana,
Alaska. * * * on the 20th day of
August 1918.
While this certificate discharges
the person named herein from his
present obligation to serve in the
army, it does not operate as a per
manent bar to his subsequent en
trance into the military service- Un
der Section 5 of the Act of May 18
1918, all registered persons remain
subject to the draft unless exempted
or excused as in that Act provided.
Therefore, this discharge does not
excuse the holder from obedience to
the process of exemption boards.
Given at Fort Gibbon, Alaska this
22nd day of August, 1918.
By order of JOSEPH SPAULDING
Capt. 30th Batt. U. S. G. N. A.
Commanding Post.
RECEPTION HELD
YESTERDAY WAS
SOCIAL SUCCESS
Reception and Teat Given by Mr*.
David H. More Yesterday Waa
Largely Attended.
Pursuant to a notice which ap
peared in the columns of the Nenana
News, practically all the ladies of
Nenana responded to the invitation
extended by Mrs. David H. More
and met at her home on the Com
mission Reserve yesterday for the
purpose of meeting Mrs. F. D.
Browne, who arrived recently to
make her home in Nenana.
From three o’clock in the after
noon visitors began to arrive and
in a short while there was a large
number of the fair sex assembled
at the home of Mrs. More, number
ing about forty or more, in spite of
the disagreeable weather prevailing.
Several beautiful bouquets of flowers
were bro.ught by the visitors.
Cake and punch were served dur
ing the reception which lasted until
six o’clock, and both Mrs. More and
Mrs. Browne desire to express their
hearty thanks to the ladies of Np
nana for the splendid turnout in
spite of the bad weather.
CITIZENSHIP NIGHT SCHOOL
Those who desire to attend a citi
zenship night school during the com
ing winter are requested to see
Rev. Robert Joheph Diven, at the
Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Frank Young Sr. and Miss
Helen Young left for Fairbanks this
morning on Roy Lund’s launch.
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POST AS MAYOR
!: TO ENTER ARMY
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i H. B. Joseph, New Towniite Manager
Will Take Over Office on
First of Month.
, 1 Townsite Manager W. H. Grigs,
1 who assumed his duties as mayor of
’ Nenana several weeks ago following
the departure of Fred S. Ryus, an
nounces that he will give up the
■ offiec on the first of September and
leave for the Outside on the steamer
i Yukon to join the fighting forces
of Uncle Sam. He will be succeeded
as mayor by H. B. Joseph, of the
accoounting department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, whose
appointment was made known in ad
vices received on the last mail from
Manager Andrew Christensen, of the
Land and Industrial department of
the Alaskan Engineering ocmmission.
Mayor Grigg forwarded his resig
nation to Anchorage some time ago,
: with the request that he be relieved
i from duty reasonably soon, and it
was upon his recommendation that
the appointment of Mr. Joseph was
made.
Mr. Grigg will go direct to Seattle,
where he will try for a commission
in the infantry branch of the ser
vice. He is a veteran of the Spanish
American war, having served two
years and having been discharged
with the rank of Battalion Sergeant
major, and he is hopeful of securing
a commission without serious delay.
Mrs. Grigg will acocmpany her
husband to Seattle, after which she
will visit with her family.
Mr. Joseph, who will succeed Mr.
Grigg as townsite manager, is emin
ently qualified to fill that position.
Mr. Joseph is at present in the
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
commission as assistant chief account
ant, and can be trusted to fulfill
the duties of his new office in a
thoroughly efficient manner; he is
an expert accountant and has also
devoted much of his spare time to
the study of civic matters, which
will stand him in good stead in his
administration of the city’s affairs.
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Transport General J. W. Jacobs Is
On He- Way to Army Posts
On Upper Tanana River.
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On her last trip for the season
with supplies for the use of the men
stationed at Fairbanks, Salcha, Rich
ardson and McCarty, the army trans
port General J. W. Jacobs arrived
in port yesterday afternoon from the
army town and sailed about an hour
afterwards for Fairbanks.
After discharging the freight she
has on board for Fairbanks the
steamer will proceed up the Tanana
river from Chena to the army posts
on the upper Tanana. She is ex
pected to arrive here on her return
trip in about ten days.
The transport put off a small
quantity of freight here for the local
Signal Corps boys and also brought
Frank Sabanoff and Alick Kalisoff,
Nenana draft men, who have been
rejected by the army medical offi
cer; Thomas Amberson and D. C
Fairman, film expert and pianist,
respectively, with the pictures of
“Birth of a Nation” and “Intoler
ance.”
The Northern Commercial com
pany are advertising the following
stock for sale; ten heavy freight
horses, ten light freight horses and
twenty stage horses.
NOTICE
The Nenana Commercial club will
meet at Ball & Thomas’ Barber
shop at 8:30 p. m., August 30th.
Fresh Vegetables
Cabbage, Turnips, Carrots and
New Potatoes.
COG GY
SCHEDULE
FOR
BIRTM Or A NATION
AND
INTOLERANCE
AUGUST 29, THURSDAY, “THE BIRTH OK A NATION”
AUGUST 30, FRIDAY, “INTOLERANCE”
AUGUST 31, SATURDAY, “THE BIRTH OF A NATION”
SEPT. 1, SUNDAY MATINEE, THE BIRTH OF A NATION”
SUNDAY NIGHT, “INTOLERANCE”
SEPT. 2, MONDAY MATINEE, “INTOLERANCE”
MONDAY NIGHT, “THE BIRTH OF A NATION
Each picture will be run complete each performance. The entire
original musical score will be played by company’s own musician
MATINEES AT 2 P. M NIGHTS AT 8 P. M.
General Admission $ 1 Reserved Seats SJ.50
CHildren 50 Cents '
KEEP THIS FOR REFERENCE
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A notice issued by Frederick D.
'Browne, engineer in charge of the
Fairbanks division of the A. E. C.,
calls for bids on 90 tons of vege
tables and 50 tons of native hay
for the use of the A. E. C. for de
livery at Chena or Fairbanks not
later than September 20th.
Master Mechanic W. E. Muir, of
the A. E. C., left on the launch Peer
less for Nenana this morning.
Red Kepp, Mike Radovich and Eli
Radovich, who arrived on the steam
miiiniM
er Tanana yesterday will leave for
the coast tomorrow on the stage.
| The steamer Tanana arrived at
half past nine last night and is
| scheduled to sail for Tanana at four
I o’clock this afternoon. Her passen
ger list will not be available until
after she sails.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
Fresh Ranch Eggs Fresh Milk
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
HELP WIN THE WAR
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF WHEAT SUBSTITUTES
TO OFFER
Barley Flour
Rice Flour
Liberty Flour
(75% Wheat 25% Barley)
The Food Regulations compel us to sell 60 pounds of
Substitutes with every 100 pounds of Wheat Flour, except
the Liberty Flour, which it is only necessary to use 20
pounds of substitute with eve**y 100 pounds.
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