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NENANA AND FAIRBANKS
PIONEERS ATTENTION
There will be a special Pionee:
meeting' at Union Hall tonight, call
ed for the purpose of arranging foi
the burial of Brother Frank A
Jones; and also for the purpose ri
arranging for the taking of a mo
tion picture by Richard Suratt, wfcc
will arrive from the coast on Sun
day. All Pioneers are requested tc
attend this meeting.
R. C. MORRIS.
1st. V. P
ALFRED J. GHEZZI, Secretary.
L. M. Carrigan, Alaska represent
ative of Armour and Company, whc
arrived from the coast several days
ago. left for Fairbanks today.
Vance R. McDonald, who arrivec
from the coast several days ago
left for Fairbanks today, where h(
' will remain about a week, taking
orders for the several houses he
represents. It is his plan to return
to Xenana and go into the Kusko
kwim district by way of Xancy, and
back by the way of Ruby.
A1 Clarno went to Fairbanks to
day for a brief holiday.
Herman Anderson was among the
passengers leaving for Fairbanks or
j today’s train.
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Charles and Matt Matich have
leased the Simson building for a
period of two years and it is under
i stood to be their intention to rur
a partition down the center, dividing
the building into two store rooms.
W. C. Steinmetz, A. E. C. wire
chief, returned to Xenana on yes
, terday’s train from Fairbanks.
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Mrs. Ed. Brooker
I Lovera CIGARS Optimo
| Fresh Cigarettes
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NENANA STAMPS—25c per 100; $2 per 1,000
COMMERCIAL CLUB WORKING
FOR LOWER FREIGHT RATES
A meeting of the Nenana Com
mercial Club was held last night a:
I Union Hall for the purpose of dis
1 cussing and taking appropriate ac
| tion in matters relating to the wel
• fare and development of Interior
i Alaska.
Charles and Matt Matich, late ar
! ricals from :he coast, who are about
to engage in business in Nenana,
were added to the club membership.
The following telegram, relative
to the proposed new freight rate to
Nenana and Fairbanks was read:
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11
i Commercial Club,
Nenana, Alaska
The Pacific and Alaska Steam
ship companies are demanding for
water haul share on through freights
Interior Alaska fifteen dollars to
Seward and seventeen dollars to An
chorage, the entire rate on groceries
being forty-two dollars to Nenana
and Fairbanks. This is a holdup for
the highest wartime and present
rates, despite the fact that their
wage scale has been greatly reduc
ed, also cost of fuel oil and all com
modities that enter into repairs, sup
plies and alteration expenses. In
addition thereto, they have each re
ceived about sixty thousand dollars
as mail subsidy, which is about fifty
thousand in excess of what they
have been receiving each year.
I suggest that the merchants and
miners of Fairbanks and Nenana
pool their freight shipments and ask
| for bids from independent boats,
San Francisco, Portland or Seattle
j to Seward. Steam schooners are car
rying freight from Califomai to
Puget Sound for three dollars per
ton and I believe they would carry
your freight for about half what the
Seattle-Alaska companies are asking.
| The time to destroy the Alaska
freight monopoly is when the rail
road is ready to carry freight and I
; believe that the possible saving on
freight rates warrants a strenuous
j fight. Alaska is the only spot on the
' globe to which ocean rates have not
been reduced since the war. Will do
anything in my power at this end.
DAN SUTHERLAND
from
The special committee composed
of Herman Anderson, Alex Fowler,
Louis Johnson, Charles Bergman, W.
A. Coghill and Bob Toussaint, who
had drefted the telegTam to Dele
! gate Sutherland to which the above
! is a reply, was empowered to go
j further into the matter and take
suitable action to strengthen the
hand of the delegate in his fight
against unjust and exorbitant rates.
The following telegram from Col.
F. Mears, regarding movement oi
freight, was read and discussed, and
11 as the matter is one that concern?
the merchants and other shippers oi
N'enana, it is expected that they wil
take action to safeguard their owr
interests and have their freight de
livered in advance of the delays re
ferred to:
Washington, D. C., Feb. 11
Commercial Club,
N'enana, Alaska
Would urge you to make freight
shipments from Seattle to Interioi
now, during February and March, tc
avoid embarrassment during spring
breakup, when new Broad Pas
track is bound to cause bad delays
; Inadvisable to wait for suggested
new freight tariff, as impossible to
j determine when these matters will
be finally approved here.
MEARS, Chairman
The following letter from En
' gineer in Charge Fred’k D. Browne,
regarding the ceremony of driving
the last spike, was then read but
no action was taken. It is expected
that this matter will be taken up at
a future meeting of the club and
a decision arrived at. Nenana cer
tainly will take a prominent part in
the ceremony and pageant on that
occasion.
The letter referred to, addressed
to the secretary of the club, follws:
“Your favor of January 25. 1922,
relative to the ceremony and pro
posed pageant to commemorate the
driving of the last spike on the Gov
ernment railroad, has been received.
“On the same date you wrote
your letter, a wire was sent to Mr.
Southworth, of The Xenana News,
apprising him of Col. Mears’ opinion
as to the proper time for this cere
monv.
‘•It appears that Secretary Fall, :
for a certainty, and President Hard- |
ing, for a possibility, will be with us
(during the coming season, to inspect!
. the road and to get better acquaint- j
! ed with Alaskan conditions.
“It would seem as though that
, would be the proper time to have
1 this celebration. I am aware that a
j very different sort of pageant would
‘ be necessary and that we could not
' take advantage of sleighing or sled
ding as a part of the ceremony, but
it seems to me that one of the main
t
advantages in hawing a summer cere
monial is to avoid perpetuating the
snow of Alaska. It may be that mov
ing pictures and cer-ainly many
other pictures will be taken of this
attraction and it might be just as
well that summer scenes were shown.
This, of course, is not the most im
portant feature.
“Colonel Mears has referred to ]
visits from Outsiders and doubts
very much if we would have a large
attendance in April. This is quite
important. I believe that some affair i
that would take place in June or i
July would attract a great number;
from the Outside, thus contributing1
largely to the success that we all
wish to make of this ceremony.
“You have asked me to give you
all the information at hand, regard- j
I ing these proposed ceremonies, and
I am complying when I state what J
I have just said. No arrangement* I
other than those noted have been
made; no details of whatever kind
have been discussed, and it is my
suggestion that we wait with what
patience we may, until Colonel
Mears returns from Washington or
until further advices reach us from
his hands.
“The hearty co-operation from all
I communities tributary to the rail
road is very much appreciated. An
chorage, as well as Nenana, is tak-;
ing a very active patr to make this |
ceremony a success and the railroad
will appreciate naturally every as
sistance that can be given to per
petuate the ceremony, attendant up
on the completion of the railroad,
which means so much to all Alaskans.
“With very best wishes for your 1
Club and for Nenana, I wdsh to re
main.
Yours respectfully,
FRED’K D. BROWNE,
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Muslin, Japanese Crape, &c.
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PRE-LENTEN ANNOUNCEMENT
MRS. D’ORSAY TAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING
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DRESSES, Size* 16 to 46, Priced from $10 to $20
BLOOMERS, Black and Nary, per pair $2.50
PETTICOATS, Changeable and Jersey Silk, $7.50
SKIRTS, Plaid, Stripe and Plain, Moderately Priced
COMPLETE LINE OF HOSIERY, 75c. and $1.00 and up to $3
SILK OXFORD TIES, Black, Red and Nary, 50c. and $1.00
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