THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for carry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth .Editor and Manager
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ALASKA IN 1919
Alaska’s gold field;: give every
promise of increased production in
1919, according to a review of
Alaskan mining; in 1918 issued re
cently by .1. L. McPherson, secre
tary of the Alaska Bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Cold, coal, copper, silver and
other mines of Alaska were hit hard
by the war “There is no truth in
the report, however, that no min
ing' was done in Alaska in 1918,”
Mr. McPherson declared. “De
spite the shortage of labor and
transportation, the'high cost of ma
terials and supplies, mining de
velopment in Alaska during 1918
showed material progress in the
opening of many new properties and
the enlargement of plants and
equipment.”
Copper miners were busy during
the year, according to the review'.
The Kennicott Copper Corporation
started driving a tunnel to connect
the world famous Bonanza mine j
with the Mother Lode workings, j
During the year the corporation j
employed about 550 men, and al
though paying the highest wages
in the history of lode mining in
Alaska, has operated short handed,!
due to the shortage of.labor. In the
Prince William Sound district, the1
report said, copper mines were se I
riously handicapped by the lack of j
transportation facilities. Despite
this handicap, the (Iranby company,
built a tramway 28,060 feet long—
the longest in Alaska—from the
Midas mine to tidewater on Valdez
Hay and equipped the mine for a
larger output. i
Two Alaska gold districts, the
Willow creek in the Susitna, and
the Tolovana, near Nenana, pro
duced about $200,000 worth of gold
during the year, the review said.
< Circle City, Alaska's old reliable
placer camp, had one of its most
prosperous seasons. Rich pay was
reported struck on the Tolatna
liver in the Kuskokwim country;
on Nixon Fork and on Wetketchum
creek- In the famous Nome coun
try on the Seward Peninsula,, short-1
■
age of water was felt by the oper-!
at.ors. Dime creek, a new camp,'
»n< one of the most active mining
districts on the Peninsula in 1018. j
In the Alaska coal country much
work was done during the year, the
reveiw stated. The Alaskan En- [
gingering commission let contracts
for the delivery of 6,000 tons of
Nenarfa coal from properties re
cently opened on the line of the
, Seward-Fairbanks government rail
j road. “This marks the beginning,”
j Mr. McPherson said, of real de
velopment in Alaska’s vast Interior
coal fields.” One Alaska coal mine,
, the Kska mine in the Matanuska,
’is producing about 1(10 tons a day.
SCHOOL REPORT
Report of the Franklin K. Lane
school for the month ending Janu
ary :;i, 1910.
Total number of pupils enrolled 40
Total number of pupils neither
absent nor tardy 20
Pupils neither absent nor tardy:
1' irst tirade—Richard Foster, Wil
liam Severly, Genevieve Oldfield,
Frank Major, Noel Schaeffer.
Second Grade—Robert Major.
Third Grade-—Louis Schmidt, Mar
garet Schaeffer, John Oldfield.
Fourth Grade—Robert Patterson.
OI.ua Martin, Alfred Schaeffer.
Fifth Grade—Jean Russell.
Sixth Grade—Geraldine Patter
son, Alfred Lytle.
Kighth Grade—Sam Ivey, F.dgar
Brooker, Walter Scott.
Ninth Grade—-Margaret South
worth, Valentine Anderson and Mel
ville Cooney.
Honor Roll
I’upils whose deportment and 1
general average was .90', or above:
. First Grade—William Severly,
Noel Schaeffer, Genevieve Oldfield.1
Ira Campbell. Richard Foster.
, Second Grade—Aina Strom, Olga
Strom, John Clausen, Robert Major,
Gena Herington, J. H. Russell, Jr. i
Third Grade—John Scott, Ruth
Strom, Louis Schmidt.
Fourth Grade—Robert Patterson.
Fifth Grade—Kenneth McLean. !
Sixth Grade-—Muriel Russell.
Kigth Grade-Norman Russell,
Vera Russell, Sam Ivey, Edgar,
Brooker.
Ninth Grade—Margaret South-:
worth, Valentine Anderson.
Pupils who deserve honorable
mention because of their high aver-,
age for the semester ending Jan.'
17, 1919, and who were excused j
from all or part of the semester ;
examinations were: Margaret South
worth, Valentine Anderson, Edgar
Brooker, Kenneth McLean.
The price of Outside coal at Val
dez was recently advanced $1 a ton,;'
the rate now being $lC..r>0 a ton,!1
bulk and a dollar more for sacked
coal. : ■
HYLAND’S CIGAR STORE
CIGARS
Soft Drinks
POOL
Candies
TOBACCOS
Fresh Fruit
Warm Comfortable Rooms
Berber Shop in Connection
Mike Hyland, Prop.
ELANKFIELD’S EXPRESS
CLE/\N DRY,WOOD FOR SALE
COAL BY THE SACK OR TON
HAULING OE ALL KINDS
Office at The Arctic
Residence Phone
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MANY MAHERS '
COME UP BEFORE
COMMERCIAL CLUB
* The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club w^is
held at the club chambers, in the
Labor Union building last night.
With twenty-four members present,
the chairman called the meeting.to
order shortly after H o’clock,
i After the minutes of the previous
meeting were read and confirmed,
the secretary read several communi
cations regarding matters taken up
for adjustment by the club, and re
questing reforms etc., along certain
lines.
A letter to Whitely-Woodward
Co., regarding reduction of in
surance rates in Nenana which
would appear to be in order now in
view of the fact that Nenana’s water
system and fire fighting equipment
and personnel have been brought up
to a high standard of efficiency.
The reports of standing commit
tees were then called for and the
road committee who has charge of
taking measures for building of
roads from adjacent mining prop
erties and districts to the railroad,
reported the progress they hail made
along these lines.
The publicity committee, appoint
ed for the purpose of keeping the
district and its needs before the
public throughout the country, and
especially in the States, reported
that they were making headway in
the matter of getting up a special
edition of the Nenana News.
The committee on aiil to pros
pectors had nothing special to re
port, although they were gathering
data and going ahead slowly.
The special committee appointed i
to take steps to counteract the ill <
effect of the recent reduction of.i
the forces of the Alaskan Engineer-'
ing commission, reported the prog
ress made, a full account of which I
appeared in the Nenana News. The <
committee met last Sunday to con- I
sider the reply received from Dele- 1
gate Wickersham and to take fur-T 1
I
ther steps if necessary. After some I
discussion the committee decided toj*
suspend further action pending re.- '
ceipt of a reply from the secretary!'
of the interior. • I
The mines committee reported is
that efforts were being made to '
procure fair specimens of ores found 1
in the neighboring districts for the1 <
mineral exhibit case which the club
purchased recently. They also sug- j |
nested that the miners and pros-1
pectors in the nearhy districts be;
written to regarding their wishes ini*
respect to adding the territory they [
were working in to the Nenana 11
mining and recording district. A i
great, mqoiy of the miners who were
located within a few miles of the j
government railroad and who could j
reach Nenana in a couple of hours,;
were required to journey to Fair- j
banks for the purpose of recording
and they felt that this was working i
a hardship on them, and made a!
request to the commissioner at Ne
nana to have the recording work j
done here. Steps are to be taken ’
to get in touch with Judge Bunnell j,
and have the territory bordering I
an the government railroad included ,
within the Nenana recording dis-J
trict, as a matter of convenience to:
the miners and prospectors.
The composition of the territorial ’
road commission was discussed at
length and the secretary was in-.
-fructed to wire the governor of
Alaska to appoint one of the com
missioners from this district; the!
’lub unanimously recommending’
Mike Cooney for the position.
K. D. Browne pointed out that!
before any steps could be taken in
;he matter of opening up roads to
idjacent districts and getting appro
bations for that, purpose, a definite
>bject must be outlined, with the
lefinite cost of the road and the
»n.4g, it was proposed to serve, thero
>y being clearly shown. Surveys
h"Afc);*be obtained to get reliable
latfiTjjjihowing the route and proh
ibit- cost and the objective defin
tely defined; and he advised the
lub to go after *he surveys first,
•romising to do all he could to
lelp.
While it was fully realized that
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the his: thing of the future in a
minins way was the Kantishna dis
trict, the club felt that the nearby
districts which would immediately
contribute tonnage for the govern
ment railroad should also be looked
after. Mining claims on Eva anti
Elsa creeks and on the upper reach
es of Moose creek could be reached
by a road nine miles in length from
the railroad at the Crossing. Eva
and Elsa are tributaries of Cali
fornia creek, which in turn is tribu
tary to the Totatlanika; while Moose
creek is a tributary of the Xenana.
A road built by the miners now
runs from the Crossing to mining
claims on Eva and Elsa creeks, and
it is thought that with a little help
this road could be put in shape for
hauling on. Ed Quinn and Xeil
McCall have a big bismuth ledge on
Eva and are ready to ship con
siderable ore, and there are many
other miners whose properties have
reached an advanced stage of do
velopment. This route is also used
by miners and prospectors going in
to the Bonnifield country and the
building of the road would imme
diately benefit Xenana. The min-!
ing committee was instructed to!
look into ths propostion also.
Matters of interest and for the
general good of the district were 1
liscussed, and at a late hour the i
neeting adjourned.
Dr. Peter Gordon Wilberforce,
onp' a resident of Alaska, died re
cently at Juneau. He was well
tnown in the Iditarod and Tanana
listricts where he formerly lived.
t)r. Wilberforce was a native of j
England and was educated in that;
•ountry. His duties took him to;
nanv British colonies, and many !
’ut of the way places in the world,
fie was a splendid physician and
mrpeun and a few years apo de
moted his entire time to fiphtinp j
i smallpox epidemic in Southeast -I
*rn Alaska.
COAL STOVES
f>nly a few left. Anderaon Bro*. 4k
Vtrland’i.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Sled and 13 dogs with
harness complete. Sled I'd feet
i long:, in good shape. Malamutes
and huskies form the team. Ar
rived hi Nenana recently from
St. Michael. $100 for the outfit
Apply George Hanoff, Cooney
Hotel.
FOR SALE. —- Collapsible white
rubber bath-tub. with metal
standard. Adult size. Original |
price $22.50; sale price $12. In-i
quire Mrs. D’Orsay’s Tailor Shop, j
Fix Up a Bit!
Have that Suit pressed, cleaned and
altered, or that fu- coat or robe
renovated at little cost at
MRS. D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Street. (Upper)
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS I
RANG ES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Berggren, Ernst
Budow, A1
Browne, P. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, w r.
Calderhead. R. W. f
Campbell, N. J.
'Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank'
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A. B.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill. L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J. *
Johnson, A. G. * =
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C. ^ r
Nash, Martin
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington,- G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer. W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A. ^
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, I.ipmnn
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriela
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back "Buated” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
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