THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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GETTING RESULTS.
Agitation for the creation of a
development board to supplant the
many federal bureaus which have
jurisdiction over Alaska affairs is
beginning to get results. The fear
that their authority will be wrested
from them has spurred bureau
chiefs to unusual activity in an ef
fort to make a favorable showing
before it is too late. Federal seat
warmers at Washington have come
to Alaska in droves during the pres
ent season, many of them for their
first glimpse of the Territory. And
press reports from the national cap
ital contain frequent mention now
adays of reforms set in motion for
the betterment of conditions in
Alaska.
The development board may be
long in coming, but its advocacy by
prominent Republican members of
Congress has had the effect of great
ly stimulating interest at Washing
ton in our much-neglected country;
and bureau chiefs are proving that
their power to improve conditions is
almost as great as their power to
hinder development. Lack of au
thority there is still, to be sure, and
in abundance, but it is our opinion
that the chief trouble in the past
has been lack of interest at Wash
ington, rather than red tape restric
tions.
Alaskans are not yet fully in ac
cord regarding the development
board plan, but they are a unit in
welcoming the increased bureau ac
tivities which appear to be the di
rect result of development board
agitation. More interest at Wash
ington in Alaska affairs is what is
needed just now to hold the Terri
tory together, and it is beginning to
look as if the heads of Alaskan bu
reaus have been aroused to the ne
necessity of doing something worth
while, and doing it promptly.
ARCTIC TRAILS.
Trails blazed across the Arctic ice
pack a quarter of a century ago by
Fritjof Nansen, Norwegian explor
er, were expected to be followed,
for a distance, by Nansen’s fellow
countryman, Captain Roald Amund
sen, discoverer of the south pole,
when he left Nome recently on an
attempt to drift across or near the
north pole.
Nansen, in 1895, attempting the
same drift, sailed around Russia and
Siberia and locked his boat, the
Fram, in the ice off the New Siberi
an islands, which lie in the Arctic
north of Siberia. Amundsen, on
leaving Nome, said he planned to
sail to the same New Siberian is
lands, let his boat, the Maude,
freeze in the ice, and then allow
the winds and currents to carry him
where they would.
Explorers’ theories that an Arctic
current starts near the New Siberi
an islands, runs through the Polar
sea, across or near the pole, and
finally ends at Greenland, in the At
lantic, were used by both Nansen
and Amundsen as a base upon which
they made their plans.
Existence of the current has been
disputed by many Arctic authori
ties, who claimed the wind and not
the current determined the route
of the ever-drifting polar ice. Nan
sen, one of the first advocates of
the theory, pointed to the fact that
! wreckage from the exploring craft,
the Jeanette, destroyed near the
New Siberian islands, was found
i two years after the wreck along the
Greenland coast. A ‘‘throwing
stick” used by Alaskan Eskimos was
j found, it has been claimed, in drift -
I wood on a Greenland beach. The
wreckage and the stick, it was ar
gued, lodged on an ice floe which
| carried them across the polar wastes
to Greenland.
N'ansen found the drift not as
strong as he expected, mainly be
cause the polar basin was much
deeper than he had believed. He
i also discovered that the wind de
i termined, to a great extent, the
j route of the ice drifts. The Fram
j was carried to within 350 miles of
j the pole, and later cleared the ice
| near Greenland. When the drifting
' Fram arrived at the 82nd parallel,
! Nansen attempted to reach the pole
i over the ice. With one companion
jhe left the ship and, in what has
j been described as the most daring
; sledge journey ever undertaken, pro
ceeded to the 86th degree, at that
[ time the farthest north ever reached
. by man. There he turned back.
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BOOSTS ALASKA SCENERY.
After touring Alaska this summer,
Ralph Hamlin, one of Southern Cali
. fornia’s leading business men, on his
’ return to the States, declared that
there is no country in the whole
world to compare with the North for
! beautiful scenery. Alaska, he says,
• is bound to outshine the Swiss Alps,
the battlefields of Europe and every'
other tourist attraction.
‘As I traveled with my family
. through these frozen wonderlands.
over glaciers and into the great In
| terior of the great country, I could
not help but think that there was a
| secret which the world would want
■ to know,” said Mr. Hamlin. “I could
j visualize some day in the future
j when a road, even though not a well
I paved road, would wind its way into
j<the Northland, passing through won
ders that have been held from the
• world. And I could visualize thou
. sands of motorcars, carrying the
j world’s tourist trade, traversing that
. road.
“Of course, I appreciate the diffi
culties of constructing and maintain
! ing such a road through Alaska.
But man will find a way, and when
he does, that road will do as much
to open up Alaska as any other in
i fluence.
“Probably every person in Ameri
ca would like to visit Alaska because
of the wonderful stories that have
! been told about it. The only draw
back at present is the absence of
transportation A trip to the In
terior means hardships. When these
i things are eliminated and a man can
; ship his own car to Alaska and then
j drive inland, or—looking even far
| ther ahead—when he can drive the
I entire distance, Alaska is bound to
! outshine the Swiss Alps, the battle
i fields of Europe and every other
tourist attraction.”
Birth Announcement Cards at the
News Office.
COLD STORAGE PLANT
MONO AT TAVERN
Xenana has the distinction of pos
sessing the only restaurant in In
i terior Alaska which operates its own
} cold storage plant. The Tavern
! cafe, owned by William Rodigkeit,
i and up to date in every other re
j spect. now has this added attraction.
which insures wholesome meats for
' restaurant use at all seasons of the
: year hereafter. And there is ample
! space in the plant for the storage
of meat and other perishables for
the Xenana public.
The plant is of 50 tons capacity
and thoroughly modem in every re
spect. strictly sanitary and economi
i cal of operation. It was made by
: the York Construction company, of
Seattle.
I Should the need arise, the plant
jean be made to turn out 1.500
, pounds of ice every 24 hours, but
t at present it is not the intention of
Mr. Rodigkeit to make use of that
feature of the plant.
The plant consists of a chill room,
. a freezing room and a special room
for the storage of fish. And later
[ on a compartment will be added for
j special kitchen use.
Mr. Rodigkeit is highly pleased
i with the manner in which the plant
1 is performing, and he extends a
! cordial invitation to the people of
N'enana to inspect it. He also has
a modern bakeshop in connection
with the cafe, which he will be
pleased to show to those interested.
He is justly proud of his establish-.
ment, which is without doubt one of
the most completely equipped res
taurants north of Seattle.
Morris Pederson and Albert John
son have uncovered three leads of
good looking ore near Georgia river,
in the Portland Canal district. One
lead shows gray copper, one a mix- 1
ture of steel galena and chalcopy
rite, and the other principally born
ite. j
A prospector named Myers, of
j the Shusana and Scotty creek dis
j triets, is reported missing. When
; last seen he had a large catch of
furs and considerable gold in his
possession.
The Alaska Lighterage & Com
mercial company, of Nome, has an
nounced that it will discontinue its
lighterage business on September 15,
on account of decreased revenues
and “adverse sentiment on the part
of the Nome public.”
The trading schooner White
Mountain, operating out of Nome,
was wrecked several weeks ago off
; Cape Prince of Wales. There were
' 1-1 persons on board the vessel and
| all escaped.
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Sell Your
Furs in
—
Nenana
Most Buyers.
Highest Prices.
Quickest Returns.
Why Risk
the Dangers of
Long Shipments
and Longer Delays
when you can
get the top
market price in
Nenana as soon as
you part with your
catch?
I
NO TROUBLE \
NO DELAY
NO ANXIETY
NO LOSSES
WANT ADS
! FOUND—Leather watch fob with
locket. Owner can have same by
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
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BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found.
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
WANTED, to buy. a sewing
machine. Inquire News.825
FOR SALE or rent—Pianos
and sewing machines. Sim
son's.
For Rent—The Arctic Room
ing house, bathhouse and
laundry, altogether or separ
ate. Wonderful opportunity
for right party. Apply Sim
son’s Store.
OLDTIMER RECEIVES
SUBSTANTIAL PURSE
The committee having charge of
the entertainment given at the Col
iseum on Saturday night for the
benefit of Homer Shepherd has sub
mitted the following financial report,
which shows that the sum of $404.25
was realized:
Tickets received at door, in
cluding reserved seats.$308.25
Coliseum. 25 percent. 77.00
Tickets sold on line, but not
used .$173.00
_i
Total receipts .$404.25 :
We wish >to extend our thanks to 1
those who so kindly assisted in the I
program, and to the public for their
generous patronage, and especially ■
to the men out on the line who'
bought tickets without having an op- i
portunity to attend the entertain- i
ment.
MARTIN NASH.
M. .1. SWEENEY.
FRANK ROURKE,
Committee.
Calling Cards printed to order on :
short notice at the News Office.
ORDER AND
NOTICE OF ELECTION
To Be Held on j
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920. !
In the Office of the United States i
Commissioner at Xenana, Alaska, i
Fourth Judicial Division. j
Now, on this day, pursuant to an ;
Act of Congress approved May 7, j
1906, entitled “An Act Providing'
for the Election of a Delegate to j
the House of Representatives from
the Territory of Alaska,” and an;
Act of Congress, approved August j
24, 1912, entitled “An Act to Cre
ate a Legislative Assembly in the
Territory of Alaska, to Confer Leg
islative Powers Thereon, and for
Other Purposes,” and in conformity
therewith,
It is hereby ordered that for the
purposes of the general election to J
be held on Nov. 2, 1920, all the
territory in the recording district
known as Xenana Recording District,
outside of incorporated towns, is
hereby divided into voting precincts,
in each of which a polling place is
hereby specified.
The said voting precincts are des
ignated, described and bounded as
follows:
The Xenana Voting Precinct, em-1
bracing all that portion of the Xe- j
nana Recording Precinct lying
North of an east and west line j
drawn through Mile 389 on the Gov-1
eminent Railway.
Polling Place: Fire Hall in Town
of Nenaaa.
The Canyon Voting Precinct, em
bracing all that portion of the Xe
nana Recording Precinct lying South
of an east and west line drawn
through Mile 389 on the Govern-1
ment Railway.
Polling Place: Alaskan Engineer- j
ing Commission’s Store at Healy.
Notice is hereby given that a gen-!
eral election will be held on Tues-1
day, November 2, 1920, for the j
purpose of electing the following j
officers, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives from the Territory of
Alaska;
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One Member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four Members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory of j
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for i
Road District No. Four.
The said election will be held in j
the voting precincts above named;
and at the polling places therein
specified. The said polling places
will be open between the hours of
eight o’clock a. m. and seven o’clock,
p. m. of said day.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska, August,
31, 1920.
, (seal) r. s. McDonald, i
U. S. Commissioner for the Nenana
Recording District, Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
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FRESH EGG5
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kindis
FOWLER & MORRIS
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| We Strive to Please
| EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODICKEIT
Proprietor
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Be Prepared
to withstand cold weather.
Your old fur cap. coat or
robe, if mended or relitied.
would be like new, and lots
cheaper. S.u i t s pressed
scoured or cleansed. Macki
naws and underwear mend
ed. Ring up
D’Orsay’s Tailor Shop
CABBAGE 10 cents per
pound, large solid heads.
John Scharle, Fairbanks
Rust House
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Mott Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
; Visiting Members Always
| Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
1
Department of the Interior i
Alaskan Engineering Commission
. NOTICE 1
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains,
j Tickets can be purchased from
.the station agent, whose office is in
| the employment office, on the ground
■ floor of the General Office Building,
; Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
) at North Nenana.
| Tickets will be on sale at ny
jtime during office hours, and can be
1 purchased in sufficient time before
'the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
The following change of schedule
between Nortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
j change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nana and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month ^
At 8:00 P. M. *
ALEX FOWLER. ALF EKELAND,
Secretary Dictator.