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NELSON
THE SHOE MAN, IS
Going Out of Business
ENTIRE STOCK OF
Shoes, Shirts, Coats, Men's Clothing
Of All Kinds MUST GO Immediately at
50c on the Dollar
LOOK AT THESE VALUES
HA TS, formerly sold for $5 and $6, now . . $3
Work Shoes, formerly sold for $9, $10, now . $4
Dress Shoes, formerly $7.50, $8, now . $5, $5.50
ALL CAPS 50c and $1.00
Best Dress Shirt in town.$1.25
NENANAITES ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE QUALITY OF OUR
GOODS, AND ARE URGED TO BENEFIT THEMSELVES BY THIS
FORCED SALE
The Terminal
Business is Good
There's a Reason
Cigars Stationery Candies
Tobaccos
NENANAITE ON WAY HOME
Louis Anderson, of the firm of
Anderson Bros. & Nerland, left
Seatle on the last trip of the Ala
meda, bound for Nenana. Mr. Ander
son is making the trip sooner than
expected in order to relieve Harold
R. Anderson, manager of the Ne
nana store, who expects to be called
to the colors in the spring.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
’ furs
SIMSON’S
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FOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERIES
DRY GOODS
COMPLETE LINE
LOWEST PRICES
The Time to Clean is in the Spring, Except
ing When You Own a Watch-—Then it is
Eight in the Springs Where the Cleaning is
Needed. We Do It.
— W
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WATCHMAKER Will. TAYLOR JEWELER
Agent for the Celebrated
Hamilton Watches
COAl MINES HAVE
LIGHTING SYSTEM
The Chickaloon Coal company,
operating the Netland coal mine on
Units Nos. 10 and 11 at Chickaloon.
the terminus of the branch line to
he Matanuska coal fieid, recently
completed the installation of an elec
tric light plant, and the system is
now supplying electric light and
power to heir camp. The plant con
sists of a fifty h. p. boiler, twenty-.
five h. p. engine, and twenty-five *
h. p. direct generator. The com
pany will increase the capacity of
the plant as the need for additional
electric energy arises in the develop
ment and operation of the mine. I
The Chickaloon Coal company has
been actively engaged all winter in ,
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developing and prospecting Units
Nos. 10 and 11 under a lease exe
cuted on February 1, last year, by
Mr. Lars Netland, of Oakland, Cali
fornia. The units embrace an aiea
of 1440 acres and are situated 11
tween Chickaloon and Kings rivers,
in Township 20 North, Range 5 East
Seward Meridian. A force of 25
men are employed in mining work
at the present time.
“With the country facing an oil
and coal shortage for the coming
year, crude oil at Katalla, after gas- j
oline has been extracted from it, j
is allowed to run waste into the !
sea, because of the conservation reg- i
ulations which have tied up the re-1
sources of Alaska,” said John Bar- j
ret, the townsite owner, miner and
property owner of McCarthy, Alas
ka, while in Juneau recently.
“There is but one patented claim
there.” he continued, which was
located and improved before the i
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conservation craze hit Alaska, and 11
today from this claim is being man-! ’
ufactured a high grade gasoline
which is sold to dealers to the west- j!
ward. t
“What the government ought to
lo as a war emergency measure is
to place drilling machinery in the
Katalla oil fields and develop the
>il fields there and make use of it,
>r else make the terms liberal
inough for capital to take hold of
t at once. Fuel oil is needed now
;o help win the war. If we run
ihort of coal and oil and lose the
var thereby the Alaska coal and oil
ields will not be worth 30 cents to
my future generation of Americans
tut will be handed out as a contri
mtion to German militarism.”
“The government needs all the
ioat tonnage, it needs all of the rail
arrying capacity and other meas
res which are now being used to
ring coal and oil to Alaskak instead
f allowing Alaskans to mine their
wn coal and develop their oil and
inis save the tonnage and furnish
necessary war material. Now is
le time to act. Tomorrow it may
e too late.”
LD PAPERS FOR SALE—Inquire
N»w Office. . .
DAILY MINE Of
SOLDIERS HERE
War, the ever present cataclysm,
continues to raise its head and
make its presence felt not alone in
the belligerent countries but to
the four corners of the earth. That
it has brought about, indirectly, in
Nenana conditions greatly different
from those of peace times is brought
forcibly home,' now and then, to
some venturesome citizen whose
business or pleasure takes him aside
from the beaten trails. There he
is very apt to encounter an armed
guard. As like as not he is ab
ruptly pulled up at the command
“Halt!” and is forced to gaze down
the cold, ugly muzzle of an army
Springfield backed by one of Uncle
Sam’s boys in khaki until he can
explain his business or show why
I he is in the neighborhood. This
has happened several times recently
and besides placing a vast respect
I for the guard in the minds of the
citizens it also has awakened curi
osity as to the duties and pasttimes
that make up the days of the sol
diers from the 14th Infantry sta
tioned here. The following infor
mation was elicited from Sergeant
j Smith, in command of the detach
i ment:
The soldier’s day starts at 7 a. m.
j with the blowing of the first whistle,
j Breakfast, which the boys take at
| the Commission mess, is called at
j7:20, after which, at 7:45, they do
J police duty around quarters and
have a general cleaning up. From
19 a. m. to 10 a. m. they are in-J
I structed in semaphore and wig-wag
1 drill. This drill is one taught to
j all recruits in the new army and is
I considered essential to the proper
training and equipment of a soldier.
| It assures the men a means of com- I
munication under almost any con
dition and has often been the means
of helping hard pressed soldiers out
of a tight corner. Following lunch. 1
drill in whatever branch the ser
geant thinks necessary to keep the
men in first class shape is given, j
Night patrol duty, for which pur-,
pose the soldiers were sent here'
from Fort Gibbon, starts at 6 p. m. 1
and continues for 12 hours. Two
men alternate for periods of three
hours each throughout the night
and cover, in patrolling the Com
mission grounds, a circuit of ap- .
proximately a half mile. But at i
no given time are the guards at a :
stated point and they are instructed
to investigate any unusual circum- i
stance. Each Saturday at 10 a. m. 1
general inspection of quarters, rifles, j
clothing, etc., is called by Sergt. j
Smith and each man’s outfit is j
gone over thoroughly to see that !
things are ship shape.
The detachment consists of nine I
men besides the sergeant. Drury, 1
regular corporal, is working with i
Songer and Fury, acting non-com
missioned officers.
In addition to his regular work i
lere, Sergt. Smith has organized!
ind is drilling a home guard of |
ibout 60 men, most of whom are;
•egistered and expect to be drafted j
’or the National army. In the drill i
s given instruction in all close order
vork, including squad movements,
acings, the manual of arms, the
alute, the different steps and what,
o the recruit, is perhaps the hard
Vi si ting Cards
Typewriter
Ribbons
Carbon
Paper
Legal
Blanks
Tablets
Blotters
Envelopes
Scratch Pads
NEWS OFFICE
We Are Closing Out Our Entire SUck of
HARDWARE
Saws, Axes, Planes, Hammer and Axe Handles, Stove
Pipe, Graniteware, Kitchen Utensils and Many
Other Household Utensils We Have In Stock
MUST GO IMMEDIATELY
See Us For Bargains In Any of the Above Lines
COONEYS’
est and at the same time the most
fun of all, the regular army setting
up series of calisthenics. This
course of instructions has made a
distinct hit with all the men en
gaged and they have been attend
ing the drill regularly and are fast
showing the results of their train
ing.
A class for instruction in the cal
isthenics has also been started by
Sergeant Smith for the children of
all grades of the Franklin K. Lane
public school.
In his odd moments we suspect
that the sergeant enjoys his leisure,
but we have never caught him at
it yet.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
Xenana School board at the school
building on Saturday evening, April
6, at seven o'clock.
MRS. M. J. SWEENEY,
President.
DR. A. A. KENISON
THE FAIRBANKS OPTICIAN
WILL ONLY BE HERE A FEW DAYS MORE
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WAR SAVING STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
Make Your Spending
Stand This Test
Every time you are tempted to spend a
quarter for some luxury, remember our
brave soldiers under the German guns; re
member the Kaiser’s threats against our
country; remember the German menace that
hangs over your home and loved ones and
Buy a U. S. Thrift Stamp
That is the way to save priceless American
lives; that is the way to make Victory sure;
that is the way to shorten this war.
When you have laved 16 Thrift Stamps, exchange them,
with a few added pennies, for a U. S. War Savings
Stamp, which will pay you $5 in five years’ time.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT, BY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BUT THEM AT THE
POSTOFFICE