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Our Policy
High Grade Merchandice
Fair Dealing
We make a Specialty of
General Outfitting
Northern Commercial Co.
of Alaska
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Captain “Hurry Up” Jones, who
was in charge of the ^jjeel gang
which extended the track north to
Riley from Hurricane Gulch, has
seen granted a two-months vacation
•-nd will take a holiday in the
States.
Mails leaving N'er.ana on Decem
ber 14, 18 and 21, reached Seattle
today.
E. A. Williams has assumed charge
of the train operating out of Ne
nana, as conductor.
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A FULL LINE OF
ROOFING PAPER
ALL THE BEST GRADES FOR THIS COUNTRY
A FULL LINE OF
NEW AMMUNITION
HARDWARE °F ALL KINDS AT 1916 PRICES 8
Ladies Cloth
Hiking Suits
See Our Window Display
W. A. COGHILL
THE ARCTIC
Smokers’ Supplies
Pool Tables Fresh Candies Stationery
Comfortable Rooms in Connection
TOM COLLING
Opposite Postoffice
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Healy River Roadhouse
A. A. Lyden, Proprietor
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS
BROOKER’S CAFE IN CONNECTION
Mrs. Ed. Brooker
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Lovera CIGARS Optimo I
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SNUFF |
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NENANA STAMPS—25c per 100; 52 per 1,000
! OLDTIMER SAYS CHANDLAR
IS NOT EASY PROPOSITION
Having given the Chandlar district i
the “once over”, Harry Beach, well
known oldtimer, who left Nenana
| last fall, writes The News that con
| ditions there are not such as to
| warrant the belief that good ground
! is to be had for the staking.The
| weather, he says, has been good,
] with i;u'te a lot of snow but no
I cold weather up to the tune the let
ter was written, on Ueiemb.T 13.
Tut letter was written at Beaver,
j ct; the Yukon riser, and reads as
| follows:
j “This is a hard country to get
into. The distance from Beaver to
! the diggings is 120 miles. Most of
, the supplies are hauled by dog teams
and it takes so much to feed the
i dogs and a man that one cannot;
make much freighting at 15 cents
a pound. It takes 12 days to make
the trip.
“There are two claims that have
j pay. Curley Smith is in the money
j on Little Squaw and 0. J. Nicholson
: has some good ground on Big Creek.
There is a lot of prospecting going
on throughout the district and the
whole country- is staked. I would
not advise anyone to come to the
Chandlar thinking they can drop on
to a paying claim, for that is a
hard problem.
"Vie have a lot of good wood.
: but all the wood on the creeks is
j green and they have trouble with it.
They pay $8 per cord for cutting
16 foot wood and it costs 140 per
cord delivered at the claims. They
pajr $6.50 per day and hoard for
j labor.
, "Grub is a little cheaper here
than in Nenana and there is plenty
of game here—caribou, moose and
sheep, but not much fur.
"I would like to see a Nenana
paper. We get mail once a month.’ ,
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PROSPECTORS ARE ACTIVE
IN HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT
There is considerable activity in
j the Hot Spring's district this winter,
in the way of prospecting and pre
paring for operations during the
coming summer, according to Chas.
Wheian, who arrived in town yester
day from the lower river camp. He
made the trip up the river trail,
: driving the Anders team of dogs,
and bringing along die racing sled
which belonged to the late deputy,
! which he will try to dispose of here.1
i Drilling operations are in pro
gress on the Bock gTound on Wood
chopper, there is some work in pro
gress on Boulder Creek and ground
is being opened up on Eureka in
preparation for hydraulic opera
tions on that creek next summer.
Mr. Whelan reports that there are
about 35 men on Eureka, about
the same number at Tofty and five
families at Hot Springs.
The recent resignation of C. M.
Browning as U. S. commissioner,
was the cause of general regret
throughout the district, Whelan re
ports. The obliging ways of the
official have made him very popular j
with the miners and when they
learned that it was his intention to j
give up his office, tihere was a gen-;
era] rush for the Springs to have
papers recorded in order (that he
might have the benefit of the fees. \
A very unusual occurrence for that
part of Alaska.
District Judge Cecil H. Clegg
came down from Fairbanks on Sun-1
day and continued on to Riley. It
i is reported that he planned to meet
Col. Mears at that point.
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A circular issued by the Alaskan
j Engineering Commission, under date
of December 23, orders the discon
tinuance of the use of special meal
tickets.
If you can't tell It the old way—
try advertising. It usually helps.
! STORAGE
j WARM and COLD
Wm. C. Heinz
Andy D. Swingen
Successors to
Casey’s Warehouse
Real Estate
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ACCOUNTING
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i U. S. COMMISSIONER X
j TAYLOR SERVES XMAS BIRD
TO CROWD IN KANT1SHNA
The headquarters of the Mt. Mc
Kinley Gold Placers, Inc., at Glacier
! City, in the Kantishna district, was
: the scene of a jolly gathering on
Christinas, with Acting Manager W.
R. Taylor presiding as host. There
was a big turkey dinner, with all
the trimmings, a Christmas tree for
! little “Jerry" Bennett and a dance.
Tile dinner was prepared by Chef |
' Prank Kawasaki, assisted by the
ladies of the camp, and was served j
at the company's mess house, after !
j which the party adjourned to the
bunk house for the Christmas tree |
and dance—and it was generally
agreed by the oldtimers present that
it was the best Christmas celebration ■
they had experienced in the North. ]
Mr. Taylor’s gruests were: Mr. and '
Mrs. Cecil Bennett and daughter,!
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Collins, Mr.
and Mrs. Dawson Cooper, of Xe
nana, John Barrington, Billy Folger.
Andy Ness, Jim Clakins, Peter
Leash, Clyde Collins, John Standel,
John Fricke and Mail Carrier George
Duncan.
MASQUERADE BIG SUCCESS:
MANY ATTEND IN COSTUME
The fourth annual masquerade of i
Nenana Lodge, No. 1193, Loyal I
Order of Moose, which took place |
at LTnion hall on Saturday night,,
was one of the most successful j
affairs ever given by that popular!
organization. The attendance was!
large and there were many beauti- j
ful and original costumes in evi
dence.
The prizes were awarded as fol
lows: Miss Jessie Johnston, “snow
man”; Mrs. Vincent Peirce, prettiest
costume; Mrs. Joe Fischer, colored!
lady cake walker; Parke L. Srump,
"Cream of Wheat”; Louis Ander
j son and A. A. Laska, "mother and
’infant”; Mrs. J. II. Flower, ”Ne
! nana News Girl”; Mrs. W. H. Gilch
. er and Joe Fisher, best waltzers.
Music for the dance was pro- j
j vided by a four-piece orchestra com
posed of Prof. Ernst Berggren, Miss!
Anne Mylius, B. W. Miller and
j “Whitey” Bergquist.
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* R. S. McDonald received a wire
, from Seward today in which it was
; stated that the arrival of the steams!
er Northwestern alt that place was |
somewhat in doubt but that it was;
expected that the Saturday train
j from Anchorage would be in time
I to connect wifi the boat for the
south. Passengers leaving Nenana
tomorrow will be able to reach
Seward on Saturday.
A special train was sent out the j
line today for a number of dump
cars needed for the handling of
i coal.
Arrivals from the Canyon districtj
! state that steel is now arriving at
Riley from the coast and the work
' of putting the material in place on
! the big viaduct will be taken in
; hand shortly. It is estimated that it
[ will take about six weeks to com- i
1 plete the structure after the work j
starts.
The train arriving from McKin- j
ley Park yesterday brought about,
. ten passengers in from the Canyon |
From the Mine of the
Broad Pass
Coal & Development
Company
$&50
a ton
F. 0. B. cars at Lignite
$4.50 at Nenana
$6 at Fairbanks
and Creek Points. Deliveries
about November 15
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The motion picture machine order-'
ed by the Xenana School Board
some time ago, has arrived and
will be installed at the Franklin K.
Lane school at an early date, for
use as an educational feature.
R. T. Brooks was a returning
passenger on Sunday's tra:r. from
Fairbanks.
Mail was dispatched for the Kan
; tishna this morning, in the custody
J of Mail Carrier George Duncan,
'who aiTived from thait district last
week. He is making the trip by
way of the shortcut trail
Dan Leech was an outward-bound
passenger on a boat leaving Seward
■ recently.
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TAVERN
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WILLIAM
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Nenana Market
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DARIGOLD BUTTER
YUKON KING SALMON
HAM—BACON SAUSAGE
FOWL—TURKEYS—GEESE
BEEF—PORK—MUTTON—VE iL
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CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
POOL AND PAN
SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME
BARBER SHOP AND BATHS
ROOMS IN CONNECTION.
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