WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA^ SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1920.
NUMBER 121
SOVIET LEADERS PLAN NEW ATTACKS
COX SA YS REPUBLICANS ARE RAISING BIG FUND
ARMY AVIATORS PASS NENANA UP ON HOME FLIGHT
CHIEF OF BIIAU
SAYS HERDS WILL
CUE MEAT COSTS
There will be plenty of
reindeer meet available, in
the course of a very short
time, to supply all the re
quirements of Alaskans in
the meat line, in the opinion
of Dr. E. W. Nelson, chief
of the biological survey, de
partment of agriculture, who
was in Nenana this week en
route to Fairbanks from the
lower river.
In conversation with a
representative of The News,
Dr. Nelson pointed out that
that the natural increase in
the number of reindeer has
been sufficient to encourage
the belief that the future
meat supply of the territory
is assured. The first animals
were imported 28 years ago,
200 of them, and during the
ten years immediately follow
ing 1280 more were brought
in, since which time there
have been no additional im
portations. And there are in
the territory at the present
time 200,000 reindeer, in ad
dition to which 100,000 have
been killed. What the in
crease will be during the
next 20 years runs into big
figures and Dr. Nelson is of
the opinion that the animals
will be so plentiful at the
end of another five years
that Alaskans need not look
elsewhere for meat. There
will be plenty reindeer meat
and at a price that will re
move the temptation to kill
moose and caribou for the
local markets.
As will be recalled by
readers of The News, Dr.
Nelson came North on one
of the first boats leaving
Seattle for Nome. And, as he
puts it, he has been ever
since getting up the river to
Nenana. In fact, the trip has
been such a long one that he
is convinced that one of the*
Interior country’s chief re
quirements is improved trans
portation facilities.
Dr. Nelson came North
with several assistants, four
of whom he left at Unala
kleet, where a station has
been established for the
close study of the reindeer
industry. The four men are
experts in their respective
lines and it is believed that
their work will result in
marked improvement in the
reindeer herds.
Efforts are to be made to
produce an improved stock
by crossing caribou with the
reindeer; and steps will be
taken also to apportion terri
tory to the various herds, so
as to eliminate overcrowding
of grazing lands. Another in
novation will be the encour
agement of co operative
herds, the combining of
RUSSIANS ARE REORGANIZING
FOR NEW ATTACK ON POLAND
numerous small herds into
fewer larger ones, so as to
eliminate losses of which the
small herders now complain.
Under present conditions it
is impossible to keep the
herds separated and the mix
ing is a source of constant
troube and loss.
Dr. Nelson says that two
cold storage plants for the
storage of reindeer meat will
soon be in operation in the
lower country, one on Gol
ovin bay and the other 15
miles north of Unalakleet.
They are being built by Lo
men Bros, who, Jafet Linde
berg, own 40,000 reindeer.
The rest of the reindeer in
Alaska are owned by natives
and the Government. Steps
also have been taken to get
a cold storage barge for St.,
Michael, where a consider
able number of animals are
to be slaughtered as soon as
provision can be made for
the care of the meat.
Dr. Nelson is not a che
chaco, although this is his
first trip to Interior Alaska.
He first came North in .1877
and spent four years in the
Bering country, his head
quarters being at St.Michael.
He recalls that Jack Mc
Questin, Mayo and Harper
were at that time about the
only whites “inside”. They
came up the Yukon and re
ported having round gold on
the bars of the Tanana river.
Dr. Nelson saw some of the
gold.
In addition to being chief
of the biological survey, Dr.
Nelson is charged with the
administration of the laws
regulating the taking of fur
bearing land animals and is
also in charge of the admin
istration of the game laws,
of which, by the way, he says
he has found evidence of
considerable violation, parti
ularly with regard to the
sale of meat out of season.
Town Board To Meet
To Plan For Election
There will be a meeting of
.the board of town trustees
ion Monday afternoon for the
purpose of making plans for
the annual town election
jwhich should have been held
'this month but which can
jnot now be held until late in
| September. The date of the
jelection and other details in
iconnection therewith will be
decided at the meeting on
: Monday. The meeting will
be called to order in the
Union building at 1 o’clock.
Miss Adeline Ferretti lef.
for Tnirbanks on the gascar
;this afternoon.
| Warsaw, Aug. 28—Military
authorities express the belief
that although crushed in the
south, the Bolsheviki plan
to renew their offensive, with
Lemberg as the objective.
General Haller has issued a
statement in which he says
there is reason to believe
that armies of Russian work
ingmen are being grouped
at various points tor possible
use against the Poles. And
munitions factories, under
German foremen, are work
ing night and day. Many
German experts, it is claimed
are in the employ of the Rus
sians, and more are being ad
ded as fast as they can be
obtained.
Many Slavs Taken
Paris, Aug. 28—The latest
advices received in this city
from the French mission say
that 80,000 Bolsheviki have
been taken prisoners by the
Poles. Forty thousand more
have been killed and there
are 30,000 interned in East
Prussia.
Poland Replies
Washington, D. C., Aug.
28—The Polish government,
has made reply to the Amer
can suggestion that the Po
lish armies go not beyond
the ethnographical boundar
ies of Poland Jn pursuitof
the Bolsheviki. The state de
partment has not made pub
lic the contents of the note,
but it is intimated that the
reply is not disappointing.
Behind The Germans
Warsaw, Aug. 28—Accord
ing to an official Polish an
nouncement, the Russians
who took refuge in Prussia
are now fighting the Poles
along the frontier, while the
Poles have been cautioned
not to fire on German terri
tory.
In the continuation of the
drive on Lemberg, the soviet
forces have reached a point
just east of the city, where
the Poles have repulsed re
peated attacks,
northwest,ern front.
There is a lull in the fight-j
ing on the northern front, j
An official statement saysj
the Polish artillery has deci-j
mated the principal Russian
column retreating on the j
Advice of France
Paris, Aug. 28—It is an
nounced by the foreign min-!
istry that France has advised
Poland to attain the best
strategical military position
position possible until peace
is signed, regardless of the
ethnographical frontier, for
the reason that the military
situation would influence the
terms. Poland is reminded,
however, that her armies are
to be withdraw within her
borders upon the conclusion
of peace with the Bolsheviki.
Answer British Note
London, Aug. 28—The re
ply of soviet Russia to the
British note agrees to the
[withdrawal of certain peace
demaads on condition that
the Poles provide arms for
a workmen’s militia in Po
land. The Russian delegates
I claim that this concession
meets the demands of the
British and Italian govern
ments.
..Situation Critical
Copenhagen, Aug. 28—Ad
vices received in this city
from Petrograd state that
conditions in that city are
critical and that the fall of|
the soviet seems imminent,!
as indicated in dispatches re-‘
ceived from the front. The1
reports, it is believed, are re-;
sponsible for the general dis
content. Many shops have
been closed in the city:
and the Bolsheviki are pun-i
ishing demonstrators with
death. Excitement within the
Bolsheviki garrison is said to
be on the increase. i
May Quit Minsk
Paris, Aug. 28—Willing
ness to transfer the peace ne
gotiations from Minsk to a
neutral country has been in
dicated in a Moscow wireless
message picked up by Eiffel
tower.
COX USES HAMMER;
NEW PROBE STARTS
New York, Aug. 28—In an
address delivered at Pitts
burg on Thursday night Gov
ernor Cox declared that the
Republican campaign manag
ers are engaged in an effort
to raise fifteen million dol
lars to insure the election
of Harding in November.
He produced papers purport
ing to show a list of 27 cities
which have been called upon
to raise a quota of eight mil
lion dollars.
Somebody Fooled Him
Chicago, Aug. 28—Fred M.
Upham, Republican national
treasurer, declared here to
day that Cox’s schedule of
alleged Republican quotas is
“a phony list which I never
heard of before.” He added
.that somebody must have
!played a joke on the Demo
cratic nominee, and explain
ed that the Republican Na
tional committee had never
apportioned any quotas to
cities, the fund-raising hav
ing been left to states. He de
nied that vast sums had been
collected and showed a list
of collections upto date, the
total being an even million
dollars, of which amount the
state of New York, gave a
quarter of a million. He reit
erated the statement of Hays
in which the chairman de
clared that the budget plans
of the party call for slightly
more than three million dol
lars.
Getting Back
New York, Aug. 28—It is
announced at State Republi
can headquarters that Chair
man Will Hays will shortly
make public some startling
facts regarding Democratic
campaign funds.
Hays will appear before
the senate investigating com
mittee on Monday and, al
though none of the leaders
will state the exact nature of
the facts to be presented, it
is intimated that they will
deal with sums raised by the
Democrats since 1916 and
“which were greater than
the sums raised by the Re
publicans in the same peri
od.”
Probe Starting
Chicago, Aug. 28—As a re
sult of the Cox charges, the!
senate campaign investigat-j
ing committee has summoned j
Chairmen Hays and White,
their treasurers and senator
ial and congressional cam
paign committees to appear
on Monday for the purpose
of giving testimony. They are
directed to bring with them
all books and records relat
ing to campaign receipts and |
expenditures. Governor Cox;
has been requested to either;
appear in person or to send j
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Oldtimers Will Arrange
Popular Ladies’ Night
Announcement has been;
made by the members of the
entertainment committee of
the local igloo of Pioneers
that plans are being made for
a Ladies’ night, to be given
on Labor Day evening, at the
conclusion of the regular
meeting of the igloo. There
will be a short program, fol- ,
lowed by a two-hour dance.
Paul J. Rickert, pioneer
farmer of the Fairbanks dis
trict, arrived in Nenana yes
terday and returned to the
upper town today.
ITenana, the Gateway to IffcXiu’ey
national Park.
HANEY BELIEVES
The Kantishna district is
looking good, declared J. A.
Haney, well known oldtimer,
upon his arrival in town this
week aboard the steamer
Tanana. Haney and G. E.
Beraud floated down the
Kantishna river to its mouth
and caught the steamer at
that point.
“We already have one pro
ducing mine in the Kantish
na”, Mr. Haney informed a
representative of The News,
"and there have been found
lately a number of very fine
looking prospects which we
are hopeful will soon devel
op into mines. In fact. I feel
reasonably safe in predicting
that there will be a mill in
the district before the end
of another year, which will
greatly facilitate the hand
ling of ore and make possi
ble the develope of mines
which may not show ore of
shipping value under present
conditions. It takes high
grade ore to stand the ex
cessive cost of shipment to
the States and the inetalla
tion of mills will make mines
of properties which otherwise
could not be worked profit
ably.”
There are about 100 men
in the district at the present
time, Mr. Haney says, and
more prospectors than ever
before. Those who have lo
cated prospects are busily
engaged in opening up then
properties, hopeful of finding
ore that will pay to ship.
Among those who have
found promising prospects,
Mr. Haney mentioned Alois
Friedrich, well known hard
"ock miner of the Fairbanks
district. He has located fine
looking ore on Eldorado and
s opening up the property
In a systematic manner, even
f on a limited scale.
Powless and Appelle have
ocated both quartz and pla
cer on Rainey creek and are
oow at w'ork there. They are
•ecent arrivals from the
coast country. Boyd Marsh,
ilso a chechaco, has located
i promising ledge on Yellow
creek, a tributary of Glacier.
Mace Farrar and Ed.
Brooker have adjoining hold
ngs near the Aitken mine,
ind are doing development
work. Perry Biglowe is also
ocated on Eldorado creek.
1. F. Zimmerman has a claim
5n Eureka, with excellent
Drospects and Jim O'Brion,
ilso located on Eureka, is
lovv opening up the ore body
Dn his property.
Haney is working on the
McGonigal ground, on which
le obtained an ppr'on some
(Ccntiirjad «k Pij« Feur.)