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Just Received
LATEST STYLES
John B. Stetson Hats . . . $6
J. B. Smith Dress Shoes . . $9
Fine Suitcloth Overshirts . . $5
Misses’ High Top Dress Shoes - - - $4.50
Children’s Dress Shoes, pair - - - - $3.75
Baby’s Black and Tan Kid Shoes - - $2.50
SIMSON’S
The Home of Hart Schaflfner & Marx Clothes.
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Will Arrive on Str. Washburn
FRIDAY, MAY 23
FRESH FRUIT
Oranges Grapefruit
Lemons Yukon Cigars
COG HILL'S
Carl White's new lanuch Brooks,;
a steam propelled craft, built in
Fairbanks last winter, towing the
launch he used last season, arrived
in port at 4 o’clock this morning ■
with the mails for Tolovana and a
few passengers in transit on board
The launch also brought a handful |
of mail, containing a few local j
letters and papers and some regist- i
ered mail, and Father Monroe, Alex '
Fowler and another for N'enana.
Among the passengers on board
bound for the Tolovana country
were H. E. St. George, Luther Hess,
Paul Ringseth and Miss Mary Eng
lund. The boat and her tow got
away at 8:30 this morning.
Carl White, who has the contract
to carry the mail between Fairbanks
and Tolovana, intends to transfer
the new steamer Brooks across the
jam and use her on the upper
reaches of the river; his old boat
will maintain the service between
the upper town and the log jam on i
th Tolovana river.
SPRING IS RENOVATING TIME!
Add to the life of a luit or hat—
improve your appearance at email
expense, by talcing your work to
MRS. D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
FAREWELL RECEPTION
FOR MRS. ERLE BROWN
In view of the impending depar
ture of Mrs. Erie Brown, a farewell
reception will be held in her honor
by Mesdames W. H. Gilcher and
R. G. Southworth, at the home of
Mrs. Gilcher, at First and C streets.
The reception is to be from 2:30
to 5 p. m. tomorrow, and all ladies
of Xenana are cordially invited to
attend the function.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown expect to
leave here for the States on one of
the first boats connecting with the
ocean steamer at St. Michael.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler 6l
SHORT CIRCUIT CAUSES
FIRE AT FAIRBANKS
The Fairbanks fire department
responded to a hurry call yesterday
afternoon from the residence of
Morton E. Stevens, on Third av
enue, and by their prompt action
were able to save the building. The
dining room only is reported to
have been gutted by the fire, which
was caused by a short circuit.
SHOTGUNS and Shotgun Ammu*
nitio11—new stock just opened, at
Anderson Bros & Nerland.
= SPEEDY SAFE COMFORTABLE §
! LAUNCH VICTORY I
1 FRED DOUSE, Master.
Leaves Foot of A Street Every Other Day
[ FOR FAIRBANKS |
| RESERVATIONS AT THE TERMINAL.
Fresh Fruit
Big Shipment Over Lake Labarge to
Arrive May 25
ALSO A LIMITED NUMBER OF
1919 WORLD ALMANACS
BIG WAR EDITION
GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLY
THE TERMINAL
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SHELDON DEFINES
WORK FOR SEASON
Robert Sheldon, chairman of the
Territorial Road Commission for
the Fourth judicial division, has ap
pointed “Alabam" Leboyteau and
Jim Tracy road overseers for the
Tolovana district. “Alabam” will
have charge of the road from
Brooks up to Livengood, while
Tracy will look after the road from
the log jam to Brooks.
Sheldon’s plans for road work
during this season call for the con
struction of a road along Birch hill
to connect the ranches in that sec
tion and to give the ranchers an
opportunity to market their pro
duce.
Considerable work is to be don
on the Ester and Fairbanks creek
roads. Walter Rynearson will look
after the work on the Ester road,
which will take about a month to
finish; while William Terrill will
superivse the work to be done on
the Fairbanks creek road, which wit!
consume a longer period. Terrill
has a specially constructed mess
and bunk car on wheels which will
admit of the rapid movements of
the gang of men under his control.
For the work to be done on the
road from Engineer creek to 21
Goldstream, Gus Peterson, who is
operating on 21 Goldstream. has
offered to give Sheldon the use of
his teams free of charge and will
also supply the necessary teamsters
who will be paid by the road com
mission.
The road from Fox to Olnes will
receive as much attention as the
limited funds will allow; the bridges
recently destroyed by forest fire
will first be replaced and such work
as is absolutely necessary will first
be accomplished, after which the
general repairs will be aliened to.
Jimmy Haney is in charge of a
gang of men building road in the
Steel creek region. He has already
corduroyed a section of the road
leading over the flats, built a
bri 'ge across Steel creek and car
ried the road for about a mile up
the hill to where it connects with
the Smallwood trail. These roads
wnll be put into good shane this
season.
Repairs are also to be under
taken on the Little Eldorado road
and the road from Cleary summit to
Chatanika.
There are two roads leading to
St. Patrick’s creek, neither of which
is in shape for travel. One of
these roads is to be selected and
put in good repair. ,
Nenana District
Mr. Sheldon stated that he had
received a letter from the Xenana
Commercial club and an applica
tion from the miners of the Kan
tishna district relative to a summer
road into the Kantishna district. He
stated that he favors such a road
as suggested and expects to go
over the proposed route as soon as
he can get away from Fairbanks.
He will then look over the route
from Lignite to Moose and other
creeks in the Kantishna country.
He stated that there was every
possibility of the work being started
before the end of the season.
ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICE
IN NENANA ON SUNDAY
Father Monroe, who arrived in
Xenana on the Carl White steamer
Brooks this morning, announces
that mass will be celebrated at the
Roman Catholic church on Sunday
morning at 9:30.
Father Monroe has not definitely
decided as to when he will leave
for the upper town. If further
services are to be held here, due
announcement of same will be made.
DELICATESSEN SALE AT
FAIRBANKS TOMORROW
The Pioneer Women of Alaska
will hold a delicatessen sale to
morrow afternoon at Fairbanks.
The sale, which will commence
at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, will
be held in the building on Second
avenue formerly occupied by Mrs.
Heath’s store.
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Genuine Buhach at Fowler &
Morrix.
Next Winter
“There goes the lightweight
champion of this town,” said Jones.
“Huh,” said Smith. “He doesn’t
look like a fighter.”
“He isn’t,” replied Jones. “He’s
ia coal dealer.
SLOW LEARNING
ABOUT ALASKA
Despite all that has been done
by Alaskans to inform Outsiders
regarding conditions in this country,
despite the wide circulation of gov
ernment reports, covering every j
phase of federal activity in the j
North, the publicity campaigns con- J
ducted by the Alaska bureau of i
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and the hundreds of descriptive
articles published by writers of
prominence, in magazines and news
papers, despite all these efforts to
enlighten the people of the United
States, there still remains an as- j
tounding amount of ignorance re- j
garding Uncle Sam’s northern em- j
pire. And more surprising still is I
the fact that a very large propor-1
tion of this ignorance is shared ]
by residents of the Pacific coast, j
much of it even in Seattle, where j
Alaskan affairs are second only in :
importance to those of the Puget
Sound metropolis.
In a letter adressed to the An- j
ehorage Times, a well known old-'
timer of the railroad town tells of
coming in contact with many resi-;
dents of the Spirit City who dis-.
played an appalling lack of know- j
ledge of the territory.
A business man of Seattle, he !
writes, dating his residence from i
1889, expressed gratificaton in j
meeting someone from Alaska forj
the reason that he was “an old j
Alaskan himself.” He had been:
everywhere in the North, he assured
the visitor from Alaska, yet he
could not recall the names of any:
of the coast towns, except Juneau,
and was not sure whether the capi
tal was Juneau or some other place.
"I have been to Juneau,” he said.
:“and seen that wonderful railroad
;the Guggenheims built.” When re-;
(minded that he must be referring
i to Cordova, he gave another ex-!
ihibition of ignorance by replying:
!"Oh yes, that’s so, where the eapi
Itol is. I remember.”
The writer also tells of an intrc-;
| duction to a Seattle woman who
i said she was glad to run across:
I someone from the North, for she
wanted to make inquiry about a ;
brother who had migrated to Alaska
; several years previously. She did i
not knoy where the brother had
located, but supposed “anyone from
Alaska knew everyone else there.”'
When an attempt was made to con
vey some idea of distances in the '
territory, the lady cut short thei
: conversation, expressing the belief1
that her new acquaintance had '
never been in Alaska.
Among other questions put to I
the Alaskan by residents of the j
Spirit City, were: “Do the boats:
stop at Seward before they do at:
Anchorage. Does the water in Cook
Inlet freeze all the way to the I
bottom. Is it dark six months of
the year in Alaska? Is it true j
that old prospectors are compelled <
to live on glacier worms when j
short of provisions?
How to overcome this ignorance
of Alaska, the writer concludes, is
a problem, especially when the
representatives of our own govern
ment at Washington refuse to be
lieve the cold facts concerning its
wonderful development of resources
in the past under most adverse cir
cumstances and conditions.
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ACADEMY DANCE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Immediately after the conclusion
of the entertainment given by the
Franklin K. Lane school at thei
Labor Union hall tomorrow night,
the dance given by the N'enana
Dancing Academy, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Belle Campbell, will
be held.
The price of admission to the
dance will, as usual, be $1 for
1 gentlemen, ladies being admitted
free of charge.
All arrangements as regards the
floor and music have been made,
and dance lovers are assured of a
rollicking time.
Ouch
“This transfer expired a half
hour ago,” said the street car con
ductor.
“Is that so?” said the grouchy
passenger. “Well, considering the
jlack of ventilation in this car, it is
a wonder the poor transfer didn't
'expire soonert”
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Just Received
A SMALL SELECTION OF
Wash Dresses and Skirts
A Few Sport Suits in Cotton, a Few ^Vhite Wool Skirts, Serge
and Gabardine for Midsummer Wear. White Canvas Pumps,
the Workmanship Equal to the Finest Kid, a Few Sport Styles
Among Them.
Coats, Hats and All Ready-to-Wear
AT SPECIAL PRICES
FOR THE HOME—We Have Sheets, Pillow
and Curtain Scrims.
Slips, Curtains
THE
LITTLE SHOP
MISS J. O’BRYAN
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A Fine Assortment of
HIGH-GRADE CANDIES, BY THE BOX, BY
THE PACKAGE. AND OTHERWISE.
CHEWING GUM —ALL KINDS.
Before and After
riiiiiiimimiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmt!
REFRESHING DRINKS, ICE CREAM,
CIGARS AND CIGARETTES.
POOL, PAN AND SOLO.
THE ARCTIC
Davis & Taylor Rooms in Connection
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LAUNCH VIC10RY
The fast launch Victory, under
the command of Fred Douse, left
Fairbanks at 1 o’clock this after
noon and may be expected to arrive
in N'enana this evening.
She is bringing some second class
mail and E. P. Allard and X. Dietz
as passengers for N'enana.
LABOR ONION HALL
The closing exercises of the
Franklin K. Lane school will be heW
tomorrow night at the Union Hal'.,
commencing at 8:30 o’clock. Ail-,
mission will be by ticket at 50
cents each, and the proceeds of the
entertainment will go toward the
equipment and mantenance of the
school library.
It is hoped that N'enanaites will >
strongly support the entertainment j
and make it possible for the kids
to secure for themselves a library
worthy of the school and town. j
The teaching staff have taken
great pains in drilling the pupils i
in their parts in the various num
bers on the program which is ro
be rendered tomorrow night, and
that a finished rendition of the
various items will result is but a
foregone conclusion.
The program of the closing exer
cises to be rendered tomorrow
night follow:
1. Song—Voices of the Woods. I
By the School
2. Dramatizations:
(1) —Goldlocks .1
Genevieve Oldfield, Noel Schaeffer |
Lena Herington, William Siverly ■
(2) —The Hungry Wolf !
Richard Foster, William Siverly. ;
Ira Campbell, Frank Major
Genevieve Oldfield
I
3. Play—Mother Goose in War Time
By the First Six Grades
4. Solo—Lullaby (From Ermine^
Valentine Anderson
•5. A Program Committee *
Margaret Southworth and Valentine
Anderson
6. Boarding School Accompishments
Muriel Russell, Walter Scott, Mar
garet Southworth, Sam Ivey
7. Song—Be Glad.
Valentine Anderson, Vera Russell,
Margaret Southworth and Muriel
Russell
8. Taking the Census .^
Valentine Anderson and Melville
Cooney
9■ Pageant—W ith Song America
F°t Me By the School
*• MARINE BULLETIN *•
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Tanana—Up Birches 8 a. m., date
Seattle 3—Down Melozi 6:30 a.
m., date.
Washburn—Up Tolovana 5:30 a.
m., date.
Siwash—Up Nenana 9 p. m., 22
Alice—Up Louden with mail Ilf
a. m., 22.
Betty, mail launch—Up Melozi
3 p. m., 22.
Carl \\ hite—Down Nenana 8:3<>
a. m., date.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
For Sale
HORSESHOE CAEE
BROOKS
The Only Fully Equipped
Restaurant In Brooks
Open and Doing Business
Owner Leaving For Outside
Gel Acquainted
If You Can't Boost
Don't Knock
TAVERN CAFE & BAKERY
WHERE THE LIVE ONES LIVE ?
WM. ROD1GKEIT : : Proprietor ? <