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Everything that the Name Implies
Nenana Sheet Metal Works
PAUL PALFY, Prop. — — New Location on A Street
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Sylvester Howell, who is pros- I
pecting with a drill in the Fair
banks district this winter, arrived
in Nenana on Tuesday and will be
a dinner guest of Dr. and Mrs. J. R.
Bowen this afternoon. He will re
turn to Fairbanks tomorrow.
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
WOOD
ALL KINDS
DELIVERED
ON SHORT NOTICE
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Wood Sawing
A. B. FUINK
Leave Orders at Portland
Kenana, the Gateway to XcXlnlejr
Rational Park.
Selling-Out Prices
HART SCHAFFNER A MARX CLOTH OVERCOATS .$25.00
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX WORSTED SUITS . 35.00
BLACK FUR COATS, $40 VALUES .. 25.00
7x8 EIDERDOWN ROBES, Special .. 39.00
$15 HEAVIEST SWEATERCOATS, Now . 8.50
$6 FLANNEL OVERSHIRTS, Each . 3.50
$6.50 BEST LLAMA MOCCASINS . 4.50
BEST DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES . 7.50
$8.50 RED LINED FELT SHOES . 6.50
$8 FUR CAPS (Assorted Kinds) .. 4.00
$2 LUMBERMEN’S SOX, Pair . 1.00
$1.50 WOOL TOQUES, Extra Special . 1.00
HORSEHIDE MAMMOTH MITTS . 1.00
GOVERNMENT LEATHER JERKINS . 9.50
ALL-WOOL INSIDE MITTS, Pair .50
BLUE WRIST CANVAS GLOVES . 25
MUSHERS PROSPECTORS MINERS
TARE NOTICE
We know your wants in the Clothing and Furnishing Line, and at El
present we have a Complete Stock of same which we ape Closing 1
Out at Genuine Selling Out Prices. ■
SIMSON’S
DEPARTMENT STORE I
We Buy Liberty Bonds at Highest Market Quotations £
S RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD §
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BLANKEIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
■ OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
CURLING IRONS, PERCOLATORS
VACUUM CLEANERS
HOTPOINT IRONS HOTPOINT PLATES
BOURDOIR SETS
(Conai*ting of Three-pound Iron and Curling Tong*)
Satety Compo - Aluminum Hot Pad
For Wet and Dry Application* of Heat—Supplants the Rubber
Hot Water Bag
Safety Compo - Flexible Hot Pad
For all Dry Application* of Heat—Take* the Place of Rubber
Hot-Water Bottle
ALL ARE ON DISPLAY AT OUR STORE
Northern Commercial Co.
ALASKA’S LARGEST OUTFITTERS
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FAR FROM HELP
“Tuesday, June 9: Life is dying
hard. The heart is strong.”
(Last entry in Diary of Thomas A.
O’Brion.)
With the body of Thomas A.
O’Brion, D. W. Flannigan and the
searching party which ieit here sev
eral weeks ago to look for the miss
ing man, arrived in Juneau lats this
afternoon, says The Alaska Daily
Empire of September 8. The body of
the oldtimer was discovered after a
search lasting several days, in a
cabin on Whiting river, near the in
ternational boundary line.
Just when O’Brion passed down
the Long Trail is not definitely
known, but Mr. Flannigan and his
companions, F. W. Flannigan, W.
Wenrich and William Strong, are
of the opinion that the end came
shortly after the above entry was
made in the little paper-covered
diary in which the old pioneer
wrote as he lay on his bed, unable
to move for more than a month.
To weak to get out and bring in
water and wood, he lived on what
ever he had that was eatable. For
eleven days prior to the last entry
he had no water.
Ill April 30
An entry in the diary dated April
30 says: ’’Baked bread.All stove
up with rheumatism.”
On the day following he wrote:
“Sicker than ever.” On this day he
got in a supply of wood. On Mayi
he made this entry: “Rained all
afternoon. Rustled wood. My legs
are going on the bum.” The day
following he was in even worse con
dition. his diary showing this entry:
“My left leg is all in. My teeth are
all rattling and sore and 1 am al
most all in.” On May 2, he noted
! some slight improvement in his con
dition, but says: “I have a kind
of fever.”
Get* Last Water
On May 5 this entry was made:
“Rained most all day. I am the most
helpless today I -ever was to my re
collection in all my life. Just able
to get a bucket of water by a des
perate effort.” No other entry is
made of his getting any more water,
but it is possible that he did so, as
two days later, on May 7, this entry
is found: “Snowed in morning, rain
ed in afternoon. Rustled wood.
with both legs all in.” On May 8,
he wrote: “Sicker than hell all day.
Both legs on the bum” and on the
next day ho was forced to stay in
bed all day. He did not neglect his
little diary book, however, writing
in it: “Got a cold breakfast and
supper. It was all I could do.”
Show* His Courage
Still helpless through the weeks
that followed, the diary tells a story
of unbroken courage and hopeful
ness. Living on cold rice, cold po
tato soup, eating one meal a day, he
kept up his daily diary entries.
Gradually, as the interminable days
passed, he became weaker, his phys
ical condition reflected in the writ
ing in the book, faint impressions
of the pencil becoming more and
more frequent. On May 12 he got
out of bed despite the awful pain
in his legs, split up a block of wood,
but was unable to do more. The next
day he got up, built a fire and
got breakfast, but almost immediate
ly had to go back to bed, being un
able to go out of doors. The next
day he wrote: “In bed all day. On
the bum. Legs all in. House cold
as hell. No heat • in my bedding.”
On May 16 he was so weak that
in getting up he says: “I had a fit.
Fell on the floor, out of my mind.
Again got up to fix the bread and
had another fit, fell on my face,
smashed my nose and side of my
face and one hand skinned.” On May
17 he wrote: “Little better today.
There is a chance now. I think I
gave up yesterday.” On the next
day he tried to get up but had to
'abandon the effort, writing: “My
I head is light”
Change* Diet
I About this time he seems to have
j recognized that he had the scurvy,
j as he speaks of having changed his
diet, eating a small raw potato,
drinking lemon extract and vinegar
and eating raw pickles. From this
j time on he made repeated efforts
' to get up but was unable to make
! it. On May 20 he tried to go after,
I water but failed. He succeeded in ]
: getting up once or twice between ■
! that time and his death, once open
I ing the door for fresh air, it taking
him two hours to make from the bed
to the door, but he was unable to
get any water.
The last entries in the diary fol
low :
Saturday, June 6: Rained in the
morning, not enough to do any
good. This is the hardest night and
day yet. I am still strong in the
mind and heart.
Sunday: Rained a little. Put in
a hard night and starting a hard
day. Getting weaker every day.
Monday: Almost the end.
Tuesday: Life is dying hard. The j
heart is strong.
Story of the Search
At the instigation of Charles
Goldstein, Mark Russell and B.
Heins, Mr. Flanigan and companions
left Juneau for Whiting river on
August 26. On August 27 while
searching the mouth of the river
and head of Snettisham river they
found O'Brion’s dory cached near
the mouth of the river. September
1 were continuing the search up the
! river and found evidence of a camp.
On September 2 found a green paint
ed poling boat in brush on the bank
of a slough near the boundary. On
same day located O’Brion’s cabin
about quarter of a’mile inland in
heavy timbered spot. In bed, in the
cabin, they found O’Bri'on’s body
wrapped in a blanket.
Cutting a trail they brought out
the body and all personal effects
and came to Juneau, arriving on
the night of September 7, and re
porting their findings to Commis
sioner N. L. Burton.
Wat Oldtimer
Thomas A. O’Brien was an old
timer of the North. He was a resi
dent of Dawson in . the very early
days and was known among his
friends of that period as “Micky”
to distinguish him from the other
Tom O’Brion, of Klondike City. He
moved to Fairbanks in the boom
days of that camp and was there for
a number of years before moving
to the coast district.
The story of the oldtimer’s sad
ending should serve as a warning
to those who are in the habit of i
going into the hills alone, far from
other camps and off the traveled
trails. The wonder is that more old-.
timers of the North have not fared ^
a similar fate.
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Norman Anderson, former Fair
banksan, has entered the Lighthouse
office at Ketchikan as stengrapher.
He left Fairbanks at the outbreak
of the war and saw active service
in France.
Special Thanksgiving services
were held at Grace church this
morning, conducted by Robert
Joseph Diven. There was a fair at
tendance and Dr. Diven’s lecture
was much enjoyed.
The Thanksgiving exercises gives
by the pupils of Franklin K. Lane
school yesterday afternoon, under
the direction of Miss Dorothy de la
Pole, were much enjoyed by the
mothers and other visitors in at*
tendance.
Thanksgiving is being quite gen
erally observed in Nenana, numerous
of the business places being closed
in honor of the day. The commis
sion offices are closed also and all
work suspended, where possible.
Jack Bailey, who has been en
gaged in putting up the new Single
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EAST FORK HOUSE
NEAREST ROADHOUSE TO END OF STEEL
Ju»t the Place to Clean Up and make Preparatione
To Catch the Tram
MEALS, $1.50 BEDS, $1.00
Dog Barns and Dog Feed
Dahl & Mitchell, Props.
5 NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
j COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOG BARNS
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CHRISTMAS CARDS
FANCY BOX STATIONERY
HOLIDAY CANDY IN BOXES AND BULK
PIPES, CIGARET HOLDERS, POUCHES
FOUNTAIN PENS, PENCILS, INK
HIGH GRADE CLEAR HAVANA CIGARS
LEADING BRANDS OF CIGARETS
FAMOUS BUDWEISER BEER
The Portland
You Must Mail Your Christmas Cards This Week
NENANA STAMPS—25c par 100; $2 per 1,000
Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE DL to
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST TllOIie (6
J. F. BENNETT.
GEORGE RICH
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YOU'LL FIND HIM AT
The Terminal
IF HE IS IN TOWN. SOONER OR LATER THEY ALL DROP
IN AND JOIN THE BUNCH.
FRESH CANDY
IN BULK AND FANCY BOXES
COLD DRINKS SMOKERS’ SUPPLIES
Clean, Warm, Comfortable Rooms
JOE O’CONNOR
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MARTIN NASH
FRUIT FRESH CANDIES SMOKES
BILLY GAGNON S - UNION BUILDING
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ton building at Healy, denies that it
was he who was injured at the coal
mine on Sunday. The injured man i3
Bob Bailey. Both men are well
known oldtimers of the Interior dis
trict.
COAL
From Healy River Coal Mine
will *ave you from one-third to
one-half on your fuel bill.
Single tons - $9.00
2-ton lots, a ton 8.50
Special rates on carload lots
Deliveries, Tutsdays and Fridays
Order from
Dr. J. R. Bowen, Agt
Bowen Bldg. Phone 54 Green
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TURKEYS
85c per lb.
BEEF
PORK
MUTTON
CHICKENS
Boneless
Boiled Ham
BUTTER
Waechter Bros.