Crockery
The Largest and Best Assorted .
Stock in tHe Interior of Alaska
Cur Prices Are Right
SI M SO N’S
SKIRTS AND DRESSES STILL SELLING AT $5
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The sun on longer days will mak
you feel like throwing away you
old hat and suit. Certainly thos
old spots do not improre your a;
pearance, but fo** a trifling sum yo
can hare them pressed, mended an
cleaned at Mrs. D'Orsay's Tailo
Shop, Third and A streets.
Keiiana. Alaska's Interior Tuel X>epc
Dr. J. R. SOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of
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MACKINAW COATS
Army and Navy Sweaters
SWEATER COATS
MACKINAW PANTS
SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
WOOL SOCKS, All Weights
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
' GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS
SEE OUR BRUSSELS and WILTON RUGS, ALL SIZES
Bisse.Ps 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.
Burgess-Karstens
AUTO STAGE
Fairbanks=Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
Reservations at The Terminal
Fairbanks Office at Pioneer Hotel
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
111 A
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 MOMENTS
RECREATION OR AMUSEMENT, TRY
THE ARCTIC
DAVIS & TAYLOR, Prop*.
ALSO NICELY FURNISHED, WARM AND COZY ROOMS
FOR RENT AT REASONABLE RATES
GLAD 10 BE BACK
Thomas Byrne, a former A. E. C.
man, and John Miller, formerly with
A. Ghezzi, arrived in town yester
day evening- from Xenana Crossing,
; finishing their journey from the
States. Mrs. Morrison, who came
in over the Broad Pass with Byrne
and Miller, stayed at the Crossing
for the night, and will come in on
| ,the train this evening.
. Tommy Byrne, who was one of
e the crew of the Brown hoist last !
summer, quit his job on June 16th
and went down river to investigate
the reported strike in the Good
News Bay country. He traveled
LI
j down river and crossed over to the
Kuskokwim at the portage near
Russian Mission. The country' did
not look good to him, and the pros
* pects W’ere not alluring, so after a
short stay he back tracked to the
i Yukon, reaching Russian Mission by
way of the lakes and portages.
From Russian Mission Tommy
went to Marshall and stayed at the
diggings in that district for about
a month and then left for Seattle.
He says he had to wait sixteen
days at St. Michael to catch a boat
bound for the States, and that the
Victoria, on which he made the trip,
was a very long time in reaching
Seattle.
|l No difficulty at all was expe
{ rienced in getting a job at Seattle;
in fact, he says, he could have
picked out any kind of a job at
j any time. The pay also was good;
much better than obtainable in
Alaska, but the cost of room rent
and living was so high that the
j big wages received did not begin to
\ . 'mpare with the money obtainable
j in Alaska for any kind of work.
S He worked in Skinner & Eddy’s
j shipyard for two months and was
| one of about 13,000 workmen who
i struck in obedience to orders from
j the f ‘ s.
i He left Seattle January 26, ar
| riving in Xenana last night, being
| just a month on the way. The boat
| coming North was seven days making
i the voyage and he had to wait six
■ days for a train out of Seward.
The train service between Seward
i and Anchorage he described as very
poor.
The trip over the trail from Tal-;
keetna to Nenana was most delight
ful, and he says he does not under
stand why all the mail and express
is not brought in over this trail,
which he thinks is the only logical
trail from the coast to the Interior.
The going was fine, he says, all the
way through and no difficulties of
any kind were experienced. He
thinks that a wagon road should
be opened up and says that when
this is done the trip between rail
ends can be accomplished in about
three or four days at the most
Mr. Byrne has been in Alaska
for the past twenty-one years, and
his trip to the States was the first
in that many years. Everything is
fine and dandy, he says, in the big
cities Outside, at the beginning; but
the novelty soon wears away and
the average sourdough gets very
tired of it all in about a week or
so. This was his experience, and
he was longing for the North all the
time. He says he met a great
many Alaskans in Seattle and every
one of them were preparing to come
North; some in the spring and others
as soon as they could get away.
The States, with all its manifold at
tractions, is no place for an Alas
kan, and he says, that when he nevt
feels that he should take a holiday
he will go to Lake Minchumina or
the McKinley Park country, where
he could have more enjoyment in
a week than it would be possible
to get in Seattle in a year or so.
Mrs. Lulu Morrison, who has been
Outside for the winter, is expected
on the train tonight.
EAGLE BARN DANCE
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
The Fairbanks Aerie of Eagles
who -will give a barn dance at their
hall on next Satu.-day ni^bt, report
that everything is in readiness for
the big event.
CLUB EXCURSION -
SAIUSDAV NIGHT
The committee in charge of the
arrangements for the excursion to
the end of steel Saturday night re
port that the movement is being
well supported and it is expected
that about fifty people will journey
on the train leaving at ten o’clock
on Saturday night,
j Intending excursionists are urged
| to procure their tickets at the ticket
i office in the employment agent’s
[office on the ground floor of the
main office building o fthe A. E. C
j Tickets can be obtained during office
i hours on Saturday.
The train will pull out from the
foot of A street sharp at 10 p. m.
next Saturday, March 1st.
Arrangements have been made
for meals at the A. E. C. camp at
; 43-mile.
FAIRBANKS MERCHANT
IS VISITING NENANA
Frank S. Gordon, of Gordon’s
Glass Block, of Fairbanks, arrived
on the Burgess auto yesterday even
ing for a brief business visit.
Mr. Gordon, who s very favorably
impressed with the looks of the
town, will probably remain here for
a few days.
DEATH IS REPORTED
OF INSANE ALASKAN
The clerk of the court at Fair
banks has been notified of the death
of L. M. Lepley at the Morningside
institution for the insane. The
death took place on January 29th.
Lepley was adjudged insane and
sent out to Morning side in October
1909.
MANY PASSENGERS ON
THE BARTLETT STAGE
Ed Bartleet’s stage, which is en
rout to Fairbanks from Chitina. re
ported at Gulkana last night. The
staeg has eight passengers on board
for Fairbanks, among whom are
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Erwin and their
1 i-year-old son, Charlie Creamer
and Joe O'Connor
MASONS
On Friday evening, February 28,
at 8 o'clock sharp, there will be a
regular meeting of the Nenana
Masonic club at the home of Mr.
Herman Anderson.
P. GRANDISOX, Sec'.
LOUIS ANDERSON, Pres.
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AND THE
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QUARTZ
BELT
BIG
43-MILE
TRAIN LEAVES TOWN
Saturday Night
RETURNS SUNDAY NIGHT
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MAKE YOUR
RESERVATIONS EARLY
See
Robert E. Boras
W. H. Gilcher
or J. A. SEppe a
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CANDIES
POOL
| Also That Fat Domestic Goose at 1
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i rOWLER & MORRIS
$ GROCERS
We Carry the Best Grade of
MACKINAW SHIRTS, COATS and PANTS *
\ Finest assortment of Men’s Socks, Daniel
Green Felt Shoes and Slippers, Moccasins,
Wool Blankets and Comforters
A Full Line of Miner's and Trapper's Supples
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* STAGE MOVEMENTS *■
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The Burgess automobile left town
this morning for Fairbanks. There
were no passengers aboard.
Robinson’s auto left this morning
with M. J Martin and Lee Lempert
for Ester and George Demares for
Dunbars.
There being no business to war
rant it, the Karstens auto did not
leave Fairbanks today for Nenana.
He will probably leave tomorrow.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Sat
urdays.
WsxuLna—Tbs Gateway to McKinley
_ HsUiaal Park.
TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB
MET LAST EVENING
Sixteen members of the Tuesday*
Bridge club met last night at the
Anderson home, on First street, as
the guests of Miss Mildred Ander
son, and indulged in their favorite
game until midnight.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess during the course of the
games. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. J. R.
Bowen.
At Union Hrll on Tuesday and
Friday nights, commencing at 9:30
and ending at Midnight.
Fox Trotting a Specialty. Fates
on application at Union Hall.
Mrs. Belle Campbell
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson V
Bros. & Nerlaad.
Phone 84 Front Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
HYLAND'S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
COONEY STAGE UNE
Nenana -TalK^etna
QUICK TRIP BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
Reservations at Cooney Hotel
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