FALL IS HERE
AND WE ARE READY TO SUPPLY EVERY MAN, WOMAN
AND CHILD IN NENANA WITH SUITABLE CLOTHES
BUY NOW and SAVE MONEY
THERE IS NOTHING TO BE GAINED BY WAITING
ASSORTMENTS WILL NEVER BE BETTER
PRICES WILL NEVER BE LOWER
MEN’S DEPARTMENT
Fall and Winter Suits—Standard Makes
STERNS, ADLERS, HART SCHAFFNER & MARX
THE STYLES ARE CORRECT
THE TAILORING IS THE BEST
PATTERNS IN GOOD VARIETY
AND WE GUARANTEE TO FIT YOU PERFECT—TO YOUR
SATISFACTION
Special Attention I* Called to Our Complete Stock of Black
and Blue Serge Suits- Prices are
$25 $35 $45
(Silk and Satin Lined)
It’s Time to Put On Medium Weight Wool Underwear;
We Recommend:
Wright’* Needle Ribbed Wool Underwear, Suit.$6
Dunham Mills’ Ribbed Underwear, grey and white. Suit.... $6
Cooper’s Spring Needle Ribbed Underwear, Suit.$5
$5.00
S/MSON’S
SUITCLOTH
SHIRTS
$6.50
This label stands for the best in Overskirts—Genuine Suit
cloths, London shrunk, fast colors; one of these shirts will
outwear half a dozen flannel shirts... Prices are
$5 and $6.50
FINE DRESS SHOES ARE KNOWN BY THESE NAMES
HANAN & SON FREEMAN
We have both make* at $8.50 and $9.50 pair for the best
Good Dreis Shoe* are celling now as low as, pair.$6.50
Heavy Waterproof Cutter and Chippewa Shoes from
$7.50 up to $13.50.
Cashmerine Wool Sox, pair .50c
Heavy White Wool Sox, pair.50c
Hipress Rubber Pacs, white, pal' .$5.50
Hipress Rubber Pacs, red, pair.$4.50
For real comfort there is nothing like a Down Quilt Al 1 rf|
We are selling them at the old price, up from... ^ I I lUU
Every Suit \
Every Party Dress f - pRlrp
Every Street Dress i HALF PRICE
. \ THIS INCLUDES ALL
every evening Gown ! THE LATE arrivals
$25 Values at $12.50
$35 Values at $17.50
Fall Coats at Big Reductions
The Fall Hats Are Unpacked
Fall and Winter Underwear in Good Variety
GOOD UNION SUITS, At .$3 50
SILK AND WOOL UNIONS, At .ZZZZ""$s!oO
i oweii, aneet. r.Ilow Cases, Clinic Gaure, Gingham., House
Linings, Muslin, Cretons, Outing Flannels, Table Linen,
Canton Flannel, Daisy Cloth, Cotton Batts, .
Wool Batts, Blankets, Quilts.
All At Big Price Reductions
SIMSON’S
Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing
THE ARCTIC
Cigars =- Tobaccos — Candies
Soft Drinks — Pool
Furnished Rooms For Rent
HARRY DAVIS FRANK TAYLOR
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Effort Will Be Made to Interest
Animal Lovers In the Humane
Work of the Red Cross.
Among those who arrived on the
launch from Fairbanks yesterday
was Mrs. G. W. Gasser, of Rampart,
who is here for the special purpose
| of interesting someone in Nenana
who is an animal lover and who will
; devote some of his or her time to
organize a branch of the Red Star,
a humane animal relief society.
The Red Star is the Red Cross
of the war animal and is recognized
by the government as a very import
ant aid to the armies in the field" of
the greatest value in war. Mrs
! Ga^S r is the territorial representa
tive of the Red Star Society and will
| give all the necessary information
and instructions for the formation
! of a branch of the organization in
Nenana.
| The main purpose of the Red
! Star is to raise the necessary funds
j for the purpose of establishing,
equipping and maintaining hospitals
j in the war zone which will be able
jto cure and restore injured animals.
The Red Star was organized in
1916, with Dr. William O. Stillman,
president of the American Humane
Association as its head. The head
quarters of the society is at 287 i
State Street, Albany, New York.
‘ Mrs. Gasser will remain in Ne
j nana until the transport Jacobs ar
| rives here on her way to Tanana,
land will be glad to meet any animai
| lover and discuss the matter in de
! tail, preparatory to the formation
| of a branch in Nenana.
Branches of the society have been
j formed in all the important towns in
: the United States and is spreading
rapidly in Alaska. It is a splendid
•humane institution and deserves the
; support of all true Americans.
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•t FAIRBANKS NOTES »t
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A Sheldon stage got away for the
coast this morning with Mrs. Stroup
and another passenger.
1 Russian John, late of the Tavern
Cafe, has purchased the fixtures
' of the old “Place to Eat” and will
; ship them to Nenana, where he in
tends to open a restaurant.
George Comstock left for the
i
coast today in his own horse and
rig.
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i
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Raatz and Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Seward left this morn
ing on the Robinson auto for the
coast.
i
The piledriver gang under- Tom
i Blaylock are making great progress
| along the waterfront.
Pioneers of Alaska held their I
meeting last night and two new
| members were added to the order.
; They were A. L. Boulay and Frank
i Burke.
j _
j The several hunting and fishing
! parties who went out yesterday re
turned to town this riming with
! pretty fair bags.
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I
The Smith-McGlone mill on Eva
creek is preparing for another mill
run tomorrow. They have about
75 tons of pretty good ore and the
owners are very optimistic as re
gards the returns.
The mail stage reported at Don
nelly’s this morning and is expected
to arrive sometime tomorrow.
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HOME ECONOMIC SOCIETY
Mrs. M. J. Cooney wishes to an
nounce that a meeting of the Home
Economic Society will be held at
half past two tomorrow afternoon
at the Nenana club rooms. Every
, body interested in the food con
servation problem are invited to at
tend.
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MANAGER SEEKS
INTERIOR DAIA
J- L. McPherson Arrives in Nenana
On Tour of North, Looking
Over Conditions.
In search of first hand informa
tion regarding conditions and possi
i bilities in Interior Alaska, J. L. Mc
j Pherson, manager of the Alaska Bu
reau of the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce, arrived in Nenana yesterday
afternoon and will spend several
days in town and out along the
line looking over the local field.
Mr. McPherson came up the coast
to Cordova and thence overland to
Fairbanks, taking in the towns en
route, and he plans to return the
same way, after he has completed
his investigations in the Interior.
One of his chief objects in coming to
Nenana, Mr. McPherson says, was to
have a look at the coal fields, and
he will make a trip to that district
as the guest of Engineer in Charge
F. D. Browne.
When interviewed by a repre
sentative of the News last evening
at the Portland, where he was found
searching for photographs descrip
tive of the Interior country, Mr. Mc
Pherson had much to say regarding
conditions in Alaska and the steps
that are being taken by the Alaska
Bureau to further the interests of
the Northland. He spoke enthusiast
iically of the showing that is being
made by the Alaska fisheries, and
declared that the fishing industry at
no distant date would provide a
market for the agricultural products
of the Interior, limited at present to
local consumption- Such a market
and cheap transportation, he believes
Interior Alaskans must have before
they can hope for increased develop
nient of their agricultural possibili
ties. {
“You also must have capital in
here,” he continued, “to develop your
mineral resources. And that is one
of the things the Alaska Bureau is
trying to get for you. We find,
however, that before capital can be
interested in Northern development
to any appreciable extent, there must
be less of bureau rule in Alaska.”
Mr. McPherson is very much in
favor of the creation *of a board
of control, composed of men of abil
ity and understanding, to take over i
the work of the various departments
and bureaus which at present have
jurisdiction over Alaskan affairs.
Such a board would have its head
quarters in Alaska, instead of Wash
ington, would be non-political and
would centralize control now scat
tered among a number of depart
ments, among which there is more or
less lack of understanding and jeal
ously.
Mr. McPherson says that the war
and other conditions have combined
to make Seattle the livest city on
the Pacific coast. The development'
of busines lately has been such,
ne says, that San Francisco has been
aroused to action, and only recently
sent a representative to Puget Sound
to inquire into conditions there. t
Labor of all kinds is scarce in
Seattle, but still the bureau man
ager would not advise Alaskans to
leave the North in search of employ
ment there. Living costs, he says,
are excessively high, and no one can
tell how long the demand for labor
will continue. Working conditions
in Alaska, he thinks, are better than
in the States.
A few days before Mr. McPherson
left for t;he North, Mayor Hanson,
af Seattle, signed on as a shipyard
worker, in response to the call for
additional labor. The names of other
prominent business men also went
an the rolls. The mayor wanted to
?et a four-hour shift, but was told
that he must work eight hours or
not at all, so he is now putting in
full days, just like the rest of the
workers, and drawing the regular
shipyard pay.
Mr. McPherson does not believe
n the policy of permitting Canadian
aoats to engage in coastwise traffic,
and fears that such a practice ulti
mately will work a hardship on the
FALL SUITS, MACKINAW COATS
Heavy Pants, Underwear, Socks, &c.
77ie Suits we carry include Largest Assortment and
Best Quality of Clothing in Nenana having been
lately sent down by M. A. PINSKA, Fairbanks.
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American companies, if it is not
stopped, and may also lead to a di
version of a large portion of the
fishing business to Canadian ports.
He is also very much opposed to
the new arrangement which has been
made by the postal authorities for
handling Alaskan mails, all of it now
passing between Seattle and Nor
thern ports being dispatched as mail
or express. Mr. McPherson says this
arrangment does not effect mater
ially the through mail, but it is work
ing a hardship on places like Sitka
and towns to the Westward, which
•re not on the regular run.
Mr. McPherson would not talk
politics. He says emphatically that
his bureau is not interested in Alas
kan political affairs and could not
render real aid to the territory were
politics permitted to creep into the
work.
Speaking of the suggested bonus
in aid to the gold producers, Mr.
McPherson said the matter will have
to be handled very carefully, as it
presents many phases that did not
apparently enter into the calculations
when the need for such government
aid was sought at first. It would,
he thought, be manifestly unfair to
the placer and low grade quartz
miners if the bonus should be given
indiscriminately to all producers.
Copper miners were producing gold
in large quantities as a by-product
and they were certainly not entitled
to the bonus. These matters are
now being thoroughly gone into and
doubtless will be adjusted before any
action is taken for the granting of
the bonus.
The manager of the Alaska Bu
reau is an oldtime Northerner and
it was largely on account of his
intimate knowledge of Northern con
ditions that he was selected to look
after the work of the bureau. His j
headquarters is at Seattle, but he i
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j comes North whenever he wants first
j hand information, and also spends
I much of his time at the National
capital, during sessions of congress,
assisting Alaska’s delegate and other
wise interesting members of congress
j in Alaskan needs.
j Mr. McPherson was very agree- ^
j ably impressed by the appearance
of Nenana. Although he has kept
close tab on the railroad work, he
was not prepared to find such a sub
' stantial town “where rail and river
j meet” and during his stay here, he
j will possess himself of other infor
i mation which he would have been
i long in gathering had he not made
| the trip into the Interior, and which *
| will be used by the Alaska Bureau
in furthering development locally.
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
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Biggest Assortment
In The Interior
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W. F. RODIGKEIT, Prop.
TRY SOME FRESH GREENS WITH ONE OF
OUR DINNER ORDERS
If It Is On the Market
You Will Find It Here
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DINNER PARTIES
...
HELP WIN THE WAR*""
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK OF WHEAT SUBSTITUTES
TO OFFER
Barley Flour
Rice Flour
Liberty Flour
(75% Wheat 25% Barley)
The Food Regulations compel us to sell 60 pounds of
Substitutes with every 100 pounds of Wheat Flour, except
the Liberty Flour, which it is only necessary to use 20
pounds of substitute with eve**y 100 pounds.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.