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Phonographs, Mandolins, Guitars, Banjos
Fancy Combination Boxes, consisting of
Silk Hose, Ties, Handkerchiefs, Garters,
Cravat Holder and Pins, all to match $3.50
Waterman’s Fountain Pens - $2.50 and up
Toilet Articles of Every Description
Pinaud’s and Colgate’s Perfumes and Soaps
Fancy Leather Goods in Great Variety
Hand Painted and Decorated Lamps
Men’s Neckwear and Combination Sets
Ivory Crib Boards, Paper Knives and Other
Hand Carved Novelties Made by Eskimos
Extra.Heavy Flannelette Night Gowns - $ 1.50
2.50
3.50
8.50
25.00
3.50
4.50
6.00
Flannelette Pajamas
Men’s Gray Mixed Wool Sweater Coats -
Waterproof All Wool Mackinaw Coats -
Hart Shaffner & Marx Overcoats
Flannel Overshirts -
Eagle Brand Wool Underwear, per Suit
Best Canadian All Wool Underwear, Suit
Wool Union Suits = $4 to 6.50
White Wooi Sox, per Pair - - 25c
Natural Wool Cashmere Sox, 3 Pair for 1.00
Fur Caps of All Descriptions
Dolge Felt and Felt Lined Shoes
Flash Lights, = $1.25 up
Extra Batteries of All Sizes
Cook’s Inlaid Linoleum in All Newest Designs
Table Oilcloth in All Colors
WOOL BLANKETS - - - 33.50
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House Lining, Cheese Cloth, Sheets and Pillow
Cases, Bed Spreads, Canvas, Khaki Cloth
400 Dozen Assorted Towels
SPECIAL=-TURKISH TOWELS, 25c
COONSK1N LINED COAT
BROADCLOTH, Satin Lined Coat, with
Beaver Collar and Cuffs
Genuine Timber Wolf Robe, made of
All Backs and Lined with Suit Cloth,
Size 8x9 feet, - -Special
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WASHINGTON Congress will Le
asked to vote the sum of $660,000 for the
education and care of natives in Alaska,
for the continuation of mineral surveys,
for the protection of game, suppression
of the liquor traffic, for the seal fislier
eries and forest service. The item also
includes £30,000 for a federal building at
Cordova, which Delegate Wickersham
promised to secure for the coast town
several years ago.
RAPPOLT’S
Bread
Pastry
LUNCHES
Everything New and Clean
DRY SQUAD WRECKS
COSTLY HOTEL BAR
SEATTLE The mahogany dining bar
of the Hotel Cecil and other costly fix
tnres of the place were wrecked at an
early hour this morning by the dry
squad. A search of the premises dis
closed a large quantity ol liquor, all of
which was siezed. The damage sus
tained by John Savage, owner of the ho
tel, is estimated at $40,000.
A valuable horse belonging to Knut
Koland, the Nenana-Fairbanks stage
man, was kicked so seriously by another
horse early this week that it was neces
sary to shoot the animal. The horse was
one of the roan team owned by the stage
man
WASHINGTON Congress will be
asked to appropriate the sum of $600,000
during the present session for the work
of constructing and maintaining wagon
roads and trails in Alaska during the
coming year. This is $100,000 more than
was appropriated last year.
Al §
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Letter Reaches Nnnana
From Frence Lines
i
Thomas Rigs®, Jr , Member of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, is in
reciept of a most interesting letter, tell
ing of conditions along the battlefront in
France. The letter was written bv F. R.
Coudert, consul lor the British, French
and Russian governments, at New York,
after a among the fighting men of Eur
ope^ The writer is a brother-in-law of
Mr. Riggs. The letter, which was writ
ten on October 10, is as follows:
“Just a line to say that we have re
turned from a most extraordinary week
at the front. We were guests ofGener; 1
Sir Douglas Haig -at the British head
quarters, and saw extraordinary things.
The power, organization and efficiency of
the British army in France is some
thing surpassing my powers of descrip
tion. Yv'e saw pretty much everything,
Irom the great naval base at Calais, which
contains the whole gamut of military ne
cessities, ranging from thousands of
| pounds of chewing gum for the Canadian
| soldiers, to the most modern aeroplane
I or machine gun that the world has seen.
We saw’ the bombardment of Thiepval,
| and the shrapnel bursting over Combles.
j One felt that one was in another world,
I and I shall have to ; s't you tjexcuse me
j from attempting a full description within
j the limits of an ordinary letter.
“The British officers, especially those
! who have been members of the expedi
1 tionary force, impressed me as a most
| capable, as well as a most agreeable,
liody of men, and their absolute and com
plete certainty of systematic and sustain
ed victory’ was most reassuring.
“The morale ol Tommy Atkins is of
the best, and he means to see the tiling
through right to the end, realizing that
he lias just begun to fight and feeling
fully his superiority, personal and me
chanical. His relations with the French
are of the most cordial, and of mutual
admiration.
“My boy met General Joffre, and we
lunched and dined with General Focli,
the famous commander of the army of
the North From his headquarters we
went out and saw a fine artillery battle,
with the shells exploding so close to us
as to be far from comfortable: that is to
i say, six thousand yards away. We wore
j iron helmets as a protection from occas
ional shrapnel which seemed to be burst
ing rather indiscriminately about us.
“Weather conditions were favorable
and the panorama spread before our eyes
was very impressive. The roads of North
France, with their .thousands and thou
I sands of camions and lorries, beggar all
( description. It is like great armies of
■ ants, moved by some irresistible law
from all directions toward a certain spot.
“Somewhat back of the battle front
thousands of German prisoners repaired
the road and seemed thankful that for
the nonce they had escaped the kaiser’s
rule. They are becoming somewhat de
moralized, and are surrendering more
precipitously than formerly. One can
easily understand this, for places like
Contalmaison and Thiepval have been as
completely blotted out of existence a if
by a seismic disturbance. Modern artil
lery is an incredible thing, and to hear
the great shells rushing through the air
like railroad trains gives one a very
strange sensation.
‘ ‘My boy will stay here to look after the
refugee children, returning probably in
November. It has been for me, and I
trust it will be for him, a most profitable
experience.
“I have met many interesting people
here and am lunching with Dr. Bergson
this morning and dining with Mr. Ber
tlielot, Director of the Foreign Office,
this evening. j
“I had expected tosailontheRocham
beau, but recent submarine dev-dopments
seem to make it wise to defer our trip
until the 20th, when we will take the
Holland liner Noordam. This I regret,
but the reasons are easy to understand,
and in addition one is not unaffected by
the fact that the Rochambeau is said to
be most uncomfortable, ami that one is
compelled to carry his own provisions,
etc. |
“You need not have the slightest fear
lm Bf.iii.Ef
Cooney’s Hotel and Store
General Merchandise
and Hardware.
Gents’ Furnishings General Outfitting
First Class Hole! in Connection
Rooms and Eods
Cooney & Cooney “A” Street
for the Allied cause. I have convinced
myself that either of the great armies,
French or English, could alone cope with
the enemy, and the combination will,
within the next year, lead to a complete
and certain victory.
"The commander-in-chief of the Brit
ish forces, Str Douglas Haig, is of a most
engaging personality, with a directness
and force one seldom finds, coupled with
much bohnomtne and complete simplic
ity. ”
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NEW MILL READY
WITHIN A MONTH
|
Within thirty days the new Howell |
sawmill, which is to he located ten miles i
down river from Nenana, will be readv
to supply the local market with rough 1
lumber, 'f his is the statement made bv
E. Eaherty, who is to have charge of the.!
mill, and who has just arrived from down j
the river, v:he>e he will supeiintend the!
erection of living quarters for the men to I
be employed, ami a large stable. The
other buildings will be built as soon as j
the boiler and other machinery arrive
from Woodcliopper.
Mr. Lahertv is in recieptofa wire from j
Mr. Howell in which the latter states he
will start up the river with the outfit
just assoon as the cold snap breaks. The
plant consists of a fifty horsepower boiler !
and other equipment and will have a ca- I
pacitv of twelve thousand feet of lumber
a day. I
Only rough lumber will be turned out
at the island mill. The planing and
other work in connection with the dressed
lumber end of the business will be done
in Nesana, it being the intention of Mr.
Howell to install a modern wood-work
ing establishment as soon as the neces
sary machinery can be obtained.
In the meantime the rough lumber
will be hauled to Nenana from the mill
and varded here, ready lor the early
spring demand.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Proposals will he received in the* of
fice of the District Engineer, Alaskan
Engineering Commissiom. Nenana, Al
aska, until 1:00 o’clock p. m., Decem
ber 14Mi, 1916. for grading between Sta- ]
tion 19503 and Station 19533. Further
information can be obtained from Dis
trict Engineer.
CAPTAIN MACKLIN
SUNDAY FEATURE
The feature f<)r the Sunday evening
•show at the Coliseum is a stirnmr four
part Mutual Master Film entitled. ‘'Cap
tain Macklin,” by Richard Harding
Davis. It is a thrilling dramma of love
and war, and shows an actual scene of
battle. There will he a late I’athe news
of unusual interest shown in addition
to the feature. The usual feature prices
will prevail. General admission 50cents,
reserved seats 75 cents. Show com
mences at eignt oclcck.
FOR RENT— Newly furnished,
heated room in New York block.
Inquire Simeon’s
FORGKT your troubles hv learning to
dance. See Mrs. Campbell, the dancing
teacher, at the Cooney hotel.
Dry Lumber for Stic. Enquire
Stmschrs
Guliiford & Catc’tpole >
WOOD WORKING !
Show Cases and Cabinet Work
A Specialty. Sled Material i
Shop, Fifth and A
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OVER THE ICE
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CHRISTMAS CARDS, Etc.
at
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and MEAT MARKET
Poultry, Game, Fish, Vegetables
Celery, Etc.
WATCH FOR THE OPENING
We Will Soon Be Ready
For Business in Our New
Building with a Complete
New Stock of Goods.
NENANA TRADING COMPANY