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• Memorial services were held at
Fairbanks yesterday under the aus
- pices of the American Legion, the
program ending at the bridge with
a volley.
The piledriver which was used in
repairing the bridge at Deadman
slough, figured prominently in a
wreck on Saturday, the accident
having occurred while the big out
fit was being moved on a flat car.
When near Happy, the car overturn
ed and several members of the crew
narrowly escaped being caught be
neath the heavy framework. No
serious damage resulted.
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5 The Fairbanks fire department
\ was called to the home of William
\ Haldane, on Eleventh street, on Sun
! day, to extinguish a brush fire near
i by.
£ Memorial Day was observed as a
> holiday by the Alaskan Engineering
y Commission and by numberous of
> the business houses.
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> The New York Life Insurance
j* Company is a purely mutual legal
y reserve life insurance company in
y which there are no stockholders, nor
J have there ever been. Every dollar
y over and above the actual expenses
i> of management goes to the policy
j| holders. See R. S. McDonald, New
y York Life Insurance Company agent.
We make a specialty of
Quality Goods
at Right Prices
General Merchandise Outfitting
FAMOUS BUDWEISER BEER
JOHNSON'S STORE - FRONT STREET
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Reduced To
Half Price
Outing Flannels
Dress Serge
Ginghams
Shirting
Burlap
Men’s Sport Negligee Shirts
Northern Commercial Co.
HANSEN PREDICTS WORK ON
ROAD WILL MOVE RAPIDLY
F. A. Hansen, engineer of main
tenance and construction in the
Southern division, who was in town
on Saturday on his way back to the
coast end of the Government after
a brief visit to Fairbanks, reports
that construction work is now on
the home stretch, with most of the
more difficult work completed or
well under way. The closing of the
gap, he says will be comparatively
easy sailing, more particularly so
because, for the first time since the
big project was started, the Commis
sion is able to begin the working
season with an ample supply of
everything needed to do the work,
including cash. Supplies and equip
ment have been distributed along
the line from the south end, ana
there is an abundance of labor
available to rush the work to com
pletion.
Mr. Hansen says that the work
of erecting the big Hurricane bridge
is ahead of schedule, with one pier
completed and the other rapidly
nearing completion, and with steel
and steel workers on the ground.
The bridge, Mr. Hansen thinks, will
be ready for traffic before the first
of September, and he is hopeful of
getting his track-laying equipment
across the structure in advance of
its completion, so that the work of
closing the gap can be resumed at
the earliest possible moment.
Just how long it will take to
close the gap, Mr. Hansen is not
prepared to say, but he Is not
promising that it will bo done be
fore the first of the year. Much de
pends, he says, upon weather con
ditions during the summer. With
good luck he thinks the end of steel
on the south end should be at Mile
313 by Christmas.
There is considerable heavy work
to be done just north of Hurricane
Gulch—some cuts which wili take
time to finish—but the rest of the
distance is comparatively easy go
ing.
The steel for the Riley creek
crossing is already being fabricated,
Mr. Hansen says, and will be ready
for delivery at the end of steel as
soon as there is track over which to
haul it, so there will be no great
delay there in linking the Southern
and Northern divisions. The material
for the concrete work is alieady on
the ground, having been hauled from
Healy during the winter.
Mr. Hansen has been fairly ac
curate so far in his estimates of
the work. He predicted months agj
that steel would reach Hurricane on
May 5 and when that day arrived
the tracklayers were within a few
hundred feet of the gulch, with less
than a day’s work ahead of them.
Mr. Hansen says that the class of
labor coming North to work on the
railroad this year is a big improve
ment over the workers available a
year ago. And there appears to be
a plentiful supply to draw upon. In
fact, he says, there was a time, just
before the commencement of the
marine strike, when it was diffi
cult to place the men as fast as
they arrived at Anchorage.. But ol
all the workers with whom the
engineer has had experience on the
Alaska railroad, he considers the
sourdough Alaskan most capable and
willing—which is probobly the rea
son so many of the oldtimers have
found steady work in the Southern
division.
Mr. Hansen came over the trail
from the coast in company with
Colonel Mears, and availed himself
of the opportunity, while the colonel
went hunting, to make his first visit
to Nenana and Fairbanks. He made
the trip from Healy to Fairbanks
and return by speeder, spending
Friday night in Fairbanks and Sat
urday night in Nenana, and return
ing to the end of steel Sunday morn
ing.
Margaret Russell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Russell, went to
Fairbanks today on a short holiday
of a week. While in the upper town
she will be the guest of Dr. and
Mrs. M. F. Hall.
ITenaae, Where Balia and Blvera Meet
MAYO DISTRICT IMPRESSES
MINING MAN OF NEW YORK
J. M. Elmer, New York mining
man, representing Eastern capital,
recently passed through Whitehorse
on his way East after a visit to
the famous Mayo district, on the
Upper Stewart river. He went in by
way of the Pelly-McQuesten-Mayo
cutofT and returned by the same
route. He made the trip from Mayo
to Pelly in 33 hours, actual time,
and stated, upon his arrival at
Whitehorse, that he considered that
the best route into the district, be
ing a fairly level rail, with no divide
of consequence.
Mr. Elmer has had much experi
ence in Northern mining camps,
says the Whitehorse Star, and is 1
very familiar with Northern condi- 1
tions. He was greatly impressed
with Mayo and the extent and rich
ness of the ore bodies there far
surpassed his expectations. He inti
mated that he had secured options
on quite a number of very prom
ising claims in the various centers
and was exceedingly pleased with
the favorable terms he was able to
make. The men there, he said, were
all willing and anxious to give him
options without demanding very J
heavy cash payments, realizing that
as they were unable to work the '
mines themselves, they needed cap
ital in order to secure returns.
Elmer is of the opinion that when
shafts are sunk the ore body will be
found to extend to great depths
and judges that Mayo will be a
permament camp for years to come 11
It compares very favorably with the
famous Cobalt mines of Ontario
and other well known siiver-lead ]
districts he has inspected. (
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A considerable number of old- 1
timers and members of the local
guard responded to the call for vol
unteers on Sunday and spent the
day clearing the brush from the j
cemetery. A lot of work Is report
ed to have been done, with the re- j
suit that the cemetery tract is now
much improved in appearance and
well protected against danger from
fire. The committee is grateful to „
those who assisted in the work, and j
especially to Sergeant Feeley and <
the members of his volunteer squad, <
of the local detachment of U. S. <
soldiers.
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The Alaskan Engineering Com- S
mission plans to put a large num- '
ber of men to work on the Nenana- (
Fairbanks line, on ballasting. A call <
has been issued for workers from \
the T. V. R. R. offices at Fairbanks, (
and men are being signed on as ;
fast as they appear for work.
Fred Parker, of Fairbanks creek,
has been appointed T. V. R. R.
station agent at Gilmore, taking |
the place of A. G. Atwortn, who '
will spend the summer mining on i
Jack Wade creek, in the Fortymile j
district, where he has numerous
holdings. j
Reports received from Fairbanks1
today state that a movement has
been started there to organize a
baseball team, with a view to
summer meetings with the Nenana t
aggregation. The Nenana boys are
already organized and ready for all
comers. A practice was held yester
day on the local grounds.
Woodbury Abbey, who will have
charge of the Mt. McKinley Na
tional Park boundary survey, will
leave Anchorage tomorrow for the
Interior, with a number of men and
eight horses. Including those who
will join tihe party at this, end, Mr.
Abbey has a full working force.
He is due here next Monday, ac
cording to advices received from the
coast today by M. J. Cooney.
BAKERSFIELD HAS FIRE
BAKERSFIELD, May 31—A fire 1
in the business section of this city
today caused a loss of a quarter of ’
a million dollars. i
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Awnings, Tarps, Tents, Bed and
fat Nets made to order. Suits and
'oats Cleaned and Pressed. Hats,
Ceckties and Uunderwear renovated.
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George Anderson
Piano Expert
nd Factory Representative ..for!
iigh Grade Pianos, will be in Ne- j
tana and Fairbanks this Summer. J
Expert work guaranteed. Home ad- j
Iress, Juneau.
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will lave you from one—third to
one-half on your fuel bill.
2-ton lots, a ton 8.50
Special rates on carload lots
Deliveries, Tutsdays and Fridays
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Dr. J. R. Bowen, Agt
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R. M. Brown was a passenger to
Fairbanks on the train this after
loon.
A work train was sent out the
line, as far as the Crossing, on,
Sunday. •<