i GREAT CLEAN-UP and| j COUPON SALE !i $ *

J Begins Tomorrow | Store Closed Today

|The Coupon-Giving Sale; » t

Is something entirely new. We are look- ing into the future; to the time when our

stocks will be replete with New Spring Goods fresh from the Eastern metropolis.

By this Coupon System the

Purchaser of the NOW Be-

comes the Discounter of the

FUTURE. <

Commencing with this sale and continuing j until the end of March, we will give cou-j

pons to every customer amounting to 10 j percent of every purchase. I hese cou-i pons will be redeemable during the month j of April only. )

SEE US FOR DETAILS

Glass Block, Cushman St. from 4th to 5thJ

IN TWO COURTS DISTRICT COURT.

The lower court i> reversed in the case of Frank .1 Porter \-

Al« x Mi l.ell. which was »1 <•« ided a year ag in favor of the plaintiff, the clerk of the < ourt having re-

ceived notice from San Francisco to that eff» < t last Monday.

The appeal was taken from the action of the court in permitting the holding of tin defendant in jail on a writ of am st in bail.

In ilic steamboat case nttitled A. I >. Smith \tlie Steamer White Seal and <1 I' Sproul. wnor. where- in the plaintiff was given judgmt tit by this court and which was af- terward carried to the circuit by tile defendants, lie upper court lias affirmed the decision of .Judgt Overfield, according to advices re-

ceived las’ week. Smith brought suit for the sum of the bal- ance of alleg tl contract wages, the sum of {si for hoard, {-'s for traits

P nation to Seatib and for $loo lier month wages from September 26 until lie arrived in Seattle. The court here gave judgment of and the upper court affirms this.

Action was instituted Tuesday lty the X. C Co. against A .1. Mac- Arthur. five causes of action being named in the complaint. The amount sued for is $1,137.41*.

Action for divorce was started

A REVELATION OF

SOCK Values Our buyer has sent to us

about 2lu dozen pure Silk

Socks, which he bought at

very much below value from

a manufacturer who needed

money. Consequently.

Monday we place on sale

this entire lot of Silk Socks

worth $2.00 a pair, at

$1.00 Colors are blue, black, wine,

gray, red and tan. Limit

six pairs.

S1MS0N BROS.

Frida> I»> Catherim A. Terrill against William K Terrill, The (ninplaint states that the couple "’ere married \ vembt r 2h. lull, and have no community property.

On ihe conclusion of a hearing Sa'urda. morning in ihe matter of

I s vs. Frank Hawkins, the tirst ot 'lie hank eases. Judge Over- fithl granted the motion of the de- tense for a change of vtnue. and the ea. e accordingly will he tried hetore Judge Cushman, at either Vald. /. or C rdova. For the de- tense. Attorney West argued that a lair jury trial could not he se- 1 ured In-re; also that tin court was

disqualified to try the case because his connection with the Washing-

ton Alaska hank and the fact that he had appointed Hawkins the first ret eiver, and was afterward compell- ed to remove him.

Sa urday morning Charles Halver- son i Xenana. who was convicted of giving liquor to Indians was fined •1'iiitt !>> Judge Overfield.

1 Jib s s the fine is paid he will be compelled to serve time at the j rate of 12 pr day.

A wire was received by Clerk of the ( ottrt C. C. Cage on Monday from the circuit court of appeals.! announcing that the upper court had I affirmed thi decision in interven- ti t. made by the Dexter Horton hank at the time the shipment of lit 1.noil from the dt funct Washing- on-Alaska liank was se'zed at Cor-

dova and brought back here to pay the depositors.

COMMISSIONERS COURT.

Commissioner Dillon Wednesday entered a default judgment in the ■

case of John Sullty vs. li. .1 1'ai- terson < f Engineer for the sum of | $678.20

A default judgment has been en- j tered by the court in the case of i John E. Bigelow vs. Henry E. Grow. The judgment is for $270 and costs or a total of $325.8.7.

I he trial of Hans Madsen, one of the owners of the First Chance association claim cn Engineer creek, where the trouble recently occurred between owners, workmen and trus- tees. took place before Commission- er Dillon Thursday. Madsen who was accused of carrying concealed weapons was acquitted of the charge.

Pat Meehan, as administrator cf the estate of Matt Meehan, who died intestate in 1907, lias applied for permission to sell, for the minor heirs of the Meehan estate, their small interests in five claims on Fairbanks creek and nine claims on

Goldstream.

“My wife made me what I am!” “Have you forgiven her yet?"

PERSONAL MENTION Dan Winquist anti Frank Matti-

son It ft Wednesday for the Outside. They have been mining on Dome

reek

Miss (' f Held, stenographet in the district attorney's office, who lias been taking a two weeks ra

at ion. returned Monday night Irom Munson's.

1 >r Danfort it was tailed Monday '■> attend a man named Packard, at t’hatanika, who dislocated his shoulder blade at the end of the ollar bone w hile he was at work

about a woodsaw. Hilly Smallwood and Kd Quinn,

of Coldstream, came into town on

Wednesday. I. I McCarthy, of the Pennsyl-

vania quartz claim, returned to the creeks on Wednesday.

Charles Thompson, who is inter- ested in the Mizpah quartz property at lie head of Fairbanks creek, it-lt \\ dnesctacv to look over the claim.

Harry Wend ling, who has been conducting the Kagle cigar store at 1' Coldstream, has closed the place and moved into town.

i.ew Clark, of Dome creek, was a

visitor in town during the week Teddy Williams has reported his

safe arrival at Circle City, at which place lit probably will he loealed for an indefinite time.

Morton K Stevens is about to leave San Francisco for the North.

Fete iiuchholz was at Chatanika Wednesday night.

Judge Overfield and Harold Green made a tour <f the quartz proper- ties during the week and returned en'tiusiastii quartz boosters. They visi od Ester, Cleary, Bedrock. Chat- ham. Wolf and Skoogey.

Jack McDonald, who was running the Windham jewelry store in Idit- aroil. came into town on Monday. IB reports business geod in the lower camp.

Jack Cornell left on Thursday wi It a load of .100 pounds of fresh meat. oysters and chickens for Circle.

Maurice Ashton Theodore John son. James Smart. Stanley Hess. .1. i. Pr tor and C. I) McCauley be cattle members of the Arctic Brother- hood during the week.

Having finished the lay on the Williams fraction of Engineer creek. B IV Weber & Co., of Engineer. have moved to the Owl association, where they will work front the cld shaft sunk by Grant and Chabot.

Kich pay is rep rted to have been uncovered on the left limit of No. 11 Goldstream. where Beattie. Shaw and Bushman are working a lay.

•lames Beck during the week moved a -Id-horsepower bciler from IT Goldstream, where it was form- erly used by Susang & Co., to 5 above Dome, where he is operating.

Mr. and Mrs. Kd Clausen, form- erly of Fairbanks, have decided to locate at Bend, Oregon.

Mrs B. B Willson returned to the city this week after two years spent abroad.

•Mrs Charles Beam returned to the China Hot Springs Wednesday af- ter a few days spent in the city.

Captain and Mrs. Patterson are

wintering at Council Bluffs. Iowa. Bee Jesson has written his broth-

er Kd that he has purchased a house at 42-T Belvidere street, San Francisco, and also a five-passenger car.

James Fallon returned Monday afternoon from a trip to Salcha

James Sherard. manager of the Newsboy mine, was in Monday to attend a meeting cf the directors.

t’arl Anderson, of 2 below. Pedro, was in town during the week.

Ike Thompson was in the city on a short visit.

Frank Madison was in from Ra- ter Tuesday.

Joe Carroll arrived Tuesday from the lower river.

Mrs. Spencer and Mr. Petrok drove in from Coldstream Tuesday morning and returned during the day.

Miss Lund, who formerly conduct- ed the Fox City laundry, and who has been on a visit to the old country, is expected back during the spring.

Ed Thompson of the First Chance association on Engineer, moved into he residence formerly occupied by

Harry Patterson on that claim. Mrs. G. P. Schumacher, wife to

the well-known freighter and meat

merchant, will leave today for Seat- tle. where she will join her hus- band. who is there in charge of the affairs of the firm of l-itsey & Schumacher and Miller.

Mrs. Dan Rose, Mrs. Hopkins and George Keys on Thursday morning left for a week's vacation at Mun- son's.

James T. Gorman was notified in the last mail cf the death of his mother. Mrs. Maria Farrell at her home in Waterbuny, Conn.

Fred Martin and family moved in from Engineer creek on Friday.

Arthur McNeer was hurt on Thurs- day by being caught under a log, sustaining severe bruises on his leg.

Dement and Gerhardt, formerly in the hardware business in this city, are running a large hardware store at Bend, Ore.

Vic Durand received during the week the sad intelligence of the death of his father at San Jose. Cal.

Henry Wolf and l.eo Rogge, who

returned from the Outside recently are cn the creeks.

Mr and Mrs K \V. Griffin. of Chena. entertained a week ago Sun- day Mr and Mrs E. A Suter. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kelly and Mr and Mrs. Romeo Hoyt of this city

Alex Simson. Jack Chov'n and Mr and Mrs Tom Gibson returned from a sojourn at the Big Chena Hot Springs on Tuesday, all of them en-

thusiastic regarding the health re- sort and report having had a splen- did time.

Mrs. George Solomon. of the Twelve-mile roadhouse on the Cir- cle trail, arrived in town on Thurs- day. She is here for a course of medical treatment.

C P. Kalning. cf Graehl, returned to his home from Rampart on the Hot Springs stage on Thursday. Mr Kalning has been representing his placer property on Slate creek

Tommy King made a fast trip from the Big Chena Hot Springs on

Friday with Mrs. Conklin as a

passenger. The entire distance was covered in lOVfe hours.

About fifty of their friends gath- ered with the Watsons at Chatanika on Thursday night and spent a most enjoyable evening

Jack Burnett is making good pro- gress with the development of his Quartz property on Skoogv gulch and and now has his shaft down to a depth of about 50 feet. The vein is about two feet wide.

Harry Brown, who recently re- turned from the Circle country, where he made a fine collection of caribou heads and ptarmigan for mounting.

In response to a request that they would aid the campaign for the automobile road E. R. Squibbs & Co., the great chemist firm, has no- tified McIntosh & Kubon that they will exert what influence they can with their congressmen.

E. B. Collins has heard from his partner, Ed Heppenstall. to the ef- fect that the latter has taken his outlit and boiler to the Ray divide and expects to prospect there until the water runs. Ed was not al- together satisfied with conditions in the Old Man country.

The mass meeting called cn Wed- nesday evening to discuss the sug gestion of the government owned railroad from the coast was attended by nearly aOO people, and consid- erable interest was manifested in ; the proceedings. After the prelim- inaries of the meeting had been arranged G. W. Pennington moved the adoption of the prepared reso- j hit ion. The motion was seconded by R. S. ^fcDonhld, and unanimous- 1

ly carried. The resolution was as follows:

"Fairbanks, Alaska. Feb. 7, 1912. "We, the citizens of Interior Al-

aska. Fourth Judicial division, :n ; mass meeting assembled at the town of Fairbanks, do hereby unanimously endorse the plan for the building of a railroad by the government of *

the United States from the south coast of Alaska through the Mat- anuska coal fields and into the great gold fields cf the Tanana and the Yukon river basins, and we recom- mend that copies of these resolu- tions be forwarded to the president j of the United States, to Walter I,. j Fisher, secretary of the Interior, i and to the proper pet sons having I the same in charge in the United States senate and the house cf rep- resentatives S. J. MARSH,

"Chairman. “Attest: FRED EJAKER, Sec.”

R. F. Roth moved that the chair appoint a committee of five, in- cluding himself and the secretary, to prepare for submission to the government data regarding the prob- able tonnage to be expected the ] railroad to the Tanana would have. The motion was carried and the chair appointed R. E. Maddocks, -Martin Harrais and R. A. Jackson on the committee.

A. R. Heilig and G. \V. Penning- ton then addressed the meeting and

they were followed by Martin Har- rais, who suggested that money was

necessary to defray the exi>enses of the meeting. While the hat was

being passed the crowd gently dis- persed.

LADIES LAY OUT PROGRAM The Presbyterian ladies' special

committee on entertainment met at the manse Monday afternoon and planned programs for February and March as follows:

February 15 at Mrs. Robertson's studio. Humorcus program—Each lady present 1b to relate a laughable incident.

February 29 at Mrs. Thomas Ton- seth’s—Favorite poems; Mesdaines Groves. Crosaley, Moore, Hering, Smith, Woodward.

March 4 at Mrs. Sid Stewart's— Musical program, representative of music of different countries.

March 28 at Mrs. Dan Driscoll's —Cotton day. Cotton Culture, Mrs. Meacham. Cotton Factories, Mrs. Clegg, Mrs. Moody. Utility. Mrs. Theodore Johnson.

M 1

There is every indication (hat the dance that is to be given to-

night in honor of Lincoln's birthday under the auspices of the local igl o

of the Pioneers will come up in all (ssentials to the standards that have been set by this most popular organization in the past, for from all over the creeks there comes word that "everybody" is coming in. In town as usual on the eve of a

Pioneer affair, the dance is the subject of general discussion

It is only to be expected that en- tertainments given under the aus- pices of the Pioneers should command the confidence and patronage of the general public for the society has come to be lo ked upon as the most meritorious in the country. Organ ized in Fairbanks on November 22, l!iti9, the local igloo now boasts of a membership of almost 600. While it is not a beneficiary association in any sense cf the word it yet has distributed more than $6,(100 in cases where well-considered assistance was calculated to do much good. It is this real old sourdough style of helping out the temporarily unfortu nate without ostentation that has endeared the order to these who are acquainted with its great work.

The preparations that have been made for the ball tonight are on a munificent scale and there is not the slightest likelihood of it being anything but a huge success. A! Radnor will serve the supper in his well-known capable style and Durand’s orchestra of six pieces will furnish the incentive to get into every dance. The hail has been beautifully decorated, as have als< the anterooms and dining hall on the upper floors.

The arrangements Tor the dance have been made by the executive committee. comiKtsed of .1. R Ma- thews, S'd Stewart and Abe Stein

The floor committee tonight is composed of W. C. Hart), chairman; Jchn A. Healey, Anders Bredlie. Emil Dorfner, James G. Moore. R. C, Wood. John I. Sale and Dr. Hall

The doorkeepers will be Jack Bel lerby and R. M. Brown and the following comprise the reception committee:

Thomas Lloyd, chairman; Otto Ambrosius. G. K. Beraud, I)an Cal- lahan, W. S. Clarke. August W C nradt. C. K. Davidson, Dan Dris coll. Bernard Estby. W M Gilcher. Anthony Goessman, A. K. Garner. H. L. Hedger. George Hutchinson. A It Heillg. Charles Hinckley, K L. Irons, Theodore Johnson. Dan Jonas. H. Claude Kelly, \V. B. Koon. John Letendre, S. J Marsh, H. J. MeCallum. J. j McDermott. John A. McIntosh, A. J. Xordale, W. 11. Owens. August Petersen. 1(. J. pat- terson. Henry Rappolt. Henry T. Bay, 11. II. Ross, James IT Russel, Boy G. Southworth, Late E. Spray, J. L. Tobin. Charles \V. Thrift. Gus A Vedin, Leo Wile, Henry Willett, J. E. Zimmerman.

At the meeting of the society on Monday last the following new mem- bers were added to the rolls:

Alex J. Johnston, Alex Reavis, An- drew Eyall, Archibald Campbell, J. H Rhinehart. James Pee, John M. I Cunningham, William E. Terrill, John Barrack, William C. Mullen, | Frank S. Snell. Edward J. Horner, I John \'ik, J. C. Kellum, I,. J. Me- j Carthy, Jefferson Gear, Thomas M Gilmore and J. H. Sanford.

The present ofPctrs of the local igloo of Pioneers are:

Past President—James J, Thorn- ton.

President—-Peter Gorentzen. First Vice—A. J. Nordale. Seccnd Vice—J H. Groves. Secretary—George Markus. Treasurer—H. Claude Kelly. Trustees—M. Rosenthal, C. J.

Stewart, R. J. Geis.

Historian—Joseph R. Mathews. Sergeant-at-Arms—R. M. Brown. Doorkeeper—Daniel H. Burgh.

SCHOOLING WINS FROM CASSELS

The fine weather of the past week has permitted the curlers to put in lots of time at the roarin' game and half a dcztn games have been play- ed already for the Lacey trophy. At present Jack Donald is leading the bunch, having won the only two

games he has played. Luther Schooling comes next, having won two out cf three, and Palmer is next with an even break for his two games. Cassels has won one out of three and Bob Geis has lost two without getting a win to his credit.

On Monday Donald beat Cassels. On Tuesday Palmer won from Gels, and Bob had no better luck with Cassels the following evening. Schooling won from Palmer on

Thursday, but was defeated by Don aid cn Friday.

In yesterday afternoon's game the

Schooling rink won from Cassels by a score of 16 to 12.

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To the Point.—Mrs. Gramacy—It's awful to have a jealous husband!

Mrs. Park—But It’s worse, dear, to have one who isn't jealous.

A Between-Seasons SUIT

It s a little too early to talk about Spring Suits, and a little late to talk about Fall and ^ inter Suits, but it s just the proper time to

talk about the Seventy-Five New Suits we

received on the last stage, and just the right time to be wearing one.

These Suits are Now on Display

Prices range from $ I 8 to $40

SIMSON BROS. Fairbanks’ Largest Clothing Outfitters

TEXAS WIDOW IS

In the last mail there arrived a

plaintive appeal from a lonely Texas widow who wishes lo change her state. Iiotli geographically and so

daily. It has touched our hearts to such an extent that we haste to give it publicity, even though it is unaccompanied with any intimation that W3 are to he remunerated at the usual rate per line for want ads. Any person who wishes to

take Helen's case in hand may ob- tain tlie original letter at this of- fice Here is the advertisement site wishes us to print:

"Am a widow. 38 years of age. weigh ltJ.'i pounds, dark hair and eyes. Want to correspond with sonn one in Alaska. Am a profes- sional nurse, splendid cook, can

sew, and do anything a woman

should do. Want to go to Alaska. Am all alone in the world and tired of the states. Address Helen Fair- day. General Delivery, Dallas., 'lex.

NOTICE.

To Whom It May Concern: Placer claims Nos. la and lti, third tier, left limit of Coldstream, t wned by Aubert & Voegtlin are not tlie same

claims relocated and recorded by Webber & Badger as la and lti, third tier. Coldstream in January, 11112.

MRS. W. I.. AUBKRT.

UP TO DATE.

Have you a fireless cooker?” “No; but I've got a cookless fire.”

Just Received By Express

A shipment of the famous Weichhold Violin Gut Strings, the finest in the world; also violin and guitar instruction books, etc.

Automatic Safety Razor Stroppers (for any safety' razor

plate.) O.V.B. Safety Razors, the latest and best on the market.

WILE'S EMI'lllill 1 WE SELL EVERYTHING

PHONE 223 SECOND AVE.

this is dreadful. Young Lady You say you were

on a raft for six weeks, anti had nothing to eat hut mutton. Where did you get the mutton from?

Old Salt Well, you see. Miss, the sf a was v» ry Hr ppv.

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Billiard Cloth Extra Balls, Cues, Tips, Etc.

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