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Christmas Suggestions
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SILK XMAS TIES
SILK HOSE
SILK MUFFLERS
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
SILK SHIRTS
FRENCH FLANNEL SHIRTS
SILK LINED MOCHA GLOVES
SILK NIGHT SHIRTS
SILK PAJAMAS
BATH ROBES
SMOKING JACKETS
SUIT CASES (Leather)
Suit Cases with Toilet Sets
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A FEW NICE THINGS
For the Ladies
SWEATERS
TOQUES and SCARFS to Match
TAM O’SHANTERS
IN CAMEL’S HAIR AND BRUSHED MOHAIR
VERY BEAUTIFUL SHADES
SILK HOSIERY
IN BLACK AND TAN
Don’t Forget Our Great Saving
Sale on all Winter Goods is
Still Going On
Fairbanks Clothing Co.
JOE FISHER, Manager
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M. J. Cooney, who has been in |
charge of the gang engaged in cut
ting a trail to connect the ends
of steel, arrived in town last night.
E. I. Foster and Everest Fitz
water, who set out on a hunting
trip some time ago, arrived at 43
mile camp yesterday.
We use the word Lusitania often
and glibly. And yet how many of
us know that this was the name of
what is now Portugal
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KOLAND STAGE
LEAVES FOR FAIRBANKS
SUNDAY MORNING at 8
From Quarantine Camp
SPECIAL COMFORTS FOR PASSENGERS
FOR RESERVATIONS, APPLY AT THE PORTLAND
CARRYING U. S. MAIL
' SPECUL OFFERINGS ON DRESSES'
We have tome dandy bargains to offer you this week in
Dresses for Evening Wear, and also Afternoon Wear, and some
suitable for every-day and office dresses. About one-third of our
dress stock is included in these special sale dresses.
EVERY ONE A REAL BARGAIN
If You Want An Erenin, Dreaa and Don’t Want to Inroat Much,
Now la Your Chance.
Miss J. O’Bryan’s
Side Entrance
COONEY HOTEL
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According to the latest informa
tion received locally on the subject,
it would appear that drafted men
as well as those who have volun
tarily enlisted in the service of the
country, can obtain their discharge
from the army on application to
the officer commanding, on showing
him that the man seeking discharge
has secured employment.
The following telegram was re
ceived today by the Nenana Local
Board No. 19, from the governor's;
office at Juneau:
“The following telegram has been
received from the commanding offi
cer, Fort Seward. Suggest you pub-(
lish it and answer questions affect
ing discharge drafted men in ac-;
cordance therewith.
“ ‘It would help considerably if
newspapers would publish the fact
that requests for discharge on
grounds which makes him eligible
must originate with the soldier.
Orders, circulars, etc., covering
these grounds are published to and
not withheld from soldiers. Cannot
consider requests from others than
the soldiers, except in the most
urgent cases. Telegrams asking1
discharge of soldiers are filed. The
best help than can be afforded is
to secure employment for the sol
dier and to notify him, not us.’ ”
In view of the fact that the dance
which will follow the entertainment
and Christmas tree to be given by
the bachelors on Christmas eve to
the children of Xenana, is to be:
be co’-fined to the children only,
and tiictt the committee wish to dis
courage dancing by the grown-ups
on that occasion, several of the
grown-ups have requested the man
agement of the Union Hall to give
a dance on Christmas night, and ar
rangements are accordingly being
made to hold a dance.
The Coliseum orchestra will be on
hand to supply the music and the
floor will be put in the best con
dition for dancing. The usual price
will prevail, gentlemen one dollar,1
the ladies being admitted free, j
Dancing will commence immediately
after the picture show.
Billy Taylor, the Kantishna min-(
ing man leaves for Fairbanks to-1
morrow morning on a brief business
trip.
DOG FISH—8c a pound. Johnson’s
Store. 13
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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lion WILL
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IN 11 arctic
Martin Josephson, veteran pros- j
pector of Alaska and the Northwest:
Territory, arrived on December 4
at Black's roadhouse at Tanana,
when it was learned that he is on
his way to the headwaters of the
Anactuvuk river, a tributary of the
Colville river on the Arctic slope.!
This is one of the greatest of jour- \
I neys ever undertaken by a lone pros-1
pector. Anactuvuk being trans- i
lated means Sheet river
Josephson took the trail to Bet
ties which is approximately 165
miles along a difficult trail at the
best of times owing to the fact
that there are no roadhouses until
Alatna, 112 miles from Tanana, is
reached.
At Betties he will pick up a
4-inch gasoline drill which he had
shipped in there last summer, and
with a large supply of gasoline and
provisions will make the journey
by sled to the headwaters of the
John river, a distance of 110 miles
from Betties. Here he expects to
camp, hunt and trap for a while
until warmer weather sets in, as the
point on the Anactuvuk where he
expects to prospect is about twenty
miles above timber line.
He expects to hire a couple of;
Kobuk Indians at Betties and just!
as soon as the weather is warm
enough will cross the divide at the i
headwaters of the John river and
go down the Anactuvuk, a distance j
of about eight miles, where he will'
set up his drill and commence pros-!
pecting. The distance from the j
headwaters of the John river and I
over the divide to where he will!
i prospect is approximately forty |
miles, making the total distance!
from Betties to the Aanactuvuk ap
proximately 150 miles. He expects
, to use the natives as help in whip- <
sawing lumber for his sluice boxess
and light timbers for his drill frame ;
and these he will haul down to the j
gravel benches in the , canyon of
the Anactuvuk, after which the
natives will return to Betties with1
all the dogs and Josephson will work!
alone. All this will be accomplished '
before the trails go to pieces.
Josephson has prospected on
nearly every creek from east of the
MacKenzie river to the Kotzebue
Sound, and knows the country well
and thinks that good pay should be
found on the upper gravel benches
in the Anactuvuk canyon. The old
timer is a native of Norway, and as
early as 1882 worked in a Cryolite
mine between Ivigtut and Arsuk,
in Greenland. Cryolite or ice stone
is used in the preparation of
metallic aluminum and in the manu
facture of alum, soda and certain
kinds of glass, notably the so-called
milk glass or hot cast porcelain,
which is composed of cryolite, silica
and oxide of zinc.
Shortly after quitting the mine
he started prospecting in the hills
of Greenland and later drifted to
Alaska, where has has prospected
all the time.
In 1909 he sunk a shaft on Wise
man creek, in the Koyukuk coun
try to a depth of 365 feet, but
failed to reach bedrock, as the sur
face waters broke in and he had
to desist.
Josephson says that there are no
Indians, Eskimos or white men on
the Anactuvuk.
The headmasters of schools for
boys and college presidents declare
that each year’s graduating class
measures up taller. Where the
average was, 15 years ago,, 5 feet
7 inches and a 6-foot man a scarcity
now boys of 6 feet, 3, 4, and even
5 inches are not a rarity. In Eu
rope, 25 thousand years ago, a man
of 7 feet was not ^ rarity.
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates Bj the Week or Iflonth
POR LADIES
$45 Evening Gowns - $10
$65 Fur Collar Coats - $20
$12 Dress Skirts - - $5
$12 Walkover Shoes - $6.50
$12 Silk Sweater Coats - $6
$5 Waists, extra special $1.50
• All Trimmed Hats at - $2.50
FOR CHILDREN
$3.50 Felt Shoes at - $2
$4.00 Sweatercoats at - $2.50
$1 Boy’s Shirts and Blouses 50c
$1.50 Box Handkerchiefs 75c
75c Stockings at - 50c
$6 Mackinaw Coats $3.50 \
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JUST UNPACKED
A FULL LINE OF BOOKS
For Children of All Ages
WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT RIGHT PRICES ;
Al«o a Fine Line of Gift Books for Men and Women ]
ALL TOYS
WILL BE CLOSED OUT AT 20 , OFF LAST YEAR S PRICES
WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE PRICED AT EXACTLY
HALF PRICE
OF THEIR PRESENT VALUE
FOR EVERYBODY
Cut Glass at Half Price
Hand Painted China at Cost
Electric Table Lamps
$20 Lamps at $10
Small Lamps at $2.50
JUST UNPACKED
A FULL LINE OF FANCY
JAPANESE BASKETS
$1.00 to $4*50 each
Pendleton*s (Fairbanks)
Homemade CANDIES
IN HAND-PAINTED BOXES
$3 each
SADIE’S HAND EMBROIDERED
HANDKERCHIEFS
THREE IN A BOX, AT
$2.50 to $10 a Box
Fancy Stationary, per Box $2.50
Linen Initial Handkerchiefs
for Men and Women, each 50c
Lounging Rohes at . $7.50
(SLIPPERS FREE WITH ROBES)
Men’s Silk Shirts $4 to $8.50
SMOKER-SETS at Cost
Hand Painted Plates $1.50 each
CHOCOLATE SETS $4 each
NO FANCY PRICES HERE
Xmas Neckwear-None better $1.50 each
Fine line four-in hand Ties $1.00 each
EXTRA SPECIAL Our entire line of Toilet Sets
in Ivory at HALF PRICE
Seeing is Believeing. You are Welcome at
SIMSON’S
Store Open Evenings Until 10 o*Clock