STRICTLY SANITARY BATHS
ATTRACTIVE LOBBY
COONEY HOTEL
DOG KENNELS NENANA, ALASKA
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Another
landmark of George Washington is
to go into the discard.
The historic Washington House,
rioted as a hotel since 1746, is to
be torn down, it is announced. In
its place will be erected a modern
hotel, office building and theater.
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The place is filled with remin
iscences of Washington and revo
lutionary times. Washington re
treated to it after the disaster of
Brandywine. A bronze tablet reads:
'“In this room September 11, 1777,
. Washington wrote the only report
of the battle of Brandywine.”
Previously Washington had been
a guest in this hostelry, then known
as the Washington Arms, and again,
when making the journey from
Washington to New York, when he
was elected president, he, with his
retinue, had breakfast in the ho
tel's dining-room. To commemorate
this event the Daughters of the
. American Revolution erected a tab
let reading.
“This marks this house as the
place where Washington wrote at
midnight the only report of tlhe
battle of Brandywine, September 11,
1777. Here Washington also re
ceived the congratulations of the
people of Chester upon his election
as the first president of the United
. States, April 20, 1789.”
After the evacuation of Philadel
phia by the British army the name
of the hotel was changed to the
Washington House.
On each occasion when Washing
■ ton Stopped at the hotel the best
room in the house W'as placed at
his disposal. The fine mahogany
’ chairs which were in this room are
still preserved as historic relics.
When Washington departed from
Chester for New York for his in
auguration ceremony he rode a
splendid white horse, the gift of the
citizens of Darby, near by. As he
rode away he passed the Plow and
Harrow inn, which had the reputa
tion of being- the best kept tavern
in the colonies. There it was that
Lafayette’s wounds were dressed by
Mary Gorman on the night of the
battle of Brandywine.
KLONDIKE DREDGES
ID WORK IN INDIA
Two of the big dredges owned
| by the Yukon Gold company, which
I have been in use for a number of
i years in the Dawson country, one
I of them on Bonanza creek and the
I other on Eldorado, are now enroute
! down the Yukon river, headed for
Burma, India, where they will be
employed in the mining of placer
[ tin.
The big machines represent an
aggregate shipment of 300 tons, to
be taken out of the country by way
of St. Michael. The outfit is in tow
of the steamer Yukon and will be
| transferred to a St. Michael boat at
Tanana.
MOVIE FANS OF
LONDON DON’T LIKE
AMERICAN SLANG
LONDON. — The English people
like American photoplays, but they
do not like the sub-titles when
slang is used.
A well-known London critic has
praised a new American film pro
duced here, but is rather severe!
on the captions. He could not un-1
derstand what a “bonehead” meant,!
a “boob” was completely beyond'
him, and “bring back the bacon” he
considered impossible from _ any
viewpoint.
Aside from the word “some,"
which has been taken up as an
adjective by Londoners, Americans
in England still have a monopoly on
their slang.
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I Miners and Prospectors! |
1 NOTICE OF CHANGE GF RECORDING PRECINCTS f|
| Accor ’mg to a recently issued Court Order by §
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- 5
= cording Dis net has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |i
= nifield and Fotatlamka Districts. =
! 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 =i
S reach of their mining activities. |
1 NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB, 1
S R. S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph, 5
5 President. Secretary S
SPENDS TWENTY
YEARS IN SEMI
SPOKANE, Wash.—Continuing a
20-year search for a rich gold mine,
C. H. Rotf recently left this city
for the upper reaches of Salmon
river, in North Idaho. For two
decades, ever since he received,
from the deathbed of one of the
discoverers of the mine, directions
for its location, Rotf has been spend
ing the greater part of his summers
in the wilds of the Salmon River
country, in a search, thus far vain,
for the treasure.
For many years, .lames Hughes
and a partner, whose name now is
unknown, left this city each spring
by devious trails. Each fall they
returned with a goodly quantity of
gold dust and nuggets. So care
fully did they guard the secret of
the source of their wealth that it
never was discovered.
In the late nineties, Hughes be
came so weakened from the afflic
tions incident to his advanced age
that he was unable to make the an
nual pilgrimage, and for two years
his partner went alone to the mine.
Upon his return from the second
visit, he was set upon, robbed and
murdered on the lower Salmon river,
and his gold stolen.
That the secret of the mine’s lo
cation might not be lost and the
source of his wealth be stopped,
Hughes then sought to describe to
his friends, among them Rotf, the
route to the mine. Although
Hughes, who never regained suffi
cient strength to revisit the source
of his wealth, before he died drew
a rough map of the location, it nev
er has been located.
The vein, while narrow, was so
rich in gold, according to Hughes’
story, that he and his partner sim
ply pounded out the precious metal
with a pestle in a little iron mortar,
and then washed, panned and sacked
it. If Rotf can locate it, he be
lieves he will be well repaid for
his t*enty-years’ search.
PORCUPINE IS KILLED
WITH AX ON STREET
A porcupine, of which there are
many this summer in the country
surrounding Nenana, found its way
into town last night and was set
upon near the Cooney hotel by a
number of dogs, the commotion be
ing such as to disturb the slumbers
of nearly everyone in the neighbor
hood. After several of the dogs
had attacked the armor of bristles.
Paul Snider, of the Tavern force,
appeared on the scene with an ax
and put a stop to the disturbance.
STEAMER CARL WHITE
IS DUE HERE TONIGHT
The steamer Carl White was
scheduled to leave Fairbanks for
the Tolovana at noon today with
a mixed cargo of freight, first and
second class mail and several pass
engers for Brooks. The voyagers
include Dave Cascaden, Joe Ching.
Alex Simson, and Jack Lille.
If the boat sailed on time, and
is not delayed enroute, it should (
reach Nenana about seven o’clock >
this evening.
MISS COFFEY WILL
TEACH IN KOYUKUK
Miss Vanda R. Coffey, a former
:eacher in the Fairbanks school, has
accepted an offer to take dharge of
i new school to be established in
:he Koyukuk country by the ter
ritory, and will leave Fairbanks
ror that district on the steamer Re
iance today.
Miss Coffey came to Interior Alas
ka from the States during the early
rart of the present summer, after
in absence of several years.
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SEATTLE. — Admiral Peary’s
stanch old ice ship, the Roosevelt,
which carried the noted explorer to
the northern edge of Grant Land
on his trip to the north pole, is
lying at the Bremerton navy yard,
waiting to go on the auction block.
Possibly the Arctic will lure the
Roosevelt back to do battle with the
ice seas and white floes, for she
may be auctioned to bidders who
will convert her into a trader for
service along the Siberian and Alas
kan coasts. There is also a possi
bility that she may be converted
into a fishing boat for work in the
North Pacific.
The Roosevelt’s prow always
pointed north, Admiral Peary once
said, and it would not be surprising
if the boat went back into her own
element. Admiral Peary said that
no matter how hard a battle she
might have with the ice or how
hard a storm she might ride, she
would always be found headed to
ward the top of the world.
Although the Roosevelt may live
up to Admiral Peary’s statement
that she was the “ablest ship ever
built for Arctic exploration," she
has outlived her usefulness in the
service of the Government. Her
cargo capacity is too small and her
speed too slow for good work, it has
been said.
Since 11*15, when the Roosevelt
came through the Panama canal
after being sold to the United States
bureau of fisheries, she has been
making three or four voyages each
year with Government supplies to
the fur and fish stations in Alaska
and on the Pribiloff islands. This
year, on account of the growth of
the stations, the bureau decided that
the Roosevelt was not large enough
to handle the supplies.
So, while the Roosevelt’s small
size was an asset in her Arctic work,
it became a liability when she en
tered the carrying trade. The
Roosevelt is 184 feet long over all
by 35 feet *beam and 1G feet draft.
Her builders figured the smaller she
was built the stronger she would be.
The Roosevelt was designed in
1904 by Captain ('. R. Dix, a noted
shipbuilder. She cost about $50,000,
and was built by the Peary Arctic
Club. Peary used the Roosevelt
when he went to the then farthest
north in 190G, and also three years
later when he made the pole.
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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.
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
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Shubert Film Corporation Present# j
THE DISTINGUISHED DRAMATIC STAR i
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Robert Warwick
With Frances Nelson
HUMAN DBIFTWOOD
By Emmett Campbell Hall.
A STORY OF VIVID HEART INTEREST, FILLED WITH
INTENSE THRILLS AND ROMANCE.
IN FIVE POWERFUL ACTS.
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MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
ADMISSION 25c RESERVED SEATS 50c
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.