F—11 1 —
Now Is the Time
to Celebrate
AND START THE RIGHT WAY
GET INTO A
Hart Schaffner & Marx
SUIT
None better at any price, except SOME
of the made-to-order suits.
$25 $35 $45
SIMSON’S
Hie Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
ALASKA ARRIVES
FROM UP RIVER
WITH 2 BARGES
The steamer Alaska, of the Am
eriean-Yukon Navigation company’s
fleet, arrived from Dawson this
morning shortly after 3 o’clock with
a number of passengers for Xenana
and Fairbanks and two barges of
freight, the Innoko and the St. Paul,
one of which came from St. Michael
and the other from the upper Yu
kon. The freight included 170 tons
for the Alaskan Engineering com
mission and five tons for local mer
chants, the greater part of the. day
being consumed in discharging car
go.
The steamer sailed for Fairbanks
this afternoon and will be back, on
the return trip to Dawson, either
tomorrow night or Friday.
The passengers disembarking at
Xenana were: Mts. Emma Duke,
James Brandon, C. Boyle, Gladys
Joseph, Mrs. C. W. Adams.
The Fairbanks passengers were:
Miss Lemon, Miss Xellie O'Brion,
Hector Calluwe, M. C. Masterson,
Dan T. Hill, Charles C. Johns, Miss
C. M. Bosworth, Miss M. S. Joslin,
Carl Joslin. Miss C. M. Scott, Clar
ence Joslin, Thomas McDonald, Joe
W. Wilson, Earl Foster.
Other passengers boarding the
steamer at Dawson were: Nik Pako,
for St. Michael; Rev. F. L. Forbes,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Ferguson,
Patrick Gilder and M. Gallagher, for
Tanana; B. G. Kennett, for the
Nome belt, and S. Stein, for St.
Michael.
MARQUAM AND SOMMERS
CLASH ON AUTO TRACK
Fairbanks was the scene of an im
promptu auto race last evening,
when Tom Marquam and Bob Som
mers met at Exposition park for the
purpose of settling a long-standing
[dispute as to the respective merits
of the two men as speedsters. Mar
quam drove his own car and Som
mers drove a car belonging to
iGeorge Hainzinger, a new machine,
.which ran hot after about the sixth
mile.
Sommers had a walkaway until
, his engine began to stick, and he is
more convinced than ever now that
he can beat his rival. They intend
to race again on Sunday, following
the baseball game.
The race was over a 10-miie
course, the distance being covered
by Marquam in 23:33. Charlie
Thompson acted as timekeeper.
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 rebate with $2.50 laundry,
which applies on bath, or pay 50c
per bath.
CROWD PLANNING
TO VISIT NENANA
I
; Advices received from Fairbanks
• today indicate that quite a number
I of Fairbanksans are planning to ac
! company the baseball boys to N'e
nana when the team makes the trip
[down river to meet the local ag
gregation in a three-game series.
The only trouble anticipated is a
lack of transportation, the fear be
ing expressed that a boat cannot be
secured to accommodate the crowd.
It is consideered doubtful if the
launches plying regularly between
the two towns can handle the num
ber who will want to come, and
there is no larger craft available for
the trip.
Heimberger’s Cascade Laundry has
just been renovated. Has sanitary
baths and furnishings. Shampooing
and electric drying a specialty.
Terms reasonable. •
i Benana. W»»are Balls and Rivers Meet
| JUST RECEIVED ON STEAMER ALASKA |
A SHIPMENT OF
| Fresh Imperial Candy |
| Dipped Brazil Nuts In Cream |
I Fruit, Nut, and Milk Chocolates 1
IN HALF, ONE AND TWO POUND BOXES i
Ithe portlandI
THE BIG PLACE
| FRESH FRUIT ICE CREAM |
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ENGINEER HERE
Among the passengers aboard the
steamer Alaska, enroute to Fair
banks, is Thomas G. McDonald, a
mining engineer in the employ of
the Treadwell company, who has
been detailed to look over the Ne
nana and Fairbanks mining districts
for the purpose of gathering general
information relative to the mineral
resources and conditions generally.
He spent a busy day in Nenana
visiting the various sources of in
formation, and hopes to be able to
spend a longer time in town before
returning to his headquarters on the
coast.
Questioned regarding the purpose
of his visit to this district, Mr. Mc
Donald informed a representative of
The News this morning that no par
ticular significance attaches to his
trip. It is merely part of a general
plan of the Treadwell people, he
said, to inform themselves regard
ing conditions and possibilities in
Central Alaska and the Yukon, with
a view to conducting investigations
later, should such investigations
seem to them to be warranted.
Mr. McDonald is paying particu
lar heed to the possibilities of trans
portation. He says that companies
such as the one with which he is
identified look askance at proposi
tions entailing costly hauls, and his
observations have convinced him that
Central Alaska and the Yukon are
much handicapped by lack of ade
quate transportation facilities. Most
of the localities visited by him in
the Interior country have not even
wagon roads to facilitate the move
ment of supplies and ore, but he
had found, at Dawson, that the
policy of the Dominion government
insures the early construction of
roads wherever the promise of de
velopment appears sufficiently en
couraging.
capital, ne saia, is not seetnng
investment in an inaccessible region,
where large sums must be spent in
road building before actual develop
ment can be started. Propositions
close to the water, or within easy
reach of a railroad, are much more
attractive.
Mr. McDonald has spent consid
erable time in the Yukon country
and, while there, visited the upper
Stewart in company with F. W.
Bradley, head of the Treadwell com
pany. They investigated some silver
properties in that district.
Mr. McDonald is not a stranger
in Central Alaska. He was in Fair
banks six years ago and was en
gaged in mining for a time in the
Hot Springs district, on Eureka
creek. He was also in the Nome
district, having visited that section
in 1904. He has been associated
with the Treadwell interests as en
gineer during the past several years
According to his present plans,
Mr. McDonald will spend about thre*
weeks in the Fairbanks district.
WORK AT JUALIN MINE
NOW IN FULL PROGRESS
Active work on the driving of the
new 5,000-foot tunnel at the Jualin
mine, near Juneau, started severa
weeks ago and is now progressing as
rapidly as available forces will per
mit.
Although bids for the tunnel worts
to be done by contract were called
for by the Jualin Alaska Mines com
pany, the company later decided tc
handle the job with its own forces
A bonus system has been worked
out, whereby the men working at
the face of the tunnel will be given
an opportunity to make better than
wages.
Considerable development work
will be done at the mine this sea
son. Pumps are busy pumping out
the water and diamond drilling is in
progress. The work is being di
rected by Dave House!.
LADES GATHER
AT CARO PARTY,
i HONOR ne
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The Bowen home on Second street
[was the scene last evening of a
ivery enjoyable bridge party which
‘was arranged by Mrs. J. R. Bowen
i in honor of Mrs. H. E. St. George,
of Fairbanks, who returned to her
home in the upper town today, after
a visit of several days in Nenana.
There were four tables of bridge,
jthe play lasting until shortly after
midnight, when a tasty luncheon was
j served by the hostess. The ladies
were joined at this juncture by Mr.
St. George and Dr. Bowen.
Mrs. Ike P. Taylor carried off the
honors of the evening, her high
score entitling her to the first prize,
a pair of silver sugar tongs. The
second prize, a hand-painted bon
bon dish, was won by Miss E. Mc
Rae, and the consolation went to
Mrs. M. V. Tyler. The hostess pre
sented the guest of honor with a
silver novelty spoon as a memento
]of the occasion.
The guests of the evening were:
jMesdames H. E. St. George, R. S.
McDonald, F. D. Browne, Leroy
Moyer, Robert E. Burns, Alex Fow
[ler, J. H. Scott, Ike P. Taylor, E.
I. Foster, M. V. Tyler, Carl Schmidt,
M. A. Schaeffer, E. A. Williams,
David H. More, and Misses E. Mc
Rae and McKenzie.
Mrs. St. George also was the
[guest of honor at an informal aft
jernoon party at the home of Mrs.
;E. I. Foster on Monday, and was
[entertained at a similar affair yes
iterday afternoon by Mrs. Walter
i Gould.
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F-esb garden seeds, just arrived.
Fowler & Morris.
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PORTS
! LABOR SHORTAGE
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There is considerable shortage of
1 labor on the lower Tanana and
along the Yukon river, according to
'A. G. Vachon, one of the leading
(merchants of Tanana, who is a pass
I enger on the steamer Alaska, en
; route to Fairbanks on a business
trip. Mr. Vachon says there are no
I idle men at the army town, and re
! ports received by him from other
parts of the Intrior indicate that
the shortage is general.
! Mr. Vachon is advertising in The
I News for 15 men to cut wood. He
i
jand .J. A. Donald have a contract to
supply the government with several
thousand cords of wood, and they
> are anxious to get the work started.
. It is impossible to find sufficient
' woodchoppers on the lower river to
; insure the fulfillment of the con
j tract on time.
I At the time Mr. Vachon left Tan
;ana no new reports had been re
j ceived from the Koyukuk regarding
.the alleged strike on Betties river,
land he does not look for any addi
tional news until the return of the
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Rooms for Rent
AT THE
ARCTIC
BY THE DAY, WEEK
OR MONTH
Every Modern
Convenience.
Reasonable Rates.
Applv at
SIMSON’S STORE
WET GOODS
Arrived on Last Boat
We Are Now Stocked on the Following
Rainier Cereal, Pints and Quarts
Rainier Special, Pints
Rainier Bock, Pints
Bevo, Pints
Cheer-O, Pints and Quarts
steamer Reliance, ■which should be
showing up at Tanana soon. There
were some rumors of a find on Hog
river, but the information was
meager.
Conditions at Tanana are about as
usual, Mr. Vachon says.
STRAY DOGS.
■
Three stray dogs have come to j
my place, two miles below town,
within the last few days—two on
July 2 and one on July 3—and are
being cared for by me pending the
appearance of their owners, who can
recover the dogs by paying for their
board. One is a small white bobtail
dog, one a black dog with long tail,
and the other a bobtail malamute,
with gTay and white spots.
XELS STOL.
Fish Camp, Two Miles Below Town.
DOUSE IS ON WAY WITH
PASSENGERS AND MAIL
The Douse launch Victory was
scheduled to leave Fairbanks this
morning at 11:30 with passengers
and mail for N'enana. The passen
gers included Mrs. Fred Lewis.
The Johnson launch also expected
to get away this morning with Alf
Ekeland, Ole Hjelvig and one or two
other passengers.
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Slim Packard, former oldtimer of I
Fairbanks, was at Cristobal Panama,
the last heard of him.
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Iniu—Tki OfttoviT to McKinley
>■«•»] Park.
READY! READY!
For cleaning your suits? Sure. Al- \
ways ready. Bring ’em in. Charges
and work are both right—at
MRS. D’ORSAY’S
TAILOR SHOP
Thi-d and A Streets.
RUST HOUSE
REOPENED UNDER THE
MANAGEMENT OF
MRS. C. CLAUSEN
ROOMS BY THE DAY,-WEEK
OR MONTH.
Clean, Quiet, Comfortable.
FOURTH STREET NEAR A
MAX SMITH HAS TIRE
SHOP AT BREMERTON
This week’s mail from the States
brought a card to Fairbanks from
Max Smith, former local agent of
the N. C. company, who is now in
the tire repair business at Bremer
ton, Wash.
During the summer, Max was
working in a store at Skagway.
Alaska'* Interior Pori Depot
For Sale
HORSESHOE CAFE
BROOKS
Tlie Only Fully Equipped
Restaurant !■ Brooks
Open and Doing Business
Owner Leaving For Outside
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
DRINK
DISTILLED WATER
UMITED AMOUNT IN
EXTRA LARGE BOTTLES
< <
a Bottle
SO a Dozen
THE TERMINAL