THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
"WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets. Xenana. Alaska
R. G. Southwortb — — — — Editor and Manager
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ANCHORAGE OVERCROWDED;
RENTS ARE GOING SKYWARD
Arrivals in Xenana from the
coast bring word that vacant build
ings in Anchorage are at a premi
um, both in the business section
and in the residential part of town.
And the result of this condition is
a general advance in rents Store
rooms range from $-50 to $300 and
upward, according to size and lo
cation, and living quarters com
mand fancy prices also.
It is predicted, however, that the
fall exodus of people from the rail
road town will be follewed by re
ductions in rentals.
In a business way. the town is
well supplied with all kinds of stores,
restaurants and pool halls and there
are many idle people on the streets,
with a continuous flow of population
in and out of the town.
Those who are in business or who
own property in Anchorage are very
optimistic regarding the future of
the town. The Willow and Cache
creek mining districts are tributaiy,
the coal mines constitute a source
of steady revenue and the new!
Girdwood gold quartz district is
said to be full of promise, t.amples
of the ore recently found are on :
display at a number of places in :
Anchorage and the belief is general
that the find is a good one. Much
confidence is also expressed in oil ■
development in the immediate vicin
ity of Anchorage The town also
has back of it a steadily increasing
area of producing agricultural land.
It is said that there are quite a
number of people in Anchorage, how
ever. who believe that the comple
tion of the Government railroad to
Nenana will be followed by a •ub
stantial drift of coast people to the
Interior and there are those who
even predict that the Interior ter
minous is destined to be the biggest
town on the railroad.
Opinions vary regarding the time
that will be required to close the
gap on the railroad. The end of steel
south from Hurricane Gulch has
reached East Fork, where the track
laying is held up by bridge work.
But within a week or ten days steal
will begin moving north again and
there is a long stretch of completed
grade ahead. Some mushers who
have arrived from the coast within
the past few days, predict that tne
connection will be made not later
than the end of February, while
others are of the opinion that there
will be a gap of from 20 to ,“10 miles
to close when work is resumed in the
spr:ng. All agree that the progress
of the work will be governed large
ly by weather conditions.
It is understood that it is the in
tention of the Commission to put
a number of teams on the trail as
soon as conditions wall permit, for
the purpose of conducting a regu
lar freight service between steel
during the winter. There will be a
lot of Commission freight to haul
and present market conditions in
dicate that many of the Interior
merchants are figuring on replenish
ing stocks during the winter. Ship
ments by way of the river thus far
this summer have been unusually
light and there is reason to believe
that it will be necessary to ship
many tons of merchandise over 'he
i trail, in advance of the completion
J of the railroad.
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SEWARD MAN IS OPTIMISTIC
REGARDING NORTH’S FUTURE
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In the opinion of Erich Lucas,
formery vice president and cashier
of the Harriman National Bank of
Alaska, at Seward, which institution
has liquidated to the Bank of Sew
ard. the outlook for the future of
Alaska, and especially of South-!
western Alaska, is very bright. In a j
statement made at Juneau recently,!
on his way to the States, he ex-'
pressed the belief that great possi-:
bilities will be realized when the
Government railroad is completed
I and traffic from the ocean to the
Interior starts and branch lines are
established.
From information obtained before
| leaving for the South, the banker j
predicts that the railroad will be!
connected on or about the first of j
November, “making a continuous
band of steel connecting the ocean
terminous with the Interior termi
j nous.”
He also predicts that '‘there is j
going to be a slump along the line
of the Government railroad after
it is completed, which is natural
i
until the country through which it I
passes is developed sufficiently to,
furnish tonnage. Take away the:
construction forces of the railroad
and little activity will remain. The
agricultural districts of the Mata
nuska Valley and the Nenana Val
ley will then begin to come into,
their own and with new districts'
developed along the railroad and
the old ones furnished with feeders,
that section of the North will take
a spurt that will certainly cause an
increased and permanent population.
‘‘Anchorage will perhaps feel the !
completion of the railroad more
than any other city as it will mean
that at least 1,500 and perhaps
2,000 men will be affected and they
will leave for other parts of Alaska
or for the States. Anchorage, how
ever. will remain the chief city of
that section as there is a rich min
ing country adjacent and the pro
duction of coal in the Matanuska
will also serve as a feeder.
“It is estimated that at least 2,000
persons will be leaving Southwestern
Alaska between now and the holi
days. Already the steamers are tak
ing capacity loads and how all will i
be able to go South is a mystery.
From what I learn of conditions in
the States, a man having a job m
.Alaska had better stick.’’
Mr. Lucas, accompanied by his
wife and baby daughter, is enroute
to the East and, after a brief vaca
tion, will report to the Harriman
National Bank in New York City,
where he was located before being
transferred to the branch at Sew-'
ard.
KLAN IS BEING INVESTIGATED
CHICAGO, Aug. 30—The motive
for the existence of the Ku Klux
Klan is being sought in a federal
investigation now in progress here,
under the direction of Assistant U.
S. Attorney Clinning, who states it
as his 1. tention to investigate al
legations to the effect that the klan
is a “monarchy opposed to public
policy.”
MANY CLAIMS ARE STAKED
IN MAYO SILVER DISTRICT
A total of 1,500 location's have
been made in the Mayo district, ac
. cording to a statement appearing
I in a recent issue of the Dawson
Daily News. This number includes
approximately 6l>0 claims in that
area applied for this season. The
greatest number of claims are on
Keno Hill and most of the others
on hills adjacent to Keno. Quartz
Recorder Gillespie and others of the
1 Gold office have been kept busy
most of the summer receiving and
| filing the applications and diagrams
and issuing grants.
Of the applications received re
cently about two-thirds are for lo
cations made on Galena Hill. Some
■ thing like fifty claims have been
staked there. A few staked last fall
and others since the snow went off
in the spring.
Arrivals at Dawson from the Up
per Stewart say the first shakings
on Galena last spring were on the
Duncan creek side, and that more
recently a new strike has attracted
attention on the westerly or Galena
Creek side, toward the McQuestion
valley. About thirty men are said to
have joined in a stampede over the
hill from Duncan Creek and Keno
City between July 17 and 20, and
to have staked, and others were re
ported going over to stake at the
time the last advices were received
from there.
Ed. Elwell, old-time Hunker Creek
miner, who was one of the stam
peders. went to Dawson later and
reported that the trail from Keno
City over to the point where the j
more recent staking began is about
four miles long, and through the
timber and brush. The discovery
was made on the face of a bluff on
what is known as Porcupine Creek,
which enters Galena Creek three
miles above the old Silver King
mine. The Silver King several years
ago was discovered by Harry Mc
Whorter and sold to Tom Aitkin,
and later held for a time by Frank
Manley and E. J. Ives. Mr. Ives is in
Dawson now.
The Silver King is reported to
have produced something like half
a million dollars and the new loca
tions, it is thought by some, are j
on the same belt.
Elwell staked within one claim of j
the new discovery. E. K. Jones, an :
oldtimer of the district, located the 1
discovery claim and the next staker. i
on a line extending toward the Sil- ;
ver King, was Charley Stone, old
time Dawson freighter. Then, in the
order named, came Elwell, Billy
Douglas, Dick Major, and others, in
cluding Dr. W. E. Thompson andI
Bob Fisher.
Elwell says a ledge 20 feet wide j
is exposed on discovery claim, but ‘
it is not known definitely whether I
it is silver or some other ore. Some I
reports state that experts have ex
pressed the belief that the ore is
extra high value, carrying some of
the more rare and most desirable
forms of silver. Others claim that!
i
assays showed onlv a few dollars
to the ton in silver. Plans have been
made to take some of the ore out
this season for tests.
It is stated that the claims staked j
on Galena Hill are not more than j
five miles south of Keno Hill. All
the claims staked to date on Keno.
Galena, Stand-To and other points
lie in a belt extending northeasterly I
and southwesterly across the Mayo j
area, and described last year by!
Dr. Cockfield, Dominion geologist, as
forming a zone lying between Dub
lin Gulch, on the south, and a tribu
tary of the Ladue, on the north,
which has formations highly favor
able to silver deposits. This zone ap
peared, he said, to be 20 miles long
by about half as wide and, within
its bounds, both north and south of
Keno Hill, extensive prospecting and
locating of silver claims has been
under way for a year or more. Look
out Mountain, on which many silver
locations have been made, lies within
the zone described by the geologist.
FOR ANY GAS TROUBLE SEE
JOHN TEELAND. Shop opposite the
Johnson Store.
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PERSONAL m
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A fur overcoat was sold yesterday
and the owner of a bunch of keys
located through advertising in the
Classified column in The Xenana,
News.
Eight quarters of fresh killed
moose were loaded on to the train !
at Xenana Crossing: yesterday, for
shipment to Healy.
The train arriving: from Healy
yesterday afternoon brought about !
two dozen passengers to town.
A capacity load of passengers {
left Fairbanks on the speeder yes- j
terdav and about a dozen of them
came through to Xenana. the others
having left the car at various points
along the line.
Fr. Monroe has advised The News
that he will arrive in Xenana during
the latter part of the week on his
monthly visit.
Jos. Fischer, head of the N'enana
store of the Fairbanks Clothing Co.,
returned home yesterday, after a
brief business trip to Fairbanks. He
had intended stopping off at Dun
bar to bag a few ducks but found
weather conditions very unfavorable
when he arrived there.
Charles Gray was a Skagway
bound passenger on the steamer
Tanana. leaving yesterday. He is
enroute to the States.
NOTIC IE '^F'FORFEITU RE~
—
To Sam Means, E. C. Campbell, J. :
W. Ward and Zach Hickman, i
their and each of their heirs, ex- i
ecutors, administrators and as- j
signs:—
You and each of you are hereby j
notified that the sum of cne hun
dred dollars ($100.00) in labor and
improvements has been expended up
on eacn of the following association
mining claims, situate on Platt
Creek, a tributary of Homestake
Creek, in the Nenana Mining and,
Recording Precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and known as—
The Steward Association Mining ;
Claim, the Elizabeth Association I
Mining Claim, the Queen Mab As-,
sociation Mining Claim, and the
Katherine Association Mining Claim,;
in order to hold said claims underj
the provisions of Section 2324, of;
the Revised Statutes of the United :
States, and the amendments there
to concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said mining claims
for the year 1920, the time for the
performance of annual labor for;
said year 1920 having been, by an j
Act of Congress, extended to Junei
30, 1921; said labor constituting
the assessment work for the year
1920; and if within ninety (90) ’
days after the last publication of |
this Notice you, and each of you, as
respective co-owners of said claims,
fail or refuse to pay to the under
signed your respective proportion
expended by me for said annual,
labor and improvements legally re
quired to hold said claims ns •■.fore- j
said for the year 1920, together j
with the cost of this notice, your j
interest in said claims rill become1
the property of the undersigned,,
your co-owner, under said Section!
2324, Revised Statutes cf the United
States. C. C. HEID 1
First Publication, July 12. 1921.
Last Publication, Oct. 11, 1921.
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NENANA'S BEST APPOINTED HOTEL
Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOC BARNS
WANT ADS|
WANTED—One or two sets of Xo.
5 bobs. Must be reasonable and in
good condition. Inquire at The
Portland.
LOST—Wishbone stick pin, set with
Pearls. Reward for return to
Cooney Hotel.
FOUND—Two keys. Call at A. D.
Thompson Drug Store.
WANTED—Ford or other chassis.
George Rich, at Xenana Steam
Laundry.
LOST—Lady’s engraved wrist watch .
Reward for return to Railroad
Cigar Store. ‘
WANTED—Information as to the
whereabouts of our father, Erik
Hartull; last known address was ;
Xenana. Communicate with Mrs.
M. Silva and Anna Sofia Hartull,
S36 15th. St., Oakland, California1
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FOR SALE—Four jackhammers and j
fittings; 250 feet of hose; six sets
of steel. All in good condition.
Inquire of Jack Singleton, Healy.
MEN
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