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NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
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At 8:00 P. M.
Secretary Dictator
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EICELAND
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
,! LAMM and COMPANY
Tailors of Chicago
Announcing a general reduction
affecting all Fall and Winter
1921-1922 patterns. Suit or Over
coat can be had for $32.50
and up. You buy satisfaction when
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are worn by particular dressers
everywhere
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FAIRBANKS
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News : FAIRBANKS : Notes
Peter Steil, Correspondent
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The district court convened Sat
urday morning at 10 o’clock. The
grand jury roll was called as cus
tomary, and it was learned that it
had nothing to report.
The dance given by the local
Shriners took place at the Masonic
Temple on Saturday and was much
enjoyed by those who attended. It
was an elite affair and the hall was
comfortably crowded with the in
vited guests. Special features in
the way of flashlight dances were
introduced. The Empress orchestra
supplied the music.
A strenuous game of basketball
between two pickup teams was play
ed at the Armory on Saturday. The
attendance was small owing to the
fact that many are under the weath
' er.
The damage done to the city hall
: is not as great as it was thot to be,
| and it is estimated that $1500.00
, will cover all the necessary repairs
! and replacements. The typewriters,
adding machines and other office fix
tures were passed out thru the win
dow ere the flames and water reach
ed them.
The members of the grand jury
responded to the call for fire fight
ers and are reported to have render
ed yeoman service and covered
themselves with glory.
Jimmie Lavery who was handling
| a nozzle upstairs had the misfor
j tune to cut his hand badly on a
broken pane of glass necessitating
several stitches on the injured mem
ber. The fire boys are made the
butt of a lot of good humored chaff.
Funeral services over the remains
; of the late Mrs. E. M. Keys will be
| held at Eagle hall at 2 o’clock Mon
day afternoon, by the Pioneer Wom
en of Alaska. George and Ralph
Keys, sons of the deceased, are ex
pec.ed here on the N'enana train on
Monday.
A marriage license was issued by
Commissioner Boyd to Otto Lieman
and Lillian Lehr and they will soon
be joined in holy wedlock.
Roy Lund left for the Little Del
ta country on Friday with the mail
and one passenger for Richardson.
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Mrs. Guss Hegg, Phil Gallagher,
C. A. Williams, Carl Heggstrom,
Dick Wooten. Ed D’Lap and Nick
Borak are among the recen: arriv
als in town.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Parker is
confined to his home with ai* attack
of the griuppe.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bartlett are
down with the grippe and both are
mending rapidly. It is known gen
erally as the three day sickness but
: Ed is sure he has had it for ten
davs at least.
;
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Friss of
the popular Friss bakery on Front
street are both down with the grippe
: and the bakery windows are almost
shorn of the delicacies tha: usually
adorn them. Miss Katherine is
temporarily in full charge and i.-> do
ing wonderfully well single-handed.
i The railroad people are having
i trouble with the trains both north
and south of town by reason of the
storms. The Chatanika train which
j left Fairbanks at 8 a. m. Saturday
j came to grief nearing Olness when
the locomotive went off the track
iin a big drift. It was necessary to
I call the crew and engine of the
Nenana train at Dunbars on its way
to Nenana to help the Chatanika
train out. The crews worked all
night and the train was finally able
to make the trip, returning to Fair
banks at 9:30 ne>: morning. The
passengers had a miserable time of
it but they held out nobly.
The case of Steil vs Thelin came
up before Commissioner Boyd on
Saturday. Ti\ witnesses on behalf
j of Steil were examined, the defense
; had none to offer. In view of the
j fact that Thelin was on his way to
the coast on business the commis
’ sioner denied a writ of arrest. Judg
( ment will be delivered on March 18
: -
j Mrs. A. J. Pauli left for Dun
; bars on yesterday’s train enroute
j to her home in Brooks. From Dun
j bars she will travel on the Carl
White mail stage.
Charlie Denton of the Cold Stor
age company was an outgoing pass
enger on the train bound for Nena
na Sunday night. He is going there
to take delivery of a large consign
ment of meats, etc. destined foi
the company’s’ plant here.
Frank Gagnon of the local fire
department was operated on for ton
silitis. He is an inmate of St. Jo
seph's hospital at present but will
be able to leave that institution in
a day or two.
C. A. Sheldon returned to Nena
n; on Monday morning’s train.
Sam Dubin merchant of Alatna
on the Koyukuk river who arrived
here recently to superintend the al
terations and repairs being effected
on the steamer Teddy H., is .down
with an attack of the grippe.
Emil Pozza of the International
hotel who recently underwent a
minor operation at St. Joseph’s hos
pital, is reported to be improving
rapidly.
In the district court on Monday
the grand jury turned in two indict
ments against bootleggers, as fol
lows: A true bill was returned
against Harry McLaughlin who is
charged with having liquor in his
possession and a true bill was also
returned against Fred Robinson on
two counts. The first count for
having liquor in his possession and
the second for transporting liquor.
The case of John Mat.hews a re
cent arrival from Anchorage, who
is charged with a violation of the
dry law came up before Commis
sioner Boyd yesterday. The accus
sed plead guilty and drew done a
sentence of 90 days in The federal
jail.
Harry Beach who was recently
badly frost bitten while on the Cir
cle trail was operated on yesterday
morning and is resting easy at St.
Joseph's hospital. The oldtimer lost
the big and part of the second and
third toes of his left foot as a re
sult of the operation.
On account of sickness grand
jurymen Billy Appleby and Tom
Keenan did not report for duty yes
, terday. They were excused until
! such time as they are well enough
| to attend.
Baliff Frank McDonald who was
t in charge of the jury room was tak
! en sick on Saturday and bad to go
to the hospital for treatment. His
place is being temporarily filled by
J. H. Groves.
Commissioner Griffin of Richard
| son who is making his tri annual
; visit to town: reports that it is quiet
in his precinct but thinks there will
be some activities soon. He travel
ed with a dog team and reports the
trail as being in fair conidtion.
Pat O’Connor is a late arrival
from the Tolovana and Wilbur creek
countries, and reports having had
a hard time over the trail on ac
count of deep snow and storms.
Ray Ross, Roy Blanchard, A. L.
McCord, J. Lonz, A. McDonald, Hans
Hess, Sam Mas and Ole Hay are
among the recent arrivals in town.
One of the Fairbanks high school
I pupils and a member of the basket
' ball team bids fair to blossom out
into a journalist of note. His
’ graphic description of the trip of
the Fairbanks basketball team to An
. chorage and back, appearing in the
local paper, has a distinctive style
and is complete in detail. His ar
ticle is a credit to himself and the
■local educational institu:ion.
Bob Sheldon is under the doctor’*
* care with an attack of the grippe.
Recent arrivals from the Wilbur
creel; district in the Tolovana coun
try report that the bad weather and
deep snow has made prospecting
almost impossible and as a conse
quence mining activities have quieted
down some.
Oscar Johnson is on Ms way to
Tolovana to bring his children te
Fairbanks. They were left in the
care of Mrs. Wheeler since Mrs.
Johnson’s illness. The Johnson's are
preparing to reoccupy their old
home on Front street
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Fred McQuire returned to Fair
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Coal
From the Mine of the
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$4.50 at Nenana
$6 at Fairbanks
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about November 15
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