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ORDER AND
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
To Be Held on
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920.
in the Office of the United States
Commissioner at Nenana, Alaska,
Fourth Judicial Division.
Now. on this day, pursuant to
Chapter 39, Session Laws of Alaska,
approved May 3, 1919, entitled, ‘‘An
Act to provide for the holding: of
V primary elections in the Territory
of Alaska, to fix the time and man
ner of holding the same, to prescribe
the qualifications of candidates to
he nominated at such elections, and
to designate the manner of filing
and authenticating their candidacy,
and for other purposes,” and in
conformity therewith.
It is hereby ordered' that for the
purpose of the primary election to
IT he held on April 27, 1920. all of
the territory in the recording dis
trict known as Nenana Recording
District, outside of incorporated
•towns, is hereby divided into voting
precincts, in each of which a polling
place is hereby specified.
Said voting precincts are describ
ed and bounded as follows:
The Nenana Voting Precinct, em
bracing all that portion of the Ne
oana Recording Precinct lying North
«f an east and west line drawn
Through Mile 389 on the Govern
ment Railway.
Polling Place: Fire Hall in Town
of Nenana.
The Canyon Voting Precinct, em
bracing all that portion of the Ne
^ nana Recording Precinct lying South
of an east and west line drawn
through Mile 389 on the Govern
ment Railway.
Polling Place: Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission store at Healy.
Notice is hereby given that a pri
mary election will be held on Tues
day, April 27, 1920, for the pur
pose of nominating candidates of
the various political parties in Alas
ka for the following offices, to-wit:
A Delegate to the House of Rep
resentatives from the Territory of
\lEsks *
An Attorney General for the Ter
ritory of Alaska;
One member of the Senate of the
Territory of Alaska;
Four members of the House of
Representatives of the Territory^ of
Alaska;
Two Road Commissioners for Road
District No. Four;
For electing (as provided by Chap
ter 38, Session Laws 1917):
One National Committeeman of
each political party for the Terri
, tory of Alaska;
; Delegates and Alternates to th«
! National Convention of each politi
cal party for the Territory of Alas
: ka.
The said election will be held It
the voting precincts above namec
and at the polling places thereir
specified. The said polling place:
will be open between the hours ol
eight o’clock a. m. and seven o'clocl
p. m. of said day.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska, Marcl
15, 1920.
(Seal) R. S. McDONALD,
IU. S. Commissioner for the Nenan:
Recording District, Fourth Divi
sion, Territory of Alaska.
Hea&na, the Gateway to McKinley
national Park
The News is in receipt of a let
v
ter from Anchorage containing a
copy of an official circular of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
announcing a general advance in
wages in the Southern division, ef
fective April first. The minimum
wage, for unskilled labor, which
| was 55 cents an hour, is 60 cents
! under the new schedule, an ad
I vance of 5 cents an hour, or 40
cents a day. The circular also an
nounces an advance in the price of
board to railroad employes, from
$1.25 a day to $1.50 a day, an ad
vance of 25 cents a day, made nec
, essary by “the steady increase, dur
ing the past two years, in the cost
of food supplies, cost of freight and
j labor necessary to maintain mess
houses.”
| The following is the scale an
nounced :
Circular No. 411:
To All Concerned:
I Par. 1. With the approval of the
chairman and chief engineer the
following wage scale for hourly em
ployes is published for the informa
tion and guidance of all concerned,
to become effective on April 1,
1920: Per hour
Unskilled labor . $ .60
Section men . -60
jSpikers . -65
•.Strappers . -65
j Heelers -65
| Track layers . .65
i Machine drill helpers. .65
J Pitmen . -65
(Loco, crane foremen. .65
• ’Pit laborers . -65
;1 Pipe linemen . -65
Blacksmith helper .70
Boilermaker’s helper. .70
.! Carpenter’s helper ....... .70
■ Coyote men . .70
j Drillers (hand) . .70
•Linemen’s helpers . .70
Charles E. Herron
Candidate for
NATIONAL
COMMITTEEMAN
Solicits the Support of
INTERIOR ALASKA
REPUBLICANS
IN THE
April Primary Election
A Vote for Herron means a
Vote for Alaska Progress
Piledriver firemen (loco
motive) . .70
Stationary firemen . .70
Steam shovel firemen .70
Sheet metal helpers. .70
Plumbers’ helpers . .70
Machinists’ helpers . .70
Painters’ helpers . .70
Timbermen . .70 J
Machinists’ helpers (ad
vanced) . .72
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.73
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.75
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Boilermakers’ helpers
(advanced) .
Brakemen (over 240
hours .
Baggagemen, train
Cranemen .
Machine hand.
Craneman (shop)
Drillers, machine
Firemen, loco (over 240
hours)
Powder men (with s. s.
or ditcher)
Piledriver man
Muckers
Car repairmen
Hod carriers
Linemen (construction!
Longshoremen
Pipefitters
Airbrake man
Blacksmith.
Carpenter
Electrician
Engineer, loco, crane
Engineer, derrick
Logger
Machinist
Painter
Sawmill man
Sheet metal worker
Timber Caller .
Tinsmith
Bricklayer
Steam fitter
Caulker, wood
Lather
Plasterer
Plumber
Miner
Boilermaker
Brass molder .
Radio operator (over
time)
Toolmaker (machinist)
Conductor (over 240
hours)
Engineer, ditcher
Engineer, steam shovel
Machinist, special
Blacksmith, special
Boilermaker, special
Engineer, loco, (over
240 hours)
Par. 2. Wages of monthly em
ployes. not employed on an annual
basis, will receive an increase of
$10 per month, where the wage
does net include board, and pro
vided no increase has been granted
such employe within the past six
months. Where such increase has
been granted within the past six
months the case will be taken un
der special consideration.
Where board is furnished, the
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wages of monthly employes will be
raised approximately $5 per month,
under the same general restrictions
as set forth in the above paragraph.
The exceptions noted in the above
two paragraphs will also apply to
Employes who have been employed
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during the past six months under
new employment contract, or who
have entered into re-employment
under the reorganization which took
effect December 1, 1910.
I
Far. 3. In regard to administra-l
tive, supervisory, and clerical em- j
ployes, whose terms of employment
are usually on an annual basis, and '■
i
whose salaries are set to tit the ,
position they are filling, these cases!
will be considered individually by
the heads of department. General
ly speaking, where increases have
been granted this class of employe
during the past six months no in
crease in pay will be authorized.
Par. 4. In view of the steady in
crease. during the past two years,
in the cost of food supplies, cost
of freight and labor necessary to
maintain messhouses of the commis
sion, the price of board will be
increased from $1.25 per day to
;
$1.50 per day, effective April 1,
1920. WM. GERIG,
Assistant Chief Engineer.
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| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS §
§ According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
5 cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- 5
= nifield and Totatlanika Districts. |
I Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within f
| easy reach of their mining activities. |
1 NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. 5
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