THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana. Alaska.
R. G. Southworth . — — — — Editor and Manager
Mrs. R. G. Southworth — — — Circulation Manager
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GOOD WORK
N'enana is to be congratulated
upon having secured a star attrac
tion for the forthcoming celebration
in the form of a three-cornered j
baseball series, with visiting teams
entered from Healy and Fort Gib
bon. With such an attraction as a
foundation, it should not be diffi
cult to make the Nenana celebra
tion one of the most successful in
the history of Interior Alaska and
we believe those in charge will do
it.
The arranging of the baseball!
feature simply shows what can be i
accomplished with the right kind of
effort. Well directed effort and co
operation can accomplish wonders,
and the arrangement of the baseball i
series shows that there is plenty j
of both in Xenana. Let’s work them
harder and oftener hereafter.
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FRENCHMAN FOOLS PUBLIC;
WATCHES DEMPSEY TRAIN
MAXHASSETT, June 23—Car
pentier is hiding his real fighting'
ability behind the stress of listless
public workouts, but during the
morning road workouts in private,
he goes through a series of circus'
stunts for strength developing, such ‘
as cutting down trees, lifting big ■
boulders and tossing his sparring'
partners about. He is careful not to
show his speed and strength when
strangers are about.
While keeping his own work in j
the dark, Carpentier has managed
to get a line on his oppenent by
sending men to the Dempsey train
ing quarters incognito.
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Will Seat 90,000
JERSEY CITY, June 23—Tex
Rickard announces that the arena1
is now so arranged that 90,000 fans
can witness the big fight. He also
states that the sum of $850,000 has'
already been collected in reserva
tions. All the ringside seats have i
been sold, but many of the cheaper!
seats will be held open until the1
day before the battle. {
GULF STORM WRECKS BOATS !
CORPUS CHRITIE. June 23
Six vessels, including one large
Shipping Board tanker, are report
ed to have been sunk today in a |
storm off Fort Arkansas. A three- ;
masted schooner is reported aground
at Galveston, and a tug disabled.
A 60-mile gale is blowing along the
Texas coast.
HERO LOSES LIFE
LEWISTOX, June 23—Harney
Jacobson, aged 19, lost his life to
day in an attempt to prevent the
drowning of Herman Orvis, aged
nine, in the Snake river, Idaho.
INSTRUCTOR LOSES LIFE
PORTLAND, June 23—P. H.
Green, aviation instructor, was kill
ed here today, and Edward Robick,
a student, was badly injured, when
their plane f^ll a distance of 75
feet.
William Hunter will leave tomorr
row for an extended visit in Fair
banks.
CANADIANS LET DOWN BARS
TO LIMITED LIQUOR SALES
VICTORIA, B. C., June 23—With
the corning into force of the British
Columbian Liquor Act, the province
emerges from a three and a half
year “dry” period. The new act is
the result of the referendum taken
on October 20 last throughout the
province, when the people emphatic
ally voted for the sale of liquor in
sealed packages by the government.
The majority in favor of repealing
the Prohibition Act was about 40,
000. The new liquor act is now in
force and the steadily increasing
demand for permits indicates that it
is immensely popular.
The Prohibition Act, which closed
the bars and all public drinking
places throughout the province, cam*
into force on the first day of Oct
ober, 1017, during the war, when
the people, by a small majority,
voted to prohibit the sale of liquor
except by government dispensaries.
In order to purchase liquor under
the Prohibition Act, it was necessary
to first obtain a prescription from
a medical doctor for which a fee of
$2.00 was charged. The maximum
quantity purchasable from a govern
ment dispensary was two gallons of
liquor. So great was the rush on tho
dispensaries and so many prescrip
tions were being issued, that the
government at the session of the
legislature in 1920. amended the act
prohibiting the sale by government
dispensaries of more than eight
ounces on a doctor’s prescription.
In 1919 a move was made to have
the Prohibition Act repealed and
this effort continued until the gov
ernment agreed to submit the ques
tion of future liquor legislation to
the people. A Moderation League
was organized to work for the re
peal of the act, the object of the or
ganizatior, being to obtain the sale
of liquor under government con
trol. It was asserted that bootleg
ging was rampant throughout the
province and that a measure which
would permit of the sale of liquor
under proper control, would be pre
ferable to the Prohibition Act. Tile
Prohibitionists fought for the re
tention of their act, but the Mo
derationists won.
At the last session of the legis
lature, which closed a few weeks ago
the new liquor act was passed, fol
lowing weeks of discussion. It is
being administered by a board of
three appointed by the government.
Under the new act, government
stores are established throughout
the province for the sale of liquor.
These stores are administered by
the Liquor Control Board and each
vendor is an employe of the board.
Sales must only be mads to those
persons holding a government per
mit for the purchase of liquor, and
this permit alone with a written
order for liquor must be presented
at the time of purchase. De
livery of liquor can only ne made
in sealed packages and consumption
of liquor on store premises is not
allowed. Liquor stores do not remain
open for more than eight hours a
day.
Persons applying for liquor permil
| must be of the full age of 21 yean
' and have resided in the province foi
! at least one month. The fee 'or a
permit limited to a single purchase
of liquor is 50 cents. This entitles
the purchaser to buy a maximum
quantity of two quarts of liquoi
other than malt liquor or 12 quart;
of malt liquor. N'o person is allowed
to obtain more than ten single
purchase permits in any one year.
A permit must not be transferred
The Liquor Control Board has power
to cancel permits, as has also a
justice of those convicted of a
violation of the liquor act.
Drunkenness under the act will
not be permitted, and no person
shall permit drunkenness to take
place in any house or on any pre
mises which he is the owner, or
tenant or occupant. Liquor must
not be given to any person under
the influence of liquor, nor must an
intoxicated person be allowed to
consume liquor on any premises. Xo
person shall keep or consume liquor
in any part of an inn other than a
private guest room, and no person
who is not a bone fide guest of the
inn shall be permitted to have or
consume liquor in an inn.
Every authorized person selling
liquor shall be liable for a first
offense to imprisonment with hard
labor for not less than six months
and not more than twelve months,
and for a second or subsequent off
ense, imprisonment with hard labor
for not less than one year nor more
than 21 months. If the offender is
a corporation, a $1,000 fine is im
posed for the first offense and from
$2,000 to $6,000 for the subsequent
offenses. Penalties for other infrac
tions of the law are also provided.
The Liquor Board, at its first
session, decided to speed everything
possible in connection with opening
operation by the board. In the pro
vince of Ontario, however, directly
the opposite prevailed at an election
Jield on April 17. Practically the
same conditions prevailed. Ontario
went dry in war times but after de
mobilization, adopted an importa
tion law under which it was legal
to import liquor by the case for
home consumption. The people asked
for a test of wet and dry sentiment
and on the vote the province went
emphatically “dry”.
GOTHAM LANDLORD LEASES
SMALL LOT FOR HUGE SUM
NEW YORK, June 23—Manhat
tan Island, once sold by an Indian
for $24 and a few drinks of fire
water, has become so valuable that
a tiny plot stretching only 31 feet
along Broadway recently was leased
for an annual rental of about
S133 a square foot. Real estate
men declare this is the highest fig
ure for which land was ever rent
ed here.
The site is at Broadway and 34th.
street, and extends about 50 feet
along the latter. Several years ago
a department store wished to buy the
corner lot, having procured the
land on both sides as the site of
a skyscraper. But the owner would
not sell, even for a million dollars,
and the big store had to' erect itt
home around the small building.
A four-story structure, housing
on the ground floor a busy cigai
store, still remains on the valuable
corner lot, and on all sides lofty
buildings rear their bulks of steel
and stone. The new lessee, who will
pay $3,500,000 for rent, taxes and
other expenses over a period of 21
years, plans to erect a narrow sky
scraper on the triangular plot. A
candy-making corporation will oc
cupy the building.
Twenty years ago Robert S. Smith
who owns the property, startler
realty men by paying $387,000 foi
the land, which has only 1,250 feel
of area. He had come to America
with only $5.75 from his nativt
Russia in 1880. When he bough!
the property he was told such i
small strip was not worth the pries
and could never be profitable.
Within a few hours after the S3,
500,000 lease was drawn up, an
other candy concern offered tei
thousand more a year for the land
but it was too late.
Miss Dorothy Perrin, daughter of
Peter Perrin, well known oldtimei
of the Tolovana district, arrived in
Nenana on the steamer Yukon this
morning. She will go to Brooks to
join her father on the next trip of
I the steamer Carl White.
J. A. McIntyre, a recent arrival
in town, is registered at the South
ern hotel.
j A. R. W. (Bob) Blythe is a visit
| or in N'enana. having arrived on the
j steamer Carl White.
i In the Probate Court for the Terri
i tory of Alaska, Fourth Division,
| N'enana Precinct.
In the Matter of the Estate of T. F.
i Murphy, Deceased.
I NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT
! Notice is hereby given that the
i undersigned has filed her final ac
! count as administratrix of the above
j estate, and the above entitled Court
! has fixed 2:00 o’clock P. M., July
| 18, 1921, at the office of the above
I Court, in N'enana, Alaskh, as the
| time and place for hearing said
■ petition. All persons having objec
j tions to said account should file
I same with said Court on or before
said date.
MRS. M. J. SWEENEY.
Administratrix
Date of first publication May 19-21
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WALLACE B. GALOERHEAD
Engraving
Watchmaking
Jeweler
HEALY,-ALASKA
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WATCH FOR OUR DISPLAY OF
NEW GOODS
WHEN THE FIRST BOAT ARRIVES
BACON, HAM, BUTTER FRUITS OF All KINOS
NEW REMINGTON AMMUNITION
Note Our Di.pUy of ALUMINUM NOVELTIES at Prc-w.r Price.
BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES AT
FOWLER & MORRIS
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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
DOC BARNS
FRESH TOMATOES
75c per pound
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Lettuce Radishes
Green Onions
Cucumbers
NENANA GARDENS
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Rex Cox, who recently arrived
from the coast, has accepted a
position as chef at the Tavern cafe. 4
If Comfort, Economy and the
Environment* of Home
Appeal to Yon,
STOP AT THE
MONTANA
SPECIAL RATES BY WEEK
OR MONTH.
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Celebrate the
FOURTH OF JULY
-IN
NENANA
CHAMPIONSHIP
Baseball Series
NENANA—ET. GIBBON—HEALY
Auto Races
Aquatic Sports
Children’s Races
Train leaves Healy Satur
day noon—Returns on
Tuesday morning
WATCHES
JEWELRY
Watch Repairing
DESIGNING AND NATIVE
JEWELRY A SPECIALTY
WM. TAYLOR
Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST MONDAY EACH MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke Geo. S. Smith
Secretary. President.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Schedule of trains, subject to
change without notice:
LEAV E NENANA for Healy on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and ■,
Saturday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Healy at 1 p. m.
LEAVE FAIRBANKS for Nenana
on Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m.
Returning leaves Nenana at 1:30
p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY *
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER, ALF EKELANU, ^
Secretary Dictator