FOR THIS WEEK
$85 Bear Cub Robes - - - $55
$5.50 Best 4-Bkl. Arctics - $4.50
$9.50 Best Medlicott Underwear - $7.50
$14.00 Mackinaw Coats - $11.00
$2 Carhartt Mammoth Mitts, $1.50
75c White Wool Sox - - - 50c
SI MSOIN’S
HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR RAW FURS
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Victor Phonographs and Records at Outside Prices
SECOND ANNUAL
SMOKER
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
Nenana Commercial Club
Saturday Night
December 6
UNION HALL
SOMETHING DOING EVERY MINUTE
A CORDLYL INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO
THE MEN OF NENANA AND VICINITY.
WHO IS NUMBER ONE?
NEW START TONIGH1
The opening episode of the serial
‘'Who Is Number One?”, will be re
peated tonight by special request
for the benefit of a number o1
Coliseum patrons who failed to se<
the start of the picture when it wa:
shown last week. The episode wil
be in addition to the regular four
reel program.
If one may judge by the open
ing episode, “Who Is Number One?’
-s the best serial yet offered by
: the Coliseum. The interest begins
| at the very start of the picture and
j promises exciting developments in
I the succeeding episodes.
Hereafter the serial will have a
place in the regular Tuesday pro
grams.
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Dog Harness and Shoe Findings.
Fowler & Morris.
Mrs. Oats, a native woman, was
taken to the hospital today for an
operation.
Fresh Groceries, Fancy and Sta
ple. Fowler & Morris.
For the Holidays
Dipped Cherries
French Xougatines
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 Xougatines
Nut Crumbles
Peanut Brittle
Walnuts
Almonds
Filberts
Salted Almonds
Salted Peanuts
A Fine Assortment of Stationery in Boxes
AND
Imperial Candies in Baskets and Boxes
For Christmas Gifts
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THE PORTLAND
O. M. JACKSON ALF EKELAND
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KANTISHNA MINE
SHOWS GOOD ORE
AS LEDGE OPENS
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The galena ledge which is being
opened up by Tom Aitken in the
Kantishna district is showing excel
lent values as the work progresses,
according to Jim Johnstone, old
time Fairbanksan. who arrived in
N'enana on Wednesday night’s train,
direct from the Aitken camp, where
he worked for a time as black
smith for- the outfit. He mushed
out bv wav of the Toklat, aecom
panied by T. H. Reams and John
Peters and wife, and was seven
days in making the trip from the
mine to Nenana. They caught the
train near the Jap roadhouse.
The Aitken tunnel, which is an
extension of the old Quigley tunnel,
is in a distance of approximately
150 feet, Johnstone says, and they
are now working on a raise, to tap
the shaft sunk earlier in the season.
Twelve men are employed at the
mine, divided into two shifts.
The ore taken from the tunnel is
stored in an orehouse a short dis
tance below the tunnel mouth, from
which point it is hauled down the
hill to the creek, a distance of about
a mile and a half. The loads are
small, owing to the steep grade,
but when the hauling starts from
the base of the hill to Roosevelt,
the ore will move in larger quan
tities.
Johnstone says he was not in a
position to learn definitely the value
of the ore being taken out. but he
heard enough to convince him that
it is very rich. And there appar
ently is a considerable body of it.
Between 60 and 70 tons of the ore
has been sacked ready for hauling
to Roosevelt, where it will be stored
until the opening of navigation, and
then shipped to an Outside smelter
for tr< --tment.
The work of getting the ore down
the hill to the creek is a serious
problem, according to Johnstone,
which ultimately must result in the
construction of a tram. The freight
ing of the ore from the base of the
hill to Roosevelt, a distance of ap
proximately -30 miles, is also a big
jib, and a winter proposition strict
ly. Ed Bartlett has a contract to
haul the ore out and supplies in.
and he has been busy ever since his
arrival there with his outfit, get
ting the road in shape for heavy
traffic and building relay camps.
There will be two of these relav
camps, one of them ten miles from
the mine and the other ten miles
from Roosevelt, leaving a ten-mile
stretch between. One of the camps
is being constructed of logs, but
the other will be a tent affair, with
room for several horses and a place
for bunks and kitchen outfit.
Bartlett will use three four-horse
teams when he starts hauling,
changing teams at each camp, and
in that way he expects to be able
to land ten tons of ore per day
at Roosevelt. Another team of two
horses will be used at the mine to
haul the ore down the hill and
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supplies and wood up to the mine.
The fuel and timber proposition
is a serious one, it being: necessary
to haul all the wood a distance of
several miles, with the steep pull up
the hill at the finish.
Johnstone says that a lot of
work has been done since Aitken
took charge of the mine, especially
in view of the fact that the mine
is situated at the top of a mountain,
thirty miles from the nearest water
where supplies may be landed. The
altitude is what caused Johnstone
to give up his place. He did not
mind the work, he says, but he
could not get used to being so high
up in the air.
Johnstone went into the district
with Bartlett at about the time of
the freezeup. They went in by way
of the Lloyd trail, which begins .at
Knight’s and ends at Diamond City,
thirty miles from the mine. This
trail will be used considerably this
winter, in Johnstone's opinion, since
it is the only feasible trail for
freghting with horses. When Bart
lett went in. it w-a? necessary to
construct a number of bridges, and
niggerheads caused considerable
trouble, but there is sufficient snow
on the ground now to make good
going.
Bartlett plans to come out with
in a short time for supplies for the
mine, the outfit taken in by boat
during the fall already having de
veloped a number of shortages which
must be replaced before spring.
The Quigleys also are coming out
soon and Mrs. Quigley will con
tinue on to the States for the re
mainder of the winter.
Commissioner Herb Wiison, who
took in a stock of genera! merchan
dise on one of the last boats and
opened a store at Glacier, has dis
posed of his entire shipment and
will be out toward the end of the
month for more supplies.
Tom Aitken was expected to ar
rive at the mine from the Kusko
kwim district on the first of the
month, and is probably there now.
Johnstone says his party met a
number of dog teams headed for
,the Kantishna on prospecting and
trapping expeditions and it is hi
opinion that more gold hunting will
be done in the district this winter
■ than during any previous winter
since the early Kantishna stampede.
See J. A. Slippern for new rates
on subscriptions and renewals of all
leading magazines and periodicals.
Club rates on application.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO MEET TONIGHT
There will be a regular business
meeting of the Xenana Commercial
club at the quarters of the organ
ization in the Union building to
. night, for the discussion of a num
ber of matters of importance to the
, district and for the consideration of
the final details in connection with
the annual smoker of the club to
,be held tomorrow night,
i All members of the club are
urged to be on hand at eight o'clock.
' Heaana, Alaska's Interior Tu*l Depot
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Alaska Needs Publicity
You can set Outsiders right on things
concerning Interior Alaska and Xenana
by distributing copies of the Develop
ment Number of The Xenana Daily
News. You furnish the addresses and
we’ll do the mailing. Ten copies SI.59.
tSBBBS
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
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FOR ALL FINE LAUNDERING.
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FRESH STOCK
GROCERIES, MEN’S WINTER WEAR
GENERAL OUTFITTING
JOHNSON’S STORE Front Street
CLOTHING CONCERN
HAS LARGER STORE
Improvements which are now be
ing made in the premises occupied
by the Fairbanks Clothing compa
ny, in the Southern Hotel block,
will double the size of the store,
giving ample space for the display
| of goods and adding very materi
ally to the appearance of the store
The improvement was made pos
sible by the closing of the Isabe'
barber shop, between the Fairbanks
! Clothing company and the Portland
The barber shop partitions havt
been removed,—aTfa shelving now
covers the wall where formerly
there were mirrors and tonsoria'
appliances. Tables for the display
: of clothing and holiday goods win
occupy much of the floor space in
the center of the store as soon as
Manager Fischer can get his new
goods out of the cases.
Lou Isabel and his able assistant,
f?.
r.s. McDonald
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Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
Lira INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies 1 ’
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
Joe Mills, have taken their .hairs
and tools to the Ball & Thomas
shop, on upper A street, wher*
there is now in operation a busy
four-chair establishment, under the
management of Billy Thomas
J. F. Zijnmerman, who went into
the Kantishna district last summer
on a prospecting trip, is now work
ing for Ed Bartlett at one of hi*
; relay camps.
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THE TERMINAL
HARRY DAVIS
JOE O’CONNOR