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 S, 1879.
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
The sudden slump in the price of
wood pulp has put Alaska’s pulp
mill out of business—but it has not
caused any material reduction :n
the price of paper.
The News would like to see Sec
retary Davis reach a satisfactory
agreement with the Shipping Board
on the marine labor situation, but
we fear that he will find Admiral
Benson a tough old customer when
it comes to making any concessions
to the workers.
Alaskans should stop kicking.
There is reason to complain of many
things but kicking does not seem to
get the desired results. There is the
Yukon cannery question, for in
stance. Interior Alaskans united
in a protest against the operation
of one cannery on the lower Yukon
and now we have three.
TO WHAT AVAIL?
To whi‘ little purpose is waged
the war upon fish traps in Alaska
is demonstrated 'ey the fact that
the war is the one thing, above an
others that h?is prevented Congress
from giving the people of Alaska
control over their fisheries. Con
gress will not legislate the fish
traps out of existence and has re
fused to give the territory control
over the fisheries industry for fear
that the people of Alaska would
legislate them out if they had the
power. It would seem that common
sense would dictate that the futile
contest be postponed, at least, un
til the people could get the power
to permit the matter to be settled
as the majority of the people of
Alaska would desire. Is Alaska for
ever to be sort of a colossal Pick
wick clug?
TROOPS FOR SILESIA
...LONDON, vl iv ,! Hiltish sol
diers are being I I pc fiiesia
to reinforce the already in
that region, and the Allies plan to
establish a : i .•••1 i me as an ad
ditional precaution i-'amst further
trouble between l*oland. and Ger
many.
BUDGET UP TO PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, ». C., May 2S—
The bill establinip' a federal bud
Set was completed today when the
house approved the conference re-1
port on the measure, following simi
lar action by the senate. The bill
now goes to the President.
WAGE CONFERENCE FAILS
CHICAGO, May 23— Conferences
over proposed wage reductions for
80,000 employes of the American
Express Cono-iRy ving. failed, the
company has liled a dispute with the
railway labsr Iitrd. setting forth
the questions at issue.
The steamer Northwestern docked
at Anchorage about noon today, ac
cording to information received in
Nenana this afternoon.
A British scientist claims that
men go to sleep more quickly than
women, but sleep less soundly and,
if in normal health, not so long.
SIXTY-FIVE MEASURES WERE
PASSED BY LEGISLATURE
A total of 65 measures were ap
proved by the territorial legislature,
at the fifth session of the lawmakers
which adjourned at Juneau early
this month. Forty-two of the bills
and resolutions and memorials to
Congress originated in the house
and the remainder in the senate.
A number of important bills failed
of passage and several acts were
pealed, notable among which were
the shipping board and publicity
bureau acts.
The following bills originating in
the house were approved by both
branches of the legislature:
No. 1—Providing for special elec
tions to fill vacancies in the terri
torial legislature.
No. 2—For territorial aid to
coastwise shipping and subsidizing a
steamer for the run between Sew
ard, Anchorage and Alaska penin
sula points, carrying an appropria
tion of $25,000. The subsidized
steamer must be of 400 tons.
No. 7—Agricultural College and
School of Mines, Fairbanks. Appro
priation of $41,000.
No. 8—Providing for a lien on
logs, cordwood, fuehvood, etc., for
laborers. Vetoed by Governor Riggs
and passed over veto.
No. 9—Amending the old age al
lowance law.
No. 13—Raising the charge for
reciprocal licenses for physicians
from $25 to $150.
No. 15—Deficiency appropriation
for the Pioneers Home.
No. 19—Amending the act rela
tive to insurance companies doing
business in Alaska by repealing cer
tain unworkable sections and in
creasing premium tax from one to
two per cent per year.
No. 20—Providing punishment for
wilful injury to dams, intakes, etc.
No. 22—Changing the school poll
tax law relative to accounting for
receipts issued to collectors and re
quiring returns to be made at cer
tain times.
No. 23—Providing an appropria
tion of $15,000 for the purchase of
the Neuman collection of Eskimo
antiquities for the Alaska museum.
No. 24—Providing an appropria
tion of $3,000 for the entertain
ment of President Harding and Sec
retary Fall in case they visit the
territory.
No. 25—Making employers liable
for medical aid or other assistance
given to contract employes on sea
sonal occupations.
No. 26—Regulating the sale of
narcotic drugs.
No. 28—Providing penalties for
altering brands, earmarks of buttons
on reindeer, goats and swine.
No. 31—Fixing a schedule of
taxes on furs and licensing fur
buyers, fur farmers and trappers.
No. 32—Providing an appropria
tion of $25,000 for construction of
a bridge across the Nizina river.
No. 30—Providing for a referen
dum by female electors on their
desires in regard to serving on jur
ies.
No. 38—Relative to the disposal
of proceeds of life insurance.
No. 40—General revenue bill.
No. 41—Authorizing municipali
ties to engage in the lighterage
business.
No. 42"—Carrying the general ap
propriation items.
No. 43—Extending the appropria
tion period to cover the full school
year.
No. 44—Providing for the ap
pointment of mine inspector and
fixing his term of office.
Senate Bills Passed
No. 14—Relating to trust com
panies, amending Section 3, Chap
ter 66, Session Laws 1917.
No. 15—Relating to banking cor
porations, amending Section 9, of
Chapter 28, Session Laws 1913.
No. 16—Relative to payment of
deposits in two names.
No. 24—Repealing of the terri
torial shipping board act.
No. 25—Transfer of certain es
cheat funds to the territory.
No. 33—Fixing salary of secretary
of territory.
No. 34—Signing bills of exception
by other than trial judges.
No. 36—Regulating operation of
coal mines.
No. 37—Filing of inventories of
territorial property.
No. 38—Livestock act.
No. 42—Pharmacy board report
ing all funds to the territory.
No. 44—Changing banking laws
requiring banks to pay bad debts
before declaring dividends.
No. 45—Governor taking over the
functions of the territorial shipping
board.
No. 47—Relating to foreign cor
porations, especially charity organ
izations, not filing financial state
ments.
No. 49—Instructing territorial sec
retary forarding memorials and re
solutions to those to -whom address
ed.
No. 51—Demanding notices of
telephone companies before removal
of instruments or cutting wires.
No. 52—Changing boundaries of
incorporated towns.
No. 53—Providing for school dis
tricts to change to incorporated
towns.
No. 55—Purchase of Seward Pe
ninsula Railroad.
No. 56—Maintenance of public
schools in incorporated towns.
No. 59—Providing for collection
for exhibit at mining congress.
No. 60—Labor liens on all pro
perty.
No. 69—Electors giving prefer
ence for person who shall be nom
inated governor.
No. 71—Disposal of property left
by deceased inmates of the Pioneers
home, or those who have received
allowances from the territory.
August Bjerremark returned to
Nenana yesterday from Fairbanks
and went out the line ibis morn
ing to resume his work with the
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
While in Fairbanks he put things
in shape on his homestead, putting
in part of the crops himself and
arranging for the balance of the
work.
in ine rroD»ie v.ouri, territory ot
Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division,
Nenana Precinct. .
In the matter ol the Estate of Al
bert Engstrom, deceased.
Notice of Settlement of Account
Notice is hereby given that And
rew Anderson, the administrator of
the estate of Albert Engstrom, de
ceased, has rendered and presented
for settlement, and filed in said
Court, his Final Account of his ad
ministration of said estate; and that
Wednesday, the 8th. day of June,
1921, at 10 o’clock, A. M., at the
courtroom of said Court, at Ne
nana, Nenana precinct, Territory of
Alaska, has been duly appointed by
the Probate Judge of said Court,
for the settlement of said account,
at which time and place any person
interested in said Estate may ap
pear and file exceptions in writing
to the said account, and contest
the same.
Dated this 8th. day of April, 192t
ANDREW ANDERSON
Administrator of the Estate of
Albert Engstrom, deleased.
Date of first publication April 9
SPEEL RIVER PULP MILL
IS FORCED TO SUSPEND
Claiming that the low price of
pulp, $35.00 a ton, coupled with
freight charges that total $12.40 on
every dry ton landed in Seattle,
makes it impossible to operate at a
profit, the Alaska Pulp and Paper
Company has decided to close tem
porarily its Speel river plant, ac
cording to a statement appearing in
a recent issue of the Alaska Daily
Empire.
Officials of the company say they
are willing to mark time for a while
• or until conditions adjust themselves
^ so that operations will again be po3
| sible. They declare that many pulp
mills of Norway and the eastern
part of the United States are also
closed.
Starting actual operations a few
months ago, the company now has
about 300 tons of pulp on hand and
has made one shipment of 100 tons
to the South.
The majority of the men employ
ed at the plant have been laid off
and only a sufficient number re
tained to look after the property
until such time as conditions will
warrant a resumptions of opera
, tions.
This mill is Alaska’s first and
only pulp mill and the experiment
j in pulp making was looked upon
with great interest by all Alaskans.
Recent reductions in the price of
the product have brought it down
to an abnormally low figure. The
company was recently granted a
freight rate of $5 a ton on their
product to Seattle, but as it is a
j wet pulp containing more than 50
per cent moisture, the rate as com
puted would mean a cost of $12.40
a dry ton landed at Seattle, which
the management claims the product
cannot stand.
Mrs. Oswold went out to Healy
this morning to spend a week visit
ing with her daughter, Mrs. Helen
Kellum.
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Clothing, Hardware, Notions
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NENANA’S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
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SEATTLE 3—Down Fort Gibbon
9:30 a. m., for mouth of Yukon.
TANANA—At Fort Gibbon mak
ing repairs.
CANNERY LAUNCH—Down Nu
lato 12:30 p. m., yesterday.
TERN—Down Kokrines 9 p. m.,
last night.
ALASKA—Up Fort Gibbon for
Dawson 9 this morning.
YUKON AND CANADIAN—A t
Fort Gibbon.
DAVIS—At Fort Gibbon.
Scotty Taylor came down from
Fairbanks yesterday to received med
ical treatment at the Government
hospital.
CIRCLE
Hot Springs
Best of the known medicinal
springs in Alaska according to
U. 5. Geological Report, 1917
First Class Hotel Accommodations
Terms $3.50 per day
Including all hath privileges
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT 1917
Mineral analysis of water from 3 Hot Springs most used.
PARTS PER MILLION
Circle Tenakee
Silica (Si 02) . 82.
Iron (Fe) .
Aluminum (Al)
1.3
3.7
Calcium (Ca) . 29.
Magnesium (Mg) . 2.1
Sodium (Na) . 248.
Potassium (K) . 8.6
Carbonate radicle (CO 3) . .0
Bicarbonate radicle (HCO 3) . 173.
Sulphate radicle (04) . 98.
Chloride radicle (Cl) . 252.
Nitrate (NO 3) .*. 0.
Borate radicle (B4 07) .
Total dissolved solids at 180 OC . 816. 787.
94.
1.0
2.4
35.
2.8
201.
4.0
24.
26.
302.
99.
0.
Present
Cbena
77.
al.2
2.3
1.2
b94.
0.
118.
78.
26.
388.
Temperature (F) . 134. 106.
Chemical character . Na-Cl Na-SO
a—E2 03 plus A12 03
b—Calculated
149.
Na-C3
Mail stage between Chatinika and
Circle, Alaska, connects with Cir
cle Hot Springs stage weekly in
winter; with mail stage from Cir
cle three times a month in summer
F, M. LEACH, Proprietor
Col. Meats, who arrived at Healy
yesterday from the coast, left for
the hills today on a hunting trip,
accompanied by Morris Morlno as
; guide.
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Department of the Interior
AlaikaD Engineering Commission
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