THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for onir.y as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First anJ B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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A REAL AID
Of the several suggestions made
relative to securing government aid
for prospectors, as a means of stimu
lating the search for placer gold
and other valuable minerals in the
territory of Alaska, the proposition
put forward by Engineer in Charge
Fred’k D, Browne, of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, seems to
the News to be the one most cer
tain of accomplishing the desired
results. Mr. Browne’s suggestion
was not intended as a substitute for
other movements already started,
and it is not his desire to interfere
in any way with those plans. He
merely points the way to a new
source of aid—a very logical source.
Mr. Brovvne believes that the min
eral branch of the federal govern
ment should render to the pros
pectors and miners of the territory
the same sort of aid that is rendered ,
to the farmers by the government’s
agricultural experiment stations. ,
His plan, as outlined to the chair- ]
man of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, is to have the mining
bureau send out geological and min
oral experts to give the various dis
tricts “not only thorough mineral i
surveys, but to further establish,
perhaps, bureaus nearby where these ,
researches may be compiled, and if
possible where lectures can be given ,
and details presented to prospectors
and others -who are able and willing
to go into the country and make
a search for mineral ”
Those men, in the opinion of Mr.
Browne, could do a vast amount
of good in properly presenting the
resources of the country to those
who, with little resources, are will
ing to take long chances- The pres
ent trouble is, he points out, there
are many who do not know mineral
ores when they see them.
Mr. Browne believes that Alaska’s
development must be chiefly along
mineral lines and that “there is no
better way to encourage this de
velopment and make Alaska worth
while, than to have development
experts come and report to the
people just what they find, and per
haps help in every way possible the j
bringing of these ores to the
smelter.” j
Government geologists already.
have rendered the territory valuable
assistance, and the establishment at j
Fairbanks of a branch of the Bu-j
reau of Mines also is a step toward .
greater development; but the activi
ties of the government should not
be premitted to stop there. There
should be experts available to in
vestigate every district and to rend
er practical aid to the men engaged
in the search for hidden treasure—
to inform them where to look for
certain ores, how to know the ore
when they encounter it, how best to
go about development and whether
or not the search for certain min
erals is worth while.
There are countless ways in which
Alaskan prospectors could be assist
ed by such experts, at small cost
to the go’ ;rnment and with inesti
mable benefit to the territory. And
the plan should receive the support
t>.‘ every section of the country,
each f w‘. 5ch would share in the
incr; ased development that would
resu’ .
AMERICANIZING KOREANS
A novel dinner was served at the
Korean school in Honolulu recently,
when 10° Korean boys and girls
wers host to 200 members of the
|Pan-Pacific Association, who had
! been invited to learn at close range
1 what the school is accomplishing in
the way of making Americans of
Koreans.
j As about 100 of the guests were
adult Koreans, two dinners were
provided, one composed of native
Korean dishes, was served by stud
ents in native costumes to the
Koreans, while students in Ameri
can dress served the other guests
with a typical Occidental meal.
The speakers included Governor
(’. J. McCarthy, Dr. Iga Mori, rep
resenting the Janpanese; Mr. Yap
Kwai Fong, for the Chinese; N. C.
Dizon, for the Filipinos; and Sam
Spencer for the Hawaiians.
Each speaker paid a tribute to
Dr. Rhee, director of the school,
and expressed appreciation of the
work being done to Americanize the
oming generation of Koreans. Yap
vwai Fong, the Chinese speaker,
vore on his breast a service bar
Hearing five stars.
WANT BAN LIFTED
Immigration societies of Japan
ire advocating several modifications
>f the regulations now governing
fapanese immigration to the United
States and other countries. One
•hange asked is the extention from ]
i year and a half to three years
>f the period allowed for the return j
:o the United States of Japanese!
>vho have pone to the homeland fori
» visit. It is said that there are
low in Japan several thousand Jap-!
inese who cannot return to Ameri-1
;an soil because they have over-:
itayed the time limit.
Another change proposed is to i
permit Japanese picture brides to j
obtain passports for the United |
States immediately after their mar-|
nape has been reported to the
American authorities. At present,
a picture bride must wait in Japan
six months before she can leave
to join the man she married by
mail.
FIRST PASS ISSUED
TO MRS. J. H. CASKEY
The first complimentary pass on
the government railroad from Ne
nana to the end of steel south of
town was issued on Saturday to
Mrs. J. Harmon Caskey, of Fair
banks, who is on her first visit to
Nenana.
The pass was taken up in the
usual way and returned for can
cellation to the accounting office of
the A. E. C. The chief accountant,
II. B. Joseph, returned the pass to
Mrs. Caskey to serve as a souvenir
of her trip out the line.
The pass was issued to Mrs.
Caskey on the strength of her being
a newspaper correspondent and will
probably be the only complimentary
pass issued to anyone outside of an
employee of a governmenet depart
ment traveling on business, in ac
cordance with a recent ruling of the
Interstate Commerce commission.
MASONS
On Friday evening, February 28,
at 8 o’clock sharp, there will be a
regular meeting of the Nenana
Masonic club at the home of Mr.
Herman Anderson.
P. GRANDISON, Sec.
LOUIS ANDERSON, Pres.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—Al
The News Office.
PROSPECTING IS
ON DECLINE NOW|
IN GREAT WEST
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DENVER—Fanciful dreams of
the Easterner who comes to the
mountain states expecting to find
the picturesque figure of the gold
prospector searching the hills in a
never ending chase of the precious
metal are greeted with a rapid
disillusionment. The roughly clad
individual, with pack mules, pick
and shovel exist now largely in
the movies, though occasionaly ^ine
comes across a survivor of the old
days to whom the appeal of lyfeden
treasure remains irresistable.
With the exception of the years
of 1915 and 1916, when discovery
tungsten brought a horde of wealth
seekers to the Colorado hills, the
search for gold in this and neigh
boring states has steadily dimin
ished since the height of the gold
rush some twenty-five years# ago.
At the time, old mining men say,
the mountains were full of pros
pectors searching for new veins and
placer miners panning the streams
for gold deposits. The new gener
ation has not followed in the foot
steps of the old and one of the
picturesque features of Western life
is becoming extinct.
The explanation is simple. Pros
pecting doesn’t pay. This is the
statement from mining men familiar
with the situation. The big majority
of old prospetcors spent their lives
in ‘the hills without winning the
fortune they sought. They man
aged to eke out a bare existence,
>ccasionally making a strike which i
would tide them over a winter in'
Denver and Rive them a start for I
he next year’s chase. But they i
ived and died poor men, most of i
•hem finding a resting place in the
lills which they made their homes.
Discovery of their bodies in their i
;abins or caves built in the sfde;
>f the mountains told the tale.
If a good vein is located, the cost j
>f developing is prohibitive. Ex- j
tensive machinery must be installed, j
rhe prospector must interest- capital j
n his find and uncertainty as to
whether the vein will fulfill ex
pectations tends to discourage the
treasure seeker.
Officials of the state mining com
mission are of the opinion that the
really big gold strikes already have
been made and they attribute the j
disappearance of the prospector to
the almost certain knowledge that
his quest will be unsuccessful.
All over the mountainous 'region
of Colorado small abandoned tun
nels bored into the solid rock bear
mute evidence of the shattered
hopes of some prospector. .^Aband
oned sluices and smelters speak of
the days that are no longer, and of
streams whose deposits of the pre
cious metal have been panned out.
In certain regions, notabljr 4n the
vicinity of Cripple creek, the ore
is mined in paying quantities, be
it is by means of costly machinery
that the gold is separated from the
crushed ore. Moneyed interests have
taken the place of the individuals
who found fortunes here while the
country was yet being developed.
Occasionally, in the winter, one
finds in the cheap lodging houses
some grizzled veteran of the hills
whose spirit still is alive with the
hope of success in the following
summer, and he sets out in the
spring as trustworthy as he has
started out in to the hills every
spring for a score of years. But
these are becoming fewer every
year and the old life of the moun
tain country lives only in the movies
and memories of the early days.
TIE CONTRACTOR MEETS
WITH PAINFUL ACCIDENT
John Lappi, who has a contract
to cut ties for the A. E. C., on
lower Goldstream, came into Fair
banks last Saturday evening with
a badly smashed foot. The injury
being occasioned by a heavy tie
falling on it from the pile.
He is being taken care of in
St. Joseph’s hospital, nnd will not
'be able to resume duties for some
little time.
! ALASKA SOLDER
I ro horn soon
Willis Nicely, son of Mrs. Mar
garet Nicely, of Nenana, at present
! with Ambulance Co. 250, 13th Sani
tary Train, at Camp Lewis, writing
to his mother recently, states that
he expects to be discharged from
the army very soon.
He says that he will take ship for
the North immediately after he has
been discharged and will head
straight for Nenana. He will prob
ably come in by way of the Broad
Pass trail.
The commanding officer of the
ambulance corp of which Willis is
a member sent the following letter
to Mrs. Nicely:
Camp Lewis, Jan. 21, 1910
“Mrs. Margaret Nicely,
Nenana, Alaska.
“My Dear Mrs. Nicely:
“In a few days your soldier will
receive his honorable discharge and
start for home.
“He is bringing back many fine
qualities of body and mind which
he has acquired or developed in the
military service. The army has
done everything it could do to make
him strong, fine, self-reliant, yet
self-controlled.
“You have been an important
member of that great army of en
couragement and enthusiasm which
helped to make him and us all better
soldiers. You can now be a great
help in keeping alive the good
qualities he is bringing back from
the army, in making him as good a
citizen as he has been a good soldier.
“His fare and necessary expenses
to point of induction will be paid
bv the government. He will re
ceive all pay flue him. He may if
he wishes, wear his uniform for
four months, from the date of his
discharge. The government will also
allow him to keep up for the bene
fit of his family, his insurance at
the very low rate he is now paying.
“His return to civil life will bring
new problems for you both to solve.
The qualties he brings back will
help you now as your encourage
ment helped him while he was away
and in your hands and his rests the
future of our country.
“As his commanding officer I
am proud of him. He has done his
duty well. 1 and his comrades will
bid him goodbye with deep regret
and wish him every success after
he returns home—that spot in every
man’s heart no other place can fill.
“Yours sincerely,
W. V. CHALMERS-FRANCIS,
“Capt. M. C. Comdg.”
WEEKLY FORCE REPORT
For the week ending February 22
there were 292 employes on the
pay rolls of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, showing an increase
of 3 employees as against the
number ' employed during the pre
ceding week. There were also Ilf
stationmen or contractors, and 4S
stationmen laborers, showing a de
crease of 7 stationmen and 1 sta
'.ionman laborer for the periot
under review.
The forces of the A. E. commis
sion were distributed as follows:
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—A new 7mm Mauser
' rifle with 40 rounds of ammu
nition, $50; also a 12-gauge Rem
ington automatic shot gun, almost
i new, $40. Inquire at News office.
WANTED TO BUY—A three or
four-room house. Must be
reasonable. Inquire News office.
FOR SALE—Sled and 13 dogs with
harness complete. Sled 12 feet
long, in good shape. Malamutes
and huskies form the team. Ar
rived in Nenana recently from
' St. Michael. $160 for the outfit
Apply George Hanoff, Cooney
I Hotel.
Camp 1, general
Camp 1, electric.
Camp 1, corral
Camp 1, construction
Camp 1, store .
Hospital .
Townsite .
Surfacing camp .
Tracklaying camp
Section No. 1.
Section No. 4.
Camp 373 .
Camp 415 .
Camp 440 .
Camp 449 .
Nenana total .
Fairbanks office ..
Tanana Valley R. R.
Camp 454 .
Fairbanks total ..
Total for division
.42
. 9
13
62
.21
11
. 2
. 9
36
. 7
. 5
.34
. 3
. 7
. 6
267
... 3
.13
... 9
.25
292
Nenana and Fairbanks, the
Siamese Twins. !
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing; Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your fur* than any other
fur buyer In town
SI|MS0N’S
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Busted"'in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Proprietress
BTenana—The Gateway to McXlnloy
National Park.
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W .T.
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekcland, Alf
Funk, A B.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C. ^
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G. 1
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Land, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W.
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone,-A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodora
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriela
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
(Tenant, AlMU'i Interior **»•! Depot