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 3, 1879.
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WHITE PASS BLOCKADE
So long as foreign transportation
companies are permitted to domin
ate the upper Yukon river the Alas
ka Railroad will not receive its'
just proportion of tourist travel
coming to Alaska during the sum
mer months. So long as foreign
transportation officials are permit
ted to stand guard at the river
gateway to Interior Alaska, few j
travelers will find it possible to get
beyond Dawson. A blockade has
been established by the White Pass
in an effort to divert '.ravel from'
the Alaska Railroad and it is work
ing so effectively that only three
passengers were able to slip through
Dawson to connect with the steamer
Yukon on the last voyage of that
craft to Nenana.
The News already has related how
the WThite Pass sought to discour
age a California young lady from
making the trip to Nenana by way
.of the upper Yukon. But for the
fact that she had friends in Nenana
who were able to advise her, this
applicant for passage through the
blockade would have been turned
back before she started. She insist
ed on coming through however, and
was rewarded by a most enjoyable
steamer ride down the beautiful
Yukon, without delay or inconven
ience of any kind.
But not all travelers have friends
in Nenana to advise them how to
lun the blockade successfully and
the result is that very few are mak
ing the trip down the Yukon this
summer, notwithstanding the fact
that a considerable proportion of
the hundreds who have v:sited Daw
son thus far this summer have ex
presed a deire to sep more of the
Interior country and to return to
the coast by way of the Alaska
Railroad. Applicants for passage on
the last sailing of the Yukon are re
ported to have been told they could
not go becaue of the presense of
explosives in the cargo. That is
probably why only three through
passengers reached Nenana on the
Y ukon.
Such tactics bring benefit to the
White Pass. The Alaska Railroad
must have allthe passengers and tou;
nage it can get and if the White Pas?
contiues to pursue its present policy
the government eventually will be
forced to invade Canadian waters.
A couple of good boats and a lit
tle advertising would speedily diver:
practically all of the upper Yukon
traffic to the American through line.
In the meantime, however, a very
considerable number of pleasure
seekers are being stopped at Daw
son and beyond in order chat all of
their vacation dollar? may be retain
ed by the Canadian monopoly.
William John Harris, seven year
©Id son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Harris of Juneau, was drowned re
cently at Juneau when a board on
which he and little Millard Andler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Andler,
were standing, fishing at the end of
the dock extending from the barn
now used by the Alaska Road Com
mission on Willoughby Avenue, gave
way under them and both fell into
the waters of Gastineau Channel.
Beit Wilson wewt out to McKin
ley park yesterday.
Expressing the appreciation of
President Harding for the invitation
of the Yukon Council to make a
visit to Yukon Territory during his
Alaska trip, the President’s Secre
tary. George B. Christian, Jr., has
wired Gov. Scott C. Bone that such
a trip will he impossible. Lack of
time it was stated in the telegram
would prevent acceptance of the cor
dial invitation.
Possible development of water
power and timber resources in the
vicinity of Sitka is forecast for the
not distant future by L. L. Simpson
engineer, sawmill man and scout who
has been here several days after an
investigation trip to Sitka and the
immediate district. Included in the
development if carried out on the
lines laid down by him. will be a
200-ton paper mill manufacturing
its own pulp, a sawmill with a daily
capacity of 50,000 feet and a box
factory of 1,000 to 1,500 boxes per
day capacity.
The Brooklyn Eagle party consist
ing of more than eighty of the best
known professional and business men
and society women of Brooklyn are
on their way north on board the
steamer Alaska, and are expected to
arrive in Anchorage Sunday after
noon. July 8, remaining over night
and leaving next day for the inter
ior.
According to word received at Ju
neau L. Faulkner, attorney for the
Alaska Berner's Bay Mining Com
pany from Manager Jean Vanophem
now at the Jualin mine operated
by the company., a serious cave-in
of the tunnel workings in one spot
together with the tapping of a heavy
flow of water has cauused the tem
porary cessation of operations of
the mine. Part of the crew is laid off
for the present and a part is stand
ing by at the mine until such time
as a decision has been made as to
the best plan of handling the situa
tion.
Falcon Joslin. head of the Ch:l
kat Oil Company, in company with
three geologists, Wm. Young. Dr.
Stewart and Mr. McQueen came
north on the las: trip of the Alaska
for Katella where they will spend
several weeks examining the field
The Katella oil field is at present
discharging fifty barrels of oil daily.
Harry I. Staser. newly appointed
United States deputy marshal at An
chorage under the republican ad
ministration. officially took over the
local office on July 1, from former
U. S. Deputy Marshal Clarence W.
Mossman. making the first change
in this office since the democratic
administration.
According to G. H. Hutchinson
mine operator of Crow creek who
arrived in Anchorage several days
ago from his property, a report of
a lead and silver quartz strike at
the head of Eagle river, near Raven
j was brought into the camp last week
, and five or six prospectors left
1 Crow creek last Saturday with out
| fits to investigate the find.
Countess Carboneau and her sis
ter, Margaret Mulrooney, both for
mer well known residents of Daw
son and Fairbanks, are now located
'in Yakima. Washington.
COAST OFFICIAL REPORTS
ROCK MINERS IN DEMAND
Wright Wennch, gar.ie warden
for the First Division and x-odieio
collector of school tax, returned to
Juneau recently from an extended
trip which took him over a good
portion of the district. In his of
fical capacity he visited many small
quartz operations and in nearly
every case he told a representative
of the Empire, there is an urgent
demand for more men. both miners
and surface men.
At Hawk Inlet where R. K. Neill
and his partner, Williams, are op
erating, the latter being in charge,
an effort was made to get 15 men
from Ketchikan but not one was ob-;
tained. About 20 men are employed
and as many more coul' be used to
advantage. The same conditions were
found to exist at Funter Bay, where
Peckovich is working a crew of 15 ^
men and Orteson and Tubbs about
half a dozen but both desirous of
doubling their forces.
Temporary trouble is being exper
ienced at Jualin, where water is in
terfering with work on the 8,000
foot tunnel but it was hoped the
trouble would be obviated in a few
days and work resumed. Mr. Wen
rich says thede are excellent show
ings at all the properties visited by
him and that excellent reports come
from William Henry Bay, where the
Endicott Company is operating and
where machinery will be installed at
an early date that will increase the
capacity of the plant from 30 to
150 tons per day.
Taking cognizance of all the1
smaller concerns, there is more ac
tivity in quartz mining in the coun
try contiguous to Juneau than there
has been at any time within the
past seven years.
BRADLEY GOING TO MAYO
TO SEE KENO HILL MINE
P. R. Bradley will leave Juneau
early in July for the interior on a
visit to the Mayo district where the
Yukon Treadwell Company, of which
he is general manager, as he is of
the Alaska Juneau and Alaska
Treadwell Companies, is operating
extensively at Keno Hill under the
superintendency of Livingstone
Wernecke. Mr. Bradley has not for
merly visited the Yukon camp. He
will spend several weeks there and
will later go on down the river and
return home by way of the Govern
ment railroad to Seward. He will be
absent six or eight weeks.
If P. R. takes half the free advice
offered him in connection with his
contemplated visit to the interior
suggests the Stroller's Weekly, he
will go equipped with a ton or more
of stuff in which wdll be included
sleeping robes, fur coat, parka, felt
shoes, two suits of heavies, liver
pills, mosquito dope, snow glasses
and dozens of other useless articles
that were considered necessary in the
early days but which are now scorn
ed by old rimers.
Suit has been entered in the U. S.
District Court by Emery Valentine
by his attorneys, Wickersham &
Ke’noe, against John Tuppela, J. H.
Cobb and G. C. Winn, the latter as
guardian for Tuppela. for the sum
of $6,750 alleged to be due and un
paid, that amount being claimed by
Valentine as due him as co-owner
with Tuppela in certain mining
property located on Chichagof
Island.
Ferdinand de Journel, a former
well known attorney of Fairbanks
and son Robert de Journel, who grew
to manhood in the interior Alaska
metropolis, and his son-in-law. Tod
Cowles, also a widely known resi
dent of Fairbanks in the early days
of the camp, are now living in Fres
no, Cal. They are in the dried fruit
buiness, operating under the firm
name of de Journel, Cowles & de
Journel, and are doing a fine bus
iness. Mr. Cowles is a graduate of
the State University of Washington.
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Miss Jane Bemoudy. whose rope
spinning exhibition was one of the
star features of the Nenana cele
bration, returned to her home in
Seward yesterday.
INDIANS LOSE TRIBAL ARTS BY
ADOPTING WHITE MAN S WAYS
OKLAHOMA CITY. July 5—The
rapid adoption of the civilization of
the white man has resulted in the
loss to the Five Civilized Tribes
of at least six of the principal arts
of their forefathers, according to
J. B. Thobura. of’the Oklahoma His
torical Society.
The lost arts include those of pot
tery and crockery making, the mak
ing of horn utensils and ornaments
the use of Indian weapons and their)
manufacture, the tanning of hides,
the construction of dwelling houses
and the preparation of foods by In
dian methods. Mr. Thoburn said.
Acceptance of the ready-made ar
ticles of the white man and their
added convenience are accounted for
as the contributing causes to the
decadence in these arts.
According to H. R. Shepard, of i
Juneau his former legislative collea
gue, E. M. Keys of Healy Forks,
will return to Juneau within a
month, or sooner, for the purpose of
joining Mr. Shepard on a prospect
ing trip into the wilds adjacent to
Lynn Canal. Several years ago Shep
ard obtained knowledge of a section
that abounds in gold and that know-'
ledge has kept him awake much of
the time since. He will endeavor to
get the bug out of his system this
summer—either that or he will lo-;
cate a mountain of gold. He is not |
making known the exact location of |
the fabled wealth, but will have
more to say concerning it after he
and Keys return.
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Roden Davis cut his hands quite
badly while trying to save some of
the family effects during the Fourth
of July fire which wrecked the Da
vis residence on Garden Island.
The following are some of the
recent arrivals at the local hotels
most of them having reached town
on yesterday's train from the coast
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Carr. L. B.
Carr. Mrs. A. E. Mowry, Mr. and
Mrs. John Hall, Mrs. Clara Monro, |
Mr. and Ms. Frank Kelly. Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Hickey. Albert Hickey.
Mrs. Frodenburg. Miss A. C. Craig,
Miss J. O'Neill. Mrs. Walter C.
Wade. J. McCloskev, F. J. Smith
R. A. Campbell, J. C. Jacobson, Wil
liam Flannery Irene E. Hart, Lucille
M. Sexton. Peter Johnson. Edgar M.
Dawson, August H. Amanon, George
Turner, John Edmonds, A. W.
Young.
In a telescopic rifle sight invented
in Europe the magnification is
adjustable.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
OF FINAL ACCOUNT
In the Probate Court, Territory of
Alaska, Fourth Division, Nenana
Precinct.
In 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 adminstration 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 Neb
P. Rasmussen, Deceased.
Date of first publication, June 9th
1923.
Comfortable rooms for rent in
The Arctic, $15.00 per month. See
Abe Simson.
VESSEL
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFETY SPEED SERVICE
Lv. Seattle Ar. Seward, Lv. Seward
July 13th Julyl4
July 21st.
July ?7th
Aug 3rd Aug -1th
Aug 11th
ALAMEDA . July 7th
NORTHWESTERN _ July 14th
ALASKA . July 21st
ALAMEDA ..._. July 28th
NORTHWESTERN . Aug. 4th
Ships in above schedule call at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau,
Cordova, Valdez, LaTouche and Seward, both north and southbound
S. S. ALASKA is not goin; to make Anchorage a Port ol Jail
ALAMEDA also makes Vnckorage 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
Remco Redwood Stave
WATER & MINING TANKS SILOS HYDRAULIC PIPE
EXPLOSIVES FEED
Write us for information
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. Mack Co., Agt. Fairbanks R. E. Sheldon, Slip!.
WANT ADS
WANTED—Information regard
ing the whereabouts of John Win
zenried. Supposed to have come to
Alaska on the steamer Northwestern
early this year. Mrs. Ellen Reiser,
1705 First Avenue, New York City.
FOR SAI.E—Two first-ciass pack
horses, known as Kennedy stock.
Black weighs 1200, gray 1350. In
quire of Anthony Letray.
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.
“EVERYBODY can buy groceries,
feed and supplies WHOLESALE
Write for free pricelist. People
Grocery. 701 Olive St. Seattle."
PEOPLES GROCERY COMPANY
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALl
Fourth and B Streets
At 8:00 P. M.
Secretary Dictator
ALEX FOWLER. ALF EKELANU
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
ORDER YOUR
COAL
BY PHONE
Healy River
Coal
Corporation
PHONE YOUR ORDERS
.. TO THE
RAILROAD CIGAR STORE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Xenana as
| follows:
11.35 p. m Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate point*
Returning arrives Xenana 11:20
' a. m. same days.
i 5:15 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
| Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Xenana 5:00 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 public.
River steamers leave Xenana 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 Xe
nana every' Monday or Tuesday.”
BILL OF SALE blanks for sale
i at The Xews Office.
Andy’s Express
— AT —
Seward
Will Give Your
BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT
Careful Attention
MEETS ALL TRAINS
AND BOATS
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
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. Gbexxi R. C. Morria. ,
j Secretary. President.