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STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
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Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
T ourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, fanning, 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, arc now easily
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much minin? ac
tivity.
Fanning 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-I)earing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts arc noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
fo 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 dose 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
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10 START CENSUS
Dr. J. L. Forbes, special agent in
charge of census taking in the
Fourth Alaska district, which covers
the drainage of the upper Yukon
and its tributaries, from Eagle to
the upper mouth of the Innoko,
above Kaltag, arrived in Nenana
yesterday afternoon from the lower
river to start the work of gathering
names and other census data in this
section of Alaska. The work will
be done by two special agents ap
pointed by Dr. Forbes, the appoint
ees being Rev. F. B. Drane and
another local resident whose name
has not yet been made public.
In addition to directing the work
■ of the eleven special agents who
J will do the enumerating in the vari
1 ous towns and localities in the
i Fourth district, Dr. Forbes is per
forming the work of enumerator-at
large himself—gathering the scat
tering names between Tanana and
Kokrines and Tanana and Fairbanks,
j His present trip, which he is mak
ing with a team of ten dogs and a
native driver—Chief Luke, of Tan
jana—will take him to Fairbanks;
thence across country to Circle;
thence to Fort Yukon and Christian
j village, 160 miles northwest of Fort
Yukon, above the Chandlar. From
! that point he will make his way
;down the Yukon river to Tanana.
.Later, if ice conditions wall permit,
he will make a trip to Allakaket,
;on the Koyukuk.
The w-ork of census taking began
.on the second of January and must
: be completed by the end of May.
I In order to cover the district thor
joughly in the time allowed. Dr.
Forbes has appointed eleven special
j agents, one each for Rampart, Lou
'den. Fort Yukon, Koyukuk river,
| Hog river, and Eagle, and two each
for N’enana and Fairbanks. Rev.
jRIarplc and Ross Johnson will do
j the counting in the Fairbanks dis
- trict. and Rev. William Thomas is
'special agent for the Koyukuk river.
Dr. Forbes explains that he has
appointed missionaries wherever pos
sible for the reason that their ei
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ployment cuts down the cost consid-1
erably. For instance, Rev. Thomas,
who is now at Fort Yukon, will
make a trip into the Koyukuk coun
try in connection with his church'•
work and the census bureau will be
charged only for the actual work
performed for the bureau. Were
the bureau compelled to send an
enumerator into that remote district
for the particular purpose of taking
the census, the cost would be very
much greater. "The appointment!
of special agents for enumeration :
work in the communities in w'hich:
they reside and in districts through ;
which their regular work requires!
them to travel, will enable the bu- ‘
reau to take the Alaska census this !
year for about half the cost of the j
last census,” Dr. Forbes informed
The News today. "It is estimated j
that the present census can be taken ■
for about $40,000, while the census i
taken ten years ago cost the bureau
$78,000.”
Dr. Forbes says he has no idea1
what the white population of his dis- i
trict is at present, but he believes !
the enumeration now in progress
will show an increase in the number
of natives in the Interior country. ’
There has been ten births at Tanana j
thus far this winter, he says, and he
believes the birth rate at other 1
points has more than kept pace with I
the death rate during the past sev-j
era! years. j
The natives, and whites, too, have j
been hard hit this winter along the
Yukon and its tributaries. Dr.
Forbes says, by the shortage of sal
mon. Dogfish is practically off the j
market, he says. Dealers at Circle !
and other Interior points are asking !
25 cents a pound for the fish, and j
at Fort Yukon the price is 80 cents. !
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At many places along the trail,;
where fish are plentiful usually, none'
is to be had this winter at any j
price. The doctor arrived in Nenana
with just four feeds of fish for his
team, and he is not sure how he j
is going to get across to Circle,
where a reserve supply has been
arranged for by wire. He thinks
perhaps he and his driver may be
able to snare a caribou enroute.
Dr. Forbes is not a stranger in
Nenana. He was here two years
ago, having been sent to Nenana by
the Presbyterian Board of Sunday
Schools to arrange for the estab
lishment of a 1‘rebyterian church I
here. The work was started by
him and later turned over to Robert
Joseph Diven. I.ater in the year,
Dr. Forbes was appointed superin
tendent of Government schools, with
headquarters at Tanana.
In spite of his years, Dr. Forbes
takes keen pleasure in mushing be
hind a dog team, and his work as
superintendent takes him over many
miles of trail in the course of a J
winter. During his first winter in
the North he made a 900-mile trip
to the coast, and each winter since
then he has spent much of his time
on the trail.
I Dr. Forbes plans to leave for
Fairbanks on Frday’s train, and will
hit the trail there for Circle.
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LONDON.—The founding of a '
London chapter of the American
Legion has been officially sanctioned
by the National Council of the le- j
gion. Edward Cantor, American Le- 1
gion commissioner for Europe, has |
received a charter from America.
Many former members of the Am- j
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enrolled. The chapter is to take
over the Washington Inn, the fam- j
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on leave from France to London,
the object being to keep the vet
erans in touch with one another.
There are accommodations for 100
men, a place thus being provided
for visiting members of the Ameri
can chapters when in London.
Lady Waldorf Astor is a patroness
of the new chapter.
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| Miners and Prospectors! f
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS ' f
According to a recently issued Court Order by |
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has heen enlarged to take in the Bon- §
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts. =
2 Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be f
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within §
| easy reach of their mining activities. §
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. §
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. |
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