THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for en^ry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Hub of Alaska — Where Rails and Rivers Meet
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southwortb — — — — - Editor and Manager
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The Portland
NENANA STAMPS—25c p«r 100: $2 per 1,000
When in Anchorage make your headquarters at the
Imperial Cigar store
hoey & Brakke
There is nothing unreasonable in
the request of the Nenana Commer
cial Club for a base rate of $25 on
supplies shipped from Puget Sound
to Fairbanks by way of the Govern
ment railroad. Such a rate seems
startlingly small by comparison with
existing excessive river tariffs, but
careful analysis of conditions under
which Interior Alaskans are labor
ing, and have been laboring during
the last dozen years, shows that
they are quite within their rights
in asking Uncle Sam to set the
new Alaska railroad to work to
put the country back on its feet.
The railroad was built to develop
Interior Alaska and, with that end
in view, it must now be operated,
for a time at least, so that Alaskans
can return to the work of putting
the nation’s northern empire on the
map. Once this has been accomp
lished, there will be sufficient ton
nage for the railroad to put the
enterprise on a solid business basis.
When the movement for the con
struction of a Government railroad
from tidewater to the Interior, v- as
started at Fairbanks nearly a decade
ago. it was realized that develop
ment could not continue without
improved transportation service and
a material reduction in haulage
charges. The river rate at that time
was slightly in excess of $50 per
ton, the cost of supplies was low
and the country was full of men who
could and did give a fair day’s
labor for a fair day's pay.
In the years that have passed
transportation charge? have been ad
vanced steadily, the cost of nro
visions has increased tremend cisly
and prices of mining machinery and
other necessary equipment tave al
so soared, while all this time the
purchasing power of gold, upon the
production of which the prosperity
of Interior Alaska depends has re
mained stationary.
Obviously, there are but two
courses for the Government to pur
sue if the railroad is to be a real
help to the Interior country. One
j course is to carry supplies over the
| road at a rate that will enable
miners to resume their operations;
the other is to re-establish the
fixed price of gold so that producers
can get for it all that it is really
worth under existing conditions.
Without one or the other stimu
lus. there can be no material de
velopment and no great increase
in tonnage.
Were the Government to carry
freight free for a period of years,
it would scarcely compensate Alas
kans for the losses sustained by
them through failure to regulate
transportation charges and the pur
chasing power of gold.
GRUESOME FIND IS MADE
AT LONELY SPOT ON TRAIL
F. C. (Dad) Irons, of the Alaska
Road Commission forces, while en
gaged recently in making a recon
naissance for a trail to be built
by the commission from Beaver, or,
the Yukon River, to the Chandlar
and Koyukuk districts, came across
the skulls and parts of the skele
tons of three humans, the discovery
being made in the neighborhood of
the West Fork of the Koyukuk river.
The old Beaver trail leading to
the country beyond the Yukon, a
poor one at best, is said to be diffi
, cult to travel at any season of the
year. The country traversed is bleak
and much exposed, and relief cabins
are few and far between, as a con
sequence of which many a traveler
has lost his life in attempting the
journey from the Yukon to the
Koyukuk.
One of the skeletons found is
thought to be that of Red Olson,
t who was lost about three years ago.
The proposed new trail on which
Dad Irons is now working, will, it is
' figured, eliminate all q fthe dangers
and much of the hardship which
are, ordinarily, the lot of the travel
’ er on the old trail.
Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE DLA„A 7Q
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST mOne / O
GEORGE RICH, Proprietor
For a Souvenir at Christmastide
That’ll tickle to death your friends Outside
Fred Crewe’s Jingle of Early Days
Skins anything else a thousand ways.
The Portland
at
The Terminal
WHEN IN NENANA
MAKE YOUR HEADQUARTERS AT
The Terminal
Smokers’ Supplies, Soft Drinks, Candies
Stationery and Fresh Fruits
POOL AND CARD TABLES
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Rooms in Connection
JOE O’CONNOR HARRY A. DAVIS
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YOUTHS MAY HAVE PERISHED
IN WILDS OF THE KOYUKUK
According to Tommy Wright, who
arrived recently from the Koyukuk
district, Teddy Rolston and Phil Ott,
with Big Charlie, a Kobuk Indian,
as guide, and with a small supply
of grub to last the three men about
a month or so, left Betties on the
first of May for the headwaters of
John River, on a prospecting trip
and. up to the time Wright left the
Koyukuk for Xenana last fall, tin
men had not returned and no word
had been received from them.
Big Charlie was to have come
down with the ice at the breakup,
with news of the party and to get
more grub, but he had not retumea
up to September 25. and it was
feared the boys had met with an
accident or lost their way.
Betties is considerably north oi
the Arctic Circle and t'ne break-up
in the streams there takes place
much later than on the Yukon and
Tanana rivers. John River empties
into the main Koyukuk River at a
point approximately one and one
ha'f miles above Betties.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ALASKAN ENGINEERING
COMMISSION
Office of the Townsite Manager
Xenana, Alaska, Xov. 12, 1921
Notice of Delinquency in the pay
ment of Assessments on the fol
lowing lots within the Xenana
Townsite:
Lot
11
I
8
9
10
11
12
12
13
15
16
17
18
19
1
5
6
9
14
16
6
9
11
16
6
10
12
14
15
16
4
8
9
Block
1
1
1
1
1
2
9
X 10 ft.
8
8
8
Amount
S 77.87
77.87
280.48
280.48
280.48
241.39
91.31
313.77
313.77
313.77
313.77
313.77
313.77
522.34
165.30
306.67
142.98
142.98
142.98
142.98
142.98
21.67
9.16
9.16
18.31
50.66
55.09
4.58
103.33
9.10
60.83
71.72
58.44
86.32
39.9 i
61.41
61.41
39.91
33.38
76.56
85.5 r
15
6
2
13
17
18
23
8
11
19
20
1
2
3
10
11
a
8
11
14
17
18
19
20
21
9
10
8
1
o
6
7
9
10
12
2
4
6
7
10
14
9
8
10
11
13
16
2
8
9
4
8
9
11
3
4
5
8
5
6
7
9
8
9
9
10
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
18
18
18
18
19
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
28
82.55
26.3"
63.93
16.03
32.05
163.56
t o.8.j
27.47
298.37
141.90
306.08
82.45
186.10
319.22
293.40
186.10
186.16
'2.45
267.57
248.19
61.81
61.84
116.33
212.45
205.55
59.55
202.56
202.56
234.85
234.85
234.85
234.85
146.33
231.33
247.75
31.33
35.75
22.12
38.41
6.65
17.55
13.70
42.39
26.54
9.16
13.74
8.01
38.73
26.35
26.35
26.35
• 26.33
10.93
9.16
86.74
102.03
108.46
125.26
211.36
44.24
13.74
26.54
16.03
46.12
47.71
47.71
65.14
37.53
28.42
23.53
29.83
13.74
26.33
26.33
127.76
2.43
4.42
2.29
4.58
12
13
8
10
11
12
13
14
t5
16
17
18
I
8
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13
14
1
5
1
8
11
12
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8
11
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28
28
29
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
33
33
33
33
33
34
34
37
37
38
38
38
38
38
3
9
10
13
3
8
10
12
13
14
15
6
41
41
41
4 3
45
46
46
46
54
54
54
54
54
00
55
oo
55
55
55
55
56
56
56
57
4.58
4.58
2.29
4.33
4.38
4.38
4.38
4.38
4.38
4.33
4.38
4.3S
4.42
2.29
102.88
4.58
6.86
4.58
25.86
9.16
6.86
6.14
9.16
57.42
17.70
17.70
4.38
6.45
2.21
9.16
114.16
51.03
3.43
28.39
14.16
4.58
9.16
48.22
48 20
60.03
51.45
9.99
12.57
11.06
11.06
11.06
5.72
15.94
16.14
4.33
4.38
3
8
10
13
14
15
57
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57
57
57
If the above
gether with 10'<
paid on or before
the lots will be
feiture and title
ernment.
4.33
O OQ
7'53
7.59
2.29
2.20
to
not
assessments,
penalty, are
December 10. 1921
reported for for
revert to the Gov
CARL SCHMIDT, .
Townsite Manager
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Double bed with mat
tress and spring; arm chair with
leather seat; two tables. Will let
I them go at very reasonable price.
1 All practically new. Call News.
WANTED—Furnished house. Apply
to Jack Barker, at Cooney hotel.
:ORONA TYPEWRITER— Practi
cally new and in first class con
dition, for sale. Can be seen at
News office.
MAN'S FUR COAT FOR SALE—
Brown cub bear with sheep gray
cloth lining. In excellent condition.
Price $40. Mrs. H. N. D'Orsay.
! LOST—Small gold chain necklace
with pearl pendant. Reward will
j be paid for return to News office
and no questions asked.
Alfred J. Ghezzi
MEN’S
WINTER
CLOTHING
--
Leather Shoes
— and —
Rubber Pacs
CIGARS
El Sidelo—.Juan De Fuca
Optimo — Custa Rey
NOTARY PUBLIC
■ ■■ ' ■■ ■
WALLACE B. CALDERHEAD
Engraving
Watchmaking
Jeweler
HEALYr - - - ALASKA
If Comfort, EcoBony and the
Environment* of Horn*
Appeal to Yon,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
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MOT
CHICKEN I
TAMALES
Northern Cafe
Geo. Tanaka, Prop.
GEN, MDSE
Pigs and Pork at Cost
OVERSHIRTS
SWEATERS
and
PARKAS
— at —
PRE-WAR PRICES
EGGS
That will Stand Up like a
Rubber Ball
J. L. White
DOME, ALASKA
STORAGE
WARM and COLD
Wm. C. Heinz
Andy D. Swingen
SuccMiork to
Casey’s Warehonse
Coal
From the Mine of the
Broad Pass
Coal & Development
Company
$3i50
a ton
F. 0. B. cars at Lignite
$4.50 at Nenana
$6 at Fairbanks
and Creek Points. Deliveries
about November 15
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping ConT.y.eri.,
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
life insurance
hre insurance
Only the aott reliable compaain
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
Department of tbe interior
Alaikan Engineering Commution
NOTICE
Schedule of trains, subject to
change without notice:
LEAVE NENANA for Healy on
Monday. Wednesday. Thursday and
Saturday at S a. m
Returning leaves Ifealy at 1 p. m
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a m
Returning leaves Nenana at 1 :30
p. ra
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
designing and native
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
At 8:00 P. M.
Secretary Dictator
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANL.
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS
AT 8:00 P,'m.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J- Ghezzi Geo. S. Smith
Secretory. Provident.