SHOES
MEN'S OXFORDS, $7.50 Values $4.50
Men's Tan Dress Shoes, Special 7.50
Black Dress Shoes, Extra Special 6.50
SI M SON’S
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Nenana House
Under New Management
Q.—Why is the NENANA HOUSE like a dog sitting on
a cake of ice? A.—Because it’s so dog gone nice.
Mrs. A. B. Easterly, Proprietress
MURIEL RUSSELL HOSTESS
AT JOLLY BIRTHDAY PARTY
In honor of her 'teenth birthday,
which happy event occurred last
Friady, April 4, Miss Muriel Russell
celebrated the joyous event with a
party at the Russel! home, on upper
A street.
Those who assembled to wish
Miss Muriel “many happy returns
of the day” were Valentine Ander
son, Margaret Southworth. Vera
Russell. Jean Russell, Sam Ivey,
Walter Scott, Melville Cooney, Si
Calderhead, Kenneth McLean and
Edgar Brooker.
A very enjoyable time was spent
by the young people and various
games dear to the hearts of the
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
i young were indulged in; winding
- up with a most enjoyable dance.
Dainty refreshments in abundance
were served by the young hostess
during the course of the evening
and a rollicking time was brought
to a conclusion shortly after mid
night.
LADIES’ AID MEETING
TOMORROW ATERNOON
Announcement is made that the
Nenana Ladies' Aid Society will
hold its regular meeting tomorrow
afternoon ait the usual time.
The meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. S. E. Ivey, on the
railroad reserve, and all members
are urged to be in attendance.
Prospectors and Contractors!
Now is the time to have that tar
paulin, tent or bag made for the
seasons outfit... Bed and hat nets
a.-e now ready, at small cost al
MRS. D’ORSAY'S TAILOR SHOP
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WATCHERS READY
FOR STAR EVENT
WHENJCE MOVES
The time seems to be rapidly draw
; ing nigh, perhaps much earlier this
: year than heretofore, for the break
I up of the Tanana river. The warm
i weather of the past few1 days would
! appear to have made a lot of differ
ence to the stability of the river
j ice, and open w^ter along the banks
I of the river, close to town has fur
; nished food for reflection and
speculation on the coming event
These conditions have also stimu
lated betting on the star event,
which is really the biggest thing in
Interior Alaska—the breakup of the
river. Fresh chances are said to
have been taken, based on the looks
of the river and such indications
as would presage to the average
oldtimer, the nearness of the great
day when the river would be open
for navigation.
All the necessary arrangements
for registering the official time of
the breakup have now been com
pleted, and the blast of the Com
mission whistle at the power plant
will, as on the previous occasion,
herald the great event, in due
course of time.
Under the direction of Jack
Ronan, superintendent of telegraphs
and telephones, the final arrange
ments for the registering of the
official time have been made. A
stake, bearing a flag, has been
firmly imbeded in the ice on the
bosom of the river, to which a taut
No. 14 wire, leading to the stiff-leg
derrick on the dock is attached.
On the derrick there is also a
switch which is connected by wire
to a bell in the power house, with
a trip attachment from the bell to
the clock.
At the end of the taut wire lead
ing from the stake on the ice to
the si!.':-leg derrick on the dock,
there is a hook attached, which
supports a weight attached to the
handle of the switch on the derrick.
The stake on the ice is set fifty
feet upstream from the derrick,
and when the ic-e has moved 100
feet, the taut wire from the stake
' to the derrick will break and re
lease the weight, which in turr.
will throw the switch. This will
have the effect of automatically
ringing the bell and stopping the
clock in the power house at the
same time, and the engineer who
may happen to be on duty at the
time will blow the whistle, which
may be a second or two later than
the actual time registered.
A committee composed of H. B.
Joseph, G. L. (Cap) Hall and Harry
Davis will have charge of the ar
rangements for registering the offi
cial time of the breakup. One of
their number will probably be de
tailed to take ei|tire charge of the
clock in the power house and will
satisfy himself daily as to its cor
rectness- No one will be allowed
to have anything to do with the
clock until after the breakup.
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Harry Karstens auto left town
yesterday morning with Mrs. Mc
Intosh, John Gravedahl, M K.
Hagin, and Joseph Kellerman (Jew
Joe) as passengers for Fairbanks,
and Harry Beach for the Ohio road
house.
The passengers carried on the re
turn trip of the Burgess auto, which
leTt Nenana early this morning
were Mrs. L. E. Morrison, Mrs.
Harry Karstens and baby, Charles
Lagler for Fairbanks. At the Joyce
Lake roadhouse John Moe will join
the automobile and go to Fairbanks.
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Karstens auto left Fairbanks this
morning with Mrs. Mellish and child
and Andy Irvine as passengers for
Nenana. The auto was at the Ohio
roadhouse at 1 oclock this after
! noon and Karstens reports having
encountered a very bad trail and
bad going pretty near all the was.
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BIG GOLD AREA
The Broad Pass trail is going to
pieces very rapidly now, according
to F. X. Grant, who arrived in town
on Saturday from the coast. Mr.
Grant made the trip with two dogs
and a sleigh and light load, and
while he had no difficulty in mak
ing the journey between ends of
steel, he says that traveling will
1 soon be a serious proposition be
j cause of overflows and the break
I ing up of the numerous streams en
; countered along the trail. Mr.
; Grant believes, however, that after
the spring rash of water has passed,
the trail will afford mushers a
cheap, quick and safe means of
travel between the coast and In
terior Alaska.
Mr. Grant is an oldtimer in the
North, having arrived in Dawson in
the very early days. From the
Klondike, he went to Nome, where
| he was engaged in the newspaper
business for several years, and later
moved to the Iditarod country.
From there he went to Ruby, where
he remained until four years ago.
Since that time he has been a resi
I dent of Anchorage.
Anchorage, in the opinion of the
! oldtimer, is destined to be the per
manent center of railroad activity
| on the coast end of the government
j enterprise. He says things are a
little quiet there right now because
1 of the retrenchment necessitated
by the failure of Congress to pro
' vide funds for the continuation of
: work this spring, but everyone is
looking forward to better times
' very soon, and to a solid future.
The town is filling up with return
ing Northerners and many che
chacoes, the majority of them hav
ing come to Anchorage with the
expectation of securing work on
the railroad.
On the trip across country from
Taikeetna, the end of steel on the
coast division, Mr. Grant met and
talked with many oldtimers and
he found all of them enthusiastic
over the future of the Interior
country. They are confident that
the completion of the railroad will
be followed quickly by wide-spread
development, and they are all pre
paring to make the most of the im
proved conditions when they arrive.
Mr. Grant is enroute to Ruby on
matters of business an ’ he plans!
to make a start for the lower river
at an eir’v hour tomorrow morning,
taking advantage of the night frost
for traveling. He will be accom
panied as far as Minto by Rev.
Drane, of the local mission.
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FOR FORT GIBBONi
Quarter-Master Sergeant Blank-:
; enship, who arrived in Nenana fr'm
Fort Gibbon on Friday last with the
army post dog team, left yesterday
morning for Fort Gibbon with
Private Andrew Varsamis.
Varsamis had been acting queerly
recently, and is said to have re-;
fused to perform his military]
duties occasionally. This neces- j
sitated a report being made to the
i commanding officer at Fort Gibbon!
by Sergeant Dayton, commanding
the local guard detachment, and
Qm. Sergt Blankenship made the
trip to Nenana specially for the
purpose of taking the man down
to Fort Gibbon, where he will be
■ medically examined and probably
; discharged.
Andy Rau, another soldier of the
local guard detachment, left Ne
nana for Fort Gibbon recently
without permission. His case was
also duly reported by Sergeant
j Dayton, and it is reported that the
man has been placed under arrest
i by wire, by the officer commanding
1 at Fort Gibbon. He will probably
be court martialed at Fort Gibbon,
to which place he is now on his
' way.
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RODS GUN CLUB
FINISH BRIDGES
ON M OLD LINE
Several members of the Nenana
Commercial club who will form the
nucleus of the Nenana Rod and Gun
club to be, journeyed to Fish creek
yesterday morning and put in foot
bridges across Fish creek and a
culvert bc-yond, for the benefit of!
all anglers and sportsmen.
The party left Nenana at ten
o'clock yeste1" 'ay morning on a
hand car which was placed at their j
disposal by the A. E. C.
The work of putting in the bridges
progressed very rapidly, as the nec
essary material was found handy
on the ground. It was a perfect!
day for such work, and it was more
in the nature of an outing than 1
<4 task.
The absence of the club photog
rapher, to take views of the work-1
ers and of the completed work, was !
deplored, but from all accounts
the foot bridges were a marvel of
the constructor’s art when com
pleted.
As a final test of its stability, :
the entire party came to rest on
the last span of the Fish creek j
bridge, and partook of a substantial
luncheon which was provided by;
Billy Coutts; the entire party voting
him a jolly good fellow after the
lunch.
TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB
AT THE FLOWER HOME
The Tuesday Bridge club will!
meet tomorrow night at the resi- j
dence of Mrs. J. H. Flower, on
Third street, between E and F
streets.
Play will commence promptly at
S o’clock, and all members are re
quested to be on hand on time.
Should a member be unable to
attend, she is urged to secure a
substitute for the evening. i
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
Dr. R. R. MYERS
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ARCTIC HOTEL
DANCING ACADEMY
At Union Hnll on Tuesday and
Friday night*, commencing at 9:30
and ending at Midnight.
Fox Trotting a Specialty. Rates
on application at Union Hall.
Mrs. Belle Campbell
BTenana—The Gateway to McKinley*
National Park.
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