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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1920.
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NO. 74
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SUGAR PRICES ARE BEING BATTERED DOWN IN STATES
SEATTLE. July 1.—The seven
$ million-dollar appropriation granted
• during the closing hours of Con
' gress for the completion of the
Government railroad in Alaska be
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.ame available today, together with
numerous other sums appropriated
,for Northern uses.
A cablegram was received by Ma
or Dole today from Chairman F.
vlears of the Alaskan Engineering
■ommission, announcing that the
. work of pushing the steel north
ward from Anchorage will be con
tinued with all possible speed until
the end of the calendar year.
The Susitna bridge, which was
recently shipped from Gary, will be
in place, the chairman says, by the
middle of November.
The big steel structure which is
to span Hurricane gulch, the mess
age adds, will not be in place be
ore next year.
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ALASKA MOOSE GOING
TO STOCK NEW RANGE
SEATTLE, July 1.—Dr. Nelson,
chief of the biological survey, who
is here enroute to Seward peninsula
lo make a study of reindeer, an
nounced today that the Government
planned to place a number of Alas
ka moose on the Olympic range this
year by way of an experiment.
Louis Doumains was taken into
’ custody by the Fairbanks police to
day’ on the charge of robbery, and
turned over to the federal authori
, ties for a preliminary hearing be
’• fore Commissioner Reed Heilig
Doumains is reported to have been
caught in the act of “rolling” a
man in the restricted district.
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CONVENTION DEMONSTRATION
GIVES M’ADOO STRONG LEAD
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.—The
Democratic national convention,
which began its deliberations in this
city on Monday, resumed the roll
: call of states for nominations at
eleven o'clock this morning:, follow
ing an invocation by Rev. Joseph
.Sibley of San Francisco. And when
i the call was completed, the chair
announced that the convention would
' await the receipt of the report of
'the platform committee before the
commencement of balloting.
As reported yesterday, Senator
Owen was the first to be placed in
nomination for the presidency,
quickly followed by Gerard, Cum
mins, at Hitchcock, and during the
evening by 1 Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, Governor Cox of
Ohio, William G. McAdoo, Secre
tary of Agriculture Meredith, Gov*
prihoi Edwards of New Jersey, and
‘Governor Smith of New York. The
j convention adjourned at seven
o’clock, and when the nominations
were resumed this morning, the
name of John W. Davis was pre
sented by Governor Cornwell of
I West Virginia.
The big demonstrations of the
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| J. H. Russell, who is interested
1 in a rock contract in Xenana ean
!yon, arrived in town on yesterday’s
! train and reports that he and his as
! sociates will be through with their
I contract not later than the middle
I of July. They have another con
tract in view close by their present
j workings and may start work on
[that immediately upon the comple
tion of their present contract.
Leith Russell, storekeeper at the
Haslem camp, came in yesterday to
help Xenana celebrate.
Fire Chief Allan A. Johnson is
acting as official collector for the
flu committee, but he is not enthusi
astic over the job.
Pitcher Wenzel, who played with
the Fairbanks team last season un
til he was put out of commission
by a broken arm, arrived in the
upper town yesterday, but will be
unable to play this summer.- His
arm is still sore and stiff. He spent
the winter trapping near McCarthy
and reports a fairly successful sea
son.
Fairbanks merchants and others
who had freight shipments on the
steamer Alaska are making a holler
today because the freight failed to
reach the upper town on yesterday’s
train.
Resident Engineer Howard Has
lem came in yesterday from his
headquarters in the canyon district
and will spend the Fourth in Ne
nana.
I day came with the presentation of
ithe names of Cox. Palmer, and Mc
J Adoo. Smith also received consid
erable of an ovation, but it did not
last. The Cox and Palmer demon
strations were expected, but the
outburst for McAdoo came some
what in the nature of a surprise
and as a shock to opposition forces.
It came at the end of a day of un
certainty and when it was believed
that much of the McAdoo support
had been transferred to other can
didates. It was easily the longest
and loudest and most tumultuous of
the day's demonstrations and kept
the convention in an uproar for the
I better part of an hour. The Palmer
and Cox demonstrations lasted about
half as Ion".
Bands played for McAdoo and a
hip procession was formed in the
' con-‘ ntion hall, with those in line
jcnantt-ip “Mc’ll do!” The Washinp
j ton, Ok%i.or'. and Alaska delegations
| were swept into the procession, and
I by the time the demonstration was
[at its height there were fully thirty
i delegations in the line of march.
! The name of McAdoo was placed
i in nomination by Jenkins in one of
;the shortest nominating speeches on
record. He informed the conven
I tion that he had intended making
ja forma! speech, but on account of
j persistent requests from McAdoo,
I he had changed his propram. He
assured the convention that McAdoo
would accept the nomination if the
delcpates saw fit to give it to him,
rumors and falsehoods to the con
trary notwithstanding.
When tire name of Governor Ed
wards of New Jersey was placed in
nomination, the convention bands
played “How Dry I Am.’’
The PLatform
The platform committee worked
j until 3:30 this morning and was in
session again at ten o’clock today.
• trying to reach an agreement on
jthe League of Nations plank. The
administration forces failed in their
attempt to secure the adoption of a
treaty plank without amenment. The
substitutes offered by Bryan, Walsh,
and Pomerene were thrown out in
succession,, and the plank, as last
reported, reads: “We recommend
the ratification of the treaty of
Versailles and the League of Na
tions covenant without reservations
which would impair its essential in
tegrity,” to which was appended the
amendment of Senator Walsh of
Massachusetts, adopted by a vote of
SUGAR PRICES ARE
DROPPING OUTSIDE
SAX FRAXCISCO, July 1.—There
has been a steady decline in sugar
prices here during the past few
weeks, quotations today showing
that sugar can be purchased for
20 cents a pound. The high mark
was reached a few weeks ago, when
local dealers demanded from 26 to
30 cents.
CUBAN CONSPIRACY.
HAVANA, July 1.—Cane grow
ers and sugar mill owners claiming
to control 2,180,000 sacks of unsold
sugar are # said to have definitely
pledged themselves not to offer more
for sale until the price reaches 24
cents a pound.
OREGON PROFITEERS.
PORTLAND, July 1.—Parrot &
Co., Richard Adams, agent, the
Starr Fruit company, and L. M.
DANIELS WILL REACH
SEATTLE ON JULY 8
SEATTLE, July 1.—The Cham
ber of Commerce has received a
meessage from Secretary of the
Navy Daniels in which he states
that he will arrive here on the New
Mexico on July 8. He will be met
here by Secretary of the Interior
John Barton Payne.
Dan Baker and H. B. Madland,
traveling men, returned to Nenana
today from Fairbanks and will be
hero until after the Fourth.
'Starr, president, have been indicted
by the federal grand jury on the
“charge of profiteering on sugar.
They are accused of having pur
chased several carloads of sugar
for the supposed purpose of pre
;'serving fruit here, but instead of'
using it in that manner, they ship-!
ped the sugar to Omaha and other (
interior cities and sold it at a profit I
of $4,000 a carload.
REASONABLE PRICE.
CHICAGO, July 1.—Between four'
,and five million pounds of sugar j
has been ^received here, via Canada,!
billed to Haiher’s cannery, the I
wholesale price being from 9 to 9^2 ;
cents a pound, depending upon the
grade. Federal investigators who
have traced the shipment and know
the circumstances of its purchase
declare that the retail selling price
j should not exceed 11 cents a pound.
DISCARDED OYSTERS
ARE REALLY LUXURY
—
j PROVIDENCE, R. I—How Vir
ginia oystermen profited by the dis
covery that green-gilled oysters,
1 which they had discarded as worth
less, were identical with the famous
IMarrennes green oysters, which are
■ considered a great delicacy in
France, is one of the interesting
facts disclosed by Professor Philip
H. Mitchell of Brown university, in
an informal resume of his research
es in oyster culture.
32 to 18, reading, "but we do not
oppose reservations which make
more clear or specific our obliga
tions to associated nations.”
The platform advocates collective
bargaining for farmers, declares for
the recognition of the Mexican gov
jernment, when it has established or
!der in the Southern republic; calls
Ion the legislatures of Tennessee,
| Florida, and North Carolina to rati
fy the suffrage amendment; sug
gests that the Irish question be
brought before the League of Na
tions! decalres against compulsory
arbitration, but deplores strikes and
lockouts, and advocates that some
peaceable way be found for the set
tlement of industrial disputes. No
mention is made of prohibition.
Concerning Alaska, the platform
commends the administration for
railroad construction and for coal
and oil development and advocates
the modification of the coal laws
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so as to fac'l^ate development. It
is also recommended that the fed
eral farm loan act be extended to
apply to Alaska.
| It is believed a minority report
will be submitted to the convention
covering the League of Nations and
prohibition planks.
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A shipment of first class mail is
due in Fairbanks this week from
the coast and may arrive in time to
catch the Saturday special for Xe
nana.
Mr. and Mrs. Sparks arrivals on
the steamer Alaska, will locate in
Fairbanks, where Mr. Sparks will
be attached to the Government bu
reau of mines station. He is a
mining: engineer.
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Four auto owners of Fairbanks j
have entered for the race in the ,
upper town on Monday, and more j
are expected. Bob Sheldon will ,
have two cars in the race, Tom
Gibson will have one, and possibly j
two, Fred Robinson will drive his
car, and Axel Carlsten has entered !
his new Ford. The race will take
place during the afternoon.
R. B. Graham, member of the '
mining fir mof Frank & Graham, ;
operating on the Bock fraction in!
the Hot Springs district, was an !
outgoing passenger on the steamer
Alaska yesterday, it being his in- !
tention to locate in the States.
William Morris, of the local sig
nal corps station, returned from
Fairbanks today.
Mrs. J. H. Scott and son John
returned from Fairbanks today on
the speeder. They were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lavery during
their stay in the upper town.
Four ears of the Gibson line left
Fairbanks for the coast today, tak
ng fifteen tourists as passengers.
GREEKS IMG
FORCE ON COAST
TO FKHT TURKS
LONDON, July 1. According to
press dispatches received today by
the Evening; News, the Greeks are
landing: troops at Panderma, on the
[south coast of the Sea of Marmora,
from which point they will operate
[southward against the Nationalists.
The scene of the fighting, if the
Nationalists do not evacuate their
present positions, will be northeast
of Smyrna.
HUNGARIANS QUIT.
VIENNA. July 1.—The Hungari
an ministry has resigned, according
to advices received in this city from
Budapest. The dispatches also state
that Count Albert Apponyi, former
premier, is to head a new govern
ment, being now engaged in select
ing his associates.
ALBANIANS IN ACTION.
BELGRADE, July 1.—Informa
tion reaching 'his yty from Uskub
Isays that Albania? ?1>jpgents have
stormed and recaptured the" my of
Avlona from the Italians. The en
tire Italian garrison is reported to
have been taken captive, following
a desperate encounter in which many
on both sides were killed.
LARGE HORST TRACTS
WILL PRODUCE HOPS
WHEATLAND, Cal.—Horst Bros,
again have planted their large tracts
here to hops, good prices beihg in
prospect.
In 1910 the hop vines gave way
to vegetables and Horst Bros, erect
ed a dehydrating- plant, said to be
one of the largest in the world.
The following year the land lay
fallow because it was thought there
would be a good market for neither
hops nor vegetables. In 1918 hops
were again set out, and last year
the firm changed again to vegeta
bles. • •
MEETING OF PIONEERS
WILL BE HELD TUESDAY
The regular meeting of Nenana
igloo, No. 71, Pioneers of Alaska,
scheduled to take place on next
Monday night, has been postponed
until the night following, on ac
count of the Fourth of July cele
bration.
Herman Magnussen, who is inter
ested in a rock contract in the can
yon, arrived in town yesterday, and
reports that all the contractors out
his way are working hard to make
up for the time lost during the flu
epidemic.
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