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OUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT
On the 22nd. J2rd and 2tth, of this month wo will Issue special
tickets tone with each &0 cents CASH ITUCHASE) on the CORONA
TYI'KWUITKR whloh special t'ekets will be redeemed In mer
chandise at 2 1-2 cent* each after the drawing
This offers you a saving of h cents on each Dollar CASH 1’L'R
CHASK spent In our store on either of these three day*- I2nd. 2Ji\i,
and 24th.
Everybody Wins
REMEMBER THE DATES
December 22nd, 23rd, and 24th.
COME TO US FOR YOUR PRESENTS
WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
Hill’s Pharmacy
W* deliver the geode
Dream Theater
TONIGHT
FRAUDS
J PARTS
Featuring A\iss Edna Mayo
THE BRO aEN RAIL
Featuring, Helen Holmes
A Big Picture
Tomorrow Night
THE DIAMOND FROM THE SIY
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NEWS NOTES
Only four- more days In which to
do your Christmas shopping.,
Poto Yengar and Nols Loddlng ar
rived from Kougurok last evening,
bedding le a CoEteo creek operator.
At a meeting of the Arctic Brother
hood on December 117 a number of
candidates will be initiated.
Calkins nnd Htorm have hud a load
of lumber sent to their workings to
be U3cd for cribbing the new shaft
(hey have Just put down.
Lee and Bwanberg are having W.
J. ltowo break out tho trull to num
ber 17 Osborne crick so that pipe,
coal and supplies may be hauled out
preparatory to next summer's work.
Brown and Horn have , moved u
small outfit to Center creek near the
Wild Goose pumping plant where a
hole will be sunk.
Fred M. Johnson was In town yes
terday to order out some more oil for
the diggings neur Flat crook where
the pay dirt Is being piled on the sur
faev In large quantities.
It Is wortn your while to walk along
Frert street in a leisurely manner
and examine the pretty window dis
plays of the stores. Take the chll
d-xn.
In spite of the holiday rush In busi
ness and social circles It Is planned
to have at least one more night of
basket and bust ball practice. Wed
nesday Is the night, and A. B. hall is
the place. Basket ball practice 7:'l0
to 9. Baseball, soldiers, 9 to 10, All
Stars 10 to 11.
l’ress dispatches are now coming
through from Seattle on the day they
i it s’ nb This Is the happy state of
i.tthir* In spite of the fact tna*. me
i .vnk ‘n the Sitka*Valdes cable Is
•tv! tit repaired. The probable ex
tft»nst on Is that signal corps experts
hruc l een sent to help out the navel
radio men. These later use the In
ternational code and are all right In
picking un messages from ^hips at
sea, but they are not especially ex
P- rl on a telegraph wire.
The Aksala carnival committee will
meet tonight at city hall at eight
o'clock. It was voted on Sunday to
due all members of the committee
who are absent from meetings. What
with Christmas coming on, taxes due.
ard does imposed on the Aksala com
mittee, It costs a lot to be a promi
nent cdllsen these days.
The Loyal Order of Moose last night
launched a plan m direct harmony
with the principles of their order by
appointing a Christmas committee to
provide for children who otherwi.-e
might be overlooked. Any Moose hav
ing knowte* *• of any orphan cfuM
or children of parents unable to pro
vide good cheer for their little ones,
should without delay hand the name*
of such children to R. A. Grantham.
Lloyd Botta, Wm. Paulsen. Alfred I.n
mvn, or J. P. Jonex
A the regular meeting last night
of the Arctic Brotherhood the follow
ing officers were installed:
Past Arctic chief. F. M. Kiewele:
Arctic chief, Arthaf* Cole: vlcv Arc
tic chief. Geo. IL Burger: Arctic chap
Pa'h. C. \Y. Thornton; Arctic record
or, a. It. Jackson; keeper of nuggits,
J. V. Sheldon; trustees, J. W. Bayne,
Hi W. JUurioughs, J. A. Suisdt, J, A
Molln, J. \V Koso; olohemlst, R. S.
I'oUlster; Arctic troll guide, Guy E.
Allah; Arctic troll blazer, Chris. L.
Jtnsen; keeper of Inner toll gale, D.
F Lesson; keeper of the outer toll
gutc, J nines V. Iiurslk. Installing
olllecr, W. C. McUulre.
At the council meeting last night
the sum of $1,200 wa s placed to the
credit of the school board. McAl- i
inner declared the new tire station to
be In line shupe but asked that oil
be purchased for Interior decoration.
Chief ifuughey was authorized to
buy some. On motion of Councilman
li,., gh a chief of police wus elected.
U. W. Noilly was the lucky man and
he U to get a speciul sulary of ten
i-iunks in addition to his monthly
i t'pend as member of the Are de
parm eut. Councilinun Wesley thought
it at a building for u Jail Is not neces
sary us there Is room In the base
ment of the Are house for u couple
| of cell;, where Dr. Chace say 3 there
! '3 no sanitary reason against their'
I a,x • islice. A report by Mr. J. V. Shel- |
don ..s to the cost of the new Are ]
I o'ulion Willi Its equipment wus read, j
1 it shows that the total cost is $7,93.41. j
■ The toluls only were read us the
| vouchei* were appended. Coim"J..'uu
■ Ulugh then moved to adjourn till
i after the hoi nays but while on h’->
I tout remembered 'hat there w re
solve rntaiice •< be paid on the llrst
o' me inor.'h. be ho made a blanket
niot'or tint w.T.mts be druwn for the
r.gu'ar sul.u >s and that adjournment
to taken tor tmee weeks. At least
that wus ihe ga of it for the saluries
I will be paid and adjournment wus
tukcu.
At 3 p. m. today word came to the
local telegraph station that the break
In the cable has been repaired and
that the congestion of messages will
no longer exist at any point on the
line.
Mailing booklets for sal* at Rose's.
Leman's, Hill's, SO cents.
MISS HELEN HOLMES
AT DREAM TONIGHT
Miss Edna Mayo In ''Frauds" which
is a sensational exposure of polished
] crooks will be one of the star features
ta the Dream. The other Is that win
derfully athletic woman Helen Holmes
in one of her thrilling railroad plays.
Tomorrow “The Diamond from the
Sky.”
GERMANS
NEARING
BESSARABIA
International New* Service.
BERLIN. Dec. 19.—The general
staff states tha the Russo-Roumanian
retreat continues. The German allies
j have captured a thousand additional
prisoners.
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BERLIXX. Dec. 19.—Large num
ber* of Turkish troops are now fight
While out Xmas Shopping take
A stroll down to
MUELLER’S
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HOLIDAY GIFTS
At prices that are sure
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To please you
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Open Evenings until Christmas
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GOQQIN'S CHRIST MAS SUGGESTIONS.
A blanket, a matress, a couch or a rug
A dozen nice spoons, or a swell butter knife;
A piece of cut-glass, or hand painted china
Or something Iiko that for the wife.
A pipe, a cigar, a nice humidor,
A sweater, some box and a nhlit;
A nice woolen vest, a good handkerchief;
Or something like that for man the old fllrat,
A book, a top, a little tin train,
A doll, a kiddle kar, or a Tice drum;
An erector, a tlmker toy, these are the things
The kiddles want, Santa, to bilng when he comes.
G. P.GOGGINThe Quality Stora
BOTH SIDES m
AND LOSE ON SOMME
AND BEFORE VERDUN
International Now* Service.
PARIS, Dec. 19.—The fortified works
on the Chambrette farm northeast of
Verdun was won yesterday by a ter
rific German assault, according to the
oilicial communique today.
Before the Germans were able to
organ.ze their newly won position
the French by a series of desperate
charges succeeded In winning it back.
PARIS. Dec. 19.—It Is offllclally
stated that the Germans delivered an
attack last night south of the Som
me and penetrated the advanced
French positions. They were event*
uully driven out with heavy losses.
PARIS, Dec. 19.—General Joffre
was relieved of command of the north
and northeast portions of the west
front yesterday. He was superseded
in these departments by General Ne
velle.
Xmas greetings, send a deg booklet.
Ag on the Macedonian front or will
lighting there In a day ...o, ae
rordint to offllc.al report.
BERLIN, Dec. 19.—It Is officially
stated that the Gorman armies are
now less than twenty five miles from
the border of the Russian province of
Bosarabia. Progress northward Is
retarded by snow and bad weather but
the advance continues in spite of all
difficulties.
NOTICE.
Come on boys to the Roof Garden
and before you go have your suits
pressed in latest style at Nome Tail*
p-ing Cc„ the only pioneer tailor in
Nome, next to Segerstrom & Hagen's
Jewelry store.
How would Ross and Lilly do for
Roof Garden decorations?
Before you do your Christmas
Shopping come in and examine
our ,New Stock and get our new
prices.
THE EMPORIUM
KRISTAN BROS,
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