We Are Informed
That Goods Have Advanced at
Prom 10 to 25 c/c
Notwithstanding these Advances we are still
•selling: Men’s Women's and Children’s wear at
the Same Low Prices
It has always been our Motto to sell to the
public Merchandise of a high Quality at the
Lowest possible Prices
At this time We wish to remind you of the
very Low Prices in Winter Wear
Make Our Store your Headquarters
Abe Simscm
MEN’S and LADIES’ FURNISHINGS NEXT TO TAVERN
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Fresh Goods
Grape Fruit, Oranges, Lemons
Bananas, Cabbage, Potatoes
Figs, Pears, Jap Oranges, tfee.
Fresh Ranch Eggs, 65c. Dozen.
W. A. COGHILL
MOST COMPLETE AND MODERN RESTAURANT IN ALASKA
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
William Rodickeit Prop.
Mult 75c. and up. — — Cold Storage Plant in Connection
Smokers’ Supplies, Soft Drinks, Candies
1 Stationery and Fresh Fruits
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I POOL AND CARD TABLES
Magazines of all kinds. Rooms in Connection |
. The Terminal [
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JOE O’CONNOR HARRY A. DAVIS S
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R. S. Donaldson, manager of the’
Healy River Coal Corporation, went
to Fairbanks yesterday on business.
He reports that his company is pre
pared to supply the market with
any size coal desired, from lump
to screenings.
Miss Dorothy Garfield came over
from Anchorage yesterday enroute
to Fairbanks. j
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Machine and
Blacksmith Shop
Comeri 3rd and C. Street*
General Blacksmithing
and Machine work done
HORSESHOEING
A. T. W1LLETT
IF YOU DONT
TRADE WITH US
WE BOTH LOSE
ALFRED J. GHEZZI
I FIVE DOGS FOR SALE—Must
be sold before February 8, Inquire
St. Mark’s Mission.
S. S. CORDOVA
Will uil from Seattle for
Seward and Way Point* on
FEBRUARY FIRST
Carrying general shipment* and
exp)o»ive*. Wire in your order*
Alaska S. S. Co.
A. H. McDonald. Agent
Anchorage Alaska
LOCAL PORK
Large, 30c a pound
(200 pounds or over)
Medium Size, 35 c a pound
(75 to 200 pounds)
Small Size, 40c to 50c.
Always bear in mind there
is no animal which goes
good without its head. You
..get the head in the deal.
J. L. WHITE
Olnes, Alaska
CANADIAN LINE OFFICIALS
DISCOURAGE ALASKA ROUTE
Confirming: what The News has
stated on numerous occasions dur
ing the last several seasons, a let
ter was received from the States
yesterday by Mrs. William Rodig
keir showing to what lengths Can
adian transportation officials are
going to discourage travel down
the Yukon river below Dawson.
Mrs. Rodigkeit had written a young
lady residing at Palo Alto, Cali
fornia. urging her to come to Nena
na by way of the beautiful Yukon
river route and upon making in
quiry relative to steamer sailings
and other details, the young lady
received the following letter from
the genera! agent of the Canadian
Pacific; under date of January 10.
long after it had been decided by
the White Pass to return to the
Tanar.a river run its fleet of river
steamers:
j “Mr. Stone, agent of the South
ern Pacific Lines in Palo Alto has
informed me that you contemplate
’ making the Alaska trip this summer.
“I would suggest that you aban
don the idea of traveling beyond
| Dawson, as the service is very ir
i regular. The steamers from Dawson
j to Tanana operate only when suffi
• c-ient freight and passengers are
| available to warrant running. There
j is no definite schedule as far as
. Tanana, and it might be necessary
i for you to wait weeks for the boat
| to travel as far as Tanana.
j "Last Summer there was a round
j trip from San Francisco to Skagway
, for $126.75, good for three months, j
I permitting stop-overs and routed
vta Southern Pacific via picturesque
j “Shasta Route” thru Portland to
! Seattle, thence our own steamers to
i \ ictoria & Vancouver, and from
I there via the famous "Inside Pas
sage" to Albert Bay, Prince Rupert
' Ketchikan. Wrangell, Taku Glacier
' Juneau and Skagway. Our sailings
! from Vancouver will be on the
. following dates, the service being!
: performed by our Princess steamers
,the “Pr. Louise, Pr. Alice, and Pr.!
• Chariotte.” the three largest and
j most luxurious steamships in the
jAlaskan waters:
June 9th, 16th. 23rd, & 30th.
! July 4th. 11th, 14th, 18th. 21st, 25.;
Aug. 1st. 4th, 11th. 15th. 22nd, 25.
i Sept. 1st- etc..
j “We also have a round trip rate
from Skagway to Dawson routed |
via rad to Whitehorse thence down i
the Yukon River to Dawson taking |
in the Kloyndyke Gold Fields and
where the Midnight Sun is plainly
seen, returning to Carcross thence
over to lovely Lake Atlin where
a few day’s stop can be made, re
i turning to Skagway to connect
with one of our southbound steam
ers. This rate is $140. the trip
taking about two weeks. Meals
; berths are included on all steamers.
i
!
Mr. Stone will be glad to plan
your trip for you and will soon
be able to quote the exact fare from
Palo Alto to Skagway. I hope that
you wall favor us with your patron-'
age, and wishing you the compli
ments of the season. I remain.
Yours truly,
F. L. NASON
Genera! Agent
MRS. DONER IMPROVING
Mail advices received in Nenana
yesterday from Frank Doner, for
mer special disbursing officer of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission at
Nenana, state that Mrs. Doner is
improving steadily, although it will
be some time yet before she is
entirely recovered from the illness.
which nearly cost her life in Fair
banks more than a year ago. She
is now able to move about with the
aid of a cane and can take several i
steps without support. Her eyes are
still troubling her, and she was
about to visit a specialist when the
letter was written. Mr. Doner de-1
votes his spare moments to ac- i
counting work at Aberdeen, but
most of his time is given to Mrs.:
Doner, keeping her out of doors (
as much as possible.
TEUFEL HOME FROM STATES
SAYS ALASKA BEST OF ALL
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Notwithstanding the fact that
conditions appear to be fairly pros
perous on the Pacific coast, with
nearly everyone working and spend
ing their money as fast as they
earn it, Alaska looks better to FYank
Teufel than any place he visited
during the several months he was
i in the States. He returned to Nena
| na yesterday morning, having made
I the trip north on the steamer North
! western and will start the fires in
i his greenhouses immediately, in an
i ticipation of a busy summer.
Mr. Teufel spent most of his
time in Portland while Outside. He
lived there before coming to Al
aska and has numerous relatives
| there, with whom he had a most
enjoyable visit. But for that, he says
he would have been ready to come
back long ago. for he had his fill
of the rapid transit life after he
had been in the States two weeks.
Outsiders are pleasure crazy. Mr.
Teufel says. He saw signs of it
when he was released from the
army several years ago and they
i do not appear to have recovered.
Extravagance is the keynote of ev
eryday life and the pace is so fast
that few people have time apparent
ly to think of laying aside any
thing for a rainy day.
And speaking of rain, Frank says
it rained every day he was in Port
land, but he was the only one who
seemed to notice it.
Everybody has an automobile. In
fact, he says, they have become so
common the aristocrats have taken
to walking. He invested in an Olds
mobile when he arrived Outside but
did not find the pleasure in it he
had anticipated, on account of the
great number of cars everywhere.
He sold his machine before leaving
for the North.
Plan? for the Portland fair have
been abandoned, although there is
some talk now of holding an ex
position in 1927. The original plans
were opposed by many sections of
the state because of the fear that
Portland would reap all the bene
fit. Petty jealousies, Mr. Teufel
says, are quite as much in evidence
in the States as they are said to be
in Alaska.
Prohibition in the States is taking
on the proportions of a huge fiasco,
with the taxpayers footing the bill.
N'enana. Mr. Teufel says, is like the
Sahara by comparison with Seattle
and other coast cities.
Mr. Teufel believes many Out
siders will visit the Territory during
the coming summer, the indications
being that the steamship companies
will have thei~ hands full taking
care of the promised tourist travel.
And it is generally believed that a
larger proportion than usual of those
coming North will make the Inter
ior trip, by way of the Alaska
Railroad.
Paul Palfy, proprietor of the
N'enana Sheet Metal Works, re
turned to N'enana yesterday from
a business trip to Fairbanks.
Typewriter Paper at "f he News
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AT NEW PRICES
EIGHT POWER BINOCULARS
AT BARGAIN PRICES
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I ALL TRAILS LEAD TO I
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BIG REDUCTIONS!
Wool Breeches Lace Leg
Mackinaw Coats
Stag Shirts
I
Wool Sweaters
Flannel Shirts
Wool Vests
Down Quilts
Moccasins
Felt Shoes
Lace Arctics
4 Buckle Arctics
Wool Blankets
Comforters
:
Khaki Covered
You Can Save Money by Buying Now
Fairbanks Clothing Co.
BEEF, PORK, VEAL and MUTTON
DELICIOUS HAMS and BACON
ALL KINDS OF FOWL — — REDUCED PRICES
RETURNED TO OLD LOCATION AT MARKET AND SECOND
Waechter Bros. Co. b. w. mur
MISSIONARY OF FAR NORTH
TELLS OF BARROW ESKIMOS
Certain tribes of Eskimos do not
eat blubber ana iive in ice igloos,
nor are they short and squat, ac
cording to Dr. Frank H. Spence,
. head of the missionary hospital at
Point Barrow, who was in Buffalo
. recently on a visit from the far
north.
j The pictures in the school book.
are wrong,” Dr. Spence declared.
The Eskimos of Point Barrow are as
large as the average American.
They do not eat blubber, but burn
it for fuel. Neither do they live in
houses made of ice if they can help
| it. At Point Barrow their shacks
are of three thicknesses of wqod,
with much building paper in be
tween.
They are the happiest people im
aginable; they laugh much more
than the white man. They are very
polite and show many characteristics
of the Oriental. Because of their
crowded living quarters many of
them contract tuberculosis, but we
are combatting this.
I have heard from white men
the story of Eskimos killing; the fi
tted and helpless, but never from a
native. They are kind to their
cripples, sick and aged. They use
modern weapons for hunting and
rarely resort to the spear, aiso
invariably shown in picturebooks.
They make wonderful mechanics.
According to a lejter received ar
Fairbanks recently Paddy Breen,
well known oldtimer of the Inter
ior who went outside about a yeat
ago, had the misfortune to visit
a fighting community in Ireland
with the result that he was sho*
through the spine and will be a
cripple for the rest of his life.
The letter also states that he wy~
relieved of practically all of hi>
money by one of the warring fac
tions in his native land.
O. .1. Cornwall, traveling man,
left for the coast last night.
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