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NEARLY 2000 OF THEM TO CHOSE FROM—EVERYONE J|
AT STAMPED OUTSIDE PRICE
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12 In. Double Face Records - 1.25
Red Seal Records, up from ■ 1.00
SIMSO IN ’S
PHONOGRAPH NEEDLES, PLAYING 500 RECORDS 25c |
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Be Prepared for Cold Weather
We Have a Large and Varied Assortment of the Leading Brands of
MEN’S CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS
MACKINAW COATS MACKINAW PANTS
Army and Navy Sweaters SPORT SHIRTS, Heavy Wool
SWEATER COATS WOOL SOCKS, All Weights
UNION SUITS and TWO PIECE GARMENTS
GENUINE DANIEL GREEN FELT SHOES
BALL BAND ARCTICS
WOOL BLANKETS BLANKET SHEETS COMFORTERS
SEE OUR BRUSSELS and WILTON RUGS, ALL SIZES
Bisse.l’s Vacuum Sweepers Electric Vacuum Sweepers
We Carry a Full Line of
MINERS’ and TRAPPERS’ SUPPLIES
and Can Furnish Your Outfit Complete at Special Prices
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.
Burgess-Karstens
AUTO STAGE
Fairbanks-Nenana
Fast Comfortable Trip - - Fare $15
Reservations at The Terminal
Fairbanks Office at Pioneer Hotel
COLORADO OFFICERS
DEVELOP QUICK EYE
DENVER.—Members of the state
constabulary stationed at the union
passenger station in Denver to pre
vent the importation of whiskey
are becoming experts at guessing
the contents of suitcases and grips
without opening them, according to
Capt. Harry F. Allen, of the con
stabulary.
“I think our men are not wrong
more than once in a hundred times
when they stop a man and ask him
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
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to open his suitcase,” he said. “One
look at a man carrying a suitcase
is usually sufficient to tell then) j
whether they are dealing: with an
ordinary traveler or a bootlefCRer”
A suitcase filled with whiskey,
he said, weighs from sixty to
eighty pounds. A man cannot carry j
it with a loose careless grip of the
hand. Another thing that members
of the constabulary have observed.
is that a heavily loaded suitcase
strikes against a man’s leg.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday school will be held in
the old commissioner’s office build
inn, opposite the postoffice, Sunday
at 1 p. m.
The regular service will be held
at the same place at two o’clock,
the subject will be “Love.”
Wenana. Ala«ka’» Interior fuel Depot
IF YOU EAT ICE CREAM
CANDY-FRUIT-OR CHEWING GUM
IF YOU SMOKE CIGARS
CIGARETTES OR TOBACCO OF ANY KIND
IF YOU DRINK CIDER
OR ANY KIND OF CARBONATED DRINKS
OR IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MOMENT’S
RECREATION OR AMUSEMENT, TRY
THE ARCTIC
DAVIS & TAYLOR, Prop*.
ALSO NICELY FURNISHED, WARM AND COZY ROOMS
FOR RENT AT REASONABLE RATES
COMMERCIAL CLUB
IELLS CONGRESS
NEEDS OE NQRIH
During the course of the meet
ing of the Nenana Commercial club,
held last evening, it was suggested
that immediate steps be taken to
educate Congress in the matters of
the needs of Alaska and, accord
ingly the following letter was drawn
up. Copies of the letter will be
mailed to every member of the
Senate and House of Representa
tives immediately:
January 29, 1919.
Dear Sir.
Assuming that you are interested
in the development of Alaska we
wish to call to your attention a con
dition existing in connection with
the building of the government rail
w'ay to the Interior which must be
remedied if that development is to
continue To enable you readily to
recall the circumstances leading up
to the building of the railway we
would remind you that
After becoming convinced of the
truth of the assertion, made and
repeated many times during the
previous dozen years, that Better
Transportation Facilities Meant To
Alaska Vastly Increased Activity
And Prosperity, the president of the
United States appointed the Alaska
Railroad Commission to investigate
conditions, particularly in the In
terior.
This commission concluded its re
port with the statement that it was
“unanimously of opinion that this
development should be undertaken
at once and prosecuted with vigor;
th:. t it can not be accomplished
without providing the railroads here
in recommended under some system
that will insure low transportation
charges and the consequent rapid
< .tkment of this new land and the
utilization of its great resources.
As a result of this investigation
and report a tentative appropriation
of “'t'.OOO was made by con
gress and the Alaskan Engineering
Commission was appointed in 1911
and a year or so later commenced
the construction of the road from
.Seward to Fairbanks.
Shortly afterward the War’s in
fluence became noticeable in Alaska.
Many of those who had been en
gaged in mining or prospecting left
to offer their services to one or
other of the Allies; prices of com
modities climbed rapidly, and
freights, always a burden, assumed
alarming proportions. With the
progress of the war these condi
tions were intensified until the point
was reached where only bonanza
mining property could be operated
with other than a certainty of fac
ing a loss at the close of the season.
They reached their culmination dur
ing the period when the United
States was at war and Alaska was
answering the call to the limit of its
available manhood and money.
When the armistice was signed min
ing operations had almost entirely
ceased and the greater part of the
resources of the inhabitants of the
territory was represented in Liberty
bonds, war saving stamps and con
tributions to Red Cross and other
war funds.
Alaskans, however, in common
with all pioneers, have the sanguine
temperament which helps tone hard
ship and disappointment, and breeds
the optimism that refuses to recog
jnize defeat. While the cloud loomed
darkest they pinned their faith to
the silver lining and made plans for
the future. As soon as the termina
tion of the war was assured the
prospector and miner in the Interior
commenced to prepare for renewed
activities, confident that with the
return to normal conditions and the
completion of the government rail
road in the near future there would
be a rapid decline of prices of the
supplies that figure in the cost of
operation. A week ago there was
promise of greater activity in min- i
ing the coming summer than has
been evidenced since 1914.
Developments of the past few
days, however, threaten these plans
with extinction and Alaska with a1
further depletion of its population.:
This exodus is already in being and |
is consequent On the j a-tial shutting
down of the work on the govern
ment railway because of the fact
that the appropriation for the year
has been almost exhausted and there
is very litle more money with which
to continue the work. The imme
diate result of this throwing out of
employment of the men engaged on
the railway work is that those who
have sufficient means left to do so
are leaving the country and will
not be available when work is re
sumed, while others who have sub
scribed almost their full wages to
war funds are practically penniless
with no relief in sight unless the
work on the railroad is resumed
immediately.
This resumption of the work, with
its promise of the early completion
of the railway, means, therefore,
the relief of a large number of citi
zens of the United States who are
in distress solely because of their
patriotic insistence on helping their
country to the limit of their power;
and the saving from stagnation of
the mining industry in Interior
Alaska at a time when the stimu
lation of gold production is of the
greatest importance to the govern
ment.
We are relying on your assistance
confident that deliberate considera
tion of the issues involved will en
list you as a worker in our behalf,
particularly in support of our plea
that an emergency appropriation
with which to continue the work be
made as soon as possible.
Respectfully,
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB
PIONEER MEET
Nenana Igloo No. 17, {’ioneers of
Alaska will hold their regular semi
monthly meeting at Union Hall on
Monday evening, February 3. The
meeting will be called to orde!
promptly at 8 o’clock.
Aftre the regular business of thu
igloo has been transacted, a social
session will be held.
Members of other igloos who may
happen to be in town, are cordially
invited to the meeting.
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STAGE MOVEMENTS
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A Burgess-Karsten’s automobile
left for Fairbanks this morning
with Mrs. Mels Peterson as pass
enger for the upper town.
An automobile arrived this after
noon from Fairbanks with some
mail and K. C. Morris as passenger.
P. A. Thelin left this morning
for Fairbanks, taking the second
class mail and one passenger.
THRILLING DRAMA
AT COLISEUM MONDAY
At the Coliseum on Monday night
a late Pathe will be shown, at the
conclusion of which the thrilling
drama entitled “The Clue” will be
shown.
“The Clue” is a Lasky production
and features Blanch Sweet and
Sessue Hayakawa, the famous Jap
anese actor.
The play itself gives an insight
into the workings of the Secret
Service of Japan and Russia, and
the events preceding the war be
tween the two countries. The de
votion to the cause by emissaries of
the two governments, even unto
death, makes the play one of the
most thrilling ever seen in Nenana.
The discovery, by a chemist, of
a high explosive, and its use by the
CLOSING OUT
Our Large Stock of Furniture, Rugs,
Beds, Bedding, etc. Anderson
Bros. & Norland.
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CLEAN WARM ROOMS
Mrs Norman Campbell
Hrmounccment
Ladies, do your shopping for the coining six weeks. We
close the store February 15th, and will leave for Fraibanks
to arrange orders for new Spring Goods over the trail;
COATS, MILLINERY, AND A COMPLETE LINE OF READY
TO WEAR IN ALL THE NEW SPRING STYLES
Those desiring special orders, we will gladly take care of them
for you. Come in and talk it over.
WATCH FOR THE OPENING
MISS J. O'BRYAN
Alaska Can Pay the Nation’s War Debt.
Alaska Pleads for a Chance
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We Carry a Complete Line of
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| Salted Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts |
| Apples and Oranges §
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Jap to serve his own ends in the
interests of his government, adds
greatly to the interest of the play
Love and intrigue are mixed up to
lend interest to the play, and it is a
play well worth seeing.
Feature prices will prevail on
that night, namely, admission fifty
cents, with two-bits extra for re- i
served seats.
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Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
Eat Your
SUNDAY DINNER
at the
CENTRAL RESTAURANT
Home Cooking Our Specialty
First Class New and Clean Quick Service
Ketooroky & Co.
A Street next to Cascade'Laundry
COLISEUM
STRONG METRO FEATURE AND LATE PATHE FOR SUNDAY
Official War Slide* with Lecture on each slide; slides will
be shown at the beginning; of the show.
Hearst Pathe News - Pictorial News
THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR EYES
Showing: “Biggest Concrete Ships”, Americans In Italy”, “King
Baseball Here” “Making Eyes for Army” and other
scenes of intense interest
ROLF PHOTOPLAYS, INC. PRESENTS
RALPH HERZ AND IRENE HOWLEY, IN AN ADAPATION OF
THE PURPLE
LADY
SYDNEY ROSENFELD’S PLAY
IN FIVE SUPERB ACTS OF SUSPENSE, MYSTERY, HUMOR
Overture Selection—"Wild Flower*”, Concert Valie, By Gruenwald
..By Coliseum Orchestra with Katherine Sho’reth, Piano Accom...
ADMISSION 50c RESERVED SEATS 75c
THE SHOW STARTS AT 8:30 O'CLOCK
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