DRESS UP
The “Chechacos” Are Coming
ITS YOUR PRIVILEGE
IT S YOUR DUTY
We offer yon the opportunity to purchase
Up-to-Date Clothes
THAT ARE TAILORED RIGHT.
THAT WILL MAKE YOU LOOK RIGHT
As Low as $25
Best Values at $35
SIMSON’S
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
LOCOMOTIVES ARE
FAIRBANKS LINE:
Crews to handle dinkey engine
No. 6 and the big narrow gauge
locomotive No. 151 were sent across
the river yesterday evening, and
commencing from this morning, if
the weather permits, these two en
gines will go into commission in the
work of extending the railroad to
ward Fairbanks.
The new American ditcher, which
will be operated by Fred McGuire,
will also commence active operations
from today and will get out ma
terial for ballasting and surfacing
the roadbed ahead of the steel gang
Dinkey No. 6 will work in con
nection with the American ditcher
in hauling the gravel trains to
where the material is needed, while
the big locomotive No. 151 will be
used by Foreman Thomas K. Blakey
in connection with the operations
of the steel gang.
SHOTGUNS and Shotgun Ammu*
nitio*—new stock just opened, at i
Anderson Bros & Norland.
FAIRBANKS TENNIS CLUB
PLAN WELCOME DANCE
The Fairbanks Tennis club have
formulated plans for giving a wel
come home dance to the soldiers
returning from service at Fort Gib
bon.
The dance is to be held next Sat
urday night, if the weather allows
of it, on the tennis tourt, otherwise
it will be held probably at the
Auditorium.
Committees are busy perfecting
the details of the dance and it is i
expected that the affair will be
very largely attended.
Birth Announcement Cards at the
News Office.
FLOWERS 10 LEAVE
FOR BETTLES SOON
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Flower, long
regarded as permanent residents of
Nenana, are planning to leave for
the Koyukuk at an early date to
make their future home at Betties,
where Mr. Flower will have charge
of the Northern Commercial com
pany’s branch store at that north
ern place.
Mr. Flower’s appointment to the
new position came in a wire from
Superintendent Volney Richmond,
this morning, and the Flowers will
start for the Koyukuk on the first
steamer headed in that direction.
As a result of this sudden change
in the plans of the popular Nenana
couple, the Flower home is for sale,
together with a large greenhouse
full of garden truck ready for the
table.
PEERLESS MISSES TRIP
The launch Peerless, which ar
rived from Fairbanks late yester
day afternoon, did not start on the
return voyage this morning, insuffi
cient business having materialized
to justify the trip. On the down
trip yesterday the Peerless brought
a consignment of first and second
class mail and four passengers.
The Cascade Laundry ha* plenty
of hot soft water at all time*. New
bath room*, fully equipped and san
itary, with special rooms for ladies.
You tot rebate with $2.50 laundry,
which applies on bath, or pay 50c
per bath.
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| SPEEDY SAFE COMFORTABLE 1
I LAUNCH VICTORY I
FRED DOUSE, Master.
Leaves Foot of A Street Every Other Day
| FOR FAIRBANKS !
| RESERVATIONS AT THE TERMINAL.
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Get Acquainted
If You Can’t Boost
Don’t Knock
I TAVERN CAFE & BAKERY
WHERE THE LIVE ONES LIVE
^ WM. ROD1GKEIT : : Pr^»ri««or
RISING PRICES
CAUSE OF HIGH
COST OF ROAD
ANCHORAGE.—If the prices of
: railroad material, supplies and
! equipment had not increased in the
| last four years, the cost of the
! government’s railway in Alaska,
! completed, would not have ex
ceeded $33,874,563.32. The esti
mate in 1915 for the construction
i
of the system was $35,000,000, so
| if no change had occurred since
; then in market conditions, the total
'outlay would have been less than
the original calculation by $1,125,
436.68.
Everything required in railroad
construction—labor, food for mess
camps, tools, rails, lumber for ties
and bridges, locomotives and cars
for work trains—advanced con
tinuously during the progress of
the world war until now cost prices,
in many instances, are three and
four times higher than they were
when the building of the govern
ment railroad was first undertaken.
Yet even if there should be no de
cline in present high prices, only
nine million odd dollars, in excess
of the original estimate, will be
needed to complete the federal
transportation system. In other
words, while prices geenrally arc
50 to 400 per cent higher than
formerly, the cost of the govern
ment railroad will be only 25 per
cent more than the original esti
mate of four years ago.
Two important factors have oper
ated to keep down the average of
the cost of construction. They are
the ownership by the railroad of
coal mines, from which all neces
sary fuel supplies are obtained, and
the purchase at one time in 1917
of a large quantity of material,
supplies and equipment, some of
which is still on hand.
“In going over the figures of the
cost of the railroad,” said William
Gerig, engineer in charge of the
Anchorage division, who has just
completed a financial statement of
the outlay necessary to build the
entire system on the basis of prices
in 1915, “there are two things
quite noticeable. One is a saving
of $350,000 that has been ef
fected by the Commission in using
the coal produced at the Eska and
Chickaloon mines. If the Com
mission, instead of opening and
operating these mines, had bought
in the States and shipped to Sew
ard and Anchorage the coal it
needed in construction and opera
tion, its expenditures would have
been $350,000 in excess of what
they are to the present time. The
other noticeable saving was ef
fected by the purchase of a large
quantity of supplies in 1917. If
these supplies, instead of having
been bought at one time in 1917,
had been purchased at various times
in 1917, 1918 and 1919, their cost,
on account of the rising market
during the war, would have been a
great deal more than it actually
was.”
YANKEE DOUGHBOYS
ARE FAMILIAR SIGHT
, IN THE NEAR EAST
ISLAND OF MYTILENE, Aegean
Sea.—No matter where one travels
in Greece or Italy these days the
American soldier is to be found.
Here on this far-off infrequent«>d is
land one would scarcely expect to
see a doughboy, but he is here. T’e
Yank is becoming a familiar sight in
the Near East.
In remote villages the trave’er
will find former west-front dough
boys working for the Army Food
Mission, the American Red Cross
Balkan Commission, or on pleasure
bent, visiting, with the permission
of the army, the old folks and the
boyhood home. On Mytilene island
are Greek born Americans from
several United States army units.
One is from Springfield, O., and
wears the Italian insignia of the
Lion of St. Mark on his left should
er. He was born in Mytilene and
fought with the 332nd infantry in
Italy.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE HEWS OFFICE
PROSPECTORS ARE
BACK FROM TRIP
TO LAKE COUNTRY
A small launch arrived in port
late last night with L. C. Olson,
A. Hedlund and Fred McNeil on
board, from Lake Minchumina.
The m&n went up to the big lahe
country shortly after the opening
of navigation, for tfie purpose c.f
sizing up the country and looking
for a suitable place to establish a
camp and conduct prospecting oper
ations later on.
They expressed themselves as be
ing well satisfied with the trip and
it is their intention to get together
a large outfit in Nenana and pull
out for the lake region again about
the end of August. In the mean
time, they will seek employment
on the railroad.
The lake is reported to be teeming
with whitefish and pickerel, no diffi
culty being experienced at any
time in getting all the fish they
were in need of. Game also is said
to abound in the neighborhood of
the lake, and the men think that
prospectors in the district need
never have any fear of a shortage
of meat at any time.
While on the way down, they,
say a young moose calf, about ten
days old, in the river making frantic ‘
efforts to climb over a rather hign
bank to get to its mother. The cow
took to the woods on sighting the i
boat, but they think she lingered j
near the bank. The men rescued
the calf from the river and landed
it on the bank safely.
Several prospecting parties are
said to be going into the Kantishna
country this season. Joe Dalton:
and his partner were seen on the
McKinley Fork, and some of the
Aitken party were seen at Roose
velt. Ole Nelson and his partner,
who recently purchased the Strom ■
launch and left for the Kantishna
early in the season, are said to be 1
on the way back for more supplies.
Tom Blaylock and party, on Mc
Gonagal's launch, are said to be
making good progress on their way
up the“Kantishna river.
Heimberger's Cascade Laundry hat
just been renovated. Hat sanitary
batbs and furnishings. Shampooing
and electric drying a specialty.
Terms reasonable.
MIDNIGHT SUN HOP
SET FOR SATURDAY
The Festival of the Midnight Sun,
which marks annually in Alaska'
the arrival of the longest day, will
take the form of a dance in hie- \
nana this year and preparations are I
being made to entertain an un-1
usually large crowd of merrymakers j
at Union hall on Saturday night. |
Alaska’s longest day rightly be- j
longs to the young people of the I
territory, having long ago been |
officially dedicated to the Native,
Sons and Daughters of the Golden j
North, to be celebrated by them in '
a manner befitting the occasion. In :
the absence of such a celebration ]
in Nenana this year, the young
people and the old folks will ob
serve the day jointly at the Mid
night Sun hop. which will be con
ducted in a manner pleasing to
dancers of all ages.
Prof. Ernst Berggren will furnish
the music for the hop, and the
charge for admission for men will
be the nominal sum of one dollar.
BICKFORD SETTLES
IN SAN FRANCISCO'
A letter received on the last mail
in Fairbanks contains the news that
J. B. Bickford, former chief clerk
of the A. E. C.. statidned at Fair
banks, is now manager of the Crow
ley Launch and Tug Boat company,
at San Francisco.
Mrs. Bickford and son Kenneth,
who had preceded Mr. Bickford, left
for the States during last fall, have
joined him at Frisco, where they
have definitely decided to settle.
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FRESH FRUIT
Oranges Grapefruit
Lemons Apples
COGHILL\S
MOONSHINERS TO
TRY corns!
AT TOG OF WAR
A powerful tup of war team,'
which wil be known as the "Moon-1
shiners,” issues a challenge to any i
team that may care to pit its strength j
and knowledge of the game against
them, at a tug of war match, for;
money, marbles or chalk, during |
the celebration.
The “Moonshiner” team •will be
composed of twelve huskies and1
they would like to hear from any'
aggregation that could put a team I
into the field to compete. j
The “Moonshiners” issue the chal
lenge, following the example set by;
the town team in its challenge to I
the Commission bunch, but unlike
them, the “Moonies” bar none.
Judging from the personnel of the
“Moonshine” team, a very exciting
contest may be expected, provided
any other outfit can get together
anything like a team to compare
with the “Moonies” in strength and
the other necessary qualities.
The launch Victory, with Captain
Fred Douse at the wheel, arrived in
port this afternoon from Fairbanks, I
having made the run from the up-1
per town in just four hours’ time.'
She brought a little freight and]
Tom Markuson, Frank Frey and
Frank Selby as passengers for Ne
nana. She did not bring any mail.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler tt
Morris.
For Sale
HORSESHOE CAFE
BROOKS
The Only Fully Equipped
Restaurant In Brooks
Open and Doing Business
Owner Leaving For Outside
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Meat Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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| Miners and Prospectors! |
( NOTICE OF CHANGE OF REG0R0IN6 PRECINCTS |
| According to a recently issued Court Order by 1
S Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- =
1 °9. ng Distnct has been enlarged to take in the Bon- j§
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. 1
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be §
5 enabled by this change to do their recording aud trans- j§
= act other business at Nenana, which is within easy =
| reach of their mining activities.
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB,
R. S. McDonald, H. B. Josepk,
§ President. Secretary §
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