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vor m: i im: i ii:st to see the new and up to date goods that we are receiving on every boat. Something different in La Vallieres. Bracelet Watches and Diamond Settings The fmest assortment of Pyralin Ivory ever in Fairbanks, such as Desk Sets. Toilet Sets. Military Brushes. Picture Frames. Mam (ure Sets Cologne Bottles. Clocks, etc im.\*r fail to see the new Liberty Vanity Cases and Fancy Bead Neck Chains. vor w 'i fmd our prices very reasonable and our wares of the best 4 VAKOFF& BRO147V Phone ‘(Hi; l.t JFW F/.Fh’S Front St. UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY THF FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Fair banks. Alaska UI .SOU HOI * OVbli *1,000,000 Under Government Supervision ' ■ ■' ■ —" " ■ ■ "T.. . — SCHOOL NOTES By Ev.i Delaney. \\ ■ ii t liool opened Molldu\ UKII II .n. 1 i*i11»:I i t gi t . d. an 11k r» .i *• "• j»U|ni oiii|»aie(| wiili 111 ♦ • open da > ot la. r > ♦ • ai A great inan> .1 .to: \S ITI present at tin* **\e| '! • among whom we were glad to liool board An announcement was made that a i ■ i u • •. , a nt wa to b( given in h • I 'a l h hall a! S do | - m on 1 'oil ! It lit ion I lav Wedne: da;. of I his ; w • • ■ The pi o. : am w ill be under the ! i ■ an pie* • ol i he school a ml the hi: ll a liool glee ( lllh Will fill llisll j mu nal pari with the exception "i tht* (do Tie* program in full will !/• :.i\ - n in tomorrow's i 'iti/.en. •o.ing vacation the school building i i homughlv cleaned and many im P,o\em»-nt W"i>. made among which ie v. cloak room tor the upstairs : 1 P"< ia 11> noth cable 'This built n\"i Mi* stairwav direoth ,<p(».- it* i Ik iip.*i int* ndeni’s olllce. Tie i a on I he school grounds h« ■ ii oi and i he apparatus t* ted I ■ I to make it perfect 1> afe foi the ( hiklren I iii i.miim’s iooiu has been it* iiitul> -1 ami made ver> comfortable. Ill i,!u- i i* nee room all the appara be. n cb a nod and put in order, il,. iabb .I.- k- and chairs \ arni bed a lid all lb-- floors oiled. \ laig. portion of the upplies. or del* d 1 i \ • - all . ad\ arri\ «d and the I .-maiudel i- . N pert. (Ml t ll. m-st \ ' l ililpf ie .-lit. Ill whirl! \\ i* all e alls i ppi ei• ia 1 e I out new Is tuned I. .no which has b.-.-n put in (list rlass , aj»* b- Mi Flei-eliman The perfect ■ nui 11 -. n . f tb.- piano enhanced the ! - is h!-> v. hi. b Moroths Roth play • I n .-mblv Thi.-e new faces] not i > able among the faculi \ \1 Slmmaii w ill have the matbema in of tb* high ehool and Mi - Kd .Mil! *1 mil leaeli Fi each and t in- ('mil . ... i a I course \ fi at in.- of a sembls was the pre . niatioii of diplomas to the 15 mem h. r- of tin* last sear's eighth grade • la: \s bo w ••!.* Iiiics I »e Wi re, Frank I»« \\ n • . Vivienne Hamilton, Helen Young. Roden Mavis, Mamie Siuni \la s Seliafei. Florence Rotih, Then linn Fm/ln. Stella Herrington Ih a j trice l*i-lling Iris Hinckley and Anna] lb-rgman. The announcement that j • \ er> one had passed the territorial I . 'a in iii.it ions and war admitted to the hi b ehool without conditions was ci e. led b.s a high school sell for the large incoming class. The following students having coni ph l' il sal b forily tin* first 2ft drills m penmanship required by the Palmei company were awarded eight but-tons; I. Turie Burrell. Boyd Bering. Loyd Piul.'-rton, lilt I Bellerby William Bering', William McCarty, Merevin Anderson. Richard Boyd, Marie Miller. ,\ I fieri Visca, John Butlervich Hilly Lumpkin. R. K. Lavery. Kennith Mor gan. Adler Xordale, John O’Shea, laiin• sdunetti. \ci♦ 11 Wilbur. Norma i ’ I a u • • n. I »Orut li> (loir-, < la i Hull Mas to il, .lam I Prr.-lon. Wilma 1'iiiaim n ill li«‘I Sunn. 1 leiiioul Slowart. Stella aft . and Man Zimmerman. The following basing romplted ad : i:o!ia! .soil, ss«• re awarded I’rogres Pins; Clarene, Burglin. Ilars«> La /••lie. L» nesa M< (loss ii. Dorothy Me i'.iiI.s, Harold Bently. Fred Dou*e. Lthm Kiamei. Phsllis Andri oil. W i ll i l.til- < ha i h - M • L ra til H eh n F anklin. Margaret Stewart. Franklin immermaii. t'alsin Franklin. Helm Dm ami. Norman Burglin. Sigrid Bred lie. John rlaik. Leorge Buttorsich. i anklin Schafer. Virginia Raymond, ..Idl' d Morgan Arthui Hi l ine, and 1 '• a t ha < leis. i des ' n COlllpIct « (j ! lie rill ire colli '• and w»-i'* assard'-d tin- tinal cerlili i ate; Stella Herrington. Vida Lustad. Ihoma lonseth, Fdsvard Bartlett. Mars Miller. Marguerite Wilson. Sri ina I,ap|»i. and Helen Uasmu si n. !.. i pt mg a 111 i/.e of ten dollar ss i offered h> the territorial Women hristian Temporeniv I nioii for the hr t •- sas on the effects of alcohol on human b» bugs Twents live schools eompeied for the prize and the best •• as of each Was srilt to Seattle to he judged b\ a cnilliuittee of edlica I... in that »ii> Tb»- e. sa\ written l>\ .Margaret Collins of oui school \va i he unanimous choice of tlhe judj • ; and the ten dollar was |»ro .*■ elltcd t«* MC t ’ollills III \ ' Slel dav ' .is* embly. \\V lost one member of our Senior i l.i this, vein Mi. Margaret Thmna . i1 w*- .in proud of iln* fact that Mi Thomas. during tin* summer com phted her entire high school course and thi- month enters Reed College . ' ut condit ion: t he ecoml stu- j dent from t In- Fail bank.* Rubin j ool to tinish tlhe entire high school rcimol course in thnv vents. the other h. in - C-orgia John-on. who entered R-m d College last fall. We are also proud of tin* fact that another mem 1m i i f ou. Senior (lass. Russell Bell < i by ha an appointment to Annapoli \\ lii'h he is lo enter next spring if he passes the necessary examinations which, judging from pa- t records In* will not fail to do. n* CALL FOR BIDS Bids will be received by Tanana Rifle Club fur building two bulkheads at their rifle range jusl south base ball park as follows: One bulkhead 20 ft. long, 12 ft. high, 5 ft. thick; one bulkhead 12 ft. long, 9 ft. high, fj ft. thick; both to be built of small logs well notched in and filled with safid. Logs will be furnished on the ground. Bids must be in not later than 5 o'clock Tuesday, Sept. 16th. For further particulars see (1. B. Krwin, secretary. COIN PURSES, BILL BOOKS, BILL FOLDS and MONEY BELTS. M'INTOSH & KUBON, Druggists. 1 SUMMERS TELLS OF WORK WHICH BUREAU PLANS Tin ilri'in tnn nt "I aui irnll III'-. Hint I w.atlici hurratl. is tijing to rot mil tlir ritonrmn ilium :ion |'lr ailing tin mult a Iti.r i>nrl of tin nilia] Stairs rrgarding wratlirr rim lion in Alaska I'ndrr flip din 1 mi ■ I M.-h in II Sinn mm an t. n: nlnn• t, n t In go of tlir Mask i ml ion. rl i inatolng it al data i :;al In t. .1 ft mil t In slat ion I In limit t Itn Inn ilot ■ m 1.1. || 111 mont It I \ and arh r. imi-n and distt ibni. d thrilmil I' ■ talr fm tin- mliglit* nnn nt of th" 1 nils I'll : S w ho b.'lii r till' un in . a in Alaska 11 Summer u a«. ha ha’ ' h 11 of th»* work ill the North .lung t!». ;.;t , : j, V . a ■ ; HOW ill N‘ II llIU Oil i annual tour of the ten itm • nil* li, hing new and p opening old '•* ions ml looking al toi t In wo, I it eiall> lie reached' N--ilaiia «»u >i UmiiH'I \laska. and w ill i •• 'll u I • I h»* mil h\ \va> of I *:t i * ti.fll. .1 ml l liieliaid'on trail In a ,m\ er ai ion w ii li i i *1" entative of The Nows la i *\eiii: at the Soi 11 hoi n lintel. \11 Sunmiei spoke \>m\ highly of t' • in nine m i:ii• • lit lat ions "I Ilf I'd! * a • thru .nit i he ten itor\ at *• * ondm n \ 11: a e \ a lid regllla I'll > Ml making oh . \ ai ion at o oi i n* highest impo 1 ance lo tile bureau. lie a> and i le , ills tii'i far ha\ • h.-en \<i > a!; factor>. particulai l> » i,, v ii w fact t ha I much ol tie- w <», k u'lun tary Tilt bureau now has about su co npei a t \e and special oh a i \ < ; t li; il out the terntors. who uppl> 1 If hin ! all i poi I for t he complin* o:; "I ■ limatologieal data For • In pm po ' ,1 Weathei for-easting., two npoii dail> are re(|uired of cloven I a t ion ; v a, | \ opa ra i oil poi m i In • ■ i • i> ,i , Hashed to .Juneau and to | . ;1 'lington 11 <' . ai s a in ami s j p m. . .1 uiieau i inn- and fi on I li.-m j v , :, | her mild I nils ol I hi Hex-1 <la\ are determined I-'m; e.HSt i!'L' a : llul a blU’. Ur •, .• s last winter. Mi Summers admit hut ||«- ho|“‘> l«» b able Hi illlpl'ov. the servire grentlv during the eom im. winter-, as a result of having . t .1 111l; lied new s' a l ...a •• o ring .. utli.dent area to insure fairlv ami, l.. . alelllal ioie St ill bet I • i )'• nil w..aid be insured l>> the establish i «nt of a tat ion ill Si be i ia In. a u - of i In- air movement from it he we. I t" t lie ejisi. bill t bat . M r Suminei s sa v i: out of t he (iuest ion a t pi e ent Tb station-- making the. e s,.eeial report v. hieli are available at a number of |..int- in tin* States along Mm route i.i i..*n b> the message.- forw arded to \\ ar,bin -ion I wire (lail.v. im hide Sit ka, l.agle. Tanuna. Nome Noorvik. \kiak. \ t k a. Hutch Harbor. Kodiak. . t I ’aul V aid* /. and him a u Tin . tations at Norm ik. in tin Kohuk n tint i \ and Atka in ttln- Aleutian island:-., were e- tabli lied tbi. um nmr. I be foje.arting servile Will begin um i • lober 1 - but it w ill not include !:• ! •. ■. po; Is as wii: tin- rase last wdn'i-r Tb, intention of tin* bureau, Mr Summers sa>.-. i. to stipplv In term: Alaska with advane.* inlorma lion only vvlnn marked weatlier i hang.- indicated Variation.-- ot a ; w do-; e. will not be taken into ar * cunt .-mil mining i" tin- Interior. Mr Stimuli is has arranged tor the re . | aii.a of slat ions at Ruby. Circle and Hot Springs, and for the '-stub i line nt of a in w sta I ion at Lignite. Arrangements also have bun made i. r keeping a record of weather con ilil ions in the Kantishna country. Talcing barometric readings for the in pose of determining accurately tie altitude of Tanana, which the record-, now shows, has an aliitudrol' atm feet also has occupied the time of Mr. Summers since his arrival le-re. Tic Inn ran. In- says, was unwilling to ar erpi the registered altitude of Un army town willeir it was known posi lively that Nctiana, which i several hundred miles up stream, lias an ill t i - nub of only :if.2 The bureau esti mate of the Tanana altitude is ap proximately 2011 feet. The readings . ell. takeu tit Nenana, Tanana and everal other station simultaneously. The Weekly Citizen CONTAINS All the news of the week taken from The Daily Citizen. It has a large circulation in eveiy camp in the interior. Just the thing to send your friends outside. The best advertising medium to reach all the peo ple in the outlying districts. for Mm purpose of determining tin il i pleasure at the desired point and when this data has be* n wmK.-d i !• tin bill eail i h*- altitude ot I will he known lor a eertaintv Aceinacy and regularity in makiiir • ! •• v.ition ire the watch words of tile hiireau Mi Suiniu* > ays 111* • bout foui thou and station in i he l nited States, and most ot tin* ob i are untrain* d many of them ' mpaid. and still others only a small amount monthly ample fot th* actual 'work i • . 1111 f • »I. hut hardly enough to | b(. attractive as remuneration A «*t auding the necessity for de pending so largely upon tin* volun so vie,*•••, th bureau reeord a i r markably complete and accurate, to the fact t<- ill* interest di. ;!.*>• • 1 by th* obserevers entrust'd VO ‘ i lie work Many of the ob »erv< i have plen did loeords, covering many years of but th** pe* r of them all sa\ Mr SumintTs, i.' ;i resident of \\. t - lie ter. I\u . I »i d*- *• < i; non. who \ • pt I d:MI> i . nil d I*f i pI ’;t Mon ami tempm aim *•• . without a ui I* • n made at t he am* spot * \ erv * • l i n• • r ii.it poriod t»J > a: rill • I rill ds Wi l l la i tod 1)\ I >1 ( * ' II l-lll! Ii. Illli- I’ll* Wl\l!,I|! I bil l 111 wa- or^aniziil. but tin* work i mm I | - a I of til. 1 Ogtllai SiTVlfN* I bo volfi an oil . ; v 1: a III ii.-il * • U- ili'Iit ist a ini. all lio bo i nioi • I"" \ • * a i of ago. In Mil look i .’ tbt'' ' il "li \\ lo ll i - at homo . 11*1 I b ll I ll,* 1 O. to ,| ,'liv 1" pf l*ro|.. | !> 'a io n In* i ab i mi lu ordor t !■ I lb- i • III ill! bo no mi. ' a ko wli**|| ll-- b !! homo. I »lu; aL-.ii aw In il till onp no min ! oi hi t a mil • "'ild load ibo itisf rut mont s j»ropoil> N o n a n a N i w s. rx. —- I i»i:pi ty popppp transpprri:i> | I'm I'lKi'l.i: Tm RFI.IKYF SIMA i m:!! win» ooios t<> ft. yfk< in : Mi»ll I UK WIKI, I'OMK TO FAIR J II INKS I IFF 11 'K. \< i unlink to ;i o;ilrmint mailt1 vm. i» ' il.i \ b\ I S. Mai >hai L T Ki u in. - i .fial change:; are t<> be made short in t lie I i li * 'll | • of the Pom t It di\ i ion • lt'li ll ti Ofl ' * |. it> Mar: hal \. II Roppell. who iia he* n stationed at (’hat inika lire his rrtiirn from tin* States whore * i \ * ,| in a " leather n«*ck" train ing eanip. will leave thi morniiu* for * 11*1 Ie when* he will he stationed to tile ne\t few months at hast. I h* \\ i 11 n liev* I >• *|»nt \ Spencer who ha: I n a * : rde for several \ ea i. I '* -pllt > Spencer Will lie -lit t O I*’I j Yukon. it his own re<iucst and n* lev, |)eput> Marshal MePnire The 1 III If! w ill conic to Pa I hank a noil i he 11 ansf. r are affected and will j 11: oh.i hI> be a signed in tins \ iei n it > . DOUSE LEAVING AT 11 THIS A M 'TCTORY DEPARTS FOR NENANA \T 11 O'CLOCK FROM PIONEER DOCK. The launch Victors arris ed from d liana \e.-ierdns afternoon about a (.'dock' with two passengers and the remains of Timoths Murphy. The passengers were I\ (llendening and C \. McPheron. Captain Don e is eheduled to leas,, with the Vidors on it; return Dip tin morning at 11 o’clock from the pioneer dock. Reservations can obtained at tin Pioneer hotel. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Probate Court for Fairbanks Preeind, Fourth Division. Terri tory fo Alaska. In I he matter of tlit* estate of Michael Saroff, Deceased. No. 214. To the creditors and all persons in terested in tie* above estate and in I he partnership estate of the deceased in the freighting and te. lining business carried on by Trefoil (Tony) Saroff and tl ceased in bis lifetime: TAKE NOTICE that the unci'r signeil, by consideration of the pro bale court in and for Fairbanks Pre cinct, Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska has been duly appointed ad minislrator of the estate ol deceased, and as well to administer and wind | up I he affairs of said partnership Therefore notice is hereby given tliai all persons having claims against the estate of deceased or against sab I .a rl nersbip are required to present the same with proper vouchers or proof to the undersigned administra tor at the office of E. R. Gillette, attorney at law, in the First Na tional bank building in Fairbanks, Alaska, which is hereby designated the place of business of the adminis trator, within six (ti) months from the date of service of this notice to wit on or before the 8th day of April, 1920, or the same will be hai red as by law provided. AUGUST PETERSON, Administrator. Sept 9, 1(1, 23, 30, Oct. 7. Nordale Motel Fairbanks’ First Class Motel 1’ully Equipped Soda Fountain And Full 1 ,me of Candies and , 1 obaccos CATERS TO SMALL DANCING AND CARD PARTIES JUST ARRIVED American keady-l.ite Portable 1,amps and Lanterns Just tin' thing lor home, store and hotels. The biggest success ever brut out in gasoline vapor lamps. Insures good lighting and it is the most economical light ever hrot North, h.ach lamp is complete in itsell. Call and examine our new stock. A. L. WILBUR PIONEER HOTEL. NEW MANAGEMENT ( HAS. BEAM, I’ropr. Rooms 71( lo $3.00 per Ihiv MODERN CONY'ENIENCES, BARBER SHOE AND BATHS IN CONNECTION HEADQUARTERS I • O R C RI \ I *. K VISI TO R S BURGESS-KARSTENS AUTO LINE To CHIT! IN A Competent Drivers. Licensed Cars. Rest of Serv ice Thrugh Cars to Chitina Passengers Express OFFICE PIONEER HOTEL CARL WHITE’S LAUNCHES Make Regular Trips Between Fairbanks and Brooks Carrying U. S. Mail Office a I Pioneer Hofei I j GIBSON’S AUTO-STAGE LINE WILL LEAVE NEXT TRIP Friday, September 19 U. S. MAIL, PASSENGERS AND EXPRESS For reservations apply to G Harry Woodward, agent. We invite comparison of our cars with any others FASTEST TRIPS & BEST SERVICE, BAR NONE Third Avenue Baths All Kinds of Baths Plain, Turkish, Shower, Scrub, Steam, Massage UIB BATHS, 50c Treatments For Rheumatism and Lumbago Cushman Street, Opp. Telegraph Office The NORTHERN ALTO CO Licensed Auto. CAR WILL, LEAVE NORTHERN AND PIONEER HOTELS AT 10 A. M. DAILY For Golden and way points. LEAVES GOLDEN AT 1:00 P. M. PHONE HOTEL [NORTHERN FOR RESERVATIONS Special trips on short notice.