WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
member of associated press
N Eh ANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921
NUMBER 181
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WESTERN UNION APPEALS TO SENATORS
OREGON LA WMAKERS TO TALK ALIEN LAND LA W
NENANA TO CONNECT KANTISHNA WITH RIVER ROUTE
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LAWMAKERS OF OREGON
MAY REWARD SOLDIERS
SALEM, Jan. 11—The thirty-first
bi-ennial session of the Oregon
state legislature convened in this
eity yesterday, both houses being
overwhelmingly Republican.
Among the important measures
to be considered by the lawmakers
are mentioned: one dealing with the
Japanese question, one providing for
the issuance of ten million dollars
in bonds for highway construction,
one for the protection’of bond in
vestors, one providing for a bonus
for service men and one for the pro
motion of tourist traflic.
SCOTT IS APPOINTED TO
TAKE MONEY FOR RELIEF
John H. Scott, local agent of the
American Yukon Navigation com
pany, has been appointed chairman
of the Nenana district for the rais
ing of funds for the relief of the
starving children of Europe. His ap
pointment was made known in a
wire received from J. A. Clark, of
Fairbanks, who is chairman of the
Fourth division. The telegram reads
as follows: “Eight great European
relief organizations have consolid
ated with Herbert Hoover as chair
man. Governor Riggs has been ap
pointed chairman for Alaska and ;-j
has appointed me chairman for the
Fourth division. Hoover estimates
sum of thirty-three million dollars
necessary to save lives of three and
one-half million starving children in
Europe. One dollar will keep a child
adive one month. Will you act .is
chairman your community. Collect
funds, forward to me, Please wire
me last day of month total of sub
scriptions.”
Mr. Scott believes that the fact
that Herbert Hoover is taking hold
of the movement indicates that the
situation is fully as bad as reported.
He believes too, that if folks can
be made to realize that it is little
children who are in need, they will
contribute to die fund readily, for
the cause is a worthy one.
Mr. Scott plans to distribute a
number of lists for the convenience
of those desiring to subscribe, and
he says that any donations will be
very gladly received.
NENANA
has the
ONLY
FIRST-CLASS
PRINTING
ESTABLISHMENT
in
INTERIOR
ALASKA
EQUIPPED
TO TURN OUT
ALL KINDS
OF WORK
on
SHORT NOTICE
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STATE DEPARTMENT ACCUSED
OF PERSECUTING COMPANY
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GOING AFTER COMBINES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11
Officials of the department of justice
are authority for the statement that
it is the intention of the department
to proceed vigorously and expedi
tiously against all violators of the
Sherman anti-trust law, in connec
tion with certain important lines
of building material. Investigators
of the department have been at
work on the matter for some time,
h is announced.
MAJOR LEAGUE MAGNATES
TO MAKE BIG CLEANUP
CHICAGO, Jan. 11—One of the
most thorough house-cleanings in
! the history of baseball is planned
I by the owners of the various clubs
before the commencement of the
1921 season, according to plans di
i vulged here this week. It is also an
| nounced that a meeting is scheduled
I at which the National agreement
and the pact between the majority
league will be revamped. It is under
stood that new forms of players’
contracts are to be drawn.
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1 SEAPLANES MAKE HEADWAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11—The
four seaplanes of the navy squad
ron which are making a flight from
San Diego to Panama canal, are re
| ported to have reached San Sal
■ vador on Sunday.
NORTHERN FIRE FATAL
SWIFT CURRENT, Sask., Jan. 11
'—The destruction of the city hall
by fire yesterday cause the loss of
one life and the loss of much prop
i erty, the entire town being in .dang
! er for a time.
COAST LADIES ARRIVE
^ ON INTERIOR OUTING
The train arriving from the end
of steel last night brought two
new ladies to Nenana, on their first
visit to Interior Alaska. They are
Mrs. Fred Carlquist, a member of
the nursing staff at the Govern
ment hospital at Anchorage, and
Mrs. Weber, wife of Phil Weber
of the Anchorage A. E. C. store.
The ladies are on a vacation trip
and will return to the coast probably
at the end of the present week.
They went to Fairbanks on today’s
train for a short stay in the up
per town.
The outing thus far has been a
source of continual pleasure. The
visitors encountered good weather
and good trails on the trip over
the Pass, and the weather inside is
proving equally delightful. Both
ladies are enthusiastic over the trip
and they predict that the completion
of the railroad will find travel al
ready well established between the
coast and the Interior. Like others
who have made the trip, they say the
Pass country abounds in beautiful
scenery, which should prove a big
attraction in the years to come.
WASHINGTON, £>. C., J in. 11—
Newcomb Carlton, president of the
Western Union company, appeared
before the senate committee this
week and charged that the state
department “has been guilty of
making threats against the Cub- i
government” to prevent the issuance
of permits to the Western Union
company for landing cables on the
islands.
Carlton declared that the depart
ment is pursuing, to the point of
persecution, its differences with *he
company over the attempt to 1* ..
a cable from the Barbados, with
which to establish a new line of
communication with South America.
Statement Denied
Acting Secretary of State Davis
denied before the committee that
his department had brought any
pressure to bear on the Cuban gov
ernment to prevent the landing of
cables.
NENANA TO BUILD
KANTISHNA TRAIL
I With a view to shortening the1
distance between the Kantishna dis
trict and the logical base of sup
plies for that promising region, the
! people of Nenana have decided to
begin work immediately on a winter
sled road between the town of Ne
nana and Knight’s roadhouse, on
the old-established Kantishna trail
which now connects with the Gov
ernment railroad at a point 26 miles
south of Nenana. The proposed
trail will give immediate and very
substantial relief to the miners of
the Kantishna and adjacent districts
by reducing the cost of moving sup
plies and by the elimination of de
lay and inconveience incident to
connecting with trains at Kobe sta
tion. !
The question was discussed and
action decided upon at a largely at
tended metting of businessmen and
others, held in the lobby of the j
Cooney hotel last night. A large |
map, prepared by Herman Anderson,
showed several suggested wagon
roads routes between the Kantishna
district and various points on the
Government railroad, and there were
a number of oldtimers present who
were able to supply the meeting
with all the data needed. And after
a thorough discussion of the ques
tion,, it was clear to everyone there!
that the Nenana-Toklat route is the)
most desirable from every angle, of
any thus far suggested, not only for
a winter trail, but also for a per
manent wagon road.
The meeting was called by L. J.
McCarty, Nenana representative of
the Waechter Bros, company. He
interested himself in the movement
seveeral days ago and, after mak
ing sore that sufficient funds could l
be obtained locally to put the road
through, a meeting was called for
the purpose of taking action. Mr.
McCarty was chosen chairman of
the meeting, and Alex Fowler, sec
retary-treasurer, and the two officers
and Andy Roth will serve as a
finance committee. The work of ar
ranging for the trail building was
Sam Fedderson, oldtimer of the
Kantishna district, is a recent ar
rival in town, having made the trip
to seek medical advice.
entrusted to a committee of five, to
be appointed by the chairman, and
to be limited in thei- expenditures*
to the amount obtained by the fin- i
ance committee. It is believed, how-1
ever, that the cost of the work pro
posed will not exceed $1000.
The meeting was supplied with
much valuable information by Game
Warden J. M. Burrows, who is sta
tioned in the Kantishna and who ,
knows the region thoroughly. He
has been over the routes under in- j
vestigation by the Alaska Road com
mission and is convinced the Nenana
route is the ouly feasible one thus
far suggested, for winter or summer
road or for a railroad. His argu- ,
ments were supported by Sam Fed
derson, another oldtimer of the Kan- ;
tishna region. He expressed the be
lief that Kantishnaites will give the
N'enana road their solid support, 1
as being more generally desirable I
than either of the routes investgated <
by the road commission. 1
Herman Anderson talked interest- 1
ingly of the possibilities of mining i
and trade developmet, as the re
sult of connecting the Kantishna ;
and Nenana by direct road, and
he showed how such a road, if
made permanent, would prove tre
mendously valuable to the entire '
Interior coutry, by providing a direst '
route from the Kantishna to navi- 1
gable water, as well as connecting
with the Government railroad. He
also pointed out that such a road
might easily be made of value to
pleasure seekers and tourists, by ex
tension a few miles to the Lake Min
chumina district, one of the world’s
greatest hunting grounds, and a re
gion filled with scenic grandeur.
Chairman McCarty is making the
selection of his committeemen today
and it is expected the work of road
building will be well under way
within the next few days. It may
take a month to complete the work,
but Mike Cooney, who offered to
take the contract for $1000, is of
the opinion that it should not take
much over two weeks.
WASHINGTON, D C. Jan 11—
The census records * 1 •!»" were
destroyed by a fire in ‘-he basement
si the department »f mmirce
building last night.
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HARDING CALLS ANOTHER
DEMOCRAT TO CONFERENCE
MARION, Jan. 11—President
elect Harding has called another
Democrat to Marion to confer on
the question of the proposed asso
riation of nations. He is William
Sharp, former ambassador to the
French republic. Col. Galbreath, na
ional commander of the American
legion, is also here for the purpose
3f discussing the questions of pre
paredness and soldier relief sugges
tions.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE BROKEN;
IRISH PEACE IS DEYAYED
LONDON, Jan. 11—The Daily
innounces that negotiations between
Father O'Flanagan, acting presi
dent of the Sinn Fein, and Premiei
Lloyd George have been broken
iff and may not be resumed. As a
result of the conferences, it is said
n official circles that the outlook
for peace in Ireland "is not as
■atisfactory as could be hoped for."
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Republican Divisional Committee
nan Thos. A. Marquam and Charles
3eam, candidate for U. S. marshail
)f the Fourth division, came down
Tom Fairbanks today and will be
lere until Friday.
Leonte Verson is an arrival in
own from the canyon, where he has
»een engaged, with a number of as
sociates, in grading work. They have
ompleted their contract and will
ake another as soon as they can get
l settlement.
SECOND TEACHER ENCAGED
TO ASSIST AT SCHOOL
Mrs. Laveme Maurath has been
engaged by the Nenana school
x>ard to assist Miss Dorothy de la
>ole at the Franklin K. Lane school
ind assumed her new duties yes
erday morning. She will help mom
ngs with the classes during the re
nainder of the term, her employ
nent having been found necessary
a enable Miss de la Pole to make
ip the time lost during the early
ipring, when the studies were in
terrupted by the influenza epidemic,
rhe necessity for making up this
vork, coupled with the great num
>er of grades,, made a bigger task
than could be handled to advantage
>y a single teacher, and in order
hat the children might have the
>pportunity to make their grades,
he board secured permission from
Commissioner of Education L. D.
Henderson to employ an assistant
teacher for part time, during the
remainder of the term.
The new arrangement is working
rery satisfactorily and promises to
>rove a big help both to the child
ren and to Miss de la Pole.
CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS
TAKE POSITIVE STAND
SACRAMENTO^ Jun. ll—The
lower branch of the state legislature
has given its unanimous approval
to the senate resolution asking that
no treaty with Japan granting cit
zenship to Japanese, or nullifying
the provisions of the anti-alien
land law. This is the first measure
of the present session to pass bitn
branches of the legislature.
Chairman McCarty informed .he
News this afternoon that he had ap
pointed the following as raembir
of tho committee to conclude ar
rangements for the road: J. M. Hut
rows, Herman Anderson, James Ha
an, Frank Tuefel and W. R. Tay
lor. This committee and the mem
bers of the finance committee will
meet at Andy Roth's place at 8
o’clock tonight.
GENIAL TRAIL HOTELMAN
IS PAYING NENANA VISIT
J. W Bain, penial proprietor ot'
the popular Panorama. View road
house, on the Broad Pass trail, is
spending a few days in town on
> business and reports much activity
j in his district. This is the first time
jin nearly two years that Mr. Bun
I has been able to leave his estab
! lishment, where he is • kept busy
catering to the public, including
travelers between steel and miner
and operators of the Valdez creek
district.
j me panorama view is not omy
the pateway to Mr. McKinley Nn
tional park, but also the key and
base of supply for the vast and
rich mineral placer belt known as
■ Valdez creek. There are at the
j present time quite a number o!
j mininp men preparing for their
summer operations, moving some
tons of merchandise from Mr
Bain’s place by team, for use when
•the big hydraulic plants are started
in the spring.
Mr. Bain states that one of the
! outfits alone employs 30 men dur
j inp the working season, another ten
land there are, in addition, several
! smaller outfits Never before did
I the outlook for the district loo.,
so bright as it does this year.
The Abbot residency takes in thN
section of the country and ther.
are a number of men already at
work there, which alone insures
busy season for the popular Bam
establishment.
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