SANTA CLAUS
WILL SOON BE WITH US AGAIN.
Tlus store is making preparations to five him a g*-and welcome.
Our stock contains a better line of Useful Presents for the whole
family than ever before. Although it is by no means as complete
as it soon will be, there are so many new goods of the useful
variety in evidence here now as to arouse unusual interest for the
ea*-ly Christmas shopper. The purpose of this ad. is to show you
that it is to your interest to do your Christmas shopping at Simson's.
FOR MEN
Whenever you buy a Suit or Overcoat bearing the label of "Stems,”
“Society Brand,** or “Hart Schaffner St Marx,** there is no chance
of a doubt as to the quality of the clothes you are buying.
The three makes of clothes mentioned here are the ones we
carry in stock. There are no better ready-made clothes in America.
This is not an idle assertion, but a positive fact. And they cost
no more than some of the others.
Saits and Overcoats, $25, $35, $45
INCLUDING BLUE AND BLACK SERGE SUITS,
SILK AND SATIN LINED.
NEWEST NECKWEAR new shown for the Holidays $1 up
NEW GOODS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS BEING UNPACKED
RIGHT ALONG. DROP IN TODAY.
FOR WOMEN
Buy a New Dress now and save at least $15 on the purchase price.
FINE SILK PARTY DRESSES, up from $19.50
GOOD BLUE SERGE DRESSES, up from ..$17.50
HERE IS A PARTIAL LIST OF THE LATE ARRIVALS.
SILK UNDERWEAR —LA ROSE MAKE
NEW KNITTED UNION SUITS, Special .$3.50
LISLE HOSIERY, ALL SHADES, at .. 75c
Just Unpacked,—A Complete Shipment of Piece Goods.
75c DRESS GINGHAMS, Special, yard ,40c
$1.25 POPLINS, SILK STRIPED, Special, yard 75c
CHRISTMAS CARDS AND STICKERS, Each .10c
WATCH OUR ADS.
SI MSOIN’S
THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES.
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS.
SEE THE NEW TISS-ME AND SPLASH-ME DOLLS.
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GROCERIES, MEN’S WINTER WEAR
GENERAL OUTFITTING
JOHNSON’S STORE Front Street
For the Holidays
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Dipped Cherries
French Nougatines
Wrapped Chocolates
Molasses Kisses
Plain Mixed
Tulips
Sunbeam Kisses
Cocoa Delights
Butterscotch Toffee
After Dinner Mints
Dipped Brazil Nuts
Dipped Filberts
Walnut Top Creams
Almond Top Creams
Peanut Nougatines
Nut Crumbles
Peanut Brittle
Walnuts
Almonds
Filberts
Salted Almonds
Salted Peanuts
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A Fine Assortment of Stationery in Boxes
AND
Imperial Candies in Baskets and Boxes
For Christmas Gifts
THE PORTLAND
O. M. JACKSON
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ALF EKELAND
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The club, Mr. McDonald informed
the audience, had taken a very ac
tive part in purely local affairs,
having assumed entire charge of
Fourth of July celebrations; inaug
: urated a campaign which had re
sulted in materially increasing the
vote at school and other local elec
tions; arranged two excursions to
the end of steel, south of Xenana.
for the purpose of acquainting Ne
nanaites with the adjacent coun
try; improved the old right of way
so as to make accessible the nearby
fishing streams south of town; ap
pointed a permanent committee foi
the entertainment of tourists and
other visitors; co-operated with the
X'enana baseball team, with the re
sult that several interesting series
of games were played during the
season with the Fairbanks team:
provided entertainment for Xenana
registrants on the eve of their de
parture for aetiwp service in the
army; organized a board of public
charities for the relief of indigents:
secured ,seeds for local planting:
provided additional means of fire
protection, in the form of bucket*
and ladders placed at convenient
points in the business section of
town, and started an Arbor Day
movement which had resulted in the
planting of many trees for purpose*
of ornamentation.
Mr. McDonald also called atten
tion to the fact that the club had
endeavored to secure game law re
forms, for the benefit of Interior
Alaska; had agitated for a gold
bonus for the relief of the mining
industry; had endorsed the move
ment for Government aid to pros
pectors; had secured the co-opera
tion of J. L. McPherson in affairs
at Washington pertaining to the
welfare of Xenana. at a time when
the Tc::: rv was without regular
representation at the national capi
tal; had advertised Xenana through
out the Territory and the State;
by the distribution of local papers
and had been instrumental in hav
ing a picture of Xenana placed on
1 the Xorthem Commercial company
calendar.
The Xenana Commercial club
Mr. McDonald stated further, was
the first organization in Interior
Alaska to make protest against the
continued operation of a cannery
at the mouth of the Yukon river,
and he expressed the belief that the
action of the club in this matter
will materially influence the fish
eries bureau, which recently' con
ducted hearings at Seattle.
The club also has taken an active
part in the agitation for a central
power plant, and was instrumental
in bringing John A. Davis, super
intendent of the Government bu
reau of mines station, to X'enana
last year for the purpose of ex
plaining the merits of such a plant
This matter is now in the hands
of the American Mining congress.
before which body the project was
.strongly urged by Mr. Davis at
the late convention in the East.
! In conclusion, Mr. McDonald
stated that the Nenana Commercial
| duo had been working for some
'time and was still engaged in a
movement for the creation of an
All-Alaska Chamber of Commerce,
patterned after the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, a
■power for the betterment of condi
,tions in communities represented by
the organization. It was pointed
out further that the club recently
had taken up the matter of secur
ing a reduction of freight tolls on
the Government railroad, between
Nenana and Fairbanks, and ha 1
started a movement for a public
ways at Nenana for the accommoda
tion of independent steamers and
the numerous motorboats which
make their headquarters here.
Many of the reforms mentioned
by Mr. McDonald were inaugurated
during the time that he presided
lover the club a? president, and no:
a few of them were initiated by
,him.
j R. G. Southworth was called upon
^to address the club’s guests, and,
in a few words, he endeavored to
impress upon those present the im
portance ' of a commercial club to
'a community and called attention
.to the fact that the work of the
local club could be materially
strengthened by the enrollment of
additional members. The Nenana
j organization, he pointed out. had
accomplished a great deal in the
short rime that it had been in ex
istence. and now had the distinction
’of being one of the largest civic
bodies in Alaska, in proportion to
population.
Herman Anderson was the nex:
speaker. He is an enthusiastic
member of the club and he ex
pressed the belief that the time
has come for everyone interested in
the future of Nenana to get into
and behind the organization to in
sure the successful outcome of re
form movements now under way
and contemplated. “We must get
: together and stay together,” he de
i dared, “for the upbuilding of Ne
nana and the Nenana district. If
i we can't get together and work to
gether, we may as well abandon
now the effort necessary to put
Interior Alaska back on the map.
i where it was before the war and
the subsequent era of high prices.’'
Mr. Anderson said that he be
lieved firmly in the future of Ne
nana. but realized that it would re
quire united effort to make that
future secure.
Engineer in Charge Fred'k D.
Browne was next called upon to
tell why Nenana will become one of
the future important towns of the
Territory, and he replied by ex
pressing the belief that the future
of Nenana. as well as that of other
Interior Alaska towns, would .de
pend very largely upon the efforts
of Alaskans themselves, individually
and collectively.
The development of agricultural
resources, he thought, would prov“
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Your friends in the States will learn a
lot about Xenana and the Xenana dis
trict by reading the Development Xum
ber of The Xenana Daily News. Give
us the addresses and we will do the
mailing. Ten copies for $1.50.
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Northern Commercial Co.
Alaska’s Largest Outfitters
We are now displaying Men s Heavy
Winter Overcoats. Fabrics are Eng
lish and Scotch Cheviots; new browns,
grays and neat plaids.
These Coats are single-breasted box
model with belt.
A Coat that has all the style and
character it is possible to put into a
garment, regardless of its price.
Our Price, $25
the only safe means of insurin'! a
solid future for the Interior coun
try. Mining, he adimtted, would
help materially to make the country
{prosperous, and no opportunity’ to
j increase the Territory’s output
{should be overlooked. But in the
-end, he said, the country would be
i compelled to depend very largely
{upon the products of the soil for
stability. He recalled that he had
visited a number of mining dis
tricts in the States, once prosperous
but now abandoned. Similar con
ditions could be seen, he said, in
the North, and he referred to sev
eral early-day camps now very
{much on the decline.
He called attention to the facr
that large quantities of supplies are
now shipped into the country which
should be produced here, and said
that it was up to the community to
foster agriculture. He suggested
that Nenanaites adopt the slogan.
{“It will be done,” and stick to it in
; whatever they undertake.
; Mr. Brow'ne said the Government
railroad w’ould help build up the
country; a power plant such as had
{been suggested would also contrib
ute materially to the prosperity of
| the country, by making possible the
{development of mining ground that
• cannot be worked under present
I conditions. But farming, he dc—
j dared, should be promoted as a
means of giving the country a per
manence that cannot be brought
about in any other way.
; Regarding rates on the Govern
ment railroad, between Xenana and
-Fairbanks, concerning which there
{has been much complaint, Mr.
Browne said that the blame for
; tariffs did not rest on his shoulders,
land he expressed the belief that
1 there would be an adjustment which
{would be satisfactory to shippers.
In conclusion, Mr. Browne said
j that it was up to the people of
{ Xenana to work out their own des
tiny as regards the future of the
1 town and the district in which the
{town is situated.
; During the time that Mr. Browne
was speaking, liquid refreshments
'and smokes were distributed, and
at the conclusion of the talk, Mrs.
Bert Johnson’s jazz band started
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the entertainment with two well
rendered selections, and received an
enthusiastic reception. Those com
prising the unique organization
were: Mrs. Bert Johnson. Fred
Douse, Frank Sagar, Eddie Miller,
Prof. Ernst Berggren, Herman Roc?
burg, and Bert Johnson.
The next number on the program
was a Spanish dance by Miss
\ alentine Anderson, appropriately
gowned. The dance was skillfully
executed and was highly pleasingly
the large audience.
Private Saunders, of the local
guard, introduced as Lou Dock
stader. followed with a black-face
monologue and step dancing. He
is a clever dancer and his turn was
well received.
Mrs. Leon Kellum, always a fa
vorite with Nenara audiences, tk -ft
appeared, prettily costumed as a
juvenile, and sang, for the fir-- tim<*
in N'enana. the late song hit. ‘‘One,
Two, Three. Four. Rock-a-Bye.” ac
companied by the Coliseum orches
tra. For an encore, Mrs. Kellum
delighted the crowd with the Hig#
land Fling, in costume appropriate
to the dance. The accompaniment
for the dance was played by Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Johnson, Prof. Berg
gren, and Herman Rosburg. Both
the song and the dance were re
ceived with enthusiastic applause, 4
Then followed a .three-round box
ing bout between Privates Krause
and Kroll, and the entertainment
was concluded with a three-round
go between Pete Schmidt's bantams.
Kenneth McLean and Car! Schmidt.
Jr. The boys gave a splendid ex
hibition and were rewarded w
much applause and a generous
shower of silver.
A number of enjoyable selections
were rendered by Messrs. Berggren
and Rosburg during the evening,
their music contributing much to
the success of the entertainme'-, 'f
The smoker was arranged by a
committee of the Commercial club
consisting of Alex Fowler and Bur
dette Tunison.
Woodbury’* Facial Soap and other
standard toilet soaps. Fowler
Morris.
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HARRY DAVIS
JOE O’CONNOR