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NEW AMERICAN PROT
REGAINS IMPORTANCE
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands—
This American port is beginning to
regain some of its former maritime
importance. Owing to the war, im
provements in this direction have
been slow since the Virgin Islands
were purchased from Denmark, but
now, after considerable agitation by
business men of St. Thomas. Ameri
^ can steamers are beginning to call
here. This is the result of repre
sentations which have been made to
Washington in behalf of th inhabit
ants of the islands.
The islanders feel that American
steamship owners, and especially the
Shipping Board at Washington, have
heretofore overlooked the facilities
of the harbor of St. Thomas for'
providing coal, fuel oil, and other ^
stores. While few American steam
ers have been calling at St. Thomas
for supplies, many have called at
the neighboring British islands,
where facilities are not considered
as good as here. The price of coal
is cheaper at St. Thomas than at
the British islands.
® To bring the matter before the
Shipping Board and to obtain all
the help possible from the American
people and Congress, a meeting of
the inhabitants of the Virgin islands
was held here. Resolutions were
adopted calling the attention of the
Shipping Board to the facilities of
the port, such as a pier 3,000 feet
long, with 31 feet of water along
side, and all up-to-date appliances
for the quick despatch of vessels j
wanting coal, water, fuel oil, and ;
other stores.
The resolution was carried to
Washington by Darwin O. Curry,
collector of customs, who laid it
before the Shipping Board. Mr.
1 Curry has since returned and re- j
ports that that board, members of I
Congress, and American business
men have promised to do all they
. can for the island.
Another oil > depot is being erect
ed here to meet increased demands.
The people of St. Thomas believe it
i possesses far better - facilities than
most other West Indian islands, and
j are determined to make known its
| availability as a port of call.
RECORD TONNAGE
IS PRODUCED BY
WESTERN STATES
SAX FRANCISCO. — The three
Pacific coast states of Washington.
| Oregon, and California will have
contributed 3,721,524 deadweight
tons of ships at the close of the
1919 building program, according
to the approximate figures given out
here by the United States Shipping
1 Board. In all, 472 ships will have
been added to the American mer
chant marine since the intensive
war-time shipbuilding began to
“bridge the Atlantic” in the battle
waged against the German subma
rines.
Steel and wooden ships to the
number of 318. with a tonnage of
2,336,986, is the estimated produc
tion of Washington and Oregon
shipyards from the beginning of the
war to the completion of the 1919
program. Of these, 245 are steel
and 73 wood.
In California, the total tonnage
of steel vessels to be constructed to
the end of 1919 is 1,192,538. Of
wooden vessels, constructed or un
der construction, California’s con
tribution is 28, with a total dead
weight tonnage of 177,000. Con
crete ships are represented by 15,
000 tons.
THE NENANA HOUSE
presents an attractive appearance
since the enlargement of the Lobby.
The Homelike environment attracts
Mrs. A. B. Easterly, Proprietress,
and holds its patrons.
Nothing Succeeds
Like Success
Our Goods are Right. Our Prices are
Right
Watch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving
Wm. TAYLOR
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| Miners and Prospectors! I
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECOROING PRECINCTS (
E Accor mg to a recently issued Court Order by =
= Judge Chas. h.. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- =
1 cording Disjuct has been enlarged to take in the Bon- §
| mfield and To’atlanika Districts.
Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
§ enabled by this change to do their recording and trans- |
| act other business at Nenana, which is within easy |
S reach of their mining activities. =
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB, I
I Ft- S. McDonald, H. B. Joseph, I
| President. Secretary |
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EXCURSIONISTS
HAVE BIG TIME;
DEPART AT TEN
The Fairbanks excursionist? who
came to X'enana on tiaturday c i the
steamer Tanana, to attend the base
ball series, returned to their homes
in the upper town last night—that
is, they started home last night but
did not reach Fairbanks until this
afternoon. The steamer sailed at
ten, and was reported at Chena
about 11:30 this morning.
There was a large crown of Ne
nanaites at the waterfront to bid
farewell to the visitors, and they
i
were given a rousing sendoff, the
best of feeling prevailing, notwith
standing the loss of three straight
games by the visiting team and a
considerable sum of money in wag
ers. The crowd on shore gave three
cheers for Fairbanks and the Fair
banks spirit, and the compliment
was returned by those on board the
boat. And as the Tanana started
up stpeam, the band played a jolly
farewell.
i
The presence of the band in Ne
nana was much in the nature of a
treat, it being the first organization
of the kind to visit the town. The
music was good and the musicians
willing entertainers. The band num
bered eleven players.
An effort was made last evening
to delay the departure of the ex
cursion boat in order that the vis
itors might be entertained at a
dance, which was hastily arranged
by a number of the young people;
but, owing to the fact that the
Tanana had orders to return to
Fairbanks as quickly as possible, it
was impossible to get a time ex
tension. The dance was held any- j
way, starting in the Bowen building
and ending at Union hall when the
steamer whistle called the excur- ,
sionists aboard.
The visitors were entertained on
Saturday night also with a dance,
the affair being very largely attend- ,
ed and very much enjoyed by all.
A feature of the evening was an
interpreted dance by Miss Lenta;
Scott, that being the first public
appearance in Nenar.a of that tal- J
ented young lady as an entertainer.
"The Dance of the Nymph'" wa
very pleasingly and artistically ex
ecuted in costume.
The following Fairbanksans made
up the list of excursionists on the
steamer Tanana: Mr. and Mrs. K.
L. Vining, Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Sater, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McIntosh,
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Carlson, Mr.
and Mrs Tom Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. j
Victor Brown, Mr. and Mrs. narks
Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones;1
Mesdames Romeo Hoyt, R. J. Gels,
Morrell, Hoagg, Alex Simson, A. B. j
Avakoff, J. H. Groves; Misses Jack, i
Stella Harrington, Helen Protzman,!
Charlotte Geis, Nellie K. Wilson,;
Vivian Myers, Eva Delaney, Anita,
i
Xordale, Mayme Knudsen, A. Thelin;1
Messrs. Charles Beam, F. Hillerv,
i
George Smith, Robert E. Sheldon.
J. R. Fowle, Lou Weslow, Dr. H. J.
MeCallum, Jim Hunter, Charles,
Hardin, Claude Gordon, J. O. Ellis, j
A. R. Thome, Martin Miladin, A. R.
Heilig, G. L. Backstrom, Guy JB.
Erwin, John Mathews, J. Knight, i
G. A. McQuarrie, R. P. Cosgrove,!
H. C. Davis, John Michall, Alton
Nordale.
The Tanana also brought a num
ber of N'enanaites home from the
upper town, including Dr. and Mrs.
J. R. Bowen, Mrs. W. H. Gilcher,
Mrs. F. D. Browne, Mrs. R. G.
Southworth. Felix Seppi, J. Menzie,
and Edna Palmer.
Battleship O-Cecar Mops, $1.50.
Fowler Sc Mor-is.
—
Peter Steil, special school tax col
lector, was an upbound passenger
on the steamer Carl White Satur
day night, enroute to Fairbanks
from the Tolovana district.
trenana. W'-rre Bails and Biveri Meet
1 IS HEROIC OK
j
KA\ ADAR. Macedonia.—Without
food, without clothing, without med
ical attention, with hardly anv
growing crops promising relief when
the harvest comes, 15,000 refugees
of this district have returned and
are desperately clinging to the little
mountain farms which are their pat
rimony. Rather than abandon them,
they will die in the ruins and caves
which today only half shield them
from the elements.
To this field the Balkan Commis
sion of the American Red Cross has
sent Captain R. M. Blakely. U. S.
A. Medical Corps, of New Orleans,
La., with five nurses and several
carloads of supplies. Villages within
a radius of 50 kilometers are now
being served by the ‘•Amerikanska.”
Medicines are given at the dispen
sary, which never charges a dinar
for its sendees or for flour, cloth
ing and other supplies from the
canteen. What that means to a
people who have come back from
exile, after three years of depriva
tion of the necessities of life, to
find their homes in ruins, can best
be appreciated here on the spot.
The station here at Kavadar is
but one of hundreds of similar sta
tions in Serbia. Albania. Montene
gro, Rumania, Herzegovina, and
i Greece which the Balkan Commis
sion of the American Red Cross has
established.
The town hall is used for an in
firmary, an empty house for a food
and clothing warehouse, and an old
mill has been made into a bakery.
The dispensary is crowded from
morning to night. Some days 250
patients are treated. The maimed
and stricken come from a radius of
SO miles. One patient was brought
: in on an oxcart after an unbroken
journey of four days. Tuberculosis
in every form, anemia, and other
ills that follow in the wake of un
derfeeding and poor housing have
affected a third of the population.
The task facing the Red Cross
relief agencies is a heroic one.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
HABIT-FORMING DRUGS
STARTS IN Mr.XICO
MEXICO CITY.—The federal de
partment of health has announced
that a vigorous campaign will be
conducted against the use of habit
forming drugs in the republic, a
practice which is alleged by several
newspapers to be widespread.
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Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODIGKEIT
Proprietor
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
Birth Announcement Cards at the
New* Office.
Electrical Goods
Stoves and Ranges
Water Pipes and
Fittings
Bath Fixtures
Sheet Metal Work of All Kinds
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUINEAU, ALASKA
COLISEUM
STRONG WORLD FEATURE AND BURTON HOLMES
TRAVELOGUE FOR PROGRAM TONIGHT.
Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel Pictures
Showing
THE PASIG RIVER, “THE PHILIPPINE THAMES.”
William A. Brady Presents
THE CHARMING STAR
ALICE BRADY
THE HUNGRY HEART
FROM THE FAMOUS PLAY, “FROU-FROU.”
A TENSE PRODUCTION OF POWER, SUPREME SUSPENSE
AND ROMANCE, IN FIVE ABSORBING ACTS.
MUSIC-VIOLIN, PIANO AND DRUMS
General Admission 50 cents Reserved Seats 75c
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN 25c.
* SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.
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