COLISEUM
THRILLING FIVE-REEL DRAMA FOR PROGRAM TONIGHT
THE AMERICAN FILM COMPANY PRESENTS
THE NOTED STAR, WILLIAM RUSSELL WITH CHARLOTTE
BURTON AND AN EXCELLENT SUPPORTING CAST, IN
Staged Under the Personal Direction of Charles Bartlett
IN FIVE ACTS OF ROMANCE AND THRILL
G(*n. Admission, 25c.
Reserved Sweats. 50c.
SHOW STARTS AT 8:00 O’CLOCK
The total number of employees in
^ Seward divisions at the close of the
week ending March 30 was 420.
.Several train loads of rock for
harbor improvements have arrived
in Anchorage from Turnagain Arm,
and the residents of that town ex
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pect to see big work started in a
short time.
The production of the Eska coal
mine for the week ending March 23
was 979.60 short tons. There were
121 men on the payroll at the close
of the period.
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BIRTHDAY SURPRISE
IS HAPPY OCCASION
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Friends of Miss Queenie Russell
Ar-ange Party At the Foster
Cottage.
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Miss Queenie Russell was the
j guest of honor at a pleasant sur
j prise party, held at the Foster cot
! tage last night, after the picture
! show. The party was arranged in
' honor of the young lady’s birthday
; and was attended by many of her
1 friends. The evening passed quickly
with games and dancing, followed by
j a substantial luncheon.
Those invited in addition to the
! guest of honor, were: Misses Alta
’ Russell, Thora Siippern, Mildred
i Anderson, Helen Kobe, Helen Hut
| machre, Valentine Anderson, Betty
! Foster, Messrs. Haslem, Jack Hanson,
j Harold Anderson, Mike Meagher,
Grade Summerlin, Bob Benner, Geo.
B. Richardson, R. R. Douse, Arild
Siippern and W.-H. Grigg.
OVER T.V.R.H
From late advices received here,
Mr. F. D. Browne, who is to be the
engineer in charge of this division
of the Government railroad, is ex
pected to arrive in Fairbanks to
morrow. Soon after his arrival there
; he will spend a few days looking
i over the Tanana Valley railroad,
! after which he will start for Nenana,
| following the right of way, and may
| be expected in Nenana about the
j end of the week. Acting Division
Engineer R. B. Ward will accompany
! him.
Charles FI. Bennett, superintend
ent, and H. P. Rieske, assistiant
superintendent of construction, both
employed last season at Talkeetna,
M. S. Johnstone, district accountant
at Talkkeeta; and A. H. Schaeffer,
storekeeper at Anchorage; are now
employed by Twohy brothers, railroad
contractors, who are constructing a
branch railroad near Astoria, Oregon.
Hoyt & Kelly, owners of the pop
ular Fairbanks Cigar store, Fair
banks, disposed of forty-one $50
Liberty Loan bonds and twenty $100
bonds by means of the raffles which
were held during the period of one
week.
GOVERNMENT HAS
TAKEN STEPS 10
HOLD ALL STEEL
Every Ton of Steel and Pig Iron
Will Be Commandeered for
U*es of War.
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 6.—
It is expected that the government
of the United States shortly will
commandeer every ton of steel and
pig iron in the country for war pur
poses. That the government has
such a plan in view became known
today, from an official source.
Should there remain any surplus
of steel or pig iron after the war
needs of the country have been met,
it will be distributed among the non
war industries in various sections of |
the United States.
This action, it is stated, is in line
with the policy of the government
to speed the war program and will j
insure sufficient steel and iron to
carry on all the work thus far out
lined.
LiltS PLANNING
BED CROSS PARTY)
Series of Card Games Will Begin
At School House On Saturday
Afternoon.
The Red Cross ladies of Nenana
have perfected their plans for the
series of card parties to be held at
th school house frr the benefit of
the Red Cross yarn fund, and an
nouncement is made that the first
party will take place next Saturday
afternoon.
The card games are to be played
in series, and prizes awarded at the
end of four weeks play. Each lady
attending will be required to pay
: the sum of fifty cents into the fund.
' The parties are for ladies only
and all are invited to attend.
NEW TIMEKEEPERS
Several Changes and Appointments
Made Necessary By Opening
of Season.
To cope with the work started for
the season and the formation of new i
camps for this purpose, several .
changes have been made necessary!
in the timekeeping staff of the
Alaskan Engineering commission- j
Mr. Ed. C. Carraher, tool clerk at'
Camp 1, construction, goes to Camp
.9 (20-Mile) to relieve Mr. Fred
Hupprich, who will be the time-')
keeper at camp 22 (Dragline’s crew)
Mr. Fitzwater has gone to Residency !
.3 (35-Mile) to take the place of
Mr. O. G. Olson, who has been trans
ferred to Camp 1, General (Head
quarters’s office.
Better than money, because they
earn money.’ Buy a WAR-SAVINGS
STAMP TODAY!
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Red Fox Skins. Apply Simson’s.
FOR SALE-1 Victrola, Model V1U,
Golden Oak; 115 Records (includ
ing 29 Red Seal) in Albums; 1
Book-Case, 3 section, weathered
oak. All in perfect condition, at
factory cost. Max M. Smith,
N. C. Co. tf
FOR SALE
Entire contents of the Riggs cot
tage, including furniture, kitchen
equipment and household effects.
Mr. Cramer will be at the cottage
tomorrow after one o’clock,*to show
the articles to prospective purchasers.
FOR SALE OR RENT—National
Cash Registers. Inquire Simson’s.
FURNISHED CABIN fo- rent—one
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PREPARING TO OPEN UP
ON A LARGE SCALE
Mr. flarsey, of the Matanuska
Coal Co., with the big mine on Moose
creek, reports that everything is go
ing along smoothly on their prop
erty and that there is big quantities
of the best coal in sight, according
to the Anchorage Democrat.
All that thi's mine needs at the
present time is a side track from
the Chickaloon branch, and then the
amount produced will be of such vol
ume as to be of material benefit in
supplying the whole coast.
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