THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AI\D RIVER MEET”
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana. Alaska
R. G. Southworth — —- — — Editor and Manager
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this paper and also all the local news published herein
The voters of Nenana are to be
congratulated upon the very de
cisive manner in which they de
cided the question of incorporation
at the polls on Tuesday. Not only
does it show that Nenanaites are
ready to assume the responsibility
of managing their own affairs, but
also that there is an overwhelming
sentiment in favor of progress and
solid town building, for that is
what incorporatio nreally means.
With incorporation has come 3
new interest in municipal affairs,!
civic pride and a feeling of pro
prietorship for which there was no
place so long as the Alaskan En
gineering Commission retained juris
diction over the town. A new spirit
is in evidence on every' hand—a
community spirit which will make
for united action in all things pro
gressive.
Nenana begins its career as an
incorporated town under most fav
able conditions. There are no funds
on hand, but the town has valuable
assets in the form of public im
provements which include a modern
school building, graded streets, good
sidewalks, water mains, sewage
system, fire fighting equipment and
a substantial municipal building, all
in use and all pair for. No other
incorporated town in Alaska, with
the single exception of Anchorage,
had as good a start, and it is doubt
ful if there is a town in Alaska
looms more encouragingly than does
that of Nenana.
The News believes the immediate
future of Xenana is safe in the
hands of the seven couneilmen who
were elected on Tuesday. Headed
by that bulwar kof straight dealing
and progress, Tom Smith, there
w-ill be no wavering policies, no ex
travagance and no drifting. All of
the couneilmen are property own
ers, representing, in the aggregate,
a very considerable investment, and
it is reasonable to suppose they
will strive, during the few but im
portant months they will be in office,
to discharge their duties in a man
ner that will be* helpful to the
town.
CURATOR OF MAMMALS PAYS
VISIT TO DAWSON DISTRICT
Gerritt S. Miller, curator of mam
mal- in the United States National
Museum, a branch of the Smithson
ian Institution, at Washington, D. C..
spent several days in the Dawson’
district on the occasion of the visit
to the Yukon* b.i-'n last, summer and i
was much interested in remains of
extinct animals found imbeaded in
the gravels in that region. He saw
the remains of mammoths, two or
three kinds of bis n., a lirge bear.j
a deer and a horse. All of these:
animals, he stated, a’tho related to
others now living, long have been:
extinct, probably since the - rlj part,
of the ice stage.
A popular misconception, he ex
plained. exists regarding these ani
mals The presence of these animals
does not indicate a tropical climate
at one time. Animals essentially
the same as the mammoths which rae ]
found i.: the Yukon have been found !
in Siberia frozen in the ice in such j
good condition that their stomach \
•cooter.ts can be studied. These show, j
says Mr. Miller, that the animals,
were feeding on twigs and herbs es- j
sc tially like those which grow today j
in Siberia, a region whose climate is j
not very different from that of the j
Yukon valley.
The large teeth frequently found
in this region and popularly called
mastodon teeth, explains Mr. Miller,
are mostly teth of the mammoth.
The crown of the mastodon’s tooth
has large tubercules or rounded
humps like those of the back teeth j
of a pig, while the teeth ordinarily
found here are flat-crowned, witn
cross ridges of hard enamel for
grinding. Teeth of this kind are
found only in the mammoth and the
living elephants of India and Africa, j
Mr. Miller called atention to the'
fact that museums would be much!
interested to receive the smaller;
bones to which litle attention is us
ually paid, and which easily could .
be picked up and saved. It is to be )
hoped, he says, that miners and oth- j
ers will take an interest in seeing:
that they reach the museums. He1
secured some specimens during his i
brief stay at Dawson.
STEAMER SAILINGS
Agent A. H. McDonald, of the ‘
Alaska Steamship Company, has ad
vised The News of the sailings of
the vessels of that company from ]
Seward as follows:
The November anu December
schedule of sailings from Seattle is:]
Alameda, Nov. 8; Northwestern,]
Nov. 19: Victoria, Nov. 30; North-!
western, Dec. 10; Victoria, Dec. 21: i
Northwestern, Dec. 31.
The Victoria goes by the outside;
route and does not stop at Juneau!
or Ketchikan.
In the above sailings, the North-]
western will sail south from Seward j
in about six days after leaving j
Seattle and the Victoria in nbout!
five days.
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FOR ANY GAS TROUBLE SEE
JOHN TEELAND. Shop oppo.ite the
Johnson Store.
NOTICE
The following regulation? pertain- ‘
ing to Night letters and Night Me?
sages over the Signal Corps lines i
are published for the information j
of local patrons who are not familiar
with such:
<at Night letters and Night mes-j
sages are accepted up to closing
hours for delivery on morning of'
following day after 9 o’clock.
< b) Night letters and Night mes
sages may at the option of the Sig
nal Corps be mailed at destination to
the addressee and the Signal Corps
shall be deemed to have discharged
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respect to delivery by mailing such
Night letters and Night messages rt
destination.
let During interruptions in line1
or cable, all Night letters and Night j
messages will not be moved until
all straight Day messages have been j
transmitted.
c d> Night messages and Night let
ter? received the day filed cannot}
be delivered until the ensuing day,:
except when addressee notifies Sig- j
nal Corps office of willingne?- to
pay full day rate.
Property owners are reminded of
the fact that townsite assessments
will become delinquent on Novemb“
10, after which date a penalty will
attach.
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THE NENANA DAILY
' DRAYTON ROASTS GOVERNOR
FOR BOOSTING COMMISSION
Thomas B. Drayton, of Seward,
who is known throughout Alaska
through his vigorous and persistent
opposition to the Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission, through his articles
on Alaska which appear occasionally
in Ford's International Weekly, and
more recently through his candi
j dacy to succeed Delegate Sutherland,
ihas attention now to Governor Bone,
i calling that official to account for
I comment favorable to the Alaskan
! Engineering Commission and the
| manner in which the work of that
| organization has been done. In view
: of the possibility of Mr. Drayton
! entering the primary campaign next
spring, in opposition to Delegate
| Sutherland, the letter referred to is
; reprinted in order that readers of
j The New s may know definitely the
j attitude of the Seward aspirant for
| Congressional honors.
I The letter is dated at Seward,
i October 20 and reads as follows:
j "If you are correctly quoted in
the interview printed in the Juneau
| Daily Empire of Thursday, October
| 6th., 1921. I wish to enter a forma!
! protest against the deception of the
I public by the publication of the r
i false and misleading statements
1 therein given out as facts.
"You are made to say in the al
1 leged interview that 'The Govern-1
ment railroad between Seward and
Broad Pass is in excellent condition',
and that ‘I (you» had adverse re
ports on this project but I am glad
to say that they were without justi
fication-.
“It is clearly evident that there
words were merely a repitition of
things put in your mind by persons
interested in concealing the facts.
This is shown by the further state
ment that you were taken over the
road in a special car at night. T.ne:
subterfuge thus practiced upon you •
was so crude that it is amazing a'
trained journalist as you are should
have been hoodwinked.
"You have publicly declared your
self interested in and kindly dispos
ed toward the Alaskan people. I am
inclined to believe in your sincerity
and will give you an opportunity to j
demonstrate your good faith; which
unhappily, many Alaskans will now
gravely doubt in view’ of your de
clarations in that Juneau interview.
"To that end 1 charge specifically
that the quoted statements attribut
ed to you are false in fact; that the
Government railroad work and man
agement have been so inferior tha,
much of the line will have to be
virtually rebuilt to be of value as a 1
transportation means: that the offi
cial statement that it will be 'com
pleted' during the present year was
and is known to be false by the men !
in charge of the project: that the
present attempt to secure a further
appropriation from Congress is but
another of a series to be expected,
and that such future appeals to
Congress will be based, as in the1
past, upon specious pretexts devised j
to suit the occasion and the temper
of Congress at the moment; and!
that the uniform policy of the j
Alaskan Engineering Commi-sAo is
and has been, to prolong the job!
indefinitely.
‘•These facts I have repeatedly!
charged in the public press, and I i
i doubt not that you yourself know
full well that every forecast 1 have
made on this subject during recent
years has proved to be true with an
exactitude of detail as if made after
the happening of the events.
“The personell of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission is a menace
to Alaska and the Alaskan people.
Our delegate in Congress. Mr. Dan
fatherland, has betrayed our inter
< ,;ts by espousing and supporting
t lose of these hold-over politicians
masquerading as railroad builders,
lie will be brought to judgment at
the next election, but we have no
recourse against yourself if you per
sist in permitting Congress and your
countrymen to be deceived in respect
to this railroad scandal.
“Now. as proof of youd good
faith, I ask you to advise an im
partial congressional investigation of
this project before more of the pub
lic funds are turned over to these
railroad politicians.
“I am a candidate to succeed Mr
Sutherland in Congress with evert'
present indication that I will be
nominated and elected. If what I
charge prove false then I will be
ruined before the public. If mv
charges be true then further success
ful concealment or denial of the
scandal should be prevented. Ir
either event your position in public
esteem in Alaska requires that you
repudiate that interview or prove to
be fact what I charge to be false:
and the one proper place to find
the facts is before a congressional
committee empowered to produce
and examine documents and individ
uals.”
Carbon Paper at The New»
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WANT ADS
CORONA TYPEWRITER— Practi
i cally new and in first class con-1
dition, for sale. Can be seen at I
News office.
MAN'S FUR COAT FOR SALE—
Brown cub bear with sheep frray I
cloth lining. In excellent condition. ;
Price $40. Mrs. H. X. D’Orsav. 1
'LOST—Hamilton watch. Gold-filled
case. Finder please leave at Ghez- l
zie’s store.
LOST AT HEALY—Pocketb: ok con-.
taining money and raffll ticket :
on center piece. Reward for re- j
turn to P. H. Crowley.
SALESMEN—To represent One
hundred and thirty-seven House
hold Necessities sold direct to the
consumer. Real opportunity to
build a business of your own.
Write City Sales Department of
J. R. Watkins Company, No. 63
Bluxome Street, San Francisco.
WANTED — Second hand electric
washing machine. Must be reason
able and in good condition. In
1 quire at News Office.
THREE CANARIES FOR SALE—
‘ Inquire at-The News Office.
Fine Stock Staple and Fancy Gro
ceries. Fowler & Morris.
Six one-piece dresses In serge, pri
cot and ladies' cloth-embroideried.
pleated or plain. Medium sires.
Priced at $25. Worth double.
MRS. D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Next to Coliseum
1921
Fall and Winter Samples
JUST RECEIVED
A BIG LINE TO CHOOSE FROM
FIT AND SATISFACTION
GUARANTEED
OUTSIDE PRICES
LET US MEASURE YOU
FOR THAT NEW SUIT
ALFRED J. GHEZZI
NENANA, ALASKA
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Engraving
Watchmaking
Jeweler
HEALY,* - - - ALASKA
The
Central
Cafe
MEALS 75c tip
OPPOSITE THE COONEY
JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
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ttmtui
Lovera CIGARS Optimo
Fresh Cigarettes
SNUFF
The Portland
NENANA STAMPS—25c per 100: 52 per 1,000
When in Anchorage make your headquarters at the
Imperial Cigar store
Hoey & Brakke
CHOP SUE Y
Fresh Chicken
NOODLES
at
Northern Cafe
Geo. Tanaka, Prop.
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GEN. MDSE
Pigs and Pork at Cost
OVERSHIRTS
SWEATERS
and
PARKAS
— at —
PRE-WAR PRICES
EGGS
That will Stand Up like a
Rubber Ball
J. LTwhite
DOME. ALASKA
STORAGE
WARM and COLD
Wm. C. Heinz
Andy D. Swingen
Succelior. to
Casey’s Warehouse
Coal
From the Mine of the
i
Broad Pass
Coal & Development
Company
$&50
a ton
F. 0. B. cars at Lignite
$4.50 at Nenana
$6 at Fairbanks
and Creek Points. Deliveries
about November 15
HOTEL
NORTHERN
FAIRBANKS
Only Hot Water Heating System
in Fairbanks
Pool and Card Rooms. Cigars
Ice Cream and Soft Drinks
CARL BERGE, Prop.
Department of tbe Interior
: Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE j f!, |
Schedule of train?, subject t«i
, change without notice:
LEAVE \E\A.\A for Healy on
Monday. Wednesday. Thursday and
Saturday at 8 a. m
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. rn.
LEA\ E FAIRBANKS for Nenasa
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p.‘ m.
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JEWELRY
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
At 8:00 F. M.
Secretary Dictator
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU,
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY
, Pioneers of Alaska
Xenana Igloo XTo. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY EACH MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke Geo. S- Smith
Secretary. President.