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“It is not impossible that I shall
be an independent candidate for the
legislature,” writes Mrs. Cornelia
Templeton Hatcher, president of the
Alaska Women’s Christian Temper
ance union, from Detroit, Mich., to
| Winfield Ervin, of the Bank of An
chorage. Mrs. Hatcher has been
East several months, visiting her
daughter and plans on returning to
Anchorage on the first boat in the
spring.
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Norman Anderson Writes From
Camp Johnson That He May
Be Detained There.
In a letter recently received by
Harold Anderson, Norman Anderson,
formerly on Chief Doner’s staff with
the A. E. C. here, writes that he
has been appointed to the rank of
corporal and expects to be kept at
home now, instead of getting away
for France, as he had hoped.
Norman stated that special men
tion had been made of the voluntary
enlistments that had been made from
Alaska, and at the time he wrote,
did not believe that the Alaska
registrants would be drafted.
He also continued, that the con
sensus of opinion in the South was
that the war was yet to be of sev
eral years duration and for that
reason every preparation was being
made, the men all being thoroughly
armed before they even leave the
camp for France, no matter what
branch of the service they are in.
'“Several thousand of the boys from,
Camp Johnson will lapve for France
about March 15th” said Norman,
■‘and it looked as if I will have to
stay here, my company being the
only one detained on this side.”
Norman would like to hear from
any of the boys in Nenana, his ad
dress being Corporal Norman An
derson, Service Company No. 1,
Camp Johnson, Florida.
Mesrs R. B. Ward, acting division
engineer, and G. Fenton Cramer,
special disbursing agent, left this
morning with the Commission
dog team for Residency 4 (43-mile)
on a business trip. They will visit
all the camps along the line. Mr.
Cramer will also sell Third Liberty
Loan bonds and war savings stamps
andt he party expect to return to
Nenana in a few days.
Gene Sullivan, who recently left
Nenana enroute to the Good News
Bay country, reached Ruby on March
21.
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'CLUB MORSES
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FOR ROAD CHIEF
Member* of Commercial Club Be
j lieve Packer Should Be Given
Charge.
It is the opinion of the members
of the Nenana Commercial club that
j Superintendent of Construction W.
L. Packer should be placed in full
| charge of the work of the Alaskan
Engineering commission in the Ne
nana division. This opinion was ex
pressed yesterday, at a regular meet
ing of the club, in the form of a
motion to recommend the appoint
ment of Mr. Packer as head of the
division, and a committee was named
to take the matter up with the
Nenana Labor union with a view to
forwarding a joint recommendation
to Chairman W. C. Edes. This ac
tion met with the unanimous ap
proval of the members present.
; For the purpose of expediting ac
tion, a special meeting of the union
will be held tonight, following which
the matter will be taken up with
| Mr. Edes by wire immediately.
Another matter of importance to
the town, which was discussed by
the club, was the assessment recently
levied by the townsite management,
and further assessments, which are
to come later. Secretary Joseph,
who has been appointed to look into
the assessment question, submitted a
lengthy report, in which the district
ing system of assessing was com
pared with the manner of assessing
in incorporated towns. Townsite
Manager F. S. Ryus was present and
explained that assessments were lev
ied in accordance with regulations
formulated by the Land and Indus
trial department of the Alaskan En
gineering commission.
The club decided to take the mat
ter of assessments up with Manager
Andrew Christensen, of the Land
and Industrial department, with a
view to having payments for im
provements extended over a longer
period of time than has been allowed
by the department. If this can be
done, it will relieve the burden of
property owners to a very consider
able extent.
Two other matters of importance
to the Interior country in general,
were taken up and the following
letters, prepared by Secretary H. B.
Joseph, were ordered sent to Dele
gate Sulzer with the request that he
us his influence toward securing
remedical action at Washington:
Nenana, Alaska, April 15, 1918
The Honorable Chas. A. Sulzer,
Delegate from Alaska, Washing
ton, D. C.
“Dear Sir:—With reference to the
bill before congress regarding a
more liberal use of large game in
this terriory, it is desired to call
your attention to he following facts:
“First, last and all the time, the
only object we have in view is to
enable Alaskans to obtain their own
meat which is here in plenty, with
out calling on the States for beef,
during the continuation of the war.
“The claim that there is but about
' five thousand caribou in the terri
tory, is so far removed from the
facts that it leaves us here, who
know better at first hand, almost
speechless with amazement that the
statement should be made.
“But when we come to answering
that statement, and making an asser
tion as to the actual number of cari
bou in the territory, we find it very
hard to get anything like agreement
from the statements of men who have
hunted and prospected all over the
country. Simply for the reason
that caribou is so numerous that :s
is a physical impossibility for these
men to estimate within thousands
of the true number.
“We can get many who would
be perfectly willing to make oath
that they have seen five thousand in
one herd. Some would make the
numbers much larger, asserting that
certain herds have as many as twenty
thousand.
“Counting the individual range 1
, where separate herds are well
known, without estimating herds
whose size and general locations are
the least in doubt, we make the
figure positively not less than fifty
thousand caribou in the territory.
“We firmly believe this figure too
low, as individual estimates rangi
from this to half a million or more
No doubt the truth is somewheri
between.
“Moose are less plentiful, o
course, and it is almost impossibli
to make an estimate of their num
bers. However, those of us wh<
are on the ground and have talket
with hunters and prospectors, couh
not be convinced but that five thous
and is too low a figure for thi
moose.
“Regarding the fate of the pres
ent bill, we trust that you will keej
working along these lines, as we car
be of very material help to thi
Staes in this matter of beef sav
ing.
“Yours truly,
“H. B. JOSEPH,
“Secretary.’
Nenana, Alaska, April 15, 191S
The Honorable Chas. A. Sulzer
Delegate from Alaska, Washing
ton, D. C.
“Dear Sir:—Regarding the matter
of the application of the zone sys
tem to magazines, periodicals, etc.,
by the postoffice department, under
congressional atcion, we wish to
register our protest against it in the
strongest possible terms.
“Located where we are, it is, oi
course to our self-interest to do so.
But that fact has nothing whatever
to do with it.
“The principle involved is a going
backwards in the matter of progress
of civilization.
“The arguments against the pro
posed change are so obvious and
well known that we will content
ourselves by registering the above
protest, and requesting that you do
what is possible in the matter, which
no doubt agrees with your personal
ideas on the subject.
“Yours truly,
“Nenana Commercial Club,
“Nenana Commercial Club,
H. B. JOSEPH.
“Secretary.”
ELSEWHERE IN ALASKA
Charles Whalen recently hr .ugbt
a silver fox skin to Anchorage and
disposed of it at the price, of S50V
to C. B. Siedel, who has placed the1
valuation of it at $1,000. Mr. Siedel
stated that he was not even anxious
to dispose of it at that price. Whalen
is a prospector and took to trapping
as a side line, and now finds it
far more profitable.
Atlin is having an attack of op
timism all because the Canadian
government has made a statement
that it will lend some much needed
aid. A mining engineer will be sent
in there this summer to see what
can be done to facilitate mining.
A post of Royal Northwest Mount
ed Police has been established at
Pleasant Camp, 50 miles back of
Ft. Haines, in charge of Constable
L. A. Vinall and V. Gurr. The men
have quarters in the former custom
building which was in use during
the boom days of that part of the
country.
Anchorage pupils have joined en
thusiastically into the Thrift Stamp
movement. The total amount in
vested to date has been $941.98. The
children have been Urged to observe
candyless days, showless days, and
absolutely no chewing gum. The
amount saved from these sacrifices
are to be converted into Thrift
Stamps.
Word was recently received of an
excellent strike at Takotna, one that
is declared to be a real thing. There
are three gulches running into Hid
den creek which will pay better than
wages. Twenty-cent nuggets were
found on one of ,the rims and the
pans runs as high as thirty cents.
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Mr. Hugo Eckhardt, who has been
connected with the Alaskan Engin
eering commission in the capacity of
draftsman for some time past, re
signed his position and is now on
his way Outside, via the Broad Pass
trail in company with Sam Dum
bolten. Men of Mr. Eckardt's train
ing and ability are in great demand
in the States and he intends to offer
his services where they can best
serve the needs of the country.
Sam Dumbolten expects to enter
the University of California, where
classes are in training for the vari
ous branches of the military estab
lishment of the country. He ex
pects to qualify as a master gunner
later on.
Mr. Fred Hupprich, timekeeper at
Camp 9, arrived in town from his
station Saturday. He is here for
the purpose of having his question
naire fixed up, and expects to re
turn for duty tomorrow.
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Mr. Frank T. Doner, chief time
keeper of the A. E. C., who was out
the line on business, returned to
town last night, mushing in from
Residency 3 (35-mile).
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