Laces and Embroidery
Very Large Assortment To Choose From
Some hand Made
Val, Duchess, Linefi Torchon, Black Spanish
Full Line of R & G CORSETS All Sizes
Madam Bittner Bfocaided Satin Corsets
Complete Line of Ladies’ Dresses, Underwear, Skirts
42-Piece Dinner Sets, $12.50. Also Broken Sets
Framed Pictures, $1.25 up. Decorated Lamps
Indirect Lights. Save Nearly Half. See Them
PARKAS
$1,75
3*50
EIDERDOWN COMFORTERS.
FINE FEATHER PILLOWS
WOOL BLANKETS
Men’s Gray Mixed Wool Sweater Coats -
Waterproof All Wool Mackinaw Coats -
Flannel Overshirts -
Eagle Brand Wool Underwear, per Suit
Best Canadian All Wool Underwear, Suit
White Wool Sox, per Pair
Hart Schaffner & Marx Hand Tailored Suits $25
Hart Shaffner & Marx Overcoats - 25.00
IMPORTED UNION SUITS - - 8.50
Other Union Suits - - 5.00
Extra Heavy Flannelette Night Gowns - 1.50
NEW
GOODS
SIMSON’S
3.50
8.50
3.50
4.50
6.00
25c
NEW
STORE
HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS
Elsewhere In Alaska
According to estimates which have been
prepared, the cost of bridge work on the
Alaskan Northern railway will be $97<V
000.
The Douglas jail was recently over
crowded with intoxicated natives.
The San Juan Pish Company of Seattle
has secured a site at Seward for the erec
tion of a big cold storage plant:
Petty thieves are giving the authorities
at Anchorage considerable trouble.
Judge Jennings holds that the election
held in November proves nothing with
regard to Juneau or the First division.
The expression of opinion at that, time,
he contends, was for the entire Territory
and not for any locality of section of the
Territory, and that lintil he is informed
as to what action is takeil by Congress he
cannot pass on the matter of extending
licenses at this time.
The citizens of Yakutat were unable
to vote at the late election because of
the non-arrival of official ballots and
Other election supplies.
FOR RENT— Newly furnished,
heated room in New York block.
Inquire Simson's
T ry The
MODEL CAFE
Market Street
MEALS THAT SATISFY
PIES
and
CAKES
For
Sale
George Sarantes
J. H. Matthews, a resident of Anchor
age, is getting out a directory of that
city. Tile directory will contain the
natnes of all the business firms, and all
citizens of the town, both male and fe
male. and all children over 17 years of
I age.
! The Valdez post office became a postal
! savings bank on the first of the year.
The entire stock of a rival grocery firm
i was moved into the big Blum establish
| ment two weeks before the latest big fire
hit Valdez. S. Blum & Co. were among
tlie heaviest losers.
Bishop P. T. Rowe arrived at Ketchi
kan early in December from Seattle.
I The Valdez Chamber of commerce has
gone on record as opposed to the Alex
[ ander fisheries bilk
j There are five stamp thills in operation
| m the ValdeZ district this wihter.
j The Cordova tax levy for the year just
i ended amounts to >1973,000.
Only four arrests were made' ill Cor
dova during the month of November.
The Bank of Alaska, which is Operat
j iilg banks at Skagway, Anchorage and
; Wrangell,- i9 also operating a branch at
Cordova.
Sever hundred meh were recently tak
en out of Anchorage by the government
transport Crook. They were transported
! to Seattle free of expense.
The Nome brewery has closed down
indefinitely.
The report of the grand jury at Norfti
is probably one of the best evef turned
out in Alaska. When reduced to news
paper print it occupied twelve aud one
half lines.
The Petersburg city council has passed
; a resolution to allow the city employes
j two weeks’ vacation with pay at the end
of each tear’s service.
The dafic'e given under the auspices of
Igloo No. 8, Pioneers of Alaska, at their
hall in Wiseman iff November, was a
success both socially afid financially. On
Christmas night the Igloo gave their first
masked ball, which was a pronounced
success.
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS
Luke Jimmy will make special
trips to any point, including Fair
banks, carrying freight or passen
gers. Fast dog team. For furth
er information inquire at News
office.
COLDSTOPSTRAVEL
Severe Weather Is Genra
al Throughout
Interior.
Travel between Nenana and other
points along the river has been practic
ally at a standstill during the past several
days owing to the extremely cold weath
er. The only arrivals lrom Fairbanks
since the commencement of the cold spell
are the Knight brothers, Chas: A. Trnndy
and Herman Scliiv, who reached town
during the week with two dog teams and
four sleds loaded with provisidns; They
are headed for the Kantishna country
and will leave as soon as the weather
nioderatesi The Koland stage, the Palm
er outfit, Roy Lund and several private
rigs are waiting at Fairbanks for warmer
weather, several wires having been re
ceived during the week announcing that
they would start for Nenaua at the first
sign of a break.
The coldest weather reported in the
Interior since the beginning of the pres
ent cold snap was at Birches, where the
operator in charge of the U. S. digital
Corps station reported S6 below zero this
morning. Birches is a short distance be
low Ft. Gibbon, on the Yukon; and it is
generally colder there than at any other
point in the Interior: The local Station
reports an average of 55 below for the
week, and Fairbanks reports show that
it has been very little warmer there. A
difference of fiVe degrees usually exists
between the temperatures of Nenana and
Fairbanks, favoring the latter.
Reports received from points soiltll of
Fairbanks state that there has been a
noticeable rise in temperatures along the
line.
NEW BOILER UNIT
IS MAKING STEAM
The second unit of the battery of boil;
ers at the power plant of the Alaskan
Engineering commission was placed ill
regular service on Thursday, having been
thoroughly overhauled and given a pre
liminary water-pressure test to insure its
satisfactory operation in service.
The full capacity of the generating
station is now available, ahd will in
j sure a sufficient reserve of feftergy to
1 meet the future requirements of thecom
; mission and of the town of Nenana.
BULLETIN BOARD
FOR POSTOFFICE
The Alaskan Engineering commission
has presented the town post-office with a
new bulletin board, which has been placet!
on the wall just inside the postoffice door.
Hereafter all information regarding the
arrival and departure of mails and other
matters of general interest, will be posted
on the board so that it will be unneces
sary to seek information of that charac
acter at the window.
Personal Mention
J. P. Hanson, the well known oldtimer
\Vho engaged in the ice business early in
the winter with Billy Shaw, has disposed
of his interests to Eli Gray, and will leave
fot the Tolovana country within a few
days. The firm has cut a considerable
' amount of ice in the Neriana river and
will store it in a warehouse on the water
| frofft above the Casey warehouse.
Theodore Thompson returned from
i Fairbanks on Sunday after more than a
week in the upper town.
The following persons were registered
I at the Cooney house during the week: R.
i H. Knight,- Henry Knight, Herman Scliiv
and Chas. A. Trundv, Kantishna; T- E.
Carry, N. A. Liifidstrom, Sam Stone, C.
H. Calhoun.
PROPERTY FOR SALE
Lots 6 and 5 with Good Cabin
in Block 34; and Lot 12 with
Frame building 18 x 20, in Bloofc
25. Also 3000 feet of Lumbers
Hslf Cash required. Inquire oh'
Block 34. Sixth and A
GENERAL OUTFITTING
Hotel Accommodations
COONEY & COONEY
BARNS Second and A DOG KENNELS
KOYUKUK ITEMS
John Hurley, who recently hail the in
dex finger of his right hand amputated as
the result of having the member mashed
while working on Nolan creek, hasmade
an uninterrupted recovery and is again
at work.
The Rig Four Mining company on Nol
an creek gave a dance at their place on
November 18, in honor of the birthday
of one of the members of the company, 1
Mr. Theodore Goring. Mrs. U. M. Palm :
served the lunch and made A inost envi-,
able reputation for herself.
At the present writing this vicinity is
in the grip of a severe cold Siiap, the
temperature ranging around thirtV below
with no indications of a break. The trails
are in bad shape as the result of a llirefc
ioot fall of snow which came just before j
the cold spell stt in.
The present cold snap has givefi the'
mining game a fresh impetus and every
body in camp is as busy a9 the proverbial
bee.
Jack White is enroute to Hetties to bring
up some freight that was left there when
the river closed last fall. He will move
it by relays, and will probablv be gone
about a month. Nelson’s teams will also
go down the river to move a cache up
and will be gone about the same length
of time.
MAJOR PURCHASES
VALUABLE CORNER
Hardly a week goes by these days witli
. out one or more transfers in real estate,
and the present week is no exception.
Two deals of more than usual importance
are reported, hilt in one Of the cases the
papers have not yet changed hands and
names, therefore, cannot he mentioned.
The other property referred to is that
! purchased by Mr. 1!. K. Holifield during
the lot sale last fall, at the corner of
Market and Second streets, opposite the
Walter Skof building, which has just
bfcen disposed of by him to Fred Major
! at a substantial figure ill advance of the
!
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WATCH
REPAIRING
Wm. SERRlCK
Fourth St.^opp.
Rust’s Pises
4
1
original purchase price. The property
consists of two lots with a frontage o(
50 feet on Market street.
Cal E. Stone, passenger traffic manager
of the Great Northern system, is author
ity for the statement that the voiunie of
passenger travel to Alaska during the
coming season will be the heaviest ever
known.
RAPPOLT’S
BAKERY
Bread
Pastry
LUNCHES
Everything New and Clean
Gulliford & Catchpole
WOOD WORKING
ShfiW Cases and Cabinet Work
A Spefiafty. Sled Material
Shop, Fifth and A
WOOD RIVER STORE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Large New Stock - - ^Fairbanks Prices
_Fifteen Miles from Nenana
BERRIMAN RESTAURANT
and MEAT MARKET
Poiiltry, Game, Eish, Vegetables
Celery, Etc.
Open for Business
CALL AND SEE US IN OUR NEW HOME
CIGARS and POOL
General Merchandise
NENANA TRADING COMPANY
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