Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1921
NUMBER 86
' RAILROAD LABOR BOARD STOPS STRIKE
CLOUDBURST IS FATAL TO MANY ON B. C. COAST
JAPANESE PRINCE SAYS WAR IS REMOTE POSSIBILITY
JAPANESE DELEGATE SAYS
WAR IS VERY FOR DISTANT
VICTORIA. B. C., Oct. 29—Up-'
on the arrival here today of the;
Japanese delegation to the armament j
conference at Washington, Prince
Tokugawa accorded an interview to
local newspapermen in which he ex
plained the desirability of peaceful
co-operation with the United States. ]
He is quoted as saying “I have
never dreamed of the possibility of
war with the United States.” Re
ferring to Japanes-Chinese relations
he said: “Personally, I hope the
questions between Japan and China
will be kept out of the Washington
conference because it is better to
solve these questions directly be
tween the countries concerned.”
The prince said that he realized
that immigration presents a difficult
problem and was ready to admit
that “some Japanese immigrants in
California are always doing as resi
dents of America what might be
expected of them.”
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Engineer in Charge FYed’k D.
Browne inspected the new flour mill
during his stay in4 Fairbanks this
week and commented very favor
ably on the substantial manner in
whieh the mill has been erected. He
also expressed the belief that the
enterprise would prove of great ben
efit to the community.
Mrs. Fred Pauli is a visitor in
town from the Tolovana district.
She made the trip by way of the
Olnes trail.
Abe McCord and J. F. Long are
decent arrivals in town from En
gineer creek, where they have been
prospecting.
U. S. Commissioner Reed Heilig
has tendered his resignation to Judge
Bunnell and will leave for Califor
nia to make his home in that state.
Former Assistant District Attorney
E. Coke Hill has been appointed co
succeed Commissioner Heilig and
will assume his duties on the first
of November.
Carl B. Nielson is a recent arrival
in town from Healy.
R. F. Roth has been appointed
special attorney for the Biological
Survey in connection with the pro
secution of the Vachon fur cases.
William C. Steinmetz. of the T.
A T. department of the Alaskan
Engineer Commission, paid the city
a brief visit this week, and reports
work on the new copper line pro
gressing rapidly.
Fred McGuire is a visitor in town
from Nenana.
Mrs. Jack Irvine is a visitor in
town from -tire Tolovana district
Sanford Dodge, theatrical director
who staged “Are You a Mason” in
a very creditable manner, left for
Nenana yesterday on his way back
to the coast.
Mrs. Eva O’Gara left for the
Outside yesterday to pay a visit to
her daughter.
Roy Lund made a irp to Sakha
and back with his ear yesterday
and reports the trail improving. He
rook ou‘ a load of txnr st »ni >wo
passengers, Carl Preiss and John
Stevens.
Louis Sidlinger, who was under
treatment at the hospital for a
broken bone, was released from the
institution yesterday.
According to word received from
Seattle, Mrs. Frank Munro, early
day resident of Fairbanks, died in
UNION LEADERS RESCIND ORDER;
CLAIM VICTORY FOR EMPLOYES
the Puget Sound city recently. The
Munroes at one time owned the old
Horseshoe building and also con
ducted a notion store on front
street where the Avakoff & Brown
jewelry store is now located.
A crowd of considerable size was
at the depot last evening to welcome
Marshal Stevens. He was the guest
of honor at a dinner party at the
i Cecil H. Clegg residence last night.
Recent arrivals from Brooks re
i port considerable prospecting in pro
■ gress along the benches between
: Wilbur and Olive creeks. Floyd
1 Brown has put two £oles down on
| the left limit of Wilbur, not far
j from the Patterson discovery and
I is said to have found much en
: eouragement. Between eight and a
dozen cabins are either up or near
ing completion in the new district
| and the indications are that the
j winter in that locality will be a busy
one.
Henry McDowell, who is employ
i ed at the Crites & Feldman quartz
mine on Fairbanks creek, is in town
I for treatment for an injury to one
j of his eyes, the eyeball having been
pierced by a piece of steel. He is
under the care of Dr. de la Yergne.
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Richard Cunningham is a recent
I arrival in town from Cleary, where
(he has a number of interests. He
says the miners out that way are
waiting for grub prices to return to
normal in order that they may re
sume mining operations.
McCord & Lonz is the lame of a
new mining firm that will mine in
the Wilbur creek district this winter.
Thp two partners ri ’ d fnm that
section and nave ndided arrange
ments to work on -i:rotind cn V ilbur
owned by Sam Godfrey. They have
sent a load of supplies over and t 'll
begin sinking shortly.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gndith and
j son are among the recent arrivals
in town from Gilmore creek.
Among yesterday’s departures for
Xenana and elsewhere were: A. H.
Xerland, A. B. Webster. Dan Gillis.
John Vogen, William Marr. J. C.
Kinney. Frank Miller, Ike P. Taylor.
Will Sherwin, A. Gustafson and
i Neil McCall.
EVELYN NESB1T TAKES POISON
NEW YORK. Oct. 29—Evelyn
Xesbit is a very sick woman today
1 as the result of taking a dose of
morphine in a moment of despond
ency. She swallowed the poison in
her apartments and then screamed
to a marshal, who was posted just
outside the door, to come and evict
her—that she had taken enough
poison to kill twenty people. She
1 was rushed to a hospital and a
stomach pump applied, and at a late
hour this afternoon it was reported
that she would recover.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Public worship will be conducted
in the Presbyterian Church Sunday
(evening beginning promptly at 7:30
A splendid choir will lead the
singing, and Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
j will sing a duet, “Softly and Tender
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l | A twenty-minute address by Rev
- Fred G. Scherer on the subject
‘‘The Emergency and the Grind’
! will present current issues from a
i: religious viewpoint.
The public is cordially invited tc
t attend.
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Chicago, Oct. 29—As the direct
result of the conference called by
the Railroad Labor Board, to con
sider the railroad strike situation,
the Big Five Brotherhoods have
adopted a resolution countermand
ing their recent strike order, and
there in-ill be no walkout on Mon
day.
Brotherhood leaders are claiming
a union victory. This claim is based,
first, on the fact that the Railroad
Labor Board will not consider ad
! ditional wage cuts until the pend
[ ing question is cleared; and second,
that action on working rules, which
the employes seek to maintain, also
likely will not become an immediate
issue.
The Railroad Labor Board, in
rendering its decision which avert
ed the strike, made three findings.
The first finding was that all such
disputes must be referred to the
board hereafter before action is
taken.
The second points out that in
terrupted traffic would be a blow
aimed at the peace, prosperity and
safety of the entire nation.
And the third decision is that any
union striking in defiance of the
board will forfeit its rights in ex
isting contracts, thereby losing all
benefits accorded by the transporta
tion act.
ELECTION COMING TUESDAY;
SEVEN NAMES ON TICKET
Voters of Xenana will be given
! the opportunity on Tuesday next
to decide whether or not they desire
j to make of N'enana an incorporated
town. Two-thirds of the votes cast
must be for incorporation in order'
to carry.
Ballots also will be cast for the:
t seven candidates recently nominated
for the town council, and for any,
others the voters may desire to
place in nomination, not to exceed
j seevn in all.
i Should incorporation fail, there,
will be no council.
j The election will be held at the
i Fire Hall, commencing at seven
o’clock Tuesday morning and con
tinuing until seven o’clock in the
evening.
The seven candidates whose names
will apear on the official ballot are:
j Charles Bergman, W. A. Coghill,
I M. J. Cooney, J. H. Flower, William
i Rodigkeit, Tom Smith and R. G
j Southworth.
SOVIET WANTS RECOGNITION;
READY TO PAY CZAR’S DEBT
RIGA, Oct. 29—Reports which'
have been officially confirmed have
been receieved here to the effect
that the Russian soviet government
has agreed, under certain conditions,
to recognize the foreign debt of Im
perial Russia.
The recognition of the debt is
conditional on the promise that the
great powers will conclude a final
peace with the soviet.
REALTY MAN GOES FREE
CHICAGO, Oct. 29—Gerald A.
Stack, a wealthy realty and insur
j ance man of Lander, Wyoming, was
! acquitted here today of a charge
j of manslaughter, in connection with
i the shooting of Paul Brown, in Aug
lust, last year. He pleaded self de
; fense.
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The steamer Northwestern sailed
for the North from Seattle on
Thursday and the Admiral Watson
| got away yesterday. 1
CULROSS ISLAND PROPERTY
IS MAKING GOOD SHOWING
Development work at the property
of the Culross Island Minin? and
Milling company at Culross Island
has been so encouraging that the of
ficials of the company consider that
the property has pased from the
stage of a prospect to an assured:
mining property.
Plans are being made and quota
tions asked for on the installation of
a power plant capable of developing
200 horsepower for the operation of
a 200 cubic foot compressor and a
50 ton mill.
It is proposed to harness the large
creek near the tunnel and operate
the full plant by water power. Suf
ficient water is assured for year
round service. The installation will
give an effective head of over three
hundred feet with a pipe line 900
feet long. The present mil at the
beach will be moved to the tunnel
camp and operated from the same
water line that furnishes power for
the compressor. Milling will consist
of grinding with a 12-foot Lane
slow-speed Chilian mill now on hand
and folowed by hydraulic clasifica
tion and treatment by flotation cells
and table concentration. Recent la
boratory tests have shown that a
ninety per cent recovery on the Cul
ross ore can be made by this prac
tice.
During this season three vertical
raises have been driven on the ore
body previously developed laterally.
These raises in addition to' actually
blocking out the ore for future min
ing. have furnished the required en
gineering data to estimate the possi
bilities of this ore body. In addition
a systematic surface prospecting pro
gram has been carried out which has
located three other promising leads
in close proximity to the extension
of the present.
RABBI NAMED FOR POST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29
President Harding has nominated
Rabbi Joseph Saul Komfield, of
Columbus, Ohio, to be minister to
Persia.
Ask the Moose
what the
J. J. Davis Class
means
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PUBLIC MEETING IS CALLED
TO DISCUSS INCORPORATION
A public meeting: will be held at
the Coliseum tomorrow night, im
mediately after the show, to discuss
the question of incorporation. Sever
al citizens of the town, who under
stand the question thoroughly, will
make short talks in favor of in
corporation, and those opposing in
corporation will be invited to give
expression to their views. The pro
incorporationists believe incorpora
tion will benefit the town and every
one residing here, but they are will
ing to be “shown” otherwise and
will welcome any argument that will
prove they are wrong.
The discussion will be both inter
esting and enlightening and it hoped
there will be a large attendance
in order that the voters may go to
the polls on Tuesday thoroughly
conversant with the question at is
sue.
DELEGATES MAY TOUR U. S.
AS GUESTS OF THE NATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29—
' Senator Stanfield has introduced a
• resolution providing for a tour of
the country for the foreign dele
j gates to the armament conference,
j and for press correspondents from
i other lands, party will travel as
i guests of the nation and the tour
I will take them to the Pacific coast.
It has been announced that the
i conference will open on the morn
ing of November 12, instead of the
11th. the change in date having
: been decided upon because of the
j ceremonies in connection with the
1 burial of unknown soldier dead on
Armistice Day.
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EVERYTHING IN READINESS
FOR MARD TIMES TONIGHT
There will be hard times in the
old tonight—at least, that is the
impression that will be gathered by
j those visiting Union Hall, for all
, the dancers in the community are
’ said to have made preparations to
j attend the Hard Times dance in
I their toughest looking wardrobes.
| many of the outfits having been
made especially for the occasion.
The dance will start at the usual
hour and there will be plenty of
i ••peppy’’ music on tap to keep thing*
! moving at a lively pace.
SOLONS MAY SCAN RETURNS
; WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29—
! The senate, without a record vote,
i adopted an amentment to the tax
; revision measure giving to both
j branches of Congress the privilege
j of inspecting income returns submit
ted to the treasury department by
corporations.
Republican leaders abandoned the
hope yesterday of being able to pass
the bill this week.
HARDING WELCOMES FOCH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29—
I Marshal Foch, who has arrived from
France to attend the armament con
ference, was welcomed by President
Harding today in the Blue Room of
the White House. The hero of the
French republic also sought to pay
his respects to Woodrow WTilson, but
was told by the former President’s
physician that a visit at this time
would be inadvisable.
FRENCH PREMIER SAILS
HAVRE, Oct. 29—Premier Briand
heading the French delegation to
the armament conference, sailed for
the United States today.
CLOUDBURST SWEEPS TOWN;
FEARED FIFTY LOST LIVES
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VANCOUVER. B C., Oct. 29—
I The town of Brittania Beach, .1
small mining: town 18 miles from
here, on Howe Sound, was partially
destroyed yesterday by a cloudburst
and it is feared that fifty lives were
lost. Reports received today state
' that 35 are either dead or missing
1 and the number is growing steadily.
A wall of water is reported to
have swept through the town, car
rying everything before it. The
town had a population of 1,500.
A steamer was dispatched from
here with doctors and nurses.
A section of the town of Coquit
lam, fourteen miles from here, also
was inundated by the cloudburst,
which caused the Coquitlam river to
become a raging torrent within a
very few- hours. Bridges have been
washed out and traffic tied up. and
! it is feared that a great area of
country has been seriously damaged
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Ike P. Taylor, of the Alaska Road
Commission, came down from Fa-r
banks yesterday and left f >r the
; Canyon district this morning on
official business.
J. C. Kinney, well known mining
man of the Fairbanks district, r
rived in Xenana yesterday on his
way to the States. He left 0.1 th;.
morning's train.
Several recent arrivals from An
chorage have taken exception to re
marks contained in the Miles c 'ir
munication which appeared in The
News this week. They declare the
citizenry of Anchorage will compare
favorably with that of any other
town in Alaska and should not be
judged by all the men who pas
through there on their way to the
Interior.
Ed Bartlett came down ft out
Fairbanks yesterday to take charge
of his stock which came in from the
Canyon district this week. lie will
wait here until he can get the ani
mals across the Tanana river.
Game Warden L. F. Protzman.
wrho arrived in town several days
ago, went out the line this morn
ing to make a personal survey of the
carbou herds which have appealed
along the Nenana river in the vicin
ity of the Crossing. Hundreds of
the animals were seen by passengers
arriving in town on the Thursday
train, and additional herds have ap
peared on the north side of the
Tanana river, opposite N'enana
Deputy Marshal James Hagan was
a round-trip passenger on today's
train for Healy.
Rev. Fred G. Scherer came down
from Fairbanks yesterday and will
conduct services at the local Presby
terian church tomorrow evening.
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George Duncan returned to town
yesterday from a trip to Dunbar,
where he secured his allotment of
caribou. He reports having seen
thousands of ptarmigan in that lo
cality.
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C. D. Leckie was called to Fair
banks yesterday on court business.
Mrs. H. B. Karstens and son
Eugene are visiting in Fairbanks,
having gone to the upper town yes
terday.
The Marshal Stevens party, in
eluding Chief Deputy T. J. Mc
Croskey, left for Fairbanks on yes
terday’s train.
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Mrs. J. M. Creiter and son ar
rived from the coast on the Thurs
day train and wnll make their home
! in Nenana.