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Overshirts
Genuine Suitcloth Shirts $3.75
Med. Weight Flannel Shirts 2.00
Best Grade Work Shirts 1.00
SI MSOIN’S
ALL WOOL INSIDE MITTS, a pair 25c
Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of
MEN’S CLOTHING and 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
SEL OUR BRUSSELS and WILTON RUGS, ALL SIZES
Bisse.l’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Full Line of
MINERS’ and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
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Fairbanks=Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
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Fairbanks Office at Pioneer Hotel
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
We thought we were going the
limit when we wore flu masks here
in Douglas, remarks Stroller White,
in his Douglas Island News, but
Nenana people wearing colored rib
bons in their hats, and Cordova
folks labelled with big taks goes us
one better. The colored ribbons in
Nenana were to show that they had
^ not had the flu, and the placards
j on the Cordova people were to show
that they had had it. It was a hind
of scheme to separate the sheep
from the goats and in both cases
the folks who wore the decorations
were the goats.
Kenana—The Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
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
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ALSO NICELY FURNISHED, WARM AND COZY ROOMS
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CARD PARTY AT
RUSSELL HOME
A very successful and most en
i joyable card party was given last
! night by Mrs. J- H. Russell, at the
Russell home on upper A street,
j Mrs. Russell’s guests were Mes
i dames M. V. Tyler, J. H. Flower,
, W. H. Gilcher, A. G. Johnson^ E
I. Foster, Larry O’Keefe, J. R.
Bowen, F. D. Browne, R. S. Mc
Donald, R. G. Southworth and ^liss
Queenie Russell.
The party commenced shortly
j after 8 o’clock, and three tables
around which the auction bridge
players assembled were soon the
scene of much exciting play. At
midnight the games were inter
rupted for a brief spell, during
which time a dainty luncheon was
served by the hostess.
Play was resumed shortly after
ward and was kept up until the
“wee sma' hours”. Mrs. R. G. South
worth won the first prize, and Mrs.
F. I). Browne carried off second
honors, the consolation prize going
to Mrs. R. S. McDonald.
The party broke up finally at
about three a. m., after having had
a most enjoyable time.
NOTED SPANISH COMPOSER
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA
MEXICO CITY. — Quinito Val
verde, a Spanish composer well
known for his operas in Spain,
Mexico and South American coun
tries, was one of the more noted
victims of the epidemic of Spanish
influenza in Mexico. He recently
came to Mexico from Spain with
an opera company.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
SERVES AS ESCORT
LONDON.—When Marshal Foch
and M. Clemenceau came to London
recently their steamer from France
was escorted by a fleet of twenty
seven planes of the Royal Air Force
Altho- !i the meteorological report
had declared the weather conditions
to be absolutely unfit for cross
Channel flying, the airmen’s plans
were carried out exactly as ar
ranged. They accompanied not only
the steamer, but also picked up the
distinguished visitor’s train at Folk
estone and convoyed it right into
the metropolis.
MEXICAN LIVING COST
IS SOARING STEADILY
MEXICO CITY.—The department
of industry and commerce reports
that the cost of living in Mexico has
doubled since 1910. The figures
quoted comprise prices paid on
foodstuffs that enter into the ordin
ary workman’s fare. Among the
increases noted are: beans 12 to
45 cents; lard 60 cents to $2.25;
beef 42 to 60 cents; rice 15 to 34
cents; rent, $5 to $7; clothes $5
to $7.
Nenana, Where Ralls and Rivers Meet
With the American Army of Oc
cupation In Germany.—The canteen
in the largest barracks in Coblenz
continued to operate as usual dur
ing switch from German soldiers
to those of the American Army of
Occupation. A German civilian
(with two young women assistants
| managed the canteen while the Ger
mans were in the barracks, and
when the Americans arrived it was
' agreed that the same '.rrangement
should continue. The Germans did
a thriving business. All the ron
’ crosses which the canteen manager
j had on hand were bought up1 in
a hurry by the American i ifantry
; men—by those of the soldiers who
I had not secured a souvenir >f this
i kind on the battlefield.
Bob Robinson was a passenger on
l yesterday morning’s train for the
end of steel. He is going on a
prospecting trip to the head of
Moose creek.
Fix Up a Bit!
Have that Suit praucd, cleaned and
altered, or that fu* coat or robe
renovated at little cost at
MTS. D*ORS4.Y’S TAILOR SHOP
Third and a Street. (Upper)
IT
BROADPASS TRAIL
TRAVEL IS EASY
AVER MOSHERS
! _
W. A. Ryan, who went to An
' chorage recently over the trail, says
that with a little more straighten
ing out in places, the trail from the
! end of steel on the Fairbanks divi
: sion to the end of steel on the coast
division, could easily be negotiated
by dog team in from three to four
days, and that it will be of great
service to the people of the Interior
for several years to come.
It would, he says, open up a
quicker and less expensive route
!for importation of winter supplies
and put the towns of Nenana and
Fairbanks from two to five days
| nearer Seattle, and thinks that the
businessmen of the two towns of
the Interior should get together
with the businessmen of Seward
and Anchorage and take steps to
open up this quicker line of com
munication between the Outside and
the Inside.
The I’ennington-Laughlin party
followed the Ryan party a day later
;and, of course, found the trail in
much better shape, as those pre
1 ceding them had broken trail over
the places that had been drifted.
1 George W. Pennington, writing
from Talkeetna, under date of Jan
uary 21, speaking of the trail, says
“Passed through the upper part of
1 Nenana Canyon and found trail
i easy to negotiate; far better than
’ over the hill. Over the summit very
easy going and scenery surpassingly
I beautiful. Not the remotest doubt
I in my mind, this is the shortest,
I quickest and most logical route
from the Tanana valley to the coast
of Alaska, and all mail and express
for Nenana and Fairbanks should
be diverted to this route at an early
date, as a matter of economy, in
both time and money.
“To me, the entire journey has
been made . with so little difficulty
that I doubt if 175 miles could be
covered in any part of Interior
Alaska in better average time or
with greater comfort.
“It is true there are many points
in the trail that might be, and no
doubt will be, shostened, straight
: ened, well marked out and greatly
: improved, but taking it ‘by and
large’, the trail over the Broad Pass
! offers the most gratifying possi
’ bilities to both Nenana and Fair
j banks as a safe and quick route to
the coast ” ,
The train schedule in force, at
the present time, on the coast divi
sion of the Alaskan Engineering'
commission is as follows: Monday,
Anchorage to Montana creek; Tues
day on to Talkeetna, arriving at
1 10:110 a. m. Leaves again at 1
p. m. for Montana creek; stops
'there Tuesday night; Wednesday to
1 Anchorage.
j The trains on the Fairbanks divi
sion, for the present, leave Nenana
| for the end of steel every Wednes
day and Saturday. These are the
' regular trains. Work trains may J
1 also possibly leave between regular
train dates, but these trains may
i not go out to the end of steel al
ways.
i The extension of the road south
wards, of course, brings the ends of
steel nearer all the time, and trav- j
lers from Nenana, bound for the ■
! coast, can always figure on going
out as far as the end of steel. The
distances shown on the distance
table are to the Nenana Crossing
and beyond. The rails now extend
a few miles beyond the Crossing,
■ and in a short time will reach Lig
nite.
i NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
Talkeetna is the end of steel on
the coast division.
From Nenana to No. Miles
Nenana Crossing (by rail).43
Lignite .52
Riley Creek .70
Jack River .90
Broad Pass Summit.110
Sullivan’s .128
Indian River .162
Dead Horse .182
Talkeetna .202
The distances given are approxi
mate.
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HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
C/GARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
'Warm Comfortable Rooms
Btrber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
CLEAN DRY WOOD FOR SALE
COAL BY THE SACK OR TON
HAULING OF ALL KINDS
Offiee at The Arctic Residence Phone
Phone 84 Front]Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE^ (£ LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
(Continued from Page One)
available. W. W. Pendergraft, of
the Imperial Cigar store, is re
ported to have said that he is
through, this being the third time
he was put out of business by fire.
J. R. Fowle, of the Fairbanks Cloth
ing Co., has made no definite plans,
but it is believed that he will re
open soon. Waechter Bros. Meat
market is now being moved over
to the Home Bakery building, next
to Thorne’s theater. H. B. Ava
koff is moving to a vacant building
bn Front street, between Harry
Woodward’s office and the Red
Cross Drug store; Hoyt & Kelly
are moving into the building for
merly occupied by the Whitely
Woodward Co. on Second avenue,
opposite the old Washington-Alaska
Bank; the Farmers Bank is moving
into the old Red Cross Drug store
building at the corner of Second
and Cushman and will use the fix
tures of the defunct Washington
Alaska Bank. The Arcade Cafe
will not open for business again
until summer; and the Model Cafe
owners have not made any definite
plans at this writing.
It is expected, however, that al
most all of the business houses
I affected by the fire will resume
| business in other locations around
town within a few days.
By a strung coincidence, the fire
i of last night had its origin in al
most the same identical spot where
the big fire of 1906 started. This
, big fire started in the Fairbanks
Block on the second floor, in the
I office occupied by Dr. Moore, a
; dentist, and before it had been got
under control, had consumed the
entire business section of the town,
including three full blocks and por
tions of two others.
Nels Peterson and Martin Mun
son, working with Albert Lundborg
jon a t*e contract in the Goldstream
valley, had their faces frozen dur
ing the recent cold spell. Abcesses
I had formed on the frozen parts
and the men are now in town for
medical aid.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
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