WOOL PANTS
Genuine Best Grade Chippewa, pair $7.50
Heavy Scotch Tweeds, pair - 6.50
Good Heavy Wool, pair - 5.00
SIMSON’S
The Nome of hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes j
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Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Erands of
MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Array and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
SWEATER COATS 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.l’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Full Line of
MINERS’and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices j
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO. j
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B u rgess-1< a rst e n s
AUTO STAGE
Fairbanks=Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
Reservations at The Terminal
von
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
There are no Pennsylvania Dutch,
yet we often use the phrase. The
foreigners who in 1682 came to
i Pennsylvania with William Penn's
[expedition were Germans. The
word “Deutsch” became Anglicized
as Dutch. But all were Germans.
There was not a man from the
Netherlands among the settlers.
I
A man named Borghe.se, more
than three-score years ago, made
| himself notorious by drawing bills
on fictitious banks. His name was
[pronounced Bogus; hence bogus
[currency!
HYLAND'S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL, TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
'Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
IF YOU EAT ICE CREAM
CANDY-FRUIT-OR CHEWING GUM j
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 MOMENT’S
RECREATION OR AMUSEMENT, TRY
THE ARCTIC
DAVIS & TAYLOR, Prop*.
ALSO NICELY FURNISHED, WARM AND COZY ROOMS
FOR RENT AT REASONABLE RATES
In explanation of the recent re
!
duction in the forces of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, F. D.
Browne, engineer in charge, stated
that the funds available for a con
tinuanc of the railroad building
program on this division would not
i permit of the employment of as
large a force as he would like to
keep going, and in consequence, the
reduction in force became ab
solutely necessary.
Although the reduction has af
fected a large number of employes,
yet the number of employes on the
1 payrolls of the A. E. C. at the pres
! ent time is greater than during
the corresponding period last year.
The bulk of the preparatory work
; such as putting the rolling stock
and equipment in shape for the
commencement of active operations
in the spring, has been completed,
and the men engaged in this branch
have ben laid off. The cold weather
has seriously hampered steel laying
and other outdoor work, anil it was
[ deemed advisable to reduce the
j steel gang to such proportions as
will permit of their handling the
I full amount of material salvaged
| by the gang working on the aband
I oned line. In fact, every man that
: can possibly be employed to advant
age has been retained in the em
| ploy of the Commission, and such
] works as can be successfully ae
jcomplished and is necessary only is
bei g continued.
. All but four million dollars of the
I original 35 million dollars asked
I and provided for in the Alaska
Railroad Bill, have been exhausted.
| Of this remaining four million dol
■ bus, only a portion of it will be
I allotted for continuing the work on
] this division of the road. The en
hanced cost of all construction ma
; terial ' supplies during the war
has rendered impossible the com
I pletion of the road at the original:
estimated cost of 55 million dollars,
and it will be necessary to intro- j
' (luce special legislation in order to
; have the necessary money alloted
i for the completion of the work. |
I This means some delay, and until
' such time as this matter is atis
i factorily disposed of, it will be up
| to those in charge of the railroad
■ building program to husband the
available resources and so arrange
■ matters that any halting of the
I construction work will be avoided.
j In making the reduction, Mr. j
Browne stated that married men
will be given the preference and
retained on the payroll. Such of
i the married men that it is found im- j
| possible to place will be allowed j
commissary privileges for a period
corresponding to their term of serv
ice; for instance, if a married man
has been on the payroll of the
Commission for a period of six
i months immediately preceding the
: lay off, he will be allowed full
commissary privileges for a period
of six months following the lay-off.
In fact, Mr. Browne stated that
such employe would be treated just
as if he was on furlough and treat
ed in every respect just as though
he was still on the Commission
payroll.
Every effort will be made to ob
tain funds to continue railroad
work as soon as possible, and ac
cording to the present plans of Mr.
Browne, just as soon as conditions
are right and funds become avail
I able, a large force of men will be
put on to build the road between
Nenana and Fairbanks, and to put
the finishing touqhes to the line
south of town as far as Lignite.
A letter to Thomas W. Wilson,
| Washington, D. C., was recently re
j turned to the sender as ‘party un
known,’ proving that the postoffice
| department at the capital does not
I know the President by his real name.
It was sent by an old Southern
lady who has known the President
since boyhood, and to whom he has
always remained “Tom Wilson."
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
AFRICAN FED
YIELDS ANOTHER
LARGE DIAMOND
_
| Famous South African Fields Yield
Another Large Diamond of
Great Value.
Associated Press
| LONDON—A soft blue white dia
! mond, weighing three hundred and
! eighty-eight and one-fourth carats,
| has been found in the Jagersfontein
i mine, in the Orange Free State,
i Union of South Africa,
j The Jagersfontein mine is owned1
land operated by the De Beers in-!
jterests, who control the entire dia-'
i mond output of South Africa.
i The Jagersfontein mine has pro-|
j duced the largest diamonds in the
, world. The following being among
the stones found:
i Jubilee diamond, shown in Paris!
I in 1900, weighed 2,‘50 carats. A dia- J
mond which weighed 071 carats, or
; nearly half a pound, was sent to \
England in 1893; and another
weighing t!40 carats was sent there
later. Among the other large dia-!
monds is the “Koh-i-noor” (moun-!
tain of Light) which came from
the Golconda mine in India and I
i weighs now 106 and one-sixth carats, i
It is one of the English crown
jewels. j
The Oorloff diamond, which is in j
the Russian scepter, is also said to
■ have been found in India. It weighs
j 19-134 carat.
The largest diamond found in
I America was found by a negress
- in the river Bogageno, Brazil, in
| 1853. It weighed 254Yz carats and
was known as the Star of the South.
It was later sold to the Gaekwar
j of Baroda for $450,000.
There are several other large
diamonds in existence.
Ninety per cent of the world’s
.diamonds come from Africa.
NEUILLY BED FUND
ACCOUNT SUBMITTED
Frank Doner, special disbursing
agent of the A. E. C., who is also
' acting as treasurer for the Ncuilly
lied fund, has sent in the under
noted statement of accounts of the
I amount derived from the bazaar
and dance held in October last, and
ishowing disposition of same:
Receipts
.Sale of tickets.$ 393.00
Sale of script . 1002.00
I Donations . 0.25
_
Total $1401.25.
Disbursements
VVm. Taylor, mdse.$ 48.50
E. Berggren, music. 22.50
Rent, Union Hall. 25.00
j Labor, Charlie Albert.. 2.00
^Simson’s mdse. . 175.50
: Fowler & Morris, mdse... .50
N. C. Co., mdse . 9.25
W. A. Coghill, mdse . 1.50
Nenana News, tickets and
scriptl . 32.50
Check to Mrs. Franklin K.
Lane, Washington for bed 600.00
Total .$ 917.25
Jan. 21, Cash on hand. 484.00
$1401.26
EAGLES RESUME THEIR
THREE HOUR-DANCES
_
Commencing from this Friday,:
the Fairbanks Aerie of Eagles have
decided to give those enjoyable
three-hour dances which were al-'
ways very popular.
Dancing will commence at nine
o’clock and end at midnight every
I Friday night during the remaimjpr
| of the winter season.
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| Four men commit suicide to every
I woman, is now the verdict of the
| most careful students. But in child
j suicides the proportion is less; less
than 3 to 1.
“Girl” occurs only once in the
‘ entire Bible. Do you know how and
, where?
COAL STOVES
Only a few left. Anderson Bros. A
Norland’s.
...
| We Carry a Complete Line of §
| FRESH HIGH GRADE 1
I IMPERIAL CANDES1
j| ALSO |
| Salted Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts |
| Apples and Oranges |
I 'THE PORTLAND I
i= JACKSON & EKELAND, Props. =
FiiiiiimiiiiiiimmmiiiiiiiiiimmimmmiiimmmmimiiimimiiMiimimmimim”
CIVIC CLUB ELECTS
NEW SET OF OFFICERS
_ !
The Fairbanks Civic club he'd
a meeting last night at which time |
the following officers were elected:
president, Mrs. J. H. Groves; 1st!
; vice-president, Mrs. H. C. Hamd-I
ton; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. W. D.!
Hatch; treasurer, Mrs. Fred Lewis;!
corresponding secretary, Dr. Aline
Bradley; recording secretary, Mrs.
J. F. Zimmerman; advisory board:
1 Mrs. Roscoe Washburn, Mrs. L. K.
Pratt, Mrs. George McQuarrie and
1 Mrs. Jesse Rust.
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
For the week ending January is!
there were 429 employes on the
pay rolls of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, showing a decrease
of 17 employes as against the num
ber employed during the preceding
week. There were also 110 station
men or contractors and 40 station
men laborers, showing a decrease
of 3 stationmen and an increase of!
10 stationmen laborers for the pe-j
riod under review.
The forces of the A. E. commis
sion were distributed as fallows:
general
electric.
corral .
construction
Camp 1,
Camp 1,
Camp 1,
Camp 1,
Camp 1, store .
Hospital ......
Townsite . ... .
Surfacing camp
Tracklaying camp .
Section No. 1 .
Section No. 4. .
Camp No. 373 f .
Camp 415 .
Clear creek (Brown hoist)
Ditcher camp (track driver)
49 j
.. 9
.. 8
40
29
12
. 3
.20
.80
8
10
.67
.. 5 {
.23,
161
Ncnana total .396 !
Fairbanks office . 4 j
Tanana Valley R. R.13 I
Camp No. 454 166 j
Camp No. 454 161
Fairbanks total .33
Total for division .429
Four thousand, three hundred and
sixty feet of track, 23 dump cars,
49 head of live stock and 16 sleds
were in use daily during this period.
The largest fortune in the world
is still that belonging to the Roths
child family. It is estimated at
two billion dollars nnd is supposed
to bring the living members of the
family an income of $200,000 a day.
NOTICE
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! Those having bills against the
, Quarantine Fund are requested to
turn them in to the secretary, II.
; B. Joseph, immediately, as it is
i desired to pay them and render a
full accounting of the fund. 25
CLOSING OUT
; Bros. & Nerland.
! Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
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ARCTIC HOTEL
i
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RUST HOUSE
Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
Wood Sawed
On Short Notice By
JOHNSON
Leave Orders at The Portland
CLEAN WARM ROOMS
Mrs Norman Campbell
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Busted” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
Clean, Dry Wood For Sale
Hauling of AH Kinds
Office at The Arctic Residence Phone '
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