FUR COATS
Best Matched Coon, special $89
Brown Calf, $50 Values - $35
Coon Skin, pieced fur, $45 value $25
SIMSON’S
Felt Shoes, all Sizes, $6.50 Values - $4.50
Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of
MEN'S CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS
MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Army 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 WILTOK RUSS, ML 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
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO. j
Bu rgess- K a rste n s
AUTO STAGE
Fairban ks Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
Reservations at The Terminal
Fairbanks Office at Pioneer Hotel
MISS FERRETTI WILL
RETURN TO NENANA|
Miss Kerrctti, of Fairbanks, who j
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Wood Sawed
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On Short Notice By
JOHNSON
Leave Orders at The Portland
—
came to Nenana a few days ago as
the guest of Mrs. F. I). Browne,
has accepted the position in the
commissioner’s office rendered
vacant by the resignation of Miss
Mildred Anderson.
Miss Ferretti left Nenana this
afternoon on Butler’s dog team
stage for the upper town, but ex
pects to return in a day or two
to take up her new duties.
Fairbanks and Nenana, the Twin
Citiea of Interior Alaska
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
IF YOU EAT ICE CREAM
CANDY-FRUIT-OR CHEWING GUM
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
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ALSO NICELY FURNISHED, WARM AND COZY ROOMS If
FOR RENT AT REASONABLE 3ATES f
TEAMSTERS ASK
HIGHER PAY FOR
A E C HAULING
In view of the threatened period
of idleness for themselves and their
stock and the possibility of having
to kill the stock, owing to the high
cost of feed, etc, coupled with what
they consider a very low rate for
hauling supplies to the A. E. C
camps on the Fairbanks-Nenana
line, the teamsters and stock owners
of Nenana met last night at the
Skof House, to discuss matters fully
and arrive at some plan of action
that may stave off the drastic
measures contemplated.
Those present at the meeting
were: Norman Campbell, John Mil
ler, Dave Patterson, George Palmer,
Knut Roland, P. A. Thelin, F. H.
Stewart, Alick Adoff, Pat Carroll,
and James I). McMahon.
These men had some discussion
with the officials of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission recently as
they wisheil to share, if possible, in
the hauling of the supplies to the
camps along the Fairbanks right
of-way.
The sense of the meeting was
that the rates which the Alaskan
Engineering commission wished to
put into effect will not even per
mitt of an even break, and a com
mittee consisting of Norman Camp
bell, Knut Roland and James D. Mc
Mahon was appointed to call on Mr.
Browne and see whether a better
rate could not be obtained for the
service, a rate that would allow
them wages, at least, will be urged.
he schedule of rates quoted by
.the A. E. C. is contained in the
! following memorandum sent, to all
I freighters and owners of stock:
j After cosiderable discussion on
j the matter between the freighters
:;:;.d the heads of departments of
| the Commission, a fair rate is as
Jsunied in the following for hauling
j between Nenana and Fairbanks :n
|either lion, to-wit: seventy-five
i (75c) cents a ton mile, plus one
dollar ($1,00) overhead, regardless
of length of haul, for all classes of
freight.
It is understood that as the track
advances or moves ahead, the Com
mission will take advantage of the
shorter haul.
i Loading at the outset is to take
; place in Nenana; at the warehouses
or yards, and when the Commission
is able to deliver freight at some
other point, as for instance Camp
|4I5 or beyond, this slight reduction
i in rate is to go into effect.
The weight of dry lumber is to
j be figured at the rate of 2,500
■pounds per thousand feet, and green
; timber at the rate of 3,000 pounds
per thousand feet; actual average
weight to be determined later will
be given for back haul on ties; dry
ones are in all cases to be hauled
I or any other classes of timbers,
| such as logs, poles, etc., a further
I bulletin will be issued later.
The above rate amounts to:
Distance Rate Amount
! Eighteen (18) ties will be con
sidered as equalling 1 ton of 2,000
pounds in weight. Dry ties, or
those that have been cut for more
than a year will probably not weigh
quite this much, but the green ones
might possibly weigh a litle more
This is considered a fair average.
This to be used in computing ton
nage and amounts due freighters
for hauling on the back haul.
Dr. N. R. Walker, the Ketchikan
druggist, who enlisted in the Tank
Corps some time ago, and was at
Hoboken ready to sail for Europe
when the armistice was spued, has
returned to his home.
414-432
414-440
1414-440
j 414-453
$14.50
20.50
27.25
20.50
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Fall Line of Requisites
IN THE STA1ES
In a very newsy letter from
Seattle under date of December 29,
to Mrs. Norman Campbell, Mrs. W.
Lawrence, former well known Ne
nanaite, tells of the doings of the
i great Outside, and of having met
i many Northerners.
The flu, she says, got them all
except little Lilly Lawrence, but
they have not quite recovered. Ken
I neth Case was with the Lawrence’s
i recently and stayed a couple of
weeks, and she says they had some
great times together. He is now
in North Yakima.
■lack Brevig when last seen was
very busy hunting for a place to
stay in. He had been on the hunt
for quite a while, but owing to the
scarcity of suitable houses, had a
weary hunt before him. Bob Mit
chell, Mr... Duke, Brick Nelson and
Irwin Alderman were in Seattle
| at the time the letter was written.
Mrs. Alderman, former hello girl
in the local telephone office, is said
to be in Portland. She is getting a
divorce from her husband. Mr. and
Mrs. Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Hanover,
she says have also been legally
separated. Tom Bush was pile
driver foreman with the A E. C.
here last summer; and Hanover was
anethetist in the Commission hospi
tal, while his former wife was
stenographer to Mr. Riggs.
| Curley Benson, forr.V;rly a part
| tier with William Rodigkeit in the
! Tavern, is now married, and he and
| bis wife have an apartment house
ion Pike and Harvard streets.
! Bill Landwehr, former freight
agent with the A. E. C., she says,
is some kind of a customs inspector,
and they met both Mr. and Mrs.
Landwehr recently at a theater.
Miss Helen Hutmacher, formerly
tenographer in the accounting
office of the A. K. C., is now work
ing at some office in Bremerton
; She is seen around town quite often
The Hubbachs were also met re
cently. Mr. Hubbach, she says, was
with the Sims Carey company, but
owing to a curtailment of the work
since the signing of the armistice,
she thinks Hubbach with a lot of
others has been laid off.
The quarantine and drastic meas
ures to prevent the spread of the
flu would appear to have been re
laxed, she says that they had been
to several dances lately.
Micky Woods, former saloon man
of Tanana, is said to be working
hard in the shipyards, running an
electric derrick. Hard work and
Woods were strangers for many
years.
Mrs. .1. C. Kellum was also seen
recently in Seattle, but she says she
did not get to speak to her.
The I-awrences send their regards
to all of their Nenana friends.
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Talkeetna, Jan. 21, 101!)
Editor, Nenana News:
We reached Talkeetna at 6:30
p. m., Jan. 19th, seven days from
Nenana. Time between stations as
follows: End of steel to Lignite
one and one-half hours; Lignite to
Morino’s four and one-half hours;
Morino’s to Jack river four and
one-half hours; Jack river to Le
Gaults or Summitt five and one
half hours; LeGaults to Sullivans
three and one-half hours; Sullivan’s
to Indian river ten and one-half
hours; Indian river to Talkeetna, a
distance of forty miles, nine hours.
Weather conditions ideal during en
tire trip. Passed through the up
per part of Nenana Canyon and
found trail easy to negotiate; far
better than over the hill. Over
the summitt very easy going, and
scenery surpassingly beautiful. Not
the remotest doubt in my mind, this
is the shortest, quickest and most
logical route from the Tanana valley
to the coast of Alaska, and all mail
and express for Nenana and Fair
banks should be diverted to this
route at an early date, as a matter
of economy, in both time and
money. I understand that Mr. W.
Hnnouncemcnt
Ladies, do your shopping for the coming six weeks. We
close the store February 15th, and will leave for Fraibanks
to arrange orders for new Spring Goods over the trail;
COATS, MILLINERY, AND A COMPLETE LINE OF READY
TO WEAR IN ALL THE NEW SPRING STYLES
Those desiring special orders, we will gladly take care of them
for you. Come in and talk it over.
WATCH FOR THE OPENING
MISS J. O'BRYAN
Alaska Can Pay the Nation’s War Debt.
Alaska Pleads for a Chance
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| FRESH HIGH GRADE |
I IMPERIAL CANDIES!
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ALSO
1 Salted Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts
Apples and Oranges
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A. Ryan sent back an adverse re
1 port as to the trail in general. As
a matter of fact, Mr. Ryan’s com
ments on the difficulties encount
ered, were made after three days
j of tiresome trail breaking, and he
now admits that his criticism was
nut well considered, or at least
should have been greatly modified.
As proof of this, both he and Mrs.
Ryan came in at 3:80 on the 20th,
' feeling in high spirits, and the en
tire party report a most enjoyable
trip. Mr. E. L. Laughlin and my
self have met with not one hard
ship. To me the entire journey has
been made with so little difficulty
that I doubt if 175 miles could be
i covered in any other part of In
! terior Alaska in better average time
i of with greater comfort. It is true
j there are many points on the trail
that might be, and no doubt will
j be, shortened, straightened, well
marked out, and greatly improved,
but taking it “by and large” the
, trail over Broad Pass offers the
most gratifying possibilities to both
: Nenana and Fairbanks as a safe
1 and quick route to the coast.
Talkeetna has a population, I
: should judge, of about eighty people
;and just think of it! they have a
j commercial club with a membership
j of 47. I was greatly surprised yes
jterday, when the president of the
j club invited me to attend a special
meeting held last night. When I
passed the invitation on to Messrs
Ryan and Laughlin, they both smiled
at what they were pleased to term
my gulibility, and “winked the other
eye”, as though I was permitting
myself to be made the butt of some
laughable joke. However, when the
meeting was called to order, we
found 32 members present, and each
one full of interest in the civic life,
of this crude yet wide awake little
town.
At the meeting Mr. Ryan ad
mitted that his criticism of the trail
in a communication to you, had
been unduly harsh, and after we
had each applied for membership in
their club, and were duly admitted,
he moved that 1 should be delegated
to send a communication to our
Nenana paper that would reverse,
or at least greatly modify his re
port. This I am now hurriedly do
ing, with only a few moments left
to catch our train for Montana
creek. Train schedule as follows:
Monday, Anchorage to Montana
creek; Tuesday on to Talkeetna, ar
riving at 10:150 a. m. Leaves again
at 1 p. m. for Montana creek; stops
there Tuesday night; Wednesday to
| Anchorage.
Encourage travel over the Broad
Pass route. It can be made a most
excellent trail to and from the In
terior.
GEO. W. PENNINGTON.
I
CLOSING OUT
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CLEAN WARM ROOMS
Mrs Norman Campbell
HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
'Warm Comfortable Rooms
Barber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
CLEAN DRY WOOD FOR SALE
COAL BY THE SACK OR TON
MAULING OF ALL KINDS
Office at The Arctic
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