THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alask.
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 8, 1871
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this paper and also a!! the local news published herein
The effort which is being made by
local musicians to organize a Ne
nana band should receive every en
couragement. A musical organiza
tion of the kind that is contemplated
is a big asset to a community and
will be particularly helpful to Ne
nana during the coming summer.
The big need at present is instru
ment^—horns and drums—and the
necessary funds to put the organi
zation on its feet. It is a splendid
cause and should have the liberal
support of everyone in Nenana.
Word ha« come from Col. Got
wals that the Nenana hospital will
continue to function at least until
the end of June. The colonel takes
the logical view that there is need
of the hospital at present and that
there will continue to be need for it
as long as there are large forces of
railroad workers employed close to
Nenana. Perhaps by the end of June
it will be apparent to the authori
ties that the need of a hospital at
this central point o» the railroad
is a permanent one. In the mean
time, Nenana should endeavor to
evolve some plan for keeping the
hospital open in ease of the with
drawal of federal support.
The coming of warm weather
should remind property owners that
the clean-up season has arrived. The
disappearance of the winter mantie
of snow has left unsightly heaps of
rubbish everywhere about town, a
not unusual occurrence in Alaska;
but the accumulation is not of such
proportions that it can not speedily
be removed if each will do his share
Get busy.
COST OF GOVERNMENT
United States Senator McCormick
asserted recently, says the Chicago
Tribune that the present Republican
national administration has reduced
the national pay roll to a par with
the pre-war expenditure for a simil
ar purpose, and has brought federal
government costs to normalcy.
"That,” he says, "is something
that is not true of municipal govern
ments or state governments.” For
every three dollars expended by fed
eral government, state and munici
pal bodies are spending five dollars,
he adds.
That, the Chicago paper believes,
is a subject worthy of emphasis, and
elaboration. Because we are all
forced to make income tax returns
and because we did not make such
returns prior to "he great war, we
are inclined to fee! that it is the
federal government which is im
posing the greatest tax burdens upon
us. That is not a fair attitude.
The facts are that approximately
$2,000,000,000 a year now collected
by the federal government is re
quired to meet fixed charges grow
ing out of the war, not for current
expenses. We require $950,000,000
a year for interest on the public
debt; $350,000,000 for sinking fund;
$250,000,000 for pensions, and $450,
000,000 for the veteran’s bureau.
Thus an estimate of $3,100,000,000
federal revenue needed for the next
fiscal year means $1,100,000,000
for ordinary federal government ac
tivities.
At the same time an estimate of
the cost of forty-eight state govern
I
; ments for a like period is $1,00C
! 000,000; of municipal governmen
! something more than $2,000,000,0(
' and of county governments in fort
j eight states at least $500,000,00
It seems fair then to put a cost (
$1,100,000,000 for current feder
(government activities against a t
tal cost of $3,500,000,000 for stat
; county, and municipal government
In such circumstances it become
| quite apparent that the attentic
j of taxpayers should be directed
| economy and caution in state and 1
i cal governments as it has been
I national government, where tot
expenses have been reduced fro
$5,538,040,689 for the fiscal ye;
lending June 30, 1921, to an estir
ated $3,100,000,000 for the next fi
cal year.
State and local governments a:
not making similar reductions. Th<
are running amuck in many section
particularly with the issuance i
bonds which find a ready mark
because they are tax free, but whi<
must be paid with heavy intere
charges.
RECOMMENDS LASH
FOR DRUG PEDDLEF
TORONTO. April 19— Poll
Chief Samuel J. Dickson recor
mends the lash for persons convic
ed of peddling narcotics.Impriso
ment is not a sufficient deterre
’ upon those living on the profits d
: rived from the sale of drugs to a
diets, he declares, and fines a
usually paid by the “higher uj
in the traffic.
Police records for the year sho
a heavy increase in the number i
convictions urfffer the Drug Act.
The provincial penal law alreac
provides the use of the lash c
highway robbers whose victims a;
cruelly treated.
'_
Rev. Edward Marsden, native pa
tor of the Metlakatla Presbyteria
Church, was elected Moderator <
the Presbytery of Alaska for tl
next year, at the session of tl
Presbytery at Juneau recently. O
ficers elected for the trienniu
were: Rev. David Wagoner of Ju
] eau, state clerk, and Rev. P. .
Buchanan of Sitka, permanent oler
members of the Presbytery elect*
to the Home Missions committi
which has charge of the gener
work and organization of the Pre
. byterv were: Dr. G. G. Brue
chairman; Rev. David Wagone
Rev. G. J. Beck, missionary in th;
district and M. B. Summers, eldi
of the local church. The varioi
committees for the church woi
were filled for the next three yeai
The Chamber reports increased i
terest ir. Alaska. The publicity d
partment is now at work on a pla
| to supply newspapers in all par
1 of the country with views of tl
territory so that they will be avai
able at the time President Harding
trip centers interest in the territo;
C. A. Schonaker, Alaska repr
. sentative of the Zellerbach pap*
| Company and ‘ numerous other coi
j cents, arrived from Anchorage th
morning and left for Fairbanl
j this afternoon. He will spend se'
jeral days in Nenana on his retur
, trip to the coast.
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NEWSPAPERMAN DESCRIBES
CONDITIONS AT COLD BAY
The story of how Kanatak, the
pateway to the Cold Bay oil fields
has suddenly sprunp into existence
and of how hundreds of people are
now waiting, ready to rush there
as soon as oil is struck by the
Standard Oil company that has al
n j ready set up the most powerful
“ j drilling plant ever erected in search
a j of oil, was received at Ketehikan
0 j from Bernard M. Stone well known
0 I Alaska newspaper man.
0
” | “Alaska is dotted with small
towns, peopled by those who have
0 j experienced pioneering hardships in
® | the gamble for wealth, and within
1 the past four months to the west
_ j ward of Seward another town of
| the old class has sprung up into ex
Kanatak, the gateway to
Mr. Stone
I lstence
j the Cold bay oil fields.
= | says.
1 “Kanatak. which is for the time
:s j being the base of supplies for the
0 j Standard Oil and the Associated
>’•! Oil companies, is located within the
: bight of a bay which may be likened
f | to a horseshoe, with a bar stretch
ing nearly two-thirds of the way
across from one point. The reef, in
a great measure affords protection
to shipping, which is compelled to
anchor while lightered to the beacj).
| "The town is divided into two
i parts. Old Town and New Town, an
Indian village dividing the two sec
tions of the town. About a dozen
I business houses and a number of
substantial residences—in all about
1! : 150. comprise the total enterprises
i of both sections of Kanatak. Fifteen
1 business houses are located in Xew
i Town and eight in Old Town. All
ei these business houses present a neat
' | and attractive appearance.
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l “Kanatak is now in the throes of
1 a building boom, with the expecta
, tion that thousands of people will
1 flock to the oil fields, with the in
I tentiort of ‘getting in’ on as large
;a share as possible of the fruits of
istriking^a few gushers.
g j “Ray C. Larson, a lumber mer
i chan: of Anchorage, returned last
:e week from the fields, where he has
i- been preparing a location for his
t- store building. He has ordered on
l-j an Alaska S. S. freighter leaving
it i Seattle this week,^ 600 tons of
?-i freight and 500,000 feet of lumber
i- for the new camp. Ben A. Grier,
•e formerly president of the Anchorage
i” Chamber of Commerce, has been ap
; pointed by Ray Laron to manage
w his business at Kanatak, and he wall
if accompany the initial shipment
north.
y “The steamer Starr took 60.000
n feet of lumber from Seward two
•e weeks ago and last Sunday left with
i another 37,000 feet of lumber and
150 tons of merchandise. She also
5- carried seventy passengers on the
n last run.
if “With the announcement tka- oil
,e has been struck, Kanatak will wit
ie ness a rush of people which will
f- resemble the days of '97 and '99.
n The prospects of realizing the liopes
i- expressed in bringing in oil in com
l. mercial quantities are more than
c, normally good. Men who are engag
d ed in drilling for oil are even more
•o optimistic than the business people
il —it appears that it is only a matter
5. of how deep the drill must be sent
e, before the wealth producing fluid is
r; produced.
it “The home offices of the two com
>r panies operating at present, the
is Standard and Associated, are kept
k in constant touch with developments
s. by wireless, each company main
taining a plant and an operator.
“Since the oil leasing law was
j- passed in 1900 the Standard Oil Co.
n and the Associated Oil Co., have
ts arrived on the scene with large
e quantities of machinery and sup
1- plies. Altogether two thousand tons
's of oil drilling equipment has been
X transported from the beach line
to the drilling grounds.
;- “The work of transporting the
t freight and erecting the drilling
l- equipment was under the personal
is supervision of G. C. Jones, for the
:s Associated Oil Company, and P. B.
- Reed for the Standard Oil Company,
n The road from the beach to the
drilling site was constructed under
the supervision of H. W. Vance. The
road is constructed for the heavy
travel of Holt tractors, each com
pany having a tractor of seventy
five horsepower and capable of
drawing trailors loaded with from
five to fifteen tons. The steepest
grade on the road is about twenty
five per cent, which is reached about
one and one-half miles from town.
‘•The Associated company started
drilling operations on their property
sometime in January and had sunk
nearly 200 feet when operations
were closed on account of breaking
the drill stems and a set of jars.
These parts of the equipment ar
rived in Kanatak on the Starr last
week and operations will shortly be
resumed.
“The Standard Oil company start
j ed drilling last week. This company
, has set up the most powerful drill
ing plant ever erected in the world
in the search for oil. They are pre
pared to drill two wells to a maxi
! mum depth of 4.200 feet, unless oil
' or gas is encountered sooner. It
seems to be the consensus of opinion
aiming persons familiar with the
oil game that oil will be struck j
there sometime in July, at a depth
of not to exceed 2,000 feet.
“Many years ago, a number of oil
wells were drilled in the vicinity of
the oil seepages near the head of '
Oil creek and upper Trail creek.
Some of the wells drilled are re
ported to have penetrated oil soaked i
beds and to have obtained some oil.
'The saturated sands of Trail creek
are abundantly exposed, so that any
oil they contain is free to escape.
"Pearl creek dome, where the
Standard and Associated Oil com
panies are now drilling, is worthy
of a test, for the seepage and the
i residue show that the rocks in it are
' oily bearing, and its size and shape 1
i
appear to make capable the concen
tration there of oil from a large
area. This part of the field seems -
generally to be thought to be most
favorable ground for drilling, and
a major part of the early work is to
be done there.
“The camps of the Standard and ,
Associated Oil companies are about
2.000 feet apait The Associated
Oil company is using Star rigs op
erated by steam. Their fuel consists
of the heavy paraffine residue min
ed at a large seepage about half
a mile from operations. The Stand-'
ard rig driven by a 75 h.-p. gaso
line engine.
“The Alaska Petroleum company,
composed of San Francisco capit
j alists recently received a protecting
i permit from the government and
| will shortly enter the fields,
j “Karl Armstrong, for the past
i sixteen years, U. S. deputy marshal
; at Kodiak, and who recently resign
ed in order to be able to pay more j
j attention to his holdings in the Cold
! bay oil fields, has entered the light
j erage business in that locality,’’ Mr. j
Stone says. “The firm will be known
as the Kanatak Lighterage and .
Transfer Company. Mr. Armstrong
arrived there two weeks ago with
his launch, the Apex 11, and a
; large scow from Kodiak.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gilcher went
| to Fairbanks this afternoon to make
j their permanent home there, it be
j ing the intention of Mr. Gilchcr to
| open a tin shop in the tpper town
' in the near future.
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Coal
Corporation
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VICTORIA . Apr. 28 May 5
ALAMEDA . -May 5 May 11 May 12
FCR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICKINGER, A. H. McDONALD,
Agent, Seward, Alaska Agent. Anchorage
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
HAY and GRAIN
Dr. D. C. Hardy returned to Ne
iana yesterday afternoon from the
Cuskokwim district, where he hts
>een practicing his profession dur
ng the last several morth.-. He made
he trip out by way of Kobi.
-OST—Posketbook containing $61.
Reward for return to Emerick Nel
;on, at Cooney Hotel.
FOUND—Pioneer charm. Finder
tan recover same by calling at the
rerminal and proving ownership. j
FOR SALE—Old Town canoe in
too ’ condition. Inquire Ne vs Office.
FOR SALE—One 8-disc cultivator
>ne improved post hole digger; one
kT-bar barrow; price $75, f. o. b.
dealy. Inquire News.
-OR SALE—1 bed complete.
I Brass bed complete.
1 Three quarter bed spring.
1 Writing desk.
1 Dining table
4 dining ohairs, leather seats .
1 Cupboard, glass doors.
I Cole air tight heater.
3 50 gallon hardwood barrels.
Screen doors, kitchen table- and j
>ther furniture.
1 Road house 8 miles south of
lealy with equipment.
1 Log cabin and lot.
Cheap to settle estate,
nquire E. T. Sullivan. B st. be
ween 1st. and 2nd.
HERMAN ANDERSON’S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Has the following rooms:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
1 Large Living room, 16X26.
3 Berrooms (each has clothes clo-.
et.)
1 Large Kitchen, wnite enamel,
vith breakfast nook, seating six
lersons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
lamel, with bath tub. wash basin
md lavatory.
1 Good well, with clear water all
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i
he year.
1 Edison Gold Medal Phonograph.
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture.
1 Dustproof warehouse. 45X45.
The basement of the house can be j
ised for warm storage. Capacity ov
r 50 tons.
For further information see Her
nan Anderson.
11 11 mi »j,
Trappers T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSKAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Street
SEATTLE
Alaska Building
Mrs. Barker left for her home in
the Tolovana district this week, ac
companied by her son, who was
brought to Nenana some time ago
for the repair of a broken leg.
I am back again at the Skof
House with the best washing powd
er known to science. It will wash
your clothes snow white without rub
bing and will not hurt your hands
or the finest fabrics. It will save
you labor and, in an economical
way, repay you for the cost.
FRED HOELER
NOTICE
T. W. Buchholz, of Nenana, has
been named authorized representa
tive of the Fairbanks Clothing Co
in Nenana and vicinhv and is em
powered to receive money due the
company on old and new acounts.
J. R FOWLE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follows:
8:00 p. m.. Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 a
m.. same days.
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar. Fairbanks and Chatanika.
Arrives Nenana 12:30 p. m., Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth. $4.50; upper berth, $3.50
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visitin? Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezxi R. C. Morris.
Secretary. President.
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager