The Approaching
Change in
Government
GIVES US ALL RENEWED CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY
AND WARRANTS A CHANGE IN PRICES
DOWNWARD
Commencing February 1
WE THEREFORE QUOTE THE FOLLOWING REDUCTIONS:
FELT SHOES
$8.00 Grade .$5.50
7.50 Grade . 5.00
6.50 Grade . 4.00
STAC SHIRTS
$12.50 Grade . $10.00
10.00 Grade _ 7.50
HEAVY WOOL SOX
$1.25 Grade .$1.00
1.00 Grade . 75
.75 Grade . .50
Bib Overall* .$2.75
Waist Overall* . 2.50
Moccasins . 5.00
4 Buckle Arctics . 5.00
Shoe Pace, 12 to. tap _ 54)0
Sheepskin Sox . 2.00
Heavy Blue Wrist Canvas
Gloves .25
Rubberized Red Arctics 3.75
WE ARE ALSO MAKING
BIG REDUCTIONS
IN ALL LINES WE CARRY, ESPECIALLY IN MEN’S
SUITS OVERCOATS MACKINAWS
DEPEND ON US FOR BEST VALUES — PRICES UP TO DATE
Fairbanks Clothing Co.
NENANA AND FAIRBANKS
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BRIDGE SCORES AT THE NEWS
Fred van Raes, of the News-Minei
force, arrived from the States or
yesterday’s train, accompanied by a
very charming bride, whom he mar
ried in Portland, and his mother,
who went Outside some time ag;a
to undergo an operation. They are
quests at .the Cooney hotel during
their brief stay in Nenana, and will
leave for Fairbanks tomorrow.
COAL
From Healy River Coal Mine
will save you from one*.third to
one-half on vour' fuel bill.
2-ton lots, a ton 8.50
Special rates on carload lots
Deliveries, Tutsdays and Fridays
Order from
Dr. J. R. Bowen, Agt
Bowen Bldg. Phons 54 Green
FRUIT FRESH CANDIES SMOKES
BILLY GAGNON’S - UNION BUILDING
SELLING AT COST
41-piece Dinner Sets
49-piece Dinner Sets
Hand Painted Jap Ware
Only a Limited Number on Hand
Northern Commercial Co.
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AITKEN SELLING OUTFIT;
GOING BACK TO CANDLE
That Tom Aitken is really quitting
the Kantishna district, after having
gophered the rich spots on the high
grade galena property on which he
has been working during the past
couple of years, is the news brought
to Nenana by Henry C. Crook, well
known oldtimer, who arrived from
the Kantishna yesterday, in company
with1 Ed Bartlett. Mr. Crook says
that Aitken is now busily engaged
disposing of his supplies and will
return to the Kuskokwim district
soon to superintend the operation of
his dredge on Candle creek.
About 400 tons of ore, all of it
worth $170 or better per ton, has
been hauled from the Aitken mine
to Roosevelt this winter and there
remains about 80 to 90 tons to be
delivered at the river landing before
the breakup. When that is done,
Aitken, it is said, will be ready to
turn the galena properties back to
Joe Quigley, from whom they were
purchased on a partial payment and
royalty basis. The terms are said to
have been $10,000 cash at the time
of occupation and the balance of
the purchase price of $230,000 in
later payments, one of which will
become due in December. The agree
ment is said to have also stipulated
that Quigley receive 15 per cent
gross of the value of all ore mark
eted, but just what that will amount
, to is hard to ascertain, because a
large part of the ore mined last
: winter is still at Roosevelt and
j scattered along the Kantishna river,
i The amount is variously esti
mated at from $30,000 to $50,000.
And if the next payment is not
made, the 22 claims will revert to
the original owner.
It is claimed that Aitken would
have continued to operate in the
Kantishna had he been able to tie
j up any one of the several rich
ledges which have been partially
opened up since he began work on
i the Quigley property. He is said to
| have approached Alois Friedrich with
! an offer, and that he also tried to
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get possession of a very rich
I ledge which Quicgley is now devel
, oping. But, it is claimed, he has not
been successful in these efforts and
is going to quit the district in con
sequence, forfeiting his equity in
properties which are said to be still
very rich, with thousands of tons
of ore in sight—some of it on the
waste dump—that will range in value
from a few dollars to $160 a ton.
Nothing under the latter value will
pay to ship.
TARIFF AGREEMENT REACHED
I WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24—
j The house and senate conferees
have reached a complete agreement
on the Fordney emergency tariff
bill and it is expected that the re
port of the committee will be ready
to submit to the house tomorrow.
j Lineman Dudney, of the T. & T.
: department, came in from Healy
! yesterday and underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis at the Govern
ment hospital this morning.
FRESH VEGETABLES—Carrot*
Cabbage and Rutabaga* at CoghilT*.
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KINNALEY SAYS OLDTIMERS |
ARE EAGER TO COME BACK !
Conditions in Seattle were im
proving somewhat when J. E. Kin
naley left the Spirit City to return
to Interior Alaska. Mr. Kinnaley,
who reached Nenana several days
ago, says a large manufacturing
concern, employing many men, re
sumed operations just before he
started for the North, and he heard
encouraging reports of an improve
ment? in business conditions in gen
eral, although he failed to observe
the change himself. He did see many
idle people, however, and almost
every oldtimer he met talked of
coming back to Alaska—providing
he could negotiate the trip.
Mr. Kinnaley founds things pretty
bad also in the East, with many out
of work and no signs of a revival.
He spent a considerable part of the
winter in Indiana, witfe his brother,
but did considerable traveling in
going to and from the East.
Among the oldtimers met in the
Spirit City was Dad Shaw, former
Fairbanks hotelman, who now has a
job driving an auto for an institu
tion for feeble minded outside of
Seattle. Before landing the position,
Dad was quartered with John Bar
rack and Dr. H. J. McCallum, in
the outskirts of Seattle.
Andy Hoey was met in Vancouver
where he was driving a one-horse
rig of some kind, and very eager
to get back to Alaska.
nr_j n.' v .1
*'*“**« iCLciiuy went
to Ketchikan, where she planned to
open a soft drink emporium.
Bob Niswander, former printer in
the employ of the News-Miner, had
a job on a small Indiana paper, but
expected to go to work in Fort
Wayne. He weighs about 200 pounds
now.
Frank Hall is in Seattle but did
not appear to be doing anything
when Mr. Kinnaley saw him.
George Butler appeared to be do
ing a good business. At any rate
his big pool hall was crowded all
the time.
Ralph Boyker, formerly in the
restaurant business in Dawson, in
the early days, is credited with a
good run of business in Seattle. In
fact, it is said that he has made
more money than any other Alaskan
in Seattle.
Ketchikan, in the opinion of Mr.
Kinnaley, is the best town on the
coast of Alaska. -
Arrivals from the coast bring
word of a fatal shooting affray at
Anchorage last Saturday, the victim
being a deputy marshal, whose name
could “not be ascertained. The shoot
ing is said to have taken place in
a resort near the Anchorage he tel.
FURS SHOW SHARP DECLINES
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24—Sharp de
clines since May, are reported in
virtually all offerings of furs at
the international fur exchange auc
tions, held in this city this week.
Twelve thousand marten skins, how
ever, showed a ten per cent in*
crease. Blue and white foxes are
15 per cent lower than in May.
Genuine Daniel Green Felt Shoes.
Fowler St Morris.
American Legion
MINSTRELS
THE SHOW WITH THE KICK
Clever Clean Classy '
AUDITORIUM
FAIRBANKS
SATURDAY, FEB. 26
GENERAL ADMISSION $1.00 — RESERVED SEATS $140
FRONT ROW BALCONY $2.00
after the Show
Curtain at 8:30
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$55.00 Best Hand Tailored Suits $40.00
$40.00 Hand Tailored Suits $25.00
Overcoats and Fur Coats at Half-Price Now
$25 Cloth Overcoats
$35 Cloth Overcoats
$100 Fur-lined Coats
$40 Fur Coats . .
$15
$20
$50
. $20
EXTRA SPECIAL
medium and heavy weight
ALL WOOL UNION SUITS
genuine $9.50 valve ^ r*
extra special at . . 0O
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EXTRA SPECIAL
Brand New Stock
Best Grade Hipress Shoepacs
Made by the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co, in WMte, Red and Black
with Heels and 12 and 16 Topa, all sizes
a pair, $7-S0
Here Is a List of Dependable Merchandise
at prices that will never be lowered
Moccasins, best grade, - $3.50
Felt Shoes, red lined, - 5.00
Felt Slippers, pair, - - 1.50
Siwash Mitts, large, - - 2.50
White Scotch Wool Mitts 1.75
Marpmoth Mitts, pair, - 1.00
Mammoth Mitts, good grade, 1.50
Lumbermen’s Sox, special, 1.00
White Wool Sox, medium, - .50
Toques, best, all colors, - 1.00
Parkas, best, home made, 5.00
Fur Band Caps - - 1.50
EXTRA SPECIAL
Our Entire Stock of High Grade $1.50 £ f
and$2 four-in-hand ties, your choice, at yi e*C/C/
EXTRA SPECIAL
Levy Strauss No. 1 Grade
blue, waist overalls, pair .
Black Bear Bib Overalls
in blue and black, pair.
Bib Overalls, Engineers’
Levy Strauss best engineer coats.
Levy Strauss Blue Jumpers .
$2.00
$2.50
$1.50
$2.50
$2.50
DOWN QUILTS, 7x8, $25.00
SIMSON’S
RAW FURS BOUGHT AT HIGHEST CASH PRICES
STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL EIGHT
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Sheet Metal Work
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Plumbing, Heating Plants
Stoves and Ranges
Nenana Sheet Metal Works
PAUL PA1-FY, Prop. — — New Location on A Street
Miss Vera Russell went out to
lealy this morning to relieve “Hi”
Jill, at the Healy telephone ex
change. Mr. Gill came in this after
noon to enter the Government hospi
tal for a minor operation.