THE NENANA NEWS
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NENANA, ALASKA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1917
ELE< TKO-KNERO V
Secretary of the Interior
Franklin Iv. lame has stated
that there is running to waste
in the United States, includin':
Alaska, an amount of electro
euergv to equal the labor of
1,800,000,000 men.
Yes, and the day is near at
hand when all kinds of machin
ery, in even the smallest of in
dustries in Alaska, will be us
ing this energy. All steamboats
and every railroad locomotive
in Alaska, within ten years,
will he speeding along, propell
ed by this same energy. The
homes of Alaskans in towns
and hamlets and on thousands
of Alaskan farms will be users
of it.
Alaska has been blessed
with thousands of waterfalls,
and these will some day be
utilized toward the develop
ment of the country and for
the comfort and convenience of
Northerners. And where water
power is not available, bur
where there is an abundance of
coal, lignite and otherwise,
fuel will he used for the gen
eration of power. Through the
efforts of the secretary of the
the interior, a process has been
evolved whereby lignite coal
can be utilized where better
grades are not obtainable.
Tin* federal government at
Ottawa is utilizing electro-en
ergy, taken from Niagara falls
to Ottawa, where it is sold to
consumers. The transmission
lines extend even to Three
livers, a distance of 300 miles,
and there the energy is sold
at i lie reasonably low rate of
from three to four cents per
kilowatt.
The M. !>t. 1*. Ry., by the
end of the coming year, will be
operating all its trains, pas
senger and freight, by electro
energy. from HarlowtoAvn,
Montana, to Seattle, a distance
of more liaan S00 miles.
The people of Norway are
investing millions of dollars
in the development of the
water power of that country.
They call the energy “white
coal."
Alaska must not be backward
in development of electro-en
ergy. And the people must be
the owners of it. We cannot
hope for full development of
our many resources until am
ide power is available—ample
power at reasonable cost.
LOANS TO ALLIES
Loans of 9100,000,000 each
to Great Brittain and France
were made by the U. S., on
September 5, 11)17, bringing the
total advanced to the Allies up
to 92.20li.400.000.
The total thus far advanced
the Entente Governments is
as follows: Great Britain,
$1,105,000,000; France, $030
000,000; Russia, $275,000,000
Italv, $200,000,000; Belgian,
$53,400,000: and Serbia $3,000,
000.
Nation Wide Inventory
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture has set in motion a
movement, to determine, by a
country-wide canvass, the ap
proximate amount of farm pro
ducts on farms of the IJ. S.
that is food or convertible into
food. It is known as the Na
tional food survey, authorized
by the food production law re
cently enacted. Thirty-five thou
sand picked volunteers from
its corps of 150,000 crop cor
respondents will be asked to
take in the farm survey. Each
of the field represen at ives
will make a report of food
stocks, including meat animals
and crops on his farm, and
each of these represenatives,
will be supplied with ten ex
tra schedules of inquiry, which
he will distribute among his
I neighbors for reports upon
their respective farms. From
385,000 reports thus obtained
the experts of the l.ureau
| knowing the total number of
farms in the U. S., will make
I final estimates. The survey is
now in progress.
Forty-five ambulance companies,
organized by the American Red
! Cross, have been mustered into the
1 army Medical corps, and most of
: them are seeing active service in the
! United States. Those at Allen town,
; Pa. are training for service in
] France. The companies are all or
ganized by Red Cross chapters and
each consists of 124 men—Acaptain,
four first lieutenants, two first-class
! sergeants, 11 sergeants, six cor
porals, one mechanic, three cooks
1 and 96 privates. Four ambulance
companies are assigned to service
with each army division and the
personnel may be used in whole
or in part to man hospital trains,
hospital ships or, where the need
is great, emergency hospitals.
The status of war veterans with
relation to the new insurance act
was made clear recently in a letter
written by Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo, in anwser to an in
quiry received from an old pension
er. The insurance bill does not hurt
or affect the old pensioners in any
way, he explained. It leaves them
undisturbed in the enjoyment of
the pensions they are receiving for
services rendered in previous wars.
“No one knows,” wrote the secre
tary, “better than the old soldiers,
how unfair it is to leave the men
who go to war, to the uncertainties
and inequalities of legislation enact
ed long afterward, for the compen
sation they ought to receive for
death and disabilities incurred in
the service. No one knows, bettei
than they, how cruel it is for the
government to make no provision for
the support of the dependent fami
lies of its soldiers and sailors when
they are called into service of their
country. The act is intended to
prevent injustice to the sons of the
old soldiers and sons of all other
American citizens who go to this
war, by telling them in advance
of death or injury, what will be
done for them and their families
by a just government. The bill was
so framed to make unecessarv hap
hazard pension in the legislation in
the future.”
YOUR
COUNTRY
IS
CALLING
FOR
HELP.
You can do your bit by invest
ing in a
LIBERTY BOND
r
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
Ivan J. Andrianoff, one of the
noted ’ characters of the Kuskokwim
country, has made application to the
Governor for a pioneer’s pension.
Andrianoff came to Alaska when
a very young man as an officer
under the Russian regime. Later
he became a trader and assumed
and maintained almost sovereign
i sway over the natives of that region.
1 Many interesting stories are told of
him, not the least of which are his
matrimonial adventures. He is said
to have had fifteen wives and has
scores of descendants. He is now
83 years of age, and has for some
time past been dependent upon
others.
The wire drag ship L. Roscoe
which has been working in South
eastern Alaska waters during the past
summer, has completed its work for
the season and the officers have left
for the south to reduce their notes
of the summer’s work to paper. The
party started work at Berner’s Bay
and worked south through Favorite
and Saginaw passages into Stephen’s
Passage and as far south as Point
Young, the entire area was dragged
to a dephth of 85 feet and few
shoals were found which showed less
water than this and the few dis
covered show over 40 feet.
“Young Viking,” Fred Tracy, Geo.
Campbell, Judge Leopold David,
Dick Dickenson and several other
residents of Anchorage, assisted re
cently in the production of a “movie”
play being filmed by Al. Ira Smith
and a company of movie actors at
Anchorage. Other scenes of the play
have been taken at various places
along the Alaska coast.
Charles S. Anderson, a station
contractor on the government rail
road was killed a short time ago
by a dirt slide, which caught him
while he was working on his con
tract. He was a native of Sweden
and was 35 years of age.
Gold bricks weighing 655 ounces
were brought to Anchorage and dis
played at the Fair recently held at
that place. They were from the Ala
ska and Free Gold mines on Willow
creek, and were the result of eight
days run of the mills.
Five thousand dollars worth of
iced halibut, ready for shipment at
Juneau, spoiled there recently as the
result of lack of space on the steam
ers to take the shipment to the
States. The Merchant’s Protective
Association of that city has taken
the matter up and will endeavor to
secure shipping facilities for frozen
fish from that place and other South
eastern Alaska points, which have
suffered similar losses.
According to a recent announce
ment Anchorage is to get the cream
of the passenger accommodations of
the steamers of the Admiral Line.
Hereafter the choice of reservations
will be given passengers at the An
chorage office, and the other towns
get what is left!
At a Juneau grocery store recent
ly there was filled an order for a
large quantity of canned meats and
foods of all kinds from hams to soda
biscuits for shipment to England.
The purchaser was Jack Turkovitch,
an Austrian, who will ship the food
stuffs to his brother, who is a war
prisoner in an English prison camp,
and from whom he received a lettei
not long since, requesting that food
be sent to him.
The Seattle Assay office during the
fiscal year ending June 30, last, re
ceived from Alaska and Canada gold
bullion to the amount of $11,193,
000. Nome sent the largest amount
$2,790,000, Iditarod sent $1,552,000,
Southeastern Alaska $1,342,000.
Lieut. Dougherty, formerly a well
known Valdezan, has been promoted
to Captain and stationed at Louis
ville, Ky.
R. L. Fromme, of the Olympic
National Forest reserve, has been as
signed to the charge of the Alaska
National Forest Reserves to succeed
W. G. Weigle, who has been assigned
to duty to France.
C. K. Snow, father of prohibition
in Alaska, has successfully passed the
required examination for admission
to the U. S. Army, and is now in a
training camp. Snow went from
Juneau to the Mayo brothers sanitar
ium, at Rochester, Minn., and after
an operation went to his old home in
Nebraska to recuperate. As soon as
he was able to travel he went to
Fort Snelling, St. Paul, and took the
army examination.
James Miller, the U. S. Deputy
1 Marshal at Skagway has lost his
job through the escape of Bawlf, the
Walla Walla convict, from the Skag
way jail recently while awaiting the
arrival of a boat on which he was
to be taken South. N. O. Hardy will
succeed to the position of Deputy
Marshal at Skagway.
Carl Lind, a railroad station con
tractor on the government railroad
near Anchorage, was shot recently
by Deputy Marshal Sturgis, who al
leged that Lind and a companion at
tempted to hold him up. Lind had
always borne an excellent reputation
and the affair promises to lead to a
thorough investigation. Lind is im
proving and is expected to recover.
A statement of the license moneys
for the fiscal year ending June 30
for the First Judicial division, is
sued by Clerk of Court Bell, shows
$88,852.11 collected outside of in
corporated towns. Of the license
moneys collected inside of incorpor- !
ated towns Juneau paid $30,483.55, !
Ketchikan, $20,743.25, Douglas, $14,
058.12, Wrangell $9,303.38, Peters
burg $8,388.71, Haines, $4,763.45
and Skagway $3,391.50.
Herbert A. Myer, assistant secre
tar of the interior, who recently
visited Alaska for the purpose of
inspecting the government railroad,
has been appointed by Secretary j
Lane as head of a board to investi
gate the increasing cost of con- i
struction on the new road. The !
other members of the board are !
A. D. Sheperd, a Pacific Coast rail- i
road man and E. F. Went, valua- j
tion engineer for the Interstate
Commerce Commission. They will ;
submit their report to the House
Appropriation Committee.
The recently published reports j
of the Alaska Treadwell and the !
Alaska Mexican mines show a com
bined profit for 1916 of $722,354.
98.
The construction work on the j
Matanuska branch of the govern
ment railroad has been practically
completed.
Hazel Booone, a denizon of Ju
neau red light district, was fined
1150 and costs recently for disobey
ing the orders of the City Council
regulating that district.
Owing to the inablity of shippers
to secure space for frozen fish
shipments from Juneau, halibut
steamers arriving there recently have
found no takers for their cargoes,
the cold storage men being afraid
to buy.
The First Bank of Cordova will
soon be housed in a new concrete
home, the work on the structure be- !
ing well on the way to completion. j
On account of the small tourist
travel to Alaska this year the steam- i
er Prince Rupert has been with- j
drawn from the Alaska run and the
Prince George will be withdrawn
shortly.
In connection with the Douglas
public schools a night school will be
opened, principally for the benefit
of foreigners who are desirous of
acquiring a knowledge of the Eng
lish language. I
The 10,000 pound cargo of the
halibut boat Morengen sold at Ju
neau recently at ten and one-eighth
cents, the highest price ever paid |
for halibut at that place.
The 1917 tax roll for the town of
Petersburg shows the total valuation ’
for assessment purposes of real and !
personal property to be $355,330, or
$67,230 more than the valuation of!
last year. j
United States troops are guard-!
ing the bridge on the Copper River
& Northwestern railroad to prevent f
its destruction by a agents of the
Central powers.
Former District Attorney W. N.
Spence of the Third division, has
returned to Georgia with his family.
Colonel Dole, purchasing agent
of the Alaskan Engineering commis- j
sion with headquarters at Seattle, ;
recently made a trip to Anchorage.
Falcon Joslin and C. L. Morris j
have returned to the States from
Katalla, where they spent several 1
weeks investigating coal and oil,
properties.
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A rich strike of high grade gold
ore was recently reported to have
been made on Harris Creek, in the
Kuskowim district.
WE HAVE THE
LUMBER
DELIVERY ON SHORT NOTICE
INDEPENDENT LUMBER CO.
1
WILSON MAY BE ASKED
TO PAY EUROPE VISIT
Paris—It is suggested in a leading
editorial appearing in one of the
prominent Paris papers, that Presi
dent Wilson be urged to visit Eu
rope. It is pointed out that the Allies
need the counsel of the American
executive, whose presence here
would exert a powerful influence in
establishing unity with regard to
democratic ideals.
MAYO HOME AGAIN
Washington—Adimiral Mayo, com
mander of the Atlantic fleet, and
the members of his staff have re
turned from England, where they
went to attend a conference of the
Allied naval leaders.
TAKE SWEDISH SHIPS
London—The British government
has requisitioned four Swedish ships
which were laying idle in English
ports.
ELECTRIC PUMPS
DECK PUMPS
FORCE PUMPS
PITCHER PUMPS
WELL POINTS
Lang' and Toledo
RANGES
JUST ARRIVED
Tanana Sheet Metal Works |
Wm. M. Smith
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
('IIK TLAR NO. »!4
('ominissarv privileges fur
married employees laid off on
account of reduction of fore**.
Should a married employee,
living at home in Nenana, with
a clean record for service, he
laid off owing to reduction in
force, while otherwise unem
ployed, may have commissary
privileges to the extent of SI.
per day for each day worked
<luring the working season,
provided, however, that at no
time shall he lie allowed to
purchase commissary hooks in
excess of $35 in anv one month,
and further provided that suit
plies purchased from the com
missary shall Ik* for his own
use alone.
T1IOS. RIGGS dll.
Member of til** commission
circular no. fw
Commissary privileges of em
ployees with noil-dependent
families.
Commissary privileges for
groceries to the extent of not
to exceed $37.50 per month,
will he granted to employees
living with their non-dependent
families. Such privilege how
ever, is not to include supplies
such as wood, clothing for other
than the employees, tobacco,
etc.
THOS. RIGGS ,TR.
Member of tin* commission.
NOTICE
All tents now in the dis
trict hounded on the west by
Main street, on the north by
Front street, on the east by
“II” street and on the south
by Third street, must be re
moved not later than October
15, 1917.
i
The object of this regulation
is to reduce tin* tire bazar* 1
in the business district and to
aid in preventing the spread
ing of such tires as tnav occur.
F. S. KYI'S.
Townsite Manager'*
Sept. 24, 1017.
FOR SALE
Large Shipment of
Plain and Fancy Doors
Windows and Window Frames
All Sizes
The lowest prices in town.
Table Legs. Transoms
Moulding of all kinds
Door and Window Stops
Sash Stock for Store Fronts
The above entire stock is com
posed of Outside seasoned
Lumber
Kock faced ornamented Pressed
Steel.
House Lining in any quantity
One Tent. 20x40 ft.'
Linoleum and Rugs.
Carpet by the yard
Two upholstered couches at a
bargain
Cash Register and Show Cases
Graniteware, Glassware and
('rockery
Aluminum Percolators, $2.7>0
Rlankets. Quilts and Pillows
Eiderdown Quilts
Sheets. Pillow slips. Spreads,
and Towels of all kinds.
Scrim and Cretonnes. Lace
SIMSON’S
Notice—Mr. Geo. W. Tree has
been authorized to act as Pound
master for Nenana Townsite. Ani
mals found running at large may
be taken up by any person and turn
ed over to Mr. Tree or delivered
at the pound, which is located on k
Block 29. All owners of dogs or '
other animals are hereby cautioned
to keep same from running at larg •
upon the Townsite.
On and after October 15, 1917,
no dogs, mules, cattle or hogs shall
be pe~mitted to run at large on the
streets or alleys, public grounds or
uninclosed private grounds within
Nenana Townsite.
No dog shall be permited upon
any of the streets or alleys, except
in harness and attached to a sled
or other vehicle, or in leash in the
hands of a person competent to
manage and control such dog. A
dog accompanying its owner or
other person and not in leash shall
be considered at large within the
meaning of this regulation.
Any dog found running at large
as above described may be taken
up by the Poundmaster, or by any
person and delivered to the Pound
master. The Poundmaster shall im
pound all animals found running at
large within the townsite, or which
may be delivered to him by any
persons, and all animals so im
pounded shall be provided with
proper care, food and water while
so confined and shall in all respects
be treated humanely.
The Poundmaster shall keep a J
record of all animals impounded,
giving description of same, number
of days impounded, how disposed
of, and if sold, the price realized,
name of purchaser, and shall submit
a full and complete report upon the
last day of each and every month,
to the townsite manager.
The owner, cr person having con
trol of any animal impounded as
herein provided, may recover posses
sion of same upon payment of fees
to the Poundmaster, as follows:
Each dog impounded, $2.50
Keep, for each and every day
impounded .50
For each horse, mule, etc. im
pounded 5.00
Keep, for each and every day
impounded 2.50
If after the expiration of five
days from the impounding of any
animal no claimant appears, the
Poundmaster shall have the right to
dispose of such animal, either at
public or private sale or by killing,
at his option.
It shall be the duty of the Pound
master to promptly notify the owner
or person having control of any
animal impounded, if the owner or
person having control of such ani
mal is known to the Poundmaster;
otherwise, notice will be posted in
public places for a period of five
days, after which time if no claim
ant appears such animal or animals
may be disposed of by the Pound
master in the manner provided here
in.
Any person attempting to hinder
or molest the Poundmaster while
engaged in the discharge of his
duties will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
F. S. Ryus
Townsite Manager
October 11, 1917