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DANCING ACADEMY TO
MEET SATURDAY NIGHT
The Nenana Dancing: Academy,
] under the management of Mrs. Belle
, Campbell, will hold one of those
jolly reunions on Saturday night.
March :29th at the Union Hall.
Dancing will commence imme
diately after the picture show and
will be continued until midnight.
New beginners will be instructed
in the mysteries of the various
i dances a half hour before the usual
time for the close of the show.
NENANA LABOR UNION TO
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT
A meeting of the Nenana Labor
Union will be held at 7 o’clock to
night at the Union Hall, and all
members are specially urged to be
on hand.
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Tom Smith, Prop.
IF YOU EAT ICE CREAM
CANDY-FRUIT-OR CHEWING GUM
IF YOU SMOKE CIGARS
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IF YOU DRINK CIDER
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BWIU STRIKE
MUCH OVERRATED
AVERS OLDIMER
A well known mining man who
lias mined and prospected in a!l
parts of Alaska since August, 1889,
arrived in Nenana Wednesday night
from downriver.
He went into the Bonasila and
Stuyahok country on first hearing
af the strike made by Crueger,
and with a partner put down several
aoles. but found nothing to speak
:*f. He says that the « stampede
started along about September 15.
out as news travels very slowly in
the lower river country, nothing
nuch was known of it outside of a
little circle in the neighborhood of
Anv.k and Marshall. He. with his
partner. staked two association
laims on Drews creek and Dome
reek, both of which are tributaries
of the Stuyahok, which in turn is
a tributary of the Bonasila.
He unhesitatingly says that there
s nothing to warrant a stampede
o that country, and that the forma
don around there, which is much
he same as on the Anvik, does not
varrant prospecting.
The Bonasila flows into the Yukon
it a point about 15 miles below
Anvik. and about 35 miles above
Holy Cross. It is said to be a large
tream and navigable by large river
teamers for a distance of about
iO miles, where the mouth of the
Stuyahok occurs. A journey of
‘bout 100 miles up the Stuyahok
vill bring the traveler to the Bona
ila dome also known at Nikolai
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vhich are the little creeks where
rood pay is reported to have been
tnick. Over a low divide from the
lome, a couple of creeks which
low :nto the Pimute slouch had
ilso been staked and pretty well
irospected, but nothing- to warrant
nything like a stampede -was found.
Or. * he slopes of the Bonasila
tome, he says he sank seevral holes
nd struck good coal in every one
lf them, the coal is said to be of
very superior quality and equal,
t looks at least, to the best he
ias seen.
He remained in the Bonasila
Ituyahok region for four months,
uring which time neither he nor
ny of the others found anything
o warrant a stampede. Many of
he men who went into that country
t the same time as he did turned
heir attention to trapping; mink,
tter and fox are said to be plenti
ul there.
The summer route to the scene
f the reported strike, he says,
.-ould be down the Yukon to Taku
oint, near Pimute thence to the
ead of the Pimute slough and up
he little creeks which empty into
t for a distance of about five
tiles.
IIRTHDAY PARTY AT
THE BOWEN HOME
Mr?- J- R. Bowen celebrated
er steenth birthday yesterday,
nd in honor of the event, several
f her friends gathered at the
lowen residence early in the after
oon to extend her their felec-ita
ions.
Mrs. Bowen’s guests were Mes
ses R. R. Myers, Ike P Taylor,
ilex Fowler, R. E. Bums, Carl
khmidt, Leroy Moyer and J. H.
tusseU.
Two tables of bridge were formed
nd the party was soon wTapped
n the mazes of auction bridge,
luring the course of which a de
ightful luncheon was served. The
[Uction bridge games ended late in
he afternoon, the prize for high
core being won by Mrs. R. E.
lams.
A beautiful cut glass comport was
►resented to Mrs. Bowen by her
fiends as a birthday gift.
It pay* to have the collar* and
off* turned on old skirts. It pays
o have a good old hat scoured
ind blocked. It pays to make a
ound-up of your old coats and
nits, when you take them to
HRS. D’ORSAYS TAILOR SHOP,
rhird and A Streets.
IIOLOVANA TRAIL
10 NENANA IS
! NOW ADVOCATED
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C. A. Smith, a recent arrival
from Brooks, traveled by way of
the little used Happy trail, and
states that, considering: that the
trail has been so little used, neces
sitating breaking at places, he made !
excellent time.
Mr. Smith hired an Indian at
the Log Jam to pilot him over the
unfamiliar trail, where it traverses
the fiats, over a chain of lakes.
The trail is fairly well blazed, said
Mr. Smith, but where it crossed the
lakes, of which there are many,
some difficulty was experienced in
picking up the trail after the cross
ing had been made. This difficulty
he thought, could be easily remedied
and the crossings more clearly de
fined. The trail itself is said to be
very good, although it is but seldom
used. j
Mr. Smith expressed some sur
prise at the very little interest
manifested in this trail by the
people of Nenana. and thought that
if the trait is put in shape all of
the travel that now goes to Fair
banks over the longer mail trail
will come to Nenana. The Happy
trail, he said, would be the only
logical trail after the rails reach
Dunbar’s, and thought that it should
be fixed for travel next fall. He
thinks that a few hundred dollars
spent judiciously would put the
Happy trail in good shape for any
kind of travel.
The distances, in miles, given by
Mr. Smith are as follows:
Nenana-Livengood Route
Xenana to Dunbar’s IS
Dunbar’s to Log Jam .23
Log Jam to West Fork.18
West Fork to Livengood . 7
Total
.66
Fairbanks-Livengood Route
Fairbanks to Olnes (by raill .22
Olnes to Livengood.54
The Xenana-Livengood route, Mr.
Smith says, is what is commonly
termed a water grade, and will per-'
mit of heavy loads being hauled .
over it. The Olnes route leads
over a series of hills which make
h necessary to move only moder-1
ately heavy loads, owing to the
somewhat heavy grades encountered.
The present rate of freight from
Olnes to Livengood is, according to !
Mr. Smith, from 6 to 7 cents peri
found on non-perishable goods.
The present freight rate from the
Log .Jam to Livengood, a distance
of about 2~j miles, is 1cents per ,
pound, and freight from Dunbar’s
to the Log Jam, a distance of about j
23 miles, could easily be hauled forj
the same price, making the rate
to Livengood from Dunbar’s 3 cents
per pound, thereby affecting a sav
ing of from 3 to 4 cents per pound
as against the Brooks-Fairbanks
Olnes route.
It is expected that regular train j
service will be established between !
Nenana and Dunbar’s by next fall, j
Mr. Smith estimates that at an
approximate maximum cost of from
four to five hundred dollars, the!
trail from Dunbar’s to the Log Jam,;
which is only about 23 miles, can ,
be put in good shape for most any !
kind of travel during the winter.
MASONIC CLUB MEETING
IS LARGELY ATTENDED
A great many Masons of Nenana
gathered on Wednesday evening at
the home of F. D. Browne, where
the periodical meeting of the Ne
nana Masonic club was being held
and spent a very enjoyable evening.
During the course of the meeting,
Mrs. F. D. Browne, assisted by,
Mesdames Ike P. Taylor, E. A. ■
Williams and Miss Mildred Ander- i
son, entertained the club members
present at a delightful luncheon,
which was greatly enjoyed.
The meeting of the club came to
a conclusion shortly after midnight,
the members having spent a very
pleasant time. '
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We Carry the Best Grade of
MACKINAW SHIRTS COATS and PANTS 2
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Finest assortment of Men’s Socks, Daniel £
Green Felt Shoes and Slippers, Moccasins,
Wool Blankets and Comforters
A Full Line of Miner’s and Trapper’s Supples
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Board of School Director*
Nr nan* Public School
Nenana March 1, 1919
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Complying with the laws of Alas
ka. notice is hereby given that the
regular annual election will be held
in the town of Xenana,
Tuesday, April l»t, 1919.
For the purpose of electing one
school director, to serve one year,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mrs. Jeannette Ellen
son, and two directors to serve two
years to fill the vacancies caused
by the expiration of terms of Mrs.
E. L. Sweeney and Mr. George
W. Pennington.
The names of candidates must be
in the hands of the Clerk of the
School Board not later than March
22, 1919.
The polling place will be located
in the fire hall, adjoining the town
site office. Polls will be open from
8 a. m. until 7 p. m. on the day
and date of election.
J. H. SCOTT
Clerk of School Board.
Approved:
' MRS. E. L. SWEENEY,
President.
tfenana—The Gateway to McKinloy
National Park.
At Union Hnll on Tuesday^artd
Friday nights, commencing[atZ9:30
and ending at Midnight.
Fox Trotting a Specialty. Rates
on appiication at Union Hall.
Mrs. Belle Campbell
Dr. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
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