WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
member of associated press
VOL. III.
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNfc 23, 1920.
NO. 67
PAYNE MAY VISIT NORTH DURING JULY
ALASKA DEMOCRA TS HEADED FOR CONVENTION
pTshf.rifs expert says hatcheries are not helping
SEATTLE, June 23.—In an ad
dress delivered at the opening ses
sion of the Pacific division of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, Dr. Barton
Warren Evermann, naturalist, for a
number of years chief of the Alaska
Fisheries service, said that, while
he had no intention of wholly con
demning the artificial hatching of
salmon, he had found no evidence
to indicate that the hatcheries in
Alaska had done much to save fish.
Dr. Evermann strongly advocated
the plan of letting sufficient fish
^ escape annually to maintain natural
spawning on a comprehensive scale.
That, in his opinion, is the only
positive w-ay in which the fish can
be saved from extinction.
The doctor assured the convention
that it would require a number of
years and thousands of dollars .o
conduct experiments necessary to
save the salmon fisheries of Alaska,
l but the amount is trivial compared
with the billions wmcn AiasKa
mon will yield in future years.
Experiments already made, he de
clared, have demonstrated that fur
ther scientific study of the problem
is absolutely necessary.
CONNECTICUT RIOTING
RESULTS IN SHOOTING
^ WATERBURY, Conn., June 23.—
Three persons were shot late yes
terday afternoon during a riot that
was staged near the plant of the
Scoville Manufacturing company,
where a strike is in progress. Two
officers and one of the strikers were
wounded. It is claimed that the
trouble was started by the strikers.
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TRANSPORTATION IN ALASKA
TO HAVE INNING NEXT WEEK
TREADWELLS ARE
RECRUITING MEN
FOR KUSIWi
SEATTLE, June 23.—The local
office of the White Pass company is
in receipt of telegraphic informa
tion to the effect that 800 men are
being recruited in Interior Alaska
to work on the Treadwell proper
ties which were recently acquired
; in the upper Kuskokwim valley,
;near McGrath.
j The company is now assembling
'a large quantity of mining supplies
and provisions here for shipment to
'the Kuskokwim at an early date.
,Part of the shipment will consist of
: supplies for the big power plant
which the Treadwells are installing
near their properties.
Recent assays are reported to
have proved highly gratifying to the
company and big returns are ex- j
pected from the shipment of 500 j
tons of ore which will be brought
down the coast by the steamer
Ozmo, due here next month.
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Abe Stein came down from Fair
banks today on business matters.
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j Mr. and Mrs. Andy Logstrup were
■ among the arrivals on the steamer
• Yukon, the presence of Mrs. Log
jstrup on board the boat being some
; what in the nature of a surprise
jto Andy’s many friends, who had
not been made aware of the fact
'that he was bringing a bride back
jwith him. Mr. Logstrup spent the
■ winter in Denmark.
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Dr. H. J. McCallum, sourdough
; Fairbanks doctor, returned on the
!steamer Yukon. He was in Cali
jfornia during the greater part of
• his absence from Alaska.
j Dr. M. F. Hall was a round trip
{passenger on the speeder today, hav
ling made the trip down from Fair
banks to confer with Dr. T. O.
{Lake.
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j Roadmaster W. L. Packer made
; a trip out the line south of Nenana
I today.
Resident Engineer and Mrs. J. J.
Kestly returned to their canyon
home today, after a visit of several
days in town.
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Tyler were
passengers on today’s train for the
end of steel, where Mr. Tyler wil
take a number of pictures for the
commission. «
Miss Geraldine Patterson went oui
i to the canyon on today’s train.
SEATTLE, June 23.—The Wash-!
ington correspondent of the Seattle!
Times has wired his paper to the
effect that Secretary of the Interior
John Barton Payne has begun the
work of consolidating the Alaska
Steamship and Pacific Steamship
companies, with a view to giving
Alaska an improved service. The
secretary has called a conference for
next week with representatives of
the two companies, and it is under
stood that they are agreeable to the
plan of consolidation, provided Can
adian competition is eliminated and
an equitable basis of adjustment is
.worked out.
W. L. Clark, representing the Pa
! cific Steamship company, says that
it is definitely understood that so
long as foreign carriers have an op
portunity to divert Alaska business,
! it will be impossible for the Ameri
can companies successfully to serve
' Alaska as a whole with American
transportation. The merchant ma
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rine act, he points out, eliminates
uncontrolled foreign competition in
merchandise and provisions, but must
be extended to include passengers i
also. Clark says that the companies
favor a consolidation under c#iej
management rather than a division ;
of territory served.
Payne May Come North.
The Seattle Chamber of Com
merce has received a telegram from
Washington stating that Secretary
Payne is considering a trip to the
Alaska coal tields, with Secretary
Daniels and Admiral Rodman, should
they decide to go to Alaska after
the San Francisco convention. Ad
miral Koontz is urging the trip, and
so is Daniel B. Trefethen, chairman
of the civic bureau of the chamber,
who is now in Washington. A wire
from the latter indicates that Sec
retary Payne is giving serious con
sideration to the. suggestion, and
j should he decide to go North, he
j probably will meet Daniels and Rod
man in Seattle.
PLAGUE BAN LIFTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23—
After a careful investigation, the
poit. surgeon at Tampico is con
vinced that the bubonic plague has
not made its appearance in that city
and extreme precautions are being
taken to prevent infection. The
state department has also been ad
vised by the American consul at
Tampico that train service between
Mexico City and Vera Cruz has been
resumed after a suspension of three
weeks.
CASE AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, Tex., June 23—
The bubonic plague has made its
appearance in this city, one case
having been discovered by the healt.i
; authorities yesterday.
WORK IS COMMENCING
ON COAST PULP PLANT
.Arriving in Juneau recently, Leo
P. Kennedy reported that the pre
liminary work at Snettisham in the
construction of a pulp mill has be
gun there. Piling for a dock has
been driven and caps were bein'!
placed on the piling at the time Mr
Kennedy left for Juneau.
A sawmill and timbers recent^
taken from Juneau to the mill site
have been unloaded. Mr. Kennedi
expects to have a house erected it
a short time, wherein to shelter th<
workmen, and the crew already ot
the ground will be augmented by <
number of men to be taken fron
Juneau.
The sawmill is to be set us a
once and lumber for mill construe
tion will be sawed as rapidly a
possible.
Bert Kerns is with the steame
Yukon this season in the capacity o
chief engineer.
10 HELP SUFFRAGE
WASHINGTON, D C., June 23— ,
At a meeting with a deputation of
suffragists this morning, Wafren G.;
Harding informed them that while 1
he equld not, with propriety, at- :
'tempt to force any state to expedite
action on woman’s suffrage, he
would recommend ratification of the
woman's suffrage amendment if any
state authority sought his opinion.
He explained that the matter of j
i ratification was largely a matter for (
the state to decide in their own way,
and while he believed in the amend
ment, he did not believe he could
hasten ratification by attempting to
j force matters.
CHOLERA HITS JAPAN;
HUNDRED CASES FOUND
j TOKIO, June 23.—More than 100
'cases of cholera have developed in
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Southern Japan, according to in
! formation made public here today.
| Several cases also have been found
: in this city.
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! The Fairbanks celebration com
mittee has announced that one of
Ithe big features of the celebration
■ in the upper town will be an auto
mobile race, with three prizes—
$200, $75 and $50.
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Mrs. J. C. Van Orsdel, former
postmaster of Nenana, was an ar
rival today on the steamer Yukon,
having returned to Alaska in con
nection with the development of
mining properties in the Kantishna
, in which she is interested.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Fisk and
• Miss Bessie Fisk were arrivals in
f i Nenana today from the States, on
ithe steamer Yukon.
UNITED SUITES
TRADE BALANCE
GAINS STEADILY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 23.—
Since the beginning of the world
war the United States has rolled up
a trade balance against the rest of
the world approximating seventeen
billion dollars, according to figures
.made known in a report issued to
i day.
The balance one month before the
war started in 1914 was $470,000,
000, and during the eleven months
'of the present fiscal year imports
lhave reached the new high record of
eleven and one-half millions.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mike Beegler are '
eturning passengers on the steamer ,
fukon, enroute home from a winter
n the Spates. Mrs. Becgier *as j
ormeilv Dr. Aline Bradley.
Thaggard Buchholtz, former Fair- j
tanks boy, is mate on 'no Yukon ,
tgairt this year.
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Neil McCall was an outgoing pass- -
nger on this morning’s train, en- !
•otite to Eva creek to get his camp |
n shape for work.
Ed A. Smith, of the Smith-Mc- j
ilone property, in the Fairbanks dis- •
rict, is a returning passenger on
,he steamer Yukon. He is return
ng to look after the development
vork which is now in progress and
s enthusiastic over the showing
already made at the mine, which is
me of the few working properties
in that district at the present time.
The steamer Yukon brought to
Nenana 160 sacks of second class
and parcel post mail matter, repre
senting the usual early spring ac
cumulation held at Seattle for the
opening of navigation.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. McIntosh,
who were married in Fairbanks on
Sunday, returned to Nenana on to
day’s speeder, accompanied by Miss
Adeline Ferretti.
Engineer in Charge and Mrs.
Fred’k D. Browne and Dorwin
Browne went to Fairbanks this aft
ernoon on the speeder.
Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Spaulding,
who came to Nenana several weeks
ago to assist during the flu epidemic,
left for Fairbanks yesterday and
will return to the coast by way of
the Richardson trail. Dr. Spaulding
will be stationed at Indian River.
Kenaoa, the Gateway to McKinley
Hatloaal Park.
ALASKANS HEAD
FOR CONVENTION
TO PICK LEADER
SEATTLE, June 23.—The Seattle
Times is authority for the statement
that the Alaska delegates to the
Democratic national convention have
not yet reached a definite conclusion
as to their attitude, but it is ex
pected that Governor Riggs, who is
scheduled to leave here tomorrow
for San Francisco, will be more or
less independent in his attitude un
less he finds that his friends need
protection.
John W. Troy, publisher of the
!Juneau Empire, will attend the con
jvention with the proxy of W. VV.
Casey. He is already in San Fran
cisco, where he has joined Mrs.
Troy, who spent the winter in the
Bay City.
National Committeeman Tom Don
ohoe, who has the proxy of Charles
Derry of Cordova, also has reached
jSan Francisco, and Marshal L. T.
j Erwin and J. Harmon Caskey will
(attend the convention in person,
j Delegate Grigsby will hold the
proxy of J. J. Connors of Nome.
Troy and Donohoe are regarded
as strong administration men and
Delegate Grigsby will be the only
member of the Alaska group tresh
from the national capital, and it is
expected that he will brine the views
of the leaders there. And being a
candidate for re-election, his wishes
may have considerable influence.
The convention will open next
Monday.
ALASKA-JUNEAU SUED
FOR $30,000 DAMAGES
Emil Kajander, through his attor
ney, John Rustgard, has started suit
against the Alaska-Juneau Gold Min
ing company to recover damages
amounting to $30,554.25 ior al
leged injuries and property losses in
the Juneau landslide of January -
last.
Kajander claims that he was a
roomer in the Larson house at the
time of the slide and that he was
carried dow'n the hill in the wreck
age and sustained injuries in which
his right hip was dislocated, both
legs broken, and his body badly cut
and bruised. He claims $30,000 for
[these damages, which he says have
crippled him for life, and $554.25
ifor personal property said to have
been lost. Kajander claims that it
[was through the defendant company
'diverting a certain flow of water on
,the hillside that the slide occurred.
This is the fourth suit growing
out of the slide instituted against
the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining com
pany. The total amount of dam
ages asked for in all the suits is
[$65,884.25.
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TEMPERATURE
As reported by the government
observation station, Nenana
Wednesday, June 23.
Maximum *.69 above
•t Minimum .46 above •?
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