THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en:ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southworth — — — — Editor and Manager
Mrs. R. G. Southworth — — — Circulation Manageer
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
GOVERNOR IS OPTIMISTIC
“I am very greatly encouraged
over the entire territorial outlook,”
declared Governor Thos. Riggs, in
«n address delivered recently at
Juneau before the Commercial asso
ciation of that city. “The last two
years have been largely formative,”
he continued. “Legislation enacted
in that period is now beginning to
bear fruit. Changes in forest regu
lations have made It possible for
pulp mills to enter; oil leasing laws
have resulted in much prospecting
of possible oil fields in Alaska; the
water power leasing bill has releas
ed many sources of power for devel
opment in the territory. I am con
vinced that Alaska will experience
great strides in industries other than
fishing in the next two years. These
will upbuild our permanent popula
tion, which the fishing industry has
not done.”
MUCH LAND IS LOCATED BY
OIL SEEKERS IN TERRITORY
Approximately 800,000 acres of
land have been located by oil pros
pectors within the territory since
the passage of the oil land leasing
act. February 25. 1020. and it is
■probable that this will be increased
to a million acres by the time the
law has been in force a year. Appli
cations for oil leasing permits, cov
ering 108,800 acres, have been filed
since the first of December, the ap
plications in that brief time num
bering 54.
The Cold Bay district leads in
the number of permits sought since
December 1, thirty-three of the 54
applications being for claims situat
ed therein. In the Aniachak field,
on the Alaska peninsula immediate
ly west of Cold Bay, four claims
have been filed, covering 10,240
acres. Four applications also have
been received from the Anchorage
district, covering claims containing
a total of 4,480 acres. In the Kaital
la field, for the same period, ten
applications were filed, for 0,080
acres. Other fields represented in
the applications filed during the pe
riod are Yakataga and Kootsnahoo.
More than 50 per cent of the land
for which permits are sought lies
in the Cold Bay field, applications
having -been filed for 459,520 acres
therein. In this district, it is claimed
by those interested, development
work involving aatuai drilling will
be started as early next spring as
supplies, machinery and crews can
be landed. In fact, it is stated, that
at least one drill outfit is now in
Seattle awaiting transportation to
the field.
The second largest field in Alaska
from the standpoint of location is
Katalla, where applications for per
mits cover 99,973 acres. Prospecting
will be continued there next season
by P'alcon Joslin and associates and
the Alaska Consolidated Oil Fields!
the company organised by B. L,
Thane and which includes man)
prominent men on the Pacific coasl
in its list of stockholders, it is un
derstood, will also begin drilling in
the early spring.
Following is a complete list ol
claims for which permits have been |
asked and the acreage in each field .
covered thereby:
No
Claims
.181
.. 65
.. 36
.. 30
.. 16
Location
Cold Bay ....
Katalla .
Yakataga
Illiamna .
Kootanahoo
Cape Spencer
Chitina Bay .
Seward . 2
j Wasilla . 2
! Anchorage .. 10
Aniakchak . 6
3
Acres
459,520
99,973
75.520
69,400
35.520
7,680
7,680
3,520
5,120
19,840
16,360
Total
.354
799,133
GEORGE PENNINGTON VICTIM j
OF HOLDUP IN SPIRIT CITY j
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GEO. W. Pennington, former resi
dent and member of the last terri
torial legislature, who left the North
two years ago to seek his fortune
in the oil fields of Texas, recently
had the unpleasant experience of
being forced to contribute substan
tially to Seattle’s bandit gang, ac
cording to a late issue of the Seat
tle Alaska Dispatch, a copy of which
reached The News office on the last
mail. The gangsters took §215 away
from the former Northerner.
! Pennington was “strong-armed
. under threats of death, marched in-'
| to an alley with a gun rammed
against his back and robbed of $215
1 on Seventh street, near Columbia,
late Sunday night (January 23).
“Pennington, who arrived in the
| city to undergo an operation at
, Providence hospital, was first made
: aware of his danger when one of a >
; pair of pedestrians, approaching
him from behind, stuck a revolver
i into his back. With the gun held
i tightly against him, and threats of
' death sounding in his ears, Penning
I ton preceded his captors to the
j nearest alley.
i
| “After robbing him, the bandits,
! between 20 and 23 years of age,
| ordered Pennington, with an ac
i companiment of oaths, to march
Jdown the alley looking neither to
the right nor the left.
“The booty consisted of $15 in
cash and $200 in travelers checks,
all the money Pennington had with
him.
“One of the bandits wore a derby
hat, the first time such a circum
stance has been reported to the
police during the present epidemic
of banditry."
The Stars Incline but do not Compel
—A Wise Man Rules his Stars.
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j Are you trying to make an elec
j trical engineer out of your son,
i whose natural gift, (and latent)
| may be that of cartoonist? Or a
! typist out of your daughter who
has natural gifts as a modiste? The
signs and planets in , ascending at
time of your birth indicate your
vocational powers; this knowledge
may change your whole life—greatly
to your advantage. A typed charact
er delineation, with chart, will be
I mailed to you on receipt of your
birth date,—the day and year. En
close $2.00.
H. M. D’Orsay, Nenana.
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FORMER ALASKAN EDITOR
PASSES IN LOS ANGELEI
Sam W. Wall, one of the fore
most editorial writers of Dawson anc
Fairbanks, in the early days ol
those towns, died in Los Angeles or
January 29.
The deceased was editor of tht
Dawson News while the Boer wai
was in progress, and was later call
ed to the editorial chair of the Fair
banks News, where he presided un
til shortly before the big fire. Frorr
Fairbanks he went to the Skagwaj
Alaskan and later moved to Los
Angeles, where he started a finan
cial weekly, and later added a pub
lication devoted to settlement and
development in Southern California.
He finally sold his Los Angeles in
terests and moved to Tacoma, in
which city he was located before
going to Dawson. He remained in
Tacoma only a short time, however,
returning to Los Angeles, where
death cut short his career. He was
an able newspaperman, He was fear
less in his writing, alert and pro
gressive. He made friends wherever
he went and commanded the respect
of those with whom he did not
agree. There are many oldtimers in
the North who will regTet to learr.
of his death.
KETCHIKAN SOLDIERS WANT
BONUS FOR SEVICE IN WAR
The Ketchikan post of the Ameri
can legion has launched a move
ment for the payment of a bonus
by the territory of $26 for each
month served by bona fide ex-service
men of Alaska, the bonus to be
used solely in purchasing or building
individual homes.
The matter has been presented tc
other posts in the form of a resolu
tion, adopted by the Ketchikan post.
The plan provides for the appoint
ment of a committee by the depart
ment organization, of three legion
aires, not more than one member
to be chosen from any single post,
The duty of this committee is tc
draft a bill containing the provisions
of the plan suggested, for submis
sion at the coming session of the
territorial legislature.
It is stated at department head
quarters in Juneau that after all
the Alaskan legion organizations
have considered the plan, and re
ported on it to Department head
quarters, the view of the organiza
tion as a whole will be made public.
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Fairbanks, Feb. 14
jEditor Nenana News:
l a Can you tell me now many
i votes were east for the Farmer
Labor candidate at the November
j election? Also please inform me. if
; you can, how many votes were pcdl
! ed by the Prohibitionists.
a. j. e.
Figures compiled by The Asso
ciated Press, based on the count
of the various state election can
vassing boards, show a total popular
vote of 26,759,708 for the candi
dates of seven parties, as compared
with a total popular vote of 18,515,
340 for the candidates of five par
ties in 19i6. The total vote polled
by Parley Christensen, Farmer-La
bor nominee, was 252,435, all cast!
in 18 states. Dr. Aaron Watkins, j
nominee of the Prohibitionists, poll
ed a total vote of 187,470, a de
crease of more than 33,000 from
the party vote of 1916. Out of a
total of more than half a million
votes cast in North Carolina the
“dry” candidate received 17. Geor
gia gave him 8. Greater New York,
with a total of a million and a quart
er votes, polled 1,660 “dry” ballots.
Cos, the Socialist-Labor candidate
received 42,950 votes; Macaulcy,
nominee of the Single Tax party,
received 5,747; Eugene V. Debs,
Socialist candidate, received 914,869,
a gain of more than 300,000 Social
ist votes in four years; Harding’s
plurality over Cox was 7,001,763.
J-ans Crane, former restaurant
^man of Fairbanks and Tolovana, is
.now located at Hyder, where he is
| very well satisfied with conditions.
He writes that things will be good
; there a little later n.
| Cigars* -Tobaccos 1
1 Stationery - Candy I
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Pool and Card Tables
Furnished Rooms
The Terminal
JOE O’CONNOR
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THE E. H. MACK Co.
Successor* to St. George Realty Co., and St. George A Cathcart
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance, Public Accountant
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
Liat Your Property with Ui, For Sato or Rent
Notary Public, Collections, Bonding Company, Rents Collected
THE NEW RAILROAD
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS
POOL AND PAN
SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME
BARBER SHOP AND BATHS
ROOMS IN CONNECTION. BILLY THOMAS
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
NOTHING BUT THE VERY BEST BRANDS—LIPTON AND
RIDGEWAY’S TEAS, PRIDES AND TEAGARDEN PRESERVES
CRAWFORD’S ORANGE JELLY AND MARMALADES.
HARDWARE AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS OF HIGHEST GRADE
SUNKIST ORANGES AND LEMONS—DELICIOUS APPLES
i _California Glared Fruit*-Candie* and Nut* of all Kind*
FOWLER & MORRIS~
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Cooney Hotel and Annex
NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
£OMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOG BARNS
CONDUCTING
COONEY STAGE LINE
(Bqid<d Carrier)
OPERATING FROM STEEL TO STEEL
Connecting with AH Boat* and Train*
PASSENGERS — FREIGHT — PERISHABLES
Make Arrangement* at Coooejr Hotel
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Coast Train Schedule
Train leaves Gold Creek for
Anchorage on Sunday and Thurs
day at 1:00 P. M.
Train leaves Deadhorse for An
chorage on Tuesday and Friday.
Train leaves Anchorage for Sew
ard on Wednesday and Saturday at
9:00 A. M.
Train leaves Chickaloon for An
chorage, via Eska on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 7:30
A. M.
Nennna Train Schedule
Trains leave Nenana for the end
of steel four times a week—on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Baby sled. Call up The
News for particulars.
FOR SALE—Six-hole ran^e. Burns
wood or coal. Tent 12xlt. New.
Apply Rust House.
Fine Stock Staple and Fancy Gro
eerie*. Fowler &. Morris.
HEALY RIVER
ROADHOUSE
END OF STEEL
First-class Meals
BEDS
Cigars and Tobacco
Ambrose Van, Prop.
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
If Comfort, Economy and tko
Environment* of Homo
Appeal to You,
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Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Schedule of .trains, subject U
change without notice:
LEAVE NENANA for Healy on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m.
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p. m.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke Geo. S. Smith
Secretary. President.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU
Secretary Dictator.