Nenana Steam Laundry
Phone 76
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST
J. F. BENNETT. _
GEORGE RICH
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CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
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Cleon Dry Wood for Solo Hauling of All Kind.
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
AII Workman.bip GuruU*d Pertaining to Hooting or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street
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Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nonona district offars oppor
tunities for prospecting, fuming, and
* trapping that are unequaled in any j
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are semes
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govem
s ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
Fanning in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
j ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
i and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
I gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
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NEW YORK.—Ninety-five percent
of the strikes and 75 percent of the
days of idleness in the building
trades in the past have occurred
through what is known as “snow
balling," or controversies between
wage-earners themselves as to which
trade should do the work, says
Franklin T. Miller, president of the
F. W. Dodge company and former
ly director of the division of public
works and construction of the Unit
ed States department of labor. Only
five percent, he declares, have been
on questions between employer and
employe.
Mr. Miller, who has been in touch
with the construction industry in
this country for 25 years, cited the
case of a big Chicago hotel costing
millions, the work on which hail
been delayed, ho said, more than a
year because of a disagreement be
tween skilled workers as to who
should handle certain doors, because
of the preponderance of metal over
wood. This, he said, was an in
evitable consequence of the rapid
development of the industry. An
'alyzing the situation and the build
ing outlook for 1920. Mr. Miller
| said:
! “The creation of a board of juris
dictional award by the United States
department of labor, a board com
.posed of architects, engineers, con
tractors, material men and wage
earners, promises a solution of one
■of the most difficult labor problem:
jin the building industry. As a re
‘suit of it, decreased cost of con
struction may be expected. Th<
; board of jurisdictional award ha;
:been formulated with the full ap
proval of all interests concerned
who seem to have entered into i
i
without reservation,
j “The labor outlook in the buildini
industry thus promises a conditioi
of greater stability this year, be
cause of the organized dealings be
tween employers and employes, witl
full recognition of the term con
tract and arbitration principles.
1 “The first serious labor trouble
.in the building industry,” said Mr
Miller, in reviewing the nationa
construction shortage, “occurred i
the latter part of October. 191?
through a strike of carpenters o
Government work in Brooklyn i1
violation of the Baker-Gomper
agreement, a pact between the wa
department and the American Fed
eration of Labor. This strike wa
settled by a compromise early i
March, 1919, but in the meantim
it threatened a sympathetic nation
wide strike of the building trade
and held up construction not only i
New York, but made it uncertai
throughout the land. Other labo
troubles sprang up throughout th
country, notably in Chicago, wher
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the whole building trade was tied
up from July to September, 1919.”
Since then conditions have improv
ed, but there would not be complete
harmony in the building industry, he
indicated, until the federal board of
jurisdictional award began to func
tion.
“From April, 1919, to last July,
the war department, through Colonel
Arthur Woods, as special assistant to
the secretary of war, engaged in the
active promotion of public works in
order to provide jobs for returning
soldiers,” concluded Mr. Miller.
“Then it appeared that there would
not be sufficient labor, materials
and capital for the necessary new
construction of the country. The
promotion of non-productive works
was abandoned. The Federal Re
serve board, early in December.
1919, announced its purpose of post
poning. the erection of its contem
plated banking institutions. These
are among the factors in the pres
pnf RitnatinYi.'*
METLAKAHTLA NATIVES
HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION
One of the most interesting elec
tions on record took place in Met
lahkatla. Southeastern Alaska, in
December. The occasion was the
annual native election and therj
was a large number of candidates.
As is customary, the results of the
campaign were announced at the
Christmas tree exercises of the vil
lage. Andrew Usher was elected
mayor; Edward Marsden. clerk:
Charles Brendible. treasurer, and
Fred H. Berney. Ben Simpson,
Frank Hamilton. Silas Booth. John
Hudson and Ed Atkinson were elect
ed couneilmen. One of the unique
features of the election was the
running of two young natives
against their fathers, who defeated
the young aspirants badly.
ADVERTISED letters.
TO THE PUBLIC:
The following letters in the Xe
nana postoffice uncalled for. month
ending January 31, 1920. Mention
letter being advertised when you call
1 for same. R- S. M’DOXAI.D.
Postmaster.
Bender, J. H. (2)
' Craig. Geo.
Dabovieh, M.
Goring. Theo.
Hackett. Peter.
Johnson, Pete.
Driscoll, Pat.
Johnson, P. G. (2)
McGinley, James.
’ McConaghy, James.
Rosenholm, Gus Nestor.
Savage, Tom <21
r Stacy. Robert.
s Fresh Groceries, Fancy and Sla
1 pie. Fowler & Morris.
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WM. TAYLOR
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CANYON
ROADHOUSE
(Formerly Dari*’)
FIRST STOPPING PLACE
BEYOND END OF STEEL
BARN AND DOG KENNELS
i MRS. CLARA ALLRED
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CITIZENS OF SEWARD
MAY BUY POWER PLANT;
Seward has become inoculated |i
with the municipal ownership bug. i
and at a meeting of the city council'
recently it was decided to call a
special election in February for the
purpose, of giving the citizens of
the town a chance to vote on wheth-'
er or not the town should bond .
itself to purchase the water and
light system now owned by a pri
vate corporation.
Seward's mayor stated to the J
council that the company was in no
financial condition to extend mains
or to make repairs to utilities, and
that in his opinion the city should
acquire the property.
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ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stands alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam. Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms far Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburger
Proprietors.
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD BARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
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Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
WOOD
Sawing
ICE and EXPRESS
CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
OFFICE AT
THE TERMINAL
r.s. McDonald
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
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RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
| Miners and Prospectors! |
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS [
| According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
= cording District has been enlarged to take iii the Bon- |
= nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
§ Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
1 transact other business at Nenana. which is within |
| Sr easy reach of their mining activities. §
j| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. §
i | J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. |