SIMSON’S
Every Sourdough Knows This Name
It has been over a Store Door
SINCE *9 8
The Store where only Good Merchandise is sold, and
AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT
The Public has shown its UTMOST CONFIDENCE
in us by patronizing the stores
wherever they see the name
SIMSON'S
BIGGER THAN EVER
Will be the Variety of Merchandise
that we are bringing to Nenana
THIS SEASON
Men’s and Ladies' Wear, Dry Goods
House Furnishings, Pianos, Phonographs
All Goods in these Lines will be Shown on a More
Complete Scale than has ever been done before
Always Make Our Store Your Headquarters
For Anything You Want.
NEW
GOODS
SIMSON’S
NEW
STORE
THE STORE FOR THE PEOPLE
We Pay The Highest Prices For Raw Furs
RAPPOLI’S
BAKERY
Bread
Pastry
LUNCHES
- Everything New and Clean
CLEANING, PRESSING
Alterations, Repairing
LADIES’ TAILORING
Mrs. Campbell
Second St., Next Tavern Cafe
NOTICE OF CALL FOR FIDS.
Sealed proposals will be received at tlie
office of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, Fairbanks or Nenana, until 2
p. m., June 1st, and then opened, for
furnishing at Nenana on or before Nov.
15th, 1917, all or any part of;—Item 1—
200 tons of native red top hay of good
quality, bright and well cured young hay
! cut before August 1st, 1917, free from
; weeds, dirt or other impurity, in bales
of not less than 50 pounds each. Item 2
—50 tons oat hay of good quality, free
from weeds, dirt or other impurities, in
bales of not less than 50 lbs. each. De
livery will be accepted at any date be
tween August 1st and November 15th.
The Commission reservesthe right to ac
cept or reject any or all bids and to
waive technicalities if in the interest of
the government to do so. Envelopes
should be marked “Proposals for Hay,
to be opened June 1st.” Thomas Riggs,
Jr., Member of Commission. 32-3t
NEWS OFFICE
Nicely Furnished Rooms to Rent
in the New York Block. Inquire
at Simson’s.
GALLON HOUSE
Good, Gean, Quiet Sleeping Ac
commodations
Electric Lights Furnace Heat
Jas. J. Fallon Front & A
ORDER NOW
Will Ship Young Laying
Mens On First Boat
If I Can Get Orders
Enough.
WRITE OR WIRE
F. A. DOUSE
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
NOTICE!!
To Those Contemplating Building or Improving
MAKE YOUR BUILDING FIREPROOF
and save on your insurance premiums by us
ing METAL CEILING and SIDE WALLS
Also, What about a Good Heating System?
Furnace, Hot Water or Steam. Let Us Calf
and Show You.
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TANANA SHEET METAL WORKS
Elsewhere In Alaska
Nome restaurant keepers at a recent j
meeting made an advance in the price of
meals, the new schedule going into effect
the first of April.
It is stated that many of the Alaska
canneries are bringing sheet tin from the
Outside and will make their own cans
this season instead of using the ready
made cans which have been shipped in
in other years. The increased cost ol tin !
is given as the reason for this, and the .
saving in freight over the cost of shipping |
in the crated “empties” will more than
offset this increase in addition to the cost
of making the cans at the factories.
Word received at Ketchikan recently
states that the Grand Trunk steamer,
Prince kupert, which went ashore on
Gann island is high and dry at low tide,
and that rocks have penetrated her hull
and have broken thru into the engine
room.
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Meals at Tolstoi’s single restaurant
cost $1.50 each, a single apple or small
orange sells for two bits, cigars two bits,
sugar two bits a pound, eggs $30 a case,
mountain sheep and moose 60 cents and
beef 50 cents a pound and booze 50 cents
a drink.
b'red Reese of Teikliell, who was rec
ently in Valdez with a fine lot of furs
caught near his home this winter on the
Richardson trail, states that the strength
of wolverines is enormous considering the
size of the animal. lie states that he has
seen a wolverine take a quarter of moose
in its forearms and carry it up a 25 foot
bank, walking erect like a bear, Ilealso
states that he has had them lift him off
the ground when he has caught them in
traps.
At a recent meeting of the house com
mittee on Mines and Mining at Juneau it
was agreed that lit) changes would be
made in the Territorial milling laws at
the present session.
| Last fall, while hurrying acooss a sec
i tion of land in the Kenai lake district
; near his mining property Chas. Hubbard
noticed a likely- looking ledge projecting
above the surface. Cutting a pole and
planting it beside the ledge to mark the
locality Hubbard went on, butthisspring
having some spare time he went to the
place and dug down into the ledge suffic
iently to disclose samples of ore freely
impregnated with gold plainly visible to
the naked eye.- He staked the ground
and will prospect it tlioroly this summer.
Ralph Anderson has been appointed
United States commssioner at Seldovia
to succeed I. D. Nordyke.
Two hundred and five gallons of booze
shipped to Seward to Capt. H. B. Peter
son, and which was seized by the officials
on the ground that it had been sl ipped
to a false consignee, and for which no
owner appeared, was destroyed a short
time ago by the authorities in the pres
ence of a large crowd of envious and
thirsty onlookers.
Considerable excitement was occasioned
recently in the Tolstoi that one of the
by-products of the placer diggings in that
district is platinum, and samples of the
metal have been sent Outside for assay.
If this is correct the supply is sufficiently
large to make a material increase in the
value of the output of the district.
A report from the Iditarod states that
wolves and lynxes, usually not plentiful
in that district, have overrun the country
and have attacked the reindeer and cari
bou herds, doing great damage. In the i
Innoko also lynxes are creating great
havoc among the reindeer herds. i
Travelers between Iditarod, Opliir and
Tolstoi are complaining because the herds
of reindeer in that vicinity are cutting up
the trails so badly.
A petition was circulated at Seldovia
recently for the appointment ot Dr. Frank
Burgin as postmaster of that place re
ceived 122 signatures from the 127 resi
dents to whom it was presented, 1
On St. Patrick’s day the railroad men
engaged in the construction of the gov
ernment railroad at King river celebrated
the occasion by firing one of the biggest
shots set off to date. The charge consist
ed of 338 kegs of powder. A still larger
shot will be fired soon on Turnagain arm
which will contain 2280 kegs of powder.
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STATIONERY
TYPEWRITER PAPER, CARBON PAPER, TYPE
WRITER RIBBONS, COMPOSITION BOOKS, EN
VELOPES IN ALL SIZES, SCRATCH PADS,
SHIPPING TAGS, TAG ENVELOPES, LETTER
PAPER, VISITING CARDS, MANUSCRIPT COV
ERS, LEGAL BLANKS, RESTAURANT TABS
PRINTING OF ALL KINDS
The INenana News
It is reported that the Carstens Packing
company will erect one of the most com
plete cold storage plants in Alaska at
Anchorage in the near future.
A report irotn the Koltnakoff, on the
Kuskokwim, states that during the recent
intensely cold weather the bodies of
thousands of small birds, which live all
winter in Alaska, were found in the snow
under the trees apparently having frozen
to death.
The hot fight for the administratorship
of the estate of Adam Bloch of Sehlovia
was settled in the commissioner’s court
in Seward recently by the appointment
of Mrs. Annie Christensen, daughter of
the deceased, as administratrix.
Mrs. George Whitney, wife of the fed
eral inspector of hulls for Alaska, died in
Oakland, California, ashott time ago fol
lowing a lingering illness.
Seventy-three persons arrived at Cor
dova recently from the States for the op
ening of the season at the Pioneer Clam
cannery. Thirty of the party were wo
men.
Mammoth bones in considerable quant
ities are said to be found in the pavstreak
along Iloob creek in the Tolstoi country.
United States soldiers from the post at
Valdez are guarding the Copper River
railroad and government property at An
chorage.
The district surrounding Fort Yukon
is reported to have been overrun by bands
of wolves this winter which have devour
ed all the game and made it difficult for
the natives to procure meat for food.
Sewaril celebrated March 30, Seward
Day, despite the fact that the lawmaking
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: this day a holiday in Alaska failed to
| pass before that date as anticipated. The
i banks closed all day and no newspaper
j was published.
President Wilson has issued an execu
j tive order withdrawing from entry 70
| acres of land in the vicinity of Cordova
j for the erection of a navy wireless station.
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MAY DAY DANCE
MONDAY EVENING
j The Coliseum management announces
j that they will hold a May Day dance in
! the Coliseum hall next Monday evening,
j April 30, and extends a cordial invitation
i to the public to attend. An admission
i of jil.00 will be charged the gentlemen,
1 ladies free. Spectators occupying the
balcony, 25 cents.
Excavation work has been started on
the site of the new building being erected
by Burns & Larson at the southeast cor
ner of First and A. The structure will
be full two-story, 50x75 feet, with a one
storv addition on the First street front
25x50 feet.
London: Flnglish newspapers are be
coming outspoken in their denunciation
of the government for the withholding
of tacts and misrepresentation of the true
state of affairs regarding the effect of the
sub blockade on the food situation in
this country. They declare that they
will be forced to believe the statements
of German origin regarding the number
of ships sunk by the subs. The consump
tion of bread is to be still further cur
tailed. the weekly allowance being re
duced from four pounds to one pound a
person. Bread tickets are being printed
and will be distributed in a few days.
or
TAVERN CAPE
BEST SERVICE
BEST PASTRIES BEST CUISINE
BEST OP EVERYTHING
Curley Dutch
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