BLAINKFIELD EXPRESS
CONNECTING WITH FAIRBANKS TRAIN.
PASSENGERS BAGGAGE MAIL
Clean Dry Wood for Sale Hauling of All Kind*
OFFICE AT THE TERMINAL. _
Prompt Reliable Satisfactory
STOVES OF ANY KIND MADE TO ORDER
All Workmanehip Guaranteed Pertaining to Heating or Plumbing.
The Nenana Sheet Metal Works street.
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, dose
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.
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-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
resouiccs and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
EX-SERVICE MEN
MAY GET PAPERS;
WAY MADE EASY
United States Commissioner R. S.
McDonald has asked The News to
state, for the benefit of the ex
service men in the district, that
those of them who are desirous of
acquiring citizenship in the United
States may do so now without diffi
culty 'or delay. The way has been
made easy by the return to Fair
banks of District Judge Charles E.
Bunnell, who has announced that he
will hear soldier-applicants for cit
izenship at any time to tuit their
: convenience.
Mr. McDonald says that all that
(is necessary in such cases is for
the applicant to present himself at
the office of the clerk of court, in
Fairbanks. The clerk will arrange
a meeting: with the district at
torney, and the district attorney in
-turn will make the necessary ar
rangements for a hearing before
.Judge Bunnell. It will not be nec
essary for the applicant to wait for
^the regular naturalization hearing,
i Applicants must take their cer
jtificate of honorable discharge with
ithem, and they also must have two
; witnesses ready to vouch for them,
! as it will not be possible to get •
i hearing without attending to these
details.
Mr. McDonald says that there are
a number of ex-service men in the
Nenana district who called on him
to obtain this information, and the
question was taken up by him with
IJudge Bunnell when the judge was
! in Nenana this week.
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Freah Groceries, Fancy and Sla*
i pie. Fowler A Morris.
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ENGLAND IS LOSING
PRIZED WORKS OF ART
_
j LONDON.—The house of com
mons has been informed that large
[ numbers of works of art have been
| leaving this country recently for
'America and elsewhere. The ehan
icellor of the exchequer, Austin
I Chamberlain, said there was no ex
j port duty on works of art, but
/‘there was much to be said in favor
;of imposing such a duty.”
| Dog Hamel* «nd Shoe Findings.
Fowler A Monrii.
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
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YOU
CAN
BUY
WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
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AI BIG POTLATCH; !
HUNDREDS THERE
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The village of Fort Yukon, on
the Yukon river above Tanana, was
the scene, during the holidays, of
an unusually big potlatch, the na
tives having assembled there from
hundreds of miles around. There
were between 400 and 500 in at
tendance and the affair was con
ducted after the manner of such
gatherings, with a large part of the
white population in attendance as
i
spectators. « I
' The whites also staged a Christ
mas celebration of their own, their
potlatch taking the form of a min
strel show, which was largely at
tended and greatly enjoyed. Dr.
Burke, Rev. William Thomas, for
merly of Nenana, and Deputy Mar
shal Spencer acted as endmen, with
Lee Hainline as interlocutor. Miss
Dalziel, Government teacher, and
Mrs. Hainline put on a blackface
specialty.
The same report which tells of
the holiday festivities also states
that game and fur are very scarce
in the Fort Yukon and Circle dis
tricts this winter, a condition that
threatens considerable suffering
among the natives before the end of
the winter. The shortage of game
is particularly unfortunate, because
of the fact that the natives have
little or no fish this winter to tide
themselves over until the water runs
again.
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SYDNEY, Australia. -Sir .Joseph
:<’ook, minister for the navy, is urg
ing military preparedness upon Aus
tralians. At the annual meeting of
the Navy league he said:
| *rSpend your last dollar on pre
paring for a fight to the last. We
have signed the peace, but Europe
is still full of mutual hatreds, even
among the Allies. Until there is a
general movement for disarmament,
ias I hope there soon will be, we
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JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
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JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
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must trust to the Longue of Na- j
tions—and keep our powder dry. I
“We cannot afford to let the rifle 1
rust yet awhile, though we have a ;
League of Nations whicn we hope !
will fructify.’’ he told the National i
Rifle association. "Our rifles must
be kept well oiled, and you must |
be able to shoot them as in times
!
gone by if this country is to be!
safe. We may yet need our rifles J
here in Australia."
To the Women's reform league.
Sir Joseph said: “Our hope must
be centered in the League of Na- j
tions. It is the one great hope of J
the world, but if we cannot make |
it effective in the near future we
had better get ready for the next
war, which will otherwise come as
surely as the sun rises."
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 i
letter 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 unprinted en
velopes for sale by the box and by
the package all sizes, from baroni-'
a) to legal, white and colored, and j
bond and wove.
ARCTIC BATH HOUSE
stands alone in par-excellence of
service and sanitary convenience.
Turkish, Steam, Shower
or Plain Baths, at
MODERATE RATES.
Rooms for Dressing and Resting
in Connection. Also Rooms for
Rent, Transient or Permanent.
Mr. and Mrs. Heimburffer
Proprietors.
SKOF HOUSE
That’s the Place
GOOD BARN FOR HORSES
IN CONNECTION.
Second and Market Sts.
MRS. JAMES LAVIN
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Chop Suey, Noodles
AND
Home-Made Bakery
Northern Cafe
GEORGE TANAKA, Prop.
WOOD
Sawing
ICE and EXPRESS
CYRIELE VERHAEGHE
OKFICF AT
THE TERMINAL
r.s. McDonald
Public Stenography Typewriting
Bookkeeping Conveyancing
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the moat reliable companies
Safety Deposit Boxes
For Rent.
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I Miners and Prospectors! j
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 been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
= nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
| 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. |
| J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary. |
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