HEADQUARTERS
FOR GOOD CLOTHING
New Goods Unpacked Daily
Extra Heavy Flannelette Night Gowns - $ 1.50
Flannelette Pajamas - 2*50
Men’s Gray Mixed Wool Sweater Coats - 3.50
All Wool Sweater Coats - - $6.50 up
Waterproof All Wool Mackinaw Coats - 8.50
Genuine Imported Wool Maikinaw Coats
In Plain and Fancy Colors - $11.50 and 12.50
Hart Shaffner & Marx Overcoats - 25.00
Broadcloth Overcoats, Satin Quilted, with
50.00
35.00
3.50
4.50
6.00
Beaver Collars and Cuffs
Genuine Russian Calf Teamsters’ Coats
Flannel Overshirts -
Eagle Brand Wool Underwear, per Suit
Best Canadian All Wool Underwear, Suit
Wool Union Suits - - $4 to 6.50
White Wool Sox, per Pair - - 25c
Natural Wool Cashmere Sox, 3 Pair for 1.00
Fur Caps of AH Descriptions
Dolge Felt and Felt Lined Shoes
Flash Lights, - $1.25 up
Extra Batteries of All Sizes
SIM SON’S NEW STORE
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS
MODEL CAFE
Market Street
NOW OPEN?
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PIES
The Commission machine shop build
ing, which is being built adjoining the
power plant, is nearing completion
rapidly, The work of inclosing the
building was begun during the week
and a considerable portion of the roof
is now in place.
Dr. Hedger is Coming
To Open Offices Here
According to advices received from
Fairbanks yesterday Dr. II. L. Hedger,
the well-known dentist of the upper
town, will leave for Nenana tomorrow
with full equipment for the very best
dental work and will open offices here
during the coming week. He expects
to arrive here Monday or Tuesday.
Through his long residence in the
north Dr. Hedger is known to most
people of interior Alaska, and Ins com
ing here will be welcomed by the many
who are in need of dental work.
FOUND—Check made payable to Carl
Cruger. Owner can have same bv prov
ing ownership and paying for this ad
vertisement. Inquire at News office.
Martin Murray and partners, wlic
have a large clearing contract south ol
town, sustained a serious loss during the
week as the result of a fire which com
pletely destroyed their cabin and con
tents, consisting of their entire outfit ol
provisions aud clothing.
The Thompson & Gagnon drug store
was moved to its new home near the Col
iseum during the week. The new store
presents a very attractive appearance.
GET THE MOST OUT OF LIVING
Let Us Help You
In Our
Large Stock
You Will Find Many
HOME COMFORTS
Rugs, Linoleum, Chairs
Mattresses, Beds, Springs
Wall Paper, House Linings
Building Paper, Moulding
Sash, Doors, Glass
ANDERSON BROS. & NERLAND
I
LIGHTS TURNED ON;
PLANT WORKING WELL
Tlie work of installing the new elec
tric light and power plant, which is to
supply light and power tor the Alaska
Engineering Commission and the town
of Nenana, was completed during the
week and the service is now being ex
tended throughout town as rapidly as
electricians can string the wires into
the buildings. Only one of the power
units is in use at present, but the re
mainder of the plant will be completed
within a short time so that the second
unit may be used in case of emergency.
The machinery is all in place and but
little remains to be done to put it in
working order.
The first light was generated on
Tuesday and on the following night the
street lights were turned on for the first
time. There are twelve of them, and
they are so distributed that the streets in
the business section of town are now
verv well lighted. It is expected that
A street will be especially well illumin
ed when all the business men along that
thoroughfare install lights.
The schedule of rates which has been
announced by the Commission was made
out with a view to permitting the liber
al use of lights in business places with
out excessive cost. The rate up to 50
K.W.H. is twenty-five cents, the same
as in Fairbanks, but when more than
that amount is used in a month the rate
is considerably lower than that of Fair
banks. There will be no ffat rates.
Each consumer will be supplied with
a meter, and at the end of each month a
charge will be made for the amount of
electricity used, with the minimum
charge fixed at £2.50. There will be no
rental charge for meters, as is the case
in Fairbanks.
In order to insure the proper wiring
of buildings, the Commission requires
that applications for current must be ac
companied by certificates from the
townsite manager showing that the
wiring is acceptable. This measure is
intended to safeguard the town against
fires originating from faulty wiring.
EDES TELLS Of WORK
IN THE COAST REGION
Seward--The Alaskan Engineering
Commission is operating a daily train
between Anchorage and Moose Creek
on the Matanuska branch, and three
carloads of coal are being brought to
Anchorage daily. This coal is for use of
the Commission and also for tbe sup
ply of the people at Anchorage. Mater
ial and supplies for the construction of
the railroad are being hanled on this
train, as well as freight and passengers,
to points along the line. The commer
cial freight and passenger traflc is pay
ing for the operation of the train,
which enables the Government to trans
port its construction materials free of
charge from Anchorage to its camps on
the railroad.
The population of Anchorage, which
is the main construction base on the
railroad, is between 4,000 and 5,000,
At Matanuska, the junction of the
Matanuska branch with the main line,
a townsite was recently surveyed by
the government and a town is now in
course of development. There is also a
small town at Moose Creek, about
fifty miles from Anchorage, where the
first mine on the railroad is in operation.
At Wassilla, the name of the town
where the railroad crosses the Knik
Willow Creek wagon road, several
people are gathering. Wassilla will be
the distributing point for freight and
supplies for the Willow Creek mining
district. The Government is taking im
mediate steps to survey small townsites
at these places.
The railroad north and south from
Anchorage passes through and develops
a large agricultural country. There are
now between 500 and 1,000 homesteaders
aloug the line of the railroad in this sec
tion, and the agricultural land is being
rapidly developed. The homesteaders
are supplying a considerable portion of
the foodstuffs for the railroad employees
Cooney’s Hotel and Store
General Merchandise
and Hardware.
Gents’ Furnishings General Outfitting
First Class Hotel in Connection
Rooms and Beds
Cooney & Cooney “A” Street
and other people in that section ol the
country. Recently the Alaskan Ktigineer
ing Commission contracted for 400 tons,
or over 13,000 bushels of potatoes with
the Matanuska farmers. Products are be
ing hauled by the farmers to Matanuska
and shipped over the railroad to Anchor
age and other joints along the line.
There is still room for a large number
cl homesteaders in the vicinity <t the
railroad, and the government hopes to
encourage farmers from the States to
come to Alaska ami take up homesteads
in the territory tiibutarv to the railroad
in order to develop the agricultural
lands so that the country may some day
in the near future lie self-supporting.
The building of the railroad lias also
given an impetus to the mining indus
try, and there is good prospect for con
siderable traffic lor the railroad when it
is finally completed.
Mrs. Cora Hill is a recent arrival in
Neuana, having come down on the last
Palmer stage from Fairbanks.
Mike Goonen, proprietor of the North
Star restaurant, is in Fairbanks on a
business trip, having lett for the upper
town several days ago.
William Casey left for Fairbanks Wed
nesday morning with the Whelan outfit,
expecting to be absent a week or ten
days.
SMOKE HOUSE
Opposite Commissioner's Office
MARKET STREET
NCW CPEN FOR BUSINESS
Nice Line of
Cigars
Candies
fruit, Etc,
CIRCULATING LIBRARY
ROLAND’S
Nenana-Fairbanks
STAGE
Leaves Nenana Every Monday
Carrying Freight and Passengers
Office: Terminal Cigar Store
Bert Lucas, driver
WATCH FOR THE OPENING
We Will Soon Be Ready
For Business in Our New
Building with a Complete
New Stock of Goods.
NENANA TRADING COMPANY
NEW GOODS ON DISPLAY
Cook's Inlaid Linoleum in All Newest Designs
Table Oilcloth in All Colors
Toilet Articles of Every Description
Pinaud’s and Colgate’s Perfumes and Soaps
Fancy Leather Goods Suitable for Gifts
Hand Painted and Decorated Lamps
SPECIAL: 42 PIECE DINNER SETS - $12,50
KOHLER & CAMPBELL PLAYER PIANO
Laces of All Descriptions Will Be Placed on
Display Monday
SIMSOIN’S NEW STORE