A Satisfied Customer
1 S OUJR^BEST^A DV ERTISEMENT
QUALITY PRICE SERVICE
Go With Our
WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY
Tells the Time in the DarK
$3 Alarm ClocKs—Small and Large
We Have a Line of Safety Razors, Blades, Sharpeners and
Strops. Best Flashlight at $2- Refills and Repairs.
Wm. TAYLOR
JEWELER
KOLAND STAGE
FOR FAIRBANKS
ONE DAY ON THE TRAIL
SPECIAL COMFORTS FOR PASSENGERS
FOR RESERVATIONS, APPLY AT THE PORTLAND
CARRYING U. S. MAIL
BLANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
Clean, Dry Wood For Sale
Hauling of All Kinds
Offiee at The Arctic Residence Phone
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
CHOP SUEY
Chicken Noodles
at the
Northern Cafe
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer in town CAN AFFORD
to pay you.
SIMSON’S
PIONEERS MEET
;
Nenana Igloo No. 17, Pioneers of
Alaska will hold their regular meet
ing at the Union Hall on Monday
evening, January 6, at 8 o’clock
sharp.
A class of several new members
will be initiated into the work of
the order, and the newly elected
officers of the igloo, who will con
duct the business during the pres
ent year, will be duly installed.
] George Markus, past president of
the Fairbanks Igloo No. 4, will act
as installing officer.
After the regular meeting of the
igloo has been transacted, the hall
will be open to the public and a
short entertainment and dance will
be given, to which all are cordially
invited. No charge will be made
for admission. The entertainment
will commence promptly at 9:15.
Members of other igloos who may
happen to be in Nenana are cor
dially invited to attend the meeting
and the entertainment to follow
HYLAND'S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS POOL TOBACCOS
Soft Drinks Candies Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Berber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
THE ARCTIC
Cigars — Tobaccos — Candies
Soft Drinks — Pool
Furnished Rooms For Rent
FRANK TAYLOR
HARRY DAVIS
I
m
LIGNITE COAL IS
BEING TESTED OUT
The carload of coal received last
Saturday from Lynn’s coal mine,
at mile 29 has now been distributed
among the business houses and
private families in Nenana and, in
most places has been almost in con
stant use for the past few days.
Evidences of its use around town
was wafted on the breezes, and a
stranger entering town might have
been forgiven if he imagined he was
entering a big manufacturing city,
as the pungent aroma of the fumes
of burning coal was in the air.
In most of the private families
the coal is being used for cooking
purposes with very satsifactory re
sults, in spite of the fact that in
the majority of cases the stoves are
not fitted with the proper kind of
grates for the use of coal. Several
of the busines houses and hotels
have also used the fuel in their
heating plants, and, although the
tests cannot be said to h'ave been
fair or complete, the results obtained
so far, are very gratifying.
The coal was distributed to the
following: Southern Hotel C tons,
Nenana News 2 tons, Arctic Pool
Hall 2 tons, Terminal Hotel 1 ton,
W. A. Coghill 2 tons, Central Restau
rant 2 tons, Tavern Cafe 1 ton,
Ball & Thomas 1 ton, Cooney Hotel
1 ton, The Coliseum 1 ton, Taylor’s
Jewelry Store 1% tons, Brooker’s
Cafe 5 sacks, Fowler & Morris 5
sacks, Dr. J. R. Bowen 5 sacks, The
Rust House 5 sacks, A1 Johnson !>
sacks, The Skof House 5 sacks, John
H. Flower 5 sacks, David Sweet 5
sacks, John H. Scott 5 sacks, The
Northern Cafe 5 sacks, W. H. Gil
cher 5 sacks, M. V. Tyler 5 sacks,
Simson’s 5 sacks, The Nicely House
5 sacks, Hyland’s Pool Hall 5
sacks, Louis Hamil 5 sacks, Ralph
Waeehter 5 sacks, R. S. McDonald
•r> sacks, telegraph office 5 sacks.
The several Nenanaites who have
been able to get some coal from
the fi; trial shipment have had
several days during which the coal
was actually used, and those who
have done so are loud in their
praise of it as a domestic fuel.
Several people are holding their
supply back to give it an oppor
tunity to dry out a little, as the
coal contains a large percentage of
moisture, and in the meantime arc
fitting up their stoves with grates
so that the coal can be easily hand
led and the best possible results
obtained from the use of it.
The Southern Hotel building,
where also the Portland Pool Hall
is located, is the largest building
in town and is heated by a steam
plant. The boiler, which is located
in the basement, usually carries
a steam pressure of about three
pounds. Tom Smith, proprietor of
the Southern, says that he used
the coal exclusively in. the boiler
ever since he receivd the first ton
of it and is keeping careful track
of the quantity used and the results
obtained. Mr. Smith is perfectly
satisfied with the coal and has al
ready removed the grates in the
boiler which had been put in so
that wood may be used, and from
now on coal will be used exclusively
He expects a whole carload in a few
days- According to Mr. Smith, the
coal is better and more satisfactory
than wood, and he thinks that it
would also be much cheaper. A
comparative statement as to the
relative values of wood and coal
as a fuel has been promised by
Mr. Smith.
W. A. Coghill, who has a large
store on A street which is steam
heated, has a plant somewhat similai
to the plant at the Southern, and he
says that the coal is entirely satis
factory in every way. He is
perfectly willing and would be glac
to use the coal exclusively if £
regular supply was obtainable. Mr
Coghill has used the coal ever since
| he received the trial shipment s
few days ago.
As stated before in these columns
the coal from Lynn’s mine is rathei
young coal and contains a large]
perecentagc of water than is usually
found in coals of the lignite variety
The coal when received in town ii
also frozen and contains the moist
ure for a longer time than it ordin
[arily would and consequently a few.
people who have not had much time
i
to give the fuel a real test, have
been discouraged at the first at
tempts to burn it. A little drying
makes a wonderful difference in its
use, and some of the people in
town are holding the small quanti
ties they have received for just
this purpose. ^
In the boilers, as at the Southern
and Coghills, the presence of the
moisture in the coal does not seem
to make much of a material differ
nece and these people are firing
with this coal all the time- The
coal holds the fire longer than the
wood does and is much easier to
|
handle.
At the Arctic, Terminal, Coliseum,!
Hyland’s, Rust House and several
other business places the coal is,
not being generally used but isbeing :
held for a few days to give it a
chance to dry out a little, while at
several other places grateless stoves
[are delaying the use of the fuel.
Lignite coal requires some study
in the methods of its use in order
that the full benefit of the heating
units it contains and its other
qualities can be obtained, and Ne
nanaites are now being initiated
into its uses and have been given
an opportunity to learn of the
proper methods to be employed in
using it as a heating and cooking
fuel, and how to obtain the best re
sults thereby.
The time is not far distant when
lignite coal will be the only fuel
that will be in general use in this
town and it is expected that when
this time comes, Nenanaites will be
fully educated as to how this coal
should be used.
With regard to a supply of coal
this winter for the use of the towns
people and the possibility of ob
taining such supplies regularly this
winter, F. D. Browne told the News
representative this morning that he
is both willing and anxious to help
the people in every possible way,
and, as far as the Alaskan Engin
eering commission is concerned,
would be glad to haul as much coal
as is available for the domestic
needs of the townspeople whenever
Lynn can ship it. The nominal
charge of a dollar a ton will be
1 made on all coal brought into town
for1 sale.
The Alaskan Engineering com
mission uses quite a large quantity
of coal from the Lynn mine in the
power and heating plants, the quan
tity used depending largely on
weather conditions. During the
present mild weather which is be
ing experienced for the past two
j weeks or so, the average consump
tion of coal in the A. E. C. plants
has been about eight carloads a
week. Should the weather turn
colder a larger quantity of coal will
be required. Heat is supplied to all
the buildings on the Commission
i*eserve and power and light is sup
plied to the entire town by the Com
mission plant and an adequate sup
ply of coal for the consumption of
i the plants is a paramount necessity,
j After the Commission’s demands
have been fully met any surplus
coal remaining can be used to sup
i ply the needs of the people of Ne
nana, and Mr. Browne said that he
will be only to glad to have such
1 quantities as are available hauled
I to town whenever it can be shipped.
The total output of the Lynn
| mine at the present time would ap-*
: pear to be but a very little in excess
i of the requirements of the A. E. C.
J and perhaps, after a demand has
been created for the fuel locally, he
will consider the advisability of in
creasing the mine’s output by put
ting on an extra shift. There are
two shifts working in the Lynn
I mine at the present time.
Mr. Browne stated definitely that
I he will ,at al times, help Nenanaites
j to get coal for fuel, and just as
,soon as the wants of the Commis
jsion have been fully met and there
| is still sufficient coal for domestic
needs, he will have it hauled in
from the mine to town at the nom
inal charge of $1.00 per ton.
Xeaana—The Gateway to XoXlnlaj
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Mid-Winter Bargains
for Men
All Far and Fnr Lined Coats at Cost
GOOD CLOTH OVERCOATS AT .$20
HIGH GRADE BLUE SERGE SUITS
GOOD BLUE SERGE SUITS AT .
$35
$25
HEAVY WOOL PANTS, Special, Pair
$8.50 LOGGER’S COATS, Double Front..
$5
$6
$9.50 SWEATERCOATS, Extra Heavy
$6.50 SWEATERCOATS, Extra Special
.$6
$3.50
BEST GRADE KHAKI PARKAS
BEST DUCK PANTS, Blanket Lined.
$4.50
$2.50
EISENDRATH MAMMOTH MITTS, Pair
CARHART MAMMOTH MITTS, Pair
BEST BUCK MOCCASINS, All Size*
FELT SLIPPERS, Extra Special, Pair .
$1.50
$1.50
$3.75 and $4
$1.00
DANIEL GREEN No. 4 BEST FELT SHOES
ALFRED DOLGE BEST FELT SHOES
$6.50
$4.50
WHITE AND GREY WOOL MITTS, Pair.25c
50c INSOLES, Pair.25c
S I M S O N »S'
THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES
| We Carry a Complete Line of §
1 FRESH HIGH GRADE 1
| IMPERIAL CANDIES I
1 ALSO 1
| Salted Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts 1
Apples and Oranges |
1 W PORTLAND |
JACKSON & EKELAND, Props. §
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NOTED ARTISTS DESIGN
WAR CHRISTMAS CARDS
SAN FRANCICO.—Friends and
relatives of soldiers in the Ameri
can Expeditionary force were the
recipients of Christmas cards from
abroad which were designed by
some of the best known illustrators
in America.
More than two million of these
cards were distributed among the
soldiers in Europe by the Red Cross.
They are typically American in
spirit. Among the artists who con
tributed their work were McCutch
eon, Briggs DeBeck, Fay Turpin,
Helen Hyde and Elizabeth Gibson.
SOURDOUGH IN ITALY
CORDOVA.—In Italy with the Y
M. C. A. is former United States
Comimssioner Hildreth, of the Cook
Inlet district. Judge Hildreth, whc
is an Alaskan pioneer, made the trip
RUST HOUSE
Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
I ShelJon-Bibson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mails
For CHITINA and WA POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Harry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
i through the Cook Inlet country in
1900, with a few Indians, taking
the census.
Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and {Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of
MEN’S CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS
MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Amy and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
SWEATER COATS. WOOL SOCKS, All Weights
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS
SEE OUR BRUSSELS and WILTON RU6S, ALL SIZES
Bisse.l’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Fall Line of
MINERS' and TRAPPERS' SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
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