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Suits Made to Measure
Of the finest Imported and
Domestic fabrics
made by expert tailors
Samples will arrive very shortly
Wait to see them
Ladies
This weeks arrivals include some
very pretty Dresses, Slippers, Silk
Hosiery and Silk Underwear
A most appropriate time to do your buying
Abe Simson
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NEW GOODS COMING
Two Carloads of
Fresh Merchandise
Will arrive within the next few days for
JOHNSON’S STORE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE OUTFITTING
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COAST PRICES
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA.
Attention!
SEATTLE'S FOREMOST
WHOLESALE JEWELER
will have on display at
TAYLOR’S STORE
a large assortment of
DIAMONDS, WATCHES and
JEWELRY
of the latest designs. No obliga
tion to purchase to see the goods
MONDAY-ALL DAY
A good chance to get the size
diamond or setting or watch you
want.
W. TAYLOR, JEWELER
Writing paper at The News Office
NEW BOAT ENROUTE
The palatial new steamer Alaska
which was launched recently at Ta
coma for the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, was scheduled to sail fo
Seward today from Seattle an
is due at Seward June 16. Th
Alaska will not go to Anchorage o:
this trip.
GEO. ANDERSO>
Piano Expert
Will Arrive in Nenama
Shortly
At The
COONEY HOTEL
NOTICE
All those wishing dental worl
make appointments early as I at
leaving for Juneau July 1, 1323. .
DR. D. S. HARD'
Dentist
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Will Arrive Soon
Miss Witherspoon, Demonstrator for Sussman,
Wormser & Co., will be here soon to
Demonstrate
the
s. & w.
LINE.
Drop in and Sample S. & W. Coffee
W. A. COGHILL
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New York bankers have placed
' a bond issue of $200,000 for Lomen
I & Co., of Nome who control 30,000
‘ reindeer in Alaska.
When Policeman LeRoy Moyer re
| cently attempted to arrest an vln
I ruly man at Ketchikan, he deputized
: Olus Hagbert and Muns Alfeim to
help him. They refused and gave
him the laugh. Moyer got his man
; to jail and went back and gathered
in Hagbert and Alfeim who were
! assessed $50 each by the commis
sioner. They both agreed that the
next time they would help a police
man, no matter when or where call
el upon.
j The whirr of the automobile will
! be heard this summer on Kodiak
Island, two machines being aboard
a recent steamer; one, a truck, was
[ for Atto Kraft & Son, and the re
maining auto was for A. Hemrich
I of the Kukuk bay cannery. They are
the first to be imported on the is
land.
A historic relic was brought to
light at Sitka this week, near Wat
i son point, when the children of
Mr. and Bart found the handle of
a sword sticking out of the ground.
! They dug the weapon out and found
it to be a fine, steel blade with a
slight curve, similar to those used by
pirates and others hundreds of year6
; ago.
j E. M. Polley. reprsentative to the
j Territorial legislature, from the
First division, has been appointed
Territorial tax collector by Terri
torial Treasurer W. G. Smith, and
/ will leave early in June for Bristol
j Bay Points. E. E. Epperson and H
D. Campbell have been appointed
i temporary tax collectors at Ketch
| ikan and Wrangell.
Herbert Wheeler, general mana
ager of the White Pass & Yukon
route returned to Skagway recently
from a trip to Tagish Lake. He
reported the projected reservoir darr
! proposition would not be ready foi
! advancemnt this season, but he be
• lieved the project would be forth
| coming within the near future.
- j A measure introduced in th<
- House during the recent session o
r the Territorial legislature is report
1 ed t° have been lost and a thorougl
search failed to reveal its wherea
i bouts. The bill carried an appropria
tion of $1200 for the construction o
• a school at Bethel, but was later cu
| to $500. The bill then went to *h‘
| engrossing ar.d enrolling committei
' where it was lost.
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The shortage in seal oil was re
! lieved at Nome recently when ;
1 native took a trip out on the ic
hunting for kow kow. After travel
ing about three miles he encounterei
a crack in the ice and discoverei
three large seals. Being an exper
• he fired two shots and bagged tw
3 seals which he dragged home to re
plenish hi? depleted larder.
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William Maloney, territorial in
spector of mines under Governo
Strong, is now in the Employ o
the Union Construction Co., of Sai
Francisco.
SOCIAL CLUB ANNOUNCES
INFORMAL DANCE TON1GH"
Union hall will be the scene to
I night of another one of those en
j joyable informal dances, given unde
the auspices of the Nenana Socia
! club. The dance has been arrange
at the request of numerous dancer
' and eveything possible will be don
by the mangement to insure a plea
' sant evening for those attending
The best music obtainable has bee
secured for the occasion.
The attendance, it is expectec
will be swelled considerably by th
presence of a number of visitors wh
I are in Nenana waiting for boats an
trains.
The dance will stait at ten •.
clock and the usual charge for at
f mission will be charged.
PERSONAL
CKKItltMtilidtiiCRRRR
Mr?. E. J. Cronin went to Fair
banks yeiterJay afternoon for a
brief visit with friends in the upper
town.
Mrs. William Rodigkeit, who has
been ailing for some time past, went
to Fairbanks on Tuesday for medic
cal treatment. It has not yet been
determined whether or not an opera
tion will be necessary.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hagen and
baby went to Fairbanks vesterday
on a brief visit. They probably will
return to Nenana on the Tuesday
train.
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Mrs. F. J. I>ate returned to Fair
banks yesterday after a brief visit
in Nenana. Mr. Date is now in
charge of the roundhouse at the
Fairbanks end of the Alaska Rail
road and he and Mrs. Date are
comfortably located in the de Jour
nel house on Garden Island, which
he has purchased recently. They al
so have joined the army of auto
owners in the upper town, having
invested in a Chevrolet. i
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William Butler, special agent of
the Alaska Railroad, joined the
Congressional party at Curry and
made the round trip to Fairbanks
with the visitors.
B. H Barndollar, examiner of ac
counts and legal advisor for the Al
askan Engineering Commission, was
a member of the railroad party
which accompanied the Washington
visitors on the trip to Interior
Alaska.
Captain C. H. Burkhead. head of
the Signal Corps in Interior Alaska
came down from his Fairbanks head
quarters yesterday enroute down the
river on his annual tour of inspec
tion. He will go as far as Nome,
where he expects to meet Colonel
Hartman.
BALL BOYS NAME CAPTAIN
READY FOR ACTIVE SEASON
The boys who will represent Ne
nana on the baseball diamond this
season, perfected their organization
this week with the election of Har
ry Dedoyard to the position of cap
tain of the team, and announce
ment is made that they will be
1 ready to meet Fairbanks in the
opening game of the season within
the next week or two. The boys
have been practicing faithfully for
; some time past and now have the
’ team lined up which has promise
' of splendid performace during the
season. Among the players are three
pitchers, George Hupprich, Curley
Rouse and H. Bigham, and three
1 catchers, E. Dawson, Walker Blak
ey and Harry Dedoyard. Among the
others who will play are: C. Redd,
* Morrison, Leslie Christiansen, Har
! ry Hayner, Jerry Seigman.
The Nenana team will play under
’ the auspices of the Nenana Athletic
Association, a permanent organiza
tion, of which Capt. C. G. Jones is
president, and R. C. Morris, secre
tary and treasurer. Joe O'Connor is
t manager of the ball team, and will
begin negotiations during the com
ing week for a game with Fairbanks
and once started, the boys hope to
be able to stage a game every Sun
. day and every holiday during the
summer.
The members of the ball team are
- an enthusiastic bunch and declare
r they are not going to confine their
1 activities to baseball. They are in
i for all kinds of sports and when
5 the baseball season ends, they will
? be ready to entertain the public
- with basketball and other forms of
. winter athletics.
i The new ball grounds at City
i park are taking form rapidly and
, will be in perfect condition by the
; time the boys are ready for the
j opening game. Those who have play
3 ed ball in the various Alaska towns
declare the Nenana grounds will
be the best in the North, not ex
- cepting the splendid Anchorage dia
mond. A roller has been secured to
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NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOG BARNS
put on the finishing touches.
For the purpose of raising funds
for needed equipment, such as new
balls and bats, the boys are going
to give a dance at Union hall a week
from tonight. Splendid music has
been secured for the occasion and (
the other details are being arranged ‘
with a view to giving the dancing
public an evening of much enjoy
ment. Tickets for the dance, which
will be priced at $1.50, will be
placed on sale during the early part
of the week, and those desiring to
see Nenana creditably represented
on the diamond this summer are
urged to give the dance their sup
port.
Typewriter Taper at 'fbe News
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Dr. D. C. Hardy
DENTIST
OFFICES
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CENTRAL CAFE BUILDING
Nenana, Alaska
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SKAGWAY GIRL IS POET
Miss Floris Clark, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Clark of Skagway
has won a prize in a poetry contest
for the second time at the Washing
ton State Normal school at Belling
ham. There were 20 contestants.
William A. Hesse
MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
BOX 1035, FAIRBANKS
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