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Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST luOne
J. F. BENNETT. GEORGE RICH
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanship Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street.
BLANKPIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind.
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
Prospectors
1 Farmers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur. and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts. | ,
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
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Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne- !
nana district may be obtained from the
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Commercial
Club
VANCOUVER, B. C.—Stories of
marvelous gold finds have come
from the newly discovered gold
fields in the Copper Lake region,
65 miles north of Le Pas, Mani
toba, and also at Contact bay,
about 200 miles east of Winnipeg.
One man recently came into Le Pas,
it is said, with a canoe load of
sacks filled with gold. He wanted
the gold made into bricks.
Stampeders are rushing to the
new fields and Winnipeg stores are
doing a rushing business outfitting
expeditions.
The story of the gold find itself
sounds like an old Klondike tale.
Jacob Cook, an Indian prospector,
while on his way to his cabin on
Cooper lake, tripped and fell over
a rusty spur of quartz. Angered
by the fall, he struck the spur with
his pick and saw evidence of gold.
Within a few minutes he opened
up a streak four inches wide and
several feet deep which assayers
declare is almost pure gold.
Livingston Wernicke, geologist,
and T. G. McDonald, mining en
gineer, who visited Interior Alaska
during the past summer as repre
sentatives of F. W. Bradley, re
turned to their headquarters in Ju
neau on October 18.
Matt Kosimies, a contractor in
the employ of the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, was asphyxiated
by powder gas recently while at
work in a tunnel at Mile 56%.
Anton Eide, formerly superintend
ent of construction in the Anchor
age district for the Alaska Road
commission, has been transferred
to Ketchikan, where he will have
charge of the work in that section.
C. R. Arundell, until several
months ago connected with the field
division of the general land office
in Juneau, is now stationed at Port
land in the Government sendee.
"MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY”
the big 10-reel Feature Film made
from Ambassador Gerard's Book,
will be shown Wednesday Night at
the Coliseum.
Veuana. Alaska's Interior rue! Depot
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Envi-onments of Home
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LONDON.—Horse-racing, like ev
ery other kind of sport here, has
experienced a great boom sinec the
war, and consequently the gam
bling habit has increased.
Promoters of race meetings all
over the country announce that
record crowds have attended the
fixtures, while the number of horses
entered for the races are already
up to pre-war proportions. Racing
is carried on all the year round
and scarcely does a day pass with
out a meeting of some kind being
held in some part of the country,
lit is divided into two categories—
flat racing, which commences in
March and ends in November, and
steeplechasing, which finishes out
the year.
At the “classic” meetings held at
Epsom, Goodwood, and Ascot, prac
tically all the aristocrats of the
turf congregate. Entertaining takes
place on a large scale and the
women vie with each other in dis-,
playing the latest fashions in dress.
The highest amount paid for the
winner of a race is that for the
winner of the Derby, amounting to
$32,000.
There is more betting on horse
racing than on any other sport.
The English law is peculiar on that
point. Betting on the racecourse is
'strictly legal, but the passing of
betting slips in the streets is con
sidered a serious offence. Vet one
may legally place bets by calling
up a bookmaker on any telephone,
or by sending the name of the
horse fancied by telegram or
through the post. This anomaly,
therefore, occurs:
A betting slip with a horse’s
name and an amount of money
mention, if handed to a bookmaker
in the street, is an offence punisha
ble by imprisonment. Yet a tele
gram to the same bookmaker and
containing the same wording hand
ed in at the postoffice is a perfectly
legal undertaking, and, incidentally,
one which is largely followed.
In the poorer districts, where there
are thousands of “backers" who
make bets varying from twelve
cents to a dollar, the street book
maker does a roaring trade, al
though he is liable to arrest, and
his business has perforce to be con
ducted very secretly, as plain
clothes police are always on the
lookout for him.
Nenana. Where Kails and Rivers Meet
NOTHING SUCCEEDS
LIKE SUCCESS
OUR GOODS ARE RIGHT.
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT.
WATCH AND JEWELRY
REPAIRING. ENGRAVING
WM. TAYLOR
SINGLETON'S
ROADHOUSE and STORE
Outfits for Prospectors, TraPprrs
. end Hunters.
Goods Delivered to All Points in
Lignite District.
FIRST-CLASS ROADHOUSE
ACCOMMODATIONS
COONEY HOTR^
MR. AND MRS. M. J. COONEY
Owiwi and Managers.
DOG KENNELS IN CONNECTION
Heated Electric Lighted Bedded Stalls
I The office of the United States
deputy collector of customs at
Prince Rupert has been transferred
from the District of Washington to
the District of Alaska, and here
after he will report to Juneau in
stead of to Seattle. The deputy
collector of customs at Prince Ru
pert acts as inspector and agent
for the United States customs serv
ice. F. R. Havens is the deputy
collector of customs at Prince Ru
pert. He was appointed from the
Seattle district and was transferred I
with the office which he holds to
the Alaska district.
“MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY”
the big 10-reel Featu-e Film made
from Ambassador Gerard's Book,
will be shown Wednesday Night at
the Coliseum.
Wenana—The Gateway to McXinley
Rational Park.
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ROOMS
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MRS. CLAUSEN
PROPRIETRESS.
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
itands alone in par-excellence of
aervice and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
WOOD
Sawing
ICE and EXPRESS
CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
OFFICE AT
THE TERMINAL
Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
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{ NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS |
According to a recently issued Court Order by §
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- =
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be f
| enabled by this change to do their recording and f
| transact other business at Nenana. which is within |
§ easy reach of their mining activities.
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| R. S. McDonald. President. R. j. Diven, Secretary. |
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