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The Douse launch Victor}’ » ad’
™ vertised to start on the return voy
age from Fairbanks tomorrow.
The Johnson launch Peerless left j
"Fairbanks for Nenana at ten o’clock
this morning, carrying a small con
signment of mail and several pass-!
engers.
The Fairbanks public school will
open for the term on Monday.
Emmett Kincaid, who was in Ne- j
nana for a short time this summer,
in the employ of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, has been ap
pointed night watchman at Fair
banks, his duties to begin on Oc
tober first. Part of the cost of his
• employment will be borne by mer
chants of the upper town whose
premises he will protect against fire
during the winter months.
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Superintendent of Construction j
W. L. Packer made a trip out the
line, south of town, on this morn- j
ing’s train, to inspect portions of j
the roadbed.
Mrs. Jack Spencer underwent an
operation at the Government hos
pital yesterday, for the removal of;
a tumor. She is said to have ral- j
lied splendidly.
Colonel Frederick Mears, chair
man of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, arrived from Fairbanks
on the steamer Alaska last evening
and has been closeted with Mr.,
Browne all day, going over the af- j
fairs of the division. Mr. Mears is j
undecided how long he will be here,,
but it is understood that his stay
will be brief.
Melvin B. Summers, meteorologist
in charge of the Alaska section of
the weather bureau, made a trip
out the line south of Nenana today,
being a passenger on the morning
train.
Walter Beckley was an outgoing
passenger on this morning’s train,
headed for the coast country by way
of Broad Pass.
The fire committee of the Fair
banks council has been instructed
to open negotiations for the pur
chase of an auto hose truck.
Mails leaving Fairbanks on Au
gust 22 and 29 reached Seattle on
Sunday.
Major Huston, a new officer of
the signal corps, with headquarters
at Valdez, reached Gulkana this
morning on his way to the Interior
on an inspection trip.
Leroy Moypr, who returned to
Nenana several days ago from the
lower Yukon, where he was em
ployed by the Carlisle Tacking ;om
pany, went out the line this r<>rr|
ing to enter the employ of the
|Alaskan Engineering commission.
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The condition of Jack Hanson is
said to be very critical th;s after
noon.
Karry Phillips, who recently hafl
his appendix removed at the Go- -
eminent hospital, expe.-t? to leav»
the hospital within a few days.
Burt Wilson, who recently suf
fered a bad fracture of the leg, is
|getting on nicely at the Govern
■ raent hospital.
Lester Earhart is recovering
steadily now from his recent op
eration.
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George Coffman is said to be
[getting along fine at the Govern
ment hospital and will soon be out.
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Jack O’Neil, who underwent an
operation at the Government hos
jpital soon after the return of Dr.
1M. E. Smith, is convalescing.
New Wisconsin Cream Cheese at
Fowler & Morris.
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Calling Cards printed to order on
, sho-t notice at the News Office.
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Our Goods are Right. .Our Prices are
Right
Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
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( NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS |
Accor ling to a recently issued Court Order by §
= Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording Dis'rict has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. 5
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be f
| enabled by this change to do their recording and trans- =
= act other business at Nenana, which is within easy |
5 reach of their mining activities. |
1 • NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB, 1
i R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph, 1
= / President. Secretary E
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Important Positions in
British Government Held by
Members of Geddes Family
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LONDON.—One of the useful
discoveries which the war has given
the British nation is the Geddes
family. Sir Eric Geddes, as minis
ter of ways and communications,
and Sir Auckland Geddes, as presi
dent of the Board of Trade, are at
the head of the two foremost de
partments engaged in the great work
of reconstruction, while their sister
is commandant of the Woman’s Roy
al Air Force with a semi-military
organization of several hundred un
der her control.
The Geddes brothers come from
Scotland, which is apt to be a
guarantee of success, and before
the war they were almost unknown
beyond the circles of their own pro
fessions. Sir Eric Geddes was a
railroad manager, and railroad man
agers do not hold so’ large a place
in the public eye in England as
they do in America; smaljer than
a bishop or a Master of Fox Hounds,
which last is about the most purple
pinnacle of distinction.
Sir Auckland Geddes was pro
fessor of anatomy at McGill uni
versity, in Toronto. Both of them
acknowledge a debt to the invigor
ating atmosphere of the North Am
erican continent, where Eric first
worked as a lumberman and later
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had his first railroading lessons on
the Baltimore & Ohio.
Sir Eric’s first billet in the gov
ernment service was for the organ
ization and management of the hun
dreds of miles of railroad lines be
hind the British army in France,
which he pulled out of something
•like chaos where regular staff of
ficers had left it. Then he succeed
ed Arthur Balfour at the head of
the admiralty, at a time when there
were complaints that the navy was
in the hands of a rather hidebound
board of admirals and needed more
ginger—which it got.
Sir Auckland entered public life
in the uniform of a private sol
dier, but he soon graduated to the
|war office to be Lord Derby’s right
hand man in the direction of the
Derby recruiting scheme. Step bv
step he became minister of national
service, president of the Local Gov
lernment board, minister of recon
struction, and finally president of
the Board of Trade, which roughly
corresponds to the department of
the interior at Washington.
Just now the two brothers have
i charge of the two toughest prob
lems of Lloyd George’s administra
tion, the reconstruction and the na
tionalization,—or otherwise, as the
'issue may be decided,—of the trans
port and mining systems of the
■j United Kingdom—a large order,
j There is little family resemblance
! between the brothers at first glance.
Sir Eric is tall and broad, of the
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type called massive, and looks every
1 inch a man of big business who is
fused to having his own way, and
jwhen he puts his hand to the plow,
jto drive a deep and straight furrow;
ibut his pink, smooth shaven face
“suggests an outdoor life more than
jthe office. Sir Auckland also is
itall and smooth shaven, but he is
j thin, with spectacles and a dome
;! like forehead, and looks every mole
! cule a professor. Neither of them
is an orator, and their parliamenta
[iry tactics display none of the sub
I tleties of the politician, and, like
President Wilson, they sit at their
desks in Whitehall clad in business
suits instead of the ministerial liv
ery of frock coat. Sir Eric reads
| his speeches in the house of com
; mons and reads them without any
! flourishes of elocution, and while
| they are packed full of meat, it is
I evident that, unlike Winston Church
| ill and Austen Chamberlain, he
: bums no midnight oil polishing his
i sentences.
! It is significant of the new times
I that the British government for the
| two most serious works of recon
struction goes outside of the “gov
erning class” of the old nobility and
the ranks of the professional poli
tician and selects a railroad man
ager and a college professor, both
schooled in the practical life of
North America.
Battleship O-Cedar Mops, $1.50.
Fowler & Mor'-is.
WORK CONTINUES
ACTIVE ON ROAO;
CHANGES NOTED
The weekly force report of the
Alaskan Engineering commission for
the period ended September 6 shows
a total of 605 payroll employes, 214
stationmen and 51 stationmen's la
borers, as against 634 employes,
206 stationmen and 43 stationmen’s
laborers reported the previous week.
The decrease in the number of reg
ular employes, 29, is partially off
set by the addition of 8 stationmen
and 8 stationmen's laborers during
the period last reported, making the
net decrease for the week only 13.
The reports shows a total of 66
horses in use during the week, an
increase 2.
The distribution of labor was as
follows:
Camp 1, general . 52
Camp 1, electric . 11
Camp 1, corral . 5
Camp 1, construction . 73
Camp 1, store . 24
Hospital . 12
Townsite .„.„. 2
Section 1 . ')
Sections 2 and 3...,.. 16
Section 4 . 9
Section 5 . 11
Section 7 . 35
Surfacing 1 . 68
Track 2 . 54
Camp 363 . 9
Camp 415 . 39
Camp 423 . 4
Camp 432 . 18
Camp 440 . 12
Camp 449 . 68
Camp 454 . 14
Wagon road south . 11
Nenana total ....55-3
Fairbanks office .. 6
jTanana Valley R. R... 43
Total for division . 605
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jreaana. Where Kails sad Klvers Meet
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We Strive to Please
EVERYTHING THE BEST
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Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
Birth Announcement Cards at the
News Office.
Electrical Goods
Stoves and Ranges
Water Pipes and
Fittings
Bath Fixtures
Sheet Metal Work ot All Kinds
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
| During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us. !
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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