THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Ner.ana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southworth — — — — Editor and Manager
Mrs. R. G. Southworth — — — Circulation Manager
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THE CUMMINS BILL
While it is hard to believe that
sufficient pressure can be brought
to bear upon Congress to secure
the passage of a bill authorizing
the establishment of Government
owned and Government-operated
steamship line to connect with the
Government railroad at Seward or
Anchorage, The News is ready to
give its support to any measure
that holds promise of relief from:
existing oppressive transportation
charges in Alaska waters. And we
know that all Interior Alaskans
can be counted upon to do likewise,
for it has long been realized in this j
section of Alaska that excessive
transportation charges constitute the |
chief obstacle in the way of de
velopment. The so-called Cummins
bill, now pending in Congress, ap
pears to offer the relief desired.
The Cummins bill provides for
the establishment of aGovernment
steamships between the coast termi-;
nal of the Government railroad and
some point on the Pacific coast;
and it gives to the President wide
authority to deal with Alaskan
affairs now administered by bureau
chiefs at Washington. It appears to
i
be a measure inspired by honest
motives and the fact that it has the
backing of the Harding administra
tion and is opposed by interests
that are trying to prevent the de
velopment of Alaska for the bene
fit of Alaska, gives encouragement
to the belief that the bill is worthy
of support.
The Alaska Government railroad
enterprise was conceived by Alas
kans and authorized by Congress
as a development project. It was
intended to liberate Interior Alaska
from the bondage of the transpor
tation trust by providing all-year
service at rates that would permit
development. But with the ocean
monopoly unrestrained, there can
be only partial relief. Unless fares
and freightage charges oh the ocean
carriers are lowered materially. In-:
terior Alaskans cannot go ahead,
with the work of development, and
the Government railroad will be a'
failure.
The problem is one that must re
ceive attention soon, and the Cum
mins bill, even though it may fail
of passage through the combined
efforts of transportation and bureau
lobbyists, will serve to bring
prominently to the attention of the
national lawmakers the fact that
Alaska and the Government railroad
are greatly in need of federal as
sistance and protection.
The A. E. C. sawmill at Gold- j
stream, has been closed down for,
the season, and Foreman Ed. Head
is now putting the mill in shape
for winter. The lumber turned out
during the summer amounted to
more than 225,000 feet.
Jack Raymond, oldtime laundry
man of Fairbanks, who recently
returned to the Interior from the
coast, has accepted a position at
the Nenana Steam Laundry.
Henan*. Alaska's Interior Pael Depot
AID FOR MINING INDUSTRY
With the purpose of fostering a
more rapid and better development
of the mining industry in Alaska,
the United States Bureau of Mines
is re-organizing its work in that ter
ritory. according to a bulletin re
cently issued by the bueau. brief an
nouncement of which was contained
in press dispatches received by The
News several weeks ago. D. A. Lyon,
supervisor of stations, and George S.
Rice, chief mining engineer, for the
bureau, are now in Alaska on a tour
of inspection to determine in what
manner the Bureau of Mines can
best assist the territory’s mining in
dustry.
It is proposed to divide the terri
tory into four districts, each being
in direct charge of a Bureau of
Mines engineer. For the purpose of^
proper corelation of the work. par-J
ticularly as to keeping its main pur
pose in view and providing service
for particular mining camps which
may be isolated or lie on the border
between two districts, a supervising
mining engineer will be in general
charge of the four district engineers.
Owing to lack of funds, one of the
district engineers will for the pre
sent discharge the duty of super
vision. The Bureau of Mines experi
ment station at Fairbanks will be1
continued as a headquarters and
clearing house for district engineers.
District 1 has been assigned to
Bert W. Dyer, who will also contin
ue to discharge his duties of federal
mine inspector of Alaska. This dis
trict embraces the South coast, in
cluding the Matanuska, Kenai and
Bering River coal fields and South
eastern Alaska. The special duty of
this district engineer will be in con
nection with coal, copper and lode
gold.
J- A. Davis will continue to serve
as superintendent of the Fairbanks
station and, in addition, will be in
charge of District 2, which consists
of the territory tributary to the Gov
ernment railroad from Seward to
Fairbanks. This area includes the
Xenana lignite field.
District 3 consists of Interior
Alaska, comprising the Yukon and
Tanana basins. This district has
been assigned to K. T. Sparks, as
sistant mining engineer. District 4
is the Seward peninsula. X'o assign
ment of an engineer for this district
has been made as yet. It is believed,
however, that the best way to assist
the mining industry in this district
lies in the development of a practi
cal and economic method of cold
water thawing. Charles Janin, con
sulting engineer of the bureau, is
now compiling and studying the re
sults of experiments made by vari
out companies, preparatory to in
vestigation by the bureau.
Cooperation will be arranged and
maintained to the greatest possible
extent with the field forces in Alaska
of the United States Geological Sur
vey, through Col Alfred H. Brooks,
and with the territorial government,
through the governor and territorial
mine inspector of Alaska. The Geo
logical Survey lays stress upon the
study and correlation of Alaskan
reology, whereas the work of the
Bureau of Mines will emphasize
service to the miners. Geology will
be considered by the bureau's en
gineers only in its relation to ores,
and for that purpose the survey re
ports will be emphasized to as large
a degree as possible. The bureau’s
forces will largely supplement the
work of the territorial mine inspect
or and will endeavor to make an
nually a complete inspection and re
port of all mines and prospects.
HUNTING PARTY TO LEAVE
FOR MOUNTAINS TOMORROW
A party of hunters, headed by E.
John Brandies, of Omaha, arrived
from the lower river on the steam
er. and will leave tomorrow for the
Mt. McKinley region on a hunt for
big game. They brought a large out
fit with them and obtained guides
and pack horses here to take them
to the hunting grounds, their plan
being to remain in the hills for ten
days or two weeks, and to return
to the coast by way of Broad Pass.
Walter Forrest and Earl Durgin
■will accompany the party as guides.
Mr. Brandies ownes the large-t
department store in Omaha and
spends most of his time out of
doors. Several rooms of his home,
or “bungalow", as he calls it, on
top of his store building, are filled
with trophies of the chase, and he
expects to obtain additional speci
mens on his present trip.
The other members of the party
are Mrs. E. Besson, and J. V. Bur
sick and Leo Pavelik, of Nome.
ASSAYERS ARE NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 9—j
President Harding has nominated T.
G. Hathaway, t-o be United States,
assaver at Seattle, and William D.
Hill, to fill a similar position at
Helena.
NOTICE TO PHONE USERS
Notice is hereby given that on
and after August 15 the use of
telephones in Nenana will be re
stricted to fire and doctor calls
between the hours of midnight and
eight o'clock in the morning.
R. S. DONALDSON.
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Manager Healy River Coal Corpora- '
tion.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Sam Means, E. C. Campbell, J.
W. Ward and Zach Hickman,
their and each of their heirs, ex
ecutors, administrators and as
signs:—
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the sum of cne hun
dred dollars ($100.00) in labor and
improvements has been expended up
on each of the following association.
mining claims, situate on Platt
Creek, a tributary of Homestake
Creek, in the N'enana Mining and
Recording Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and known as—
The Steward Association Mining
Claim, the Elizabeth Association
Mining Claim, the Queen Mab As
sociation Mining Claim, and the
Katherine Association Mining Claim,
in order to hold said claims under
the provisions of Section 2324, of j
the Revised Statutes of the United |
States, and the amendments there-.
to concerning annual labor upon.
mining claims, being the amount re- j
quired to hold said mining claims
for the year 1920, the time for the
performance of annual labor for
said year 1920 having been, by an
Act of Congress, extended to June
30, 1921; said labor constituting
the assessment work for the year
1920; and if within ninety (90)
days after the last publication of
this Notice you, and each of you, asj
respective co-owners of said claims, |
fail or refuse to pay to the under-J
signed your respective proportion j
expended by me for said annual;
labor and improvements legally re-1
quired to hold said claims as nfore- j
said for the year 1920. together
with the cost of this notice, your
interest in said claims rill become
the property of the undersigred,
your co-owner, under said Section
2324, Revised Statutes cf the United
States. C. C HEID
First Publication, July 12. 1921.
Last Publication, Oct. 11, 1921.
ruSlIHJM Ut- AUSTRALIA IS
FIXED EXACTLY BY RADIO
AUSTRALIA, N. S. W.. July lrf—
The exact position of Australia on
world maps, which was originally
determined by Captain James Cook,
the early explorer, has been brought
into question recently when wireless
authorises, after direct checking by i
radio with standard time clocks at1
Lyons. France, said they believed
there is an error of perhaps 100!
yards on all maps in Australia’s;
north-south lines.
i Seafarers who first sketched Aus-1
! tralia’s position based their calcu- j
i lations on the chronometer, the j
finely made watch which keeps
Greenwich time. Corrections were!
; made from time to time, until final
checking by cable was believed to i
be accurate.
Lately, however, Sydney wireless ^
men who have been listening to the I
clock ticks at Lyons say they have t
discovered there is a perceptible i
loss of time in transmitting the cor
rect seconds over the cable. This
loss, it is said, led to errors in map
making.
Ed. Bartlett came down from !
Fairbanks yesterday on his way to
the Kantishna district.
G. E. Armour was among the ar
rivals on the steamer Tanana yes
terday.
Deputy Marshal Billy Butler ar
rived in town from Healv yesterday
and went to Fairbanks today on
official business. i
Mrs. Frank Doner was among ■
yesterday’s arrivals in town from ;
Healy. .
Trunk*. Genuine Leather Suit- !
ca*e* and Handbags, ju*t received
at Jchnaon’i Store. ka23
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RUST HOUSE
Clean and
Comfortable
ROOMS by the DAY
WEEK or MONTH
Fred Clark, Proprietor
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NEW
CENTRAL CAFE
FIRST CLASS
in Every Respect
PRIVATE BOXES
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KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
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JUDGE ORDERS HEARING
ON NENANA INCORPORATION
According to information received
from Fairbanks today. Judge Bun
nell has issued an order calling a I
public hearing on the question of
the incorporation of the town of
N'enana, the date being September
12. at Fairbanks, at which time
those interested may appear in
court for the purpose of supporting
or opposing incorporation.
Three copies of the order were i
received from the upper town and
have been posted as follows: one
at the postoffice, one at the Termi-'
nal and one at the Portland.
arrivals in town.
HARRIET M d'ORSAY
CUSTOM TAILOR
HELLISH BLDG. Phone, or Call
Suits Pressed. Cleaned and Altered
Repairing done on all Garments
FUR WORK
Coats. Caps and Robes
Years of Experience
FISH AND POTATOES
out into the garden and feel the
-oots of the potato vine. If it look'
lopeless, (remember, it is like the
‘uture of N'enana-it is coming up) .
to down to the corner of First and
J streets, and look into mjr ice box.
You may find a salmon.
CHOPSUEY
Fresh Chicken
NOODLES
at
Northern Cafe
Geo. Tanaka, Prop.
m
NEW AMMUNITION ju.t re
ceived, including .256 Newton )
hell*. Anderson Bros. & Norland
WANT ADS
-OST—Two keys attached to ring.
Finder will eonfer a favor by leav
ing same at News Office.
:OR SALE—Kitchen stove and pipe:
heater and pipe. All for $12.50. '
Inquire at D’Orsay’s Tailor Shop. !
-OST—Lady's engraved wrist watch
Reward for return to Railroad
Cigar Store.
VANTED—Information as to the
whereabouts of our father. Erik ;
Hartull; last known address was
Nenana. Communicate with Mrs.
M. Silva and Anna Sofia Hartull.
S36 15th. St., Oakland, California
'OR SALE — Two pairs short cam"
2-strap slippers. Mrs. Langstrom.
:OR SALE—Four jackhammers and
fittings; 250 feet of hose; six set;
of steel. All in good condition.
Inquire of Jack Singleton, Healy.
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Schedule of trains, subject to
change without notice:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m.
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ECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
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