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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
DOG BARNS
TYPEWRITER PAPER IS
ON SALE BY THE NEWS
A shipment of typewriter paper,
of the standard American brand,
has just been unpacked at The News
office, where it is on sale by the
box or in any other quantity desired.
The sizes include both legal and
fetter and the weights range from
the lightest to heavy.
The paper was bought right and
is being sold at a close margin of
profit.
The News also has anprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package—all sizes, frorr baroni
al to legal, white and colored, and
bond and wove.
Henan*. Where Balls and Rivers Meet
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Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done.
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
tivity.
< Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of access, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
ANOTHER RAISE
Assistant Chief Engineer William
Oerig recently called a meeting of
the shop and yard men at Anchor
age, which includes practically ev
ery craft employed by Alaskan En
gineering commission, for the pur
pose of discussing with Colonel
Mears, immediately upon his return
from Xenana, several matters, in
cluding working conditions, annual
leave, and wages.
Mr. Gerig had previously met a
committee representing these vari
ous crafts, but it was desired to
give everyone an opportunity to ex
press himself.
Because of limited room, the
crafts were divided, part meeting
one one day and the remainder on
the following day, during the latter
part of April. A total of between
,130 and 140 men attended, and a
free and frank discussion resulted,
following Colonel Mears' opening
remarks. A number of requests,
scuh as better facilities in the shops,
a safety committee of employes,
paying off during working hours,
etc., were granted by the commis
sion officials.
Also on the question of wages
Colonel Mears agreed to a further
increase of 2Vfe cents per hour for
hourly men and $5 per month for
monthly men, in addition to the
raise of five cents per hour for
hourly men and $10 per month for
monthly men, which had previously
been granted, all increases to be ef
fective April first. This further ad
justment conforms the wages on
the Government railroad to those
paid on the Copper River & North
western railroad, where conditions
closely approach those under which
men on the Government project are
; working, and are as high as or high
er than wages paid by any other
railroad within the domain of the
United States.
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| This increase gives the common
laborer in the Southern division $5
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per day, and the skilled mechanic,
such as machinist, blacksmith and
boilermaker, $7.20 per day, with
.other crafts in proportion.
| Since the meetings referred to.
the men of the several crafts have
voted en masse to accept the rates
as indicated and have so notified
the commission officials,
j Throughout the meetings there
was a display of cordial good feel
ing, and many suggestions were
made which will prove of benefit to
’all concerned. With this good feel
ing prevalent, comments the An
jehorage Times, and hundreds of re
.cruits coming in from the States to
swell the ranks, the construction
. work should go forward this season
in splendid fashion.
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JOHN KETOOROKY
Proprietor.
EYES CF EDITOR
OPENED BY TRIP
VIA BROAD PASS
The Government railroad, when it
is completed, will open up the most
wonderful scenic region in the
world, and one that is not surpassed
anywhere in opportunities for de
velopment of natural resourecs, ac
cording to J. E. Pegues, former
editor of the Fairbanks Citizen, who
arrived in Anchorage recently by
the way of Broad Pass, enroute to
Juneau. The trip was made from
Fairbanks in seven days’ easy trav
eling, the trail between ends of
steel being in fine shape.
Rushing Preparations.
On all sides, Mr. Pegues informed
a representative of the Anchorage
Times, the A. E. C. is rushing its
preparations for a strenuous season.
Teams are hauling all kinds of sup
plies and materials from Mile 242,
the present end of steel on the An
chorage division, northward for the
benefit of contractors (luring the
coming summer.
On the Nenana end of the line
many outfits are now blasting the
roadbed through the rock walls of
the Nenana canyon. The work there
is being limited on account of a
lack of necessary supplies and ma
terials which could not be obtained
last year on account of insufficient
funds. Despite all handicaps, .how
ever. the road builders are making
good progress.
Fine Coal Vein Opened.
At the junction of the Healy and
Nenana rivers, about fifty miles
south of Nenana, the Healy River
Coal corporation, after considerable
prospecting, has opened up a good
vein of lignite coal of excellent
quality, and during the summer will
install modern mining machinery and
being production on a good scale.
The vein covers practically all of
the 160 acres held by the company
and is dry and sound, being free
from foreign rock, dirt and clay.
This corporation expects to mine
and market between 00.000 and
40,000 tons of coal during the pres
ent year. The placer mining oper
ators in the Fairbanks district are
preparing to use this for fuel to
replace wood, which has become too
high to permit extensive operations.
Hundrods of Prospectors.
In the entire region touched by
and adjacent to the railroad hun
dreds of prospectors are scattered
in the hills, and unconfirmed re
ports are being heard of likely
looking finds of ore, both free-mill
ing and base. The Kantishna dis
trict and the region just south of
Broad Pass, both east and west of
the right-of-way, seem to be the
goal of most of the prospectors.
Mr. Pegues is enroute to Juneau,
■where he will be employed as city
editor of the Juneau Empire.
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Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kindt
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
PUBLIC MARKETS SEND
PRICES DOWN IN JAPAN
TOKIO.—Fifty more public mar
kets to sell food and other necessi-!
ties will be established here and in |
the suburbs by the Tokio prefecture.
50 similar markets opened last year'
to adjust the price of commodities
having shown satisfactory results.
A general slump in prices o:
stocks occurred recently on the To-:
kio exchange. The drop was most
noticeable in the cotton spinning'
companies. Prices of rice and silk1
also declined, due, it is believed, to
the tightness of the money market.
Awnings, Tarps and Nets made to
order. Suits cleaned and pressed, at .
D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Street*.
Jfenana, the Gateway to McKinley
National Pert
CARLSON’S
BROAD PASS
ROADHOUSE
42 Miles from End of Steel.
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
KENNELS IN CONNECTION
HEALY RIVER i
ROADHOUSE I
END OF STEEL I
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ONS, SIX SLEIGHS, TEN
HORSE STABLE, THREE
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KNUT KOLAND
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Environment! of Home
Appeal to You,
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MRS. BERT JOHNSON
Proprietress
WOOD
Sawing
ICE and EXPRESS
CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
OFFICE AT
THE TERMINAL
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD BARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts. i
MRS. JAMES LAVIN i
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1 Miners and Prospectors! |
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF REGOROING PRECINCTS {
| According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. i
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within |
= easy reach of their mining activities. g
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. |
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. §
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