THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Hub of Alaska —_Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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While there is mudh tnat may
happer. between now ard the first
of August Vo prevent the absence
from Washington of President Hard
ing, the fact that he is seriously
considering a trip to Interior Alaska
and has stated definitely that he will
make the long journey if the termin
ation of the Congressional session
will permit, is conclusive proof that
Mr. Harding is really interested in
our Territory and ready to devote
several weeks of his valuable time to
the study of our problems. If he
comes, the visit should result in the
formulation of a really constructive
Alaska policy, based on first hand
knowledge of conditions and ac
quaintance with the re-a! people of
the Northland—the men and women
who have pioneered the way for
that development which the Hard
ing administration hopes to bring
about by the adoption of a liberal
constructive policy.
It will be a big thing for Alas
kans to be able to meet, and talk
with the man, of all men, who can
help them to put the Territory ir.''
its rightful place as an important
part of our United States. It will
he a big thing for the President to
be able to go back to Washington .
with a knowledge of Alaska ar.d
Alaskans which he could not acquire
possibly at long range, through the
agencies upon which other Presi
dents have had to depend for their
Alaskan information and impres
sions. The visit will prove mutually
helpful, for it will inspire confidence
all around and materially shorten
the distance which long has separat
ed Washington and Alaska.
The plans of tie President, as
outlined by Governor Bone, are the
more gratifying to The News for
the reason that they indicate a de
sire to delve deeply into the Alaska
situation—to see all of the Terri
tory that is possible without spend
ing an entire season away from the
national capital. It is this evidence
of thoroughness that convinces The
News of the President’s good in
tentions, and encourages the belief
that great good to the Territory
will result from the visit. Let us
hope that nothing will happen to
prevent it.
If you have no: voted already,
do so now. The polls will be open
until seven o'clock and your vote
will show that you are interested
in the welfare of your town.
When it comes to putting things
over. N'enana usually can be depend
ed upon to make a good job. Rais
ing nearly a thousand dollars for
a needy oldtimer in a single night
is a record worth talking about.
With wages on the down grade,
that ice pool is liable to come in
pretty handy for some one this year.
ROAD ENGINEER RETURNS
FROM KUSKOKWIM REGION
Superintendent Hawley W. Sterl
ing. of me Alaska Road Commission,
accompanied by Mrs. Sterling, re
turned to N'enana on the train from
the south on Thursday, after an ab
sence of three months in the Kusko
kwim district. They boarded the train
at Kobe station, to which point they
traveled by dog team at the con
clusion of an extensive reconnais
sance survey in the Kantishna and
Kuskokwim regions.
Mr. Sterling left Xenana on Jan
uary 9th last, for the purpose of
conducting a reconnaissance survey
with the object of establishing a
feasible route for a trail or r">ad
connecting the railroad with the
Kuskokwim country.
Berry’s Landing, on the East Fork
of the Kuskokwim, was the object
ive, the route mapped leading over
the newly established trail from Lig
nite and by way of Glacier, on the
Bearpaw river. Bartlett’s camp, on
Moose creek, and Telida, on the
McKinley Fork of the Kuskokwim
river. The last mentioned place was
reached after a strenuous trip over
practically unknown country, the
party having to break trail nearly all
the way from Bartlett's. The return
was made imperative because of
shortage of supplies, lack of funds
Delegate to Congress
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
JAMES L. GALEN
APRIL 25th, 1922
VOTE FOR
FOR
IN
In the course of a three column paid article, appearing in the
News-Miner of March 30, prepared and signed by him, M. O. P.
Gaustad, Dan Sutherland's personal and political representative, in
the Fourth division, says:
tion measure known as the ‘New Bill'. I am not familiar with the
provisions of this bill but 1 am more willing ta take the judgment
of Dan Sutherland upon its effect upon Alaska and Alaskans than
ure and that Secretary Fall is to administer the affairs of the Ter
ritory under its provisions is assurance enough that there is nothing
very dangerous or detrimental in it. AT LEAST IT WILL START
SOMETHING.”
Mr. Gaustad is right. IT HAS STARTED SOMETHING that
will not stop until Mr. Sutherland is thoroughly rebuked at the
polls for this betrayal of his constituents.
If Mr. Gaustad will familiarize himself with Section Three of
the New Bill, that authorizes Mr. Fall to lease the Alaska Railroad
to private interests, he will know why Dan Sutherland’s support of
this hill ''HAS STARTED SOMETHING.” He ought to know that
real Alaskans will not stand for their delegate supporting such a
measure or attempting to foist a one-man rule upon this Territory.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
OF WHAT MR. GALEN'S CANDIDACY MEANS TO ALASKA”
‘‘Some don’t like his (Sutherland's) stand upon the administra
any other person I know and the fact that he is favoring the meas
| and approaching spring with its dis
i integrating trails.
On the way out to Telida from
! Lignite, shelter tents, with a goodj
stove in each, were put up along j
the trail between Lignite and Gla-I
cier. The first tent is 15 miles out
from Lignite, the second 11 miles,
beyond and the others, four in num-1
i ber. are eight miles apart, the last!
being on the Bearpaw. within ten
I miles of the camp of the Mt. Me- j
Kinley Gold Placers. Inc., at Gla
cier. All of the tents put up are
9x9, except the one on the Toklat.
which is 14x16. The distance from
Lignite to Glacier is 67 miles.
Speaking of a feasible winter mail
route to the Kuskokwim from a
| point on the Alaska Railroad, as
; against the present route via Rainy
Pass. Mr. Sterling said that he had
' never been over the Rainy Pass but
from information gathered from
various reliable sources, he thought
! that a very much better route can
; be found to the Kuskokwim either
from Nenana. Lignite or Kobe sta
tion through Diamond or Glacier, to
a po;nt 12 miles up from the mouth!
' of Birch creek, and skirting Lake
Minchumina to Telida. The divide
is hardly noticeable, he says. The
approximate distance from the rail
road to McGrath, the principal town
I in the Kuskokwim region, is 250
miles.
| On the present reconnaissance,
Mr. Sterling says that he found the
trail from Lignite to the Toklat bet
iter than he had expected. The one
objection to that route, in his opin
ion. is the divide between Crooked 1
creek and the Bearpaw river, the
■ last half mile on each side of the
' divide being very steep and permit
ting of a load of not more than 50
pounds per dog to be hauled, and
vvith difficulty at that.
rrom Glacier the party swung m ;
a southerly direction for Bartlett’s,.
; on Moose creek, to find the shortest
possible route to Telida. on the Me-;
Kinley Fork of the Kuskokwim. and '
thence to Berry’s Landing, on the
East Fork. The approximate dis
tance from Glacier to Telida is 95
miles. A trail was cut through to,
Bartlett’s, a distance of ten miles j
from Glacier, and the going was not
so bad, but from there on to Telida j
trail had to be cut and broken all j
the way through. This route is im- j
practical, Mr. Sterling says, by j
reason of the hilly nature of the i
country traversed. The reconnais
sance map of the Kuskokwim region j
by which he was largely guided, was
found to be incorrect in several in
stances. This map was compiled
about 20 years ago by the Geologi- i
cal Survey which went through at
j that time. It would be a great bene
I fit to the country, Mr. Sterling says,
if an accurate map were to be com
piled and published.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Sterling en-:
joyed the trip in spite of the hard-'
ships and inconveniences encounter- j
ed. especially on the Moose Creek- '■
Telida trip, but they were both glad
to get back to civilization. They re
turned to Fairbanks on the Sun
day train.
Mr. and Mrs. Ler. Heacock came
down from Fairbanks on Sunday
to take up their permanent resi
dence in N’enana.
Alfred J. Ghezzi
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