Cooney Hotel and Annex
HOT AND COLD WATER AND BATHS
ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE
COMFORT AND SERVICE UNEXCELLED
DOC BARNS
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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
letter and the weights range from
the lightest to heavy.
I^ie paper was bought right and
is being sold at a close margin of
profit.
The News also has unprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package—all sizes, frorr baroni
al to legal, white and colored, and
bond and wore.
Henana. Where Rails and Rlvere Moot
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 tho
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
SECRETARY IELLS i
WHY ALASKA GETS!
LIBERAL LEASES
Under date of April 13, the in
.erior department issued a circular
?xplaining the oil land leasing- terms
in Alaska, and the reason for inak
ng them more liberal than else
where. The circular says:
“Secretary Payne has issued reg
ulations prescribing the royalties
ind rentals under oil and gas leases
in the Territory of Alaska, act of
February 25, 1920. The act recog
nizes that conditions in Alaska war
rant more liberal terms than in the
I'nited States proper, prospectors be
ing given double the time for ex
ploratory operations to that granted
in the States, and the secretary be
ing expressly authorized to waive
the payment of any rental or roy
alty for the first five years of any
case. Under this authority, and
having in view the harsher condi
tions attendant upon prospecting and
development in the remote district*
where oil indications are found in
the Territory, some of them being
more than 200 miles north of the
Arcitc circle, and also in view of
the national necessity for new dis
coveries, the secretary has adopted
a more libera! scale of royalties
and rentals those fixed for the
States. The ruhes and regulations
issued provide that as to leases
granted under the relief section. 22,
no royalty shall be paid for the
first five years, except in case where
the producing wells yield an av
erage of 100 barrels or more per
well per day, in which case the
royalty is fixed at 5 percent; for
the second five years after date of
issue the royalty is fixed at 5 per
cent, and for the succeeding ten
years at 10 percent.
“Upon leases granted in Alaska
under prospecting permits, section
14 of the act. the permittee is giver,
a lease for one-fourth of the area
of the permit without royalty for
the first five years and will be re
quired thereafter to pay 5 percent
upon all oil produced. On the re
maining lands to which the law
gives him a preference right, he is
not required to pay royalty for the
first five years, except in those ease.
where the wells yield an average of
100 barrels or more per well pel
day, paying in that case 5 percent
royalty: for the second five year;
a royalty of 5 percent is prescribed
and for the succeeding ten years i
royalty of 10 percent. Where tht
wells upon a claim average less thar
10 barrels per well per day, nc
royalty is prescribed.
“Lessees under both the relief
and prospecting sections are relievec
from the payment of any rental dur
ing the first five years succeedint
date of lease. Thereafter they wil
be required to pay a rental of If
cents per acre, in advance, rentals
however, to be credited upon roy
•alties accruing for the year.
“Rentals on gas, if any be pro
duced, are not fixed, but will b<
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TEAMING OUTFIT
FOR SALE
FOUR HORSES, FOUR WAG
ONS, SIX SLEIGHS, TEN
HORSE STABLE. THREE
ROOM HOUSE.
KNUT ROLAND
prescribed in each lease issued.
“It is hoped that the encourage
ment to exploration thus afforded
will lead to active and earnest ef-1
fort on the part of oil prospectors
and to the discovery of important
oil resources in Alaska."
Knu Shoes—Men’s and Women’s.
Fowler & Morris.
TO PROTECT PUBLIC
The Alaska Canners’ association
is preparing for fhe 1920 inspection
of N'orthern packs. This inspection
service, says the Seattle Alaska Dis
patch. will be carried on with a view
of reducing poor packs to the min
imum. The service was started in
1918 by W. L. Crawford, and in
1910 the work was well in hand.
Among Mr. Crawford's assistants
were several experienced fish war
dens from Oregon and Washington
and numerous university students.
The inspection plan is the resu’t
of efforts of cannerymen themselves.
Considerable fish was condemned
at Seattle during the winter season,
entailing a loss that it was felt could
be avoided in the future by proper
inspection. Labels will bear the in
spected trade mark of the National
:
Canners' association, so that con
sumers will have the assurance that
they are getting foods prepared un
der sanitary conditions.
The 1920 pack is due to be a
heavy one. according to the known
averages of the salmon “run.” Con
fidence in the market is shown in
the fact that A 0 percent of the
catch has already been sold. A big
run of Alaska pinks is expected.
Practically all the cannery crews
have equipped and sailed for the
Alaska cannery grounds. The fish
will begin running about June 24
and will cease about August 15.
I Awnings, Tarps and Nets made to
order. Suits cleaned and pressed, at
D'ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Street*.
SCHOOLS OF TERRITORY
GEf MONEY FROM MINERS
Secretary of the Interior Payne
has ruled that all the profits from
coal operations at Eska must be paid
into the territorial treasury for the
benefit of the Alaska school fund.
The decision was rendered on ap
peal by Governor Thomas Risers, Jr.,
from a contrary decision by the
commissioner of the general land
office. The decision is based on
the fact that the coal mines there
i
are on Section 16, one of the two
'sections in each township reserved
for school purposes.
Governor Riggs was supported in
his appeal by a brief written by
Attorney General J. C. Murphy.
Governor Riggs instituted the pro
ceedings some time ago.
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Henana. tha Gateway to McKinley
Mattonal Park.
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MUSIC—VIOLIN AND PIANO.
General Admission 50c. Reserved Seats 75c.
NO WAR TAX
SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN, 25c
SHOW STARTS AT EIGHT O’CLOCK.
Nenana Steam Laundry
OUR EQUIPMENT COMPLETE DL *70
WORK EQUAL TO THE BEST lllOne
J. F. BENNETT. GEORGE RICf
BLAINKFIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL.
NOTICE OF QUARANTINE.
A quarantine is hereby establish
ed in favor of Brooks and Liveli
hood and against all outlying com
munities and all persons are for
bidden to travel to or from said i
.
places.
J. A. SUTHERLAND,
Assistant Territorial Health Com
missioner.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
CARLSON’S
BROAD PASS
ROADHOUSE
42 Miles from End of Steel.
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
KENNELS IN CONNECTION
i HEALY RIVER j
I ROADHOUSE I
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1 END OF STEEL i
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j LEO RODRIGUE J
! Proprietor.
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If Comfort, Economy and the
Environment* of Home
Appeal to You,
| STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
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.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
Xanana, the Gateway to McKinley
National Park
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| Miners and Prospectors!
§ NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS
1 According to a recently issued Court Order by
1 Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re
2 cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
1 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.
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB,
i J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary.
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