UNPACKING
New Goods of All Kinds
FOR MEN
Men’s Clothing and Furnishing Goods—the best ob
tainable—in good variety to suit all tastes—is now
on sale at this store at reasonable-profit prices.
DONT ENCOURAGE HIGH PRICES.
Read This List
Sterns — Hart Schaffner & Marx — Adler’s
Men’s Fall and Winter Suits
$25 $35 $45
including best blue serges—satin lined.
OVERCOATS
Prices will never be lower.
Variety will never be as complete as now.
COON COATS FUR-LINED COATS
CLOTH OVERCOATS-Good Coats at $25
UNDERWEAR
Medlicott Heaviest and Best Grade, Suit $7.50
Eagle Brand, Heaviest and Best Grade, Suit . $7.50
Mixed Wool and Cotton Underwear, Suit $3.00
OVERSMIRTS
Suitcloth Shirts—Our Own Make.$6.50
Genuine Chippewa Heavy Wool Shirts,
also Oregon City Heavy Wool Shirts $5 to $6.50
Good Khaki Flannel Shirts at . ..*.$2.50
Canvas Gloves, two pair for.25c
Ball Band Pacs, 8-inch, with heels.$4.50
Heavy Outing Flannel Nightshirts . . .$1.50
Fur Band Caps, Special .$1.50
Good Elastic Suspenders, pair .50c
Heavy White Wool Sox, pair.50c
SIMSON’S
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
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EOATS AT FAIRBANKS;
MAY START TOMORROW
Both the Johnson launch Peerless
and the Douse launch Victory, en
gaged in the passenger service he j
tween Nenana and Fairbanks, are
at Fairbanks today, awaiting suf
ficient business to warrant a start
down river. One or both of them
may come down tomorrow, but no
announcement has been made by
either as to sailing.
The Peerless started up the
slough from Chena this morning, in
an effort to reach the upper town,
but the water is low and bars nu
merous, rendering navigation very
uncertain.
New Wisconsin Cream Cheese at
Fowler & Morris.
Edward Hyman, a fur buyer, who
reached Fairbanks on the last boat,
has announced his intention of re
maining in the Interior for several
months.
OLU PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
SAFE COMFORTABLE CAREFUL OPERATION
Launch Peerless, (or Fairbanks
EVERY TWO DAYS. MAKE RESERVATIONS AT PORTLAND
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I Fresh Imperial Candy j
| Dipped Brazil Nuts in Cream |
| Fruit, Nut and Milk Chocolates |
| IN HALF, ONE AND TWO POUND BOXES |
I THE PORTLAND I
I THE BIG PLACE 1
§ FRESH FRUIT ICE CREAM |
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ENGLISH LABOR
VERY RESTLESS,
SAYS OLOTIIVIER
“Those who think that labor con
ditions in the United States are un
settled should visit England,” said
W. A. Coghill, pioneer Nenana mer
chandiser, who is just back from
the Old Country, in a statement
made to a representative of The
News. “They spell labor with a
capital L in England nowadays,
and demands for increased wages
and other reforms have been so
frequent and radical during the past
year or =o that people are-beginning
to wonder where it will all end.
The miners, for instance, are the
highest paid workers in the Old
I Country, and, when 1 left for the
jStates, they were presenV'g a de- j
inland for a six-hour day. And, in j
addition to their wages, they get
their coal at actual cost of produc
tion, considerably less than $2 a
I ton, while other consumers pay
about $12.
"But wages, even among the high
paid coal miners, have not kept
pace with the cost of living. Prices j
are about as high, and higher in 1
some cases, in England as they are :
in the United States. It is no uri- |
common sight over there to see eggs !
marked at ten cents each, and fruit ^
even more than that. Butter is so ;
high and hard to get that even the !
best hotels have resorted to the use j
of oleomargarine, and food tablets, •
introduced during the war, are still j
in circulation.
“In fact, there remain many re-!
minders of the great conflict, such
as sandbag foreifications, erected j
during the air raid period, shattered ■
buildings, and strict military regu-1
lations. They want to know where
a fellow is every minute he remains
in the country, a requirement which
renders traveling about somewhat
inconvenient, and oftentimes very
embarrassing.
I “But neither regulations nor ad
ivanced fares appear to have caused
la loss of business to the railroads.
| The movement of people from one
I part of the country to another
J struck me as being quite unusual,
I every train that 1 saw being crowd
led to capacity. I was informed,
i
however, that the congestion was
due largely to the fact that the rail
loads lacked sufficient rolling stock
to handle the crowds. Much of the
railroad equipment was shipped to
j France during the war and . it has
j not yet been replaced.
| “Speaking of the railroads re
minds me of the unjust distribution
of wages among the employes of
the roads, due chiefly to the fact
that some of the workers are or
ganized while others are not. The
trainmen have all the best of it.
For instance, 1 know one of the
office men, holding a position of re
sponsibility, with about eighty em
ployes under him, who does not re
ceive as much per month as one of
the guards. That is largely the
lease with all office men over there,
just as it is in the United State*.
! And now 1 see by the press dis
i patches that the trainmen are mak
ing a demand for another increase
.
11 in wages.
! “The congestion of people in the
j larger cities of England is on a par
with that noticed in the United
] States. Before starting for London
| to embark for the United States, I
j wrote a number of letters in an
effort to secure hotel accommoda
I1".
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
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tions for Mrs. Coghill and myself,
but all the hotels appeared to be
filled to capacity. We finally man
aged to get lodgings at the home
of a relative near the city, and
during our short stay there I learn
ed that the demand for houses is
unprecedented. Prospective tenants
have their applications on file with
landlords for weeks and even
months ahead, waiting for someone
to move.
“Prices in London, in many lines,
are considerably in advance of those
prevailing in New York. Admission
to the cheapest of the movie shows
is a quarter, and the entertainment
provided does not begin to compare
with that of the average -American
theater. The music is especially
poor, it being quite a common thing
to find an amateur pounding the ^>i
ano in a first-class house.
“The war losses do not appear to
have drawn heavily upon the popu
lation of England, when one views
the great crowds of people in the
cities, yet a closer examination of
conditions shows many small con
cerns getting along with less help
than were employed before the war.
Many a shopkeeper in England now
adays runs his establishment with
out help, who, before hostilities
started, employed one or more
clerks. This results in less satis
factory service to the public, for
it is necessary for the one-man
establishments to close while the
owners take their meals, and some
of them do not get around very
early mornings.”
.Mr. Coghill visited a printshop
where he worked before coming to
the United States, many years ago,
and was surprised to find the en
tire force still on the job, from the
devil to the boss. And he found
most of the work being done in
n.uch the same manner as it was
years ago, in nearly all lines of
industry, the most notable excep
tion being the munition plants,
where everything is as modern as
it is possible to make it. Office
methods appear to be the most
backward. In one office, for in
stance, he saw a large force of
girls and men at work, and there
was not a typewriter or an adding J
machine in the place.
Upon his return to the United
States, Mr. Coghill devoted some
•time to an investigation of price
!conditions, wdth the result that he
i is convinced that high prices have
come to stay, for a considerable
time at least. The workers of the
I
j country, he points out, will never
consent to much of a reduction in
w'ages, and the cost of producing
(goods, in consequence, will continue
to be much greater than was the
case before the war. There will be
|
I adjustments, with reduction prob
! ably in some lines, but on the
: whole, he believes, high prices have
I come to stay.
j
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A CHILLY REMINDER
jit that blighting first-frost. Look
over your last year’s underwear;
give attention to pagtly worn mack
inaws, jackets and fur coats, caps
and robes. Have them mended and
cleaned at moderate prices, before
winter sets in, by
MRS. D’ORSAY
Tailor Shop, Thi'd and A Street.
FOR
i COMFORT
AND
; GOOD REST
I
GO TO THE
Skof House
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
ALUMINUM WARE
For the Housewife, Hunter and Trapper
A FULL LINE
From a Teaspoon to a Thermos Bottle
COGHILL’5
FREE DELIVERY
PHONE 81
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
AT N. C. READY NOW
The work of installing the de
posit boxes in the big fire and burg
lar-proof safe recently received by
the Northern Commercial company
is being completed today, and the
boxes will be ready for use by the
public by tomorrow, at a nominal
rental.
The safe’ is the largest in town
end offers the greatest possible se
curity for valuables of every de
scription, being the cheapest kind
of insurance against loss by fire or
burglars.
Manager O’Keefe is justly proud
of the new addition to his estab
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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE
HOME, BUT
The Montana
IS NEAREST IN ROOMING
HOUSES.
MRS. BERT JOHNSON
Proprietress
listment, and invites the public to
call in and inspect the safe.
E. H. OSBORNE VAUDIN
Arbitrator Conveyancer
Money to Loan Notary Public
Corner A and 3rd Street*.
Battleship O-Cedar Mops, $1.56.
Fowler Sl Morris.
Nenana, Alaska's Interior Fnel Pepot
NEW GOODS ARRIVE
Choice Fresh Groceries
BEST IN THE MARKET
MEN’S WINTER WEARABLES
Heavy Woolen Sweaters, Overshirts
and Socks
BEST RUBBER PACS--ALL SIZES
JOHNSON’S STORE Front Street
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanahip Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street7
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NENANA HOUSE
Just Gome in and Sit Down and Look Out.
MRS. A. B. EASTERLY, Proprietress.
SPEEDY
SAFE
COMFORTABLE =
LAUNCH VICTORY I
FRED DOUSE, Master. f
Leaves Foot of A Street Every Other Day 1
FOR FAIRBANKS |
RESERVATIONS AT THE TERMINAL. I
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WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
Imperial Gandy Co.’s Choicest Sweets
IN FANCY PACKAGES AND BULK.
ALL THE LEADING BRANDS OF
CIGARS and TOBACCOS
THE HOME OF QUALITY GOODS.
NENANA’S POPULAR BILLIARD PARLOR
THE TERMINAL
ANDY HOEY HARRY DAVIS
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