THESE ARE NEW GOODS. BIG RANGE TO CHOOSE FROM
AT THE VERY LOWEST
NEW PRICES
Fairbanks Clothing Co.
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MEN’S
NEW SUITS
HATS CAPS
DRESS SHOES
WORK SHOES
SUIT CASES
TRAVELING BAGS
WORK SHIRTS
DRESS SHIRTS
SPORT SHIRTS
SUMMER UNDERWEAR
TENNIS SHOES
RUBBER SHOE PACS
HIP BOOTS
KHAKI
COATS AND PANTS
KHAKI
LACE BREECHES
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JOHNSON’S STORE
NEW GOODS
At Reduced Prices
General Merchandise-Outfitting
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
NEW LINE OF
Optical Goods
AT NEW PRICES
EIGHT POWER BINOCULARS
AT BARGAIN PRICES
Quartz and Reading
GLASSES
WM. TAYLOR
Alfred J. Ghezzi
Men’s Clothing
A Varied Line of New Samples
FIT AND SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
* PRICES REASONABLE
Order Your New Suit Now
Leather Shoes
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Rubber Pacs
NOTARY PUBLIC
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* MARINE NEWS »
P U. S. Signal Corps Bulletin *
Seattle No. 3—Up Gibbon for Ne
nana at three this morning.
Sibilla—Down Nulato at 5 a. m.
Carl White—Up Tolovana Sun
day afternoon.
Teddy H.—Down Tolovana 8 p
m., yesterday.
Jacobs—At Hot Springs,
i St. Joe—At Holy Cross.
Anna—Down Nulato Sunday.
Sealed bids ■will be received a
the office of the Nenana Storekeep
er of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, until 12:00 noon. Wednes
day, June 7 1922. for one bam
• formerly occupied and owned b;
Q. F. Lehr, situated in Nenana, Lo
8, Blk. 53, will be sold to highes
bidder. Barn is 14x18, rustic out
side, two rooms, floored, shed roof
The Commission reserves the righ
to accept or reject any or all bids
WHAT IS MEANT BY
GOOD FORM?
It can be achieved by adoptin;
the following rules:
Wear Munsingwear: Warner Bros
Corsets; Corsellettes or Camisoles
Add to the foregoing a one-pieci
dress, skirt on, blouse mar.ufacture<
by The Gertrude Dress Company
in silks, satins, Pirot twills or serg
es, and you have attained to th<
very last word in Good Form.
Mrs. D’Orsay, Agent
THE D’ORSAY TAILOR SHOP
Phone 14—Third and A Street*
For Life and Fire Insurance Sei
C. C. Heid, Arctic Building.
I Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE ni
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST i none (6
GEORGE RICH, Proprietor
DIRECTOR BAIN SEES COAL;
SAYS NENANA HAS PLENTY
There is an abundance of coal of
good quality in the Nenana- field to
meet all of the requirements of In
terior Alaska, and the development
of the big seams under lease to the
Healy River Coal Corporation should
result in stimulating mining activ
ities wherever the coal can be de
livered at moderate cost, in the
opinion of Dr. H. Foster Bain,
i director of the federal bureau of
mines, who arrived in Nenana yes
terday, after a careful investigation
of the big coal deposits on Healv
Fork.
Dr. Bain came to Alaska from his
headquarters at Washington for the
express purpose of making an in
vestigation of the Matanuska coal
fields and it is understood that his
report will be used by the depart
I ment of the interior as a basis for
j fixing the terms of any lease that
| may be negotiated between the de
J partment and private interests for
! the operation of mines which have
'been liponed up in that region by
| the government. Investigations in
i that field also have been conducted
] recently by representatives of the
Lake & Coal Expofrt Corporation, of
West Virginia, the only company of
: the five approached by the depart
ment, which has displayed any in
terest in a leasing proposition.
If time permits. Dr. Bain will
make a trip into the Bering River
field on his way back to the States,
and he had also planned to visit
Seward peninsula, but that part of
his original program already has
been eliminated.
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Asked regarding the *eoa! strike
situation in the States and when it
might be expected to end, Dr. Bain
replied that while it was known at
Washington, fully a year in advance
that the strike would be called,
there appeared to be no way of
determining when the end might be
expected. “Both the miners and the
operators have been wanting to
fight for a long time”, he explained,
“and now that the fight is actually
in progress, it probably will contin
ue until one side or the other is
ready to surrender”.
In the meantime. Dr. Bain said,
the mines that were not closed by
the strike, are able to supply all of
the demands for fuel that have de
veloped.
The big trouble with the coal
mining industry. Dr. Bain explained,
is that the country has too many
coal mines and about 150,000 too
many coal miners in normal times.
Another difficulty is the fact that
not all of the mines can be operat
ed under similar conditions. Many
of the mines are in localities where
the standards of living are low and
miners can be employed at low
wages, unrestricted by union regu
lations. It is also true that some of
the mines have big seams of coal,
which can be mined very cheaply,
while others, with small seams, are
forced to operate under a handicap.
Then there is the problem of trans
portation and the difficulty of find
ing markets.
The calling of the strike. Dr.
! Bain said, found the government
. j prepared, with plentiful supplies of
fuel on hand, and also prepared to
take such action as might become
necessary to maintain a normal
level of prices during the strike
period
Regarding general conditions in
Alaska, Dr. Bain is of the opinion
that the territory has seen its worst
days. Development will c&me, he
' believes—is bound to come. But he
does not think the improvement in
conditions will assume the propor
; tiors of a boom.
Dr. Bain appeared to be very
favorably impressed by the appear
| ance of Xenana and suggested, that
! the location of the town had been
wisely selected as a point of gen
eral distribution for supplies and
i other freight hauled over the Alaska
Railroad.
Dr. Bain arrived at Healy from
[ the coast on Saturday, aboard Col.
Mears’ private car and accompanied
by Col. Mears, Sumner S. Smith,
‘ head of the coal mining department
j of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission. John A. Davis, head of the
bureau of mines station at Fair
banks, and by his secretary, Ed B.
Swanson. They were joined at
Healy by F. A. Hansen, engineer
maintenance and construction.
Dr. Bain and Mr. Swanson went
to Fairbanks today with Mr. Davis
and, after a brief visit, will return
to the coast by way of the railroad.
Mr. Smith returned to the coast
from Healy.
Dr. Bain is a geologist of note
snd has had practical experience
in coal mining as manager of mines
in Colorado. He was assistant state
geologist in Iowa for five years and
was associated with the U. S. Geo
logical Survey for some time. He
was also editor of the Mining and
Scientific Press, San Francisco for
a number of years.
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED;
ALL ARE URGED TO ASSIST
The movement initiated by the
city council, for the proper observ
ance of Independence Day, took
definite form on Sunday, at a pub
lic meeting: held at the Coliseum,
when committees were named to
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raise funds for the celebration and
:o have general supervision of the
propram. These committees are al
ready at work and will have some
thing: definite to report within the
| next few days. In the meantime,
there is the assurance that the cele
bration will be the bippest and
best ever attempted by the citizens
of Xenana.
Jos. A. Fischer, manaper of the
Fairbanks Clothinp Company. Alf
. Ekeland. of the Portland and Joe
. O'Connor, of the Terminal, will
have peneral charpe of the celebra
tion, havinp been empowered to ap
point all committees, except the
finance, which was appointed at
the peneral meetinp, and to super
vise all details in connection with
the celebration. Each has had a lot
to do with celebrations in the past
and their combined experience will
enable them to put on a show that
. will leave little to be desired in
the way of entertainment.
The members of the finance com
mittee. upon whose shoulders will
rest the responsibility of provid
inp sufficient funds sufficient *o
put the celebration across in proper
style, are H. C. Raynor, manaper rf
the Coliseum. Alex Fowler, of Fow
ler & Morris, and William Taylor,
of the Taylor Jewelry store.
There was some talk at the meet
inp of makinp the celebration a
three-day affair, startinp on Sun
day. July 2 and bringing the jolli
i fication to a prand close on the
nipht of the Fourth; but no decision
was reached and it is probable the
length of the celebration will de
pend very much upon the amount
of funds available. Should the cele
bration be confined to one day. it
goes without saying that that one
day will be a very busy one, start
inp early and finishing late.
It is expected that the athletic
contests will be of more than usual
; interest this year because of the
presence in Xenana of so many
young men. The children's* sports al
so give promise of being more than
1 usually attractive.
Efforts will be made, of course,
to arrange a series of ball games
for the celebration, but no definite
announcement can be made at this
time.
ARMY TRANSPORT JACOBS
MAKES CALL AT NENANA
The army transport General Ja
cobs arrived in Kenana shortly be- ■
fore midnight Saturday from Fort
Gibbon with supplies for the local j
Signal Corps station, and a number
of passengers bound for the States.
I Among those disembarking here
were ten enlisted men from the post
who are on their way to Seattle for j
! discharge. The men left for the coast
on the Sunday train, enroute to the
Outside.
Private Gabel, an insane patient,
also was put ashore here and. pend
ing the departure of the train, was
lodged in the local jail as he was
; inclined to be violent at the time j
! of his arrival here. He was in the
custody of Sergeant "Breezy” Cum
mings and Private Hartness. who
will deliver the unfortunate man at
the Letterman genera! hospital, San
Francisco.
The transport sailed last night for
Fort Gibbon and among those leav
I ing for the lower river on the boat
were Judge Louis K. Pratt and As
sistant District Attorney E. B. Col
lins, who are enroute to the Iditarod
country to attend the forthcoming
term of court, scheduled to convene
at Flat on June 16. Private Laucher.!
of the local Signal Corps detach
ment, also was a passenger.
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ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
CALL FOR THE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
CLEAN COAL
FROM THE BIG SEAMS
ON HEALY RIVER
Prices Are Way Down
At The New Store
MEN S SHIRTS
UNDERWEAR
SOX
PANTS
KHAKI COATS
HATS
NECKWEAR
LADIES’ UNDERWEAR
CAM1SSOLES
SILK STOCKINGS
Children's Stockings
DRESS GOODS
GINGHAMS
CANVAS SHOES
BED NETS — MOSQUITO TENTS — HEAD NETS
BLANKETS, QUILTS, TRUNKS, SUIT CASES, ETC.
NEW GOODS COMING ON EVERY TRAIN
Abe Simson
NEXT TO COONEY HOTEL
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George L. Benning, employe of
the accounting department of the
Alaska Railroad, with headquarters
at Anchorage, has resigned his po
sition and left for the States. He
will enter the employ of the Long
Bell Lumber company, at Portland.
Contractor Howard has virtually
completed the work of moving the
Xorthem Cafe building to its new
location next to the Palfy tinshop,
and men are now at work preparing
to move the Anderson building. As
soon as that building is out of the
way, ground will be broken for the
new depot, which is to be erected
at the foot of A street. The first
work in connection with the build
of the depot, will be the construc
tion of a large basement, which will
be waterproofed with cement.
Charles Sumner (N'ickl Carter,
sourdough Alaska prospector and
hermit, was found dead on the beach
at Tyonic recently. He was a mem
ber of the Pioneers and Masons.
Typewriter Taper «t -The New»
WALLACE B. CALDERHEAD
WATCHMAKER ■ JEWELER - ENGRAVER
ALL MAKES OF WATCHES
REPAIRED and
REGULATED
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
NENANA, ALASKA
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Mosquito Head & Bed Nets
Carhartt’s Overalls
LADIES HIKING SUITS
Boy’s Corduroy Pants,
Overalls, Shirts, Shoes
W. A. COGMILL
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