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
Hub of Alaska — Where Rails and Rivers Meet
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TOMB OF TUTANK.HAMUM
Douglas Stewart, director of the
niu=eum of the Carnegie institute,
reports the liveliest interest on the
part of the public in the life of
ancient Egypt. The discoveries in
the tomb of Tutar.khaamm at Lux
or have, he says made the history
of 35 centuries ago present day
news. Public curiosity has been a
roused in a civilization of which
most people had never heard, ar.d
the vistors are fascinated by the
physical mementoes of a_ long gone
race.
The largest exhibit in the mus
eum is the remains of a Nile boat
of an admiral, buried with him
according to the custom of inter
ring the tools of trade with the
dead. There is not a nail in this
boat It is fastened together by wood
en pins dovetailed into the timbers,
and by thongs. It dates from 400
B. C-, 500 years before Tutankha
men's time, or 600 years before
Abraham went to Ur of the Chal
dees.
Even older is one of several
kohl pots made about 500 yeans B.
C. which were used to contain eyelid
paint for the Egyptian beauties of
the court. It is covered with a very
thin layer of pure gold, similar to
the gold found in Tutankhamen’s
tomb by Lord Carnarvon.
Bronze mirrors appropriately find
a place beside the eye paint pots.
Nearby a razor of the eighteenth
dynasty is seen to be precisely the
same model as the old style razor
of today, working on a swivel
handle, and proving that batbars
shaved their customers 2500 years
ago just as they do today. A group
of fishhooks of 1580 B. C. con
stitutes another exhibit where the
design has not changed in 35
centuries.
The exhibits of ancient Egyptian
potery show that the Shapes in use
in Egypt of today are exactly
those used in Tutankhamen’s time.
The water pots have the same point
ed bottom necessary to press into
the sand to keep them upright.
The exhibits in the Carnegie mus
eum are mostly from Teli-el-Amarna
the capital of Pharaoh Ikhnaton,
which he built when his refusal to
worship other gods than the sun
god led him to leave Memphis.
Teli-el-Amarna was abandoned on
his death and the return of his
success or to the ancient worship
at Memphis. This site, which is
160 miles south of Cairo was exca
vated by the Germans before the
war and since then by the Egypt
exploration fund to which the Car
negie museum of Pittsburgh has
contributed.
Besides a mummified baby, a
number of mummy cases, and sev
eral pieces of decorative in Which
the designs and colors are as per
fect today as they were when first
painted, the exhibit has mummified
cats, several scarabs, one with an
inscription from the book of dead,
and many smaller antiques of the
different dynasties.
Director Stewart has added to the
collection on display a copy of a
beautiful necklace of the Princes*
Knoumit. which will be of value
to designers of jewelry by affording
them a true type of ancient Egyp
tian art, now being sought by mod
ern fashion creators.
Besides the interest of the adult
population, the* public school chil
dren of the eighth grades are at
tending lectures by museum assist
ants. who find their juvenile aud
itors as keenly interested in the
pharaohs as they usually are in the
American Indians.
SHERMAN ROGERS ON ALASKA
So far as social conditions are
concerned thruout Alaska, they are
i not different from those in an>
other part of the country where the
Stars and Stripes float, says Sher
man Rogers in one of his special
Alaska articles, published in The
Outlook.
The homes I visited were furnish
ed as well as those in the states; ir
fact, on an averge, I think, better
Probably it might be well to explair
why: There is no poverty in Alaska
begging is unheard of and unneeess
ary. While it is true that there is nt
ostentatious display of wealth
neither do you meet with the piti
able cases of poverty that we si
often meet with in metropolita:
cities in the states.
The citizens of the territory ar<
well dressed, well mannered, ex
tremely well read, and as far a.
; hospitality is concerned, they havt
few equals.
In fact, to make a long stort
short, from a standpoint of schools
social conditions, stores hotels am
modern economic life, any part o
Alaska from Ketchikan to Fairbank
will come up to par with any liki
distance in the states.
I don’t want to overlook anothe:
very interesting feature c.f Alaska!
life. In ratio to population, I maki
the carefully studied statement tha
: there is no part of the world when
as many magazines are read. Then
are large news stores in every Alas
i kan town and city. Magazines an
piled high on all news stands a
soon as the boa: arrives, and boat
twice a week while I was in thi
territory .
Everone reads these publication
from cover to cover, and I havi
never spent four months amonj
better informed people than I di'
this summer in Alaska. I could en
gage in conversation with anyoni
from the mayor of a town to ;
prospector forty miles from a rail
.
way, and they could put up an in
telligent argument on any questio!
.concerning the public welfare tha
: was receiving attention in America]
: publications.
The territory has excellent newrs
papers, every towm of more thai
; five hundred population having
daily newspaper with Associate
Press service.
My general impression of th
people of Alaska is that they ar
delightfully big-hearted, extreme!
; frank, and engagingly courteous
They have their petty quarrel
1 amongs themselves, quite true; bu
let an outsider mix in, and they im
mediatly stand shoulder to shouidei
All in all they are that same wond
; erfully hospitable type that were s
; numerous in the west twenty year
ago.
Ail our made-up fur neck piece
at close-out prices. Abe Simsons.
DALY HYDER INTERESTS
SOLD TO LONDON PARTIES
Sale of the gold and silver mines
of the Dalv-Alaska Mines company
near Hyder, Alaska on an option
to H. S. Denny, mining engineer of
London England has been announced
through the offices of Maurice D.
Leehey, Seattle attorney, who repre
sented the Daly interest in the
' transaction says the Seattle Post
Intelligencer.
The property adjoins the Permier
mine in British Columbia, which was
also developed by Pat Daly, one of
the principal owners, with Jesse J.
Kahn of Vancouver. B. C. of the
Dalv-Alaska properties. The Premier
mine paid S3.150,000 in dividends
to its stockholders last year, accord
ing to Leehey.
Plan Development
The new operators of the Daly
Alaska interests have already ship
ped a large quantity of machinerv
and equipment to the mine site
and plan extensive development oi
the property said Leehey The Lon
don interest will operate under ar
option to purchase the mine for a
bout $850,000. said Leehey.
| The property was sold to Denny
j and his London associates througl
Weir Bros. & Co. of New’ York. J
j C. Weir representing that firm, lef'
; Seattle last week after completing
, the details of the transaction in Se
! atile. This property is located it
j the Salmon river valley twelve mile:
I north of Hyder. It extends to th<
Canadian border, where the prop
erties of the Permier mines begin
Mining Clastic
The story of Daly’s developmen
! of the Premier mine is a classic ii
the history of Alaskan mining oper
ations. Daly took over the property
after William Boyce Thompson j
New York had put $150,000 into thi
i property, only to be told by exper
: mining engineers that the enterprise
was doomed.
Daly backed by R. K. Neil o
Spokane took over the propert;
and in a very short time uncovere
t some of the best ore deposits ii
i Alaska. Since that time the Premie
mine has been one of the best pa;
ing if it size in the North.
FISH HATCHERY PLANTING
EGGS IN ALASKA WATER:
More than 1.500,000 humpbac-:
’ and cohoe salmon fry were shippe
i out from the Territorial Fish Hatch
• erv during a single week recent!;
for transplanting in several stream
• or lakes acording to a statemen
; made by Supt. Charles D. Garfield
More than 1,000.000 of these wer
sent to Warm Springs Bay. Chath
am Straits, for planting in Barano
Lake on the gasboat Iowa and th
same vessel left Juneau later wit
* 500.000 cohoe fry for planting i:
Hilda and Sprague Creeks o:
Stephens Passage.
Plants of fry and eyed eggs hav
been made in Baranof Lake durin
the past two years and the result
: said Mr. Garfield. The hatcher
; forces have kept accurate watc
[ over the experiment and the progres
. made is said to have been highgl
- gratifing.
i The Iowa, before it returns t
. Jueau from its tripto Hilda an
. Sprague Creeks, will make an exam
! ination of Prospect Creek, Snettish
t am Bay, to gather data relative t
i the placing of a rack in that sirear
to take humpback eggs and if prac
. tical establishment of a temporar
i eyeing station to treat the eggs i
, the field. Field operations of thi
i character can be caried on at abou
one-half the expence of hatcher
, work if the natural conditions wi
, permit, said Mr. Garfield.
• Last season approximately 16
. j000,000 fry and eyed eggs wer
3 planted in various streams an
t lakes by the Hatchery official
. The work will not be as extensiv
this year, according to Mr. Garfielc
. It is now planned, he said, to plan
j between 10,000,000 and 11,000,00
5 eyed eggs and fry.
FOUND—Pioneer charm. Finds
= can recover same by calling at th
Terminal and proving ownership.
! SEATTLE CHAMBER COMMERCE
SEEKS ALASKA HIGHWAY AID
The following resolution was re
' cently adopted by the Senate Chan
ber of Commerce:
WHEREAS. The budget derector
in the last Congress allowed only
S465.000 for construction of roads
in Alaska, this amount being so
barely sufficient for the mainten
ance of the present highways that
, Congress increased it to about $700.
000. and whereas, at the same time
the director allowed an operating
deficit of $1,260,000 for the rail
road and an additional $1,000,000
for railroad constructioa work, and
Whereas, so long as insufficient
i funds are provided to build roads
| to points where tonnage already
j exists for the railroad and for the
' purpose of furnishing means of
transportation and travel to these
; districts where important develop
ment would take place if the same
could be had, the government will
have to continue to make operating
deficit appropriations and the gen
j eral progress of the Territory will
be greatly retarded, and
Whereas, under the Federal High
way Act and Post Office Road Act
there is a fund of approximately
$100,000,000, the former act pro
j riding for distribution of these
funds among the states upon a basi
: of 1-3 on population 1-3 on area
' and 1-3 on road mileage, and
Whereas, if Alaska is placed un
j der the provisions of the Act there
: would be made available from the
j fund approximately $3,000,000. and
j Whereas, the American Road
Builder’s Association assembled in
; Chicago in February, 1922. and a
i: gain in January. 1923. passed a res
■; olution urging Congress to extend
• the Act to Alaska; Col. J. G. Steese,
President of Alaska Road Commis
sion. testified before the House
Committee on Roads strongly fa
voring the same; the Alaska Del
egate proposed an amendment pro
: j viding for the extension upon the
r j basis of 1-4 of the area which would
1 , bemore advantageous than the 1-3
i i allotments, it is therefore
- Resolved by the Seattle Cham bet
t ! of Commerce that the extension oi
the Federal Highway Act, with the
proposed amendment, to Alaska will
j greatly assist in not only providing
> for the construction of f&eders t
: the government railroad, thus put
ting it upon a supporting basis, bu1
for the progress and development
of the territory, therefore actior
to this effect is strongly favored
and like action is urged upon al
kindred bodies and associations, anc
j it is further
I Resolved, that copies of these
resolutions be forwarded to the Gov
‘ ; ernor of Alaska for presentation tc
j the legislature now in session in
l ;
j Juneau; the memorial of joint re
‘ j solution may be enacted for sub
mission to Congress, to the Dele
irate from Alaska, the President ol
the Alaska Road Commission, the
United States Chamber of Com
" i meree, American Road Builders
I Association and other interested par
| ties.
Recommended by the Alaska Com
j 1 .
mittee in session March 21, 1923
That Tacotna has been granted a
* school by the Territorial School
‘ | Board and that authorization and
'; equipment for establishing the same
51 is now on its way to Tacotna war
1 the news taken to McGrath re
cently by Grant Murdock. The or
‘ ganization of the Tacotna schoo
I i board will follow immediately upor
3 ! the arrival of the proper authoriza
II tion documents.
j ; Dr. Paul’s Form Fitting Shoe;
| for children at Abe Simson’s.
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAY
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Alfred J. Ghezzi R. C. Morri*.
Secretary. President.
Alaska Steamship Co.
SAFETY SPEED SERVICE
VESSEL
Lv. Seattle Lv. Seward
ALAMEDA . Mch. 17 Mch. 26
NORTHWESTERN .Mar. 28 Apr. 4
ALAMEDA . Apr. 7 Apr. 13
NORTHWESTERN . Apr. 18 Apr. 25
VICTORIA . -Apr. 28 May 5
ALAMEDA .May 5 May 11
Lv. Anch.
Mch. 25
Apr. 14
May 12
FOR RATES AND RESERVATIONS APPLY TO
J. H. FLICK1NGER. A. H. MeDONALD,
Ascot, Seward. Alaska Agent. Anchvraga
A. A. SHONBECK
ANCHORAGE
LIME, PLASTER, CEMENT, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
Explosives and Blasting Supplies
COAL OIL GASOLINE LUBRICATING OILS GREASES
HAY and GRAIN
1i
The arrival recently of a new
baby in his home and the capture
of a new spring hat at the Tombola
has convinced Alf Ekeland that the
ice pool is as good as won by him.
notwithstanding the fact that
“Butch" Miller and Pete Schmidt
are trying to get a corner on the
guesses.
HERMAN ANDERiON'S
MODERN RESIDENCE
FOR SALE
Has the following rooms:
1 Entrance Vestibule.
1 Large Living room. 16X26.
3 Berrooms (each has clothes clo
set.)
1 Large Kitchen, white enamel,
with breakfast nook, seating six
persons.
1 Bathroom, finished in white e
namel, with bath tub. wash basin
and lavatory.
1 Good well, with clear water all
; the year.
1 Edison Gold Medal Phonograph.
A houseful of A 1 oak furniture.
1 Dustproof warehouse, 45X45.
The basement of the house can be
used for warm storage. Capacity ov
j er 50 tons.
For further information see Her
man Anderson.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—1 bed complete.
1 brass bed complete.
1 Three quarter bed spring.
1 Writing desk.
1 Dining table
4 dining chairs, leather seats ..
I 1 Cupboard, glass doors.*
1 Cole air tight heater.
3 50 gallon hardwood, barrels.
Screen doors, kitchen tables and
jother furniture.
1 Road house 8 miles south of
i Healy with equipment.
1 Log cabin and lot.
Cheap to settle estate.
Inquire E. T. Sullivan. B st. be
tween 1st. and 2nd.
WANTED TO RENT—Piano in
good condition. Inquire News.
FOR SALE—One 8-disc cultivator
| one improved post hole digger; one
V-bar barrow; price 475, f. o. b.
Healy. Inquire News.
FOR SALE—Complete outfit of
i safe deposit boxes. Mrs. E. A. Wil
liams, postmaster, Nenana, Alaska.
Trappers T raders
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.
Dealer in Raw Furs
SEATTLE
Altilu Building
NEW YORK
127 W. 27th Strent
Ben L. Stoltman, formerly con
nected with the Nixon mine, who
left here over the early winter trail
was recently appointed assistant sup
erintendent of the big copper mine
at Latouche. according to word late
ly received here.
Pretty Spring hats at Abe Simsons
FOR RENT
NEW YORK BLOCK
(Also known as The Arctic)
A two-story building on corner
of best business block in Nenana.
Building is 25X100 feet. Lower
floor has plate glass front; also a
two-window plate glass front on side
street. Upper floor has fifteen
rooms, all nicely furnished. House
has hot air and steam heating sys
tems. Has electric Washing machine
mangles wash tubs. etc. Good oppor
tunity for enterprising party. For
further particulars see or write
Abe Simson, Nenana.
notIce
T. W. Buchholz, of Nenana, has
been named authorized representa
tive of the Fairbanks Clothing Co.
J in Nenana and vicinity and is em
. powered to receive money due the
! company on old and new acounts.
J. R FOWLE
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
Trains leave and arrive Nenana as
follow*:
'8:00 p. m . Tuesday and Friday for
Seward and intermediate points
Returning arrives Nenana 6:45 a
m., same days.
1:30 p. m., Tuesday and Friday for
Dunbar, Fairbanks and Chatanika
Arrives Nenana 12:30 p. m.. Tues
day and Friday.
Pullman sleeper charges: Lower
berth, $4.50; upper berth, $3.50
Tickets entitle holders to privi
leges Observation car.
11-1
D. H. WILLIAMS
Undertaking Parlors
Licenced Embalmer
Funeral Director
Anchorage — Nenana — Seward
CHAS. E. BERGMAN
Nenana Manager
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