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We handle Standard Makes of Clothes—the best of
everything—and charge a Reasonable Profit.
Discourage High Prices-Trade Here
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits
“America’s Best Ready-Made”
BES” GRADE, SILK LINED.$45
GENUINE $45 VALUES, SPECIAL.$35
EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD VALUES at.$25
Freeman Fine Dress Shoes, tan .$7.50
Tilt & Co. Best Dress Shoes, black and tan . $9.50
Washington Dress Shoes, black .S6.50
John B. Stetson Hats. Latest Novelties .$6.00
John B. Stetson Hats, No. 1 grade.$6.00
Good Work Hats at .$2.00
Fine Dress Shirts, high and low collars.$2.50
Best Suitoloth Shirts .$6.50
Strongest Work Shirts at .$1.00
B. V. D. Style Union Suits .$1.00
Porosknit Underwear, garment .75c
Balbriggan Underwear, suit .$2.00
EXTRA SPECIALS
$25 Cravanette Raincoats .$15.00
$6.00 Union Suits, medium sizes .$2.50
$6.50 Oxfords, patent leather .$3.00
Mosquito Tents, full size .$1.50
Canvas Gloves. 2 pair for .25c
Silk and Lisle Sox, pair .50c
$1.00 Suspenders, guaranteed good elastic.50c
$16 Cutter Pacs, large sizes .$11.00
$16 Chippewa Pacs. large sizes .$11.00
$12.50 High Top Waterproof Shoes .$8.75
$1.50 Cotton Work Shirts, gray .75c
SIMSON’S
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
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9
LAUNCH VICTORY
LEFT IS MORN
The fast launch Victory, with
Captain Fred Douse at the wheel,
sailed for Fairbanks this morn
ing. She took the local mail and
J. J. Meherin and H. C. Dunlap,
two traveling men, as passengers
for the upper town.
Captain Douse expects to be able
| to get away from Fairbanks to
morrow morning on the return trip,
as there are said to be many men
: there who want to come to Nenana.
The Cascade Laundry has plenty
of hot soft water at all times. New
bath rooms, fully equipped and san
itary, with special rooms for ladies.
You get »-ebate with $2.50 laundry,
which applies on bath, or pay 50c
per bath.
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FRED DOUSE. Master.
Leaves Foot of A Street Even' Other Day
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RESERVATIONS AT THE TERMINAL.
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TAVERN CAFE & BAKERY
WHERE THE LIVE ONES LIVE
WM. RODIGKEIT : : Proprietor
TRAVELING MAN
SAYS ALASKA IS
BESTJ EARTH
J. J. Meherin, the traveling rep
resentative of Folgers and the Im
: perial Candy ocmpany, more fa
i miliarly known among his many
‘Alaskan friends as “Joe” Meherin,
| who is on a business visit to Ne
jnana, predicts that Alaska will be
! greatly benefited by a very sub
stantial increase in its population.
At the time he left Seattle for the
North, all the northbound ocean
boats had sold out their accommo
dations up to the sailing on July
loth.
Joe Meherin enlisted in Seattle
last August for overseas service,
, and was attached to the tank corps
at Fort Lawton for training. From
; there he was transferred to Camp
j Colt, near Gettysburg. Pa., and
‘from there to Camp Dix. which is
- only about two hours’ ride from
Hoboken, N. J. His unit having
reached that stage of perfection in
its military training deemed suf
ficient to fit it to go into action,
all overseas equipment was issued
to the men and they were ordered
to embark on November 11th, when,
much to their disappointment, the
news of the signing of the armis
tice was received and the embarka
tion orders were canceled.
The tank corps would appear to
have been the first military unit to
be demobilized, and on December
4th Joe received his discharge, along
with a great many others.
As soon as he was free, Joe did
considerable traveling, visiting,
among other cities, New York, Phil
adelphia, Boston, Washington, New
Orleans, and San Francisco, and
he says that Frisco is the best of
them all; in fact, the best in the
world. ,
He is in accord with all the other
Alaskans who have recently come
in fr:m a visit to the States, and
is 'quite positive that Alaskans are
; better off in every way than those
| living anywhere in the States. Un
rest and dissatisfaction, coupled
. with the high cost of living, is
very noticeable everywhere, he says,
and every one of the great many
Alaskans he met in the States is
, eager to return to the North,
j One argument that ought to go
I a long way toward convincing Alas
kans of how much better off they
are here than in the States is con
|tained in the statement he made re
jgarding the actual living costs. He
i stated that a meal which cost him
|SI in Xenana could not be dupli
cated Outside for $1.25. Rents, he
' says, are scandalously high, and the
■amusements and other incidentals
| which the average dweller in the
j States feels called upon to indulge
j in, keep the ordinary worker broke
jail the time. Many Alaskans, he
j said, have found themselves in this
state, and the majority of them are
making it their life’s purpose, as it
| were, to earn the necessary pass
age money to enable them to return
ito the North.
Joe Meherin has visited and trav
eled in Alaska for the past nine
! years, and knows Alaska and her
I people very thoroughly, and he says
i that wherever he has been in Alas
i ka this season he has found a feel
! ing of greater contentment among
j the people, a contentment to remain
iin the Northland and help in the
country’s development. This feel
j ing, he says, was not present be
I fore, as almost everybody wished
to visit the States, some on a visit
only, and others for all time.
The Alaska boys who had been
in the service, he says, have been
the best advertising medium Alaska
has ever had, and in the course of
his travels in the various parts of
the States, countless thousands of
people were making inquiries re
garding Alaska, its climate, possi
bilities, etc. When it became known
that he had been in Alaska, he was
promptly deluged with inquiries re
garding the North, and he says he
gladly supplied all the information
at his command.
The information regarding Alaska
spread around by our boys in the
service is bound to result in much
good to Alaska in the way of set
tiers, and he thinks that for th<
next, few years there will be :
steady stream of northbound trave
and that most of the travelers wil
settle in Alaska.
The inquiries made concerninj
Alaska were not confined to work
ingmen, clerks, and homeseekers
the said; business men and capital
Iists have also evinced an interes
in the country, and these have beei
jvery assiduous in gleaning all th
| information they could possibly ge
[regarding the resources of the coun
j try and the possibilities in a busi
ness way, in trade and manufac
jture, etc., and he is of the opinioi
[that the time is now opportune fo
[undertaking a properly conductet
campaign to advertise Alaska al
over the States, through the pres
j of the country and otherwise.
The vast majority of the met
drafted into the service are youn<
men. drawn largely from the of
fices, stores, etc., of the big cities
and the outdoor life and trainin;
they have experienced and receive;
in the army have created a desiri
j in them to reach out for bigge:
things and to go far afield anc
j do pioneer work, unfettered by th;
restrictions and confinement the;
had hitherto been accustomed to
These boys, with perhaps a few ex
ceptions, will never again be satis
'fied with such indoor work as thej
can get in the States, and those oi
them who have learned of Alask:
from our boys in the service, wil
surely come North to make theii
homes here.
Joe Meherin says that he is quit*
' satisfied he will see a bigger popu
lation in every Alaska town anc
, settlement next year, when he wil
visit Alaska again, and also tha'
these places, galvanized into nets
;!ife as it were, with the infusior
of new blood, will be booming.
COGGIE WRITES
OF GOOD
IN METROPOLIS
The high cost of living in Amer
. iea's largest city is not so much oi
a menace to existence as Alaskan;
have been led to believe, according
to W. A. Coghill, Nenana mer
chandiser, who made the trip ou
i by way of the Broad Pass trai
early this spring, enroute to Eng
| land to join the ranks of the bene
diets. “Coggie” spent a couple o:
weeks in the metropolis, and dur
i ing that short period learned man;
of the tricks of the urban dweller
resulting in a very pleasant sta;
at surprisingly small cost. He re
counts his experiences in a lette:
addressed to Manager Billy Coutts
of the Coghill store.
When “Coggie” reached th<
States, he found prices sky higi
and there was little if any improve
; ment as he journeyed across th<
; continent to the Atlantic seaboard
By the time he reached New Yorli
he had his purse in his hand, read,
(to accommodate exacting hotel keep
iers and restaurant men. And h
; did accommodate them the day h
landed, paying a fancy price for
place to sleep and fancier price
for his meals. But the next da;
he had the good fortune to mee
; Rev. C. E. Betticher, former!'
rector of St. Matthew’s church
Fairbanks, who directed him to ;
, place where lodgings could be ob
tained at reasonable prices and thei
: explained the mysteries of the cafe
teria. As a result of this fortunat
meeting with the minister, the Ne
nana merchant had enough mone;
left, after his New York visit, b
i
take him to England and back.
Just how cheaply one may liv
in the great city, Mr. Coghill in
dicates when he states that a ten
i dollar check, cashed on Sunday
hasted him until the following Fri
■ day. But this probably did not in
elude show tickets, for he tells o
having occupied a five-dollar sea
at one of the theaters.
Upon arrival at Seattle, on th
way East, Mr. Coghill made ar
rangements for a round trip to Eng
land, engaging passage both way
on the steamship Baltic, which wa
scheduled to sail for the other sid
of the Atlantic on May 15. X
mention was made, however, regard
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COGHILL’5
ing the probable date of his return,
so it is not known whether he re
turned to the States on the same
voyage of the Baltic or stopped
over in England. He writes that
he had no difficulty in arranging
his passage across, practically all
the details of the voyage having
been attended to in Seattle.
Mr. Coghill tells of having met
several former residents of In
terior Alaska during his stay in
Xew York, but no names were
mentioned other than that of Rev.
Betticher.
STEAMER TANANA 1
IS DOE TONIGHT;
The A.-Y.-X. company’s steamer •
Tanana, Captain George Green, left
Chena at 10 a. m. today and should
arrive here about five o'clock th’s j
evening. She is bound for Dawson 1
and way points.
She is bringing the mail, a little1
i freight consigned to local merchants
, and will probably take on a few
| tons of freight at this port, getting
, away on her voyage within an hour I
lor so after arrival.
The passengers who journeyed to
Chena on the train and joined the:
boat there were:
For Seattle—W. L. Spaulding, A.
, R. Bredlie, Mrs. A. A. Kenison,
Miss Edith Waite, Mrs. J. E. Peeues i
land two children.
For Skagway—Charles Sander*.
For Dawson and return—Mr.
: Mrs. L. T. Erwin.
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! For Circle—Miss Helen Rasmus- -
sen, Miss Helen Callahan.
For Hot Springs—Sidney Ridge.
For Nenana—George Parks, W.
R. Taylor, Ralph Deverill.
For Tanana—Miss Nelly Cashman.
The passengers joining the boat
it this port are Elija Frank for
'ort Yukon, anij Mike Finally for
fanana.
Skot House
Second and Market Sts.
NOW OPEN UNDER NEW
MANAGEMENT.
GLEAN AND COMFORTABLE
MODERATE RATES
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
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For Sale
HORSESHOE CAFE
BROOKS
The Only Fully Equipped
Restaurant In Brooks
Open and Doing Business
Owner Leaving For Outside
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
I Miners and Prospectors! |
I NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS (
' | According to a recently issued Court Order by =
!= Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- 2
. j 5 cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- 5
'| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. f
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be =
‘ 11 enabled by this change to do their recording aud trans- |
. = act other business at Nenana, which is within easy 2
: i | reach of their mining activities. 2
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB, |
.! 5 R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph,
President. Secretary 2
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We Will Receive on One of the
First Boats a Large Shipment of
Imperial Candy Company’s
Dainty Sweets
A Few Boxes Left of Those Choice
Winesap Apples
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