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 8. 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.
R. G. South worth ........Editor and Manager
Mrs. R. G. Southwortb ._....Circulation
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With this issue The Nenana New
ceases publication. The plant of Th
News has passed into the hands c
the Alaska Miners News Publishin
Company and will be moved t
Anchorage where publication wi
begin shortly of a new daily new:
paper—The Alaska Miners News.
It is with real regret that thi
announcement of suspension is mad
The editor of The News was amon
the first to locate in Nenana, begir
ning publication of the paper o
September 24, 1916 and continuin
steadily and hopefully during th
almost seven years with scarcel
a day of rest. The News has don
what it could to further the inter
ests of Nenana and Interior Alask
generally and the editor is loat
now to leave the many loyal friend
who, by their generous support dui
ing the long period of publication
have made it possible for The New
to be of sendee to the communitj
But The News plant, which is amort;
the largest and best in the Territor
i3 larger than need be for the pub
lication of a paper at Nenana an1
the editor feels that the opportunit:
to place it where there will be war
for its full equipment is one not t
be overlooked; and besides, the edi
tor needs a rest and suspension o
publication seems to be the on’.;
way to get it. In this connection
it might interest readers of The New
to know' the editor has been in th
North continuously since 1898 an
the temptation now to pay a brie
visit to the States afer all the?
years may partly account for th'
acceptance of the offer which wil
result in the removal of The New
plant to Anchorage. How long tb
editor will remain in the States am
what he w'ill do remains for the fu
ture to disclose. It is almost a saf
prediction, however, that he will re
turn to Alaska, just like the ma
joritv of other oldtimers who havi
gone to the States.
It is the hope of The News tha
Nenana wil! realize all of thos.
ambitions for wihch the community
has labored—that the developmen
of Interior Alaska will bring abou
that prosperity and community
gTowth which was promised thos
who located here.
In its first editorial The New
said: “We think well of Nenana an.
its people and we want them t.
think well of us. We are prepare:
to earn by hard work and hones
efforts the good will and loyalty o
the people here.” And now, in thi
last editorial, we can honestly sa;
we still think well of Nenana am
its people, and we hope our har<
work and honest efforts have earnei
the good will of those who hav.
been served by The News.
Those subscribers who have pah
for their paper in advance can ge
the remainder of their money bad
if they will call at the office, or the;
can have their names entered a:
subscribers to Hie new paper foi
the unexpired period of their sub
scriptions. Those indebted to Th«
News will confer a great favor bj
making settlement at their earliest
convience.
So long.
Far be it from any man.in Valdez
to knock the city says the Valder.
Miner, but perhaps a knock from an
s outsider could be considered and es
e pecially if it is looked at in a broad
f minded way, as a boost. A. M. Keene
% editor and publisher of the Daily
0 Midway Driller in the oil fields of
1 Taft, California, gave the merchants
- of Valdez a decided knock recently,
when he discovered that in nearly
s every instance the stores were sell
e ing postcards advertising the fact
r that V aldez is a land of ice and
. snow. "Certainly the outside world
i believes that Alaska is a land of
r cold, barren, snow-capped wastes",
j ‘‘And one of the reasons he said,
f for it is that Alaska people advertise
a the great snow-drifts and glaciers
. instead of putting forth the idea
, that roses, pansies, green grass and
i for-get-menots are to be found in
5 profusion.
FINNEGAN EXPLAINS ACTION
’ OF COMPANY AT COLD BAY
The closing down of the Asso
' j ciated Oil Company’s drilling oper
; ations in the Kanatak oil fields was
11 solely to the circumstances that
i over production of oil in California
' j and elsewhere has made it so that
" j there is no immediate anxiety to
i bring in a new field and the com
p | pany has complied with the require
I ments of the Government and its
; contracts with those who hold *
i lease from the Government, accord
: ing to Capt. John J. Finnegan who
; was in Juneau recently on his way
l to the South. It means nothing new
I to the oil country except a slight
_ I reduction in the payroll, said Capt.
, Finnegan, for the Standard Oil
‘ • Company is continuing development
51 work.
I i Capt. Finnegan said the Associat
ed Oil Company is so well pleased
with the outlook in the Kanatak
field that it is extending its hold
ings in addition to retainng all that
it has acquired. The titles under
which it holds have been perfected,
and it is prepared to continue drill
ing under the terms of its contract
‘ next year.
The Standard Oil Company is con
tinuing its drilling with an excellent
- outfit.
MOVIE MAN COMING
Jack L. O'Brien, a motion picture
actor ‘of Hollywood arrived in Al
1 aska recently on his way to Fair
banks for the Norman Dawn Com
pany, to pave the way for a com
pany to start operating in Interior
Alaska. He told a representative of
the Juneau Empire, that a number
of artists are going to the Interior
later and that they are going to
1 gamble their salaries in the venture
* of putting some pictures over.
O’Brien has starred with many of
the leading actresses of the country,
1 including Marguerite Clark. Marion
; Davies, Edith Roberts, Hope H'amp
; ton, Olive Tell and Carmel Myers,
Two of his picture, “The Daughter
1 of the Law” and “The Stealers” arc
now being shown in Alaska.
Stock in a new movie company
has been placed on the Anchorage
market lately.
Mrs. Ray Braumbaugh, a former
wel lknown resident of Farbanks.
who is now in Seattle as a repre
sentative of the New York Life
Insurance Company, is planning a
trip around the world.
JIATVUI f C.1I1 J I IVVJVIV
ON APEX MINE PROPERTY
A vein, six feet wide, has been en
countered in the main tunnel on
the Apex property at Lisianski In
let according to Capt. J. H. Hann.
president of the El Nido Gold Min
ing Company, including the Apex
property. Work will be started at
once to put in a 474 foot raise from
the main tunnel.
The 234 fdot raise from the lower
to the upper tunnel on the El Nido
property was broken through yester
day, Mr. Cann said.
The two mills for the El Nido
and Apex properties are being com
bined and installed on the same site.
Construction of the mills is retarded
by poor transportation but the load
which is being put in from the beach
to the mill site will be completed
in about one month, when the mill
construction will be pushed to com
pletion.
OLD LANDMARK IS GONE
FROM UPPER YUKON RIVER
The historic home of Louis Cr rik
shank, well known Ogilvie fairr.er.
wag burned recently, reports the
Skagway Alaskan. The entire con
tents of the house, including provi
sions, furniture and considerable
other valuable material was lost.
The total loss outside of the building
is estimated at fully SI.500. Thirty
dollars in cash was burned.
The fire started from a fire in the
yard where some dog food was be
ing cooked. A spark apparently got
into the grass otherwise reached the
building. Mr. Cruikshank had been
working during the night, and had
lain down to rest a little while. He
suddenly was surprised to find the
place in flames, and beyond control,
and. as he had no fighting equipment
the place soon burned to the ground.
The building stood on the island
opposite the mou:h of the Sixtymile
river, and was erected riginally by
Harper & Ladue for their famous
trading post, in the pioneer days be
for the Klondike was struck. It was
a substantial building of logs, two
stories high, and still in we!! pre
served condition. Many a sourdough
prospector outfitted there on notable
expeditions long before Klondike
was known. Joe Ladue was running
the post when Billy Radford made
his trip up Indion and found pay on
Quartz creek in 1895. and when Bob
Henderson made his historic trip to
the Klondike side of the divide and
when George Carmack and his party
found the first gold on Gold Bottom.
Indian companions made the big
strike on Bonanza on August 17,
1896.
In 1898 Joseph A. Segbers, now
proprietor of the Yukonia Hotel a:
Dawson, erected the barracks at Og
ilvie for the old N. W. M. P. and at
the same time repaired the old post
for the then owners, the old A. C.
company.
When the fire occurred last week
the heat from the flames also
destroyed the rop of vegetables
for yards on every side of the build
ing. Mr. Cruikshank came to Daw
son Friday last, on the steamer
Dawson for a new outfit and left
here Sunday morning for the return.
The latest addition to literature
on Alaska is “The Story of Sitka."
from the pen of C. L. Andrews, of
Sitka. At one time Sitka was one of
the most progressive towns on the
Pacific coast for over half a century
it being a big fur trading post, it!
had a foundry, machine shops, and
military post. Here the first steam-:
boat for California was built and 1
bells and ploughshares cast for Cal
ifornia mission and farmers.
Ralph G. Metze of Portland Or.,
has been named as successor to M.
B. Summers as meteorologist in
charge of the Alaska climatological
bureau, with headquarters at Juneau
Mr. Summers succeeds the famous
weather man, Salisbury of Seattle,
and will take charge of the Seattle
office next month.
Duke Stubbs left Seward recently
for Kenai lake to pick out a loca
tion for a silver fox farm.
GLOBE TROTTER OF EAS1
i -
Although he came to shoot a bea
D. H. Buxton, Des Moines, La., man
ufacturer remained in the Northwes
to get scenery.
“I'm almost glad I missed thi
bear,” the general Nimrod said t<
a representative of Seattle P. I. upoi
his return to the Spirit City. “I
gives me a good excuse to offer m;
wife when I want to leave the of
fice and get back here next fall.
Mr. Buxton is president of thi
Globe Machinery & Supply C ».. an<
a veteran big game hunter. He an<
Mrs. Buxton had just returned 'ran
a three months’ outing in Alaska
forty days of which were spent ii
a small power launch, cruising alons
the islands of the Alaskan Gulf trvinj
to get within range of a Kodia1
bear.
Tney sighted seven of the bi<
animals, but were unable to ge
close enough to shoot.
There is nothing finer in the work
says Mr. Buxton, than to crawl along
the mud flats of Baranoff Island it
the cool of the evening stalking
bear. He speaks with authority, be
cause he has circumnavigated thi
globe in search of beauty and adven
ture.
“I’ve seen the Swiss Alps, th<
fjords of Norway .the Scottish high
land—hunting and trapping. I’vi
seen the famed Java gardens am
many other scenic places of the
world. And there is nothing tha
compares in my mind, with th(
peaceful grandeur of the Alaskar
waters.”
He hopes to return in October
when the bear frequent the salmoi
streams, where they are more acres
sible.
Robert Romig. son of Dr. am
Mrs. J. H. Romig. passed througl
Nenana this week, returning to hi‘
home in Anchorage from a briei
visit in Fairbanks. Mr. Romig is i
the insurance business in the coasi
town.
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFET} SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
Lv, Seattle Ar. Seward, Lv. Seward
July 13th J alyl 4
July 21st.
July P7th
Aug 3rd Aug 4th
Aug 11th
ALAMEDA ... July 7th
NORTHWESTERN . July 14th
ALASKA .July 21st
ALAMEDA ...July 28th
NORTHWESTERN .Aug. 4th
Ship, in above .chedule call at Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau.
Cordova. Valdes, LaTouche and Seward, both north and southbound
S. S. ALASKA is not goin* to make Anchorage a Port of Jail
ALAMEDA also makes Vnchorage a port of call
Ships in above schedule marked ** connect with SS STARR
at Seward for the Westward.
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICKINGER, A. H. McDONALD,
Agent. Seward, Alaska _Agent. Anchorage
A. A. SHOINBECK
ANCHORAGE
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
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OVER THE TRAIL
Richardson Highway Transportation Company
Operating a First Class Stage Service over the Famous
RICHARDSON HIGHWAY
Between Fairbanks, Chitina, Valdez and Way Points
E. H. Mick Co., Agt, Fairbanks R. e. Sheldon,
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska. Fourth Division, Nenana
I Precinct,
Ir. the matter of the State of
Nels P. Rasmussen, Deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Chas E. Bergman, the Admin
istrator of the Estate of Nels P.
Rasmussen, Deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and
filed in said Court, his final ac
count of his adminstradon of said
Estate; and that Wednesday, the
fifteenth day of August, 1923, at
two o’clock. P. M., at the court
room of said Court, at Nenana,
Alaska, has been duly appointed by
Probate Judge of said Court for
the settlement of said account, at
which time and place any person
interested in said Estate may appear
and file exceptions in writing to
the said account, and contest the
same.
Dated this 8th day of June, 1923
CHAS E. BERGMAN
, Administrator of the Estate of Nels
P. Rasmussen, Deceased.
Date of first publication, June 9th
1923-_5f H
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Five room furnished
| home—complete in every detail. In
quire Mrs. Tony O’Malley.
FOR SALE—Furniture and house
hold effects also two fur coats and
kodak developing outfit.
G. L. SCHOOLING
FOR SALE—Man.s Coon Coat
*75.00 dark fur Inquire A.B. Phil
lips.
FOR SALE—Team of horses,
with harness; 3 sets bob sleighs;
wagon; household furniture. In-;
quire Chas E. Bergman.
MINING GROUND FOR SALE—
Group of three claims (placer) on
Glacier Creek. Kantishna district.
Nos. 17,18 and 19. (No. 17 worked
out.) Shallow ground, from six
inches to five feet to bedrock.:
Coarse gold. Automatic dam, boxes,
tools, complete camp outfit. For
furthers particulars inquire at News
Office. i
A partly covered safe was discov
ered in the sands on the spit side of
Snake river at Nome recently, and
the discoverers had visions of wealth
until it was opened, when a poke
containing nine cents was found.
The safe and contents which belong
ed to Gus Boltz, were lost in the big
storm of 1913, when many buildings
were washed away by a heavy sea
which flooded the sandpit.
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD,
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
li:02 p. m. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points.
Arrives Nenana 11 :39 a. m, same
days.
•5:04 p. m., Tuesday and Friday far
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika. ’
Arrives Nenana 4:37 p. m. Tues
day and Friday.
“ Trains both North and" South
bound stop over night at Curry
where excellent hotel facilities are
available for the epublic.
River steamers leave Nenana ev
ery Wednesday at 10:00 a m. for '
points down river to Holy Cross and
connecting with gas launch at lat
ter point for St. Michael. Arrive N«- "
nana every Monday or Tuesday.
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embelmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Cbexxi R. C. Morris.
Secretary. President.