Our Policy
High Grade Merchandice
Fair Dealing
We make a Specialty of
General Outfitting
Northern Commercial Co.
of Alaska
PREDICTS DEFEAT OF TREATY
LONDON. Jan. 5—W. J. Walsh.,
of Dail Eireann, is quoced in a dis
patch from Ireland, as saying “I can
definitely state that, as the position
stands, the Irish treaty will be de
feated by two votes.’’
FOOTBALL STAR OFFERED JOB
CHICAGO, Jan. o—Chas. Brick
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ley, former Harvard football star,
has been offered a job as coach by
' the Northwestern University, ac
cording to announcement made yes
; terday.
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ALL THE BEST GRADES FOR THIS COUNTRY
A FULL LINE OF
NEW AMMUNITION
HARDWARE 0F ALL KINDS AT 1916 PRICES
WHEN
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GET OUR PRICES
New Goods on Every Train
FRESH CABBAGE
W. A. COGHILL
THE ARCTIC
Smokers’ Supplies
Pool Tables Fresh Candies Stationery
Comfortable Rooms in Connection
TOM COLLING Opposite Postoffice
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A. A. Lyden, Proprietor
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS
BROOKER'S CAFE IN CONNECTION
Mrs. Ed. Brooker
Lovera CIGARS Optimo
Fresh Cigarettes
SNUFF
The Portland
NENANA STAMPS—25e per 100; $2 per 1,000
ROAD SUPERINTENDENT IS
HEADED FOR KUSKOKWIM
Superintendent Hawley W. Sterl-'
ing, of the Alaska Road Commission,
[ who arrived in N’enana from Fair
; banks yesterday, accompanied by
Mrs. Sterling, is headed for Ber
ry's Landing, on the East Fork of
the Kuskokwim river, on an extend
: ed reconnaissance survey, for the
I purpose of determining on t£ie feasi
bility of establishing a winter mail
trail from Lignite to the Kusko
i kwim, as against the present winter
mail route to that region, from
Nancy, on the Government railroad,
I by way of Rainy Pass.
The distance to be covered in the
reconnaissance, from Lignite to Ber
• ry Landing, is approximately 21G
miles, and will consume consider
able time. Mr. Sterling, who will be
; accompanied by Mrs. Sterling on
the long trip across country, ex
pects to leave for Lignite on Sunday
and probably will return to Xenana,
on completion of the work, about
: the beginning of April next.
Ter.ts, supplies and other necessi
i ties for the use of the party, have
gone forward and two caches have
been established on the Tokla»t and
j at Roosevelt Several more loads
i will be sent out from Lignite daring
the next two days and Mr. Sterling
I expects to take the trail on or about
the 15th of this month..
The party, which will include two
j other men beside the superintendent
will leave Lignite with two dog
teams, breaking trail most of the
i way. The route followed wall take
the party from Lignite to Glacier,
on the upper Bearpaw river, thence
to Bartlett's camp, on Moose Creek,
and thence to Berry Landing, or.
the East Fork of the Kuskokwim
river. Berry Landing is used by the
Treadwell people as a base from
which supplies landed there are
freighted to their holdings o that
region.
Mr. Sterling states that five
shelter tents, with stoves, will be
erected for the use of traveler-, be
tween Lignite and Moose Creek.
M;le posts will also be put up and,
on the summits along the route,1
tripods wall be erected approximate- j
ly a quarter of a mile apart as ad
ditional guides to travelers. The le
connaissance will also include a
study of winter conditions in the |
region traversed, for the proposed |
wagon road from Lignite to the:
Kantishna mining district . j
BACHELORS HAVE BALANCE
FOR NEXT CHRISTMAS TREE
j Th. (omrr.ktce in charge of the
recent bachelors’ Christmas Tree en
tertainment have given The News
a statement for publication in which
. it is shown that there remains a
balance on hand of $61.50, for use
i next Christmas. The total amount
received by the committee in sub
scriptions was $396.25 and the cost
! of the presents purchased and other
expenses incidental to the affair
Itchaled $334.75.
The News has been requested to .
announce that any one interested
may scrutinize the bills, which have
been placed on file at the Fire Hall I
for reference and for the assistance
of the committee that will have
charge of the next entertainment.
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SENATOR NORRIS PROPOSES
DIRECT PRESIDENTIAL VOTE
' WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5—
Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne
braska, has proposed, in a joint
resolution introduced yesterday, an
amendment to the federal constitu
tion providing for the abolition of
the electoral college, and for the
election of president and vice presi
dent by direct vote of the people.
ENGLAND HAS BAD FIRE
WEST HARTLEPOOL, Eng., Jan.
5—Scores of homes were destroyed
and two thousand persons rendered |
homeless yesterday by a fire which
spread over eighty acres in the
heart of this city. The damage is es
timated at $5,000,000.
ORGANIZER DIES
DANA, 111., Jan. 5—James C Mc
i Quigg, one of the organizers of the
t Grand Army of the Republic, died
here today, aged 83.
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FORMER INTERIOR OLDTIMER
SAYS HEART IS IN ALASKA
J. A. Brevig., former oldtimer of
the Fairbanks district and for sever
al years a resident of Nenana, who
is now located in Centralia, Wash.,
has written the following" interest
ing letter to Harry Davis, of the
Terminal, under date of December
15:
‘Tn looking over the Nenana News
I see that you are back in the old
stamping ground again. Well, I
don’t blame you. My old friend Jim
Burrows sends me the papers and
believe me, I enjoy every inch of
them. It makes me homesick when
I look over the paper and read
abcut my old-time friends. 1 would
rather spend two hours with an
Alaskan than a week with an Out
sider. There is something about a
man from the Far Nortih that I
really cannot describe.
“I have met quite a few Alaskans
down here. On Armistice Day I met
Judge Erwin in the garage with
Dave Courtemanehe. The “judge”
was on his way to Texas and Cali
fornia. -
“Jim MuJ&lly (formerly of Foxi
has a garage and sells cars and parts
and looks the same. He has two fine
looking boys.
“Ed Keys lives here also. He is
selling real estate and looks fine on
it. He would like to go North again
—who wouldn’t?
“You remember old Chris, who
worked at the Model Cafe in Fair
banks? He was in last week and he
looks just as fine as ever. He is
working at a sawmill for at. eld
friend of his, about nine miles from
here.
“Charlie Nelson, who operated on
Dome C~eek, comes in here quite
often. Andy Brevick, my mining
partner, passed here last summer on
• his way to Portland, in a new sport
model Chandler car, and with a
camp outfit and ten bottles of—'
but any way, the most of bis trou
I Me here was to keep me away from
I his car. Andy has a garage in Seai
! tie.
, “Frank Rotch was here some time
j back, with his wife he married in ;
! France. She is some fine looking
woman. Frank is just the same as
ever—no hat on and with a pipe
J and plenty of tobacco. But believe
I me, he made some record for him
! self while in service.
| “Mr. and Mrs. (Billy) Lawrence
, were here last summer and spent
' a cot p.le of days with us. They have
; not changed a particle. Bill works
at the Buick Co., Seattle. He has a (
Buick car and is getting along fine.
“Three years ago Armistice Day
I landed in Seatt’e and it has been
a long three years When I first
came out I did not feel like looking
for a job and it was six mor.tns be
fore I made up my mind to go to
j work. I finally went to the Ames
shipyard ar.d there I stayed eleven
months. I met all kinds of men— i
they would steal your lunch, coat, I
anything you didn’t have tied to j
i you. Well, anyway, I got along fine. ■
I was tank tester and got everything
in shape for Government inspection.
One day, when I was getting things !
ready, who should come up as Gov
' ernment inspector but our old friend
Billy McKinnon, who worked on the
boats for the X. C. Co., at Fair
banks. I saw by tthe Seattle Times:
where he had died, poor fellow. He !
sure was a true blue Alaskan,
j “I am working for Pete Olsen,
j who was on the Midnight Sun when
j Frank Rotch and 1 were on the boat
in 1916. We have a garage and
I storage big enough to store 30 or
| 40 cars, and we have the best;
equipped shop in town. There are!
j 15 garages all told and about ten
thousand people. We repair every
thing but broken hearts.
“Remember me to all the boys j
and when I say boy3, I mean up to
! 95 years old.”
LADIES
The Dresses, Shoes and Corsets
, now on consignment here, represent
the Highest Degree of Workmanship
Variation of Style and the Latest
’ Word in Textiles and Trimmings—
on display at
D’ORSAY’S SHOP
i DEVELOPING and Printing at the
Robertson studio. C- w. Adams
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The* train from Fairbanks was a:i
hour late arriving yesterday after
j noon. The two coaches were fille 1
I with passengers. a number of whom
were er.route to the coast.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kestiy and son
were through passengers from Fair
banks yesterday, enroute to their
camp in the Canyon district.
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Rev. Fred G. Scherer came (iowr,
from Fairbanks yesterday on his
monthly visit to Xenana, and wilt
occupy the pulpit at Grace Presby
terian church Sunday evening.
Pete Grandison. vvno returned to
N'enana from the coast several days
ago, left for Fairbanks this after
noon. He will be back on Sunday.
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Oranges, Apples, Lemous, Grapefruit
Pears, Sweet Potatoes and Eggs
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