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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920.
NO. 246
MANY REDS TAKEN IN SEATTLE RAIDS
MILD FLU EPIDEMIC IS SWEEPING WINDY CITY
PRESS ASSOCIATIONS TO VISIT ALASKA NEXT SUMMER
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SEATTLE, Jan. 20. — Pacific |
coast press associations are planning ;
a big excursion to Alaska during |
the coming summer, the object of j
the outing being to give newspaper- j
men the opportunity to gather first- |
hand information and impressions j
regarding the Northland.
The plan is to charter a steamer
for the trip, so that the excursion
ists can visit all points of interest
and linger as long as they desire.
The associations which have indi- ■
rated a desire to join the excursion |
include Washington, Southern Cali- j
fornia, Idaho, and Montana, and [
it is possible that an Oregon dele- 1
gation also will make the trip.
Charles I). Garfield, secretary -of
the Alaska Fish commission, who
was in Ketchikan recently on his
way to the States to assist in the
preparation of new fishing laws, in
formed a representative of the
Chronicle that the fishermen with
whom he had talked up North had
been in favor of permitting only
American citizens' to fish. They
were also in favor, he said, of stop
ping all fishing in streams, as well
as a modification of the regulations
regarding the use of nets and traps.
At a marshal's sale in Cordova
recently the wharf and hotel at
Katalla, formerly owned by the late
Robert D. Gray, were sold to Wm.
Crooker for $1,610.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS
ROUNDING UP SEATTLE REDS
10 IMA SOON
Colonel Frederick Mears, chair- i
man and chief engineer of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, will
be in Nenana shortly after the first
of February, according to informa
tion received from Anchorage re
cently. The trip is said to have no
especial significance beyond a desire
on the part of the chairman to have
a look over the Northern division
and to consult with Engineer in
Charge Browne relative to plans i'or
the coming season of renewed ac
tivity.
The date of the chairman’s de
parture from Anchorage will depend
upon the return of Assistant En
gineer William Gerig, who is now
in the States and who is due to re
turn to Anchorage about the first of
next month.
Mr. Gerig went Outside about a
month ago, his destination being
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where he
planned to spend the holidays with
Mrs. Gerig and his son and daugh
ter. He also expected to attend to
some important business matters for
the commission during his stay in
the States.
Mrs. Gerig may accompany her
husband on the return trip to An
chorage.
The train arriving’ this noon
brought three shipments of mail to
Nenana, including two sacks of first
class matter which reached Fair
banks last evening and two lots of
second class mail, one of which
reached the upper town last Thurs
day evening.
When the second class shipment
which reached Fairbanks on Thurs
day failed to arrive on Friday’s
train, The News made inquiry at
Fairbanks to ascertain the reason,
and it was explained by employes
of the Fairbanks postoffice that mail
would not be accepted by the rail
road after five o’clock. This ex
planation does not hold good, how
ever, in the case of the first class
mail which reached the upper town
after six o’clock yesterday evening.
John Larson, member of the com j
mission carpenter gang at Camp I
creek, came in on last .night’s spe- j
cial and left for Fairbanks this aft- i
ernoon. fie plans to return to Ne-1
nana on Friday’s train.
SEATTLE, Jan- 20.—Audits of
the department of justice, assisted
by the local police force, conducted
raids in this city this week which
have resulted in the arrest of sev
eral hundred suspected radicals,
fully two hundred of whom, it is
believed, can be finally held for de
portation. The raids were part of
the nation-wide drive which was
launched by the department several
weeks afro, and which resulted i.i
the arrest of more than five thou
sand a sri fa tor-suspects in all parts
! of the country.
Representatives of the department
i declare that it is the intention of
^the Government to break the back
bone of radicalism in the United
‘States, and raids will continue until
; the country has been purged of the
| undesirables.
GOOD WILL INCLUDE
R. R. ITEM IN BILL
SEATTLE, Jan. 20.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times is authority for the statement
that John W. Hallowell, assistant to
! Secretary Lane, has reached an
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agreement with Chairman Good, of
jthe house appropriations committee,
! to include an Alaska railway ap
i
' propriation of eight million dollars
| in the sundry civil bill. The money
is needed to carry on railroad con
struction during the fiscal year be
| ginning July first. No trouble is
anticipated in securing the approval
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lof the Alaska item.
TIallowcll explained to the chair
man that there are several heavy
i bridges to construct during the year
land that funds will be needed for
that purpose.
Secretary Lane thinks that wagon
roads should be built speedily to
serve as feeders to the railroad, and
Delegate Grigsby is trying to ar
range a definite wagon road build
ling program.
, According to information received
from Fairbanks today, fairly good
pay has been found on St. Patrick
j creek by Dan Bailey and Sam Stav,
i who have just completed a new shaft
i
I to bedrock. At the bottom of the
hole they found gold in sufficient
quantity to indicate the presence of
a paystreak of workable value, and
they are now preparing to open up
the ground on a large scale, with a
view to taking out a dump before
the water runs.
COAST PAPER HEARS
OF LOSS TO NENANA
The following paragraph is taken
from a recent issue of the Valdez
Miner, a weekly newspaper which
makes a specialty of all-Alaska
news, culled from the several ex
changes. The desire of the editor
is to be as accurate as possible, and
in printing the paragraph in ques
tion he undoubtedly gathered his in
formation from some other paper,
accepting the statement of condi
tions at face value, and Without
deliberate intention of knocking Ne
nana. Here it is:
“It is said that fully 150 persons
have moved from Nenana to Fair
banks since the completion of the
railroad between the towns. Better
living facilities and larger popula
tion are given as the cause for the
removal. It is alleged that the cli-,
matic conditions are also better at
Fairbanks.”
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Xanana, Whin Xalli and Klvara K««t
REPUBLICANS WILL
ORGANIZE TONIGHT
The Republicans of Nenana will
meet in the Union building tonight
at 9:30 for the purpose of organ
izing a Republican club and mak
ing plans for participation in the
forthcoming campaign, which is re
garded by many as holding much
promise of Republican victories,
both in Alaska and in the States.
It is not the intention of Nenana
to be left out when it comes to
shaping the political future of the
Territory, there being a sufficient
number of Republicans in this dis
trict to wield considerable influence
in Alaskan affairs, should the Re
publicans be returned to power next
November.
All Republicans of Nenana and
the surrounding district are invited
to attend the meeting and assist in
forming the club.
The meeting will begin at 9:30.
CHANCELLOR ACCUSED
OF BEING PROFITEER
OXFORD, Eng.——The first com
plaint to the profiteering committee
of this town came from Dr. Edwin
Cannan, who asked for the prose
cution of the chancellor of the ex
chequer on the ground that a trea
sury note which “costs less than
one penny to produce is being sold
in this town at one pound.”
J. R. Fowle, of the Fairbanks
Clothing company, came down from
Fairbanks on today’s train on a
several-day business visit.
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District Judge Charles K. Bun
nell, who arrived in \enana lust
night from Anchorage, reports a
somewhat rough and tedious trip
over the Iiroad Pass trail, due to
storms and drifted trail, hut with
all its shortcomings, he considers
' Broad Pass a very practical route
land declares that he would go back
that way if he were returning to
the coast. It is not such a had trip,
he says, if one goes prepared and
| does not expect all the comforts of
| home enroute.
The judge traveled by dog team
most of the way. There were times,
however, when riding was not to be
i thought of, because of the deep
snow, and on those occasions he
'donned his snowshoes and mushed.
He says that he mushed about forty
j miles in that manner, and, asid •
i from a sore muscle in one ankle, is
l none the worse for the experience.
The judge traveled with Jimmie
I Stewart, former Iditamd mail car
rier, who is now enroute hack to
{the coast, having left the Canyon
i roadhouse this morning.
! Judge Bunnell says that they met
, a number of mushers who were hav
; ing a hard time of if because they
' were without snowshoes. Some of
Ahem were compelled to "siwash”
along the trail, because of their
; inability to reach a roadhouse, and
they were pretty much all in.
I The judge reached the end of i
steel yesterday afternoon and came I
in on a special last night, making a j
record trip over the line. lie was!
kept busy until a late hour last i
,night and all this morning, meeting]
friends and talking court business,]
and it was with considerable difli j
,cultv that he caught the afternoon]
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train for Fairbanks, where much I
official business awaits him.
He will open eourt on January!
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-2f> and probably soon will issue a!
call for a grand jury session to in
vestigate matters which have ac-1
cumulated since he left for the j
i coast last fall.
A chimney blaze called the Fair
banks tire department to the Sumi
home, at Seventh and Noble, yes
terday afternoon about five o’clock.
Very little damage resulted.
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CHICAGO, Jan. JO.—-This city is
in the grip of a “flu” epidemic,
which is sweeping over the district
like a huge wave. Thousands of
cases have been reported since the
disease first made its appearance,
but the deaths thus far have been
comparatively few, only 20 having
been reported during the past 21
hours.
Notwithstanding the mild nature
of the epidemic, the situation is re
garded as very grave, the number
of cases far exceeding the ability
of the city to handle them. Ten
thousand nurses are needed.
The disease is spreading at the
rate of eleven hundred new cases
daily.
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Hound for Washington, where he
is to present data to the congres
sional committee in support of his
! estimate for $719,000 for road
building and repairs in Alaska, Ma
jor \V. 11. Waugh, chairman of the
Alaska Road commission, passed
through Ketchikan recently, enroute
from his headquarters in Juneau,
and is probably now conferring with
his superiors at the national capital.
The trip was made on orders of the
chief of engineers of the United
States army.
Major Waugh asked $719,000 to
carry on the work of his organiza
tion in Alaska. This was reduced
to $422,1100 by the chief of engi
neers. and iuter was cut by the
congressional committee $100,000.
ZAGLYNZNY INQUEST
HELD THIS MORNING
The body of doe Zaplynzny, signal
corps man, who was killed at Don
nellys several days ago, while he
was temporarily out of his head,
was taken to ltichardson yesterday
afternoon and the inquest was to
have been held there this morning,
before Commissioner A. .1. Griffin.
Chief Operator Kennedy, who is re
ported to have killed Zaglynzny in
self-defense, has been at Richard
son several days, awaiting the in
quest, which was ordered held in
order to clear Kennedy of any
blame in connection with the shoot
ing.
The body of the dead man was
taken to Richardson by ,T. E. Stone,
owner of the Donnelly roadhouse,
where the shooting occurred.
H. B. Joseph, former head of the
local A. E. C. accounting office, is
now in the employ of the Tongass
Trading company, in Ketchikan, and
says he likes the place.