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WATCH
OUR WINDOWS FOR
NEW GOODS
Wm. A. COGHILL
General Merchandise Nenana
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
BASEBALL SEASON
OPENED ALREAOl
With the baseball grounds at
joining the school free of snc
and moisture and beautiful weathe
prevailing, the baseball season ws
opened in Xenana during the latte
part of last week by the vounge
members of Xenar.a’s athletic crow<
Baseball was never indulged in s
early in the season before.
history of Xenana. and the la.:
who have “started the ball a ‘oiling
intend to make the most of th
early opening of the season to gt
in some good hard practice.
Sunday the boys were out i
force and a good game was indulge
in. The juniors expect to arrang
for a game with the Indian boy
of the mission soon.
One public spirited citizen cam
to the rescue of the lads yesterda
with a five-dollar donation to hel
them provide themselves with th
necessary paraphernalia. It is ej
pected that others will follow su
in the interests of good clean spor
Many Alaskan coast towns hav
started a campaign to secure se'
: tiers this year, and a large numbc
of circulars and prospectuses ar
being sent to friends in the Stat<
with instructions to distribute thei
to parties likely to come to Alaski
Nothing Succeeds
Like Success
Our Goods are Right. Our Pnces are
Right
Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
Wm. TAYLOR
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Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Urge and Varied Assortieit of tde Leadiig Braids of
MEN’S CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS
MACKINAW COATS
Army and Nary Sweaters
SWEATER COATS
MACKINAW PANTS
SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
WOOL SOCKS, All Weights
UNION SLITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS
SEE OUR B'USSELS er.d WILTON RUBS, ALL SIZES
Bisse.l’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Fall Line of
MINERS' and TRAPPERS' SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
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IN ENGLAND HAS
STARTED QUEUES
LONDON—Coal queues, the ter
ror of the poor of London, have
j again made their appearance be
cause of an acute shortage in the
; coal supply, and thousands upon
thousands of persons have been
| daily standing in line in the hope
I of getting enough coal to keep some
j kind of fire going in their humble
f j homes.
■ A coal queue is an interesting
sight. Early in the morning the
j number of customers appearing at
i some distributing point exceeds the
number being disposed of by the
J coal merchant. So they line up. in
the order of their arrival, and pa
tiently wait until they are supplied,
or are told by the merchant that
he has no more—by no means an
K ; infrequent development.
rj They buy in small quantities foi
5 two reasons—some of them havf
r i little money to invest in coal a;
r existing high prices, while the
I- second cause is the lack of means
o to remove large quantities. Often
<* perambulators provide the vehicle
s i but more often the purchaser tucks
",his “black diamonds' away in an old
?: basket, and hurries on his way.
1 If the dealer is so fortunate as
to have a ton cr two of coal the
1 queue will be maintained for hours
i in the biting cold. If his supply
e is short, he is soon sold out. and
s the queue dissolves only to be re
j formed at some other place in the
e hope of finding more coal,
c It often happens that person;
p of means approach the dealer and
e offer hig prices for quantities out
:- * of all proportion to the supply, and
t; it is often recorded that the dealer
:. j will refuse the temptation, because
he knows that his trade is among
e the people who are his regular cus
- tomers. the poor of the neighborhood
r and they will not forget him whes
e he has abundant coal to sell if he
5 discriminates in favor of a casua
n but richer persor
*' So poor and rich alike have beer
suffering and shivering, because nc
: one really expected the temperatur*
to drop as sharply as it has withir
the past few days. The winter t(
.
; this time has been open and we
and sickenir.gly chilly, but not sc
j cold as to cause actual suffering
j even with a short fuel supply. Bu
; with the mercury hovering arounc
j 20 degrees above zero. “12 degree
j of frost” they call it here, coal 1
| a necessity.
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The shortage of ?oa! is ascribe*
to a number of reasons, chiefly th*
dilatory work of the miners wh'
have demanded a six hour working
day, and the scarcity of rauroa*
cars. Coal supplies in all center:
of population are far below normal
and there is no prospect of an im
mediate improvement in the situa
tion. Many persons have sough
other means of keeping warm
One old man and hrs wife, the;
are over eighty, have been in be<
for a week because they have n*
coal in the house, and their daugh
ter cares for them Children alsi
are being kept between blanket
with success, but the sturdy of th
city must bear the burden as wel
as they can, with mighty little pros
pect of relit* until the railroad
are in better position, or the balm;
days of spring come to chase awa;
the necessity for artificial heat.
Vroana. Alaska's Interior Fuel Depo
WUNSCH IS FREED
ON SERIOUS CHARGI
August Wunsch, who was charge*
with assault with a dangerous weapoi
before Judge Bunnell in the distric
court, was freed by the jury em
panelled to try the case, who brough
in a verdict of not guilty.
Ed New was called by the de
fendant as a witness, while Jame
Hagen and Nels Stole were callei
by the prosecution Ed New wa
also called by the prosecution later
The jury was instructed at 7:3
p. m. Saturday night, and returne:
ten minutes after retiring with tit
vetdict that set Wunsch free.
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% AXCOUVER, Wash.—A novel
. method of increasing the city's
population by giving workers a
chance to own their homes, has
been inaugurated here, in the form
of a Business Mens' Building Cor
poration, which will supply capital
and opportunity to workmen for
home-building on virtually their
own terms.
Between one thousand and two
thousand homes are needed here,
the business men believe. :o care
for the workers in shipyard plants
and allied industries. More than
two thousand men come here daily
to work, from homes in Portland,.
Oregon, on special trains, it is esti
mated. The business men of Van
couver are seeking to have these
men build their own homes, and
pay for tMem in any manner most
convenient, in order to bring them
here to live. Available property
has been listed, lumber will be
purchased in carload lots and every
thing possible done to make horn -
building inexpensive.
A steel shipbuilding yard here
recently has beer, assured of work
extending over several years, with
every indication that it will be
come a permanent ndustry. rather
than a war emergency business.
Several wooden shipyards, which
began operation during the war.
also give promise, according to the
owners of proving premanent.
WAR TAX INREASED
ON TELEPHONE CALLS
_
Announcemtn is made that com
mencing April 1, the federal war
tax on all telephone calls is ad
vanced to ten cents on all messages
over fifty cents. The tax of five
cents remains the same on messages
of fifty cents and under.
Tihs means that a Fairbanks call
costing hitherto S2.05, will now cost
$2-10; while messages previously
costing fifty and twenty-five cents,
wil now cost fifty-five and thirty
1 cents respectively.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
SMSXSOK
Tom Aitken’s dredge on Candle5
creek, a tributary of the Tacotr.a
river, did not have a very success
ful season, owing to operating trou-1
ble. as the ground being worked
is some of the best ever located in
the Interior. The output from the
old Ophir, Cripple and the new
Tolstoi diggings will be compara
tively small this season due to the
lack of both labor and water.
Visiting Cards
Typewriter
Ribbons
Carbon
Paper
Legal
Blanks
Tablets
Blotters
Envelopes
Scratch Pads
NEWS OFFICE
L. C. ISABEL
BARBER
Shop in Portland Building
Now Open for Business with
Full Line of Requisites
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the genera! office
ouilding. Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays, at 7 a. m.
Nenana—The Gateway to McXinloy
National Park.
BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
CLEAN DRY WOOD;pOR SALE
COAL BY THE SACK OR TON
MAULING OF ALL KINDS
Offiee at The Arctic
Residence Phone
COLISEUM
STRONG DRAMA AND LATE PATHE NEWS FOR TONIGHT
Late Pathe News
Pictorial
THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR EYES
Showing “Train Chaplains for Army” “Bridge in Record Time"
“Major Lufberry, U. S. Ace,” “Americans in Picardy—
Third Instalment of Official War Pictures, showing the
steady advance of American troops and supplies to
reinforce French and British comrades on the
gTeat battlefront in Picardy.
Universal Film Corporation Presents
PHILLIPS SMALLY AND LOIS WEBER, IN
Jew’s Christmas
A MASTERPIECE IN THREE ACTS
MUSIC-VIOLIN. PIANO AND DRUMS
ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
SHOW STARTS AT S P. M.
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