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Peter Steil, Correspondent
Considerable of the first class
mail arriving from the States yes
terday was scorched, the result of
a fire on board the train.
There are at present 21 students
enrolled at the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines, there
having been a steady increase in at
tendance since tihe opening of the
institution. On the first of Febru
ary classes will be started in short
courses in mining and agriculture,
and a donsiderable enrollment is
promised.
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Members of the local Shrine club
are planning an entertainment for
the near future. Sheik Guy B. Er
* win is in general charge.
! C. H. Watson was in town from
Chatanika to spend Thanksgiving
with his daughter. Mrs. Kendrick
i j Pierce.
Miss Pearl Petersen returned yes
terday from a short vacation trip
•to the States.
W. A. Hesse. Gus Soderbloom and
Mat Sterner are making prepara
tions to begin mining on Engineer
! creek. They plan to have a large
dump out ready for spring sluicing.
W. F. Gibson, electrician, has
! given up his position with the X.
C. Co., and is er.route to the Out
side to enter the employ of a big
| electrical concern. L. F. Joy has
'taken Gibson’s place.
Fairbanks Elks have formed a
j club and taken possession of the
Tanana Club furnishings and quart
'' ers. The new club rooms will soon
i be ready for occupancy by members
i of the loeal herd, and visitors.
I-avery & Bailey are moving part
: of their stock into the vacant store
adjoining the corner, for the ac
commodation of increased trade. An
arch yonnects the two stores.
; The fire department was called (
to the Larimore cabin, at Cushman
(and Eleventh streets, on Thursday
evening to put out a chimney fire,
j The prompt arrival of the chemical
: prevented serious damage.
The dance given by the Rebekahs
at Eagle hall on Thanksgiving eve
was a most enjoyable affair, with a
large number of dancers on hand.
Leonard Peck has opened a tin
shop at Second and Lacy streets.
next to the laundry.
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Julius Soisjeth. who is a visitor
. in town from Vault creek, says he
is making preparations to take out
a winter dump.
Dad Irons and a number of men
! have gone to Chatanika to make
. preparations for the construction of i
the bridge which is to be built by'
the Alaska Road Commission. The;
material for the structure will be!
shipped from the States.
Fred Baxter, veteran employee of:
the Tanana Valley railroad, has
been granted a three months' leave
and left for the Outside on the last
j train. Deacon Jones will be in com
mand a; the roundhouse during the j
absence of the oldtimer.
Leon Kellum. who has been work
! ing for one of the drill outfits dur
ing the last season, left for Eska I
on the last train to take his old ‘
position in the coal mine electric
plant, where he was employed until
the suspension of mining operations!
bv the Government.
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J. W. Pilser is a recent arrival
in town from the coast.
The College basketball team de
feated the Signal Corps boys last
night. 40 to 6. In the second game
of the evening the High School de
feated the Town team by the nar
row margin of one point, the score .
being 19 to 18. ji
i Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowen enter
j tained a large party at dinner on
i Thursday afternoon, covers being
Maid for eleven. The table was
. beautifully decorated, the color
scheme being yellow and black, and
the dinner was most elaborate. The
guests were: Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. South
I worth, Misses Katherine McMahan.
, Margaret Southworth and Messrs.
M. J. Cooney. Sylvester Howell
and Melville Steil. Dancing was en
i joyed for several hours after the
i dinner.
Engineer and Mrs. J. J. Kestly
returned to town yesterday from a
: round trip to Seward. They saw the
steamer Alameda take several hun
dred Northerners away from the
'coast town, but did not have any
i time to view the surrounding sights.
' It was Mr. Kestly’s first trip over
i the Seward end of the railroad.
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TWELVE HOURS OF LABOR
TOO LONG AVERS HARDING
NEW YORK. Dec. 2—President
Harding favors the abolition of the
twelve hour day. declaring that
■‘the twelve hour day and the type
j of worker it produces have outlived
their usefulness and their part in
i American life."
The attitude of the President was
made known in a*statement publish
ed by the American Engineering
■ society.
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Col. and Mrs. Mears and children j
were outgoing passengers on one of j
the last boats. The colonel is going
to Washington to appear before thej
house appropriations committee, in
connection with a request for ad-1
ditional funds for the Alaska Rail-1
road, and Mrs. Mears and the child-1
ren will visit with relatives in Chi
cago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ma-j
son accompanied the party. Mr. Ma
son having been assigned to duty as j
secretary to Col. Mears for the trip. I
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tibbets en
tertained a large number of home
less oldtimers at their home on
Thanksgiving. Covers were laid for
fifteen and the occasion will live
long in the memoriy of the bachel
ors.
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COMMITTEE PASSES IRISH BILLS
LONDON. Dec. 2—The Irish con- f
stitution bill has passed unamended
through the committee stage in the
house of lords and will receive its
third and final reading on Monday.
Augustine & Kyer Fruit Cakes
for Thanksgiving and Christmas at
The Portland.
Waffles and coffee at the Palace |
of Sweets.
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