. General Outfitting Headquarters
Fur Depot Gateway to Upper Yukon
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, AUGUST, 2, 1923
NUMBER 483
ALLIES DEADLOCKED ON REPARATIONS
PRESIDENT HARDING GRO W5 BETTER STEADIL Y
DELEGATIONS AT LAUSANNE REACH AN AGREEMENT
PRESIDENT IS IMPROVING
BELIEVED OUT OF DANGER
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2—
President Harding spent another
restful night the second within 48
hours. Dr. Sawyer anounced this
morning after visiting the patient,
that his temperature had lowered to
98 and that his lung condition show
ed definite improvement, small
quantities of food are being taken,
. and conditions generally are satis
factory. The statement says that
“while recovery will inevitably take
* some time, we are more confident
than heretofore as to the < utcome
of his illness.
* For the first time since the Pres
ident was taken ill, Miss Ruth
Powderly, nurse who accompanied
the party on the Alaska trip allow
ed herself to be relieved this morn
ing. She first came into prominence
as nurse in attendance on the first
Mrs. Wilson, and later nursed Pres
ident Wilson, then brought President
Harding through a slight attack of
* influenza and was in attendance on
Mrs. Harding during her recent ser
ious illness.
* Secretary Work visited the Pres
ident for a few minutes yesterday
and Attorney General D&ughtery ar
- rived here today from Seattle, but
did not enter the sick room.
LLOYD GEORGE COMING
TORONTO, Aug. 2—David Lloyd
George, former premier of Great
Britain, will visit the United States
* and Canada this fall, according to
information receved here today. He
will visit New York, Detroit Winni
peg and Toronto.
JACOBS SAILS
Getting back on to her regular
• schedule, the Government steamer
Jacobs sailed for Holy Cross yester
day morning with a considerable
quantity of mail and freight for
. lower Yukon river points and the
following passengers: Mrs. F. J.
Smith, Louis Carpenter, Chandlar;
Jena Kada, A. Livingston, James
Cassford, Ike P. Taylor Tanana;
Albert P. Payne; G. B. Stevens, W.
W. Estes, Iditarod; Miss Chapman
J. W. Chapman, Mrs. J. W. Chap
man, Anvik; E. J. Clannahan, Nome
Mrs. C. H. Robinson and son, Holy
Cross.
W. E. Moultray, Alaska represen
• tative of the Standard Oil Company,
with headquarters at Seward, and
E. J. McClannahan. assistant dis
trict sales manager out of Seattle,
arrived from the coast on the Tues
. day train on a visit to Interior Al
aska points. Mr. McClannahan left
for Nome yesterday morning on the
* steamer Jacobs and will make con
nections there with the Buford for
Western Alaska. Mr. Moultray will
go to Fairbanks tomorrow for a
look over that district and will re
turn to his coast headquarters pro
bably early next week.
. TIMBER DISAPPEARING
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 2—A se
vere timber shortage in the United
Spates is inevitable, according to
the 'Jiest service, United States
Department of Agriculture, in a
statement issued here. The timber of
the country is more than half cut,
the forest service points out. Of the
original 822,000,000 acres of timber
lands, only 470,000,000 acres stand
today.
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FRANCE AND BELGIUM CAUSE
BRITISH PREMIER ANNOYANCi
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LONE MARINER ANNOUNCES
PLANS TO CIRCLE GLOBE
LOS ANGELES, Aug 2—Harry
Pidgeon, 5 6-year-old mariner, who
sailed alone from Los Angeles harbor
eighteen months ago for the Mar
quesas islands in a thirty-six foot
yawl, has decided to extend his trip
to a voyage around the world, a
33,000 mile voyage, according to a
letter received from him at the New
Hebrides. Since he visited the Mar
quesas islands twelve months ago,
Pidgeon has called at Tahiti, Society
islands, Samoa, Fiji islands and the
New Hebrides.
Pidgeon is now on the way to Aus
■ iralk and New Zealand. From there
| he plans to sail to the East Indies
j China and Japan, thence south and
I westward to the east coast of Africa.
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'From the Cape of Good Hope he
| plans to attempt tha -dangerous di
rect route to Cape Horn and then up
j the west coast of South America, he
In the letter Pidgeon describes the
hardships he went through in his
lone voyage in the small craft he
built here. The letter tells of num
erous battles with the elements, of
careful measures taken to obtain
food and water, of dangers met in
fever-infested villages and of the
savages.
Fiji islanders, said to be the most
feared cannibals of the south seas,
proved friendly to Pidgeon, whose
previous opinion the Fijians, obtain
ed from reading novels of the South
Seas, materially improved.
Pidgeon, who learned navigation
by reading books on the subject,
first attracted attention several
years ago by announcing he would
attemtp to sail to Honolulu in a
small craft without a companion.
Many persons laughed at him and
others begged him not to attempt
the trip. However, he set sail and in
a few weeks word was received that
he had safely landed.
MILLION AUTOS IN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2—One
million automobiles in California by
the end of this year, or one for ev
ery four persons in the state, has
been predicted by 'officials of the
California State Automobile Assoria
tion here. Already for the first
half of the year, 901,274 motor
vehicles were recorded, and a man
in San Diego claims the distinction
of owning license number 1,000,000
although there are not actually that
many issued. Last year the total
according to the association num
ber of cars registered in the
state was 930,000
SMOKE BAN FOR MINORS
BOISE, Aug. 2,—Information
dealing with Idaho laws regarding
the use of cigarettes by minors has
been requested by Governor C. C.
Moore by the Norwegian govern
ment through Secretary of State
Charles E. Hughes. The foreign gov
ernment also wants to know to what
extent the state’s laws on this
subject are being enforced.
LONDON Aug. 2—Premier
Baldwin and Lord Curzon, summar
izing before both branches of parli
ament, the position resulting from
the latest British attempt to lay the
l foundation for a united reparations
policy, indicated today that Britain
and Prance now stand farther apart
than the British people or the world
at large now.
They revealed that the latest
BUFORD PARTY ENROUTE
MAY REACH COAST TODAY
—
The Alaska railroad headquarters
in Anchorage has received definite
’adivce that sixty-four passengers on
the steamer Buford which sailed
from Seattle Tuesday, July 24. car
rying the San Francisco trade dele
gation, will make the overland trip
' from Seward to Anchorage and re
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week, perhaps today. This number
will be augmented along the way
and will probably be increased to
! 100 by the time the party arrives
in Anchorage.
In a letter to the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce from L. J.
Calender, director of the domestic
trade bureau he states: “This dele
gation of San Francisco business
men is visiting Alaska for the pur
pose of making acquaintances and
renewing old ones.* San Francisco
had a warm spot in her heart for
the territory, and we cherish with
pride the important part San Fran
cisco had played in the development
of our great region.
“We now come wooing, so to
speak; that is to say, we want to
become more intimately associated
with you in commercial and social
ways.
“Inadequate shipping facilities we
feel have had a retardant effect upon
our relations and we believe that
with the rehabilitation of Alaska’s
industries ship operators will find
it profitable with our help to main
tain regular schedules from San
Francisco to and from the ports of
Alaska.
NOTABLES COMING
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Aug. 2—
The Duchess of Aosta, Duke of
Spoleto and C-ommander Marrianna,
relatives of the King of Italy, left
for Alaska today on a coast steamer
They will have a look at Southeast
ern Alaska before returning to Italy.
Word was received at Juneau re
cently from the Salt Chuck mine to
the effect that two residences at that
place were burned to the ground
last Saturday. One home belonged to
J. E. Chilberg and the other to a
worker in the mine. The houses
caught on fire from a forest
fire that was raging in that vicinity
at the time. The homes were back a
little distance from the mine or the
mine buildings might have burned
also.
The owners of the buildings had
time to get out most of their valu
ables before the fire burned them to
the ground. The loss was party
covered by insurance.
communication from France and
Belgium had failed to furnish mat
erial for an Allied answer to the
German proposals, and indicated a
surprising deadlock in the corres
pondence between the Allied gov
ernments. Neither the FYench nor
the Belgian reply had even mention
ed the British suggestion regarding
the proposed Allied reply to Ger
many.
FEDERAL SCHOOL CHIEFS
DISCUSS REINDEER NEEDS
A market for the government
reindeer was the most important
issue discussed at the conference of
the superintendents of the govern
ment school districts in Alaska and
U. S. Commissioner of Education Ti
gert at Anchorage recently acord
ing to C. W. Hawkesworth, superin
tendent of Government Schools in
the Juneau district.
Superintendents of government
schools attending the conference
were: Ben Mozee from the Anchor
age district, Gean Dupertius from
the Nome district, Earl Forrest from
the Kuskokwim district, and C. W.
Hawkesworth from the Southeastern
Alaska district.
The superintendents from Nome
and the Kuskokwim stated that they
have more reindeer meat available
at the present time then can be ship
ped. The U. S. Bureau of Education
ship Boxer is equipped to take out a
small cargo only. The necessity of
refrigerators capable of handling
large meat shipments was pointed
out in the discussion, as a means of
solving the problem.
Several minor matters concern
ing the system of education was also
taken up.
The conference was not for dis
cussing important measures in the
work in Alaska so much as a get
together meeting for the U. S.
Commissioner of Education and the
superintendents in Alaska.
Arrivals at Dawson from the Por
cupine River Country, in the north
ern portion of Yukon Territory, re
port that the muskrat crop of that
region is this year a failure. The
“rats” practically all have died off
this season. This news not only is
brought by arrivals here but comes
in letters from that region.
Captain J. L. Boyd, army dentist
returned from the lower river this
week and is at present in Fairbanks
looking after the dernal require
ments of the Signal Corps boys in
that district.
Ike P. Taylor, superintendent of
the Alaska Road Commission, with
headquarters at Fairbanks, was in
Nenana this week on his way to Ta
nana to investigate road work in
progress in that district.
F. C. Ferrey, head of the mechan
ical deartment of the Alaska Rail
roda, and F. A. Hansen, superinten
dent maintenance and construction
paid Nenana and Fairbanks a visit
this week.
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DEPARTMENT GETS DATA
ALASKA HUNTING COSTS
Ernest P. Walker, chief fur ant
U. S. game warden who was ir
Seward recently enroute to :h*
westward is compiling data in re
lation to the value of game and fui
to Alaskans and gave some interest
ing facts in regard to the motiej
spent in the Territory by outside
sportsmen.
In response to a questionairs
sent out by the biological survey, 44
outside sportsmen who have hunted
in Alaska on fifty-two trips reported
expenditures in the Territory total
ing $107,586.50. Of this sum $5,001
was for licenses and export fees
The remaining $102,585,50 was paid
to Alaskans for guides, outfits,
transportation, curios etc. This aver
ages about $1,972.87 per trip. Three
hundred and twelve game animals
were taken at an average cost of
$328.70 per animal. Of the 44 in
dividuals who reported seven have
become financially interested in the
Territory.
It is pointed out by Mr. Waiker
that the money derived from this
source is a: ho cost to Alaskans, and
ov properly ounaing up tne game
supply it can become a still greater
attraction. Mr. Walker declared that
by letting it be known that Alaskans
have the greatest wild life field
remaining today we could profit
much more in the future than we
have in the past.
The returns reecived are from
only a small portion of hunters who
have been to the Territory the past
few years.
Scientific explorations and pho
tographic expeditions which spend
as much or more were not included
in the returns.
Mr. Walker is now compiling data
showing the benefits derived to the
Territory by big game hunters, and
by conservation of game. He believes
that the game and fur is one of the
Territory’s greatest assets and that
its conservation lies with the people
and not with the officials. Every
town should have an area in its im
mediate vicinity where it would be
unlawful to hunt at any time, and
where game could find a refuge
unmolested by man. This would in
crease interest to the tourist, and
would result in better hunting for
residents as the overflow would be
available for local sportsmen.
SWIMS LAKE ERIE
CLEVELAND, Aug. 2—Corbiss A.
WTalker landed at Lorain this morn
ing after successfully swimming a
cross Lake Erie from Point Pelee,
Ontario, a distance of 32 miles.
He crossed the lake in 20 hours
fifteen minutes and has the distinc
tion of being the first to accomplish
the feat. He expected to be in the
water 30 hours.
Fred Ahlert formerly of Dawson
is now the head of the grocery
department of Hamburger’s store,
the largest in Los Angeles.
DELEGATES AT LAUSANNE
MAKE TREATY AGREEMENT
LAUSANNE, Aug. —After an
all-night session the Turkish and
; American delegations completed the
text of the proposed Turko-American
1 treaty, and it was cabled to repre
sentatives of the two governments
, this morning. If the agreement is
approved, the treaty will be signed
possibly tomorrow.
It is understood the treaty pro
vides measures for the protection
and claims of all American citizens,
whether natives or naturalized.
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PARTY OF FORESTERS COME
TO LOOK OVER TERRITORY
Twenty-six members of the Mass
j achusetts Forestry Association, un
der the leadership of Secretary Har
| ris A. Reynolds, left Seattle recently
on the steamship Alaska, coming dir
^ ect to Cordova.
Its itinerary calls for stops while
! the steamer is in port at Ketchikan,
t Wrangell and Juneau northbound.
| It will leave the ship at Cordova
| and go over the Copper River &
Northwestern Railroad to Chitina
land the Richardson Highway to Ftair
; banks. Two days will be spent there.
The southbound trip will be made
over the Alaska Railroad to Seward
andsteamer there. It is planned to
arrive at Cordova on August 8th
southbound.
For several years past the Asso
ciation has been conducting tours
during the summer months to the
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more important of the National
Parks and National Forests. They
are planned with two main purposes
in view, first for vacations, upon
which it has placed great emphasis,
and second, as a part of its educa
tional program to further knowledge
of its members upon natural re
sources throughout the country.
1 A party of tourists from New
York and other Eastern cities, who
made the trip over the trail to
Fairbanks arrived in Nenana last
night and left for the south early
this morning, their intention being
to return to the coast by way of
the railroad. They are traveling in
a coach attached to a freight train.
The lady members of the party were
not as well pleased with the trail
trip as they were led to believe they
would find it and they are returning
to the coast somewhat disappointed
in consequence. The service of the
Galen-Sheldon auto line was all that
1 could be desired, they say, but the
trail was somewhat too rough for
comfort. Among those in the party
are: Miss Alice R. Brevost, New
York; M. R. Patterson, Jamestown.
N. Y.; H. A. Reyonlds, Boston; G.
' R. Leghorn, Boston; Mrs. H. H.
! F'rasse, Boston; Mrs. F. H. Parker.
* New York; Mrs. H. A. Mauer, New
, York; Mrs. C. W. Retter, Philadel
phia; Miss Marion Patterson, James
;town; Miss Margaret Patterson,
!Jamestown; Mrs. G. B. King, New
York.
Gil Rich, Alaska representative of
the Black Bear line, left for Fair
banks this morning after a stay of
several days in Nenana.
Dave Sweet went to Fairbanks on
the Tuesday train on a brief busi
ness visit