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Every Item Advertised Here
This store has always made a practice to undersell
competitors, and we are in a better position today
than ever to do so.
Lots of Old Merchandise at the
_Old Pre-War Prices
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX „„
Heavy Weight Worsted Suits.Up
OVERCOATS, PRESTO COLLARS.$35
PANTS, HEAVY WOOL, SPECIAL.$8.50
SWEATERCOATS, Heaviest, Best Wool.$9.50
MACKINAW COATS, Nobby Patterns.$9.50
UNDERWEAR, Heaviest, White Ribbed.
Wool, Suit.$7.50
MEDLICOTT, Best Grade, Heaviest, Suit.$8.50
OVERSHIRTS, Old Stock, Heavy Wool.$6.50
SOX, Heavy White Wool, Pair.75c
INSOLES, Best White, Pair.50c
SI MSON’S
TOWN BOARD TO MEET
CITIZENS TOMORROW
There will be a special meeting
of the board of town trustees to
morrow evening at the tirehall for
the purpose of selecting candidates
for a municipal ticket to be elected
on September 30. All citizens who
are interested in the welfare of the
ALL KINDS OF
BEEF
PORK
MUTTON
CHICKENS
Boneless •
Boiled Ham
BACON
BUTTER
Waechter Bros.
j town are urged to attend the meet
; ing and to participate in the pro
| ceedings.
| The names of several citizens who
j are willing to become candidates
have been mentioned during the past
several days, and it is the hope of
the trustees that they will attend
| the meeting, in order that they may
be consulted regarding the selection
of other candidates.
The meeting will start at eight
o'clock.
! JUST RECEIVED — All Color*
' Knitting Yarn, at Simeon’s.
_
Foreman O. E. Steele returned to
his station at Healy yesterday, after
a stay of several days in town on
business.
NOTICE.
All persons having bills against
' the Tanana Sheet Metal Works or
the undersigned are requested to
present them immediately, and those
indebted to the Tanana Sheet Metal
Works will confer a favor by set
tling their accounts within the next
few days, as it is my intention to
leave for the Outside on the steamer
Yukon. W. II. GILCHER.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
May have what you &**e looking for.
SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
Kenana, Where Ball* and River* Meet
Budweiser
The Portland
r ENANA STAMPS—25c per 190; *2 per 1,000
According to figures secured from
the office of the chairman and chief
engineer of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, more men are now
on the payroll of the Government
railroad than at any time since the
boom days of 1917, when men were
plentiful, says a recent issue of the
Anchorage Times. The peak, in
June of 1917, saw 6,200 men em
ployed by the commission, of whom
some 4,400 were employed in the
Southern division, principally near
Anchorage.
The present forces, while not
equaling the 1917 record by about
two thousand men, represent all
available help, the commission find
ing it impossible to secure the num
ber of men desired. The number
of employes on the payroll last week
totaled 3,831, of which 966 are em
ployed on the Northern division, and
the balance scattered along the
Southern division from Broad Pass
to Seward.
Considerable work is being done
in the district south of Turnagain
arm. Commencing at Tunnel and
ending at about Mile 46, about 250
men are employed on bridge con
struction, tunnel enlargement and
snowshed work. Much permanent
work is being done, and this district
has been the scene of much activity
all summer. It is expected the
Anchorage-Seward line will be in
first-class condition for heavy traffic
before the snow flies. No trouble
with snowslides is expected this win
ter.
between Anchorage and Nenana
the most work is being done above
Talkeetna, around Hurricane gulch
and points north. Upwards of fif
teen hundred men are employed in
this section of the work, and con
struction is progressing rapidly.
An interesting comparison might
be made between the disbursements
of 1917 and 1920. Due lo the in
creased cost of construction, espe
cially in the wages paid, the payroll
for last month almost equaled that
of the peak in 1917, when many
more men were employed. The Au
gust payroll totaled over $400,000
gross.
September 3 was a good day for
tracklaying on the Government rail
road, and as a result the line was
advanced 5,000 feet, or nearly one
mile, farther toward the goal, and
Labor day found the end of steel at
Mile 261%. This is only 2% miles
from the bridge site on the Susitna.
A cut and some other grading in
tervene, however, and a week or
more must elapse before track can
be pushed on to Gold creek, where
the big steel bridge is to be thrown
across the Susitna.
YOUNG ENGINEER WEDS
QUIETLY IN FAIRBANKS
L. F. Nash, acting resident en
gineer with the A. E. C., stationed
] at Fairbanks, was married there on
! September 12 to Mrs. Anna McCar
ty. The ceremony was performed
by U. S. Commissioner Reed Heilig,
the witnesses being H. C. Hansen
and George Nielsen.
The wedding was a quiet affair
and was kept quiet for some time,
but when the news leaked out the
young couple were the recipients of
the felicitations of their many
«
friends, and also of many beautiful
and useful gifts.
Mr. Nash was sent out to this
division from the Anchorage divi
sion as transitman, and arrived here
early last spring. He worked witl
Resident Engineer George S. Ab
bott, and on the transfer of the lat
ter to Jack river, acted as residenl
engineer, which position he stil
holds.
On final completion of the worl
on the Fairbanks-Happy line, Mr
Nash probably will go to the Jacl
| river residency, where he will b<
I joined later by Mrs. Nash.
WINTER MEAT IS
VERY PLENTIFUL
IN UPPER TOWN
j The unprecedented run of caribou
| in the vicjnity of the creeks ad
j jacent to Fairbanks is still on.
i From accounts of recent arrivals
1 from the upper town, hunters are
leaving town in autos, wagons, and
afoot daily, invariably returning with
the limit bag. Almost every home
! in Fairbanks is now said to be well
j stocked with fresh meat for use
during the coming winter.
Thousands of the animals are i
moving along in a very leisurely
' manner, affording an easy chance
' for even the poorest shot to get all
;
the meat he may need. The run
covers a large territory extending
from near Fox to the south bank of
the Chatanika river. Besides the
hunters of the town, those who are
’ interested only in viewing this rare
sight are out in force, and Fair
banks presents a deserted appear
ance of a Sunday morning, the con
gregations at the morning services
in the various churches being said
1 to be composed of just a handful
of worshipers.
No accurate estimate of the num
ber of animals in the “run” can, of
, course, be made, but even to the
most casual observer it must be ap
parent that it is composed of a
great many thousand caribou. Half
a million animals, it is thought by
some, would be a conservative esti
mate.
Many visitors from Nenana and
: other places have been attracted by
the fame of the “run” and have had
an opportunity to see groups of the
animals at various points along the
railroad.
Monday’s train to Chatanika had
to stop for a while to let a band of
caribou get across the track a short
distance beyond Gilmore, and some
of the passengers bagged five of
them ere they could away to the
safety of the timber above the track.
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Misses Queenie and Alta Russell
returned to town last evening from
a several-day visit with Mrs. J. J.
Kestly, in Nenana canyon.
Locating Engineer Hawley Ster
ling, of the Alaska Road commis
sion, arrived in town last evening
from the Kantishna district, where
he is engaged in looking over routes
for the proposed wagon road which
is to connect the Kantishna with the
!
Government railroad.
'
Joe Fischer is out on crutches
. this week, after several weeks’ con
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| finement at the Government hospital
with a broken foot.
Herb Heathorn and Leo Rodrigue
j are organizing a branch of the Sinn
[ Fein in Nenana.
FOR WINTER WEAR
Stag Shirts
Knitted Sport Coats
Sweaters Overcoats
Mackinaw Coats
Old Stock at Old Prices.
Northern Commercial Co.
ALASKA’S LARGEST OUTFITTERS
Coming on every boat:
FRESH GOODS
FOR
JOHNSON’S ^Merchandise STORE
Front Street
I ICE CBEAM-Refreshing Drinks
| BILLY GAGNON UNION HALL BUILDING
BLANKFIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kindt
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
THE NEW RAILROAD
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
POOL AND PAN
SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME
BARBER SHOP AND BATHS
ROOMS IN CONNECTION. BILLY THOMAS
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YOU'LL FIND HIM AT
The Terminal
IF HE IS IN TOWN. SOONER OR LATER THEY ALL DROP
IN AND JOIN THE BUNCH.
FRESH CANDY
IN BULK AND FANCY BOXES
COLD DRINKS SMOKERS’ SUPPLIES
Clean, Warm, Comfortable Rooms
JOE O’CONNOR
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