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THE NENAN A NEWS
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VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEB. 27. 1923.
NUMBER 419
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ORDER WITHDRAWS ALASKA OIL LAND
. FISHERIES BURE A U RE WARDS SEA TTLE BOOS TERS
WASHINGTON SOLONS PLANNING JOY RIDE TO ALASKA
FISHERIES BUREAU GIVES
SEATTLE ALASKA BUSINESS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb, 27—
Seattle has been made headquarters
*for the purchase of all supplies used
in Alaska by the United States bur- i
eau of fisheries, under an order is
sued today by Commissioner Henry
O’Malley.
This action, it is pointed out, -will
greatly facilitate the transaction of
the bureau’s business with the west
^ coast wholesalers who buy supplies
of coal and lumber for shipment
every year by the bureau to the
Pribilof islands. Efforts are being
made to secure legislate action
which will enable the bureau to
close contracts on May first each
year instead of waiting for the
fiscal year which begins on July 1.
Arrangements have beer, made to
ship the bureau’s supplies North on
^ the navy transport Gold Star, which
will save the Government $30,0001
annually.
GARDEN ISLAND RESIDENTS
CANNOT FIGHT FAIRBANKS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27—
The supreme court of the United
States' has declined to review the ;
case in which J. E. Barrack and
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others sought to bring action against
the town of Fairbanks to test the
legality of the act passed by the
Territorial legislature of 1921 pro
viding for the annexation by Fair
banks of certain contiguous terri
tory commonly known as Garden
Island.
WEALTH TO BE AIRED
« WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27
Senator Norris, of Nebraska, in
troduced a resolution yesterday caN
ling for an inquiry to determine
the amount and ownership of the
“chief kinds of wealth in the Uni
ted States.” On motion of Senator
Smoot, consideration of the resolu
tion was put over until today.
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FORMER SENATOR PASSES
OAKLAND, Feb. 27—Former
Senator George C Perkins, aged 81
years, died here yesterday. He had
been ill five years, the malady tak
ing a serious turn about five months
ago.
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HEAD OF FAIRBANKS SCHOOL
SECURED BY JUNEMJ BOARD
Tie Juneau school boprd has an
nounced the selection of W. K Kel
ler to the position of superintendent
^ of Juneau schools for the coming
year.
Mr. Keller is completing his sec
ond year as superintendent of the
Fairbanks schools where he has
made a splendid record, having been
recommended by Commissioner of
Education L. D. Henderson as one
of the best and most competent
V teachers ever employed in the Ter
ritory. He is 27 years old, married
and the father of one child; is a
graduate of the Pullman (Wash.)
State College and holds the degrees
of A. B. and A. M. He has had ex
perience as an athletic coach and
is an all-around athlete.
Tom Mathews, formerly of the
Local Signal Corps station has a
t job at present as operator in a tel
egraph office at Hoquiam Wash. He
writes that he sees Frank Doner fre
quently and that Mrs. Doner is im
proving steadily.
TWENTY MILLION ACRES HELDj
IN RESERVE FOR FUTURE NEED
NcNARY IS MUCH OPPOSED
AS CURRENCY COMPTROLLER
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27—;
A detailed statement of the charges (
and evidence against James G. Mc
Nary. New Mexico and Texas bank
er, who was nominated to be the
comptroller of currency, has been
sent to President Harding by Sena
tor Couzens. Republican, of Michi
gan, chairman of the senate bank
ing sub-committee which is consid
ering the nomination.
The statement says evidence was |
secured from bank examiners andj
others regarding the banking trans- j
actions of McNary and other officers j
of the First National Bank of El
Paso of which McNary was presi
dent. Loans were-made from funds
of the bank and from other sources
to McNary and the committee re- ‘
viewed correspondence on the sub- j
ject between the bank and the comp- j
troller's office at Washington.
It is not known whether the Pres
ident will withdraw the nomination
in view of the evidence, but the op
inion is general among members of
the senate that it will be impossible ;
to secure confirmation before the j
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end of the present session of Con
gress.
MNING TOWN ROCKED
PITTSBURG, Feb. 27—The min
ing village of Russellton 25 mles
from this city, was rocked by a ter
rific- explosion today when the pow- j
der magazine of Superior Mine No..
1, of the Superior Fuel Company
blew up. The magazine was des
troyed, one hundred homes dam
aged and two persons injured.
THREE DIE IN WRECK
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Feb. 27
Three trainmen were killed and a
fourth badly injured when a freight
train was wrecked near Pratt City
yesterday.
BERING COAL NOT SUITED
FOR NAVAL REQUIREMENTS
According to J. W. Dunkle, an
engineer connected -with the Alaska
operations of the Guggenheim in
terests, a test given Bering River
coal by the U S. Navy Depart
ment demonstrated that it is not
suited for use by the navy, steam
ing properties not being up to the
standard. Mr. Dunkle made the "fore
going statement while in Juneau re
cently.
The coal tested was from the
mine of the Bering River Coal
Company at Katalla and 660 tons;
were treated with the result above j
stated, which result will cause the
company to suspend operations
which were conducted under a lease
of $1 per acre per year from the i
government, and the lease will not
be renewed, which will mean that
the land will revert to the govern-1
ment. The Bering River Coal Com
pany is said to have expended nearly
half a million dollars in developing
the property.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27—'
Secretary of the Interior Fall, who
will retire from office on March 4.
has announced the withdrawal of;
twenty million acres of land in Al
aska for the creation of an oil re
serve for the navy.
The section set aside occupies the
northwestern corner of the Terri
tory between Colville river on the
east, and the Arctic ocean on the
west and north. The reservation ord
er refers only to oil and gas and
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does not interfere with the use of j
the land for other purposes.
The lands affected are to be re
served for a period of six years
for classification and the prepara
tions of plans or development, and
thereater until Congress or the
President otherwise orders.
The order establishing the reserve
also sets forth that large seepages
of petroleum along the Arctic coast
of Alaska together with conditions
favorable to the occurence of valu
able petroleum fields there made the
action advisable.
FOREIGN COURT MEASURE
POSTPONED BY CONGRESS
WASHINGTON', D. C. Feb 27
Postponement of action until the
next session of Congress, was vir
tually decided on by the senate to
day in connection with the consider
ation of the President’s request for
authority to enter an international
court of justice. No vote was taken
on the iissue, but the concensus of
opinion was that the matter could
be brought before the senate in
time for action during the present
session. Senator Lodge will confer
with President Harding tomorrow.
Senator Robinson, said, in connec
tion with the matter, that it was un
fortunate the President had de
ferred action so long. He also de
clared that the plan is "a repudi
ation of the policy of non-partici
pation in European affairs.
JAP LAWMAKERS FIGHT
TOKIO, Feb. 27—Today’s ses
sion of the lower house of the Jap
anese diet broke up in a free-for
all fight over the universal suffrage
bilL Debate on the measure was not
completed.
COPPER SHIPMENTS BOOST
ALASKA JANUARY EXPORTS
For a mid-winter month, January
was up to the average in the matter
of exportation of Alaska products,
according to the monthly statement
of Collector of Customs J. C. Mc
Bride, the total amounting to $1.
089,797.
Of the foregoing the largest item
was copper to the value of $657.
730, it being greater than all other
products combined.
The next largest kem following
copper ore was canned salmon, the
clean-up of last fall’s pack, to the
amount of $120,754, with fresh hali
but next amounting to $89,490.
Next followed raw furs to the am
ount of $58,873, with the crabs to
the amount of $20,135 following.
Of the total exportations $86,849
were returned American goods, leav
ing real Alaska products exported
amounting to $1,002,366.
Among the most insignificant
items in the list of exportations were
ten gallons of gasoline valued at
$2, hair seal skins to the value of
$15, eagle feathers at $25, and dog
harness and sled at $40.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gilcher went
to Fairbanks today on a brief visit.
I AGRICULTURAL CREDITS
BILL MAY BE APPROVED
WASHINGTON. D. C. Feb. 27—
The agricultural credits bill which
would establish two new banking
systems in aid of the farmers of
the country was reported by the
house banking committee yesterday
and taken up for consideration in
the house today, in an effort to se
cure its passage before the adjourn
ment of Congress The measure
, contemplates twelve intermediate
credit banks as independent ad
juncts of the federal farm loan
1 board and the systems of privately
owned agricultural credit corpora
tions. It foliows the general lines
of the Capper, Lenroot. Anderson
and Strong bills.
OFFICIALS ARE NAMED
WASHINGTON D. C. Feb. 27—
McKenzie Moss of Kentucky has
been nominated assistant secretary
of the treasury, 3nd Richard M.
Tobin, of California, has been nom
inated minister to the Netherlands,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
appointment of William Phillips as
under secretary of state.
AIRPLANE PACKS BOOZE
SPOKANE, Feb. 27—An airplane
identified as the one which yester
day landed eight cases of whiskey
at Parkwater aviation field and
which escaped, was located today
at the ranch of Frank M. Pershall,
at Fivemile Prairie.
PULP MILL RESUMES
The shut down of the Spee! river
pulp plant reported recently the
cause then given out being water
shortage, was of short duration,
work having been resumed within
a week on a more extensive scale
than ever before. At present 35
men are employed and 15 mcfre
can be utilized to advantage. Men
who arrived in Juneau after the;
recent shut-down stated that lack
of water was the cause, but later
word says it was due to a rock
slide. But anyway says “Stroller’s
Weekly,” the plant is running full
time and a large raft of logs just
delivered there insures its contin
ued activity. . i
Clifford Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M_ C. Smith, of Fairbanks
who went Outside last year to enter
the Colorado School of Mines, un
derwent an operation recently for
appendicitis.
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HARDING NOMINATES WORK
TO SUCCEED ALBERT FALL
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WASHNGTON. D. C. FEB. 27— !
The selection of Postmaster General >
Work to succeed Albert Fall as
secretary of the interior, and Sen
ator Harry S. New, of Indiana, to
succeed Work as postmaster genera!
was announced by President Hard- j
ir.g this morning, and the nomina-.
tions of the two men were sent to;
the senate during the day in order;
that they might be confirmed be
fore the adjournment of Congress.
Postmaster General Work has de-j
monstrated his ability to organize
and is regarded by the President as J
meeting all the requirements of the j
secretary of the interior.
Senator New was offered a place
in the original cabinet but declined
because he thought he could render
the administration greater service
by remaining in tthe senate. He was
defeated for re-nomination in the
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last primaries
When it became known that he
was under consideration for a place •
in the cabinet, an element of the
Indiana Republican organization op-:
posed to him began a determined
but losing fight to prevent his ap- j
pointment. His nomination was con
firmed by the senate late this af-'
ternoon.
TRAIN JUMPS—TWO DIE
CAIROUN. Ga.. Feb 27—Two'
were killed and several injured last
night when the second section of the!
Dixie Flyer, on the Nashville, Chat-j
anooga & St. Louis road jumped
the track near here.
PAPERS ARE MISSING
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27
Investigators who were appointed
by Secretary of War Weeks, in the <
Cronkhite case, have found that)
certain papers, once in the posses-!
sion of the department are now |
missing. The investigation has not!
been completed yet it is doubtful j
if the missing papers will be located, j
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Fred Porter of Petersburg, cap
tain and half owner of the shrimp
boat Lieba lost his left arm at the
elbow a few days ago by accidently j
being caught in the winch The par- j
ticular feature of the accident is
the distressing fact that the unfor
tunate man was already one-armed,
having lost his right arm in an ac
cident in a shingle mill several year- |
ago.
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Jimmy Lavery, Fairbanks boy who j
went Outside to attend the Univer- j
sity of California, after graduating j
from the Fairbanks High School, has j
quit the university and is now work- j
ing for a tractor company in the I
Poppy state.
Mrs. M. E. Goodrich arrived from
Anchorage this morning and went
to Fairbanks on this afternoon train
J. W. Felder, who arrived from |
Bethel several days ago. returned,
from Fairbanks today and will leave j
for the coast tonight..
JUNKET PLANS OUTLINED
FOR TRIP OF LAWMAKERS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 27—
The senators and representatives
who will visit Alaska during’ the
coming summer as guests of Sec
retary Weeks, will leave New York
on April 15 aboard the transport St.
Michael, according to information
by the Seattle Chamber of Com
merce. The ship will pass through
Panama canal and make stops at
San Diego, San Francisco and Seat
tle on the passage north. The law
makers will obtain first hand infor
mation concerning the needs of the
Northwest upon which future leg
islation will be based.
The members of the party will be
selected from the appropriations,
ways and means, territories, navy
and military affairs committees of
the two houses of Congress. Many
of them will be accompanied by
their wives and it is estimated the
entire party will number 188. Stops
will be made at Cordova, Seward,.
Anchorage and St. Michael, with
possibly a side trip over the Alaska
Railroad.
ADMINISTRATION GIVES UP
BATTLE FOR SHIP SUBSIDY
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb 27—
As a result of the indicated failure
of the shipping bill, the administra
tion will tbtndon the effort to ob
tain Government aid for the Ameri
can merchant marine. It is stated
al the -White House today that no
effort will be made during the
next session of Congress to nave a
bill passed.
AMENDMENT PROPOSED
WASHINGTON. D. G. Feb. 27—
The senate judiciary committee ha^
reported out u resolution providing
for the submission of another con
stitutional amendment providing: for
popular referendum for certain ne
gotiations
HINES SUCCEEDS FORBES
WASHNGTON. D. C. Feb. 27
President Harding has nominated
Brig. Gen. Hines, retired, to be dir
ector of the veterans bureau, sue
feeding C. R. Forbes, who will re
tire tomorrow. General Pershing,
who was consulted by the President
relative to the qualifications of
Hines, commended the offieier high
ly.
MARINE OFFICER PASSES
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 27—Ma
jor General William F. Biddle, re
tired former commandant of the
marine corps, who commanded the
marines aboard Admiral Dewey’s
flagship in Manilla bay, died here
yesterday, aged 70 years.
INDIAN SCHOOL WANTED
Residents of Petersburg are enx
ious that the Bureau of Education
establish a school at that place for
Indian children, of which there is a
large number there and the number
is constantly increasing owing to
Indians locating there where they
can secure employment in the shrimp
packing plants.
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
There will be a regular meeting
of the city council tonight at the
council chambers in the telephone
building.