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Anticipate your future wants in our line and buy
now. Do not put it off, some of these days it
may be too late.
Men, Read This
There is No Better Ready-Made Clothing in the
United States Than
Hart Shaffner & Marx
Adlers, Kuppenheimer
We have a splendid assortment of these suits in
all the latest shades. Suits to fit short men, tall
men and stout men. Suits that are up to date in
every respect and are worth at present from $35 up.
NOW REDUCED TO
John B. Stetson Hats, now.$4.00
Hardeman Hats, now .$3.00
Shoes, worth $7.50, now.$4.00
SS.50 Tan Shoes, now..$5.50
Dress Shirts, extra special.$1.00
Fine Lisle and Silk Mixed Underwear, suit. $3.50
Canadian White Wool Underwear, suit.$3.50
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We are determined to sell all goods as fast
as possible, and for that reason we have de
cided to still further reduce the price on our
entire stock of White U. S. Shoepacs. They
are absolutely guaranteed new stock. We
have all sizes; tops are 12-inch high; all Pacs
have heels. They sell at other stores for $5.50
a pair. Our final closing out price, pair,
$4.00
Dry Goods Department
Wash Silk Waists, all colors, regular price
84.00, now.$2.00
New Summer Waists, all sizes, regular price
$2.50, now .SI.25
Latest Sport Coats, former price $15, now S7.50
522.50 Silk Plush Novelty Coats, now.S11.25
517.50 and S22.50 Blue Serge Dresses,
now.$8.75 and $11.25
Very Latest Silk Dresses, former price $35,
now .$17.50
Spring Suits, Blue Serge, Silk Lined, former
. .price $29.50, sale price.$14.75
Our entire stock of Shoes, including Wick
ert, Gardiner and Paterson stock, former
price from $8.50 to $11.50, now7.$5.00
Pumps and Oxfords, actual values $6.50 to.
$7.50, now .$4.00
Fine Line of Corsets, all sizes, Outside Selling
price $4.50, our price .$2.25
Also Silk Brocade Corsets and Corsets Suit
able for Stout figures, Outside price $5.50,
to $7.50, our price.$2.75 to $3.75
Complete Line of New Panama Hats for
Spring, our price.. $4.50 to $6.50
Trimmed Hats, former price $7.50 to $9.50,
now.$3.75 to $4.75
Laces, Trimmings and Embroideries, former
price 50c a yard, now7. 25c
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$2 Watches, Guaranteed Good Timekeepers.. $1.00
75c Toothbrushes, now. .25
Paris and Boston 50c Garters, now.25
Lion Brand Soft Collars, 4 for.25
$1 Dress Suspenders, now.50
$1 4-in-hand Ties, now.50
$1 Pipes, extra special..25
Arrow Brand Collars, now 2 for. .25
White Handkerchiefs, now 3 for..25
25c Tablets, now 3 for.50
50c Lisle Sox, now 5 pair.' .$1.00
Colgate’s Talcum Powder, now.25
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JURY SAYS VEDIN
FAKED AFFIDAVIT
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; Owner of Claims on Poker Creek
Found Guilty on Charge of
Committing Perjury.
Gus Vedin, well known oldtimer of
the Fairbanks district who was plac
ed on trial before Judge Bunnell
on the charge of perjury, in con
nection with the filing of certain
affidavits of labor, was found guilty
; on three charges.
The government presented a very
[ strong case against the defendant
' and it was predicted early during
| the proceedings that a verdict of
! guilty would be returned. The prop
erty on which the assessment work
was alleged to have been done, is
located on Poker creek.
RIGGSIXPRESSES
THAIS FOR WIRE
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New Governor Appreciates Action
Taken Recently By Local
Commercial Club.
Secretary H. B. Joseph, of the
Nenana Commercial club, is in re
ceipt of a telegram from Governor
; Thos. Riggs, Jr., in which the new
; appointee expresses his appreciation
I of the message of congratulations
i sent him several days ago by the
! club and indicates that it his inten
I tion to visit the Interior country on
| an official tour during the coming
i summer.
j The message is dated at Seattle
| and is as follows: ,
| “Many thanks your telegram. Will
| be with you all again this summer.
“RIGGS.”
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I IS LET
FOR LOG HAULING
Piling Going to Goldstream for Con
struction of Railroad Bridge
on Little Goldstream.
A contract has been let to Mr
James D. McMahon for the hauling
of 100 linear feet of piling, from
the Commission yard at Nenana to
Goldstream Crossing, in the immedi
ate neighborhod of Camp 51. The
work is to be rushed to completion
in short order.
The piling will be used to drive
the necessary bents for the bridge
that will span Little Goldstream.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Nenana, April 16, 1913.
To All Concerned:
A complete inventory of all nu
fgk applied material will be taken as of
^ April 30, 1918. The store depart
ment, Nenana; 35-Mile store, and
43-Mile store will be closed during
the taking of inventory, April 29th
and 30th. Timekeepers who handle
commissaries will be exepected to
take inventory of all commissaries
on hand as of April 30th.
It is requested that all foremen
anticipate their wants for these two
days.
HOWARD P. CURTIS,
General Storekeeper.
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Acting Division Engineer.
EXAMI
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The medical examination of Alas
ka registrants, under the selective
$ service regulations, are now being
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held every evening at the office oi
the Local Board No. 19, at the
Commissary building of the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
Twenty-five registrants have been
examined to date, twenty of whom
have been passed and accepted foi
the draft.
Examinations will be heid daily
at the Commissary building, com
mencing at 6:30 p. m. and will con
tinue until all registrants presenting
themselves have been examined.
MEYER IS GIVEN
WORK WITH ARMY
Assistant to Secretary Lane Now
a Captain in Aviation Branch
of Signal Corps.
Herbert A. Meyer, assistant to
Secretary of the Interior Lane, has
been commissioned as a captain in
the Aviation branch of the Signal
Corps and assigned to active duty
in the field. Mr. Meyer has had
charge of affairs in connection with
the construction of the government
railroad in Alaska. The duties per
formed by Mr. Meyer in the interioi
department will be handled by
Assistant to the Secretary E. C
Bradley. Mr. Bradley will also re
tain his present assignment includ
ing the bureau of mines, the reclam
ation service, and certain Indiar
matters.
Several Coils Will Be Shipped Out
the Line on Saturday for
Now Work.
For the purpose of evtending th.
telephone line to serve the needs ot
the camps that will be establishec
beyond Residency 4 (43-mile) in tht
direction of the branch line to Lig
nite, several coils of wire aggregat
ing about four miles, with all tht
necessary7 implements, fixtures, etc.
for the setting up of the line wil
be shipped out to Residency 4 on tht
train leaving Saturday.
The telephone construction ganp
will probably leave very shortly af
terwards, and will set up the line a:
rapidly as possible.
PILING TsIeADY
10 PROTECT BANK
For some time past teams havt
been busily engaged hauling pilinj.
j from the woods in the neighborhooc
I of Camp 18 and beyond and unload
| ing them on a section of the gradt
j near Residency 3 (35-mile), recently
completed under contract by W. J
Lynn and George Gotto & Co. Tht
piling will be used to prevent ban!
erosion and to protect the gradt
from possible encroachments of tht
Nenana river at this point.
Piledriver No. 2, which is now en
| gaged in finishing off the upper ent
of the big dam across the head o
Lost Slough, will be hauled to Resi
dency 3 for this purpose as soon a
1 the work on hand has been com
! pleted. The work remaining to b
j done on the dam will probably con
! sume a week more.
I SEASON NOW OVEI
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The busy season of reighting be
tween Camp 9 (20-mile) and th
| more remotely located camps of th
| Alaskan Engineering commissior
j may be said to have come to an enc
j until such time as the trails wi
j again be in condition for wheele
traffic. All of the necessary cor
struction material and supplies hav
reached their respective destination!
and with the dispatch on Saturdaj
from the corral at 20-mile, of
load of feed, the last of the prc
j vender needed for stocking the bi
| feed cache established just acros
i the river from Residency 4(35-mile
had been safely shipped before th
trail had gone to pieces. A fei
light loads of perishables may o<
casionally be s'-nt out the line, an
these will be handled by the Con
I missioned-owned teams.
Several head of privately owne
stock that had been in the emplo
of the Commission during the bus
! period, have been released to th
owners and brought to town; h
Commission having no further nee
of them for the present.
The Terminal
Business is Good
There’s a Reason
Cigars Stationery Candies
Tobaccos
CREW AND SUPPLIES
LEAVE FOR CAMP 51
Foreman Charles Wermundsei
and his crew, who will drive thi
piles for the bridge across Litth
Goldstream, left this morning to se
up camp and get everything in read
iness for commencing operations
Two teams with the camp equipmen
and supplies and the messhous<
crew also left for the scene.
The party exepect to be able ti
set up camp and return to N'enan.
with the teams, when the balanci
of the outfit and the piledriver wil
be hauled Operations will be com
menced in earnest just as soon as
the piledriver has been set up
Bridge Inspector Leon P. Shoe
maker, who will be in charge of th<
camp, will leave for his station ir
a few days.
R. S.McDONALD
CONVEYANCING
GENERAL BROKERAGE
NOTARIAL WORK
LIFE INSURANCE
Local Agent of
Whitely-Woodward Company
Home Insurance Co., New York
National Fire, of Hartford
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Union Insurance Society, London
Law Union and Rock, London
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