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Nenana Steam Laundry
Phone 73
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WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST
GEORGE RICH, Proprietor
Central Restaurant
Christmas Dinner Bill of Fare
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1921
RELISH
Ripe Olives
SOUP
Mulligatawny
SALAD
Crab, with Mayonnaise ..— *L(
FISH
Fresh Speckled Trout—To Order . 1.25
> Fresh Whitefish ...... 1.00
Finnan Haddie—Drawn Butter . 1.00
Lower Yukon Salmon Bellies—Drawn Butter 1.00
Lower Yukon Fried King Salmon .75
Fried Pickerel --—..73
BOILED
Shortribs of Beef—Spanish ... 100
ENTREES
Chicken Fricassee—Jardinere . 1.50
Stewed Mountain Sheep with Dumplings . 1.00
Pork Tenderloin—Cream Gravy . 1.25
► Moose Steak—Bordelaise ..... '.75
Half Fresh Spring Chicken—Maryland Style 1.50
Fresh Pork Chops—Country Gravy . 1.25
Spanish Omelet ...-. - 1-00
Liver and Bacon or Onions . ... 1-00
Hamburger Steak—Brown Gravy . 1.00
Veal Cutlets, Breaded—Spanish .. 1-00
Mountain Sheep Chops—To Order . 1.25
“Outside" Mutton Chops .. ... 1.25
Half White-meat Grouse . ... 1-25
ROASTS
Fresh “Outside" Turkey—Cranberry Sauce 150
Fresh “Outside” Goose with Jelly . 1.50
Fresh “Outside” Duck with Apple Sauce . 1.50
Chicken with Dressing .,..— 1-50
Prime Ribs of Beef—Natural Gravy . 1-25
Loin of Pork—Apple Sauce ----. 1-25
Rump Roast of Beef—Brown Gravy . 1.00
SPECIALS
Fresh Pork Chops—To Order .- 1.25
Porterhouse Steak—Single . 2.50
Porterhouse Steak—Double .. 4.00
Rib Steak of Beef .._. 1.50
Half Dozen Eastern Oysters—Raw .— 1.00
Half Dozen Eastern Oysters—FVied . 1-50
Half Spring Chicken ... 1.50
Sirloin Steak of Beef .... 1-50
T-Bone Steak ___ 2 00
COLD MEATS
Duck with Potato Salad . . 1.50
Goose with Potato Salad ---- 1.50
Turkey with Potato Salad ... 1.50
Bologna Sausage —---— 1.00
Ham with Potato Salad --- 1.00
Chicken with Potato Salad --- 1.50
Head Cheese with Potato Salad . 1.00
DESSERT
English Plum Pudding—Vine Sauce
Lemon, Mince, Apple, Raisin and Pumpkin Pies
. Ice Cream by Request
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Editor News:
As the newspapers have been tell
ing us about the candidacy of Taos.
J. Drayton, of Seward, who is like
ly to be our next delegate to Con
gress. it strikes me a few words
from one of his old-time friends
might interest your readers, particu
larly as Mr. Drayton is but little
known in this part of Alaska.
He is around 40 years of age.
1 weighs about ISO ponds and can
snowshoe as far and as frst as any
body 1 know; and in handling a
pick, rifle or fishing rod. he can hold
his own with any of the beat of
them. He makes the best speech
I ever heard from an Alaskan, and
in slinging a literary pen, I sup
pose you and all other Alaska news
paper people know that he is a
star performer. He is one of the
first scholars in Alaska, if not the
very first; and I imagine that ever,
his political enemies would not de
ny him first rank as an authority
on political science. He is rather
1 careless in his dress and has been
severely lampooned in the public
j press for not being more of a dude.
But I've seen him wear a clawham
{mer, a long time ago, and I think
he could come back to it if necessity
: required. He wore a high silk tile,
■ too, although he told me at the time
it reminded him of one vacancy
above another. The Draytons are
Kentuckians, originally from New
York, where a branch of the family
is still very prominent socially and
financially. He has nothing particu
j larly in the way of property him
j self, and no man could have who
j gives away his last dollar to any
i body who asks for it as freely as
j he does. That's the only criticism
of him his enemies could ever make
stick, although a good many people
don't like his open bluntness in ex
pressing his opinions. When he is
sure of his facts, he is rather open
i and blunt in saying what he thinks,
j but you always know where to find
jhim, and that trait hurts him none
( with me.
He makes his living by writing
for various magazines and a string
of big newspapers on the Outside.
So far as I know, he was the first
man to begin hammering conserva
tion as practiced in Alaska, and to
predict that it would ruin the terri
jtory and drive out all population
j in time. He always thought Alaska
conservation was a fraud masquer
ading under a respectable name; and
as he can say things in an awfully
polite way. but at the same time
i raise a blister and leave a nasty
scar, he has come to be the most
i feared and hated man in Alaska by
the friends of conservation.
Now. a little prediction in clos
ing. Drayton is strong in the coast
towns, particularly where his writ
ings are most seen, and if he gets
around so the people can get a
| proper line on him, nothing can de
: feat his nomination at the primaries,
j The Democrats will be made to put
j up their very best man with a view
to holding their party vote away
, from Drayton. Then likely a lot of
| Independents will be put in the race
to draw Republican votes away
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Miss Leota Scott, daughter of Mr.
I and Mrs. J. H. Scott, of this city,
now attending high school at Pull
^ man, Washington, may come North
j next summer on a visit ito her par
ents. Miss Scott was fomerly a mem
ber of the "hello'’ force at the local
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telephone exchange and has many
I friends here who will welcome her
j return to Alaska.
Joe Cox, formerly head packer
with the Mt. McKinley boundary
survey party, has returned to town
for the holidays. He has been out
cruising timber during the last few
from him at the election. Anybody
but Drayton, and anything to de
feat him. will be the plan and pur
pose, and here's the reason: If
Drayton once gets to Congress his
audience of newspaper and maga
zine readers will probably be in
' creased up to a third of the voters
in the United States. He has an
audience of millions now. That’s
the real secret of the dread of
> Drayton’s election. Let him once
get the chance at the public ear a
seat in Congress will give him, and
Alaska conservation and all other
of Pinchotism are going to be
smashed through force of the public
opinion he will create with his pen.
Drayton is the only man in Alaska
the Pinchot boys fear in the least,
and they fear him like the devil
fears holy water.
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AN OLDTIMER
The Editor is personally acquaint
ed with the writer of the above
letter—has known him for a great
many years in the North. He is, a3
he signs his letter, an oldtimer, and
too modest to have his real name
appear in print although eager to
champion the cause of one he ad
I mires.
garri ^ I
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Christmas Dinner Bill of Fare
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1921
SALAD Potato, 50c. Crab. $1.00 Shrimp $ .75
Fra it Salad .... .. .75
Asparagus Tips ..... 1.00
(With Mayonnaise Dressing)
SOUP Consomme Royal
FISH Boiled Norwegian Mackerel .75
Boiled King Salmon—Egg Sauce .75
Fried Whitefish—Tartar Sauce .75
Fried Salmon—with Lemon .75
BOILED Brisket of Beef—Horseradish .75
Mutton with Caper Sauce .75
Chicken—Mushroom Sauce 150
ENTREES Mutton Fricassee—French Peas .75
Baked Shortribs of Beef with Vegetables .75
Fresh Chicken Fricassee—French Toast 1.50
ROAST Prime Ribs of Beef Au Jus 1.00
Leg of Mutton with Jelly. 1.00
Fresh Loin of Pork—Fresh Apple Sauce 1.00
Fresh Chicken with Mushroom Dressing 1.50
Turkey—Oyster Dressing—Cranberry Sauce 1.50
SPECIAL Plain Beef Steak 1.00
Sirloin Steak . 1.25
Rib Steak . 1.25
T-Bone Steak .1.50
Porterhouse Steak . 2.75
Lamb Chops . 1.50
Pork Chops ..... 1.25
Pork Tenderloin—Fried Apples 1.00
Fresh Oysters—Fried . 1.25
Half Spring Chicken—Fried 1.50
Chicken Noodles . 1.25
Hot Tamales . . ... .75
CAME Moose Steak ...75
Moose T-Bone Steak . 1.00
Mountain Sheep Chops or Steak . 1.00
White Meat Grouse . 1.00
Mallard Duck—Cranberry Sauce . 1.00
VEGETABLES String Beans ..50
French Teas .......50
Asparagus Tips . 1.00
Com on the Cob . 50
Potatoes—Steamed and Mashed
DESSERT English Plum Pudding with Hard Sauce
Marble Ice Cream and Fruit Cake
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