THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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Army Planes Give Nenana
The Doublecross Again
In spite of efforts on the
part of Nenanaites to induce
the army aviators to fly over
the town on their homeward
journey yesterday, the ma
chines missed the town by
nearly 20 miles, having fol
lowed a direct course from
Gibbon to Fairbanks.
Three of the planes left
Ruby early yesterday after
noon and were sighted at the
army town at two o’clock.
At 3:15 they landed in Fair
banks.
Captain Street was unable
to get away from Nome with
the other planes and did not
reach Ruby until yesterday
afternoon. His companions
will wait for him at Fair-j
banks.
The weather here was ex
cellent for flviim vesterdav.
but at Fairbanks the planes
ran into a heavy rain, the |
crowd getting a thorough
soaking while awaiting the
arrival of the planes. j
The following telegram to'
The News was received from.
Tanana yesterday afternoon:
“Three planes passed at two
o’clock, one with Douglas,’
Kirkpatrick and Benson on
board. That machine flewj
close to the surface of the
river in front of the post,:
then rose and, turning, flew;
200 feet above the town, per-'
mining Captain Douglas to'
drop a message to Scotty j
Kav, pioneer hotel keeper.”
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Nenana, Aug. 27, 1920
To my Nenana Friends:
Twenty-four years ago;
when but quite a young man,
1 came to Alaska to cast away
the sorrows over the loss of j
my dear little wife. All these
years 1 have passed in lonli
ness, with the thought that
the only one the world held
dear to me in covered with
earth—that once sweetheart
bride. But since my misfor-l
tune last January my Nena
na friends have shown me
there are others worth life to
me.
Brothers and sisters, all of j
you, when 1 realize how you
dear ones gave hours, days,
and even weeks of your time
rehearsing to make it worth
the price of an entertainment
that you might raise a fund
for the betterment of my fu
ture condition, I can honest
ly say that 1 would give the
world, were it mine, to have
my feet again. But I do not
regret the price I have paid
for your kind hearts in re
turn.
1 am yours
ALLEN CRANE
MOVIE MAN LEAVES
FOR THE KANTISHNA
! The Kantishna district and
Mt. Me Kinley will figure in
a five-reel pictorial story of
Alaskan life which is being
filmed by Ralph Staub, mov
ing picture expert who ar
rived from the States early
in the summer and who has
spent the past couple of
months in the Fairbanks dis
trict, where he obtained an
excellent collection of views
of caribou during the recent
“run".
Mr. Staub arrived from
Fairbanks yesterday on the
George Black steamer Pio
neer and took the train this
morning for the end of st ;jl,
from which point he will
venture forth in search of
additional material for his
five-reel Alaskan masterpiece
which is to be featured in the
Outside movies as soon as it
ready for the screen.
Mr. Staub is going pre
pared to spend at least four
months in the wilus of the
Kantishna and Me Kinley re
gions and if he has not se
cured sufficient pictures for
his needs by that time, he
will get a new outfit together
and return to the hills for
the remainder of the winter.
In any case, he will be back
in Nenana sometime in De
cember.
Harry Lucky and Mike
Kelly are accompanying the
movie man. Lucky has been
in the Kantishna country a
number of winters and will
act as guide, his particular
mission being to direct the
camera man to the sheep
hills where, it is hoped, some
close-up pictures of Alaska
sheep may be obtained.
MANY ARE GOING
TO DANCE TONIGHT
The indications are that
a large crowd will attend the
Hard Times dange to be giv
en at Union hall tonight.
The hard times feature ap
pears to have caught on and
quite a number have intimat
ed that they will be there in
costume appropriate to the
necessary, however, to get in.
It is the desire of the man
agement merely that those
attending do not doll up in
their Sunday clothes. The
older the clothes, the more
the fun.
The dance will start at the
usual hour and" there will be
a charge of $1.50 for admis
sion, for the men. The ladies,
as usual, will be admitted
free.
Miss Leota Scott will be
a passenger on the steamer
Yukon when that boat sails
tomorrow. Miss Scott is re
tailing to the States to com
plete her studies.
Tennis Shoe* far Boys, Men and
Women. Fowler ft Morris.
WORK PROGRESSING '
1 ON NEW HAPPY LINE
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By the middle of Septem
jher the work of building the
inew standard width grad be
tween Happy station and the
jGarden Island end of the
Government railroad will be
finished and the roadbed
ready for steel, according to
leports received in Nenana
ifrom the various camps along
'the right of way. Whether or
inot steel will be laid when
1 the grade is ready for it is
another question, the belief
prevailing that the grade will
not be put to use until rails
can be shipped to Interior
Alaska over the completed
line south of Nenana.
I About 30 contractors are
at work on the grade, most
■ of them wheelbarrow outfits.
The only extensive work on
the entire line was awarded
to Albert Lundborg and A.
B. Funk & co. Lundborg fin
ished his contract early this
month and the Funk outfit
will be through, probably, in
a couple of weeks, by which
time the smaller outfits also
be through with their work.
The new line is a little
;over seven miles in length
and practically parallels the
ipresent narrow gauge line.
jThere is a “Y” at Happy,
and as the grade nears Fair
banks it widens to 52 feet
i for the accommodation of
Terminal tracks, the end of
ithe grade being near the!
! Noyes house.
When track-laying opera
tions start, three rails will
|be laid on the new Happy
grade, one set of rails being
for heavy, standard gauge
traffic and the other for the
lighter, narrow gauge traffic.
When the omHino urnrlr
is completed, Engineer Ab
bott and his assistants will
move to a new residency on
the main line south of Ne
nana.
The Act cf Congress of
February 1, 1905, allows the
exporting of pulpwood from
the National forests of the
territory of Alaska, and the
Act of June 4, 1897, author
izes the sale of timber on all
the National forests.
FOR SALE or rent—Pianos
and sewing machines. Sim
son’s.
WANTED, to buy, a sewing
machine. Inquire News.825.
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
May have what you a-e looking for.
SECOND-HAND GOODS BOUGHT
AND SOLD.
NORTH OF NENANA HOUSE.
ALL KINDS OF
BEEF
PORK
MUTTON
CHICKENS
Boneless
Boiled Ham
BACON
BUTTER
Waechter Bros.
HARD TIMES
DANCE
UNION MALL
TONIGHT
STARTS AT 1 0:00
SPECIAL MUSIC
Admission $1.50 Ladies Free
T rappers T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE NEW YORK
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th Street
A WORD TO YOU
At our Seattle office we have opened a buying department for
the benefit of the Alaska trade.
We solicit the accounts of individuals, firms and corporations
desiring closer connections for buying and selling. The service
rendered is direct; we, at every step, exercise close supervision
over all transactions, thus assuring accurate and prompt atten
tion.
We are READY, WILLING and ABLE to buy right, to ship
right, to insure right—to attend to all matters as your personal
agent. Your enquiries and wants will receive our immediate and
most courteous attention.
! WRITE US—there is no obligation. We are just the business
connection that the Alaska Trade has been looking for in the
buying of mining, cannery and fishing supplies, dry goods, gro
ceries, cigars and tobacco, drugs, rubber goods, furniture, house
hold sundries, electrical goods, gas engines—in fact, anything that
grows or is manufactured.
We are also willing and anxious to develop a market for all
Alaskan products. Get in touch with us, giving full particulars,
and your goods will be sold right.
FRESH EGGS
Outside Potatoes
Fruits of All Kinds
FOWLER & MORRIS
We Strive to Please
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Proprietor
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EVERYTHING THE BEST
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
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A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prep.
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WANT ADS
FOUND—Leather watch fob with j
. locket. Owner can have same by j
calling at The News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E. j
Three double stalls. Pump in!
barn. Inquire at News.
BUNCH OF SEVEN KEYS found, j
Owner can recover by calling at i
News office and paying for adv.
Rust House
CLEAN AND
COMFORTABLE
ROOMS BY THE DAY,
WEEK OR MONTH
MRS. CHAS. STANFORD
Or. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Prices Most Reasonable
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Bookkeeping Conveyancing
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Only the most reliable companies
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Na»b,
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in r
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Building,
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Xenana.
Tickets will be on sale at ny
time during office hours, and can ba
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays •
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
The following change of schedule
between Xortn Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:.'!U p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m.;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m. (
A ferry will be run between Ne
nana and North Nenana to connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
f..r Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing tha
ferry.
INENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Fourth Monday of Month v
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER. ALF EKELAND. *
Secretary Dictator.